Royal Brighton Yacht Club
We are well into our sailing season now with a lot to look forward to. On Sunday, many of the clubs around the bay, including our club, were impacted by the strong winds around 11.00am. At RBYC we were running the One Design regatta for 2.4mRs, VX Ones and Etchells. Wind recordings at Fawkner Beacon […]
An information evening and briefing for the 2025 Bass Strait Cruise (Sat Feb 22nd to Monday March 10th 2025) will be held on the evening of Friday December 6th 2024. This will be held in the Regatta Room (next to the Sailing Office), commencing at 7:15pm, following the 7pm Members Draw in Bar. Please email […]
RBYC is putting together the club’s official corporate brochure and wanted to offer existing members and sponsors a chance to profile in the publication for a 16 month period. If members know of any businesses or associates that might be of relevance in supporting the club and profiling their business, please email Wayne Smith (below). […]
Some recent interactions with new crew members has reminded me that the sport of sailing is more about the people than it is about the boats we sail on. I have had the good fortune to sail on everything from a mirror dingy to a Volvo 70 over the past 40+ years and it’s the […]
by Paul Pascoe Recently I attended two regattas in Asia as Chairman of the Jury. The two events were quite different but both open to all competitors and sailed on provided keelboats. The organisers of both events have encouraged me to see if there are teams from Australia that would like to compete in next […]
For many years, the Club has benefitted from a small and dedicated group of volunteers who, on each Thursday, undertake a range of activities maintaining the Club’s rescue boat fleet, hardstand and marina. The success of this model has led the General Committee to support the establishment of a “Monday Working Group” with a mandate […]
By GC member Debbie Jonker The course is run annually by the ORCV , It’s fun , well run and I met quite a few fellow Victorians who don’t go boating yet wanted to just enjoy an interesting day out on the water . We all really had fun aboard the chartered ferry and learnt […]
Our annual OTB regatta , Sail Melbourne, is fast approaching. This is a major event in the RBYC calendar attracting over 130 boats from across Australian and the rest of the world. The event recruits the help of a number of other clubs on the bay with 4 courses running each day. With a large […]
Four RBYC members had a successful event last week with five days of racing, and contributed to having Victoria win the Teams event. Here is a link to results. This holds RBYC in a good place for the Worlds in Pittwater March 2025 where they expect 160 odd entries. Alison Weatherly – 1st Female Australian Championships, […]
RBYC Members Play Golf There is so much more than sailing that members can enjoy at Royal Brighton Yacht Club. Last week a team of eight golfers from RBYC played in the Victory Cup, a competition between the yacht clubs on the bay that’s been running for 47 years. It was a great day out […]