Royal Brighton Yacht Club
150 Year Regatta The 150th Regatta to be held on March 29th and 30th offers two days of events to celebrate our sailing heritage. Whether you’re racing on keelboats, one-design or OTB or just simply cruising, you’ll find an event for you to be able to join in. If you’ve not already done so, could […]
Our 2025 Guest Speaker Dinner program will kick off this coming Friday, March 21st, when Dan Lyon (aka “Diver Dan”) will let us into the secrets below the waterline with “Diver Dan’s Brighton Below the Sea”. Dan, who does a great job keeping many of our boats slippery below the waterline, will focus his talk […]
The Victorian 2025 RS 100 State Championships were held at Wallagoot Lake Boating Club on Saturday and Sunday of the long weekend. 5 RBYC members sailed and filled 4 of the top 5 places. At the completion of the 5 race regatta Peter Milne was crowned Champion on count back from David Williamson tied on […]
It was hot with light shifty breezes, but RO’s Ross and Kevin Wilson managed a full series of 9 races for the Etchells Victoria State titles. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club and Geelong fleet put on a terrific regatta and announced they will be hosting the 2029 World Championship, which is great for the Etchells […]
As of this time last week, the 4 boats remaining on the annual Bass Strait Cruise (Chakana, Aquacadabra, Kirra Kirra and Umbra Luna) were had anchored in Dark Hollow, just north of Beauty Point in the West Arm of the Tamar where they remained for the next 2 nights. A visit into Beauty Point by […]
Kicking off our 2025 Guest Speaker Dinner program on Friday March 21st will be our own Dan Lyon, aka “Diver Dan”, who does a great job keeping many of our boats slippery below the waterline. Dan’s talk will be mainly focused on the myriad of marine life that we’re fortunate enough to have on our […]
The 150th celebration Ball on 9 May is for everyone Some of you may not have been to a ball in quite some time. To reinforce the message that the ball will be a party for everyone, the members of the social club attended the Friday night draw wearing their ball gowns. As you can […]
Following the resounding the success in the 75th Adelaide to Port Lincoln Race, the Reverie crew turned their attention to the 2025 Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta. This year the regatta, run over four days, comprised of 5 windward/leeward races and a 30 mile Coastal Race into the Spencer Gulf and return. Winds were light […]
The five yachts on this year’s Bass Strait Cruise (3 from RBYC and 2 from SYC) enjoyed excellent 16-18Kt SW winds last Monday week ago to sail from QCYC to Refuge Cove, leaving on the 10am slack water and arriving in the very early hours of Tuesday morning. After enjoying a relaxing Tuesday at the […]
The 2025 Bass Strait Cruise is off and running. As of midday Monday Feb 24th, the Brighton boats “Aquacadabra”, “Chakana” and “Kirra Kirra”, in company with “Atmospheric” and “Umbra Luna” from SYC, had cleared Port Phillip Heads on the morning’s slack water, and were making their way SE along the coast, heading for Wilsons Prom. […]