Optimist Winter Training Clinics

Winter Training Clinics – Optimists

We are a Suffolk based club on the east coast on the River Orwell, within easy reach of London and other surrounding areas,  we are running winter training clinics with experienced race coaches for club members and sailors from across the east region.

These clinics are aimed at Optimist sailors who have started racing and who want to continue honing their skills for competition regionally and nationally. 

Dates on Sundays:

JANUARY 5th ’25

FEBRUARY 16TH ’25

MARCH 16TH ’25

APRIL 13TH ’25

We are lucky to have secured some top coaches – two per session who all have a pedigree of RYA Youth Squads, plus some impressive experience behind them of sailing and coaching.

These include Thommie Grit, an ILCA youth champion (ILCA 6 Nationals 2024), and Will Pank who has been a Feva World Champion and been at the top of the race results in all his boat classes from Optimists to Fireflys, over his sailing career.

Each Session is priced at £30 members / £40 Non-members

The course is held at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club in Woolverstone, Ipswich IP9 1AT.

Our galley and bar will be open every Sunday from 11.00 for coffee, Lunch from 12.00, and open until 16.00 to ensure you have a warm welcome!