Our overall goal is very simple – Provide a fun and safe learning environment for young sailors.  We do this by offering an 8 week summer program providing instruction for children and teens ages 6 - 18 at all levels, from beginning sailing through competitive racing.

Other objectives include:

·        To help young people learn safe boat handling, seamanship, and sportsmanship

  ·        To help young people learn to sail

·        To help young people learn techniques of one-design racing and to help them fully develop their one-design racing skills

   ·        To promote youth sailing competition

NBYC has been a leader in junior sailing nationally and internationally for over 50 years.  Hundreds of sailors have had the opportunity to experience sailing through this Program.  Sailors from NBYC’s Junior Program have gone on to compete in collegiate, National, World, America’s Cup, and Olympic competition. Also important are the countless young men and women who have taken their experiences at NBYC and gone on to make sailing a life long passion whether it be ocean/coastal cruising, one-design racing, grand prix racing, day sailing, or otherwise “messing around” in boats.