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Australian Sailing

Locality: North Sydney

Phone: +61 2 9170 6926

Address: 120 High Street 2060 North Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.sailing.org.au/category/state-news/new-south-wales/

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24.01.2022 Announcing the winner of the 2020 NSW/ACT Offshore Sailor of the Year Award Matt Allen AM from the Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia and Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Matt Allen and his Ichi ban team has dominated the offshore circuit in 2019-20 by winning the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the second time in three years, the Blue Water Point score for the second year in a row and the IRC Nationals for the third year in row.

24.01.2022 What an incredible first day of Spring Holiday Camps we have had! The kids have had a ball out on the water. Comfortable breeze and some Spring sun. What a grea...t start! Still some spaces in next weeks Holiday Camp registrations closing soon. Book here: https://www.revolutionise.com.au/mhyachtclub/events/list/

24.01.2022 Sunny Sundays are what we love! Lots of smiles and laughter out on the water today. There was a great breeze to go with the beautiful weather.

23.01.2022 Great to see so many clubs getting back into hosting their club regattas!

21.01.2022 Tomorrow is Wear a Lifejacket to Work Day! Inflatable lifejackets must be serviced annually, or in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Tomorrow fro...m 1pm-2pm we're running a livestream clinic where we’ll provide step-by-step instruction on how to service your inflatable lifejacket. Click the link to register: https://bit.ly/32hbrdW #NationalBoatingWeek #WearALifejacket

17.01.2022 A wild day across a lot of NSW today on the first day of sailing since the NSW Heath regional restrictions got eased. Great to see the Middle Harbour Yacht Club fleet getting out in the breeze for a great sail!

16.01.2022 The Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia Marketing and Communications Manager will drive all marketing and communications activities to both internal and external stakeholders including members, sponsors and the media. This varied role will develop and implement the annual marketing and communications plan to include copywriting, social media, website and media management, club/member promotions and promoting club functions and events. The role also assists the Media Director during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

16.01.2022 Announcing the winner of the 2020 NSW/ACT Club of the Year Award Double Bay Sailing Club Double Bay Sailing Club has seen their membership has grown nearly 50% since 2016, representing a compound annual growth rate of 10% per annum for the last four years. This has resulted from a strategic focus on quality of racing, member engagement, and club facilities, which makes the club attractive to both existing and new members. The club has facilitated member recruitment through... various programs including their newsletter, online / social media presence, conventional media editorials, Learn to Race program, very successful Women’s Regatta. The clubs aim is to be the go-to Laser-class sailing club in Australia as a volunteer club with no paid staff. DBSC has three strategic priorities: improve quality of racing, increase member engagement, and improve club facilities these enhance our retention and recruitment, and increase participation. Having implemented numerous initiatives within this strategy has increased the racing participation the average participation has increased by more than 8.4% over the last twelve months.

14.01.2022 Announcing the 2020 NSW/ACT Female Sailor of the Year Lisa Darmanin from Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club and Australian Sailing Team Nacra 17 champion Lisa Darmanin had another amazing international season in what is becoming one of the most competitive Olympic sailing classes. With skipper and cousin Jason Waterhouse she rounded out a strong 2019 season in the Nacra with back-to-back World Championship bronze medals in Auckland in November 2019 and Geelong in February 2020. The consistently outstanding results from Waterhouse and Darmanin earned them selection as Australia’s representatives in the class at the Tokyo Olympic Games

13.01.2022 What an absolutely stunning day for our first training course of the season! Check out our newest sailors and their skills! #sailing #australiansailing #ymca #canberra #lovelbg #training

11.01.2022 NSW Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to Gordon Ingate OAM from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron began his extraordinary sailing career at the age of 9 when he joined the 1st Chatswood Sea Scouts where he began many adventures and expeditions on the Scout group’s little gaff-rigged boat. At the age of 12 Gordon joined the 6th Sydney Sea Scouts in Mosman Bay. For the next few years he spent many weekends at the boatshed, sailing on VJs, 12, 14 and 16 footers. He caught th...e attention of members at the nearby sailing clubs and was asked to make up crew on bigger boats his introduction to ocean racing. He sailed with the likes of Jack Earl on the famous Kathleen Gillett and Peter Luke on Wayfarer.During the World War II years, Gordon started sailing VS skiffs out of the nearby Mosman Amateur Sailing Club. He built his own VS, Barracuda, but that was wrecked soon after in a strong southerly. He built a lighter, stronger version and went on to win the NSW and National VS titles. He qualified for the 1948 and 1952 Olympics but his employer refused to grant the minimum four months leave he needed to go to London and back by ship. Gordon continued sailing in multiple classes, married Sally and talked his new father-in-law into lending his 30 footer Jasnar to Gordon so he could sail in the 1950 Sydney-Hobart race; no electrics, no motor, no lifelines. His ‘first aid kit’ was a new packet of Band Aids. Gordon went close to qualifying for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the Dragon class which he’d taken up some years earlier. After the Olympics a new regatta was organised for competitors still in Melbourne and some of the top Australians. It was the Prince Philip Cup, now the Australian National Championship, which Gordon has gone on to win four times, most recently in 2017 and 2018 at the age of 90 and 91 respectively! In Australia’s first Admiral’s Cup international teams’ event at Cowes in 1965, he skippered his ocean racer Caprice of Huon, finishing second behind Britain. Sir Frank Packer asked Gordon to join the America’s Cup challenge team. In 1977 Gordon challenged for the Cup with Gretel 11 but was eliminated in the challenger selection trials. In 1972, he represented Australia in the Tempest class at the Olympic Games (for which he recently received the Australian Sailing Barrenjoey Pin). He finished a close second in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race that same year. Gordon, known by the affectionate nickname ’Wingnut’ was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to sailing in 2016. Gordon has had a huge influence over so many decades and classes, and is well respected for his efforts both at home and internationally. He’s a great character and personality in the sport, well known across the world. He has recently celebrated his 93rd birthday and is still competing; an inspiration for all of us.

