Join us for a fun Trivia Night Fundraiser with an ABBA twist, proudly presented by the MYC Team Racing Worlds Team as they prepare to travel to Stockholm, Sweden for the 2K Team Racing World Championships.

Representing Australia in the fast-paced and tactical 2v2 team racing format, the team qualified at the 2K Team Racing National Championships last year and was selected as the Oceania representative team for the World Championships.

The team of Lachie Weaver, Lottie Wormald, James Jackson, Will McKenzie, Lulu Di Sciascio, Jack Furey, Heath Jones and Maddy English will proudly take on some of the world’s best sailors in Stockholm, and we’d love your support to help get them there.

Expect your classic trivia night with a touch of ABBA, great company, raffles, a silent auction and plenty of laughs, all while supporting the team on their international campaign.

This event is independently organised by the MYC Team Racing Worlds Team and held at Mornington Yacht Club.

📍 Venue: Mornington Yacht Club
📅 Date: Friday 27 June
🕕 Doors Open: 6:00pm
🧠 Trivia Begins: 7:00pm

Bring your own nibbles and enjoy drinks at members prices.

Ticket Prices
• Adults – $30
• Children – $20
• Table of 8 – $200

Come along, bring friends, and help support the team on their journey to Stockholm!

The Kraken wins the 2026 Melbourne to Apollo Bay Yacht Race and new ocean sailors are hooked!

Victoria turned on the weather and the sailors turned on the competition for what was a thrilling 2026 Melbourne to Apollo Bay Yacht Race.

32 boats and 207 sailors were on the start line for the 52 nautical mile race which is sailed along the picturesque southern Victorian coastline which boasts sheer cliff edges, the iconic Great Ocean Road coastal drive and beautiful beachside retreats. 

Contributing to its popularity is that the 52 nm race is the perfect length for sailors, both new and experienced, to extend their offshore experience in a Category 3 race in what is the last race of the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 2025-26 sailing season.

Phoenix 49, the Martens 49 skippered by Brenton Carnell from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC), was the first boat out of Port Phillip Heads, with the fleet sailing in a light northerly breeze against a stunning saffron sunrise.

Phoenix 49 led the fleet for most of the race and was the first monohull across the line.

It was mission accomplished for Carnell and his crew, who were chasing a line honours win, but knew that winning would require a top tactical race, especially against the likes of line honours contenders, MRV and Cadibarra.

Old sea dogs will tell you that success in this race is usually dictated by a yacht’s choice whether to hug the coastline or to sail a more seaward course and hope for stronger breezes and better sailing angles, which was important advice for Carnell.

“We were chasing line honours glory, but it turned out to be quite a challenging race.

“We knew that the grib files would say to go out to sea eight miles, but we also knew that we had to cover MRV, so we ended up going into the coast, but then it got lighter and we had to gybe back out, which had us zig-zagging down the coastline.

“We went out with a lighter crew and an A2 and staysail, and had them up pretty much the entire way,” said Carnell.

But the spoils of the 2026 Melbourne to Apollo Bay Yacht Race belong to the Sydney 32, The Kraken, skippered by RGYC member, Ryan Walker, who was thrilled and somewhat surprised to receive the Apollo Bay Perpetual Cup for the overall win which was decided on AMS handicap.

“This is awesome, absolutely fantastic, we had a really good race, really good crew, and it all went pretty smoothly.

“We’ve sailed with each other for about ten years, we’ve had the boat about 18 months, we’ve put a new set of sails on it which has really helped the boat,” said Walker.

Walker described his crew as very competitive and admitted that the team was definitely out for the win, with lots of thought going into their tactics from right off the start line.

“We made a conscious effort to start on the Queenscliff side of the course.

“We were probably the last boat to gybe, we were at a point where we could see breaking waves, which was probably the point where the chart was saying we could go further in, but the breaking waves were starting to tell us we had hit the limit.

“From there we had always planned to go on the south side of the pilot boarding ground, and from there it was just a matter of picking the gybe angle to head back into shore.

