Sailing Clubs across Australia

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Portland Yacht Club is a community sailing club on the foreshore at Portland, Victoria. The club runs social sailing, learn-to-sail and competitive sailing programs for adults and juniors (including a junior sailing project and women’s courses), hosts regattas and welcomes cruising yachts. The club describes facilities and programs for members, and invites volunteer roles such as rescue-boat operators.

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Princess Royal Sailing Club (PRSC) is a community sailing club on the southern side of Princess Royal Harbour, Little Grove (Albany), WA. The club runs an active sailing program with a full racing calendar, coaching and on-water mentoring, and an inclusive Sailability program. PRSC operates a marina with pen hire for resident and visiting boats, allocates moorings, and provides hardstand and undercover dinghy/small-craft storage. The venue also hosts social events and can be booked for functions; contact via office@prsc.com.au or phone 08 9844 4033.

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Queenscliff Lonsdale Yacht Club (QLYC) is a community sailing and boating club in Queenscliff, Victoria. The club runs organised on-water activities including keelboat and Couta boat racing on Port Phillip Bay, dinghy sailing, and paddling (kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards) on Swan Bay. QLYC operates a clubhouse that hosts social events, offers a live clubhouse weather station, and provides bookings for vessel storage and venue hire. Membership and day-by-day SailPass options are offered for participation.

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RAN Sailing Association (RANSA) is a sailing club based at Sir David Martin Reserve, Rushcutters Bay (Sydney). It exists to encourage sailing within the Navy and also welcomes local non-service sailors as members. The club runs active racing and cruising programs — harbour racing on Wednesdays and Saturdays in winter, a Friday Twilight series in summer, and an annual RANSA Regatta each February — and stages social events, weekend cruises and member activities. The club operates an office and clubhouse at Rushcutters Bay and hosts a cafe (Navy Bear Cafe) and member bars during race events. Contact and office hours are published on the club website.

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Royal Perth Yacht Club is a long-established sailing club in Crawley, Western Australia, offering organised sailing programs, membership services, on-water events and a riverside marina. The club runs learn-to-sail courses for adults and kids (keelboat and dinghy programs), operates the Crawley Marina (with berthing for Swan River and ocean cruising) and promotes racing, social events and venue hire across its Crawley waterfront site and a Fremantle annexe.

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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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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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Somers Yacht Club is a community sailing club on the Mornington Peninsula (Somers, VIC) focused on off‑the‑beach yacht racing and member activities. The club runs Somers Sailing School (a recognized Discover Sailing Centre) offering beginner and progression sailing courses for juniors (minimum age 9) and adults, operates club boat hire and patrol/volunteer programs, and hosts regular social events, newsletters and training/volunteering opportunities.

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Somerton Yacht Club is a small, family-focused dinghy sailing club in Somerton Park, South Australia. The club runs organised Saturday sailing (October to Easter), club racing, training and coaching, “try sailing” days and a social calendar with barbecues and weekend trips. Facilities mentioned include a clubhouse with balcony, canteen, BBQ area, rigging lawn, showers and easy beach access.

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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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Spring Bay Boat Club is a volunteer-run sailing and boating club based in the harbour at Triabunna on Tasmania’s east coast. The club operates a fenced, electronically gated site with a clubhouse, shower and toilet facilities, a boat ramp/launching facility, a small marina with berths, and a large hardstand area for trailer or hardstand storage. The club runs regular sailing races, social events and cruising excursions, and participates in a sail-training program with the Triabunna District School using a fleet of Pacer dinghies. Visitors are asked to contact the club to check access and availability.

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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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Community-oriented sailing club based at Sugarloaf Reservoir in Christmas Hills (Victoria). The club runs year-round sailing activities including organised racing (Winter, Twilight and Summer series), social sailing, a Sailability program for people of differing abilities, and a sail-training programme (including a Fleet 101 beginners program for young sailors). Facilities are described as suitable for club racing and recreational sailing on a roughly 4.5 km by 2.5 km lake; the website gives a Ridge Road / Gate 11 location in Christmas Hills.

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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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Sussex Inlet & Basin Yacht Club (SIBYC) is a local sailing club based on St Georges Basin, NSW, promoting social sailing and club racing. The club runs a weekend racing program (typically Saturdays) during its season from November to May, hosts an annual regatta (traditionally the first weekend in February) and welcomes members interested in trailer-sailer racing and recreational sailing on the Basin. Contact is via the club email for membership, race information and general enquiries.

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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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Townsville Yacht Club is a waterfront yacht club in South Townsville (1 Plume Street) offering organized sailing activities and events, a waterside restaurant and bar, and marina facilities with a berth-enquiry option. The club promotes competitive and social yachting, regattas (including Magnetic Island Race Week), courses and registrations, and hosts functions and events overlooking its marina.

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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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Victorian Blokart Club is a land-sailing (Blokart) club based at Casey Fields in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club organises regular social and competitive blokart sailing activities and events at Casey Fields (160 Berwick Cranbourne Rd) and other venues such as Waratah Bay. Membership spans a wide age range, and the club promotes participation in local, state, national and international blokart events.

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Wangi Amateur Sailing Club is a community sailing club based in Wangi Wangi, NSW. The club runs organised yacht racing programs (including Wednesday and Saturday race series, twilight and pursuit/scratch series), radio-controlled yacht activities, seasonal regattas and social events, and publishes event schedules and race results. The site also advertises membership registration, open days and occasional 'Learn to Sail' activity listings.

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Warneet Motor Yacht Club (WMYC) is a long-established yacht club on Rutherford Inlet in Warneet, Westernport, Victoria. Founded in 1952, the club runs cruising, racing and social programs for the local boating and yachting community and hosts the long-running Warneet Around French Island Race (WAFIR). The club offers a renovated clubhouse (2019) with decking and community/venue hire functions and positions itself as a local hub for Warneet and the City of Casey.

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Williamstown Sailing Club is a community sailing and boating club in Williamstown, VIC (est. 1910) that runs organised sailing and racing programs, novice and learn-to-sail courses, and community social events. Club facilities described on the website include a twin concrete ramp for launching trailer yachts and powerboats, twin jetties, a rigging deck for off‑the‑beach boats, small-boat storage, swing moorings, slip facilities for maintenance of power craft, a canteen and upper-deck social/bar area. The club maintains club training boats (Pacers and a 5.2 m training yacht), rescue boats used on race days, and offers Green Fleet/novice sailing programs and racing divisions.

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Windsurfing Western Australia is an organisation that organises windsurfing events, competitions and community activities for windsurfers across Western Australia. It runs programs for all skill levels and disciplines, including juniors’ lessons and seasonal events such as junior camps, rallies and championships. Contact is via email (info@windsurfingwa.org.au) and the group maintains social pages for updates.