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Small groups.
Big progress.

High-performance Optimist coaching that started in Türkiye and travels to the next regatta. Four-day clinics, a coach who knows every sailor by name, and video and drone debriefs every evening.

I'm interested See the 2026 calendar

Optimist European champions and world medallists coached by our head coach 12 to 16 sailors per clinic Istanbul, Çeşme and Foça so far

2026 clinics

Each clinic is planned for an age group and stage of development. Register your interest and we send the registration form while places are open. The 2027 calendar is announced in December.

Vela sailors and coach with the Turkish flag on the pontoon in Istanbul
Team Race clinic, Istanbul · 30 August 2026

How a Vela clinic runs

Head coach Alican Selcik with a sailor on the coach boat between races
Head coach Alican Selcik on the coach boat, Team Race clinic, Istanbul

  1. Ready before the water

    Every day starts on land: safety checks, boat inspections to IODA standards and a rig set for each sailor's weight and the forecast.

  2. Four hours on the water

    Boat handling and speed drills first, then short-course racing with the coach boat close enough to talk after every leg.

  3. Filmed from the water and the air

    On-water and drone footage of every session, so sailors can see what they felt: the shift they missed, the tack that cost two lengths.

  4. Debrief every day

    The day's racing on the big screen, with a short theory block. Sailors leave knowing one thing to change tomorrow.

  5. A plan to take home

    After the clinic, each sailor gets a short written report: what improved, what to work on next, and how to train it at the club.

Drone view: Optimists rafted up around the coach boat between races
Debrief at the whiteboard during the Çeşme clinic
Optimist sailor flying the Turkish flag on 30 August
RS Fevas sailing under a rainbow in Foça
Sailor in a Vela Performance top with the flag

Coaches

Two coaches today, with more joining as the academy grows beyond Türkiye.

Alican Selcik, head coach of Vela Performance

Alican Selcik

Head coach · Optimist

  • Optimist coach at the Turkish Sailing Federation, 2019–2026
  • 17 medals at IODA championships as a coach
  • Also coaches with Performance Sailing Institute

Selected results as coach

  • 2026 World Championship · Silver, Team Race
  • 2025 European Championship · Gold, Overall
  • 2025 European Championship · Silver, Team Race · Bronze, Female
  • 2024 European Championship · Bronze, Overall
  • 2022 World Championship · Gold, Female
  • 2019 World Championship · Gold, Female
Dünya Cengiz on the water in Foça

Dünya Cengiz

Coach · RS Feva, 420, 29er · Media

  • Seven years on the national team in Optimist, 420 and 470
  • 29er coaching under the supervision of Šime Fantela
  • Three years as education coordinator for ages 7–16 at an RYA sailing school
  • RYA Dinghy Instructor, Powerboat Instructor, Safety Boat, Sea Survival, First Aid
  • Films every clinic as DunyaWorks, from the water and the air

From past clinics

Short films from this season. More on @vela.performance.

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