Kym Downie from the Largs Bay Sailing Club as past and first female president of the Largs Bay Sailing Club. Robert Human from the Crusing Yacht Club of South Australia and as the Chairperson of the Racing Executive for CYCSA and Peter Royle from the Adelaide Sailing Club, Past Commodore and Board Member.
Entries are now open for the 2025 Australian Yachting Championships.
The event will take place from January 3rd to January 5th 2025, hosted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron.
In July Darwin Sailing Club in conjunction with Cullen Bay Marina ran their first Making Waves Youth Scholarship. The four successful recipients Jabari, Harlen, Kody, and Ella kicked off their sailing adventures during the recent July school holidays.
You may have seen Fynn flying his Wing around Fannie Bay or Kiting off Nightcliff. Fynn, previously a Minnow sailor is now putting all his efforts into Kiteboarding & Wing Foiling with some big aspirations.
It was an unusual Dry Season weekend with cloudy skies and light breezes. The light winds made racing a challenge for everyone and kept the Race Officers on their toes. It was a good turnout of boats for the NT Championships with some very close racing in each division.
What an incredible weekend!
We had a record-breaking 46 boats, with 30 youth fleet sailors and 20 junior sailors participating and 2 interstate coaches in our biggest Youth Sail NT event yet! This year, we were thrilled to welcome a interstate sailor as well.
TASTE 24 was a successful event this year at Townsville Sailing Club offering a variety of water activities and other displays for the local community to come down to the beach along The Strand and have a go or find out interesting information.
Electronic and online communication is a valuable tool for organising and promoting club activities, but it's important that appropriate safeguards are in place to minimise the dangers.
This past weekend (15-16th June) saw Keppel Bay Sailing Club host their second Women’s and Girl’s Regatta. This regatta came about as Keppel Bay believed it to be important to increase the participation of Women racing, as part of Australian Sailings initiative to promote and celebrate all women and girls involved in this amazing sport.
Children and young people are particularly vulnerable in changing rooms due in part to various stages of dress/undress and because they are isolated areas. There is also a risk of peer on peer child or young person problems, such as bullying if the changing room is left unsupervised.
NT Sport & Recreation has created the NT Volunteer Network. Here you will find valuable resources and be able to connect with other sports volunteers in the Territory.
With Paris 2024 fast approaching, Australian Sailing is excited to launch Host an Olympian, a new competition open exclusively to Australian Sailing affiliated clubs and associations.
Australian Sailing welcomes the announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Sport and Aged Care, Anika Wells, and the Australian Sports Commission that $283 million will be invested into high performance sport over the next two years.