Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Volunteers on the Water Safety was carefully managed at one of the RBYC Iceberrger’s annual events on Sunday. It was impressive to see so many participants donning the old fashioned costumes to swim a variety of distances in the traditional Olsen Hooper swim.. The sea was a warm (for Icebergers) but there was a fair bit […]
Perhaps you were at the club some time over the last four days, and saw some action.Some of you will have participated, either as competitors, or as volunteers with race management, or as helpers on the beach. Some will have casually dropped by for a coffee or a swim. All will have been struck by […]
An information evening and briefing for the 2025 Bass Strait Cruise (Sat Feb 22nd to Monday March 10th 2025) will be held on the evening of Friday December 6th 2024. This will be held in the Regatta Room (next to the Sailing Office), commencing at 7:15pm, following the 7pm Members Draw in Bar. Please email […]
Charlie Childow and Ashlea Tan travelled to the Sail Country regatta over the long weekend, and thanks to Danielle Chidlow for this report – they clearly all had a wonderful time! The Chidlow family bundled into the car, Opti on the roof and tent in the boot, and headed off to Albury Wodonga for Charlie […]
Thanks to our wonderful team of volunteer skippers, sailors and shore crew, we have been able to help over 1,300 First Responders and Healthcare workers experience sailing at RBYC. For many of them it was their first time ever sailing. Want to help ? Whether you are a boat owner, a sailor or someone who […]
We are well into our sailing season now with a lot to look forward to. On Sunday, many of the clubs around the bay, including our club, were impacted by the strong winds around 11.00am. At RBYC we were running the One Design regatta for 2.4mRs, VX Ones and Etchells. Wind recordings at Fawkner Beacon […]
An information evening and briefing for the 2025 Bass Strait Cruise (Sat Feb 22nd to Monday March 10th 2025) will be held on the evening of Friday December 6th 2024. This will be held in the Regatta Room (next to the Sailing Office), commencing at 7:15pm, following the 7pm Members Draw in Bar. Please email […]
RBYC is putting together the club’s official corporate brochure and wanted to offer existing members and sponsors a chance to profile in the publication for a 16 month period. If members know of any businesses or associates that might be of relevance in supporting the club and profiling their business, please email Wayne Smith (below). […]
Some recent interactions with new crew members has reminded me that the sport of sailing is more about the people than it is about the boats we sail on. I have had the good fortune to sail on everything from a mirror dingy to a Volvo 70 over the past 40+ years and it’s the […]
by Paul Pascoe Recently I attended two regattas in Asia as Chairman of the Jury. The two events were quite different but both open to all competitors and sailed on provided keelboats. The organisers of both events have encouraged me to see if there are teams from Australia that would like to compete in next […]