Jordan, 16, of Wyee Point, will travel to Brisbane in July to defend his title at the Queensland Youth Week Sailing Regatta.

Last week, he was the recipient of an Australian Government Local Sporting Champions Grant for $500 for his sailing achievements.

The year 11 student at Avondale School, Cooranbong, received the grant from federal member for Charlton, Pat Conroy.

A former member of the Hunter Institute of Sport's sailing youth development squad, Jordan is now mixing it with open age sailors.

In December, he won the Laser Radial class in the Sail Melbourne regatta, a national open-age event.

"I want to qualify for the World Youth Sailing Championships next year, and to do that I have to be the best performed sailor in Australia over three qualifying events," he said.

Two of those qualifying events will be held this December, with the final event in July.

Jordan said he was grateful to receive the federal grant from Mr Conroy.

"This will help with my travel costs to Queensland and maybe even upgrade some boat gear before the qualifiers," he said.

Mr Conroy said the grant was well deserved.

"It is great to be able to recognise Jordan's achievement and present him with a Local Sporting Champions Grant at Avondale School, in front of his peers," Mr Conroy said.

"These grants are a really great way to boost the confidence of young sports stars, but also to acknowledge that a lot of time and expense goes in to meeting the demands of competition at a high level.

"Jordan is a really talented sailor and his performance at the nationals places him as one of the best in the country. Lake Macquarie has a proud reputation of producing world-class sailors, so I hope to see great things from Jordan."

The Local Sporting Champions program targets young people aged 12 to 18 for travel, accommodation, uniforms or equipment.