Southwinds Magazine, Bahamian Youth Sailing

Click on the picture to read more!! Bahamian Youth Sailing

Article and Photos by Jan Pehrson, Group photo by Skip Williams

….. With thanks to Dallas Knowles and Robert Dunkley for all their help with this article

Kids in the Bahamas have options …

They can race fiberglass Optimist Dinghies according to the International Rules. They can race wooden E-Class sloops according to the Bahamian Racing Rules. Or they can do both!

The question is .. How do you expose new sailors to the worldwide sport of sailing and preserve the delicate tradition of wooden boat building and racing in The Bahamas? There is a balance to be found between “this is how the rest of the world sails” and “this is how we do it.”