2025 CLSC Junior Sailing Camp (July 8-12)
CLSC’s Junior Sailing Camp is an educational program offered every summer at Carter Lake, open to participants ages 8 to 17. Campers will learn basic sailing knowledge, boating safety, knots, boat rigging, and fundamental sailing techniques. See below for more details on the specific skills and topics covered.
Camp Schedule:
Tuesday, July 8 – Friday, July 11 from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM & Saturday, July 12 from 10 AM -2 PM (Junior Sailing Regatta) & 5 PM (Celebration Potluck with Awards Ceremony
Cost:
$395 (Non-members) & $295 (CLSC Members)
Location:
Carter Lake Sailing Clubhouse and Carter Lake Reservoir
Registration Opens:
Saturday, March 1st at 8:00 AM.
Register here: 2025 CLSC Junior Sailing Camp Registration Form
**If you attempt to complete the registration form and receive the message that spots have been filled, you can still join our waitlist by completing the form at the link: Join the Waitlist.
Spots are limited to 25 campers.
The camp has filled quickly in past years, sometimes within hours, so don’t wait to sign up!
Basic Knowledge:
- Parts of sailboat
- Different kinds of boats and rigging
- Principles of sailing
- Points of sail, terminology
- Rules of the road- The main 3 (Stb over port, leeward over windward, overtaken over overtaking)
- Ropes, lines, and knots-terms, square knot, bowline, cleat hitch
- Boating Safety
- Equipment: PFD, whistle, Rangers, sunscreen, sunglasses, clothing
- Carter Lake weather conditions:
Managing strong winds
- Deciding when and when not to sail
- Dockside safety
- Mooring fields, no wake zones
- Sailing technique:
Rigging a boat-sunfish and/or Laser
- Steering from the stern
- Trimming mainsail
- Tacking, Jibing
- Getting out of irons
- Capsizing and re-righting
- Leaving dock
- Coming into dock