Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron

The Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 has concluded after two long weeks of competition.
Squadron sailors competed in a range of classes, and the results from many were impressive. Also impressive is that RQYS representation at this event matched some well regarded sailing nations!
Special congratulations to those who have qualified Australia for the Tokyo Games. With the results from our Australian teams so close there will be much to prove in the months and y...ears to come.
Results by class:
RSX Women: Samantha Costin 60th
Laser Standard Mens: Mitch Kennedy 16th Daniel Self 117th
Laser Radial Womens: Mara Stransky 62nd (pictured)
Finn: Jake Lilley 16th Lewis Brake 52nd
470 Mens: Mat Belcher/Will Ryan 5th
470 Womens: Shelley White/Emma Baillie 47th
49er: Charlie Wyatt 27th
49er FX: Jaime Ryan 32nd
Nacra 17 Foiling: Samantha Simmonds/Max Von Richter 55th
Full results can be found at: https://aarhus2018.sailing.org/results
We hope that the sailors will have some time to relax before things kick off again with more European Regattas and Olympic Test events in Japan before the Australian Summer.
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Jake Lilleys talents extent beyond the race course!
Check out Jakes interviewing skills with his team mates at the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018
Jake Lilley Sailing

With 2 days remaining at the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018, Squadron sailors have done a fine job so far, especially those competing in their first World Championship.
Simmonds/Von Richter Sailing have jumped up the order after the first day of racing in Silver Fleet of the Nacra17, and Charlie Wyatt continues to perform well in the 49er. The 49ers will be racing on the Stadium with streaming available on the Aarhus Facebook page later today.
For many of our sailors the competition has concluded, so if you can't wait for the complete rundown you can find the results for all classes below.

Some great results coming in from our sailors at the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018.
Well done to Sam and Max on this great effort in the Nacra 17.
Good luck to the rest of the team as they compete in Denmark!

Get a head start before Spring and discover sailing at RQYS!
Activities will include, Opti sailing, windsurfing, Elliott sailing and Stand up paddle boarding.
Visit the website to register: https://www.rqys.com.au/events/mcgrath-di scover-sailing-day/

Congratulations Andrew Wiklund & Crankster!

We had a great day on the bay on Friday for the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race. With competitors crossing the finish since the early hours of this morning, led by Wild Oats XI who took out Line Honours, it's been a challenging but rewarding race for most so far.
Visit the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race Facebook Page for live race updates and more!

Best of luck to our sailors who are about to commence competition in the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 in Denmark. The first opportunity for sailors to qualify their country for the Tokyo Olympics.
The Squadron sailors competing are:
RSX Women: Samantha Costin ... Laser Mens: Mitchell Kennedy and Daniel Self Laser Radial Womens: Mara Stransky Finn: Jake Lilley (pictured) and Lewis Brake 470 Mens: Mat Belcher and Will Ryan 470 Womens: Shelley White and Emma Baillie 49er: Charlie Wyatt 49erFX: Jaime Ryan Nacra 17: Samantha Simmonds and Max Von Richter
We wish them all the best of luck for the event and wish the Australian Sailing Team the best of luck in this major international event.
Queensland Academy of Sport Australian Sailing - Queensland Brisbane Times Wynnum Herald Courier Mail Brisbane Boys' College (BBC) Iona College Moreton Bay College The Southport School
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The Vintage yacht regatta run by our friends at QCYC is always a beautiful sight. Well done to a large number of squadron boats and sailors who took part!

Well done to Squadron Super-Maxi Black Jack on taking line honours in the Sydney to Gold Coast Race.
Round 2 will start on Friday with the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race!
Good luck to a number of squadron boats and members still racing, the conditions have been challenging but the racing looks close throughout the field.

Well done to the sailing team from Iona College, all Squadron members, who competed at the Australian Schools Team Racing Championship.
They finished in 7th place over all for the regatta which was a great result for the team and the school. The team was Alexander Dunstan (Captain), Caleb Palmer, Hayden Barney, Rory Andersen, Ben Coleborn, Finn Meehan and Harry Weiland.
Great to see all members of the team are all active members in the RQYouthSquad program in Lasers, Flyin...g 11s and 29ers.
Well done too to the team from Brisbane Boys College who also took part including a number of RQ members.
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2018 International Finn Class QLD State Championships Presentation. Congratulations to all of our competitors for a great regatta!

This week we were fortunate enough to have Lachlan from Sheldon College, Brisbane doing some work experience with us! Lachlan was a Flying 11 sailor in a former life and is now an avid sail cruiser with his family and dad - who is a regular WAGS competitor.
His sailing experience certainly gave him an advantage in collecting footage of our Musto Australasia Queensland Youth Week and WAGS - Wednesday Afternoon Go Sailing events! It's certainly no easy task to film on the water, and Lachlan definitely rose to and overcame this challenge.
Check out the finished video below!

Good luck to Daniel Self - Olympic Laser Campaign in his trip to Aarhus for the World Sailing Championships.
He joins a host of other Squadron members at the event, the first country place qualifier for the Tokyo Games.

