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Welcome to Opening Day

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 […]

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Annual General Meeting

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

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GC Report – Peter Coleman

Hello fellow members. Well, how bad has our weather been lately. Not conducive to playing boats. I was lucky enough to speak with past Commodore Peter Johns and Karen and the trusty deckhand for a couple of weeks, Susan Cassidy.   They are having a splendid time in their canal boat currently in France and hoping […]

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SMART Class Review

Over the last two months the SMART classes for learning about sailing and racing have been a winner. They were well received buy many members form all fleets. We plan to do this again next winter. Below is a summary of the topics and you can access the presentations via the button. #1 Introduction to […]

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AFL Round 19

Hi everyone, It’s been another interesting week of AFL Footy with some very close games and unexpected results. On the field: Essendon had a great opportunity to consolidate their position in the top 8 when they hosted Adelaide at Marvel Stadium on Friday night. The Crows had other ideas and when they kicked 8 straight […]

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Iceberger Winter Swimming Festival

Melbourne weather can be a challenging changing experience and this weekend just past confirmed that. For those hardy souls that braved Saturday morning, a raging sea (50 kph gusting winds and an air temperature cold enough to make a polar bear feel at home), Sunday was a great relief. RBYC Icebergers arrived at Melbourne’s home […]

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TUESDAY 23RD July CHANGED TRADING HOURS

Unfortunately, our gas supply will be shut down on Tuesday 23rd July 2024 Restaurant will be open from 7am – 10am ONLY Hot Showers will be available from 7am – 10am ONLY   Members Bar will be open from 3pm – 7pm NORMAL WINTER TRADING HOURS WILL RESUME WEDNESDAY 24TH 2024

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Catch-up with our elite sailors

As well as herself being a dedicated competitive IQ Foil sailor, training regularly, Anna Cripsey organised a fundraising event earlier this year for the nine elite sailors aspiring make an Olympic team. We asked Anna to give us an update of what these sailors have been up to.Jack Eichmeyer and Lachie Weber competed in the […]

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Cocktail Party Review

The 2023 – 2024 end of season cocktail party (incorporating trophy presentation) was held on Friday 12th. With over 150 club members attending there was great representation from the non sailing members as well as the sailors and its was wonderful to see a large number of new members also attending. Below are a few […]

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New Club Apparel

A range of new RBYC clothing is now available to purchase from reception. It includes the first of the 150yr items. Visit the Clothing/Merchandise page of the website to see these new items

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NAIDOC Week

Club Captain Marnie Irving. I am writing this, this NAIDOC week, from Bindibu country in the Western Deserts region of WA, almost as far from the sea as you can possibly get.I have been lucky enough to spend two days camping amongst white coolabahs and spinifex with two women from the Pintubi Nine. You may […]

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Reciprocal Clubs

General Committee: Tony Hennessy A couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to play a very pleasant 9 holes of golf at the Woodlands Golf Club with some of my fellow members on the RBYC Social Committee. We then followed the game with a very pleasant lunch within the golf clubs dining facilities. The […]