Sailing Clubs across Australia

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Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) is a sailing club on Pittwater at Newport, NSW offering club membership and organised sailing, racing and training programs plus waterside marine facilities. The club provides a 342-berth concrete marina with shore power and water, permanent and casual moorings, dinghy and hardstand dry storage, a 50-tonne travel lift boatyard, on-site vessel servicing tenants (including a chandlery), 7-day tender/berth assistance and shore facilities such as toilets, showers and laundry. RPAYC also runs learn-to-sail, youth development and powerboat/skipper training courses and offers visitor berthing and boatyard access.

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Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS) is a long-established sailing and cruising club located on the waterfront at Manly in Brisbane’s eastern Bayside, sailing on Moreton Bay. The Squadron runs club racing and state, national and international regattas, operates a Sailing Academy with youth and adult Learn-to-Sail and powerboat courses, and maintains marina and boatyard facilities including on-water and off-water boat storage. The website also lists fuel prices and event, coaching and cruising programs.

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Private members yacht club on Sydney Harbour (Kirribilli) offering an extensive club program and waterfront facilities. The Squadron runs a year-round sailing program and Academy with learn-to-sail and performance pathways, organises regattas and events, and provides dining, accommodation and function spaces. Waterfront services include an 18-tonne travel lift, jib and mast cranes, fuel (diesel and premium unleaded), pump-out, storage for one-design vessels, a members' workshop and access to a range of onsite marine contractors. The club also provides yacht repair services including haul-out/slip work, antifouling application, topsides polishing, prop maintenance and through-hull checks.

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The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) is a Williamstown-based sailing club on Port Phillip offering club sailing, organised racing (including state, national and international regattas), junior and adult learn-to-sail programs, and a broad training calendar. The club site and clubhouse support marina access, an expansive hardstand and yard, slipping/haul-out services and storage for visiting and member boats. Clubhouse facilities include dining, a bar, function spaces and member amenities.

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Safety Beach Sailing Club is a community yacht and sailing club at 185 Marine Drive, Safety Beach, Victoria. The club runs organised on-water programs for keelboats, off‑the‑beach classes and junior sailors, stages racing and event regattas (including Sail Peninsula), offers a junior Learn to Sail program and social/venue facilities (dining and bar, venue hire). The club website provides race calendars, results, membership info and contact details.

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Sailability NSW is a state-level not-for-profit organisation that promotes and facilitates sailing for people with disability across New South Wales. It supports a network of around 24 Sailability branches that offer recreational sailing, competitive opportunities, learn-to-sail programs, coaching and training clinics, volunteer roles, and organised events and regattas. Activities, services and programs vary by branch.

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Sandringham Yacht Club (Sandringham, VIC) is an active sailing club with an on-site marina and boatyard. The club operates a 360‑berth floating marina (max depth to 3.5 m, max boat length up to 20 m) and offers visitor berthing, water and power connections, gated access and nightly security. Yard facilities include a 40‑tonne travel lift with jib crane attachment, hardstand areas, hardstand jib cranes, forklifts, keel pits, a fuel facility (Diesel & ULP), an all‑tide double‑lane launch ramp, sail lockers and showers/toilets. The club runs extensive on‑water programs and training (learn to sail, youth programs, powerboat and radio courses) and organises regattas and events. The marina/yard is supported by on‑site services and contractors (chandlery, shipwrights, mechanics, marine electronics, rigging/trimming, brokers and other tenants).

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Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) is a waterfront sailing club at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula in Sorrento, Victoria. The club hosts Australia’s largest Couta Boat fleet with regular weekend racing (November to June), runs a Sailing Academy and Learn to Sail programs for children and adults (including youth and coaching programs), and operates a waterfront clubhouse used for dining, members’ events and private functions.

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South Brisbane Sailing Club is a community-focused sailing club on the Brisbane River near Orleigh Park in West End (QLD). The club runs organised Saturday racing (September–April), social sailing events and regattas, offers Learn to Sail programs for juniors and adults delivered by instructors, provides club dinghy hire and an active volunteer and social program, and makes a community hall available for hire.

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South of Perth Yacht Club (SoPYC) is a riverside yacht club at Coffee Point, Canning Beach Road, Applecross (Swan and Canning Rivers, Perth). The club runs organised sailing, keelboat and powerboat programs, a Sailing Academy with learn-to-sail and junior pathways (Tackers, Optimist Green Fleet, youth programs), Sailability and radio-controlled yacht activities. Facilities listed include water pens, hardstanding and under-cover dinghy storage, travel-lift and slip/hauling facilities, marina pens and moorings, and member dining/clubhouse and event venue facilities. The club also publishes fleet/racing programs, regattas and volunteer/instructor training information.

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Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club (SPASC) is a community, family-oriented sailing club based at the northern end of Lake Macquarie next to Speers Point Park. The club runs organised sail racing (Saturday seasonal racing, September–April), hosts regattas, and supports both monohull and catamaran fleets. SPASC operates junior and adult learn-to-sail programs through accredited dinghy instructors (an Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre) and offers club boats for trial use. Facilities described include a clubhouse with viewing deck, large grassed rigging area, ample parking and multiple ramps for launching and retrieving dinghies, catamarans and larger trailer boats.

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St Leonards Yacht Club & Motor Squadron is a combined sailing and motorboat club based in St Leonards, VIC, focused on participation in recreational aquatic activities. The club runs off‑the‑beach sailing and Sunday afternoon club racing (October–Easter), offers Adult and Junior Learn to Sail programs, and operates social facilities including a café and licensed bar on summer Sundays. The club describes a child‑friendly bay beach location on the southern part of Port Phillip Bay.

