• Duration: 8 Weeks on Thursday after school. Course: 16 hours. Additional 6 hours of racing on Sunday from 1 PM to 2 PM for free.

  Dates:  

  • Thursday, October 10th, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, October 17th, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, October 24th, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, October 31st, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, November 7th, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, November 14th, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, November 21st, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

  • Thursday, November 28th, 2024 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM

Course Overview
This course aims to provide children aged 7-12 with a fun, safe and affordable way to get into sailing. 

Course Prerequisites

• Water confident
• 7-12 years old

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to have fun and learn the basics of sailing through games on and off the water.

Courses Outcome

The Optimist squad is a development squad made up of Youg Sailors in Optimist to become competitor.

Group training occurs regularly, run by their invaluable coaches, leading the fleets towards State, National and World level competition. Optimist squad is very closely integrated with our Club Racing, which runs weekly in the Summer Season (September – April). Training generally does not slow down during the Winter Season as there is regular Club Racing at this time of the year.

It’s a great way to meet new friends, practice sailing techniques and develop an understanding of basic racing rules. Optimist Squad is designed to introduce sailors and their families to racing and to what it means to be part of a Yacht Club community in a fun and simple way.

Course Prerequisites

• Water confident
• have done tackers 3 or have been evaluated by a coach
• 7-12 years old

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to have fun and learn the basics of racing through games on and off the water, but also specific work on sailing better.

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Program Focus:

Following the structure and instruction in learn-to-sail programs. Green Fleet is an introduction to coaching and learning to train.

Green Fleet promotes practicing the fundamental skills of sailing, introduces some foundation race skills through training activities in an environment that is enjoyable, without a competition focus.

During the Program sailors are encouraged to take part in freesail activity, and to trial a variety of boats, boards, and other club related activity through age appropriate design.