To register, please complete the Registration Form and deliver it along with your cheque for $400
per student made payable to Bahamas Sailing Association to Nassau Yacht Club located on
East Bay Street immediately west of Fort Montagu.
As well as sailing
skills, participants learn how to rig and de-rig their boats and the importance
of self-discipline, team work, respect for fellow competitors and decision
making.
$400 for a two week
session including lunch and drinks.
Please make cheques
payable to:Bahamas Sailing Assoc.
They can be dropped off
at the Nassau Yacht Club or mailed to P.O. Box N-752,
Nassau Bahamas
Contact: Robert Dunkley:
357-3959
bsajrsailing@gmail.com
WHAT IS SUMMER SAILING ALL ABOUT?
The
Bahamas Sailing Association has been running it’s summer sailing school out of
the Nassau Yacht Club since 2005. It’s goal is to increase the number of
Bahamian youngsters who know how to sail and to encourage sailing in all its
aspects in The Bahamas.
The
Summer Sailing Camp starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. The camp runs
Monday to Friday for two weeks. Each student is assigned a boat, which is their
boat for the duration of the camp. They are also assigned a life jacket. Once
they have been assigned this equipment, they are responsible for its care.
The
day is broken down into many different parts. When the students arrive in the
morning, we generally have an on shore lesson about some aspect of sailing.
Then they work together to rig their boats for the day’s sailing session.
Weather permitting, they will go sailing in the morning and afternoon. At the
end of the day the students wash down their boats and gear and properly stow
them for the evening.
Lunch
is provided. Once they have eaten, and everything is cleaned up, the students
may go for a swim until the lunch hour is over.
We
are able to handle a maximum of 30 students per session.
Each
year, since 2005 in late September or early October, The Bahamas Sailing
Association assists with the hosting of the Bahamas Optimist Junior National
Championship. For the first five years it was held in Montagu Bay, Nassau.
Since 2011, this event has been hosted by clubs in the other islands such as
Grand Bahama, Harbour Island, and last year Governor’s Harbour. This year it
will be in Long Island. The event has now grown to where last year 80
competitors participated from 5 different areas of the Bahamas as well as the
Cayman Islands. Every student who attends our summer sailing program is
encouraged to sail in this event. It is a wonderful experience for them, one in
which they meet others their own age with similar interests from different
parts of the country.
Once
your child has completed one of summer sessions, they are able to continue
sailing throughout the year in our weekly Saturday sailing sessions as well as
after school on certain days. They will also be given the opportunity to
compete in the many sailing regattas held throughout the year.
