This winter has been one of the coldest and calmest presenting challenges for sailors and swimmers at the club. Frustratingly there’s often been either not enough or too much wind. This past weekend the ORCV race had to be abandoned, and the keen sailors at RBYC were disappointed on both days due to lack of […]
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GC Report- Peter Gebhardt
Dear MembersLooking back at the last few General Committee weekly updates, we have been reminded that the cold weather is really upon us; however, it is pleasing to see that many events are still happening around the club, both on and off the water.We have a fantastic speaker scheduled for next month’s Guest Speaker Dinner, […]
GC Report – Peter Coleman
Hello fellow members. Well, how bad has our weather been lately. Not conducive to playing boats. I was lucky enough to speak with past Commodore Peter Johns and Karen and the trusty deckhand for a couple of weeks, Susan Cassidy. They are having a splendid time in their canal boat currently in France and hoping […]
SMART Class Review
Over the last two months the SMART classes for learning about sailing and racing have been a winner. They were well received buy many members form all fleets. We plan to do this again next winter. Below is a summary of the topics and you can access the presentations via the button. #1 Introduction to […]
Iceberger Winter Swimming Festival
Melbourne weather can be a challenging changing experience and this weekend just past confirmed that. For those hardy souls that braved Saturday morning, a raging sea (50 kph gusting winds and an air temperature cold enough to make a polar bear feel at home), Sunday was a great relief. RBYC Icebergers arrived at Melbourne’s home […]
Unfortunately, our gas supply will be shut down on Tuesday 23rd July 2024 Restaurant will be open from 7am – 10am ONLY Hot Showers will be available from 7am – 10am ONLY Members Bar will be open from 3pm – 7pm NORMAL WINTER TRADING HOURS WILL RESUME WEDNESDAY 24TH 2024
Catch-up with our elite sailors
As well as herself being a dedicated competitive IQ Foil sailor, training regularly, Anna Cripsey organised a fundraising event earlier this year for the nine elite sailors aspiring make an Olympic team. We asked Anna to give us an update of what these sailors have been up to.Jack Eichmeyer and Lachie Weber competed in the […]
Cocktail Party Review
The 2023 – 2024 end of season cocktail party (incorporating trophy presentation) was held on Friday 12th. With over 150 club members attending there was great representation from the non sailing members as well as the sailors and its was wonderful to see a large number of new members also attending. Below are a few […]
New Club Apparel
A range of new RBYC clothing is now available to purchase from reception. It includes the first of the 150yr items. Visit the Clothing/Merchandise page of the website to see these new items
NAIDOC Week
Club Captain Marnie Irving. I am writing this, this NAIDOC week, from Bindibu country in the Western Deserts region of WA, almost as far from the sea as you can possibly get.I have been lucky enough to spend two days camping amongst white coolabahs and spinifex with two women from the Pintubi Nine. You may […]