Application for Club Membership of Australian Sailing (VIC Clubs)
Dear Victorian Clubs,
With confirmation received on the 23rd January 2026 of the cancellation of Yachting Victoria as an incorporated association we now need to transfer your club membership to be direct to Australian Sailing.
Australian Sailing (AS) has amended its constitution in 2018 to allow clubs to become direct voting members of AS, in states where there is no Member Yachting Association (MYA).
Yachting Victoria Inc. (YVIC) held a Special General Meeting on the 21 February 2022, where the members voted in favour of the special resolution to voluntarily cancel the registration of YVIC. The process to de-register YVIC has been delayed due to an ongoing legal matter however in January 2026 the Victorian Government, Department of Government Services confirmed that YVIC has now been de-registered as an Incorporated Association.
The Corporations Act does not allow a clubs membership of YVIC to automatically be transferred to AS and as a consequence of this, VIC clubs are required to apply for membership of Australian Sailing.
YVIC has previously collected information from your club when it originally affiliated and will not be asking you to resubmit documents.
Your club is, however required to confirm that it will abide by the membership requirements of the Australian Sailings constitution (clause 4.4) (outlined below)
Requirements of Member Clubs
An applicant to be a Voting Member of Australian Sailing, which is a Club and is located in a State where there is no MYA, must:
a. be duly incorporated in a State;
b. agree to be bound by and to abide by this Constitution;
c. have objectives consistent with those of Australian Sailing;
d. have its constitution and rules approved by Australian Sailing;
e. advise Australian Sailing the name, address, date of birth and contact details of its members for inclusion in the Australian Sailing database;
f. subject to the discretion of the Board, have 10 or more members;
g. pay to Australian Sailing the annual membership fee payable by the Member Club in accordance with this Constitution, together with any other applicable costs, levies, fees or charges;
h. make available to Australian Sailing on request:
(i)its most recent annual report to its members, its financial statements and any other information required for the purposes of calculation of membership fees;
(ii)any other information Australian Sailing reasonably requires, subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and all other applicable laws, for the collation of sailing industry information for its dealings with government and other sailing community stakeholders.
Click here to view the Australian Sailing constitution
We ask that this please be completed by the 30th April 2026.
From the 1st May 2026 notification will be released to call for nominations from affiliated clubs to form the new Victorian Regional Advisory Committee (a sub committee of the AS Board). Please standby for further information.
If you have any questions or require more information, please contact Australian Sailing, Victorian General Manager Rod Austin via rod.austin@sailing.org.au