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About Camp

Queen City Junior Yacht Club, 2608 Boyer Avenue East on Portage Bay invites swimmers 8-17 years old to join one of 8 one-week sessions from 9-3.

The Camp is open to all Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, and High School Students regardless of whether you have any affiliation with the Queen City Yacht Club.

Certified Sailing Instructors will provide instruction in boating safety, small boat handling, basic rowing, rigging, sailing fundamentals, knot tying, boating and games. The goal of the camp is to give campers a taste of the many opportunities boating has to offer.

Unlike any other boating/sailing camp in Seattle we maintain small class sizes to ensure every student gets the attention they need. We make sure that every student gets at least one one-on-one time out on the water with an instructor. To ensure this our class sizes range between 5-7 campers each week with two counselors.

Classes are available for beginning and intermediate sailors. For further questions please e-mail juniorboating@queencity.org.

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What to Expect

2009 QCJYC Begining Schedule (PDF)47.4 KB

2009 QCJYC Intermediate Schedule (PDF)56.66 KB

We are fortunate to be able to have small class sizes so we are able to easily change our schedule to fit people's interests, ability, and weather to give our campers' the best experience possible. So while we try to stick to these schedules there is some wiggle room.

What to Bring To Camp:
Please make sure your child has: a swimsuit, lunch, sun screen, water bottle, sun glasses with lanyard, towel, and a change of clothes. Please note that if your child has glasses they need a lanyard so they don't lose them in the water. Already this summer we have had two pairs of glasses disappear.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

sailing camp week eight

This was the last week of the camp and by far the hottest. The group this week wasn't as in to sailing as some of the previous groups so a couple times we broke off into two groups so those that could go sailing could which worked out well. We got in some good matches of capture the flag and base tag at gasworks parks. Thanks for Amanda and Colin for helping out throughout the week. Enjoy the pictures and video!

This has been the best year of sailing camp yet. The exciting thing about working here is that every year camp keeps on getting better and grows in size. Thank you everyone for coming and making this a great summer for Ian and I. Hope to see you all next year. Stay in touch and let me know what you are up to. My email is kielj@lclark.edu



Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Week Seven

Week seven was a week of sun and wind. Amanda helped out this week so we had three counselors which I think everyone benefited from. At the beginning of the summer I was always worried because at the end of the day it looked like we were running out of things to do, this week however we always were running out of time. Monday we successfully made it to The Center For Wooden Boats and were able to sail around Lake Union. And on Thursday we made it to Madison Beach, although we barely made it back as it was upwind sailing for most of the return trip. Everyone did a great job and was a pleasure to have at camp. At the start of the week I felt like we were a very scattered bunch of kids but by the end we had become a connected group. Thanks everyone for making the week so much fun. Enjoy the pictures and movie.