FREE Family Fun and Discover Sailing at the 2017 Gold Coast Marine Family Festival Southport Yacht Club are hosting Gold Coast Marine Family Festival and Open Day on Saturday 11th November from 10am to 4pm. The Club will be open to members, guests and visitors, it is going to be an action-packed day full of…
Celebrate all things scary with free Halloween celebrations at Southport Yacht Club Come in and enjoy the spookiest night of the year with all things scary at Southport Yacht Club’s annual Halloween party. From 5.30pm on Tuesday 31st October, over 300 members and guests are expected to join in on the fun with…
OK Dinghy World Champion, Greg Wilcox to compete in the 2018 Australian National Championships. Greg Wilcox has confirmed he will compete in the 2018 Australian Nationals, hosted by Southport Yacht Club at the Hollywell Sailing Squadron on the Gold Coast, from 2nd to 7th January 2018. Greg has returned to the top of the OK…
MATHEW BELCHER OAM GUEST SPEAKER AT SOUTHPORT YACHT CLUB CHARITY SAILING DAY 2017 On Friday, November 3, Southport Yacht Club will celebrate the Club’s annual Charity Sailing Day, with special guest speaker Olympic Gold and Silver Medallist Mathew Belcher OAM. Over 100 local business leaders along with numerous Club sailing members will take…
TRIFECTA OF QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES HELD AT 2018’S BARTERCARD SAIL PARADISE REGATTA The Australian Sports Boats Association, along with Australian Measurement System (AMS) have jumped on board with Australian Sailing to host three new Queensland championships at Southport Yacht Club (SYC). Host event, Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta will crown the 2018 Australian Sailing Queensland Yachting…
23 Junior and Youth Sailors from Southport Yacht Club travelled to Keppel Bay Sailing Club in Yeppoon for the 2017 Queensland Youth Championships. Held from 20th to 25th September, a two day training camp was held before the commencement of the Championships. SYC largest fleet of 24 entrants competed in the event with some extremely…
This year’s Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Regatta will now crown a new Queensland state champion. At the conclusion of the Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise (Pittwater to Gold Coast) race, a four-day regatta off the Gold Coast beaches, the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta, will now host the Queensland IRC Yachting Championships. The title will be…
Southport Yacht Club appointed 5 Gold Anchor Marina Accreditation Queensland’s award-winning Southport Yacht Club (SYC) has this week been presented with internationally recognised 5 Gold Anchor accreditation. At its most recent meeting the Marina Industries Association (MIA) approved SYC’s Gold Anchor status as part of its MIA International Gold Anchor Rating Scheme for marinas. …
Over 30 Queensland and interstate entrants are expected to compete in the championships, sailing a range on windward/leeward and passage courses offshore the magnificent beaches on the Gold Coast. SYC last held the Queensland Yachting Championships in 2013, incorporated into the Club’s premier yachting regatta Sail Paradise. Peter Harburg’s 66ft Reichel Pugh, Blackjack won…
The first Queensland OK Dinghy states in 30 years has wrapped up with some great offshore racing. Tim Davies took out the overall win leading with a 4 point margin on Southport Yacht Club’s Kelvin Holdt, closely behind in third another strong SYC dinghy sailor, Ben Downey. Kelvin, was also awarded Queensland’s highest ranked competitor. Congratulations to all competitors.…