PATRON: Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia,

His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Retd)

Nov, 2006
Volume 7, Issue 3
SPONSOR

Australia supports
Sailability Timor Leste
Recently the Access Dinghy Foun- excited about the prospect of Timor Contact Access Dinghy
dation received funding from the Austra- Leste joining the Sailability family. www.accessdinghy.org
info@accessdinghy.org
lian Government, through the Timor Com- We are eagerly awaiting the
munity Assistance Scheme (ETCAS) to es- arrival of the container from Australia
tablish Sailability Timor Leste. Australian and look forward to unloading all the
Volunteers International and ADF signed a goodies inside. There has been much In this issue
contract and John Hughan has been allo- planning and discussion with other
cated to the project for 18 months to co- NGO's and INGO's as well as Ministe- A Caring Community 2
AUSTRALIA
ordinate the establishment of Sailability. rial departments. Everyone has been
Project funding will provide 6 x Access very positive in their responses and
India goes sailing 3
Breeze, boat trailer, 20 x new lifejackets, can't wait to get involved. For many, it INDIA
RIB and engine and the container for stor- is such a totally new and different ap-
age, The container left Melbourne in late proach to a complex situation, and the Sailability Fighters 4
JAPAN
November. Sailability Timor Leste will be- simplicity of the program and the bene-
gin in January 2007. John’s update: fits to all Timorese will be apparent. It
ISAF Access Worlds 4
“After several attempts to meet won't be long before we see sails on
CANADA
with His Excellency The Prime Minister the horizon and Timorese people using
of Timor Leste, Dr Jose Ramos Horta, the wind and enjoying themselves. FESPIC Games 5
the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1996 Thanks to everyone who has MALAYSIA

has agreed to become the Patron of donated equipment and we'll be sure to
send you some photos of the happy re- Special Olympics Results 6
"Sailability Timor Leste". He has AUSTRALIA
praised the work of Sailability World cipients. You should all be very proud
and the Access Dinghy Foundation in of yourselves as we are of you! Many DAC rises from the ashes 6
providing much needed programs in many thanks and love from Timor Leste.” AUSTRALIA
MORE ON PAGE 2
countries throughout the world. He is
Sailability Philippines 7
PHILIPPINES
Fishing boats, Watebo Beach, Baucau Access Dinghy Foun-
dation will send an- Community-Corporate 7
other container to partnership
Timor Leste in 2007, so AUSTRALIA
start saving your excess
equipment—only good Special Olympics Regatta 8
quality and working AUSTRALIA
items please. Contact
Jackiek@sailability.org Event Calendar 8
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A CARING COMMUNITY
www.sailability.org/au/australia
Jackie Kay
The National Sailability Committee of Yachting Australia
comprises representative of the eight state and territory organiza- Photo below: At the NSW Access Championships held
tions under the umbrella of Sailability Australia. There are 59 vol- at Kogarah Bay in September.
unteer operated Sailability groups. These programmes provide a Left to Right :
staggering 50,000 sailing experiences each year to disadvantaged Phil Jones - CEO, Yachting Australia
and disabled communities. With Australia’s population of 20 mil- Jackie Kay - Access Dinghy Foundation & Sailability World
lion, there is a Sailability programme servicing an average 350,000 Greg McCallum—CEO, NSW Sports Federation
Peter Cochran—Chairman, NSW Association of Disability Sport
head of population — possibly the highest per capita rate in the
world.
Yachting Australia has successfully completed Project
CONNECT, an Australian Sports Commission venture that encour-
ages the inclusion of athletes with disabilities into sport. Sailabil-
ity’s objective is the inclusion of sailors of all abilities into Sailing at
all levels. Sailability Australia works closely with Yachting Australia
and has made great advancements of achieving this goal.
At club level, Sailability programmes are delivered in a va-
riety of ways - some by sailing clubs and some by Sailability clubs.
But, however Sailability programmes are delivered, the common
denominator is a team of many 1,000’s of dedicated and passion-
ate volunteers who are committed to improving the lives of peo-
ple with disabilities and disadvantaged communities. Australia a is
a far better place for their contribution. Australian sailors are the
winners.

