Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Yacht Club / Royal Manitoba Yacht Club
The Manitoba Yacht Club was founded in September 1956, making good on a Second World War boast that “all the best sailors came from the land of the wheat fields.” It gained the Royal prefix in 1981.
Commodores
Period |
Principal |
1955-1957 |
Gilbert M. Eaton |
1958 |
Richard “Dick” Noonan (1911-1994) |
1959 |
Harry Silverberg (c1906-1966) |
1960 |
Thomas Scott |
1961 |
Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971) |
1962 |
Harvey Tallman |
1963 |
Reuben Ramge |
1964-1965 |
James Munro |
1966-1967 |
Ian L. Jessiman |
1968-1969 |
Leonard H. Kahane |
1970 |
Archie Tawns |
1971-1973 |
W. C. "Bill" Harris |
1974-1975 |
Morley Rypp |
1976 |
R. O. Flett |
1977-1978 |
Norton Waisboim |
1979 |
Albert Kowalski |
1981-1982 |
W. Wright |
1983 |
R. Mavins |
1984-1985 |
R. Calvert |
1986 |
W. Philip |
1987-1988 |
Al Riordan |
1989 |
N. Carlson |
1990 |
Al Riordan |
1991 |
B. Jensen |
1992 |
Patrick Michael “Pat” Riordan (1939-2008) |
1993-1994 |
M. Homenick |
1995-1996 |
R. A. Mustard |
1997-1998 |
Allan Morrow |
1999-2010 |
Julius Isaac “Jack” Neaman (c1928-2016) |
2010-2013 |
Robert Baronoski |
2014-2020 |
Guy Beriault |
2020-? |
Loren Wall |
Sources:
Our History, Royal Manitoba Yacht Club.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 February 2023
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