Head instructing sailing means more than teaching sailing. It means managing other instructors, working with parents and more. At the Head Instructor Workshop on June 11 at Beach Point Club, this year’s 35 head instructors, program managers and other senior staff learned from experienced coaches on how to ... read more »

Usually, it’s hard to find a good breezy day on the Long Island Sound, but at the 2014 JSA Laser/C420 Championship Regatta hosted by Shelter Island Yacht Club, the tides took a change with big winds, lots of waves, and fierce competition. “It was really choppy out there,” Hector McKemy of AYC told me. “We ... read more »

Patience was the key to the sixth Annual SUNY Maritime College Junior Challenge for Club 420 sailors. After a nearly four hour postponement the first of six races went off at 5:33 p.m. Thirty competitors representing Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association, Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association, ... read more »

A talented collection of the top young sailors in the country have arrived in Northern Michigan and are eager to test themselves this week in single-, double-, and triplehanded competition on the waters of West Grand Traverse Bay. The Chubb U.S. Junior Championships is US Sailing’s most historic junior ... read more »

Name: Adriano Atallah Age: 15 Teaches at: Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program Resides in: New Rochelle Sailing Experience: Two Years "All of our consulers in training are perpetually helpful to have as sailing instructors. Not only can they lend us a second pair of ears, eyes, ... read more »

Last week, JibeTalk brought you coverage of the annual Junior Safety at Sea seminar, hosted by the Storm Trysail Foundation. This seminar taught junior sailors how to pull their weight while working on a big boat. Continuing with big boats, here's Tony Bull of Bull Sails explaining how not to lose your ... read more »

With Junior Race Week over, Junior Sailor’s attentions were on another event happening two days later. The annual Junior Safety at Sea seminar, hosted by the Storm Trysail Foundation. The seminar is a day-long safety skills workshop that incorporates mini classes in the morning with a practical component ... read more »

“This is my first regatta!” I overheard a junior sailor telling someone excitedly. As the sun peaked over the clubhouse, 195 junior Opti sailors descended on the Larchmont Yacht Club last Thursday, July 17th for the 2014 Opti Day Regatta. Many young Opti sailors were happy to find out that when they ... read more »

by Elizabeth Schinto  On Saturday, July 12thth Riverside Yacht Club hosted it’s Annual Opti Regatta. Seventy-nine sailors representing nine yacht clubs in three states participated. The harbor start began at 10 am with about 5 knots of breeze out of the southeast. The race committee managed to deliver ten ... read more »

Competitors at the 2014 Larchmont Yacht Club Junior Race Week were greeted with rain and windless conditions this past Monday. The 375 sailors came into the club Monday morning looking forward to what is considered the most exciting regatta of the summer. However, it soon became apparent that the storms ... read more »