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April 17, 2025
2025 Performance Sailcraft QILCA State Titles

Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS) sailors travelled north to Yeppoon over the weekend to compete in the 2025 ILCA Queensland State Championships, hosted by Keppel Bay Sailing Club. The regatta […]

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Etchells Sailing Class at RQYS
April 17, 2025
Etchells Report: Saturday, 5 April: As I saw It (& remembered It)

As I Saw It (and remembered it!) Saturday, 12 April 25 Well, that was a bit of a disappointing and soggy finish to the club’s sailing season. With a forecast […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
April 17, 2025
WAGS Report: 16 April 25 – ‘What was meant to be a simple reach, became a challenging sail!!’

DATE:  16/4/2025 WIND:  Variable “southerly” TIDE: L@17:19-0.57m COURSE: 20B NUMBER OF BOATS: 40 When the course for the afternoon was chosen, it was supposed to be a simple reach, beat, […]

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April 10, 2025
Rory Meehan: Just wrapped up the first World Cup of the year – the 54th Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma

I’ve done quite intense training leading up to this event with multiple camps in Sydney, the NZ Nationals, and of course, time on the water at home with QAS in […]

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April 10, 2025
Sailing into the Future: Celebrating Our Winds of Change Graduates!

Sailing into the Future: Celebrating Our Winds of Change Graduates! Making Waves Foundation Brisbane is thrilled to celebrate the graduates of the Term 1 2025 Winds of Change program! Over the […]

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Etchells Sailing Class at RQYS
April 10, 2025
Etchells Report: Saturday, 5 April: As I saw It (& remembered It)

As I Saw It (and remembered it!) Saturday, 5 April 25 We were back  on the water after a week off due to racing being call off last week, which […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
April 10, 2025
WAGS Report: 9 April 25 – ’25 Knots at the finish line added some excitement!’

DATE:  9/4/2025 WIND: SE-SSE-14-22 KNOTS TIDE: L@14:04- 0.61M COURSE: 23A NUMBER OF BOATS: 47 What a brilliant arvo. The breeze provided great consistency. Although the 25 knots at the finish […]

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April 03, 2025
Member Feedback Form Launch

An outcome of your feedback in the Annual Member Survey held earlier this year, is the preference for an ongoing avenue to comment on aspects, good and bad, around the […]

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April 03, 2025
Mainsheet Digital Flipbook Now Available!

After a welcome hiatus after the months of hard work to produce your 2024 Mainsheet publication, we have finally come back up for some air and are now happy to […]

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April 03, 2025
Windward Bound: An opportunity for 14-17yr olds to sail the East Coast

RQYS Member, Dougal Henderson has just arrived back from a wonderful experience aboard the ‘Windeward Bound’ tall ship and shared his feedback: I have just come back from a week’s […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
April 03, 2025
WAGS Report: 2 April 25 – Hoping for better weather next week!

DATE:  2/4/2025 WIND: ESE-8-3 Knots TIDE:  H@12:14 COURSE: 21A NUMBER OF BOATS: Under 8 We’ve been fortunate in the past few weeks to jag the best of what could have […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
March 27, 2025
WAGS Report: 26 March 25 ‘A small but quality fleet that enjoyed the breeze!’

DATE:  26/3/2025 WIND:  SE- 15-20 KNOTS TIDE: L@13:59-0.65M COURSE: 23AR NUMBER OF BOATS: 26 The doom and gloom of rain and wind was being spoken about on all media outlets. […]

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