Junior Program Schedule and Fees

2010
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• Morning Session is 9:00am to 12:00 pm
• Afternoon Session is 1:00pm to 4:00 pm

Please note: ALL sessions are now two weeks long. We highly recommend all sailors sign up for two consecutive sessions if possible. If you do sign your child up for two sessions (4 weeks of sailing), please sign them up for the same level class for both sessions (eg: session 1 = 420 beginner, session 2 = 420 beginner).

• Optimist Race Team: please see below for more information.
• Full Day Option: More info below. You can sign your child up for a full day of sailing by registering them for both AM and PM classes during the same session.
• A swim test is required for all participants.
• Financial aid through fee waivers and Summer Champs is available.
• Click for our Registration page.

Opti Race Team: June 28-Aug 6 (Sessions 1, 2 & 3). To be a part of the Opti Race Team, you must sign up for a minimum of 2 sessions (either 1 & 2 or 2 & 3).  We encourage all Opti Racers to sign up for all three sessions. 

Regattas:
July 7              MIRC at PYC
July 13-14       Northeast Junior Olympics Festival (hosted by SailMaine)
July 27-28       State of Maine Optis at PYC
August 3          Midgets at SYC
August 5-6      HYC Junior Regatta

Full Day Option:  Parents can sign their child up for a full day of sailing by registering for both AM and PM classes during the same session (classes must be at the same level; i.e., Beginner Opti AM and PM).   Sailors will sail with the morning group, stay on the premises during lunch (they should bring a bag lunch), and then sail again with the same level afternoon class.  There may be some repetition in the curriculum for the student, but given the complexity of the sport this repetition (otherwise known as "time on the water") is beneficial to the student.  We are unable to offer a dedicated full day class for 2010, but we hope this measure will provide an additional option for parents. 

 Please note that there is a $50 per session charge for sailors who are signed up for morning and afternoon classes and are staying through the lunch break.  This fee (which works out to $5 per day) allows us to hire an additional staff member to supervise students during the instructing staff's lunch break.  Parents can opt out of this charge by picking up their child during lunch every day of the session. 

Portland Residents receive a discount on all registrations.  In addition, each household receives a discount if there is more than one registration from that household, whether it is one child doing multiple sessions or siblings doing one or more sessions each.

Please direct any questions to Program Director Sarah Helming, (207) 650-2085.