Register now for the Western Carolina Sailing Club 2007 Junior Sailing/Racing camp. This year’s four-day camp will be held July 7-8 and 14-15 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. each day with a covered dish dinner on Sunday, July 15, at 5:00 p.m. for parents and juniors. Advanced racing class (if there are enough registrations) will be a nine-day camp from July 7-15 . The camp is open to anyone between the ages of 8 and 18.

Within the camp, there are four classes for which to chose.

1. Beginning Sailing. Students of any age may attend Beginning Sailing. This class, taught in Sunfish and OPTI’s (bring your own Opti), is geared to teach the basics of dinghy rigging, sailing, safety, wind weather, knots, docking, starting, stopping etc. Students must attend this class for a minimum of two years prior to attending any of the other three classes. Class is from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. each of four days.
2. Recreational Sailing. This class is for the student who enjoys sailing but is not inclined to racing. Students will be exposed to and have the opportunity to practice skills in a variety of boats - catamarans, keel boats, and day sailors. This class will teach the basic skills students need to be a safe recreational sailor and still have a lot of fun. These skills include sailing etiquette, right of way rules, anchoring, docking, steering with a wheel and a tiller, good sail trim, operating a motor, power boat operation, preparing for storms. Class is from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each of four days.
3. Racing. This class is for those students who are interested in learning the basics of dinghy racing. They must be in at least their third etermined by the instructors. Students will learn race rigging, starting line techniques, rules, race course types, mark rounding tactics and much more. Class is from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each of four days.year of attendance, or have skipper experience, or have mastered intermediate sailing skills as determined by the instructors. Students will learn race rigging, starting line techniques, rules, race course types, mark rounding tactics and much more. Class is from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each of four days.
4. Advanced Racing and Tactics. This class is for the serious racing students who have attended the beginning racing class for 1-2 years and who have mastered the skills of beginning racing as determined by the instructors and exhibit mastered boat handling skills. This class will also include spinnaker and trapeze work, and advanced racing tactics. This may be a nine-day program if there is sufficient interest. In that case parents need to provide one night’s supervision including meal and activity. Instructors are responsible for supervision from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. only. The per- student fee for the four-day program is $50 for club members and $175 for non-members. This fee includes four days of instruction, four lunches, eight snacks, t-shirt and a certificate. If you are a new student you will also need to purchase a $10 Start Sailing Right book. The per-student fee for the nine day Advanced Racing class is $175 for club members. This fee includes instruction, lunches for nine days, snacks for nine days, dinner for six days, a t-shirt and a certificate.