We need your help and involvement to reinforce all the positive aspects of your child’s experience at CBC.

If you have any questions concerning our Parent/ Child Guidelines, please contact the Director at 401-454-7245 or info@communityboating.com. We’re here to make your child’s sailing experience as safe and enjoyable as possible.

> Parental Involvement
> Expectations for Behavior
> How do I Sign up my Child for Youth Lessons?
> How Do I Know Which Class My Child Should Be Signed-up For?
> What if My Child is Late or Sick?
> Can My Child Arrive by Launch or on a Bicycle?
> What if My Child is Reluctant to Come to Class?
> What if My Child has Special Needs or Medications?
> What if My Child Gets Hurt?
> Daily Schedule

Talking with your child about his/ her class experience is a great opportunity to share newly learned skills and build a dialog that:

• Offers support and encouragement
• Reinforces learned skills
• Increases confidence and self-esteem
• Addresses problems or issues in a timely manner
• Allows you to share in the joy and thrill of learning to sail

Sailing is a challenging sport that encourages and requires a healthy lifestyle. Help us prepare your child for a full day on the water with these simple, important guidelines that will help competitive and non-competitive sailors alike to learn properly, and enjoy their experience:

• Get a good night’s sleep
• Eat a healthy breakfast
• Bring a healthy lunch (refrigerator available)
• Bring lots of water or low-sugar/ caffeine fluids (no glass)
• Wear sun-block, sunglasses, hat, and other sun protection
• Wear layered clothes for cooler temperatures on the water
• Bring a change of dry clothes and a towel
• Wear old gym shoes or aqua socks that can get wet
• Tight sandals with a toe/ arch strap are OK (no flip-flops)
• Don’t bring jewelry, electronics, or anything that you value
• CBC is not responsible for any lost or stolen items
• CBC provides Coast Guard approved Type III lifejackets
• Arrive on time, ready to sail
  

CBC has developed rules and procedures to help ensure a safe, rewarding, and fun learning environment. It is important that you and your child review these rules and procedures (included within). Appropriate behavior is expected at all times.

• Students should be dropped off no earlier than 15 minutes before the start of class.
• Classes start promptly at 9:00 a.m.
• Classes end at 3:30 p.m. Students must be picked-up promptly by a duly authorized parent/guardian.
• CBC is not responsible for children who have been dropped-off or picked-up at a different location.

Failure to observe the rules and procedures vary according to the nature of the infraction, but can include loss of sailing privileges and/ or program expulsion.

Verbal or physical abuse, or behavior that jeopardizes your child’s safety or that of anyone else in the program, will result in early dismissal from class with a warning to the parent and student.

A second incident will constitute a written warning and appropriate sanctions. Any additional incident will result in the student’s dismissal from the remainder of the session with no refund of tuition.

Step 1 — Fill out the application form. There is a fee for membership and classes. If you are from the City of Providence, your child may qualify for a “Sailorship” for reduced rate lessons. Space is limited — sign up today.

Step 2 — Provide proof of swimming ability by bringing a copy of:

• Boy/ Girl Scout Swimming Merit Badge.
• YWCA/ YMCA Card Level Five (or above).
• Red Cross Card Level Five (or above)
• Have a Lifeguard type a letter on pool letterhead certifying that he/ she saw you swim 50 yards.

Sorry, we cannot accept handwritten notes on letterhead or notes written by a parent/ guardian.

Our standardized skill levels ensure that your child gets the most from his/her sailing experience. At the start of each session, CBC instructors will evaluate your child’s skill level and further refine their personal sailing plan.

Once confident and capable in skills required of each category, he or she will be recommended to advance to the next level. Most students require at least two (2) sessions per level prior to advancing. Students will receive a special keepsake to display their sailing achievement. CBC instructors will evaluate the skills and experience of each student, considering factors like size, agility, and maturity in determining which level is most appropriate for your child. Our multiple sessions make it easy to create a progressive learning schedule, or mesh with your family work or vacation plans.

Please call 401-454-SAIL (7245) and let us know your child will be late getting dropped off or being picked-up, or will be out for the day, so that the class Instructor can be informed.

Parents are required to fill out the Child Pickup Authorization section on the application and may indicate if their child will be arriving and/or departing other than by car, or by someone other than the parent/ guardian.

Fear, an incident with a classmate, or simply being tired can affect a student’s drive to attend class. Our instructors are trained to help motivate students to get out on the water and have fun.

Please indicate any special needs, learning disability, or medication(s) on your application. You may also speak with the Director or class Instructor with any concerns or input to help your child have a positive and rewarding experience at CBC.

Any time an instructor administers first aid, an injury report will be completed. A slip indicating the nature of the injury and the treatment that was given will be sent home with the student.

9:00 - 10:00, Attendance, classroom session, rigging
10:00 - 12:00, On-the-water instruction
12:00 - 1:00, Lunch
1:00 - 1:30, Classroom session
1:30 - 3:00, On-the-water instruction
3:00 - 3:30, De-rig, debrief, student pickup