Sailing World Cup Report - Yachting Victoria
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Sailing World Cup Report - Yachting Victoria
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Be part of the <strong>Sailing</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> action!<br />
<strong>World</strong> Class <strong>Sailing</strong>,<br />
Lifestyle Entertainment,<br />
Family Carnival & more!<br />
12-18 December 2010<br />
Sandringham Yacht Club<br />
Chairman’s <strong>Report</strong><br />
Since becoming Chairman of Sail<br />
Melbourne in October 2009 I have<br />
come to understand much more<br />
about the importance of this event to<br />
the international sailing community<br />
and Australia, and its potential to<br />
significantly raise the profile of sailing<br />
in <strong>Victoria</strong> and create a genuinely<br />
major <strong>Victoria</strong>n event. I hope this<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> to the member clubs<br />
of <strong>Yachting</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> provides some<br />
insight into this perspective.<br />
I would particularly like to thank<br />
the members of the Sail Melbourne<br />
Management Committee and the<br />
staff of <strong>Yachting</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>, and all the<br />
volunteers from clubs throughout the<br />
State who have worked so diligently in<br />
the last few years to create the current<br />
successful regatta and a strong vision<br />
for its long term success.<br />
We are very fortunate to have strong<br />
support from both the <strong>Victoria</strong>n<br />
Major Events Company and the<br />
Department of Sport and Recreation<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> in sharing our vision. Both<br />
Parks <strong>Victoria</strong> and Bayside City<br />
Council have endorsed the potential<br />
for involvement of the entire sailing<br />
and boating community and the local<br />
community with their support.<br />
I invite all <strong>Victoria</strong>n Yacht Club<br />
Officials and members to come and<br />
appreciate more about this important<br />
sailing event this year – December<br />
13-19 at Sandringham Yacht Club.<br />
Bruce Griffiths<br />
Sail Melbourne Annual <strong>Report</strong><br />
to <strong>Yachting</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Member Clubs 2010<br />
Event Development Manager <strong>Report</strong><br />
Sail Melbourne’s success since the early<br />
1990’s as a sailing regatta earned its<br />
selection as a round of the inaugural ISAF<br />
<strong>Sailing</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> for 2008-11. Together<br />
with the completion of the fabulous<br />
new Sandringham Yacht Club building,<br />
Melbourne has the potential to develop<br />
even further its international sailing profile<br />
both on and off the water.<br />
The Sail Melbourne development strategy<br />
is based around three key platforms:<br />
1. Increased regional profile within both<br />
Asia Pacific and Oceania<br />
2. Increased corporate sponsorship and<br />
involvement with the regatta<br />
3. Extensive community involvement.<br />
We are fortunate to have the support<br />
of the State Government until the 2011<br />
event to deliver on the strategies that<br />
underpin these objectives.<br />
In 2009 we implemented:<br />
• An Olympic <strong>Sailing</strong> Dinner attended<br />
by 180 people<br />
• A Community Participation Day offering<br />
sailing and other water sports to the<br />
community and kids in particular<br />
• A Ladies Lunch attended by over 150<br />
people in support of Ovarian Cancer<br />
• A Presentation “Lifestyle Party”<br />
• Several on water corporate sailing<br />
activities.<br />
We look forward to further development<br />
over the next few months with the recent<br />
signing of corporate involvement of<br />
Deloitte, Club Marine, Pacific National,<br />
Linfox, Audi, Bayside City Council,<br />
Chambord, Jetstar, Melbourne Weekly<br />
Bayside, Australian <strong>Sailing</strong> Magazine and<br />
the Herald Sun.<br />
Kate Allen<br />
Regatta Coordinator and Committee<br />
The Sail Melbourne Regatta Organising<br />
Committee delivered another highly<br />
successful regatta in 2009. The team<br />
lead by Kevin and Ross Wilson, Bill Bell<br />
and Vikki Moloney delivered three race<br />
courses over six days that were enjoyed<br />
by 365 sailors from 29 countries.<br />
Over 10 yacht clubs from around the<br />
state were represented in the Race<br />
