For the 2013 season, Saint Croix Sailing School has several offerings for students:

• Race Team Sessions
  Thanks to input from many of you, we are offering Race Team sessions for students skilled in Opti, Club 420, and Lasers. Each session runs half-days for three weeks, and there are many sessions to choose from.
• Learning Sessions
  We also offer Learning Sessions for students of any sailing ability, ages 6-17. There are nine week-long sessions offered this summer. We specialize in two types of boats for these sessions: Optimist dinghies and Club 420s.
• Adult Sessions
  We offer lessons for Adults with any sailing ability. These sessions follow US Sailing curriculum and are custom structured to your level whether you are a first-time sailor or looking for advanced spinnaker techniques and racing tactics.

See the Sessions page for more details about any of these sessions.

Saint Croix Sailing School now offers online registration and booking! No longer do you need to mail in a form, hoping that there are spaces available… All registrations are confirmed by registering through our registration page.

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Jackson Brown, a student of SCSS, took on some projects at the school to earn the distinguished award of Eagle Scout. He facilitated a crew of adults and troop members as well as put a lot of his own time and effort into turning a grungy, junk-filled shed into a storage and changing building for students. He also built a boat rail for additional 420 sailboat storage. We appreciate all of your hard work and dedication!

Click on this link to see Jackson’s photo album of the process:

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We will again be offering adult lessons on our O’Day Daysailor.  The lessons are essentially private and are scheduled to your calendar. Click here for more information and registration information.

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The schools mission is squarely focused on youth sailing.  But after receiving countless inquires about adult lessons we felt there was demand and need for an adult program.  Last year we conducted adult classes in our 420s, which worked well but clearly the 420 is less than an ideal adult learning platform.  This year an anonymous donor offered to fund a boat if we were willing to expand our adult offerings.  We said “of course” and are now happy to announce that we have acquired an O’Day Daysailor for adult lessons.  This is an ideal boat for any level sailor.  It is comfortable and stable yet performs well and gives helpful feedback that promotes learning.  Info on our adult lesson program is available here.

Saint Croix Sailing School is a 501(c)3 organization. We can accept donations that are tax deductible. Since we are committed to keeping tuition low and classes available to all students please help us by donating now. Feel free to conact any of our board members on the “contact us” page for more information.

Based on the interview below it is evident that sailing great Dennis Connor would support the model that the Saint Croix Sailing School has implemented:

From a recent interview of Dennis Conner by Sailing Anarchy

SA: And what do you think is more valuable for young (11-16 years old) sailors – to sail in Sabots and Optimists or to sail as part of a program on a bigger boat?

DC: For sure, kids should be in smaller one-design boats like Optimists…..420s……Lasers, that sort of thing. Certainly not sabots.