WERCCS is available for children between the ages of 8-14 from 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM on weekdays from June to August. A seasonal registration fee of $100 for your first child and $50 for any other children in the family.

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• Nautical terminology

• Knot tying

• Sailing

• Sailboat racing

• Bonfires at the beach

• Beach games

• Annual awards

Summer 2024 Rules & Regulations

2024 summer sailing season details will be coming soon! Please see the Register Page for important information.

All children must abide by a written Code of Ethics which stresses reaching out to others. At the time of enrollment, each parent (or guardian) must read and explain the code to their child/children.

Our program is open for the summer months and provides instruction in all phases of sailing from beginner through intermediate to advanced levels. There are two lead program instructors, instructor assistants, and a specialist instructor who works with our advanced sailors.

Instruction is provided through written materials, through peer learning (new and/or inexperienced children are paired with more experienced children in small groups of three to six under instructor supervision), through on the water training exercises, instructor guidance, progressive competency testing, and by participation in and/or observation of intramural sailboat races which are held two to three times a week. Water safety is always emphasized by our instructors and more experienced youth sailors.

Our program operates on a drop-in basis. Parents/legal guardians may register their child at any time during the program.  Children may attend on days of their choice.

We work with the area schools to promote the program.   We are also a member of the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce.  Over the years thousands of children have attended our program.   Annually we have an enrollment of 140-160 children.

As a continuation of the West End Racing Club's youth program, we have well over 60 years of experience in providing instruction in sailing, sailboat racing, seamanship, and navigation to children.

We are located at 83 Commercial Street in Provincetown in a boathouse on the beach. We sail in ocean water designated as a protected cove by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We provide safety equipment and life jackets for our young sailors and have both on-the-beach and on-the-water supervision when children are on the water. Additionally, we require that children be able to swim a distance of 100 feet without assistance in order to enroll in our program.

There is a registration fee of $100.00 for your first child and $50.00 for any other children in the same family which covers participation in all, or any part of, our summer program. We waive the fee for children who cannot afford it. We are able to charge such a small amount as a result of the efforts of our volunteers, the support we receive from community businesses and organizations, our accumulation of registration fees from prior years, and the many unsolicited donations that were made to our program in memory of one of our founders, Francis "Flyer" Santos, an iconic figure in Provincetown's history who died in the spring of 2015 at the age of 100.