Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Wendy Luck and membership milestones Those who attended the recent AGM will have been thrilled to see Past Commodore Wendy Luck unanimously accepted as an RBYC Honorary Life Member. Wendy has served the Club since the late 1970s and continues to this day. Her contributions include serving on several Committees before becoming the first female […]
Rear Commodore Cath Hurley There’s a lot going on at the club both on and off the water. The sailing season is now in full swing with some beautiful sunny days and good breezes . The Twilight on Wednesday attracted a good fleet. Saturday was a beautiful day for the Peter Taylor trophy and one […]
• Melbourne Cup Weekend Cruise• Progressive Dinner• Xmas Hardstand Party.The next item on the Cruising Calendar will be a Cruise in Company over the Melbourne Cup long weekend (Saturday Nov 1st to Tuesday Nov 4th). Subject to weather, the current plan is to visit Wyndham Harbour and Portarlington. All boats are welcome, so please contact […]
The fickle Spring weather once more proved to be our nemesis. Strong winds on Saturday kept the one design fleet ashore, while a passage race replaced the scheduled windward/leeward races for the keelboats contesting the York Syme (Div1), Bushy Beavis Trophy (Div 2) and the Sarawaki Cup (Div 3). Congratulations to all who competed and […]
Open to sailors of all abilities who want to experience this spectacular 20 ft sports cross keel / dinghy class The ‘Try VX One Day’ will start at 10am on 8 November 2025 on the clubs’ Hardstand (down the pier) on and will run until about 3:30pm – followed by drinks in the Members’ bar. […]
Book now for this Friday’s Guest Speaker Dinner, when Lou and Marni Irving talk on their experiences of both cruising in Tasmania and racing from Sydney and Melbourne to Tasmania. This promises to be both an interesting and an informative evening, with Lou and Marni, highlighting three themes – the natural beauty of Tasmania, the […]
Royal Brighton Yacht ClubFlag Officers and General Committeefor 2025-2026 Season FLAG OFFICERS Commodore – Peter DemuraVice Commodore – Peter GebhardtRear Commodore – Cath HurleyClub Captain – Marnie Irving Honorary Treasurer – Mark Buckley GENERAL COMMITTEE Grant DowAndy HolmesJohn MooneySteve ReynoldsBetty RyanMark Woodland
I’d like to open this week’s newsletter by highlighting the terrific article from RBYC junior member Theo Alston, which you can read below. Theo competed in the 2025 Qingdao International Optimist Training Camp and Regatta and received some financial support from the RBYC Yachting Foundation. . On behalf of all RBYC members, I’d like to congratulate Theo on […]
Qingdao International Optimist Regatta 2025 by Theo Alston My name is Theo Altson, I am 11 years old and a RBYC Junior Member. I sail an Optimist Dinghy and do Teams Racing in a Pacer. I started sailing when I was five years old in the Tackers Program at RBYC, moving up through to the Junior […]
Our next Guest Speaker Dinner will be on Friday October 17th, when Lou and Marni Irving talk on their experiences of both cruising in Tasmania and racing from Sydney and Melbourne to Tasmania, highlighting three themes – the natural beauty of Tasmania, unexpected medical issues (and how to deal with them), and the vagaries of […]