Peter has my sympathy. I've done the committee / commodore/ treasurer etc job in several yacht clubs and always found the same thing. The work devolves onto a hard core of willing members whilst the large majority arent keen on doing anything much past moaning about what the committee do do. Not only that but they live in a dreamworl where every member wants the same thing that they want, if only the committee could see it, and you can change anything instantly by issuing an edict