At 11.8 nautical miles, course 43 is one of the longer if not the longest course sailed on a Sunday. A long course provides more opportunity for at least some of the late starters to pursue, catch and overtake the early ones. That didn’t happen in this instance as most early starters were able to […]

At 14:59:38 WILLARIE (Graeme Kaufman) rounded SYC 4 with what seemed to be an insurmountable lead of 9 minutes 6 seconds. She had effectively dealt with the lumpy sea and variable westerly breeze in the first 4 legs of course 29 and was all set to embark upon the final 3 legs of the course […]

The Club has partnered up with Sundance Marine and Crewsaver to offer a range of lifejackets at a reduced price for it’s members.  The range of lifejackets on offer automatically inflate when immersed in water. There are two different categories; Non Harness and the recommended Harness Point versions which includes a crouch strap. ORDERS MUST BE […]

It’s not unusual for races with a northerly start to have slower start times. This was no exception with the median start time of 37.5 seconds for this race being more than twice the series average. Even the Start of the Day winning time of 8 seconds recorded by ARCH DE TRIOMPHE (Murray/Davis/Taylor) was well […]

The SYC On Water Safety Information Night has been rescheduled to Wednesday 12 September at 7:30pm. All SYC sailors are encouraged to come along – no rsvp required.

For the second week in a row 8 of the first 10 yachts across the finish line had handicaps of 40 or more minutes. They had not only pursued but caught and passed most of the fleet. CAFE RACER and MARIBEL both with 19 minute handicaps prevented the over 40’s making it 10 out of […]

Day 3 of the 2018 J24 Worlds saw a mixed bag of wind with 28 knots forecast but was no where to be seen. The southerly breeze kicked in again like clockwork at 1:30 pm and built up enough for some boats to change down to their jibs in race 2 leg 1 only to […]

We have 6 Australian crews (4 from SYC) competing in the J24 World championships in Northern Italy in an 89 boat fleet. Race day 1 was 15-20 knots and 3 races. The photos show, By The Lee (Brendan Lee), Bruschetta VI (Hugo Ottaway) going head to head with multiple world champion Will Welles and terrific […]

Fellow SYC Member Mike Keusgen and myself were very fortunate to have again joined SYC Member Robi Stauber and his team of Finnish sailors to participate in the just completed Palermo-Monaco Yacht Race. The last couple of years has seen some great racing and fun times in Europe as Robi and his Finnish crew (and […]