Welcome to the Hervey Bay Sailing Club.
The Hervey Bay Sailing Club is situated on a beautiful 7 km white sandy beach, facing North, in the delightful City of Hervey Bay, three and a half hours north of Brisbane.
It has become a popular venue for Club racing, social functions, and Regattas over the years, including Cobras, Herons, Lasers, Nacras, Hobies, Taipans, A-Class and sabots, just to mention a few.
Many who have visited the club comment on it's excellent position for viewing the racing, or just taking in the wonderful scenery.
The Hervey Bay Sailing Club is protected by the magnificent Heritage listed Fraser Island, making for an excellent sailing venue, that has been utilised by the Club over the last 50 yrs.
These waters are also home to the famous "Bay to Bay Yacht Race", with the exception of 2020 due to COVID 19 has been held every year since 1981. The Bay to Bay will be into it's 45th year (44th B2B) in 2025.
This race has attracted as many as 200 trailable yachts in the past, and promises to be a special event in the sailing calendar of all on the East Coast in 2025.
The Bay to Bay Yacht Race.
The Annual Hervey Bay Boat Club Bay to Bay Trailable Yacht Race sailed over the Queensland Labour Day long weekend is a two leg approximately 84km long two day Category 5 (limited rescue availability in daylight hours) race for eligible (NoR 4) monohull and multihull trailable yachts.
The Bay to Bay Yacht Race is through the pristine Queensland waters of the Tin Can Bay Inlet, the Wide Bay Harbour, the Great Sandy Strait and Hervey Bay from north of Snapper Creek Tin Can Inlet to east of the Urangan Boat Harbour Hervey Bay with an overnight stop in Garrys Anchorage, located between Fraser Island and Stewart Island.
You will sail in the company of a large fleet of trailable yachts through the largely remote, unspoilt and truly spectacular wilderness area of the Great Sandy Marine Park including the Great Sandy Strait Ramsar Wetland Area, the Fraser Island World Heritage Area and the Great Sandy National Park.
All of these areas provide critical habitat to the endangered resident and migratory loggerhead marine turtle, dugong and prolific bird life.
The race is Queensland’s largest trailable yacht race and one of the three largest trailable yacht passage races in Australia.
Latest News
The 44th Hervey Bay Boat Club Bay to Bay Trailerable Yacht Race NOR Vn1 is now available for download
The Hervey Bay Boat Club Bay to Bay Downloads - Hervey Bay Sailing Club
herveybaysailingclub.org.au
44th-Bay-to-Bay-Notice-of-Race-Rev-1-250120.pdf Ode-to-43rd-bay-to-bay.pdf 44th-Bay-to-Bay-Notice-of-Race-Rev-1-250120.pdf Ode-to-43rd-bay-to-bay.pdfNameCreated DateModified Date 44th-Bay-to-Bay-Notic... Things are hotting up and we have BIG news on the B2B for 2025!
NEW SPONSOR!
We are thrilled to welcome on board North Sails as one of our Major Sponsor for this years 44th Bay 2 Bay Yacht Race.
North Sails is an international sailmaker and sailing wear company with operations in 29 countries. The company designs, engineers and manufactures sails for racing and cruising sailboats from 8 feet (2.5m) to more-than 200 feet (60m) in length. Licensees manufacture clothing and windsurfing sails. North Sails is the world’s largest sailmaker. Sails by North Sails are used by the majority of competitors in the Ocean Race and the America’s Cup.
We are looking forward to a long & fruitful partnership with North Sails.
www.northsails.com
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Great stuff, ready to buy some new sails so if there is a B2B discount let me know and my decision will be sealed!!
WETA tri uses North Sails btw ..
Great news welcome aboard North Sails
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