29-30 November, 2025 - Middle Harbour Yacht Club

NAUTILUS MARINE INSURANCE SYDNEY SHORT OCEAN RACING CHAMPIONSHIP

Hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club, the Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship is celebrating its 48th Anniversary in 2025.

For many yacht owners and their crews, the two day regatta sailed on tight courses off Sydney’s Heads, Beaches and, at times, within the Harbour, is vital to their preparations for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (CYCA).

Entries open for Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship

22 October 2025
Entries open for Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship

Division 1 start in 2024 SSORC- Andrea Francolini, SSORC pic Entries have opened and regulars and first timers alike are expected to take part in the 2025 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) when a mix of...

Winners finalised in glorious sailing at Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship

24 November 2024
Winners finalised in glorious sailing at Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship

Foreign Affair won IRC Division 2 - Andrea Francolini photo Two offshore windward/leeward races at the 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) decided the SSORC champions for this year in conditions that were as brilliant as...

Perfect conditions set scene at Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship 

23 November 2024
Perfect conditions set scene at Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship 

Hooligan outgunned the rest to win the Gunboat Trophy - Andrea Francolini, SSORC pic Day 1 of the 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) could not have been any better - a beautiful north-easterly sea breeze on...

Entries shaping up nicely for 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship

14 November 2024
Entries shaping up nicely for 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship

Heading off to Lion Island last year - Andrea Francolini photo Entries for the 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) to be held on the weekend of 23 and 24 November are flourishing across the board....

2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship: Entry Open – sign up now

17 October 2024
2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship: Entry Open – sign up now

All on at the start last year (Photo: Andrea Francolini) Competitors can now sign up for the 2024 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), with entry open and the Notice of Race published on the official event...

Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship ends in a thriller

26 November 2023
Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship ends in a thriller

The 2023 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) was decided over two offshore windward/leeward courses today and Bob Cox’s Nine Dragons along with Jack Stening and Colin Gunn’s Stormaway, came away the victors, Stening commenting, “The final...