Youth Classes - 2025

Kids 7-16 can come for sailing after school on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:45 - 6:30. We will be using the Rhodes 19 and c420's. If the weather is bad, we will do STEM instead.

Tuition: $415.00

EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

Starter Sailor is for children who have never sailed before. The morning will be spent learning first-hand the fun of sailing on our Rhodes 19 keelboats. Helping children develop skills about boats, being comfortable on boats while learning with an instructor. In the afternoons, children will have lunch (brought by the child) and then have a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) lesson. Our STEM lessons will consist of learning about physics in sailing, ocean pollution and how to stop/help it, simple machines, and many other important concepts.

Ages: 7-13, Tuition: $415.00

EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

Our half-day option allows children who have never sailed before to experience sailing in the morning and have the afternoon free for other activities.

Ages: 7-13, Tuition: $365.00

EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

In our Opti classes, children will be divided according to skill level. Our instructors will get a feel for your child's skill level and put them in the correct group depending on experience, skill, and ability.

• Our Beginner kids will learn parts of the boat, rigging/derigging, boat etiquette & additional concepts.
• Our Intermediate/Advanced kids will grow on their concepts from beginner opti. Learning more fundamentals, learning about sail control and boat handling. Later in the week, kids will take all the knowledge learned from our other classes to begin racing.

Ages: 8-14, Tuition: $415.00

EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

In our 420 class (13 years and older), we will take the children who have graduated from Opti or are of appropriate age and introduce them to 420s. Our instructors will get a feel for your child's skill level and put them in the correct group depending on experience, skill, and ability. 

• In our beginner class, some skills introduced will include rigging and using sail controls, skipper and crew responsibilities, starting and stopping, docking, and capsize recovery.
• In our intermediate/advanced class, some skills introduced will be skipper and crew communication, roll tacking, starts, racing, trapeze, and spinnakers.

Ages: 13-17, Tuition: $415.00

EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

Passionate about sailing and eager to inspire the next generation? As a Junior Sailing Instructor, you’ll assist lead instructors in delivering safe, fun, and educational on-the-water experiences for young sailors. Perfect for enthusiastic team players with strong communication skills and a solid foundation in sailing. Gain hands-on leadership experience while spending your summer outdoors doing what you love! This is a training program for Junior Instructors open by application. Junior Instructors will be is assigned to assist with the morning Starter Sailor.

In exchange, the JI will sail for free in that week's afternoon 420 afternoon class. The JI must help out for the entire week. This is 9am-4pm full-week commitment.

No classes on July 4. Instructor approval required.

Tuition: free

Tuition: $60.00

EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week