Sail Melbourne

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.

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



Laser Full Rig
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.

Laser Radial
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.

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

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

Finn
The Finn is a single handed men's class.

470 Men's and Women's
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.

Europe

 * 1995 – 🇨🇦 Sharon Ferris (CAN)
 * 1996 – 🇦🇺 Christine Bridge (AUS)
 * 1997 – 🇨🇦 Sharon Ferris (CAN)
 * 1998 – Carolijn Brouwer
 * 2001 – 🇳🇿 Sarah Macky (NZL)
 * 2002 – 🇧🇪 Min Dezillie (BEL)
 * 2003 – 🇨🇿 Lenka Šmídová (CZE)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Sarah Blanck (AUS)

Finn

 * 1996 – 🇦🇺 Paul McKenzie (AUS)
 * 1998 – 🇧🇪 Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)
 * 2000 – 🇵🇱 Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)
 * 2002 – 🇧🇪 Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)
 * 2003 – 🇧🇪 Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Anthony Nossiter (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Josh Beaver (AUS)
 * 2007 – 🇦🇺 Michael Williams (AUS)
 * 2008:1 – 🇬🇧 Ben Ainslie (GBR)
 * 2008:2 – 🇦🇺 Warwick Hill (AUS)
 * 2009 – 🇦🇺 James Paterson (AUS)
 * 2010 – 🇬🇧 Ben Ainslie (GBR)
 * 2011 – 🇺🇦 Oleksiy Borysov (UKR)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Brendan Casey (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇸🇪 Björn Allansson (SWE)
 * 2014 – 🇬🇧 Ed Wright (GBR)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Jake Lilley (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Jake Lilley (AUS)
 * 2018 – Nicholas Heiner
 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Jake Lilley (AUS)

ILCA 4 (formerly known as Laser 4.7)

 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Mark Lincoln (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Mark Lincoln (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Jack Littlechild (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Boston Cortis (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Brooke Wilson (AUS)
 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Mia Lovelady (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Angus McIntyre (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Riley Cantwell (AUS)

Women’s ILCA 6 (formerly known as Laser Radial)

 * 2008:2 – 🇺🇸 Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)
 * 2009 – Marit Bouwmeester
 * 2010 – 🇨🇳 Zhang Dongshuang (CHN)
 * 2011 – 🇨🇳 Xu Lijia (CHN)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Krystal Weir (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇧🇾 Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR)
 * 2014 – 🇬🇧 Alison Young (GBR)
 * 2016 – Marit Bouwmeester

Open ILCA 6 (formerly known as Laser Radial)

 * 2002 – 🇳🇿 Jake Bartrom (NZL)
 * 2003 – 🇳🇿 Jake Bartrom (NZL)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Matthew Chew (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Krystal Weir (AUS)
 * 2006 – 🇦🇺 Krystal Weir (AUS)
 * 2008:1 – 🇦🇺 Sarah Blanck (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Finnian Alexander (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Zac Littlewood (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Frazer Brew (AUS)
 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Stefan Elliott-Shircore (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Zoe Thomson (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇭🇺 Mária Érdi (HUN)

ILCA 7 (formerly known as Laser)

 * 1995 – 🇳🇿 Hamish Pepper (NZL)
 * 1996 – 🇸🇪 Daniel Birgmark (SWE)
 * 1997 – 🇳🇿 Nik Burfoot (NZL)
 * 1998 – 🇬🇧 Ben Ainslie (GBR)
 * 2000 – 🇦🇺 Michael Blackburn (AUS)
 * 2001 – 🇦🇺 Michael Blackburn (AUS)
 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Brendan Casey (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Michael Blackburn (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇬🇧 Paul Goodison (GBR)
 * 2005 – 🇫🇮 Roope Suomalainen (FIN)
 * 2006 – 🇦🇺 Tom Slingsby (AUS)
 * 2007 – 🇳🇴 Kristian Ruth (NOR)
 * 2008:1 – 🇬🇧 Paul Goodison (GBR)
 * 2008:2 – Matías del Solar
 * 2009 – 🇨🇦 Mike Leigh (CAN)
 * 2010 – 🇬🇧 Nick Thompson (GBR)
 * 2011 – 🇦🇺 Tom Slingsby (AUS)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Tom Burton (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇦🇺 Tom Burton (AUS)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Tom Burton (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇨🇾 Pavlos Kontides (CYP)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Tom Burton (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Matthew Wearn (AUS)
 * 2020 – 🇫🇷 Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Matthew Wearn (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇬🇧 Michael Beckett (GBR)

