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Squadron member Rob Lowndes reports on the 2024 ILCA Masters World Championships held at Adelaide Sailing Club from 4th to 10th February.

In the recent Australia Day Honours Ceremony, three distinguished Members of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron were recognised for their...

Natasha Miller writes, 'The S80 was designed by Kim Swarbrick in WA in 1978 to be the ideal combination of an affordable and responsive one-design...

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Josh Hyde, Cody Couglan, Mason Mulcahy, Nick Drummond and Zach Fong have been crowned the winners of the 2024...

The prestigious Hardy Cup returned this week to Sydney Harbour for its 23rd year.

2023 was a busy year for the Sustainability Committee with numerous projects adding to the club's environmental credentials including:

Having won the Australia Day Regatta Division 3 race last year, the crew on Outfoxed (Hanse 315) were keen to defend our title.

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) recently hosted the 2024 J/70 Australian Championship, delivering four days of close competition on the...

The prestigious Hardy Cup is set to return to Sydney Harbour from Sunday 4 to Thursday 8 February, 2024.

Avid RSYS Sailor, Jo Van Hagen, writes "The Rolex Sydney to Hobart is the first of many long offshore races in which I hope to compete over my life."

Conditions were nothing short of thrilling for the 2024 J/70 NSW Championship held at RSYS last weekend.

Dana Retboell writes, ‘The 2024 ILCA Australian and Oceania Championship Regatta was held in Adelaide from the 1st to the 8th of January at the...

David FitzSimons, skipper of Koolaroo writes, ‘A new year and for the first race, the weather was close to perfect, with a steady 12 to 15 knot...

On January 26, the 188th Australia Day Regatta will take place against Sydney's iconic skyline. It will be an opportunity for sailors across NSW to...

The Sayonara Challenge Cup, scheduled for the 15th – 19th January 2024, will not be going ahead. While the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron received...

'The last 30 miles was fantastic sailing' writes RSYS member Bruce Watson, 'but didn’t reflect what the other 600 was like!’

David Griffith, skipper of Whisper writes, ‘The various 600+nm ocean races around the world are tough events.

Nigel Stoke, skipper of Fidelis writes, 'The CYCA held the Classic Yacht Regatta over the weekend of 9 and 10 December with Classic Yachts invited...

The 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has begun! RSYS has several boats and members heading down to Tasmania.

Graeme Smith, skipper of Gail Force writes, 'Coming off a win the previous week, the handicap was not in our favour, however the wind was touching...