RMYC PORT Hacking Sailing

13/10/2026

Celebrating the Life of Ryan Bell | 1972–2026 🤍

It is with great sadness that we farewell Ryan Bell, a much-loved member of the RMYC Port Hacking family.

The funeral service will take place on:

📅 Wednesday, 21 October 2026, at 11:00am
📍 Woronora Memorial Park South Chapel.

Following the service, members, family and friends are warmly invited to come together to share memories and honour Ryan’s life.

Planning to attend?

To help us with catering arrangements, we kindly ask that you confirm whether you’ll be attending the celebration at the club and how many people will be joining you.

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29/09/2026

It is with great sadness that we advise our members and Club community of the unexpected passing of our Operations Manager, Ryan Bell.

Ryan was an integral part of our Club for an extraordinary 26 years, dedicating more than two and a half decades of service to the Club, its members and his fellow staff. Over those years, Ryan became a familiar face to generations of members and a valued colleague and friend to so many. His knowledge, experience and longstanding commitment to the Club will be greatly missed.

His sudden passing has come as an enormous shock to our Club community, particularly to those who worked alongside him and knew him well. On behalf of the Board, management, staff and members, we extend our deepest condolences to Ryan’s family and loved ones. Our thoughts are very much with them at this incredibly difficult time.

We also ask our members to please be mindful of our staff over the coming days as they come to terms with the loss of a longstanding colleague and friend. After 26 years of dedicated service, Ryan leaves a lasting connection with our Club and the many people whose lives he touched.

Rest in peace, Ryan. Thank you for your service and friendship. You will be greatly missed

07/09/2026

Great cause, join us on the sailing table

19/06/2026

07/06/2026

Great day whale watching in Bate Bay with our cruising friends

29/05/2026

Good way to get into boating

25/05/2026

https://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/c-c-yachts-36/326724

Price reduced, great first boat.

"Possible Dream" was named as such as she was launched the year Australia won the America's cup. She is a

27/04/2026

Bookings close Thursday 30th April, tickets via www.sailing-rmycph.org.au

14/04/2026

The second day of Sail Port Stephens saw the fleets staying inshore once more, contending with a westerly breeze. Course 7a and 7b was selected, which featured an upwind start against the tide. Jazz Bar was obstructed at the start and forced to restart, which turned out to be beneficial as the left side of the course near the southern shore proved favorable for navigating upwind, utilizing lifts and breaks while staying out of the tide's main force. Division 3 boats closed the gap with Division 2 boats, with some larger Division 2 cruiser racers finding the light air challenging. All yachts reported high activity on their depth sounders. Regrettably, Another Fiasco beached abeam of Soldiers Point for a period, though crew members assured that the pause would be short-lived. Boondelbah Island proved tricky to navigate around. After rounding the mark, the spinnaker run was remarkably short, lasting about 300 meters, before yachts dropped their spinnakers and tacked upwind. The Corlette Mark was the next waypoint, with getting to the breeze first being the key tactic. It was a day that demanded strategic thinking.

Results
Div 1
Sea Hawk
21st Scratch
21st PHS
17th ORC

Div 2
Another Fiasco
6th Scratch
14th PHS

Black Betty
21st Scratch
21st PHS

Brand X
9th Scratch
4th PHS

Yknot
20th Scratch
13th PHS

Div 3
Jazz🍻Bar
6th Scratch
6th PHS
🥇 ORC

Mach 1
17th Scratch
15th PHS

Div 4
Marri Nuwi
17th Scratch
21st PHS

13/04/2026

** Sail Port Stephens Day 1 Recap**

Day 1 we saw a forecast of 8-18 knots from the west. The course was the pub to pub race. It saw the 120 strong fleet race, start at Nelson Bay, with a spinnaker start, to Shoal Bay, then play the lifts and breaks up the main channel to the Bannisters Mark, another short kite run to the channel banks mark to then proceed around Boondaba Island, where we ghosted around it, to then reach to middle bank mark before a right kite run to the finish line. It is really great to see so many port hacking boats up here.

Results Day 1
Div 1
Sea Hawk
19th Scratch
6th PHS
20th ORC

Div 2
Another Fiasco
7th Scratch
15th PHS

Black Betty
25th Scratch
27th PHS

Brand X
16th Scratch
8th PHS

YKNOT
15th Scratch
6th PHS

Div 3
Jazz🍻Bar
8th Scratch
15th PHS
2nd ORC

Mach 1
16th Scratch
10th PHS

Div 4
Marri Nuwwi
2nd Scratch
2nd PHS