Minnow

 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Edward Warner (AUS)

OK

 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Roger Blasse (AUS)

Open Bic

 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Conall Green (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Travis Wadley (AUS)

Optimist

 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Leon Poutsma (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Ryan Littlechild (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Fletcher Walters (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Daniel Links (AUS)

RS 100

 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Peter Milne (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Mike Boswell (AUS)

Sabre

 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 James McLennan (AUS)

Waszp

 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Jack Felsenthal (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Jack Felsenthal (AUS)

420

 * 2002 – 🇭🇰 Cheung Ka Ho & Ashun Tong Ping Shun (HKG)
 * 2003 – 🇮🇳 Mithu Nahak & Thimiti Srikanth Chatu (IND)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Claire Cunningham & Felix Patterson (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Nick Joel & Hugo Llewelyn (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Marcello Torre & Owen Ready (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Cole Tapper & Tyler Creevey (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Hanako Tomishima & Grace Morrow (AUS)

Men’s 470

 * 1995 – 🇦🇺 Nigel Abbott (AUS)
 * 1996 – 🇦🇺 Tom King (AUS)
 * 1997 – 🇳🇿 Simon Cooke (NZL)
 * 1998 – 🇦🇺 Lee Knapton (AUS)
 * 2000 – 🇺🇸 Paul Foerster (USA)
 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Nick Behrens (AUS)
 * 2006 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Wilmot (AUS)
 * 2008:1 – 🇬🇧 Nick Rogers & Joe Glanfield (GBR)
 * 2008:2 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Malcolm Page (AUS)
 * 2009 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Malcolm Page (AUS)
 * 2010 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Malcolm Page (AUS)
 * 2011 – 🇺🇸 Stuart McNay & Graham Biehl (USA)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Alexander Conway & Patrick Conway (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)

Women’s 470

 * 1995 – 🇦🇺 Jeni Lidgett-Danks (AUS)
 * 1996 – 🇦🇺 Jeni Lidgett-Danks (AUS)
 * 1998 – 🇺🇦 Ruslana Taran (UKR)
 * 2000 – 🇺🇦 Vlada Kravchun (UKR)
 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Jenny Armstrong & Belinda Stowell (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Jenny Armstrong & Belinda Stowell (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇫🇷 Ingrid Petitjean & Nadège Douroux (FRA)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Elise Rechichi & Tessa Parkinson (AUS)
 * 2008:1 – 🇺🇸 Erin Maxwell & Isabelle Farrar (USA)
 * 2008:2 – 🇦🇺 Stacey Omay & Chelsea Hall (AUS)
 * 2009 – 🇳🇿 Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie (NZL)
 * 2010 – 🇩🇪 Kathrin Kadelbach & Friederike Belcher (GER)
 * 2011 – 🇦🇺 Elise Rechichi & Belinda Stowell (AUS)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Sasha Ryan & Jaime Ryan (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇨🇳 Chen Shasha & Gao Yang (CHN)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Sasha Ryan & Amelia Catt (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇹 Lara Vadlau & Jolanta Ogar (AUT)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Carrie Smith & Jaime Ryan (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇩🇪 Frederike Loewe & Anna Markfort (GER)

Open 470

 * 2020 – Tyler Paige & Adrian Hoesch
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Chris Charlwood & Amelia Catt (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Nia Jerwood & Conor Nicholas (AUS)

505

 * 2020 – 🇺🇸 Mike Holt & Rob Woelfel (USA)

29er

 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Renee Linton & Aaron Linton (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 James Tudball & Matt Williams (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Beau Outteridge & Micheal Taylor (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Max Paul & Tom Crockett (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Archie Cropley & Max Paul (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Daniel Links & Markus Sampson (AUS)

