FBYC Junior Programs for 2017 - Mark Your Calendars!
on Thursday December 29, 2016 12:50PM
Welcome to the 2017 FBYC Junior Programs!
We are excited about the 2017 Junior sailing season at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, and looking forward to another great year of FUN! No matter your sailor's age, experience, or sailing goals, we have an event to excite them and get them out on the water with their friends. Our philosophy is that if kids have fun sailing with their friends, they will come back for more.
New for 2017 is FBYC’s first 420 Race Team! We are partnering with Christchurch School this summer to create a 420 Race Team that will run parallel with our Opti and Laser Race Teams. If interested, email our Junior Division Commander, Doug Bendura at doug.bendura@gmail.com. We will again offer a beginner 420 class during Junior Week, which is separate from the 420 Race Team. Speaking of Junior Week, please email me if you have any interest in volunteering as a coach, or your child over 13 is interested in being a counselor-in-training that week.
Key Junior Dates for 2017 at FBYC:
| February 1 | Online registration opens (member preference period ends 2/28) |
| March 18 – May 28 | Spring Race Teams |
| May 20 – August 27 | Private Lessons (Optis, Lasers & 420s) |
| May 28 | Open House Regatta & Party |
| June 10, 11, 17 & 18 | Opti Kids |
| June 10 – August 13 | Summer Race Teams (Optis, Lasers & 420s) |
| June 19 – June 23 | Junior Week |
| June 23 – August 13 | Opti Development Team |
| June 24 – June 25 | Fishing Bay Annual Junior Regatta |
| August 12 – August 13 | 78th Annual One-Design Regatta |
| September 2 – November 25 | Fall Race Teams |
Our Junior website pages are in the process of being updated, but you can visit them at any time for a full description of all of our Junior programs at https://www.fbyc.net/Juniors/Overview.
I look forward to seeing you this summer!
A.L. Braun
Junior Division Lt. Commander
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