Balmain Sailing Club
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| Founded | 1885 |
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| Clubhouse | Water Street, Balmain, NSW 2041 |
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| Website | http://www.balmainsailingclub.com |
Balmain Sailing Club is a sailing club in Municipality of Leichhardt
Municipality of Leichhardt
The Municipality of Leichhardt is a Local Government Area in the inner-west of Sydney, in state of New South Wales, Australia.-History:The Municipality of Leichhardt stands on land that traditionally belonged to the Gadigal and Wangal people, of the Eora nation...
in the inner-west of Sydney
Sydney
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, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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.
The club currently has around 200 members and races a keelboat fleet and a dinghy fleet. The keelboat fleet races as one division on Sundays, and as three divisions in the Friday Twilight Series during summer. The dinghy fleet races in one division.
Location
The club is located at the end of Water Street on the northern side of the Balmain Peninsular in the suburb of BirchgroveBirchgrove, New South Wales
Birchgrove is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Birchgrove is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....
, with water-front access directly into Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson
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History
The club was originally formed in 1885. After a long period of little activity, the club was re-formed in 1995.Balmain Regatta
The club hosts the annual Balmain RegattaRegatta
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...
, which is claimed to be the oldest in Australia, on the last Sunday in October each year. The event was first held in 1849 and ran continuously until the outbreak of World War I. With the revival of the club in the 1990s, the regatta restarted in 1996 and has run annually ever since.
The event includes classic 18 and 10 foot skiff, dinghy and yacht races and is a celebration of the local community connection with Sydney Harbour and the local boat building industry.