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Ventura Yacht Club is a full-service facility located on the west side of Ventura Harbor between the Ventura Harbor Village and Channel Islands National Park Headquarters. Ventura Yacht Club maintains a lively Juniors' Program. In addition to the summer camp programs and a race team, Juniors' Sundays are offered monthly to all junior members.
The summer sailing programs offer a safe, educational, and fun environment. We want the kids to learn, and have a great
time while doing so. Learning sailing skills is supplemented with fun activities such as sailing to the beach or park, having
picnics, going on treasure hunts, playing boat-sponge tag, and having relay team competitions.
The goal of the program is to
promote good overall seamanship through learning racing and sailing skills, water safety, and the Corinthian spirit,
and to have a great time while doing so. While having fun, the kids will learn a wonderful sport that they can participate
in for the rest of their lives. VYC maintains a quality fleet of Optimists, Sabots, Lazers, and FJs. All classes are taught
by US Sailing certified instructors.
The summer classes have an average instructor-to-student ratio
of 6:1, so the students receive the highest degree of attention and tailoring to their specific needs. The head instructors
are US Sailing Certified, and are able to certify students through US Sailing. The program emphasizes a fun and
safe learning environment. The goals of the instructors are to offer kids a safe class that is a fun, unique, and exciting
way to spend time on the water, while teaching the students good sailing techniques and skills.
For details and information on the Youth Sailing Program, click the following link: Sign-up/ info. ..
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Saturday, May 22, 2010 Misc Info Summer is just around the corner and we have lots of great things going
on. Our Sail Team has been practicing and going to regattas. Last month we had a great time sailing and camping up at Lake
Piru. Our June Sunday “Funday” is on the 13th. Session one of our summer camp starts on Monday June
21st Sessions are filling up please try and sign-up early if you can (i.e. don’t wait until the last minute).
Also our Little Wet Wednesdays will begin in June. Please read the following;
1:13 pm pdtThe Youth Sailing Program is looking for anyone interested in participating in the Youth Wet Wednesday Series. This will begin on June 23 and will continue every Wednesday until August 18th. We will be racing Opti's and FJ's. Boats need to be rigged and ready to leave the dock by 5:30. Races will run until 7:00. We are encouraging all participants to stay afterwards and enjoy dinner at the club that evening.
If you are interested, please contact Elke Fedde, 320-1218 to reserve your boat. The cost for this series is $90.00 and the racer must be a Junior VYC Member. If you are sailing a FJ, please arrange for your own crew. Remember, all sailors must wear close toed shoes and have a PFD. We welcome other youth sailors from other Yacht Clubs too! Come join the fun! Again we are adding an FJ class this year so please let us knows if you are interested in racing one of the club boats. Thanks Scott Nordeng Friday, May 7, 2010 Opti News from around the world including California?Excerpt from today’s Scuttlebutt . . . * From Doug Weitz: PS – More Opti News . . . To quote Russell Coutts from yesterday’s America’s Cup 34 press conference . . . “I mean, imagine the situation you had in the past, where you had an America’s Cup race, the premiere event in the sport, and the racing was called off because there was too much wind. A crazy situation where Optimist sailors were racing ashore, but the America’s Cup racing was called off for the day. We can’t afford to have that in the modern era . . . “ I guess this means the AC boats won’t be racing at the Gorge in August!! Steve |
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