The Optimist is, quite simply, the dinghy in which the young people of the world learn to sail.
Sailed in over 110 countries by over 150,000 young people,
it is the ONLY dinghy approved by the International Sailing Federation...
The Cruising Association of Ireland was set up with the aim of working with the Irish Sailing Association and the Royal Yachting Association [Northern Ireland], for the promotion and encouragement of cruising and of social union...