History
History
Australian Sailing was formed in 1950 as the Australian Yachting Federation. The first meeting was held at the Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club - Victoria (now the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron) on the 16th of June 1950.
One of the first tasks for the fledgling AYF was to work with the Australian Olympic Committee to organise the Australian team to go to the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. It was required to "decide on a system of selection races for national representation in the various classes, hold these races, and ship crews and craft selected to Helsinki." (Seacraft Magazine, January 1951)
In 1966, the Australian Yachting Federation applied for direct membership of the International Yacht Racing Union (now World Sailing). (Modern Boating, November 1966)
The Australian Yachting Federation became Yachting Australia in 2001, and in 2016 the organisation re-branded to Australian Sailing under the One Sailing governance model.
Presidents
| Year | President |
|---|---|
| 1950-51 | W.D. Higgins (VIC) |
| 1951-54 | T.M. Furber (NSW) |
| 1954-57 | C.R. Tadgell (VIC) |
| 1957-58 | J.H. Robinson (QLD) |
| 1958-59 | W.J. Lucas (WA) |
| 1959-60 | D. Fergusson (TAS) |
| 1960-61 | T.G. Flint (SA) |
| 1961-62 | R.A. Dickson (NSW) |
| 1962-64 | J.W. Crosbie (VIC) |
| 1964-65 | R. Tough (WA) |
| 1965-66 | R.H. Howard (QLD) |
| 1966-67 | D.E. McIndoe (TAS) |
| 1967-68 | J.B. Parrington (SA) |
| 1968-69 | E.J. Merrington (NSW) |
| 1969-70 | E. Jefferson Jones (VIC) |
| 1970-71 | F.A. Manford (WA) |
| 1971-72 | R.Beckingham (QLD) |
| 1972-73 | D.E. McIndoe (TAS) |
| 1973-74 | J.B. Parrington (SA) |
| 1974-75 | P.C. Taylor (NSW) |
| 1975-76 | B.R. Scott (VIC) |
| 1976-77 | R.Tough (WA) |
| 1977-78 | J.B. Blackley (QLD) |
| 1978-81 | G.G. Blackwood (TAS) |
| 1981-84 | D.G Holloway (NSW) |
| 1984-87 | F.W. Ikin (TAS) |
| 1987-90 | A.R. Gear (TAS) |
| 1990-91 | C.F.C. Crisp (NSW) |
| 1991-95 | W. Treasure (QLD) |
| 1995-96 | R. Lucas (VIC) |
| 1996-00 | B. Dickson (NSW) |
| 2000-02 | Dr D. Nickels (WA) |
| 2002-04 | G. Ainley (VIC) |
| 2004-11 | A. Plympton AM (VIC) |
| 2011-13 | D. Gotze (VIC) |
| 2013-19 | M. Allen AM (NSW) |
| 2019-22 | D. Belcher (QLD) |
| 2022- | A. Murray AM (VIC) |
Vice Presidents
| Year | Vice President |
|---|---|
| 2011 - 2013 | M. Allen AM (NSW) |
| 2013 - 2019 | S. Kenny (NSW) |
| 2019 - 2022 | A. Murray AM (VIC) |
| 2022 - | S. Bruland (SA) |
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer
| Year | Hon. Secretary-Tresurer |
|---|---|
| 1950-64 | L.T. Burgess (NSW) |
| 1964-70 | G.W. Sweeney (NSW) |
| 1970-76 | J.A.L. Shaw (NSW) |
Hon. Treasurers
| Year | Hon. Tresurers |
|---|---|
| 1969-71 | A.H. Brown (VIC) |
| 1975-80 | G.H. Thomas (NSW) |
| 1980-95 | D.L. Don (NSW) |
| 1995-01 | L. Minehan (NSW) |
| 2001-04 | W. Rantanen (SA) |
| 2004-06 | F. Bevis (NSW) |
| 2007-13 | R. Leslie (WA) |
| 2013-15 | D. Kerr (WA) |
Life Members
| Year | Life Member |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Lloyd Burgess |
| 1978 | John Crosbie |
| 1978 | John Shaw |
| 1978 | Ron Tough MBE |
| 1981 | Tony Muston |
| 1990 | John Parrington |
| 1995 | David Don |
| 2003 | Bruce Dickson AM |
| 2003 | Dr Don Nickels |
| 2016 | David Gotze |
| 2016 | Andrew Plympton AM |
| 2020 | David Kellett AM |
| 2023 | Matt Allen AM |
| 2023 | Sarah Kenny |
| 2023 | David Tillett AM |