Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron takes its third SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific title

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron takes its third SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific title

by Harry Fisher 30 Mar 22:23 PDT
21-23 March 2025

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron has bolstered its repute of its sailors after taking out its third SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific – Last final weekend at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Membership as part of the Sailfest Regatta.

Led by Zac West, the staff of two male and two feminine out sailed the 5 different golf equipment who had made it to the Finals. Main after the 21 race Qualifying Collection with a powerful 13 bullets after which progressed by means of the Last 4 Collection taking the trophy with a win within the first race.

This yr’s occasion noticed six golf equipment from throughout Australian and the Pacific Islands compete within the finals, being; Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Cercle Nautique Calédonien, Woollahra Crusing Membership, Royal Perth Yacht Membership, Vanuatu Cruising Yacht Membership and host membership Newcastle Cruising Yacht Membership. The format of the occasion is League Crusing, the place golf equipment are represented by two male and two females competing in a number of brief, umpired fleet races to take the title of “Prime Membership” and to then go onto battle golf equipment from throughout the worlds on the SCL Finals in Europe later this yr.

Newcastle Cruising Yacht Membership, hosted this years closing as part of their annual Sailfest program, with the TP52 racing offshore and the SCL:AP crusing the Elliott 6M’s proper on the town off Honeysuckle Wharf. The regatta consisted of three days, half a day of apply on the Friday adopted by the Qualification Collection till 1pm Sunday, with then the highest 4 groups racing off in a Last 4 Collection, with the successful staff the primary to win two races with the winner of the Qualifying Collection carrying by means of one first place into this closing. Regardless of the usually difficult climate NCYC bought by means of 21 Qualifying Collection races, in primarily mild and someday moist situations.

The qualification collection was fierce all through with some extremely aggressive racing seeing many golf equipment within the hunt. On the finish of the 21 qualifying races, it was the groups from Cercle Nautique Caledonien, Woollahra Crusing Membership and Royal Perth Yacht Membership who joined RSYS within the Last on Sunday afternoon.

The Last began at 1pm, within the steadiest wind of the day and the expertise of the RSYS staff was on present. Solely needing to win yet one more race Zac and his staff held their nerve to takeout the primary race of the finals, thus deservedly successful your complete occasion. The minor locations went to CNC in second, WSC third and RPYC taking fourth. This was a very reasonable consequence because it matches the rankings after the Qualifying Collection.

Within the Youth Division (U23) Ethan Lozevski led the Woollahra Crusing Membership staff to the win in addition to third place total.

On account of their performances in Newcastle the highest groups will now be invited to tackle one of the best golf equipment from all over the world on the relevant SCL World Finals being:

• SCL World Last (Open): Kiel, Germany. Jul 11 – Jul 13
• SCL World Last (Girls): Berlin, Germany. Aug 29 – Aug 31
• SCL World Last (Youth): Altea, Spain. Nov 07 – Nov 09

For extra details about SAILING Champions League – Asia Pacific, and for full outcomes, head to sailing-championsleague.asia.