Sunshine Coast Yacht Club

NEW: Quick link to the pre-planned courses page.

Fleet List and race scoresheet

We're in one of those fortunate places that is possible to have year round sailing. So why not take full advantage of it. We offer four series covering each season of the year. Each series consist of eight Sunday races and the best seven will count. On cancelled races there won't be any make up race.

​

Our race procedure is simple: We pick a course that everyone follows.  Sometimes we all start at the same time and sometimes we have pursuit races where the slower boats start first. In the case of one start races we report our elapsed time and we determine the positions after calculating the adjusted time for each boat using its PHRF rating. In the case of pursuit races the finish order is the race result.

​

For a more formal description check out our  Sailing Instructions document  (updated Feb07/22 re use of engine in emergency)

​

Also check out this excellent pdf document "The Basic Sailboat Racing Rules All Racers Should Know"

Pre-planned courses
Effective July 2020 we have pre-planned a number of courses which are intended to be used in both pursuit racing and in races where all boats start at the same time.
Here they are:
("IH" means "In-Harbour", "OS" means "Outside the Harbour).

Check out our new courses page!

See Regatta page for 2022 Regatta course diagrams.

Pursuit Race Start Times matrix
Effective Sept 1/21 we have replaced the previous start times listing with a spreadsheet in the form of a matrix where knowing the course length and your PHRF rating (to the closest 5 secs) you can look up your start time. This system is fully described in our August 2021 Newsletter - please check that out if you have any questions.
Click here to see the new matrix.

Recent race results

​

Summer 2022 Series Results

​

Races:

​

Jun 19: 7 boats, custom course.

1. Topless

2. Jane's Addiction

3. Namba

​

Jun 26: 10 boats, OS 1 course, clockwise.

1. Ruckus

2. Topless

3. Namba

Jul 10: 10 boats, OS 1 course, counter clockwise.

1. Topless

2. Ruckus

3. Jane's Addiction

​

Jul 17: 10 boats, OS 4 course, clockwise.

1. Aria

2. Aura

3. Namba

​

Aug 7: 8 boats, counter clockwise around Keats.

1. Aura

2. Aria

3. Ruckus

​

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

​

May 29: Ad-hoc race, 6 boats, IH #3 course​. Started at 11am and canceled at 12:15 for lack of wind.

​

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Spring 2022 Series Results

​

Overall winners:

1. Hara II 🥇

2. Shen 🥈

3. Jane's Addiction 🥉

​

Races:

Apr 3: cancelled

​

Apr 10: 10 boats, course OS1.

1. Django

2. Aria

3. Topless

​

Apr 17: 8 boats, course OS1.

1. Topless

2. Jane's Addiction

3. Aria

​

Apr 24: cancelled (no wind)

​

May 1: 8 boats, course IH 5 (modified)

1. Ruckus

2. Sunshine

3. Namba

​

May 8: 7 boats, custom course

1. Hara II

2. Ruckus

3. Shen

​

May 15: 4 boats, custom in-harbour course

1. Shen

2. Hara II

3. Take 5

​

May 22: 5 boats, course OS 1

1. Shen

2. Hara II

3. Mandala

​

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

​

Mar 27. Ad-hoc race, 8 boats, course OS 4.

1. Namba

2. Aria

3. Jane's Addiction 

​

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

​

Winter 2022 Series Results

​

Overall winners:

1. Jane's Addiction 🥇

2. Hara II 🥈

3. Aria 🥉

​

Races:

Feb 06: 10 boats, In-Harbour course

1. Ruckus

2. Hara II

3. Jane's Addiction

​

Feb 13: 9 boats, modified In-Harbour #1 course

1. Jane's Addiction

2. Ruckus

3. Hara II

​

Feb 20: 9 boats, modified In-Harbour #1 course

1. Kahlua

2. Sunshine

3. Hara II

​

Mar 6: 10 boats, modified In-Harbour #1 course

1. Kahlua

2. Elan

3. Aria

​

Mar 13: 10 boats, OS #1 course

1. Jane's Addiction

2. Kahlua

3. Aria

​

Mar 20: 12 boats, IH #6 course

1. Namba

2. Mandala

3. Jane's Addiction

​

Ad-hoc races

Nov 14: 9 boats, In-Harbour course

   1st Aura, 2nd Hara II, 3rd Take 5.

Dec 05: 9 boats, In-Harbour course. Ice on the docks.

   1st Sunshine, 2nd Ruckus, 3rd Jane's Addiction

Dec12: 9 boats, In-Harbour. A very tight race with 6 boats finishing within minutes on corrected time.

   1st Sunshine, 2nd Ruckus, 3rd Jane's Addiction

Dec19: The last race of the season on a perfect winter day. 7 boats on an inspired in Harbour Course.  Everybody won this one!

Jan01: New Year's Day race cancelled due to ICE!

Jan09: 7 boats out on a perfect sunny day (amazing considering the recent weather). 1st Ruckus, 2nd Hara II, 3rd Jane's Addiction

​

Fall 2021 Series Results

R1 Sept 19: 5 boats, course OS#4.

   1st Jane's Addiction, 2nd Aura, 3rd Hara II

R2 Sept 26: Cancelled due to weather

R3 Oct 3: 9 boats, pursuit start, course IH#6 10.8nm.

  1st Aura, 2nd Namba, 3rd Ruckus

R4 Oct 10: 8 boats, modified course IH#2 using a buoy at Harbour Bluff as an experiment. A glorious fall day but with very gusty, shifty, wind.

   1st Take 5, 2nd Topless, 3rd Ruckus.

R5 Oct17 and R6 Oct 24: Cancelled due to weather

R67 Oct31: 10 boats on course OS#4 and on a most beautiful day.

   1st Ruckus, 2nd Aura, 3rd Elan

R8 Nov07: Cancelled due to weather.

​

We decided not to add additional make-up races and declared the winners with 4 races run: 1st Aura, 2nd Jane's Addiction, 3rd Ruckus. 

​

2nd Annual Halibut Bank 20 mile race, Sept 12.

Ten boats started and seven finished. Well done everybody who came out in the windy and wavy conditions.

1st Topless, 2nd Jane's Addiction, 3rd Hara II.

​

Ad-hoc races

Aug 29: 5 boats.

1st Topless, 2nd Aria (good to see Aria in the winner's circle), 3rd Hara II

​

Sep 05:- cancelled

​

Summer 2021 Series Results

Eight races were run with an average of 8 boats per race.

Overall winners for the series:

Topless, as usual, was a consistent performer but didn't have it all it's own way with Namba, Blusail, and Take 5 all winning races.

1st Topless

2nd Hara II

3rd Jane's Addiction

​

Spring 2021 Series Results

​

Overall winners:

1st Namba, C&C 39, Mark and Denise Evans

2nd Ruckus, Martin 242, Dave Pritchard and Ted Bentley

3rd Topless, Catalina 37, Bob and Rebecca Armstrong

​

​

The Winter Series 2021 

​Winter 2021 Series Results

​

Overall winners:

1st Jane's Addiction, Rolf Braun

2nd Sunshine, Marc Soprovitch

3rd Hara II, Peter Heiberg

​