The first race with seven entrants was held on 24th September 1927. A boat named "ROSE", a 10ft skiff sailed by A.Rolley, R.Crouch and J.Smith won this race. During 1927 there were 19 financial members of the club.

At a meeting held on 14th July 1930, Mr F Gough moved and Mr R Drevesen seconded that the club title be changed to become The Darling Point 10ft Flying Squadron.

Initially the club races were held on Saturdays and sailed on a course set from Wynnum Central Jetty. Navigation beacons at Darling Point and the Boat Passage were used to provide a triangular course. On the Saturday morning of the race day the large club flag was hoisted on the flagpole on the seaward end of the Wynnum Central Jetty. This was done to notify the Wynnum residents that a race would be held that day.

For some time races both started and finished at the jetty. Later on, races were started and finished by a club official rowing a dinghy out for this purpose. During rough weather the dinghy was forced to stay on the line due to the difficulty of rowing back, so a private launch was eventually used. During this time no rescue boats were used. As no buoyancy was fitted to the boats, they could not be righted in the event of a capsize. Standard practice was for the nearest boat, irrespective of her position in the race, to stand by. The sails were lowered and the steel centreboard was used as an anchor. The sails were taken from the capsized boat to the stand by boat to expedite righting when a launch arrived. Usually a local fishing boat or a privately owned boat would arrive, right the boat and tow her ashore.

For many years, the main revenue source for the club was a "Chocolate Wheel" operated every Saturday morning by members. This was in Florence St Wynnum Central near Bay Terrace. When the clubhouse was moved to its current site, Bingo became the main income source.

In 1955 the club began operating the "Waterloo Bay Rescue Association" by way of volunteers using the rescue launch "Dauntless". This was prior to the days of the Air Sea Rescue. The club eventually maintained the boat for club race management and race starting. Due to increasing maintenance and running cost as well as low usage, the Dauntless was retired from use in the early 1990's.

His Excellency The Governor of Qld Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith K.C.V.O D.S.O. officially opened the clubhouse on its original site on the 23rd Aug 1958. The clubhouse was moved to its current location during 1978 and was officially re-commissioned by The Hon. T.G. Newbery M.L.A. on the 11th Feb 1979.

During the 89-90 season, the catamaran club that had begun sailing at Wellington Point and had then moved to Raby Bay moved to DPSS. Over recent years the 16ft Skiffs that had been sailing from DPSS have sailed primarily on the Brisbane River.

During 2000 the QMYC approached DPSS to consider a proposal to amalgamate the clubs including the TMYAQ. On 6th March 2001, DPSS held an extraordinary meeting where it was decided to accept in principle the new constitution of the MYCQ. Over the next few months the process of application to the Office of Fair Trading and the name change was undertaken.

At 10.00 am on Sunday 9th September 2001, an extraordinary meeting of MYCQ (ex-DPSS) was held where the membership voted to formally adopt the new constitution, once this was passed the full membership of the TMYAQ and QMYC joined en mass the newly formed MYCQ. Provision had been made for this in the reworked constitution. Immediately following the extraordinary meeting, the club held the first AGM of the newly formed MYCQ, where the first management committee was elected for a two-year term as detailed in the constitution. After the AGM was completed and the Blessing of the fleet had taken place, the club hosted a BBQ lunch and supplied beer from a wooden keg for all to enjoy. An afternoon social race was held for all club boats, mainly those that had not spent too long at the bar during lunch.

Corey Holden
February 2003

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