C420 BEGINNER (ages 13-18) — No experience required! Over two weeks each sailor
works with a teammate to captain and crew a Club 420 sailboat (weekends off). This course is designed for those junior sailors who want to experience sailing a double-handed boat.
The benefits of beginner 420 sailing are to ensure safety on and off the water, build confidence, learning respect for your peers and the environment, sportsmanship and developing an understanding for how double-handed boats operate and learning to work as part of a team.
Goals of this course are to learn basic 420 sailing knowledge: safety, parts of the boats, rigging/derigging, capsize/recovery, knots/lines, points of sail, casting off/landing, tacking and jibing, upwind/downwind sailing, skipper and crew positions, introduction to racecourses, teamwork, and of course having fun!
Cost: $450/sailor
Sailors MUST be able to swim 50 yards. A swim test will be giving the first day.
Sailors need to arrive each day prepared to sail! We require each sailor to bring:
· Refillable Water Bottle
· Snack (No refrigeration is available on site)
· U.S. Coast Guard Approved Type III Life Jacket (Personal Flotation Device) with whistle attached
· Closed-Toe Shoes to be worn at all times!! (No Crocs or Flip-Flops allowed on land or on water)
· Sunscreen
Call Executive Director Yvonne Watson at 941.468.1719 OR director@veniceyouthboating.com for more information.
