www.trisailing.comAYF Mariner Program www.trisailing.com
The AYF Mariner program
is held on two or three Corsair 31's
from www.trisailing.com .This program is
the culmination of the Camp Miniwanca sailing programs. The Camp is located about 35 Miles North of Muskegon Michigan.
In 2005 the program was based on Manitou Island. In 2006 the campers will
venture south along the Michigan Shore. Mark Segraves, David Danforth and Frederick Hartray headed the program
along with the staff from Camp Miniwanca. The program includes sailing in
a vareity of conditions, cooking on board, beach camping on Manitou Island or
along the Michigan shore,, flying a
spinnaker, man over board training. The campers came for this program from
all over the country including: Washington DC, Los Angeles, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, St Louis, Chicago and various parts of Michigan.
Lake Michigan has done it's part by providing wind speeds that
have propelled the Corsairs at speeds in excess of 22 knots.
AYF is excited to bring the program back for 2006. The only negatives
we observed was in the lack of enthusiasm in the campers returning to monohulls
after ten days of offshore trimaran sailing. For the land based portion of
the program high performance dinghies and skiffs along with beach cats will be
introduced for 2006. The Mariner program not only
exposed some kids to high performance offshore sailing but also made many other
campers aware of the sailing and windsurfing opportunities on Lake Michigan.
Camp Minniwanca has proven to be the perfect venue for this sailing program having a
mile of Lake Michigan frontage as well as an inland boathouse on Stony Lake where
the campers are drilled on the basics of sailing.
If you are interested in information on the 2006 Mariner or other
AYF Sailing
Programs click on
AYF for a link to their site. If you
were one of the 2002 campers and want to see a large version of the group photo
click here you can copy the photo from the web page
to your home computer. It is a large file so be patient. More photos
will be available at a later date.