172^nd AUSTRALIA DAY REGATTA - 2008

The Australia Day Regatta is the oldest continuously held annual sailing regatta in the world, sailed on Sydney Harbour to commemorate the anniversary of the first European settlement in Australia.   

First held in 1837, only 49 years after the First Fleet sailed into Port Jackson and raised the Union Jack on the shores of Farm Cove, the regatta has become the focal point of Australia Day celebrations in Sydney.

There is no better way to mark the birth of a nation surrounded by the sea, founded across the sea and developed through our great maritime heritage, than by taking part in the Australia Day Regatta. 

The Australia Day Regatta Inc extends an invitation to owners of all yachts, including one-design keelboats, gaff-rigged and classic boats, and modern and traditional skiffs to enter the 172nd Australia Day Regatta on Australia Day, Saturday 26 January 2007 on the waters of Sydney Harbour.

Ocean-going yachts are invited to participate in the City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Ocean Race to Botany Bay and return.

On behalf of the many clubs that conduct Australia Day Regattas under the auspices of the 172nd Australia Day Regatta, an invitation is also extended to owners of dinghies, skiffs, catamarans and yachts to enter these events on the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers, Rose Bay, Manly Cove, Botany Bay, Port Hacking, Pittwater, Brisbane Waters, Lake Macquarie and Lake Illawarra.

The President of the Australia Day Regatta, Sir James Hardy Kt OBE,  invites sailors from everywhere to compete in the 172nd Australia Day Regatta on 26 January 2008.

Click here to download a PDF version of the Notice of Race and Entry Form for the 172^nd Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour.   Notice of Race for the Offshore Race to Botany Bay and return is available from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia web site – www.cyca.com.au  while other conducting clubs will have their own Notices of Race and Entry Forms.

MEDALLIONS

Click here to view Medallion Explanatory Notes (PDF)

Click here to view Medallion 2nd and 3rd Place Order (PDF Order Form Number 1)

Click here to view Medallion 1st Place Order Form (PDF Order Form Number 2)