Roger Williams University Now Accepting Applications for Youth Sailing Camp

Nationally Ranked RWU Sailing Team Members to Teach Beginner and Intermediate Sailing Camps

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BRISTOL, RI (04/28/2010)(readMedia)-- With a beautiful waterfront property and a nationally-ranked coed sailing team, Roger Williams University is pleased to offer youth sailing camps for the upcoming summer season for children ages 12-16. Starting in June, RWU will offer back-to-back, two-week training courses for beginner sailors followed by one intermediate course. No experience is necessary for beginner classes. All sailing camp sessions are held Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; lessons will be led by current RWU sailors and Amanda Callahan, RWU head coach and U.S. Sailing Team Silver Panda member.

All students will be taught to sail in 420s – small, two- to three- person, self-rescuing sailing dinghies. The curriculum of all courses will focus on safety, safe seamanship, proper rigging and de-rigging, knots, maneuvering with tacks and jibes, and how to deal with a capsized vessel. Campers gain confidence, teamwork and leadership skills, and knowledge of water safety, all while enjoying the outdoors.

It is recommended that students bring their own lunches, bottled water and snacks, as well as a change of clothes and towel.

The 2010 summer sessions are:

• Beginner Camp 1: June 28-July 9

• Beginner Camp 2: July 12-July 23

• Intermediate Camp 3: July 26-August 6

For more information and to register please visit: http://www.rwu.edu/athletics/recreation/waterfront/sailing.htm#youth, or contact Amanda Callahan, waterfront coordinator and head sailing coach for Roger Williams University, at acallahan@rwu.edu or (401) 254-5325.

About RWU Sailing: The Roger Williams University coed sailing team is comprised of sailors from around the country and around the world. RWU's team brought home its first single-handed national championship in fall 2008, and is consistently ranked in the top 10 sailing teams nationally according to Sailing World's college rankings, achieving as high as second in the fall of 2009. Coached by Amanda Callahan – winner of the Wilson Trophy, U.S. Sailing Team Racing National Championship title and a second place finish at the ISAF Team Racing World Championships all with team Silver Panda – the RWU team has experienced unprecedented success.

About RWU: Roger Williams University is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university at which students live and learn to be global citizens. With 40 academic programs and an array of co-curricular activities on its Bristol, R.I., campus, RWU is committed to its mantra of learning to bridge the world. Under the leadership of President Roy J. Nirschel, Ph.D., the University has achieved unprecedented academic and financial successes. In 2009, U.S. News & World Report named RWU the seventh-ranked baccalaureate college in the north.