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Sail Melbourne

Sail Melbourne
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Organizer Yachting Victoria
Official website www.sailmelbourne.com.au

Sail Melbourne is an annual sailing Regatta run by Yachting Victoria at various yacht clubs around Port Phillip Bay. Sail Melbourne is a Grade 1 ISAF (International Sailing Federation) event.

The annual Asia Pacific Regatta as a part of Sail Melbourne consists of invited Olympic classes.

The Laser Full Rig is a single handed mono hull with a single sail. Due to the simple design of the Laser, the racing is more focused of the ability of the crew instead of the boat.

The Laser Radial is the Laser sailed by women in the Olympics. It has a smaller sail area and shorter mast than the full rig.


The Tornado is a two-person, double trapeze Catamaran with an asymmetrical spinnaker.

The 49er is a two-person, double trapeze mono hull with an asymmetrical spinnaker.

The Finn is a single handed men's class.


The 470 is a class broken up into Men's and Women's. It is a two-person, 4.7m mono hull with single trapeze and symmetrical spinnaker.



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