My name is John Hill. I began the junior sailing program when I was eight years old. I have been coming to the club every summer since then. I am now 16. I think that the two week "sessions" are too short to teach someone how to sail a small boat, or any boat for that matter. When I began the program the "session" lasted for the whole summer 8 weeks. I, however, thought that was too long. The optimum time for sailing camp would be four weeks. I am going to suggest this to my mother who is the program director. Please feel free to respond to this proposition with either positive or negative reinforcement. This is an issue that is crucial to the Jr. Sailing program. Now that enrollment is down, I think it is crucial to raise the best sailors that we can with the fewer candidates in the program.
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Longer sessions
John is right... especially since the weather is so unpredictable around here. Out of two weeks, we can sometimes only get a few days of decent sailing in. Four weeks would not only allow students to get more practice, but it would also (hopefully) mean that they would get out sailing in better conditions more frequently.
class length
I agree with John and Meredith, 2 weeks is not enough time to teach someone how to sail. At 3 hours a day, 10 days, 30 hours total, it just isnt enough time to teach all the basics, something is always being sacraficed, and it shouldnt have to be that way. Either extend sessions out to 4 weeks again, or make the day longer than 3 hours.
I like the 2 week schedule,
I like the 2 week schedule, because I only come to Vermont for 2-4 weeks a year. This year it was 5, so I took two sessions. Because I have done it before, it was a good reminder the first few days, then I remembered almost everything. I don't know... I like it the way it is.