Our fleet of boats has grown from 2 Optis in 2009 to 13
Optis, 6 Picos, 3 Zodiacs and several others by 2013. We would like to thank all of you who have donated
boats and money to
help make this happen. Special thanks to Easling Construction for giving us space to
build Optis and to Inland Seas in Suttons Bay for initiating a program for teaching kids how to
build boats.
Pictured above is a Pico and on Opti. Below is the boathouse.
The photo above shows eight of our thirteen Optis.
The Opti is a 7'3" pram that, quite simply, is the boat that most of the young people of the world learn to sail. Over 50% of the Olympic sailors, learned to sail using an Opti. They are easy to rig, and very stable in the water. The Opti is sailed all over the world, and is the only dinghy approved by International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors under 16. For more information, go to the International Optimist Dinghy Association or the US Optimist Dinghy Association.
The Pico is an 11'6" sailboat with a 4'8" beam. It comes with a reefing main and a removable jib. It can hold 2 or 3 sailors.