They are inviting all ILCA, 9′er and 420 classes to join the Optis for this event.

The Notice of Race is Here. Entries can be placed Here.

They have a strong vision to continue to grow their very successful youth programme over the next 3 years. As part of this plan MYC are looking for a new Juniors Head Coach.

MYC’s Youth Vision and Program are explained along with details of the new professional Head Coach position in the flyer Here.

If you are, or know someone who may be, interested in the position please contact the MYC manager by 31 May via the email listed in the flyer.

This isa great club and initiative.

The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club has run Sail Port Stephens  since 2008 with competitors growing from 25 then to over 300 across all fleets.

The Off the Beach section of the event caters for most classes including ILCAs.

Entry, Notices and other links and information is on the SPS Off the Beach web page at https://www.sailportstephens.com.au/off-the-beach/

Can’t promise as many sailors or as much wind as for our National Masters but SPS is a great event and venue

This event is for sailors up to age 20 in ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 and Open Skiff (ex Bic) class. A good roll up of sailors is expected to enjoy the fun and racing.

Podium finishers in the ILCA will take home trophies and PSA vouchers, and there’s a great fun element alongside the racing — a couple of adventure races including the now-legendary Bridge of Doom, where ILCA sailors team up and race on Open Skiffs. Holding 45 degrees through the Bridge is harder than it sounds!

The Notice of Race is Here and you can enter the event Here.

Sylvie Stannage leads in the ILCA 6 fleet – Photo by Marg’s Yacht Photos

The Metros were run on the Sound Sydney Harbour by Manly Yacht Club over the weekend 14-15 March. There were 80 boats competing with 30 staging from Manly YC and Little Manly Beach with the majority sailing over from harbour clubs MHASC, DBSC, WSC and VYC.

Saturday saw light conditions with the ESE to E wind never above 8 knots however it was stable enough in direction to allow RO Andrew McLachlan and the Manly YC team to get the three scheduled races run albeit after a long day on the race track and in transit.  Sunday presented perfect sailing conditions with 15-18 NE breeze all day. The harbour as always was quite lumpy with a moderate swell across the heads.

The Sound is the best sailing water on Sydney Harbour with enough room for our traditional trapezoid course and (just) enough room to allow a transit gap for power boats in and out of Middle Harbour. The regular Manly Ferries were very accommodating varying their route to avoid our fleets. An outbound Manly Fast Ferry actually stopped for 3 or 4 minutes to allow our largest fleet to round a mark unimpeded on Sunday a courtesy much appreciated by the sailors. Even the giant cruise ship Carnival Splendour transited the course on Saturday without incident.

There were three fleets in the event with 40 boats in the ILCA 6, 26 ICLA 7s and 14 ILCA 4s. In the ILCA 4s Under 16 promising HHSC sailor Ethan Wilkinson dominated counting four first and a second. Ruben Steel from RPAYC was second posting a win three seconds and a third with Amelia Thorne from GSC third and first girl.

The ILCA 6s were dominated by Sylvie Stannage HHSC/WSC who won every race. Second was GM Bruce Savage MHASC and third promising Under 17 sailor Zac Howell from HHSC.

The podium places were tightly shared around the top three in the ILCA 7s but Julian Taylor was too good and after dropping a 10th in race 3 he counted four wins and a second to take top spot from Finnish sailor now sailing at WSC Fredrik Westman and Alexander Bijkerk RPAYC/DBSC.

Thanks to Manly YC and their large enthusiastic team of volunteers who worked tirelessly with our RO Andrew McLachlan to deliver a great event for us at this iconic location. Special thanks to ILCA Captain Ian Saunders for setting up the arrangements for the event.

Fleet and age category winners Here.

The full final results are Here.

The are some great photos by Marg’s Yacht Photos. Scan the QR or click the link Here to see and download these. A big t hanks to Marg Frazer Martin for the photos.

Close at the top of the ILCA 7 Fleet – Photo by Marg’s Yacht Photos

The Metros are on 14-15 March at Manly Yacht Club.

Manly YC are running this event for us on Manly Cove and the Sound so some of the best waters on Sydney Harbour.

