Weather Webinars 21 Feb and 7th Mar at 19:30
Published 19:30 on 6 Feb 2021
Once again the Blind Sailing team have pulled out all the stops and have arranged a couple of fantastic webinars and we are all invited to join. The webinars are all about the weather and will be presented by Steve Irish. If you are serious about sailing or just want to know a bit more about the weather then make sure you put the dates in your diary.
The Webinars will be held on 21st Feb and 7th March, will start at 19:30 and will run for about an hour.
The webinars will be hosted on zoom and joining details are as follows:-
https://us02web.zoon.us/j/84092143173
The meeting ID is 840 9214 3173
Steve Irish is a world class professional sailing coach.He has worked for the British Sailing Team and a variety of youth and junior squads, enabling 470 sailors to progress from development to Olympic-level funding - including Hannah Mills and Luke Patience - and leading 29er and 420 sailors to international success at championships such as the ISAF Youth Worlds.
His skill-set enables him to meet the coaching needs of sailors across a broad spectrum of classes and age groups, whether it be squads looking to improve their results; an individual sailor or big boat team wanting one-to-one coaching; a fun evening looking at rules or starting; or a coaching day for your club or class.
Whatever your coaching needs Steve can provide a bespoke, professional service, guaranteed to give you the edge you've been looking for on the race track.Steve's own sailing has encompassed a whole range of classes from junior and youth sailing to Olympic double handers and high performance skiffs.
As a top Optimist sailor Steve represented GBR internationally. He went on to become a 420 world champion and then crewed 470s, finishing 5th at the Europeans. He also sailed 49ers and Tornados internationally and subsequently competed in the twin-trapeze RS800 class, winning the national title three years running, while also claiming a podium finish at a 100+boat RS200 nationals. A former finance director and chartered accountant, Steve switched to full-time professional coaching in 2003.
Last updated 12:56 on 6 May 2025