JBBS activity on western Long Island Sound JBBS

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JBBS activity on western Long Island Sound
– Safety at Sea training (Storm Trysail)
– Navigation and Seamanship course and contests (JSA)
– Day races and evening PHRF racing (local clubs)
– Dorade Race (Stamford YC)
– Overnight to Stratford Shoal (Beach Point YC)
Other events
– Around Long Island Race (Sea Cliff YC)
– Junior Cruise at overnight anchorage (American YC)
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The team shirts make the JBBS crew stand out
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Assign Adult Coordinators
– Do not saddle the dinghy program chair with JBBS, too
– 1 or 2 JBBS volunteers are useful
– Provides backup in case of scheduling conflict
– Allows split between on-water and on-land responsibility
– Adult, instead of a coach, should be the link to parents
– Owner’s rep vs. Coach
– Owner = seamanship and safe operation of the boat
– Coach = experience in training for specific new skills
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Bring it in, just a little
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Start Planning Early in the Season
– Think as if planning for the Bermuda or Mackinac race
– Start in midwinter
– Get boats lined up with owners
– Organize adult coordinators
– Late spring is a good time to start training
– Get teens to crew on evening PHRF races
– Training for coastal piloting and seamanship skills
– Early summer
– Start regular JBBS practice, incl. seamanship and safety
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Owner’s rep makes a suggestion
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Examples of How Planning is Key to Success
– Club that regrouped after change in JBBS leadership
– Club that linked family picnics with growth in JBBS
– Club whose boats are provided yearly by same owners
– Club whose boats are same one-design class
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A good set
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Comments from JBBS leaders
– Excitement is not a good thing on a big boat. Think
about that when selecting a boat and schedule
adequate time for the kids to train.
– Our daughters see their teammates in a different light
because some of them are good at one position, and
some are good at another.
– The kids perk up in the evening, raring to go, even if
they are getting bored by the routine of the daily
dinghy program.
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Enjoying their first Overnight Race
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Comments from JBBS leaders, more..
– My daughter loves the feeling of not being in a sailing
camp activity, but sailing with the adults at their higher
level during Wednesday night PHRF races
– Participation in the Wednesday after-race festivities at
the club put them in the midst of adults who listened
as the kids shared their own stories about the racing
– Primes the juniors to see their place has young adult
members in the club
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Everyone has a role to play
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Comments from JBBS leaders, more...
– Different skill sets are required, so each person is seen
as contributing to the success of the team
– Kids love hanging out together and they work off of
each other's energy. It's great to be part of the team
– A kid with a big physique may be successful in JBBS
whereas in a dinghy they may be noncompetitive
– Teens who work in a summer job may still participate in
JBBS activities that are scheduled in early evening
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A real pro at the helm
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Comments from JBBS leaders, more....
– Offers an opportunity for non-dinghy program teens
who live in the community.
– JBBS shows there a way that a young adult may
transition into a lifelong sailing enthusiast
– Provides skilled crew for boat owners, who do not need
to call around all week and the kids are less likely to
have a last-minute change of schedule
– Covers a gap left by the absence of numerous onedesign sailing fleets
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Only the best for the JBBS events. Dorade
Race has same PRO as the Vineyard Race
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Comments from JBBS leaders, more.....
– We practice one or two days a week, 3 to 4 hours at a
time, including racing and night drills.
– During man overboard drill at sunset, the kids lost sight
of the buoy and it was never found. They never
stopped talking about that one – they really learned a
lesson.
– We start the kids out with basic boat etiquette, show
them the systems and how to keep the boat shipshape.
We go over a checklist after each outing because the
owners still use their boats after we are done.
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College kids at the Intercollegiate Offshore
may have had JBBS experience as youngsters
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More info freely available from
– Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound
Covers western LIS plus adjacent waters
– 39 member junior programs with over 1600 families
– 13 of those programs have JBBS: 18 yachts with 160 sailors
– See www.JsaLis.org and select “Big boat resources”
– Contact the JSA of LIS office in Larchmont NY
– Bob Whittredge, Executive Director
– 914 834 4202 or info@JsaLis.org