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 […]
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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 […]
Reciprocal Clubs
General Committee: Tony Hennessy A couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to play a very pleasant 9 holes of golf at the Woodlands Golf Club with some of my fellow members on the RBYC Social Committee. We then followed the game with a very pleasant lunch within the golf clubs dining facilities. The […]
We are flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags for the week. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Bayside City Council website includes some terrific material about the connection of the Aboriginal people to the Bayside area. Get to know your local area better and have a look. […]
GM Report – July
We thought it would be timely to provide an update on the Forecourt Redevelopment project. Long Contracting established their site office mid-May and are currently working through relocating services and demolition. There is a long list of services that enter the building through this site. Many of these require lowering and others are redundant and […]
Members Annual Cocktail Party
Incorporating 2023-2024 Season Trophy Presentations