Nansha Sailing Association founded in Nansha Marina

Nansha Sailing Association, an organization dedicated to promoting sailing activities and sailing culture, was founded in Nansha Marina, Guangzhou on Nov 26.

Zhong Yong, spokesperson of Nansha sports bureau and Nansha tourism bureau; Wu Jiaqi, head of Nansha Sailing Association; Jeremy Fok, vice president of Fok Ying Tung Group and executive chairman of the organizing committee of Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 Guangzhou Stopover attended the launch ceremony.

Nov 26 also saw the founding of Nansha's first youth sailing team whose members come from Nansha College Preparatory Academy with the average age of 14 years old.

Nansha Sailing Association is founded in Nansha Marina, Guangzhou on Nov 26. [Photo/Xinhua]

After the ceremony, the young sailors divided themselves into four groups and took part in a sailing competition.

The children have relatively good sailing experience and solid foundation and in the future they will be trained more in terms of basic sailing knowledge, sail setting, sailing competition techniques and teamwork, according to Gao Dongyang, coach of the young sailing crew.

The competition is considered as a warm-up event for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 Guangzhou Stopover, due to be held in the city next January. The Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 is one of the world's top three major sailing events. All participating teams set off from Alicante, Spain in October last year to travel 45,000 nautical miles in nine months with Guangzhou being one of 12 stopovers.  

Young sailors compete against each other at a warm-up competition after the launch ceremony for Nansha Sailing Association. [Photo/gznsnews.com]