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Essential skill and benefits…
SAILING is a
professional sport. Usually you can start this sport
at the age of 7 with the Optimist category which is
a small dinghy .Then after the age of 15 you can
move up to a Laser a 470 and many other categories.
Small children learn to control a sailing boat by
learning all necessary skills.
When
racing the above skills need to be refined and
additional skills and techniques learned, such as
the application of the "racing rules of sailing”,
boat handling skills when starting and when rounding
marks, and knowledge of tactics and strategy.
With some known facts about sailing and the fun that
comes with such recreational and sport activity,
there are actually other benefits, aside from the
thrill and adventure experience, one could get out
of such undertaking. These benefits may give some
ego boost and sense of fulfilment.
Operating a sailing boat requires great focus on a
lot of things during the activity. You get to
operate the vital controls that keep it running
smoothly. More so and especially during competitions
such as racing, you get that adrenalin rush that
brings out the best in you. Balancing the boat is
one way of stabilizing it during a sail and this is
commonly done by using a trapeze. In addition, one
has to pull some systems of ropes to control the
sail. All in all, these activities alone can
exercise a lot of your leg muscles, upper body
muscles and balancing muscles. To top it all, think
about the amount of calories that are burned out of
those activities. It’s like a fitness regimen in a
sense. Second, because sailing involves some form of
movement coordination and keen visual observation,
you can develop your quick thinking skill as you get
to respond to a myriad of situations as you happen
to observe or anticipate. For example, if you are
able to determine the wind direction via your
equipment, then you will have to act accordingly in
order to take the full advantage of the wind. During
races or even just friendly sailing club
competitions, you get to observe what the competing
boats are doing and you will then decide your course
of action towards finishing first on the finish
line. These combined may enhance your thinking
skills even under intense physical stress.
Those
shared challenges, and the variability of the
weather and sea can make sailing and racing a
fascinating and rewarding recreational sport:
physically, mentally, and in terms of personal
relationships with other crew member, competitors,
and organizers. Generally sailing ... is about
adventure, exploration, teamwork and fun!!
For
sailing and windsurfing lessons for any age you can
contact us anytime.
TEAMS AND ATHLETES
Our teams are
based on boat categories :
Optimist :
Roys Neofytou
1998
Laser:
Malvina
Germanou
1994
Orestis Germanos 2000
Rafaellos Sergiou
1994
Nikolas Souliotis
1997
Rita
Neofytou
1995
Panos Constantinou 2001
Thanasis
Souliotis
1996
Areti Mytroliou
1997
Stelios Kalousias
1998
Christos Georgiou
1998
Nikolas Protopapas
2000
Charalambos Navdiotis
2003
Stavri Totou
2001
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