Offer your child the thrill of learning to sail!  Children, ages 8 -15, gain confidence around the water by learning safe sailing skills. Wearing lifejackets in 14' Sunfish sailboats, they learn to sail and have an all-around great time. The student-to-instructor ratio is 6:1 allowing the instructor to not only teach sailing skills but also insure the safety of your child. Instructors sail along side their group or sail together on the Flying Scots when the winds are strong.  The course covers rigging a Sunfish, knots used in rigging, the points of sail, navigational rules, right-of-way rules, man-overboard drills, capsizing and recovery (always the most fun!), as well as plenty of docking practice. On very light air days, students are taught how to safely paddle a canoe or kayak through the beautiful Dyke Marsh.