You should DEFINITELY buy your grandson an Opti! There is a good program at KYC. My daughter knows some of the kids there from local regattas.Maybe I should buy my grandson an Opti!!
You should DEFINITELY buy your grandson an Opti! There is a good program at KYC. My daughter knows some of the kids there from local regattas.Maybe I should buy my grandson an Opti!!
I guess I was wondering if I’m still “flexible” enough to sail oneI can't fathom that buying an opti could even have been posted as a question!
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@Hunter216 you don't have to be able to sail it although I have been known to take my daughter's Opti for a sail occasionally. There is a kid on our Opti Race Team who's grandfather is the main "parent" involved. He doesn't sail the Opti but he is still fairly involved. If your grandson is between 7 and 15, he could join up with the KYC team.I guess I was wondering if I’m still “flexible” enough to sail one
Of course you are, so long as you don't tack.I guess I was wondering if I’m still “flexible” enough to sail one
It's better than yoga! LOLI guess I was wondering if I’m still “flexible” enough to sail one
I had one for our kids that I picked up for cheap after an international event at the Olympic harbour, the parent didn’t want to ship it home so I made an ridiculous offer and got it. They were interested but leaned more towards things they felt were more “cool” like wakeboard etc so I eventually sold it. I agree KYC has a great program for kids and has generated some world level participants, if you can learn to sail in the wind strength of a typical KIngston thermal afternoon combined with the “voodoo chop” between the club and Garden Island you can sail anywhere!!@Hunter216 you don't have to be able to sail it although I have been known to take my daughter's Opti for a sail occasionally. There is a kid on our Opti Race Team who's grandfather is the main "parent" involved. He doesn't sail the Opti but he is still fairly involved. If your grandson is between 7 and 15, he could join up with the KYC team.
Last year at CORK the Optis got caught in a squall that looked pretty exciting. A friend was on a 42 foot Beneteau watching the fleet which was struggling to make any forward progress into the wind and waves under power. There was already a pretty good swell from the 20 - 25 knot SW winds coming in from Lake Ontario. It lasted about 20 minutes with winds in the 40 to 50 knot range.if you can learn to sail in the wind strength of a typical KIngston thermal afternoon combined with the “voodoo chop” between the club and Garden Island you can sail anywhere!!
I’ve had a few of those AWESOME moments myself It’s interesting to see the kids that start to see that level of intensity as “normal”. Olympics right down the road!Last year at CORK the Optis got caught in a squall that looked pretty exciting. A friend was on a 42 foot Beneteau watching the fleet which was struggling to make any forward progress into the wind and waves under power. There was already a pretty good swell from the 20 - 25 knot SW winds coming in from Lake Ontario. It lasted about 20 minutes with winds in the 40 to 50 knot range.
I was a little worried my daughter would be freaked out by the experience, she had been a bit tentative about sailing in big wind, so I went down to the ramp to grab her Opti when she came in. Her first words were "That was so AWESOME!!!" She hunkered down and stuck it out just cruising reach to reach; the race had been abandoned by that point. She said half the fleet was capsized so she was just sailing cautiously, keeping the boat upright, not getting too close to anyone.
Those are the experiences that make kids stronger and more resilient - assuming they survive