The 57th WA Flying Fifteen State Championship was run over the Easter weekend by SoPYC and was won comfortably by Nick and Janet Jerwood on Ineffable.  There were several heat winners aside from Ineffable with Greg Tonnison and Graeme Lillingston on Spot the Difference winning Heat 1, Hamish Carnarchan and Peter Mudford on Neffarious winning Heat 4 and John Wilson and Matthew Summers on Ffast Lane 4 winning Heat 6. John Lyus and Richard Warren on Ffoenix took out the Silver Fleet trophy. Continue reading →

It's almost that time of year again and the Western Australian State Championship for 2018 is just around the corner.  The series will be run over Easter as usual with registration and measurement on Thursday March 29 and racing commencing on Friday March 30. The Notice of Race (NOR) can be found here. Skippers will need to nominate online here at the portal. Stay posted for further updates.    

The great thing about sailing in a light easterly breeze is that everyone gets to be in the lead at some point of the race. And minutes later, you can be watching the whole fleet sail past and be left wondering what might have been. So it was on Sunday morning for the annual Tally Hobbs Regatta which is a series of 5 short races to celebrate Tally Hobbs, the man who introduced the Flying Fifteen to Western Australia. The visitors from Freshie arrived late, the breeze left early but we still got 4 races completed and then gathered around the BBQ and the esky to compare notes. Nick and Brian ( Ineffable ) won 3 races and, therefore, the series. John and Tony ( She who must be obeyed ) were second overall and Tim and Plonky (Ffollow Us) were third. Full results are on the SOPYC web page. Thanks to RO Les and the start team for an entertaining morning. Russel Dawe

The 2018 Flying 15 National Championship out of Mornington Yacht Club on Port Philip Bay have been completed with Matt Owen and Andrew Reed from Canberra Yacht Club this year's Champions.  WA's John Wilson and Matt Summers completed a great regatta to finish second with the Rainey brothers from Gippsland third. Read a full report here. Results: 1 AUS4023 Cool Change - Matt Owen/Andrew Reed - 2,1,1,2,1,1,(8),(12) = 8pts 2 AUS3989 FFast - John Wilson/Matthew Summers - (12),6,2,3,2,4,(21),7 = 24pts 3 AUS3880 Where the bloody hell - Craig/Ian Rainey - 9,5,7,(20),4,6,1,4 = 27pts 4 AUS4007 FF - Sue Thompson/Cameron Taylor - 3,3,4,(9),6,3,(11),(24) = 28pts 5 AUS4053 Phar Lap - David Swan/Matt Elliot - 6,8,3,(10),5,5,(9),2 = 29pts 6 AUS3972 Sake - Ashley Smith/Adam Kingston - 5,7,(11),1,8,11,3 (36OB) - 35pts