Club News

first published 22nd August 2017 Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has won its bid to host a prestigious major international sailing event in 2022 – the annual Fireball World Championship. The

 first published 24th August, 2017   The Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) has been designated as a ‘Clean Marina Level 3’ through an international program that aims to reduce water pollution

The Royal Geelong Yacht Club Alpha Presentation Night, celebrating the 2017-18 sailing season will be held on Friday 15th June, 2018. Presentations will begin at 7pm, tickets are $60 and include

Season Opening Day 2018/19 We’re not far away from the official 2018/19 RGYC Season Opening Day. We have been teased with some nice weather in the past week or so and we’re

The annual OTB Trivia and Auction Night will be held on Saturday 2nd June 2018 at 6:30pm for 7:00pm start in the West Lounge. This event is a major fundraiser for

In support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink Week – Royal Geelong Yacht Club are hosting a Tea at 3 event to help raise money. Saturday 20th October, 2018 3pm

With the Leura Park Estate Summer Series fast approaching we want to help you find crew or a boat for the season. Come down to the club and enjoy a pie on us and meet potential crew or skippers. Non Members registering on the night will go in the draw to win a Silver Membership for the 2018/19 season!

Thursday 4th October, 2018 2 Course meal – $35 Tickets, and can be purchased through Trybooking – https://www.trybooking.com/XHSU Guest Speaker will be John Kint  – talking about dismastings, what went wrong, how he recovered,

Well the worlds is done and dusted. A great regatta! Thank you Germany. Firstly to the sailing. After being held ashore for the morning. The race committee in their wisdom decided

A pretty short blog today. The penultimate days sailing was a bit of a fizzer! Unusually hot conditions are making the local conditions very frustrating for race management and competitors. Yesterday

It is a well earned lay for our team. Most will spend the day sightseeing and taking it easy. It is still very important to keep to our daily routine and

Well getting into the mid point of the regatta. 5 races done after three more yesterday and the possibility of another 7 to go weather depending.   The 3 races yesterday

Hello everyone. Our first day of sailing is over, we are underway! Overall it was a very solid day for Australia, finishing with 4 boats in the top 10 ( albeit

Hello from Bodstedt, today we start racing in the World Championships! We have had a great training week and partaken in the invitation race and opening ceremony. Prior to this we has

Well it has been an action packed few days since the last blog. Both socially and competition wise.   On the social front under the auspices of team manager Sam Ibbott

Hello from Bodstedt! The small quiet village and particularly the harbour precinct have been turned into a hive of activity. Boats and competitors are arriving from all over the world. Marquees

Well we have arrived in Bodstedt Germany, first team to set up. Warmly welcomed by our great hosts: Big Alex and the German contingent. We came in by drips and drabs,

The Royal Geelong Yacht Club received a number of accolades at the Victorian Sailing Awards held Friday 1 June, 2018, with Michael Parks being named Victorian Junior Sailor of the Year

The Corinthian Magazine is the Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s annual publication, released at the beginning of October to coincide with Opening Day. View the 2016/17 Corinthian online HERE.