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Sailing and its impact on wellbeing

We all know there are several key factors that can have a positive impact on a teenager’s well-being. Specific societal, emotional and physical factors can help develop our kids in to thriving young adults, and the sport of sailing is recognised as one of the leading activities to help foster these outcomes.
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2020 Sydney 38 OD Australian Championship heads to Pittwater

The Sydney 38 One-Design Australian Championship will be hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) over three days, from 14 to 16 February, and an exceptional field means the competition will be wide open with a number of Australia’s most talented one design sailors taking part.
NSW

2020 Flying Fifteen Australian Championship

A fleet of 20 Flying Fifteens made the long journey from all over Australia to compete at the 2020 Flying Fifteen Australian Championship held in Waterloo Bay just south of the Brisbane River in Queensland. Some competitors had a long journey navigating around a host of bush fires still plaguing the country. Visitors came from as far as England, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
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60th HMAS Perth Memorial Regatta

HMAS Perth Memorial Regatta is on again. This will be the 60th Anniversary of this event. Nedlands Yacht Club proudly hosts this regatta each year to honour the Memory of the HMAS Perth(I) which was lost in the Battle of the Sunda Straits on March 1 1942. This year the HMAS Perth Memorial Regatta is being held on the 16th February 2020
WA

Do you know a young athlete who needs help with travel costs?

Young athletes can sometimes face barriers to fulfilling their athletic potential, such as distance, cost and time constraints. During our community consultation for Activate! Queensland, athletes told us it would be helpful to receive their travel subsidies prior to travelling to competitions.
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Entries open for Hamilton Island Race Week 2020

Within two hours of the Notice of Race for Hamilton Island Race Week 2020 being posted, the first entry had been lodged. And, for the second consecutive year, the yacht with that honour was David Bell’s Bavaria 39, Four Bells, out of Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.
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DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR MACGLIDE FESTIVAL OF SAILS’ 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

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.  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.  
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