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How Does Your Club Attract and Accept New Members?
Membership is the lifeblood of all ICOYC Member Clubs. How does your Club keep a vital flow of new members joining your ranks?
Help us gather more information by filling out this month’s survey. Your answers may remain anonymous if you so choose.
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Making Sailing Accessible
As the Paralympic Games wrap up in Tokyo, sailors around the world ask: where was the sailing? After being in every Games from 2000-2016, Parasailing was omitted from Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, based on an evaluation by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that the sport could not fulfill their minimum criteria for worldwide reach.
In response, World Sailing has committed to getting Parasailing back into the Paralympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
In this month’s Currents, we asked Member Clubs about their efforts to make sailing inclusive and accessible. From the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, we learn about a Sailability event that introduced 20 wheelchair-bound women to sailing. From Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee in Berlin, we read about a new Inclusivity Working Group and the Club’s experience hosting the 2nd annual Inclusion World Cup. Meanwhile, at Royal Southern Yacht Club, ICOYC President David Mead reached out to lifetime member and local disabled sailor Geoff Holt, and Holt shared his story.
Clearly, accessibility is an international priority for our sport, and our Clubs are working hard to advocate for inclusivity both on and off the water.
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COUNCIL INSIGHTS: ACCESSIBILITY IN SAILING
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VSaW Makes Accessibility a Priority
In November 2020, Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (VSaW) formed an Inclusion Working Group to make the VSaW more handicapped-friendly. Goals included obtaining accessible boats, hiring support staff and making the clubhouse and docks more accessible
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NRV Hosts Inclusion World Championship
Last month, NRV hosted the 2nd annual Inclusion World Championship for Sailing. Well-attended by prominent racers and leaders from World Sailing, the Club hopes this event’s success signals an expansion of inclusion worldwide.
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Sailability Brings Accessible Sailing to Hong Kong
As part of World Sailing’s inaugural Global Women’s Sailing Festival, Sailability Hong Kong hosted an event introducing 20 wheelchair-bound women to sailing, with the aid of Hong Kong-based sailors and volunteers.
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Royal Southern YC Member Geoff Holt Shares his Story
Thirty-seven years ago, Geoff Holt broke his neck while training to become a charter boat captain in the BVI. What started as a tragic, paralyzing accident has become a life of successful sailing, racing and advocacy.
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FEATURED MEMBER CLUB NEWS
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Fifty years after his 292-day solo nonstop westabout circumnavigation, Royal Southern Yacht Club welcomed Sir Chay Blyth back to the Hamble.
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As sailors, we all want our children to share our love of the sport. One Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club parent observes that the best way to do this is to allow our kids to discover the joy of sailing on their own.
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After a year away, Royal Swedish Yacht Club hosted its signature offshore race. With a few modifications, it was a great event, and the Club looks forward to welcoming 100,000+ visitors to the 2022 edition.
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At Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club, the 2021 Dragon Cup welcomed 73 boats from 15 countries, where a combination of challenging conditions, world-class racers and generous sponsors made for a memorable event
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Following the Tokyo Olympics, Real Club Náutico de Palma’s Finn sailor Joan Cardona is celebrating. He recently became the first Olympic medalist in the Club’s 73-year history
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European Regional Conference is October 7–9 in Barcelona
The ICOYC is thrilled to be hosting our first event in nearly two years! The 2021 European Regional Conference is scheduled for October 7–9 at Real Club Nautico de Barcelona. Registration is now open.
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ICOYC Welcomes Coral Reef Yacht Club
Based in Miami, Florida, USA, Coral Reef Yacht Club officially joined the ICOYC this month, becoming our 45th Member Club. Learn more about the Club HERE and welcome them in the ICOYC Clubhouse Facebook Group.
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Royal Vancouver YC Welcomes Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
Following a near-complete shutdown of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club in 2020, sailors from NRV were the Club’s first visitors in over a year—and the hospitality was legendary
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