49er

 * 1998 – 🇫🇷 Marc Audineau (FRA)
 * 2000 – 🇳🇿 Dan Slater (NZL)
 * 2001 – 🇦🇺 Nigel Abbott (AUS)
 * 2002 – 🇮🇹 Pietro Sibello & Gianfranco Sibello (ITA)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Chris Nicholson & Gary Boyd (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Chris Nicholson & Gary Boyd (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇳🇿 Scott Kenedy & Mark Kennedy (NZL)
 * 2006 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Outteridge (AUS)
 * 2008:2 – 🇬🇧 Paul Campbell-James & Mark Asquith (GBR)
 * 2009 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS)
 * 2010 – 🇦🇹 Nico Delle Karth & Nikolaus Resch (AUT)
 * 2011 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Steven Thomas & Rhys Mara (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇹 Benjamin Bildstein & David Hussl (AUT)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 David Gilmour & Joel Turner (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 David Gilmour & Lachlan Gilmour (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Thomas Needham & Joel Turner (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Tom Burton & Max Paul (AUS)

49er FX

 * 2012 – 🇳🇿 Alex Maloney & Molly Meech (NZL)
 * 2013 – 🇦🇺 Olivia Price & Eliza Solly (AUS)
 * 2014 – 🇳🇴 Ragna Agerup & Maia Agerup (NOR)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Tess Lloyd & Eliza Solly (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Amelia Stabback & Ella Clark (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Tess Lloyd & Jaime Ryan (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Laura Harding & Annie Wilmot (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Olivia Price & Evie Haseldine (AUS)

Tasar

 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Gary Ratcliffe & Robyn Ratcliffe (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Chris Dance & Peter Hackett (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Bronwyn Ridgway & Paul Ridgway (AUS)

2.4 Metre

 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Stuart Shimeld (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Stuart Shimeld (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Michael Leydon (AUS)
 * 2008:2 – 🇳🇿 Joshua McKenzie-Brown (NZL)
 * 2009 – 🇨🇦 Paul Tingley (CAN)
 * 2010 – 🇦🇺 Matthew Bugg (AUS)
 * 2011 – 🇦🇺 Matthew Bugg (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇳🇿 Paul Francis (NZL)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Matthew Bugg (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Neil Patterson (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Michael Leydon (AUS)
 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Michael Leydon (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 John Collingwood (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Neil Patterson (AUS)

Hansa 303 (single)

 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Christopher Symonds (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Chris Symonds (AUS)

Hansa 303 (double)

 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Colin Alderton & Bradley Alderton (AUS)

Hansa Liberty

 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Bob Schahinger (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Bob Schahinger (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Alison Weatherly (AUS)

Skud 18

 * 2009 – 🇦🇺 Amethyst Barnbrook & Lindsay Mason (AUS)
 * 2010 – 🇬🇧 Alexandra Rickham & Niki Birrell (GBR)
 * 2011 – 🇬🇧 Alexandra Rickham & Niki Birrell (GBR)
 * 2013 – 🇸🇬 Jovin Tan & Desiree Lim (SGP)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Daniel Fitzgibbon & Liesl Tesch (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Ross Manning & Maximillion Quan (AUS)

Soling

 * 1995 – 🇦🇺 Cameron Miles (AUS)
 * 1998 – 🇦🇺 Colin Beashel (AUS)

Star

 * 1995 – 🇦🇺 Ian Johnson (AUS)
 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Ian Walker & Nick Williams (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Colin Beashel & David Giles (AUS)

Yngling

 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Melanie Dennison, Caroline Aders & Fiona Herbert (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Melanie Dennison, Caroline Aders & Fiona Herbert (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Nicky Bethwaite, Karyn Gojnich & Helen Impey (AUS)

Nacra 15

 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Will Cooley & Bec Hancock (AUS)

Nacra 17

 * 2013 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock & Nina Curtis (AUS)
 * 2014 – 🇦🇺 Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin (AUS)
 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin (AUS)
 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Tayla Rietman & Lachlan White (AUS)

Tornado

 * 1995 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock (AUS)
 * 1997 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock (AUS)
 * 1998 – 🇫🇷 Pierre Pennec (FRA)
 * 2002 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock & John Forbes (AUS)
 * 2003 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock & John Forbes (AUS)
 * 2004 – 🇦🇺 Robbie Lovig & Glen Douglas (AUS)
 * 2005 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock & Aaron Worrall (AUS)
 * 2008:1 – 🇦🇺 Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby (AUS)

Viper

 * 2016 – 🇦🇺 Tayla Rietman & Lachlan White (AUS)

