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Sailing club
Kingston Beach Sailing Club is a friendly family club at the southern end of Kingston Beach, where the River Derwent meets the open water south of Hobart. Founded by local sailing families in 1954, it runs a sailing school for juniors and adults, Tackers courses, powerboat courses, and a season of social and competitive racing from October to April.
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Kingston Beach Sailing Club is a friendly family club at the southern end of Kingston Beach, where the River Derwent meets the open water south of Hobart. Founded by local sailing families in 1954, it runs a sailing school for juniors and adults, Tackers courses, powerboat courses, and a season of social and competitive racing from October to April.
Service area: Kingston Beach, TAS
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Kingston Beach Sailing Club (KBSC) is based at 44 Osborne Esplanade, at the southern end of Kingston Beach, about 20 minutes south of Hobart. It was set up in 1954 by local sailing families who wanted a safe, friendly place for everyone to sail, and that is still the feel of the club today.
The club runs a sailing school for beginners, intermediate sailors and adults — including Tackers courses for kids and Adult Start Sailing in club Pacer dinghies — as well as powerboat courses, coaching and a racing season from October to April with both social and competitive races. There is boat storage for members, a clubhouse with a canteen, and the clubrooms are available for venue hire. You can see other clubs in the area on our Kingston Beach sailing clubs page.
KBSC's sailing school is open to the public and caters for beginners, intermediate sailors and adults. Kids start in the Tackers courses, Australian Sailing's learn-to-sail program for young sailors, while adults can join Adult Start Sailing 1, taught by instructors in the club's own Pacer dinghies — so you do not need your own boat to begin. Courses run through the season, with an Adult Start Sailing course scheduled across October 2026.
Once you have the basics, there is coaching to build your skills and a racing program with both social and competitive races. The club also runs powerboat courses, which are useful for anyone who wants to help out in the rescue and support boats. Volunteering is a big part of club life, with roles in the rescue boats, on shore, in the start box and in the canteen — a great way for parents to get involved while their kids are on the water.
The club sits at 44 Osborne Esplanade, at the southern end of Kingston Beach, near where the River Derwent meets the more open water leading to Storm Bay. It is about 20 minutes' drive south of Hobart, which makes it an easy weekend option for families in the Kingborough area.
The waters off Kingston Beach give the club a mix of conditions: sheltered water close to the beach for learners and bigger breezes further out for racing. Further south, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island are within reach for those who later move into keelboats and cruising. On shore there is a clubhouse with a canteen, boat storage for members, and function space for hire.
See our Kingston Beach sailing clubs page for more clubs in the area.
Kingston Beach Sailing Club was founded in 1954 by local sailing families who wanted a safe, friendly environment where everyone could enjoy sailing. More than seventy years later, that family focus is still at the heart of the club: a volunteer-run program where parents help in the rescue boats and canteen while their children learn on the water, and where many sailors have gone from their first Tackers lesson to racing on the Derwent.
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