Sailing Activities
Discover Sailing Days
On several days during the year, Maroochy Club conducts Discover Sailing Days - part of Yachting Australia's initiative to promote our sport. Interested children and adults are invited to book a "Come 'n' Try" experience where they are taken for a sail on our lovely Maroochy River by experienced sailors.
This Discovering Sail is a free activity - a great chance for anyone who might be interested in sailing to experience the wind and the water and to find out more about our sport and our Club.
NOTE: Covid restrictions have impacted upon our ability to conduct Discover Sailing Days.
Maroochy Discover Sailing Centre
Our Discover sailing Centre, based out of our Maroochy Clubhouse on Chambers Island, provides a number of course to assist children and adults Learn to Sail, and to further develop their Sailing skills.
For children aged approximately 6 to 12 years, we offer the acclaimed Australian Sailing Tackers programs - a series of programs starting at the elementary Tackers 1, through the developmental Tackers 2 and 3, to Green Fleet as a precursor to joining our Dinghy Racing Fleet.
For Teenagers and Adults, we offer Learn-to -Sail Start Sailing courses Levels 1, 2 and 3 using our Club Pacer Dinghies.
All courses are under the supervision of our qualified Instructors, and include the use of boats, life- jackets and tuition. Because of the costs involved, participants need to pay a Fee to join these courses.
Courses are offered in a variety of formats - Holiday “Camps”, regular Weekend Courses, and After-school Courses.
Further details regarding our Discover Sailing Centre, up-coming courses, Registration and Contacts, are available on our Training Pages.
Thursday Morning Sailing
A group of experienced sailors gather at the Clubhouse on Thursday mornings to enjoy some casual sailing, occasionally undertaking some on-water training or tuning activities to improve their sailing. They enjoy the wind and water, and sail the waters between the Maroochy River mouth, and Petrie Creek, enjoying a morning on the water. Mostly retired active sailors, they are sometimes joined by younger sailors with a day off work! Please note that this is not an organised Club activity,
Dinghy Racing
As with most sailing clubs, many of our activities are centred around racing - but in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Racing is the challenge to sail a set course in the shortest possible time.
The Racing season extend from September to May comprising a number of series of different race formats. Whilst there are no club championship rounds over the school holiday period, the club participates in hosting regattas, training programs and schedules several "fun" type races.
Differences between classes of boats and skill level of crew are balanced by a system of handicapping (Yardsticks), ensuring all competitors have an equal chance of success.
Main classes raced in the Maroochy River are Optimists, Sabots, Sabres, Pacers and Lasers.