Clipper to Queensland
The Clipper Race will return to Airlie Beach in January, part of Leg 4 in the 11-month, 220-day odyssey.
Lagoon in paradise
Lagoon owners gathered for the Whitsundays Escapade 2025.
100 and rising
As entries surpass the 100 mark, Whitsunday Sailing Club has secured 74 Islands Distillery as Naming Rights Sponsor for the 2025 Airlie Beach Race Week, 7 to 14 August.
Inspired sailing
Sailor and adventurer, Jesse Martin, OAM sets sail again with Portland Roads – Sailing the Whitsundays.
Tropical pit stop
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is set to return to the Whitsundays.
Sailing nirvana
For sailors Hamilton Island Race Week is an unrivalled tropical tonic.
Draw of the islands
Airlie Beach Race Week will provide excellent racing for a bumper list of competitors this year.
Bouncing back
One year on from the storm that made headlines all over the country, Brittany Cooper talks to key players in the Whitsundays about how the community has refreshed its world-class welcome.
Farewell to paradise
The Clipper Round the World Race teams will be leaving the east coast of Australia in a Le Mans-style start, after a well-earned break at Abell Point Marina in the Whitsundays.
A shore thing
The Whitsundays’ reputation as a world-class sailing destination is riding high with Airlie Beach to be a host port for the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 13 to 29 January 2018.
Australia’s biggest Shag
More than a thousand official ‘Shaggers’ are making their way to the pristine waters of the Whitsundays to show their support for the Prostate Cancer Australia Foundation.
Rebuild together
Since Cyclone Debbie, the Australian marine industry has united to support communities on their journey to rebuild.
Abell Point activates clean up
In the wake of category 4 Tropical Cyclone Debbie, Abell Point and the Whitsundays region are assessing the damage and cleaning up, forecasting a busy cruising season ahead.