Welcome to the 2011/2012 High School Sailing season at San Diego Yacht Club

SDYC is proud to once again be hosting Point Loma HS, Francis-Parker, Cathedral Catholic, and The Bishop’s School. Each of these teams has qualified for the national championships in recent years, so some of the best competition in the country is right here in our La Playa basin!

High School sailing at SDYC occurs out of the Malin Burnham Sailing Center. This world class facility allows us to host all sorts of sailing events, including high school practices and regattas, with a level of accommodation unrivaled in the region. Some of the amenities the MBSC has to offer include:

  • 18 Club Flying Junior dinghies, available for daily practice
  • 18 purpose built sets of sails with large color coded numbers to facilitate team racing and more efficient practices
  • Multiple classroom environments, including the Jessop Room with plentiful whiteboards and state of the art audio/visual options
  • Chase boats and race buoys for coaches to utilize during practice
  • Three 3-boat trailers to facilitate travel to off-site high school regattas

As in the past, every high school sailor must pay a charter fee to SDYC and complete a medical/liability waiver to participate in practices in any way. For 2011/2012, these fees may split by per semester. Sailors will have the option of paying $275 for either the Fall or Spring semester (or both), or paying $500 for the entire year up front. The Fall semester runs September - December and the Spring semester runs January - May. A sailor may not utilize SDYC equipment in any way unless they have paid the fees for that semester.

Our facility is available for high school practices beginning August 30th. Practice days are assigned as following:

High School Sailiing 2011-2012
Registered Sailors
Point Loma High School Mondays & Wednesdays
Francis Parker High School Mondays & Wednesdays
Cathedral Catholic High School Tuesdays & Thursdays
The Bishop's School Tuesdays & Thursdays

 

Please let me know if you have any questions at all about High School sailing at San Diego Yacht Club. We’re looking forward to an excellent season and an exciting future!

John Fretwell
SDYC Junior Sailing Director
juniors@sdyc.org

SDYC provides the use of some assets and facilities during the school year for a number of San Diego area High School sailing teams. The following represents a summary of policies and guidelines to be followed by the Junior Director and the Junior Executive guidelines shall be subject to Board of Director approval.

    1. The High School Sailing program is a privilege to the participants and their coaches. Participants and coaches shall at all times show the utmost respect of the boats, equipment, SDYC members and SDYC facilities.
    2. The Junior Director shall accept applications from a number of qualified teams that adequately fill the allotted time for practice during the week and high school regattas during selected weekends. The number of boats shall be assigned by the Junior Director to reflect an equal and fair distribution and usage by the number of teams whose applications have been accepted.
    3. Prior to accepting a team's application, the Junior Director must first receive completed applications from all participants including but not limited to: Assumption of Risl / Indemnity Agreement, Damage Waiver, High School Sailing Charter Boat Procedures and Motorboat Policies and Procedures and all fees.
    4. Non-member High School & College Sailing participants shall have limited access to SDYC grounds only during the times outlined in the previously approved team schedule. Non-member participants shall not have access to the pool, Jacuzzi, clubhouse areas and shall limit their onshore activities to the Junior Sailing area only unless in accordance with SDYC Guest Rules.
    5. SDYC access and use is limited to each team's individual participation and does not extend to participant family or friends.
    6. High School sailing team coaches shall be under the direct supervision of the SDYC Junior Sailing Director.
    7. The charter fee paid by each high school sailor covers use of the boat, sails and normal wear. Damage beyond normal wear such as that resulting from collision with other boats or during docking will be billed to the sailor(s) involved.
    8. The SDYC Junior Sailing program shall have priority over High School sailing participants in the use of SDYC sailboats, support boats and equipment.