Newsletter 1 February 2021
This is a historical record from the club's archive, kept at its original address. Details may no longer be current.
Reports Race 14 of the 2020-21 season, sailed as Heat 2 of the Historical 18ft Skiff Australian Championship on Saturday 30 January 2021. Nine skiffs raced, with Alruth welcomed back to the fleet. Yendys led from start to finish ahead of The Mistake, followed by Australia IV, Alruth, Top Weight, Scot, Tangalooma, Britannia and Aberdare, with Alruth taking the handicap win.
Season 2020-21 Race 14 Results
Yendys finishing on Saturday (image thanks to Tricia Smith)
Race 14 of the 2020-21 Season and Heat 2 of the Australian Championships. Nine skiffs were on hand for the day’s racing - welcome back to Alruth!
Once again, the mighty Yendys led the fleet from start to finish, finishing well ahead of The Mistake, followed by Australia IV, Alruth, Top Weight, …
Please note: There was an error with the calculations in the race results table last week and the corrected race results table for Heat 2 on 23 January 2021 is shown below.
With thanks to the on-water support team of Barley, Robert, Peter, Reece, Chuck and Bentley, along with COVID Marshalls Tomoko and Nicki.
The full race report is provided by Bob Chapman and available on the SFS website here:
The 12 Foot Skiffs
The 12 footers were back for race 3 of the club championships.
February 2021
Sat 13 Feb — Port Jackson Champ; Club Champ H3; Bish Bolton Trophy; Summer Series H5
Sun 14 Feb — NSW Sprint Series; *LC12’SSC
Sat 20 Feb — Ladies Day; Queen of the Harbour; Autumn Series H1
Sun 21 Feb — Sprint Series
Sat 27 Feb — Autumn Series H2
Sun 28 Feb — Club Championship #4
Full Sailing Calendar available here:
The Famous SFS Spectator Ferry
The best value harbour cruise in Sydney. Book your tickets for the final heat of the Australian Championship. Tickets available at the SFS website:
Photo taken by John Jeremy during Australia Day Regatta 2021
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Sydney Flying Squadron — Australia’s oldest open boat sailing club. 76 McDougall St, Kirribilli NSW 2061
This text was read from the scanned original below by optical character recognition. It has not yet been checked by a person, so it may carry mistakes, and any results tables in the original are not reproduced here. The scan is the authority.