2025 Race Recap

Overall Winner Smuggler shortly after the start.  Image: CYCA | Andrea Francolini

Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2025

Race Preview

Prior to the race Cruising Yacht Club of Australia published a preview in its periodical magazine Offshore.  See pages 15 to 23 of the Winter 2025 Offshore.

Race Documents

Notice of Race including Amendment 1

Amendment 1 to the NoR

Sailing Instructions

Decision 1 - Request for Redress by Supernova

Race Briefing and Weather Briefing

There is a compulsory race briefing 2 days before the race and a compulsory weather briefing on the morning of the start.  Watch them here:

2025 Race Briefing

2025 Weather Briefing

Position Reports and Weather Updates

The links below are to the positions reported by boats at skeds during the race to assist boats to verify that their report was received.  If no report was received the entry is left blank.  Note that the positions are as reported and do not reflect other position information known about the boat.  There are also links to the most recent relevant Bureau of Meteorology forecasts for the race area.

26 July 2025

1835 hours position reports     1835 hours BoM Forecast

27 July 2025

0635 hours position reports     0635 hours BoM Forecast 

1835 hours position reports     1835 hours BoM Forecast

 28 July 2025

0635 hours position reports     0635 hours BoM Forecast 

1835 hours position reports     1835 hours BoM Forecast

29 July 2025

1835 hours Position Reports and BoM Forecast