The SAYC Sailing Center Beginner Learn to Sail clinic is taught on the J/24 keelboat, pictured above, and 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

Breakdown of the day is as follows:

1.     1.5 hours of on-land instruction 

2.     30 minute hands-on rigging demonstration

3.     3 hour on-water session – boat handling, sailing upwind and downwind,       mooring, docking, and basic knot tying

4.     1 hour de-rigging, cleaning, and classroom debrief

Please bring your PFD (we have loaners if you do not), closed-toe shoes, sunscreen, a water bottle and lunch/snacks. Optional items include sunglasses, hats, towel, and a change of clothes.

*All participants must have a yearly Electronic Waiver on file before clinic begins.