“…Day after day, day after day We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean" The widely known verse from Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner was beginning to be the experience of yachts competing in Port Macquarie Yacht Club’s Long Ocean Triangle event last Sunday 6 April 2025. · Read more

Members of the local sailing community with long memories would remember Razzamatazz 2’s arrival in Port Macquarie in the early 1980’s. Owned jointly by PMYC life member Les Boaden, and Kevin Brown, the modified Farr 1104 “Raz” contested numerous Pittwater to Coffs series, and Pittwater to Lord Howe series, while dominating local yacht racing scene for many years. · Read more

The meaning of sailing as a sport has been debated ad nauseam over the years. A refuge, an emotional escape, a cold analytical exercise to name but a few. Or perhaps as on show last Sunday, when four yachts only fronted up for the scheduled “long” river event from Settlement Point to the Dennis Bridge and return when the great choreographer (weather conditions), optimism rewarded. · Read more

The PMYC Race Committee met on Monday night read more here.... · Read more

“I’ve never seen anyone do it to themselves like Kookaburra just did” one skipper was heard to say after the cause of Kookaburra 2’s retirement from last Sunday’s Port Macquarie Yacht Club’s regatta became known post race. “Did they really did try to sink themselves?”, was the question after it was revealed that a seawater anchor chain washer pump had been (inadvertently) activated, overwhelming the anchor locker drains, and pumping several thousand litres of river water into Kookaburra 2’s forw · Read more

The allure of Port Macquarie lies in its sub-tropical climate and all that it brings in terms of wildlife beaches and the general positive energy it exudes. Visitors and locals received a treat on Australia Day as yachts in PMYC’s Australia Day regatta made practice starts and jockeyed for position in the regatta start area in front of the Town Green, with the extended unofficial prestart of around 30 minutes between the on water race briefing, and the 11.00am start time, drawing a substantial c · Read more

There was a joyous mood apparent across the fleet that turned out for last Sunday’s (12/01/2025) Port Macquarie Yacht Club river race when after one yacht voiced, “well at least we’re going to podium” there were peals of raucous, almost riotous laughter on adjacent yachts during a surprisingly eventful pre-start. · Read more

The old saying that “One swallow doesn’t make a summer” has been thrown out the window with the performance of Frank Lagudi’s Third Man as that yacht continues to sail it’s socks off in both Port Macquarie Yacht Club’s river and ocean series. After unlocking several additional knots per hour extra performance during the 2024 sailing season Third Man took the honours in last Sunday’s River “B” sailed between the Settlement Point and Hibbard ferries. · Read more

Perhaps the best place to take the temperature of a sporting body such as a local yacht club is at an event where annual pointscore placings are already settled, the race effectively counts for nothing, and the weather forecast is somewhat blancmange. In such case then the Port Macquarie Yacht Club would appear to be in very good shape, as a healthy fleet of seven yachts turned out to contest last Sunday’s ocean buoy event. · Read more