TIMOR LESTE continued

Jackie Kay THANK YOU TO DONORS
To help the Timorese community, a call was sent out
Australia-wide to sailing clubs, sailmakers and boaters. The re-
FOR SAILABILITY TIMOR
sponse was phenomenal and donations of lifejackets, sails, cord- LESTE
age, an Access 2.3 and Paper Tiger as well as variety of boat bits.
As well as providing recreation and sporting opportuni- Sailability Narooma NSW
ties, Sailability TL will teach local fishermen to convert their ca- Keppel Bay Sailing Club QLD
noes to sail so they are able to reach rich fishing grounds and Royal Geelong Yacht Club VIC
better feed the community. ADF has included an industrial sew-
Sailability Geelong VIC
ing machine in the container, so local Timorese can be trained to
Sailability Gippsland VIC
re-cut and sew sails for the fishing fleet. ADF sponsor Maersk
Australia will take the container from Melbourne to Singapore,
Latrobe Valley Yacht Club VIC
then Patricks Vicki Harmon VIC
20 ft container packed and ready to go to Dili Defense Logis- South Brisbane Sailing Club QLD
with not a millimetre to spare.
tics will trans- Horizon Sailmakers
port the con-
tainer to Dili, And corporate sponsors
where it will re-
main as a storage Maersk Australia
unit for the Sail- Patricks Defense Logistics
ability equip- AusAID ETCAS
ment. Australian Volunteers International (AVI)
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India goes Sailing

Allan Jones—Sailability Pittwater, AUS

Helen Cregan and Allan Jones arrived in Hyderabad

early September, following the path of the three Access din-
ghies donated by Sailability Pittwater and the Access Dinghy
Foundation.
In the centre of the southern State of Andhra
Pradesh, Hyderabad has a sailing club on the northern shores
of Hassan Sagar lake, where sailing training was in progress.
The President of Sailability India, Dipak Pradipak introduced
Fatima Bee, who is representing India in the FESPIC Games.
Fatima was born with a bone missing from her lower leg.
Following many operations, she now is able to train in Opti-
mist, Laser and Access Dinghies. Like most Indians, Fatima
does not swim and this generates some fear, overcome in part
by the stability and safety of the Access. This girl shows the
drive and spirit of good skippers the world around and should
do well.
Allan Jones and Dipak Pradipak discuss accessible sailing. In India.
C.S. Pradipak winner of India’s prestigious Arguna Award, is an
ISAF International Judge and is Vice President Rules & Measurement
of the International Access Class Assoc.
The transport by truck of the Access 303 to the east
coast to Vizag was arranged and Helen and Allan flew there
to for the next sailing adventure, that is sailing the 303
through the surf to demonstrate it to 50 Sea Cadets gathered at
Rishikonda Beach, about 20 k north of the City. With careful
planning of a safe path through the waves, H&A with the blue
sails happily pulling, sailed in the Bay of Bengal. After a safe
return, Allan advised Dipak against using the dinghy in this
The 2.3 sailing wit the Optimist fleet in Mumbai on TS Jawahar
venue. Next day, however the experiment was repeated with
an Indian crew, who after some surfing like that seen at
Bondi Beach, returned wet and bedraggled with a broken
mast and boom and a missing rudder blade.
Across the continent to the west coast to Mumbai
(Bombay) Helen and Allan were followed by a double 2.3
Access trucked again and this time delivered to the Sea Cadet
Training Ship “Jawahar” with greetings from Commodore
Rabi Ahuja. Rabi trains 1000 Cadets all under 18 years of
age in sailing skills, drill and most importantly, swimming.
Helen and a senior cadet, Neeta Angre performed a
Hindu launching ceremony. This must have worked, as the
Access seemed quite at home among the Optimist dinghies
sailed by skilled boy and girl Cadets. Rabi, at dinner that
night at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club was delighted with
Helen’s suggestion that the Access remain for some time dur-
ing the school vacation, as he had a plan to purchase three
access 2.3’s and use them to allow the Cadets to train young
people with Cerebral palsy from a nearby school in sailing
skills.
This means of integrating disabled young people
with others in a common cause, is a wonderful way for sail-
ing in the Access dinghy to be introduced to a country of
such diversity as India.
www.sailability.org/in/india

