Freewind moored at Savusavu, Fiji Nakama Creek anchorage, Savusavu Bay
This is Freewind's second home, where Ron has a long association with the Savusavu Junior Sailing Club, helping with the coaching, and carrying out the boat maintenance program and the building of a new fleet of Optimist sailing dinghies.
This year the club has had a real boost with the help of local sponsors, purchasing boats, rigs and upgrading the Laser fleet. This means that the older kids, who have outgrown the Optmists, can keep sailing with the club, and continue to train and improve their skills in a highly competitive international class.
Lasers require good sailing skills, and it has certainly given these talented young sailors an opportunity to display their seamanship and expert boat-handling abilities, sailing the Lasers around Savusavu Bay. But most of all - the Lasers are lots of fun, as you can see in these pictures, taken by Ron yesterday.
The young sailors of the Savusavu Junior Sailing Club enjoying Saturday sailing
Racing towards the finish line
