Sport
31 January, 2025
Discover sailing at Tinaroo
THE Tinaroo Sailing Club will be holding a Discover Sailing Day this weekend for anybody interested in what the sport is all about.
Held tomorrow from 2pm-4pm, the Discover Sailing Day is part of a nationwide initiative by Australian Sailing to try to encourage people to experience the sport.
The club will provide boats, lifejackets, helmets and qualified skippers to take participants out on the water.
“You don’t need any sailing experience whatsoever, just a hat, towel and sunscreen,” Tinaroo Sailing Club commodore Roger Wadley said.
“So, if someone has ever wanted to know what sailing is all about and what it’s like to get out on the water and be powered by the wind, they can just turn up and we’ll put them on a boat with a skipper.”
If participants want to further discover the sport of sailing following the event, the club will be running a Learn to Sail course next weekend, teaching people how to sail by themselves.
The two-day course is part of an Australian-wide curriculum and will run from 8am-5pm next Saturday and 8am-12 noon on Sunday.
“By the end of the course, participants will be able to sail themselves around a set course of marker buoys and be confident in capsising and righting a boat, getting in and out of a boat from the bank and rigging a boat, among other things,” Roger said.
Following the end of the course on Sunday, the club will host a Club Day where participants will then be able to watch racing in the afternoon or may even be able to fill in as a crew member on a boat to gain experience.
Participants will also receive three free training days at the club following completion of the course.
The Tinaroo Sailing Club is located down the end of Black Gully Road, Tinaroo.
