Summer sailing classes are underway at the Belle Haven Marina off the George Washington Parkway at Dykes Marsh. The marina offers classes for youth and adults. Sailing basics of rigging, knots, points of sail, identifying navigational markers, right of way rules, man overboard drills, capsizing and recovery and mooring and docking are taught. The young sailors practice in Sunfish and the adults use Flying Scots. The marina also rents out kayaks, canoes, sailboats, jon boats and paddle boards. For more information on class availability visit www.saildc.com.
Savannah Hall and Maya Waehrer guide their Sunfish crafts back to shore.
Canoers explore Dyke’s Marsh.
The morning youth sailing class ties up on a buoy in the river after the …
Summer campers from Potomac School enjoy a morning on the river at the Belle Haven …
Students in the youth sailing class move out onto the river in sunfish.
The marina staff helps the canoers and kayakers land and clear their boats.
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