YACHTING NEWS

SYC REPRESENT AT THE LAKE COOTHARABA EASTER REGATTA 2025!

Over the Easter long weekend, three Academy sailors competed at the Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club’s Easter Regatta, gaining valuable race experience in varying conditions.

All sailors performed well, showing strong commitment and skill ahead of the upcoming regatta season.

Ella Ware (Riptide) – 6th Overall, Division 3
Jozee Fowler (Barracuda) – 1st, Division 6 Intermediate
Mariella Brady (Sea Biscuit) – 2nd, Division 6 Green Fleet Opti

AVISO BROKING LADIES DAY RACE 2025

LADIES DAY 2025 today was blessed with fine conditions on the broadwater, with female skippers (and a few all female crew) relishing the passage race around Crab Island, down to John Elkes Beacon, up to Sovereign Islands and return to Hollywell.

A huge thank you to our sponsor Aviso Broking and to our volunteers for their support. A highlight video reel will be online this coming week. Onto results!!

Line Honours:

1st – Sneaky ‘Barbie’ Ninja

PHS

1st – Argo

2nd – Musto Jack

3rd – Sophia

4th – Sneaky Ninja ‘Barbie’s’

5th – Roaring Forties ‘Bridgeton Belles’

6th – Kamikaze

7th – No Comment

DNC – Cool Change

DNC – Hope

Best Dressed Boat: No Comment

Best Dressed Crew: Roaring Forties ‘Bridgerton Belles’

First all female crew to finish: Sneaky ‘Barbie’ Ninjas

Click here for full results

77th GLADSTONE PORTS BRISBANE TO GLADSTONE YACHT RACE 2025

It has been an absolute cleanup for Southport Yacht Club’s offshore sailing fraternity in the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2025 over the Easter weekend! In what proved to be a slow race with very light air, we are immensely proud of our boats, skippers, crews and regular racing members who won the following podium finishes:

Monohull Line Honours:

1st – Michael Spies, Maritimo 52

2nd – Annika Thomson, Ocean Crusaders J-Bird

3rd – Commodore Glenn Burrell, Black Diamond

Multihull Line Honours (and 2nd OMR):

1st – Greg Alder, Top Gun

IRC

1st – Commodore Glenn Burrell, Black Diamond

2nd – David Rose, Wedgetail

3rd – Alex Toomey & Andrew Hibbert (DH), Ryujin

PHS

1st – Alex Toomey & Andrew Hibbert (DH), Ryujin

2nd – Commodore Glenn Burrell, Black Diamond

IRC & PHS Double-Handed

1st – Alex Toomey & Andrew Hibbert (DH), Ryujin

2nd – Peter Cook & Saskia Groen-Int-Wood, GCCM Arctic Blonde

ORCi

1st – Commodore Glenn Burrell, Black Diamond

3rd – Christopher Larsen, Kerisma

AMS

1st – Alex Toomey & Andrew Hibbert (DH), Ryujin

3rd – Peter Cook & Saskia Groen-Int-Wood, GCCM Arctic Blonde

Plus many 4ths, 5ths and 6ths across the rest of our SYC offshore fleet including Andy Lamont’s Hutchies Yeah Baby, and a special mention to Lea Foster and crew on Circe who endured the longest elapsed time at sea at 3 days, 6 hours and 50 seconds across the line. For full results, visit https://www.brisbanetogladstone.com/yachts-entered/

Congratulations to all provisional and onshore crews for supporting our shiny SYC fleet chase their pursuits!

Pic credit: Barry Berg; of Black Diamond Yachting‘s winning haul

SYC TAKES THE PODIUM AT THE 2025 ILCA QUEENSLAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN YEPPOON

The 2025 ILCA Queensland State Championships took place from April 11–13 at Keppel Bay Sailing Club in Yeppoon, bringing together top ILCA sailors from across the state for a weekend of competitive racing.
The event featured divisions for ILCA 4, ILCA 6, and ILCA 7, catering to Youth, Open, and Masters sailors.

Our Academy sailors delivered exceptional performances at the event:

Mila Gan (Dragonfly 214428): Secured 2nd place in the U16 Female division in ILCA 4.
Evie McGuire (Ripple 225741): Achieved 3rd place in the U16 Female division in ILCA 4.
Hugo Ralph: (Litre of Choccy Milk 216359) Our Academy’s Coach Hugo took 1st place overall in the ILCA 7 fleet!

UPCOMING SYC SPECIAL EVENTS

FLAT ROCK YACHT RACE

Date: SATURDAY 10th MAY 2025

Entries are open for the first race in our Coral Sea Pointscore Series, the Flat Rock Yacht Race!

An outstanding offshore and overnight 67 nautical mile event, with the fleet racing north from the Gold Coast Seaway to Flat Rock, just off the coast of North Stradbroke Island at Point Lookout, returning to the Gold Coast with a finish line at the Sand Bypass Pumping Jetty.MANDATORY SKIPPERS BRIEFING: @ SYC MAIN BEACH

Enter now on the event page here.

GOLD COAST MACKAY YACHT RACE 2025

Date: Friday 1st August 2025

Entries are now open to the sequel race that kicked off in spectacular style in 2024. Check out the brand new highlight reel that has just dropped on our Youtube, just click this picture:

ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Find out more and enter on the event page here.

SAIL PARADISE 2025

Date: Saturday 4th to Monday 6th October

Entries are NOW OPEN to Australia’s spectacular offshore regatta, The Yacht Sales Co Sail Paradise 2025! Find out more on the regatta page here.

SYC ACADEMY

Academy Programs May / June 2025:

Youth Learn to Sail Programs
Kids and Teen Learn to Sail, Junior Fleets, and Sailing Race Teams all start back up this Week
More details found here: https://southportyachtclub.com.au/sailing/sailing-academy/youth-learn-to-sail/

Adult Learn to Sail Beginner- May
This is our starting point for all and any adults wanting to get into sailing!

Sundays – May 4^th, 11^th, 18^th
$415pp
No Experience required!
Certificates 1 & 2: Start Dinghy Sailing

https://www.oxenfordwatersportscentre.com.au/events/273237

She Sails Mothers Days- May 11^th
Run by women, for women, our She Sails sessions’ social nature strives to help females build confidence, develop their sailing knowledge and skills.

12 pm – 3 pm Sunday 11^th
$60 per person
2-hour Sailing session guided by a female instructor
No experience required
Drink and nibbles included

https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/southportyachtclub/items/575708/calendar/2025/05/?full-items=yes

Keelboat Crewing & Helming Course – (Sold Out)

Saturday 24^th and Sunday 25^th May 9am-3pm
Held at Hollywell Sailing Squadron
Adult Learn to Sail Beginner course required
$515 per person

https://www.oxenfordwatersportscentre.com.au/events/290680

This Week in Yachting – 1st May 2025

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