NSW Coaches 2026

Meet the 2026 Coaches!

We have lined up some of the best youth sailing coaches in NSW, with expertise in the classes they are coaching. More coaches will be announced soon!

	Brady Lowe - Head Coach Brady Lowe is a multiple World Championships, World Cup and Australian Champion Medal winning Coach, with success across the 49er (which he currently works with as Australian Sailing’s Futures Squad coach) Foiling Moth, ILCA 6, 29er, IQ Foil, 29er and Nacra 15. When he’s not in the coach boat he brings his coaching focus on Race Strategy to the Navigators chair, or his love of open learning to playing on the Wing Foil.
	Zac West - ILCA After finishing his Laser (ILCA) campaign in 2020 after 3 world championship top 10s and a silver, Zac moved into the Match Racing scene as a sailor and into the coach boat. In addition to maintaining a top 10 world ranking in Match Racing, Zac has coached the ILCA & Opti class consistently over the past 4 years. Zac moved from the club scene with sailors achieving national titles into the performance space with Australian Sailing, namely the ILCA 6 & 7 Pre-emerging, Emerging and NSWIS Squads, as well as the ILCA 6 Youth Squad. Outside of ILCA class, he also coaches Match Racing at RSYS.
	Dante Olivieri - Wing/iQFOiL Dante Olivieri is a passionate performance windsurf and foiling coach with a decade of experience coaching youth sailors in Australia and Europe. He has worked across a wide range of classes, including Match Racing, 420's, 29ers, 49ers, skiffs, Optis, ILCAs, and now specialises in the Wing Foil Racing and iQ Foil Class. Dedicated to helping youth athletes grow on and off the water, Dante is excited to be part of NSW Youth Sail and inspire the next generation of sailors.
	India Gilbert - Optimist India has coached Optis, F11s, 29ers, Elliot 7s and 420s at a range of levels from learn to sail to high performance. India is one of the favourite returning coaches at Zhik Youth Sail in 2026!
	Jervis Tilly - WASZP Jervis ran and coached events around the world with SailGP Inspire and delivers WASZP clinics with awesome people like Team Australia Challenge, the Australian SailGP team and the Magenta Project. He has been part of America’s Cup campaigns, competed in World Match Racing Tour events, and finished top 10 in an Etchells World Championship.