BYS Interclub Youth Regatta 23
Now in its third year, the BYS Interclub Youth Regatta once again proved to be a resounding success, taking place over the weekend of December 9 and December 10. Twenty-seven sailors, aged between 16 and 30, hailing from around the bay joined forces for thrilling short-course format racing. The event featured eight races each day, […]
Australian Sailing Personal Accident Insurance
Like most National Sporting Organisations, Australian Sailing provides whole-of-sport Personal Accident insurance coverage. Within our sport, this covers financial members of affiliated clubs, Discover Sailing Centre students and SailPass holders, primarily when participating in sailing races and training activities. What this means for clubs: All financial members of Australian Sailing Affiliated Clubs continue to be […]
Petersville Regatta 2022
2022 Petersville Regatta Wrap-up. The Petersville Regatta is the premier keelboat event at BYS and is held every year from December 27-30. The regatta is open to BYS boats and visiting keelboats. Numbers were down this year due to the 50th anniversary Melbourne to Hobart fleet of nearly fifty boats. The 2022 Petersville Regatta had […]
Interclub Youth Regatta
Last Saturday, BYS hosted the Interclub Youth Regatta. This was a one day regatta filled with short course racing on the J70s. BYS had three boats who were racing against a team from Sorrento and a team from Sandringham. The light breeze allowed everyone to get in four races in the morning, but unfortunately as […]
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 […]
Upcoming Regattas
Women’s Sportsboat Regatta, 19 & 20 November Sailing Journeys Dinner, Sat 19 November Our Women’s Sportboat regatta is less than a fortnight away. At this stage, we look forward to welcoming ten teams from around the bay and NSW for our inaugural regatta. There is still room for two more teams to enter, please take […]
Australian 2K Team Racing Championships
Australian 2K Teams Racing Championships This weekend (26-27 October 2022), six of our young members travelled to Hobart to compete in the 2K National Championships at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. The BYS team was made up of Ethan O’Brien, Hannah Danks, Ed Warner, Sally Danks, Mitchell Harding and Harriette Singh. They were also […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
