"A birth of a club"
It all started with some minds (of the same ilk) coming together at the same time. Actually getting Radio Control Sailors together to agree on anything is a miracle in itself! We took this as a sign. It was around the middle of August 2003 when the group all came together, the reason or catalyst should remain lost in history, what was important was the need to progress Radio Control Yacht Racing in the metropolitan area.
It appeared that the formally organised Radio Control yachting in the Adelaide metropolitan area had stagnated and was not growing at the same rate as other clubs had around Australia. The condition of Radio Control yachting was not necessarily terminal though. The number of unaffiliated sailors at various venues around the metro area indicated some good depth. A long hard look was made at the possible reasons for the growth in some areas and stagnation and decline in others.
Thus bourne out of these initial discussions was the idea for the formation of the Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club Inc.
If this new fledgling club was to survive, it was becoming apparent that philosophical & conceptional changes to Radio Control Yacht Racing would have to be embraced. Some of the ideas coming forward from the foundation members were:
1. That "the new club" would have to stand alone with new membership
2. Embrace new technologies, ideas from members
3. Be dynamic
4. Be able to change as Radio Yachting changed over time
5. To foster intra-club growth and attendance at interstate regattas
6. Form closer links with unaffiliated radio control sailors
7. Encourage and implement new racing concepts along with multi disciplined class sailing
to name only a few ideas.
So here we are now; an incorporated club with an impressive history of competitive Radio Control yacht racing, host of numerous state and national events, and an enthusiastic membership group. At this point we must thank so many people for their encouragement and wisdom in getting this new club and concept of racing out onto the water. We are resisting nominating names in fear of missing someone out and offending them, so to the foundation members and all others joining, "We thank you".