SYC Courses

Copyright & Attributions

Last updated 14 July 2026

Copyright in the SYC Courses software and original app material belongs to Luke Matthews. Club, regatta, mapping, and other third-party material remains the property of its respective owners.

Software and original material

Except where otherwise identified, the SYC Courses software, interface, original graphics, calculations, and documentation are © 2026 Luke Matthews. All rights reserved.

No part of that material may be copied, modified, redistributed, reverse engineered, or used to create a derivative product except with prior written permission or as otherwise permitted by law or an applicable software licence.

Club and regatta material

Club names, logos, course booklets, sailing instructions, course diagrams, race notices, and related material remain the property of Sandringham Yacht Club Inc. or the other rights holders identified by the source material. Their inclusion in SYC Courses does not transfer ownership to Luke Matthews or grant users permission to reproduce them separately.

Official sailing instructions, notices to competitors, and race-day communications take precedence over information reproduced or summarised in the app.

Victorian coastline data

The offline Port Phillip coastline portrayal contains adapted Vicmap Index Framework data © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

The source data has been clipped, simplified, transformed, and rendered for use in SYC Courses. The State of Victoria does not endorse SYC Courses, and the portrayal is not an official navigation chart.

Third-party software

SYC Courses uses third-party and open-source software. Those components remain subject to their respective copyright notices and licence terms. This page does not replace or alter those licences.

Permissions and corrections

For permission requests, attribution corrections, or concerns about material appearing in SYC Courses, contact Luke Matthews at matthews.luke.c@gmail.com. Please identify the material and the relevant rights holder or source.