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December 10, 2025
49er/49er FX Nationals Report

Kris Bilston and I attended the 49er/49erFX Nationals on Lake Macquarie and Sail Melbourne out of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Brighton. There are limited 49er regattas in […]

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December 09, 2025
2026 Finn World Sailing Championships announce Porsche Centre Brisbane as major event partner

Porsche Centre Brisbane Dealer Principal David Crosdale and Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS) Commodore Curtis Skinner today proudly announce their major partnership with the International Finn Association of Australia (IFAA), […]

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May 22, 2025
It’s National Volunteer Week 2025!

National Volunteer Week | Club Member of the Year 2025 It’s no coincidence that we celebrate Club Member of the Year awards when we do.   It has much to do […]

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May 22, 2025
Interclub Bay Cruise

ourThe Interclub Bay Cruise began in 1976, when the late John Hattrick, then Commodore of our own Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, initiated an annual cruise to promote safe, family-friendly boating […]

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May 22, 2025
Past Commodore’s Cup Report

Past Commodores Cup 2025 Navigation event The 13th anniversary of the Past Commodores Cup Navigation event was held on the 17th of May in calm and overcast conditions. This event […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
May 22, 2025
WAGS Report: 21 May 25 – ‘Afternoons like this don’t come very often!’

DATE:  21/5/2025 WIND:  E-NE-3-6 Knots TIDE: H@16:34-1.84 COURSE: 18A NUMBER OF BOATS: 38 With just over a week until Brisbane’s official winter begins, you would have been forgiven to think […]

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May 15, 2025
Will Bridge and Liam Millar’s olympic 49er story continues …

My helm, Liam Millar, and I spent a recent seven weeks training and competing in Europe at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma de Mallorca and the French Olympic Week […]

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May 15, 2025
Volunteer “Officer of the Day” position now open!

We’re looking for volunteer Squadron ambassadors! The new “Officer of the Day” positions will play an important role to extend and foster fellowship by assisting Members, their guests and visitors […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
May 15, 2025
WAGS Report: 7 May 25 – ‘Exhaustion and a forecast of rain and thunderstorms can’t keep the fleet away!’

DATE:  14/5/2025 WIND:  SE-SSE-13-21 KNOTS TIDE: L@16:19-0.51M COURSE: 20BR NUMBER OF BOATS: 31 You would think that with all of the sailing done at regattas in the past couple of […]

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May 08, 2025
Past Commodore’s Cup is coming up!

Past Commodores Cup navigation event will be held on Saturday morning 17th of May. PCC is a simplified morning event circumnavigating the scenic islands of Green and St Helena with friends […]

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May 08, 2025
Meet the Potters | berth J43

Hailing from Townsville where they both worked as successful Vet Surgeons, John and SallyAnne fostered a love of sailing at Townsville Yacht Club. Like many sailors heading into their golden […]

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May 08, 2025
Finn & Alex Walker competing in the 43rd Easter Optimist Meeting on Lake Garda

  Over the Easter weekend, RQYS optimist sailors Finn and Alex Walker competed in the 43rd Easter Optimist meeting on Lake Garda, the event has long been seen as the […]

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May 08, 2025
Niamh Meehan & Jake Liddell take on Europe

I wanted to share a quick update with RQYS following my return from Europe, where Jake Liddell and I competed in the Nacra 17 at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía (Palma) […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
May 08, 2025
WAGS Report: 7 May 25 – ‘WAGS + Brisbane Race Week Combined’

DATE:  7/5/2025 WIND:  SE-10-12 KNOTS TIDE: L@12:34 COURSE: 2CR NUMBER OF BOATS: 23 With the amazing Brisbane Race Week running in conjunction with WAGS this week and the majority of […]

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