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Welcome to the website of the S1D Youth Sailing Team. Our mission is to:

  • Focus on youth sailors development in420 and double-handed sailing
    • Optimist Sailing
  • Create a positive, supportive environment for competitive growth & foster a lifelong love of sailing

Ours is a private/application-only team. For more information please feel free to contact us

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Sunday 1/10/2021 Optimist Practice

Hi LIGHTER WINDS TACKING Great job sailing. We had some fun team racing too… Here are some videos of you all. You may want to compare yourself to the photos below:  https://share.icloud.com/photos/0UAke1J0yFXLOIXMUTMDAvxJA We focused on tacking today, and added the “double-tack” as an added item. Everyone made improvements, but we can be a LOT better. … Continue reading Sunday 1/10/2021 Optimist Practice

Optimist Practice 12-12-2020

What a beautiful day! NOTESToday was surprisingly choppy (very) with fairly large changes in breeze strength. This meant that sailors should definitely be prepared to SHIFT GEARS almost all the time. Gear shifting while racing includes mainsheet trim body/weight trim and technique (downwind we need a fair amount of work) changing “modes” from pinchy, to … Continue reading Optimist Practice 12-12-2020

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