With Musto Australasia Queensland Youth Week over for another year, its time to think about the next major Youth Off the Beach regatta, Sail Brisbane!
You can get your entries in for Sail Brisbane at www.rqys.com.au and we're looking forward to an exciting program for Olympic and Invited classes as we begin the 2018/2019 Manly Summer of Sail.
Australian Sailing - Queensland Australian Sailing AUS 9ers NSW & ACT 9ers Australian International Optimist Dinghy Association Australian Nacra 15-17 Class Association Queensland Laser Association South Queensland Sabot Association SingaporeSailing World Sailing

Well done to our RQYouthSquad sailors who competed in Queensland Youth Week, you can see the results for all the members who took part below.
It was great to see such strong competition between our young sailors in the various fleets, and well done to all the boys and girls, and young ladies and gentlemen, who took on the competition in good spirits. More than a few standout performances, and you can see their race results at: www.sailwave.com/results/QYW2018.htm
Optimist Gr...een Fleet: www.sailwave.com/results/GFQYW2018.htm 1st: Hanna Garland 2nd: Georgina Johnstone 3rd: Elysia Albery 4th: Alison Rohrsheim 5th: Sebastian Boog (also 1st Boy) 6th: Lucas Patrick 8th: Kristin Rohrsheim 9th: Evie Engwirda-Robinson 11th: Amy Campbell 12th: Murphy Cooper 13th: Abigail Bacon 14th: Charlotte Dean
Optimist Intermediate: 2nd: Zane Taylor 3rd: Ethan O'Hagan 4th: Mitchell Pennington 7th: Kenneth Ngo-Ralston 8th: Iris Beebe (also 1st Girl) 12th: Eve Rohrsheim 13th: Ayesha Albery 14th: Daniel Innes 15th: Ellie Engwirda Robinson
Optimist Open: 4th: Talia Bulstrode (also 1st Girl) 5th: Angus Wheatley 12th: Jack Saul 13th: Tarquin Clarke 14th: Ethan Harcourt 15th: Yael O'Hagan 17th: Harry Hogan 18th: Isabella Wilson 19th: Daniel Bowman
Sabot: 9th: Eamon Dooley
Flying 11: 3rd: Bailey Lucock/Kenzie Gargan (also 1st Male Team) 4th: Finn Meehan/Blake Ejlertsen 5th: Graeme Macnair/Mitchell Luxton 6th: Luke Milburn/Rory Meehan 7th: Niamh Meehan/Eamon Dooley/Izzy Wieland
BicTechno+: 1st: Hamish Swain 4th: Brittany Schoutrop
BicTechno293: 1st: Max Irvin 2nd: Ben Waters 3rd: Scott Luxton 4th: Jarrad Jones 5th: Joesphine Kirby (1st Girl)
420/125 Division: 4th: Keely Strauss/William Reed 5th: Jessica Muir/Jessica Biden-King
Laser 4.7: 1st: Orla Amos 3rd: Caleb Palmer 5th: Kate Baisden 7th: Benjamin Coleborn 8th: Max Williams 9th: Lachlan Pennington 13th: Frances Beebe 14th: Sebastian Long 15th: Daniel Goodhand
Laser Radial: 1st: Frazer Brew 3rd: Oliver Clifton 5th: Hayden Barney 6th: Erin Cowley 8th: Sarah Johnson 10th: Will Schasser 13th: Emily Fuller 14th: Dylan Lynch
29er: 1st: Ashlee Daunt/Tom Needham 2nd: Luke Rogers/Matt Rogers 3rd: Will Bridge/Lachlan Prentice 4th: Mitch Miller/Matthew Sloman 5th: Hamish Thorne/Zac Edwards 6th: Arianne Saroch/Natalie Bridge 7th: Helena Lambourne/Cooper Richmond 8th: Luke Richmond/Brayden Daunt 9th: Rory Anderson/Alex Dunstan
Great effort from all of your Junior and Youth sailors and a thank-you also to those members who were out Coaching for them as part of the program: Greg Kemp, Josh Sloman, Alex Watson, Nat Dutton, Danny Fuller and George Morton. Well done also to Katy Jones and the Academy team for a great set of Opti results and a fun Green Fleet camp and regatta.
Lastly a very big thankyou to our team of Volunteers, led by PRO Louise Davis, and the course Race Officers John O'Brien and Alan Crawford. As always the Volunteer team from RQYS sets the standard!
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Night Raid Navigation Event from RQYS to Myora
There are no entry costs for this event and all are welcome!
The event briefing will be held 2 weeks prior to the start on Thursday 2 August at 6pm in the RQYS Auditorium. We will have guest speakers who will be providing tips and tricks for the event.
... Starting at 4:30pm sharp on Saturday, commencement details and vessel start times will be given with an event commencement from 5:30pm onwards. The entire event will be monitored on VHF CH 69.
After the completion of the event, we will have live music playing on vessel 'Dolphin' at Myora from 8pm. Sunday morning before returning to RQYS we will have Morning Tea on shore at Myora Springs or Kite Island at 9am (this is still to be affirmed).
To register for this event please complete the form at the bottom of the event page on our website below.
https://www.rqys.com.au/events/night-raid -navigation-event/
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Musto Australasia Queensland Youth Week finished up yesterday in perfect conditions on Waterloo Bay, 12 to 15 knot Southerly breezes and warm sunshine!
The Bravo Course Junior classes had some tight racing and the "personal best" day was achieved in the Opti Intermediate Course where RQYS sailor, Zane Taylor nailed four bullets to finish his regatta, which took him to 2nd overall behind Jack Scharf from Port Denison Sailing Club - 150th Anniversary. The racing in Intermediate... fleet was close over the whole event, and we can be confident that the fleet had a big education over the regatta, and all displayed great sportsmanship and skill.
Lucy Leith closed out her regatta well to win the Optimist Open division, while James Beveridge was successful in the Sabot Class. The Open Bic Queensland Championship title was won by Tinaroo Sailing Club's Travis Wadley, while Hamish Swain held onto his lead in the Bic Techno 293 Sailboard - Australia Techno Plus class, with Max Irvin winning the 293.
On the Alpha Course the close results in the Laser 4.7 class continued, with RQYS's Orla Amos taking 2 wins to finally jump ahead and win, while in the Radial Fraser Brew was successful in winning every race of the regatta, although this did not do justice to the tight racing in the Radial fleet.
In the Double-Handed classes it was Southport Yacht Club - Main Beach, Hollywell & Duxs Angus Sherring and Oscar Grey who asserted themselves in the 420 against both the other 420s, and the 125s who took part. In the Fling 11 it was Sophie O'Loughlin and Max Nearn from NSW who were succesful with 2 wins on the final day.
The 29er Class saw close racing to the final day, but the lead pair were a step above the rest as they had been all regatta. Ash Daunt and Tom Needham (RQYS and Queensland Academy of Sport) were able to score 2, 2, 1, 1, to take a solid win.
Lastly, the Green Fleet event was a great success for those sailors who took part, evidenced by their competitive sailing in the conditions on the final day. It was a regatta for the girls in the end, as Elysia Albery and Georgina Johnston held the minor placings, and a spectacular regatta from Hannah Garland saw her win the event.
Thanks to all of our interstate visitors for joining us for a great regatta, we look forward to seeing all of them and more later in the year for RQYS Sail Brisbane!
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We're with Opti Sailor Talia for the final day of Musto Australasia Queensland Youth Week.
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As a thank you for end of FYR, the John Bellas Financial Services office closed early on 8 July for all staff to enjoy lunch at RQYS. After making a booking for 10 approx 6 weeks prior, I phoned the day before to confirm. On the morning of the booking we received a phone call 30 mins before we were due to leave letting us know that the restaurant was closed that day but we were welcome to use the cafe. Given that this didn't even leave us enough time to try & find anywhere else we really had no option. Our group arrived just after midday & settled in for a cafe lunch. The food & hospitality staff were excellent & couldn't be faulted. However, this was not what we wanted for that day. There are lots of cafes just as good in the area & closer to where we were.

