SAILING UPDATE

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Our regular Sunday afternoon sailing season finished in early May. Our sailors will take a short rest from racing on on the River over the winter months, and resume again around the end of August for our 2025-26 Sailing Year.

BUT - although Racing has finished on the River, there’s a heap of sailing continuing!!!

A group of recreational sailors with their own boats will continue their Thursday morning sail, and add a Sunday morning sail as well. You are welcome to join in — have your boat rigged and be ready to be on the water by around 10am.

Our Green Fleeters will start a round of Training on Sunday mornings from mid-May, and continue on most Sundays till 22 June - practising and honing the skills recently learnt in Tackers 3 courses!

On the same days, but in the afternoons, another group of young sailors will have their long-awaited Tackers 2 course, learning to handle the Tackers dinghies solo for the first time!

We have also managed to arrange some Adult Learn-to-Sail with a group taking part in a Start Sailing 1 Course in our Pacer Dinghies over two weekends at the end of May. We are hoping to offer more of these courses for Adults and Teenagers in the coming months. Check our Discover Sailing webpage for more information and Expression of Interest.

Hopefully we will also be able a Tackers Course over the Winter School vacation!

 

There will also be some Training and Racing continuing at Mooloolaba —-

  • The Maroochy Youth Coaching Program in Mooloolaba Bay that started on 11 May will continue on Sunday mornings through to the end of June with 10 youngsters receiving advanced coaching focused on open-water sailing.

  • Maroochy Sailing Club and the Mooloolaba Yacht Club will host the Mooloolaba Winter Series which consists of 5 race days off Mooloolaba Beach from June through to August 2025. Open to all dinghies, windsurfers and off-the-beach catamarans and trimarans.




A whole Lot of Sailing Coming Up !!

 

OUT THERE SAILING

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Out There Sailing is an Australian Sailing Learn-to-Sail Course for Teenagers. Our Tackers boats are great for young children, but young bodies grow, and Tackers and Optimist dinghies are not really suitable for teenagers!

Out There Sailing is designed to introduce 13 - 16 year olds to Sailing. We use our larger two - three person Pacer Dinghies, more suited to larger bodies!

The focus is on Learning to Sail, but the participants enjoy a range of water-based activities over a three day Course.

Our latest Course ran over three consecutive days and was enjoyed by the 8 participants.

Everyone approaches their first capsize drill with apprehension, but “having a swim” is part of dinghy sailing, and practising the technique for a quick and safe recovery is a necessary part of any dinghy Course. The camera was on hand to capture the recovery drill!!

Thanks to coaches Casey, Cody and Henry!

If interested, contact the Club and we’ll pass your expression of Interest onto the Co-ordinator, Bruce!

Sunday 6 April - Busy Day at the Club!

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A cloudy grey morning gradually turned into a sunny afternoon on a busy Sunday 6 April.

Following a morning session of Green Fleet Training, members were joined by the latest group of Tackers 3 Graduates for the Completion Presentation , Welcome to the Club and BBQ Lunch. They then launched to join the Afternoon Fleet for their very first Club Race round the buoys, assisted by their Instructor, Caitlin, and our on-water Support Boats. A light Easterly Breeze and little tidal run at first, made conditions ideal for their first attempt to race round the Marks.

They impressed with their enthusiasm, and their determination, particularly as the the tide started to run later in the afternoon.

We hope they will continue with some Green Fleet Training sessions, to refine and further develop their skills!