Boatland Boating Directory

Canberra Ocean Racing Club (CORC) is a yacht-owning syndicate based in the inland city of Canberra, Australia. The Club has been established since 1979, and its purpose is to allow Canberra people to undertake coastal and offshore cruising, and to compete in the occasional ocean race.

Race-tested tunnel boat and v-bottom boat plans for the amateur boatbuilder, boat racer or high-performance boating enthusiast.

MAST was organized by a group of trailer sailors who shared interests in sailing. "MAST" is an acronym for Mid America Sail and Trail. As MAST enters 2010, it celebrates its thirty-fifth year. The club provides its members with many social events throughout the year, as well as a variety of sailboat cruises, regattas and competitive racing.

The ORCV conducts five or more ocean races every year in or across Bass Strait, plus the long distance Melbourne to Hobart Races via the West and East Coasts of Tasmania. During Winter, while ocean racing is somewhat weather restricted, the ORCV uses its resources to run the long standing ORCV Winter Series comprising of six races on Port Phillip, plus a passage race from Melbourne to Geelong in Spring.

TPYC membership is open to anyone who has sailed in a TPYC sponsored race longer than 2000 miles in the Pacific Ocean.

Since 2001 Zapcat Racing has proved a phenomenal success, with the UK Zapcat National Championship establishing itself as the worlds largest one design championship and now celebrating its 10th Anniversary.