Thank you for a great year! |
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| • | Summer classes were outstanding, with 139 kids in our four day learn-to-sail
programs over 11 weeks of classes.
This included Fun on the Water for the little folks along with advanced, intermediate, and beginner classes. In the
evenings we had Women’s learn-to-sail, Community Laser racing, and our race team practice nights. |
| • | Our race team successes included starting a Middle School Race Team with 6 new sailors, and
continued development of our High School sailors through regular practices, the special summer WIND clinic at the Gorge,
and regatta attendance. We were able to send 4 sailors to the Girls High School Nationals Invitational in California this fall! |
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| • | We certified 4 new local instructors to support all of our programming at Sail Orcas. |
| • | Our fleet is undergoing much needed refurbishment and expansion to better serve Sail Orcas,
including the addition of 3 new Optimist Sailboats to the fleet (this means for the first time in years, younger
kids ages could join our older sailors to participate in the Northwest Youth Race Circuit). |
| • | Importantly, we stepped up our program with our Head Coach becoming certified to teach other
instructors, so that Orcas has become a teaching hub in the Pacific Northwest for the lifelong sport of sailing! |
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| • | We will continue improving our summer learn to sail programs through additional instructor training,
more Fun-on-the-Water Sessions, and growing the summer race team. Sail Orcas is working to not only improve our
quality of classes for participants, but also to help the rest of the northwest and San Juans with sailing instructor
educational classes and certifications through US Sailing. |
| • | We want to bring back adult keelboat programs, using our newly refurbished Cal 20 and work with
our local J/Pod J/70 racer fleet to develop racing skills. |
| To everyone who made this year a success through volunteering, donating, and sharing what we do,
thank you. As the year comes to a close, please consider a donation to Sail Orcas so we can continue providing
sailing education and developing a life long love for the sport of sailing within our community. |
Donate to Sail Orcas via the Orcas Island Community Foundation |
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