2021 Victorian Minnow Championships

Hosted at BYS on 13-14 March 2021 Documents and resources relating to the Regatta will be linked below as they become available: Minnow NOR Notice to Competitors – No 1 Notice to Competitors – No 2 Enter Here SI’s Entry List Results Minnow AGM 2021 Notice BYS utilises the Sailor App for all sign on […]

Wooden Boatshop

Striving for perfection… We are highly skilled speciality tradesmen passionate about crafting beautiful, one-of-a-kind boats. Every single aspect of our boat range is quality controlled from our factories in Sorrento and Queenscliff. Our boat range has emerged from a rigorous process of refinement, and through an artistic sensibility honed and polished through a lifetime commitment […]

BYS Easter Art Show 2021

Overview The Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Easter Art Show is back, celebrating its eleventh year in 2021. A highlight in the local community’s calendar, the BYS Easter Art Show runs over the Easter long weekend and is proudly supported by Belle Property, Blairgowrie and Moonee Ponds Periodontics & Implant Centre. The show raises funds for the […]

2021 O’pen Skiff Championships

Hosted at BYS from 27-28 February 2021 For more info visit the Open Skiff website Documents and resources relating to the Regatta will be linked below as they become available: NOR Amended NOR – No.1 Amended NOR – No.2 Notices to Competitors Enter Here SI’s Amended SI’s – No.1 Entry List Results BYS utilises the […]

Pink Day at BYS 2021

This Saturday 9 January is Pink Day, proudly supported by Coast and Country Getaways, which will be run in conjunction with the Ladies Skippers’ Race. As always, the day will be a fundraising event with all proceeds going to support Breast Cancer Australia.  Raffle tickets will be on sale at the BYS bar from this […]

Welcome to our new General Manager

We are happy to advise that BYS has appointed a new General Manager, Gavin Wall, who started in December. By way of background, Gavin was the Victorian Regional Manager for Australian Sailing and has worked for Australian Sailing and Yachting Victoria for the last 9 years. Prior to working for Yachting Victoria, Gavin was the […]

NYE Party 2020

Members are invited to join us for our 2020 NYE party for an evening of celebrations and to see in 2021.  We are still restricted with numbers but we want to try and cater for everyone as best we can, therefore dinner service, followed by the party at 9pm is as follows: Dinner Service in […]

A huge success – BYS Virtual Opening Day 2020

A hearty THANK YOU from the Commodore! A very big thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural Virtual Opening Day on Saturday. From the feedback we received on the night and the day that followed, and the fact that the video was viewed by over 700 people, it looked to have been a […]

“Victorian Inclusion Program of the Year 2020” won by BYS Sailability

Australian Sailing Award “Victorian Inclusion Program of the Year 2020” A huge congratulations to Brian Jones and his volunteers on winning this award!  Sailability is such a worthy and invaluable community program and BYS is proud to be this year’s winner! The aim of the Sailability program is to make sailing available to people from all […]

BYS sailor snapshot series – our youth

Some of our youth members have shared their sailing experiences from growing up at BYS.  We think you’ll agree there are some great stories to share here.  Enjoy watching…