Sailing clubs and yacht clubs Australia

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Taree Aquatic Club (trading as Sailos) is a licensed community club and active dinghy/trailer-yacht sailing club on the Manning River at 1 Macquarie Street, Taree, NSW. The club combines hospitality and functions with a long-established sailing section that races dinghies and trailer yachts on a river course that starts and finishes at the clubhouse.

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Tin Can Bay Yacht Club is a community-focused yacht club located at Norman Point, Tin Can Bay, Queensland. The club runs an active season of club racing (September–May), social sailing and cruising activities, an established Flying Fifteen racing fleet, and a Green Fleet learn-to-sail program for juniors and adults. Club facilities include a clubhouse with bar and café (managed by Tin Can Bay Country Club), hardstand boat storage and rigging areas, and event hosting such as the annual Bay to Bay race to Hervey Bay.

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Kettering Yacht Club is a friendly racing club at Oyster Cove Marina, Kettering, on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel south of Hobart. It runs twilight races, kite nights, a winter series, the Channel Challenge and the Pipe Opener weekend from Hobart to Kettering, plus a Discover Sailing Start Crewing course for newcomers.

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Ord River Sailing Club is a small dinghy club based in the Kununurra / Lake Argyle area of Western Australia’s East Kimberley. The club sails on Lake Argyle and nearby Lake Kununurra and has a documented history of Tasar dinghy racing from the mid-1980s. In 2026 the organisation re‑emerged with community activation events and formal affiliation with the national body, signalling a new phase of membership growth and beginner activity.

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Concord & Ryde Sailing Club (CRSC) is a family-oriented sailing club on the Parramatta River based at Bennelong Park, Putney. Sailing has run here since 1945 with organised dinghy and catamaran racing (fleet classes including Firebug, Catamaran, Heron, Moth, NS14, Paper Tiger, Spiral, Tasar) typically on Saturdays at 14:00 during the season (September–April). The club offers extensive training programs and Learn to Sail courses for juniors and adults, maintains a clubhouse and canteen (open Saturdays 09:00 during the season), and runs community events and development activities.

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Manning River Sailing Club is a family-focused dinghy club based on the Manning River at Taree, NSW. The club has a strong junior development tradition (Sabots feeding into VJ two-person racing boats), supports Sailability programs, and operates from a clubhouse and rigging area on William Wynter Drive with river access and a concrete launching ramp.

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Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club is a volunteer-run community yacht and dinghy club on the Grace Street peninsula at Mannering Park, on the southern basin of Lake Macquarie, NSW. The club runs regular Saturday and Wednesday twilight racing across a mixed fleet of trailer sailers, small fixed‑keel yachts, dinghies and catamarans, and provides learn-to-sail programmes for juniors and adults alongside community Discover Sailing events.

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Chipping Norton Lake Sailing Club is a community-focused dinghy sailing club on Chipping Norton Lake in south‑west Sydney. Established in 1995 and operating from the Lakes Boat Shed at Angle Park, the club runs regular Saturday afternoon racing, volunteer-led learn-to-sail programs for juniors and adults, Sailability and an Access dinghy for sailors with disability, and a strong social culture centred on post-race barbecues and fundraising.

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Princess Royal Sailing Club (PRSC) is a long-established yacht and community sailing club based at Pagoda Point, Little Grove, on the southern shore of Princess Royal Harbour, about nine kilometres from Albany town centre, Western Australia. The club operates a full racing calendar (October–June), an accredited Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre for keelboat training, an active Sailability program, marina berthing and hard‑stand facilities, and a busy social and events program in a harbour‑front clubhouse.

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Robe Yacht Club has been sailing on Guichen Bay since 1954, carrying on a regatta tradition in Robe that dates back to 1859. From its clubhouse at Karatta Beach, built in 2002, it offers sail training, social sailing and racing on one of the prettiest bays on South Australia's Limestone Coast.

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The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is a leading Sydney yacht club based at Darling Point on Rushcutters Bay, best known as the host club of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The Club runs an extensive racing calendar (inshore and offshore), operates a deep-water marina and hardstand, and offers training, youth pathways and community sailing initiatives.

