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Image Credit:  Sofia Erdeg – @sailorgirlhq The following media release has been supplied by VX One Australia and includes results from the VX One Victorian Titles 2026, shared here for AFLOAT Magazine readers with an interest in regatta victoria events and competitive one-design…

Image:  Saga, winners overall of the Club Marine Tasmanian Women’s Keelboat Regatta Credit:  Jane Austin One hundred women graced the River Derwent on the day, all part of the Club Marine Tasmanian Women’s Keelboat Regatta. The popular annual regatta, hosted…

Image: Crowds move through the waterfront precinct at the Auckland Wooden Boat Festival 2026. Credit: Mark Chew Photography The Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) has strengthened Trans-Tasman ties after exhibiting a 20-foot bi-fold travelling container, filled with boats and memorabilia, at the Auckland Wooden…

Image: Ambition from Tas won by a whisker Credit: Brett-Costello MHYC The 2026 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta came to a dramatic close, when crew were left swimming after parting company with their boats, one boat ending up on…

Image: Kite’s away on Llama Credit: Andrea Francolini, RPAYC  A third and final overcast day of dealing with unpredictable conditions at the 2026 Pantaenius Australia Pittwater Regatta – it can’t always been sunshine and roses and there was good racing…

Image: A winning wave from Emma Collins, 2026 Queen of the Waves Credit: SailMedia Emma Collins is the 2026 18 footer Queen of the Waves after her Vaikobi team of Kirk Mitchell, Andrew Stephenson and Daniel Barnett raced away to an all-the-way victory in…

Image: Harry Price and Max Paul Credit: Insight Media   The Australian Sailing Team and Squad have wrapped up a high-value international training and racing block across the Tasman, making the most of the Southern Hemisphere summer and a strong calendar of regattas in…

Image: 2024 Auckland Wooden Boat Festival Credit: Suellen Hurling / Live Sail Die Majestic A-class yachts with B-Class and K-Class beauties. Classic launches and old-school work boats, and a treasured restored scow. An Australian ‘Couta’ boat, a converted fishing trawler,…

One of Sydney’s most enjoyable on-water events, the Bobbin Head Boat Show, returns to the picturesque waters of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March 2026, bringing together the very best of boating, lifestyle, and marine innovation.

Image: The 2021 Queens Credit: Stephen Quigley When the fleet lines up next Sunday on Sydney Harbour for the annual Queen of the Waves race, it will continue the time-honoured race which was originally conducted in 1938, and incorporated a Queen of the Waves…

Image: Festival-of-Sails-2026 Credit: Salty-Dingo Festival of Sails 2026 has drawn to a close following the Victory Bash Presentation Party at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, where champions were celebrated, trophies awarded, and the sailing community came together to mark the end of…

Image: Flying Higher AUS1518 passes Matilda AUS1488 on the last leg in Race 6 to snatch the win Credit: – Sunset Media – @sailorgirlhq-0270 Peter “Billy” Merrington, Ian McKillop and Tom Fountain have won the TLC Healthcare Etchells Australasian Summer Championship, the first…