2017 Sailing School Was a Hit
The Lake City Yacht Club put on their annual Sailing School this past weekend, June 17 & 18. Twenty new sailors took part in the two day event this year, ages ranging from 11 – 70.
The students enjoyed almost perfect weather to begin their journey to becoming sailors. Saturday was warm, with light winds, perfect for setting out on a sunfish sailboat for the first time. Sunday was cooler, but with exciting winds to test their new-found skills.
As always, the sailing school starts out with about two hours of classroom training, going over such things as water safety, sailing knots, points of sail and other topics necessary to begin sailing. After that the students and instructors move to the beach where they learn how to rig their sunfish. With their boats rigged, its time to shove off and sail away from the shore with their personal instructor onboard.
Many of the new sailors said they had a great time and couldn’t wait to try their hand at sailing on their own.
Lake City Sailing School Now Offering Classes For Ages 7 and Up
For the first time the Lake City Sailing School will now be open to kids ages 7 and up. We felt that it is extremely important for kids to get involved with sailing much earlier than the previous minimum age of 16. We encourage parents to join their kids in participating in this opportunity and enroll in the classes together.
This is a great opportunity for kids to see what sailing is all about!
Dates Set For 2017 Lake City Sailing School
The dates for this years sailing school will be June 17th and 18th.
The course will again be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day at the Lake City Beach-Ohuta Park.
LCYC Sailing School June 17-18, 2016
The Sailing School uses Sunfish boats as their primary boat of instruction. The responsiveness of the boats, together with their easily understandable rigging, provide an excellent learning platform for the beginning sailor. They have also, however, in the past been able to give some of our more advanced students opportunities to sail on some of our larger keel boats. Don’t worry if some of the terminology seems foreign, you will learn all of this in class.