The Payne–Mortlock Sailing Canoe is a 5.8m, two person, senior racing dinghy, rigged with a mainsail, jib and spinnaker.

Designed in the mid-late 1940s by Alan Payne, (also known for designing the Australian America's Cup Challengers, Gretel and Gretel II), Bill Payne and Bryce Mortlock, the class has been sailed in Australia for over 50 years, and is one of the few senior classes that were designed within Australia.

From there they increased the size of the hull, and the new class was introduced into Victoria through the Hobsons Bay Yacht Club.

[2] Today the Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club is the only place in Australia where regular races are still held.

[1] The canoe was based on Uffa Fox's Brynhild design, and possesses a sleek hull with two hiking planks.