Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Over the weekend two RBYC boats, Another Chapter and JAMHU, joined 21 other yachts in the 74th Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht race. This 160nm race started in Adelaide on Friday afternoon with the course taking yachts across the Gulf of St Vincent to Marion Reef at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula, into Investigator […]
On a recent trip to New Zealand I was reminded how much we have in common with our fellow sailors when I visited the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and had a personal tour with Commodore Andrew Andrew Aitken. There’s always so much to share and so much to learn from our reciprocal clubs. The […]
Our Club was formed in 1875 and next year will celebrate its 150th year anniversary. To celebrate our anniversary, the General Committee, on the advice of a small sub-committee, have in principle approved a very exciting and comprehensive program of events during 2025. These events are in the initial planning stages and need the help […]
The visitors from Metung took the top two podium finishes in the Dragons State Titles held over the weekend. Saturday’s light breezes turned more lively on Sunday. The Race Management team provided 6 great races over the two days, and all teams had their moments of glory. First place, winning the JJ Savage trophy, was […]
RBYC achieved some outstanding results in the ILCA Masters World Championships at the Adelaide Sailing Club last week. Competitors from 30 countries all over the world enjoyed spectacular racing with strong sea breezes and large waves. Four RBYC sailors did the club proud on the world stage. Tony McPhail sailed brilliantly to finish on the podium […]
Come and celebrate getting back to sailing. A BBQ will be held on the hardstand on the 10th Feb after racing. All members welcome so even if you are not sailing come down and have some fun. The event is BYO food and drink.
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GUEST SPEAKER DINNER – Friday Feb 16th, 2024 In April 2023, RBYC yachts Aquacadabra, Chakana and Saffron left Melbourne to sail up the east coast of Australia, and then across the Coral Sea to New Caledonia. After spending 2 months cruising New Caledonian waters they joined a rally to Vanuatu where they climbed a volcano, […]
– By Anna Cripsey Hello fellow RBYC members, we are a group of high-performance sailors that are lucky enough to call RBYC our home base. We all share a common dream of wanting to go the Olympics whether it be in the Laser (ILCA), 470, IQ Wind foil or Kite foil class. This dream and […]