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Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club celebrating two major milestones

Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club, and off the beach club in Adelaide, are celebrating their 100th season this year. They have also reached another milestone â€“ electing their first female Commodore, Lisa Brock. Here is a short interview with Lisa.

Wed 07 Aug 2019

APYC CitySail Women and Girls Coaching and Racing Regatta

CitySail is a Women & Girls coaching and racing Regatta. The event schedule will be a combination of coaching on both Saturday and Sunday mornings and short course racing with coaching in the afternoons.

Mon 05 Aug 2019

The Women's Laser Regatta hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club

A regatta run by women, coached by women and sailed in by women and girls on Sydney Harbour

Thu 01 Aug 2019

Global survey for strategic review of women in sailing

The World Sailing Trust is pleased to announce the launch of its global survey on women in sailing, looking at trends within sailing and the wider industry around gender disparity.

Fri 19 Jul 2019

2019 ORCV Womenâ€™s Skipper & Navigator Race required light wind sailing plans

Winning skipper of Xenia, Edel Doyle revealed their successful plan. â€œWe consulted multiple weather sources; Meteye, BOM and watched the ORCV Weather forecast provided Friday evening, and decided that the winds would be towards the middle of the bay on Sunday, so we stuck to our plan and sailed in that direction.â€ and it paid off.

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Wed 10 Jul 2019

Australian Womenâ€™s Keelboat Regatta â€“ 8-10 June NT team report

Ten very excited and passionate NT female sailors exchanged their shorts and sun-hats for thermals and beanies for the 29th Australian Womenâ€™s Keelboat Regatta which was held at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron 8-10 June.

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Wed 26 Jun 2019

John Messenger Womenâ€™s Match Racing Regatta announced

The John Messenger Womenâ€™s Match Racing Regatta has been conducted annually since 1996 and is open to female teams of 5 or 6 sailors.

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Tue 25 Jun 2019

SA Government launches gender equity in sport survey

The Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing is working with the Ehrenberg Bass Institute for Marketing Science (UniSA) to explore the experience of sport participation. Â

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Tue 18 Jun 2019

SheSails sponsorship for Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club training session

Twenty enthusiastic females of all ages attended a training session with Stacey Jackson at Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club.

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Mon 17 Jun 2019

Tough final day decides winners of Australian Womenâ€™s Keelboat Regatta

Racing was delayed on Day 3, the final day of the Australian Womenâ€™s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR).

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Tue 11 Jun 2019

Full steam ahead for Double Bay Sailing Club's Women's Laser Regatta

The Women's Laser Regatta hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club has locked in a date for 2019 and the regatta team are in full swing, planning the most amazing weekend of sailing and a few other fun things.

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Tue 04 Jun 2019

ORCV Winter Series - Women's Division

The ORCV Winter Series offers a Women's division where only 3 key positions need to be held by women.

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Tue 04 Jun 2019

Ocean Respect Racing makes it a record 40 entries for Australian Womenâ€™s Keelboat Regatta

A record 40 entries will take part in the 2019 Australian Womenâ€™s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR), hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) over this long weekend; the 40th entry coming from Ocean Respect Racing and to be headed by well-known sailing identity, Katie Spithill.

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Tue 04 Jun 2019

Youth Worlds training camps an exercise in teamwork

The Sydney training camp for the upcoming Youth Worlds held in Poland was an exercise in teaching the team how to relax, bond and show teamwork when under stress.

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Wed 29 May 2019

SheSails @ Mooloolaba Winter Regatta attracting teams for June event

Mooloolaba Yacht Club is hosting its inaugural all-women regatta late June with organisers saying the regatta is integral to the clubâ€™s Womenâ€™s Skills Development program.

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Thu 23 May 2019

MYC to Host Winter Regatta to get Women on Water

Mooloolaba Yacht Club is hoping to attract crews from around the country to the SheSails @ Mooloolaba Winter Regatta as part of its program to entice more women into sailing.

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Mon 20 May 2019

Women dominate in 2019 Arafura Games

The multi-sport event held in Darwin attracted over 1500 athletes from 40+ nations across the Asia Pacific Region. Sailing participated as an Open Grade 3 Match Racing event using the Darwin Sailing Club Elliot 7 fleet. Uncharacteristically for sailing the female sailors outweighed the men in the final count on registration day, something that none of us expected!

Thu 16 May 2019

Dragon Lady steals the show in final race of Port Phillip Womenâ€™s Championship Series

Henrietta McRae steered her Dragon keelboat, â€˜Dragon Ladyâ€™, to two wins from three races at the Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS) today â€“ it was the final race of the Port Phillip Womenâ€™s Championship Series (PPWCS) held on Port Phillip.

Mon 29 Apr 2019