Sunday Instruction
Adults and Children (Age: 8 and older)
Scheduling: Sundays at noon, starting May 31 for adults and beginning after the guards start being on duty in June for kids.
Swimming Requirement: Swimming test passed.
Boat: Provided by instructors, if necessary.
Requirements: Consent and Waiver form, personal floatation device (PFD/life-jacket).
Cost: None
Sunday Racing Program -- Adults and Children
Seniors, Women and Juniors race concurrently. Women may choose to race in either the Women's or Senior category. Race management will be provided.
Schedule: Every Sunday from May 31 through September 6. Night race September 6 at 8 PM.
Time: Meet at 12:30. The races are from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, assistance is provided for novice adults on a mentor basis.
Midget Races (under 14) will be arranged depending on interest, attendance and weather
Boats: Provided by the participants
Requirements: Kids (under 19): Consent and Waiver form, parent provided personal floatation device must be worn, swimming test passed. Adults: PFD on board.
Cost: Adults $40 per year, Kids free.
Trophies: Awarded to top sailors in each class of racers
Parents are required to stay on the beach during races as your child's safety remains your responsibility.
Weekday Sailing Camp -- Instruction, Play Races, Games and Activities
Schedule: Four days per week (Monday -- Thursday) starting July 6. Camp runs for 6 weeks, ending on August 13. Free lessons for new sailors is available during the two weeks before camp starts.
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 or 3:30 to 5:00 PM. Applicants please specify preference.
Boats: The Sailing Association has six boats available for youngsters without boats on a first come first served basis. Registration of kids in families without boats is restricted to 12.
Requirements: Application for Weekday Sailing Program form, Consent and Waiver form, parent-provided personal floatation device personal floatation device must be worn, swimming test passed.
Attendance: Each camper is required to supply a calendar indicating which days he/she plans to attend. There is no penalty for non-attendance.
Cost: $100 or $35 per week or part thereof. 25% discount for siblings.
General Requirements for All Children
Safety Rules: MLSA, Recreation and Coast Guard rules apply.
MLSA Safety Rules for All Junior & Midget Programs:
- Wear a personal floatation device (PFD / life jacket).
- Return to beach if you hear thunder.
- Immediately go the nearest shore and take cover if you see lightning.
- Stay with the boat if it overturns.
- No swimming during a game or play race unless approved by coaches.
- Gross poor sportsmanship will be penalized.
2008 Local Regattas
NOTES TO PARENTS
- General Description: The sailing programs are designed to provide a balance between recreational sailing and racing. For the first few lessons, an instructor sails in the same boat with the learner. Generally a youngster will sail solo (with an instructor in a nearby boat) on the fourth lesson. Usually a youngster is able to race on the seventh lesson. Most youngsters need two years in the program to become competitive racers, i.e., to do well enough in regattas to enjoy themselves. The racing instruction is at a highest possible level and will prepare serious youngsters for local and national competition. Off-lake participation is strongly encouraged. We discourage coaching or cheering by parents during races.
- Coaches: Mr. Eveleth, Mr. Burn Councilor: Gina Tomarchio Councilors in Training - Andrew Daniel, Robert Gossett
- Age Limits: MLSA races are for Junior sailors who will not have had their 19th birthday by the end of 2009 and for Midgets who have not will not have had their 14th birthday. Juniors race and are scored with adults.
- Communications: All communications to kids about picnics, regattas, etc., are done by e-mail.
- Consent and Waiver form: If you have signed a Consent and Waiver form in previous years, you do not need to sign another.
- Parental Responsibility: Prior to the start of sailing camp and after the close of a session, children are assumed to be in their parents’ care.
- Violation of Rules: Violation of a safety rule will result in the child being suspended from the program for a period of time to be determined by the coaches. Violations of Recreation Commission rules will be reported to the guards.
- Useful web sites: www.sunfishclass.org, www.sunsetsailboats.com, www.dinghyshop.com, www.layline.com, SANJL, Sailing Association of North Jersey Lakes
- Health issues: Parents are required to advise the sailing staff if their child(ren) has a medical condition(s) which the staff should know about.
- Boat Registration: Please register your boat at Boro Hall.
- Mooring: If you moor your boat at the north side of Island Beach, please moor it at the bow and the stern, perpendicular to the beach, between the bridge and first set of stairs near the gazebo.
- Assistant Coaching: Youngsters 14 or over may apply to be an assistant coaches. Assistant coaches do not need to come every day.
- Rain: Sailing camp sessions are held each day unless it is raining at the scheduled beginning time. If it starts raining during a session, the session may be suspended depending on the severity of the rain.
- Picnic: June 15 at 4 PM
- Night race: August 31 at 9 PM.
- Awards banquet: Sept 5, Mountain Lakes Club
- Boat Safety: dagger boards must to tied to the boat, girls with long hair must tie it back, disable jam cleats during sessions, place mainsheet ties between blocks on boom, rudder pins (if used) must be tied to the boat, PFD’s must fit properly. Boats deemed unsafe may be disqualified from use.
- Pick Up and Monitoring: Please bear in mind that youngsters under the age of 10 are not allowed on the beach unattended. Thus if you have your young child picked up in the parking lot, and you are late, he/she cannot get back on the beach. Furthermore if the weather is too severe for younger kids to handle when we go out, we will deliver your child to the guards so consider staying at the beach if you have kids under 10 on bad weather days.
- Scout merit badge: Mr. Eveleth is an authorized Boy Scout merit badge counselor. Scouts who have attended at least 10 summer camp sessions, or equivalent, may elect to pass the sailing merit badge tests.
Jay Eveleth, Training Chairman, 973-263-0721, e-mail
Pia Abate, Commodore
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