With a great turnout, the Recreational Boating community caught up to celebrate the end of 2021 at the annual Christmas Party in December. A fun night was had by all and at the end of a year where we were not able to have our normal presentations mid-year due to lockdown, we finally were able […]

For the first time, Double Handed crews will race in the Sydney to Hobart and one of the entries is a former Osaka Cup competitor from 2018, Rod Smallman on Maverick. Along with co-skipper Leeton Hulley, the pair left Sandringham on Friday for Sydney and we caught up with them by phone on Saturday afternoon […]

On Sunday 12 December, there will be a road closure in the morning due to the staging of Race 2 of The 2XU Triathlon Series. https://www.2xutriathlonseries.com.au/race-2/  Beach Road Closed From Were Street, Brighton to Potter Street, Black Rock from 6.30am to 11:30am. Access to Jetty Road will be restricted between the times of 6:30am – 11:30am. To access […]

Congratulations to SYC member, Gill Stubbs, who was announced as the Club Person of the Year on Opening Day! Gill joined the Club in 2008 and has been an active member in Recreational Boating events for many years. Since joining, Gill has been involved in many facets of SYC including proof reading our annual Off […]

True Colours celebrate first ORCV offshore race with a win  John Strahan’s and his True Colours crew are celebrating after winning both AMS and ORCc divisions in the season opening Ocean Racing Club of Victoria offshore race. The 55 nautical mile Bass Strait race starting off Queenscliff was a real test for crew and equipment in windy and choppy conditions.  Sailing an easterly course to Cape Schanck with a 25 knot south easterly the fleet set sail with reefed mainsails. It was a quick refresher course of sailing into the wind in Bass Strait.  “The conditions were challenging, with a swell in one direction and chop in the other, with gust […]