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South Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Apr
28
to 30 Apr

South Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Goolwa will continue to host the most impressive freshwater wooden boat festival in Australia, recognised as South Australia’s Best Festival at the 2019 South Australian Tourism Awards.Get on board for a fun-filled weekend - 17th South Australian Wooden Boat Festival - April 2023. More information HERE

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The Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Feb
10
to 13 Feb

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival

  • 1 Franklin Wharf Hobart, TAS, 7000 Australia (map)
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Held across Hobart’s vibrant and bustling waterfront, the four-day festival brings together the largest and most beautiful collection of wooden boats in the southern hemisphere. From its humble beginnings in 1994, it has grown to become the most significant event of its kind in Australia.

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Australian Couta Boat National Championship
Oct
22
to 23 Oct

Australian Couta Boat National Championship

The Couta Assn will once again stage its Nationals in NSW with a large number Coutas coming up from Sorrento to Pittwater. The Saturday format for the Coutas are 3 windward / leewards. The Sunday format will be a long Passage race, the 2 Islands plus fixed marks. For More information watch the Couta Boat Association Website

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Great Veteran Yacht Race (Sydney Harbour)
May
14

Great Veteran Yacht Race (Sydney Harbour)

The Notice of Race ( NOR ) for the GVYR in May will be available in the soon on the CYCA website. The GVYR is a no extras race and we look forward to welcoming all eligible yachts to join us even if they are not regular competitors. This year there will also be an opportunity for yachts built more recently between 1976 to 1991 to be called the IOR Era Division. Entries on the SailSys system will be online and will require each yacht to advise Cat 7 Safety, Insurance, crew and compliance details.

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Royal Brighton Yacht Club One Design Regatta
Apr
16
to 17 Apr

Royal Brighton Yacht Club One Design Regatta

  • 253 Esplanade Brighton, VIC, 3186 Australia (map)
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Royal Brighton have scheduled a first time one design regatta for Easter 2022. The Melbourne Tumlaren fleet have been invited to compete on a one design basis.The fleet that that started Port Phillip’s one design racing in 1937 will sail alongside Dragons and other classes that race as one design fleets on Port Phillip.

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 Geelong Wooden Boat Festival
Mar
11
to 14 Mar

Geelong Wooden Boat Festival

  • 25 Eastern Beach Road Geelong, VIC, 3220 Australia (map)
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The festival will again attract the highest caliber of boats from all around Victoria and interstate to compete in this our 9th festival. They will be competing in our extensive program which will comprise both on water and shore based activities, including a Grand Parade of Boats and Cavalcade of Sail, a Concourse d’ Elegance, racing for the Corio Bay Couta Boat Cup, the Corio Bay Classic Wooden Yacht Cup and the Passage Races from Portarlington to Geelong. More infomation here

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RMYC Classic Yacht Regatta
Mar
5
to 6 Mar

RMYC Classic Yacht Regatta

Two Days of Classic Racing on Pittwater. Saturday 5th March & Sunday 6th March 2022 Divisions: Classic Spinnaker, Classic Non-Spinnaker, Couta/Ranger & 5.5 metre. Berthing Available at RMYC. Book early to avoid missing out

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The Cup Regatta 2021
Feb
19
to 21 Feb

The Cup Regatta 2021

The 15th consecutive running of the event which has become Australia’s biggest multi-day event for racing classic boats has been rescheduled to meet covid requirements. It will now be sailed over three days on the 19th 20th and 21st February 2022 from RYCV. For More Information visit. www.classic-yacht.asn.au

Witness an eclectic fleet of up to 40 craft ranging from Couta Boats to centenarian Gaff Cutters, and everything in between.

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CYANZ Classic Yacht Regatta
Feb
14

CYANZ Classic Yacht Regatta

  • 181 Westhaven Drive Auckland, Auckland, 1011 New Zealand (map)
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This event is one corner stone of our CYAA/CYANZ relationship. If Covid-19 restrictions at the time allow an AUS/NZ travel bubble then consider the NZ Classic Regatt as too good an opportunity to miss for some brilliant classic yacht regatta racing. Details on visitor logistics will be provided at a later date.

