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25.01.2022 Over the years, most sailors buying a new Sabre have been content to wait for their boat to be built. This allows their boat to be customised, including their preferred hull colour scheme. However some customers prefer to buy a recent second hand boat since they can get it quickly, fully rigged, generally at a price not much less than a new boat. The Sabre website ‘For Sale’ tab suggests that there is a shortage of good, recently built Sabres available for sale. This sugges...ts that owners are holding on to their boats longer before buying a new one, being very happy with the quality and long life of their boats. But this means that prospective buyers of ‘For Sale’ boats have a limited range from which to choose. Those boats that have changed hands have spent little or no time advertised on the website. In collaboration with the Sabre Association of Victoria, Martyn and Sue Sly of Sly Boat Building and Repair Centre now provide semi-finished hulls ex stock which can be backed up with rigged stock masts, booms, foils, trolleys etc. Hulls in neutral colours can be customised in a matter of days and can include hull colour stripes. We believe that this progressive move will add to the availability of Sabres and provide more options for customers. https://www.sabre.org.au/2020/08/new-sabres-quick-delivery/

25.01.2022 Close racing was the order of the day at Maylands Yacht Club yesterday as their fleet prepares for the upcoming Sabre State Heats scheduled for 29th November.

24.01.2022 Don't forget to enter the Ronstan Australia Day Regatta. It's an official Sabre event and a great opportunity to tune up for the coming Sabre Victorian Championships!

22.01.2022 Some great shots of the Tasmanian Sabre Championships at Midway Point Yacht Club!

22.01.2022 Sailing Instructions for the 2020-21 Sabre Sailing Association of WA Boating Hardware State Championships are now available. State Heats 1 & 2 kick off next Sun...day at Maylands Yacht Club. https://www.sabre.org.au//SAILING-INSTRUCTIONS.docx2020-21 Have you got your entry in? Enter now here https://www.revolutionise.com.au/sabreswa/events/80584/

21.01.2022 SheSails sailors, join us for this event.

20.01.2022 Any takers from our Sabre ladies?

20.01.2022 New Sabres being built in Tasmania! Get your order in!

20.01.2022 Twelve races scheduled over four days of racing Jan 23 to 26th, all for $70! A great warm up for the Victorian Championships at McCrae in February! Only two days left to enter at the earlybird rate!

19.01.2022 Latest newsletter - "Multi Coloured Sabre Fleet" - available now! https://mailchi.mp/c299b3702a26/multi-coloured-sabre-fleet

19.01.2022 The Tokyo Olympics will begin soon and Jake Lilley will represent Australia in the Finn Class. In this short video he talks about his journey so far and the coaches who have influenced him along the way. His first and arguably most influential coach was newly inducted Sabre sailor Adrian Finglas who makes a cameo appearance

18.01.2022 The results of heats 1 and 2 of the WA Sabre states are in! More heats are to follow in coming weeks.

17.01.2022 18 sabres at BYS for first outing in a while. John Petschel took the chocolates with Kirsten Smith B.O.G https://www.facebook.com//pcb.407637003/10221389328955223/

10.01.2022 Sabre sailors, get your entries in quickly! Early bird entry will end soon.

07.01.2022 Latest newsletter - "New member" - available now! https://mailchi.mp/96b8c93fc21f/new-member

07.01.2022 Hi All, SheSails is running an online leadership event on Sunday. We'd love to have you sign up. It's going to be a great topic with an extremely experienced presenter and is planned to be very interactive. Hope to "see you" there. P.S It's not only for women :)

07.01.2022 The Ronstan Australia Day Regatta is on again this year and is part of Victorian Sabre program. If you would like to check the conditions at McCrae before the Victorian Titles this is your opportunity! The link to enter is posted below.

05.01.2022 This season the Victorian Sabre Championship will be held at McCrae Yacht Club on February 13th and 14th. We would like to encourage all Sabre sailors to make the trip. Let's continue to show the other classes where the strength is! McCrae is a magnificent venue with a big lawn, wide white sandy beach and crystal clear water. Can we break the 80 boat mark like we did in 2016 at Blairgowrie? Let's work on it! Enter now: https://www.sabre.org.au//2021-victorian-sabre-championsh/

05.01.2022 Here are some great photos from the Midway Point Yacht Club Pittwater Regatta 2020 in Tasmania. Lots of Sabre action! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/

03.01.2022 Feedback behind the SSAA decision Based on feedback we received from the trials and survey of sailors, there were several different bodies of opinion and we’ll try to summarise them. 1. New sail apparent modernisation and speed. - Let’s show that we have ‘modernised’ and are not stuck in the past. ... - A new sail can slightly increase the Sabre’s speed and pointing ability, particularly in light to moderate conditions. - We feel that the slight sail area increase will not significantly affect our current Sabre cohort. - The change should help to bring in some new sailors. 2. Current sail - status quo. - We have a very popular class that continues to grow. It has attracted a broad group of sailors and we don’t want to shake up a successful formula. Why do we need to have the disruption and cost of change? - The Sabre is often the only class that can successfully race in 20 plus knots and large seas, conditions that often occur in the southern states of Australia. Let’s not risk losing this capability. - We have received feedback that some sailors believe that the increased area at the top of the sail will make the boat less stable on a square run in strong breezes. If so, this may put some current sailors off wanting to sail Sabres. - Adoption of the trial sail may mean that a stiffer mast may be needed and it might also affect other parts of the boat. - It’s likely that the trial sail will cause the fleet to spread out more and this goes against our desire to have close competition throughout the fleet. Following extensive discussion, SSAA decided that for the foreseeable future, the sail design will not change.

02.01.2022 Latest newsletter - "Measurement" - available now! https://mailchi.mp/10a043b/states-foil-and-sail-measurement

01.01.2022 Latest newsletter - "May Newsletter" - available now! https://mailchi.mp/e6b16a01bf23/end-of-season

01.01.2022 Some great video of the Tasmanian Sabre Championships!