Northern Region report 2023 / 2024

Report by Philip Malan The seasons racing kicked of with the RTIR at LDYC on the 2-4th February 2024 with 7 kids on optimists participating in the big round the Island race on the Sunday. Once the bigger fleets departed the kids lined up and in very difficult no wind conditions set off to their …

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Kwazulu Natal Q1 Optimist Report 2023 / 2024

Report by Cornell Pretorius After a very successful Youth Nationals that was hosted at Henly Midmar Yacht club Optimist sailing with in Kwazulu Natal gained some more traction. Point Yacht Club are still continuing with Optimist Sailing on Saturdays with a Active fleet of about 6 oppies sailing. Last year Optimist sailing increased their numbers …

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Eastern Cape Report 2023 / 2024

Report by Warren Harvey Youth sailing in the Eastern Cape is going very well and our youth sailors are showing fantastic signs of improvement which we are really excited about. It’s taken some time to get them where they are, but better late than never. We unfortunately had to reduce the size of our sailing …

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SA SAILING 2023 GENMAC INTERNATIONAL YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOSTED BY HENLEY MIDMAR YACHT CLUB

The SA Sailing 2023 Genmac international youth national championship proudly hosted by Henley Midmar yacht club from the 16th December 2023 to 21st December 2023 at Henley-Midmar Yacht Club, Midmar Dam, Howick.

Click on the links below for the notice of regatta and the sailing instructions.

2023 Youth Nationals NOR 2023 Youth Nationals SI

2023 Optimist World Championships – Costa, Brava – Spain – Coaches Report – Malcolm Hall

The Optimist Worlds was held in Costa Brava, Spain. More specifically off a camping resort called La Ballena Alegre, on the Gulf of Roses, which is 150km north of Barcelona. As is typical in any major regatta, the conditions were “not what we usually get here”, in that the normal thermal sea breeze failed to …

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2023 Optimist World Championships – Costa, Brava – Spain -Managers Report – Alistair Keytel

The South African Team for the Optimist Worlds Champs, which was held in Spain, was made up of a relatively inexperienced (international sailing speaking) group of sailors in Joshua Keytel, Sean Sadler, Ross Mukheiber and Dylan Hall. Dylan aside, this was a young team and for all of them, this was their first world championship. …

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