{"id":6793,"date":"2018-01-25T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T04:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2018-02-07T19:48:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T08:48:44","slug":"festival-sails-geelong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/festival-sails-geelong\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Sails Geelong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More great weekend activity in our region.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival of Sails is the largest annual keel boat regatta in the Southern Hemisphere with over 300 yacht entries and 3,000 competitors annually taking part in the event. 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