Youth & Adult Sailing Classes
Youth & Adult
Summer Sailing Classes
2025
Youth sailing classes are for 8 thru 17 year olds
PARENT ORIENTATION, KNOTS and SWIM TEST on or before the first date of each session.
On The Water Training each day from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Adult Sailing Class: May 30, 30, June 1
Adult Sailing Class: June 17-19
Youth Basic Sailing Class: June 23 - 27
Youth Basic Sailing Class: July 7 -11
contact Don Hare, Education Director
for applications and information
916-201-9012
education@gcyc.net
Sailing Class Details
Cost for Youth & Adult Sailing Classes is
$200 plus a GCYC Membership
Total Price covers the following:
Free boat use as GCYC Membership allows
US Sailing "Learn Sailing Right" Book
Training Handouts
30 Hours of Instruction and UNLIMITED FUN!!!
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These classes are taught by certified US Sailing Small Boat Instructors with American Red Cross First Aid and CPR Certificates. Sailing instructors are US Sailing Certified and Safe Sport trained.
Class size is limited and set by instructor. Students will learn the skills necessary to care for and sail the club's Sunfish sailboats single-handed.
Contact Education Director Don Hare at 916-201-9012 or education@gcyc.net for availability and more details.
The GCYC Fleet
Sunfish
The club maintains a fleet of Sunfish sailboats. The Sunfish is a small sailing dinghy utilizing a pontoon-type board-shaped hull with a lateen sail mounted on an un-stayed mast. Developed by Alcort, Inc. around 1952 as a wood hull design improvement of their Sailfish, it was changed to fiberglass a few years later. Having a lateen sail with its simple two line rigging makes the Sunfish simple to set-up and learn the basics of sailing.
In 1995 the Sunfish was recognized by The American Sailboat Hall of Fame for being “the most popular fiberglass boat ever designed, with a quarter million sold worldwide”. Today, the Sunfish remains the most popular sailboat of its type and has served as the classroom for several generations of sailors, including some club members.
Flying Junior (FJ)
In 2013, the club bought and restored several Flying Juniors (FJ) at the request of youth sailing graduates looking for the next step in their sailing development. The FJs will be used as the platform for the Level II class now being offered.
The FJ was originally designed in 1955 in the Netherlands to serve as a training boat for the then Olympic class Flying Dutchman. With a beam of 4'11" and an overall sail area of 100 square feet, the FJ is an ideal class for young sailors. Today the FJ is sailed worldwide with a International FJ-Class World Championship held annually. It is still popular in High School and Collegiate programs across the United States.