2019    420 Sailing Camps – Registration for Ages 12-18

Download Registration Form (March 2019)

Registration is $325. Museum members will receive priority registration and a discounted registration fee of $300.

To purchase a Sailing Camp Gift Certificate, contact Hope McFaddin at (843) 520-0111 or email sail@sc-mm.org

What Will Campers Learn?

The SC Youth Sailing Camp will be fun while focusing on safety and learning the following skills:

  • Preparing to Sail
  • Sailing Terms
  • Knot tying
  • Rigging/Unrigging
  • Determining wind direction
  • Points of sail
  • Getting underway
  • Starting and Stopping
  • Tacking and Jibing
  • Rules of the road
  • Advance sail trim
  • Boat trim and balance
  • Race tactics
  • Advance sailing maneuvers
  • Teamwork

About the Camp

We have three 420 sailboats and can accept six campers per session. Registration is for children 12-18 years of age, considering weight, height, and sailing experience.

  • Each camp will consist of five, half-days of sailing instruction, beginning on Monday and ending on Friday,  from 9 a.m. -12 noon.
  • Campers will sail 420’s.
  • Camp will be held at the SC Maritime Museum. Sailboats will put in at the City docks beside the museum.
  • There will be up to 6 campers per session.
  • Campers will learn and review the essentials of sailing at different camp levels depending on the experience and skill level of the camper.
  • The lead instructor will be Sydney Register. The instructional team will include experienced junior instructors and adult volunteers.
  • Registration fee includes a US Sailing course book, a skills logbook and a camp T-shirt. Returning sailors who show up with their text book and red skills log book from last year’s camp will receive a $10 gift certificate for the Museum gift shop.

2019 1/2 DAY 420 CAMP SESSIONS

JUNE

June 3-7 | 9 am – 12 pm

June 10-14 | 9 am – 12 pm

June 17-21 | 9 am – 12 pm

June 24-28 | 9 am – 12 pm

JULY

July 1-5 | 9 am – 12 pm

July 8-12 | 9 am – 12 pm

July 15-19 | 9 am –12 pm

July 22-26 | 9 am – 12 pm

July 29-August 2 | 9 am – 12 pm

AUGUST

August 5-9 | 9 am – 12 pm

August 12-16 | 9 am – 12 pm