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Youth Sailing Class Session III: June 27 - July 1

When:
Monday, June 27, 2016, 8:30 AM until Friday, July 1, 2016, 4:30 PM
Where:
MYC Clubhouse / Sasa Bay anchorage
Piti, GU   96932

671-477-3533
Event Contact(s):
Cathleen Moore-Linn
671-487-4631 (p)
Category:
Youth Sailing Instruction
Registration is closed - Event is full
Payment in Full In Advance Or At Event
Capacity:
12
Available Slots:
Filled
$250.00
$350.00
$150.00
 
 

Welcome to MYC Youth Sailing Class

 

Please bring daily

  • swim suit, dry clothes, towel, hat, sunblock
  • slippers for shore
  • beach shoes for boat
  • LIFE JACKET (PFD)
  • lunch, plastic cup to reuse

 

Rules for the class

  • listen to the adults and helpers
  • listen to your classmates
  • ask if you don’t understand
  • WEAR PFD IN/ON THE WATER AT ALL TIMES
  • keep one cup with your name on it
  • no sand on the patio
  • no wet in the lounge
  • everyone helps clean up and put away

 

Goals - depending on age

  • tread water for 10 minutes with PFD on
  • take off and put on PFD in the water
  • swim to the mark and back to shore
  • tip over boat and right boat
  • bale boat with help
  • knots - bowline, square knot, clove hitch, stopper knot
  • rig boat and name the parts
  • ride in boat
  • steer and navigate
  • sail alone
  • learn and utilize points of sail to sail a course
  • on kayaks - sit correctly and paddle correctly

 

Safety tips to remember

  • Tiller toward danger
  • Don’t switch the tiller and sheet / until after you’re in your seat.
  • SAFETY POSITION - sit in center of boat, hold onto the sides of the boat (let sheet / tiller go)