This weekend being the Labour Day Long Weekend, is reserved for special events and because of this normal Off The Beach and Keelboat racing at the Club has been given the weekend off. However, to mark the 20th anniversary of Flying Fifteens at South of Perth Yacht Club, the class is having a special regatta to mark the occasion. Please click here to view the event webpage.

The following weekend normal Club racing resumes. Saturday 06 March includes morning W/L racing for the Viper 640, S80 and S97 Associations, the Billy Run to Rottnest Island and afternoon Keelboat racing while on Sunday 07 March Off The Beach classes will be racing Club Championships.

Alright, that’s it. Let’s roll!     Hey, let’s be careful out there.

Notice to Competitors

Please keep checking here for important race information for both Keelboats and Off The Beach Boats.

WEATHER FORECAST

EVENTS

TWILIGHT SERIES

Experience racing into the sunset and finishing under a brilliant summer moon that only the Twilight Series can offer. If you’re lucky you may even catch the ISS streak overhead. Twilights have been designed with short courses to keep boats relatively close to the Club and being jib and main only boats are not so dependant on skilled crew required for spinnaker work, keeping in line with the more relaxed style of racing Twilights are known for.

Series Leaders Board

Division Boat
Division 1 NUMBERS GAME, Chris Higham
Division 2 BALLINA, Colin Cowden
Division 3 WINSOME, John Glaister

Upcoming Races

Race Date Start
13 Wednesday 24 Feb 1825
14 Wednesday 03 Mar 1815
15 Wednesday 10 Mar 1815

JANE BROOK WINES MIDWEEK SUMMER SERIES

A Keelboat series of races consisting of 4 divisions under jib and main only. There are 4 series in one season  – Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. A very popular event during the week that keeps on rolling on month to month all year round.

Series Leaders Board

Division Boat
Division 1 WICKED, Richard Evans
Division 2 SHADOWFAX, Jim & Mark Gooding
Division 3 FORCE FIVE, Mark Popham
H28 MARINER, Brian Cross

Upcoming Races

Race Date Start
6 Wednesday 24 Feb 1440
7* Wednesday 03 Mar 1440
8 Wednesday 10 Mar 1440
9^ Wednesday 17 Mar 1440
10 Wednesday 24 Mar 1440
11 Wednesday 31 Mar 1440

* Division 3 Pursuit Race

^Division 1 Spinnaker Race

SATURDAY SERIES

If you’re looking for maximum speed, then the Saturday Series can provide. This is the day where boats require all hands on deck to handle the fast downwind runs experienced when the Freo Doctor’s strong summer sea breezes kick in and colourful ballooning spinnakers fill the river.

Club Championship Leaders

Division Boat
Div 1 FARRAGO, Petrus Vlaar
Cole 32 MINGARA, George Ruul
Div 3 BLUEGRASS, Craig Gee
H28 WYNELLA, Glen Stanley
SS27 KARINA, Paul Rees
SS22 WILDFIRE, Bruce Uren
Red Witch ORACLE, Peter Gillett
Viper 640 STEAL DE BREEZE, Nick Jerwood

Saturday 27 February

Division Event
Red Witch No Club Racing
Division 1 No Club Racing
Division 2 No Club Racing
H28 No Club Racing
Division 3 No Club Racing
Red Witch No Club Racing
Viper 640 No Club Racing
Division 4 No Club Racing

OFF THE BEACH BOATS

Held every Sunday afternoon during the summer season, a number of sailing classes compete over two separate courses – one for the junior classes with a mix of training and racing while the other course caters for youth and senior sailors using laid marks and back to back racing.

Club Championship Leaders

Class Boat
Optimist TACHYON, Zen Salisbury
Optimist Int. SEE ME, Youri Karantonis
Pelican JUST MAGIC, Finn Caldwell & Lachie Hart
Laser FR8 TRAIN, David Whait
Laser Radial BEERACUDA, David Luketina
125 RUSH, Ryan Sherburn & Kimberley Lanter
29er SHIP SHOW, Annabelle Jones & Jenna Everett
Flying 15 INEFFABLE, Nick Jerwood & Brad Sheridan

Sunday 28 February

Class Event
Optimist No Club Racing
Pelican No Club Racing
Laser No Club Racing
125 No Club Racing
29er No Club Racing
Flying 15 SoPYC 20th Anniversary Regatta

WINTER RULES SESSIONS

We are delighted to have our Rules Chair and National Judge, Christina Heydon back for another informative series of Race Rules of Sailing sessions throughout the winter months starting at 1800 Monday evenings. Please diarise these dates now and in due course the topic details will be announced.

Winter Schedule

Date: 2021
Mon 14 June
Mon 21 June
Mon 28 June
Mon 05 July
Mon 12 July
Mon 19 July
Mon 26 July
Mon 02 August

REMOTE CONTROL YACHT RACING

There is a regular group of Members who meet each Friday afternoon at 3pm on the Western Hardstand for a couple of hours of intense racing and camaraderie.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to sit and watch or even give it a go. You only need to ask.

To register your DF95 yacht for racing, simply use the entry button below and select the Singlehanded classes section.

EQUIPMENT AUDIT FORMS

Skippers, please note that your Equipment Audit Forms have now expired as of June 30. To be eligible to compete in the new season starting from Opening Day on Oct 4, a new Equipment Form must be submitted online. Most, if not all Skippers have had their previous Audit form submitted online via YachtSafe already, so it should be relatively easy to resubmit a new form in time for your first race of the new season and the good news is that you can view your previous form in Past Audits on your YachtSafe dashboard.

YACHT TRACKERS

The ability to replay club fleet races is now available. Try the free Yacht Bot tracking software yourself. It can be downloaded and installed on your smartphone or tablet via an App. If you interested and don’t mind taking your electronic device with you on the water, please let us know. Past races can be viewed using the button below.

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