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Hansa Class Queensland Champs Proceeding but Skud 18 Nationals Cancelled

The 2021 Hansa Class Queensland Championships will still be going ahead from Friday 8th October to Sunday 10th October 2021, hosted by Southport Yacht Club, Hollywell.

QLD

Tue 31 Aug 2021

Airlie Beach Race Week’s penultimate day

Two days of racing remain at Whitsunday Sailing Club’s Airlie Beach Race Week, which continues today with a mix of windward/leewards and passage racing, all starting on Pioneer Bay in the stunning Whitsunday Islands – or Paradise, as it is known to those who live there and visitors to the region.

QLD

Wed 18 Aug 2021

SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week returns in September

SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) returns to the sailing calendar in September, and Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) and its organising committee are looking forward to hosting this essential event for the community, and those entrants who are able to join in this year.

QLD

Tue 17 Aug 2021

Hairy blokes have their day at Airlie Beach Race Week

Tim McCall and the Hairy McClary crew from the Capricornia Cruising Yacht Club in Queensland had their day in the sun at Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing, their race win taking Tim McCall’s Trailable yacht to a one point lead overall

QLD

Tue 17 Aug 2021

Southport Yacht Club - Qoin Sail Paradise Race Week Trailer Released

Southport Yacht Club has released a short preview for their upcoming 2022 Qoin Sail Paradise Race Week. The 3-minute trailer undoubtedly captures what an exciting event this premier sailing regatta has become for sailing in Australia as it enters its 13th year.

QLD

Wed 28 Jul 2021

Magnetic Island launches ‘Charm Offensive’ on Race Week entrants

Magnetic Island has turned heads for eons, but since SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week was added to the northern sailing regattas in 2007, competitors from far and wide have been captivated. James Permezel's Hanse 445 ‘Charm Offensive’, now based in the picturesque Picnic Bay, is set to join Race Week.

QLD

Wed 14 Jul 2021

Mass Exodus as Boaties Head to Airlie Beach Race Week

Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) officials and members are looking forward to welcoming a record number of competitors and their supporters to the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), to be held from 12-19 August in the stunning Whitsunday islands.

QLD

Wed 14 Jul 2021

2021 ASBA National Titles

There must be something about sailing on Queensland waters in winter because the 2021 ASBA National Titles hosted by Darling Point Sailing Squadron has attracted 20 Sports Boats to the regatta with just under a week until the starters gun.

QLD Queensland

Tue 22 Jun 2021

The Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club Gaff Rig regatta 2021

Thank you once again to the Sponsors, Competitors, Media and Volunteers who made the 2021 Gaff Rig regatta a great success.

QLD

Thu 17 Jun 2021

Record tumbles as cool cats and tris join in for Airlie Beach Race Week

With entries not due to close until Monday 2 August, Airlie Beach Race Week has already reached an unprecedented high of 139 boats, outstripping the event’s record of 133 in 2016 and more than doubled those of 2020 when COVID interfered.

QLD Queensland

Thu 10 Jun 2021

TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST MEN ON WATER TO COMPETE AT HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK 2021

Two of Australia’s fastest men on water; maritime marvels who have been quite comfortable while travelling at more than 130 knots, will go head-to-head in August at Australia’s premier yachting regatta, Hamilton Island Race Week.

QLD Queensland

Mon 24 May 2021

Bringing the sisters and soul together at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week

Townsville sailor Donna Dewhurst is happily heading to her 10th SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) where she will arrive with the usual all-female crew and her Hunter 310, Soul Sister, for Townsville Yacht Club’s annual event, which opens spring racing and closes the season of major sailing events in Northern Queensland each year.

QLD Queensland

Thu 13 May 2021

Heavy hitters heading to Airlie Beach Race Week

A trio of past Sydney Hobart winners in Geoff Boettcher, Darryl Hodgkinson and Phil Turner, along with yachting champion Marcus Blackmore, are among the heavy hitters heading north to race in the IRC Passage Division at the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week, to be held from 12-19 August, 2021.

QLD

Wed 05 May 2021

The great Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta in July - SCOR 2021 The

The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club will again be conducting the popular Sunshine Coast Ocean Re-gatta (SCOR 2021) on 17 and 18 July in the sparkling coastal waters between Noosa and Caloun-dra, with a feeder race from Brisbane on 16 July.

QLD

Tue 13 Apr 2021

Airlie Beach Race Week: Fast boats quick on the draw with early entries

Adrian Walters was quick on the draw when entries opened for Airlie Beach Race Week 2021; his fun and fast Rob Shaw 11 Metre design, Little Nico, was the first entry received by the Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) and other boats that are speedy on the water closely followed suit.

QLD QLD Club News

Fri 09 Apr 2021