A reminder that this weekend is the 50th anniversary of the South Gippsland Yacht Club. The plans this weekend include a one off handicap race on Saturday at 1:30 pm , youngesters racing the old hands with a winner take all anniversary medal. The race will take place at 1:30…
Racing on sunday once produced spectacular weather with a sunny day and a 10 knot south westerly breeze building to a 19 knot south westerly in the afternoon. It was the perfect way to cap of an amazing 4 days of sailing. A report of the Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta…
The weather was kind for the marathon with a light southwesterly breeze sending people down past Mahers Landing before picking up and allowing the first sailors sail to sail against the tide to arrive back at the clubhouse a little after 1 pm. There was a good fleet with 21 sailors…
This coming Tuesday is a social sail at 6pm. A number of families are planning to come down to the club to use the facilities so swim, sail and organise a picnic dinner. All are welcome. We’re looking forward to seeing people down. The weather looks to be lovely for…
A gusty northerly passed through in the morning before the races the weather settled down to a brisk 14 – 18 knot south westerly resulting in some fast and exciting racing with close results all round. Next week is the tarwin river marathon! The results have been updated and are…
A great day for sailing with a consistent South Westerly 14-18 knot breeze got sailors around the course in very short order. Both races followed the same course with a beat and a broad and shy reach producing some spectaculur racing and some equally spectacular capsizes. Everyone had a grin…
The morning race brought a gentle westerly (5 – 9 knots) which made racing against the current tricky with sailors trying a number of different strategies to get around the course. The wind picked up in the afternoon (10 – 14 knots) and produced a couple of screaming reaches resulting…
A lovely sunny day at the club today with very light south westerly winds. The kids had a lot of fun on the beach while the sailors slowly battled their way around the challenging course. Congratulations to Vincent Trease for completing his first competitive sailing race in the C –…
The morning brought in a very light northeasterly and given the situation the OD George Fairlie set a challenging 5 lap course. The race was completed successfully producing some tight racing with the wind picking up at the end of the race. Race 4 in the afternoon saw a brisk…
The Serious Surf Stuff series kicked off on the 27th with some spectacular racing weather. A brisk 15 knot south easterly brought out the sailors and produced some very tight racing in all the classes. The race results are online.