Global Team Race Regatta – Blairgowrie to Newport Harbor!
From 1 to 4 October, four of our BYS youth members travelled to Newport Harbour Yacht Club to race in the Global Team Race Regatta. Team BYS, comprising Ed Warner, Sally Danks, Ethan O’Brien, and Harriette Singh, finished 10th overall, beating the Japanese and Swedish teams. The US teams proved to be the experts in […]
Presentation Night & Season 2024-2025 Results
Season 2024-25 SPECIAL AWARDS Bryan McCarthy Trophy – Best 1st year Minnow sailor Claude Presti Brown Family Trophy – Junior Sailor of the Year Lucas Hailes Maclean Award – Best Youth Sailor Hamish Cowell Instructor of the Year Lucas James Assistant Instructor of the Year Alby Moorhouse Volunteer of the Year Stephen […]
JST & YST 2024-25 Summer Season
Junior & Youth Sail Training Graduation Congratulations to our Junior and Youth Sail Training sailors who have all done a sensational job improving their sailing skills over the summer. We had 39 kids in JST, mainly sailing Minnows, and 26 teens training in ILCAs and Sabres this summer, and held our Sail Training Graduation on Sunday. Highlights […]
BYS to host 2027 RS Aero World Championships
At the RS Aero National Championships, held at Jervis Bay Sailing Club last week, BYS was announced as the venue to host the 2027 RS Aero World Championships. BYS submitted an engaging, detailed and thoroughly professional tender proposal of 54 pages complete with embedded video and beautiful still photography extolling not only the attributes of […]
Coast and Country Pink Day 2025
BYS Annual Pink Day – A Heartfelt Thank You On Saturday, January 18, we came together for another unforgettable BYS Pink Day, celebrating community spirit and raising funds for a great cause. Congratulations to our Ladies Skipper Race winner, Elizabeth Beal on Crescendo! Our Best Dressed Winners was awarded to the very deserving crew of […]
Burgee Exchange
John and Jenny Petschel joined very proud parents Jonathon and Lucy Harding at the Reial Club Nautic de Barcelona (or shortened to Real Club Nautico) on Wednesday 2 October for the PUIG Women’s America’s Cup in Barcelona Opening Cocktail Party. Laura and RCNB President Jordi Puig exchanged burgees between the two clubs before the sailors […]
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 […]
Another Petersville Regatta wraps up
2023 Petersville Regatta Wrap-up written by Phil Beattie, Petersville Regatta Race Directorall images: Russell Bates Photography December 27-30 at Blairgowrie every summer is Petersville time. The annual Petersville Regatta is the premier keelboat event at BYS attracting nearly 400 sailors from BYS and visiting keelboats from clubs all around the bay. The fleet was […]
2024 J70 Victorian State Championships
BYS recently hosted the J70 2024 Victorian State Championships. It was a fantastic event with 8 quality races over two days. The wind refused to build on the scheduled 3rd day and racing was abandoned by lunchtime, allowing for boats to be packed up early and for the interstate boats to get on the road. […]
RRS: Starts and Mark Roundings
It seems we can all do with better understanding the rules of our sport but the thought of sitting down to read the ‘blue book’ with a cup of tea doesn’t really sound appealing. However, having a good working knowledge of the rules means you’ll be ‘playing fair’, will feel more confident (and safer) while […]