President Douglas Dow welcomed twelve other members, and said how good it was to see Graham Smith back after his transplant donation operation. Appropriately, Graham won the weekly raffle for a whisky miniature.
Adam Muggoch gave a brief history of the Yacht Club. The first club began in 1824 when Irish and Scottish yachtsmen set up the Northern Yacht Club at a meeting in Belfast, with an annual subscription of two guineas. It was for gentlemen of substance who owned yachts over eight tons, and members had their own blue and white uniform.
Three years later the club split into separate Scottish and Irish divisions, and in 1830 became the Royal Northern Yacht Club. The Scottish division was based at Rothesay.
In 1856 less well-off yachtsmen who owned smaller yachts met in Glasgow and formed the Clyde Model Yacht Club. The first Commodore was James Smith of Jordanhill, who had been Provost of Helensburgh in 1853 and had a home at Rosneath. By 1863 it had become the Clyde Yacht Club, and in 1872 the Royal Clyde Yacht Club, based at Hunters Quay. For many years there was considerable friction between the clubs.
In 1937 the Royal Northern moved to its present home, Ardenvohr in Rhu, and joined up with the already existing Gareloch Yacht Club, of Gareloch One Design fame. The Royal Clyde moved to Rhu in the 1950s, and in 1978 the two clubs finally united as the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club.
Lesley Kennedy proposed the vote of thanks.