Hobie Catamaran designs have made an indelible mark in the history of beach cat sailing worldwide. Phillips Boatworks is excited to have obtained and commenced the restoration of 4 classic Hobie 18’s to be offered as a part of the Hatteras Community Sailing Juniors Program. About the International Hobie 18 For our ambitious youth from […]

Interest meeting and social at the Froggy Dog in Avon tomorrow, March 6 at 5pm. Sailing is a healthy and rewarding individual and team sport that starts with the youth. Opportunities to live and work on the water open wide to kids who start learning sailing and seamanship skills early! Hatteras Community Sailing was formed […]

Hatteras Community Sailing – Nurturing Sailing and Seamanship Skills for Hatteras Island Youth on a Year Round Basis!

Free for US Sailing Members Online December 7 – 9 You are invited to participate in US Sailing’s 2020 National Coaching Symposium, presented by Regatta Craft Mixers. This year’s symposium will be hosted online – December 7-9, 2020. The fourth annual National Coaching Symposium features three days of presentations with a collection of leading sailing […]

Learn mold/tool making, resin infusion, sailmaking and design, and sailboat rigging Small Boat Building Seminar Hosted by Phillips Boatworks in Avon, Hatteras Island, North Carolina. At Hatteras Community Sailing, we have discussed offering a boatbuilding program over the winter, using the Optimist as the example. This is what a 13 week Series would look like. […]

2020 Christmas List for Hatteras Youth Sailing

Today was not as calm as expected at Avon, but Noah and Evan got a little experience sailing in the ocean waves. Evan Hakola gets “most valuable sailor” today for bravely sailing out on his own.

This Saturday is predicted to be in the 60’s with light SW winds and sunshine. For a change of pace, I am thinking that we could meet at Avon Pier and enjoy sailing a bit in the Ocean and Beach. Boat Setup will be at 8 am due to the fact we need to relocate […]

Hi Parents,Tomorrow’s weather looks great for some extended time on the water.  I want to split the day up into 3 tiers.   The Teen Group will still be at 2 pm at the marina on 40181 Bonito Road in Avon. 9:00 am – Setup and maintenance time on the boats.  Volunteers needed and welcomed. 11:30 am – […]

There will be an initial organizational meeting for the Secondary School age youth this Thursday at 6 pm in Avon hosted by Amy Hakola at 42005 Cedar Circle. We anticipate that, like the younger groups, the older kids will initially get to do some sailing with Capt. Jay on the Stiletto 27. Because the Optimist […]

Older Elementary Age Group We are so excited for a successful full program for our 4-5th Grade Age Juniors. They will meet for the next several weeks on Saturday at the Avon Boat House and Marina on Bonito Rd at 9:00 am. The program runs for 2 hours each Saturday and will include chalk talks, […]

Early Elementary Age Group We are so excited for a successful full program for our 2-3rd Grade Age Juniors. They will meet for the next several weeks on Saturday at the Avon Boat House and Marina on Bonito Rd at 11:30 am. The program runs for 2 hours each Saturday and will include chalk talks, […]

Since we only have one boat at the moment. I thought it would be nice if it is made available to the kids registered in the Fall Program during the week. We will post a calendar that allows parents to book the boat, meanwhile please just text or call me and I will keep a […]

We have formed our organization and more importantly started teaching sailing to our local island kids in a consistent seasonal weekly based program. Response has been extremely validating that this is a wonderful opportunity for our local children. In order to keep the momentum, its important that we start creating an organization membership! As Chairman, […]

Saturday Sept 12, 2020. Week 3 of the six week Fall Junior Sailing Program, the newly formed nonprofit, Hatteras Community Sailing, was able to debut the organizations first Optimist Sailing dinghy to 12 program participants age 6 – 14. Previous weeks, SailStiletto Catamaran Charters, donated time on the much larger charter boat out of Avon. […]