Malletts Bay Boat Club Junior Sailing

Sailing classes are taught in two-week sessions over an eight-week period. Our small group instruction with multiple instructors is customized to each sailor's ability, experience, and interest. Beginner sailors are mentored by those with more experience with instruction focused on basic skills. Advanced sailors will be given instruction on advanced skills and boat handling. Weather permitting, most instruction is on the water in our club provided Optimists and Flying Junior sailboats. The integrated approach to sailing levels is reflective of what we typically see in club sailing: Those with experience like to share that experience with those who are just discovering this great sport! The morning sessions focus on non-race instruction for all sailing levels. Sailors will learn to identify wind direction, how to rig and unrig boats, basic knot tying, rules of the road, how to launch and land their boat, how to steer, points of sail, tacking and jibing, capsize recovery, man overboard recovery, sailing upwind and downwind. Afternoon classes build on the basic instruction with a focus on racing specific skills. Sailors continue practicing seamanship, boat handling skills, and also work on racing skills including racing rules, how to navigate a race course, racing strategies and tactics, improving boat speed and sail trim, and starting. Sailors have the opportunity participate in several out of town regattas as part of the program.