YACHTING YOUTH

Looking for a new way to entertain your kids this year? Look no further than the Bay Area’s dozens of junior sailing programs. Many offer scholarships, and with rare exception, you don’t need to have your own boat. Unless noted below, club membership is not necessary. High school sailing for students in grades 9-12 takes place around Northern California in the Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association. If your high school doesn’t have a team – or enough students to field a team – don’t fret. Most programs allow students from several schools to form a single team.

Benicia YC
Derith Lutz, (707) 746-0739, www.beniciayachtclub.com
Summer Program, ages 9-12 & 13-18
When: Two 5-week sessions June-August, Tuesday afternoons 4-8 p.m.
Boats: DeWitt Dinghies, Optimists and El Toros (provided)

Encinal YC (Alameda)
Billy Zlotocha, (510) 769-0221, www.encinal.org
Summer Program, ages 8-18, all levels
When: 3-week sessions, June-August, Monday-Thursday
Boats: Optimists, Lasers, FJs, 420s (provided)
Fall, Spring Program, ages 8-18
When: Sundays for six weeks (dates TBA), 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Boats: Optimists, Lasers, FJs (provided)
High School Program, grades 8-12
When: Weekends Feb.-April, 12:30 p.m.; drop-in practice Wed.-Fri., 3:30 p.m.
Boats: FJs (provided)
Scholarships available through the Encinal Sailing Foundation.

Golden Gate YC (San Francisco)
New contact info: Dave Santori, (510) 693-9104, www.ggyc.com
High School Program, grades 9-12 from any high school esp. Lowell, Lincoln, or School of the Arts (middle school students by arrangement)
When: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3-6 p.m.
Boats: FJs (provided)
Cost: Free; students must demonstrate desire & commitment to sailing.

Inverness YC
Barbara Jones, (650) 474-1402, www.invernessyachtclub.org
Summer Program
When: 6/28-7/16 & 7/26-8/13
Boats: Optimists, El Toros, Lasers, FJs and Flying Scots (provided)
Cost: $675. Scholarships available.

Monterey Peninsula YC
(831) 372-9686, www.mpyc.org
Summer Sailing Lessons, ages 8-16
When: Eight 1-week all-day sessions starting in early June, except the week of 7/4.
Boats: Optis, FJs (provided)
Scholarships available.
High School Team, grades 8-12 from Pacific Grove, Salinas & Monterey
When: Friday afternoons during the school year.
Boats: FJs (provided)

Oakland Parks & Rec Dept.
Kyle Winslow, (510) 238-2196, www.oaklandnet.com/parks/programs/boating.asp
Sailing into Science, fifth graders (teachers may sign up their classes)
Where: Lake Merritt Boating Center
When: School year
Boats: Pedalboats, dragonboats, kayaks, whaleboats (provided)
Cost: $300 per class per day (up to 32 students) or $150 (15 students)
After-School Learn-to-Sail program, ages 10-17 students
Where: Lake Merritt Boating Center
When: Wednesdays or Tuesdays & Thursdays during the school year
Boats: El Toros (provided)
Cost: $145/10 weeks
Basic, Intermediate Summer Program, ages 10-17
Where: Lake Merritt Boating Center
When: One-week sessions, June-August
Boats: El Toros, Sunfish, Bytes, JY15s, Lasers (provided)
Cost: $145/Oakland residents; $160/non-residents
Advanced Summer Program, ages 10-18
Where: Jack London Aquatic Center (Oakland Estuary)
When: One-week sessions, June-August
Boats: windsurfers, catamarans, keelboats, JY15s, Bytes (provided)
Cost: $175 and up
Youth Sailing Team, grades 8-12 from any school
Where: Jack London Aquatic Center (Oakland Estuary)
When: practices & regattas on weekends
Boats: Laser 4.7s (provided)
Cost: $210 for 90 hours of instruction
Scholarships available for Oakland residents.

