Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series 2025-2026 seeks to unite women
The 2025-2026 summer sailing season is hotting up with the return of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series, a great opportunity for all aspiring female keelboat sailors to step up to lead roles, own your job and hone your sailing skills, whilst uniting with other women from around other bay clubs. Season opener is Hobson's Bay Yacht Club Shirley Freeman Trophy Race on Sunday 30 November 2025. Get onboard now.
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Sail Melbourne - Five things you need to know
Sail Melbourne, organised by Royal Brighton Yacht Club on behalf of Australian Sailing, is one of Australia’s most celebrated sailing regattas. Before the boats launch on Thursday, we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know about the regatta.
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Red hot sailing for Scarlet Runner in Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race
When you’re hot you’re hot, and no boat was hotter in this year’s Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race than Scarlet Runner with the Carkeek 44 from Sandringham Yacht Club winning on line honours and taking out the prestigious Rudder Cup.
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UniMelb Sailing Team Secures Back-to-Back Victory at Australian University Team Racing Nationals
The University of Melbourne sailing team has once again demonstrated its dominance on the water, claiming back-to-back titles at the Australian University Team Racing National Championships.
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Rudder Cup fleet set to fight it out on tactics with light conditions forecast
Some say a week is a long time in politics but spare a thought for the boats preparing for the 2025 Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race with Australia’s wild spring weather flicking around faster than a rubber band in a classroom, testing even the most seasoned navigators as they plan for this weekend’s race.
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Tassie yachts take on the Vics in the 2025 Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race
Tasmanian entrants AdvantEdge and Just Farr Love will be flying the flag for their home state in this year’s Melbourne to Devonport ‘Rudder Cup’ Yacht Race.
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It’s all in the timing as Clockwork readies for first Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race
It would be hard to find two more enthusiastic and committed offshore sailors than South Australians, Mary Ann Harvey and Andrew Lloyd, co-owners and “equal skippers” of the Sydney 38, Clockwork, from the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia.
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50th Anniversary HMAS Goorangai Memorial Trophy Race for QCYC
Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s annual Goorangai Memorial passage race turns “50” this year with its female helm division the Eliza Ramsden Trophy running for its second year, leading off the Club’s 63rd sailing season on Saturday 1 November 2025. All keelboat owners are invited to join us for the 26nm race south from RBYC to QCYC to enjoy the paradise of QCYC on Swan Island over the Melbourne Cup weekend.
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A KISS of Confidence for a Family at Sea
How one ORCV training course turned nerves apprehension into know-how and helped Kim Lawler steer her family through their first big adventure.
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2025 Sailing Summits Roadshows Showcase the Camaraderie of Sailing Community
For the first time in our history Australian Sailing committed to taking our Annual Sailing Summits out to regional Australia in 2025, growing the number of Summits from the traditional eight capital cities to a total of 26 events across the length and breadth of Australia from March through to August.
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International Cadet World Championship, Lake Lipno, Czech Republic
Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) sailors have delivered outstanding performances at the International Cadet World Championship 2025.
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Finalists Announced for the 2025 Victorian Sailing Awards
We are proud to officially announce the 2025 Victorian Sailing Awards Finalists! Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination for the 2025 Victorian Sailing Awards.
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Festival of Sails 2026 Expands to Five Days of Racing with Australian Multihull Championships
Australia’s largest celebration of sailing just got even bigger, with the Festival of Sails expanding to five action-packed days of racing.
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Etchells prepare for 2029 World Championship in Geelong with Etchells Australasian Summer Championship
The next Etchells World Championship in Australia will be held at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in January 2029.
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Rod Austin Confirmed as the New Victorian General Manager
With over 25 years of experience in the yacht club and sailing industry, Rod Austin brings a proven track record in stakeholder engagement, event management, club administration, staff leadership, and financial oversight.
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2025 Australian Para Sailing Championships
World Sailing are holding an inaugural Inclusion Championships in Oman on 3-8 December.
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Offshore at 16: Will Farnell, the ORCV's Youth Sailor of the Year 2025
The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is proud to announce Will Farnell as the recipient of the 2025 Youth Sailor of the Year award.
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