Welcome to the Summer 2010 Season! The CYC junior sailing program provides a safe and fun environment where youth sailors of all ages and abilities can improve their sailing skills, while learning respect for their fellow sailors, boats and the water. Sportsmanship and respect are the utmost importance, and it is the instructors’ responsibility to engender these qualities among the sailors.
The 2010 Jr. Sailing Program will have two 4 week sessions. The dates are as follows:
Session 1 - June 21-July 16
Session 2 - July 19 - August 13
Registration is still open. Due to the size of our program, the number of classes, and the number of instructors needed, it is important to have accurate enrollment numbers by April 1st so that we can make adjustments in staffing and equipment if necessary. So, April 1st was the registration deadline for on-time registration. After April 1st, we are still accepting registrations, but there is a $50 late fee.
Please mail registration information to:
Conanicut Yacht Club
PO Box 257
Jamestown, R.I. 02835
Additionally, there will be a sailing fitness class for kids offered twice a week after the program from 4:30-5:15. Check below for information and to sign up.
Important dates:
June 18 - Meet the Parents, 5:30-7:30
June 19 - Safe Boating all day seminar for those born after January 1, 1986
July 2 - Green fleet-only clinic and regatta at CYC, all day
July 16th - Session 1 awards, 12 p.m.
July 25-26 - NBYA Girls clinic and regatta
August 13-15th - NBYA Jr. Race Week at Ft. Getty, hosted by CYC
Make-up classes:
Those who will be missing the first few days of Jr. sailing classes due to school still being in session can attend make-up classes. Racing classes will make-up 1 class - Saturday the 26th of June from 9-4. All other classes will be accommodated on the following dates and times:
Tuesday June 22nd, 4 - 7
Friday June 25th, 4 - 7
*Saturday June 26 9-12.
*Racing classes will have class from 9-4 - sailors will practice while sailing their boats to Saunderstown YC - we will need parental volunteers.
Please contact Meg to let her know what make-up sessions your child will be attending. Mgaillard@aol.com
Any questions, please contact Meg Myles: Mgaillard@aol.com
February 2010
Dear Sailors and Families,
Welcome to CYC for the Summer of 2010. We anticipate a wonderful sailing experience for all of our junior sailors. We have a few changes from previous years, so please read the various class descriptions pdf and review the updated class schedules.
New Registration Policy In order for the Junior Sailing Committee to better plan we are adopting an early registration policy.
1) Registration begins February 1st
2) Registatrations are due on or before April 1st. After April 1st, there is a $50 late fee.
3) CYC member families and any non-member families who participated in the 2009 program will be confirmed as their registrations are received.
4) After April 1st CYC will open up any unreserved spots to non-member families.
5) Full payment due with registration.
6) A medical release fom must be submitted with registration.
Important Dates
• Friday June 18th- Meet the Instructors - 5-7 pm
• Monday June 21st - Session I begins
• Friday July 16th CYC Session I Awards, Non-Racing Sailors only - 4:30 pm
• Monday July 19th - Session II begins
• Tuesday August 13th through Thursday, August 15th - NBYA Race Week at Ft. Getty, hosted by CYC
• Friday, August 13th 5:00pm - Annual CYC Junior Sailing awards
Junior Sailors whose families are not regular CYC members will be required to pay $75.00 per session or $150 for the season for a "Limited Junior Sailing" membership. This limited membership entitles junior sailors to participate in CYC Junior Sailing activities.
All families are requested to include an e-mail address on the registration form so we can contact you with any changes or additions during the season.
We would also like to take this time to introduce our Junior Sailing Program Director, Meg Myles. Meg is new to the program, so please contact her with any questions or concerns. Mgaillard@aol.com
Thank you,
Meg Myles & Cory Sertl
Jr. Sailing Program Director & CYC Jr. Sailing Program
Meet our instructors for Summer 2010 season! Links to bios and photos below.
Meg Myles is the Jr. Sailing Program Director.
Adele will be returning this summer teaching the beginner and intermediate classes. Adele is a wonderful instructor, whom we are fortunate to have back.
Max is new to CYC. He is just finishing his freshman year at Tufts University, where he is a member of the sailing team.
Eleanor (El) Lawson will again teach at CYC this summer. Eleanor Lawson grew up sailing with her parents and grandparents in Duxbury, MA. She started a sailing team at her high school Nobles, and then took a gap year between high school and college to train for her Yachtmaster certification in Australia. El went on to crew on the Connecticut College sailing team, and graduated with a BA in Architectural Studies in 2009. El enjoys sailing both big and little boats. She has raced in seven Bermuda races, and sailed a Trans-Atlantic in 2008. While El enjoys the excitement of racing, her true passion lies in cruising for fun and exploring new places.
More information soon...
Mike Marshall is a junior at
Connecticut College and the 420 and Laser Racing Coach. This is his third
summer coaching at CYC. He learned to sail at CYC in Optimists when he was 8
years old and began racing the following season. At age 12, he competed in the
Opti fleet-racing and team-racing Nationals and qualified for the U.S. National
Team trials. The next summer he began skippering Lasers, 420s, and J/22s, all
of which he still races today. In J/22s he has won the CYC Fleet 12 summer
series four times. In Lasers, he won the New England Junior Single-Handed
Championship twice and competed twice in the National Junior Single-Handed
Championship. At Connecticut College he is currently co-captain of the varsity
sailing team. He skippers in single-handed, double-handed, and triple-handed
regattas, which has included winning the inter-collegiate New England Sloop
Championship and competing in the ICSA National Sloop Championship.
Emily Gowell will again instruct at CYC this summer.
Nick Johnstone started sailing at age 6 at the Ida Lewis Yacht Club. By age 10, he started racing optimists competitively at local regattas. He sought out a higher level of competition and started racing at more national level regattas. He kept improving steadily and with the help of a lot of top level coaching through the FAST Sailing Foundation, various clinics, and switching to sailing at Conanicut Yacht Club. He won Optimist Midwinters in 2005, got 6th place at ACC's in 2005, placed 5th at Nationals in 2006, and 5th at Team Trials in 2006. He competed in two Optimist South American Championships, 2 Optimist North American Championships, and one World Championship. He did the 29er circuit for a year and finished 9th at the 2007 North Americans. He then went on to sail 420's and placed 5th at 2008 North Americans, 8th at 2008 Orange Bowl, and 1st place at the 2009 Nationals held at Conanicut Yacht club. He currently attends Tabor Academy and is going into his senior year.
Matthew Gowell will return to CYC this summer Instructor. Matt is extremely talented, competent and a solid teacher. We are thrilled to have him back!
Matt is 17 and graduating high school in June. He has been sailing since he was a baby and racing since age nine. He first raced Optimists, then Lasers mainly. Last fall he was able to finish 3rd in the High School Singlehanded nationals for standard rig sailors. He also has experience in 420's, FJ's, and some larger keelboats. Sailing is his passion and he hopes to continue racing in college.
Alice Toll will return this summer to instruct beginners and intermediates. Additionally, Alice will help run the program. She is highly organized, smart, capable and a solid instructor.
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