Yachting News SYC’S OFFSHORE COOK ISLAND RACE IS ON THIS SUNDAY! A fleet of 16 will hit the water this Sunday morning for Race 3 of our Coral Sea Pointscore Series, racing 35nm from the Gold Coast Sand Pumping Bypass Jetty down past the Tweed Seaway to Cook Island, and back. We’ll have our…
Yachting News SYC OFF THE BEACH TROPHY PRESENTATION 2024/25 On Saturday night, Southport Yacht Club’s two OTB divisions, dinghies and catamarans came together at Hollywell for a fantastic annual night of celebrating the achievements of our OTB sailors in the 2024/25 season. For all the photos from the evening please visit SYC’s OTB Dinghy…
Yachting News LAKE COOTHARABA ALLBOATS REGATTA Last weekend our Southport Yacht Club sailors put in a strong showing at the Lake Cootharaba Allboats Regatta, with great results across both junior and senior fleets. Racing was held in fresh conditions on Saturday, with gusts up to 28 knots making for challenging starts and testing boat…
Yachting News BRISBANE WOMEN’S KEELBOAT CUP (RQYS) Congratulations to our local SYC team the ‘GCCM Pink Diamonds’, who won Line Honours and finished 8th on PHS corrected time onboard the Commodore’s Reichel Pugh 42, competing against 10 other teams this past weekend, 5th-6th July. Representing SYC was Skipper Phoebe Reedman and crew Emma Ballie,…
Yachting News It’s been a huge long weekend of sailing for our members, interclub travellers and visitors! ETCHELLS MID WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS – 6th-9th July Southport Yacht Club hosted the Etchell’s Mid-Winter Nationals Championships this weekend! Check out all the photos and videos across the 3 days of action on our Inshore Division FB Group here! Photos…
YACHTING NEWS SYC SAILING DUO MAKE THE NATIONALS YOUTH SQUAD! Congratulations to our sailing duo Emerson Wheeler and Ross Beedle who have been selected for the 2025 Australian Sailing Youth Squad, in the 29er class, after a stellar season in the two-person high performance sailing skiff. Emerson and Ross are the only Queensland team to…
YACHTING NEWS COCK OF THE BROADWATER 2024/25 A fantastic Sunday out on the waters off Hollywell provided excellent conditions for the two RTC and one Passage dinghy races to crown the Junior Champion and Cock of the Broadwater for 2024/25! Sponsored by Aviso Broking. Congratulations to the Place winners: Senior Trophy 1st: Joe Thompson –…
YACHTING NEWS NEW JUNIOR COMMODORES Congratulations to our new Junior Commodore Teegan Mitchell, and Junior Vice Commodore Stirling Kelly! COOK ISLAND YACHT RACE Sunday treated an 18 strong offshore fleet to some fast conditions for the annual 35 nautical mile return yacht race to Cook Island. The Navigators prize was in tight contention, grasped by…
YACHTING NEWS TEAM UPDATE 2024 QLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to all 29 SYC Academy Sailors who are attending the 2024 Zhik Youth Sail Queensland at Keppel Bay Sailing Club, Yeppoon! For all coverage and results of the Championships head to https://kbsc.com.au/project/youthsailqld/ 2024 ETCHELLS QLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The Etchells Qld Championships are being held at…
YACHTING NEWS CRAB ISLAND CLASSIC 2024 Perfect conditions were had on Saturday for 27 entries in our annual keelboat and catamaran inshore event, the Crab Island Classic, sponsored by Samuel Smith & Sons. Congratulations to all competitors and to our 2024 winners! Click here for the video highlights! Keelboat Winners: (Full results here) 🥇 1st…