CI Sailing Club gets ready for summer

(CNS): Following on from the success of Race Cayman, the Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) is preparing for a busy summer sailing season. The CISC will be restarting its youth and adult learn to sail and windsurf programmes on May 1st 2010. Youth programmes run weekdays and Saturday mornings with adult lesson taking place on weekends. The CISC will also run various youth and adult racing clinics over both long weekends in May and June 2010. The clinics are open to all dinghy sailors looking to learn about racing. There will be a youth social quiz night on Saturday May 15 open to all youth sailors. The CISC especially encourages schools to enter teams.

The popular summer camps are run throughout July and August. Each two-week session is open for children between the ages of 5-16 years. Registration has already started.

Michael Weber, CISC sailing director, noted that the summer season is a great time to learn how to sail and windsurf. “With lighter winds and drier weather, May and June are great months to try the sports.”

Weber also noted that the success of Race Cayman has created momentum in terms of developing its racing team. “One thing that we learned from the regatta was that we have the perfect facility for our young people to become very competitive sailors. We are now focusing on qualifying for the next Youth Olympic Games in 2014, meaning that children ages 11-12 years can begin sailing now with the hope of representing Cayman in four years.”

For more information about learning to sail in the Cayman Islands, please contact Mike Weber at sailing@sailing.ky