Quick Links have been transferred to their own Web Page
An unfortunate accident has created 3 last minute vacancies for our 4 day Easter Tackers 1 Course next week, Monday to Friday.
Learn-to-Sail for 7 - 12 year olds on the safe waters of the Maroochy River with a great Instructor Team. All equipment provided. Cost $350 - Sibling Discount available.
Learn to Sail with Fun and Games on the Water!
Sunday 24 September saw a strong contingent of Maroochy sailors register for the Annual Head of the River Event. They were joined by visitors from Brisbane and the Gold Coast Clubs.
The grey skies and threat of showers did not deter the sailors, who were faced with a strong ebbing tide and fluctuating south-east breezes. In the early afternoon, the long race for the Senior Fleet was shortened as the breeze faded away. Sailors returned to the clubhouse to a enjoy some great food prepared by the ladies in our recently re-furbished canteen and brand new BBQ!
Full Results are now posted on our RESULTS page, and special congratulations to podium placegetters -
Youth ( All Optimist)-
Nathaniel McCarthy
.Morgan Grieve
Noah Cook
Seniors
James Grieve (Sabre)
Norm Richards (Laser Radial)
Ilan Scofield (Sabre)
Thanks to all competitors, and Special Thanks to the volunteers who manned support boats and conducted the Event, especially the ladies who opened the canteen to fuel the hungry sailors!
Please make a date in your diary for the Maroochy Sailing Club’s signature Event - the Maroochy Head of the River on Sunday 24 March.
It’s a single race, sailed in multiple divisions, for all - experts and novices - a great chance to sail the various reaches of the Maroochy River, from the river Mouth to close to the Bli Bli Bridge. Novices sail a shortened course closer to the Clubhouse on Chambers Island.
A Great day of Sailing for All !
Not sailing - Fancy a day helping out in the Power Boats supporting the sailors out on the Water?
A number of Maroochy Sailors headed to Brisbane last weekend for the two-day Sabre State Championships.
They enjoyed good wings, and friendly competition,with a good fleet contesting the titles, including inter-state boats.
Congratulations to all competitors!
A very full program of Tackers Training coming up over the next few months.
Commencing 11 February, every Sunday for the next 6 weeks, Tackers 2 and 3 will have Sessions with our Instructors - T2 in the morning from 9am and T3 from 12.30pm in the afternoon. Tackers 3 will continue after Easter, with three sessions where they will join in with our afternoon Racing Fleet with special support and coaching.
An Introductory Tackers 1 Course is planned immediately after the Easter Weekend - from the Tuesday 2 to Friday 5 of April, with daily sessions from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Cost will be $350 per child with all equipment provided. Numbers are limited, so early registration is recommended to secure a place.
Three young Maroochy sailors recently competed n the National Optimist Championships at the Brighton and Seacliffe Yacht Club in Adelaide.
They performed creditably, all making the Championship Gold Fleet for the Regatta Final.
Congratulations to Sam Derbyshire (48th), Henry Walker (41st) and Morgan Grieve (43rd) for their efforts. Both Morgan and Sam managed to get some top ten placings during the regatta! Really excellent sailing in a high quality Fleet with top young sailors from throughout Australia!
Full Results — https://sailingresults.net/sa/results/Overall.aspx?ID=81738.1
As we enter the second half of of our Sailing Year - the Summer Season, discounted Membership Fees have been activated for those joining the Club for just the second half of the year.
Details are provided on our Membership page, and are activated by the entering the provided Discount Code during the Australian Sailing Registration process.
The Discount applies to all Membership categories.
Our Sailing Year concludes on 30 June, 2024.
Effective from Sunday 5 November, our Sunday afternoon Sailing Instructions have been changed to bring forward the Pre-Race Briefing to 12.45pm.
Scheduled Starting Time for the Afternoon races remains at 1.30pm.
This change should assist those members rigging on the southern shore alongside Bradman Avenue and need to return there after the Briefing to launch their boats.
The Maroochy Club Sailing Program for the 2023-24 Sailing Year has been released.
It is available on the both the website Program and Calendar pages, and a summary Overview can be downloaded from each of those pages. Events on the Program page can be uploaded to your Google calendar!
Please note that before Sailing in Club events, participants must be members of Maroochy Sailing Club (or another Australian Sailing affiliated Club). Membership . Both Full Membership for the Year to June 30, 2024 and short-term Temporary Membership (Sail Pass), are availabl through our Membership page.
The Notice of Race (NOR) for our 2023-24 Sailing Year is now available on our Website - QUICK LINKS and PROGRAM pages. The Sailing Instructions should be available soon.
The Spring Season Program for Tackers and Start Sailing is being finalised and should be available shortly.
The Side Bar on the RHS of this page formerly Quick Links to a range of important documents on this site, and elsewhere. From the Rules governing our sailing competitions, to Hall Booking to the local Weather and many more, it has been a valuable tool over the years.
However with the increasing reliance on mobile phones and tablets .for Internet browsing, the Sidebar is far less accessible and is shunted to the bottom of the page on those devices!
So I am transitioning the sidebar to it’s very own webpage, QUICK LINKS, accessible directly from the Menu Bar at the top of our website.
Maintaining two QUICK LINKS listings will be too challenging, so over the next few weeks Links will be deleted from the current sidebar.
Hopefully this transition will make the links more easily available to the many members and visitors using mobile devices.
Comments & suggestions welcome!
