RQYS Mainsheet 2021

Sailing Academy

REPORTS

REPORTS

Through another year of COVID in 2021, reports Sailing Academy Coordinator Karyn Ralph, a number of shutdowns affected courses and programs – some more than once – but the Academy has come out stronger at year’s end than the same time in 2020.

RQYS Youth Squad continues to grow with more than 120 sailors currently participating in training, including 27 Green Fleeters coming through in our Optimist class. Youth classes have put into practise what they have been learning in training and this was reflected really well at the Queensland Youth Camp and Championships in Yeppoon with placings in all classes. A number of our top coaches were part of the elite team which coached the three-day camp, sharing experiences with sailors from all over Queensland.

Sailing Academy is back in full operation and has been awarded the No.1 Tackers Centre in Australia more than two quarters this year. We are struggling to keep up with the demand and our Christmas holidays programs are at capacity. This year, 1,873 participants have come through our doors! We would like to thank our Volunteers who have been working tirelessly to ensure all our equipment is in top shape.

OurnewRSQuestdinghiesaremorethanpopular,with courses already booked out until the end of January. The Quests were introduced to our secondary school programs and have been well received. We currently have three of these training boats with another three arriving in the near future. The ‘Sail our Boats’ program has over 100 members and it is going forward in leaps and bounds and we are full every week. Sailors enjoy this program due to the flexibility it offers to members to learn to sail without being locked into a six-day program. Our Far East 28r has been a popular choice for our Sail our Boat members as the training boat to learn to race on a Wednesday afternoon for WAGS. Club Windsurfing is conducted every second week from September to April each year. Windsurfing instructors and coaches volunteer their time on a Sunday for participants who have completed their Start Windsurfing course to get time and confidence on the water in a safe environment. This has built our windsurfing fleet over this period. We would like to thank all our members, sailing instructors and coaches, sailors, Volunteers and administration for another great year!

Mainsheet 2021

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