Today I joined the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club and became Vice Commodore, Picnic Point.
The SICYC has raised over $400,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia to promote prostate cancer research and awareness. What better day than Fathers’ Day during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to become a member of this unique yacht club?
The SICYC formed in 2009 after its founder was denied entry into the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron to view some America’s Cup memorabilia. Only RNZYS members or flag officers of any other yacht club could enter. That was the motivation to create a social network of sailors interested in cruising, an egalitarian yacht club in which each member is a Vice Commodore of a nautical location (mine is Picnic Point where the Sandringham Yacht Club is situated).
SICYC has almost 5,800 members across 17 nations, reputedly making it the largest yacht club in the southern hemisphere.
Shag Islet is tiny and sits just off Cape Gloucester in the Whitsundays. We moored next to the Islet when we visited the Cape Gloucester Beach Resort last week. There is nothing on the Islet except during the annual SICYC Rendezvous when hundreds of Vice Commodores gather on the last weekend in August for a 4 day party.
Remember gentlemen, get it checked.
Debonnaire 