
Partnerships
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s Festival of Sails is the largest yachting event in Australia and the biggest keel boat event in the southern hemisphere. We welcome your interest in becoming involved in this exciting, highly regarded event held in the heart of Geelong in January every year.
The marquee event is the Passage Race from Melbourne to Geelong, a spectacle without peer. This race will celebrate its 181st anniversary in 2024.
For sponsors and exhibitors we can plan and coordinate a customised activation for you with an international on-line reach as well as exposure to the thousands of sailors and public on site during the event.
Thank you for considering becoming a partner in the Festival of Sails at Royal Geelong Yacht Club. We look forward to you joining us, perhaps even on the water!
To download the Partner Prospectus, please see HERE.
Volunteer
The Festival of Sails could not happen without the commitment of our dedicated Volunteer community.
In addition to the support from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club membership, the event brings together a large group of volunteers from across the wider Geelong community.
We are seeking volunteers to help ensure a seamless delivery of the 2024 event.
Register your interest to volunteer at the 2024 Festival of Sails by clicking HERE.
Register before November 30th 2023 to go into the draw for the early bird volunteer prize – a FOS2024 Musto Sardinia 2.0 jacket, valued at $329.95
Photo Gallery
Media Centre
The Festivals of Sails’ media & PR team can accredit working media and freelancers with relevant commissions and provide access to onsite media centre facilities, site visits and to media boats to view the racing.
Please direct any media enquiries to our Marketing and Communications Coordinator via madelinec@rgyc.com.au.
Food & Beverage Vendors
We are excited for a bigger and better Festival of Sails in 2024, and look forward to welcoming record numbers of competitors and spectators to the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and Geelong Waterfront in 2024!
If you are a mobile food & beverage operator, you are invited to apply to come and join us for this fabulous event.
To view the Invitation to Trade, please click here.
To apply to be involved with the Food & Beverage offered at Festival of Sails 2024, please click here.
View the terms and conditions here.
Market Stalls Vendors
We are excited for a bigger and better Festival of Sails in 2024, with the Festival expected to be reminiscent of the “good old days” of sailing and waterfront festivities!
If you are a market stall vendor, you are invited to apply to come and join us for this fabulous event.
To view the Invitation to Trade, please click here.
To view the Market Stall opportunities please click here.
To apply to be a Market Stall vendor at the Festival of Sails 2024, please click here.
View the terms and conditions here.
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