A variety of junior sailing programming is available in Western Long Island Sound during late summer and fall 2024. If your organization is offering clinics or training sessions that are open to the public and may be included in this listing of activities, please notify the JSA office by email to info@jsalis.org

Name: WaterFront Center Fall Youth Programs
Dates: Begins early September
Contact: info@theWaterFrontCenter.org
URL: https://www.thewaterfrontcenter.org/fallspringprograms
Boats: Optimist, Club 420 and Sonar
Descrip: The WaterFront Center, 1 West End Ave, Oyster Bay, NY.
The sessions began in early September.
– Opti Beginner: Sundays (9 am – 12 pm) Sept 8 thru Oct 6.
– Opti Race Intro: Sundays (1 pm – 4 pm) Sept 8 thru Oct 6.
– Opti Race: Sundays (9 am – 4 pm) Sept 8 thru Oct 6.
– High School Sailing (C420s): Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (3:30 pm – 6:30 pm)  Sept 3 thru Nov 5
– Jr. Big Boat Race Team (Sonars) Wednesday (3:30 pm-dark)  Sep 2 thru Oct 25

Name: Noroton Yacht Club Fall Sailing
Dates: Begins September 8 thru October 13
Contact: alec@norotonyc.org
URL: https://www.norotonyc.org/junior-sailing-fall-program-2024
Boats: Optimist, RS Feva, Sonars and Ideal 18
Descrip: Noroton Yacht Club, 23 Baywater Drive, Darien, CT 06820
This program runs on weekends and some weekdays. It focuses on intermediate sailing skills to advanced racing techniques using club-owned boats (note: Optimist sailors are encouraged to bring their own boat).

Name: SUNY Maritime Waterfront Fall Sailing
Dates: Beginning early September
Contact: waterfront@sunymaritime.edu
URL: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20049_ustores/web/category.jsp?CATID=73
Descrip: SUNY Maritime College Waterfront, 6 Pennyfield Avenue, Bronx, NY
– After School Adventure Sailing: Enjoy recreation and instruction aboard a variety of boats, including dinghies, catamarans, and keelboats. Open for 6th-8th grade beginner, intermediate, and advanced sailors. Also for 9th-12th grade sailors of all abilities who are not interested in racing.
Mondays (4 pm – 6:30 pm)  Sept. 9 – Oct. 28
– High School Sailing: Learn to sail, race and gain the skills to compete at local, regional or even national level regattas. SUNY Maritime College provides everything needed to participate including sailboats (420s, FJs and Keelboats), coaches, safety boats, and life jackets. Sailors from multiple schools will be combined based on skill level, have an opportunity to sail with different partners, and may attend regattas as part of a composite team. Mondays & Fridays (4 pm – 6:30 pm) Sept 9 – Nov 1

Name: Huguenot Yacht Club Fall Sailing 2024
Dates: Begins September 7 through October 12
Contact: jrsailing@huguenotyc.com
URL: https://juniorsailingclubhouse.com/index.php/calendar/fall-sailing
Boats: Laser and Optimist
Descrip: Huguenot Yacht Club, 106 Harbor Lane West, New Rochelle NY
Join us for six Saturdays 10 am-4 pm beginning 9/7 – 10/12. The sailing area will be near Green Can 7A, with four coach boats provided.

Name: Dinghy Shop Fall Series
Dates: Begins September 14 for seven weekends
Contact: info@dinghyshop.com
URL: hhttp://www.dinghyshop.com/category/RR-RG.html
Boats: ILCA, Optimist, and Sunfish
Descrip: Dinghy Shop, 334 South Bayview Ave, Amityville, NY
The 26th Annual Fall Series of races begins mid-September and until late-October.
– ILCA (Laser) Schedule is on Saturdays, Sept 14 – Oct 26
– Optimist and Sunfish Schedule is on Sundays, Sept 15 – Oct 27

Name: Black Rock Advanced Sailing Squad (BRASS)
Dates: Beginning in September
Contact: Dave White dave@dhwhiterealestate.com or 203 249-4434
Descrip: Located at Sail Black Rock, Captains Cove Seaport, 1 Bostwick Ave. Bridgeport, CT 06605
– BRASS is a composite high school sailing team that is open to any Fairfield County sailor who wants to continue to sail competitively throughout the school year, but doesn’t have a sailing team at their own school. BRASS has been running for three semesters with motivated sailors from Weston, Fairfield Warde, Fairfield Prep, Lauralton Hall, Trumbull, Wilton, and other high schools. BRASS practices in Club 420s several days a week out of Captain’s Cove Seaport in Black Rock CT. Coaches have included regional college coaches with the latest technical training advancements.