With a 4 day clinic beforehand, Harris, Matthew, Josh, Oliver, Drew, Simon, Craig, Jake & Sophie sailed an exiting Euromed. Wind coming from mainly Western to Northern direction sailors were prepared for a difficult regatta. Not easy because during 3 out of 4 days wind was coming from the land. Which mend bigger shift and mainly […]
Arthur Fry recently won the prestigious Trofeo Cuitat de Vigo in his Optimist. This is one of 4 high ranking events held in Spain each winter, for Optimists, Lasers and 420s. These events are attended by the top sailors from across Europe, as they offer more or less guaranteed wind and warmer temperatures and give […]
Op zaterdag 12 juli begon in Biscarrosse (Fr) de CIE. Dit is een internationale optimist wedstrijd met ± 500 deelnemers uit o.a. België, Frankrijk, Ierland, GBR, Monaco, Zwitserland, Spanje, Malta, USA. Ook RBSC was terug aanwezig met Marine, Anne, Arthur en ik. Ons Belgisch team werd nog versterkt met Gilles (RYCB), Arne en Jonas (Inside), […]
A variety of wind conditions, tides, nationalities, sun & rain, … made these first 9 days of the summer already very interesting! A build up of 4 days towards the Topsport Vlaanderen Nieuwpoortweek (Flanders youth Regatta) was successful if we look at the results at the end of a 5-day regatta. During the first two […]
After having spent almost the whole month in Wokrum (NED) we had 4 days of training and 4 days of racing. Having several Belgian sailors in the clinic, Yvette from Switserland and Arthur from Great Britain it was time for a little extra. Having the opinion of an ex oppie sailor who only left the […]
From the second untill the fifth of May the Selection Trails 2014 for Great Britain were sailed in Weymouth. The strongest 82 British sailors were invited tot his regatta and race for a spot in the Worlds, European, Development or Intermediate team. During the winter we trained a lot with Arthur Fry, Sophie Hollaway and […]
During the past month the Belgian sailors spent more days sailing in Netherlands then in their own country. With Optispring, Easter Regatta Braassemermeer and United 4 Medemblik we were racing almost every weekend! Because of a 2 week Easter holiday in Belgium we could combine these races with each a couple of trainings days before […]
Last week, from 24 untill 26 of January the7th Trofeo internacional Torrevieja optimist Excelence cup was sailed. 305 boats from 15 different countries were racing to win the race. We arrived one day early to set up the boats and had a short try-out session on the water. On Friday and Saturday 5 fleet races […]