BYS Celebrate Laura Harding
Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron hosted a special evening celebrating Laura Harding’s Women’s America’s Cup campaign while raising funds to support her Olympic Pathway to the 2028 Summer Olympics. Laura helms the 49erFX alongside crew Annie Wilmot, and together they have their sights firmly set on the LA 2028 Olympic Games. Hosted by Commodore Georgina Plumridge, the […]
Maw Civil Wind Warrior Sail GP — Event # 1
Maw Civil Wind Warrior Sail GP — Event # 1 sponsored by The Arlberg Mt Hotham – Chris and Kim Coglan “With the westerly wind whipping up tidal waves in the Marina Pond on Sunday, the potential for damage to our high tech model yachts, made sailing there impossible. Plan B resulted in relocating the […]
Wind Warriors Sailing GP
Richard Robertson Landscapes Sailing GP – Event #3 Anzac Day 25th April, 2024 ‘Lest We Forget’ The Anzac Day Remembrance Ceremony with host speaker, Vice Commodore Georgina Plumridge, shall be remembered for her heartfelt reflections, in addition to the amazing performance of Celeste Robertson playing ‘The Last Post’ and ‘Rouse’, which echoed through the Marina […]
Calling all Minnows
The Victorian Minnow Championships will be held on February 17th and 18th 2024. All participants must be Minnow Sailing Association members. STEP 1: Join the Minnow Association 2024 Membership Tickets, 2022 MSA Victoria Membership | click here Membership $25.00: for 1 child sailing minnows Membership $40.00: for more than one child sailing minnows Financial members […]
BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta 2022 – Regatta Wrap
The BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta was held on 19 – 20 November at BYS. It was a fantastic event with 9 teams entered across Victorian and NSW clubs, and with an all-female competitor line up there were many remarkable sailors involved of all ages and experience and created not only a great competition but a […]
Upcoming Regattas
Women’s Sportsboat Regatta, 19 & 20 November Sailing Journeys Dinner, Sat 19 November Our Women’s Sportboat regatta is less than a fortnight away. At this stage, we look forward to welcoming ten teams from around the bay and NSW for our inaugural regatta. There is still room for two more teams to enter, please take […]
Women’s Sportsboat Regatta – Entry Open!
Regatta entry now open Organisers at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron are pleased to announce a new premier event for female sailors with entry now open for the BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta, to be held 19 and 20 of November 2022. Buoyed by the growing female participation in sailing rates seen over the last few years Blairgowrie […]
BYS Minnow sailors celebrate Darwin success!
43rd Minnow Nationals Report A few weeks ago we packed 10 BYS Minnows into a shipping container bound for the Darwin Sailing Club. Thanks to John Plumridge for the use of the Maw Civil yard in Rosebud to pack and thanks to Northline for shipping. In the weeks after the container was picked up three […]
Petersville 2021
It has now been two weeks since the Petersville Regatta, Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron’s premier keelboat event. We set a limit of 60 boats which was fully subscribed, with a record number of 37 visiting boats. That means nearly 400 sailors on the water which makes the Petersville by far the largest event on the BYS calendar. The […]
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 […]