On Saturday I ran our cadet family sailing morning, it was pretty windy so we only had a dozen kids out in oppis and most gave up after 30 mins to an hour, The kids are aged between 7 and 14, but a hardcore of three stayed out all morning, getting some great practice and really improving, my own three older children 7, 10 and 12 were not in the latter group but I was pleased they gave it a go.
Today I am teaching at our Monday evening after school cadet group this is a well established group, we will get around 70 children on the water tonight, with loads of adult volunteers, helping with everything from rigging the boats, supervising, safety boats and providing hot food. I joined this sailing club three years ago as it has the best kids sailing in the area and it is the best thing I ever did. No catamarans yet but I am working on that.
