Royal Yacht Club of Victoria Yearbook 2020

MUSTO OPTIMIST
2020
AND OPEN
AUSTRALIAN
has gone from strength to strength
which
season after a hugely successful and
this
Lipton Cup Regatta in
rejuvenated
2019, and ahead of the next
November
Cadet Worlds that will
International
at the Club in December 2020.
happen
Optimist Championships
The
not a walk in the park to organise
was
with a huge logistical effort
though,
undertaken by General Manager
being
Neumann and the wider RYCV
Michael
to ensure things ran off without a
team
said taking on the Optimist
Michael
on short notice was always going
regatta
be a challenge, however it was a really
to
step towards growing and
important
the off-the-beach component
enhancing
sailing at the Club.
of
lot of these sailors will go onto other
“A
and potentially in the years to come
sailing
will become Olympic sailors or, go
they
America’s Cup and other parts of the
onto
the Optimist class is a major division of
“So,
sailing in the world and it’s
off-the-beach
going to help us grow our Cub and
really
the off-the-beach sailing here.”
build
regatta kicked off with the teams
The
component, which saw the home
racing
team from Victoria clinch the overall
state
against other interstate and
victory
teams, with racing held close
international
the Club’s marina creating an ideal
to
Optimist Coach Grant
Australian
said teams racing was a great
Alderson
of the Optimist class as it taught
aspect
sailors new skills and provided them
the
a thorough understanding of racing
with
and tactics.
rules
kids love it, it’s good fun, teaches
“The
some good skills as far as rules,
them
stuff on the race course, so the
tactical
really enjoy it,” he said.
kids
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CHAMPIONSHIP
hitch.
world circuit,” Michael said.
spectator experience.
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