Black Rock Yacht Club

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Aerial perspective of the Black Rock Yacht Club to Port Philip Bay and the Melbourne CBD January 2019. The Black Rock Yacht Club is on the little headland left of the image Aerial perspective of the Rock suburb relative to Port Philip Bay and the Melbourne CBD January 2019.jpg
Aerial perspective of the Black Rock Yacht Club to Port Philip Bay and the Melbourne CBD January 2019. The Black Rock Yacht Club is on the little headland left of the image

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, Minnow, and Australian Lightweight Sharpie.

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Yacht Club at Black Rock

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 Moth World Championship (2004–05) and the 470 World Championships 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 Lindsay Irwin is a BRYC member.

37°58′10″S145°00′37″E / 37.9695°S 145.0103°E / -37.9695; 145.0103

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