It was a challenging start to the Sandringham Yacht Club's premier multi-class event today as Port Phillip saw a glass-out on Day 1 of the Sail Sandy Regatta.
A variety of entries for Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s (RGYC) 2023 Festival of Sails include newly minted Australian Yachting Championship winners, who look forward to racing at the annual event from 26-29 January when it celebrates the 180th edition of the Passage Race.
Seasoned and respected women sailors are among those so far signed up to compete in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race - or ‘The Westcoaster’, as it is simply known to most - which starts at midday on 27 December, 2022.
The Victorian Laser Association (VLA) had a successful Try Laser 4.7 Day for junior sailors of off the beach classes at Melbourne's Albert Sailing Club on a Sunday in late August. The Try Laser 4.7 Day was part of the Victorian Laser Association's 2022/23 program for sailors ranging from those in their early teens to Great Grand Masters.
No sooner had the Notice of Race and entry form for the 2023 Festival of Sails (FOS) hit the official website, local Geelong sailor, Brendan Garner, clicked to enter for his 36th year of competition at Australia’s oldest and largest keelboat regatta in the southern hemisphere.
YRSA will be conducting a weighing day on Sunday 18th September 2022 from 9am at Sandringham Yacht Club for boats that wish to obtain or update their measurement ratings certificates – AMS, ORCc endorsed and IRC.
Amid the double-handed entries already received for the 2022 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, there are some serious contenders for the Heemskerk Trophy, awarded to the overall winner of the race each year.
Entries are now open for the 2022 International Cadet World Championships, to be held at the historic Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in Williamstown, Melbourne beginning on 26 December.
Australian Sailing Futures (ASF) sailor Evie Saunders has claimed Silver in the ILCA 6 class at the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague, The Netherlands.