23 Junior and Youth Sailors from Southport Yacht Club travelled to Keppel Bay Sailing Club in Yeppoon for the 2017 Queensland Youth Championships. Held from 20th to 25th September, a two day training camp was held before the commencement of the Championships. SYC largest fleet of 24 entrants competed in the event with some extremely…
This year’s Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Regatta will now crown a new Queensland state champion. At the conclusion of the Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise (Pittwater to Gold Coast) race, a four-day regatta off the Gold Coast beaches, the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta, will now host the Queensland IRC Yachting Championships. The title will be…
Southport Yacht Club appointed 5 Gold Anchor Marina Accreditation Queensland’s award-winning Southport Yacht Club (SYC) has this week been presented with internationally recognised 5 Gold Anchor accreditation. At its most recent meeting the Marina Industries Association (MIA) approved SYC’s Gold Anchor status as part of its MIA International Gold Anchor Rating Scheme for marinas. …
Over 30 Queensland and interstate entrants are expected to compete in the championships, sailing a range on windward/leeward and passage courses offshore the magnificent beaches on the Gold Coast. SYC last held the Queensland Yachting Championships in 2013, incorporated into the Club’s premier yachting regatta Sail Paradise. Peter Harburg’s 66ft Reichel Pugh, Blackjack won…
The first Queensland OK Dinghy states in 30 years has wrapped up with some great offshore racing. Tim Davies took out the overall win leading with a 4 point margin on Southport Yacht Club’s Kelvin Holdt, closely behind in third another strong SYC dinghy sailor, Ben Downey. Kelvin, was also awarded Queensland’s highest ranked competitor. Congratulations to all competitors.…
A TASTE OF SUCCESS ON THE GOLD COAST INSPIRES AURIC’S QUEST’S ENTRY FOR THE CLUB MARINE PITTWATER TO PARADISE REGATTA, AND BARTERCARD SAIL PARADISE Having sampled success in the most recent Sail Paradise Series on the Gold Coast, Southport Yacht Club’s Fred Bestall has already signalled his intention to go for the double – victory…
Fremantle to Pittwater and onto paradise with Stealth When yachtsman Robert Alpe decided to move into bluewater racing with the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club he looked Australia-wide for the right boat and eventually chose a Fremantle based 32-footer he then sailed 2,500 nautical miles home to Pittwater with a small delivery crew. Stealth is…
Pittwater to Paradise Regatta and Sail Paradise – entries are open. Entries are open for the two exciting new curtain raisers for the 2018 east coast offshore sailing season – the Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Regatta and the Bartercard Sail Paradise series. The two events are presented jointly by Royal Prince Alfred…
Southport Yacht Club Vessels to compete in the 32nd Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race A strong fleet of 57 yachts will be racing in the Annual 384-nautical mile Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. 2017 will host three (3) Southport Yacht Club (SYC) vessels competing in the event including Rod West’s Bavaria 42…
Southport Yacht Club’s Mathew Belcher and crew Will Ryan crowned the 470 dinghy World Champions Southport Yacht Club’s Olympic medallists and Club life member Mathew Belcher along with crew member Will Ryan, have been crowned the 470 dinghy class World Champions in Greece overnight. It was Mathew’s seventh World Championship victory and Will’s…