Stay informed about all the activities at Sydney Amateur Sailing Club. Here, you’ll find stories about sailing, members and activities at the club. We share information on upcoming events, community initiatives, and crew opportunities as well as favourite photos and more.
We would like to acknowledge John Jeremy for his dedication to the SASC community. From 1977 to 2025 John served as the editor of SASC News, contributing 28 years of valuable insights and unwavering commitment. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for his tireless efforts in keeping our members informed and engaged. Our current editor and curator is Vice Commodore Alice Murphy – if you would like to submit stories or photos please contact us.
Since the AGM, where more than 50 members welcomed me as the club’s new Commodore and Board, it has been an especially busy period. For the first time in the club’s history, the incoming Commodore was unable to attend in person, as I was recovering from back surgery and participated remotely.
The racing was exciting, the weather glorious and the harbour and Mosman Bay sparkled like diamonds. What a fantastic gathering the Winter Series crews had back at the club after race 3.
Watching the foiling cats of Sail GP suffer the vagaries of an Easterly wind recently confirmed that sailing is not always a spectator sport. The reward we sailors enjoy requires “skin in the game” and dealing with whatever conditions “Huey” might send.
The winter months are supposed to be a quieter time at the Amateurs. The winter series of races is just over and we can spend a little time at home before starting to prepare our boats for the Spring and Summer racing. This year has seemed to me to be a lot busier than normal.
We are already well into racing and I wish you all a safe and successful
time on the water. Since Christmas there have been three races abandoned due to storm warnings, so when we do manage to start a race we should be truly thankful.
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new member to our
club — just launched on Sunday 1 December. A brand new, freshly
caulked, Ranger-class yacht called Volunteer, with sail number A6.
“When too much sailing is barely enough!”
Adapted from the famous saying of Roy Slaven and HG Nelson
Next year, Hoana will be one hundred years old — I think! I bought her thirty-eight years ago, and everybody told me that she had been launched in 1920. Then, when Joe Adams gave me the line drawings which he and the next owner, Hank Kauffman, had made of her, I noticed that 1920 had been struck out, replaced by 1924.
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