The Recreational Boating June Guest Speaker evening is Wednesday 12 June 2019 at 7:30pm in the Port Phillip Room. ROD SMALLMAN – “MY CROOKED PATHWAY TO THE MELBOURNE-OSAKA DOUBLE HANDER” An SYC club member, Rod has sailed for “about 50 years” , mostly in dinghies. He is a relative newcomer to keel boats but has been making […]

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 […]

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 […]

The summer of 2019/2020 is set to be a festive and very busy one for SYC as we host a series of prestigious Laser regattas including a States, Nationals and 3 World Championships. We are calling for volunteer expressions of interest to help us deliver these events. This is the line-up of events; Victorian Laser […]

After months of anticipation, the Cruise in Company/Bass Strait Cruise commenced on Saturday March 9 with a sail or motor to Martha Cove. In the second half the wind picked up so we had an enjoyable couple of hours sailing down. 17 boats berthed at Martha Cove and the channel was fractionally (only fractionally) deeper […]

Our April Guest Speaker evening is Wednesday 10 April 2019 at 7:30pm in the Port Phillip Room. Mal Hart, a shipwright, has been building and racing high performance racing yachts since 1980. Past builds include Scandia, Ichiban, Ausmaid, Volvo boats and many TP 52’s. When the GFC slowed this work right down, Hart Marine, at […]

Boating isn’t just a hobby, it’s a LIFESTYLE! Come and join us at Melbourne City Marina, Docklands and ‘hang out’ with your fellow SYC members enjoying a few ‘cold ones’, a tasty dinner, of course, a fun night to celebrate the end of the summer boating season! Friday 5 April and Saturday 6 April returning to SYC […]

On Wednesday February 13 we were treated to “ An Evening with Alma” Long standing club member Ken Gayler spoke about all aspects of the Alma Doepel: drawing on his 8 years of volunteered work on the project. The Alma Doepel was launched as a tall ship in 1903 and saw service as lumber and […]

The Annual SYC Cup NavRally was held on Sunday February 10. The weather was overcast with a bit of wind and chop but given there was a strong contingent committed to coming from Royals a call was made to hold the event. The sun came out and the wind moderated and it turned into a […]