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Curtain Closes on Historic 180th Celebrations for Festival Of Sails!

As the curtain closes on the 2023 Festival of Sails, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club is celebrating a regatta full of twist and turns for the 297 boats and the 2750 participants, who battled daily challenges with variable winds, temperatures, and conditions.

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Sun 29 Jan 2023

Winners declared at another successful Festival of Sails

A grey sky, light breeze and showers prefaced the final day of Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2023 Festival of Sails, but nothing was going to wipe the smiles from competitors faces, particularly those who were still in the running for trophies and divisional top three places.

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Sat 28 Jan 2023

Winners declared at another successful Festival of Sails

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Sat 28 Jan 2023

Enthusiastic Volunteers Step Up to Support Geelong's Festival of Sails

More than 125 enthusiastic volunteers have joined forces to work at the 2023 Festival of Sails, contributing more than 4000 hours of unpaid work hours to support the event which is celebrating a major milestone with the 180th running of the iconic Passage Race.

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Sat 28 Jan 2023

Victorian Youth Sail 2023

Victoria’s youth sailors will descend on Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club in April 2023 for the return of the Youth Sail Victoria 2023 event.

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Fri 20 Jan 2023

Beach Volleyball Makes Exciting Return to Geelong’s Festival of Sails

The fast and furious action of competition beach volleyball will take centre stage at Geelong’s Eastern Beach during the Festival of Sails on January 26 to 28.

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Tue 10 Jan 2023

Hit the Water on the ‘Geelong Flyer’ Ferry to Get up Close to the Closing Stages of the Iconic Festival of Sails Passage Race

Visitors to Geelong and local families will have a unique opportunity to get up close to the finishing racing action of the iconic Festival of Sails Passage Race on Thursday, January 26 with a special one-hour cruise on the ‘Geelong Flyer’ ferry.

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Mon 02 Jan 2023

Victorians Shine at Sail Sydney

Some top results from Victorian sailors in the Sail Sydney 2022 regatta sailed in strong winds on Sydney Harbour from 15th to 18th December, contested by 240+ boats across a range of International and National classes.

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Wed 21 Dec 2022

‘Festival Of Sails’ Back Bigger And Better In 2023, Celebrating 180 Years Of The Iconic Passage Race And Ready To Party!

Geelong’s Festival of Sails will be celebrating a major milestone and is ready to party when it returns in January 2023, as it salutes the 180th anniversary of its iconic Passage Race between Melbourne and Geelong.

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Mon 19 Dec 2022

Victorian 2022 - 23 ILCA Laser championships

Fifty four boats sailed in the 2022/2023 Victorian ILCA Laser Open and Youth Championships from Mordialloc Sailing Club on Port Phillip on the weekend of 3 and 4 December. The five scheduled races were sailed in light to moderate winds and flat seas which was a change from the tough conditions in Melbourne on preceding weekends.

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Fri 09 Dec 2022

Victorians return for another Festival of Sails

Bruce Taylor is what one would describe as one of the backbones of the Festival of Sails, having competed in every single one since 1979 - and he will be there again when the start gun fires on Port Phillip to send the fleet on its way in the 180th edition of the Passage Race, starting at 9.30am on Australia Day, 26 January 2023.

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Thu 08 Dec 2022

Melbourne to Hobart ORCV – Westcoaster debutantes all set for Hobart

Sandringham Yacht Club’s Gerry Cantwell, skipper of Marten 49 Performance Cruiser Carrera S, credits Victorian boat builder Bernie Webber, with piquing his interest in sailing the Melbourne to Hobart (Westcoaster).

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Thu 08 Dec 2022

Sailing Champions League Returns for Geelong’s 2023 Festival Of Sails

The ‘club versus club’ sailing competition – the VIC Sailing League – will be returning to the 2023 Festival of Sails as local teams battle it out for a shot at the Asia Pacific finals of the SAILING Champions League in May 2023.

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Mon 05 Dec 2022

Entires open for the 2022/2023 VIC Sailing League Final

Entires open for the 2022/2023 VIC Sailing League Final, hosted by the Festival of Sails

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Mon 28 Nov 2022

100th Entry Raring to go in Historic 180th Festival Of Sails!

Geelong’s 2023 Festival of Sails will mark a number of key milestones for local sailor Geoff Newman who is officially the 100th entrant in next year’s event.

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Thu 24 Nov 2022

Brad Legg from Rhyll Yacht Club

A message from the youngest Commodore in Victoria.

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Thu 17 Nov 2022

Preparations in full swing for 50th Melbourne to Hobart

Preparations are in full swing for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart, as entrants make their final preparations for the ‘Westcoaster’ as it is colloquially known, which starts on 27 December at 12pm from Portsea Pier on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Thu 17 Nov 2022

Record numbers for Australia’s oldest yacht race

A change of start date and the large numbers taking part in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (Westcoaster) has prompted record numbers for the Club’s annual Melbourne to Devonport Race - or ‘Rudder Cup’ as it famously known.

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Tue 25 Oct 2022