Practices & Regattas

All sailors are expected to rig (set up) and derig (take down) boats for practice. Sailing teams focus on team racing, strategic and tactical training, and physical fitness. Drills performed at practice will foster experience to properly prepare a sailor for regattas. Many practices will include mini-races to offer sailors opportunity to try, fail and ultimately succeed at racing.

Practice Schedule

Spring season: March 31 – May 7, 2020.
Fall season: Aug. 25 – Oct. 29, 2020.

Summer Intensives

Beginning HS Sailing Training Camp: June 1-5.

In this week long training camp, we’ll focus on boathandling, basic rules of the road, fitness, proper sailing conditioning and short course race tactics.

Pre-season HS Sailing Clinic: August 3-7.

This week long clinic is limited to the first 30 sailors that sign up. The coaching staff will be onsite this week to evaluate the sailors and start pairing up teams for the fall 2019 season.

Hoover Sailing Club also offers opportunities for students to join their Junior Race Team.

Fall Pre-season Clinic

Saturday August 22, 10AM-4PM. This clinic will focus on boat-handling, race course strategy and tactics, and boat speed. We encourage our sailors to come with a partner in mind and be ready to work together for the season. 

Coaches

Head Coach: Jamie Jones

Coach Jones has coached youth, high school and collegiate sailors for over 25 years. He’s currently the Program Director of Hoover Sailing Club’s Learn to Sail program, the Head Racing Coach for the Denison University Sailing Team and the Head Coach of the Central Ohio High School Sailing Association, comprising 11 local Central Ohio High Schools. In 2017, Jamie was recognized by US Sailing as its Outstanding Organizational Leader. Jamie was STEM Instructor Certified through US Sailing’s Reach program in 2014. He’s currently serving US Sailing as the Regional Training Coordinator for our area, as the Junior Championship Chair. He sits on the Community Sailing Committee providing guidance to all Learn to Sail programs in the Midwest. In 2017, Jamie was appointed a voting board position as Area Director, MISSA East for HS Sailing. He’s an accomplished sailor and races competitively with his family and kids.

Assistant Coach: Dave Alvarado

Our Head Race Team coach also fills in as our Assistant High School coach. Dave has been coaching young sailors off and on for the past 14 years. He’s a US Sailing Level 2 Certified instructor, past Junior National Champion in the Interlake Sailing Class and a former high school and collegiate sailor.

Assistant Coach: Jeff Peck

Assistant Coach: Sean Peck