Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Greetings everyone, Thanks for your enthusiastic interest in our competition. We have an early start to Season 2024, with the ‘Opening Round‘ beginning this Thursday night, 7th March, in Sydney and featuring only four games for the round. A full slate of 9 games will happen the following week and is designated Round 1. Please tip […]
THANK YOU to those members and friends who supported us at the Icebergs and Pirates: Marine Security Information night. It was well received by all. Peter was informative and entertaining. “I could have listened to him for hours …” The Sailing Lifts Your Spirits season finale sailing event is Friday15th March. Do you have a furling headsail […]
2024 BASS STRAIT CRUISE in Company: The 2024 Bass Strait Cruise in Company fleet gathered at QCYC this past Saturday, where they have been socialising and generally enjoying life while waiting on favourable winds. As of last evening, the bulk of the fleet were planning on heading out of the Bay on today’s 11:00am slack […]
This is a problem we hear from boat owners all the time, and yes it can be difficult to get crew, but the club is here to help, and we have a fantastic Crew Matching System.This system allows people to list themselves as Available to Crew and for skippers to list their Boats as looking […]
Hi folks we’re now less than two weeks away from our fundraiser night on the 1st of March! The event will be hosted in the member’s bar from 6:30-8:30 with the members draw running as usual at 7pm. The proceeds from the night will be split equally between the sailors to help fund their overseas […]
We have been blessed with perfect sailing conditions over the past couple of Wednesdays and weekends. Those who got out on the water felt fortunate. The puzzling thing is how many boats stayed in the marina – our fleet numbers could certainly be better. I have been reflecting on this and do appreciate there isn’t […]
Thank you for taking the staff out for a sail last week, & Leanne SLYS for organising THE Boats -Birubi, Blue Water Tracks & SagredVolunteers Paul TGrant DMichael KLeanne GChad HIain MWarren It was greatly received especially from the hospitality and kitchen staff who normally don’t get a chance to see that side of the […]
GUEST SPEAKER DINNERS: Last Friday evening, Robina and Brenton Smith, Sue and Rob Hurrell, Barbara Burns, and Geoff Brewster entertained us at the February Guest Speaker Dinner with an in-depth view of New Caledonia and Vanuatu from the Cruisers’ perspective. Most of the audience would have left feeling somewhat envious, and we give our thanks […]
Over the weekend two RBYC boats, Another Chapter and JAMHU, joined 21 other yachts in the 74th Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht race. This 160nm race started in Adelaide on Friday afternoon with the course taking yachts across the Gulf of St Vincent to Marion Reef at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula, into Investigator […]
Hi everyone, I hope you have all been well during the off-season. RBYC AFL Tipping Competition Season 2024 The AFL season starts early this year, with the Opening Round beginning on the March Labor Day weekend. Sydney will host Melbourne at the SCG on Thursday night 7th March to start the season. This is one […]