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Newsletter 14 December 2020
newsletter 14 December 2020
Results for Race 10 of the 2020-21 season, Heat 2 of the Summer Point Score and the 129th SFS Anniversary Regatta, which commemorates Mark...
Newsletter 11 December 2020
newsletter 11 December 2020
Announces new official SFS merchandise on sale at the clubhouse in time for Christmas 2020, suggested as gifts for sailors. The range...
Newsletter 9 December 2020
newsletter 9 December 2020
Announces extra tickets for the ferry Radar to follow the last 18 footer race of 2020, after eased NSW COVID restrictions allowed increased...
Newsletter 8 December 2020
newsletter 8 December 2020
Invitation to the Sailors' Party on the Deck on Saturday 12 December 2020, celebrating the start of the 2020/21 sailing season. Live...
Newsletter 7 December 2020
newsletter 8 December 2020
Race 9 of the 2020-21 season, sailed 5 December 2020 as Heat 2 of the Club Championship and Heat 1 of the Summer Point Score. Seven skiffs...
Race Results – 5 December 2020
race report 7 December 2020
Bob Chapman reports on Race 9 of the 2020-21 season, Heat 2 of the Club Championship. Seven skiffs raced in a light north easterly, with...
Race Results – 28 November 2020
race report 30 November 2020
On a 40 degree day, five skiffs raced the final Spring Point Score heat in a puffy westerly of 12 to 22 knots, with Top Weight first away...
Newsletter 30 November 2020
newsletter 30 November 2020
Race 8 of the 2020-21 season, sailed 28 November in heat over 40 degrees with a north west wind. Five skiffs took a handicap start in Athol...
Newsletter 26 November 2020
newsletter 27 November 2020
Announcement that the spectator ferry is back with tickets on sale, marking the return of Radar for the 2020-21 season. Built in 1946 and...
Newsletter 24 November 2020
newsletter 24 November 2020
Race report for Race 7 of the 2020-21 season, Heat 7 of the Spring Point Score, sailed by the Historic 18 footers. Eight skiffs raced on a...
Race Results – 21 November 2020
race report 23 November 2020
Britannia sailed a strong opening leg to lead Heat 7 of the Spring Point Score in a puffy southeasterly, while Top Weight's day ended after...
Newsletter 17 November 2020
newsletter 17 November 2020
Promotional issue giving three reasons to visit the Squaddie. Sailing is on, six races into the 2020-21 season, with the historic skiffs...
Newsletter 16 November 2020
newsletter 16 November 2020
Reports Race 6 of the 2020-21 season, sailed in a light east to southeast breeze with eight skiffs, the biggest fleet of the season to that...
Race Results – 14 November 2020
race report 16 November 2020
Eight skiffs enjoyed clear skies and a light easterly for Heat 6 of the Spring Point Score, with Scot sailing a strong first beat to lead...
Race Results – 7 November 2020
race report 9 November 2020
A gusty 18 to 25 knot southerly saw only four skiffs make the start of Spring Point Score Heat 5. Britannia, well rigged for the conditions,...
Newsletter 9 November 2020
newsletter 9 November 2020
Race 5 of the 2020-21 season and Heat 5 of the Spring Point Score. Six skiffs rigged small for a gusty 18 to 25 knot southerly and a...
Race Results – 31 October 2020
race report 2 November 2020
A passing thunderstorm forced late rig changes before Club Championship Heat 1, with six skiffs starting in Athol Bight in a puffy SSW...
Newsletter 2 November 2020
newsletter 2 November 2020
Reports Race 4 of the 2020-21 season, sailed in unsettled weather with a passing thunderstorm around 1pm that forced rig rethinks among the...
Race Results – 24 October 2020
race report 26 October 2020
Bob Chapman reports on Race 3 of the 2020-21 season and Spring Point Score Heat 3, with six skiffs starting off Double Bay in a light and...
Newsletter 25 September 2020
newsletter 26 October 2020
Results for Race 3 of the 2020-21 season, Heat 3 of the Spring Series. Six Historic 18 footer skiffs faced the starter, all finished with no...
Race Results – 17 October 2020
race report 25 October 2020
Five skiffs battled a puffy 20 knot northerly and bushfire smoke drifting from North Head, with Scot first around the Beashel Buoy after...
Newsletter 20 September 2020
newsletter 20 October 2020
Club newsletter dated 20 September 2020, published early in the 2020-21 season. The page content was later archived and neither the text nor...
Race Results – 10 October 2020
race report 13 October 2020
Mark Foy Day opened the 2020-21 season with just three skiffs, Australia IV, Aberdare and Scot, after lockdowns disrupted off season...
Newsletter 13 September 2020
newsletter 13 October 2020
The Historic 18 footer season opened on Mark Foy Day with three boats racing and Australia IV setting the first ringtail, while the Nick...