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Hall of Fame Nominations Open for 2021 Inductees

Nominations have opened for inductions to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. An ongoing collaboration between Australian Sailing and the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Hall of Fame offers a platform to honour the most significant contributions and performances within the sport of sailing.

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Tue 01 Jun 2021

Northern Territory set for a bumper sailing season

2021 is proving to be another bumper sailing season in NT as the sport has been a popular choice for people whilst travel has been limited and with domestic tourists flocking to explore Australia’s Top End.

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Tue 01 Jun 2021

Fireballs revel in conditions of Camperdown Mitre 10 Bullen Merri Easter Weekend

Wow - what a weekend! With warm weather and wind predicted the entrants to the 2021 Bullen Merri Easter regatta all arrived early and the camp ground was almost full for Thursday night. This year there were over 70 boats with this year the biggest fleet being the fireballs.

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Mon 12 Apr 2021

Tasmanians heralded kings and queens of Newcastle

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has claimed the ‘best sailing club’ crown, their exemplary crew work in gusty westerlies and ability to strategise under pressure landing the young team the coveted SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific 2021 open win in Newcastle.

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Mon 12 Apr 2021

SAILING Champions League Final part of huge Newcastle sporting weekend

Ten sailing teams from around Australia enjoyed a late burst of summer as part of a huge weekend of watersports hosted by the City of Newcastle.

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Sat 10 Apr 2021

Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club’s Easter Regatta

The Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club’s three day Easter Regatta provided sailors a pot pourri of frustration and overheating, joy, chills and total confusion at times. The wind was clearly having a good time giving and then taking away.

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Fri 09 Apr 2021

Tevake II crew honour Angus and Holly in the 2021 Port Fairy Yacht Race

It’s great to see TEVAKE II back in an ocean race, sailed by TEVAKE II family in honour of owner/skipper Angus Fletcher.

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Fri 09 Apr 2021

Optimist States Hosted by Royal Yacht Club of Victoria a Huge Success

Aidan Simmons of Indented Head Yacht Club was crowned the Victorian Optimist State Champion earlier this month, after holding off 30 other competitors in the open fleet at the Victorian Optimist States hosted by Royal Yacht Club of Victoria.

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Wed 31 Mar 2021

Mordialloc Sailing Club Turns 75

75 yrs old, Book now to attend our celebration dinner.

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Mon 01 Mar 2021

2021 Victorian Junior Carnival

Mornington Yacht Club is hosting the fourth Victorian Junior Carnival on Saturday 13th February 2021. This new carnival is designed to be a fun event to promote the transition of young children from learn to sail programs to lifelong sailing.

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Wed 13 Jan 2021

Cole and Walker win Rudder Cup for yacht race from Melbourne to Devonport

Guillaume Leroux’s Class 40 Lord Jiminy took line honours in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s “Rudder Cup” Melbourne to Devonport Race, crossing the finish line at 10.45.55 this morning. That gave the boat an elapsed time of 23 hours 29 minutes and 5 seconds for the 195nm race.

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Mon 28 Dec 2020

Xpresso takes Cock of the Bay hat-trick on a perfect Boxing Day in Melbourne

Under clear blue skies and with Melbourne’s Port Phillip bathed in sunshine, a record fleet of 112 yachts, carrying 618 crew, set sail on Boxing Day in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race.

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Mon 28 Dec 2020

Sailing is set to feature on Australia’s number one breakfast show

Sailing is set to feature on Australia’s number one breakfast show tomorrow morning, with Channel Seven’s Sunrise program recording their weather reports from Sydney’s Middle Harbour Yacht Club.

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Wed 02 Dec 2020

Win monthly with Maui Jim Sunglasses x OutThere Sailing!

For your chance to score a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses of your choice get creative with your best #OutThereSailing social post!

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Tue 13 Oct 2020

Australian Sailing Announces Awards Finalists After a Year of Highs and Lows

Australian Sailing is proud to announce the finalists for the 2020 National Australian Sailing Awards. The 2019-20 sailing season was one of dizzying highs and challenging lows for Australian sailors both home and abroad.

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Tue 06 Oct 2020

2020 Victorian Sailing Awards Finalists

With a record year of nominations, weÂ are pleased to announce the finalists of the 2020Â Victorian Sailing Awards.

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Thu 17 Sep 2020

Discover Sailing - Welcome to our Playground campaign

Australian Sailing is excited to release a new Discover Sailing marketing campaign aimed at helping clubs as they get back out on the water.

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Wed 16 Sep 2020

Darwin Sailing Club the first club to be back up and OutThere!

The Darwin Sailing club are looking to run their OutThere Sailing Combined course in early July. This will be the first OutThere Sailing course back up and running following the recent Coronavirus pandemic and they canâ€™t wait to get back OutThere!

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Tue 09 Jun 2020