Royal Brighton Yacht Club
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 […]
The annual Cruising Group Frostbite Cruise up the Yarra will take place on the weekend of June 29/30th, to Melbourne City Marina (Docklands) and will coincide with the Melbourne Firelight Festival.At the time of writing, seven RBYC boats have registered for the cruise. Because of heavy bookings at MCM, including a contingent from RMYS, no […]
We arrived at Coral Sea Marina, our berth for the next 5 months, and popped into the local Chandlery store ( always a treasure trove 🤩) bumping into fellow RBYC member and boating educator Gordon Buchan, a happy surprise!He shared his experience about where the locals anchor around the Whitsunday islands and reefs. Being a […]
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In the Members Bar, over the last three Wednesday evenings, Skippers’ Fora have been held for Off the Beach boats, Keelboats, and One Design boats. These evenings are an opportunity for communication between skippers and interested crew, Race Officers Rod McKenna and Paul Pascoe, and me as Club Captain. We talk about what’s gone well, […]