The Hervey Bay Sailing Club is situated on a beautiful 7 km white sandy beach, facing North, in the delightful City of Hervey Bay, three and a half hours North of Brisbane. It's protected by the magnificant Heritage listed Fraser Island, making for an excellent sailing venue, that has been utilised by the Club over the last 30 yrs.

Since it's infancy in 1968, Hervey Bay Sailing Club started as a tent on the beach,with a small number of enthusiastic sailors, sailing a Gwen, a Heron, Moth, P class and a sabot,  for the first couple of years, till the members built their own purpose built two storey club house, and the number and diversity of boats grew. It has become a popular venue for Club racing, social functions, and Regattas over the years, including Cobras, Herons, Lasers, Nacras, Hobies and sabots, just to mention a few. Many who have visited the Club comment on it's excellent position for viewing the racing, or just taking in the wonderful scenery.

These waters are also home to the famous "Bay to Bay Yacht Race", held every year since 1981,  into it's 28th Year, in 2008, and proudly sponsored by Wide Bay Water Corporation. This race has attracted as many as 300 trailable yachts in the past, and promises to be a special event in the sailing calendar of all on the East Coast in 2008.                                           

The Hervey Bay Sailing Club was formed in 1968 when a group of sailors who wanted to sail found they didn't have a club to sail with.

The Club House for the first 6 seasons was a tent erected on the beach on Sundays and the club soon grew in popularity.

In 1974 plans were passed by the local Council for a Club House to be built on the land at the present site which was at the time a lease set down for surf lifesaving. The club was planned to be built in two stages and in 1974 half of the existing boatshed was built by the club volunteers.