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 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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Southern Wind – Proud sponsor of the Optimist African Championships 2022

Southern Wind is proud to have been the main sponsor of the Optimist African Championship 2022 held in Cape Town some weeks ago, thus supporting young sailors in their professional Optimist career. A total of 10 nations participated in the event that for many represents the starting block to becoming professional sailors and to get …

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