Royal Brighton Yacht Club
In January 2023 we are again hosting Sail Melbourne.This is a major event on our sailing calendar. It brings in a lot of boats and competitors and we need to accommodate them on our club premises. Boat StorageWe will be making use of the yard, under croft, Jock Sturrock building and car parking areas during […]
Last Friday I had the privilege of assisting the Commodore farewell RBYC and visiting boats competing in the Sydney to Hobart and Melbourne to Hobart ocean races. Those present received a RBYC burgee, which hopefully will be flown with pride when the yachts safely reach Hobart. Royal Brighton has a long and proud tradition of […]
While at the club over the next few weeks, consider an online donation to the Lighthouse Foundation, helping break the pattern of youth homelessness in Australia. You will see posters around the club and use the QR code, and can write your festive season wishes on one of the Wishing Tree tags provided – or […]
The annual RBYC BLiSS regatta will be held on 30 April 2023 and is the last of the five Race Days of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series (PPWCS). This year we are offering a TRAINING DAY for competitors ahead of the regatta, in the Club’s Quest sailing dinghies for a nominal fee. This is […]
2022 Olsen Hooper It was great to see the namesakes of todays race, John Olsen & Robert Hooper arrive to watch you all compete. Results 2022 Olsen Hooper over a traditional Big Course. Winner, Lucas Tucker in a nett time of 31:14 adjusted for handicap to 31:14 (think about it!), second Ben Stanford in a […]
December is traditionally a time for end of year plans, and for reflection. The club is bustling with member functions as well as community and private events. Let’s acknowledge our terrific staff. I know they love working at RBYC and enjoy seeing the clubhouse vibrant and busy – at the same time some of them […]
As someone who has spent some time up the pointy end of the boat in the past, I was looking to further my knowledge of everything bow-work when I enrolled in the ORCV Bowman course. I was looking for helpful tips and tricks, as well as to understand what was best practice forward of the […]
It has been really pleasing to see the growing Laser fleet getting out on Sundays for some high quality racing. The fleet welcomes beginners and has some highly competitive expert sailors as well. Then if you want the additional excitement of an asymmetrical kite there are the RS100s!!.Single handed OTB sailing and more importantly racing, […]
Two Brighton crews took part in the first Blairegowrie Women’s Sportsboat Regattas in a fleet of J70s in challenging conditions over the weekend. After the first four races the team of Lily Richardson, Chloe Fisher, Matilda Richardson, Laura Thomson and Anna Cripsey were in the lead in their group. Unfortunately the second group races were […]
Having been Treasurer a number of years ago, I am pleased to fill the role again. Like technology, processes have moved on and become much more automated – gone are the days of having an account and and cheques being drawn. However, the fundamentals of financial management and governance are the same. The Finance Committee, […]