Past Events › Seminars & Boating Safety Classes

Presented by America’s Boating Club of Greenwich, this course starts with basic boat designs, rigging & sail types, then explains the forces that make a sailboat sail and the physics of sailing. Other chapters cover in-depth techniques including rig tuning, sailing upwind & downwind, helmsmanship, spinnaker handling, heavy seas sailing & storms, docking, anchoring, mooring, knots & navigation. An optional section on racing is available.

Completion of this 8-hour class, presented by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 24-3, satisfies the Connecticut licensing requirements for a Safe Boating Certificate and PWC Certificate. Family participation is encouraged. 8am; Flotilla 24-3 Training Center, Milford, CT; 860-663-5505; [email protected]; cgaux.org *All students will need to get a State of CT Conservation ID number before taking the course. Visit ct.outdoorcentral.net/InternetSales/Sales to register for a free ID number.

Instructed by local judge Eric Johnson, this event is for people who are interested in initial certification as a US Sailing Club Judge. Topics include deriving facts from testimony, managing hearings properly, applying applicable rules and arriving at conclusions, and a decision. A test & debrief will be conducted at the end of the day. $75 fee includes all seminar materials, continental breakfast, lunch & snacks throughout the day (Bring your own copy of The Racing Rules of Sailing).…

Approved by NASBLA and CT DEEP and recognized by the USCG, this course exceeds the minimum requirements for the certification to operate a boat in the State of Connecticut, and includes Personal Watercraft and Water Skiing endorsement. Receive a 10% discount toward your next Landfall purchase, upon course completion.  Restrictions apply.

Led by Todd Berman, this North U workshop covers the fundamentals of upwind performance, plus advanced techniques that balance angle of attack, sail depth, and twist in both the main and jib in order to optimize speed and pointing in all conditions. For more information, contact [email protected].

Ideal for club race officers, this course covers organizing an event, regatta safety, writing the notice of race and sailing instructions, RC equipment, race committee preparations, setting the starting line, setting the course, starting, finishing and scoring.

This new Blue Water Sailing Club program, fully sanctioned by US Sailing and entitled “Bluewater Sailing: Safety and Fun Offshore,” emphasizes hands-on experiences in fire management, emergency signaling & communications and offshore crisis management, along with advanced training in storm management, unexpected damage to the vessel, and evacuation procedures. This event is highly recommended for skippers and crews planning to participate in the Marion Bermuda Race.