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The Kettering Wooden Boat Rally
Feb
11
to 13 Feb

The Kettering Wooden Boat Rally

Whether you are custodian of a much loved family dinghy, have just finished building your first kayak, are restoring a traditional Tassie cray boat, or are mad for sailing among other timber boats, this is your weekend to head down to the beautiful D'Entrecasteaux Channel on, or with, your wooden boat.

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CYANZ  Mahurangi Regatta
Jan
28
to 30 Jan

CYANZ Mahurangi Regatta

More than 100 racing vessels and an accompanying fleet of spectator craft, depart the Waitemata on a Friday afternoon. Managed by the Devonport Yacht Club, the boats race north up the east coast, arriving in the relatively well protected bay on dusk, at Mahurangi.

Having anchored that night the sailing fleet prepares for the Saturday Regatta Race held around Te Haupa Island and the small harbour. A large Launch Parade kicks off Saturday morning boating events with a running commentary from the beach as Launches motor past close to shore. The day concludes with a band and bbq in a marquee on the beach. More Information HERE

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CYCA Sydney-Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta
Dec
10
to 12 Dec

CYCA Sydney-Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta

A three-day Celebration of the Veteran’s of the Bluewater Classic on Sydney Harbour. Non Spinaker Race Friday pm Saturday Points Score Race, Dinner after racing on the Saturday, Sunday Points Score Race and prize giving after . Eligibility is pre 1975 ex S2H boats or by invitation. More information HERE

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Wooden Boat Association of Queensland, Point Talburpin Sailing fun day
Oct
9

Wooden Boat Association of Queensland, Point Talburpin Sailing fun day

  • McWilliam Street, Redland Bay, QLD, 4165 Australia (map)
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These are friendly get- togethers designed to encourage both local and visiting sailors to get out on the water in the company of other, like-minded souls, and enjoy the facility provided by high tide at Point Talburpin. Although activities are held at or near high tide, the relatively ‘thin’ waters in these parts necessarily restrict participation to dinghies (of all sorts and sizes), centre boarders, catamarans, and other shallow draft vessels.

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Woody Point SummerSeries
Oct
6

Woody Point SummerSeries

Race One of the Summer version of this famous weekly series begins on 6th October on Pittwater. Founding Members of the Woody Point Yacht Club were a dedicated group of social drinkers with a boating problem.

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Hamilton Island Race Week
Aug
22
to 28 Aug

Hamilton Island Race Week

If six Classic Boats enter, we have been promised our own Classic Yacht Division. Having taken part in a few Race Weeks, there’s very little that beats waking up after a night spent sitting on a balcony with a glass of wine, over looking the marina, debriefing the day before, sharing breakie, then wandering down to the Marina in your kit, with a bit of lunch and doing it all again. I love it. Image HIRW. Credit Andrea Francolini

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Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club Second Noosa Gaff Rig Regatta
June
6

Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club Second Noosa Gaff Rig Regatta

The Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club held the inaugural Noosa Gaff Rig regatta in 2019 in conjunction with a local charity on the banks of the Noosa River. The three race Sunday regatta was a great success with merry time had by all competitors. Unfortunately, due to Covid 19 restrictions the follow up 2020 regatta had to be cancelled. Now, in 2021 we have the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club Gaff Rig regatta planned for Sunday the 6th June. Entries are basically for yachts with Gaff, Gunter or similar rigs and can be constructed of any material. NYRC can arrange launching, mooring, accommodation, crew and anything else if required.

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The CYAA 2021 Winter series
May
2

The CYAA 2021 Winter series

The Victorian Classic Yacht Association Winter Series is due to start this Saturday 2nd May. Perhaps slightly counter intuitively, the winter series on Port Phillip, provides the best sailing conditions of the year. Be Part of it!

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The 100th Lipton Cup-Ponsonby Cruising Club , Auckland, New Zealand.
May
1

The 100th Lipton Cup-Ponsonby Cruising Club , Auckland, New Zealand.

The Lipton Cup is New Zealand’s oldest yachting trophy competed for by the same class. This race is sailed in 22ft L-Class yachts which are commonly referred to as Mullet Boats. Some of the race fleet are now over 100 years old and are still very competitive. The trophy, made by the same silversmith who made the America’s Cup, was donated by Sir Thomas Lipton who raced the America’s Cup 5 times, but never won.

Photos Live Sail Die

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