Author: Boating Manager

Club Captain Marnie Irving. I am writing this, this NAIDOC week, from Bindibu country in the Western Deserts region of WA, almost as far from the sea as you can possibly get.I have been lucky enough to spend two days camping amongst white coolabahs and spinifex with two women from the Pintubi Nine. You may […]

General Committee: Tony Hennessy A couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to play a very pleasant 9 holes of golf at the Woodlands Golf Club with some of my fellow members on the RBYC Social Committee. We then followed the game with a very pleasant lunch within the golf clubs dining facilities. The […]

We are flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags for the week. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Bayside City Council website includes some terrific material about the connection of the Aboriginal people to the Bayside area. Get to know your local area better and have a look. […]

We thought it would be timely to provide an update on the Forecourt Redevelopment project. Long Contracting established their site office mid-May and are currently working through relocating services and demolition. There is a long list of services that enter the building through this site. Many of these require lowering and others are redundant and […]

The Alan Robinson race to Queenscliff sailed over the long weekend very much summed up the 2023-24 sailing season. The winds were light to non-existent and this meant that no boats finished at the West Channel Pile Light by the 1630hr time limit. From memory, most boats were still in the vicinity of RBYC 1 […]

The annual Cruising Group Frostbite Cruise up the Yarra will take place on the weekend of June 29/30th, to Melbourne City Marina (Docklands) and will coincide with the Melbourne Firelight Festival.At the time of writing, seven RBYC boats have registered for the cruise. Because of heavy bookings at MCM, including a contingent from RMYS, no […]

We arrived at Coral Sea Marina, our berth for the next 5 months, and popped into the local Chandlery store ( always a treasure trove 🤩) bumping into fellow RBYC member and boating educator Gordon Buchan, a happy surprise!He shared his experience about where the locals anchor around the Whitsunday islands and reefs. Being a […]

Specials New Menu

Check out the new lunch and Dinner menu at RBYC Member`s Bar: Monday to Wednesday: 3pm till 7pm – no dinner service Thursday & Friday: 3pm till 9pm Saturday: 12pm till 9pm Sunday 12pm till 7pm- no dinner service Olympic Restaurant & Bar: Monday to Wednesday: 7am till  3pm Thursday & Friday: 7am till 9pm […]

1st SMART Series 5 June (for Novice Racers)This session is aimed at sailors who have never raced or consider themselves novice racers.• What you need to do to race• Boat and team building• Types of races• Flags and start sequencesHear from Paul Jackson, owner of BKT Jamhu and a racer for many years, and Rod […]