Waterfront Programs is an initiative designed to provide recreational, instructional, academic, and competitive water oriented programming that complements the marine focus of the Avery Point campus. Our current fleet of small sailboats and sea kayaks are launched from our beach side facility at the north end of campus and used on the waters of the Thames River and Fisher's Island Sound.

CURRENT OFFERINGS

• Sailing Club
• Recreational Use of the sailboats and sea kayaks after check-out.
• EKIN 1160: Basic Watercraft Skills(Fall and Spring terms, Fridays)
• Introduces students to the skills necessary to operate small watercraft.
• The course includes safe boating, power boat operation, and small boat sailing.
• A one credit course offered during the Fall, Spring, and Summer terms.
• EKIN 3098: Intermediate Sailing(Fall term, Wednesdays)
• Builds on EKIN 1160, "Basic Watercraft Skills"
• Focuses on the concept of balance to improve boat handling skills
• A two credit course which can be used as a Maritime Studies related course
• EKIN 3098: Learn to Sailboat Race
• Builds on EKIN 3098, "Intermediate Sailing"
• Focuses on small sailboat one-design racing skills
• A two credit course which can be used as a Maritime Studies related course

PROGRAM MANAGER

Prescott Littlefield has over 20 years of experience as a sailing instructor and sailing program manager. He has worked at numerous yacht clubs on Long Island Sound and Fisher's Island Sound, at the Mystic Seaport Museum, and coached the Williams School Sailing Team prior to coming to UConn, Avery Point. His boating experience includes rowing, dinghy sailing, keelboat sailing, sail boarding, and power boat operation. He has an undergraduate degree in American and Asian History and a graduate degree in Marine Affairs with a coastal zone management specialization. He is a United States Sailing Association small boat sailing, small boat racing, and powerboat handling certified instructor with a State of Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate and 1st Aid and CPR certifications.

Watercraft

• JY15 Sailboats (4)
• C420 Sailboats (3 belonging to the Avery Point campus, 3 belonging to the Storrs campus)
• Sailboards (2)
• Sea kayaks (2)
• Sit on top kayaks (2)
• Recreational kayak (1)
• 16' Carolina skiff with 25 HP engine

LINKS

• UConn Weather http://www.mysound.uconn.edu
• Tides http://www.tidesonline.com
• US Sailing http://www.ussailing.org
• College Sailing http://www.collegesailing.org
• Connecticut DEP http://www.dep.state.ct.us

 CONTACT

Prescott Littlefield – Student Center #205 or Waterfront Facility
(860)405-9074 (office) or (860)625-6586 (cell)
prescott.littlefield@uconn.edu

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