Aus Musto Skiff Champs 2024
Australian Musto Skiff National Championship 2024 at Safety Beach Sailing Club written by Paul Newman The start of the 2024 Musto Skiff Australian Championships at Safety Beach was like Christmas as the new square head mainsails got rolled out over most boats in the boat park, with lots of talk about how they looked and […]
2024 Oceania and Australian ILCA Champs
2024 Oceania & Australian ILCA Open & Youth Championships 1 – 8 Jan 2024, Adelaide Sailing Club written by Fiona Banks In early January 2024, four BYS youth sailors made the trek across to Adelaide Sailing Club to compete in the 2024 Oceania and Australian ILCA (formerly Laser) Open and Youth Championships. Lucas James and […]
Gus McIntyre – Sabre Aus Champ!
45th Australian Sabre Championship, 28 December – 3 January 2024 written by Alister Danks Gus McIntyre of Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron has been crowned National Sabre Champion after a superb effort at McCrae Yacht Club. Gus placed consistently in the top 3-4, with a combination of great starts, boat speed, tactics and regatta management. He […]
BYS Interclub Youth Regatta 23 Regatta Report
Now in its third year, the BYS Interclub Youth Regatta once again proved to be a resounding success, taking place over the weekend of December 9 and December 10. Twenty-seven sailors, aged between 16 and 30, hailing from around the bay joined forces for thrilling short-course format racing. The event featured eight races each day, […]
Try 29er day
The Victorian 29er fleet visited Blairgowrie to join our club racing on Saturday 2 December as part of their travelers series and held a fleet training morning on Sunday with class coach Harry Sly – an interesting sight for our Junior and Youth Sail Training groups. On Sunday afternoon our junior and youth sailors were […]
JST & YST Sail Training Presentation Day
JST & YST SAIL TRAINING PRESENTATION DAY Sunday 12 February saw our final Sail Training Presentation Day here at BYS. What a superb turnout by all the sailors and their families. After a group briefing, sailors had their Teams’ Mini Marathon Race consisting of a board leg, swim leg and run leg, all done as […]
Tackers – Jan 2023
Tackers for Summer Season has finally come to an end. After five full streams of Tackers 1, 2 & 3 we have had a busy time in the pond that is for sure. We have seen so many new sailors and families come into BYS over this period and many families wishing to become members […]
Tackers Update – January
TACKERS With all Tackers courses at full capacity, it is a delight to see out all our Optis out on the pond having fun and learning some new skills. We are currently running our third consecutive stream of Tackers 1, 2 & 3 with one final stream commencing on January 16th-20th. For all those budding […]
Sail Training Update – January
Tackers Training Tackers is in full swing with our recent Tackers 1 class at full capacity. There is limited opportunity available for further bookings in this summers courses however there are the odd spot available and some cancellations means people on our waiting list are getting called up. There is still some spaces available for […]
Sail Office Update
News From The Sailing Office Commodores Breakfast & Junior Skipper Race The Sailing Office is seeking expressions of interest to see who is interested in participating in The Commodores Breakfast and Junior Skipper Race on 15 January 2023. This will take place as part of Junior and Youth Sail Training. It will be a breakfast […]