Youth Classes for 2010

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. Following a morning of sail, the youngsters will take a boat ride to the neighboring Save The Bay Center for a fun-filled afternoon of Bay-centered activities, fostering a love of Narragansett Bay in our youngest bay-stewards, featuring, for example, bay-exploration, playing the role of lobsterman for the day, or learning about creatures of the bay!

Best age for these starter classes:
 SS1:  8 (or nearly-8) to 11 (one week)
 SS2a:  8 to 11 (one week)
 SS2b:  8 to 11 (two weeks)
 SS2c:  8 to 11 (one week)
 SS3: 10 to 13 (one week)

Classes meet full-day Monday through Friday 9:00 (drop-off at Edgewood Sailing School) to 4:00 pm (pick-up at Save The Bay Center, Fields Point, 100 Save The Bay Drive, Providence).

This program is being run in cooperation between Edgewood Sailing School and Save The Bay, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island.

For our younger and/or first-time sailors age 8 to 11. Extended two-week version.

Best age for this two-week class: 8 to 11

Opti 1 is an exciting, hands-on introduction to sailing held in moderate morning breezes. In Opti 1, young sailors will develop specific sailing skills that will ready them for stronger breezes and competitive sailing.

Best age for this class: 8 to 13

Opti II builds on the basics, introduces more independent sailing at the intermediate level, including the fundamentals of better boat handling and racing. Boat ownership is encouraged. A discount is allowed when student has his/her own private boat.

Best age for this class: 10 to 14

This is an intense program to polish racing boat-handling skills in preparation for the annual US Sailing Junior Sailing Olympics of "Race Week" (August 12-15).

Sailor must demonstrate the ability to sail at his/her experience level in Race Week, and be up for joining the training. Boat ownership is required: each student must have his/her own Optimist hull, rig, and foils, ready for racing. Race Camp training is August 2 through August 11, followed by participation in Race Week, August 12 through August 15

Best age for this class: 10 to 14

This short course is designed, on a one-week basis, for the older, beginning sailor or the experienced junior sailor interested in sailing, more than in racing. These sailors will sail a Rhodes 19, a keelboat, where they will learn the seamanship skills associated with cruising. A sailor that completes Youth Cruising can enroll in the Club 420 class to learn more advanced boat handling and racing.

Best age for this class: 13 to 17

This course is designed for the older, beginning sailor or the experienced junior sailor interested in sailing, more than in racing. These sailors will sail a Rhodes 19, a keelboat, where they will learn the seamanship skills associated with cruising. A sailor that completes Youth Cruising can enroll in the Club 420 class to learn more advanced boat handling and racing.

Best age for this class: 13 to 17

Introduction to the powerful c420 racing dinghy. Club 420s are the most widely used racing dinghy used by high schools and colleges. Sailors are introduced, in the light morning breezes, to the basics of sailing a racing dinghy with Skipper and Crew.

Best age for this class: 13 to 17

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. At this level, we encourage boat ownership by the junior sailor. A discount is allowed when student has his/her own private boat.

Best age for this class: 13 to 17