YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Launched in 2014, the sailing team is open to any IRC high school student who can swim and has a desire to learn to sail. YSF provides the sailboats, the equipment, the location, the coach, the instructors, the volunteers and the safety boats. The team competes throughout Florida in 2-person Club 420 sailboats, which are used in high schools and colleges across the US. There are no fees to participate for the first year. A small fee, which can be met by fundraising or volunteering, is required in subsequent years.

Group or private sailing lessons for adults. Group classes are offered in 4-week sessions, 3 hours per week, several times a year. Beginning and intermediate students have access to a variety of sailboats, depending on ability and goals. Fee for 12-hr course is $350. Proceeds help fund our free Children's Sailing programs.

One-week sailing camps for children ages 8 to 13. Held at Quail Valley River Club and The Moorings Yacht & Country Club, the camps offer sailing instruction, recreational excursions on the Indian River Lagoon, access to facility pool, and club lunches. Fee is $275 per week; need-based scholarships available through YSF, Boys & Girls Club, Youth Guidance, Homeless Children's Foundation, and Gifford Youth Achievement Center.

New in 2017, the squadron program gets kids out of doors, onto the water and into nature, while instilling self-confidence, responsibility, technical and social skills. Now serving three local schools (Beachland Elementary, Osceola Magnet, Gifford Middle) the squadrons offer group sailing instruction as well as recreational and ecological excursions on the Indian River Lagoon.

New in 2018, adaptive sailing is one-on-one instruction in specially equipped sailboats, more easily manueverable by children or adults with special needs. Access to the water is via our ADA compliant gangway and floating dock.