Juniors

US Sailing’s REACH is looking to do their part to engage students enrolled at schools and youth programs in hands-on learning opportunities in natural environments, while challenging students to reach higher for academic results.

Competing at the top level, in any class, requires countless hours of practice and preparation.

Justin Smith of Muttontown, NY sailed his Optimist from Stamford, CT to Oyster Bay, NY. to raise funds for a bioextraction project to help restore the Long Island Sound ecosystem.

Sailing is a great lifelong sport that encompasses a range of ages, abilities, and degrees of seriousness, and one aspect that’s vital to keeping the sport going is sportsmanship.

Racing has it’s rewards, and in this race it was a custom Pro Race McLaughlin Optimist with a very cool design on the stern!

When done right, training can be highly effective and FUN! With a concrete goal in mind, the most important step to quality training is to have a plan. Once on the water, constant review and repetition is key. Afterwards, revisit and discuss so that improvements made can be put into effect at your next regatta.

At a high level of sailing, downwind legs are often where the biggest gains and losses are realized.

Larry White Junior Regatta is part of US Sailing’s Junior Olympic Sailing Festival. An instrumental advocate and contributor to junior sailing, Larry White is responsible for the growth of high school sailing throughout the USA.

The Noroton Yacht Club Junior Sailing instructors worked with Post 53 of the Darien Emergency Medical Services to conduct a simulation of our Emergency Action Plan (EAP).

Whether you’re just getting started in high school sailing or are looking to compete on the top levels, you will find that good tacks are essential to success. Let’s look at the mechanics of a good roll tack in the 420 and Flying Junior and some drills you can do to practice your tacks.