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Report from GC Member Betty Ryan
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This year marks 25 years since the Icebergers became an integral part of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club as swimming members. Over that time, what began as a small, spirited group has grown into a vibrant community bound by cold water, resilience, and camaraderie. For those who take the plunge, the club offers far more than just a place to …
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Office and Marina News
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Dear Members,
Thank you for your support for increased security of the changerooms with the rollout of the fob access only to the rear hallway.
Stage 2 of this change has now been implemented with fob readers installed on the change room access doors.
The doors are now operational with FOB only.
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Members are welcome to submit articles for the newsletter, to [email protected]. Just send the text of the article, either directly in an email or in a Word document, with any photos as separate attachments (rather than embedded in the text).
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Upcoming On Water Events
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This Week's Club Racing
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Wednesday: Hearnes Heroes | Saturday KB Combined Non Aggregate Tower/Tower & OD Boat/Boat
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Start times for Keelboat twilight races are published at 4.30 pm. Boats not already entered but want to race MUST sign on or enter before 4.30pm so we can properly calculate start times for the fleet. Sign on after 4.30pm and you will be allocated an arbitrary time for that race. Please get in early.
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Training News
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April School Holidays Learn to Sail
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Adult Learn to Sail Training open for bookings
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RBYC and BLiSS with generous support from AMS are offering a fantastic opportunity for female sailors to get some extra coaching in keelboat racing. The training will run on the 12th and 26th April. There are 2 session per day 9am-12pm or 1pm – 4pm. giving you the opportunity to find out more about racing in a relaxed atmosphere. You can only book one session. The day will be run on the RBYC keelboat with a Australian Sailing Qualified Keelboat Race instructor BOOK
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2.4 Nationals 2026
After the deluge comes terrific racing. The seven RBYC 2.4s who made the long trip to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club would have been very pleased with how it went. Congratulations to all of you! Those who arrived early experienced a deluge of rain, which gave way to calm conditions on the first day, but with all eight races successfully …
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Keelboat News
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Sunday 12th is the 2026 Association cup. Each club on the bay is able to enter 4 boats, 2 in each ORCc and AMS ratings. Up to 4 windward/Leeward races on the day. We wish our team all the best.
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Shorten Course
During the last twilight race of the series on Wednesday, a shortened course was signalled from the Tower and there was some confusion about how to finish correctly. The full course to be sailed was Start-1-6-5-Finish with all marks left to starboard. So the question is “if the normal course was to leave number 6 to starboard, …
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OTB News
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Good luck to RBYC sailors heading to the ZHIK Youth Sail being held at SSCBC. We have some great young sailors representing in a couple of fleets and you can keep up with the event HERE
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Cruising News
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Commander Helen Ward (RAN) will be speaking at the Monthly Guest Speaker Dinner on April 17th, and will relate the story of HMVS Cerberus, the first Australian steam powered ironclad warship. Cerberus was commissioned shortly after the Australian colonial governments had been empowered to acquire and man naval vessels. (As most will know, the scuttled hulk of the Cerberus remains …
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Social News
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Hi everyone, It's been an extended round of footy this week, with games taking place from Thursday to Monday. On the Field Collingwood travelled to Brisbane to play the Lions. The two-time defending premiers have had a slow start to the season, but they had no trouble accounting for the Magpies by a score of 17.17.119 to 10.5.65. On Friday …
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Last Draw
Friday 3rd April
Draw #1 No Draw
Draw #2 No Draw
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Next Draw
Friday 10th April
Draw #1 $1000,
Draw #2 $100
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Ella's Music
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