Tag: Royal Geelong Yacht Club

The excitement for the upcoming 2024 Fireball Worlds, hosted at the prestigious Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) in February 2024, is steadily growing. As the event draws near, organisers have released some key updates for participants and enthusiasts to take note of:

RGYC is thrilled to welcome a new partnership with GeelongPort who have come on board as our major community sponsor of the ‘Out There Sailing’ program for disadvantaged, at-risk youth in the Geelong Region.

Fireball and Cadet Sailors were treated to a training weekend at RGYC over September 16th and 17th

The new fleet of RS21’s that will spearhead the RGYC Sailing Development Program have finished undertaking their makeover and are ready for the upcoming program launch event on September 17th!

This October Royal Geelong Yacht Club is proud to be partnering with Barwon Health to present the “Spring into Action” Initiative, aimed at facilitating Geelong Workers to become more active!

The results are in! The Member Engagement Committee are pleased to be able to release the results of the inaugural RGYC Member Engagement Survey!

The 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships saw Para Sailing integrated into the event for the first time with four events across three classes. RGYC’s Alison Weatherly won Australia’s first medal at the event, winning Bronze in the Women’s Hansa 303.

RGYC Member Conall Green competes in the The Marina Militare Nastro Rosa Tour in Italy on the successful “Acone Associati” team!

The inaugural Glitz and Glam Ball transformed RGYC into a thriving hub of music dancing and fine dining on Saturday night of July 22nd.

The AGM of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club Incorporated will be held in the Clubhouse on Thursday 24 August 2023 at 6.30pm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Rules of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, nominations for election to the Board to fill the following offices must be lodged with the Secretary by 5.00pm on Tuesday 1st August 2023.

Congratulations to Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) Member Jorja Mahoney, who has recently returned from representing Australia at the 2023 Optimist World Championships in Spain. Jorja’s achievement is the culmination of

The Wooden Boat Festival is back in 2024! This Festival holds a unique place in the culture of our beautiful city and is driven by a community bound together by a love of wooden boats. We welcome everyone to join and share in celebrating wooden boats on March 9th – 11th 2024.

The annual Ocean Racing Awards for the 2022/2023 season, were held at a gala dinner at Royal Yacht Club of Victoria on the weekend of June 17th & 18th.

RGYC is seeking a Major Events Operations Coordinator for August 2022 through March 2023.

The RGYC Foundation Annual General Meeting has been scheduled for the 22nd of September, commencing at 1800hr and will be held in the RGYC’s McAllister Room.

The RGYC Foundation Annual General Meeting has been scheduled for the 22nd of September, commencing at 1800hr and will be held in the RGYC’s McAllister Room.

On Friday, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club welcomed Geelong Youth Engagement back to the club for another day on the water, as part of Geelong Youth Engagement’s Spring Back Geelong program.

The Royal Geelong Yacht Club will relaunch our Skiff Rowing program at the RGYC Community Open Day on the 11th of September 2022, and is calling for volunteers to participate on and off the water. 

The last race in the series saw the Lord Warden’s Trophy being awarded to the overall series winner, the Beneteau First 44.7 ‘Another Chapter’, skipper Greg Clinnick.

Congratulations to Jake Newman for finishing 4th in the inaugural RORC Baltic Sea Race.