Enter now – BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta

Last year’s inaugural event drew ten impressive entries, including teams travelling from Sydney (RYPA and RSYS), as well as local contenders from Blairgowrie and around Port Philip Bay. All members, male and female, are invited to come along and hear from our panel of guest speakers, Vanessa Dudley, Sophie Jackson and Harriette Singh, who’ll be sure to spark some new sailing dreams of your own. Vanessa Dudley has an extensive racing background, sailing all sorts of dinghies, sportsboats and keelboats. Among other things, Vanessa was crowned 2013 World Champion in the grand-master Laser radial division and the 2013-14 Australian Sailing Female Sailor of the Year, and in 2023 Vanessa completed her 25th Sydney Hobart Race! Sophie Jackson is a Victorian Institute of Sport athlete and is campaigning in the 470 class with World Championship and Olympic aspirations. She has sailed a wide variety of dinghies, was the 2019 RS Aero 5 World Champion and recently competed in the Fireball World Championship. Sophie will be heading off next week for another European stint on the qualification circuit. Harriette Singh is our own homegrown dose of inspiration, a highly regarded dinghy and keelboat instructor here at BYS. Harriette loves being on the water herself and also loves helping other women get out on the water too. Our MC for the evening is Jenni Maclean, past BYS Commodore and former Australian Sailing Board member, so we’re in great hands. We’ll be having a two-course meal with a complementary mocktail on arrival, tickets are only $45. We’d love to have you join the fun, tickets can be purchased via Trybooking