SAILING PROGRAMS

Throughout it's history, the Miami Yacht Club has supported many different facets of sailing.

YOUTH SAILING PROGRAM

We have a very active youth sailing program, which began in the early 1950's and continues to teach sailing to children from ages 7 to 14. We have top notch sail classes for basic, intermediate and race sailing instruction, featuring guest clinics with alumni sailors from the highest national and international levels. We host two to three regattas a year just for youngsters.

SAILING INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors are highly skilled and trained. All our instructors are certified by the United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) for sail instruction and motorboat safety. For safety, instructors also have CPR and First Aid training.

COMPETITION

For more experienced sailors, Miami Yacht Club is known as the Home of Champions. MYC sailors have attended Local, National, Regional and International Championships. While we applaud all the trophies that our team has taken home, we are most proud of the way our sailors have represented our club locally and nationally with good sportsmanship, character and etiquette. We also host several regattas a year, including the famous Miami to Key Largo Race.

GOALS

It is the mission of the Miami Yacht Club Youth Sailing Foundation to encourage all children and all adults to experience the joy of recreational and/or competitive sailing and to teach the essential elements of performance boat handling, seamanship and racing.

The MYC YSF promotes and encourages in its sailors the following values, life-long lessons, understandings, and self-realizations: ethical behavior, teamwork, respect for self and others, respect for the marine environment, cooperative learning, and good sportsmanship.

Through it's programs and policies, the MYC YSF seeks to support both serious competitors and recreational sailors at all skill levels, in local waters and beyond.

Most importantly, the program is designed to: Create sailors who will enjoy and contribute to the sport of sailing for their entire lives; and who develop competence, confidence and character in our sailors in a fun and safe environment.

The success of the program is not measured in races won, but in the legacy of the love of the sport.

For more information: contact Vice Commodore Sean Ferrell or the MYC Office (refer left), or youthsailing@miamiyachtclub.net.