Regatta plans underway for 2017

THE South Gippsland Yacht Club is planning what it believes will be an outstanding fourth annual Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta event on the Australia Day long weekend in January next year.
Along with the support of local businesses, the yachting industry, Bass Coast Shire Council, Inverloch Historical Society and local Rotary and Lions clubs the yacht club has now conducted three very successful Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regattas.
Since commencing on Australia Day 2014 the yacht club, supporting organisations, business partners and participants have brought the event to life for sailors whether sailing their wooden dinghies or displaying them for all to see.
The club is introducing a new activity in this coming regatta for those who enjoy cruising in their wooden boats. On Australia Day, Thursday, January 26 you can pack your thermos, scones and teacake and get in your wooden boat with family and friends to sail up the Anderson Inlet and land on a remote beach for an afternoon picnic.
On Friday, there will be the display of wooden dinghies on the beach before the regatta race which will provide sailors with the opportunity to test their skills on the water in their more traditional boats and on Saturday wooden dinghies will be displayed in the park next to the yacht club with a range of other attraction for sailors and visitors.
Everyone will be encouraged to participate in the selection of overall award winners and a program will be posted on the South Gippsland Yacht Club website closer to the event.
RACV Inverloch Resort helped create the Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta and will be a major sponsor again in 2017 providing entry awards for eligible boat owners.
Every year, this wonderful regatta not only showcases the history of classic wooden dinghies, on and off the water but also provides the opportunity for current owners and skippers to demonstrate their prowess in restoring, maintaining and sailing these dinghies. Even if a person does not own one of these classic wooden dinghies, they quickly learn to appreciate the workmanship, the timbers used and the foibles of sailing them.
For the fourth year in a row the club extends a very warm welcome to all sailors, to come along to celebrate the history of wooden dinghy sailing. Inverloch’s regattas, held on Anderson’s Inlet, were first recorded in Melbourne newspapers in 1893 and have always been a festive occasion for the town. The recent regattas continue to be run along similar lines, embracing the town’s sailing and seaside history as an Australia Day Weekend celebration.
For more information about the Inverloch Classic Dinghy Regatta you can watch the 2014 and 2015 videos of the event at the following link. https://vimeo.com/channels/sgyc
Information about Classic Wooden Dinghies and the Regatta can be found at: http://victorianclassicdinghynetwork.org/past-future-events

Yachts line up: Inverloch’s Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta is proving a great success with exciting plans underway for the fourth event to be staged in January 2017.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Jul 19 2016. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry