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Albert Park Yacht Clubs Winter Sail Regatta is now open for registrations

Wintersail is a coaching regatta for junior sailors. You will receive dedicated and personalised coaching from a team of qualified Australian Sailing coaches.

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Tue 05 Mar 2019

Serious Yahoo and Le Cascadeur take spoils in Port Phillip Womenâ€™s Championship Series

Races 3 and 4 of the Port Phillip Womenâ€™s Championship Series, hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria were held on Port Phillip today and the women sailed two long courses in oscillating winds at both ends of the spectrum on a gusty Melbourne day.

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Tue 05 Mar 2019

Macfarlane and Payne clinch third Fireball Nationals with race to spare

After a consistent and stellar regatta, class veterans Heather Macfarlane and Chris Payne, sailing Not Your Average Rockstars, have taken out their third Fireball Nationals as a pair with one race still to be sailed.

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Mon 18 Feb 2019

Enter Long Beach Regatta presented by Long Beach Group of Sailing Clubs

The groupâ€™s first major regatta will be held at Frankston YC on the 23rd March 2019.

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Thu 07 Feb 2019

Cavarlo wins Jennifer Goldsmith Trophy at Port Phillip Womenâ€™s Championship Series

Amanda â€˜Marnieâ€™ Irving and her all-female crew on Cavarlo have won the Jennifer Goldsmith Trophy, Race 2 of the Port Phillip Womenâ€™s Championship Series (PPWCS), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) on Port Phillip today.

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Thu 07 Feb 2019

Heywood and Littledike look to defend national Fireball crown

One of the strongest Fireball fleets in a number of years will do battle this week on Corio Bay, Geelong as racing for the 2019 National Championship kicks off today.

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Thu 07 Feb 2019

Registrations now open for the Australia Day Regatta at Yarrawonga Yacht Club

Weekend of fantastic sailing and a great family event at the Victoriaâ€™s premier inland sailing lake.

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Thu 20 Dec 2018

WYC Montalto WoW Regatta a hit with competitors

Lucy Townson from Royal Geelong YC, and Westernport Yacht Club local Issy Barden are the 2018 Montalto Women on Water Regatta perpetual trophy winners. Both Lucy and Issy were recognised for their race results, sportsmanship, enthusiasm, passion and determination across the weekend. They were both extremely committed to learning and their lovely attitude over the weekend was noticed by all competitors, volunteers and race officials.

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Thu 20 Dec 2018

Registrations now open for the annual Australia Day Regatta at Bendigo Yacht Club

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Fri 30 Nov 2018

Save the date for Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta 2019

The Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta has again been scheduled for the Australia Day Weekend in January.

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Thu 29 Nov 2018

Aussies singers set to shine at the 2019 Festival of Sails

Visitors to Geelongâ€™s waterfront are in for a triple treat over the Australia Day long weekend, with a stellar line-up of artists set to entertain crowds at the 2019 Festival of Sails.

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Mon 15 Oct 2018

More than 170 entries as Sail Sandy gets set for massive event

More than 250 sailors are set to descend on Sandringham Yacht Club this weekend as the two-day Sail Sandy Regatta gets underway on Saturday.

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Thu 11 Oct 2018

VX One Australian Championship draws Salt Lake family crew

The sporty VX One class is set to add international sparkle to the Festival of Sails in 2019 when a team from the USA, where the class originated, joins a national fleet for the Australian Championship on Geelongâ€™s Corio Bay, January 26-28.

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Wed 03 Oct 2018

Albert Sailing Club Celebrates 70 years of Sailing

100s gather to celebrate the club's birthday in style

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Wed 19 Sep 2018

Sailing icon Sir James Hardy announced as event ambassador for 2019 Festival of Sails

Former Olympian and Americaâ€™s Cup hero Sir James Hardy, will return to the Festival of Sails in 2019, as ambassador of the three-day regatta.

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Wed 12 Sep 2018

Voodoo first Festival of Sails entry after NOR goes live

The Festival of Sails 2019 has its first entry in Hugh Ellisâ€™ Reichel/Pugh 63 called Voodoo, which last campaigned the popular Geelong regatta in 2009 as Limit and now sails for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria.

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Wed 01 Aug 2018

CLUB KEELBOAT SAILING COORDINATOR - The Royal Geelong Yacht Club Inc

We seek a Club Keelboat Sailing Coordinator to manage club keelboat sailing activities including the clubâ€™s summer, twilight and winter series and major regattas such as the Festival of Sails (annual event), Wooden Boat Festival (biennial event) and other state, national, and world championship events and possibly work as an instructor in our Learn to Sail Programs

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Wed 01 Aug 2018

ORCV introduces innovative â€˜Four + Autohelm' racing

Finding full crew for the growing major racing events market has become challenging Australia-wide, but the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) in Melbourne, Victoria has come up with an innovative solution to keep competitors romping on the offshore racetrack.

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Tue 24 Jul 2018