Day 2 of the Capital Insurance Brokers ACT Optimist Championships wowed the “stadium” crowd on the lawns of the Canberra Yacht Club today with 126 boats racing in fifteen to thirty knots of nor’westerly on Lake Burley Griffin.
“I have never seen an…
ACT Optimist Champs 2016 day 1
October 29, 2016
Day 1 of the Capital Insurance Brokers ACT Optimist Championships got underway today, with a record-breaking one design fleet of 126 boats on Lake Burley Griffin.
What an amazing sight it was to see all 126 competitors and their families readying for racing, even with a…
By Ally Bryan
For Optimist sailors in NSW, the coming of spring marks not only a change in water temperatures on the coast for the better, but the opportunity to travel to regattas including the ACT Optimist Championship on 29 and 30 October.
Sailed on the waters of Lake…
Adventures of a Sailor Girl #6
May 18, 2014
Great to catch up with Andrea Francolini on all of his adventures on and off the water, including rebuilding schools in Pakistan. We also touched based with Ashley Stoddart live from the European Training Centre, following her fantastic results in Europe, and Matt Owen, the…