Optimist Advanced - Session 1

OPTIMIST ADVANCED (ages 9-14) - Pre-requisite Optimist Beginner.  Hone your Opti sailing skills and get advanced knowledge about your boat. Advanced sailors focus on refining boat controls, boat handling skills, and an introduction to racecourses.

The benefits of the advanced sailing course are an extension of Opti Beginner course. To further safety practices on and off the water, further confidence in sailing and boat handling skills, learning respect for your peers and the environment, sportsmanship and learning team building skills.

Goals of this course are to learn advanced sailing knowledge: safety, rigging/de-rigging, knots/lines, points of sail, wind direction, upwind/downwind sailing, starting/stopping, sail trim, man overboard recovery, basic rules of the road, and of course having fun!

Cost: $450/sailor

Sailors MUST be able to swim 50 yards.  A swim test will be giving the first day.  

Sailors need to arrive each day prepared to sail! We require each sailor to bring:

·       Refillable Water Bottle

·       Snack (No refrigeration is available on site)

·       U.S. Coast Guard Approved Type III Life Jacket (Personal Flotation Device) with whistle attached

·       Closed-Toe Shoes to be worn at all times!! (No Crocs or Flip-Flops allowed on land or on water)

·       Sunscreen

Call Executive Director Yvonne Watson at 941.468.1719 OR director@veniceyouthboating.org for more information.