Tag Archives: Sailing
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Photos: Come sail away

Chautauqua’s Sailing Department, under the direction of Gary Snyder and based at the state-of-the-art John R. Turney Sailing Center, presents a comprehensive curriculum of courses to serve novice to advanced sailors of all ages. Photos by Greg Funka.

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Teenage students independently experience the power of wind while maintaining control over their Sunfish boats during sailing class. Photo by Megan Tan.

Into the wind

It’s 10 a.m. on a sunny Monday, and Chautauqua Lake is spotted with tiny sailboats. Freshly launched from the waterfront of the John R. Turney Sailing Center, white-sailed Optimist Dinghies and multicolored Sunfish float a few hundred feet down the water from each other.

No, these aren’t professional sailors by any means — they’re kids.

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