An anonymous poison pen campaign has targeted the commodore of a prestigious yacht club in Sydney, Australia. The campaign includes allegations of internal staff turmoil and questions about membership policies.
Not since one of the Royal Motor Yacht Club in Point Piper’s well-heeled members was accused of stealing two bags of ice from a neighbouring luxury boat has Sydney ’s secretive bastion of wealth and privilege by the harbour navigated such treacherous waters.
Barbouttis said “how and if” the club’s board of directors responded to the anonymous allegations was “a matter for the club, not the public”.So sought after is membership at the club that several potential candidates, who declined to be named for fear of jeopardising their application, told theThis is not the first time the club has been mired in scandal. In 2007 death threats were made as an ugly fight for control of the secretive establishment hit the headlines.
O’Neill’s son Ned sits on the club’s board. He declined to comment on the latest fracas, but impressed on theHowever, in-fighting has plagued the club for decades. The club alleged Tsoukaris was entertaining guests on his boat, MV Tainui, in April 2010, when he directed two of his party to take ice from the neighbouring boat, Big Buddy, owned by long-standing member John Keith snr and his son, John Keith jnr.
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