4 January 2019 Update regarding On-Water Safety at SYC In April 2018, during the conduct of the Association Cup, sailor Max Peters tragically passed away whilst competing for the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria. As the organising authority of the 2018 race, SYC subsequently conducted an internal review to ascertain whether there were any learnings […]

On a glorious Wednesday evening 120 people sat down to the annual Recreational Boating Christmas Party. A week before we only had 47 bookings but our worries vanished in a last minute rush of enthusiasts. The cooks were Peter Hickey and Bruce Saunders, the organisers and directors were Kate McCutcheon and Dawn Cleaver. George Shaw […]

Dear Members It’s a wonderful time of year at SYC with the Club in full swing. Here’s a few timely updates for you starting with some important housekeeping; Safety By-laws In accordance with Section 34.3 of the Constitution, I am writing to notify you that a number of amendments have been made by General Committee […]

TIME TO GET YOUR NAUTICAL ON! The Recreational Boating Committee invite all members and their guests to join us for some fun on the water for the Recreational Boating Yacht and Powerboat Annual Summer Raft-Up + Picnic, Saturday 5 January 2019 so lock it in your diaries! Click here to Register Then on the day meet your […]

The annual fishing competition was conducted on Sunday 28th October by the Recreational Boating Committee. The interested members were treated to a high profile guest speaker in David Kramer from “Talking Fishing” / Tackle World retail chain about ten days prior to the event. He spoke with knowledge and passion on a range of bay […]

Hugh is an SYC member who has recently completed a double circumnavigation. His travels have taken him to every ocean of the world and many, many countries. On several legs of his voyage he had fellow SYC members as crew. At his presentation Hugh spoke of some the highlights of his trip. Going on safari […]

BRING YOUR FESTIVE CHEER & COME AND JOIN YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS! Recreational Boating Power and Sail Committee welcome all Club members to join us at the  Recreational Boating Christmas break up and get together. If there is one thing we all love about summer, its that it’s barbeque season! It’s time to fire up the grill, […]

After a lot of debate given the weather conditions, the Saturday leg was abandoned and the trip to Balmoral Marina in Geelong was aborted. This of course led to some enthusiastic debate about the relative merits of power boats versus yachts. On Sunday, we headed off to Wyndham Harbour near the mouth of the Werribee […]