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Abell Point Yacht Club is a volunteer-run, mixed sail-and-power yacht club based at Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays (postal address Cannonvale). Founded in 1997, the club focuses on social racing, cruising and community events rather than formal sail-training or trophy-driven competition. Members gather for monthly social nights (usually the first Thursday, February–December) using Whitsunday Sailing Club rooms, and the club organises multi-day coastal rallies, casual cruise weekends and occasional races such as the Warri Cup and the Round the Molles.

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Adelaide Sailing Club is a large family-focused beach-launching club with keelboat facilities at West Beach, South Australia. Based at 9 Barcoo Road inside the Holdfast Shores / West Beach Parks precinct, the club runs a full program of learn-to-sail courses (Tackers and Start Sailing), junior and youth training, broad club racing for off‑the‑beach and keelboat classes, major regattas including national and international events, and an established Sailability programme using Hansa-class boats. The clubhouse includes lawn rigging areas, protected launching, boat storage, wash-down facilities and a professionally run restaurant and function venue on site.

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Albert Park Yacht Club is an inland sailing club on Albert Park Lake (South Melbourne, VIC) offering organised sailing activities including regular Saturday club racing, monthly Discover Sailing Days, and learn-to-sail programs. The club promotes introductory and member training (Learn to Sail Level 1 and 2) and runs community sailing events.

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Albert Sailing Club is a community-based sailing club on Albert Park Lake (South Melbourne, VIC) that supports dinghy sailing year-round. The club offers membership options for adults, youth, juniors and families, runs regular club sailing (most Saturdays, some Sundays and midweeks), and promotes Learn to Sail / Discover Sailing programs. Clubrooms open from 10am on Saturdays; club sailing days are typically 10:00–13:00. Secure undercover boat storage is available to members. Contact details listed on the site include an email (membership@albertsc.org.au) and phone (03 9690 2374). The club posts race schedules, weekly news updates and guidance for visitors.

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Albury-Wodonga Sailing Club is a community sailing club on the shores of Lake Hume (about 20 minutes from Albury and Wodonga). The club runs competitive and social sailing, hosts the annual Sail Country regatta and other state/national events, and provides a Discover Sailing Centre with Australian Sailing–accredited learn-to-sail programs (Tackers, dinghy, keelboat), powerboat courses, Sailability (sailing for people of all abilities) and other training courses. Club facilities include a licensed café, wood-fired pizza oven, BBQ, showers/toilets (including disabled), children’s playground, large parking and rigging areas, on-site camping (limited powered sites), and a concrete boat ramp. Contact details and course/program information are available via the club website.

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Alice Springs Yacht Club is an inland yacht club based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. The club is recorded in national and regional club listings and has been represented in wider Australian yacht racing events. Local activities are centred on the Alice Springs / Todd River area rather than coastal waters.

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Allsail Sailing Club (branded Allsail) is a Pittwater-based keelboat club and sailing school that supplies and maintains a fleet of cruising yachts, sport-racers and catamarans so members can sail, race and train without owning a boat. Operating from the Ferry Wharf at Church Point, Allsail offers club membership, non-equity yacht-share tiers (Gold/Platinum), regular twilight and regatta racing, adult keelboat training afloat, offshore mile-making cruises and overseas flotilla holidays.

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Altona Yacht Club is a community sailing club in Seaholme, Victoria. The club runs organised sailing programs and events and offers learn-to-sail courses for children and adults (including junior and intermediate squads), lease boats, and a Sail Pass program. Clubhouse facilities include a canteen, bar, members lounge, function facilities, observation lounge & deck, race control tower and hot showers. The site also references boat storage and a grassed rigging area with wash-down water; members use public ramps nearby for larger safety boats.

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Anglesea Motor Yacht Club is a local sailing and boating club in Anglesea, VIC. The club runs organised sailing (noted as conducted most Sundays in summer), hosts fishing and social groups, and offers membership options (including junior and family). Facilities at the clubhouse include a function room and bar (the Rusty Anchor Bar), kitchen, decks, showers, storage for a rescue boat, car parking and an on-site launching ramp at Point Roadknight beach. The club accepts bookings for private functions (subject to membership/qualifying period) and lists a “Learn to Sail” menu item and sailing-race participation information for members.

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ANU Sailing Club is the sailing organisation for the Australian National University, based in Acton, ACT. It provides university members with opportunities to sail and engage with the local sailing community.

Sailing club

Apollo Bay Sailing Club (ABSC) is a community sailing club in Apollo Bay, VIC that runs organised sailing activities for a wide range of ages and abilities. The club holds weekly racing (November–April) for keelboats, Flying Fifteens and dinghies, supports an active cruising membership, and runs learn-to-sail programs including Tackers, Green Fleet, adult small-boat handling and Flying Fifteen introductory/intermediate sessions.

