OPTIS SAIL MOOLOOLABA BAY!

Among our young Opti sailors excitement is building as they prepare for the National Championships, to be held this year at RQYS in Brisbane - almost our backyard!

They will face somewhat different sailing conditions at Manly than most are accustomed to on our Maroochy River courses..

To assist them to “acclimatise” to open water sailing, and develop a different skill set, last Sunday (23 November), they raced in Mooloolaba Bay after launching directly off the beach. Thanks to their Support group who set the race course and arranged on-water Official Boats for the youngsters. It was a very successful and enjoyable afternoon!

Hopefully there will be at least one more sailing session off Mooloolaba before they head to the Championships to test their skills against hundreds of other Optimists from around Australia in multiple divisions in mid-January!