March 2021 – Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron

RSYS App hits 1000 downloads!

31 Mar at 4:15 pm

Dear Members, You are amazing! A year ago a significant number of you didn’t have an email or use mobile phones. Now, even our nonagenarians nonchalantly scan QR codes and…

RSYS Women skippers head to Manly

31 Mar at 1:13 pm

The 2021 Helly Hansen Women’s Challenge was hosted by Manly Yacht Club over 27-28 March. Keelboat Division 1 was won by Club Member Nicola Wakefield Evans on Whistling Kite, pictured…

Stepping Stone House FUNdraiser

31 Mar at 10:49 am

RSYS was pleased to host the 21st running of the Stepping Stone House Bridge and Regatta days on Tuesday 23 and Thursday 25 March . This fund-raising event attracted 432…

A light breeze for the last Saturday race of the season

30 Mar at 2:09 pm

Dave Matthews writes, ‘The crew of Ambitious were looking forward to the last race of the season in what was a gorgeous autumn day particularly after last week’s race was…

RSYS hosts schools Team Pacer regatta

29 Mar at 10:27 am

On 27 March, the Squadron was host club and organising authority (along with host schools Scots and Ascham), for the NSW Team Pacer Association ‘Sydney Harbour Regatta’. Richard McLachlan writes,…

Smiles all round at Opti States

29 Mar at 10:05 am

The 2021 NSW State Championship for International Optimist Dinghies was held at RPAYC, Newport on 20-21 March. Richard McLachlan writes, ‘Five regular RSYS Optimist dinghy sailors traveled up to compete; …

Minnow wins the Ponant major prize!

27 Mar at 9:04 am

Congratulations to David Grundy of Minnow who won the major prize at last night’s presentation dinner: a $10,000 voucher towards a Ponant luxury cruise expedition. Ponant’s Karen Smith drew his…

Nominate your Sailor of the Year!

22 Mar at 3:31 pm

Let’s recognise our top sailors! The RSYS Sailing Committee is calling upon Members to nominate an appropriate person for one of the five significant awards for the 2020-2021 sailing season.…

Perseverance Trophy – “And so it goes….”

22 Mar at 1:50 pm

The Perseverance Trophy, a model of the Perseverance built by Donald Maclurcan and donated to the Squadron in 1986, is currently presented to the winner of a pointscore comprising our…

PONANT Friday Twilight Race 22

22 Mar at 9:06 am

David Ross of alouette reports: ‘Friday lunchtime. Text messages and phone calls. “Are you mad – look at the weather, look at the forecast!” Saved by the Sailing Office –…