Richmond YC
(510) 237-2821, www.richmondyc.org
Parent or child must be RYC member (jr. membership: $20 initiation + $50/year)
Junior Sailing School Winter, ages 8-18
When: Most Sundays October-March, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Boats: El Toros, Bytes, Lasers (BYOB); Optis (available for charter, $250/season)
Cost: $115 + two days of parent volunteer time
Doublehanded Program, ages 8-18
When: Most Sundays October-March, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Boats: FJs, 420s (provided)
Cost: $250
Updated: Summer Sailing Program, ages 8-18
All levels, first-timers to world-class sailors.
Fun clinics, intra-club racing clinics, HS doublehanded clinics, skiff clinics.
When: One-week weekday sessions and weekend clinics, June 21-August 29
Boats: 29ers, FJs, 420s, Lasers, Optis, El Toros
Cost: $125+ for week-long sessions; $100+ for weekend clinics.
Summer Sleepover Camp (at Stockton Sailing Club)
When: July 11-17
Boats: El Toros, Optimists (BYOB)
Cost: $275 + one day of parent volunteer time
Scholarships available.

St. Francis YC (San Francisco)
Mike Kalin, (415) 820-3729, www.stfyc.com
Tinsley Island Summer Camp, ages 7-17
When: One-week sessions, 6/21-25, 6/28-7/1, 7/5-9
Boats: Optimists, Lasers, Bytes, 420s, Bic Techno windsurfers (provided)
Cost: TBD. Scholarships available.
Cityfront Day Camp, ages 7-17
When: One-week sessions, July 12-August 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Boats: Optimists, FJs, 420s, 4.7s, Bic Techno windsurfers (provided)
Cost: TBD. Scholarships available.

San Francisco YC (Belvedere)
Forrest Gay, (415) 435-9525, www.sfyc.org
Spring & Fall Learn-to-Sail Program, ages 8-18
When: April-September
Boats: Optimists, Laser Radials & 4.7s, FJs, 29ers, 420s (provided)
Summer Program, ages 8-18, all levels
When: June-August
Boats: Optimists, Laser Radials & 4.7s, FJs, 29ers, 420s (provided)
High School Program, grades 9-12 from any Marin County high school
When: After school, Tuesday-Friday
Boats: FJs (provided)
Scholarships available through the Belvedere Cove Foundation.

Santa Cruz YC
Peter Pillsbury, (831) 425-0690, www.scyc.org
Pinto Lake Program, ages 8-14
Where: Pinto Lake, Watsonville
When: Sundays, September-March
Boats: El Toros (some available for charter)
Cost: $60 + $55 YC junior membership. Scholarships available.
Scholastic Program, grades 8-12
from Pacific Collegiate, Santa Cruz, and Soquel high schools
Where: Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor
When: Saturdays, September-March
Boats: FJs (provided); Lasers, 420s
Advanced Sailing Program, independent competitors
Boats: Moore 24s (provided); Lasers, 29ers, etc. (BYOB)

Sausalito YC
Dan Leininger, www.syconline.org
Summer Program, ages 9-17
When: June-August
Varsity and Jr. Varsity Sailing, High School
When: September-May
Boats: Optimists, Lasers, Laser Radials (provided)
Scholarships available through Sausalito Youth Sailing Foundation.

Sea Scouts Marinship 1 (Tiburon YC)
Nick Tarlson, (415) 956-5700,
Year-Round Program, ages 14-21
When: Meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesday evenings each month;
sailing year-round
Boats: Santana 35 & 22s, Lasers, FJs, 420s, tall ship Active (provided)
Cost: $60/year

New! Sea Scouts San Francisco (Aquatic Park, SF)
Tamara Sokolov, (415) 517-3943, www.corsair-viking.org
Year-Round Program, ages 13-21
When: Meet every Saturday year-round, plus overnight sailing trips
Boats: historic wooden whaleboats
Cost: $60/year
Summer Cruise in the Delta
When: Two weeks in August
Cost $300

Sequoia YC (Redwood City)
(650) 361-9472, www.sequoiayc.org
Junior Beginning/Intermediate Program, ages 10-14
Dan Humphreys, (650) 941-9303,
When: Saturdays, fall/spring, 9-11 a.m., (beginner);
11:15-1:15 (intermediate)
Boats: El Toros (provided)
Cost: $125/10-week session.
Advanced Program, ages 12-16
Dave Pirron, (408) 966-5659
When: Saturdays in fall/spring 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Boats: Lasers (4.7, Radial & Full Rig)
Cost: $175/10-week session.
Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation Summer Program, ages 7-12
Eric Anderson, (650) 854-1048,
When: One-week sessions, June-August, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily.
Boats: beginner, Optis; intermediate, 420s & FJs;
advanced racing (all provided)
Cost: $300/YC members & students who BYOB, $325/non-members
Scholarships available.
Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation High School Sailing
Eric Anderson, (650) 854-1048, www.pysf.us
When: Training & racing year round. Saturday & Sunday practices & races.
Boats: CFJs, 420s, Lasers, 29ers.

