Optimist Sailing News
Optimist sailing Team Racing
4 February 2012 By Alan 4 Comments
team race in a optimist Subscribe for more opti vids and give a like Video Rating: 5 / 5 The boys sailed for 5 days at Whistler Sailing association on Alta lake in Whistler. The class photo was doodled on by Leo I was going to blur there faces out for privacy concerns but he said he had a better idea . It was Rens 13th birthday and I got him a water proof video camera so the beginning footage is quite dodgy as they have never used is before. Ren really excelled at … [Read More...]
Sandusky Sailing Club to Host 2012 USODA National Championships
4 February 2012 By Alan Leave a Comment
Sandusky Sailing Club is pleased to announce that it has been selected to host the 2012 United States Optimist Dinghy Association (USODA) National Championship regatta. The event, scheduled for July 22 - 29, will include hundreds of young sailors from all over North America. "Junior sailing has always been an important part of the mission of Sandusky Sailing Club," said SSC Commodore John Hartung. "This will be one of the biggest events in the 80-year history of our club, and our … [Read More...]
Tralee’s Sophie Browne is January Sailor of the Month
4 February 2012 By Google Leave a Comment
#SAILOR OF THE MONTH – Sophie Browne of Tralee Bay is Afloat.ie/Irish Independent "Sailor of the Month" for January after taking the Silver Medal in the Girls Division in the Optimist Worlds in New Zealand. She added it to the Gold in the Girls, and fourth overall, which she won from an enormous fleet in the last major European regatta of 2011, at Palma, Mallorca in December. Sophie in action abroad in Palma (top) and at home It's some going when you're just fourteen. Sophie is back at … [Read More...]
Bonello Ghio wins Argo National Championships
2 February 2012 By Google Leave a Comment
By Wilfred Sultana One major appointment held in December has been the National Sailing Championships organized by the Malta Sailing Federation. Presently eight clubs and association make up the MSF where with regards the organization of the Nationals the tradition is that each year a member club is assigned to host this annual event. Normally the NSC is held in-mid November but due to persistent inclement weather last year the two-day event had to be transferred to the first weekend in … [Read More...]
Sail Mooloolaba 2012 – Date change for QLD celebration of sailing
2 February 2012 By Google Leave a Comment
by Liz McCarthy Tweet http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=93510 3:40 AM Thu 2 Feb 2012 GMT … [Read More...]
USVI and BVI youth sailors expected at San Juan Regatta
2 February 2012 By Google Leave a Comment
More than 90 sailors from 11 islands and countries - Puerto Rico, all three U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Maarten, Curaçao, Guatemala and the United States - will set sail in the 11th Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta (CNSJIR) on Feb. 3-5. This participation makes the CNSJIR one of the largest youth regattas in the Caribbean."This year we welcome two new classes: 420s and IC-24s," regatta director José Berríos said. "Each of these classes, like … [Read More...]
Optimist Sailing Davis Island Youth Sailing
2 February 2012 By Alan 2 Comments
No Audio on this video since apparently the music that I used wasnt licensed!! I put a Drift Action Camera on my daughter Amandas Zoum Optimist and took this footage during practice last weekend. Edited footage with Sony Vegas Movie Maker HD. Practice was in Tampa Bay. She is on the RWB Optimist team at Davis Island Yacht Club … [Read More...]
Stoodley aiming to sail for NZ
1 February 2012 By Google Leave a Comment
STU PIDDINGTON Teenaged sailor Lola Stoodley has added another line to her CV with a third place finish at the Australian Optimist Open Championship. Stoodley faced tough competition and conditions on Brisbane's Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Waterloo Bay courses but flew through. Stoodley, 14, also finished top female competitor in the 118-strong fleet in an impressive effort. Each competitor could drop three of their 15 race … [Read More...]
Sailing Around the World: A Family Retraces Joshua Slocum’s Voyage
1 February 2012 By Alan Leave a Comment
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