Royal Brighton Yacht Club
The Etchells fleet is keen to get more crew involved. Some boats are looking for permanent crew – but to begin with, why not come and try sailing on an Etchells during our Winter series (remaining racing days are 20 August, 3 September and 17 September). You do need some sailing experience, but keelboat or […]
Welcome out of winter! Update from Laura After a cold and wet winter, we are finally able to look forward to some warmth and sunshine as we plan for the summer months. As the calendar comes together this season is looking to be one of our biggest yet! SEPTEMBER HOLIDAY PROGRAM We will have two […]
Cocktail Party a celebration of the season that was. Members and guests enjoyed last Friday Night’s cocktail party, including the presentation of major awards. The band “Donkey on the edge” enlivened the Bayview room, while we all enjoyed canapes and the opportunity to catch up with friends. The presentation of major awards by Commodore Peter […]
Marina Dredging The General Committee is acutely aware of the sand build up within the marina. Now that the boating channel is cleared, we are planning the dredging within the marina. The Club has a 10 year permit for dredging established in 2019. Discussions with Parks Victoria and our Marine Consultants Water Technology have advised […]
The above mementos were collected by Jock Sturrock’s wife Betty on their trips around the world to yacht clubs and sailing events. This collection has been lovingly preserved by Betty’s brother Doug Jones, his wife Elaine and their daughters Michelle and Claudia, who have donated it to Royal Brighton Yacht Club for members to enjoy. […]
For this August’s third Friday Dinner, we will be holding a fun, nautically themed Kahoot Trivia / Quiz night, with our very own Bryan Drummond as Quizmaster. Come along and enjoy a 2 course dinner in the Bayview Room, to be followed by a fun, nautically themed, Kahoot Quiz night, hosted by the Cruising Group. Questions are put up […]
Yacht clubs are now required to undertaken independent Safety Equipment Audits. To do these we need to recruit members to become a AS Club Equipment Auditor (CEA) or National Equipment Auditor (NEA) CEA’s do safety auditors for vessel hold a Cat 4 – 7 ratings NEA’s do safety audits for vessels holding Cat 1 – […]
We ask all boat owners take a moment to read this article on the best practices for dock lines in the RBYC marina
NEXT RACE 17th JULY One one race left in this series. Its been a mixed bag of wind but after a slow start we had some great racing. Only a small fleet for this round but with more series planned for the new season we are sure it will grow Check out some images form […]
RBYC is proud to support the LifeBag life jacket recycling program LifeBags are collecting old or redundant life jackets and remaking them into useful, durable, waterproof day bags. Old lifejackets often make their way into landfill as the cost of a new lifejacket can be cheaper than the cost of the mandatory certified testing after […]