Photos by Craig Baxter.
Participants in the sailing programme at the Otago Yacht Club yesterday (front, from left) Edward Mullen (11), Alisha Brook (10), Kendall Brook (10) and Tia Francis (9). Back row, from left, Otago Yachting Association coach Scott Rhodes, Madison Byers...
Fraser Waters (12, right) leads Mathew Leach (11) around a buoy, with Kendall Brook (10) in the background, during the Otago Yachting Association-Water Safety New Zealand holiday sailing programme on Otago Harbour yesterday.
The free week-long course teaches sailing skills to children aged 11 to 17.
"The aim is is to offer a sailing experience in our safe harbour waters to schoolchildren who would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience sailing a boat," Water Safety New Zealand South Island manager Annette Godman said.
