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» Junior Sailing Program
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NC
Maritime Museum
252-728-7317
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or Email:
lori.duppstadt@ncdcr.gov
Junior
Sailing Program
The Junior Sailing Program, supported by the Friends of the Museum, is available to children and youth ages 8 to 15. The program teaches sailing techniques, boating safety, navigation and seamanship, to beginning and intermediate sailors. Students sail International Optimist Dinghies, Sunfish, or Flying Juniors during the two-week sessions and final Regatta Week. In addition, a unique Advanced One Design course is offered at the end of the season, offering participants the opportunity to sail a variety of different one design sailing dinghies. The
Junior Sailing Program uses the fun of sailing and the
competition of racing to teach rigging, sailing, seamanship,
navigational skills, and maritime traditions and history to
young sailors.
The program helps participants develop self-reliance, self-regulation, sportsmanship, knowledge and respect for the forces of nature while ensuring boating safety awareness. With a combination of classroom time and on-the-water time, the classes are designed to teach the basic skills of sailing to beginners and to help hone the skills of more advanced students.
Boating and water safety concerns are of utmost importance
and are taught and implemented in all of the JSP classes both in
the classroom and on the water.
International
Optimist Dinghy (IOD)
The IOD is recognized worldwide as the sail training and
competition boat for youth ages 8-15 and is the ideal craft for
teaching sailing, beginner to advanced. It is an 8' one-person
single sail dinghy used not only to teach basic sailing but also
advanced sailing and racing techniques. The Junior Sailing
Program uses fourteen IODs, all built and maintained by the
staff and volunteers of the N.C. Maritime Museum's Watercraft
Center. Maximum weight limit for the IOD for each student is
130 lbs.
Flying Junior
The Flying Junior is larger, has two sails (a jib and a
mainsail) and uses a two-person crew. The Flying Junior sessions
introduce students to this sloop-rigged two-person racing
dinghy. Each crew will learn to rig, launch and sail this fun
and fast day sailer. Racing fundamentals, tuning techniques and
proper boat handling will be covered.
Students wishing to participate in
the Flying Junior class must have sailing experience and
knowledge, preferably in at least one session of the Museum
Junior Sailing Program. Preferable weight is at least 100 lbs,
but instructors may make exceptions based on skill, knowledge
and pairing with a heavier student.
Sunfish (SF)
The Sunfish is 13 feet, 9 inches long and usually is sailed with a crew of one. It has a single, lateen rigged sail. Probably more (>500,000) Sunfish have been sold throughout the world than any other sailboat. Preferably students will have had at least one session in an Opti, although the Sunfish can be a starter boat for bigger kids. The program presently owns 4 Sunfish.
PARTICIPANTS IN ALL OF
THESE SESSIONS MUST:
- Be at least 8 years old when or before classes begin (NO EXCEPTIONS)
- Be able to successfully demonstrate his or her ability to swim
- Have parent complete and return the Student Medical and
Liability Release Forms
- Own or purchase a U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket (PFD)
Special Thanks to these
Program Sponsors:
- Opti hull - Beaufort Realty, Beaufort Yacht Club, Beaufort
Yacht Sales, Christmas Flotilla, Clawson's 1905 Restaurant,
Crystal Coast Business Supply, Dr. Wells, Flow Lexus, Glander
Marine, Nordic Pride, Scuttlebutt, Sound Bank, Beaufort Grocery,
Sailing Club of Oriental, Veneer Technology, Coastal Equipment
Rentals, Lookout Cruises, Dock House Restaurant
- Opti sail - Window Gang, Carpet Gang, Island Ferry Adventures,
Lookout Cruises
- FJ hull - Carteret Community Foundation, Pecan Tree Inn,
Guy C Lee, Island Traders
- FJ sail - Omar Sails, North Sails, Globe Kids, Flow Lexus
- Chase boats - Optimist Club, Gregory Poole
Junior Sailing Program
North Carolina Maritime Museum
315 Front Street
Beaufort, NC 28516-2124
For more information call:
(252) 728-7317 |
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