Author: Michelle

Sailing wrap – 8 December 2021

A strong fleet of OTB boats competed in heat 5 of the Aggregate, once again the young gun Ethan O’Brien and Sam Backwell lead the Sabre fleet with Geoff Smith on Should Have Known Better again showing consistent form finishing third.  Philippa Danks sailing her Aero held off Charley McCarthy to win division 2. In the Contender fleet, […]

Vale Allan Pizzey

You may have noticed our burgee was flying half-mast the past couple of days. This is in honour of Past Commodore Allan Pizzey AM who sadly passed away last Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Allan was a member of one of the pioneer families at BYS in the 1950s and sailed a keelboat. […]

70th Season Opening Day

The 70th Season Opening Day was a big success with the sun shining and our season declared open by BYS member and Olympian Will Phillips. We also officially met our Junior Club Captains for Season 2021-22 Gemma Moorehouse and Lucas James who have lots of fun and activities planned for our junior members. A delicious BBQ lunch was […]

Sailing wrap – 24 November 2021

For once we managed to get away with a full program of sailing over the weekend, with OTB out on the water sailing heat 4 of the OTB aggregate. The afternoon race saw a large fleet of Sabres take part, with Sam Backwell showing some of the older and more experienced sailors how it’s done […]