The Youth National Dinghy Championship, South Africa’s finest youth sailing competition, was held on 22 December 2023 in KwaZulu Natal. Every year, this event is rotated between provinces, with KwaZulu Natal taking on the role of host in 2023. On the banks of Midmar Dam, the Henley Midmar Yacht Club served as the venue for this event.

Most of the development youth sailors in KwaZulu Natal are not dinghies sailors; instead, they sail with Sail Africa. As a result, they organized a parallel competition for the schools that exclusively sail keel boats, which are bigger vessels manned by teams of five to six sailors. Township schools such JG Zuma Secondary, Wiggins Secondary, and Umkhumbane Secondary are among these establishments.