Harding joins Team Australia Challenge
Laura Harding joins Team Australia Challenge for the America’s Cup Fresh off the European 49erFX Regatta Circuit, there’s no rest for Laura. Recently selected to join the Team Australia Challenge for the America’s Cup, Laura will shortly head to Barcelona to train with racing in September and October! Australia’s Sailing Squad for America’s Cup in […]
Club Person of the Year 2024
Kirsten Binns Smith awarded as Club Person of the Year, receiving the Ian Pender Award. A very worthy recipient, Kirsten was presented with her achievement at last Saturday’s Annual General Meeting by BYS Rear Commodore, Ian Delmenico. Our newest member to the Club Person of the Year cohort is the classic quiet achiever – and […]
J-70 Corinthian World Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 2024
J-70 ‘Sequel’ AUS 828 – A ‘Bucket List’ Adventure When Matthew O’Brien and I purchased J-70 1680 Skyhook from Tony Landgren early this year, we could have never imagined, that some 14 weeks later, we would be competing with Matt’s brother Sean O’Brien and Tony in the World Corinthian J/70 Championships in Denmark! At short […]
Presentation Night & Season 2023-2024 Results
Season 2023-24 SPECIAL AWARDS Bryan McCarthy Trophy – Best 1st year Minnow sailor Natasha Thomas Brown Family Trophy – Junior Sailor of the Year Hugh Backwell Maclean Award – Best Youth Sailor Angus McIntyre Instructor of the Year Samantha Batty Assistant Instructor of the Year Cassie McCarthy Volunteer of the Year Veronique […]
Aero Icebreaker Winter Series Heat 1
The first heat of the Aero winter series was held on a beautiful crisp sunny afternoon in a light shifty 8-10K of breeze with eight Aeros competing, the largest fleet size all season. It was great to welcome two long term Aero sailors, Chris Young and Dean Cleland who got their boats out of mothballs […]
Thank you BYS Volunteers!
Thank you BYS Volunteers! We were delighted to see around 90 volunteers on Saturday at our annual Volunteers’ Champagne Breakfast. The morning provided the opportunity to reflect on the contribution our volunteers make, through committees, sub-committees, working groups, race management during club racing and regattas, Sailability, the Art Show, working bees, and a myriad of […]
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 […]
Sailability making a splash!
Sailability – March update written by Ian Dalton Have you wondered what all the small brightly coloured sails are doing in the Marina pondage on Tuesday mornings? Well, it’s the Club’s Sailability group entertaining its disabled and disadvantaged clients. Each week the Sailability group, run entirely by volunteers, takes a regular group out sailing in […]
Wind Warriors Sail GP Event #2
Wind Warrior Sail GP Event # 2 Written by Simon Pluim “The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship (yacht!) was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless crews, the Minnow (Wind Warriors) would be lost!”…..read more about our three hour tour? To say Sunday’s Wind Warrior Event # 2 of the Sailing […]
Minnow Victorian Championship 2024
Minnow Victorian Championships 2024 written by Sara Lloyd With a total of 47 entries (24 Open & 20 novice fleet), the weekend of racing was filled with lots of excitement, with the support boats in the water photographer – Russell Bates ready to capture some memories. Saturday’s racing was delayed due to light winds which […]