FESPIC GAMES, PORT DICKSON MALAYSIA

Vindhyala Ramesh Reddy and Fatima Bee of Hy-

derabad represented India at the FESPIC Games
Sailing Championship. The Hyderabad 10K Foun-
dation has generously sponsored this young Indian
team in their first introduction to international sail-
ing competition.
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The Sailability “Fighters”
Nobi Nishi—Chairman
One woman who supported the activity of Access-
dinghy in Japan strongly, sadly disappeared in November
2005. It was my wife, NOBUKO. The activity of Accessdin-
ghy in Japan began in 1999. She stood at the top and pro-
moted this activity with me. She gave to it without sparing
economic support and time. Recently I left Tokyo and moved
to Osaka. I was worried that I couldn’t contact the people
who want to have activity of Accessdinghy and need my help.
The people who said that they want to “fight” for
philosophy of Accessdinghy ‘sailing for everyone’ held my
good-bye party from Tokyo. The “Fighters” helped the people
who still needed help for ‘Come and Try’ of Accessdinghy in
local Sailability group in Tokyo area.
∗ Misaki Fisheries High School is training students to sail
Accessdinghy. In two years they hope to possibly set up a
2007 Combined Access Class Worlds
Whitby Yacht Club, Ontario Canada
August 30—September 5, 2007
The Inaugural Combined Access Class World
Championships has been scheduled between Cork Week
(Kingston, Ontario) and the IFDS Combined World Sail-
ing Championships (Rochester, New York). Both of these
events will include the SKUD 18 for the first time and are
within a day’s travel of Whitby.
The Whitby Yacht Club has a 300 boat marina in a
protected harbour and is about 40 km north-east of To-
ronto on Lake Ontario. There has been great enthusiasm
within the club for hosting the event.
This regatta is the first opportunity where sailors
of all abilities will compete in a World Championship re-
gatta including all Access Classes.
More information
www.accessclass.org and www.wyc.ca
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new experimental sailing subject of Marine Sports for
care old and handicap people. But the teachers at the
High School do not have sailing experience, so the Fight-
ers helped and ran all ten classes for the students.
∗ Every month the group from Rainbow, drive for three
hours from Tokyo to hold ‘Come and Try’. They want to
set up a work place for handicapped persons where people
can also have the pleasure of sailing by Accessdinghy.
They need help for Come and Try because Rainbow does
not have any sailors. For this philosophy, the Fighters
help every ‘Come and Try’.
∗ Kasumigaura is the second biggest lake in Japan and
Sailability Tuchiura organises three events each years
where 70 to 100 participants come. Their agenda is sail-
ing by Accessdinghy, wheelchair trial, and rowing canoe
and dragon boat. Sailability Tuchiura needs the help of
the Fighters.
∗ Yokohama Bayside Marina, is the biggest marina in Ja-
pan, has two Accessdinghy but there are no volunteers,
so the Fighters help them. For three days during the
hottest days in summer, they introduced sailing to 150.
The Fighters led the activity of Sailability Ja-
pan this season. There are more stories but no space. Let
me say warm words of thanks to them here.
Thanks to the FIGHTERS: - Eiko Reiko Ryuu, Ma-
sako, Kasumi, Motoshi, Yumiko, Tateyama, Miyata, Kei, Se-
kiya, Toshi and their families. www.sailability.com
Participating ISAF affiliated classes in this event are:
Access 2.3 International class
Access 303 Recognised class
Liberty Recognised class
SKUD18 Paralympic 2 person
Whitby Yacht Club
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2006 FESPIC GAMES NATIONAL MEDAL TALLY

