Greenwich Flying Squadron

Today’s race at GFS (Jan 17) has been abandoned. It was also a Mick York race.

Join the 2026 Sydney Pride Regatta for a friendly twilight race celebrating diversity, inclusion and community.  GFS boats Cardinal Syn and Restless are among those participating and everyone is invited to join in the fun.  No need to be LGBTQ+!  Friends, families and supporters are all welcome.

The regatta is on Friday 13 February as part of the RANSA Friday Twilight racing, with a special Pride division.  Entrants will fly the Pride Flag and racing will be relaxed but competitive in a welcoming, positive atmosphere.  Afterwards, everyone will head to the Pride Regatta Village at RANSA for drinks, food and post-race stories.

Whether you want to enter your boat, support fellow sailors, or just enjoy the harbour vibe, it would be great to see GFS well represented in this colourful display sending a message of inclusion from Sydney Harbour.

Register now or find out more at:

 www.prideregatta.com

Proudly sponsored by Helly Hansen, supported by RANSA, Australian Sailing (Sail Our Way), GFS, Pride in Sport, Balmain Sailing Club and CYCA.

Please review this information which was presented at the 2025 Rules Night to ensure you are mindful of what was discussed.

The information is on the Sailing – Racing Information page or via this website or via this link.

Well done to Chris O’Neill and Jason King for completing the 80th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in the Double Handed Division.

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The Twilight Colour Coded Course Sheet has been updated. Previously it was missing Course 50. See Sailing – Yacht Racing Information or this link – Twilight Course Sheet V2.

12 months ago a fatal accident occurred during a Friday night Twilight race on Sydney Harbour.

GFS offers condolences to the families and friends affected by this tragedy.

An Australian Sailing Inquiry into the accident found crew on the yachts involved had difficulty explaining their exact location when calling Triple Zero.  The Inquiry recommended all skippers download the Emergency Plus app https://www.emergencyplus.com.au/ on their phone so they can provide a precise location in the event of a serious incident.

There were other apps recommended in the report, such as What Three Words, however, for national purposes, Australian Sailing recommends Emergency Plus.  This is a free app developed by Australia’s emergency services with their Government and industry partners. The app uses GPS functionality built into smart phones to help a caller to Triple Zero to provide accurate location details.  The Emergency Plus app is available on the App Store and Google Play.  Download it today and practise using it.

Australian Sailing major incident reports are here.

More information can be found here

Please be aware that the club is officially switching from using VHF72 to VHF73 for all communication between the club and the start and competing boats.  This is for both Twilight and Saturday racing.

The GFS Sailing Instructions have been upgraded to reflect the change to VHF73.

To keep data, reduce risk and comply with our Sailing Event notification the club requires any on water incidents to be reported to incidentreport@gfs.org.au. 

There are two forms available on the Sailing – Yacht Racing Information page of the GFS website to do this –

• GFS Incident Report – Yellow Form
• Transport for NSW – official Vessel Incident Report Form (see GFS Sailing Instruction 25 (t) for when this form applies)