Wednesday Wonders 2018/19 Summer Presentation Photos
Friday, 3rd May 2019
Friday, 3rd May 2019
Sunday, 28th April 2019
Thirty four yachts gathered to contest race 4 around the 8.2 nautical mile course 9 in a breeze that grew from 3 to 18 knots. This was the largest increase in wind strength in a very long time. It was arguably this increase in wind strength that proved decisive. Twelve of the first 13 yachts […]
Friday, 26th April 2019
The Commodore’s Challenge is on again this year with expressions of interest for the SYC team now open. The challenge will be taking place on Sunday 19 May at SYC. It utilises the Club’s fleet of six Beneteaus to allow the best female teams of five sailors from Clubs around Victoria to come together and […]
Friday, 26th April 2019
Dear OTB sailors and friends, The past few weeks of the school holidays have been a busy time for many of our OTB sailors and the fantastic Autumn weather has allowed for plenty of great sailing. The Victorian Int Cadet fleet decided to skip the Youth Champs regatta at Blairgowrie this year and a strong […]
Wednesday, 24th April 2019
Cruise in Company Docklands April 2019 On Friday in the face of a strong wind warning, 7 boats (power and yachts) headed into a 25-30 knot head wind to Docklands. Being a Northerly the waves were moderate. Just after we got there a gale warning was issued for Friday and Saturday. And did it blow […]
Wednesday, 24th April 2019
On Wednesday April 10 a full house was treated to an interesting and informative talk from Mal Hart – the founder and owner of Hart Marine. Mal started building cedar plank boats in the 1980’s and gradually progressed to building TP 52’s, Volvo boats and the like in high performance composite materials. Yacht names include […]
Tuesday, 23rd April 2019
Race 3 became the first casualty of the winter series when it was abandoned following a strong wind warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology. The wind speed at Fawkner Beacon at 1330 was 24 knots with gusts around 27 knots. It did ease as the afternoon progressed and averaged 21 knots form the north […]
Friday, 12th April 2019
It was the latter two thirds of the 39 yacht fleet that benefited the most from this race. None of the first 13 yachts to start were among the first 13 to finish. Those that handled the sloppy seas in an increasing southerly breeze that averaged about 10 knots for the afternoon recorded the best […]
Friday, 12th April 2019
The 2019 Association Cup was held on Sunday 7 April at Sandringham Yacht Club. Conditions were interesting with extremely testing conditions keeping not only the sailors on their toes but also SYC’s race management team! This year’s Association Cup saw only two Club’s competing, those being Sandringham Yacht Club and Royal Brighton Yacht Club. It […]