We didn't need to go to Manly for a good cafe meal on the waterfront. What was a pleasant afternoon could have been so much better if the admin/management got their act together. After all of the mix up to even refuse to provide us with free coffees for a table of 10 demonstrated a complete lack of goodwill. The cafe food deserves 5*, the management deserve 1*. I doubt we'll be back.

As a thank you for end of FYR, the John Bellas Financial Services office closed early on 8 July for all staff to enjoy lunch at RQYS. After making a booking for 10 approx 6 weeks prior, I phoned the day before to confirm. On the morning of the booking we received a phone call 30 mins before we were due to leave letting us know that the restaurant was closed that day but we were welcome to use the cafe. Given that this didn't even leave us enough time to try & find anywhere else we really had no option. Our group arrived just after midday & settled in for a cafe lunch. The food & hospitality staff were excellent & couldn't be faulted. However, this was not what we wanted for that day. There are lots of cafes just as good in the area & closer to where we were.

We didn't need to go to Manly for a good cafe meal on the waterfront. What was a pleasant afternoon could have been so much better if the admin/management got their act together. After all of the mix up to even refuse to provide us with free coffees for a table of 10 demonstrated a complete lack of goodwill. The cafe food deserves 5*, the management deserve 1*. I doubt we'll be back.

As a thank you for end of FYR, the John Bellas Financial Services office closed early on 8 July for all staff to enjoy lunch at RQYS. After making a booking for 10 approx 6 weeks prior, I phoned the day before to confirm. On the morning of the booking we received a phone call 30 mins before we were due to leave letting us know that the restaurant was closed that day but we were welcome to use the cafe. Given that this didn't even leave us enough time to try & find anywhere else we really had no option. Our group arrived just after midday & settled in for a cafe lunch. The food & hospitality staff were excellent & couldn't be faulted. However, this was not what we wanted for that day. There are lots of cafes just as good in the area & closer to where we were.

We didn't need to go to Manly for a good cafe meal on the waterfront. What was a pleasant afternoon could have been so much better if the admin/management got their act together. After all of the mix up to even refuse to provide us with free coffees for a table of 10 demonstrated a complete lack of goodwill. The cafe food deserves 5*, the management deserve 1*. I doubt we'll be back.