Tēnā koutou, Mayor and Councillors. My name is Shane Priddle. I am the Commodore of the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. We're in our 143rd season, based at 103 Oriental Parade, immediately next to the Clyde Quay Boat Harbour. This submission is made on behalf of the club and is endorsed by 23 of our members who hold mooring or boat shed leases at Clyde Quay. And just a side note, I appreciate the feedback I've already had on my written submission from some councillors to date. I'm here today on their behalf and on behalf of the wider sailing community in Wellington that depends on this stretch of waterfront. I want to start with what Clyde Quay actually is. Clyde Quay Boat Harbour is not a marina, it is a heritage boat harbour. The historic boatsheds are a defining feature of Oriental Bay. The boats on the moorings are part of the view that the council itself uses to promote Wellington. People walk down Orrington Parade, they stop, they take photos, they are part of what makes that piece of waterfront special. The council's revenue and financing policy distinguishes between marinas and waterfront public spaces and applies different cost recovery to each. Clyde Quay has been treated as a marina. We do not believe that is the right classification. Treating Clyde Quay as a commercial marina and applying marina-style cost recovery year on year ignores what the Boat Harbour actually is and what it contributes to the city. It also produces fee increases that bear no relationship to what the council is actually providing at the Boat Harbour. I understand officers are looking at the heritage question, and we welcome that. We would ask council to follow through on it. The proposed 20% increase is not the start of the story. Over the past 3 years, mooring fees at Clyde Quay are already up by more than 35%. Boat shed fees are up by more than 55%. The proposed 20% on top of that means an additional cost of around $1,200 per year per boat compared with 3 years ago. In that time, what the council provides at the Boat Harbour has not changed. The sheds, the moorings, the public space around them are essentially as they were. The increases have come from a fee-setting framework, not from any change in the facility or the cost of running it. That is the question Councillor Confin has asked officers, and it is the right question. Where has the money gone, and where is it planned to go? Let me talk about who this affects. RPNYC is not an elite club. We are a community club. Our members are teachers, tradies, retirees, public servants, students. Some of our shared and mooring lessees have been at Clyde Quay for 30 years or more. Several are on fixed incomes. A further $1,200 a year is a tipping point for some of them. Every member who gives up a boat because of cost is a member we are at risk of losing from the club from racing and from the wider Wellington sailing community. That matters beyond our membership numbers because we are not just a private club. Through Wellington Ocean Sports, we introduce over 100 adults to sailing every year, many of whom have never set foot on a boat. We support the Wellington Youth Sailing Trust in delivering programs to over 100 young people per year. Over 50 of our recent Wellington Ocean Sports graduates have gone on to join the club. We host the Anzac Day Rally with the Turkey Ambassador and upwards of 50 diplomatic guests. Our goal is to double our membership by the 150th season in 2033. That ambition depends on sailing remaining accessible. Compounding fee increases run directly counter to it. We're not asking for special treatment, we're asking Council to classify Clyde Quay for what it is, to fee it accordingly, and to withdraw the 20% increase as currently proposed. I would also note that we are aligned with the technical case made in the separate submission by George Mason. Ngā mihi nui.