President's Contibution - June 2023

I need to thank you for the positive reception of last month’s contribution. I feel that the value proposition is starting to take hold, and I have a sense that the concept of a “community of sailors” is becoming a reality. Hopefully, we are nearing a point where “What does South African Sailing do for me?” will be replaced by “What can I do to nurture sailing?”
SA Sailing News National Provincial transformation development Sailing

Training and Development

SA Sailing will be running an Online Safety Officer Course during September/October 2023 We are looking at doing approximately 4-6 online sessions in the evening twice a week, which will be run by SA Sailing Senior Safety Officer, Gavin Van Der Meulen. Those interested, please contact the SA Sailing office. National Training Programme The National Training Programme (NTP) continues to grow. Find out more on the following: Quick Links: Learn to Sail Programme Race officials Programme Tra
Sailing News SA Sailing Training and Development

Regional News

Remember to catch up on what’s been going on in the various regions throughout the month by keeping an eye out for the Weekend Washups on SA Sailing’s social media channels. Facebook; Instagram. Race Management May 2023 "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time:. Murphy is alive and well and working his law at all sailing events. Due to the light shifty winds and late summer storms on the Vaal, races were a bit behind at the recent Dart 18 Nationals so the Race
Sailing News SA Sailing Regional News

Celebrating youth month: A Dabchick social media storm

The Dabchick class seems to be taking social media by storm with their following growing on a daily basis. This is mainly due to the efforts of Hamilton Slater (with the assistance of his parents Karen and Rob), class chairman Matthew de Villiers and Luke de Villiers, whose main motivation is to share the fun side of Dabchick sailing. We caught up with Hamilton to find out more… What inspired this social media campaign for the Dabchick class? The social media pages were created as a platform t
Sailing News SA Sailing Dachick South Africa