So you want to race at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron? Fantastic!!! We are a friendly club who welcomes anyone wanting to go sailing.

There are many classes that race regularly are RQYS. Click here to view our most popular fleets »

The Summer Sailing Season commences in September and usually winds up the week before Easter. Off-the-Beach and Division Boat classes compete in the Summer Sailing Season as per the following:

Southern Course
- Squadron Championship (Scratch)
- Season Points (Handicap)
- Fastest Times

Northern Course
- Squadron Championship (Scratch)
- Season Points (Handicap)
- Fastest Times

Division Boats & Multihulls
- Passage Race Series
- Round the Cans Series
- Squadron Championship
- IRC
- PBH Division 1
- PBH Division 2
- SMS
- OMR

Sailing doesn’t stop over winter at RQYS. Not only do we hold many regattas, we also have a winter Frostbite Series. Dates for the Frostbit Series are scheduled based on dates that are available, however we usually race once a month from May to August.

RQYS hosts many regattas throughout the year. Our annual club regattas are as follows:

Keel Boats & Multihulls
- Commodore’s Ocean Classic Cup Manly to Mooloolaba and Return
- Classic Yacht Regatta
- Farr 30 & Farr 40 One Design Regattas
- Queensland Multihull Championship
- Canaipa Cup
- Myora Cup
- Goodwill Cup
- XXXX Gold Cup
- Sports Boat Sunday(s)
- Wintersun Trailersailer Classic

Off-the-Beach & Etchells
- Queensland Youth Week
- Australia Day Regatta
- Etchells Fleet Championship
- Chillfest

We also host Yachting Queensland Regattas and currently have agreements in place to run the following:
- IRC Queensland Championship (IRC Keel Boats)
- Cock of the Bay (Trailsailers)
- Australian Midwinter Youth Championships (Off-the-Beach – part of Queensland Youth Week)
- ISAF Grade 2 Sail Brisbane (Off-the-Beach ISAF Classes)

RQYS also supports Team Sailing and is renowned for some for the best facilities for the dicipline with 21 RQ owner Pacers (3 fleets).

The Team Sailing regattas we host are:
- Term 1 School Team Sailing
- Term 4 School Team Sailing
- Queensland School Team Sailing Championship (on behalf of Yachting Queensland)
- Queensland Open Team Sailing Championship (on behalf of Yachting Queensland)

On top of all this, RQYS also hosts many major regattas including World Championships, Australian Championships and State Championships. We rarely have a weekend free!

RQYS has to ability of hosting up to four off-the-beach courses on Waterloo and Moreton Bay simultaneously. We have access to over 80 trained volunteers, including State, National and International Race Officers, as well as State, National and International Judges and Umpires. For more information on holding your next regatta please contact the Marine Sports Manger (Wed-Sun) on 3396 8666 or email marinesports@rqys.com.au