The biggest sporting event for athletes with Gold Silver Bronze
disabilities, outside the Paralympic Games. Singapore 2 1 1
Malaysia 1 1 1
November 26-30 2006 China 1
Australia 1 2
Philippines 1
Cambodia
India
The FESPIC (Far East & South Pacific) Games are a Regional Japan
Games for athletes with a disability. This was the 9th and last FESPIC New Zealand
Games and will be succeeded by the Asian Paralympic Games. Sailing was Vietnam
included for the first time and was conducted by the Malaysian Yachting As-
sociation (MYA) on behalf of KL’06, in conjunction with the International
Association for Disabled sailing (IFDS). Sailing was conducted from the IFDS Technical Delegate—Pauline Harrison
Admiral Marina & Leisure Club at Port Dickson, two hours south of Kuala “This event has been highly successful at a number of
Lumpur where the majority of other sports are being contested. levels. The FESPIC Games Sailing Competition has
Equipment was the International Access 2.3 and Access Liberty, involved ten Asian countries, many of which are new to
(ISAF Recognised Class). Both are becoming increasingly popular within international competition. The sailors range from one
the Asian region and are very easy for new sailors to adapt to. The regatta is past and a promising number of emerging Paralympi-
a supplied equipment event, with the Liberty fleet provided by the Access ans, to one who sailed on the sea for the first time here
Dinghy Foundation thanks to the support of Maersk Lines and Maersk Lo- on the Strait of Malacca. All have gained from the
gistics who transported the boats from Australia. The Access 2.3 fleet has experience. The rising standard of sailing reflected the
been provided by the MYA and Sailability Singapore. growing support of their national sailing authorities.
Following IPC’s policy of encouraging more females into sport, The venue at Port Dickson is magnificent. All the com-
four divisions were held – Male and Female in both 2.3 and Liberty. The petitors have enjoyed themselves ashore and delivered
overall winner being calculated by individual medal tally. some outstanding performances on the water. I sin-
The next Games will be held in Manila in 2011. Full individual results: cerely hope that the high standards set in Port Dickson
will, in the future, secure a place for Sailing in the
www.fespickl06.com.my/rs2006/bm/sa/schedule.aspx Asian Paralympic Games.”

COMPETITOR REPORT
Cherrie Pinpin (PHI) - Liberty
EXCERPT—For full report www.sailability.org
In the thick of things on the water, regatta summed up
with too many exclamation marks (but with good reason) … Thrills!
Excitement! Zigzagging between the milling colorful Access 2.3s
and Liberty’s before the race! Scanning the skies for storm
buildup! Makerel skies and mares tails!
Horrid starts from being in the wrong position at the
wrong time! Agony! Desperate climb upwind to overtake the race
leaders! Buckets of sweat! Chinese girl struggles to free her rudder
tangled on a buoy! Yay! Fleet thinks it can finally get ahead for
once! Wondering for the millionth time what secret engine propels
the Chinese girl's pink boat as she rockets ahead of the
pack! Outrage! Everyone demanding to know if her boat has been
weighed down like everyone else's! Of course, silly people! Grrr!
Just as we crawl painfully around the leeward mark, hit
by sudden vicious squall! Liberty’s heel nearly into the sea! Sur-
prise and then not as I slide to leeward in my seat! Wind! At
last! Pelting rain! Hearts soar!
Adrenaline kicks in! Muscles bunch as we fight to
maintain control while accelerating for the mark! Thrill! The Lib-
erty’s sing! This is what they like! Punching thru waves in lumpy
seas! Peering thru the rain for the rapidly disappearing finish
line buoy! Horizon disappearing in a grey wipeout! Crack of
lightning! All boats must go home NOW! Race abandoned? But
I must finish this! Finish buoy sighted! I'm thru! Now the mad
dash for the marina! Delight! Regret! They won't allow another
race in this wind! Rats! ………
Four days of heart attack racing! Joy! Sorrow! Outrage!
War! Hope! Pool party time! Everyone dives into the Admiral
Marina pool where we're not allowed to be! Enemies on the wa-
ter, pals ashore! Hooray! Dance of joy! It is done! See you all in
the upcoming regattas!
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Australian Special Olympics
Selection Regatta Results
DIVISION 1—Access 2.3 Single
1. (Level 5) Bronwyn Ibbotson (ACT)
2. (Level 5) Sonja Gilmore (QLD)
3. (Level 5) Shane Atkins (NSW)
DIVISION 2—Access 2.3 Double
1. (Level 2) Catharine Keir / Christine Elliott (ACT)
2. (Level 4) Sonja Gilmore / Belinda Hill (QLD)
3. (Level 4) Bronwyn Ibbotson / Allister Peek (ACT)
Dobroyd Aquatic Club
rises from the ashes
After a devastating fire destroyed the Dobroyd
Aquatic Club at Five Dock in May 2005, the new DAC
clubhouse was opened on Saturday, 18th November.
Beautiful spring weather encouraged some 300 friends
and supporters of DAC and Sailability to celebrate the
official opening. Speakers included Angelo Tsirekas,
Mayor of Canada Bay; Angela D’Amore State MP; DAC
Club President, Peter Wrigley; Sailability President Wayne
Teagle and DAC Patron Stan Burnicle.
Through the tireless efforts of the Building Com-
mittee, the new clubhouse is an outstanding example of
Universal Design, with accessibility considering members
who have mobility difficulties with ramps, internal eleva-
ARSONISTS’ WORK—AFTER THE FIRE IN MAY 05
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DIVISION 3—Access 303 Double
1. (Level 5) Allister Peek (ACT)
2. (Level 5) Belinda Hill (QLD)
DIVISION 4—Access 303 Double
1. (Level 1) Nicole Bartley / Tina Starr (QLD)
1. (Level 2) Stephen James / Michael Leydon (ACT)
2. (Level 2) Joel Bud / Allan Jones (NSW)
3. (Level 2) Nathaniel Quan / Pat McMaster (NSW)
1. (Level 3) Warren Hawkins/ Neville Perrett (QLD)
tor, two wheelchair accessible bathrooms as well as a
new wider balcony that accommodates tables and
chairs. The spectacular harbour views have not
changed.
Eleven years ago, when DAC established strong
links with the newly established Sailability Dobroyd,
members of DAC brokered new ground in the world of
sailing, with the inclusion and acceptance of people
with disabilities. Saturday demonstrated that this strong
and cohesive community is flourishing. While the club-
house is just bricks and mortar, it is the focal point that
brings everyone together in a unified force of kindred
spirits. Jackiek@sailability.org
NEW DOBROYD AQUATIC CENTRE CLUBHOUSE
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Sailability Philippines
Cherrie Pinpin

