Youth Classes - 2024

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.

Classes meet half-day Monday through Friday 9:00 to noon (drop-off and pick up at Edgewood Sailing School).

A corresponding afternoon program is being offered through You Rock School of Music. The program is from 1–4 pm, and we will transport the students from ESS to You Rock! Spaces are limited. If your child would like to participate in You Rock! afternoon activities, register at www.yourockschoolofmusic.com, and look for the “Edgewood Sailing” option during registration.

Ages: 7-13, Tuition: $275.00

Registration fee: $25, EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

Opti basic is an introductory course for young students who feel comfortable piloting a single-handed dinghy. Students will learn the fundamentals of rigging, upwind sailing, racing, and starting. This class is typically held in groups of 6-10 students, and prior experience in our Starter Sailor course is encouraged.

Ages 8 to 13.

Ages: 8-13

Registration fee: $25, EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

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.

Ages: 10-14, Tuition: $430.00

Registration fee: $25, EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

Combining introduction of the powerful 420 to 13+ year old Opti sailors with returning non-racing 420 sailors wanting to continue honing fundamentals of 420 sailing. Skills introduced and developed include rigging and use of sail controls, skipper and crew responsibilities, starting and stopping, docking and capsize recovery..

Ages: 13-17, Tuition: $410.00

Registration fee: $25, EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

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.

Ages: 13-17, Tuition: $750.00

Registration fee: $25, EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

This is a class for students participating in the NBYA Junior Race Week. This class covers coach fees as well as boat usage fees.

An additional fee (payable to NBYA) is required for attending this NBYA regatta event.

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

Ages: 8-17, Tuition: $375.00

Registration fee: $25, EYC youth student membership fee: $24 per week

This class registration is for ESS coaching at the 2024 USODA Optimist New England Championship. ESS will provide a coach and coach boat for this class, which will run concurrently with the regatta. Separate registration for the regatta is required. Fees for this class will be paid separately to ESS following registration; for more information on fees, contact George Shuster at 401-391-0030 or gwsjr75@gmail.com.

Tuition: free