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New for 2010! Cheak out our NEWEST Venture,
Summer Camp for Kids.
A lot has been happening with our Dinghy Sailing Program and there is much to report.
Firstly, our Project Director, Yvonne Payne has resigned on health grounds and your Committee have
accepted Pippa Pettingell (read her
2009 AGM Report
) as her replacement. Pippa will endeavor to carry on the excellent work
done by Yvonne and her predecessors, Lawrie May, Rick Gormley and Chris Chitty. If it wasn’t
for the unselfish efforts of these people, and generous support of others, this program would not be possible.
Pippa is delighted to report that we now have a fully qualified RYA Dinghy Instructor on the beach for Saturday & Sunday every weekend. His name is Tony and he is an excellent dinghy sailor and instructor.
We can now offer regular dinghy pleasure sailing, training, and racing throughout the year from our location on the northern end of North Beach, Jolly Harbour.
Our fleet now comprises:
Three Lasers
Two Sport 16’s
One Hobie 16
One Topper International One Design
One Fin (currently in need of some maintenance so not available for sailing just yet)
The weekend program, effective June 20th 2009 is as follows:
SATURDAY MORNING SESSION 09:30 - 12:30
The cornerstone of JHYC Dinghy Sailing is the "Youth Sailing Program" that offers FREE Dinghy Sailing Instruction to local Antiguan children between the ages of 8 and 18. Any child that is Antiguan born is welcome to join this training session and will receive “Certificates of Achievement” as they progress through the course. Completion of the course will be Tony’s acknowledgement that they are competent to sail a Laser Dinghy on their own. We are currently working with several Antiguan Youth Organizations but stress that ALL Antiguan born children are welcome.
The "Youth Sailing Program" and Dinghy Sailing Program are ambitious undertakings for JHYC and involve effort in many areas of training, organization, publicity and sponsor support. If you, as a Member of the Club, feel you can contribute in any way, Pippa would be delighted to hear from you!!
Provision and Maintenance of the JHYC Dinghy Sailing Program requires money and our very meager annual subscription fees do not produce anywhere near enough! Harsh but true!!
Unfortunately, reasonable charges will be levied for the remaining weekend sessions and all participants sail entirely at their own risk. ALL sessions are open to ALL! I.e. JHYC Membership is not necessary. Participants must be able to swim 25 yards with a buoyancy aid which MUST be worn at all times on the water.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 13:30 – 16:30:
Pleasure Sailing & Practice.
If you wish to sail one of our fleet you will first need to demonstrate a suitable level of competence to our Instructor.
To avoid disappointment it will be necessary to “book a boat” for this session with Pippa Tel: 722 8468 or e-mail pippapettingell@hotmail.com
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION 09:30 – 12:30
Adult & Junior Dinghy Sailing Instruction
We aim to provide a structured course covering all aspects of Dinghy Sailing including basic sailing theory & practice, rigging, capsize drill, helming and single handing.
Course numbers are limited and you will need to book a slot with Pippa.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
Sunday Afternoon Races have been discontinued and replaced by:
JHYC MONTHLY LASER RACING CHALLENGE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
JHYC is grateful to the following businesses and individuals who have made the above possible.
John Hall of Anjo Insurance for a very favorable policy premium.
Swaylings for their generous offer of free swimming lessons for Antiguan children to help them get onto the Youth Development Project.
Sunsail Club Colonna for the donation of one of our Sport 16’s.
Ron Schofield of Sign Pro for our Dinghy Area Sign.
Wayne Gruden for permission to use his land.
Franklyn Braithwaite of A & F Sails for the donation of Fin Racing Sails and free sail maintenance.
Ron Budacz for the generous donation of our Hobie 16.
Trish Webster for the loan of her Laser and persuading friends to donate the other two.
Bernie Wong for the loan of his Fin.
Seagull Inflatables for the repair of the safety boat.
Gaye Hechme of CDAL.
Windsor Partners for donating 10 complimentary Junior Memberships to be given to the most enthusiastic and capable trainess from the "Youth Sailing Program."
JHYC Member, Keith Weightman, for his generous donation of two handheld VHF sets for shore to safety boat communications.
And last but not least Angie Dickinson of the Foredeck Bar for her fund raising projects.
Lawrie May, Rick Gormley, Chris Chitty and Yvonne Payne for their unstinting work in the early days to get this program off the ground. They were enthusiastically supported by Steve Coughlan, Eddie Williams, Sharon Gunning, Tanner Jones and Iain Mellows.
Pippa welcomes the current enthusiasm and help from Alecks Dickinson and Sophia Erdahl, two very accomplished dinghy sailors and hopes to welcome back some of those mentioned above into the program
JHYC is now Sailing Dinghies! Come and join in and ENJOY!
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