1 Table of Contents RYC Info: RYC Junior Sailing Program Goals/ JSA Code of Ethics 2 RJYC Officers and Instructors 3 - 6 Junior Sailing Committee 7 - 8 Important Information for All Sailors and Parents Daily Sailing Schedule 9 Required Equipment , RYC Guidelines for Junior Sailors, 10 Discipline, Incident/Accident policy 10 - 11 Junior Club House Rules, Medication Policy 12 Communication 13 Clinics/ Private Lessons 13 JSA Info: JSA Guidelines for Parents 14 - 15 What You Need to Know About Regattas 16 - 18 JSA Regatta Guidelines for Sailors 18 Calendar Events – Explained 19 -21 Boat Info: Parts, Equipment Suppliers, and Repair Work 22 General Sailing Memberships & Boat Class Membership 23 2010 Award Recipients 24 - 27 Class Lists RYC Junior Sailing Calendar (please consult JSA website, www.jsalis.org, regularly for updates) Junior Clubhouse Phone 637-2708 RYC Website www.riversideyc.org Email: [email protected] [email protected] RYC Info. 2 Riverside Junior Yacht Club Sailing Program Goals Mission: To develop a life-long love of sailing in a safe and fun environment with a focus on each sailor’s personal progress. • To ensure that safety is paramount. • To encourage fun while learning. • To encourage a lifetime love of sailing through learning of fundamentals and achievement of personal goals. • To provide the opportunity for RYC junior sailors to achieve success at the regional and national level. Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound The JSA is the governing body of Junior Sailing on Long Island Sound. www.jsalis.org Code of Ethics “You haven’t won the race if in winning the race, you have lost the respect of your competitors.” Paul Elvstrom (4 time Olympic Gold Medalist in the Finn Dinghy) 1. Treat other persons and their property as you know they should be treated, and as you wish them to treat you and your property. 2. Regard the racing rules as agreements, the spirit and letter of which you should not evade or break. 3. Be gracious in victory and defeat. 4. Be cooperative and respectful. Remember that your actions on and off the water reflect on you and your sailing organization. The RYC junior sailing program will continue to emphasise ethics and good sportsmanship this summer. RYC Info. 3 Junior Officers of Riverside Yacht Club 2011 Commodore Elizabeth Michler Vice Commodore Billy Baxter Rear Commodore Brendan O’Leary Fleet Captain Billy Lewis Secretary/Treasurer Robbie Rovelli 2011 RYC Sailing Instructors Program Director Sally Saunders Old Greenwich Yacht Club Head Instructor Evan Oleson American Yacht Club Instructors Ford Bucknell Sam Burd Hadley Duncan American Yacht Club Parrish Duncan American Yacht Club Will Florio American Yacht Club Kate Foley Larchmont Yacht Club Jeffrey Gordon American Yacht Club Kelsey Harrison Norton Yacht Club Rebecca Liggins Larchmont Yacht Club Teddy Mark Larchmont Yacht Club Steven Pelisier Hadley Seniff Peter Stoll Larchmont Yacht Club Junior Instructors Billy Baxter Chris Keller Ali Larkin Ed Larkin Billy Lewis Stevie Lewis Brendan O’Leary Ben Van Duyne Kelly Weigold Hunter Westerberg Junior Clubhouse Phone 637-2708 Email : [email protected] [email protected] RYC Info. 4 2011 RYC Junior Sailing Staff Program Director Sally Saunders returns to RYC for her fourth summer. Most of her sailing experience was gained on the Solent in England as a member of the Royal Solent Yacht Club. She is predominantly a big boat cruising sailor. She has experience in Contessa 32’s and Nicholson 35’s amongst others. Since moving to the US 19 years ago she has become familiar with Long Island Sound. Head Instructor Evan Oleson is returning to us for a fourth summer. He is sailor from American Yacht Club. He began sailing Optimists at age nine and two summers later moved on to Blue Jays, which he also sailed for two summers. Since then, Evan has sailed 420’s competitively throughout Long Island Sound as well as at larger events including the Buzzards Bay Regatta and Club 420 Nationals. He also enjoys sailing Lasers recreationally and has been accumulating experience crewing on such larger boats as J105’s, J44’s, and J109’s. He sailed in the 2006 Newport-Bermuda race aboard the communications and safety vessel Geronimo. Evan attended Rye Country Day School for 14 years where he enjoyed playing football, hockey, and baseball at the varsity level for four years. He is a rising senior at Williams College. Evan is looking forward to another great summer at RYC . RYC Instructor/Coaches Ford Bucknall began sailing at age 9 out of Indian Harbor Yacht Club. He sailed opti’s for 5 years the last two on the national circuit. After Opti’s he