The girls have been sailing and training at Middle Harbour Yacht Club for the past 3 months. They train with a fleet of 10 boats 3-5 days a week. The girls and the training fleet are lucky to have 4 great coaches. Jenny Armstrong (470 Gold Medalist 2000 Olympics), Erik Stibbe (Head of Sailing at NSW Institute of Sport), Victor Kovalenko (Australian Olympic 470 Coach) and Larry Cargil (29er Youth Worlds Coach).
Some of the fleet are now on their way to Europe to compete in International Regattas but the remainder of the fleet will be training until they return in July.
5 boats were training this weekend, with Saturday really blowing some heavy winds, only 3 boats went out. The girls took their chances and went out with a Coach boat behind them. "We had a few capsizes but we felt like we had improved heaps, we know what we have to work on."
Sunday was much calmer, although the breeze was all over the place. the conditions were frustrating for a few of the boats but they managed to get 5 short races in.
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