“We got a few shifts that were starting to lift us and at one point we were almost laying the line to Apollo Bay when we did gybe.

“We were keeping an eye on Jason Farnell’s Voodoo Child, they were keeping us honest throughout the race and are a really well-sailed boat also from Geelong,” said Walker.

The Kraken also took out Division Two on ORC handicap and was third on ORC overall.

How Bizarre, the Seaquest RP 36, skippered by Scott Robinson from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS), had an excellent race winning Division One on ORC and AMS handicaps, third on PHS, and finishing second on handicap overall.

Vertigo, the Summit 35 skippered by Clare Olding from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, placed third on AMS overall without her father, Tim, onboard.

“It was a great race and 100 percent our conditions – the VMG running is what Vertigo really loves.
“It was a pretty simple race plan for us, we didn’t have a single sail change all race, we put the kite up at the start and then we did a few gybes to the finish.

“We were all working really well as a team, I was just the skipper on paper – we were treating the race as a training race for the Christmas racing period.

“Our navigator Stu [Addison] was incredible, he was just telling us where to put the boat and then we made the boat go fast, and we had a mixed gender crew, three men and three women, which was great,” said Clare.

And what attracts Olding to the race?

“It is just so scenic, you are always guaranteed to see dolphins, sometimes whales, and it is a really nice length, the early start and getting ready in the dark makes it feel like an ocean race and adds a bit of spice to it, but then you get to sleep in a non-moving boat that night and also go to the pub,” said Clare.
Vertigo finished in second place in Division Two on AMS and second on PHS.

Tim Olding, who is recovering from ankle surgery, was not far from his daughter’s side, driving down the coast to meet the team as they arrived in Apollo Bay, and spoke fondly of his daughter’s sailing skills and experience.

“It was Clare’s first sail out of the Heads by herself which was an important milestone for her, but I actually felt very relaxed about it, she has a lot of experience under her belt.

“Clare is also very consultative with her crew and opportunities like this are about building leadership skills – I expect she will be skippering a Hobart Yacht Race on her own one day, but that’s not one I will be paying for,” laughed Tim.

This year’s race drew several new and returning entries including newcomer Hitchhiker, the Beneteau Oceanis 41.1 skippered by Dr David Goodman from Sandringham Yacht Club, who was nothing short of elated when he spoke with ORCV media while prepping for the presentation dinner.

“We had a wonderful day, we are delighted that we finished in daylight, it was a big day, it was exciting.
“The team went very well, they are all elated and coming to party tonight, it was a really good experience; we are really very happy with ORCV and the support we have had over the last few years getting up to the level that we could do this sort of racing ourselves in our own boat.

“One of the highlights was cruising with our spinnaker up; my wife gave me a new spinnaker for Christmas last year, and in the race, when the wind got up to 20 knots, and we were powering along, we haven’t felt the boat move like that, it was terrific.

“There was also a lot of preparation for a Cat 3 race, we made it just by the deadline,” said Goodman.
Peccadillo, skippered by Charles Meredith from the RMYS, the only multihull home competing in this year’s race, finished fifteen minutes ahead of Phoenix 49.

The Melbourne to Apollo Bay Yacht Race is always a popular way to wrap up a busy summer sailing season with the short dash down the coast, the test of tactics, the competition and camaraderie, and the introduction to Category 3 sailing a hook for experienced crews and newcomers alike.

We can’t wait to see who else will be on the start line next year!

Top 3 Results for the race being: 
AMS Division 1
1st How Bizarre (Overall 2nd)
2nd Ginan
3rd Arcadia

AMS Division 2
1st The Kraken (Overall 1st)
2nd Vertigo (Overall 3rd)
3rd Aileron

ORC Division 1
1st How Bizarre (1st Overall)
2nd Ginan (2nd Overall)
3rd Wicked

ORC Division 2
1st The Kraken (3rd Overall)
2nd Alien
3rd Aileron

PHS Division 1
1st Phoenix49 (3rd Overall)
2nd Arcadia
3rd How Bizarre

PHS Division 2
1st Vertigo (1st Overall)
2nd Voodoo Child (2nd Overall)
​3rd Ora

Double Handed
1st. Spirit of Downunder

Multihull Line Honours. Peccadillo
Monohull Line Honours. Phoenix49
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Full race results here https://www.orcv.org.au/results/2025-26/2026-M2AB/series.htm?ty=33775Story ORCV Media

