Registration for Baltimore closes this Monday!
Don’t forget to register for the Baltimore Spring Training Week 2017 taking place Sunday 19th February to Friday 24th February 2017,
Registration closes this Monday February 16th, don’t be disappointed and make sure you enter your sailor today!
The Baltimore Spring Training Week event is considered to be one of the top International sailing clinics in Europe. It is an action packed week of fun for all the family. This event is about making friends and having fun on and off the water in a safe environment. It is a wonderful opportunity for new and returning sailors to improve their skills during the weeklong training event.
A team of International coaches from Greece, & Poland are joined by top Irish coaches to provide training for sailors of all competencies, from those who have only recently started to sail to those who are competing internationally.
The week is very much a family-oriented event, with a programme of activities for children too young to sail, and events also organised for adults, such as the ‘How to Rig an Oppi’ class for novice parents! Schull & Fitbones provides activities for those 5 years and upwards who are not yet sailing. They do Baltimore Treasure Hunt and Playground games, Sherkin Island trip and an Adventure Challenge in Lough Hyne Woods .
Evening activities are also on offer, including the ever-popular cinema night and also a disco night. In addition the week finishes off with the CH Marine regatta which helps sailors consolidate all they have learnt during the week & to put it into practice.
Who can attend the week?
The Baltimore Spring Training Week is open to all IODAI members. Being Ireland’s largest sailing camp, the week generally caters for up to 160 optimist sailors from 8 – 15 yrs old and is an event not to be missed if you have a child who sails an Optimist.
We particularly encourage sailors who have not attended an event outside their own club in the past, to consider coming to Baltimore, which is a non-competitive, fun week intended to build enthusiasm for sailing and to allow sailors from around the country to get to know each other.
All hands on deck!
The event is organised by IODAI which is comprised of volunteers, who are the parents of sailors. It takes 25 to 30 volunteers per day to run the event efficiently and the overall event is managed by Mandy Kelly and Sara Lacy both parents of sailors. Because everyone is a volunteer, Baltimore is an, ‘all hands on deck’ week, with parents encouraged to lend a hand with the work that goes into making it such a special event for our children. Helping out with making sailors lunches, doing slip duty, rescue on the water, or safety checking of boats, means that parents will get to know each other just as well as the sailors do.
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