| Event: | Sailing |
| Games: | 1983 |
| Prev: | 1981 |
| Next: | 1985 |
The Sailing at the 1983 Southeast Asian Games was held between 31 May to 4 June at Changi Water Sport Complex.
| Lark |  Lock Hong Kit---- Leow Cheng Hong |  Heryono Soekarno---- Sani Hamdani |  Vinal Vongtim---- B. Maneenopaat | |
| 470 | Khor Chek Leong---- Siew Shaw Her |  Tun Thein---- Than Sein | Pudji Ganefo Iryanto---- Kris Subiantoro | |
| Hobbie 16 | Tan Tee Suan---- Edwin Low | Santi Thamasucharit---- S. Tipavongse |  Vicente Herrera---- Vivian Veloso | |
| International | Eddy Sulistyanto |  Tang Wai Chee | Khin Thein | |
| Maxi Laser | SINGAPORE | INDONESIA | PHILIPPINES |
| Windglider | Policarpio Ortega | Ramli Bain | Bamroong Ruamsap | |
| Mistral | W. Wichithong | Tan Eng Guan | Ho Kah Soon | |
| Windsurfer | Saard Panyawan | Ramle Mohd Salleh | Chong Chin Nan |
| Individual | Fath Daud Wangka | Jaime Legarda | Prospero Olivas | |
| Jumps | Fath Daud Wangka | Jaime Legarda | Prospero Olivas | |
| Slalom | Fath Daud Wangka | Jasmin Hussein | Jaime Legarda | |
| Tricks | Anoy Tulong | William Teo | Fath Daud Wangka | |
| Mixed Team | INDONESIA | PHILIPPINES | SINGAPORE---- MALAYSIA |
| Individual | Margarita Villareal | Inawati Setiawan | Nunik Nudiarty | |
| Jumps | Margarita Villareal | Inawati Setiawan | Nunik Nudiarty | |
| Tricks | Herawati Aisyah | Inawati Setiawan | Nunik Nudiarty | |
| Slalom | Margarita Villareal | Inawati Setiawan | Leobeth Ylaya |