Congratulations Southport Yacht Club Past Junior Commodore Joel Turner, winning the 2017 Australian 49er National Championships! My last few months have been extremely exciting and exhausting as I have endeavoured on my new campaign with new team mate David Gilmour. We have been training in his home town Perth, as well as Sydney and Queensland.…
Close call between the leading crew’s at the 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta Day four will see for an interesting race between the Performance 1 division with a close point score between leaders Cyclone, skippered by David Chadkirk and Glenn Burrell’s Wildflower II. With only one point in the lead, Cyclone will be required to…
Tonoa leads the trailer fleet after day two in the 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta After finishing day one in third (3rd) place, David Keep and his crew on Tonoa, secured the top spot after day two of the 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta. “After joining the regatta in 2016, we had such a great…
PERFECT CONDITIONS CALL FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL START IN DAY ONE OF THE 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta With a 13 knot easterly breeze and rolling swell to begin with, the Gold Coast shoreline has proven perfect for sailing conditions at Southport Yacht Club’s 2017 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta. 25 entrants began racing today to battle on…
Southport Yacht Club Nationals Sailor Results update A large number of Southport Yacht Club sailors are currently representing SYC in their respective National Championships across Australia. Please see below an update on their fantastic achievements through the regattas. Please note some results are unavailable at present, updates will follow. Nacra Nationals – Lake Cootharaba…
Doug Coulter’s Shakti has taken full advantage of the current weather pattern to launch their boat up the NSW coast overnight and maintain the lead in the first ever Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race. Shakti passed Coffs Harbour at around 8:30am this morning with gusts up to 27 knots from the south setting…