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Invitation from the Commodore
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I'd like to invite you and your guests to the Royal Brighton Yacht Club Presentation Night. Join us for an unforgettable evening at the Club as we celebrate the achievements, both near and far, of our sailing community.
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This year, we’re especially excited to spotlight our incredible youth sailors and intermediate members—your energy and passion are the future of the club. Gather up your crew, bring along your friends and family, and come together to honour the season's highlights in style.
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Whether you're receiving an award or supporting on your mates, this is the perfect chance to dress up, relax, and enjoy the vibrant RBYC community. The more, the merrier—so get a group together and make a night of it as we celebrate our 150th year on the water.
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Tickets $50pp, $30pp for juniors. Please book at RBYC Reception: 9592 3092. Please note, as this is a licensed premises an adult must accompany all members under 18 and vacate the club no later than 10pm.
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Commodore's Report
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Commodore's Report
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A key theme at this year’s Victorian Sailing Summit held by Australian Sailing at RBYC was improving participation in sailing. However, many of the initiatives are just as applicable to other activities at our Club. In addition, there is a growing need to boost participation in Club activities and in particular for our intermediate and young adult members. The summit …
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Marina/Sailing Office News
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A reminder for members who have a Boat/Ski/Foil or Kayak stored at RBYC either in the Yard, Undercroft or Sturrock Building. All stored items must have a Season storage tag. These are to be attached to the beach dolly or for Ski/Foil etc attached to the storage area of the item. Please collect your tag from the Sailing Office (Tues - Sat). These tags need to be attached by 1/7/25
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Welcome to RBYC
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Welcome to “Rock n Roll” B4660, a Swarbrick S111 built in 1991, designed by Kim Swarbrick, now owned by Mark Burton & Bruce Kermser. The boat has competed in 8 Sydney Hobarts and finished all but one which ended in Eden. It has also completed the Lord Howe island race.
Mark & Bruce are regular racers on the bay competing every Wednesday & Saturday in “Rock n Roll“, seasoned racers spanning many years at the club with their previous boats, and doing very well with Rock n Roll so far!.
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Rounding vs Passing marks
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The Racing Rules of Sailing define two types of marks – Passing and Rounding, and it is important to understand the difference.
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In the definition of Sailing the Course states in part “a string representing her track when drawn taut passes each mark on the required side and touches each mark designated in the sailing instructions to be a rounding mark”.
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An example of the difference was highlighted in a recent ORCV Winter Series race where the course was Start, Gate, RBYC3, SYC4 and each were designated as rounding marks. In the diagram below the correct course to sail according to the rules is the green Course A. The red course is what most boats sailed, but it doesn’t meet the string test as a “string pulled taut” does not touch RBYC3. Clearly this was an error in the Sis as the intention was not to have a fleet of 40 keelboats all doing a 270 degree turn around RBYC3.
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Marks by default are Passing Marks and must be specifically denoted as Rounding Marks in the Sis. If RBYC3 was not identified in the Sis as a Rounding Mark, then the red Course B would have been correct.
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And for Race Officers there are two considerations between the two – a race can only be shortened at a Rounding Mark, and a change of course can only be signalled at a Rounding Mark. This is because a boat could sail hundreds of metres away from a Passing mark and would not get to see the signals.
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The new RBYC Sis to be issued on October 1st make it clearer as to which marks are which.
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As we go through these chilly shortest days of the year, many of our cruising colleagues have escaped Melbourne and headed north into warmer climes and / or longer days. The RBYC yacht Aquacadabra is now stopped off in Cairns, after departing Port Phillip three weeks ago and making great progress up the East Coast en-route to Thursday Island. There, …
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Why Knot makes history
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At the 20 June Cruising Group dinner John Rundell, owner of the beautiful wooden boat Why Knot entertained us with tales of his voyage to Hobart to attend the 2025 Wooden Boat Festival. While on that trip, Why Knot had the honour of being added to the Australian Register of Historic Vessels. Why Knot is a Salar 40 design built in 1972 OF King Billy Pine by Barry Wilson. The strip planked hull took 2000 hours to lay, with the complete built taking two years. John was presented with a certificate and burgee at the ARHV awards night. The photos show John at the ceremony and Why Knot at Elizabeth Wharf.
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One Design News
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Last Draw
Friday 27 June
No Winner
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Next Draw
Friday 4 July
$1000 + 2nd draw $100
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Footy Tipping Wk 16
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Hi everyone, We have reached the 2/3 stage of the 24-round season. I'm hoping we start seeing a lot more close games for the rest of the way. This weekend was not particularly exciting from a closeness perspective. On the field Carlton travelled to Adelaide for the Thursday night game and put in another insipid performance. The Blues did not …
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Several club members attended the opening of RBYC member Athenie Leckey’s solo art exhibition 79 Banksias at FortyFive Downstairs (45 Flinders Lane). It was a terrific night wandering around the beautiful art, and several bought paintings.
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Lallie Leckey, Athenie’s daughter, is one of our long-term instructors. Athenie and Lallie led the fashion stakes with jackets celebrating Athenie’s work. The exhibition is on until 5 July, so have a look if you get the chance.
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What's on at the club
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4th July- Bookings via reception
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ORCV
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Women's Helm, Navigator & Radio Operator Race (WHNR) & Return Sprint (WRS)
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The ORCV Women's Helm, Navigator & Radio Operator Race returns in 2025 by popular demand. The inception of the WHNR race in September 2013, in recognition of the skills and passion of women participating in ocean races and other interclub events in Port Phillip, provided them the opportunity to take up lead roles in a dedicated event to showcase their skills. In recent years, the Winter Series return races from Blairgowrie and Geelong now constitute the Novice Return Series (NRS).
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In 2025, the reinstated WHNR is now a stand alone passage event to be run on 26 July with QCYC as the destination club.
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An additional opportunity exists for a return race from QCYC to boats’ home clubs on Sunday 27 July to maximise the opportunity for all women to actively participate across a variety of roles.
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We are calling for boat owners and skippers to offer their boat for this race and we will match you and your boat with crew.
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Here is a link with all the information you need, whether you are a boat owner or a prospective crew.
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See details of all ORCV events and training courses on the ORCV website
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