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Transition to Racing - February to April, 2025
Sat 01 Feb 2025 09:15 — Sat 05 Apr 2025 14:00

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Registration for this event closes at Sat 29 Mar 2025 11:59.

Transition to Racing (Febrary to April, 2025)
On Saturdays we are offering an opportunity for sailors  to continue to develop their sailing skills with a club coach.

For Sabots it will be morning coaching, then racing.  For F11s and 4.7s/70% course sailors, it will be integrated with the afternoon race.

Our aim is to build onwater confidence and boat handling skills while introducing racing skills.  We will have our RIBs on the water to support sailors.  

This program is free for Dec24/Jan25 Learn-to-Sail graduates, but requires a co-payment (heavily subsidised by the Club) for existing sailors in the Sabot, F11 and ILCA 4.7 fleets.

Saturday coaching program is -

  9:15am           Arrive at Club & rig Sabots
  10:00am         Briefing from Coach 
  10:15am          Sabots on water for sail coaching 
  11:45pm          Back onshore for lunch

  12:30pm        Pre-race briefing for Sabots, F11s & 4.7s (upstairs)

  1:00pm           Sabot race commences 
  2:00pm           Back onshore / short wrap up and presentation
 
  2:10pm            Laser/ILCA 4.7 race start 
  2:40pm           F11 Race starts 
  4-4:30             F11/ILCA 4.7 racing finishes
  6pm                 All class presentation

We encourage parents to assist their kids as much as possible, especially getting the boats out, rigging, unrigging and putting them away. We also encourage parents to spend time on the support boats (RIBs). This is not essential however we don’t have as many instructors as we did for Learn to Sail and assisting will get the kids more time on the water.  

For those sailing 2-up in the sabots it is helpful if your child has a sailing partner organized but not essential, just speeds up the process of getting on the water. We will come off the water around 11:45am.  Sailors are welcome to have some lunch and then join in the afternoon racing starting from 1pm.

 

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