An endless summer for NSW Optimist sailors

9:42 AM Mon 7 Jun 2010 GMT

'Optimist winter training - 2010 Optimist East Coast Championships' Warwick Crossman Click Here to view large photo

Optimist East Coast Championships on again at Woollahra Sailing Club this weekend. For New South Wales Opti sailors it seems like an endless summer....and with the East Coast Championships on again at Woollahra Sailing Club this weekend there is still plenty of racing available in Australia's fastest growing class. Formerly known as the Mid Winter Championships, NSWIODA decided that the mid winter reference conjured up far too many images of cold rainy weather, the name change made it much easier to market the event to young sailors and their families. As it happens their concern wasn't justified because several clubs ...

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