2025 NCYC Junior Sailing Travel Race Team
North Cove Yacht Club is pleased to offer our Junior Sailing Travel team program. The NCYC junior travel team is designed to provide participants with opportunities to compete at yacht clubs across Easter CT and RI. These events are sanctioned by the Easter Connecticut Sailing Association (ECSA) and are highly attended. Sailors will have the chance to sail against 20-50 other boats!
The NCYC junior race team is designed to provide participants with racing instruction including strategies and tactics and is geared towards sailors who want to learn to race or improve their racing skills. Sailors will receive personalized coaching from our NCYC race coaches. There is an Opti and a Club 420 race class.
Any sailor who participates in at least one sailing session at North Cove Yacht Club this summer will get a 10% discount on Race Team fees. Reach out to Amy Vinciguerra, the Junior Sailing Program Director, at northcovejuniorsailing@gmail.com to get the discount code!
New this year:
Alex will be offering small group Opti instruction on Wednesday evenings. These are not mandatory practices, and are an ADD ON to the travel program.
5pm-7pm Opti sailors can receive racing instruction including strategies and tactics geared towards improvement of racing skills. Sailors will receive personalized coaching from our experienced NCYC coach.
Program Overview
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Season Cost:
$175 per sailor and includes coaching at each regatta, race team shirt, and use of boats/equipment.
Regatta fees for each event are separate through ECSA.
10% discount for sailors registered for members of NCYC. Please email northcovejuniorsailing@gmail.com to request the discount code.
Parent Race Support: Parents are required to help transport boats and racers to/from regattas. On a rotating basis, we will need parents to drive the rental van that can hold up to 6 Optis. Parents of 420 sailors will need a method to transport the 420 trailer to each race (boat rentals are available at some clubs).
Race team size: Each race class has a minimum number of participants required. There is also a combined minimum of 6 racers across both race classes for the 2025 race season.
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New this year:
Alex will be offering small group Opti instruction on Wednesday evenings. These are not mandatory practices, and are an ADD ON to the travel program at $75 per personalized session.
5pm-7pm Opti sailors can receive racing instruction including strategies and tactics geared towards improvement of racing skills. Sailors will receive personalized coaching from our experienced NCYC coach.
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Skill level: Participants must have at least 2 years’ experience sailing Optis at NCYC or another club program.
Age: Must be at least 10 yrs old by June 1st.
Team size: Minimum of 3 Opti racers required to run the team; maximum team size of 8 Opti racers.
2025 Regattas (tentative):
July 8th- Ram Island Yacht Club
July 10th- Niantic Bay Yacht Club
July 15th- Watch Hill Yacht Club
July 22nd- Weekapaug Yacht Club
July 26th- Pettipaug Sailing Academy
Regatta Boat Assignments:
Boats will be assigned by the Opti Race Coach OR
Racers may use their personal boats and equipment
Payment options:
Race Team Fees only: $175 (sailor will register for each regatta independently)
Register by: May 31, 2025
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Skill level: Participants must have at least 1 year of experience sailing Club 420s at NCYC or another club program.
Age: Must be at least 12 yrs old by June 1st.
Team size: Minimum of 2 Club 420 racers required to run this race class; maximum race class size of 12 racers.
2025 Regattas (tentative):
July 17th- Wadawanuck Yacht Club
July 26th- Pettipaug Sailing Academy
August 11th and 12th- The Dinghy Race
Regatta Boat Assignments:
Race coach will assign skipper & crew assignments
Payment options:
Race Team Fees only: $175 (sailors will register/pay for each regatta independently)
Register by: May 31, 2025