Venom sailing

01/05/2026

It's time to move on. This means there is a great opportunity for someone else to own Venom and take her on her next adventure. Venom is a masterpiece of design and construction capable of being at the front of any fleet (short handed or fully crewed), offshore or in. Or just a fast, comfortable cruiser.....Follow the link in the post below for more information.

28/03/2026

5 minutes from yesterday's CYCSA/RSAYS Coaster race - mostly of other boats. Wind started very light, patchy and shifty but improved to 5-9 knots and was less variable. Sailed about as well as we could given the conditions. It was very pleasant gentle sailing, but not the conditions to favour us - so no gratuitous speed clips this time 😀😀😀. Go to venomsailing.com if you want to see a high definition and proper sized version of the video instead of Facebook microvideos.

26/02/2026

After leaving the dock with 5 knots and sailing into 20, breaking a jib fairlead on the first beat and a main traveller control line on the last, losing the course instructions and sailing around like a drunken cat for a while, we did actually manage to finish! Some nice gratuitous speed in the middle and the end of this 5:30 clip.
Go to venomsailing.com if you want to see a high definition and proper sized version of the video instead of Facebook microvideos.

17/12/2025

5 minutes of last nights CYCSA twilight race in gorgeous summer conditions. On the water was the place to be 😀😀😀

10/12/2025

5 1/2 minutes of the CYCSA twilight race last night in fresh conditions. No it was not a stern chaser - brain rust in the skipper lead to setup problems so we were very late to start. Did mean we got some nice shots of every boat in the fleet though 😀😀😀. Great to be out on the water again with our great crew.

09/09/2025

Nice to be on the cover of Groundswell - thanks for the great photo😀😀😀

The Spring edition of Groundswell will soon be available at the Club, but is now available for viewing online.

Feature articles this edition include Dan Turner- Mini Globe Race 2025 update, The Commodore's Dinner, Darrell's Melbourne Osaka Cup campaign, Clockwork Sailing at AWKR and more. View online 👉https://cycsa.com.au/groundswell

Cover 📷 Venom sailing thanks to Neil on CYCSA Duty Crew

21/05/2025

The Black Pearl and Rocksalt have skipped the first part of the winter series to join us in Le Isole Toscane.

04/05/2025

We were presented with the 'C**k of the Walk' trophy for the 5th year in a row at the CYCSA presentation night Friday night - a new record I think.
Enormous thanks to our great regular crew and everyone who has helped put our name on the trophy next to some prestigious boats and owners.
As always, a big thanks to the volunteers on the duty crew, the racing committee and staff for their hard work over the season.
Thanks also to all the sponsors for their support - especially to Bravo Sails for keeping us powered up when sail repairs are needed.

05/04/2025

A few shots from the last twilight in March.

30/03/2025

And some onboard action too.
Plenty of smiling (if not a bit wet) faces.😀😀😀

29/03/2025

6 minutes of highlights from yesterday's CYCSA/RSAYS Inshore race in ideal conditions for us. These were tough to choose - it was nearly all highlight!
Not much of other boats - just sustained speed shots from about 2 minutes onward