South Beach YC (San Francisco)
Kevin Wilkinson, (650) 333-7873, www.southbeachyc.org
Junior Program, ages 9-16, Beginning & Intermediate
When: One 2-week Beginning session 7/12-23;
one 1-week Beginning/Intermediate session 8/2-6;
one 1-week Intermediate session, 6/21-25.
Boats: Lasers, FJs (provided)
Cost: $225/week. Scholarships available for kids in need.

Spinnaker YC/City of San Leandro
(510) 577-3462, www.ci.san-leandro.ca.us
Summer Sailing Day Camp, ages 10-18, able to swim
When: 1-week classes TBA for Beginners and Intermediates; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Boats: DeWitt Dinghies (provided)
Cost: $200/San Leandro residents, $225/non-residents

Stanford Summer Sailing Camp (Redwood City)
John Vandemoer, (650) 387-2674, www.stanfordsailing.org
Beginner and Intermediate Sailing Program, ages 9-17
When: June-August
Boats: 420s, FJs (provided)
Cost: Contact above. Scholarships available.

Stockton Sailing Club
Leslie Pannell, , www.stocktonsc.org
Learn to Sail Program, ages 9-18
When: One-week classes, June-August
Boats: El Toros and FJs (provided)
Cost: Contact above; + $15 short-term youth membership.
Summer Sleepover Camp (with RYC)
When: July 11-17
Boats: El Toros, Optimists (BYOB)
Cost: $275 + one day of parent volunteer time. Scholarships available.

Tahoe Community Sailing/Tahoe YC/Tahoe City Parks & Recreation
Bryce Griffith, (530) 583-3796 ext. 25/ext. 12,
Youth Sailing Program, ages 8-17
When: June-August Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-4 p.m;
Race Program Monday evening & Friday day.
Boats: CFJs, Picos, Nomad 17s, Lasers
Cost: Contact above

Updated: Tiburon YC (Paradise Cay)
Pat Lopez, (415) 435-3650, , www.tyc.org
Junior Sailing, ages 8-13 (under 130 lbs.), able to swim
When: Weekends June 26-August 22.
Boats: Optis provided or bring your own
Cost: $45/day with your own boat, $65/day if you use a TYC boat

Treasure Island Sailing Center
Lacey Todd, (415) 421-2225, www.tisailing.org
Spring Beginner Program, ages 7-14 & Spring Race Team, ages 8-14
When: Session 1 Saturdays, 3/13-4/3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m; Session 2 Saturdays, 4/17-5/8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Session 3 Wednesdays, 4/21-5/12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Opti Race Team, 10 practices Saturdays, 1:30-4:30, February-May; 3 races weekends
Boats: Optimists
Cost: $500/session. Scholarships available.
High School Race Team, ages 13-18, no experience necessary
When: Sundays, January-April, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Boats: FJs
Cost: $400
Summer Sailing Camp, ages 7-18
When: One-week sessions, June-August
Boats: FJs, JY Trainers, Optimists, Lasers, J/24s, Access Dinghies
(provided); lifejackets, wetsuits and foul weather gear also provided
Cost: $125/week, half day; $250/week, full day. Scholarships available.

2010 BAY AREA YOUTH SAILING (BAYS) EVENTS

PACIFIC COAST INTERSCHOLASTIC SAILING ASSOCIATION (PCISA)
2010 EVENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SAILORS

2010 NATIONAL YOUTH EVENTS

U.S. Youth Multihull Championship, 5/21-23
Houston YC, Houston, TX; Hobie 16 with spinnakers.

U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship (Ida Lewis Trophy), 6/25-30 Hingham YC, Hingham, MA; Club 420.

U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship (Leiter Cup), 7/18-7/23
Coral Reef YC, Miami FL; Laser Radial.

U.S. Sailing Youth Sailing Championship, 8/1-4
Cabrillo Beach YC, San Pedro, CA; Laser, Laser Radial, Club 420, 29er.

U.S. Junior Single, Doublehanded & Triplehanded Championship, 8/14-19
San Diego Association of Yacht Clubs, San Diego, CA;
Laser, Club 420, Lightning.

See www.ussailing.org for more info & events.

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