Opti Green Fleet Update

As a learner sailor you are a “green fleet sailor”. Green fleet is a safe learning environment where sailors learn racing skills.  As sailors reach a higher competitive level they move to the “open fleet” where they are effective treated the same as adult competitive sailors.

This update is specifically geared to green fleet sailors.

If you have any questions or issues please call.

Sunday Coaching & Afternoon Club Racing:
Sunday 9AM coaching for all where sailor progress from C1 to C2 to LTR (learn to race). 

Sunday 12:45 Green fleet races are for sailors C2 and up.  Sailors can learn a lot by sailing with better sailors.

Mid Week Twilight Racing Evenings:
This is many short races run together so that sailors can practise starts.  This has been going well and everyone is showing the benefit of spending some extra time in their boats under the guidance of our youth coaches. 4:30pm briefing for 5pm to 7pm races

REGATTAS:
Recently our green fleet sailors have been in action ...

8 October Manly Junior regatta

There were 4 Optis from Wakatere in the Green fleet.

Brianna Reynolds-Smith finished a credible 2nd place in the Green fleet, and won the last race

14-16 October Murrays Bay 2011 Winter Champs

There were 74 boats sailing in the Open fleet and 26 in the Green fleet from all over New Zealand.

Wakatere had 14 sailors sailing in the Open fleet and 4 in the Green fleet.

In Green fleet Brianna Reynolds-Smith continued her good form with a 4th, finishing the regatta off with a win in the last race, repeating her pattern from last week. Donald Mayo rather surprised himself and was right behind her in 5th. 

22 -24 October Napier North Island Champs
4 Green optis made their way down to Napier which is the location of the Next Worlds Optimists Champs from 1st Jan 2012.  Conditions were very light favouring smaller sailors at times.  There were 15 sailors in the Green fleet. Wakatere sailors did exceptionally well.  Donald Mayo showed the way by getting 1st place overall and 1st under 12 yrs. Brianna Reynolds-Smith got 1^st girl and 2^nd under 12 yrs.  Emily Dol got 2^nd girl and 3^rd under 12yrs. So 6 of the 15 awards went to Wakatere sailors.

UPCOMING GREEN FLEET EVENTS:

All of these details are available on the optimist calendar on www.wakatere.org.nz – optimist portal – optimist calendar

Sunday          13th Nov       Morning Coaching 9AM, Green Fleet 12:45 briefing

Thursday       17^th Nov        Twilight races 5pm   
Sunday          20th Nov       Morning Coaching 9AM, Green Fleet 12:45 briefing

Thursday       24^th Nov        Twilight races 5pm

Sunday          27th Nov       Morning Coaching 9AM, Black Stick Race & Club Barbeque

Thursday       1^st  Dec         Twilight races 5pm

Saturday        3^rd Dec          Sir Peter Blake Regatta Torbay

Sunday          4^th Dec          Morning Coaching 9AM, (no wakatere PM races)

Sunday          4^th Dec          Sir Peter Blake Regatta Torbay

Thursday       8^th  Dec         Twilight races 5pm

Saturday        10^th Dec        Wakatere Junior Regatta

Sunday          11^th Dec        Morning Coaching 9AM, Green Fleet 12:45 briefing \

Thursday       15^th  Dec       Twilight races 5pm

Saturday        17^th Dec        Sleep over with pimp my Opti and movie.

Sunday          18^th Dec        PM Xmas Party

Regatta Details

Friday 2^nd Dec - Saturday 3^rd Dec  Sir Peter Blake Regatta TorBay

“The biggest and the best centre board sailing regatta in NZ”

Last year there were 86 Green optimists and 109 Open optimists.

Registration Friday 2^nd Dec 1700 to 2000  Saturday 3^rd Dec  0700 to 0900

Saturday racing 

          Breifing 0900

          Race start 1000  3 races back to back   (it is the intention to send Green fleet in for lunch)

Sunday Racing

          Race start  1000

          No race starts after 1605

          Prize giving after  races

To register a green fleet sailor go to this link “register green fleet” Cost $60

Late entries (with LATE ENTRY FEE $20) will be accepted up to 0845 on Saturday 3rd December 2011

Saturday 10^th December Wakatere Junior Regatta

Details to come.

Regards

Mike Dol

021 201 2508

Green Fleet Co-ordinator

In Green fleet, well we just went out to have some fun, which included water fights, Floating chips and sweets for sailors,

Rail riding to the beach and other fun stuff, but we surprised ourselves anyhow in the feet of 30 ( 9 from Wakatere):

Xanthe Copeland 5th

Airi Kawana 6th

James Grover-Grey 7th

Jonathan Nicholas 9th.

Other than Xanthe ( I think) this was the first regatta any of these sailors had attended out of Wakatere, which showed the progress they had

made over winter and into the new spring season, so well done to all of the sailors who attended.

Final Results to Saturday 28th August.

Results for May