RACING SEMINARS
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“Learn more from one day of racing, than in an entire month of sailing around”

Free public seminars, training, mentors, and crew openings!

Sponsored jointly by: Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club, Pierpont Bay Yacht Club, Anacapa Yacht Club, Westlake Yacht Club, and Ventura Yacht Club

FREE seminars. Let fellow racers buy you a FREE beer

Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club By the bridge at Channel Islands Harbor

2600 S. Harbor Blvd, Oxnard CA 805.985.PCYC

Each and every FREE seminar covers all these subjects:

Secrets of local weather conditions - Point Mugu Navy weather forecasters

Basic Racing Rules (with a free reprint from Dave Perry’s book) - Susan Countess

Local currents & tides - Professor of Geology, Marine Science Institute, UCSB

How to build or join a crew. - Paul McQuillan

Plus: upcoming course charts, strategies for the next big race, and clean water

pollution controls for the harbors at Channel Islands & Ventura.

After the seminar, you are welcome to mingle in the Crows Nest with other sailors.

No boat? Need a ride? New area crew list - http://www.yrrc.com/home.html

Sailmaker’s Speed Seminars Register to meet the sailmaker on Sunday. Hoist your sails at the PCYC or VYC docks. FREE one-on-one advice about your sails. Call to reserve space for your boat. Line handlers ready. FREE classroom seminar for all. paul.mcquillan@dslextreme.com

Family activities at the PCYC club pool while you enter PCYC races.

Or if you are racing at another event, ask that nearby club about their family events.

Want to move up from the back of the pack? Free on-the-water Tune-up Race. Join a short 2-hour sail, with a volunteer mentor on YOUR boat. Bring the people in your crew and watch sail trim and starts improve. You’re the skipper -- here’s a way to build hands-on experience! Register by contacting: paul.mcquillan@dslextreme.com

E-mail notices about racing and seminars: put your name on the master email list for racers. Contact rcountess@aol.com

Want a photo of your boat? Racing past the committee boat is a great way to get exciting digital pictures of you and your friends on your boat. Photos are emailed free from the race committee to any of the entrants (conditions permitting).

Women’s Sailing Convention, Feb 2007. Join 260 other women for on the water experience and seminars on a Saturday at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, Corona del Mar. Sells out every year! Contact Gail Hine hine@scya.org

Area yacht clubs seek mentors Have you crewed or skippered a race boat? Want to put something back into the sport? Email any of us about joining the regional mentoring program. Use your experience to help a new racer. Want help with your boat? Join the Tune-up race paul.mcquillan@dslextreme.com

Tell a kid, tell their parents, tell a friend… youth sail training

There are at least FOUR training programs for youths aged 8 to 17 run by outside organizations in the region. While these summer camp type programs are not free, they are a great place for kids to learn to sail. Some train as many as 50 children in each session. Most have sessions all summer.

Pacific Corinthian Youth Foundation http://www.pcyf.org

Westlake YC Juniors: KajandLori@aol.com

Ventura YC Juniors: boat_vyc@earthlink.net

Del Ray YC, Marina del Rey: coachadam@gmail.com

Competitive High School Sailing Teams contact: millerduke@hotmail.com