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 […]

BYS Aero Coaching Clinic. Onwards and upwards!

The BYS Aero fleet gathered last Sunday for its inaugural coaching clinic with 11 boats joining in the day’s activities. Our coaches were Rhett Gowans, 2 x world Aero Champion, 4 x Aero National Champion and recently crowned 2024 Australian Sailing Coach of the year and Michael O’Brien, an experienced North American and Victorian Laser […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]