Racing
The racing scene around Australia — the regattas worth knowing, the clubs that run them, and the season laid out month by month. Use the menu for regattas, clubs and the calendar, or start with the marquee events below.
Regattas to know
A few of the biggest dates on the Australian calendar — the full directory of every event and club is in the menu.
Airlie Beach Race Week
Airlie Beach Race Week is the Whitsunday Sailing Club's August regatta — tropical island racing off Airlie Beach, paired with the Whitsundays Festival of Sailing.
Read the guideAustralia Day Regatta: The World's Oldest Sailing Regatta
First held on Sydney Harbour in 1837, the Australia Day Regatta is the world's oldest continuously conducted annual sailing regatta — a vast, multi-class celebration of sailing held every 26 January.
Read the guideFestival of Sails: Geelong's Australia Day Regatta
The Festival of Sails is one of Australia's largest keelboat regattas, run by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club on Corio Bay over the Australia Day long weekend each January.
Read the guideHamilton Island Race Week
Hamilton Island Race Week is Australia's largest offshore keelboat regatta — a week of windward-leeward and island passage racing in the Whitsundays each August.
Read the guideRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
The Rolex Sydney Hobart is a 628-nautical-mile offshore classic from Sydney to Tasmania, run by the CYCA and starting every Boxing Day.
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