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Sailing club
Port Cygnet Sailing Club has been sailing on Port Cygnet in the Huon Valley since 1863 and is home to the Cygnet Regatta, held every March. Today it runs keelboat racing, a Go Yacht Racing program, Discover Sailing for juniors, a Water Women program, a cruising group, St Ayles skiff rowing and radio-controlled sailing, with moorings, a slipway and a clubhouse for hire.
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Port Cygnet Sailing Club has been sailing on Port Cygnet in the Huon Valley since 1863 and is home to the Cygnet Regatta, held every March. Today it runs keelboat racing, a Go Yacht Racing program, Discover Sailing for juniors, a Water Women program, a cruising group, St Ayles skiff rowing and radio-controlled sailing, with moorings, a slipway and a clubhouse for hire.
Service area: Cygnet, TAS
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Port Cygnet Sailing Club (PCSC) is based at 145 Lymington Road, Cygnet, on the sheltered waters of Port Cygnet in Tasmania's Huon Valley, about an hour south of Hobart. It is a busy community club with something for almost everyone: a keelboat racing season, the Go Yacht Racing program for people new to racing, Discover Sailing training for juniors and youth, the Water Women program, a PCSC Cruising Group, St Ayles skiff rowing and a radio-controlled sailing group.
The club offers mooring hire, a slipway and tender storage, and the clubhouse can be hired for functions. Race entry is managed through SailSys, and the season opens with an Opening Day each October. See other clubs in the area on our Cygnet sailing clubs page.
PCSC has pathways for both newcomers and experienced sailors. Juniors and youth learn through Discover Sailing, Australian Sailing's accredited training program, with youth sessions returning each October. For adults, Go Yacht Racing is a friendly introduction to keelboat racing — a chance to crew on local boats, learn the ropes and find out what racing is all about without needing a boat of your own.
The Water Women program gives women a supportive space to build confidence and skills on the water, and the PCSC Cruising Group is ideal for those more interested in exploring than racing. If you prefer oars to sails, the club's St Ayles skiff rowing program offers a sociable way to get on the water, and the radio-controlled sailing group races model yachts closer to shore.
The clubhouse sits at 145 Lymington Road overlooking Port Cygnet, a sheltered inlet off the Huon River estuary. The protected water makes it a comfortable place to learn and race, while the wider Huon and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel open up longer passages and cruising further afield, with Bruny Island across the channel.
On shore, the club offers mooring hire, a slipway and tender storage, and the clubhouse is available for functions. A Northern Deck project is under way to improve the facilities further. For other clubs in the Huon region, see Huon Yacht Club at Port Huon and Port Esperance Sailing Club at Dover.
Port Cygnet is one of the calmest corners of the Huon, which is why it's so popular for family sailing and moorings. See our Cygnet sailing clubs page for more.
Port Cygnet Sailing Club was formed in May 1863 on the shores of Robley's Point. Its first functions were held in a tent, and its first races were sailed in dinghies. From those beginnings grew the Cygnet Regatta, held every March and described by the club as one of Australia's oldest continuous sailing events.
Over the years the club has broadened well beyond racing. Today it combines keelboat racing with junior training, rowing, radio sailing, cruising and a women's program — a mix that reflects its role at the heart of the Cygnet community.
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