sailed 420’s out of Indian harbor and also on the national circuit for 5 more years. He attended Greenwich High School where he sailed on the sailing team for his junior and senior year. Senior year he sailed in Greenwich Laser racing and the Cedar Point frostbite series. He has worked as a sailing instructor on Long Island sound since the summer of 2007 and looks forward to returning to Riverside this summer. Sam Burd grew up in Old Lyme, CT and began sailing at Pettipaug Yacht Club in Essex, CT. There he learned to sail and race on Optis and 420's. He spent three years fleet racing and team racing 420's in the ECSA, and then moved on to instruct at Mason's Island YC in Mystic CT, Great Harbor YC on Nantucket, and now Riverside YC. He currently races F18 catamarans throughout New England and loves to windsurf in his spare time. He also enjoys lacrosse, skiing, and mountain biking and is studying Engineering Management at Lafayette College. He is looking forward to a great summer of teaching sailing and windsurfing at RYC. Parrish Duncan grew up sailing out of American Yacht club, participating in Optis, Blue Jays, and 420s for eight years as well as the Big Boat program. In addition to sailing, Parrish enjoys playing lacrosse. She is currently a rising sophomore at Trinity College where she participates in the club sailing program. She is looking forward to having another fun filled summer at Riverside. RYC Info. 5 Hadley Duncan grew up sailing out of American Yacht Club. At the junior sailing program she sailed both Optis and 420s, both as a crew and skipper. She also participated in the Big Boat program. She is currently enrolled at Trinity College where she plays both varsity field hockey and varsity lacrosse; of which had an undefeated regular season. Hadley looks forward to coming back and having another great season. Will Florio began sailing out of American Yacht Club when he was 8 years old. Through the years he has trained and competed in the Optimist, Laser and both the Club and International 420. Besides dinghy sailing, will enjoys sailing big boats, where he regularly is the bowman on a NYYC Swan 42, a J105, and a J122. He has just graduated from Rye High school, where he was the captain of both the wrestling and sailing teams. In the fall, Will will be attending Hobart and William Smith Colleges and looks forward to the opportunity of sailing for them. He is also looking forward to a great summer at RYC. Kate Foley is from Larchmont Yacht Club. she sailed competitively throughout Long Island sound in 420s, V15s, Shields, J105s and Etchells. Kate attended Convent of the Sacred Heart for 15 years. At CSH she tried to stay on the water as much as possible, even though they don’t have a sailing team. She swam and rowed at the varsity level for four years and was elected captain of her crew team in her senior year. She now attends Union College in upstate New York where she continue to sail and row. Kate looks forward to another fun and memorable summer at Riverside! Jeffrey Gordon participated in American Yacht Club’s junior sailing program for nine years. During this time he competitively sailed Optimists, 420’s, and Laser Standards as well as participating in AYC’s big boat program. He is currently enrolled at Colgate University and is a member of the sailing team skippering 420’s and FJ’s. He was an instructor at Larchmont Yacht Club l, primarily teaching Optis, and is very excited to return for a second summer at Riverside Yacht Club. Kelsey Harrison has been sailing out of the Noroton Yacht Club since she was 8 years old. She sailed Optis for 5 years, then moved onto Pixels for two, and finally Lasers for two more years. During this time she also participated in the Big Boats program, and sailed on the weekends on her father’s J24. Kelsey is going to be a sophomore at University of Southern California, and outside of sailing she loves to swim and ski in the winter. She is looking forward to another great summer at RYC. Teddy Mark , grew up racing Optimists in the Great South Bay in Long Island, and sailing in the Larchmont Yacht Club program. He sailed 420’s there, and then began sailing 420’s across the country and throughout the world. Teddy raced on the LISOT 420 team for three years, and on Team USA for one. He attended Rye Country Day School, and was the captain of the high school sailing team there. Teddy attends Georgetown University and is part of the sailing team. He is very excited to return to Riverside to coach Optis and his specialty, 420s! RYC Info. 6 Rebecca Liggins began sailing Optis out of Larchmont Yacht Club when she was eight years old.