Fantastic Fall Programs at Rockland Community Sailing

Rockland, Maine - Rockland Community Sailing at The Apprenticeshop is now accepting registrations for its fall high school sailing team, afterschool sailing program and adult sailing program.

The high school sailing team practices in Rockland Harbor on 14-foot, two-person fiberglass 420 sloops. Sailors practice Tuesdays and Thursdays for eight weeks beginning September 3, and usually attend two to four regattas a season. Practices are coached from safety motor boats by instructor Patrick DiLalla. More than one hundred students from Rockland, Camden, Thomaston, and Medomak Valley schools have sailed with the team since it began in 2004. The team races against sailors from all over the northeast and travels to regattas along Maine’s coast including Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, and Portland. All mid-coast area students in grades 7-12 are invited to participate in the high school team. No experience is required and scholarships are available.

Afterschool sailing is a great way to introduce students in grades 4-8 to sailing or provide opportunities to hone previously learned sailing skills. Students enjoy Maine’s fall shoulder season sailing in Optimist dinghies, 420 sloops and keelboats while learning rigging, safety, tides, weather, knot tying and racing skills.

Instructors are US Sailing, First Aid/CPR certified.  Afterschool sailing meets Mondays and Wednesdays for five weeks beginning September 9th. No experience required and scholarships are available.

Adults also have the opportunity to learn sailing this fall at RCS. Small class sizes offer plenty of room for in-depth, hands on learning from highly experienced instructors.  Sessions run Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday from 4:00-7:00 pm.

Rockland Community Sailing has been teaching adult and youth sailing lessons for 15 years at the Apprenticeshop, a nonprofit school teaching traditional boatbuilding and seamanship. Since 1972, the organization has offered hands on programs dedicated to inspiring personal growth through craftsmanship, community, and the traditions of the sea. Boatbuilding and sailing courses are offered throughout the year at our Rockland waterfront campus. Call KC Heyniger at 207-594-1800, or go online today for more information – www.apprenticeshop.org.