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.
Winning skipper of Xenia, Edel Doyle revealed their successful plan. “We 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.†and it paid off.
Ten very excited and passionate NT female sailors exchanged their shorts and sun-hats for thermals and beanies for the 29th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta which was held at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron 8-10 June.
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
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.
A record 40 entries will take part in the 2019 Australian Women’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.
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.
Mooloolaba Yacht Club is hosting its inaugural all-women regatta late June with organisers saying the regatta is integral to the club’s Women’s Skills Development program.
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.
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!
Henrietta McRae steered her Dragon keelboat, ‘Dragon Lady’, to two wins from three races at the Brighton Ladies Skippers Series (BLiSS) today – it was the final race of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS) held on Port Phillip.
The extremely talented offshore racer Sophie Ciszek is to talk at the inaugural She Sails Tasmania Networking Event on Thursday 28th March 6.00pm – 7.30pm at Derwent Sailing Squadron.
Races 3 and 4 of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series, hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria were held on Port Phillip today and the women sailed two long courses in oscillating winds at both ends of the spectrum on a gusty Melbourne day.