Vincy Sailing hosted the St Vincent and the Grenadines Sailing Association Youth National Championships on the weekend, with the championship base at Coconut Grove Beach Club and races held in the calm waters of Calliaqua Bay.
Despite light winds and tranquil seas, 11 races were scheduled across two days, managed by race officer Sabrina Marks Dasent and her team.
With Blue Lagoon Charters providing the committee boat, the team conducted thrilling races, even in challenging conditions.
Four boat classes competed: ILCA6, ILCA4, O’pen Skiff, and Optimist. Each class completed 11 races testing the fitness and stamina of every sailor. Every race was highly competitive, with impressive performances in every category.
Notable Results:
ILCA6: Scarlett Hadley demonstrated exceptional light wind technique, securing the top spot.
ILCA4: Kai Marks Dasent claimed victory in a closely contested category, with only 2 points separating him from 3rd place.
O’pen Skiff: Joshua Weinhardt dominated, winning every race in his class.
Optimist: Ira Hadley emerged victorious in the Optimist fleet.
Results:
ILCA6
1st Scarlett Hadley
2nd Logan Banfield
3rd Jamark Osbourne
ILCA4
1st Kai Marks Dasent
2nd Joseph Hadley
3rd Jardel Osbourne
O’pen Skiff
1 Joshua Weinhardt
2 Jordi Lewis
3 Kyandra Ashton
Optimist
1 Ira Hadley
2 Madison Allcockn
I’ve looked at these photographs more than twenty times, one after the other. I’ve moved the page up and down, over and over; and again I don’t know what to comment. The pictures don’t seem to be real. They don’t look like they are happening in SVG. I want to comment on the art in the photos. The people in the photos don’t look like the typical Vincentian. The case in the photos seems a bit bourgeois. This seems to be a report about the wealthy and privileged few.
Maybe you should look 30 times as there are kids from all over Vincy. SVG are miles ahead of your negative thinking and attitude. There are several kids from the local area including Calliqua that receive this amazing oppportunity free of cost. Feel free to pay a visit before being shredding your negativity onto these wonderful Vincentian youths. Some have represented Vincy on an intentional level including the Olympics so feel proud instead of whatever it is you are feeling. I am born and bred in Vincy and feel very proud of everything this club is offering our children and their country. The people that run the sailing do so voluntarily. The coach spent her own money to start the sailing club and continues to coach the kids only through the kindness of her heart. Thank you coach Jenny for doing an awesome job for the children.
For 7 years SVG Sailing Association has run programmes in the least privileged communities of SVG. To date, their volunteers have taught 500+ youth to sail for free. Most learn a skill for fun, but if a talented sailor is discovered or a youth that wants a career in the yachting industry, SVGSA will look for sponsors to assist their progression.
In the picture they might be looking smart in a sponsors shirt, holding homemade trophies but it doesn’t mean they didn’t learn sailing off Bagga, Peto, Villa, Canash beaches or Admiralty, Charlestown and Saline bays.
However, should you yourself wish to experience the “bourgeois lifestyle”, most in the same pictures have now qualified as World Sailing coaches and so, would be happy to introduce you.
Maybe then, you’ll get a small glimpse of their backgrounds and the sacrifices, skills and effort required to get from where they started to where they are now.
As they now have a small glimpse of the effort and research you put into your comments.
Well somebody must have set you up to write that. You are certainly one of Government stooges. When I walk around St. Vincent people like those are few and far in between. Go back to whoever send you and tell them I said that.