Women in Wind
Women in Wind is a KYC program, exclusively
for women, run by women.
All women members of KYC, who have reasonable sailing skills,
are welcome to participate in W in W. Our goal is to help
women gain confidence, sailing experience and friendship through
the variety of programs offered under the "Women in Wind"
banner.
Brief History of the KYC Women in Wind
During the winter of 1982 a group of KYC sailors discussed
the idea of having a seamanship course for female members.
The ideas put forward to help more women become actively and
competently involved in all aspects of sailing their own boats
culminated in a program which was offered the following June.
A total of 16 women registered and four volunteer instructors
conducted 8 on-the- water sessions. They covered a wide variety
of topics and the result was a keen group of ladies who had
gained a huge amount of knowledge and confidence in their
boat handling skills. In the summer of 1984 a similar program
was offered for another 15 women.
Most of these women wanted to continue sailing as a group
one night a week to keep up their skills, their confidence,
and the social aspect. Thus began our Wednesday night sailing
activity in July, 1984 which continues to this day. The number
of women joining this group has increased to about 40 today.
In 2006 a steering committee got together to explore more
activities for our female sailors and to set up a more formal
committee structure with a name. And so K.Y.C. “Women
in Wind” was born! We continue to offer several activities
as outlined in this brochure and welcome new sailors to our
group.
2011 Events
All activities will be at KYC @5:30 pm
For more info, please scroll down
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Date |
Event |
| May
25 |
Meet and Greet
Meet and Greet" for WinW sailors and interested new WinW members.
Signup sheets will be available for our summer programs along with appetizers. |
| June 1 |
Wednesday night sailing begins. The regular Wednesday night sails include 2 race nights.
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July 6 |
Women's Race Night |
July 11 |
Dinghy Sailing |
July 18 |
Dinghy Sailing |
July 25 |
Dinghy Sailing Rain Date |
| Aug 17 |
Racing
Women's Race Night
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TBA |
Women's Weekend Sailing |
| Sep 22 |
Pot Luck Dinner 25th Anniversary Celebration |
Women in Wind (WinW)
Pot Luck Dinner 25th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday September 22nd 2011
Kingston Yacht Club
(cocktails at 5:30 PM and dinner at 6:30 PM)
Invitation to all past and present Women in Wind sailors to celebrate 25 years of WinW.
Please bring your favourite dish/appetizer.
Dessert will be provided. --Birthday cake, of course !
For RSVP , or more information, please contact: Teresa starfish1@bell.net or 613-328-2098
Programs:
- Wednesday Night Sailing
- Seamanship/Skills Building
- Racing
- Dinghy Sailing
- Women's Sailing Weekend
Wednesday Night Sailing
- Improve sailing skills
- Build confidence
- Gain experience on different boats
- Meet and socialize with fellow KYC members
- Starts June 2nd
Contact: Anne Beatson beatson@sympatico.ca
& Kathy Girard kpgirard@cogeco.ca
Skills Building
- Skippers- fine tune your skills on your own boat
- Non skippers-fine tune your skills as crew on other boats
- Individual attention for participants
- Twice a week in June (3 weeks)
Contact Sheila Murphy
sheila.paul@sympatico.ca
Racing
- Try your hand at yacht racing
- Same rules as offshore racing
- Register two weeks ahead
Contact
Joan Kraszewski info@paperbacksbookstore.ca
Dinghy Sailing
- Looking for a new experience, try dinghy sailing
- Instruction by junior sailing staff
- Club 420 dinghies
- Small cost for expenses
Contact: Darlene Boucher boucherd@kos.net
Women's Sailing Weekend
- Get away for women only
- The Date is TBD
Contact: Joan Butler jbutler@sympatico.ca
and Brenda Charette b_charette@yahoo.ca
To join us contact the Membership Director. membership@kingstonyachtclub.com
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