NoR, Entry, SI, Sign On/Off  and Event Information links are listed below.

The Event Information document will be helpful for sailors planning to rig at Manly.

It will be convenient for many to stage from other clubs around the harbour so for this event if you have entered online there will be no need to register at the club – just sign on and off online each day.

The club will be providing a BBQ and drinks on the Manly Yacht Club Deck after sailing on Saturday and Sunday. This will be free for all competitors. The presentation will be held at the Manly Yacht Club as soon as possible after racing on Sunday.

Final Results

Notice of Race

Online Entry

Sailing Instructions

Event Information Document

Parking & Rigging Information

Sign On/Off

Shipping Movement Notice

Cruise ship Carnival Splendor is scheduled to depart Circular Quay OPT at 1600 on Saturday and is expected to be in the Sound at 1630. Be alert that we may need to AP racing to wait until the Cairns bound ship clears the race area.

Mordialloc is towards the top of Port Phillip Bay, and they expect to have typical Port Phillip sea breeze conditions with warm sunny weather.

Details available on the Mordialloc web site Here. You can enter Here.

180 sailors from all mainland states and territories and some sailors from overseas enjoyed Australian Masters Championships at the fabulous regatta venue at Soldiers Point, Port Stephens. With beautiful clear water, good breezes, a traffic-free bay and lots of user-friendly rigging areas adjacent to accommodation what was not to like about the event.

The event was run for us by Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club who manage the Bay Sailing Centre and run major sailing events on Port Stephens. NCYC did a terrific job with 20 volunteers from Newcastle and tireless Sailing Manager Jack Buchan and Australian Sailing’s RO of the year Ken Semple calling the shots. Thanks to the NCYC and Bay Sailing Centre staff and volunteers for their efforts in delivering a great event.

On Sunday night 200 sailors and supporters enjoyed the event dinner at the Soldiers Point Bowling Club across the road from the Bay Sailing Centre. There Martin White hosted an Q & A session with Brett Beyer, Rob Lowndes, Lyndall Patterson and Christine Bridge who were Australian winners of World Masters categories at the 2025 World Masters in Italy. Australia won the ILCA trophy for most successful nation at the 2025 World Masters. The trophy is now on proud display at Middle Harbour Amateur Sailing Club.

The racing was held with three fleets ILCA 7, ILCA 6 Masters & GM, ILCA 6 Apprentices, GGMs and Legends each around 60 boats.

The first 2 days had solid afternoon sea breezes of 15 knots plus. Day 3 was lighter and saw delays due to shifting breeze and many general recalls. On Day 4 the fleets were APed ashore and just one light wind race was completed so seven of the eight scheduled races for the series with one drop.

There were 25 ILCA cubes awarded at this event and the first three placegetters in each category are listed below.

The full results are Here.

ILCA has announced the upcoming launch of a redesigned ILCA 4 sail.

The new ILCA 4 MkII sail was developed to improve cloth supply and improve durability without changing the ILCA 4 rig or compromising the ILCA one-design principle. For many years, the ILCA 4 sail has depended on a 3.8 oz sailcloth that is no longer produced at scale. The ILCA 6 also uses the same 3.8 oz material, and so work has commenced on the development of a future ILCA 6 MkII sail as well.

The new ILCA 4 sail will be available in limited supply from April 2026 and will be class legal from August 2026 in time for our events next season. The existing ILCA 6 sail will continue to be used through to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games with the new model to be released afterwards.

There is more information in the ILCA post Here.

There are 170 entries so far for the 2026 Australian Masters Championships 6-9 February 2026 at Bay Sailing Centre Soldiers Point, Port Stephens NSW. Entries are still open Here.

This is our favourite Masters venue. It offers great open sailing conditions, easy access on and off the water and ample accommodation in the Port Stephens area.

There are three current World Masters Champions competing so expect some high level competition. The Entry List is Here.

This is the Australian ranking event for the 2026 ILCA World Masters 2-10 June Skiathos, Greece.

The Notice of Race is Here.

The Sailing Instructions are Here.

Brett Beyer and Christine Bridge Current GM Australian and World Champions