MEET THE RGYC FOUNDATION TRUSTEES

Jonathon Apted

Chairman

Jonathan has been a member of RGYC since 1960 and a member of the RGYC Foundation since 2014. He was Deputy Chair for two years and has been Chair since early 2023. He has served on the RGYC Sailing Committee (Secretary in the 1970’s) and the Yachting and Boating Committee. He has owned and raced a number of yachts at RGYC over the years.

Jonathan’s career has centred on education and he has held senior academic, pastoral and administrative positions at Geelong Grammar School, where he worked for over 35 years. He is a determined follower of the philosophies of Kurt Hahn (Outward Bound, Gordonstoun and Timbertop) believing that young (and older) people grow through challenge and develop resilience and self-confidence by being afforded challenges. He appreciates all of those growth opportunities of his youth and looks to a time when the RGYC Foundation can help provide such opportunities for those who might otherwise not have them.

Jonathan has a long-term view of the RGYC Foundation and wants to see it contributing to sailing and RGYC for many years to come.

Harry Farnell

Deputy Chair

Past Commodore Harry Farnell (Life Member) Harry is a retired Field Technical Manager for Telstra & has been a member of RGYC since 1976. He served on the General Committee for 13 years & was Commodore in 1993-95..

Harry also chaired the 1999 International Cadet Worlds & has been an ORCV safety officer for 13 years. In addition he has served as the Project Coordinator for the water treatment plant installation & project coordinator for the fuel facility. Harry currently serves as a member of the Wooden Boat Festival Committee, Member of the Yard and Marina Committee, RGYC Foundation Trustee & the Marina Western Seawall Task Force. He has competed in many Ocean Races including two Sydney-Hobarts, Six West Coasters & twelve Melbourne-Devonport races and continues to sail in Saturday Club racing.

Michael Carroll

Honorary Treasurer

Michael Carroll – TBC ………

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Lynne Johnston

Honorary Secretary

Lynne has been a member of RGYC since 1998 and a member and Honorary Secretary of the RGYC Foundation since 2022. She has competed in club races and some ORCV races. She has also crewed on yacht and motorboat deliveries from Southport to Fiji and Thailand to Bali. More recently Lynne has enjoyed cruising in the Mediterranean, around Bass Strait, the west coast of Tasmania and locally.

Lynne has been a volunteer at RGYC over many Festival of Sails, Wooden Boat Festivals and other international racing events at the club. She took a lead role in organizing the 2023 Cruising Dinners and the Glitz and Glam Ball.

Lynne is a semi-retired teacher who has taught internationally, interstate and locally. Through her work in Education Lynne has seen how extra-curricular activities can add to making the whole person.

The RGYC provides such a wonderful opportunity for both young and old to participate in this fantastic sport.  Serving as a Trustee for the RGYC Foundation, Lynne hopes to give back to the community as she appreciates the many opportunities that she has been given.

Guyon Wilson

Trustee

Past Commodore Guyon Wilson (Life Member) Guyon is the Principal of a family real estate firm, a qualified property valuer, with over 50 years experience in commercial/residential property. Membership spanning over 50 years at RGYC..

Guyon has also served on the General Committee for 15 years including chairing various major Sub-Committees. Guyon served as Commodore 1983-1985 at the tender age of 37 (the youngest in the history of the Club) & was made an Honorary Life Member in 2005. He has raced on Corio Bay & offshore in a myriad of boats & has represented the Club & Australia in Dragons & Etchells, both nationally & at International level. He is passionate about RGYC’s history, but more importantly its future.

Malcolm Eaton

Trustee

Malcolm has been a senior member at RGYC for 10 years. A competitive yachtsman, boat owner and keen Club and ocean racer. Malcolm’s commitment to the ongoing success of the club is well known through his Companies sponsorship and consulting on the recent changes to the waste management systems at RGYC.

Malcolm is the Managing Director of a successful Company based here in Geelong (Inter Alia Industrial Services Pty Ltd) providing asset management services to several City Councils in the Geelong and Melbourne region and interstate trading a “Just Wheelie Bins”. Malcolm brings to the foundation a strong skill set, he attributes the success of his business to his determination to implement “Innovation through Technology” an understanding of finance and On Line Marketing as well as his commitment to exemplary service delivery and living up to the Company creed to, “Do what you say you are going to Do”

Morgan Cornelius

Trustee

Gold Member of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, Morgan Cornelius is a business owner that runs a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) “The Learning Professionals and also a hospitality venue “LP’s” (Pub) in the Geelong CBD.

Morgan is an ex Army soldier, where he joined straight from school and completed his trade qualifications as a mechanic in the Royal Australian Electrical Mechanical Engineers Corps. Morgan has had extensive experiences as a sales manager at a national level, along with national training roles within the plumbing industry. Morgan completed his post graduate degree in marketing and has since completed post graduate courses in senior managment and training, where he utilises his vast experiences of marketing and sales to enhance organisational branding.