Hello & welcome fellow sailors,



The Cruising Yacht Club of Hamilton Island (CYCHI) would like to welcome you to our 2024/25 Twilight Sailing.

Our season starts on the first Wednesday in September and continues through to the end of March with
makeup races in April. Races are held every Wednesday from 5pm (weather permitting).

During our season the CYCHI holds the following events:

· Australia Day Race
· Golf Day
· Hamilton Island Regatta
· Other fundraising events and social events

In addition to the senior club, we have junior programs; Tackers 1 starting again, we have two new coaches
Frazer and Josh who will make sure these programs are designed and delivered by Australian Sailing standards. It is
important to us that we deliver these programs to bring our kids through the ranks in the sailing world and
hope that it follows through to adulthood.

This year we have a three year plan proposed to help the club grow and essentially in time secure a new club
house or community centre that we can use. We are taking small steps to reach our goals. Please see our Three
Year Plan for further details.

Safety is our number one priority, and it is the obligation of the skipper to ensure that all equipment is in order.
We have put together a Safety Folder for each vessel that will get you on to the water and into the twilight
racing action.

To assist we have put together a CYCHI Booklet which consist of:
· Sailing Rules
· Course maps (Full and Shorten Course)
· Safety Management Plan
· Incident Policy with Personal and Marine Incident report forms
· Cat 6 Audit form that needs to be completed by the skipper and the Safety Officer of the CYCHI.
The Cat 6 Audit form and the CYCHI checklist needs to be completed before your first race.
You can follow us and find up to date race information on any of our social media sites listed below:

• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/cruisinghamiltonisland
• Instagram -  @cychamiltonisland
• Website - www.cychi.com.au


For our local boats, should you wish to participate in the season, please click here to register your vessels.

For any visiting boats, that wish to participate in weekly races, please contact our Commodore or Race Office for further details:

Committee contact  –  commodore@cychi.com.au 


We are a small club made up of volunteers who want to make a big impact in the sailing world and share in the magnificent sailing throughout the Whitsundays.

We hope to see you out on the water!
CYCHI  Senior Committee