2020 Sail Melbourne International 

Sail Melbourne International (SMI) will run from 17 - 21 January 2020 for the Olympic and Invited Classes as the inaugural leg of the new Asia Pacific Circuit at Royal Brighton Yacht Club (RBYC). Entries are now open and the notice of race can be accessed HERE.

Sail Melbourne International is Australia’s premier Olympic and Invited Classes Regatta, held annually in the waters of Port Phillip, Victoria.

Established in 1992, it has become the largest annual ‘Off the Beach’ regatta in the southern hemisphere and is critical to the growth and success of junior and youth sailors, enabling them to race alongside their Olympic heroes.

SMI is a World Sailing 100-point event and many world-class sailors are expected to contest the event as a follow-up or lead-in event to Melbourne’s Summer of Sailing National and World Championships and to make the most of the southern hemisphere summer racing and training opportunities as well as in preparation for the 2020 Olympic sailing season.

For 2020, SMI will also be acting as the Oceania Region Olympic qualifier for the 470 Men and Women as well as the Oceania Laser Championships.

Sail Melbourne’s Youth Classes will be incorporate into the Australian Youth Championships from the 10 -14 January, 2020 at Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. See the Youth Championships Notice of Race HERE.

Sail Melbourne International will be followed by the Laser and Laser Radial World Championships in February, with sailors heading to Sandringham Yacht Club, while the 49er/FX- and Nacra 17 World Championships will be hosted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club.

For more information on the 2020 Summer of Sailing see the website here: www.summerofsailing.org.au