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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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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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Etchells Sailing Class at RQYS
March 27, 2025
Etchells Brisbane Etchells Championship Report: Saturday, 22 – 23 March: As I saw It (& remembered It)

As I Saw It (and remembered it!) Saturday, 15 March 25 What a great weekend of Etchells racing and camaraderie. The fleet came together for the annual Brisbane Etchells Fleet […]

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March 24, 2025
2025 Club Member of the Year Awards

 To give our volunteers the recognition they deserve, 2025 sees the introduction of a special awards evening just to celebrate the contribution they make to the continuous operation of our […]

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March 20, 2025
Social Sailing: A great initiative from the RQYS Youth-Sub Committee

Our young adults are back on the water of late in the RQ Elliotts fleet every Friday evening, thanks to the hard work of our new Youth Advisory Sub Committee […]

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March 20, 2025
RQTV is Back!

After many months of behind-the-scenes work, we have now successfully finished the long-awaited reintegration of RQTV onto the squadron website! The marketing team have been working closely with Media Officer […]

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