Sailors get ready to race

The racing season is about to begin at the Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club in Boreen Point.
Club racing for juniors, monohulls, catamarans, trailer sailers and sailboards is held each Sunday for members and visitors.
LCSC is a family-orientated, not-for-profit organisation and is reliant on its volunteer members to organise both on-water and shore-based activities.
New members, both sailing and social, are always welcome to help out with any activity around the club, particularly with the race management side of this.
Members are taught basic skills to be able to detect wind direction and set courses for the competitors and to act as a timekeeper for the starts and finishes.
Weekly training sessions are conducted most Sunday mornings by Australian Sailing accredited coaches.
During the September school holidays, the club runs ‘Try Sailing’ days for adults and for juniors.
These days are a great opportunity for a family to come along and see what LCSC is all about and experience the exciting and rewarding sport of sailing.
The club owns a small fleet of Vagabonds that make for very stable training dinghies and can easily accommodate both adults and children.
They also have sailboards, catamarans, lasers and skiffs available for learners.
The club holds four annual regattas that attract competitors from all over the state as well as northern NSW.
LCSC also hosts state and national championships for many classes of boats with sailors travelling from across Australia and overseas to compete.
The season kicks off with the All Boats Regatta on 19 and 20 August.
Club racing and training starts on Sunday 3 September.
For more information visit www.lcsc.org.au , email rearcomm@lcsc.org.au or phone 5485 0727.