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Race Results 15 February 2025
newsletter 21 February 2025
Race report for 15 February 2025 covering the Queen of the Harbour, an event traced back to 1926. Seven skiffs sailed the No. 2 East course...
Race Results 1 February 2025
newsletter 7 February 2025
The club ran sprint races on a special triangular course as part of the revived Sydney Harbour Marathon and the A18s 90th anniversary...
Newsletter 6 December 2025
newsletter 6 February 2025
The Commodore thanks crews who sailed on Australia Day and the 18 Footers Centenary event, notes the SailGP screening at the club, the...
Race Results 25 January 2025
newsletter 27 January 2025
Yendys, skippered by Bazza Watson, won Heat 3 of the Australian Championship in a light ENE breeze, ahead of Aberdare and Top Weight, while...
Race Results 11 January 2025
newsletter 14 January 2025
Eight boats started and finished Heat 1 of the Australian Championship, with Aberdare back on the water under Michael Carter and getting the...
Race Results 21 December 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Five boats raced Summer Series Heat 3 on a classic light Sydney summer day, with Tangalooma getting away on a flyer and never headed after...
Newsletter 16 December 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Report on Heat 1 of the Club Championship, raced in a 14 knot north easterly and confused seas. Yendys led Alruth around the top mark after...
Race Results 14 December 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Yendys scored the daily double in Club Championship Heat 2, winning the race and taking first on handicap in light southeasterly conditions,...
Race Results 7 December 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Rain and a light north westerly for Summer Series Race 1 prompted officials to set a special windward leeward course of two laps around...
Race Results 30 November 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Only four skiffs faced the starter for Spring Series Heat 7, with Yendys again fastest, while the club hosted the 12 footer NSW...
Newsletter 28 November 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Announcement of the new SFS Board elected unopposed after the Annual General Meeting of 3 November 2024, with Russell Debney as President,...
Race Results 23 November 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Spring Series Heat 6 sailed in a testing 20 to 25 knot nor'easter with strong tide and wash, while the club towed its damaged start boat...
Race Results 16 November 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
In the first heat of the Club Championship, Yendys led Alruth and Australia around the Beashel Buoy in a 14 knot nor'easter after Britannia...
Race Results 9 November 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Spring Series Heat 5 produced a thrilling finish with the first three boats separated by just over 30 seconds. Top Weight crossed first from...
Race Results 2 November 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
The report on Spring Series Heat 4 opens with six good reasons to reach the start line early, before recounting a cloudy afternoon race in a...
Race Results 26 October 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Spring Series Heat 3 was sailed in a shifty easterly of over 12 knots, with Britannia and Tangalooma away first, big wind shifts testing...
Race Results 19 October 2024
newsletter 28 December 2024
Five boats contested the second Spring Series heat on the southeast course, with Australia rounding Shark Island one second ahead of...
Race Results 11 October 2024
newsletter 27 December 2024
Mark Foy Day opened the 2024-25 season in an 18 to 25 knot southerly, with five boats racing under one or two reefs and pleasing numbers of...
Newsletter SFS Presentation Night 2024
newsletter 22 May 2024
Coverage of the 2023-2024 Season Presentation Night, thanking club volunteers and listing the season's trophy winners including Australia,...
Newsletter 23 April 2024
newsletter 23 April 2024
Off season events notice for the Squaddie clubhouse in 2024. Sailing members are invited to the annual presentation evening on Saturday 18...
Race Results 23 March 2024
newsletter 25 March 2024
The final race of the 2023-24 season, Club Championship Race 3 and Autumn Series Heat 6, sailed in a light easterly, with black flags flown...
Race Results 16 March 2024
newsletter 17 March 2024
Yendys won the inaugural Matthew Flinders Race by three minutes from Australia, with Alruth third, as the fleet honoured the navigator with...
Race Results 9 March 2024
newsletter 11 March 2024
Autumn Series Heat 4 delivered a classic north easterly and a photo finish. The fleet split across the harbour from a Mark Foy handicap...