White Sail Levels 1, 2, 3

With an emphasis on safety and having fun, sailors learn basic boat handling & sailing skills, safety on the water, knot tying and basic terminology and rigging. Sailors should be ten years or older and must be competent in and around the water.

Bronze Levels 4 & 5

After completing White Sail 3, the Bronze program covers more advanced sailing techniques including sail trim, boat tuning, spinnaker and trapeze skills as well as more advanced principles of boat and sail design.

The Camp is led by our team of experienced Instructors that are trained and certified by the CYA. The emphasis is on safety, learning and having fun. Four 2 week session are held in July and August.

This program is designed for adults, with little or no prior sailing experience, who wish to gain a basic understanding and experience the pleasures of sailing.

In addition to the first two evenings of classroom instructions on the basics of sailing, safety and boat handling, participants will sail with experienced Yacht Club skippers on a variety of cruising and racing yachts, 24 to 34 feet. This also gives you the opportunity to discover what type of yacht may be right for you!

The program is held on Monday evenings in May and June with in-class instruction and on-the-water sailing sessions.The informal atmosphere provides an ideal format to learn about sailing, sail on a variety of different boats and meet new people. Each sailing session is followed by a barbeque with club members.

Participants may enrol in the optional (+$) additional instructions to obtain White and Bronze level CYA (Canadian Yachting Association) certification and would make appropriate use of the Club's fleet of dinghy sailboats.

Learn to sail and race on BQYC member's keel boats

Two of the students crew in the BQYC Fleet Captain's race

View Preliminary Course Content for the two evenings of Classroom Sessions

Youths and Adults are encouraged to participate in a full schedule of Club race activities and may continue to progress their skills to the CYA Silver and Gold Performance levels.

The Club hosts weekday and weekend dinghy and keel boat race series.

Participants and Yacht Club members may make use of the Club’s fleet of Albacore and Laser 2 sailing dinghies on Monday evenings or may crew on member keel boats. As well sailors may participate in a number of Club organized at-home and away regattas.

More details regarding program dates, times and fees are provided on these Registration forms.

These forms may be downloaded or picked up at anytime from the information display located in the front entrance of the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club.

The Yacht Club is located at Victoria Park on South Front Street and the entrance vestibule is open 24hours a day/7 days a week.

Kids Sailing Camp Registration Form (Generic word processing version)

Kids Sailing Camp Registration Form (MS Word software version)

Sailing Camp Registration Form for Kids Sailing Camp and Youth Performance Training Program (White Sail, Bronze, Silver and Gold CYA certification levels are offered)

Adult Learn-to-Sail Registration Form (Generic word processing software version)

Adult Learn-to-Sail Registration Form (MS Word software version)

Registration forms are in MS Word (doc) and rich text form (rtf) so they may be completed on most word processing software. Completed forms (with credit card payment information) may be emailed to
school@bqyc.org

Or, registration forms may also be printed and mailed to the
Bay of Quinte Yacht Club Sailing School,
PO Box 22171 Belleville,
Ontario K8N 5V7
Or dropped off at any time in the secure drop box located inside the front entrance vestibule of the Yacht Club.

Space is limited for most programs and they usually sell out. Register now to help ensure your spot for the upcoming summer sessions.

For further information please email Sailing School or call (613) 827-SAIL (827-7245)