News & Events
Experience the magic of this year’s Float Your Boat
April 12, 2021
Float your Boat will light up Lake Macquarie in June with a spectacular parade of illuminated vessels that will cruise the shoreline for the two-night festival. We are calling all interested boaties to join in the fun for the festival. If you are the…
Flying TP52 start sets up perfect finish for SailFest Newcastle
April 12, 2021
Newcastle Harbour has hosted sailing regattas for over 175 years, but never has it witnessed a sight more exciting or nail-biting than this – eight grand-prix TP52s planing across the line under spinnaker, fanned by 25 knots of wild, wild sou-westerly. It was the…
Multihull Solutions and The Yacht Sales Co Set for Sanctuary Cove Boat Show
April 9, 2021
Visitors to the 2021 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show will be spoilt for choice with an extensive range of boats on display at the Multihull Solutions and The Yacht Sales Co stand. The two companies, which represent the world’s leading multihull and monohull brands,…
History to repeat as Newcastle Harbour sail-ebrates
April 6, 2021
More than 175 years of salty sailing history will be rekindled on April 10-11, with SailFest Newcastle Regatta bringing together an armada of TP52s, skiffs, dinghies and catamarans – right down to tiny Try-Sailing trainers – on Newcastle Harbour. The first Newcastle Regatta was…
Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong 2022
March 29, 2021
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club is excited to announce its intent to once again host the Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong in March 2022. Despite a challenging 12 months with many event cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RGYC are hopeful to gather together…
Bobbin Head Cruising Club breaks fundraising records
March 29, 2021
For the Bobbin Head Cruising Club (BHCC), gusty winds and a downpour wasn’t enough to stop them from hosting their annual fundraising event on March 14 to support Cure Cancer. Altogether, they’ve raised an incredible $80,000 to date – enough to support 1,600 hours…
PRSC – A Jewel on the Parramatta River
March 26, 2021
The three old sailors kicked back on the starter’s porch, enjoying the warmth of the sun and the cool of the brisk nor’easter flapping the race flags on the mast. To the west they were watching the race fleet beating back from Morrison Bay.
Entries open for 2021 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
March 26, 2021
Main photo: The fleet in the 2019 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race heads out of Sydney Harbour. Photo by Andrea Francolini The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is now accepting entries for the 2021 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which will start…
Electric powered Red Cedar River Launch glides into the water
March 25, 2021
Remember the days of timber putt putts for hire? All the coastal towns up and down the east coast of Australia, had little fleets of them. Powered by Blaxland, Simplex or Hall petrol engines, they would cut through the water beautifully, having their DNA…
Celestial and Mistral claim clean sweeps in inaugural CYCA Summer Offshore Series
March 25, 2021
Main photo: Celestial put in a dominant performance throughout the Summer Offshore Series. Photo: Hamish Hardy/CYCA Sam Haynes’ TP52 Celestial and Rupert Henry’s Lombard 34 Mistral have been crowned IRC champions in the fully-crewed and two-handed divisions respectively of the CYCA’s 2021 Summer Offshore Series. Following a limited…
Noosa Gaff Rig Regatta
March 24, 2021
The 2021 Noosa Yacht and Rowing Clubs next Gaff Rig regatta is scheduled for Sunday the 6th of June. Entries are for yachts with Gaff, Gunter or similar rigs and can be constructed of any material new or old. The NYRC can arrange launching,…
Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race – Cancelled
March 24, 2021
… but the Party is still On It is with great regret that Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC), the Organising Authority for the 2021 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race, has cancelled the race due to safety concerns.
