Kids Aboard Boating, Fishing & Watersports Magazine
For Children & Families
Posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. – Florida Sailing & Cruising School (FS&CS) has announced Camp AHOY!, a week-long summer day program for boys and girls 10 to 15 years of age emphasizing boating safety and the marine environment.
Barb Hansen, who co-founded and has managed FS&CS since 1984, said the school has scheduled four Camp AHOY! sessions, all based from Marinatown Marina on the Caloosahatchee River in N. Fort Myers. Each five-day camp session begins on a Monday and concludes on the following Friday: July 10-14, July 17 – 21, July 24 – 28, and July 31 - Aug 4.
According to Hansen, five day-campers will be assigned to a “cruising campsite,” actually a Mainship Pilot 34 Express yacht, under the supervision of a “camp counselor,” a U.S. Coast Guard licensed marine captain and boating instructor. She said another vessel, perhaps two, and instructors/counselors could be added but that enrollment necessarily would be limited to just a few students and encouraged early registration
Camp AHOY!’s five-day schedule includes a variety of learning activities while the vessel is in its slip, while underway and while anchored. All campers must know how to swim, Hansen said. The themes, she said, would be “boating basics, the world around us, and fun.”
Tuition for the unique summer camp is $995 per child plus tax, which includes five days of activities and instruction aboard the vessel, course of instruction, student share of fuel expense, daily lunch, and a “Camp AHOY!” tee shirt.
For more information and to register campers, parents may contact Florida Sailing & Cruising School at 1-800-262-7939 or 239-656-1339. In addition to Camp AHOY!, Florida Sailing & Cruising School offers a variety of power and sailing courses including classroom and live-aboard courses. It is a division of Southwest Florida Yachts, Inc. Its headquarters, also the location of Camp AHOY!, are at 3444 Marinatown Lane, N.W., N. Fort Myers, FL 33903.
