Royal Brighton Yacht Club
2024 BIRTHDAY CRUISE to RYCV, Williamstown: A great turnout of around 50 members and friends enjoyed the annual RBYC Cruising Group Birthday Cruise to the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria last Sunday. Several boats sailed over, however, with the BOM posting “Strong Wind Warning” for the Bay, others decided to opt for the comfort of […]
Six in a row for Mack One at Nash Advisory VX One Nationals 2024 The formidable AUS332 Mack One crew of Ben Franklin, Alan Moffat and Josh Franklin have claimed a sixth straight national title at Royal Brighton Yacht Club. They clinched the win by four points over AUS330 Pipeline Drillers, skippered by Brett Whitbread, […]
January has been regatta month, with three terrific regattas so far, and one more to go (the 2.4 Nationals). Ray Smith has written an excellent article about the Stonehaven Cup and the Cadet Centenary Regatta (you can still find it on our website) – I also wanted to share some of my personal experiences.My role […]
A morning Melbourne rain storm delivered different conditions for day three of the Nash Advisory VX One Nationals. The wave state and shifting breeze saw close and exciting racing across the three races, with a different winner taking each. Race eight started in the last of the morning rain, with the cloud effect creating fast […]
2024 BIRTHDAY CRUISE to RYCV, Williamstown: 21st Jan The 33nd RBYC Cruising Group Annual Birthday Cruise to the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria at Williamstown will take place this Sunday January 21st, 2024. Eight or nine boats have already signed up to go, but it is not too late to participate. Just get in touch […]
Day two of the Nash Advisory VX One Nationals was sailed in a seriously tricky and blustery northerly breeze. The crew of AUS332 Mack One, skippered by Ben Franklin, again showed their dominance early with two wins in races four and five of the series. AUS355 Beta Blvd took the win in the third and […]
15 JAN – Day One Day one of the Nash Advisory VX One Nationals commenced from Royal Brighton Yacht Club today, with four races sailed in a building south easterly breeze under the watchful eye of Kevin Wilson with his brother Ross Wilson as deputy. Mack One AUS332, Ben Franklin, Josh Franklin and Alan Moffat, […]
Term 1 training is now open for bookings. Sunday mornings for sail training and afternoons for the race Training fleets. For full information and details use this LINK
In continuing efforts to support our members, if you are doing Festival of Sails in the AMS division, and would like your sails remeasured pre-event, please contact Peter Coleman 0418 332 375 ASAP. This will be done on the hardstand. Peter will revise your rating if they have shrunk.
Where it all began From a lot of ideas and no doubt dozens of sketches (no computers in those days!) a gentleman called Mr A.C. Barber penned the lines of a dinghy, bringing together all the ideas floated in many very animated discussions about training boats. He formally recorded these thoughts around 1922 and called […]