The South Gippsland Yacht Club held its inaugural Australia Day Regatta over 3 days. A series of 6 races was held with Saturday’s racing in light to moderate wind with a very strong outgoing tide. Sunday’s races were in moderate wind and Wednesday’s wind was moderate to strong. It was…
The 2021-22 National Mosquito Sailing Titles were held at Victor Harbour South Australia during the week 3rd – 8th of January. Victorian sailors were well represented in all divisions, with SGYC member Pete Kiely coming in 2nd overall in the Spinnaker division. Strong winds throughout the week made for challenging…
Conditions couldn’t have been much different for sailing over the weekend of 8th and 9th January. Saturday saw the third running of the Derek Despy Medal Race Series with consistent moderate south westerly winds of 10-14 knots on a low to rising tide. Rob McNair as OD set a triangular…
SGYC had it’s official opening day Sunday 21st November and the weather gods were on our side with blue skies and a moderate afternoon breeze. A superb sit down lunch of chicken, a selection of salads and home baked cupcakes for dessert ensured the nearly 40 members were prepared for…
Sunday 31st October saw the start of the 2021-22 sailing season. Due to uncertainty surrounding Covid regulations, the official start to the season has been pushed back to November 21st, however we lucked out with a combination of weather and a significant easing of restrictions to make a perfect first…
The SGYC AGM, postponed due to Covid, was held on Saturday 4th Sept via Zoom. A total of 25 members participated and thanks go to Rob McNair for organising and chairing the online meeting. The following annual reports were presented: Commodore’s Report – Wayne Smith Treasurer’s Report – Neil Warren…
Here’s a notification from The Victorian Laser Association: The Victorian Laser Association in junction with the Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club are holding a training clinic at Paynesville from the 18-20 of September. This is a great exposure for Gippsland lasers sailors to receive coaching from National and international level coaches.…
A very enjoyable evening was had by some 40 or so club members on Saturday at the 2020-21 season presentation night. BYO bbq was complemented by salads, breads and other savouries coordinated by Susan and finished off by a bevy of tasty homemade desserts that stumped even the most ravenous…
We are rolling out a new SMS messaging service to provide up to date news and reminders on club sailing, BBQ’s and other events. This will enable your committee to advise of any late changes and keep our membership informed. The service is available to all SGYC members, however you…
What’s happened to the Wooden Boat Regatta I hear you ask! Well it’s coming back in 2022 as a 2 day, 4 race event over the weekend of February 19th / 20th 2022. The regatta will focus on the fun of sailing dinghies on Anderson Inlet and allow everyone to…