Back to school! Get into sailing!
Sailing is great fun and a great skill to learn. Get out on the water and experience the challenge and rewards of sailing a dinghy. The RRYC Junior Sailing Foundation is offering learn to sail, improve your skills and have fun on Thursday after school or Sunday afternoons throughout September and early October. Join up for 5 sessions. Scan the QR code to link directly to the forms you need to complete to participate.
Before joining the class, each sailor and parents/guardian must complete and sign three forms, the Junior Sailing Event Booking Form, the Sailing Camp Rules and the Liability Waiver. The signed forms can be returned by email to RRYCjunior@gmail.com or given hardcopy to Ben or Ian on the first day of class.
All about the JSF.
The RRYC Junior Sailing Foundation is a registered IRS 501(c)3 organization. We depend on donations to enable us to offer programs to juniors throughout the local community.
You can read the why and how about RRYC Junior Sailing Foundation (JSF) by following these links:
JSF Articles of Incorporation Why did we initially set up the JSF? What does it do and how does it operate? (available for Members only)
Recent JSF Board Presentation 17 Mar 2025 reviewing current operation of the JSF, proposals for 2025 and thoughts for the future.
The JSF Safety Manual describes our purpose, policies and procedures.
JSF dinghies are available for authorized users to sign out and sail. The boats are available for learning to sail, sailing skill improvement and race practice. For safety reasons we require that an individual is authorized prior to signing out a dinghy. What is "authorization": the individual has confirmed to the Junior Sailing Director (Ian Ormesher email Ian) or a qualified Junior Sailing Foundation coach (Ben Marchetti) that they have appropriate skills and sailing experience to safely sail a foundation dinghy.
RS Zest Youtube Rigging an RS Zest. Follow the link to watch detailed instructions on how to rig an RS Zest.