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Sun City Yacht Club is a local sailing club based at Two Rocks Marina, Two Rocks, Western Australia. Established in 1974, the club promotes dinghy and keelboat sailing and powerboating, runs regular Saturday dinghy sailing in summer, maintains a fleet of about 20 dinghies across four classes, and is an accredited Yachting Australia Discover Sailing Centre offering opportunities for juniors and adults to learn the fundamentals of sailing. The club also runs an active social program and provides opportunities for members to sail on keelboats.

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Tamar Yacht Club is a Launceston-based sailing club with a city clubhouse (7 Park Street), a slipyard and moorings at its Launceston site, and a 100‑berth floating marina operated at Beauty Point. The club runs organised sailing and racing programs, learn-to-sail and other training courses (including powerboat training and marine radio/operator courses), provides slipping/slipyard facilities, berthing and moorings (including pile moorings), and offers dinghy storage and short-term visitor berthing at the Beauty Point marina. Contact details and berth booking information are available via the club office and the marina caretaker phone number 0418 321 339.

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Teralba Amateur Sailing Club (TASC) is an amateur, family-friendly sailing club based at the northern end of Lake Macquarie. The club runs organised racing (typically Saturdays from September until Easter, with a break over Christmas/New Year), hosts regattas and events, and supports a range of dinghy classes (examples listed include Vee Ess, Vee Jay, NS14, Impulse, Contender, Sabot and O'pen Skiff). The club website also references Learn to Sail & Training and venue hire information.

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The Southport School Sailing Club is the school sailing program for The Southport School (Southport, QLD). Open to boys from Year 5–12, the program runs in Term 4 and Term 1 and operates from the school’s waterfront boat shed on the Nerang River. A fleet of dinghies (Tackers, Pico, Lasers and Pacers) is used for learn-to-sail and competitive racing. Coaches (many alumni) are accredited through Australian Sailing, and the school is an approved Discover Sailing Centre able to offer nationally accredited sailing courses. The club fields competitive teams in interschool and wider state/national events; more than 100 students take part each year.

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Tin Can Bay Yacht Club is a community sailing club on Norman Point, Tin Can Bay (Snapper Creek) on the Cooloola Coast. The club runs organised sailing activities and events (club racing, series and regattas), operates a Green Fleet learn-to-sail program for adults and children, provides safety cover for training (club safety boat, PFDs and helmets for trainees), and offers secure hardstand (dry) boat storage for members and short-term casual storage for trailerable vessels up to about 30 ft. The clubhouse is non-smoking; the on-site bar and cafe are currently managed by Tin Can Bay Country Club (contact phone listed on the club website).

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Tinaroo Sailing Club is a family-oriented sailing club on the waterfront at Tinaroo (Queensland). The club describes itself as an accredited Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre and runs dinghy-focused activities including Learn to Sail courses, junior and high-school sailing programs, regular racing (typically every second Sunday), and on-race-morning training sessions. The club also maintains a fleet of training boats (RS Fevas, RS Quests, O'pen Skiffs, Lasers, Nacra 5.0) used for instruction and bringing new members into the sport. Contact email is info@tinaroosailingclub.com.au.

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Toronto Amateur Sailing Club is a community sailing club based on the western side of Lake Macquarie at Regatta Park, Toronto (NSW). The club runs organised sailing programs and events, sails most Sundays and some Saturdays from about September through April, and operates fleets including Sabot, Heron, Tasar, Skate, Laser, Windsurfer and Moth. The club also runs Learn to Sail programs for juniors and adults, twilight sailing and community events such as regattas and working bees; it lists a Sailability program and volunteer/support-boat opportunities for larger events.

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Torquay Sailing Club is a volunteer-run community sailing club located on Fisherman's Beach in Torquay, VIC. The club runs organised sailing, racing and social sailing activities, a junior and youth sailing program (including O'Pen Skiff and Hobie Wave catamaran fleets), and adult learn-to-sail lessons. Membership gives access to club racing, training and priority boat storage; the club does not hire or charter boats.

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Townsville Sailing Club is a community sailing club in Townsville, QLD offering organised sailing programs, club racing and social sailing. The club runs learn-to-sail courses and youth programs (Tackers, teen programs), Sunday morning sessions and other on-water training, plus events and regattas. The club lists contact emails and phone number on its website and advertises boat & venue hire and boat rigging & storage services.

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Tweed Valley Sailing Club is a community sailing club based at Fingal (near Fingal Boat Harbour) on the Tweed River, NSW. The club runs organised Sunday races with crew opportunities, offers Try Sailing and Learn-to-Sail courses for adults and juniors (including school-holiday programs), provides club dinghies and safety-boat support, and sells short-term sail passes and annual memberships. Activities include junior sailing programs, practical on-water training (capsize drill, sail handling, safety-boat practice) and occasional staged learn-to-sail courses.

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Twofold Bay Yacht Club is a community sailing club based at Quarantine Bay, Eden (NSW). The club runs a seasonally varied sailing program (September–April) with keelboat and off‑the‑beach racing, cruising, regattas and social sailing days (club sails often every second Sunday). They promote sail training and 'learn to sail' / try sailing activities for juniors and seniors, provide dinghies for use, and offer clubhouse and BBQ facilities. The club has run state and national titles, annual regattas (including a noted 50th Annual Regatta) and has supported visiting yachts using Twofold Bay as a stopover.

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Urunga Sail Training Club is a not‑for‑profit sailing club and Australian Sailing–accredited small boat sailing school in Urunga, NSW. The club runs learn-to-sail courses (AS Start Sailing 1 & 2) on the Kalang and Bellinger Rivers, maintains a training fleet of small dinghies and accessible boats, and offers membership, volunteering opportunities and community sailing programs. Contact details and course dates are published on the club website.