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MYC’s Savannah Deeth in action Mornington Yacht Club hosted the 2023 Optimist Dinghy Victorian Championships over the Labour Day long weekend. 78 entries were spread across three Optimist fleets with competitors coming from WA, SA, Tasmania, NSW and all over Victoria.

Why stop at four? That’s what victorious Moonen Yachts skipper Daniel Turner was asking after he muscled himself into rare company with a fourth straight Manly 16ft club championship on Saturday. Turner draws alongside Escapade’s Russell Slade (1939-43) on the list of skippers to…

Indeed it did at Geelong. So after the abandonment of racing on the Saturday, it seemed like all the spectators who missed out went home and got reinforcements for the Sunday, so as to literally force the weather gods to let the Geelong Round…

Main photo: Karly Zinga, 18 footer Queen of Sydney Harbour with the Yandoo team of John Winning, Fang Warren and Josh Porebski after the race Karly Zinga became the Australian 18 Footers League’s Queen of Sydney Harbour when she teamed with John Winning, Fang Warren…

What a difference this week has made. Michelle has made incredible progress, completing almost 100nm in the last 5 day thanks to favourable conditions and great easterly winds. As of today, she has just under 400nm to go, with her end point set to…

For as long as I can remember, the Victorian State Championships has been one of the most fun, entertaining and competitive events on the Australian Championship Tour. But, after so many years traveling to our Nation’s deep south,…

As four IMOCAs march past the halfway point of leg 3 in southern latitudes, GUYOT environnement – Team Europe starts sailing towards Brazil to rejoin the next leg. Team Holcim PRB retains its lead on Thursday, as the fleet compresses to within 100 miles.

Another Chapter, Neil Sargeant’s Beneteau 44.7, has won the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s slow and fluctuating Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race, while Paul Buchholz’s Extasea took line honours.  Another Chapter crew. Photo by Melissa Fahey Sargeant can breathe easy now after an…

Mark Roberts and his team of Ben Lamb and Jake Newman on AUS1473 Fumanchu2 won the Etchells Victorian Championship with an eight-point margin over the current National Champions, John Bertrand, Lewis Brake and George Richardson sailing AUS1478 Triad2020 to also take the Masters Championship. Third…

SailRacing produced a performance to match the occasion last Saturday, peeling off consecutive short course victories to celebrate 10 years in the Manly 16ft Skiff Club fleet. Skipper Felix Grech and crew Tom Potter and Paul Darmanin joined the class as teenagers and are…

Australian Sailing in collaboration with the Australian National Maritime Museum are excited to announce that nominations have now opened for the prestigious Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. The only elite sailing institution of its kind in the country, the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame…

What a weekend it was in Perth for the 2023 Hobie 16 WA State Championships. The racing was close, fast and exciting and the Hobie 16’s certainly put on a great show with the course taking the full length of the…