Adventure Sailing School 2023
June 26 to Sept 1
Monday through Friday
8:30 - 4:30 Kingston ~ 9:00 - 4:00 Rhinecliff
Classic Cruising program
Started 15 years ago at the urging of a friend and parent who wanted me to take her daughter sailing for a week. I asked her if she could fill my boat with 6 kids, and so the Adventure Sailing School began.
The Classic Cruising program uses large 24 foot Sailing sloops for ages 6 to 13.
The focus is on getting the kids acclimated to being on a river that flows both ways, as well as become familiar with boat geography, how to raise and lower the sails, how to navigate a busy river, and most importantly to empower our students to be able to enjoy sailing on the Hudson River safely and efficiently!
We Also get to show the kids a plethora of hidden gems along the river that they can enjoy throughout their lives.
We get kids OFF the screen and doing something REAL. All of the subjects in school have a lot more relevance if they have a practical application that is FUN!
No experience is necessary and weeks don’t have to be booked consecutively. The student to teacher ratio is 3 to 1. It is such a small program we are able to get to know our young sailors very well and adjust curriculum according to their needs.
Father Chris Berean from Saugerties who has a masters in Naval history will be teaching a 1 hour class every Wednesday.
We will have a science/ecology lab at Norrie Point once a week as well.
Spots for Classic Cruising are limited to 18 per week on 3 boats. The times are 8:30 to 4:30 out of kingston and 9 to 4 out of Rhinecliff.
We do an hour dock lesson each morning, pick our destination for lunch, do a short lesson then a fun activity like capture the flag or tug of war, and then sail back.
Being so physical a program, your kids will come home happy and exhausted and be passed out by 8pm.
Racing Program
For ages 13 and up. This program forms the second part of our teaching progression. The focus is on the students sailing on small 14 foot dinghys by themselves, and learning all of the technical knowledge to have them do so.
Using the medium of racing vastly accelerates the learning process as the kids can compare their skills to each other on the race course.
Our philosophy is simple: as the kids get bigger, the boats get smaller. Teenagers are sting enough to sail these boats by themselves and make the proper decisions necessary to sail on such a busy and unpredictable streets of water as the Hudson River.
On windless days we have the kids do paddle races as well as water sports! These include tubing, slalom kneeboarding, and wake surfing !
This program is limited to 10 spots per week.
The times are 9:30 to 4:30 in Kingston and 10am to 4 in Rhinecliff
Weeks don’t have to be consecutive.