The first meeting of disabled and volunteers got together at

the Manila Yacht Club at 10am last Saturday, 29 July 2006. This was
possible because Sailability Singapore kindly donated two Access
Dinghies to start our program. Jerry Rollin presented the Sailability
Philippines wish list for volunteers to take positions on the commit-
tee, some to take care of the administration part, others to assist in the
boats or to help assist the disabled and other duties. Volunteers might
also get a chance to crew in the bigger yachts once they pick up sail-
ing skills, so everyone wins.
The initial reason for needing to form Sailability Philippines
quickly is to develop a pool of Filipino disabled sailors for interna-
tional and local competitions. The FESPIC Games in Malaysia is hap-
pening in November 2006,
followed by the 2008 Beijing
to experience sailing, and help grow the sailing com-
Paralympic Games, both of
munity.
which are ISAF and IFDS-
After the meeting, we all went to the boat
supported. The 2nd reason is
dock, to do 1-on-1 intro to sailing within calm MYC
of course to allow everyone
waters, using the Access 2.3 dinghies, a yellow and an
orange boat with matching color sails. There were the
Cherrie Pinpin in Port Dickson,
Malaysia, representing Philip-
4 disabled folk who participated and a some interested
pines at the FESPIC Games. volunteers, Eric Cadiz and I were the "instructors".
Everyone had a great time!

