Huguenot Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program Will Host Open House

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Attention, kids dreaming of sailing the sound — your seafaring aspirations may be closer than you think.

The Huguenot Yacht Club has announced an upcoming open house on Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for Huguenot’s Summer 2023 Junior Sailing Program. The full-day sailing and racing instructional program is for kids and teens 8-16 years old.

The long-running sailing school is billed as "an adventure-filled, local summer option that provides charter boats for those of us just beginning" in testimonials. Established more than 40 years ago, the popular Junior Sailing Program promises "a summer of wind, waves and friendships."

Coached by US Sailing-certified staff, the offered courses include two full-day Summer sessions, Intro-to-Sail (3 days), and/or Race Clinic (5 days).

Junior sailors will learn seamanship, on-the-water safety and boat handling skills.

But you'd better hurry because last year’s program was a sold-out success as the yacht club added a regatta-winning Big Boat Team while preparing younger junior sailors to enjoy the same keel boat opportunities.

Organizers say their youngest sailors will find an environment for making fast friends and enjoying on-shore and off-shore games while refueling with provided picnic lunches and supervised free swim each afternoon in the club’s pool.

Many of the program's graduates are offered opportunities to participate, with coach support, in regattas all over the Long Island Sound. This year, the program will add the opportunity to sail the C420 as a new offering to existing boat classes – Optis, RSFevas, and Lasers.

The open house is intended to introduce the program to new sailors and their parents. The community is invited to stop by to see the program boats, learn about the program from parents of recent grads, and visit the Huguenot Yacht Club facilities.

Details on tuition, boat charters, session dates and discount offerings can be found here.