Lake Eustis Sailing Club
1310 CR 452
Eustis, FL 32726
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JUNIOR SAILING PROGRAMS:
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The
Lake Eustis Youth Sailing Foundation’s goal is
to promote the sport of sailing for the benefit of
youth in our area in an environment which stresses
safety, sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage,
self confidence, respect for authority, the environment
and our community.
The
Lake Eustis Youth Sailing Foundation offers: Year
round sail training programs for junior sailors,
age 8-18, weekends during the school months
and sail training camps during the vacations.
Advanced
junior sailors in our intermediate and advanced sailing
classes, who love to sail and want to learn more about
racing, are invited to join our JUNIOR
RACING TEAM and will
have the opportunity to participate with our Teams
in several Junior Sailing Regattas throughout Florida.
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All
our junior sailing programs are supervised
and coached by our "US Sailing" Certified Instructors. Safety
is our first concern! That is why we
follow all of the US Sailing's safety guidelines at the
LEYSF's Junior Sailing Programs. All safety issues
are constantly monitored and safety is the foremost
prioity during the sailing lessons. All participants
in our Junior Sailing Programs must follow the LEYSF
common sense conduct and safety rules, click
here to download the rules
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 Sail
training for juniors throughout the Summer Vacation
•The
Lake Eustis Sailing Club’s Youth Sailing
Foundation offers youth sailing programs and lessons for
beginning junior sailors every weekend throughout the summer
school vacation time. Classes are on Saturday mornings
and afternoons for middle-and high school age juniors and
on Friday afternoons for juniors age 8-12.
• No experience needed. For signing
on call Leah Ladley at 352-357-5976 or Richard Kinnie at
407-654-4846 |
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following Sail- and Regatta training programs for
Junior Sailors are offered year-round: |
 OPTI
BEGINNERS CLASS, AGES 8-15, on
Saturday mornings, from 9- 12 noon. Duration of beginners
course is 10 sail training sessions. Fee is $15 per
morning's class or $40 fixed fee per month (based on
4 lessons). Study material is included. New
class starts on March 1st, 2008. These are small
classes of no more than 10 participants, registration
is on a first come, first serve basis. Click here for
registration form |
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 JUNIOR
SAILING, AGE 8-15 IN THE OPTI CLASS. Intermediate
and Advanced classes on Saturday afternoons from 1-4.
Fee
is $40 per month. Info: Martin Zonnenberg 352-455-0780
(E) Mbpz@comcast.net |
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 Club 420 and Laser dinghies sailing classes, age
12-18 and up (these classes are also offered for
parents of junior sailors who wish to participate and follow
along with their junior sailor during instruction!) Lessons
are on Saturday mornings from 9-12 noon and afternoons from
1-4. Fee is $100 for the complete course, which is for 10
consecutive Saturday sail training sessions. 
Middle- and High School Sail-Team training offered
on Saturday mornings and afternoons and Wednesdays from 4-7
pm in Club 420 and Laser Class: This is
excellent preparation for future participation in High School-
and College Sailing Teams. No experience required: “Train
while you sail” while sailing with an experienced
junior sailor!!! Fee is $ 40 per month. All boats and coaching
provided for by Lake Eustis Sailing Club’s Junior Sailing
Program. |
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 Laser
Sail Training Program, for ages
15 and up. Fee is $40 per month. Racing
practice on all club race weekends and on Wednesdays
after school hours. For more info about lots of Laser
Sail training opportunities, Laser club racing and
the Laser Treasure Coast Series(s) contact Sam Chapin
at 352-357-4022, e mail marjoriechapin@embarqmail.com |
| Click here to download registration
form and choose your program. |
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All sail boats and instruction
materials are provided for by the Lake Eustis Youth Sailing
Foundation. The Lake Eustis Youth Sailing Foundation is a
501C(3) organization and is funded through donations and
proceeds from the Junior Sailing Program and Junior Regatta,
as well as other events. |
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NEW:
For
all our junior sailors, who are
graduates of our junior sailing classes, love to
have great sailing weekends, see new places in Florida,
meet new friends and participate in the very popular
Junior Sailing Meets and Regattas, check out the
latest update of the FLORIDA YOUTH SAILING CALENDAR.
http://www.floridasailingassociation.org/fsa-calendar.html
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about this: Every
Regatta you sail in will make you a
better sailor in the next one! Before
you know it, you will sail so well in most
of the “Junior
Qualifying Regattas” that you will
be invited to train and sail in the U.S.
Sailing Team! Surprise yourself: Learn
to set your goals high, work at it, enjoy
it and do what it takes to enter the winners
circle! |
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CLUB MEMBERSHIP:
Click here to download
the membership application.
-NEWS:
 Ahoy
Juniors! Come aboard! Sailing is easy to learn! Sign up for
one of our "fun" Junior Sailing classes for beginning
juniors age 8-12 or age 12-14 or age 14-18. We have classes for
one or two persons per boat, your choice! We even have classes
for mother son/daughter and father son/daughter teams, (age 12
and older). read
more...
 LEARN
TO SAIL : The
Lake Eustis Sailing Club has a great "Learn to Sail" program
for Adults. The sail boat of choice for this “Learn to
Sail” Program
is the FLYING SCOT, as shown in the picture: The Flying Scot is
roomy and very stable, excellent for our “Learn to Sail” program,
for recreational sailing and Regatta racing. READ
MORE…
-The very first Melges 17 arrived at Lake Eustis:
The new Melges 17 class is off to a great
start with many Regattas already sailed all over the U.S.! This very
high tech new Melges design might well be another great One Design
Class to further establish our sailing club for the long haul by
attracting active sailors to our 'One Design' Lake Eustis
Sailing Club and its big beautiful Lake in Central Florida.
These boats are tremendous: Very well balanced, newest materials being used,
strong and light weight, easy to sail, easy to keep upright, very fast and exiting:
This is the real thing and so easy to handle: One quick pull on a line and it
will furl the jib out of the way, (very handy for docking), couple of quick
pulls and the A symmetric spinnaker is up and the bow sprit comes out
etc. all with one line...
The Melges 17 gives the opportunity to feel the speeds of an A or E Scow
on a much more manageable and affordable platform.
The 2nd Annual Melges 17 Midwinter Regatta will be sailed right here on Lake
Eustis on March 9-11 and includes a Zenda U Sail Fast Clinic, free to all
Regattas sailors, on March 8 from 12 noon till 5 pm.
Are you a Certified Sailing Instructor willing to use your skills
in order to help teaching kids to sail? Contact : Martin
Zonnenberg at MBPZ@comcast.net . Also, it would be very much appreciated if
you as an experienced sailor would like to become involved with
junior sail training: Please be in touch!
Thanks to MC Scow and E Scow sailor Dave Moring, MC Scow Fleet
4 now has its own MC Scow Fleet 4 informative website http://www.fleet4.com
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