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).

Back 2 Black (on left) and Daguet 2 today - David Staley, MHYC pic Sean Langman’s Back 2 Black won all three races of the 2025 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) to claim Division 1 after...
Daguet and others at the SSORC start - Andrea Francolini, MHYC pic Every sailor loves a bit of breeze, but some bit off more than they could chew on Day 1 of the 2025 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean...
Lively Division 1 start last year - Andrea Francolini, MHYC pic Entries are taking shape for the 2025 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), inclusive of the Seven Islands Race, to take place over the last weekend...
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...
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...
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...