It was another magnificent day on Corio Bay for the final day of racing at the Festival of Sails. Racing got underway on time with the yachts heading out for a special course out the channel in a building sea breeze.
Geelong’s iconic Festival of Sails is proud to be supporting a new entertainment program for the 2022 event, unveiling a new CBD initiative, “Gigs by Festival of Sails”.
The Victorian Government is providing free public berthing at three marinas in Port Phillip during the busy Christmas-Easter period, allowing boaters to moor their vessels and enjoy using additional destination berths.
The 2021/22 Windsurfer Australian Championships, following a year off from COVID-19, is set to go ahead at the Parkdale Yacht Club in Melbourne’s bayside area from 19-23 January, with a large and diverse fleet of competitors attending from across Australia.
The Couta Boat Association is about to launch a 430 page hard cover Coffee Table Book: The Tradition lives On – A Register of the Historic Couta Boats featuring the history of 200 Couta Boats.
After missing out in 2021, the largest gathering of classic wooden dinghies in Australia converges on Inverloch in February 2022 as the Regatta returns for an 8th year.
Dinghies courses are tailored for both teenagers and adults and involve sailing on small exhilarating boats (one, two or three crew vessels). Read the full article to discover more information about the Dinghy program, Instructors and Centres.
The Premier announced the exciting news on the weekend that Victoria has met our 70% double vaccinated numbers early. This information means the easing of restrictions will move forwards from 11.59 pm 21st October.
The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) has scooped the 2021 Australian Sailing Victoria Awards, being named Victorian Club of Year, receiving the Sport Promotion award, while ORCV Life member Robin Hewitt received the Lifetime Achievement award.
Relatively unknown Victorian sailor Rain Forbes has a dream to join the ranks of famous Australian adventurers Jon Sanders, Kay Cottee, Jesse Martin and Jessica Watson, some of whom she has admired from afar and who have helped drive her sailing goals.