A Community Sailing Center For Adult and Youth Sailboat Racing

Saturday Mornings in May    -     Also see Tuesday Evening Seminars

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The ON THE WATER training program is an opportunity to have a sailboat racing experience and a lot of FUN.  This is a chance for inexperienced or even non-sailors to try out sailboat racing by crewing or just riding on a WYC member boat during the training drills.  Many people exposed to racing in this way have become "dyed in the wool" racers.  So invite your friends and associates to come as "Crew looking for a Ride" and we will assign them to a racing sailboat.  If you have a sailboat, bring it to the WYC and we will assign an experienced racer as your guest instructor for the session.

The program begins at 8:00 a.m., with juice, coffee, and bagels.  At 8:30 there is a short lecture on the rules that apply to the training drill for that day.  At about 9:30, crew and guest instructor assignments are made and the "on the water" drill begins. 

The drill ends at around noon when everyone gathers at the clubhouse for BBQ brats, with all the fixings, and liquid refreshments to review the "on the water" drill for that day.

The FIRST "On the Water" session is two hours of practice starts at three minute intervals.  This is more starting practice than most skippers get in an entire season! 

The SECOND session is a short course, perpendicular to the wind, in which boats practice overtaking, luffing, and mark rounding..  Again, lunch and refreshments at around noon.

The THIRD session will begin with spinnaker packing and flying demonstrations and then you will be assigned to a boat for the Training Cup Race. This is an actual race with trophies.  Lunch and trophy presentation after the race.

Dates: May 5, 12 & 19
Time: 8:30 am -1:00pm

Member Cost: $15 per session or $35 for all three
Non-member Cost: $20 per session or $50 for all three
No pre-registration required, but suggested do to space limitations.

For further information regarding seminars, contact Beth Frampton
Download registration and crew membership forms in PDF

Note to Guest Instructors and Host Skippers
Guest Instructors and Host Skippers are free at one per boat. If you attend two of the three On the Water Saturday sessions, you will receive a red Guest Instructors hat or a green Host Skippers hat.