BYS sailors take on winter sailing at the SSCBC Midwinters
Over the long weekend a group of BYS sailors made the long trek to Sorrento for their Midwinters regatta. In the ILCA6’s, Gus McIntyre and Lucas James took the final opportunity to sharpen their skills before heading to Poland for the Youth World’s in a couple of weeks. Will James, Fred O’Brien and Abby Young […]
Harding-Wilmot 49erFX campaign update
As many of you may already know, Annie Wilmot and I are on our campaign towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to represent Australia in the 49erFX class. We are currently in Spain finishing up a training camp and head to the Olympic waters of Marseille in a week’s time for another training block. We […]
Presentation Night & Season 2022-2023 Results
Season 2022-23 SPECIAL AWARDS Bryan McCarthy Trophy – Best 1st year Minnow sailor Isobel Ogilvie Brown Family Trophy – Junior Sailor of the Year Will Hailes Maclean Award – Best Youth Sailor Angus McIntyre Instructor of the Year Harriette Singh Assistant Instructor of the Year Jess Batty Volunteer of the […]
BYS Sailors at Sail Bellarine
Sail Bellarine at Indented Head– BYS Aerospace on the podium Last weekend a dedicated team from our RS Aero fleet (Paul Rogers, Paul Smart and Simon Pluim) travelled to Indented Head to compete in the Sail Bellarine Regatta, hosted by St Leonards, Portarlington and Indented Head Yacht Clubs. We were joined by BYS talented J-70 […]
BYS Minnow sailors celebrate Darwin success!
43rd Minnow Nationals Report A few weeks ago we packed 10 BYS Minnows into a shipping container bound for the Darwin Sailing Club. Thanks to John Plumridge for the use of the Maw Civil yard in Rosebud to pack and thanks to Northline for shipping. In the weeks after the container was picked up three […]
Presentation Night & Season 2021-2022 Results
Off The Beach Season 2021-22 winners MINNOWS / SKIFFS Albatross II – Alby Moorhouse 1st Perpetual Shield 2nd The Aggregate 2nd Southern Waters Trophy 2nd Wooden Boat Shop Sunset Series 3rd Class Trophy Green Eggs and Ham – Will Hailes 1st The Aggregate 2nd Perpetual Shield 2nd Class Trophy Mako – Will James 1st Class […]
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 […]
A huge success – BYS Virtual Opening Day 2020
A hearty THANK YOU from the Commodore! A very big thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural Virtual Opening Day on Saturday. From the feedback we received on the night and the day that followed, and the fact that the video was viewed by over 700 people, it looked to have been a […]
Minnow State Championships at BYS
Last weekend (29 Feb – 1 March) BYS hosted the 2020 Minnow State Championships. Sam Backwell was 1st overall and Will Hailes was 3rd. BYS had 9 boats in the top 10. We had 20 boats on the novice course. Emily Hailes was 1st overall and 1st female, with Abby Young 2nd and Lucas Hailes placed 3rd. […]
49er/49fx World Championships Geelong
Great competition opportunity was enjoyed by BYS sailors competing in World Championships on local waters Corio Bay, Geelong! Congratulations to all BYS women and men who competed in the 49er and 49erFX World Championships this past week. Pictured left – BYS Boys waiting for wind with their support boat (photo credit Martyn Sly)
