2008 Summer Camp at the Greater Wildwood Yacht Club

For More Information Contact: Anthony Girardo agira@comcast.net

Introduction
The Greater Wildwood Yacht Club (GWYC) located at Park avenue and Forget Me Not road in Wildwood Crest offers a summer camp for children ages 8 to 15. The summer camp will operate from Monday June 30, 2008 to Friday August 15, 2008 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Activities include arts and crafts, swimming, kayaking, and sailing. All students are required to bring a life jacket, sunscreen, sandals or water-shoes, and lunch to summer camp each day. Students are required to wear their life jackets when on the docks or on the water. Registration, medical and liability releases must be completed by a student’s parent/guardian on an annual basis. Students may not attend classes until all forms are completed.
Sailing
Sailing is a major part of the GWYC summer camp where we teach an entire learn to sail program including: safety on the water, parts of a sail boat, how sailboats sail, wind awareness, points of sail, sailing a course, racing, righting a capsized boat, knots and lines, etc. The GWYC is a member of The Mid Atlantic Yacht Racing Association (MAYRA) which includes yacht clubs in Cape May, Stone Harbor, Avalon, Sea Isle, Brigantine, and the Philadelphia area. Our sailing instructors are trained and certified by the US Sailing Association. Beginning sailors are instructed on club owned Optimist and Sunfish sailboats. Sailors who return for a second year are encouraged to have their own boat. All sailors will be required to pass a GWYC swim test prior to sailing on Sunset Lake.
Cost
The first year of summer camp is free to the children of club members. Returning Optimist class students pay a $75 fee per season and returning Sunfish class students pay a $150 fee per season. The fee is waved for students who own their own boat. Membership in the Greater Wildwood Yacht Club is open to everyone.
Optimist vs. Sunfish
The use of an Optimist or a Sunfish sail boat is based on a combination of three factors: age, weight, and experience. Usually an Optimist is no longer used after two of experience, or when a sailor weights more than 90 pounds, or is older than 12 years old.
Registration
Saturday June 21 and Saturday June 28 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM If you can not attend, or have missed registration and you wish your child to attend, please contact the program director.
Schedule

* It is not necessary that your child attend every day. However, please call and leave a message when your child will be absent.

** These activities require parent volunteer participation

Parents on Dock (PODS)
Parents are permitted and encouraged to sit dock side during sailing class. A sign up sheet of parent volunteers will be made to insure that parents are present from every class. All parents of sailors are encouraged to become GWYC members.
Parents Meeting
Sunday June 29, 7:00 PM at the yacht club
Awards Dinner
An end or season awards dinner will be held during which Certificate of Participation and Perpetual Trophies will be given. Perpetual trophies are as follows: