RS Aero – Vic Championships
Blairgowrie RS Aeros at Royal Brighton Victorian State Championships – ‘The Next Step’ For many at Blairgowrie the RS Aero is a bit of an unknown. Hitting the market only eight years ago, this futuristic and fantastic single-hander has exploded with popularity and massive sales around the world. Perhaps, more ‘the next step’, for those […]
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 […]
JST & YST Sail Training Presentation Day
JST & YST SAIL TRAINING PRESENTATION DAY Sunday 12 February saw our final Sail Training Presentation Day here at BYS. What a superb turnout by all the sailors and their families. After a group briefing, sailors had their Teams’ Mini Marathon Race consisting of a board leg, swim leg and run leg, all done as […]
Coast & Country Getaways Pink Day Jan 23
Our annual Coast & Country Getaways Lady Skippers race was held on Saturday 21 January 2023 with glorious conditions. Crews and skippers came dressed in their brightest and wackiest pink outfits to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Network Australia. The OTB fleet sailed two races for the Class Trophy series drawing a 20-strong […]
BYS Sailing News
Whilst summer was a hive of activity at the club, it was also the season where many of our sailors travelled to compete in events around the country. J70 State & National Championships The J70 Victorian State Championships and J70 Australian National Championships were held over consecutive weeks in January at Sandringham Yacht Club. […]
J70 States & Nationals
The J70 Victorian State Championships and J70 Australian National Championships were held over consecutive weeks in January at Sandringham Yacht Club. Participating from BYS were two youth boats, BYS club boat Spike, skippered by Daisy Laing and Skyhook, skippered by Ethan O’Brien (thanks for Tony Landgren for the boat loan!) as well the more senior […]
50th International Contender World Championship
50th International Contender World Championship, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Swan River, Perth Over January, BYS members John Lindholm (10th), Callum Burns (12th), Ken MacKenzie (17th) and Ned Lindholm (21st and Youth Champion) ventured to Perth experiencing a range of light to scary conditions. The pre-regatta commenced with the Australian titles over 3 days. Three-time […]
BYS Sailors Around The Country
BYS Sailors Around The Country While summer is a hive of activity at the club, it’s also titles season with many of our sailors travelling to compete in events around the county. The ILCA 2023 Open and Youth Championships were held at Georges River Sailing Club (NSW) at the beginning of January with BYS youth […]
Tackers Update – January
TACKERS With all Tackers courses at full capacity, it is a delight to see out all our Optis out on the pond having fun and learning some new skills. We are currently running our third consecutive stream of Tackers 1, 2 & 3 with one final stream commencing on January 16th-20th. For all those budding […]
Sail Training Update – January
Tackers Training Tackers is in full swing with our recent Tackers 1 class at full capacity. There is limited opportunity available for further bookings in this summers courses however there are the odd spot available and some cancellations means people on our waiting list are getting called up. There is still some spaces available for […]
