by Ross Chisholm | Jul 14, 2021 | Announcements, Learn to Sail, Location, Off Shore Racing, Sailing, Social
While Covid continues to wreak havoc in parts of Australia, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) officials and members are looking forward to welcoming a record number of competitors and their supporters to the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), to be held from...
by Ross Chisholm | Jul 3, 2021 | Announcements, Location, Off Beach Racing, Off Shore Racing, Sailing, Social
This month’s guest speaker at the Whitsunday Sailing Club Yachty’s Night will be the Regional Harbour Master (Mackay), Captain Jason Britton. Captain Britton will be here with local Marine Safety Queensland staff to present on the relationship between MSQ...
by Ross Chisholm | Jul 3, 2021 | Announcements, Location, Off Shore Racing, Sailing
With entries not due to close until Monday 2 August, Airlie Beach Race Week has already reached an unprecedented high of 139 boats, outstripping the event’s record of 133 in 2016 and more than doubled those of 2020 when COVID interfered. “Entries for the 33rd...
by Ross Chisholm | May 6, 2021 | Announcements, Off Beach Racing, Off Shore Racing, Sailing
A trio of past Sydney Hobart winners in Geoff Boettcher, Darryl Hodgkinson and Phil Turner, along with yachting champion Marcus Blackmore, are among the heavy hitters heading north to race in the IRC Passage Division at the 33rd running of Airlie Beach Race Week, to...
by Ross Chisholm | Apr 11, 2021 | Announcements, Location, Off Shore Racing, Sailing
Adrian Walters was quick on the draw when entries opened for Airlie Beach Race Week 2021; his fun and fast Rob Shaw 11 Metre design, Little Nico, was the first entry received by the Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) and other boats that are speedy on the water closely...
by Ross Chisholm | Mar 7, 2021 | Announcements, Sailing, Social
All members are invited to join in this month’s Yachty’s night, the monthly Sailor’s Networking night this coming Thursday. This month we have Ian McCabe as our guest speaker, discussing “Bar Crossings on the East Coast of Australia”....
