VicHealth Active Club Grants
We’re pleased to announce the next round of VicHealth Active Club Grants will open on Tuesday 30 July 2019.
VIC Club News
2019/20 Victorian Sailing Cup Notice of Series Announcement
Victorian junior and youth sailors are now invited to register for this year’s Victorian Sailing Cup.
Victoria
APYC CitySail Women and Girls Coaching and Racing Regatta
CitySail is a Women & Girls coaching and racing Regatta. The event schedule will be a combination of coaching on both Saturday and Sunday mornings and short course racing with coaching in the afternoons.
Victoria
2019 Australian Para Sailing Champions decided in Southport
The 2019 Australian Para Sailing Championships have concluded today at Southport Yacht Club in Hollywell, Queensland. The Championships were held from Friday to Sunday August 2-4 in conjunction with an Open Regatta for inclusive classes.
National
Northern Territory Championships Wrap Up
The Northern Territory Championships were held in beautiful Fannie Bay, Darwin over the weekend of 27th & 28th of July 2019.
NT
Boettcher back as Festival of Sails first entrant
South Australian yachtsman Geoff Boettcher had planned to show off a new 52-footer from overseas and defend his 2019 Rating Division 1 win at the Festival of Sails in Geelong in January 2020. Instead, he will return to the popular Australia Day regatta with the same but overhauled JV TP52, Secret Mens Business.
Victoria
Australian Sailing WA Conferences
The Western Australian Conferences were held on the weekend of 27 and 28 July and were well supported by many members of our sailing community.
WA Club News
Death of Geoff Ruggles - one of two surviving men from first Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Geoff Ruggles, one of two surviving crew members from the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 1945, died peacefully Tuesday evening aged 94.
National
The Women's Laser Regatta hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club
A regatta run by women, coached by women and sailed in by women and girls on Sydney Harbour
NSW
NSW Club News
ACT
ACT Club News
National
Shesails
Trade wind forecast sets up idyllic first-ever Lendlease Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race
Eighteen crews are set to tackle the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s latest offshore initiative, a 530 nautical mile race starting in Moreton Bay at 1100hrs this Friday, August 2, and finishing at Hamilton Island in the picturesque Whitsunday island group.
National
OutThere Sailing goes National
Australian Sailing’s newest participation program has gone national, with the OutThere Sailing pilot being launched in clubs around Australia this week.
National
Sail Sandy’s returning champion the first entry in 2019 event
Entries are now open for the 2019 Sail Sandy Regatta, which will kick off a massive season ahead for the Sandringham Yacht Club.
VIC Club News
Victoria
ORCV launches new series aimed at transitioning crews into ocean racing
In the midst of launching its new Category 3 event, the Coastal Sprint Series, aimed specifically at helping crews make the move into ocean racing, the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is pleased to announce online entry is open and the Notice of Race available for the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race.
National
Australian Masters Games
The 17th Australian Masters Games are being held at Adelaide Sailing Club on the 8-10 October 2019
National
SA Club News
Planning for a successful Hobart race
Planning, training, preparing and more planning, training and preparing for a Ocean Race be it fully crewed, four + auto pilot or double handed. This article talks about what your plan should include.
Victoria
VIC INSTRUCTOR CONFERENCE 2019 REPORT
The 2019 Victorian Instructor Conference took place at Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) on Saturday 27th July.
VIC Club News
Wild Oats X's triumph a triple treat on Ricko's birthday
Late on Sunday July 28, 2019, Wild Oats X, the Oatley family’s Reichel Pugh 66 skippered by Mark Richards, took line honours in the Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race for the third time - and on ‘Ricko’s’ birthday.
National