What skills are involved in sailing and yachting?
Observation and focus big time. Sailors are some of the most intensely focused athletes in the business. Take Ellen McArthur for example, having to concentrate her body and mind day and night with precious little sleep for many weeks in sometimes terrible weather. Physical fitness is important too, as well as stamina. On a day or weekend sailing you are on the water working for a long time. It’s not like any other sport I can think of in this respect. How good is the sport as a form of fitness? Some get fit to sail to improve performance, others get fit sailing but it depends on the level one wants to sail at. Good dinghy sailors will generally have an awesome 6 pack though! What are the club’s future aims and ambitions? To continue promoting sailing to beginners and advanced sailors alike and increase member participation. We also want to get better at training people to certain qualification levels, for example, RYA dinghy levels 1 & 2. We also want to improve our uptake of BUSA poin