Management team that included 25<br />
on water safety boats and over 120<br />
on water race officials.<br />
Supporting Sponsors<br />
To be part of the action go to www.sailmelbourne.com.au
The ISAF Olympic Commission<br />
In the last year ISAF commissioned a<br />
report into the entire Olympic <strong>Sailing</strong><br />
strategy and YA CEO Phil Jones was<br />
appointed to Chair the Commission.<br />
ISAF deemed the commission necessary<br />
because of the non strategic changes in<br />
the Olympic Class selection (in particular<br />
the omission of the catamaran), the<br />
need to raise the media profile of sailing<br />
(and in particular remove the confusion<br />
of various “world championships”) and<br />
secure the long term position of sailing<br />
at the Olympic Games, which generates<br />
around $500m per quadrennial cycle for<br />
the sport globally.<br />
The Commission tabled its draft report<br />
in May and the overall strategy reinforces<br />
the importance of events like Sail<br />
Melbourne into the future. A summary<br />
and the full report are available on the<br />
ISAF website – www.isaf.org<br />
The Sail Down Under Series<br />
Sail Melbourne has worked with YA<br />
and counterpart regattas in Sydney and<br />
Brisbane to create the Sail Downunder<br />
Series to increase the attractiveness of<br />
a trip down under to international sailors.<br />
The series provides Australian Olympic,<br />
Youth and Junior sailors multiple<br />
opportunities to compete with the<br />
world’s best.<br />
Dates for the series for the next 2 years are:<br />
Event 2010 2011*<br />
Sail Melbourne 12-18 Dec 13-19 Nov<br />
Sail Sydney 6-9 Dec 6-9 Nov<br />
Sail Brisbane 29 Nov-2 Dec 28-31 Oct<br />
Perth <strong>World</strong><br />
Championships<br />
16-21 Nov 3-18 Dec<br />
*2011 event dates to be confirmed.<br />
Perth 2011 <strong>World</strong> Championships<br />
Melbourne sailors who experienced the<br />
1999 <strong>World</strong>s will appreciate the scale of<br />
this event in attracting international sailors<br />
to Australia. The Perth event in December<br />
2011 and its test event in November this<br />
year will do the same, and Sail Melbourne<br />
is working around the dates of these<br />
events to attract visiting internationals to<br />
Melbourne during their trip down under.<br />
Sail Melbourne has secured sponsorship<br />
support from major Australian transport<br />
providers, Pacific National and Linfox in<br />
freighting boats to Melbourne from Perth.<br />
<strong>Yachting</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>’s <strong>Sailing</strong> Pathway<br />
Saturday 19 December<br />
Sail Melbourne is a regatta that serves<br />
the higher levels of the sailing pathway,<br />
in particular those sailors who want to<br />
compete above the club level and those<br />
who aspire to the <strong>Victoria</strong>n Development<br />
Squad, the <strong>Victoria</strong>n High Performance<br />
Squad, the Australian Development<br />
Squad and the Australian <strong>Sailing</strong> Team.<br />
Of course Sandringham Yacht Club,<br />
venue for Sail Melbourne, is the on water<br />
venue for the <strong>Victoria</strong>n Institute of Sport.<br />
Unlike most other sports sailing presents<br />
the opportunity for local sailors to<br />
sail against the world’s best – same<br />
race course, same start line and same<br />
conditions. It’s unique!<br />
Sail Melbourne extends this opportunity<br />
to all international Youth and Junior<br />
Classes to race with the world’s best in<br />
the Olympic Classes. Invited classes to<br />
Sail Melbourne include for Juniors the<br />
Optimist and International Cadet and for<br />
Youths the Bic 293 Windsurfer, Hobie 16,<br />
29-er, 420 and Laser Radial and 4.7. It’s<br />
a fantastic opportunity to see the higher<br />
levels of the sailing pathway in action.<br />
Sail Melbourne is also an inclusive event,<br />
hosting the Paralympic Classes of the<br />
2.4m and the Skud.<br />
Volunteering – A Great Experience<br />
The success of Sail Melbourne is largely<br />
attributed to the endeavours of its<br />
Volunteer Race Management Team.<br />
Sail Melbourne provides the opportunity<br />
to be involved with world class race<br />
officials like Ross and Kevin Wilson,<br />
Bill Bell, Graeme Watt and Garry Hosie.<br />
If you would like to be part of this<br />
fabulous experience you can register<br />
on the Sail Melbourne website.<br />
For more information go to<br />
www.sailmelbourne.com.au<br />
To be part of the action go to www.sailmelbourne.com.au