Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Information Night Thursday 16 November Sailing Lifts Your Spirits is back for the summer season and on Thursday there is a kickoff meeting for everyone: whether you have been involved in the past, curious about what we are doing or are already keen to get involved So please join us, this Thursday evening (16 Nov), […]
Pursuit start times are not a fixed number and they can change from week to week even if you haven’t sailed for a few weeks. The first concept to understand is that your pursuit start time is not your “handicap”. The system uses your Performance Handicap number AND the estimated time for the race in […]
COMING UP – Save the Dates: Looking ahead, we have the following events going through and into the New Year. Annual BASS STRAIT CRUISE Information Night: The 2024 annual Bass Strait Cruise in Company is scheduled to take place over the fortnight Sat 24th Feb to Mon 11th Mar, 2024. An information evening will be […]
Fortune Favours the Brave When Wednesday twilight sailing was cancelled and rain squalls came through overnight, many wondered about the wisdom of “Oaks Day lunch on the lawn”. However, fortune favours the brave and when staff arrived at 6:00 am Thursday to set up, the future was looking decidedly brighter. Within hours the yard was […]
Over the past few months RBYC has been going through the process of being able to call itself a Clean Marina. We are happy to say that last week we got confirmation that we are now officially accredited and an International Clean Marina. RBYC now appears on the MIA website as a Clean Marina and […]
Thursday night OTB sessions continue to build and are a sensational sailing experience with a great mix of racing and socialising. A fleet of eight Lasers, one Aero and one Windsurfer completed four sprint races in perfect conditions last Thursday night. Racing was fierce but friendly. A big thanks to John Mooney who now provides regular […]
Our November Guest Speaker will be Rod Cuthbert – Six months Cruising Southern Tasmania. Late last year, Rod departed Melbourne in Halcyon and crossed Bass Strait for what was initially planned to be six weeks of cruising and exploring the East Coast of Tasmania. Six months of extensive cruising these in these southern waters later, […]
As I write this report, I reflect on the weekend. Well done to the boats that went racing and to the Race Management team. The weather did play havoc with cancellation of the second race of the Victorian Keelboat championships, (Range Series) on Saturday due to nasty wind and sea state, but one race was […]
The Melbourne Cup long weekend is fast approaching and Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club invites keelboats from around the bay to participate in the annual running of their HMAS Goorangai Trophy race on Saturday 4 November from Brighton to Queenscliff. The race commemorates the tragic sinking of the vessel, HMAS Goorangai with 24 hands on board […]
– seeking submissions The club will be producing a book to celebrate its history, honouring it and its members. It provides a historical souvenir of the club in 2025 and a reference for future generations to look back on in 50 or 100 years. Don Warner and John Scanlon are seeking your submissions. You can contribute […]