SYC proudly introduces Lena Elizabeth Pauly (member number 6752) who was born 20 June 2015 and is the granddaughter of Harvey Pauly.   During the mid months of 2013, General Committee set up a ‘working group’ termed Membership Review Committee chaired by our (then Vice) Commodore Kate Mitchell.  The scope of the working group was to examine ways in […]

SYC wishes to congratulate David Suda for winning the Keelboat Sailor of the Year last Friday Night (19 June) at the Annual Yachting Victoria Awards Night.  Also amongst the SYC winners was Nick Sharman & James Grogan, Oli Tweddell, Jack Challands, Tess Lloyd,  a special mention to Riccardo Deghi for doing us all proud taking out […]

Commodore Kate Mitchell and Mercedes-Benz Brighton’s Dealer Principal, Geoff Quirk with six happy SYC Members with their new Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Remember, as a SYC Member not only do you receive a great car for a great price, but for each vehicle sold, the Club also receives a $500 donation. Thanks to Mercedes-Benz Brighton for their continued support.

After years of success and accolades, Dave Suda, the ‘Black Prince of Sandringham’ has finally rested the ultimate Victorian sailing crown – Victorian Keelboat Sailor of the year, 2015. With over 300 sailors at Sandringham Yacht Club for the OTB Marine Yachting Victoria Awards on Friday evening, 19th June, this was Yachting Victoria’s largest awards night […]

Although 28 yachts started the race, only 10 crossed the finish line before the 1230 cut off time. That was after course 33 with a relatively short rhumb line length of 7.9 nautical miles was shortened further. Even the shortened course length of 4.5 miles proved too far for the majority of the largest fleet […]

After an overnight minimum temperature of 2º C in Melbourne there was a definite wintry feel to the start of the day. However, clear skies, sunshine and a forecast northerly of around 10 knots laid the foundation for a very pleasant mornings sail. With such a moderate breeze no speed records were going to be […]

Friday 12 June saw the OTB community dress in the their Hollywood glamour and cheer on the 2014-15 season winners! A fun night was had by all!  Congratulations to all of the winners! View the photos here   Photos courtesy of Chris Furey, if you would like a copy of a larger photo, please contact […]

Great results for SYC boats in the Australian Women’s Keelboat regatta Over the Queen’s birthday long weekend 28 boats competed for in the Australian women’s keelboat regatta, in a strong fleet our women achieved some great results. More Noise an Archambault 31 sailed by Steph Strong, Megan Aulich, Emily Close, Kate Jenkins, Claire Sundin, Alison […]

Jeffrey Woolhouse penned an interesting read on the Kaufman Family and particularly the brothers for the 2015 edition of Off the Wind. Read it here.