As Coronavirus restrictions continue to ease around Australia, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) is pleased to announce it is full steam ahead for Airlie Beach Race Week Whitsundays Festival of Sailing.
The Queensland Cruising Yacht Club Inc. (QCYC), as the organising authority for the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, is releasing the following statement with respect to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Townsville Yacht Club is set to open entry for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) on 1 March, and rather than risk missing out as some did last year, many fingers are poised, ready to click the online entry button.
An unprecedented surge of early interest in Australia’s premier offshore regatta, Hamilton Island Race Week from August 15-22, sees the fleet growing at a rate faster than any other time in the event’s 37-year history.
Young athletes can sometimes face barriers to fulfilling their athletic potential, such as distance, cost and time constraints. During our community consultation for Activate! Queensland, athletes told us it would be helpful to receive their travel subsidies prior to travelling to competitions.
Following the success of the inaugural Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race in 2019, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in association with Hamilton Island Yacht Club have set the 2020 race start from Brisbane’s Moreton Bay for July 31.
Sport and Recreation’s latest program to open as part of Activate! Queensland 2019-2029 is Active Community Infrastructure including Community Use of Schools.
The continued expansion of the Friday afternoon junior fun sailing program at the Cairns Yacht Club has seen the first official class of Tackers take to the water. Eleven Tackers completed the course, with over half of them being female.
The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s 2019 Sail Brisbane Regatta (Off the Beach Classes, All Ages) entry list is starting to fill-in, with entries from the Finn, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, OK Dinghy, Optimist and VX Ones classes.Â
The Mooloolah River will become the ‘race track’ for the 2019 Australian Women’s Match Racing Championships, hosted by Mooloolaba Yacht Club and Australian Sailing from October 11-13.
Challenging conditions for the fleet of the 2019 Hart Cup ranged from almost calm to 25 knots - with two yachts choosing to anchor at Bribie Island overnight.