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WYORC Sailing Instructions
2021 WOYRC Sailing Instructions The Sailing Instructions for the 2021 Whitsunday Offshore Yacht Racing Circuit (WOYRC) are...
Whitsunday Offshore Yacht Racing Circuit (WOYRC)
The Notice of Race for the 2021 WOYRC Series has been published. This 3 day series runs from 2 - 4 October 2021, with racing commencing in Mackay on Saturday with a race to Hamilton Island. Sunday sees a race from Hamilton Island to Airlie Beach, while Monday sees a...
Mass exodus as boaties head to Airlie Beach Race Week
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...
Yachty’s Night – Thursday 8th July
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 and the...
Record tumbles as cool cats and tris join in for Airlie Beach Race Week
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...
Heavy hitters heading to Airlie Beach Race Week
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...
Airlie Beach Race Week: Fast boats quick on the draw with early entries
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...
Yachty’s Night – Thursday 11 March
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". This should be of interest to all...
Airlie Beach Race Week 2021 entries open
Entry to Airlie Beach Race Week 2021 is open and organisers at Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) are confident of large numbers following the success of last year’s event, one of the rare major sporting events to go ahead in Australia since March 2020, and yachties are...
Volunteering at Sail Airlie Easter Regatta
Looking for something to do over Easter? Come and help out at Sail Airlie, the annual off beach dinghy regatta at Whitsunday Sailing Club. Want to spend some time out doors without mowing the lawn? Want to keep fit but without joining a gym? Want to spend some time...