Category: Sailing documents

Skippers Briefing 2025-26 Season

We enjoyed hosting the participants of the 2025 Women’s Helm, Navigator & Radio Race for dinner on Friday night and breakfast the next morning, before they headed for Queenscliff Cruising Yacht club in a building breeze. Well done to RBYC boat She’s Apples – thanks to Matt Gault for the use of the boat which […]

Hay convoy to drought stricken farmers By Past Commodore, Paul Pascoe South Australia is currently in the worst drought in recorded history as is the Western District of Victoria. Feeding their stock has exhausted farmers own supply of hay and with floods in NSW there is a critical shortage of hay up and down the […]

Recently the Club billiard table has been fully renovated with new cushions and cloth, slate repair and expert re-levelling to produce a perfect table. This work was suggested by two playing members, Chris Borell and Brett Lazarides, who each generously donated 25% of the cost of the work.  Chris personally planned and managed the work […]

AFL News Despite four interstate ‘derby’ games taking place this week, the results of this weekend’s round were surprisingly lopsided. The usual expectation is that the games between the local state sides in WA, SA, NSW, and QLD will be close and tough. Not so this week! The remaining games were also lopsided (except for […]

Our next Guest Speaker Dinner will be on Friday August 15th, when John & Jo Walker and Peter & Suzie Strain will let us into the secrets of Cruising the Houtman Abrolhos Islands – Australia’s historic and marine treasure. This promises to be a fascinating look at an historic, but lesser frequented, part of Australia’s […]

Paul Jackson’s JAMHU is all packed up and read to head north for the regatta season after dropping its mast at RBYC and then being loaded onto a truck. The boat will be skippered by Ken Christensen and include several crew from RBYC over the three regattas; Airlie Beach Race Week, Hamiton Island Race Week […]

By Paul Pascoe One of the rules that has changed from January of this year is rule 20, “Room to Tack at an Obstruction”. This is where you are beating to weather, you are approaching an obstruction, but you have a boat on your hip that is preventing you from tacking. The application of the […]

The annual RBYC Frostbite Cruise will take place this coming weekend of July 26th and 27th, destination Melbourne City Marina (MCM), Docklands. Join in, come along, and enjoy a convivial weekend away with sailing colleagues. This year, we are adding a “Christmas in July” theme and suggest each boat brings along +/- $10 Kris Kringle […]

Sailors Mentorship And Race Training This year we will be presenting a series of lectures and discussions, SMART Classes, designed to encourage boat owners to participate in club racing. The series is aimed at both Novice and Experienced sailors to join in and to learn what is required for racing. Aug 6th                1800 – 1930               […]