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Sailing Education at PPYC
Basic Sailing Course
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The Basic Sailing Course
for 2012 starts on April 16 and continues through September. The
course consists of six classes. The first class is 9:00 a.m. on April
16. You must be registered for the course and be a current PPYC
member at the Associate level at least.
The course overview, syllabus, application form, and waiver & release
form are below.
For more information contact
the
PPYC Sailing
Director.
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PPYC offers its members an introduction to sailing in a
brief, practical, step-by-step course that includes: (1) personal reading of
a designated text book (Basic Keelboat published by the US SAILING), (2) classroom instruction, and (3) on the water instruction.
While designed for the novice, club members who want to brush up on the
basics of sailing are also welcome to participate. One goal of this course
is to help equip participants with the knowledge and experience necessary to
qualify for use of one of the club boats (passing a check-out ride with a
designated skipper and payment of full membership dues and fee for club boat
privilege will still be required). Also, this course should prove helpful
for those who desire to take future training through a certified sailing
school.
The course of instruction includes six blocks of study, each of which is at
least two hours long. Experienced PPYC skippers will serve as instructors.
Some instructors may provide six sequential blocks while others may
“specialize” in one or more blocks of study. Due to the fact that most of
the instruction will occur on the water, no more than four students will be
allowed in any one instruction block, but blocks may run simultaneously as
need and instructor availability warrants. Additional instruction segments
may be offered from time to time on boating safety, first aid, race rules,
race starts, and how to rig and set a spinnaker.
Classes usually begin in mid-April. Students are assigned as their
available times for instruction match those of an instructor. Every effort
will be made to get all applicants in a course during the season which lasts
through September (and in some cases into October). Further information can
be found using the links below.
Membership in PPYC is required to participate in the Basic Sailing
Course. If you are not yet a member, you can
apply for membership.
Basic Sailing
Course Overview
Course Syllabus
Course
Application
Waiver and
Release Agreement
For more information contact
the
PPYC Sailing
Director.
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