DCYC Youth Sailing is open in 2023 to Members, invited
guests, and some referrals. We welcome your age-appropriate child or grandchild
to participate in DCYC Youth Sailing activities in 2023. Suggested ages are
8-13 with reasonable exceptions optimistically considered. No experience
necessary. Child’s body-size is an important factor in determining suitability for
operation of DCYC’s kid-friendly sailboats. All participants must swim well enough
to meet DCYC’s basic swim skills assessment. (See link to swim details brochure.)
DCYC continues to grow and improve its Youth Sailing Program. Over the past
year or so we have added five new Optimist sailboats and four new RS Tera
sailboats to our existing fleet. For 2023 we expect to have ten Optimists, four RS Tera,
and one O’pen Skiff [Bic]. Youth Sailing is grateful to Dallas Corinthian Education Foundation (DCEF) and to DCYC for the generous financial support that makes boats & boat equipment acquisition possible.
Send Coach an email to make an enrollment/reservation or be added to a Waitlist. On-line registration not required. email Coach: kw1720cc@gmail.com
Summer Camps & Sailing Class Will Sell Out!
Availability as of March 27, 2023, is:
Spring Saturday Classes: [Waitlist Open]
Summer Sailing Camp # 1: [Waitlist Open]
Summer Sailing Camp # 2: One Opening
Once an event is sold-out send an email to Coach at kw1720cc@gmail.com to be added to a waitlist.
Schedule for 2023 Youth Summer Sailing Camps:
Camp # 1
Monday June 5 to Friday June 9, 2023, 0900-1600 daily
Camp # 2 Mon. June 12 to Friday June 16, 2023, 0900-1600 daily
Payment not due until first day of the respective program
event. Please bring a check payable to DCYC along with the completed
registration/release paperwork to first day of camp and/or sailing class.
Please no cash, credit cards or club billing (chits), thank you for
supporting DCYC Youth Sailing.
Summer Sailing Camp Brochure Link
Send Coach an email to make reservation or be added to a Waitlist. On-line
registration not required. email Coach: kw1720cc@gmail.com
Spring Saturday Sailing Classes begin April 29, 2023.
Youth Sailing will conduct a series of Spring, Saturday basic sailing skills classes. This program will introduce a beginner sailor to the wonders of sailing. It will also afford the experienced or lightly experienced sailor an opportunity to continue his/her sailing development.
Dates are Saturday April 29, 2023, May 6, May 13
(and a group make-up day [if necessary] reserved for May 20, 2023).
Session times: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. No experience required. Yet, we welcome
and encourage children with experience to also participate in this sailing
program. Class size is limited. Classes will be sailed in our Optimist
prams and RS Tera sailboats.
Expert dinghy sailor and experienced youth coach Matt H. is a core volunteer member of the 2023 Youth Sailing Program at DCYC. Some DCYC Members are part-time volunteers; youth camp/class counsellors, under the supervision of the Principal Youth Coach, provide guidance, instruction, and safety monitoring during our youth sailing programs.
Coach Ed is a retired person who has been a DCYC Youth Sailing Volunteer for many years; he's a life-long sailor and enjoys teaching sailing to kids. Coach may be reached at: kw1720cc@gmail.com.
Parents and/or grandparents are welcome to stay and help or just observe during any of our youth sailing programs.
2023 Fall Regatta Prep and Intermediate racing skills classes are typically held on Saturday mornings during September & October to enhance our youth sailing program sailors’ racing skills. This class is by invitation to those children who have demonstrated reasonable sailing skills and plan to compete in the Pirates of the Corinthian Regatta.
The Youth Sailing Coach will help parents decide when a child is ready to enter a regatta and participate in these fall classes. The Classes are taught in Optimist class sailboats and/or RS Tera sailboats. DCYC had six youth sailors compete in the 2022 Pirates Regatta in October 2022. Three children were first timers. All six of the sailors' sailing skills were developed through participation in DCYC Youth Sailing Programs.
Fall Regatta Prep & Racing Classes Brochure Link
Youth Sailing Stuff to Consider:
Safety of each child & each DCYC staff is top priority.
The DCYC Youth Sailing Program focuses on developing or improving basic sailing skills which are taught in smaller kid-friendly sailboats - primarily the Optimist pram & the RS Tera. The young sailors will learn the basics of rigging and sailing in straight lines on and off the wind; capsize recovery; identifying points of sail, wind direction and sail trim.
Parents and Grandparents are welcome to stay and observe and/or help [with the boats and other things] during Sailing Camp and Sailing Class. We like having your interest/ involvement and you'll have a rewarding experience.
All participants must swim well enough to meet DCYC’s basic swim skills assessment, must wear a suitable helmet [such as a bike helmet] and a USCG approved PFD whilst sailing. A registration & release document will be provided for review and signing prior to each program event. Fees are due on the first day of a program payable by check to DCYC. Not cash, credit cards, or club chits (sorry).
Some older, larger- sized children
may not be suitable for the smaller youth sailing boats. The principal sailing
coach will help the parent decide and will make the final decision of
acceptance for camp/class.
The annual Pirates of the Corinthian Regatta sponsored by DCYC and under the auspices of the Texas Sailing
Association is a major youth sailing event and wildly popular with the kids and
parents and coaches. The 2023 event is October 14-15,2023.
Registration just for this event is via the Texas Sailing Association website.
TSA: txsail.org
The Optimist Green Fleet is a fine opportunity
for sailors with proven, basic sailing & boat handling skills to get some sailboat
racing experience. The Red, White, or Blue Fleets are for age-specified
experienced racers.
Let's get your child ready for Pirates Regatta 2023! Contact coach for details. Kids will need to be able to sail upwind, tacking crisply without getting stuck 'in irons'. This skill could be learned during our summer camps and sailing classes.
On the water safety is the top priority; care and proper use of boats and equipment is taught. Knot tying is demonstrated & practiced. Basic Sailing Rules-of-the-road are explained to beginner sailors.
We sail in our protected, spacious harbor and we sail out on the lake in moderate winds.
An important word to parents:
Seriously parents, if the child is
not really interested in learning
sailing basics, he/she should not
be sent to DCYC summer sailing
camp or sailing class. Disinterest causes many
problems for the child, DCYC
Youth Program, and its staff.