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Youth Keelboating

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Topic: Youth Keelboating

Posted By: Dart_Fart
Subject: Youth Keelboating
Date Posted: 31 Oct 06 at 12:37pm

I'm 16 and I 'm wondoring whether anyone knows of any schemes etc. to get people like me into keelboat and sportboat racing, on things like j24s etc. I sail a falmouth working boat occasionaly as recreational sailing, but personaly I want to get into racing the modern stuff. If there aren't any schemes I'm amazed someone hasnt come up with one and with such a fast growing branch of the sport some one should come up with one.

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Posted By: Quagers
Date Posted: 01 Nov 06 at 6:19pm

the RYA has a youth keelboat program i think, along with a crew database spefically for youths but to get onto this you have to attend one of their training weekends.

http://www.rya.org.uk/AboutRYA/programmesinitiatives/volvoryakeelboatprogramme/programinfo/aims.htm - http://www.rya.org.uk/AboutRYA/programmesinitiatives/volvory akeelboatprogramme/programinfo/aims.htm

Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 7:14am

Why do you need a "scheme"? Get in touch with http://www.falmouthj24.com/ - http://www.falmouthj24.com/ Most keelboat owners are perennially short of crew.

Posted By: sailorguy
Date Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 6:50pm

i am also 16, and have recently found out about the myraid of owners/skippers who are looking for crew. fortunately for me i found a place on a boat belonging to the father of a school friend, so are surrounded by people i know. but before this i found that may of the skippers of boats needed crew for competitions such as falmouth week. this year for example i managed to find a place on an IOD racing out of Stmawes which was particually convienient for me. im sure that there will be other classes out there that have similar problems

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Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 03 Nov 06 at 10:57am

IOD aint that a classic ?