Sail Melbourne 2026
Date: 26 November 2026 – 29 November 2026
Location: Royal Brighton Yacht Club, Melbourne, Australia
Organizer: Australian Sailing
Sail Melbourne returns to Port Phillip from 26 to 29 November 2026, hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club at Middle Brighton. The regatta is Australia's flagship Olympic-classes event and a fixture of the national federation's Summer of Sailing, with racing for Olympic, invited and youth divisions including ILCA, 49er, 470, Nacra 17, windsurfing and kite fleets. Members of the Australian Sailing Team traditionally use the event to test form against international visitors and the country's best youth sailors on the bay's reliable sea breezes. Entries opened in mid 2026 through the event website, and racing runs daily from the Brighton foreshore. Photo: tall ships on Port Phillip, Melbourne, by Chris Phutully from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Sailing nearby
Planning to attend? These clubs, marinas, schools and other sailing places are close to Melbourne and worth a visit while you are in the area:
- 1st Victorian Sea Scouts — Sea Scout Groups, Melbourne, Australia
- Melbourne Yacht Club — Yacht Clubs, Melbourne, United States
- Yachtmaster Sailing School — Sailing Schools, Melbourne, Australia
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