On behalf of the Victorian Wooden Boat Association I attended a promotion for the formation of the Lakeside Sailing Club. This was a morning event where I launched Lindsay Symons and proceeded to show the WBA flag and sail around the lake. I felt that this was an important venue, not only to assist another club’s formation but to generally promote 'on water' activities to the public.
As I live at Lakeside I often use the lake for leisure and to test my boat designs, (sailing / rowing / paddling), and now hopefully having an organisation at Lakeside can only draw more attention to the healthy benefits of another activity that the lake and its surroundings can offer to the community.
Rob Ripley