This Youth Beginner/Intermediate class is designed to introduce children to sailing and to develop their sailing skills. The students sail under close supervision of instructors and participant in both land and on the water activities. The class is divided up into smaller groups to ensure an instructor: student ratio that allows the students to receive instruction and lesson commensurate with their skills and sailing goals. All students will have the opportunity to sail in Optimist, Lasers and 420s. As a Beginner, the students will learn: Parts of the Boat How to Rig and de-Rig boats that they will be sailing, basic equipment care Capsize Recovery Leaving and returning to the dock Tacking and Gybing Knot tying Wind Direction and the points of sail The intermediate class will work on further developing sailing skills by practicing efficient tacking and gybing, mastering the points of sail and learning to sail from point A to point B in the fastest manner. They will also begin learning the rules of waterways and racing. Student will be introduced to basic racing. Since the class covers both beginner and intermediate, students often take this course a couple of years.