YACHTING NEWS 65th MAROOCHY HEAD OF THE RIVER 2025 on the SUNSHINE COAST Congratulations to three of our Squad who represented SYC this past weekend up on the Sunshine Coast, Nate McCarthy, Josie Fowler and Mariella Brady. Maroochy can be challenging to navigate the 5-6nm course with sandbanks that jump out of nowhere, and fast…
YACHTING NEWS RULES NIGHT 2025 Date: From 6pm, Monday 17th March (St Patrick’s Day), in the Compass Room, SYC Main Beach Come along and learn the new sailing rules for 2025 from Mark Gallagher, as well as a refresher on the SYC Handicapping from Russell Birse. No RSVP required, please just turn up on Monday!…
YACHTING NEWS SYC MEMBERS TAKE ON THE 18″ SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP ON SYDNEY HARBOUR! This weekend sees the commencement of J J Giltinan 18 Skiff Skiff Championships on Sydney Harbour which are widely acknowledged as the Formula One on Water World Champioships. Club Members Joel Turner and Michael Spies have both joined the Shaw and Partners…
YACHTING NEWS COCK OF THE BROADWATER 2024/25 A fantastic Sunday 16th February out on the waters off Hollywell! Sponsored by Aviso Broking, excellent conditions were had for the two RTC and one Passage dinghy races to crown the Junior Champion and Cock of the Broadwater for 2024/25! . Congratulations to the Place winners: Senior Trophy…
YACHTING NEWS That’s a Wrap on the 2025 Cat Weekend! Thank you to our Race Officer Jeff and sponsor ‘Club Marine’. Our volunteers out-did themselves, a great weekend of racing. Paper Tiger Division 3rd Damien Widdy Finger Jam 2nd Kelvin Holdt Gotanuddawoody 1st Phil Kellond-Knight Rumpleteaser Division 2 3rd Daniel Thompson & Bentley O’Sullivan Hot…
YACHTING NEWS QCYC SURF TO CITY 2025 The 32nd Surf to City Yacht Race was raced once again last weekend, organised by our friends at the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club. 2 strong fleets raced from the GC Seaway to Brisbane, with 26 monohulls and 13 multihulls racing inshore, whilst 29 monohulls and 5 multihulls will…
YACHTING NEWS TED ELKES MEMORIAL REGATTA 2024/25 Well done to all skippers and crew who competed in our Ted Elkes Memorial Regatta over the Australia Day weekend! Saturday’s grey skies and choppy sea state gave contrast to Sunday’s blue skies and much calmer conditions, with a passage on Day 2 sending both divisions…
YACHTING NEWS JULIAN ROCKS YACHT RACE Congratulations to all skippers and crew who braved the very wet conditions offshore and raced 84nm from the GC Seaway to Cape Byron and back in our Julian Rocks Yacht Race on Saturday! Incredibly, Line Honours was one of the tightest finishes we’ve seen with just 2…
YACHTING NEWS JULIAN ROCKS YACHT RACE Congratulations to all skippers and crew who braved the very wet conditions offshore and raced 84nm from the GC Seaway to Cape Byron and back in our Julian Rocks Yacht Race on Saturday! Incredibly, Line Honours was one of the tightest finishes we’ve seen with just 2…
YACHTING NEWS HOLLYWELL SAILING OFFICE The Sailing Office has now reopened for 2025! AUSTRALIAN PAPER TIGER CHAMPIONSHIPS (Adelaide) SYC Members Damien Widdy and Kelvin Holdt have just completed the Australian Paper Tiger Championships at Somerton Yacht Club in Adelaide. They enjoyed a good mix of conditions with a day of light air, a…