ORLEANS YACHT CLUB

39 Cove Road
Orleans, MA 02653

N 41° 47.273' W 069° 59.123'

2019 Adult Sailing Program

The adult sailing program instruction is available only to OYC members and is free to OYC members. Please contact Steve Downs if interested.

The adult sailing program uses the book Learn Sailing Right from US Sailing. This book is available at a discount from OYC.

The schedule below was provided by Steve Downs. The schedule may change as the season progresses.

2019 OYC Adult Sailing Program / Classroom – Sailing Schedule – Work Parties

Classroom Schedule
Tues April 23 7:00 – 8:30 pm	Introduction
	Chapter 1	Preparing Yourself for Sailing
	Chapter 2	Know Your Boat
	Chapter 3	Looking Around & Describing Directions/Terms
	Chapter 4	Wind and Water
Tues April 30 7:00 – 8:30 pm	Chapter 5	Points of Sail
	Chapter 6	Steering
	Chapter 7	Trimming the Sails
	Chapter 8	Rigging Your Boat
Tues May 7 7:00 – 8:30 pm	Chapter 9	Getting Underway
	Chapter 10	Putting It All Together: Your First Sail
	Chapter 11	Tacking
	Chapter 12	Upwind Sailing
Tues May 14 7:00 – 8:30 pm	Chapter 13	Downwind Sailing and Jibing
	Chapter 14	Returning & Shipshape
	Chapter 15	Courtesy and Navigation Rules
	Chapter 16	Seamanship and Water Safety
Tues May 21 7:00 – 8:30 pm	Classroom	Knots, Lines & Sail Folding
On the Water Schedule
Thurs May 23 9:00 AM - Noon	Work Party #1 - Move 3 Capri & 3 Precision Sailboats to Club, Rig & Check Equipment
Wed May 29 4:30 – 6:30 pm	Rigging Boats on Land
Wed June 5 4:30 – 6:30 pm	Rigging Boats on Land
Sat June 8 9:00 AM – Noon	Work Party #2 - Assist JSP move remaining Sailboats to Club. Rig & Check Equipment Move 6 420's to Club for US Sailing Training
Wed June 12 4:30 – 6:30 pm	On the Dock/Mooring Rigging Boats
Mon June 17 9:00 AM – Done	Work Party #3 - OYC ASP & JSP Combined Work Party. Remaining boats to Club
Weekly all summer Wed June 19 – Sep 03 Thu June 20 - Sep 04	4:00 - 4:30 PM - On Shore Class Time 4:30 – 6:30 PM - On The Water Sailing (With or Without Mentors) & BBQ
Mon Aug 19 9:00 AM – Done	Work Party #4 - Assist JSP Staff Cleaning, de-rigging & moving all remaining boats to Compound
Sept 05 6:00 PM -	Potluck Dinner for Sunday Racing & ASP Sailors (Meet Under Tent)
Sat Sept 07 Sun Sept 08 9:00 AM – Done	Work Party #5 - De-rig, clean, move & store boats for winter. Sunday is a rain date.
Mon Sept 30 9:00 AM – Done	Work Party #6 - Clean & move all powerboats & L3 to Yard or Compound

Many OYC members take advantage of the Adult Sailing Program, some new to sailing, others taking the course as a refresher or repeating the on the water program to improve their skills. Approximately 30 people participated in the OYC adult sailing program in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, about half attending all spring and summer. In the 2018 season we started with 52 sailors with some 20-25 attending the program all spring and summer. We look forward to another well attended season.

A more complete calendar of OYC activities can be found on the OYC Calendar web page (accessible to OYC members only).