Youth Classes for 2013

For our younger and/or first-time sailors, the morning will be spent learning first hand the fun of sailing. Our young new sailors will learn about boats, experience sailing with instructors and begin to develop a comfort level with boats. Following a morning of sail, the youngsters will take a boat ride to the neighboring Save The Bay Center for a fun-filled afternoon of Bay-centered activities, fostering a love of Narragansett Bay in our youngest bay-stewards, featuring, for example, bay-exploration, playing the role of lobsterman for the day, or learning about creatures of the bay!

Full day classes meet Monday through Friday 9:00 (drop-off at Edgewood Sailing School) to 4:00 pm (pick-up at Save The Bay Center, Fields Point, 100 Save The Bay Drive, Providence). Morning-only classes end at 12 noon at Edgewood Sailing School.

This program is being run in cooperation between Edgewood Sailing School and Save The Bay, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island.

Opti Basic is an exciting, hands-on introduction to sailing held in moderate morning breezes. In Opti Basic, young sailors will develop specific sailing skills that will ready them for stronger breezes and competitive sailing.

Ages 8 to 13.

Opti Intermediate builds on the basics, introduces more independent sailing at the intermediate level, including the fundamentals of better boat handling and racing. An additional fee (payable to NBYA) is required, if attending the NBYA Opti Regatta #3 on July 31.

This is an intense program to polish racing boat-handling skills in preparation for end of season regattas. Sailor must demonstrate the ability to sail at his/her experience level in an NBYA large-fleet regatta, and be up for both joining the training and participating in the NBYA regatta at Edgewood on August 6 .

Race Camp training is Tuesday July 30 through Wednesday August 7, including racing in the NBYA regatta at Edgewood on August 6.   An additional fee (payable to NBYA) is required for attending this NBYA regatta.

Enrollment requires approval from the Instructor.

(Registration will be "wait-list" only, until student receives Instructor's approval.)

Re-introduction to the powerful c420 racing dinghy. Club 420s are the most widely used racing dinghy used by high schools and colleges. Sailors practice in the stronger afternoon breezes, still focused on the basics of sailing a racing dinghy with Skipper and Crew.

Boathandling skills are honed in the c420 racing dinghy. Confident, capable sailors learn how to sail a double-handed dinghy, both as a skipper and as crew. The older young sailors will experience thrill of sailing a faster boat with trapezes and spinnakers. Sailors work a full day of weather options, including the brisker afternoon winds, allowing for introduction of the more demanding performance. Additional regatta fees may apply for July 8 NBYA 420#1, Newport Regatta (7/14-15), and possibly NBYA#2. (Details furnished on-line by regatta organizers.)

Full days Monday-Thursday; only afternoons Friday.

This is an intense program to polish racing boat-handling skills in preparation for end of season regattas.

Sailor must demonstrate the ability to sail at his/her experience level in an NBYA large-fleet regatta, and be up for both joining the training and participating in the NBYA regatta at Barrington on August 8 .

Race Camp training is Tuesday July 30 through Wednesday August 7, followed by racing in the NBYA regatta at Barrington on August 8. An additional fee (payable to NBYA) is required for attending this NBYA regatta.

Enrollment requires approval from the Instructor. (Registration will be "wait-list" only, until student receives Instructor's approval.)

EDGEWOOD UPPER BAY OPTI RACING CLINIC   ---  This clinic is for sailors who have competed in the Red, White and Blue fleets and want to learn and work on techniques to dramatically improve consistency and results including boat speed, boat handling, and strategy & tactics.  

Coach:  Colin Smith (IODA North American Champion, first).

• Tuition:  $200 for all three Sundays;  or $75 per Sunday.
  (Register on line for
            * Sunday Sep15 Boat Speet,  or  
                  * Sunday Sep29 Boat Handling,  or  
                       * Sunday Oct20 Strategy and Tactics,  or combined
                              *** ALL THREE Sundays (entire clinic .)
  
  
• First SIX sailors to enroll will be able to use a supplied Opti and rig/sail with no charter fee ! 
  
  
• Two coaches will be on the water, sailor-to-instructor ratio will not exceed 6:1.  

8:30 drop off and 4:30 pickup. Clinic is hands-on, be ready to sail in most any weather. The schedule will be typical of clinics at this level.  Classroom sessions followed by on-the-water demonstrations, drills and coaching.  Video may be used where appropriate to analyze skill builds. 

On Oct 26 and 27 we will travel to Newport to participate in the HALLOWEEN HOWL REGATTA to use your sailor's new-found skills. (Regatta fees extra, on-the-water coaching/support provided in tuition.) This is a well-attended regatta with sailors from all over the country attending.

Questions & suggestions:  youthsailing@edgewoodsailing.org

This is a training program for Junior Instructors open by application. If accepted in the JI program, the JI is assigned for that designated week to assist with the morning Starter Sailor. In exchange, the JI will sail for free in that week's afternoon 420 class. JI application is required separately for each week. The JI must serve for the entire week. This is 9am-4pm full-week commitment.

No classes on July 4. Instructor approval required.

This course is designed for the older, beginning sailor or the experienced junior sailor interested in sailing, more than in racing. These sailors will sail a Rhodes 19, a keelboat, where they will learn the seamanship skills associated with cruising. A sailor that completes Youth Cruising can enroll in the Club 420 class to learn more advanced boat handling and racing.

Best age for this class: 13 to 17