Adult Sailing Program
Interested in learning to sail? Busy schedule that won't permit a week or other extended period of time for classes? We can help. Schedule your class(es) with one on one instruction at mutually convenient times with various members of our club who have many years of sailboat racing experience. Your sailing training class(es) could be scheduled on any day or time, convenient to all and weather permitting.
Your classroom instruction will include vocabulary, theory, technique, racing rules, etc. This can be followed with on the water experience and more instruction.
We have four different classes of boats available for instruction: Interlake, Snipe, Laser, and Sunfish.
Sailing and racing sailboats, offers great fun for you and your family, and you can easily learn to do it!
Call or email one of our volunteer instructors and get started on a challenging and rewarding, learning experience. Let’s go sailing now…!
Darwin Steele – 330-633-3848 darwinsteele@att.net
Dick Hand - 330-745-6975 JRHand1@juno.com
Roger Ream - 330-836-0955 ream.roger@yahoo.com
A Sunfish on the lake
Youth Sailing Program
We are offering a youth sailing program. This program is a five day course in which students will be provided dry-land instruction and then taken onto the water where they will skipper their own boat! Students will be sailing club-provided Sunfish sailboats. Sunfish are small boats (a tad under 14 feet) very suitable for learning. By the end of the week all course participants will be able to sail a sunfish. During the course of the week we will be providing lunch. If your child has special dietary needs, please contact us to make arrangements. The course will be offered several times through the summer as interest dictates.
2006 Program Pictures and movies
General Registration Information
All sessions are for children 10 years old and older with beginner-to-intermediate level experience. The Program Director and Instructors will assess student ability and separate the students into beginner and intermediate groups according to skill level and ability. Beginner instruction will focus on water safety skills, rigging and derigging boats, nautical terms, knots, and elementary sailing skills. In the intermediate class, the emphasis will be on building the child's confidence in boathandling skills including "skippering" the boat, learning sail trim, learning the sailing and racing rules of the road.
Class size will be limited to students between the ages of 10 and 18. Registration is handled through Camp Y-Noah registraiton services which can be found at http://www.akronymca.org/CampYNoahDayCamp.aspx.
Life jackets will be worn at all times when on or near the water. There will be a swimming test given by the instructors on the first day of class. All children must know how to swim in deep water with and without a life jacket.
If you have questions you may contact Ellen Perdyn at 330.644.0516. The course will be run from our club house at 4528 Lahm Dr. Akron, Oh 44319.
Tips to getting the most out of our course
- Prompt arrival and pick up will be expected.
- Pay attention to the weather and send your child dressed accordingly. Current weather conditions can be checked here. Proper attire should include a swimsuit and closed toed shoes. Also, needed every day will be a towel, a change of clothes, a sweatshirt or light jacket, life jacket, hat and sunscreen. It is highly recommended that sunscreen be applied to all areas not covered by your child's bathing suit before he/she leaves home. Classes will be held indoors if necessary due to inclement weather.
- Tee shirts and certificates will be awarded to students who successfully complete the program. Indicate on the application sheet your child's size (adult sizes only).
- Please take a few minutes and practice tying the bowline knot and learning the boat parts described later on this page.
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Racing Team
We are exploring the possibility of forming a youth sail boat racing team. The team will learn how to race club owned sunfish. All junior sailors are invited to join the PLYC Junior Race Team. The only qualification to join the team is that you must pass our swim test and be able to sail around a triangular course without coaching. We expect to practice Sunday and possibly Saturday afternoons. For more details see our racing page.
Knots
Sailing requires that the sailor learn how to tie knots. Brian Toss has created an excellent reference which we recommend that you visit before starting our course. Minimally you should know how to tie a bowline.
Boat Parts
Sailing also requires that you learn the names of different parts of the boat. Knowing the right name for a sail line or other boat component can make the difference in keeping your boat upright.
