LASER clinics

JTown members may register for a laser clinic, taught by qualified Sail Canada Instructors, hosted at JTown. JTown does not offer laser clinics to non-members . You can apply to become a member, here. Members must be aged 19+ years. Click here for a summary list of JTown's course, clinic, and testing requirements and pre-requisites. 

Evaluation is conducted on a rolling, continuous basis by instructors. Students who complete the required criteria to the satisfaction of the instructors, during the scheduled course, will be granted revocable sign-out privileges for our fleet of laser dinghies. These sign-out privileges permit members to sail our laser dinghies, subject to the rules and expectations set out in our Membership Handbook. 

Information about JTown's laser fleet is available here. We also have a Byte (a boat similar to the Laser but more appropriate for smaller members (e.g. under 120lbs). The Byte can be used if necessary during the laser clinic. If you wish to enroll in the clinic and use the Byte, please email education@sailtoronto.com when you enroll.

Clinic Curriculum

To complete the clinic, you will need to satisfactorily demonstrate the following skills:

• Basic sailboat and sailing knowledge
• Rigging & derigging according to JTown's standards
• Departing and returning to our docks
• Tacking and gybing
• Good sail trim on all points of sail
• Capsize recovery

Clinic Format

Each course consists of one mandatory introductory session, plus approximately 14 mandatory class hours. The first date of each laser clinic is a mandatory on-land lesson about boat-setup.  All subsequent classes include both an on-water component, and in-class component (wind/weather permitting).  Classes are conducted rain or shine, and wind/weather permitting at the discretion of the instructor or commodore. No allowances are made for missed classes, unless a class is cancelled by the instructor or commodore.

Class Formats (Weekend Example*): 

*Weekday schedule would involve similar hours, but on weekdays.  .

[2025 SCHEDULE COMING SOON!]

JTown offers learn to sail courses from late April through August. Although we do pay our qualified instructors for their time, we are an organization run completely by volunteer members. Today's date is February 15, 2025, and this volunteer member will publish the schedule very soon (eta: March 1, 2025), and is very much looking forward to welcoming new and returning members to the club. Reach out with any questions to membership@sailtoronto.com.