PRESENTING PRIZES: Paul Goodison
A RECORD number of 338 young Optimist sailors will be competing in Weymouth Bay in the Volvo Musto Optimist End of Season Championships this weekend.
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, hosted the largest ever Volvo Musto Optimist National Championships earlier this year and following the success of this event, hundreds of competitors signed up for this weekend's championships.
The event will also be attended by Weymouth-based sailor Paul Goodison, who has been recently selected to compete at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Goodison will be on hand to present prizes on Sunday afternoon and talk to the young sailors about his Olympic experience and encourage them to continue racing.
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