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 […]
Introducing featured artist Linda Weil
Linda Weil We’d like to introduce you to Linda Weil who was awarded Best In Show last year for her work “Eyrie”. Linda has over 40 years experience as a professional artist specialising in all forms of drawing medium, particularly graphite. Linda is known for her engaging and detailed drawings of wildlife, nature studies and […]
NTC No 5 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing Instructions Change to 20.2 (b) scoring Delete wording and replace with: Remove in the Aggregate series and replace with in a series. Existing: (b) When four races have been completed in the Aggregate series, a boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scores. New: (b) When four races have […]
Trivia night fundraiser
Thinking of a fun activity to do over the Labour Day long weekend in March? Look no further than the BYS Trivia Night which will be held on Sunday 13 March at 7:30 pm. This trivia night is a fundraising event to help our J70 Youth Squad compete in the Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific […]
NTC No 4 Season 21-22
Change to Notice of Race Change to MOB requirement Delete NOR 3.2 and replace with: A Man Overboard (MOB) drill is recommended to be carried out.. The compliance declaration, signed by the person in charge, can be lodged with the BYS Sailing Office. The declaration form is available on the BYS website or from the […]
Geelong Wooden Boat Festival, 12 – 14 March 2022
As a major presenting sponsor, the Wooden Boat Shop are immensely proud to partner with the Geelong Wooden Boat Festival. Join our convoy cruise for an incredible weekend of wooden boat festivities. We’re planning to leave Sorrento on Friday 11th March to overnight at Portarlington and return Sunday 6th March. Couta Boats, Motor Launches, wooden […]
