Every yacht club in South Australia, (and all racing is conducted from yacht clubs), owns more than one tractor which tow the boats (sailing and rescue) onto and off of the beach, the boats (both mono and multi hulled) are usually rigged on the trailers (or transferd from the trailer onto beach rollers once on the beach) then positioned at the waters edge and launched from the trailers (or rollers) immediately before “heading off”. The trailers are left a little way up the beach ready for receiving the boats after racing. A few people use the same system but instead of the tractors, use their own 4WD’s. There are some of the mono hulls that rig their boat’s on the lawns in front of the club houses on wheeled “dolly’s”, but they still often use the tractors to pull the boat and the doley down to the waters edge and back up afterwards. All in all a very “civilised” way of operating (not to mention “easy on the back”). Boats are never “moored” here, the boats are taken home after racing on their trailers or can be stored in “lock up” storage, in a yard or at some clubs, under cover. We have a saying here that the only mooring that lets you sleep soundly at night is the one that your boat sits on in your garage at home.
(all the clubs are situated at public beaches as well)