What is the Ravensbourne Youth Yachting Trust?
Ravensbourne Youth Yachting Trust allows children and young people throughout the Otago region, to get out on the water and try sailing for free. We have a fleet of "learn to sail" optimist dinghies, so please get in touch or just come on down on a Sunday morning in the season!

We also provide guidance for beginners and coaching for intermediate to advanced sailors. These sailors pay a subsided fee to be part of the Trust and for the use of the racing dinghies.

For those who are looking to improve and sail on high performance dinghies, we have 16 single crewed O'pen BIC dinghies & 6 two crew 26ers ready to race.

The trust operates out of Ravensbourne Yacht Club but you do not have to be a member of any yacht club to be involved. Everyone is welcome and the aim is to have fun out on the water and learn to sail in a safe environment with out having to outlay thousands of dollars on a boat..
How to join!
You can apply to join the Trust at any time during the year. Fill out the application form on the application page. Contact us now for 2016-17 programme.

OPTIMIST
We have 10 entry level and 10 racing level optimists available for committed young people who join the optimist sailing program. We offer "learn to sail" and "learn to race" programs introducing novice sailors to the thrills of sailing through to assisting aspiring sailors with racing skills and campaigns.

O'pen BIC
We have 16 O'pen BIC yachts available, These are available for young sailors who have completed the Learn to Sail program or have a reasonable sailing ability. These very exciting sailing dinghys are the fastest growing fleet in NZ & Austraila with the 1st Nationals to be held in Dunedin in January 2017
29er
This two crew Skiff is the development class for the Olympic 49er Skiff and the current World Youth Class.
We have 6 of these Skiffs available for committed young people who join the 29er sailing program supervised by experienced instructors.
Fees
Beginners can have 2 free Sunday sailing sessions to see if they like sailing.
Fees apply for the sailing season
Learn to Sail - Optimist - $100
Learn to Race - Optimist - $200
Racing - O'pen BIC - $200
High Performance - 29ers - $400
Enquiries to: Warwick Graham
Home 471 0027  or Cell 027 445 4500
            [email protected]