The Women and Girls in Sailing website is dedicated to you - female sailors and potential female sailors in Victoria. The Women and Girls in Sailing website is dedicated to you - female sailors and potential female sailors in Victoria, whether it be in keelboats or dinghies. Its purpose is to help you get sailing, enjoy sailing and keep sailing!

The Women and Girls in Sailing program was initiated by the Yachting Victoria Women and Girls In Sailing Committee (WGISC) in 2012. The group are working to:

- Increase female membership of, and participation in, clubs – from sailing to race management to club leadership and management
- Encourage girls to take up and continue in the sport through support of GreenFleet, training camps, girl school sailing and regattas
- Promote female keelboat and off the beach sailing with new initiatives for Learn to Sail courses targeted at females
- Set up a network of WGIS club representatives

The program aligns with Yachting Victoria’s mission "to have more people participating more successfully, and enjoying boating and sailing at our member organizations' through:

- Providing input and assistance with the Vic Health Women and Girls in Sailing program
Assisting with educating the sailing community in regards to awareness for sexual harassment, anti-discrimination, violence against women awareness
- Sourcing funding opportunities
- Eliminating barriers to entry to the sport
- Supporting Pilot projects such as Green Fleet sailing and Introduction to Keelboat courses

- Implementing the Women’s Participation Plan in the YV Strategic Plan
- Participation programs and initiatives
- Identifying ‘Female Club Contacts’ as a contact for women new to the sport and women currently in the sport
- The promotion of events; both social and racing
- YV to develop a sense of shared objectives across the clubs and other stakeholders for the best interests of the sport
- Sharing ‘best practice’ across clubs, classes and those that deliver the sport.