Men’s Formula Kite

 * 2013 – 🇩🇪 Florian Gruber (GER)
 * 2014 – 🇮🇹 Riccardo Andrea Leccese (ITA)

Women’s Formula Kite

 * 2013 – 🇪🇸 Nuria Goma (ESP)
 * 2014 – 🇫🇷 Ariane Imbert (FRA)

Open Formula Kite

 * 2016 – 🇬🇧 Oliver Bridge (GBR)
 * 2020 – 🇦🇺 Scott Whitehead (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Zac Pullen (AUS)
 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Oscar Timm (AUS)

Men’s Iqfoil

 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Grae Morris (AUS)

Women’s Iqfoil

 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Samantha Costin (AUS)

Men’s Mistral

 * 1995 – 🇳🇿 Aaron McIntosh (NZL)
 * 1996 – Tony Philp
 * 1997 – 🇳🇿 JP Tobin (NZL)
 * 1998 – 🇸🇪 Fredrik Palm (SWE)
 * 2000 – 🇸🇪 Fredrik Palm (SWE)
 * 2001 – 🇳🇿 Matthew McCormick (NZL)
 * 2002 – 🇳🇿 JP Tobin (NZL)
 * 2003 – 🇳🇿 JP Tobin (NZL)
 * 2004 – 🇫🇷 Julien Bontemps (FRA)
 * 2005 – 🇭🇰 Kwok Fai Cheng (HKG)

Women’s Mistral

 * 1995 – 🇬🇧 Natasha Sturges (GBR)
 * 1996 – 🇫🇷 Renee Herbert (FRA)
 * 1997 – 🇭🇰 Lee Lai-shan (HKG)
 * 1998 – 🇬🇧 Natasha Sturges (GBR)
 * 2000 – 🇳🇿 Barbara Kendall (NZL)
 * 2001 – 🇬🇧 Natasha Sturges (GBR)
 * 2002 – 🇬🇧 Natasha Sturges (GBR)
 * 2003 – 🇳🇿 Barbara Kendall (NZL)
 * 2004 – 🇫🇷 Faustine Merret (FRA)
 * 2005 – 🇭🇰 Chan Wai-man (HKG)

Men’s RS:X

 * 2006 – Casper Bouman
 * 2007 – 🇯🇵 Makoto Tomizawa (JPN)
 * 2008:2 – 🇫🇷 Nicolas Le Gal (FRA)
 * 2009 – 🇨🇴 Nicolas Lozano (COL)
 * 2010 – 🇭🇰 Chan King Yin (HKG)
 * 2011 – 🇳🇿 JP Tobin (NZL)
 * 2012 – 🇦🇺 Luke Baillie (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇨🇳 Shi Chuankun (CHN)
 * 2014 – 🇱🇹 Juozas Bernotas (LTU)
 * 2016 – Kiran Badloe
 * 2020 – 🇬🇧 Tom Squires (GBR)

Women’s RS:X

 * 2006 – 🇨🇳 Chen Qiubin (CHN)
 * 2007 – 🇮🇹 Alessandra Sensini (ITA)
 * 2008:2 – 🇪🇸 Blanca Manchón (ESP)
 * 2009 – 🇦🇺 Jessica Crisp (AUS)
 * 2010 – 🇨🇳 Zhu Huali (CHN)
 * 2011 – 🇦🇺 Jessica Crisp (AUS)
 * 2013 – 🇨🇳 Zheng Manjia (CHN)
 * 2014 – 🇷🇺 Stefaniya Elfutina (RUS)
 * 2016 – 🇵🇱 Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL)
 * 2020 – 🇮🇱 Noy Drihan (ISR)

Open RS:X

 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 Joanna Sterling (AUS)

Techno 293

 * 2017 – 🇦🇺 William Grimshaw (AUS)
 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Jarrod Jones (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Harriet Wormald (AUS)

Techno 293+

 * 2018 – 🇦🇺 Hamish Swain (AUS)
 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Amelia Wilson (AUS)

Wind Foil

 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Grae Morris (AUS)

Windfoiling Open

 * 2023 – 🇦🇺 Rylie Sinclair (AUS)

Wing Foiling

 * 2022 – 🇦🇺 Jack Abbott (AUS)