LEARN HOW TO SAIL @ SAYCSC!

  

The SAYC Sailing Center intermediate Learn to Sail clinic consists of a six-hour day filled with classroom review, rigging review, a long water session, de-rigging and de-brief. In this intermediate clinic you will learn these skills on the Hobie Wave sailboats pictured above:

Safety Position

Sail trim efficiency

Tacking & Gybing proficiency

Basic docking 

Rules of the Road

Knot tying review

Intermediate clinic includes SAYC member checkout! Those combining this as a checkout will depart the beach solo, dock boat solo, perform multiple tacks and gybes, sail into and out of safety position, and beach the boat solo. 

Breakdown of the day is as follows:

1.     1 hour of on-land instruction, including rigging boats for launching

2.     30 minute lunch break w/ Q&A (focus on docking discussion)

3.     3.5 hour on-water session – boat handling, sailing upwind and downwind, docking, safety position, and more

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.