News & Events

March 22, 2023

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.

March 21, 2023

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…

March 20, 2023

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…

March 20, 2023

The saying “from little things big things grow” rings true for Mackay entrepreneurs Asher and Julie Telford, whose fledgling company, ‘Wildcat Mackay’, has just been announced Australia’s best new tourism business. Accepting the Gold award at the 2022 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards,  Julie Telford…

March 20, 2023

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…

March 17, 2023

The annual Spice Islands Darwin Ambon Yacht Race is a 630nm international sailing classic starting in Darwin Australia and finishing in Ambon Indonesia. All types of sailors and sailing boats are welcome. The south-east trade winds dominate the weather and can…

March 17, 2023

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…

March 17, 2023

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,…

March 17, 2023

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.

March 16, 2023

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…

March 16, 2023

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…

March 16, 2023

Superyacht Australia, the peak body for the Australian Superyacht industry, hosted the fourth annual Superyacht Soirée in partnership with Benetti Yachts at Jones Bay Marina on Saturday, 11 March and welcomed a record number of participating vessels, sponsors and guests. First introduced in 2020…