Airlie Beach Race Week

Description
Airlie Beach Race Week is a colourful sailing regatta which attracts competitors, supporters and spectators from around Australia and overseas to the sailing mecca of the Whitsundays. The event has grown in the past 22 years to become the largest keelboat sailing regatta held on the Queensland mainland coast. Airlie Beach Race Week is a flagship event of the Whitsunday region, and with Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, showcases one of the world’s greatest sailing playgrounds. Despite the very competitive nature of the racing on the water, the Airlie Beach regatta is particularly popular for its relaxed, laid-back atmosphere. As the humpback whales start their annual migration north from the Antarctica every year so do the keen southern sailors looking for warmer weather and perfect sailing conditions. From May through to September you can find a sailing regatta somewhere off the coast of Queensland where people are enjoying the sport.