Royal Brighton Yacht Club
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. […]
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 […]
Incorporating 2023-2024 Season Trophy Presentations
On Sunday the frosty conditions suited the event perfectly – the annual Frostbite regatta, with the General Committee of RBYC trying to win the “muddy water” trophy back from RMYS, who hosted the competition this year. All that was missing was wind. The junior teams competed also, to show the seniors how it is done. […]
On Saturday the annual “flare shoot” for the first race of the ORCV winter series went well – but then the racing was challenging with very little wind. The race was started by RBYC and then finished at Sandringham. The club racing went ahead also, with light weather skills sorely tested. Well done to all […]
Winter Solstice Swim and new Sign-on App for swimmers At 6:00 pm on Friday 21 June, over 100 swimmers braved the cold water to have swim and go back to the club for a meal – a most enjoyable and well organised evening. You can get a good appreciation of the success of the event […]
David Dyring (Porge) passed away last Wednesday morning. He had been a member for some 78 years and will be sadly missed at the Club. Club Captain Marnie Irving echoed the thoughts of many when she said, “I feel privileged to have known Porge’s optimism, generosity, family spirit, and kindness.” Porge has been a maintenance […]
In 1986 as a recently arrived backpacker from England I managed to get a berth on a very interesting boat – a home built 38-foot Harrison Butler wishbone ketch. Back then safety didn’t seem that important, I think we had some lifejackets on board, may be a few flares, a radio that sometimes worked and […]
On the field: Both Carlton and Geelong were coming off a bye, but the Blues were the ones to hit the ground running. They led by six goals at halftime, and a nine-goal final term saw the margin blow out to 63 points. It was an impressive, percentage-boosting win, which keeps the Blues in second […]
The Alan Robinson race to Queenscliff sailed over the long weekend very much summed up the 2023-24 sailing season. The winds were light to non-existent and this meant that no boats finished at the West Channel Pile Light by the 1630hr time limit. From memory, most boats were still in the vicinity of RBYC 1 […]