This is a list of the Australian National Champions – note that it reads like a who’s who of Australian yachting.
| YEAR | LOCATION | BOAT | HELMSMAN | CREW |
| 1979 | Yahtzee | A Hunn | A Buckland D Buckley I Murray |
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| 1980 | Kurindi | J Cassidy | S Lissiman B Style C Thompson |
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| 1981 | Won One | G Gietz | R Brewer A Sutherland C Sutherland |
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| 1982 | Bandit | M Bethwaite | J Diacopoulos I McDiarmid G Read B Snyder |
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| 1983 | Haywire | R Hagan | K Barry-Cotter P Cook R Hall |
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| 1984 | Showdown | I Gibson | J F Cassidy M Cassidy D Gibson H Smith |
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| 1985 | Short Circuit | A Short | G Vaughn I Short P Short P Wade |
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| 1986 | Short Circuit | A Short | G Vaughn I Short P Short P Wade |
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| 1987 | Panache | M Willson | G Gietz L Jamieson P Small R Willson |
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| 1988 | Panache | M Willson | R Carroll D Gibson M Hayes R Willson |
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| 1989 | Chardonay | M Walters | A Brown G Ponson H Walters C Wood |
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| 1990 | Stockcar | R Brewer | A Coughlan J Coughlan M Hurley R Pearson |
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| 1991 | Madder ‘N’ Badder | C Links | A Coughlan L Condell G Gudmunson A Wiseman |
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| 1992 | Pinot | R Waterhouse | J Neergaard C Pocklington G Taylor T Wood |
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| 1993 | Divine Madness | I Walker | M Colbourne G Durran S Jackson S Peel |
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| 1994 | Convicts on Tour | Ian Bashford | Bradley Anson Bruce Anson Glen Coulton Phil Smidmore |
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| 1995 | Haywire | Robert Hagan | Robert Fairhall Richard Fellew Julian Plante Christopher Wood |
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| 1996 | Wildfire | Glenn Coulton | Nikki Claringbold Gai Clough Dale Sharp Rob Sinclair |
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| 1997 | Duesburys | Nick Chapman | Sean Healy Martin O’Donhue Adrian Seymour Glen Ferguson |
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| 1998 | Wildfire | Julian Plante | Lee Backway Greg Barber Nikki Claringbold Gai Clough Sarah Clough |
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| 1999 | Innamincka | Gary Gietz | Juliet Badderly John Crawford Stuart Dart Max Pourfect |
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| 2000 | Lake Macquarie | Convicts Revenge | Stephen Girdis | Andrea Gambacaorti Chris Goggin Angus McKechnie Ray Pearson |
| 2001 | Melbourne | Convicts Revenge | Stephen Girdis | Andrea Gambacaorti Chris Goggin Angus McKechnie Ray Pearson |
| 2002 | Sydney | Vertigo | Hugo Ottaway | Doug Lithgow Paul Newcoman Jan Talacko Katana Vick |
| 2003 | Perth | Code Violation | Doug McGain | L Edmunds S Kernaghan M Pedlow A Verdon |
| 2004 | Lake Macquarie | Yokozuna | Sean Kirkjian | Gary Holland Ian MacDiarmid Jeremy Pearce Duncan Rutherford |
| 2005 | Adelaide | Death Star | Sean Kirkjian | Fiona Gardner Gary Holland Ian MacDiarmid Duncan Rutherford |
| 2006 | Melbourne | Fly Emirates | Sean Wallis | Simon Cunningham Billy Leonard Kate Smith David Somerville |
| 2007 | Sydney | Death Star | Sean Kirkjian | Angus Grinham Ian MacDiarmid Duncan Rutherford Andrew Verdon |
| 2008 | Perth | Code Violation | Doug McGain | Tony Reynolds Adam Ross Tim Smith Wulf Wilkins |
| 2009 | Adelaide | Wetty Gripper | Sean Wallis | Simon Cunningham Todd Harnett David Somerville Kirk Zulsdorf |
| 2010 | Melbourne | Wetty Gripper | Sean Wallis | Simon Cunningham Todd Harnett David Somerville Billy Leonard |
| 2011 | Sydney | Death Star | Sean Kirkjian | Shane Guanaria Tim Bilham David Keyte Duncan Rutherford |
| 2012 | Adelaide | Pacemaker | David Suda | Herschel Landes Luke Mathews Sam Clayton Rachel Suda |
| 2013 | Melbourne | Kaotic | Ben Lamb | Arthur Crothers Ricky McGarvie Simon Williams Wulf Wilkins |
| 2014 | Sydney | Convicts Revenge | Steven Girdis | Chris Goggin Angus McKechnie Ray Pearson N Wild |
| 2015 | Adelaide | Pacemaker | David Suda | Herschel Landes Luke Mathews Sam Clayton Rachel Suda |
| 2016 | Melbourne | Pacemaker | David Suda | Herschel Landes Luke Mathews Sam Clayton Rachel Suda |
| 2017 | Cronulla | Sailpac |
Sean Kirkjian | Tony Reynolds Andrew Halliday Richard Thompson Mathew Mitchell |
| 2018 | Melbourne | Bruschetta VI | Hugo Ottaway | |
| 2019 | Adelaide | By the Lee | Brendan Lee |
Rory Groves
Dan Cave
Peter Lee
Keren Reynolds
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| 2020 | Sydney | Checkmate | Brendan Lee |
Dan Cave
Daniel Abbas
Keren Reynolds
Will Sheers
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| 2021 | Not held | |||
| 2022 | Melbourne | Tinto | Steve Wright | Karyn Grover Cath Thornton-Rofe Alex Cawsey Ian Goodbury |
| 2023 | Cronulla | Sailpac | Sean Kirkjian | Shane Guanaria Tony Reynolds Carol Writer Annemarie Parkes |
| 2024 | Sydney | Innamincka | John Crawford | Dale Sharp Natalie Butterworth Eva Stadler Violette Russell |
| 2025 | Melbourne | Vice Versa | Sean Kirkjian | Shane Guanaria Margot van der Poel Oliver Guanaria Tony Reynolds |
| 2026 | Melbourne |
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