Welcome to the RBYC
The Royal County of Berkshire Yacht Club is dedicated to helping our members enjoy sailing and improve their sailing skills, even though most of our members don't own a boat.
We offer hands-on sailing trips on chartered boats for members most months of the year, organise & run training courses and hold monthly club meetings throughout the year. More details on these are below and in the top menu Activities listing.
We normally hold a social meeting on the first Tuesday of every month at 8pm. Guest speakers or other events will be announced here and shown in our Activities events listing. However, we are planning a Christmas Meal in Wokingham on Saturday 7th December so won't be having a club night on Tuesday 3rd.
A few places are left for the meal, so sign up if you want to come.
So our next club night meeting will be 8pm on Tuesday 7th January 2025.
Meeting venue: Binfield Club, Roundabout Crossroads, Forest Rd and Terrace Rd, Binfield, Bracknell, RG42 4HP
Our last meeting in November had a great turn out and everyone throughly enjoyed the short presentation of the trips this year. It gave an excellent overview of cruising in our club. It was also on Zoom™, the meeting is split on two recordings which you can view on these links.
RBYC Meeting 5 Nov 24 part 1.mp4
RBYC meeting 5 Nov 24 part 2.mp4
New members are welcome
We welcome new members with any level of sailing expertise - novice to expert. Even if you not sure sailing is for you, you can come to a meeting just to ask what we do. If you want to find out more please contact us.
Cruising
Our charter-yacht cruises are good value as we usually get a club discount and do not have to pay for a skipper. The 2024 programme has now finished - here's a link Cruising Events 2024 v2.pdf
We plan to publish our full 2025 programme early in the New Year in time for our AGM in February 2025, though some trips may be advertised earlier to enable booking of the charter yachts.
Each event is in the "Activities" listing (accessed from the top menu) where you can see more details and register.
Training Programme
We will be running shore based courses over the winter. These have received great reviews and are the best value around. They are all RYA courses, currently you can register interest for the following 3 courses by clicking on one of the links below:
RYA Essential Navigation Theory Course 2025
RYA Day Skipper Theory - register interest,
RYA Yacht Master Theory - register interest
If you are interested in any of the other possible courses (VHF, First Aid, Sea Survival or Diesel Engine), please email mailto:training@therbyc.co.uk
Regular Club MeetingsWe hold regular meetings on the first Tuesday of each month at the Binfield Club, RG42 4HP. New or prospective members are very welcome at these. Some meetings may just be social gatherings but we also have club members or invited guests as speakers at other meetings. See our "Activities" listing.
For members who aren't local or can't make our meetings we encourage them to communicate with each other via Facebook or email and sometimes we arrange zoom links to our club meetings.
Your committee meets each month, usually before the club meeting, and publishes the meeting minutes.
For the latest info and pictures take a look at our Facebook Page
The John Mountain Cup
We hold a seamanship competition each autumn when aspiring skippers, mates and crew can test & develop their skills under pressure over an autumn weekend in the Solent. Challenges are set involving all participants whatever their level of experience. We have prizes for Best Skipper and Best Boat. Of course we also have a great meal out together on the Saturday night.
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