"You haven't won anything if in winning you lose the respect of the other competitors"
Paul Elvstrom...Gold medalist
Did you know that more than two thirds of the medal winning sailors at the last two Olympic Games, and over 85% of the medal winning skippers at the Beijing Olympics were former Optimist sailors? That's why they say Optimists are the bathtubs that breed champions.
"I woke up one Christmas morning to find an Optimist dinghy beside my bed. I guess I've been sailing mad ever since"..... Ben Ainslie (Gold Medallist)
"In Optimists you train together as a team to develop your skills, and build your character"..... Victor Kovalenko (Australian Olympic Coach)
The very popular teams racing day is back again this year. It will be preceded by a coaching day on Saturday to learn all about the tactics of teams racing. Sunday the regatta will be held. Please get your teams together now as this is an inter club challenge! NOR will be posted very soon. NSC are looking for volunteers to help out. The canteen will be open both days. More coming soon........
Firstly congratulations to Jack Graves from Victoria our new Australian Champion. Jack sailed consistently throughout the regatta in all wind conditions to take a commanding lead & the title.
NSW had 32 sailors attend the regatta & we ended up the most improved state with 7 sailors making the AOST..........
Congratulations YNSW for a very successful Sail Sydney. Thank you also to Jeremey Atkinson & his team on the start boat for getting a 10 race series completed with limited time.
Friday the wind was light & shifty catching a few sailors out. Max Paul had a sensational first race, Jim Colley took out race 2 & Alec Brodie races 3 & 4.
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Warwick Crossman who did such an amazing job establishing this Opti site has moved on to greater things & launched Dinghy Fever his own website. It is based on Dinghy sailing in Pittwater but has useful information on all ISAF classes, regatta links, photos a sailing blog & more........click on the headline for the link.
The 3rd round of the NSWIODA Traveller's Trophy Series was last Sunday at Concord Ryde Sailing Club. It was a great day of racing with six races completed in breeze ranging from 5 to 20kts. CRSC are to be commended on their great hospitality & organisation. It was wonderful to see their young Opti sailors out & we hope they are inspired to take part in future association events. Click on the headline for a full report & results.