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the only way to pull them all together is with a big project.” Another big project is to shift the RYA’s emphasis away from kids and more towards adult participation “We have focussed on bringing lots more kids into the sport but we are looking at how we can work more closely with other organisations, especially marinas where there are a lot of boaters who are not members. “There has not been enough for adults so it is about trying redress the balance and fi ll in the gaps rather than doing something completely different. Some of the trees grew up bigger and thicker than the other ones so now we need to shift emphasis. By her own admission, Treseder has spent most of her time in 2010 in meetings and on a learning curve she describes as ‘mountainous’. “My biggest challenge has been getting used to committees.
The people on them are brilliant and we get amazing input but everything takes a little bit longer. It means you have to take small, slow and deliberate steps rather than try things out and do them again if they go wrong. “We have also had quite a lot of big staff changes. Rod
Carr, James Stephens and David Murray our head of fi nance, all reached 60 and retired in the one year. That is 180 years of human experience and 60 years of RYA experience gone in one go so there has been a lot of interviewing and trying to help new members of staff get involved.”
One gets the impression that her induction into the RYA has been more a gruelling transatlantic crossing than a Bramble scramble in the Solent. “I would have expected a year ago to take three to six months
to get my head round the breadth of our responsibilities but that was before I knew how much there was and how much it impacts on other areas.” “In your fi rst year in a new job, it is diffi cult to get the balance
right. I’ve now done everything once – one Southampton Boat Show, one awards ceremony, one London Boat Show, one Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, one conference and so it goes on. “When I went for this job, people advised me not to mix work with pleasure. The bit that was defi nitely true was that they also said I would not have any time for sailing. “A year in and that is true – I spend a lot of time watching other people sail but on the fl ip side, our boat is really close so we can go out on a Wednesday night and have supper on board and potter about. So we are sneaking in lots of little sails and fewer offi cial races. I think it will settle down.” Her fi rst year was bound to be quiet as she gathered her facts and shaped her vision. This year will doubtless be about the dots. CY
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