Regatta Report & Photos
Read the regatta report and enjoy the first batch of photos online. Click on the links below…
Category: Sailing Report
10th ICWDR Feedback
I will get around to posting a summary of our regatta from last weekend soon, but I thought it would be good to share with you some of the articles and comments others have posted already. The Southern Wooden Boat Sailing website is a great weekly read edited by Mark…
Impulse Nationals
SGYC were well represented with Matt, Toby, Geoff and Graeme contesting the National Impulse titles at Lake Albert, Meningie, South Australia. The invitation race scheduled for Saturday 31st Dec was postponed due to strong winds until the following morning. By the end of the first day, Matt was lying 3rd…
SGYC Sweeps Awards
“TEAM SGYC” took on all comers at the Impulse State Championships at the weekend and cleaned up! We were well represented in a fleet of 16 boats, with 4 members from South Gippsland, Matt, Toby, Ripper and Henry. Matt took overall First place, Toby won the Grandmaster and Ripper won…
2023/24 Season Opening Day
We must have done something right over the winter break – the wind, sunshine and tides all smiled on us for this season’s opening day on Sunday 29th October. Following an excellent chicken salad lunch by Susan and her helpers, the customary sail past got everyone on the water, even…
Presentation Night
Last Saturday saw the culmination of the 22/23 season with accolades awarded to honoured club members at our annual Presentation Night. Around 40 members enjoyed socialising over drinks and a BBQ dinner (thanks for salads and deserts to Susan and her merry band of helpers), so much so that proceedings…
2023 ICWDR Highlights
The weekend of 18th and 19th February saw the 9th running of the Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta on Anderson Inlet. Click here to catch up on the highlights, photos, and results…
Just On An Impulse
SGYC sailors were well represented at State Championships over the March long weekend, the largest contingency being 7 sailors at the Impulse Sates at Somers. Matt, Toby and Geoff finished in the top ten, and put on a Masterclass demonstration winning the Masters, Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters titles…
Loch Sport Eastern Regional Regatta
by Matt Kiely . SGYC Inverloch members arrived on Saturday (except Folkert ) to find great sailing conditions with a building 12 – 17 knots from the SE. We had reasonably flat water, no current, no sandbars (alien conditions for us!) and the invitation race was great fun for all.…
Australia Day Regatta
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…