Youth Classes for 2015

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!

Full day classes meet 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). Morning-only classes end at 12 noon at Edgewood Sailing School.

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

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

Ages 8 to 13.

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.

This is an intense program to polish racing boat-handling skills in preparation for end of season regattas. Sailor must demonstrate the ability to sail at his/her experience level in an NBYA large-fleet regatta, and be up for both joining the training and participating in the NBYA regatta at Ft. Getty in Jamestown on August 10-12 .

Race Camp training is Monday, July 27 through Friday, August 7, including racing in the NBYA regatta at Ft. Getty in Jamestown on August 10-12 and cleanup day on August 13.   An additional fee (payable to NBYA) is required for attending this NBYA regatta.

Enrollment requires approval from the Instructor.

(Registration will be "wait-list" only, until student receives Instructor's approval.)

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..

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.

This is an intense program to polish racing boat-handling skills in preparation for end of season regattas.

Sailor must demonstrate the ability to sail at his/her experience level in an NBYA large-fleet regatta, and be up for both joining the training and participating in the Junior Olympics or the NBYA regatta at Barrington.

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

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

EDGEWOOD FALL RACING CLINIC - Preparing for the Newport "Halloween Howl"

Coaching in 420s   ---  On Saturday afternoons this fall Edgewood Sailing School is offering a race clinic for 420s. Our sailors will be refining their race technique and strategy in preparation for the Halloween Howl Regatta in Newport on the weekend of October 17 and 18. 

Instructor Approval is required. 

The clinic includes regatta support for the Halloween Howl, plus five coaching sessions on the dates listed below. 

The clinic cost is $150.  This includes coaching during the 5 afternoons at Edgewood, and coaching support during the regatta itself. If a sailor has her/his own race-ready 420, it may be used during the clinic and the regatta.  Otherwise, Edgewood Sailing School c420s will be in use.

Coach:  Charlie Plumb. 

12:30 drop off and 5:00 pickup for Saturdays at Edgewood. Travel arrangements for the Regatta weekend will be worked out and announced.

This Clinic is hands-on, participants must be ready to sail in almost any weather. The schedule will be typical of clinics at this advanced level.  Classroom sessions will be followed by on-the-water demonstrations, drills and coaching.  Video may be used where appropriate to analyze skill builds. 

On Oct 17 and 18 we will travel to Newport to participate in the HALLOWEEN HOWL 2015 REGATTA to use your sailor's new-found skills. Halloween Howl registration fees payable to Sail Newport are not included in tuition. The Howl is a well-attended regatta with sailors from all over the country.

Questions & suggestions: HowlClinic@edgewoodsailing.org