More than 100 junior sailors compete at Sandy Bay Sailing Club’s PJ Super Series Regatta
Some of the state’s best junior sailors have put themselves to the test at the Sandy Bay Sailing Club’s annual PJ Super Series Regatta. SEE THE GALLERY >>
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TASMANIA’S best young sailors have converged on the River Derwent this weekend for one of the state’s biggest sailing events of the year.
Across an action-packed two days, the Sandy Bay Sailing Club hosted the annual PJ Super Series Regatta, which featured more than 100 sailors competing across three state championships.
The regatta has been running since 1964. It is the SBSC’s major event and is traditionally used as a warm-up event for the National Championships.
SBSC Commodore Stuart Hamilton said the event was a huge success.
“This is the biggest event the club runs outside of running national championships and it’s been one of the best PJ’s I can remember,” Hamilton said.
“The weather has been very kind, which is always a bonus, and our entries are as high as we’ve had for a considerable amount of time.”
Hamilton said the event’s female participation was particularly pleasing.
“A great focus of ours is our male-to-female participation rates and this event has made been up of 45 per cent females, which is fantastic,” he said.
“It’s been a real driving focus of ours to get that balance to equilibrium and we are really happy to see so many young girls participating this weekend.”
Hamilton said sailors as young as seven took part in the regatta and he was a strong advocate for the life lessons sailing can provide.
“Sailing fosters independence, teamwork, resilience and courage and it gets kids outdoors and onto the water and focuses their minds,” he said.
“Sailing requires you to be able to react and think quickly and manage your emotions as you have good days and bad days and so I think when kids come out of the club they are really well-balanced individuals.”
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