2020 Victorian Minnow Championship

Over the weekend of 26 & 27 February, 12 of our BYS Minnow Sailors ventured over to Williamstown Sailing Club to participate in the Victorian Championship. For some, this was their very first regatta. 27 sailors competed across the two fleets, Open Fleet and Novice Fleet. Our BYS team did exceptionally well, bringing home the […]

Sail Sandy

It was great to see Sail Sandy return to the Victorian regatta calendar after a 2-year absence.  BYS had 4 youth sailors representing the club at the regatta, Hamish Cowell and Lucas James in the Laser Radials (now officially re named the ILCA 6 Dinghy) with Charley McCarthy and Angus McIntyre joining the Laser 4.7 […]

47th Victorian Sabre Championship

A spectacular fleet of 90 boats converged on BYS over the weekend of 19 & 20 Feb to contest the 47th Victorian Sabre State Titles.  The fleet boasted many former State & National champions, World Champions from other classes, the broadest possible range of age groups and a strong contingent of female competitors…all eager to […]

NTC No 5 Season 21-22

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Change to Sailing Instructions Change to 20.2 (b) scoring Delete wording and replace with: Remove in the Aggregate series and replace with in a series. Existing: (b) When four races have been completed in the Aggregate series, a boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scores. New: (b) When four races have […]

NTC No 4 Season 21-22

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Change to Notice of Race Change to MOB requirement Delete NOR 3.2 and replace with: A Man Overboard (MOB) drill is recommended to be carried out.. The compliance declaration, signed by the person in charge, can be lodged with the BYS Sailing Office. The declaration form is available on the BYS website or from the […]

NTC No 3 Season 21-22

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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

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]