The QCYC Junior Club attracts budding sailors from members' families, the Toronto Island community, and the greater Toronto area. Open to children between the ages of 7 and 18, the emphasis is definitely on having fun while learning the skills of a fabulous sport. Optimist sailors enjoy a camp atmosphere as they get familiar with being on the water in a program of confidence building.
Sailing is punctuated with lots of other fun activities.
The Optimist program repeats every 2 weeks, but they'll want to keep going once they start. White Sail programs establish sound basic skills, and include participation in local regattas. White Sail programs are 4 weeks in duration, but 2 week programs can also be scheduled if demand is sufficient. Bronze and Silver programs bring advanced skills which the participants put to good use in a number of regattas. These programs are more advanced, and are 4 weeks in length.