Celebrating Women In Sailing
Celebrating Women in Sailing: The Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Women’s “Rising to the Challenge- Accelerating Action Dinner” The Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Women’s Sportsboat Sprint Series 2025 stands as a powerful testament to the achievements and contributions of women in sailing, coinciding with the celebration of International Women’s Day. This year’s theme, “Rising to the Challenge […]
Musto RS Aero Victorian Championships 2025
Musto RS Aero Victorian Championships 2025 – ‘an exceptional experience that exceeded our entrant’s expectations.’ With the massive growth in the RS Aero fleet this season at Blairgowrie (from five owners to nineteen!), combined with some passionate hard work by a dedicated BYS team, it was eagerly anticipated that last weekend’s Musto RS Aero Victorian […]
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 […]
Maw Civil Wind Warrior Sail GP — Event # 1
Maw Civil Wind Warrior Sail GP — Event # 1 sponsored by The Arlberg Mt Hotham – Chris and Kim Coglan “With the westerly wind whipping up tidal waves in the Marina Pond on Sunday, the potential for damage to our high tech model yachts, made sailing there impossible. Plan B resulted in relocating the […]
Safe Sailing: Lifejackets
With the sailing season at Blairgowrie just around the corner, it’s important to ensure your lifejacket is ready for action. Your lifejacket is one of the most vital pieces of safety equipment you’ll have on the water, but it only works if it’s in good condition and worn when needed. Now is the perfect time […]
Club Person of the Year 2024
Kirsten Binns Smith awarded as Club Person of the Year, receiving the Ian Pender Award. A very worthy recipient, Kirsten was presented with her achievement at last Saturday’s Annual General Meeting by BYS Rear Commodore, Ian Delmenico. Our newest member to the Club Person of the Year cohort is the classic quiet achiever – and […]
J-70 Corinthian World Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 2024
J-70 ‘Sequel’ AUS 828 – A ‘Bucket List’ Adventure When Matthew O’Brien and I purchased J-70 1680 Skyhook from Tony Landgren early this year, we could have never imagined, that some 14 weeks later, we would be competing with Matt’s brother Sean O’Brien and Tony in the World Corinthian J/70 Championships in Denmark! At short […]