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Richmond River Sailing & Rowing Club (RRSRC) is a volunteer-run sailing and rowing club located on the Richmond River at 2 River Street, Ballina, New South Wales. The club runs an active mixed sailing program (catamarans, trailer-sailers, twin-wire skiffs and dinghies), regular club racing on handicap, seasonal learn-to-sail courses and a social rowing section. RRSRC stages regattas that attract interstate competitors and is embedded in Ballina's riverfront community.

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Community sailing club on the Hawkesbury River near Brooklyn (Dead Horse Bay). Run by volunteer parents/carers, the club runs a Learn to Sail program, junior and skiff racing (Manly Juniors, Flying 11s, 125s, VS 15ft skiffs, 13ft skiffs and 16ft skiffs) and operates on Saturdays in the spring/summer season (October to March). The site mentions safety-boat training and VHF marine radio notes; contact: hornsbysailing@gmail.com.

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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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Oxley Sailing Club is a volunteer-run dinghy club based at 142 Leybourne Street, Chelmer, sailing on the Indooroopilly Reach of the Brisbane River. The club runs a September–April Saturday afternoon racing season focused on mixed off-the-beach dinghies (Pacers are a core fleet), offers junior Tackers courses and adult learn-to-sail sessions, and maintains a long-standing interclub rivalry with South Brisbane Sailing Club.

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Volunteer-run, family-friendly yacht club on the foreshore at Rhyll, on Phillip Island's north-east corner, racing dinghies, multihulls, trailerables and keelboats from October to April.

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Henley Sailing Club is an off-the-beach dinghy club on West Beach, Adelaide, with an unbroken history dating to 1911. The volunteer-run club operates from a member-built clubhouse on Seaview Road and offers casual sailing, club racing, accredited Discover Sailing courses, powerboat training and community-focused events. Facilities are beach-orientated with broad sand launching, lawns, generous parking and beach tractors/buggies for moving boats.

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Mackay Sailing Club is a mixed yacht and dinghy club based in Mackay, Queensland, operating a beach-launched dinghy (Off The Beach) section from Shoal Point on Mackay's Northern Beaches and a yacht/trailer-sailer section from Mackay Harbour. The club runs Learn-to-Sail, junior Sabot/O'pen Skiff activity, club racing, race training and social cruising, and organises the annual Mackay Festival of Sails.

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Saratoga Sailing Club is a community sailing club on the Saratoga Peninsula, Central Coast NSW, organising casual sailing, racing (including Sundays and regattas) and social activities. The club hosts junior membership and welcomes new sailors of varying experience. The clubhouse includes a ground-level boat storage area and an elevated hall (refurbished 2023) with kitchen, deck and views over Brisbane Water that the club hires for functions (weddings, engagements, birthdays and community events).

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Meningie Sailing Club sails on Lake Albert at Meningie, on the edge of the Coorong in South Australia's Lower Lakes. It runs Come and Try Sailing for beginners, club and team racing, a Winter Series and the annual Goolwa to Meningie Sailing Classic, with SailPass registration for newcomers.

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Metung Yacht Club is a community yacht and sailing club on the Gippsland Lakes in Metung, Victoria. The club runs organised sailing programs and events (including regattas, twilight racing and cruising), supports junior and adult learn-to-sail and advanced courses, and offers clubhouse facilities, member & visitor conveniences and social activities. The site notes the club is located adjacent to a full-service marina.

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Small affiliated club sailing on Lake Leslie, a freshwater dam on the Condamine near Warwick in Queensland's Southern Downs, a rare inland racing venue far from the coast.

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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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Christies Sailing Club is a family-friendly sailing club on the Esplanade at Christies Beach, South Australia. The club is an accredited Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre and runs junior, teenager and adult sailing training courses, Discover Sailing events, regular club racing (including the Fleurieu Classic / Christies to Hobart race), and social activities. Club facilities include a licensed bar, kitchen and change rooms. The club also uses a nearby hardstand facility at O'Sullivan Beach Boat Ramp for short-term storage of trailerable yachts and sports boats with masts up.