Introducing judge Danny Lacy
Volunteers Needed Thank you to all the members who have volunteered to assist with the Art Show this year, the volunteer roster will be circulated to you all once it’s completed. We are still looking for a few more volunteers to assist in the following areas: To greet Art Show visitors during our Open Day […]
2022 BYS Team Challenge postponed
As we know, the post covid peak continues to challenge how we live and the plans we have made and this year’s event is not immune to this impact and although the purpose of the event is resonating strongly in the community, converting commitments to entries has been an ongoing challenge! There has been a large […]
NTC No 6 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing ProgramChange to Race Start Time, keelboats – Sunday 17 April 2022 Existing: Keelboat – Commodore’s Easter Series race 2 starting at 1030 New: Keelboat – Commodore’s Easter Series race 2 starting at 1400
Good Friday Viewing Sessions
Good Friday Viewing Sessions Last Thursday you received your invitation to the Good Friday viewing sessions. Tickets are selling rapidly for our Good Friday Open Day Sessions to avoid disappointment for your preferred viewing time we suggest you book your tickets today. Hourly viewing sessions are available between 12 – 6pm. Tickets are limited in […]
Inaugural J/70 Victorian Championship
Seven Victorian crews were joined by Australia’s number 1 & 2 ranked teams from NSW to contest the first ever J/70 Victorian State Championships this past weekend at BYS. Several BYS teams were forced to engage in last-minute ring arounds, hopeful of locking in sailors free of Covid-19 isolation orders & resulting in some interesting […]
BYS dominates at Sail Peninsula
Six of Blairgowrie’s brightest and best took out the AMS teams event and placed second on ORCC at Sail Peninsula 2022 at Martha Cove the weekend before last. The regatta has become a terrific annual event hosted by Safety Beach Sailing Club, with 60 entries this year. A twilight stern chaser kicks things off on […]
Introducing featured artist Dianne Fix
Dianne Fix We’d like to introduce you to our final feature artist Dianne Fix who is a bayside artist who has had an interest in art for 50 years. Her experience over many years includes the study of painting and drawing using various mediums including oil, acrylic and pencil. Over the last 35 years, she […]
2020 Victorian Minnow Championship
Over the weekend of 26 & 27 February, 12 of our BYS Minnow Sailors ventured over to Williamstown Sailing Club to participate in the Victorian Championship. For some, this was their very first regatta. 27 sailors competed across the two fleets, Open Fleet and Novice Fleet. Our BYS team did exceptionally well, bringing home the […]
Sail Sandy
It was great to see Sail Sandy return to the Victorian regatta calendar after a 2-year absence. BYS had 4 youth sailors representing the club at the regatta, Hamish Cowell and Lucas James in the Laser Radials (now officially re named the ILCA 6 Dinghy) with Charley McCarthy and Angus McIntyre joining the Laser 4.7 […]
47th Victorian Sabre Championship
A spectacular fleet of 90 boats converged on BYS over the weekend of 19 & 20 Feb to contest the 47th Victorian Sabre State Titles. The fleet boasted many former State & National champions, World Champions from other classes, the broadest possible range of age groups and a strong contingent of female competitors…all eager to […]