Yachting Australia

Yachting Australia YA

Sport	Sailing
Jurisdiction	Australia
Founded	1956 (1956)
Affiliation	ISAF
Affiliation date	1967
Regional affiliation	OSAF
Headquarters	St Leonards, New South Wales
President	David Gotze
Chief Exec	Phil Jones
Official website
www.yachting.org.au

Yachting Australia is recognised by the International Sailing Federation^[1] as the governing body for the sport of sailing in Australia. The Yachting Australia training department facilitates yachting national training schemes for the industry.^[2]

Background

Yachting Australian sees its key responsibilities as:^[3]

Promotion of Sailing
Management of Training
Development of Athletes
Selection of Teams
Support of Sailors
Coordination of Events
Governance of the Sport
Servicing of Members

Clubs

See Australiam Sailing / Yacht Clubs Famous yacht club include the Cruising Club of Australia and the Royal Sydney Yacht Club.

High profile regatta

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Geelong Week
Sail Melbourne

Famous sailors

See Category:Australian sailors

Olympic sailing

See Category:Olympic sailors of Australia

Offshore sailing

See Category:Australian sailors (sport)
One of the most famous sailing team of all time was that of America's Cup entry of Alan Bond and the 12 metre, Australia II who broke the longest unbeaten run in international sport by winning the event from the American challenger.

Marine industry

The marine industry is strong the most high profile builder are McConaghy Boats and Sydney Yachts / Bashford International.

References

External links

National members of the International Sailing Federation

Equipmemt (ISAF classes)

Africa (ASCON)	ALG ANG BOT EGY KEN LBA MAD MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG SEN SEY RSA SUD TAN TUN ZIM

Asia (ASF)	AZE BRN CHN HKG IND INA IRI JPN KAZ KOR PRK KUW KGZ LIB MAS MYA OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI THA UAE

Central and South America (SASC)	ARG BRA CHI COL ECU MEX PAN PAR PER URU VEN

Europe (EUROSAF)	AND ARM AUT BLR BEL BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GER GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR

Oceania (OSAF)	ASA AUS COK FIJ GUM NZL PNG SAM SOL TAH VAN

North America and Caribbean	ANT ARU BAH BAR BER IVB CAN CAY CUB DOM SAL GRN GUA JAM AHO PUR LCA TTO ISV USA

World Championships in Sailing

Sports governing bodies in Australia (AUS)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball/Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Bandy Baseball Chess Cricket Floorball Karate Korfball Lacrosse Motor racing Motorcycle racing Netball Orienteering Polo Roller sports Rugby Union Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Surf Life Saving Underwater sports waterski and wakeboard

Paralympics and Disabled Sports	Blind sports Disabled Winter Sport Australia

Others Sports	Arm wrestling Australian Rules Football Bodybuilding Bowls Broomball Croquet Drag racing Draughts Gaelic Games Gliding Gridiron Ju-Jitsu Karting Kendo Mixed Martial Arts Muaythai Parkour Polocrosse Powerlifting Professional Boxing Radio-controlled racing Thoroughbred Horse Racing Quidditch Real Tennis Rugby League Rodeo Sambo Skateboarding Touch Football Woodchopping

Australian Olympic Committee Australian Paralympic Committee Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Australian Sports Commission Confederation of Australian Sport Australian Commonwealth Games Association

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