Swan River Sailing

 

Swan River Sailing was established in 1988 originally as the Western Australia Yachting Foundation Inc. (WAYF) in the wake of the America's Cup Challenge in Fremantle with the aim of promoting Perth, Western Australia as a world acclaimed yachting venue.

After two decades in the yachting business, we have grown from strength to strength, now attracting top corporate companies from around the globe for their Swan River Sailing events.

Whilst building and maintaining a core corporate clientele, we have developed many sailing and youth match racing events.

Founded to help promote and develop youth sailing, the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta was established in late 2002 in memory of the late Warren Jones, an Australian sailing legend and has become a very successful annual event. Hosted by Royal Perth Yacht Club on odd years and Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on even years, the event's success included the recent promotion of the 2009 event to an official World Match Racing Tour Qualifier Event and as such, is recognised as the World's best youth match racing event.

The Australia Cup is once again on the major yacht racing calendar in Perth. Last held in 2001 and restarted in November 2009 by Swan River Sailing working closely with Royal Perth Yacht Club, this event attracts the world's top sailors to Perth Waters.

Operating from the grounds of the prestigious Royal Perth Yacht Club, we are ideally located on the shores of the beautiful Matilda Bay, just 8 minutes from Perth's CBD.

Swan River Sailing offers a one stop shop for corporate regattas and team building, training for community groups, liesure sailing and twilight races on their fleet of Peter Milner built Foundation 36 yachts. The sailing outings are designed to cater for all levels of sailing experience and can include all levels of shore side food and beverage options.

Our success over the years has led to the upgrade, expansion and recent replacement of our fleet of yachts. We currently have 10 Foundation 36 yachts and can cater for groups of over 200 people at any one time.