HOST

Sandringham Yacht Club    
Port Philip Bay    
Melbourne Victoria Australia

CONTACT

Regatta Chair : Sam Maffett
61 3 9597 0066

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Sail Melbourne International Regatta is one of only five ISAF Grade 1 events held each year for all the Olympic classes and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere.

In 2005 the Sail Melbourne Olympic and Invited Classes event will be held from January 10th through January 15th at Sandringham Yacht Club on the shores of Port Phillip Bay - with afternoon sea breeze of 10-15 knots, a daily average temperature of 25 - 30 degrees Celsius and warm water there is no better place to sail in January.

There will be a pre-event commencing from 3rd January - 6th January 2005 providing an ideal environment for sailors to get used to the local sailing conditions. Combined with the Sydney International Regatta between December 18th and 20th 2004, Sail Auckland over February 4th - 7th 2005, the low cost of the Australian and New Zealand currency and the fact it is the Northern Hemisphere winter and this is the perfect summer training/racing destination.

The notice of race and all further information on the Regatta is available on the event website: www.sailmelbourne.com.au