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Army Sailing Club Association (ASCA) is a sailing club for serving Australian Defence members. The club operates the Army-owned yacht Rising Sun, moored in Sydney, and offers opportunities to sail (including twilight sails) and unit/branch experiential sailing training. Membership is available to serving Defence personnel; contact by email is provided.

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Arno Bay Yacht Club is a local sailing/yacht club located in Arno Bay, South Australia. The organisation’s name and provided website suggest it operates as a club for sailors and boating enthusiasts in the Arno Bay area.

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Augusta Yacht Club is a small, member-run yacht club on the banks of the Blackwood River at Hardy Inlet, Augusta, in the Shire of Augusta‑Margaret River, Western Australia. Founded in 1994, the club runs informal but organised Sunday racing for a mixed fleet of catamarans, trailable keelboats (including RL24s) and monohulls, and in recent years has developed a significant St Ayles skiff rowing programme run in partnership with the local Augusta Rowers group. The clubhouse opened in 2000 and was substantially renovated by members in 2020 to store skiffs and provide a clubroom.

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The Australian 18 Footers League is the home of 18‑foot skiff racing on Sydney Harbour. Based at Double Bay, the League is an elite, single‑class racing organisation that runs the modern 18‑footer season, administers the JJ Giltinan world championship and operates a waterfront clubhouse, spectator ferry service and professional race broadcast operation.

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Avalon Sailing Club is a family‑focused sailing club on Clareville Beach, Pittwater (NSW). The club runs junior learn‑to‑sail groups, adult learn‑to‑sail and centreboard/yacht racing programmes, maintains club moorings and an organised cruising division, and promotes community volunteering and social events.

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Ballarat Yacht Club is a family-oriented sailing club based on the southern foreshore of Lake Wendouree in Ballarat, Victoria. The club runs an organised sailing season (October–May, with a winter series), hosts racing and events, offers junior and Learn to Sail programs (including Tackers and youth coaching), and maintains a clubhouse with social facilities. The club web pages also reference jetties, moorings/pens and a boatyard/storage and note volunteer-led improvements to club facilities and infrastructure.

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Balmain Sailing Club is a community-focused sailing club on the Balmain peninsula (Water Street, Birchgrove) in Sydney’s inner west. Re-established in 1995 from a historic 1885 waterfront club, it runs active Friday twilight and Sunday race programmes for a mixed keelboat and dinghy membership, operates a sailing school, hosts the long-running Balmain Regatta and offers a waterfront clubhouse and event venue overlooking Snails Bay and West Harbour.

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Balmoral Sailing Club is a volunteer-run dinghy club based at the eastern end of Balmoral Beach in Mosman (Middle Harbour), Sydney. The club runs active junior and adult programs, Saturday club racing (September–April), twilight racing in daylight saving, and supports large RS Aero and windsurfer fleets. On-site racking for dinghies and boards, social events and a visitor Temporary SailPass make the club accessible to new sailors and families.

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Barwon Heads Sailing Association (BHSA) is a community sailing club on the Barwon River that runs social sailing, learn-to-sail programs for juniors, teens and adults, and organised racing (including class racing and events such as the Barwon Safari and Australia Day Aggregate). The club offers limited equipment storage, a small shed, and moorings for members on a first-come, first-served basis, and operates a rescue boat to support safe racing and events.

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Batemans Bay Sailing Club is a small, volunteer-run sailing club based at Hanging Rock, Corrigans Beach, Batemans Bay, NSW. Founded in 1974, the club runs a mixed programme for keelboats and off‑the‑beach dinghies and multihulls, with racing on Batemans Bay, the Clyde River and an off‑the‑beach programme from Coila Lake near Tuross Head. The club stages the annual d'Albora Batemans Bay Marina Regatta around Anzac Day and runs year‑round social and racing activities for members.

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Bayview Yacht Racing Association (BYRA) is a volunteer-run sailing club on the southern shore of Pittwater, Bayview, NSW. The club runs active dinghy and yacht racing, Australian Sailing-accredited learn-to-sail courses for juniors and adults, a youth timber boat-building programme, a foiling pathway initiative and social events. BYRA emphasises inclusiveness and community while supporting competitive pathways that have produced national and international champions.

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Beaumaris Yacht Club in Beaumaris, VIC is a community sailing club run by sailors for sailors. The club runs regular club racing (Sunday afternoons in season), supports district/state/national participation, offers club-boat hire and helps members find crew, and operates comprehensive junior and senior Learn to Sail programs as a Sailing Australia–approved Discover Sailing Centre. The club also hosts social events, barbecues and a clubhouse available for hire; contact via sailing@beaumarisyc.com.