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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]