Royal Brighton Yacht Club
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two of RBYC budding Optimist sailors Edward Jukes and Charlie Chidlow made the track down the highway to sail against 45 other competing Optimist from many other yacht clubs across the bay at the annual Schnapper Point Regatta held at Mornington Yacht club. Sailing seven races to make up the series under glorious sunshine and […]
Dear Members I hope this message finds you well. Similar to my note this time last year, I am looking forward to seeing our Wednesday and Saturday programs swing into full gear now that the summer holidays are over and we see our boats and crew return to the club. The weather was a little […]
Hello fellow members.What a busy time of the year is in December and January.Many congratulations to our RBYC yachts that competed in both the Sydney to Hobart and the Melbourne to Hobart races and their safe return, well done and all power to you, a truly amazing group of sailors.On Boxing Day we had a […]
The 2.4mR Nationals kicked off on Friday 26th with 20 boats competing. Melbourne weather however put a halt to sailing on day 1 with 25+ knots and 1.5m seas not suitable for this class of boat. In typical Melbourne style day 2 was a complete contrast with nothing over 15 knots all day and a […]