Kurt and Meka are home schooling parents and decided it was time to start letting everyone in on what they are passionate about. They feel fortunate to be part of a wonderful co-op called St.Pete Cooperative Home Schoolers. Here they were able to offer fun sail classes to the kids in the co-op. Each week they had an average of 30 kids on the water.  Interest grew and they decided to start a Home School Sailing Team.

Anyone is invited to join the class or the team.

Class

Classes are everyone other Friday from 11-1 at the Clearwater Community Sailing Center.  We usually take out a Hobie Wave and a few Optimists and each child gets a chance to steer. We also enjoy some swimming time off the beach at the  Sailing Center.  The fee for the class is $10 per child. Life Jackets are provided but we ask that each child has a pair of water shoes. Just email Meka to let her know that yo are interested. Each week she sends out an email so everyone can sign up and so she can get a general  head count.

Team

We will have practice every other Friday from 11-3pm. On the opposing Friday we will still have our regular fun class where the kids on the team will come to sail and help with the regular sailing class. It won't be long before the team members will be able to handle boats and take kids in the class for rides. In sailing it's very valuable to teach others because it really helps you learn the concepts.

The Team will learn sailing, fitness and nutrition. All of which are important in becoming a well rounded sailor. After the teams sailing skills come up we will introduce the sailors to racing. If any one is interested in racing then we can look for a local regatta to sail in.


Joining the team is a 3 month commitment  with  a  $100 monthly fee. (There is a sibling discount of $25) Just a verbal commitment is good and at the end you can keep going or decide it's not the right thing for you.This will help us plan. We have seminars and private coaching scheduled and we want to be able to make sure we have the room in our schedule to help avoid conflicts. Also we know that things come up for you( vacation, illness, field trips) and we want you to be able to get the most out of it, this will allow us the most flexibility in scheduling. If you have to miss a day or we have to rescheule you can tack it on at the end.

We need to compensate the sailing center as well, since they are nice enough to let us use their boats and facilities. There are a few options to choose from.
1) You can pay  $5 each time you come to a class/ practice with SailFit.
2) You can become a member of the sailing center. If you choose this route you get all the amenities of the sailing center and can use the facilities any time you like. You can use any of the boats or SUP. You can see all that they have to offer on their website. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org

Benefits of Membership:

  • Unlimited Access to our fleet of boats (no rental or other fees)
  • Boat storage is available to members only (additional charges may apply
  • 10% discount on sail instructions, and all other short-term programs
  • Free participation in CCSC’s weekly and monthly regattas
  • Launching privileges
  • Special programs for members only
  • Our Adult Learn to Sail program 1 time for free!

If you choose this route you have these options

a) an annual family membership for $465 which can be paid monthly  ( about $40 per month) Anyone in the family can use the facility at any time

b) an annual youth membership for $190 which can be paid  monthly  ( about $16 per month)  This is per child or youth member.

c) a half year youth membership for $125 which can be paid  monthly ( about $20 per month) This is per child or youth member

Whew that seems like a lot of information so please feel free to ask as many questions as you need.  We are flexible so we want what will work best for everyone. Our goal is just to get kids on the water and having fun.

Check the Calendar to see if it is a Team Friday or class Friday or email Meka.