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Experience and youth a panacea for success at Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta

Sabina Rosser has plenty of knowledge to impart and a wealth of stories to share when it comes to those sailing at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) hosted premier event held since 1991.

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Sun 11 Jun 2023

Tasmanians turn up the heat on Day 1 of Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta

Tasmanian sailors Jo Breen and Orla Gray turned up the heat on the opening day of the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s (RMYS) 31st Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) with three windward/leeward races sailed on Port Phillip today.

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Sat 10 Jun 2023

"Oh What a Night!" launches KISS 2023

Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club launched the second edition of their Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy (KISS) program on Tuesday 16 May.

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Fri 19 May 2023

First entry received for 2023 Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta

With destination regattas and and travel back in full swing, Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) is looking forward to hosting a large entry for the 31st Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), to take place over the King’s Birthday weekend of 9-12 June - and the first entrant has already booked her spot.

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Wed 19 Apr 2023

Robyn Ratcliffe, of Georges River Sailing Club a winner at Victorian State Titles

Georges River Sailing Club female competitors finished first and second in the RS Aero 5s at the Victorian State Titles held at Royal Brighton Yacht Club on March 25-26.

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Tue 11 Apr 2023

Queenscliff Cup and Commodore’s Trophy Easter Regatta - ”the battle to tame the tides”

Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) is gearing up for its annual Queenscliff Cup and Commodore’s Trophy regatta to be contested over the Easter weekend 8-10 April 2023, an inclusive event, providing five races in an Open Division (Division 1) for the Queenscliff Cup with the additional opportunity for female regatta crew to take the helm for two designated races to contest the Commodore’s Trophy (Division 2) within the race schedule.

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Mon 27 Mar 2023

2023 Victorian Tasar State Titles

A large and competitive fleet of Tasar sailors from all over Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania descended on the Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) for the 2023 Victorian Tasar State Titles sponsored by Rooster Sailing.

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Mon 20 Mar 2023

Another Chapter wins slow dance in Melbourne to King Island Race

Another Chapter, Neil Sargeant’s Beneteau 44.7, has won the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s slow and fluctuating Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race, while Paul Buchholz’s Extasea took line honours.

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Mon 13 Mar 2023

Challenges fuel interest in 51st King Island Race

More than 30 boats are set to start the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s 114 nautical mile King Island Race, starting at 5pm on Friday 10 March off Queenscliff, with competitors chasing overall honours and the nine-year-old race record set by John Newbold’s Primitive Cool of nine hours 50 minutes 21seconds.

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Tue 07 Mar 2023

Australian ILCA Laser Solidarity pathway program

The Australian Laser Class Association launched its Laser dinghy Youth Solidarity program at the 2023 ILCA Laser Oceania Australian Open and Youth Championships sailed from the St Georges River Sailing Club in January.

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Thu 02 Mar 2023

Help us Celebrate 75 Years of the Queenscliff Lonsdale Yacht Club

On 5 March, it will be 75 years at our current location and 110 years on Swan Bay for QLYC.

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Tue 28 Feb 2023

Couta boats are coming home in February

The traditional wooden fishing boat fleet will be returning to Queenscliff in big numbers over the weekend of 25/26 February for the Couta Boat National Titles. It relives the history of racing for rewards but this time it’s for trophies and not a commercial fish catch.

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Fri 17 Feb 2023

EOI For Community Boating Facility at Harpley Lake

Wyndham City Council with the support of Lendlease Communities (“Lendlease”) are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from interested parties to form a partnership and collectively shape the feasibility/concept planning, design, construction, and operation of a future Community Boating Facility which caters for water-based recreation and community activities, such as rowing, canoeing, dragon boating, sailing and other water-craft activities.

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Tue 14 Feb 2023

Blast from the past returns in top form to win Fireball State Titles 2023

A small but competitive fleet contested the Fireball State Titles at Royal Geelong Yacht Club, home of the 2024 world championship. Brendan Garner and Ben O’Brien teamed up for the first time since winning the Nationals in 2005-6.

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Tue 14 Feb 2023

Derwent Sailing Squadron crowned 2023 VIC Sailing League Champions and secure themselves a spot in the SAILING Champions League

Derwent Sailing Squadron were crowned VIC Sailing League Champions last weekend after some heated racing at the VIC Sailing League Final during Festival of Sails at Royal Geelong Yacht Club.

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Wed 01 Feb 2023

Curtain Closes on Historic 180th Celebrations for Festival Of Sails!

As the curtain closes on the 2023 Festival of Sails, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club is celebrating a regatta full of twist and turns for the 297 boats and the 2750 participants, who battled daily challenges with variable winds, temperatures, and conditions.

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Sun 29 Jan 2023

Winners declared at another successful Festival of Sails

A grey sky, light breeze and showers prefaced the final day of Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2023 Festival of Sails, but nothing was going to wipe the smiles from competitors faces, particularly those who were still in the running for trophies and divisional top three places.

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Sat 28 Jan 2023

Winners declared at another successful Festival of Sails

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Sat 28 Jan 2023