From the President

The arrival of warmer weather and reliable breezes has brought fantastic energy to our waters. It is inspiring to see our newest juniors finding their feet while our senior fleets sharpen their edge ahead of the January nationals.

Our racing teams represented HHSC with distinction last weekend. From our Optimists navigating tricky conditions in Canberra to the ILCAs contending on Lake Macquarie, the determination across all divisions was exceptional—including a standout performance by our very own ILCA Grand Master, Jason Borner.

Ashore, our volunteer spirit remains our greatest asset. A dedicated team—notably Jefferson, Lee, Jason, and Ben—has been working hard to prepare our decommissioned start boat for sale. We are nearing the finish line, but an extra pair of hands would make all the difference if you have an hour or two to spare.

Conditions are prime. Let’s make the most of them and see you on the water.

Optimist Fleet

HHSC Squad  in Canberra 📸 Angus

Opti NSW media team  📸 Bec

HHSC sailors in action  📸 James Hill - mainsheet.in

Luca - Opens winner  📸 

HHSC Optimists Take on the ACT Championship

What a weekend in Canberra! The ACT Championship at Lake Burley Griffin delivered just about everything, from light and shifty conditions on Day 1 to spectacular 15–25 knots on Day 2, with a peak gust recorded at 32 knots. Amazing sailing conditions, and definitely a weekend the kids won’t forget!

HHSC had a strong team of 14 Optimist sailors on the water: 10 Opens, one Intermediate and three Greenies.

The standout was Luca, who won five out of seven races to take home the Open Championship title for the second year in a row. 🐐 An outstanding performance! 🥇

There were plenty of other highlights across the team. Tom sailed consistently to finish a solid fourth, missing third on countback. Zac had a great Day 1, while Ellery celebrated his first ever race win in Intermediate on Day 1. Great milestones and results across the fleet!

A special mention to Miles, competing in his first Open regatta. He made the most of the experience and showed plenty of determination, especially on the final day in the big breeze, making it through the 25-knot conditions without a single capsize. Something to be proud of! 👏

And then there was Emma, who gave her brand new, shiny boat its baptism of fire, straight out of the box and straight into racing! No time to break it in gently. 😅

Our three Greenies, Harry, Matilda and Edith, also enjoyed some fun racing and valuable experience on the water.

From testing light air tactics to the big breeze, the team had it all this weekend. And once again, Canberra proved to be a fantastic destination for both sailors and parents!

Well done to all our sailors and a big thank you to the families and supporters who made the weekend possible. 👏

Results here

WSC  📸 James Hill 

What’s Next? 🗓️

Next stop: WSC for the Traveller’s Trophy on Sunday 8 November!

This is a local regatta, so we expect to see all our HHSC Optimist squad out in force!

Our goal is to build a strong, active racing squad across Open/Interm/Green, with sailors regularly participating in club racing and attending as many state regattas as possible. Training is important, but putting those skills into practice on the start line is where the real progress happens.

We love seeing our sailors enjoying their time on the water, but we want to see them racing too! Regular regatta participation is an important part of their development as sailors and as a team.

So, let’s get the HHSC squad together at WSC and show up in numbers. See you on the start line! ⛵

Register for TT here

All the best to HHSC Opti sailors Milton and Lavinia, representing Australia at the Eastern Seaboard Regatta in Thailand 🇹🇭 this week! 🇦🇺💪⛵

ILCA Fleet

Club Championship - Round 1 - 18th October 2026

A great afternoon of racing in sunny conditions with around 10knots of breeze mostly from the NE with some big gusts to around 20knots. 13 boats joined the fun for 2 races with Zac and Sophie taking 1st and 2nd respectively in both races overall with Carl and Ethan taking 3rd place in races 1 and 2 respectively.

Full race results are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JGdL3XpLnMDNPEMG9WkMpn2tKRgqGsl6/view 

Race 1 - Zac 1st to the top mark 📸 D. Malorey

Race 1 - Jason, Sophie & Carl at the top mark 📸 D. Malorey

Race 2 - One of those big gust impacting the top mark 📸 D. Malorey

Race 2 Sijia & Ethan battling to be 1st ILCA 4 📸 D. Malorey

NSW & ACT Coasts Championships - Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club - 25-26 October 2026

IlCA Flotilla at SPASC 📸 D.Malorey

Another mighty turn out from HHSC at last weekends Coasts. Of the 58 boats attending, we can claim 8 affiliated to us with boats in the ILCA4, 6 and 7 fleets. Our ILCA4 fleet was the largest of all the clubs attending. 

The winds were recorded as 12-18 knots from the ENE and WNW for Saturday and Sunday respectively, however it was gusty all weekend with the coach boat recording gusts up to 28 knots on the Sunday.  The entire fleet was working hard and experiencing some fast sailing on the trapezoidal courses.  

There is an official write-up here - https://laser.asn.au/?p=6912 - with some images and a link to the full results, 

HHSC sailors had a huge presence in the awards presentation taking out first place overall and 1st female in both the ILCA4 and ILCA6 fleets along with a number of other 1st and placings in age categories. All our sailors and their achievements are listed below. Well done to you all.

ILCA 4

- 1st Harper Spacey (+1st u18, +1st female)

- ⁠2nd Titouan Christodoulou Le Gac (+1st u16) 

- ⁠4th Ethan Wilkinson (+2nd u16) 

- ⁠5th Sijia Deng (+2nd female, 3rd u16) 

- ⁠11th Thomas Malorey 

Harper pushing to one of her 5 wins 📸 Paul Bellamy Photos

Titouan keeping ahead in the fast sailing conditions 📸 Paul Bellamy Photos

Sijia & Tom competing upwind 📸 Paul Bellamy Photos

ILCA 6

- 1st Sylvie Stannage (+1st female)

- 3rd Zac Howell (+1st u17) 

- ⁠14th Sophie Borner Harrison (+1st u19) 

ILCA 7

- 13th Jason Borner

Sylvie (1st O/A), Sara (DBSC - 2nd O/A) and Zac (3rd O/A) with their certificates 📸 M. Wilkinson

Sophie collecting her certificate for 1st u19 📸 M. Wilkinson

Jason settling into ILCA 7 racing 📸 Paul Bellamy Photos

What’s next?

We have Points Score Championship racing for 1st and 8th November followed by 2026-27  NSW & ACT  State Championships, hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club on the weekend of 14th and 15th November 2026 (https://laser.asn.au/?page_id=1523).

And don’t forget the weekly coached training sessions. Be ready to be on the water at 4:30pm Tuesdays and 4pm Saturdays as well as independent sailing Thursday afternoons. 

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