BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta 2022
The BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta was held on 19 – 20 November at BYS. It was a fantastic event with 9 teams entered across Victorian and NSW clubs, and with an all-female competitor line up there were many remarkable sailors involved of all ages and experience and created not only a great competition but a […]
Women’s Sportsboat Regatta
Regatta entry now open Organisers at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron are pleased to announce a new premier event for female sailors with entry now open for the BYS Women’s Sportsboat Regatta, to be held 19 and 20 of November 2022. Buoyed by the growing female participation in sailing rates seen over the last few years Blairgowrie […]
J70 Nationals 2022
Over the Easter break, two BYS J70s travelled to Sydney to compete in the J70 Nationals hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Rushcutters Bay. With two SYC boats also making the trip north, the four Victorian boats joined eight Sydney boats for four days of fabulous racing at various different locations on […]
Inaugural J/70 Victorian Championship
Seven Victorian crews were joined by Australia’s number 1 & 2 ranked teams from NSW to contest the first ever J/70 Victorian State Championships this past weekend at BYS. Several BYS teams were forced to engage in last-minute ring arounds, hopeful of locking in sailors free of Covid-19 isolation orders & resulting in some interesting […]
BYS J70 Fund
MISSION STATEMENT: Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron’s mission is to be a progressive, friendly club that brings together families, friends and the community to promote sailing and associated activities. OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PROGRAMS: The current sailing pathway at BYS is again going from strength to strength. The club caters for the full family unit through Tackers […]
Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Youth Squad
This season seven youth members of BYS have started up a BYS Youth Sports Boat squad, making use of the club J70 to train and race in. Over the Australia day weekend, four of our members, Ethan O’Brien, Hannah Danks, Hayden Harding and Alex Bolton raced in the Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific Qualifiers, and […]
Club J70 available for Members to sail
There are plenty of great opportunities for the J70 fleet this summer, including the Sunday sports boat Series and the Australian Championships in April just to name a couple. With expressions of interest already requested for the use of the club J70 this summer, the Sailing Committee would like to ensure everyone has a fair […]
