SAILORS AGES 7-12 OR HIGH SCHOOL SAILORS TYPES OF BOATS There are three classes used for instruction at FYC. The Optimist is a small sailboat designed for learning to sail and raced until a sailor reaches their 13th birthday. It is a singlehanded boat. The Optimist fleet learns...
Summer Sailing Camp 2019 SESSION 1 June 3rd – 14th SESSION 2 June 17th- 28th SESSION 3 July 8th – 19th SESSION 4 July 22nd – August 2nd...
The USODA Opti Mid Winter offered some challenging conditions on Lake Pontchartrain. Mornings offered 6 knots of breeze but often died by the afternoon. After 3 days of racing they sailed only 5 races to complete the regatta. Congratulations to Joe Comer finishing 13th in...
.Congratulations to FHS team Pete McGriff, Liam Bishop, Parker French and Chandler Taloney, they battled some extremely light and shifty conditions. They finished the regatta 4th in silver fleet....
Great weekend at Gulfport Yacht Club for Gulf Coast High School Champs. Very proud of all these sailors from Fairhope High School and St. Michael Catholic High School. FHS finished 2nd overall with A division in 2nd, B division in 2nd and C division in...
Session 1: June 4th - 15th A: 8am -12pm B: 1pm -5pm Session 2: June 18th - 29th A: 8am - 12pm B: 1pm - 5pm Session 3: July 9th - 20th A: 8am - 12pm B: 1pm - 5pm Session 4: July 23rd - August 3rd A:...
Over the long MLK weekend, FYC hosted coaches Richard Feeny, Scott Ikle, and Scott Lindley to run a 3 day high performance clinic on Lasers and Optimist. Sailors from all along the Gulf Coast and Atlanta applied and we had a great group of 12...
Congratulations to Sara Boyd and Truitt Williams- winners of the Marty Cup and Boat Cohen awards for 2016. Sara has been a part of our Junior program since the 3rd grade when she told her mom that she wanted to teach sailing when she grew up....
Juniors were on the water almost every day throughout the month with Opti clinics Wednesdays and Saturdays, high school practice Tuesdays and Fridays and Laser/420 clinics on Thursdays. The FHS and St. Michael's high school teams got off to a great start with Jerry Ellis...