10.01.2022 Amazing work down at Belmont Sailability Nsw Sailability Sailability Belmont - NSW

09.01.2022 Our Holiday Sailing Camp was terrific fun, with lots of great kids. Thanks to the volunteers who helped over the 3 days.

08.01.2022 We are pleased to advise that Australian Sailing along with other NSW State Sporting Organisations has received from NSW Office of Sport and NSW Health changes to the requirement for the regional restrictions. From Saturday 26 September, interregional community sporting competitions can recommence without restricting these activities to regions or zones, where there is a COVID-19 Safety Plan for the community sporting activity in place. The advice provided in August regarding... limiting spectators to one parent per child, and inter-region sport and recreation activities has been removed, however organisations must still ensure their activity is delivered in compliance with the Public Health Order and the COVID-19 Safety Plan requirements. This includes the requirement to adhere to the 500-person limit for community sport activities (including participants, officials and spectators) and/or adhering to the one person per four square metre rule in indoor spaces. Organisations and spectators are to ensure that physical distancing of at least 1.5 metres is maintained between people that do not come from the same household. Sailing organisations and participants should continue to avoid shared travel arrangements such as car-pooling, along with minimising social gatherings before and after the event. We appreciate your support in reducing the risk of community transmission at this critical time and for the patience and understanding of the sailing community over the last couple weeks. Australian Sailing are continuing to push for further for allowances with NSW Health to best ensure sailing is able to proceed going forward in a normal fashion.

05.01.2022 Announcing the 2020 NSW/ACT Male Sailor of the Year Iain Murray from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for winning the 2019 Etchells World's in Corpus Christi USA, 35 years after he won the Etchells World Championship sailed out of RSYS in 1984 Ian with his crew Richard Allanson and Colin Beashel their 2019 World's campaign started at the previous World Championships in Brisbane in 2018. They had a new boat in Brisbane, and it was not quite ready to race. The team then did a lot of campaigning in Australia, working on the full range of conditions that the boat might have to sail in knowing that the boat had to arrive in Corpus Christi ready to race. They scrutinized every single part and every single fitting in the boat.

03.01.2022 Great to see so many clubs like Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Sailing Club getting into the new season! There as so many fantastic options opening up around our area at the moment to get out and enjoy the water!

02.01.2022 A NSW/ACT Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to Terry Peek from Canberra Yacht Club In 1998 Terry Peek spearheaded the formation of Sailability ACT. With an initial donation from the Canberra Masonic Centre, facilitated by Terry, the group was able to purchase a large trailer holding twelve 2.3 Access boats, all their gear, a safety boat and other ancillary equipment. This was transported each week from its storage point to the YMCA Sailing Club, usually by Terry. Te...Continue reading

02.01.2022 Keen on doing more short handed sailing? Check out the upcoming expo at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club - RPAYC

01.01.2022 Announcing the winner of the 2020 NSW/ACT Youth Sailor of the Year Award Daniel Links from Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club - RPAYC After dominating the Optimist class in Australia for a number of years, Daniel managed to finish off his time in the class with a fantastic win in the Dutch Youth regatta against 350 boats. This was an exceptional performance in a mix of conditions and the first time an Australian had ever won a large international Optimist regatta. Daniel then ...went to Antigua in July 19 for the Optimist Worlds. In tough windy conditions not suitable to his weight Daniel finished a very strong 16th against a very tough field. This Worlds was the largest ever with over 65 countries represented. 16th was the 2nd best result ever by an Australian at an Optimist Worlds. After the Worlds Daniel progressed to a 420 and after only 5 months in the class managed to win the Australian championships in Mornington in Jan 2020. Daniel and Jack Ferguson won 7 of the 12 races and won with a race to spare against a strong Melbourne contingent on their local waters.

01.01.2022 The Breakout Series has been postponed to August 2021 https://mhyc.com.au//late/1683-breakout-series-postponed-2