Building a better youth sailing culture

Junior sailing in the USA got “soccerized” in the 1980s, using a system of age-based events and boats to help corral the kiddos. While this created structure and boosted participation at some levels, it impacted involvement down the road. Chris Bulger offers his view of the landscape: Over the last 30 years, US youth dinghy sailing evolved from predominantly a lesson in fun and self-reliance into a tightly controlled optimization exercise. At the same time - US adult dinghy sailing shrank dr

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