Optimist Highfliers Clinic

The clinic is designed to help improve boat preparation with the most recent developments in the class, sail settings and advanced boat handling skills including roll-tacking, roll-gybing and mark rounding’s. This Optimist Highfliers Clinic will also look hard at developing both Upwind and Downwind speed with extensive use of video analysis.

Pre Clinic Entry Experience

The focus of this 6 day Optimist Highfliers Clinic is to provide a platform for sailors who have been active in their national youth sailing circuits.

SailCoach believes strongly in the multi-national training concept and these 8 days of hard training will give sailors the opportunity to push themselves hard against competitors from other countries.

It will also provide young sailors with the opportunity to be coached by the most experienced Optimist coaches available, including coaches who have been coaching National Teams at Optimist European Championships.

The clinics daily schedule will combine classroom lessons with on the water exercises offering healthy competition and is followed up with debrief of tactical and strategy situations. Sailors will receive individual attention both on the water and with video analysis.

Programme:

1st November 2015:

Arrive into Malta Airport between 08:00 hrs and 22:00hrs and be met by one of SailCoach’s friendly staff. They will take you to the Royal Malta Yacht Club, the venue for this New Year’s Highfliers Clinic.

2nd to 6th November 2015:

The Optimist Highfliers Clinic daily schedule will start each morning with a group briefing at 10:00hrs in the Royal Malta Yacht Club and finishing at 17:00hrs.

7th November 2016:

 (departure day) SailCoach staff will drop you off at Malta Airport between 08:00 hrs and 22:00hrs for your journey home after some quality training.

Booking information:

For this Optimist Highfliers Clinics which will take place at our Malta SailBase, at the Royal Malta Yacht Club, Ta Xbiex Seafront, between the 27th December (arrival day) and the 4th of January (departure day), we have put together a total package price including, accommodation with breakfast and evening meal included, airport transfers on our set arrival and departure dates from Malta Airport, fitness training, and our world class coaching for €800. On top of this you would need to budget for flights, Laser charter, lunchtime meal and pocket money. If a parent would like to accompany their child, there will be a small surcharge to cover the half board accommodation of €35 per day.

Please Note:

 We offer free airport transfers on the designated days, (transfers outside these days and times will cost 20€).

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