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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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July 02, 2024
Balancing Act tips scales in Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race

Balancing Act has tipped the scales in the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race to take the overall win on IRC, IRC two-handed, ORC and ORC two-handed. The J/99 co-skippered […]

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July 02, 2024
Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race departs with RP66 Alive sailing double-handed

The 343 nautical mile Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, began on Thursday 20 June following a lengthy delay as the race committee […]

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July 02, 2024
Bush Poetry – Sail Cruising Report June

Bush Poetry By Erwin Bejsta | SV Moonglade   Friday evening commenced with a meal at the club followed by a quick outline of the weekend plan. The star attraction […]

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June 27, 2024
Mara’s medal finish in Kiel Week caps a stellar European season!

News just in this morning (27th June 2024) from a very chuffed dad, Andrew Stransky: “Mara concludes her world tour claiming the silver medal at Kiel Week, the world’s biggest […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
June 27, 2024
WAGS Report – 26 June, 2024 – “Amazing, bloody cracker, and where else would you rather be?”

WIND: NNE-NE / 6-8 knots TIDE: H @ 12:19 / 2.55m COURSE: JULIETT REVERSE NUMBER OF BOATS: 41 “Amazing, bloody cracker, and where else would you rather be?” These were […]

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June 27, 2024
Balancing Act tips scales in Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race

Balancing Act has tipped the scales in the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race to take the overall win on IRC, IRC two-handed, ORC and ORC two-handed. The J/99 co-skippered […]

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June 20, 2024
Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race Departs

Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race departs with RP66 Alive sailing double-handed The 343 nautical mile Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, hosted by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, began […]

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June 20, 2024
Great day for Gumdale Under-8s!

Report by Head Coach Adrian Finglas Our RQYS Academy Team had an actioned-packed morning with Gumdale State School’s Under-8s day. Children get to experience many different sports from pony and […]

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Wednesday Afternoon GO Sailing
June 20, 2024
WAGS Report – 19 June, 2024 – Oh wind, oh wind, wherefore art thou?

WIND: ?? / 0-5 knots TIDE: L @ 13:35 COURSE: JULIETTE NUMBER OF BOATS: 38 Oh wind, oh wind, wherefore art thou? The skies were a beautiful Brissy blue. The […]

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June 13, 2024
RQYS Sail Cruising Group Cruise Report May 2024

The Cruise that wasn’t The cruise that wasn’t, Mike and Jane (Curlew) were the appointed cruise captains for the May cruise. However, someone must have upset Poseidon as he was […]

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June 13, 2024
WAGS Report – 12 June, 2024 – Oh our fickle Westerly’s

WIND: ESE-ENE-10-22 KNOTS TIDE: H@13:37 COURSE: ECHO NUMBER OF BOATS: 36 Oh our fickle westerly’s. The excitement of a windward finish was on the lips of many skippers as they […]

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June 13, 2024
VX One Winter Nationals Wrap Up

Re-cap by Hayden Barney The 2024 VxOne Winter Nationals saw 21 teams hit the water at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron for some highly competitive, shifty, and cold winters racing. The […]

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