2024 Adult Learn to Sail Dates

 $490 per person includes: books, boat charter, and Insurance fees.
*Class limited to three (3) Students per boat.
*You will need to bring a life jacket, light soled shoes or non-marking shoes.
Adult Sailing Release, Assumption of Risk & Acceptance of Financial Responsibility Form
 

• Bayview’s Adult-Learn-to-Sail program is designed for people with little to no knowledge of sailing. Classes can accommodate new sailors or those with experience.
• Our students are most often working professionals from around metro-Detroit. They have ranged in age from early 20s to late 60s.
• Classes run from 6 to 8pm, each night for six classes. During the 2024 season, the two Spring Sessions will be more regular, often twice each week, for quicker learning and completion. There will also be a Summer Session (late July-early September) of six classes, once each week.
• The sessions include classroom and dockside lectures/discussions as well as a lot of time on boats. We cover parts of the boat, rigging, points of sail, observing conditions, communication, maneuvers, knot tying, and other topics.
• Most of the time is spent on the Detroit River in sight of the Club.
• We have a maximum of three students with one instructor on the Club’s Ultimate 20 sailboats. The students rotate through all the positions on the boat, so yes, everyone learns to steer.
• During on-water times we will have at least one person in a safety boat – one of the Club power skiffs. In case of breakdowns or problems, the boat is always nearby.
• Students are required to provide their own life jackets and appropriate shoes. Bayview provides books, currently US Sailing’s “Learn Sailing Right.”
• Instructors are Bayview members and other experienced sailors. They are chosen for their abilities to teach, communicate, sail, and help connect the students with additional sailing opportunities.
• In addition to sailing on the Ultimate 20s, we have on occasion taken students on “big boats” that operate with more crew members for a larger crewing experience. This will depend on weather, interest, and availability of BYC larger boats and skippers.
• While enrolled in the class, students will have a guest membership at Bayview allowing them access to the dining room and bar. All charges incurred must be paid by credit card at the time of service.
• Students are encouraged to participate in the “hitchhiker” program which is a highly successful effort to connect non-members with boats in Bayview’s Thursday Night Off-the-Dock race series.

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