SET TO SAIL! – Junior sailing action in Grand Anse Bay tomorrow

Sailing action for 2013 continues on Saturday, March 23, when young sailors from Gouyave Sailing School and Grenada Yacht Club  take to the water in Grand Anse Bay to race in the Budget Marine Junior Sailing Championship.

The event is supported by the Grenada Sailing Festival, Grenada Sailing Association, Grenada Yacht Club and Gouyave Sailing School. The young sailors range in age from 7 to 18 years and will race in three different classes: Optimists, Mosquitos and Lasers, making up an impressive fleet of some 15 dinghies, and showing the depth of sailing skills Grenada’s youth has to offer.

Young sailors from Gouyave Sailing School and
Grenada Yacht Club will be taking part in the
Budget Marine Junior Sailing Championship. 

This will be the second Junior Sailing event for the year and is part of a growing calendar of race days and regattas being organised to provide important competitive experience for Grenada’s young sailors. Grand Anse Beach makes a perfect location and allows even more people – hotel guests and visitors – an opportunity to watch our talented juniors. Spectators will also have more sailing action to see, as yachts from Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago will be taking part in the traditional ‘Girl Pat’ Race Series race further out in the Bay. There will be drinks and refreshments on sale to raise funds for the Junior Sailing Programme and everyone is invited to come and support our sailors of the future.

Organisers would especially like to thank Budget Marine for their title sponsorship of this event. The company has been a long-term supporter of Junior Sailing and its continued involvement and encouragement is extremely valued and appreciated. Thanks also goes to VitaMalt, The Victory Bar & Restaurant, Glenelg Natural Spring Water and the Sailing School Grenada.

The Budget Marine Junior Sailing Championship will be staged on Grand Anse Beach, by Camerhogne Park, on Saturday, March 23. Racing is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. with a break for lunch at 1 p.m., and the day will be rounded off with a Prize Presentation at approximately 5 p.m. It will be a fun day of sailing, so come and take a look.