Lucas Patrick and Luke Rogers spent many an afternoon training on their own without a group or training partners. “L-Squared” as they are affectionately known perfected their craft of tacking, gybing, spinnaker up and down, and the focus over 12 months was laser-sharp. This honing of their basic skills gave the team the ability to race at World level in the 29er class this year in Denmark. Against more than 500 sailors from 30 nations, the lads won one race of the Worlds and finished 10th overall. The Squadron’s ILCA classes (4.7, Radial and Full Rig) are currently full of talent with Caterina Myer, Hugo Ralph, Henry Piggot, Jackson Black, Wilbur Bright, Molly Schotte, Isaac Schotte, Frances Beebe and Ruby Carter all experiencing competition in Europe this year. Caterina backed-up this international experience winning our Queensland ILCA State Championship at Lake Cootharaba earlier this year against all comers. This win etched Caterina into Queensland ILCA history books as the youngest competitor to win the Open title. Our own Mara Stransky, who represented Australia at the Tokyo Olympic Games, is currently back home training with Frances Beebe and the QAS Squad under the guidance of Head Coach Mitch Kennedy and Annie Eastgate. Frances has stepped up her training with Mara this year and is at the Squadron most days, either on the water or at the gym. We are indeed fortunate to have such a role model as Mara at RQYS for all our Junior and Youth sailors to look up to, emulate and train with. Our Foil sailors are a large team who are pushing towards the international level. Sammi Costin is leading the charge again towards the LA 2028 Olympics, and in the Men’s Division we have Scotty Luxton, one of our RQYS Coaches, Jarrod Jones, Jo Foley, and Rory Meehan. Our Wing Foil team also had a busy year of international- level racing in Europe. The Squadron is busy every day of the week with Schools, Tackers classes, and Green Fleet all having record attendance — surely the best ‘breeding-ground’ for future generations of RQYS Olympians! Thank you to all who have supported the Academy this year, and following the positive feedback on our participation statistics in last year’s “Mainsheet” we are delighted to provide the tabular 2024 update below! n Course Level XMAS Hols 2023–24 Term 1 2024 EASTER Hols Term 2 2024 JUN/JUL Hols Term 3 2024 SEP Hols Term 4 2024 Participants Learn to Sail Tackers 1–3 199 Sail and Play 58 Dinghy Course Start Sailing 1 & 2 74 Keelboat Course Start Crewing and Helming 30 Start Crewing (NEW) 21 Start Helming (NEW) 11 Start Skippering 19 Windsurfing Start Windsurfing 33 Powerboat Handling Powerboat Handling 22 Safety Boat Operator 5 Out there Sailing Youth Adventure (Quest) 9 Total all courses 162 44 78 34 41 31 54 37 481 School Sailing (Gumdale SS) Year 2 - Intro to Tackers 707 Year 3 - Tackers 1 Years 4/5 - Tackers 2/3 Year 6 - Start Sailing 1 Elite - Coaching Intraschool saling (NEW) School Sailing (others) Manly SS, MBBC, Redlands College, Carmel College, et al 81 Total all schools 56 205 252 275 788 All AUS Sailing courses total 162 100 78 239 41 283 54 312 1,269 Youth Squad Green Fleet - Opti 470 Intermediate Fleet - Opti Open Fleet - Opti Green Fleet - Quest Feva Laser 4.7 Laser Radial 29er - Sailors Nacra - Sailors Youth Squad casuals Foil Squad Windsurfing a. Discover Sailing Experience Dinghy/Keelboat/Windsurfing 1 b. Private Coaching Level 2 168 Head Coach c. Coaching Camps 150 d. Corporate Events & Birthdays Bookings (all) 1 e. Sail our Boats Sessions (10 / 20) 2 Total Hires 10 Sub-total (a–e) above 332 Total all Squad,lessons, hires, etc 802 TOTAL ALL 2024 PARTICPANTS / SESSIONS 2,068 Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Yearbook Mainsheet 2024 23 Sailing Academy Report
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