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Dinghy Championship Series 2025 registration is now open!
Please use this event to register and pay for the DCS season.
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DINGHY RACING TIME @ SAYCSC!
Please use this event to register for the 420 or RS Aero class Summer WNR one design series.
Summer WNR one design series consists of 5 race nights, with provided Race Committee/safety boat each night.
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions
2025 Waiver
LEARN HOW TO SAIL @ SAYCSC!
The SAYC Sailing Center intermediate Learn to Sail clinic consists of a six-hour day filled with classroom lessons, rigging demonstrations, land drills, a long water session, de-rigging and de-brief. In this intermediate clinic you will learn these skills:
-Parts of the Boat review
-Points of Sail + Sail Trim review
*focus on upwind sailing efficiency and reading telltales
-Tacking & Gybing review
*focus on downwind sailing efficiency and performing controlled gybes
-Docking instruction and practice
-PIW rescue instruction and practice
-Rigging and De-rigging
-Rules of the Road
-Basic Knot Tying
Intermediate clinic will be taught on the Hobie catamaran sailboat, pictured below:
Breakdown of the day is as follows:
1. 1.5 hours of on-land instruction, including rigging demonstration
2. 30 minute lunch break w/ Q&A
3. 3 hour on-water session – boat handling, sailing upwind and downwind, docking, PIW and safety position
4. 1 hour de-rigging & de-brief
Please bring your PFD (we have loaners if you do not), closed-toe shoes, sunscreen, and water bottle. Optional items include hats, towel, and a change of clothes. Lunch available for purchase at SAYC, lunch orders placed at start of clinic.
*Please read and sign our Liability Waiver here, and bring with you on the day of.
Intermediate clinic will be taught on the Flying Scot sailboat, pictured below:
The SAYC Sailing Center beginner Learn to Sail clinic consists of a six-hour day filled with classroom lessons, rigging demonstrations, land drills, a long water session, de-rigging and de-brief. In this beginner clinic you will learn these skills:
Parts of the Boat
Points of Sail + Sail Trim
Tacking & Gybing
Rigging and De-rigging
Rules of the Road
Basic Knot Tying
Beginner clinic will be taught on the Hobie Catamaran sailboat, pictured below:
3. 3 hour on-water session – boat handling, sailing upwind and downwind, beaching, safety position, and more
Fall 2025 Sail Team Try-Outs
Sail Team Try-Outs are mandatory for all those who wish to join the SAYCSC Sail Team program. All new sailors and transitioning sailors are required to attend both days.
Try-Outs will be lead by SAYCSC Sail Team coaching staff, with team and placement announced/parents notified on Friday, September 5th. Please use this event to register.
We will be hosting a Sail Team informational parent meeting on Tuesday, August 5th from 5:30-7:00pm. We will discuss schedules, travel, parental involvement and commitment, and sailor experience and commitment. All those interested and who plan to attend try-outs are highly encouraged to attend. Being a member of the SAYCSC Sail Team is equally as rewarding as it is challenging, and we want to make sure each family is a good fit for our program and be able to help you make the decision to try out and become a part of our race team family.
SAYCSC RB Hunt After School Program Information
The RB Hunt After School program is open to students of RB Hunt only. We have two RB Hunt groups this fall, 1st-2nd graders and 3rd-5th graders. Our afterschool program consists of one day per week on Monday afternoons, for four consecutive weeks. We will pick your child up from RB Hunt at dismissal and walk them over to SAYC. From 2:45pm - 6:00pm your child will be in our care exploring the Salt Run waterway. Your child will participate in scavenger hunts, sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and more. Sailing is conducted on the Hobie Wave and Flying Scot sailboats. Students may also kayak and paddleboard during their sessions. Pick up will be at SAYC and children need to have a bag packed with closed toe and closed heel water shoes, swimsuit, towel, reusable water bottle and sunscreen, and a change of clothes. Optional items include hat and sunglasses, and outerwear for cooler weather days. Registration cost includes an afterschool snack. Students commit to 4 weeks, Monday afternoon sessions only.
In the event of foul weather, your child will remain under our large, covered deck taking part in STEAM activities until 6:30pm pick up time. Activities include boat building, burgee making, and many other sailing related educational activities.
After school program Handbook emailed upon registration. Waiver required.
Registering for Fall Session #1 includes the four consecutive Mondays: 9/8, 9/15, 9/22 and 9/29.
Fall Session 2 Registration Link
We also offer a Little Skippers after school program for ages 6-7, open to children of all schools. If your child is 8 or older and attends a different school, you can register them for our Adventure Sailing after school program.
SAYCSC Little Skippers After School Program Information
Little Skippers after school program is designed for 6-7-year-olds with or without water and sailing experience. Our curriculum is designed to introduce the basics of sailing and water safety and is instructed by adult US Sailing Certified instructors only. Little Skippers will experience sailing on the Hobie Getaway, Hobie Wave, Flying Scot and/or the Opti SailCube sailboats. Students may also use kayaks and paddleboards.
Explore Salt Run and beyond, and have fun sailing!
Registering for Fall Session #1 includes these four Mondays: 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, and 9/29.
Fall Session #2 Registration Link
We also offer a RB Hunt After School program for 1st-2nd and 3rd-5th graders only. If your child is 8-12 and attends a different school, you can register them for our Adventure Sailing after school program.
SAYCSC Adventure Sailing Program Information
Adventure Sailing is for those who to explore and enjoy the adventure of sailing, no previous knowledge required. Sailors commit to 4 weeks, Monday afternoon sessions only. Explore Salt Run and beyond, and have fun sailing on the Hobie Getaway, Flying Scot sailboats! Students may also adventure on kayaks and paddleboards. Ages 8-12 welcome. If your child is over the age of 12 and wants to participate, please contact Sailing Program Manager, Forest Brewer.
In the event of foul weather, your child will remain under our large, covered deck taking part in STEAM activities until 7:30pm pick up time. Activities include boat building, burgee making, and many other sailing related educational activities.
Registering for Fall Session #1 includes these four Mondays: 9/8, 9/15, 9/22 and 9/29.
We also offer a Little Skippers after school program for ages 6-7, open to children of all schools. If your child is in 1st-2nd or 3rd-5th grade at RB Hunt Elementary School, you can register them for our RB Hunt After School program.
Registering for Fall Session #2 includes the four consecutive Mondays: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20 and 10/27.
Fall Session 1 Registration Link
Registering for Fall Session #2 includes these four Mondays: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, and 10/27.
Fall Session #1 Registration Link
Adventure Sailing is for those who to explore and enjoy the adventure of sailing, no previous knowledge required. Sailors commit to 4 weeks, Monday afternoon sessions only. Explore Salt Run and beyond, and have fun sailing on the Hobie Getaway, Flying Scot sailboats! Students may also adventure on kayaks and paddleboards. Ages 8-12 welcome. If your child is over the age of 12 and wants to participate, please contact Forest Brewer, Sailing Program Manager
Registering for Fall Session #2 includes these four Mondays: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20 and 10/27.
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