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The RQYS Cruising and Navigation Presentation Dinner was held on the 29th of June and a good time was had by all. Below are some of the award recipients and many photos of the night! This year’s Power Cruising Group winners are as follows: Rookie Powerboat Cruiser: Wayne Rashleigh – Lady Penelope. Best Cruise: Anthony
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The Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 24 July 2018 – please see attach Notice of Annual General Meeting for both the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Limited and RQYS Marina Limited. Official notices are being sent by mail. RQYS Limited – Notice of Annual General Meeting RQYS Marina Limited – Notice of Annual General Meeting
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Congratulations to Squadron sailors Stacey Jackson and Alex Gough for completing the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. This wasn’t Stacey’s first Volvo Ocean Race, her debut was all the way back in 2014. This year she was racing on board with the Vestas 11th Hour Racing Team who overall placed 5th. Alex had his debut in
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Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 June 2018: Little Ship Club – Cruise Captains Mick & Jenny Atkinson, aboard North Light Little Ship Club welcomed the Powerboat Cruising Group for a great weekend at their little ‘piece of paradise’ on the eastern side of Moreton Bay. 6 boats got away early for the weekend arriving on
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21 Club dinner is booked for Friday 20 July. Please keep this date free. Guest speakers will be Mark Hipgrave, Rohan Wood and Annette Hesselmans who have just completed the Melbourne to Osaka, and Alex Gough fresh off the boat from the Volvo Ocean Race. Invites will be posted shortly with this year offering an
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On behalf of the Squadron we would like to give our heartiest congratulations to Squadron Member John Cuneo for his award of the OAM, Past Commodore Wallace Bishop for his award of the AM, and Squadron Member Mark Gower OAM (Mil) for his award of the AM in the Queen’s Birthday honours. These exceptional gentlemen have no shortage
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The Past Commodores Cup Navigation event was run on an absolutely sensational Saturday afternoon which made for a low scoring competition. After the boats ran the local course around Green Island, most came back to Manly mooring at the Squadron’s Bill Kirby VIP jetty for a few sundowners while the results were calculated. The beautiful
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On the afternoon of Saturday April 28 at an auction of extremely rare Australian books in Sydney The Model Committee, led by Glen Battershill, were successful in securing the complete works of founding member and Past Commodore, Tom Welsby (1903 – 1919). Welsby (1858 – 1941) was a patriotic Queenslander who was active in Brisbane
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The Squadron has recently received a 4 Gold Anchors rating by the Marina Industries Association. The Gold Anchor International Scheme is a global accreditation scheme facilitated by the Marina Industries Association and The Yacht Harbour Association that is designed to assist marina users with their marina selection and to provide a customer focused framework for
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A limited number of Mainsheet magazines have been printed and delivered to the Squadron over the weekend. Pop into Reception to pick up your hard copy edition today! 
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