Down Under Sail

08/06/2026

30/05/2026

Up in Brisbane today presenting at the QLD Sailing Summit!

16/05/2026

We’re looking forward to getting up to Queensland for this year’s Sailing Summit to talk through practical ways clubs and classes can promote their events and activities.

Looking forward to catching up with old and new mates!

We’re excited to welcome Harry Fisher from Down Under Sail , presenting at the Breakfast Marketing Workshop and during the Sailing Summit.

Don’t miss the chance to gain practical marketing strategies for your club!

Register before Monday 18th to reserve your space!

https://www.sailing.org.au/events/336587

12/05/2026

📰 There are now 27 entries for the June long weekend event from New Zealand, Northern Territory, South Australia, NSW and Victoria, with crews flying in from all ports.

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The 34th Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta has attracted 27 entries from across Australia and New Zealand, with ocean racers including Wendy Tuck, Janet Thornley, Rosie Colahan and Mary Ann Harvey returning to Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron for the King's Birthday weekend, 5-8 June 2026.

28/04/2026

Big shift coming for boatbuilding 👀

A major new research project led by Lisa Blair OAM (Lisa Blair Sails the World) is taking aim at one of the marine industry’s biggest problems, what happens to fibreglass boats at the end of their life.

With millions of yachts worldwide heading toward landfill and no real recycling pathway, this $1.9 million partnership is exploring a serious alternative, basalt fibre and bio-resins, with the potential to create stronger, fully recyclable hulls.

Even more interesting, the tech won’t just stay in the lab. Lisa is planning to build her next offshore yacht from these materials and put it to the ultimate test, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the Arctic.

Could this be the breakthrough that reshapes boatbuilding for decades to come?

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A major new research partnership aimed at tackling the global fibreglass waste crisis in the marine industry has been launched, led by Australian ocean sailor and explorer Lisa Blair OAM.

29/03/2026

📰 Hawaiian foilers Gavin Ball and Pearl Lattanzi have written themselves into WASZP history, delivering the USA's first-ever Games double.

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Hawaiian foilers Gavin Ball and Pearl Lattanzi have written themselves into WASZP history, delivering the USA's first-ever Games double on home water in Pensacola.

28/03/2026

New WASZP Games Champions crowned!

Congrats Gav and Pearl! 🏆

GAVIN BALL AND PEARL LATTANZI WIN! 🥇

09/03/2026