Colleges for Sailors

momofthreeboys
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:31:22 +0000

S2 sent the coaches an e-mail before we visited. I always figured, most of the yacht clubs and regattas post results, so it’s fairly easy for a coach to google someone and see their info. The most interesting thing for me as I lived in various places was to learn how different areas seem to organically tilt toward different classes. But I guess if you can sail one you can sail most. Interesting S2 was the kid that at his first “real” non parent lesson pointed himself up wind, took off and went flying, finally got the dinghy turned into the wind, proceeded to spin, made it back down wind to the club and announced he’d “never sail again.” He did and grew to likesailing and we’re fortunate to have a competitive high school team. Ultimately he picked a college with no sailing club or competitive team and spends summers floating on a pontoon boat on the college local lake.