Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Tuesday March 25th, 7pm Reports can be located in the Members Portal Notice of Meeting / Agenda including Special Resolution Minutes of AGM held 24th September 2024 Financial Report Proxy Form – Voting is restricted to financial members of the following categories. (a) Senior Members and Senior Family Members who are spouses or domestic partners […]
The Commodore and General Committee are delighted to extend an invitation to all RBYC members and their guests for the Royal Brighton Yacht Club’s 150th Celebration Ball. This prestigious event will be held on 9th May 2025 at The Carousel in Albert Park, from 7:00pm for 7:30pm, until Midnight. Join us as we commemorate this […]
24th September 2024, 253 Esplanade, Brighton, 1900HRS Annual Report FY24 Notice of Annual General Meeting including Agenda Minutes Half Yearly General Meeting of Members Notice of Election (Nominations Closed) Election Procedure – In-Person & Postal (updated 05.09.24) Election of Flag Officers, Honorary Treasurer & General Committee 2024-2025 Please click on link below to see Nominee […]
This week’s wild weather is predicted to finish just in time for Opening Day this Saturday 7th October– it is forecast to be clear with light winds. We’d love to see you there, whether you are a sailor or not. Here is what is happening on the day…11:15 am – before the formalities begin, we […]
19th September 2023, 253 Esplanade, Brighton, 1900 Annual Report (print version) Notice of Annual General Meeting including agenda Minutes Half Yearly General Meeting Election of Flag Officers, Honorary Treasurer & General Committee 2023-2024 Please click on link below to see Nominee information supplied
Friday Nights Club Nights – GC Member Steve Reynolds Friday nights at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club have quietly become the highlight of the week. What began as an effort to bring members together has blossomed into a lively, warm tradition — our members’ bar is now regularly full, buzzing with conversation, laughter and the […]
That’s All Folks!2.4mR National Titles and WA State Titles – 2026RFBYC, Perth, WA By Ray Smith (one of the 7 RBYC competitors who made the trip to WA) Hmm. Sitting here at the back of the 737-300, heading home to Melbourne, tired, satisfied, happy. What a week it was at RFBYC. We had all the […]
Australian and Victorian Championships – Ballarat Yacht ClubThree RBYC members contested the National and Victorian Championships at Ballarat Yacht Club over Easter. The Hansa classes are an example of Universal Design, boats created for everyone to sail, regardless of age, gender, or disability. They provide a level playing field for everyone to race on.Sean Hogan, […]
Race starts are an important part of ensuring you have a good race, and there are a number of aspects that come in to producing a good start: While all of these contribute to a good start, the most important is starting on time, otherwise all the others are completely irrelevant. And for RBYC races, […]
This coming Friday evening, April 17th, we are very pleased to have Commander Helen Ward of the Royal Australian Navy as our Guest Speaker. Commander Ward has passionate interest in Australian Naval history and will focus her talk this Friday evening on the story of HMVS Cerberus, the first Australian steam powered ironclad warship and […]
The fourth annual Gather Round was held in South Australia this weekend. The nine matches were spread between Adelaide Oval, Norwood Oval and Barossa Park in the wine country. Unfortunately, most games were lopsided. On the field The hometown Crows cruised to a comfortable 28-point win over Carlton to start proceedings last Thursday night. On […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Paul Pascoe, 2/4/2026 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 […]