Adult Intro to FJs Course

2025 Registration Information:

The 2025 Intro to FJs Course registration will open at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, February 13^th. You may need to "refresh" your browser to view all of the Sessions' links in the red box below as they go live. This may take about three-five minutes from opening registration as the database updates and the links appear on the website.

How To Register for the Intro to FJs Course:

Please scroll down to the red box toward the bottom of this page. When registration opens, you'll find white hyperlinks to click on to start the registration process. You only need to register and issue payment for one Session to complete the course.

When you open a Session, you’ll find the dates that you’ll be required to attend to complete the course/certification. Please be sure your calendar will permit attendance as we’re unable to “break up” the Sessions and it is unlikely we’ll be able to reschedule you should we reach capacity.

Sell Out to Capacity Situations:

As the Sessions fill, you will see when you click on the link that there are zero spaces remaining available for that Session. However, there will be a "Join Waitlist" button available. We strongly recommend that you keep moving through the links until you find an open Session and secure your registration. Each Intro to FJs Course class size is only 12 students, so we typically reach sell out to capacity quickly.

Membership Requirement:

As a current DC Sail Member, you’ll need to maintain/renew your Membership in order to take the course. Should your renewal date become due prior to your lessons, our database sends out a few “courtesy” reminder renewal notices to Members as the renewal date approaches, so you’ll know when to take care of the renewal.

Please be advised that in July 2024, our Board of Directors adopted a policy to temporarily suspend accepting new Members as we are at a capacity situation based on our limited fleet size. If, and when this changes, you'll see the "Membership" tab re-appear on our website.

Thank You!

We look forward to welcoming you to DC Sail's Intro to FJs Course!

(Active/Paid Membership with DC Sail is required in order to register for the Intro to FJs Course.)

Thank you!

For those looking to cross over to sailing in our Flying Junior fleet, DC Sail offers an Intro to FJs course. This two day class takes place on Saturday & Sunday over a single weekend. We only host the course once a month in June, July and August. 

Cost: $185.00

This course will teach you the basics of small boat handling on our fleet of Flying Juniors (FJ) which are two-person Olympic racing boats. You will learn how to properly rig and de-rig the boats, the theories behind boat balance & how to achieve proper sail trim. You will also be introduced to the basics of racing.

Registration to this course includes two complimentary sessions in our Race Series with completion of the course. Participating in our racing program will allow you to get the practice needed to gain experience of FJ sailing. (Paid registration is required after your complimentary sessions to continue with the Race Series.)

Upon completion of the course, you should be able to:

• Rent an FJ with one crew
• Confidently navigate an FJ through all of the points of sail
• Sail around a racing course
• Demonstrate proper body position within the boat
• SAIL FAST!
  

Prerequisites: We assume that you have passed our learn-to-sail course on the Flying Scot or have equivalent experience. This course is not appropriate for new sailors as the boats are quite different than the Flying Scots - they are tricky to rig up and are extremely capsizable. If you have completed our Adult Beginner Learn to Sail Course, we recommend at least two months time after completing the beginner course before attempting the more demanding Flying Junior Course.

See the curriculum overview of our learn-to-sail course to judge your skill level, or contact us if you have any questions. If you have not sailed for a while consider taking our refresher course first.

We also assume that if you sign up for this course that you can swim 100 yards in clothes and tread water for at least two minutes.

Registration: Please select the session you wish to attend by clicking on the link below in the red box and then proceed with registration. Full payment by a credit card is required at the time of registration. Unpaid registrations will be cancelled by the system automatically after 15 minutes. Please be sure to have your payment information available at the time of online registration.

DC SAIL CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

·        Requests for cancellation 30+ days from start date would receive a full refund.

·        Requests for cancellation within 30 days to 14 days from the start date would receive a 75% refund.

·        Requests for cancellations with less than 14 days prior to the start date would be non-refundable. *Consideration of extraordinary circumstances will be at the discretion of the Executive Director.