ADF sponsor, Maersk works alongside Sailability

Establishing a community-corporate partnership
Since 1998 Maersk Australia (then P&O Nedlloyd) has
been sponsor of the Access Dinghy Foundation. By shipping
containers of Access boats to accessible sailing clubs through-
out the world, Maersk has been instrumental in the development ….Amanda, the first Maersk volunteer
of sailing programs for disadvantaged and disabled communities, On Sunday the 19th of November I volun-
enabling 100,000’s to experience the freedom of sailing. teered for the Sailability program at Dobroyd, Five
Now, Maersk Dock for the first time. Having no clue about sailing
Australia and ADF have and a touch of nervousness about interacting with un-
expanded and consoli- derprivileged people, I was a little apprehensive about
dated their association. volunteering for such a program. I can honestly say
Maersk personnel have that from the outset all my fears were put to rest by
been invited to volun- the huge welcome we received from the other volun-
teer with Sailability to teers. They showed us the ropes (literally) and put us
experience first-hand to work rigging up boats, launching them and getting
the joys that sailing can sailors into them.
give sailors with dis- By volunteering, I was witness to a number of
abilities. inspiring people and also humbled by the tenacity of
Initially the the volunteers who strive to make Sailability a suc-
project will operate in cess. I took my family down and I encourage you to do
Sydney, but will expand the same – there is something for everyone to do even
to other locations if you don’t want to go near the water.
where Maersk have of- The huge grins on these sailor’s faces and the
fices—Melbourne, Bris- independence they gain from being in a sail boat is
bane and Perth. possibly the highlight of their week. I encourage you
to be a part of this worthwhile program and give
Nov 06—Amanda and Wes preparing to experience an Access at Dobroyd something back to our community.

Upcoming Regattas
2007
March
3-4 Victorian Access Championships
Royal Geelong Yacht Club
Gelong, Victria Australia
charweat@netconnect.com.au
10-11 WA “Be Active” Access C’ships
Royal Perth Yacht Club
Perth, Australia
Rachael Cox—sailability@rpyc.com.au
24-25 South Aust Sailability C’ships
Goolwa Yacht Club
Goolwa, South Australia, AUS
April
6-9 Australian & International C’ships
Sailability Adelaide Sailing Club
Adelaide, South Australia
sahobie@bigpond.net.au
June
29-Jul 1 French Access Championships
Club de Voile du parc de Saint Cyr
Poitiers, France
lavoile.ensemble@wanadoo.fr
July
20-22 UK Access Championships
Rutland Sailing Club,
Edith Weston, Rutland
John Morley 01572 755927
morleys@jrmorley.fsnet.co.uk
August
30-Sept 5 ISAF Combined Access World
Championship
Whitby Yacht Club, Ontario CANADA
Chris Mace—chris.j.mace@hotmail.com
September
7-15 IFDS Disabled World Championship
Rochester Yacht Club
Rochester, New York USA
Keith Burhans— kmbnofeet@aol.com
Nathanial Quan (L) and Patrick McMaster
Special Olympics Regatta
Nov 17-19, Lake Tuggeranong ACT
The first Special Olympics National
Regatta for sailors with intellectual disabili-
ties has been hailed as an outstanding suc-
cess. The two days of spirited competition
attracted enthusiastic sailors from ACT,
NSW and Queensland. The event was a
joint initiative of Special Olympics Australia
and the National Sailability Committee of
Yachting Australia.
See results on Page 6, but special
mention for outstanding performance
goes to Allister Peek and Catharine Keir &
Christine Elliott, winning six of six races. Belinda Hill (Qld) & Allister
Peek (ACT) . 2nd & 1st re-
spectively Level 5
Congratulations & well done all sailors
Unified Sailor, Helen Cregan (NSW)
Fourth Division 4
My skipper, Alyse enjoyed the racing- her first time, and was very
pleased with what we achieved- it was only our second time sailing to-
gether. There was a great sense of a achievement from both competi-
tors and family/friends, with lots of excitement and applause when
competitors returned to shore. The Scouts provided great support at
the shore as the competitors finished, as it was beach launching and
centreboards needed to be raised on return. I felt the whole regatta
was well organised with Terry Peek, the Racing Director and co-
ordinator, and we were lucky the weather changed from snow on the
peaks.
Nathanial Quan (NSW) - Third in Div 4
My dad asked me if I would like to go to Canberra for the sail-
ing regatta. I sailed with Dobroyd almost two years just for
fun. I’ve never been in a competition before. This is my first
time racing and partnering with Patrick McMaster from ACT. I
had no idea about the courses. I was excited but anxious be-
cause I’ve never met Patrick before. We had a good talk and he
made feel me at ease. During the races I did almost all the
steering by myself. I did my best and had fun. I wish I had
more time for practice. I hope to get selected in the Australian
team to compete in the world games in Shanghai next year.
Everyone at the regatta was very friendly and the weather was
just right for our sailing.