Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Over the Australia Day Long Weekend, I was visiting Paynesville on the beautiful Gippsland Lakes. It has often been called the boating capital of Victoria with 420km2 of navigable waterways,the largest in Australia. It was great to see 11 boats from Royal Brighton Yacht Club sailing in the Australian 2.4m Championships, in beautiful sailing conditions, […]
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have been keeping well during the last few months. Now that the American NFL season has concluded with today’s Super Bowl game, it’s time to prepare for the upcoming AFL season, which starts soon. I assume/hope that most of you will be interested in participating again this season, but […]
The 2025 Bass Strait Cruise in Company will depart RBYC for QCYC on Sat Feb 22nd and to return to Brighton by Monday March 10th, 2025. It is not too late to join in the group – please contact John Walker ([email protected]) if you are interested in participating or have any other queries. A pre-cruise […]
Last Saturday saw ideal sailing conditions with light to moderate breezes, plenty of sun, and a balmy 30 degrees. A number of keel boats enjoyed the conditions sailing in a variety of trophy races with Div 1, Div 2, Cruising Division, and one design fleets all coming out to play. The race officers laid gates […]
HELP Do you have a cruising yacht with a furling headsail? Would you like a fantastic excuse to go sailing on Thursday evenings? We need your help! Sailing Lifts Your Spirits has become so popular that we have a waiting list of Healthcare Workers and First Responders eager to try sailing. We simply don’t have […]
The next Cruising Group on-water event will be the 2025 Bass Strait Cruise in Company, whichis scheduled to depart RBYC for QCYC on Sat Feb 22nd and to return to Brighton by Monday March 10th, 2025 ( Where the fleet goes between those dates is in the lap of the weather gods). At this stage, […]
29 June 1937 – 23 January 2025 It is with great sadness that we would like to acknowledge the passing of our friend and colleague, Will Merritt, who died suddenly, but peacefully, last Thursday morning, aged 87 years. Will was born and raised in Western Australia and took up sailing when he moved to Townsville […]
RS100 Nationals at Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club, Ballina Well done to Peter Milne, Grant Christensen and Andy Poulton who competed in the RS100 Nationals over the weekend. Congratulations especially to Peter Milne who won the 7th race and came third overall. Link to full results here and below is a report from Andy […]
RBYC was well represented at Festival of Sails by Rear Commodore Cath Hurley It was wonderful to see so many Brighton sailors enjoying the Festival of Sails in Geelong over the long weekend. It’s always a fun event on and off the water with competitive racing and top class entertainment complete with up and coming […]
The Etchells World Championships were a great way to begin the 150th year of Royal Brighton Yacht Club but now the focus shifts to our Club and the members to begin celebrating our 150th anniversary. There are two key milestone events planned for the first half of the year. Firstly, I’d like to extend an […]