Race 8 of the Audi Centre Sydney Winter Series started with the standard sunny morning and westerly breeze filling in under the Harbour Bridge. By 11:30am the breeze started to die and swing in to the south where it was expected to build to a steady 10-12 knots. This change didn’t eventuate until many of […]
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The CYCA Youth Sailing Academy’s Development Match Racing (DMR) Squad has defended their Interclub Challenge title in 2018 after three events at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Unfortunately, due to strong winds, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron event was cancelled. It is only the […]
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Rowan Johnston, one of the great stalwarts of Tasmanian yachting, as a competitor and honorary administrator with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, passed away last week after a brief illness. Rowan, 86, was a Life Member and Past Commodore of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, where […]
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The end of the 2017/2018 financial year is fast approaching – what better way to support the future of sailing than by supporting the CYCA’s Youth Sailing Academy? The funding of our highly successful Youth Sailing Academy is made possible through the generosity of Member donations and through the support by the Club. CLICK HERE […]
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Tony Kirby dedicated his boat’s IRC and ORC win in the Groupama Race around New Caledonia to his mother in law, who passed away during the 654 nautical mile ocean race, the South Pacific’s premier offshore event. “I’m ecstatic,” Kirby said at Port Moselle marina on Wednesday June 20, adding with emotion, “my wife Blis […]
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With the successful running of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race and the CYCA offshore calendar quiet until the start of the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore, CYCA Members and fellow Australian sailors are travelling abroad to compete in races around the world. Close to home in the New Caledonia Groupama Race, Board member […]
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