No doubt Bucklands Beach has its own share of trappings. When Tresadern looks out of his office Rangitoto, Browns, Motuihe and Waiheke Islands beckon majestically in the backdrop.
The couple are only a stroll away from the beach at their Cockle Bay residence, an inlet away from Howick Bay, and that proximity hits home more in summer.
"I do more sailing here than I did in Napier," he says, juxtaposing the roles where in Napier, during the latter stage of his decade-long stint, it was evolving increasingly into a one-man mission.
Sure the Ahuriri waterfront is there but the nautical allure isn't that infectious.
"In Napier you'd do it on a Saturday but I'd be involved as the race manager. You can't race or cruise by yourself."
At Bucklands, Tresadern has access to the club's vessels and a 44-footer belonging to a fellow administrator that enables him to compete in the "Rum Race" on Fridays and hugging the gulf on Friday night before returning on Sunday. It doesn't matter which way the wind is blowing because the area is well sheltered.
"So cruising is fantastic whereas in Napier if you go out it's to either Mahia or Gisborne and that's it."
The Tresaderns' intention was always business with pleasure, catching up with acquaintances when they left here in 2012.
"After some race at a function I caught up with some friends I had not seen for 40 years."
Unlike Napier, Tresadern has "formalised" his credentials, such as coaching and club race certificates which he intends doing more of.
He performed those tasks at Napier as well "but didn't bother to get the paper work behind it with courses".
Bucklands boasts about 1400 members compared with Napier just above the 1000 mark.
The focus is more on keel boats and more races are staged with lesser emphasis on junior sailing but that is something Tresadern is addressing.
"We have optimists and the Learning to Sail programme but no one seems to be moving to racing after that."
Seven schools are involved in a summer regatta and the club has set up an academy to help novices, including adults with an emphasis on women.
The club has five keel boats to use for instruction under paid coaches compared to he and Adrian Mannering doing it purely as volunteers in Napier. Tresadern still coaches voluntarily at Bucklands.
It pleases him to see youngsters such as James Sandall, Ben Goodwin, Olivia and Sam McKay have progressed in many facets.
"It's good to see them develop and get to a high level in sailing and go on to get degrees."
He had the pleasure of bumping into Goodwin's younger sister, Abigail, who ended up crewing for former world champion Jo Aleh after her sailing partner and fellow Olympic gold medallist Polly Powrie was unwell recently.
"When she told me she was going to sail with Jo I said I hope she [Abigail] was going to teach her a thing or two," he says, adding Abigail appreciated the humour.
The access to resources and the size of a club, which encompasses areas such as Howick, Pakuranga and Glendowie in the eastern suburbs sprawl, make it all possible.
"I knew it would be a bigger challenge and the club wasn't faring well financially so we restructured it and we're way on course," he says, revealing the bigger picture is to market the club as the "Gateway to Eastern Surburbs" for Aucklanders whether it is for powerboating, sailing, yachting or holding functions such as weddings and conferences.
The club also provides ferry terminal service as well as public ramps for 100 berthing spaces with carparking.
"We see ourselves as a strong part of the community and we're helping out where we can."
Tresadern doesn't get tangled up in Auckland's driving gridlock.
"The good thing is we're not locked up in the Auckland rat race," he says, preferring to perform the mundane transactions and chores at the little villages nestled along the bay.
They can commute to the CBD in about 30 minutes via a ferry service.
"It takes all the stress out of driving," he says, enjoying the comforts of farmland-like environs.
Tresadern says the work entails pressure situations with stress management imperative in handling the staff.
However, it's not something he hasn't had to contend with in other professions earlier in his life.
Gisborne-born Tresadern has no family history of sailing. He was 11 in Napier when a neighbour, Ron Black, a boatbuilder, decided to make a P-class boat for his daughters.
"He built one for them and one for me just in case I was interested."
His parents, Esma (who died last year in her 90s) and George Tresadern, knew nothing about sailing.
"But dad used to help out. He went to fire guns [blanks, of course] for the start of races because of his army background," he says, but stresses these days fog horns are used to carry out the same duty although Bucklands club does use guns occasionally.
He never thought he would build a career in the code simply because professionalism didn't exist here in the late 1900s so hard work was all that was required in a pleasure sport.
The need for managers only arose from the 1970s when paperwork started to mount with popularity.
Only three clubs, from Christchurch, Auckland and Napier, used to employ full-time managers while others banked on volunteers.
For someone who had worked as a shipping manager, accountant, auditor and branch manager gaining promotion meant willingness to be posted around the country was an essential prerequisite.
An avid sailor in his own right, Tresadern has passed down his seafaring skills to his son, Wade.
He has competed for the Napier and Bucklands clubs in the past and is a former member of the Hamilton, Auckland, Howick, Rotorua and Evans Bay clubs.
He and Jeremy Franklin finished 13th at an Auckland-hosted world championship for the cherub class.
They sailed Charlie Brown, a boat they won the Napier club's club championship in three times.
He and ex-Napier clubmate Paul Simmonds finished 23rd in a field of 174 boats at an Adelaide-hosted fireball class world championship after winning the national title.
Tresadern finished second at inter-dominion level in a 3.6m skiff two-man class with an Australian.
He has experience in the phase II class with son Wade and in various trailer yacht and keeler classes.
