NTC No 3 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing Instructions Delete SI 14.1 and replace with: 14.1 Club Starts – Club start courses shall not be altered. 14.2 On the Wind Starts 14.2.1 OTB courses. To change the next leg of the course, the race committee shall move the original mark (or the finishing line) to the new position 14.2.2 KB […]
NTC No 2 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing Instructions Delete SI 14.1 and replace with: 14.1 Club Starts – Club start courses shall not be altered. 14.2 On the Wind Starts 14.2.1 OTB courses. To change the next leg of the course, the race committee shall move the original mark (or the finishing line) to the new position 14.2.2 KB […]
Sailing Champions League qualifier at RGYC
BYS made up two of the eight competitive teams that raced in Geelong last week, attempting to qualify for the Asia Pacific Final in March. “Over the Australia Day week, BYS had two teams competing in the Sailing Champions League qualifier event in Geelong. BYS 1 was helmed by Ethan O’Brien and had Hannah Danks, […]
Minerva Trophy
On Sunday afternoon, BYS hosted the first two races of the four-race series, the Minerva Trophy. The Minerva Trophy is an opportunity for female sailors to race in our club J70s and compete with other all-female crews. Last Sunday we filled all three BYS J70s with some of our fantastic female sailors, totalling 13 sailors […]
2022 Melges 24 National Championships
A small, but select international fleet contested the 2022 National Melges 24 National Championships as part of last week’s Festival of Sails at Royal Geelong Yacht Club. While the boat numbers were down, affected by Covid, the quality of sailing wasn’t impacted. BYS was represented by Cobra 24 skippered by Andrew Colliver with the crew of Blair […]
BYS Youth Sailor’s success at Sail Melbourne
Sail Melbourne is Australia’s premier Olympic and Invited Classes Regatta and, after being cancelled in 2021, was held 13-17 January hosted by both RBYC and RYCV. The young talent of BYS was on show with sailors competing in the 49erFX and Laser classes. BYS youth sailor and BYS instructor Laura Harding and her crew Annie Wilmot have had an exceptional […]
Coast & Country Getaways Pink Day
Our annual Coast & Country Getaways Lady Skippers race was held on Saturday in glamorous conditions. Crews and skippers came dressed in their brightest and wackiest pink outfits to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Network Australia. The sun was out, with a perfect 12 or so knots blowing from the southeast. Ideal racing conditions! […]
Sailing wrap – 13 January
What a busy weekend of sailing! Friday night’s sailing was cancelled due to a large band of rain and thunder activity moving over the state and the peninsula throughout the day. With the weather improving overnight, the long-distance keelboat race starting at 0800 on Saturday morning looked far more promising. Ten yachts hit the start […]
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 […]
New to BYS: the Crew Board
To support our skippers find crew, and to get more people on the water, we have introduced from Saturday 18 December the new ‘Crew Board’ for any skippers looking for crew, or for any crew looking for a ride. The board will be opposite the kiosk and will be available for anyone, skipper or crew, to record their details […]
