Sailing Littles: Intro To Sailing for 5-7 yrs old

$300.00

Anytime Sailing Camp 5-7 years old

Price Per Person: $300

  • Ages 5-7
  • 4-8 campers in each camp
  • 3 days of camp
  • 4hrs each day from 8am – noon
  • Swimming, playing, paddling, learning to sail Optimist
  • We may also sail the larger boats or go on powerboats given the current conditions

What are we learning?

Introduction to sailing for little ones is all about making sailing fun and learning to love sailing. We want each little one to go away wanting to sail more and learn more about sailing. As such, we will not be learning on the Optimist and sailing in a boat by ourselves. Through the course of camp, we will use larger boats and sail with instructors as a team. We may use any or all of the bigger boats in the fleet during introduction to sailing depending on the weather: Sabre 42, Stiletto 27, Melges 24, and Hobie 18. We will introduce the optimist with double handed sailing and fun capsizing the boat.

Weather Policy: We try to move and groove through the week to find weather and match the instructional hours. Once we start camp, no partial refunds and we work on alternate days/times or alternate material that can be accomplished in the current weather.

Camp Request

We need to have 4 minimum campers to run the camp. Please complete this form and when we have 4 campers for your week, we will send you a payment link.

     

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    Description

    Introduction To Sailing

    Introduction to sailing for little ones is all about making sailing fun and not so scary. As such, we will not be learning on the Optimist and sailing in a boat by ourselves. Through the course of camp, we will use larger boats and sail with instructors as a team. We may use any or all of the following vessels during introduction to sailing depending on the weather:

    • Sabre 42
    • Stiletto 27
    • Melges 24
    • Hobie 18
    • Optimist (double handed and for capsize and balancing fun)

    Skills & Knowledge Covered

    • Boat Parts
      • basic boat parts: mast, boom, standing vs running rigging, mainsheet, jib sheets, keel, stern, bow, rudder, tiller
    • Wind Awareness
    • Points of sail
      • very basic introduction to points of sail – upwind vs downwind – upwind means sails trimmed in – downwind means sails trimmed out
    • Different kinds of sailboats
      • keelboat vs. catamaran vs. cruising vs. dinghy

    Registration Form

    Please complete the course request form above and we will contact you once the 4 sailor minimum has been met.

    Additional information

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