Juniors

Our friends at the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA) are thrilled to announce the formation and launch of Ocean Advocates @ JSAofLIS, an interdisciplinary team of climate stewards leading the charge to reduce our collective environmental impact. The team is open to anyone within the JSA – sailors, instructors, parents, sailing directors, and more. Ocean Advocates @ JSAofLIS is formed in collaboration with Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana and is adapted from…

In an effort to bring ocean-based experiential learning to students and families at home, our friends at the New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) in Stonington, Connecticut, in partnership with Educational Passages (EP) and the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), are sponsoring the second annual virtual Recycle Regatta!  Participating K-12 students will design and engineer a sailboat out of common recycled materials. Students will test their boats and calculate nautical speed using mathematical applications….

Photos by Rick Bannerot  © OntheFlyPhoto.net Our friends at Stamford Yacht Club in Stamford, Connecticut hosted the 53rd Annual Regatta for the Dorade Trophy, a Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound big boat event, on Monday August 10. The Stamford YC race committee, led by PRO Ray Redniss, was only able to run a single race in the very light breeze, but the young sailors on six boats (two J/109s, a J/111, a J/105, an X322…

Our friends at the New England Science & Sailing Foundation inn Stonington, Connecticut have announced their annual drawing contest for the 2020 “Long Island Sound & Its Watershed: What It Means to Me” Calendar. The contest is open to all Connecticut students currently in Grades K-6. This calendar contest is sponsored by Dominion Energy and supported by Barbara Petersen Parker (Center for Art and Earth Inc.), Trina Barrett (Mystic Aquarium), William Sullivan (Riverfront Recapture), Diana Payne (CT Sea Grant),…

By Daniela Clark Editor’s note: One of the best things you can do for your children is sign them up for sailing lessons. Daniela Clark, former Operations Manager at Longshore Sailing School in Westport, Connecticut, a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Master and the co-owner of PhotoBoat.com and BoatTalent.com, outlines the important life lessons that children learn while they’re having fun on the water. This article was previously published as “5 Reasons Your Kids Should Sail” and “5…

US Sailing has released details of the athlete selection system for the 2020 Youth Sailing World Championships, to be held in Salvador, Brazil in December 2020. Age Eligibility: All prospective athletes shall be under the age of 19 years on December 31, 2020 (born after December 31, 2001). Equipment: The USA qualification events to the Youth Worlds will be conducted with the equipment (sailboat classes) listed below. Boys’ One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial Girls’ One Person…

BEACH HAVEN, N.J. (June 25, 2019) – After four days packed with racing on Little Egg Harbor, the 2019 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship winners have been decided. Several sailors set the tone early to lead their fleets from the first race. Brothers, Justin and Mitchell Callahan (Miami, Fla.) dominated the I420 fleet all week. The pair finished first in eight of eleven races, and only finished one race outside the top three. In the 29er fleet, Hayden Earl (Boston,…

Bristol, R.I., May 28, 2019 – US Sailing today announced that New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup, will send sailing team members to coach competitors during the 2019 U.S. Youth Sailing Championships on June 21-25, 2019 at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club in Beach Haven, New Jersey. American Magic was formed in 2017 to win the America’s Cup, the highest prize in sailing and the oldest trophy in international sports. The premier annual…

The Women’s Sailing Foundation (WSF) is accepting applications for the Sue Corl Youth Sailing Scholarship for 2019.  The scholarship for underserved teenage girls was established in 2015 in memory of Sue Corl of Marblehead, Massachusetts, a board member and a tireless advocate for WSF programs. The $500 scholarship is offered annually to underserved girls between the ages of 14 and 19. The opportunities to which the scholarship may be applied include, but are not limited to, enrollment in Ÿ…

The Young American Sailing Academy (YASA) is offering junior sailors of Western Long Island Sound two levels of enhanced opportunities for big boat sailing. The YASA offering is designed to complement existing programs at yacht clubs and sailing organizations. Day-Race and Short Distance – Level 100 (ages 14-18) This is the where juniors are given the “keys” and their independence, supported by focused adult coaching. This level is primarily focused on high school-aged sailors looking to build…