David Lukins Memorial Regatta

David Lukins Memorial Regatta

2024 WINNER Mother Nature RACING ABANDONED

Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2025

The David Lukins Memorial Regatta is an annual event on the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club racing calendar that sees current and former Youth Development program participants & Club Members compete in a match racing event.

The Regatta is held in memory of David Lukins. David was a tireless volunteer around the club, helping out in a variety of areas such as kids learn to sail, Centreboard, Youth Development mentoring, race management, & umpiring just to name a few. This resulted in David receiving one of the club’s most prestigious awards, Volunteer of the year for 1998-99.

2025 Teams:

  • Team 1
  • Team 2
  • Team 3
  • Team 4
  • Team 5
  • Team 6
  • Team 7
  • Team 8
42 Days
02 Hours
07 Minutes
43 Seconds
Team Wilmot - Skippered by Ryan Wilmot - Winners 2024 - Fleet Racing Regatta
2023 “Tag Team Racing” – Alistair Read, Antony Hawke, Annie Scholten, Georgia Tuckey & Niall Powers

Regatta Information

The 2025 event will consist of two parts, with a combination of fleet and match racing over the weekend. The racing format will be defined in the Sailing Instructions.

Part One (Saturday) – David Lukins Qualifying Series: A series of short and exciting fleet races (up to eight races may be held). The final rankings of Skippers in the David Lukins Qualifying Series will determine the seedings for David Lukins Memorial Match Racing Regatta (Part Two).

Part Two (Sunday) – David Lukins Memorial Match Racing Regatta: Grade 5 Open Match Racing Regatta. At the conclusion of Part One, skippers will be seeded into Part Two. Skippers ranked 1-4  are seeded into the Gold Group. Skippers 5-8 are seeded into the Silver Group.

Don’t miss out on your team competing in this exciting annual event! Enter below:

Subject to change. Refer to the NOR & Sailing Instructions.

Saturday 13th September 2025

0800: Halyards Bistro open for breakfast.
0900-1000: Registration & weigh-in. 
1000: Daily briefing & boat draw
1130: First warning signal: Fleet Racing series
After Racing – Social gathering in the clubhouse

Sunday 14th September 2025

0800: Halyards Bistro open for breakfast
0900: Daily briefing & boat draw
1030: First attention signal: Match Racing series
1600: No further attention signal
After Racing – Presentation in Halyards Bistro

Regatta Highlights

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