Congratulations to Hamish and Alison

The AIYA would like to congratulate our Secretary, Hamish Jarrett, and his wife Alison on the arrival of their first baby, and it's a boy!

Hamish is a sailor who has had a long assocation with the International Yngling class. It is rare for him not to place in our regattas, and he has performed well in the class when representing Australia at international regattas. Hamish has also been a continual volunteer with the association, holding numerous committee positions over the years, including many years as the AIYA President.

We are all very pleased to have heard the news of the arrival of their new baby boy and wish Alison and Hamish the best as they start the wonderful, but challenging journey of parenthood. While some of us may hope that this new addition distracts Hamish's competitive focus on the water, I am sure that in the future we will have yet another champion Yngling sailor from the Jarrett family competing with us!

(Image by Claude Covo-Farchi from Paris, France (Une étoile est née) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)