Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Etchells Class at RBYC The club is coming up to our 150th anniversary in 2025, which provides lots of opportunity to reflect on our history. One-design racing has always been a big part of this, and the club has a long-standing and close relationship with the Etchells Class. Many of us remember the Etchells Worlds […]
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 […]
Nominations now CLOSED
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? […]
10th June A great night of entertainment is lined up for June 10 RBYC.. Come with friends , book and eat pre show… lots of gaffs then party the night away with DJ Bro! Here is the Line up for June 10th Dave Hughes… (Hughesy never fails one of the best Comics Live)Adam Rozenbachs (COMEDIAN […]
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 […]