On Saturday, in San Pedro, the Belize Sailing association, held an all-day
Optimist class National Championship Regatta for 8 - 14 year olds.
The idea is to continue to build a core of well-trained youth skippers who grow into the sport and lead Belize to international glory in the once familiar now faded sport of sailing.
Here's a look at some of the optimist vessels and their able young skippers on Saturday:..
Allan Usher, Secretary, Bze Sailing Association
"The skipper as these kids, are learning self-confidence, the kids are learning - there is a whole lot of character building that comes with learning to sail, being able to make decisions and pay for those decisions instantly."
Delroy Hinds, Team Liberty
"I like sailing because I can be up there in the water having fun and think to myself because I am doing something good."
Joshua Pott, Sea Scouts Team
"The course was very challenging and at the same time a lot of the small children are moving faster than us. For me I can't out run them so in a sense I have to out maneuver them, in the way that they are going around the buoys."
Joshua McKenzie, Sea Scouts Team
"I like the water of course and I got involve in the Sea Scout team this year in summer, like in June. I got involved in it and I like it. So it just came perfect and it got bigger and bigger."
Joshua Pott, Sea Scouts Team
"Although there's an age limit to the boat class that we have, I hope to spend my time racing on the water a lot."
Andrew Milner, Commander of San Pedro Sailing Club
"The kids are so passionate about their sailing, it just drives us."
There were 7 races, featuring 19 boats and 38 skippers.
First in Qualifier one was Mitchell Sersland of the San Pedro Sailing Club Barracudas and first in qualifier two was Alexander Rhaburn also of the Barracudas.
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