Maiden crew arrive into Auckland after successful sail from Cape Town. Credit: OGR2023/Aida Valceanu. Maiden Triumphant Taking IRC Gold in McIntyre Ocean Globe Race Maiden’s Win is official! Maiden UK (03) has won the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race taking first in IRC rankings and the first ever all-women crew to win an around the...
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Whitbread History Comes Full Circle with Maiden’s Triumphant Return Home to UK! Hours Seperate Maiden UK and Triana FR for IRC Gold. Emotions run high at the Cowes Yacht Haven pontoon as Maiden UK (03) makes a triumphant return to home waters in strong winds and choppy waters. The former Whitbread Yacht crossed the...
Following six days of rigorous training at Rockley Watersports Centre, in Poole, Dorset, National Sailing Academy dinghy instructors Xavier Athill, Kayon Guiste and Tajanica Thomas successfully passed their RYA Safety Boat course and their RYA Senior Instructor Course last week. All three first attended the NSA as students as part of the NSA Schools...
Antigua has just been represented at The Ilca 6 Youth World Championship in Argentina, Mar del Plata with a Fleet of 99 Top international Sailors ages ranging 14-18 years old by Diego Ewinger. Diego has moved from Laser 4.7/Ilca4 to Laser Radial/Ilca6 6 Months ago and is training out of the National Sailing Academy....
On Tuesday 16th January, Tim Law was privileged to hand over his Laser / ILCA to the brilliant Antiguan National Sailing Academy situated next to Falmouth Harbour in Antigua. Tim was helped in being able to make this donation with the support of the Antiguan Government and the incredible generosity of the world renowned...
As we move into the new school year and start resourcing up for the season, the focus is on maintenance to ensure that all 300 students per week are able to enjoy their sailing lessons. Behind the scenes we have a constant maintenance programme for our 70 boat strong fleet. From Opti's through to...
The National Sailing Academy team are building up to the re-opening of the school programme in September and are looking forward to seeing returning students as well as new children join the programme. In June, the school hosted its first annual graduation, at which various sailing certificates from Basic Skills through to RYA Stages...
The first National Sailing Academy Graduation which took place last week resulted in 59 girls and 61 boys being awarded three different levels of performance. Of the numbers, General Manager Alison Sly-Adams says, “We are very happy to see so many girls starting and advancing in the programme. We’ve see quite a shift in...
The NSA is pleased to announce it has 6 sailing scholarships available for youths aged 14-18 to learn to sail at the NSA this summer. The two-week course will take place weekdays, from August 14-25 and take students through three Royal Yachting Association Courses (RYA). At the end of the two weeks the sailors...
Hot on the heels of Women’s Race Day at Antigua Sailing Week, the National Sailing Academy are hosting its 3rd Annual Steering the Course, as part of an initiative by World Sailing to get Women involved in the sport of sailing. All women are invited to come out and be part of this...