Many Members may be familiar with the "Dancing Man" of 1945 when he was photographed dancing in Martin Place the day Victory was declared ending WWII in Europe. That man was a young Barrister who had just qualified and was celebrating the end of the war with his fellow colleagues - he was FRANK McCALLERY, later to become a Queens Counsel.

What did he have to do with MHYC? Well therein lies an interesting chapter in the Club's history. 

During the 1970's and 1980's the Club experienced significant growth in both membership and participating racing yachts the membership had grown to over 2,000 Members and the number of yachts competing every Saturday grew to almost 200, a far cry from where we are today. 

To meet this extraordinary growth, the Club had built a new modern Club House which lay the foundation for the growth in membership and racing. The Club also elected to replace the 'old jetty Marina' with a new 'jetty style Marina' that could accommodate a larger number of yachts. In those days, a 40 footer was considered a maxi yacht, as most of the yachts were 30 feet or less and narrow beamed. The new jetty Marina was designed to accommodate small yachts and this increased the number of pens which resulted in many pylons being sunk in the sand making each pen quite narrow.