News - Australian Sailing

Rebel Community Sport Champion of the Month Award

SportWest Member organisations can nominate individuals from the WA sporting community, recognising outstanding performances in social/community sport level participation.

Fri 04 Mar 2022

Expression of Interest to join the most remote regatta in Australia!

Have you been thinking about something a little different in 2022? Consider joining the Gove Regional Regatta.

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Mon 28 Feb 2022

The wonderful world of Instructing

There are many reasons why an individual would want to become a sailing instructor. It is a fun, outdoors job teaching people the sport you love and can offer flexible working hours to fit around study.

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Tue 15 Feb 2022

GRANT - Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF)

The program aims to increase participation in sport and recreation, with an emphasis on physical activity, through rational development of sustainable, good quality, well-designed and well-utilised facilities.

WA WA Club News

Mon 14 Feb 2022

Foil-Lab 2022 update

Australian Sailing has listened to clubs, coaches and sailors and have begun to develop FOILING programs, tailored specifically for delivery at your club.

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Mon 14 Feb 2022

SportWest COVID Update - 4th February 2022

WA WA Club News

Tue 08 Feb 2022

Score great prizes thanks to PATCH by Nutricare

Australian Sailing have teamed up with Australian-owned natural health care company Nutricare to help promote the importance of sustainability in sailing clubs through Nutricare’s flagship brands PATCH and STRAP.

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Tue 01 Feb 2022

2022 Managing Conflict and Difficult People Workshops - ONLINE

The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries invites members of the sport and recreation industry to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) form to attend the ‘Managing Conflict and Difficult People Workshops’. Please note all workshops are now online.

WA WA Club News

Tue 01 Feb 2022

SportsWest COVID update

SportWest, in conjunction with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, has developed an information centre on COVID-19 focused on how restrictions and regulations impact sport.

WA WA Club News Covid-19

Mon 17 Jan 2022

Discover Dinghy Sailing!

Dinghies courses are tailored for both teenagers and adults and involve sailing on small exhilarating boats (one, two or three crew vessels). Read the full article to discover more information about the Dinghy program, Instructors and Centres.

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Mon 15 Nov 2021

Training course floats locals boat

In late 2020, members from Christmas Island were successful in the application for a $3,000 grant from Christmas Island Phosphates to deliver a Recreational Skippers Ticket training course to young residents on the island.

WA WA Club News

Wed 27 Oct 2021

Youth Sail WA Westsail and WA Youth Championships 2021

Western Australia’s annual Westsail Coaching Clinic was held from 25 to 28 September at Hillarys Yacht Club. Participant numbers in 2021 were up in comparison to 2020, with 89 sailors across seven fleets participating in the four-day training program. The great turn out, lead to 12 high level coaches providing outstanding coaching to the youth sailors.

WA WA Club News

Fri 15 Oct 2021

Paralympics Australia Multi-Sport Come and Try Day

The Paralympics Australia Multi-Sport Come and Try day was held on Sunday 3 October at the Bendat Basketball Centre where participants got to experience and gather knowledge on 15 different sports.

WA WA Club News

Fri 15 Oct 2021

Peli Powerup

Peli Powerup has finished for another year with twenty boats, and 40 sailors aged 7 to 14 coming to East Fremantle Yacht Club ready to learn and have fun. Sailors flocked from Geraldton, Busselton, Esperance and East Fremantle.

WA WA Club News

Wed 13 Oct 2021

New stronger safety equipment laws to save lives on the water

The WA State Government has released the Recreational Vessel Safety Equipment Review Final Position Paper, accepting 23 proposals to simplify laws and keep people safe on the water.

WA WA Club News

Wed 13 Oct 2021

Announcement of the 2022 Westsail and WA Youth Championships Venue

The board of Yachting Western Australia would like to announce the host venue and partner club for Westsail and the WA Youth Championships in 2022 as Mounts Bay Sailing Club. The events will run from the 24 - 29 September.

WA WA Club News

Wed 13 Oct 2021

Australian Sailing Awards Night and WA Youth Championship Photography

The Western Australian Sailing community gathered at Hillarys Yacht Club on Thursdays 30 September for the 2021 Australian Sailing – Western Australian Awards. The Australian Sailing awards recognises the outstanding contributions and achievements by clubs and individuals in all aspects of the Western Australian Sailing community who administrate, volunteer and compete.

WA WA Club News

Wed 13 Oct 2021

New mooring laws to deliver fairer system on WA waterways

The Western Australian Government's Department of Transport has released an announcement regarding new mooring laws. Reforms to the State’s boating laws will provide a fairer, more equitable system to allocate moorings in sought after areas and prevent individuals from profiting by selling a mooring.

WA WA Club News

Tue 05 Oct 2021