420 Sailing Camps – Registration for Ages 12-18

All sailing camp registration will be completed online. If you have any questions please contact hprior.scmm@gmail.com.

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

REGISTER BELOW

**Please note that registration is not complete without payment. An email will be sent to you shortly after submitting this form with a link to complete your registration. If your desired session is full, you will be contacted to help reschedule.

 

420 Registration
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**Please note that registration is not complete without payment. An email will be sent to you shortly after submitting this form with a link to complete your registration. If your desired session is full, you will be contacted to help reschedule.

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 ten 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 2pm-5pm
  • 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 10 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.
  • 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.