Policies & Details

Junior Yacht Club Membership and related costs

All participants in the AFSS program will be classified as Junior Yacht Club Members, whether their family holds a membership or not.  Junior Yacht Club Members will be required to follow all club policies while on premises.  The required fee for this special classification of membership for summer youth sailors is highlighted on the enrollment form.

Enrollment policies

Please use our online form to complete all sailor information as soon as possible but no later than May 15, 2026.  Enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis. We reserve the right to move your sailor to the waitlist if your payments or documents are not complete by the May 15 deadline.

Payment policy

When the enrollment form is received online, you will be sent an invoice via email from QuickBooks.  This invoice may be paid online, in total, or just an initial $100 non-refundable deposit. All balances are due no later than May 15^th, 2026. Note: If your requested session is already full at time of registration, your sailor will be placed on a waitlist.  The $100 non-refundable deposit will still be invoiced. Enrollments submitted after May 15, 2026, must be paid in full at the time of invoice. 

We prefer enrollment and payment to be processed online.  If you need to pay by check, please print out this form and mail it along with your check for full payment to AFSS, PO Box 94, Orr’s Island, ME 04066.  Make check payable to Orr’s-Bailey Yacht Club.

AFSS Refund Policy

A full refund, less the $100 non-refundable deposit, will be granted if request is made more than four (4) weeks prior to the program start date.

A 50% refund, less the $100 non-refundable deposit, will be granted if request is made less than four (4) weeks prior to the program start date but more than two (2) weeks before the program start date.

A 25% refund, less the $100 non-refundable deposit, will be granted if request is made less than two (2) weeks prior to the program start date but before the program start date.

No refunds will be granted if the program has started already, unless the vacancy is able to be filled with another sailor. A pro-rated refund dependent on the number of days attended will be issued.

No refund will be granted to any sailor who, after fair warning, is dismissed because of behavioral misconduct or violation of safety requirements.

In the case of significant extenuating circumstances (such as a documented medical condition), a pro-rated refund (less the $100 non-refundable deposit) will be issued.

Adjustments/cancellations

We recognize that sailors sometimes wish to add additional weeks once they have experienced the program.  AFSS does our best to accommodate these changes on a first-come first-served basis.  Please note that programs often fill up, so we cannot always accommodate these requests.

Transfers:  Families may be able to transfer their sailor(s) to another available session at no cost prior to the start of the program, depending on available space.

Meet the Staff

ELENA RODRIGUEZ – INSTRUCTOR

Elena lives in Apalachicola, Florida where she attends Florida Virtual School. She and her family spend summers in Harpswell. Elena returns for her second year as an Instructor. She attended Beginner, Intermediate, and Racing courses at. AFSS and was a Volunteer Instructor in 2023 and 2024.

US Sailing Level 1 certified, First Aid & CPR certified.

ADELAIDE PULJU – VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS

Adelaide lives in Brunswick. She has attended AFSS’s Beginner and Intermediate classes, as well as sailing at the YMCA Camp of Maine. She also spent a week living on a sailboat in Greece. Adelaide is looking Forward to her first year as a volunteer.

She is First Aid and CPR certified.

SUNDARI VON WENTZEL – VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS

Sundari lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attends Tufts University. She has completed several years of Intermediate classes at AFSS and has also sailed at Boston Community Boating and MIT Sailing school. Volunteer Instructor 2024 and 2025.

First Aid & CPR certified.

Postions

The staff at AFSS consists of a paid Head Instructor (Level II US Sailing Certification, age 18 or older), two Junior Sailing Instructors (Level I US Sailing Certification, age 16 or older) and several Volunteer Assistants (age 14 or older).  Volunteer Assistants are engaged with students at all levels of the program on and off the water and are considered “instructors in training.”  ALL STAFF, including Volunteers, must be able to swim and must have certification in First Aid/CPR.

When positions become available they will be posted below with detailed information on responsibilities and qualifications.  Openings are posted when they are available and are advertised through electronic networks and bulletin boards and printed media.

2026 positions  

Information coming soon

Employment Applications

The application form for instructors and volunteers can be found in this link.

Contacts:

Registration: Sue Baker

During the program:  Pete Worthington, Head Instructor

Daily monitor: When the program is in session, a member of the sailing committee serves as a program monitor each day.  He/She can be found on the porch and will be wearing a Monitor Name Tag.  The monitor serves as safety support to the instructors and is available to assist in responding to your program-specific questions.