Tickwogh - Sailing and Racing Camp (Grades 7-10)
Tickwogh is a specialty camp for sailors. Sailing is also offered at our traditional camp.



“My kids have been coming to Tickwogh for a couple of years now. They always come back having learned something, and they really enjoy the atmosphere.”
2009 Session 2 Parent

Our Sailing and Racing camp is the perfect program for campers who want to develop sailing skills rapidly. We are determined to teach campers the sport of sailing using fun, interactive lessons. Our staff includes collegiate and international sailors who compete in sailing regattas regularly throughout the year. We want our passion for the sport of sailing to transfer to our campers so we hire people who love what they do.

Our instruction is a mixture of “chalk talks,” hands-on drills, and one-on-one lessons. Mix in fun on the water games that also work on the skills, and you have the perfect recipe for youth sailing instruction. While the program may seem intensive, each session contains a fairly even mix of beginner, intermediate, and advanced sailors. We work with each camper to develop specific goals that take into account different learning needs. Having a small group (no more than 22 campers) helps the instructors zero in on individual goals.

Tickwogh sailors primarily learn on Lasers. During their first week campers learn how to master basic courses and fine tune their techniques. In the second week, they begin to race around full courses. Campers get to experience a regatta a day as their sessions wrap up. We also have two special sailing events every summer, the Tockwogh Regatta (2nd Session) and the Echo Hill Regatta (4th Session). Both are big events with multiple fleets and provide campers with an experience they could not get anywhere else.

More than anything, Tickwogh is a skill development camp. Every summer our beginner sailors at Tickwogh learn to rig and compentently sail a boat in medium wind by the end of a two-week session, a fact our campers and counselors take great pride in knowing. Both intermediate and advanced sailors make similar gains by the end of their two weeks. If you would like to know more about the program contact Matt Barstead. He is a former Tickwogh camper, counselor, and Director who now runs the waterfront programming at Tockwogh and is always happy to talk about his camp alma mater.