WA Coaches

Coaching Clinic Saturday 27 - Tuesday 30 September 2025

The coach line up may change and the classes they are to coach will be confirmed closer to the event.

Mikael Lundh - ILCA

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The SUI IlCA6 Squad placed 4th or better on all peak events (EC, WC and Olympic Games) 2022-2024. 2nd EC 2022, 2nd WC 2022, 2nd WC 2023, 4th WC 2024, 4th Olympic Games 2024. On a youth and U21 level we placed 2nd at the 2021 World Sailing Youth World Championship in Oman and 2nd at 2023 U21 World Championship in Marocko.

Why do I coach sailing? I learn and thrive from helping others perform. 

How do I coach sailing? Empower and energise athlete/athletes to be present, act on and direct their energy towards mastery. Helping athlete/athletes realise their true potential thru a creative, relevant and realistic learning process.

I look forward coming back to the WA Sailing Camp once again and will do my outmost to set the pace and create good training and learning moments.
The big gains are in executing basics well all the time so we will focus on that.
What do I expect of the sailors?
- come prepared and rested
- bring a notebook and pen
- make sure your boats and gear is in order
See you all soon 🔜

Zoe Thomson - ILCA

Zac Littlewood - ILCA

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U21 ILCA 7 World Champion and ILCA 6 World Champion.A part of the Australian Sailing Squad in the ILCA 7. This will be Zac's 4th Westsail as a coach, 10th as a Sailor/Coach. 

Elyse Ainsworth - ILCA

Conor Nicholas - Open Skiff

Conor started out sailing Pelican dinghies at South of Perth Yacht Club, before moving on to Lasers. He scored his first event victory at Sail Fremantle in 2011. In 2013, Conor won the bronze medal at the Laser Youth World Championships. In 2015 Conor was able to achieve his first Youth World Championship title in the Laser Radial (ILCA6). In 2019, he and Darren Bundock won the F18 World Championships in San Pere Pescador, Spain.

After a break from the sport for a couple of seasons, Conor teamed up with Nia Jerwood to compete in the mixed 470. In December 2023, Conor and Nia secured a Paris Olympics quota spot at Sail Sydney, winning two races to pull 34 points clear of Oceania rivals New Zealand. Their form continued into 2024, finishing 15th at the 470 World Championships in Mallorca, Spain.

Sam Rose - Open Skiff

Nia Jerwood - Optimist Open

Nia is a two-time Olympian, having competed at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Fresh from her Paris 2024 Olympic campaign in the 470s, Nia is back in WA and keen to share her experience with young sailors.

Nia says: I really enjoy coaching at Youth Sail and passing on the knowledge I have gained from 8 years of Olympic campaigning. I have been lucky to have so many great coaches over my sailing career and I hope I can use the skills they taught me to deliver my best knowledge and skills to the WA sailors.