WaterCats provides a catamaran sailing experience designed for those students with no sailing know-how but offers hands-on sailing for any student that would like to explore catamaran sailing.
There is an instructor on each catamaran who will explain all of the components of the boat and demonstrate sailing techniques. The instructor gives any students the opportunity to handle the tiller or the sails if they so desire (carefully supervised, of course). Some students prefer to just go along for the ride, which is quite OK. They will have fun and will pick up a few sailing tips regardless.
WaterCats is ideal for juniors with a limited schedule. It is just one week long. 2 hours per day. Monday through Friday. There is an instructor on board each boat and students are grouped by age.
There is a different destination sail each day to explore local waters while practicing multihull handling technique. Where we go and what we do each day is based on tide and weather.
You will learn how to maneuver, handle the sheets, self-rescue from a capsize, and how to “fly” a hull.
This is not a how-to-sail course. Sailing fundamentals are taught in the Core Courses. WaterCats is intended to be a supplement to, rather than a substitute for, proper learn-to-sail training.
Beginners are still welcome, and will have a lot of fun, but WaterCats does not satisfy, nor replace, any prerequisites in the Core Curriculum.