It’s with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Gordon Ketelbey (1953 to 2026), owner and skipper of Zen Racing, and one of the great characters of our Club. Gordon […]

Pacific Sailing School’s Safety and Sea Survival Course is fast, practical, and designed for real-world sailing, no long classroom days.  It includes 6-8 hours eLearning, 3-4 hour practical pool & […]

The sails are bricked up, the wet weather gear has been hosed down, and after 384 nautical miles of sailing in conditions Sean Langman called “the warmest he’s ever seen […]

Owner/Skipper Sean Langman reflects on his 2026 NSGCYR onboard his GP42 Back 2 Black

Chris Dare bought Ambition sixteen months ago to do one thing: race the Rolex Sydney Hobart alongside his son Lockie. That first crack at it ended early, retired with a […]

The roots of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) were put down by a group of volunteers in 1944. To this day, volunteers play a vital role in the […]

Skipper Tim Davis and Tactician Steve Steve Mcconaghy chat about the conditions during the 2026 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race

The story below contains timely and chronological updates from our fleet. Where longer stories are available they will be linked below as well. Monday 27 July, 1930hrs (2 days and […]

Ask a non-sailor who won a yacht race and they’ll tell you: whoever crossed the line first. Ask anyone who has actually raced offshore and they might laugh. In most […]

peeling [pee-ling] verb. A fast tactical manoeuvre used to swap one flying headsail or spinnaker for another without dropping the first one first. The new sail is hoisted right alongside […]