The 2019 National Flying Fifteen Championships will be held at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron in Adelaide between Saturday December 29, 2018 and Saturday January 5, 2019. Entries close on November 30, although late entries may be accepted (for an additional fee) after that date. The event should provide some interesting and challenging sailing; conditions in Adelaide during that time can range from extremely light to strong sea breezes similar to those we experience here in the West.  13 boats from WA have already committed to making the trip across the Nullarbor, making up more than half the fleet.  Some are transporting boats via container - others are planning to drive.  There should be quite a convoy heading across just after Christmas. The event is a qualifying event for the 2019 Worlds in Dun Laoghaire in Ireland.  Australia will only be allocated 12 places in the World Championships, and the Australian team will be selected based on the results achieved in Adelaide. Hopefully we will see quite a few WA boats in the team. For more information on the event (including the Notice of Race and information on accommodation options etc.), to enter or view entries, visit https://www.rsays.com.au/racing/2019-flying-fifteen-regatta/

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