Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Check out the new lunch and Dinner menu at RBYC Member`s Bar: Monday to Wednesday: 3pm till 7pm – no dinner service Thursday & Friday: 3pm till 9pm Saturday: 12pm till 9pm Sunday 12pm till 7pm- no dinner service Olympic Restaurant & Bar: Monday to Wednesday: 7am till 3pm Thursday & Friday: 7am till 9pm […]
1st SMART Series 5 June (for Novice Racers)This session is aimed at sailors who have never raced or consider themselves novice racers.• What you need to do to race• Boat and team building• Types of races• Flags and start sequencesHear from Paul Jackson, owner of BKT Jamhu and a racer for many years, and Rod […]
RBYC members are invited to place nominations for this years special trophy award’s. The trophies up for nominations are J Herlein Award for Yachtspersons of the Year Phil Bedlington Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sailing at National & International Level Adam Stevenson Memorial Youth Encouragement Award John Crosbie Memorial Trophy for Club Person of the […]
Club Centre Course racing has finished for the season. One design fleets can look forward to the winter series commencing in August. Keelboat racing around the fixed marks certainly continues, both on a Wednesday and a Saturday (see the Club Calendar for all the sailing information and dates). Some of the volunteers will now get […]
Staying alive in winter! I recently attended an excellent winter safety briefing organised by our Iceberger members in the lead up to winter. There was a reminder about the risks of hypothermia and how to detect it in others and the need to swim, sail or kayak with others, and ensure someone knows you’re going […]
The annual race to QCYC for the Alan Robinson Trophy is Saturday 8th June. This is a separate entry event and full details of the event can be found on the RBYC website. Online entry can also be done via the results app
A beautiful sunny autumn day made for light airs and some fluky and tricky sailing in the BLiSS regatta at Royal Brighton Yacht Club on Sunday 5 May. Race Officer Lou Hutton managed to get in two races despite the challenging conditions and 15 boats took to the water to race for the silverware. It […]
For the second year RBYC run a BLiSS Experience to allow women sailing in the BLiSS Regatta to get some extra tuition on keelboat racing. Below is a brief review from Bronwyn Mcllveen Firstly, it was very educational and fun and thank-fully we had good weather with sunshine over the two weeks and we appreciate […]
The traditional end of summer racing, the Cerberus Trophy, was held on Saturday in magnificent conditions. 14 boats took to the water in a 5-10 knt SW a perfectly flat sea and full sun which made it a beautiful day to be on the water. The trophy is awarded for the Performance Handicap winner JAMHU, […]
With the completion of the winter snooker and billiards competitions, we are now right into the annual pool (eight ball) competition. Entry is open to all membership categories. And a brilliant chance for newish members to meet and have fun with other members. Skill level is irrelevant and a fun time the chief ingredient. There […]