I like sailing because it is the sport which demands the least energy.
Albert Einstein
Sailing Links
Send interesting sailing links to admin@paradisepointeyachtclub.org.
How does a sailboat work?- What are the rules in a sailboat race?
- Where can I find animations illustrating key sailboat racing rules?
- Where can I learn more about sailing in the United States?
- Where can I find a website that caters to women who want to learn to sail?
- What is the International Sailing Federation website?
- Where can I find a sailboat dealer in the Kansas City area?
- Where can I learn more about the sailboat racing and cruising community?
- Where can I buy sailboat parts online?
- Where can I buy other sailboat stuff online?
- Where can I watch sailing online?
- Where can I learn about celestial navigation?
- How the Sailing Heritage Society brightens the lives of ill children with free sailing trips on a 65' schooner?
Youth Sailing Program
This activity is still in the planning stages. It will target the children and grandchildren of club members between the ages of 10 and 15. To participate, contact the club commodore at donsharp1946@yahoo.com.
Adult Beginning Sailing Course
The course consists of nine hours of weeknight classroom instruction and fifteen hours of practical on-the-water weekend instruction using four-person Sweet 16 sailboats. Instruction is tailored for adult students. Volunteer instructors are members of the Paradise Pointe Yacht Club.
No, that's not one of our on-the-water instructors. But this little girl has been sailing since she was smaller than this! She is a few years older now. If you wait too many more years to sign up for sailing lessons, she could be your instructor. But why wait? If she can learn to sail, so can you!
Each student is required to provide their own PFD (lifejacket) unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. For certification, students are required to demonstrate their ability to swim 25 yards without floatation equipment and tread water for 5 minutes before donning their PFD in the water. Appropriate attire for the weekend sessions will be discussed at the first class meeting.
Tuesday classes meet 7-10 pm at the Park Hill School District Community Education Center on Barry Road a short distance west of I29. Weekend classes meet at Sailboat Cove at Smithville Lake near Paradise, MO, from 9 am to 3 pm. Students should bring a lunch for the weekend classes on the lake.
Upon completion of the course, students will have a good working knowledge of basic sailing terminology as applied to small sailboat handling, the physical principles of sailing, right of way rules, the impact of weather on sailing, and competent, safe sailboat operation. At the conclusion of the class, students must complete both a written and an on-the-water test, where each student must maneuver a small sailboat over a predefined course with the aid of one other person. An certificate of completion will be award upon successful completion of the course requirements.
- Location
- Park Hill Community Education Center
- Fees
- Call Park Hill Community Education Center for fee information.
- Course Schedule
- Classes will begin on May 31st this year and meet three consecutive Tuesdays (May 31st, June 7th, and June 14th) at 7-10 pm, with three weekend sessions on the water on either Saturday or Sunday (June 4th or 5th, June 11th or 12th, and June 18th or 19th) from 9 am until 3 pm. All students are also welcome to attend the club social at Sailboat Cove on June 11th. Contact Park Hill for more information.
- Registration
- Park Hill Community Education Center, 7703 N.W. Barry Road or call (816) 359-4060 to have an enrollment form mailed or faxed to you and to confirm class dates and times.
Adult Intermediate Sailing Course
This course introduces adult students to sailing on larger sailboats, building on the skills covered in the Beginning Sailing course. Volunteer instructors are members of the Paradise Pointe Yacht Club and have completed the American Red Cross Instructor Certification requirements.
The course consists of nine hours of weeknight classroom instruction and fifteen hours of practical on-the-water weekend instruction in a sailboat between 20 and 35 feet long.
Each student is required to provide their own PFD (lifejacket) unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. Appropriate attire for the weekend sessions will be discussed at the first class meeting.
Tuesday classes meet 7-10 pm at the Park Hill School District Community Education Center on Barry Road a short distance west of I29. Weekend classes meet at Sailboat Cove at Smithville Lake near Paradise, MO, from 9 am to 3 pm. Students should bring a lunch for the weekend classes on the lake and be prepared to pay the Clay County Parks and Recreation parking fee.
- Location
- Park Hill Community Education Center
- Fees
- Call Park Hill Community Education Center for fee information.
- Course Schedule
- Three consecutive weeks in July 2011. Classroom instruction on Tuesday (July 12, July 19, and July 26), 7-10 pm and weekend instruction on Saturday (July 16, July 23, and July 30), 9 am-3 pm. If enough students take the course, weekend instruction may also be scheduled on the Sundays following the scheduled Saturday on-the-water instruction.
- Registration
- Park Hill Community Education Center, 7703 N.W. Barry Road or call (816) 359-4060 to have an enrollment form mailed or faxed to you and to confirm class dates and times.
Boating Vacations Around The World
This course is new this year and covers how to charter sail and power boats in exotic locations.
Thursday classes meet 7-10 pm at the Park Hill School District Community Education Center on Barry Road a short distance west of I29.
- Location
- Park Hill Community Education Center
- Fees
- Call Park Hill Community Education Center for fee information.
- Course Schedule
- Three consecutive weeks in July 2011. Classroom instruction on Thursday (July 14, July 21, and July 28), 7-10 pm
- Registration
- Park Hill Community Education Center, 7703 N.W. Barry Road or call (816) 359-4060 to have an enrollment form mailed or faxed to you and to confirm class dates and times.
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