Southport Yacht Club’s Auric’s Quest will be a hot contender for back to back wins in the 2018 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta, along with a solid chance to be named champion of the Pittwater to Paradise Series, 2018. Due to mechanical issues Auric’s Quest was unable to join the east coast offshore race, however fortunate…
The 2018 Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Regatta, commencing Tuesday 2 January, is shaping up to be a race of stamina and tactics for the highly competitive fleet; many of which are of very similar size and performance. From the Bay of Islands, NZ, Rp42 Rikki and her crew of 11 including owner and skipper…
Ashleigh Swadling and George Morton take out Sail Sydney Nacra 15 Titles and Harry Hogan 1st in the Optimist Green Fleet! There were seven SYC members competing at this year’s Sail Sydney and all had great results. Blake Wilson 3rd and Austin Cross 23rd in the Optimist Gold Fleet, Jack O’Hagan 16th & Leonardo Hughes…
Ashleigh Swadling and George Morton take out Sail Sydney Nacra 15 Titles and Harry Hogan 1st in the Optimist Green Fleet! There were seven SYC members competing at this year’s Sail Sydney and all had great results. Blake Wilson 3rd and Austin Cross 23rd in the Optimist Gold Fleet, Jack O’Hagan 16th & Leonardo Hughes…
We joined the performance program when it started last year. We are 10 and 8 and sail our Sabot ‘Tomahawk’ together as a 2up team. All week we look forward to training days. Since we started with the team we have learned how to gybe properly in higher wind, improve our upwind sailing and mark…
My name is Oscar Gray and I’m 12 years old. At the moment, I sail an Open Bic. I first started sailing on and off on Sundays with the Fun Sail Program, at 6 years old. When I was 10 years old I decided to progress to the next stage, as I found sailing fun.…
My performance journey: I first joined the Performance Program at the start of 2017 in my O’pen Bic ‘Instead of a Pony’, except I wasn’t sailing a lot until recently this year. Before joining the team I had been sailing in my O’pen Bic for a couple of years. The Performance Teams training sessions…
My sailing journey My name is Jack. I first started sailing in x3’s in the Sunday morning fun sail. I really enjoyed sailing and progressed to the Opti class where I sailed for 5 years. I went a couple of regattas including the states in Mooloolaba and the nationals at Mornington peninsula. When I became…
SYC OK Dinghy Sailors impressive results at the Big River Regatta. Eight (8) of Southport Yacht Club’s best OK Dinghy sailors travelled to The Big River Sailing Club to compete in the Club’s annual Single Hander Regatta on the Clarence River, NSW. Held over the weekend, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th October, this was…
FREE Family Fun and Discover Sailing at the 2017 Gold Coast Marine Family Festival Southport Yacht Club are hosting Gold Coast Marine Family Festival and Open Day on Saturday 11th November from 10am to 4pm. The Club will be open to members, guests and visitors, it is going to be an action-packed day full of…