The Batemans Bay Sailing Club has approximately 150 members, of whom just under
100 are active sailing members.

The majority of the Club’s fleet of thirty keel boats are regularly sail in the Club’s Bay Cup and Coastal series.

The main keel boat events include-

- Bay Cup Series of 10 races;

- Coastal Cup Series of 6 races;

- Ladies Skippers’ Series of 4 races;

- Winter Series of 5 races.

- Twilight sailing and twilight races over the summer

A major event on the keel boat calendar is The South Coaster - a family regatta over
January school holidays.

Off the Beach

The off the beach activities are mainly at Coila Beach. In addition, there are:

- the Wallaga Lake Sailing Camps

- the ANZAC Day Weekend Regatta. The ANZAC Day Regatta includes races in State and national titles.

- Some sail training is also planned.

for more info on the Batemans Bay Sailing Club and events they plan for Coila Lake click on this link

Tuross Head Sailing Club - a history

The Sailing Club started by Guy Brantingham at a Public meeting on 21 Aug 1980

The First sailing day was 14 Sept 1980 with 7 boats.

A big tarp was used to provide protection from the wind for the kids etc before the Clubhouse was finished.

The Sailing Club provided a large amount of the voluntary labour for the construction of the Clubhouse

In the early years Eric Swinboume provided a boat and manned it for starting the races and for use as a rescue boat

Sailing classes were held for kids

By 1987 20 boats were sailing in each race

Lots of fundraising events were held to help pay for the Clubhouse

Coila became a very popular venue for Canberra Sailboarders due to the good winds. Many sailboard Regattas were held as well a boat regatta each year.

National and State sailing titles were organised.

As our kids grew up and moved away the numbers of active sailors diminished until only 6 or were left.

The Club went into permanent recess in Feb 1999.