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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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August 22, 2020
RQYS not affected by new restrictions

Members, please be advised that this morning’s announcement placing a limit on gatherings does not apply to clubs or community sporting organisations such as RQYS, which operate under an industry […]

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August 13, 2020
Welcome to New Members

In the past our welcome to new members has taken the form of a cocktail party type gathering where new members are introduced to current members and some of our […]

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August 07, 2020
Thanks for a great B2K!

Thank you to all those involved with this year’s Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, it was great to have 18 yachts back on the water for the […]

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July 30, 2020
Brisbane Etchells Fleet Captains Report for 2019/2020 Season

What an eventful season it has been for the Brisbane Etchells fleet, and not for all the usual reasons one would expect from a sailing fleet.   The 2019/2020 season was […]

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July 30, 2020
2020 Muir Marine International Finn Queensland Championships

Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron was the host club for the International Finn 2020 State Championships which attracted a record 37 entries which included 9 interstate visitors from NSW. Unfortunately with […]

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July 23, 2020
Committee Positions 2020/2021

The Annual General Meeting of the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron was held on Tuesday evening 21 July and we advise the following members were elected to the various Committee positions […]

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July 16, 2020
Back on the water at RQYS – QLD Youth Week(end)

The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron capitalised on the recent easing of Queensland COVID restrictions and immediately rebooted the sailing calendar the next day, Saturday 11 July 2020. Events kicked off […]

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June 11, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATES

This post will serve as a continuous and live update log for all relevant news pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent effects on the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. […]

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June 11, 2020
Squadron on ABC Radio

Squadron General Manager Shawn Ket stopped by ABC Radio this morning to have a chat with Loretta and Craig about how COVID-19 restrictions have affected the Club and how easing […]

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June 11, 2020
WAGS Training Debrief

Wednesday 10th June saw the first of the WAGS Training sessions. Participants enjoyed navigating Green Island per ‘Course A’ and all returned to dock before dusk. The team aboard ‘Split’ […]

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June 09, 2020
Carpark and Roadway Maintenance

All members will be pleased to hear that we are undertaking some much needed repair and resurfacing work to the roadway and carparks from the G/H row gangway to the […]

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May 07, 2020
Club Member of the Year and Volunteer Thank You

Although our Club Member and Volunteer Thank You evening has been postponed, to a date to be decided, we still planning on recognising our valuable volunteers and those members who […]

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