by AYC | Mar 13, 2019 | AYC News, Latest News, Optiworld
Optimist sailing is one of the few sports where girls and boys compete alongside each other. This has been the case from the earliest fleets in Florida, however until the mid 1980s, very few female sailors gained selection for their national teams. By 1985 girls had...
by AYC | Feb 7, 2019 | AYC News, Optiworld, Youth Sailors
Update! Registration is now almost complete and we have 221 sailors from 52 countries entered (with a few more still to come). The list of countries is below. The countries registered: Antigua Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Bermuda Brazil BVI Canada...
by AYC | Jan 14, 2019 | AYC News, Latest News, Optiworld
We are delighted to announce that Dream Yacht Charter have become our latest partner for Antigua 2019. As well as providing the Antigua-based Catamaran fleet for accommodation for the competitors, they will be providing us with two committee boats, giving the...
by AYC | Jan 9, 2019 | AYC News, Latest News, Member News, Optiworld, Youth Sailors
As Antigua gets ready to host the 2019 Optimist World Championship, we were delighted to interview Karl James; Manager of Dinghy Sailing and Youth Training at the Antigua Yacht Club, 2 time Olympian and professional sailor. Having taught 1000s of Antiguans how to...
by AYC | Sep 17, 2018 | AYC News, Latest News, Member News, Notice of Race, Optiworld, Youth Sailors
Last summer, Antigua and Barbuda won the bid to host the 2019 IODA Optimist World Championships , an event which will bring almost 300 young sailors (and their support teams) from more than 50 countries to our small and beautiful island. The Optimist is a small,...
