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 […]
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 […]
Sailing wrap – 8 December 2021
A strong fleet of OTB boats competed in heat 5 of the Aggregate, once again the young gun Ethan O’Brien and Sam Backwell lead the Sabre fleet with Geoff Smith on Should Have Known Better again showing consistent form finishing third. Philippa Danks sailing her Aero held off Charley McCarthy to win division 2. In the Contender fleet, […]
Sailing wrap – 24 November 2021
For once we managed to get away with a full program of sailing over the weekend, with OTB out on the water sailing heat 4 of the OTB aggregate. The afternoon race saw a large fleet of Sabres take part, with Sam Backwell showing some of the older and more experienced sailors how it’s done […]
NTC No 1 Season 21-22
Racing Cancelled All racing cancelled today, 13-11-2021
2022 Sabre State Championships
47th Victorian State Sabre Championship 19 & 20 FEBRUARY 2022 RACE DOCUMENTS AND ENTRY Information for competitors Entry List Notice of Race Sailing Instructions 47th VICTORIAN SABRE CHAMPIONSHIP Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron 19 & 20 FEB 2022 The next VIC State titles will be hosted by Blairgowrie YS over the weekend 19-20 Feb 2022, a venue […]
2020-2021 Results
MINNOWS / SKIFFS Albatross II – Alby Moorhouse 1st Mayday Handicap 2nd Commodore’s Easter Trophy 3rd Southern Waters Trophy 3rd Class Trophy Bicsaway – Ellie Cowell 2nd Sunset Handicap Series 2nd Vice Commodore’s Trophy 3rd Perpetual Shield Series 3rd Meat 2 Please Australia Day Trophy Green Eggs and Ham – Will Hailes 1st Meat 2 […]