Public Registration for CSC’s Award-Winning Sailing Summer Camp is Open!
With classes and camps for all experience levels and no need to own your own boat, this will be a perfect summer to start or expand your sailing adventures!
Our full-day (9:30am – 4:30pm) one-week sessions are open to the public…you don’t have to be a club member!
Each session has limited capacity so sailors can enjoy an outstanding student/coach ratio.
Eager to secure your child’s spot and get sailing?
There are options available for all ages and experience levels, and campers can greatly benefit from taking the same program more than once.
The most important factor in becoming a better sailor is time on the water, so let’s get sailing!
*denotes program has prerequisite
Designed as an introductory, hands-on program, the goal of PB&J is to plant and then sow a seed that creates a love for the outdoors, the water, and of course, sailing! It's not a class that teaches beginner sailing like our week-long camps that starts at age seven, but rather a preparation for it, akin to tee-ball as an introduction to baseball.
As such, we will play, laugh, swim, learn, and sail, and hopefully impart our own love for sailing in the process. We aim to build life-long sailors by helping kids become more comfortable in the water and providing them with a fun and welcoming introduction to sailing.
Each PB&J class starts with the three rules: have fun, wear a lifejacket, and listen to the coach. With just three rules, things are kept simple and safe.
Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00pm throughout June & July
(no session July 5)
What better way to get your little ones outside and learning while having fun?
Taught on the ubiquitous “Opti” sailboat, this program teaches the basics of boat handling, sailing fundamentals, seamanship (knots, weather, etc.), sportsmanship, water safety, and a basic introduction to the sport of sailing. Sailors learn the essentials of steering, trimming the sail, and balancing the boat in an exciting, hands-on way. More advanced Opti sailors may single-hand their boat—sail it by themselves—as well as learn how to rig, launch, recover, and properly store their boat and equipment.
Session 1 | June 5-9
Session 2 | June 12-16
Session 3 | June 19-23
Session 4 | June 26-30
Session 5 | July 10-14
Session 6 | July 17-21
Session 7 | July 24-28
Ready to sail an Opti?
This sailing program is taught on Club 420 sailboats, a two-person or “double-handed” boat so called for its length: 420cm or 13’9”. The program is for older and larger sailors who are new to sailing, or younger sailors with some experience but who are new to the Club 420 sailboat. Course includes basics of rigging a Club 420 sailboat, basic boat handling, seamanship (knots, weather, etc.), sportsmanship, and water safety. Sailors who grasp the fundamentals quickly may be asked to lead the fleet on a long-distance sail or begin an introduction to racing.
Session 1 | June 5-9
Session 2 | June 12-16
Ready to sail a 420?
This course is for sailors who are comfortable on the water and have completed a previous week of camp or have some other sailing experience. Sailors will get a chance to sail a variety of boats—Opti, Skiff, C420, Sunfish—and the course will teach additional sailing concepts while honing the fundamentals.
The course includes introductory racing concepts like basic racing rules, starting sequences, and simple race courses, as well as introductory cruising concepts like destination sailing and basic navigation. Both racing and adventure sailing can be further explored in additional programs.
*Sailors in Optimist, Skiff, and Sunfish sailboats will need to be functionally competent in “single-handing” their boat, which involves controlling the sail and steering simultaneously. This multitasking, while essential, can sometimes be challenging, especially for our youngest sailors. If your sailor is not quite ready to single-hand, consider some more “tiller time” in the Sailing Optimists program.
Session 3 | June 19-23
Session 4 | June 26-30
Session 5 | July 10-14
Session 6 | July 17-21
You ready to get back on the water?
This wildly popular program is one all the littlest sailors look forward to, and one all the parents are envious of…it’s Big Boat Adventure Sailing! The program is taught on Big Sailboats ranging from 23’ to 34’ and is the best way to get the feeling of “sailing the high seas” right here in the Midlands.
Sailors will learn how to sail as a crew, each having individual responsibilities, but working as a team. They will also discuss basic navigation, trip planning, boat mechanics, and environmental awareness.
Weather permitting, day-to-day activities may include long-distance sails up the lake, lunch on an island, scavenger hunts, or a visit to the waterfront restaurant Liberty on the Lake.
This class is perfect for the child that loves the water and experiencing it in a variety of ways. It is an inspired alternative to the conventional racing track route and will build a foundation for lifelong sailors.
Session 4 | June 26-30
Session 5 | July 10-14
Session 6 | July 17-21
Session 7 | July 24-28
Are you ready for an adventure?
This is a high-intensity training course designed to take competitive sailors to the next level. As such, it is more training camp than summer camp, focusing on developing starting strategy, advanced sail trim, roll tacking/jibing, mark rounding, and other skills/tactics/drills necessary to improving regatta performance.
Because this is an advanced course, participants are expected to be proficient boat handlers and already have a firm grasp of sailing fundamentals, racing fundamentals, and rules of the road. Weather permitting, the course will conclude with a scored regatta on Friday.
*Sailors have the option of competing in their own boat or in one of the club owned Optis, Open Skiffs, or C420s.
Session 7 | July 24-28
Ready to elevate your racing?
This course will teach students safe powerboat handling skills while also exploring and learning about Lake Murray. Students will learn basic engine maintenance, anchoring, docking, and maneuvers such as high-speed turn, avoidance turn, emergency stop, crew overboard recovery, and more.
Upon completion, the student should be comfortable operating a single-engine powerboat under 100HP with adult supervision.
Students will also complete the Boat U.S. Foundation’s South Carolina-specific boating safety course and earn their Boat U.S. Boating Safety Certificate. This course is approved the NASBLA, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
Session 8 (4-day) | August 1-4
Ready to hit the water?
Are you excited for summer yet? We certainly are, and we can’t wait to sail with you!
Online payment is due and required at the time of online registration. The CSC Sailing Director is not able to process offline registrations, nor can they accept cash or check.
Please be sure of your schedule and availability when you register for a program. Our programs are staffed based on the allotted capacity and sell out weeks to months in advance. Last-minute withdrawals do not allow time for the available program spot to filled, thereby preventing someone else from enjoying the sailing program.
As such and in the interest of fair and equitable application of this policy, exceptions to the refund policy will not be made for unexpected scheduling conflicts, changes of plan, changes of heart, etc.
Refund availability and amount refunded or credited for any camp, class, clinic, session, program, etc. will strictly follow the policy below.
