Using BYS Sail Hub as a Volunteer
Use the Volunteer System to view the events you are registered/rostered on and to see the whole Volunteer Roster. Confirm the days you are rostered on and choose to Register for more days you are available. On the day you are volunteering, Sigh On/Off as a Volunteer […]
BYS Celebrate Laura Harding
Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron hosted a special evening celebrating Laura Harding’s Women’s America’s Cup campaign while raising funds to support her Olympic Pathway to the 2028 Summer Olympics. Laura helms the 49erFX alongside crew Annie Wilmot, and together they have their sights firmly set on the LA 2028 Olympic Games. Hosted by Commodore Georgina Plumridge, the […]
Celebrate Laura Harding
Join us to celebrate Laura Harding’s America’s Cup Achievement and support Laura and Annie in 2032 Brisbane Olympic Campaign. Hosted by Commodore Georgina Plumridge, join us Saturday, 14 March from 7pm and hear from Laura about her journey on the America’s Cup team as Port Helm along with with her pathway to the Olympics with […]
RS AERO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025 – QUIBERON, FRANCE
‘IF NOT NOW……BUT WHEN? As I head into the twilight years of my life, as a passionate sailor and fanatical snow skier, I like to continually dare myself, with a bucket list of dreams and adventures, with a rationalisation to myself of…. ‘If not now, but when?’ My view is that you have to chase […]
Vale, Kate Smith
On Sunday, 8 December, I attended a memorial service for Kate Smith. Kate was an enthusiastic and tireless contributor to the local community. Those of us who ever volunteered for anything would have encountered her at some time. As far as I am aware, she was not a member of BYS, however she was intimately […]
Experience’s Trial at Norship in Cairns, Tom Donoghue
It was Friday, 17 June 2022 at Norship’s shipyard in Cairns – actually Portsmouth just south of HMAS CAIRNS, the HQ of the Australian Navy in the FNQ. Experience, B368, had just been given a makeover in the Norship yard and and was scheduled to be launched at 1230 on Friday. The work as scheduled […]