Don't wait - Enter now for 2025 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta
by Di Pearson / MHYC media 14 Jan 18:07 NZDT
1-2 March 2025
Pretty Solveig won the 2024 Classics - Sydney Harbour Regatta © Andrea Francolini
To be held over the weekend of 1st and 2nd March, 2025, online entry is open and the Notice of Race is online for the Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta - so come and help celebrate the event's 20th anniversary this year!
"Nautilus Marine Insurance has re-committed as Naming Rights Sponsor for the regatta and Zhik has signed as a major supporting sponsor again," said MHYC Special Events Chair, Ian Box.
"We are looking forward to hosting even more classes and boats this year, with great competition expected across a wide range of classes, overseen again by Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson. And we're assisted by the same wonderful group of supporting clubs as in the past," said MHYC Commodore, Rob Aldis.
Aldis is also a regular competitor in the second largest keelboat regatta in Australia. Last year he placed third with Khaleesi, a DK46 after winning the opening race.
It's a spectacular event for participants and viewers alike, as Sydney Harbour comes alive when it is filled with a multitude of colourful spinnakers, fast racing yachts and some beauties from yesteryear.
This year the event will incorporate the J/99 and FarEast 28R Australian Championships, for a third and second time, respectively.
Jules Hall and his Disko Trooper are the J/99 benchmarks, having won the title in 2023 and 2024, while Scott Lawson's Firecracker won the inaugural FarEast 28R Championship. Both classes are scheduled to sail six windward-leeward races over the two days.
For the first time, VX One's are expected to be represented as a One Design fleet, joining the J/24, J/70, J/99, Adams 10, Etchells and FarEast 28R fleets.
The Super 50 Group (TP52 and similar) return and will face two races per day with starts and finishes in the Harbour and a windward-leeward course set offshore.
On other courses, the Open Class (Divisions 1 and 2) and a variety of high performance 30 and 40 footers, will race three inshore windward-leeward races per day, most likely in The Sound.
Meanwhile, the Super 30 and Super 40 groups will sail a mix of windward/leeward and passage races inshore in the northern part of Sydney Harbour. This varied format will reward the best all-round boats.
And once again, yachts of all sizes, shapes and designs will contest three Performance Spinnaker Division races alongside those in the Performance Non-Spinnaker Division and the eye catching Classic Yachts division.
Just as striking are the Historic 18 Footers, which will again race on the Saturday as part of the 2025 Sydney Harbour Regatta.
"There is a class and division for everyone, so don't miss a wonderful weekend of autumn racing. We are expecting 190 plus boats this year," Commodore Aldis said. "And there are some great prizes on offer, but more on those later..."
While Middle Harbour Yacht Club is the Organising Authority of the Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta, it could not be held without the assistance of the following clubs and their skilled volunteers.
Cruising Yacht Club Australia (CYCA); Manly Yacht Club (MYC); Royal Australian Navy Sailing Association (RANSA); Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC); Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club (RPEYC); Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS); Sydney Amateur Sailing Club (SASC) and Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS).
All entries close at 2359hrs on Tuesday 25 February, 2025. After that date and time, any additional entry shall be made in writing and may only be accepted at the discretion of the Organising Authority.
For Notice of Race and to enter, please visit: shr.mhyc.com.au.