HAG Sailing 2022 commenced on Monday May 9th, but unfortunately, (you guessed it), Covid once again raised its ugly head and a new plan needed to be designed forthwith. With the professionalism shown by Yachting New Zealand, and others involved, a new plan was introduced with minimal disruption.Unfortunately the Auckland weather then got involved by providing beautiful days, but with no wind and once again new planning was required.
So week one is behind us and we look forward to the remaining sessions going ahead with wind and no Covid issues.
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2022 Rotary Have a Go Days - Weekly Wrap upMonday 9/5/2022
Panmure Bridge School
25 children on the water from Panmure Bridge School. A stunning day in Auckland and a great deal of enthusiasm from the kids taking part made for a good day out.
Little wind meant that sailing activity was overtaken by other exercise things, and it was satisfying to see a number of children confidently capsizing and righting the
Optimists, something that would have been a new challenge for all.
Tuesday 10/5/2022
Saint Josephs Orakei
Postponed following a positive Covid test by Yachting NZ’s lead instructor on Monday evening. Immediate priority for Tuesday was to ensure that the instructor in question was isolating and that the other members of the team took Covid tests
as a matter of priority - both tests were negative.
In parallel, both Monday’s and today’s schools were advised and, after discussion with Saint Josephs the decision was made to cancel the day, with the possibility of rescheduling later in the month.
Wednesday 11/5/2022
Saint Patricks Panmure
Postponed as above. The priority for this day was to ensure we had sufficient staffing coverage to operate going forward. With help from the Royal Akarana Yacht Club's coaching team the staff plan was reworked and a restart planned for Thursday. The staff at Saint Patricks, while understandably disappointed, completely understood the necessity of our action and, once again, we will look to reschedule later in the month
Thursday 12/5/2022
Churchill Park School
22 children on the water and another glorious early autumn day in Auckland. Once again in light breezes made sailing sporadic and so a number of other activities were entered into involving a daisy chain of 11 yachts and a game of ‘Simon Says’.
The objective of these exercises is to build confidence on the water and, once again success can be measured by the number of boats that end up upside down and then upright again.
Friday 13/5/2022
Ruapotaka School
20 children on the water and Auckland’s balmy weather continued. Many of this group had not been in a boat of any kind before and so light breezes are actually a bonus as it can take a while for children to grasp the basics of steering and travelling in a specific direction.
Once again the emphasis was on confidence and fun in a safe environment, with the children stepping up to what would have been for many of them, a series of challenges.