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The keelboat races from Hillarys to Mindarie and the return on Sunday March 17 were the final two races of the eight race ocean serles of the 2023/24 season at HYC.
Jo Tonna
Mulberry holds lead in FSC Captain Stirling Cup after strong Mandurah Race weekend
Jo Tonna
A favourable forecast of a ten knot ESE breeze drew 17 crews and their yachts out on Sunday March 10 for the penultimate consistency race of the 2024 summer sailing season of HYC. The fluky, inconsistent breeze threw up its challenges with many skippers calling for tacks even before the crew had settled on the rail. The course G2, with its short off-wind legs offered many opportunities for gaining ground with slick spinnaker work but there was more to be had working the shifts upwind.
Jo Tonna
The penultimate day of keelboat racing between HYC and ORSSC was held on Sunday February 25th in the waters off Mullaloo giving spectators for the surf carnival a spectacular view of colourful spinnakers close to the beach.
Jo Tonna
Trophies of silver trays for the winners of the Ladies Skippers’ Race were there for the taking for small fleets of divisions two and three sailing in ideal conditions on Sunday morning February 18th.
Jo Tonna
A spinnaker run to Rottnest was eagerly anticipated based on an early forecast of a light nor-easterly however in reality the 5 knot breeze had swung to the south making it a beat to windward for most of the way.
Jo Tonna
Mark Pitt's Beneteau First 35 'Mulberry' and other individual HYC keelboat racers competed in last week’s Geographe Bay Race Week (GBRW). Hosted by Geographe Bay Yacht Club with boats staying at Port Geographe Marina, the week is always a highlight of the WA sailing calendar, and 73 boats registered for the 21st iteration of this event.
Jo Tonna
A strong wind forecast for later in the afternoon prompted Keel Captain Tim Tucker to successfully suggest an earlier start for the scheduled start of 1330, bringing it forward to 1100 hours on Sunday 4th February.
Jo Tonna
Despite the long weekend and while numbers were down in Division 1, the other fleets maintained a strong presence, with 17 boats competing in the HYC Australia Day Race.
Jo Tonna
Favourable winds provided fast times for the Ocean Racing WA (ORWA) fleet as the performance planning boats continued to dominate the results in last weekend’s Hillarys Yacht Club Beneteau by Mansfield Marine Pot of Gold Race.
Jo Tonna
Hosted by Hillarys Yacht Club as part of the Beneteau by Mansfield Marine Pot of Gold weekend the inshore Dash for Cash attracted twenty seven entries from the river and ocean based yacht clubs for the twenty nautical mile race from Fremantle to Hillarys on Saturday January 20.
Jo Tonna
It was a long hot day at sea for the keelboats of HYC competing in the annual Fairway Ocean Race when a forecasted sea breeze of 12 knots was really 7 and dwindling to a zephyr for the tail-enders ghosting home at sunset.
Jo Tonna
Quick thinking was the order of the day when the easterly died out and was replaced by the incoming sea breeze during the first of two races on Day 3 of the North Coast Series between Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club and HYC.
Jo Tonna
Des and Gail Riley’s Farr 9.2 ‘Farrouk’ was declared the overall champion of last week’s Cockburn Sound Regatta (CSR) 2023.
Jo Tonna
A lengthy dissertation on the number “five” by the Captain at briefing may have been an attempt to delay the start but eventually a dozen boats went out to face the twenty gusting to twenty seven knot sea breeze for the final keelboat race before Christmas. stency-race-5
Jo Tonna
Strong easterlies provided good sailing conditions for both races of the Hillarys to Fremantle and return ocean races on the weekend.
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Sailed for the first time in December 2017 on the anniversary of the passing of former Commodore Chris Grant, the memorial race has become a feature for those who knew and appreciated a much loved Commodore and those who have embraced the tradition of wearing Hawaiian shirts on the day of the race.
Jo Tonna
A twenty knot easterly set crews a challenge on the second day of racing in the North Coast Series between HYC and ORSSC.
Jo Tonna
A south-westerly breeze of 10 to 15 knots was ideal for close racing between Sorrento and Scarborough in the third consistency race for keelboats from Hillarys Yacht Club on Sunday November 19.
Jo Tonna
A forecast of strong south-easterly winds, a chance of rain and thunderstorms still attracted a fleet of nineteen yachts for the second consistency race for keelboats off Hillarys Yacht Club on Sunday November 12. After a windless winter it was a case of “now we have some real sailing to do”.
Jo Tonna

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