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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

2019 Yachting Championships Are Moving To Melbourne

The 2019 Australian Yachting Championship will now to be held at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) on January 22 to 24 as a lead in event to the Festival of Sails.

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Wed 04 Jul 2018

Light Winds Winter Regatta on Albert Park Lake

Albert Sailing Club's annual winter regatta for monohull dinghy classes was sailed on Melbourne's Albert Park Lake over the 23th and 24th June weekend.

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Mon 02 Jul 2018

Heather Macfarlane eyeing up the 2022 Fireball Worlds

The Fireball World Championships are coming back to Victoria, Australia for the first time since January 1998. They have been scheduled for February 2022 at Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC). RGYC are also running the 2018/19 Australian Fireball Championships in February 2019 as a warm up for the event.

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Fri 29 Jun 2018