News - Australian Sailing

DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR MACGLIDE FESTIVAL OF SAILSâ€™ STALWART

Billy Parker had double the reason to celebrate yesterday at the MacGlide Festival of Sails. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club stalwart celebrated his 82nd birthday yesterday with a big day at sea. He and his crew won the Cruising Non-Spinnaker division in the 34 nautical mile Passage Race from Williamstown to Geelong.

Victoria

Sun 26 Jan 2020

Para Sailing Champions decided in Melbourne

The Australian Para Sailing Championships were held as part of the Sail Melbourne International Regatta at Royal Brighton Yacht Club over the past week. Â Sailed in conjunction with open fleet racing in the 2.4mR and Liberty classes, the race scores of eligible para sailors were extracted to decide the Australian Para Sailing Champions. Â

National

Thu 23 Jan 2020

Saturday, January 25th 2020 will be the last edition of Around the Buoys in the Weekend West

Wed 22 Jan 2020

Late Rumbles Shake Up Day 3 of Sail Melbourne International

Despite a huge storm front battering Port Phillip in the early afternoon, most classes were able to complete a full slate of racing on day three of Sail Melbourne International on Sunday.

National Victoria

Mon 20 Jan 2020

Prieto-Low back to challenge the JESS Match Cup

After a thrilling end to the event last season where Matt Jerwood took the win 3-1 in the final series, Ethan Prieto-Low is back at the JESS Match Cup for his third try at a win. Having placed third and then second in previous years, this time he is better prepared. After his best result yet at the Grade 2 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta in January, with a 6th place, he headed to the USA to compete in the 2019 Grand Slam Series.

Sun 19 Jan 2020

Australian Sailing and Kiteboarding Australia announce joint intentions

Australian Sailing and Kiteboarding Australia have today announced their intentions to work together to develop the next generation of Australian Olympic sailing champions.

National

Fri 17 Jan 2020

Scouts Are OutThere Sailing

Scouts QLD and Southport Yacht Club have joined forces to run OutThere Sailing!

qld

Thu 16 Jan 2020

Youth sailors dig deep at bushfire fundraiserÂ

Youth sailors and their families dug deep at the presentation ceremony for the 2020 Australian Youth Championships at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club last night, raising much needed funds for those impacted by the bushfires that continue to burn around the country.

National ACT NSW QLD VIC NT WA SA TAS

Wed 15 Jan 2020

CLUB IN FOCUS: Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC)

SSCBCâ€™s origins date back to 1948 and they are proud of our journey over the past 70 years or so. One aspect of the Club that is incredibly important is the iconic Couta boats. Couta boats were traditionally used as fishing vessels to catch barracouta along the coast of Bass Strait.

National Club in Focus

Tue 14 Jan 2020

World Championship sailors support bushfire effort

The proximity of the upcoming 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Oceania and World Championships course area to some of the bushfires currently burning in the southern Australian state of Victoria has stirred the international sailing community to action. Smoke haze from fires in East Gippsland and the stateâ€™s north-east have impacted Geelongâ€™s air quality and competitors are all too aware of the devastating fallout from fires now Australia-wide.

Victoria National

Tue 14 Jan 2020

I14 2020 Perth World Championships

Itâ€™s a wrap. The CST Composites i14 2020 Perth World Championships at the Perth Dinghy Sailing Club came to an end on Friday with the Brits taking the three podium finishes in what some would say difficult conditions in Perth.

Tue 14 Jan 2020

Wearn and Stransky win 2020 Australian Laser Championships

With the regatta already won before the final two races, Matt Wearn finished the week with a third and a seventh (which became his second discard) to wrap up his fifth Australian Laser Championship.

National

Tue 14 Jan 2020

Australian Sports Boats Association 2020 National Titles

Crews set for fast and fun action at ASBA Nationals.

National

Mon 13 Jan 2020

Finn, OK Dinghy and Mosquito champions crowned at Adelaide National Regatta

The Adelaide National Regatta, featuring the national championships for three different classes, has come to an end with champions crowned across the range of competitors.

SA South Australia

Sat 11 Jan 2020

Fluky conditions shake up the top of the table at 2020 Sabre Nationals

A race win to the previously fifth-placed Murray O'Brien has slingshot him into contention for the 2020 Sabre National Championship, as an uncharacteristically fluky day in Wallaroo shook things up at the top of the table.

South Australia SA

Sat 11 Jan 2020

11-year-old Joel Beashel crowned 2020 Musto Australian Optimist Champion

11-year-old Aussie Joel Beashel has jumped up the leaderboard on the final day of the 2020 Musto Optimist Nationals to be crowned Australian champion and first overall in the regatta against a string of talented international entrants.

Victoria

Sat 11 Jan 2020

11-year-old Joel Beashel crowned 2020 Musto Australian Optimist Champion

Victoria

Sat 11 Jan 2020

Galbraith and Zeeman take out Aussie 29er title, while Kiwis clinch regatta win

The Australian 29er Nationals came down to a thrilling finish on the final day of racing yesterday as Tasmanians Charlie Zeeman and Ethan Galbraith held on to clinch an emphatic victory at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron.

Victoria

Sat 11 Jan 2020