Europeans, Vilamoura - Portugal, 🇵🇹 March 
My first international season with Austin kicked off with the European Championship in Portugal. 
We got off to a decent start, despite a yellow flag from the jury on the first day, and were within a close points gap to gold fleet cut off. On day two we had some great starts but didn’t capitalise on our gains which sent us into silver fleet finals.
With a new format, the points essentially reset into finals, and with a few bad starts our finals series didn’t look so good. Our last 3 races were much better, 2 in the top 5 near the top mark, with a few unfortunate errors like getting stuck on a fishing mark on the course. 
Finshing in 47th, the results were disappointing but we were confident to learn from this first regatta and put it all together at the next one. 
Sailing Grand Slam, Palma - Spain, April 🇪🇸 
In the first Sailing Grand Slam of the year we finished 35th out of 65 470s. This was a good improvement from the European Championship. We made a lot of costly mistakes in the qualifying series, and with a 25 boat cut off for the gold fleet, you cannot afford any big mistakes! So we sailed the finals series in the silver fleet, and continued to improve throughout the series, with mostly top 10 scores. Palma as always delivered a full range of conditions, which was excellent to get an all round gauge on our speed and skills amoungst the top sailors. 
Sailing Grand Slam, Hyeres - France , April 🇫🇷 
Hyeres Sailing Grand Slam 🇫🇷 ⛵️ 38th. Some great momentum towards the end of Palma that we unfortunately didn’t carry through to Hyeres. 48 boats in a single fleet in the qualifying series was incredibly tough racing. All 5 qualifying races were very light wind, which meant the fleet was very condensed. At every mark rounding you could easily lose or gain 10+places. We made some excellent progress on our starts, but our speed let us down. After a tough qualifying series, on top of a long time away from home; the physical and mental toll amongst some unfortunate equipment failure contributed to a weaker performance here. Nonetheless, we’ve still got plenty of takeaways from this event and a clear list of what we need to work on in Aus to keep developing our skills before the Worlds in August. 
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Overall, our European season didn’t get the results we set out to achieve, but in Palma we were very close to our targets and we were the top ranked Aussies in both Sailing Grand Slams 🇦🇺🥇 Not our goal, but for now we will take it, and put the foot on the accelerator into the Worlds in August. ➡️🇯🇵
This week we are getting some practice in at the Worlds venue, racing 120 470s in Enoshima Olympic Week. Getting this venue specific practice and extra racing in such a huge fleet is critical to a good performance at the Worlds, but so is having enough funds to get there!! As the EOFY approaches, we are seeking tax-deductible donations to our campaign, where the 2026 Worlds leads into a big year of Olympic qualifiers in 2027. If you want to be part of our journey, any donation, big or small, is greatly appreciated! We are currently running ‘boat part bingo’, where you can put your name to a piece of our equipment by donating that amount! All donations tax-deductible via: 
https://asf.org.au/campaigns/sophie-jackson/aussie-athlete-fund-1m-challenge

HUGE congratulations goes to Henri and Miles on being named Young Team of the Year at the Victorian Sport Awards on Wednesday 13 May at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

At only 16, Henri and Miles consistently perform at the highest level against the nation’s leading 29er sailors. Last year, they claimed 1st Junior at the Australian 9er National Championships, securing selection to the Australian Sailing Youth Squad and represented Australia at the 29er World Championships in Portugal. They were crowned Victorian 29er State Champions and Victorian Youth Champions, won Sail Melbourne, and finished 2nd at the NSW Youth Championships which was a Youth Sailing World Championship selection event.
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Sporting Programs Leader, Andy Martin said the Levenspiel brothers have shown they can match it with the best in the country, combining technical precision, tactical awareness and a strong competitive mindset.