Like sausage rolls and sauce or apple pie and icecream, Sail Port Stephens and sports boats have been inextricably linked since 2016, and race organisers are looking forward to another great series with the thrill machines in 2023.
Resources to help Instructors and Discover Sailing Centres engage with children with autism, to ensure they feel included, especially when starting Tackers for the first time are soon to be published on the Australian Sailing website.
Quality sailing experiences are achieved when the right people do the right things at the right times, resulting in positive experiences for participants.
Holly Hunt has been an active coach and Instructor at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club since 2019 and currently predominantly coaches’ youth development in the 29ers. With 16+ years of sailing under her belt, Holly has competed at state, national and international level in a variety of boats and is currently an active Moth and GP42 sailor.
Different classes and specific sailing situations are going to demand different physical capabilities, but no matter which class your coaching, helping your sailors to meet the demands of sailing will help to ensure you keep them safe, healthy, and performing at their best.
Australian Sailing is soon to launch its new learn to wing program, aimed at introducing beginners to the wing and developing the fundamental skills needed to latter progress to the WingFOIL with confidence.
How people learn, is as individual as the sailor themselves, as coaches we should be creating learning environments that stretch everyone to learn, and to make sure they have fun, whilst doing it!
The 2023 Training in Focus - Live dates are now set and registrations are open for all Instructors, Discover Sailing Centre Principles and Training administrators to attend.
The simple online survey takes around 15 minutes. Everyone who completes the survey can apply for the chance to win one of 15 x $500 cash grants to support their local club or athlete career.
Entry for Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2023 will open in one week’s time at 10am (Queensland time) on 1 March – so if you want to be there, you will need to be fast on the button; within 15 minutes of entries opening last year, the event was at 50 percent capacity and less than four hours later, was a complete sell-out.
Is your club currently registered as an Activity Provider in the Queensland Governments new FairPlay Enquire2 system? If not, you will not be able to redeem any FairPlay vouchers unless you take action now and register in the New System.
Sixteen athletes including Sailing's own Amelia Catt have made a commitment to help make sport a more inclusive place after being appointed as 2023 AIS Thrive with Pride ambassadors.