Delegates from Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga attended a three day Performance & Development Workshop hosted by Australian Sailing and Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane Australia.  Also dialing in via skype or partnered up with nations attending were American Samoa, Guam, New Zealand and Tahaiti.

Over the first two days of the conference representatives from Australian Sailing presented and discussed with the group sailing pathways, participation programs, performance programs, developing a national or regional acccreditation system for race officials and sailing instructors and coaches.  Discussions centered around growing sailing as a sport in the region but also how best Oceania nations could assist potential sailing athletes to develop for participation in the Pacific Games, Youth World Championships or the Olympic Games.

Ken Hurling, President of the Oceania Region for the International Laser Class Association extended an invitation to all Oceania sailors to attend the 2018 Oceania and Australian Open Laser Championships being sailed from 27th December to the 4th January, 2018 in 4.7s, Radials and Standard Rigs and hosted by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Brisbane, Australia.  Ken is also coordinating coaching for Oceania nations that attend the regatta.

Dongyoon Lee from Japan's 'Sport for Tomorrow' presented to the group opportunities for Oceania Nations in the lead up to the 2020 Tokoyo Olympic Games.

The Fiji Yachting Association presented to the group plans for the Oceania Training Centre.

Sarah Kenny, Australian Sailing Vice-President, World Sailing Council member (representing Region L - Oceania) and Chair of the World Sailing Events Committee gave the group an update on recent World Sailing meetings in Singapore.

Conference facilities at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron

 Australian National training centre for windsurfing is now based at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron