Sailing clubs and yacht clubs Australia

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Urunga Sail Training Club is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit dinghy sailing school on the NSW North Coast that teaches Australian Sailing Start Sailing and Better Sailing courses on the calm estuarine reaches where the Bellinger and Kalang rivers meet the sea. Family-oriented and deliberately low-pressure, the club maintains a training fleet so members and students can learn without owning a boat, runs regular community sailing activities such as a Sunday “Coffee Run” to Mylestom, and works closely with Sailability Urunga and local community groups.

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Parkdale Yacht Club is a community sailing club on the long beach of Port Phillip Bay in Parkdale, VIC. The club runs organised racing (summer and winter Sunday series, twilight sailing), hosts regattas and events, offers Learn to Sail programs (junior, adult and windsurfing) and operates a SailPass casual-sailing option. The clubhouse and new facilities are also promoted for venue hire and club social events. Contact details and event calendar are available on the club website.

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Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is a major Perth yacht club based on the Swan River at Crawley with an annexe in Fremantle. The Club supports keelboat and off‑the‑beach sailing, runs accredited adult and junior learn‑to‑sail courses, and operates marina, hardstand and event facilities including superyacht pens at its locations.

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Established in 1869, the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron (RSAYS) is a historic keelboat-focused sailing club based at Outer Harbor, Adelaide. The Squadron offers marina berths, slipway and launch facilities, an active racing and cruising programme, junior and adult learn-to-sail activities and a full social calendar for members and guests.

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Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) is a waterfront sailing club in Geelong offering a large member clubhouse and organised sailing programs alongside marina and yard facilities. The Club operates a 270-berth marina with temporary and permanent berthing, three public swing moorings nearby, on-site 24-hour EFTPOS fuel pumps supplying diesel and unleaded, a 3,000 kg SWL crane, mast hoist and a slipway (available subject to bookings/fees). RGYC runs a Sailing Academy and a range of practical courses and training including learn-to-sail programs, powerboat courses and radio/first-aid courses. The Club also offers visitor berthing arrangements and recommends phone booking ahead.

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Black Rock Yacht Club is a not-for-profit water-based sporting club at Half Moon Bay, Black Rock (10 Cerberus Way). The club runs organised sailing programs including junior and youth sailing schools, youth and senior racing classes, learn-to-sail and race-training/coaching. The venue also hosts events, championships and social activities; the club bar and bistro are open to the public on set days. Contact options are listed on the club website.

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Geraldton Yacht Club is a long-established sailing and community club on the Geraldton foreshore (Champion Bay) offering organised sailing activities, club racing, regattas, youth and learn-to-sail programs, social events, licensed dining and function spaces. The club webpage references marina facilities including pen hire/booking contact, launching ramps and boat storage, and notes community programs such as Sailability and an affiliated offshore fishing club.

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Walpole Yacht Club is a small, community-centred dinghy club on Coalmine Beach at the Nornalup Inlet on Western Australia’s south coast. Set inside the Walpole and Nornalup Inlets Marine Park and fringed by karri and peppermint forest, the club runs local sailing, social activities and an annual In the Trees (In the Tree’s) Regatta held over the Labour Day long weekend in March. The club welcomes visiting trailer-sailors and families and supports informal junior and learn-to-sail activity alongside other water-based recreation.

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Chelsea Yacht Club is an off‑the‑beach sailing and community club on the Chelsea foreshore (Chelsea, VIC) offering organised dinghy and catamaran sailing programs, social events and venue hire. The club runs Learn to Sail courses (Tackers for primary school age through to adult Start Sailing/Better Sailing), Come & Try sessions (SailPass), regular on‑water racing and volunteer race‑officer activities. The club provides boat and board storage options at its foreshore clubhouse and at a nearby indoor facility called “The Boat Hub” (Chelsea Heights), and hosts social events, a members’ bar and catering for functions.

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Cowes Yacht Club is a yacht and sailing club on Phillip Island (Cowes) overlooking Western Port. The club runs a program of on-water events and regattas for off-the-beach boats and trailer yachts, hosts community sailing events (eg. Discover Sailing Day, Around French Island Catamaran Challenge, Westernport Challenge) and offers learn-to-sail courses and junior programs (Start Sailing, Tackers, OutThere, Greenfleet). New and social members are welcomed; the website lists a club calendar and contact details for bookings and enquiries.

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Royal Brighton Yacht Club is a sailing and yachting club based in Middle Brighton, Victoria. The club runs organised sailing programs, regattas and club sailing activities, and publishes sailing notices, calendars and race management information. The site also highlights learn-to-sail pathways and youth programs (Little Tackers, Tackers and school holiday programs), training and development materials, and club facilities such as a gym and events/calendar pages for members.

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Maylands Yacht Club is a community sailing club on the Swan River in Maylands (Perth), WA. The club runs organised dinghy sailing activities including competitive racing (summer and winter series), coaching and a Learn to Sail program (Discovery Sailing Centre) with Dinghy, Tackers and school-holiday junior courses. Club boats and buoyancy vests are provided for training. The club also runs junior and training fleets and lists contacts for general enquiries and hall/venue hire.

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Dunsborough Bay Yacht Club is a volunteer-run, family-oriented sailing club on Geographe Bay in Dunsborough, Western Australia. The club runs junior and learn-to-sail programs, organises regattas and social events, maintains a clubhouse with bar and amenities, and supports dinghy, trailer-sailer and keelboat sailing. The club site mentions Quindalup Moorings and a 'Book a Mooring' option and provides facilities including beach launching, rigging lawn, showers and upstairs alfresco viewing areas.

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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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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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Bendigo Yacht Club is a family-centred sailing club based at Lake Eppalock (Eppalock, VIC). The club runs competitive racing, cruising and social programs, and offers learn-to-sail programs (an accredited Discover Sailing Centre) including Sailability Bendigo for all abilities. Facilities listed include a clubhouse (kitchen, lounge, bathrooms, decking), BBQ and dining areas, jetty, swimming area, launching ramps, rescue facilities, camping and limited caravan sites, boat storage and a playground. Weekly training sessions and a racing calendar with trophy series and club championships are promoted on the site.

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East Fremantle Yacht Club is a long-established yacht and sailing club on the Swan River offering organised sailing and social programs, membership options, a clubhouse with bar & restaurant, gym and sauna, training courses (kids and adult learn-to-sail and powerboating), and on-water facilities including pens, moorings and a launching ramp. The club also handles member services such as pen/mooring registration, fuel and ice access for eligible members, event and function venue hire, and community sailing events.

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Humpybong Yacht Club is an off-the-beach sailing club based at Woody Point (Hornibrook Esplanade) serving north Brisbane and the southern Sunshine Coast. The club runs Learn to Sail programs for children and adults, fleet coaching (Optimist Green/Blue/Red, intermediate coaching), youth racing and club regattas. It offers membership, volunteer opportunities and a club calendar of events.

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The Cruising Yacht Club of Hamilton Island (CYCHI) is a volunteer-run community yacht club based on Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, Queensland. Best known for its Wednesday Twilight Sailing Series and an annual CYCHI Regatta, the club welcomes visiting and resident cruising yachts of all sizes and runs junior learn-to-sail programs alongside social racing and community events.

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Hobsons Bay Yacht Club (HBYC) is a community-focused yacht and sailing club on the Nelson Place waterfront at Williamstown, Victoria. Operating since 1888, the club runs year‑round keelboat and dinghy racing, junior and adult learn-to-sail programmes through its Boating Academy, cruising activities, and active social and event facilities. The club sails on Hobsons Bay — the north‑west corner of Port Phillip — and shares the Williamstown waterfront with several longstanding Victorian yacht clubs.

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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.

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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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Port Dalrymple Yacht Club (PDYC) is a mixed yacht club based at Beauty Point on the Tamar River (Port Dalrymple) in northern Tasmania. The club supports keelboat and dinghy racing, a learn-to-sail program, radio-controlled DF65 model yacht racing and club social activities from its clubhouse and waterfront facilities at Kemps Parade.

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Wynyard Yacht Club is a busy community club on Tasmania's north-west coast, running learn to sail for kids, youth and adults, casual sailing and Saturday racing, Sailability, school and community programs and MAST powerboat licence courses. It hosted the 58th International Mirror Class Australian Championships in January 2026 and offers venue hire.