SAILING: Back on the water, club is turning its attention to younger students interested in getting started

will be able to take part in games, on land activities and in water drills that are part of the CANSail curriculum. Kids will get to participate in themed activities, including a pirate day, Hawaiian day, and exploring all the life at sea has to offer.

Starting June 29, the club will run four sessions of the program over a sixweek period, with classes running Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The first two sessions – June 29 to July 10 and July 13 to July 24 – will be two-week programs. The last two sessions will be a more condensed version of the program running one week each from July 27 to 31 and August 3 to August 7.

Because of COVID-19, some changes had to be implemented to maintain the safety and wellbeing of all kids and staff involved. Alexander says groups will be limited to 10 – including instructors – keeping classes small but adhering to provincial guidelines.

“We had been working on preparing for this, planning for it, doing a lot of instructional design, before COVID-19 hit. We felt that, given the fact that we are now able to operate as a day camp, we will follow the provincial guidelines that we’ve been working with Ontario sailing, that are very strict. Yet we can still run a camp for families in a safe way where their kids can explore sailing,” he explained.

Kids who take part must be able to swim 50 metres wearing a personal flotation device, tread water and provide their own lifejacket.

More information on the program can be found online at kwsailing.org.