LEBROK (Theo Korbel), FIRST PASSION (Simon Lipman) and IMAGINER (Chris Byrne) were the best of the 23 yachts that sailed this race. It was the first time on the podium this summer for each of them. The race was around a shortened course 19 in light and variable conditions. At 8.2 nautical miles course 19 […]

Within an hour of the race start the breeze had almost halved. It fell from 19 to 10 knots and shifted from the west south west to the south and averaged about 13 knots for the afternoon. Nevertheless, the sloppy sea remained all afternoon. Some of the 30 yacht fleet had set their sails for a stronger breeze […]

Within an hour of the race start the breeze had almost halved. It fell from 19 to 10 knots and shifted from the west south west to the south and averaged about 13 knots for the afternoon. Nevertheless, the sloppy sea remained all afternoon. Some of the 30 yacht fleet had set their sails for […]

This race provided another close finish especially for the 27 yachts that finished within 10 minutes of the winner. The 33 yacht fleet (one of the smaller fleets of the series) included the Farr 1020 TEQUILA (David Tait) who completed her first Wednesday race of the summer. Not only were the yachts racing against each […]

Within minutes of the start of the race the breeze quickly eased from about 8 to 3 knots. The 23 yachts had difficulty creating a good sail shape and half the fleet were still waiting to round the first mark, SYC 3 – a distance of about 0.6 of a mile – 60 minutes after […]

Only 1 of the first half of the 38 yacht fleet to start the race had a handicap of less than 35 minutes. However, there was plenty to celebrate on THE SECRETARY (George Shaw) when she recorded her first WW’s win since race 7 of the 2014-15 Summer Series. The SECRETARY was the best of […]

We would like to congratulate all SYC members and boats who competed in the Festival of Sails regatta over the Australia Day weekend. We would like to make special mention to the following boats on their notable achievements; Sierra Chainsaw– Mel/Andy/Pat Mollison – 2nd AMS – Rating Div 3 The Muppet Show – 2nd AMS – Cruising AMS […]

Race 20, February 13, 2019 Eligibility: Any Wednesday Wonders Summer series entrant (skipper or crewmember) that can prove by bringing their car, showing a photo, or by other means, that the car that they own, or did once own, was manufactured pre 1975. This race will be conducted within the normal Wednesday Wonders Race with […]

The record set in race 14 for the closest finish of the series lasted until 16:01:39 on Wednesday 23 January. Thirty two yachts finished race 16 within 12 minute 36 seconds of each other to establish a new record. The race was around the 9.9 nautical mile course 26. This was the 3rd time the […]

SYC’s Women in Sailing Committee have organised a guest speaker night, on Wednesday 6 February at 7:30pm in the Port Phillip Room.  Come along and listen to Stacey Jackson and SYC’s very own Jade Cole from Ocean Respect Racing. Jade and Stacey will be talking about;   – Women’s participation in Sailing and how the success of […]