South Australian Club SheSails Representatives joined together on Thursday, 1st December at the Port Adelaide Sailing Club for what will become our annual gathering.
The line-up for the World Match Racing Tour Final 2022 has been confirmed, with 10 teams invited for the inaugural Tour event to be sailed on Sydney Harbour.
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.
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).
An International World Sailing ranking event, Sail Melbourne is set to return to Port Phillip this summer, with competition taking place from the 14-18 January 2023.
The John Winning Jr-skippered maxi yacht, Andoo Comanche, produced a masterclass of high-speed sailing to win Line Honours in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour today.
Established in 1871 and celebrating their 150th Anniversary in 2022, the beautiful Albert Park Yacht Club (APYC) is an entirely volunteer run organisation in Melbourne, Victoria. One of the national finalists for the Australian Sailing Club of the Year award in 2022, APYC offers modern club rooms for the use of club members as well as the local community and sailing all year round.
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.
Mistral is the first two-handed boat to win Overall honours in one of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s major races, with co-skippers Rupert Henry and Greg O’Shea leading a two-handed sweep of the podium in the 2022 Cabbage Tree Island Race.
58 boats from across South Australia and Tasmania and Victoria, came together for the 2022 Youth Sail SA Youth Championships at Largs Bay Sailing Club on 26th and 27th of November.
Australia's most successful Olympic sailor, gold and silver medallist, Mathew Belcher OAM is to become a primary supporter of the popular Qoin Sail Paradise offshore regatta which is being staged by the Gold Coasts’ Southport Yacht Club starting January 2.
SheSails is designed to recognise all the amazing female contributors to our sport, and to encourage women of all ages to get involved in the sport of sailing through organised activities at their local sailing club.
One of Austalia’s best known yachtsmen for his role as a crew member on Australia II when Australia won the America’s Cup in 1983, Rob Brown OAM, has started in a new role at RQYS in Manly, Qld, as Business Development Manager.