The 2026 Noel Paterson Corithian Cup Wrap Up   The RQ Etchells fleet hosted the second edition of the Noel Paterson Corithian Cup this past weekend and what a spectacular weekend it was, both on and off the water. We had 16 entries for this year’s edition. Up from Sydney were Jason Antill and his crew on […]

After another weekend abandoned everyone was rearing to go this week. There were 5 boasts in the water before 10.15!! VC Todd and the TAG crew hit the water for the first time this year, giving us 9 boats on the race course. With Brad out of town, it was a Miller family affair with […]

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING  Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the International Etchells Class Association, Brisbane Fleet Inc. will be held in the Auditorium at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Manly, on Saturday 29rd July 2023 at 11.00 am Please find attached the Agenda, Nomination Form and Proxy. AGM Agenda […]

Seeking “Expressions of Interest” to campaign an Etchells in the 22/23 season. Nominate your Entry Here Entries close Saturday Aug 13th Our loaner boat program, starts in August 2022 in the lead up to the 22-23 season, will have boats available to those wanting to put a club racing program together. There is a huge upswing […]

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING  Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the International Etchells Class Association, Brisbane Fleet Inc. will be held in the Auditorium at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Manly, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at 11.00 am Please find attached the Agenda, Nomination Form and Proxy. AGM Agenda […]

Last weekend saw RQYS host the inaugural Waterloo Cup for Etchells. This regatta was put together at the last minute after the Mooloolaba Winter Nationals were cancelled due to an unsafe bar (river – not drinking establishment 😊) and to provide an additional regatta for the southerners that came up for the Southport Regatta (that […]

For the 2021/22 Season, the Brisbane Etchells Fleet launched a ‘loan a boat’ program to not just grow the local fleet, but specially targeted to encourage more women to the join the class and experience what the best one-design sailing class has to offer! We welcomed Helen Wood as skipper in September last year and […]

The Final Showdown – Race Review Sat 9 Apr by Kevin Molen It came down to the final day of racing to determine this year’s squadron championship winner with Patto and Heals tied on points going into the final day of racing. The day started with drama. BBQ Chef extraordinaire Chris tested covid positive on […]

Thanks for a great weekend! Many thanks to all our valued fleet for a fantastic weekend at the Brisbane Etchells Fleet Championship last week. Congratulations to Peter Conde, Brian Hillier and Miles Baron-Hay for the win on Encore! David Healey, Kevin Molen and Ian Miller on Rapscallion took 2nd and 3rd place went to Vaughan […]