On paper, the special course for race 17 looked a good one. A run or reach from the start through SYC 3 and onto R3. From there it seemed like a short beat to R2 then cracked sheets back through SYC 3 with another short beat to the finish – 9.3 nautical mile course in a southerly wind […]

To view the day sheet for the Aggregate race on Saturday 15 February, click here.

With 23 of the 37 yachts starting within 10 seconds or less of their handicaps; and the fleet finishing within 16 minutes 53 seconds of the winner, this race had both a close start and a close finish. For the second week in succession conditions were great for sailing. Seas were less than a metre, skies were blue […]

Dear Members Tomorrow is looking like another very busy day at the Club with a number of on-water events scheduled including the Laser World Championship preparations and all trading areas expected to be busy. In addition the weather forecast is 29 degrees and sunny which suggests a beach crowd may descend on the local area […]

In contrast to the 27 knots last Wednesday afternoon this week’s race was contested in a 9 knot south easterly under blue skies on flat seas in comfortable temperatures. Perhaps not enough breeze for some to get their yachts performing at their best but the conditions were particularly affable. A fleet of 41 yachts started […]

The light and variable winds experienced on Sunday morning posed a few challenges for the 23 yacht fleet. Observations at Fawkner Beacon showed the breeze halved from about 8 to about 4 knots at the start making a good start difficult. The median start time was 28.5 seconds the slowest of the series. The breeze […]

Race 13 became the 4th race to be abandoned this summer. The BOM issued a strong wind warning for Port Philip with northerly winds of up to 20 knots shifting to the south and increasing to 30 knots in the afternoon. Supplementary advice from the Bureau included that the there would be very unstable weather […]

It was a wet Sunday morning that greeted Sunday Sailors for the first race of the New Year but it wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits of the skippers and crew of the 14 yachts that all completed the race in good time. As the race came to an end so did the rain. The fleet sailed […]

A good southerly breeze that produced a bit of chop and averaged almost 20 knots at Fawkner Beacon gave Wednesday Wonders a brisk start to 2020. The 28 yacht fleet took on the 2nd longest course of the series – a special course of 10.5 nautical miles that included 2 windward and 1 down wind […]