Black Rock Yacht Club
Black Rock Yacht Club is a Yacht club for off-the-beach sailing boats (mostly dinghies) on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, seventeen kilometres south of Melbourne, Australia. The club was founded in 1904 and has a proud history of Olympic, world and Australian champions. Classes sailed include International 14, Sabre, 125, 420, Moth, Sabot, Optimist, , and Australian Lightweight Sharpie.
In 1926 the nineteenth century warship HMVS Cerberus was scuttled to form a breakwater in front of the club and as a result launching is quite easy in most wind conditions.
Black Rock Yacht Club hosted the (2004–05 ) and the in 1999. Twice hosting the Finn Gold Cup (world champs) The fleet of International 14s sailing out of Black Rock is particularly strong and 2005 World Champion is a BRYC member.
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- Yacht clubs in Victoria (Australia)
- Sporting clubs in Melbourne
- 1904 establishments in Australia
- Sports clubs established in 1904