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The Dinghy Group is the centreboard club of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT). It is run by volunteers and offers a safe and fun environment for kids and adults to learn sailing in a variety of boats.

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Prize Night 2012/13

Commodore Graham Taplin

Invites you to join members of the

RYCT Dinghy Group

For the 2012/2013 Sailing Season Prize Night

Friday 19th April 2013

At 7pm

In the Bruni Room, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

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Sam Kings' unique Tasmanian Title double win

RYCT Dinghy Group member Sam King has become the first young sailor to win both the Sabot and Optimist dinghy championships, taking out the Opti title at Beauty Point last weekend.

He has added the two single-handed titles to a third overall in this season’s Sabot nationals in Melbourne and a seventh in the Optimist Australian championship on the Derwent in January.

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Jock Calvert Sailboards his way into the Australian Sailing Youth Team

By Peter Campbell

TASMANIAN sailboarder Jock Calvert is 190cm tall and has a "wingspan" from fingertip to fingertip of 193cm -- the perfect build for a sturdy teenager to sail a Bic Techno sailboard with great success.

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Tasmanian Sailing Academy Members 2012 introduced to members at the RYCT

Last night members of the Tasmanian Sailing Academy  were presented to the senior members and guests at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Sailing Academy (TSA) is an initiative of Yachting Tasmania, Yachting Australia, the RYCT and the

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Audi Showground underlines depth of dinghy sailing talent

By Peter Campbell

With Tasmania this summer hosting ten national and one world sailing championship, plus the Australian youth championships, the Audi Showdown over the weekend in Hobart has underlined the depth of talent in many of these classes.

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