Yachting News

HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK 2025

 

FINAL INSHORE BRASS MONKEYS

The final race of the Brass Monkey Series is now done and dusted!
Sailed in very light winds, the fleet completed a short John Elks and back course to round off the season. Despite the conditions, our dedicated skippers and crew took to the water and made it a worthwhile race to finish on.

A huge thank you to Krusty and the amazing team of volunteers for making this another great Brass Monkey season!

Final Results Here >>

AIRLIE BEACH RACE WEEK 2025

This year, many of the GCMYR entries continued onto Airlie Beach Race Week. SYC was represented by:

• David Howes ‘Awen’ in Performance Cruising Div 1,
• Peter Cook’s ‘GCCM Arctic Blonde’ in Performance Cruising Div 2,
• Phillip Bell’s ‘She’ in Performance Cruising Div 3,
• Howard Yen ‘Wild Honey’ in Non Spinnaker Div1
• Ainslie Allen ‘Waterline’ in Non Spinnaker Div 1,
• Stuart Malouf’s ‘Coconuts’ in Multihull Div 1,
• Craig Molley’s ‘Avalanche’ in Multihull Passage

Congratulations to every SYC member crewing and racing in the Whitsundays this year!

GCCM GOLD COAST MACKAY YACHT RACE 2025

Race Week 2025 on the Gold Coast has seen the finish of the 39th Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, and start of our 2nd GCCM Gold Coast Mackay Yacht Race!

All eyes have turned north for Mackay, our 520-nautical-mile offshore challenge proudly organised by Southport Yacht Club and supported by fantastic sponsors. The 2025 edition saw a significant jump in participation, with 34 yachts entered, and 29 yachts hitting the start line, up from 18 in its inaugural year. This year, the start line commentary team did a fantastic job with live crosses between several drones, racing participants, a chase boat and commentary team on a member’s Riviera, as well as cameras in the sky thanks to Gold Coast Helitours hosting our photographer and videographer. A huge team effort to capture and cover this growing event. Race updates were posted to the event website and social pages every 4 hours (despite some challenging IT issues), and the Race Village at Mackay Marina really threw a party, with some 3000 locals waiting for the boats on Sunday, lvie entertainment daily, overnight BBQs for arriving crew, and a celebratory atmosphere that lasted well after the final trophy presentation on Monday night.

For all the photos and videos from this event, head to the Facebook page here or the website media gallery!
To revisit this year’s race and track the fleet’s journey, visit: goldcoastmackay.com/livetracker

CORAL SEA BLUE WATER POINTSCORE SERIES

Southport Yacht Club has launched a blue water pointscore, combining four of our special events into an overall annual series! Earning a fantastic perpetual trophy, the Coral Sea Pointscore Series Winner will be determined by the lowest IRC points score result over the series, with scores accumulated over the four races with one race drop. The four races included in the 2025/2026 season are:

Flat Rock Yacht Race, 66nm, – May 24, 2025

GCCM Gold Coast Mackay Yacht Race, 520nm, Aug 1 2025

Cook Island yacht Race, 35nm, – Nov 2, 2025

Julian Rocks Yacht Race, 85nm, – Mar 14 2026

Entry into the series is automatic upon entry into the above races and there is no additional cost. Entry is available to all SYC registered boats and eligible visiting boats from other clubs.For more information on the series and each of the races please click here.