Lowry Bay Yacht Club
LBYC Sailboat Racing
Lowry Bay enjoys an active sailing programme throughout the year.
New boats are always welcome. We run a Combined racing division for those who enjoy robust racing, and a Cruising division for those who enjoy a more relaxed race.
We generally sail on Sunday afternoons from a start line out in front of Seaview Marina. The bar is always open afterwards to relax on the deck or in the warm inside, with food and drinks. In daylight savings we run our very popular, but relaxed pursuit race on Friday evenings (no spinnakers).
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How does it all work?
Below is a basic introduction to each of our races for those who are new to racing at LBYC or interested in learning how it all works. All formal rules and information can be found in our racing documents which supersede any information found here, should they not match.
Racing alerts - SMS text messaging
SMS texting will now be used to communicate messages to racing boats.
Skippers are asked to nominate themselves or a crew member to receive messages that can be conveyed to the rest of the crew (limited to one person per boat), e.g. “racing cancelled” or “racing delayed” by sending an email with their boat name, nominated person and cell phone number to vicecomm@lbyc.org.nz.
LBYC Sailing Committee
Irene Muirhead - Vice Commodore
Lynn Porter - Sailing Secretary
Jamie Reid - General Committee
Kathy Walls - General Committee
Brent Porter - General Committee
Tony Lucie-Smith - General Committee (also Treasurer)
Daniel Benton - General Committee
Ray Manning - General Committee
Sam McDermott - General Committee
