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Hall of Fame inductees 2020: The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Sonar Class crew

The Australian crew of Noel Robins, Jamie Dunross and Graeme Martin wrote themselves into the sailing history books as our first Paralympic gold medallists at the 2000 Games.

National Hall of Fame

Wed 28 Oct 2020

2020 Honourees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame announced

The 2020 inductees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame were announced today, with champions from across the country the latest to be honoured.

National

Tue 27 Oct 2020

Lazy Dog wins and InfoTrack debuts

Sydney returned to deep winter for the MC38 classâ€™ penultimate act of their 2020 season, temperatures in the low to mid-teens with rain and southerly gusts up to 30 knots on Sydney Harbour blowing up Gingerâ€™s kite and sending hundreds of litres of saltwater cascading over the decks of the eye-catching 38 footers.

NSW

Mon 26 Oct 2020

Lincoln Week Regatta set to bounce back as entries open for 2021

Entries have opened for the 2021 Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race and Lincoln Week Regatta, which is shaping up to be a huge return to offshore yachting in South Australia as the sport bounces back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

SA South Australia

Mon 26 Oct 2020

Southport Yacht Club's Diamond Jubilee launches at the 12th Bartercard Sail Paradise

It's almost time to toast the Southport Yacht Clubs 75th birthday celebrations at next year's Gold Coast Premier Sailing Event - the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta is commencing on the January 4th. Join us for four days of spectacular offshore racing and then team up onshore to launch the Club's Diamond Jubilee on the stunning Gold Coast.

QLD Queensland

Mon 26 Oct 2020

43rd Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship open for entry

Middle Harbour Yacht Clubâ€™s longstanding Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) will go ahead over the weekend of November 28-29, another positive bounce back from the New South Wales major sailing event doldrums.

NSW

Mon 26 Oct 2020

Middle Harbour Yacht Club announces Super Group Spring Regatta

Middle Harbour Yacht Club has announced a new regatta to promote competition in Sydney for a range of sports yachts with asymmetric gennakers.

NSW

Mon 26 Oct 2020

Offshore Doubles Sailing Association launches

Created by sailors, for sailors, Offshore Doubles' mission is to strengthen the community of sailors, events and boat classes who are already making Double Handed offshore sailing the fastest growing segment of the sport.

National

Mon 26 Oct 2020

Slingsby and Darmanin reprise top honours at Australian Sailing Awards

Tom Slingsby and Lisa Darmanin have taken out top honours at the 2020 Australian Sailing Awards, with the Olympic-medal winning athletes being crowned Male Sailor of the Year for the fourth time and Female Sailor of the Year for the third time respectively.

National

Fri 23 Oct 2020

2020 Diversity Forum this Friday - Play by the Rules

There's still time to register for the 2020 Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Forum that will run online this Friday at 10.00 am AEST. Droughts, bushfires, floods and pandemics: the fundamental cultural change for inclusion and diversity in a new era.

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Thu 22 Oct 2020

Trailblazing Gold - 20 years on from Australia's first Paralympic sailing gold medal

After Australia's Olympic sailors turned Sydney harbour into a golden pond at the 2000 Games, the Australian Paralympic sailing team of Noel Robins OAM, Jamie Dunross OAM and Graeme Martin OAM were under pressure to perform.

National

Thu 22 Oct 2020

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Gordon Ingate's Extraordinary Sailing Career

Gordon Wilson Ingate began his extraordinary sailing career at the age of nine when he joined the 1st Chatswood Sea Scouts where he began many adventures and expeditions on the Scout groupâ€™s little gaff-rigged boat. At the age of twelve Gordon joined the 6th Sydney Sea Scouts in Mosman Bay.Â

National NSW

Wed 21 Oct 2020

Master Navigation, Learn Expedition

For those that would like to learn how to win ocean races, the ORCV has 2 new courses plus a Masterclass with Will Oxley. These courses concentrate of using Expedition Software starting with the very basics and building your knowledge.

ACT NSW QLD VIC NT WA SA TAS

Mon 19 Oct 2020

FEE RELIEF FOR QUEENSLAND CLUBS AS A RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Further to our communications earlier in the year regarding the measures to reduce the financial impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on membership fees levied by Yachting Queensland, The Board of Yachting Queensland in coordination with Australian Sailing have made a determination which is outlined below.

Queensland Official Notice QLD Club News

Thu 15 Oct 2020

Will Cooley awarded Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship

Australian Nacra 15 World Champion Will Cooley has been awarded a Tier 3 scholarship as part of this yearâ€™s Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship & Mentoring Program.

National

Thu 15 Oct 2020

The most remote Sailing Regatta in Australia

Sometimes sailing adventures just happen and the Gove Sailing Regatta was just such an adventure. Â What started as a discussion between sailors at the Dinah Beach Cruising Yacht Association (DBCYA) bar after a wet season race, planted a seed to host a regatta at the Gove Boat Club (GBC). Little did anyone realise how popular it was going to become

National NT

Thu 15 Oct 2020

SAIL SANDY DEFERRED TO 20-21 FEBRUARY 2021

With Sail Sandy unable to proceed in the usual October time slot due to Victorian COVID-19 restrictions, the organising committee of Sail Sandy has deferred SYC's annual Sail Sandy Regatta to Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 February 2021. No doubt with a beautiful weekend of February weather in Melbourne, we'll see a stunning to days of sailing at SYC. Make sure you pop the new dates in your calendar as it's bound to be another great Sail Sandy Regatta!

Victoria

Wed 14 Oct 2020

WASS Exploring Transition Camp

Last Thursday and Friday the WA Sailing Squad Squad gathered at South of Perth Yacht Club for two days of fun and learning on and off the water. The transition camp is a new and exciting WASS initiative, firmly focussed on the future.

Wed 14 Oct 2020