Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing

The Whitsunday Sailing Club is located in Airlie Beach, a gateway to the Central Region of Queensland‘s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is also the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands and fast becoming known as one of the World’s premier sailing destinations. Airlie Beach is also home to one of the largest yacht racing regattas in Australia, Airlie Beach Race Week and its onshore Festival of Sailing. Hosted by the Whitsunday Sailing Club and now in its 37th year, Airlie Beach Race Week is a seven day event that attracts entrants from all over Australia and overseas. Offshore the Regatta offers classes from IRC competitive racing through to cruising divisions attracting around 1500 competitors, officials and volunteers. Onshore the Festival of Sailing is the Whitsunday Coasts’ most significant public event, presenting seven days and nights of high profile, entertainment and social activities, with attendances in excess of 10,000. 2025 will see the event return to the Whitsunday Sailing Club once again bigger and better than ever, with a bumper fleet expected as travel restrictions are relaxed.