Reminder of the impact of the Jr Sailing program

Sailing Camp

By Harrison Zima

When I arrived at the Ware River Yacht Club, I was feeling very worried. I knew how to sail so I don’t know why I was nervous. Maybe it was because I was shy, or afraid I was going to make a fool out of myself. But there was no backing out now. I decided to suck it up and deal with it. So, I got out of my Dad’s van. My Dad told me everything I needed to know. When I walked in, I met all of the other kids. Then I met the counselors, who were pretty nice.

Once that was done the counselors said it was time to go sailing. We did just that. Then everyone got their boats rigged and into the water. The counselors told us to go to a peninsula called “Windmill Point”. The water looked like emeralds glistening and glimmering as I sailed through the water. When we arrived, the counselors told us we could do whatever we wanted. We played games, talked, and had a great time. The next day was pretty much the same as the first day. We all got to go on the big sailboat. The boat was black with big white sails. We sailed a lot on the pace ship.

We got to begin racing the following days, the counselors told us it was a regatta. They spent 30 minutes telling us the rules of racing and how to do the races. After that we did the regattas. I got a 4th, 7th and a 3rd. the fifth day it was raining so we had no wind. We played a board game called Risk. Risk is a game about conquering the world.

On the sixth day we did more regattas and played in the water. On the last day we had a picnic at Windmill Point. It was sunny, the sand was cool, the waves were peaceful, and all was still. We ate watermelon, cake and other things to eat and drink.

The lesson I learned is not to be scared to try new things. I had fun.