Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Patriot was the clear winner in a race of snakes and ladders. Local knowledge as the winds softened gave Jason Close, skipper of the J133 ‘Patriot’ the advantage to win overall in a fleet of 34 yachts in Saturday’s ORCV Winter Series 30nm race to Blairgowrie. The mixed fleet competing in the racing and cruising […]
We ask all boat owners take a moment to read this article on the best practices for dock lines in the RBYC marina
Provide CPR Needs to be renewed annually Course code: HLTAID001 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Course description:This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines. This unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide CPR in various situations, including community and […]
The “VX One RBYC Season Champion” trophy, was introduced in 2022 with the growing fleet of VXOnes at RBYC. It is awarded to the boat that best performs across the whole season, promoting the class within & representing RBYC as well as promoting the class more broadly in Victoria. The winner will be decided by two […]
RBYC is proud to support the LifeBag life jacket recycling program LifeBags are collecting old or redundant life jackets and remaking them into useful, durable, waterproof day bags. Old lifejackets often make their way into landfill as the cost of a new lifejacket can be cheaper than the cost of the mandatory certified testing after […]
Niesje Hees, Secretary Etchells Melbourne Fleet, National Secretary IECAA, RBYC GC member Mid Gybe Crisis AUS 1277 How did you get into sailing? I did a beginners course in New Zealand with Penny Whiting in my late twenties. I’ve been doing some sort of sailing ever since then. Why did you choose to sail Etchells? […]
RBYC sailors at AWKR Female club members enjoyed a terrific long weekend of sailing in the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) held at RMYS, in some challenging conditions. Serious Yahoo finished third overall on Event Handicap. On board were co-owner Vanessa Twigg, Sue Neales, Bronwyn Mc Ilveen, Cath Hurley and Louise Le Fevre. Katie Holroyd […]
After the past few Covid-disrupted years, RBYC is reinvigorating the OTB sailing program and looking forward to growing our sailing fleet including a range of classes such as Lasers, Aeros, Rs100s, 420s, Quests and Optis as well as other classes.We would love to see you join us as we rebuild the OTB racing and social […]
Skippers are now able to enter a race series online via the Race Entry app. This will enter you in all races of that series. This is done via the sign-on app on your smart device. You will still have to do the boat and crew sign on each week in the usual way Or […]
The club’s trivia night, which had been postponed the last two years due to the pandemic, made a much-anticipated return last Friday night. Emcee and quiz master Don Warner and his wife Carolyn hosted a fun evening in the Bayview Room. The event sold out in advance with 150 tickets sold. The 15 tables were […]