AYC will be open the last weekend in June, then daily beginning June 25 through Labor Day weekend. Additionally we will be open weekends in September until Sunday, September 9th.

The clubhouse is open:

Monday through Friday - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday & Sunday - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

You and your guests are always welcome during these hours, even if you just want to sit and chat under the umbrella at the end of the dock while you watch the hustle-bustle of the harbor.

Michael  Harris - AYC Program Club Director. Michael is returning to us this year to take up the club director role. He is a teacher at Coastal Ridge Elementary School in York, where he has taught in the 2nd and 4th grades.  He has had experience as a youth sailing Bluejays and Lasers at the Indian Head Yacht Club in Greenwich Connecticut.  Michael lives in South Berwick with his lovely wife Vivian and his daughters Devon and Anna.

Cory Ransom - Race Coach.  Cory Has sailed out of UNH’s junior program since he was 8 years old and has instructed Junior Sailing during the past 2 summers. During Cory’s racing career he sailed lasers, 420’s and J22’s. Currently attending St. Lawrence University majoring in Fine Arts with a photography focus Cory is heading into his Junior year.  He is looking forward to coaching both the Opti and 420 race team this summer and to getting back on the water.

Casey Williams – Guest Instructor.  Casey began sailing at an early age at the San Francisco Yacht Club where she was on the Youth Race Team.  In college, she raced for the Cornell Sailing Team and was also the team captain.  Casey has competed in many classes of boat including 420, Laser, J105, J22, 470 and enjoys cruising.

 Ella Koeze- Instructor.  Ella has been sailing at AYC every summer since she was eight years old and is a former member of the AYC 420 race team. She is a graduate of St. Paul's School in Concord, NH and is just finishing her gap year before she begins at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall. Ella spent the last year traveling in New Zealand and, most recently, in the Caribbean as a student and crew aboard S/Y Argo, a 112’ schooner. She is excited to return as an instructor for the fourth year. 

Morgan LaPointe -  Instructor.  Morgan has grown up in and around York Harbor, spending each summer exploring the coast on her family's sloop, Kittiwake. Last summer she, her brother, and sister spent three days, (without parents!) on board. Everyone survived and there are plans to do it again this summer. This will be Morgan's third summer teaching at AYC. She hopes to share her enthusiasm with other young sailors. She has just graduated from Groton School and will head out to Missoula in August to study Wildland Restoration at the University of Montana.

Henry Young - Instructor.  Henry is going into his senior year at Berwick Academy. He grew up in Camden, Maine where he learned to sail at the Camden Yacht Club and the Atlantic Challenge sailing school. He moved to Eliot at age 14 and began sailing at the AYC, where he has participated on the 420 race team for the past three summers, and is excited to begin working as an instructor this summer. He has experience on J-22's, 420's, Optimists, Turnabouts, JY's, and Sonars.

John Reinhardt – Instructor.  John has been sailing at AYC since he was nine. He came up through the program and raced for AYC for six years.  John will also be playing lacrosse for the Top Gun Clams this summer.  He lives in York and attends Berwick Academy in the class of 2012.  John looks forward to this summer and is excited to get back on the water.

Cullen LaPointe – Instructor-In-Training.  Cullen has been around boats and sailing for her whole life on big and small.  She has also participated AYC sailing lessons for seven years, and race team for four. She has been on the sailing team at Tabor academy for one year, and will be on it again this year.  She will be hiking in Colorado for three weeks and am super excited to start working at AYC.

Eric Morrison - Instructor in Training. Eric has been enjoying sailing almost all his life. He has gone through the AYC sailing program along with several years of race experience, and is now joining the Laser Race Team. He has plenty of big boat sailing experience with his family's 47' Catalina. Eric is going to be a Junior at York High School this coming year.  When he is not sailing he enjoys lacrosse, skiing, and listening to music.

Terence Obrien – Instructor-In Training.  Terence grew up sailing on his grandfather's Bristol 41.  When he was 10 he moved to Eliot from New York and since then has moved up through the classes as well as the Opti and 420 race teams at AYC.  He is looking forward to the instructor in training experience and can't wait for the sailing season.  Other interests are snowboarding, skateboarding, wrestling and lacrosse.

Nicole Busa – Instructor-In-Training.  Nicole will be entering her Junior year at Medfield High School in Massachusetts.  She enjoys skiing, lacrosse, and was proud to be part of her high school soccer team’s first State Championship.  Nicole’s first eleven years of sailing experience was with her family on their boat, Chimera.  She spent several years in the junior sailing program and joined the race team last year.  She is excited to be joining AYC as an instructor in training this year.

Katie Peter - Dock Master.  Katie has been sailing since she was eight and has completed all the Junior sailing classes at the AYC. She has learned to sail the Optimists, JYs, and J22's. In addition, she has sailed on bigger boats with her family many times. She goes to Berwick Academy and will be a junior this coming year. She's excited to work at AYC and will also be working some evenings at Browns serving ice cream. She can't wait to enjoy the summer on the water and at the AYC.

Nathalie Peter - Dock Master. Nathalie has lived in York since she was 4 years old and has been sailing at AYC since she was eight, sailing Optimists, JY's and J22's.  She is a going to be a Junior at Berwick Academy this coming fall and enjoys playing soccer, hockey and lacrosse. She loves escaping the York winter sailing in the British Virgin Islands with her family. She is excited to work at the place she learned to sail and is looking forward to spending time on the water this summer.