The summer season is almost upon us and it seems we never stopped over Winter. The Women’s squad has been training hard for the WA Women’s Match Racing event, and although it is officially canceled, we have decided to finish off the training with a mock-up regatta anyway. Big thankyou to all the volunteers again giving up their time.
The following weekend sees the Westsail camp at Hillary’s yacht club which is something all the sailors look forward to each year. A great chance to meet lots of other young sailors, have fun, and learn a lot to step into the season full of skills.
A winter Foil Fest was on last weekend and although there was very little wind, 3-12 knots on Saturday and less on Sunday, it seemed to be a high success and something they want to come back for. Below are some images and it’s pretty amazing to see these craft blast around at over 20 knots in low wind.
I thought it would be interesting to introduce the sailors with a quick background of where they came from.
WindFoilers |
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| Caelin Winchcombe | Ex High-Level Laser Sailor, Recent Windsurfer and now High-Level Wind Foiler |
| Harry Joyner | At only 14, Harry almost won the Australian Sailing 29er Youth Worlds Spot. Now a Windfoiler |
| Sean Carr | Ex 14″ Skiff Sailor and Earlier Pioneer of Windfoiling |
| Kai Marns Morris | RPYC Foiling Program |
| Aiden Duthie | SoPYC Member and Ex Pelican and 29er Sailor |
| Ben Robinson | SoPYC Member and Ex Open Skiff Sailor |
| Jake Hindmarsh | Past Techno National Champion |
| Aiden Grove | Ex Open Skiff Sailor and part of RPYC Foiling Program |
| Darryl Griffiths | Original WindFoiling in WA |
| Matt Harskamp | Ex 14″ Skiff Sailor |
| Russel David Morris | Ex Windsurfer Racer |
| Steve Schneider | Ex Skiff Sailor and SoPYC Foiling Coach |
| Zen Salisbury | SoPYC, FSC, RPYC Past Top Optimist sailor |
| Josh Robinson | SoPYC Member and Ex Open Skiff Sailor |
| Jack Joyner | With Brother Harry almost won Australian Sailing 29er Youth Worlds Spot. Now a Windfoiler |
| Ben De Chaneet | Bunbury Ex Junior Dinghy Sailor |
KiteFoilers |
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| Alexander Landwehr | Past SoPYC sailor in Skiffs and Professional Match Racing |
| Alty Frisby | From Kite Board Racing |
| Hector Paturau | Member and Past sailor at SoPYC |
| Thomas Hegerty | From Lasers, Sharpies and got into Kite Board Racing |
| Jane Taylor | From Mountain Biking, Wake Boarding. Kite and Kite Foil, Sports Doctor for West Coast Eagles |
| Andrew Cooksey | Long-Standing Sailing Family |
| Philip Rowlands | From KiteBoarding |
| Anthony Pillinger | From KiteBoarding |
| Louis Rouillard | From KiteBoarding |
| Benjamin Maslen | From KiteBoarding |
| Julie Paturau | From KiteBoarding |
| Boris Martin | From Sailing Background in France |
| Derek Voller | From KiteBoarding |
| Logan Mccormick | State Champion From Freestyle Kiting |
