Sailing Team Interest Meeting Recap

Good morning,

Thank you to everyone who came out to our fall sailing meeting last night! It was great to see all of the new and familiar faces. In case you missed it, I have included a PDF version of our meeting slideshow below. An older version is also linked at the bottom of the "Join" page on our website.

3 things before practice on Sept. 4th:

1. Complete Whatcom Sailing Online Registration
2. Complete School Registration in Final Forms
3. Complete Swim Test

Our first sailing day will be Tuesday, Sept. 9th. Everyone will need sailing gear by then.

Upcoming Schedule:

Swim Tests Sep. 2 + 3, 7:15pm-7:45pm at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center

-Short 50 yd swim, and treading water for 5 minutes

-Sailors need only to come to one day

First Fall Practice Sept. 4, 3:45pm-6:30pm at Bellingham Yacht Club Basement

-All practices after the first one will start and end at the Zuanich Point Park Youth Sailing Dock, unless inclement weather forces us inside

"Tryouts Week" Ends Sept. 12th

-If we have more than 36 sailors, coaches will email to say who has made it on the team by that Friday. If we have less than 36, everyone has the opportunity to stay.

After our first practice Thursday, Sep. 4th, we will email only those who have completed registration- until then, we'll use a bigger mailing list to make sure everyone is in the loop.

If you have any questions, please reach out to coaches at coaches@whatcomsailing.com

We are looking forward to the season!

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Whatcom Sailing Coaches

Fall Sailing 2025

Good afternoon sailors and families,

We are excited to announce the schedule for the Spring 2025 sailing season.

On Thursday, August 28th, we will have our High School Sailing Pre-Season meeting, 7:00pm @ The Bellingham Yacht Club downstairs.  This meeting is for both parents and students who plan to be on the team. We have many important topics to cover at the meeting including practice and regatta schedules and expectations.

It will also be a good meeting to attend for new sailors interested in joining the team, so please encourage anyone interested to be there. The team is open to all high schoolers in Whatcom County.

Fall 2025 Practice and Regatta schedules are posted on the website: https://www.whatcomsailing.com/schedule

First practice is Thursday, September 4th @ 3:45 at the Bellingham Yacht Club. All other practices will meet at Zuanich

REGISTRATION & TEAM FEES

Team fees are $400 fee + $35 pinnie deposit = $435 for the spring season. As always, we don't want these fees to stop anyone from participating so please let us know if you need financial assistance. Also, if you aren't sure if you should pay the pinnie deposit, let us know. We have a list of which sailors kept their pinnies at the end of spring.

Registration is now available on the website.  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Please note: Our fall mailing list will be based off of registration, so please be sure to register using email addresses you can access easily and check frequently.

ALSO, all high schoolers must do the required sports clearance with your school on Final Forms. This is an online process on the school's website: https://bellingham-wa.finalforms.com/

A sports physical is required, so please get that scheduled ASAP if you do not have a current physical on file with your high school.  

Registration and school clearance is required before you can practice. For a list of everything that is required, see the Join Page of our website.  Attached is the sailor packet with more information- some of the contact info etc. is outdated, please direct any questions to this email address. General information about how to join, what to wear, is still accurate.

We will go over all this in more detail at the meeting, but feel free to contact us if you have questions!

Hope to see you soon.

Best,

Anna and Cooper