Sail Buffalo Junior Sail Camp
Sail Buffalo Campus / Cazenovia Community Boating Center, 2 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY 14203
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Sail Buffalo Junior Sail Camp includes Junior Sail Camp sessions with sailing lessons that cover rigging, hoisting, trimming, steering, tacking, and jibing. The program is part of Sail Buffalo’s American Sailing Association (ASA) sailing classes and on-the-water training, and is connected to options such as Store & Go Kayak, Boat Share, Private Cruises, and kayak/canoe storage. Campers take part in wellness programming, environmental programming, holistic learning experiences, and environmental education, supported by the Eco Floating Classroom.
• Ages: 8–17 years old
• Schedule: 5-day sessions
• Price: Junior Sail Camp from $350
The Head Instructor and Director of Programs & Operation is Captain Pierre Wallinder, an ASA instructor since 2004, who also holds Yacht-Master PZB credentials, has served as Past Trustee/Maritime Chair at WNY Maritime Charter School, and has been the Provider for On-The-Water Training since 2006. Sail Buffalo Sailing School has been based out of Lake Erie’s shorelines for over 10 years, launched its Eco Floating Classroom in 2011, and merged with Cazenovia Community Resource Center in 2012. The school’s mission is to create an exciting, safe and secure facility on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor that enables public access to the waterfront through boating, wellness, and environmental programming, and to offer on-the-water training, holistic learning experiences, wellness and environmental education regardless of income, gender and age, including people with disabilities, as well as a safe-haven for young veterans and their families.
Sail Buffalo provides Buffalo’s only nationally ASA-accredited sailing education through the American Sailing Association certification program, which is endorsed as an official licensing program in the U.S. by the National Association of Boating Administrators and the United States Coast Guard. The organization has transformed an abandoned inlet into a community boating center, offers a boat share program and summer camp for kids, and provides a Sail Buffalo community with social networking and ongoing educational opportunities for its community of friends. Community involvement also includes a merger with Cazenovia Community Resource Center, public access to Buffalo’s waterfront, and a stated passion for the Buffalo community noted in testimonials.
One parent testimonial reports that three children, ages 14, 12, and 8, attended for a second year, increasing from one week the first year to two weeks the next year, and that they “have made great memories and learned so much.” Other testimonials describe Sail Buffalo as having strong facilities, summer camp for kids, kayak/canoe storage, and education/classes, and describe ASA courses with Captains Pierre and Daniel C Britt as clearly structured, relaxing, and highly recommended. Entrance to the program’s campus is by appointment only, or visitors may walk in when the gate is open and knock on the door to the Interpretative Center.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
• Ages: 8–17 years old
• Schedule: 5-day sessions
• Price: Junior Sail Camp from $350
The Head Instructor and Director of Programs & Operation is Captain Pierre Wallinder, an ASA instructor since 2004, who also holds Yacht-Master PZB credentials, has served as Past Trustee/Maritime Chair at WNY Maritime Charter School, and has been the Provider for On-The-Water Training since 2006. Sail Buffalo Sailing School has been based out of Lake Erie’s shorelines for over 10 years, launched its Eco Floating Classroom in 2011, and merged with Cazenovia Community Resource Center in 2012. The school’s mission is to create an exciting, safe and secure facility on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor that enables public access to the waterfront through boating, wellness, and environmental programming, and to offer on-the-water training, holistic learning experiences, wellness and environmental education regardless of income, gender and age, including people with disabilities, as well as a safe-haven for young veterans and their families.
Sail Buffalo provides Buffalo’s only nationally ASA-accredited sailing education through the American Sailing Association certification program, which is endorsed as an official licensing program in the U.S. by the National Association of Boating Administrators and the United States Coast Guard. The organization has transformed an abandoned inlet into a community boating center, offers a boat share program and summer camp for kids, and provides a Sail Buffalo community with social networking and ongoing educational opportunities for its community of friends. Community involvement also includes a merger with Cazenovia Community Resource Center, public access to Buffalo’s waterfront, and a stated passion for the Buffalo community noted in testimonials.
One parent testimonial reports that three children, ages 14, 12, and 8, attended for a second year, increasing from one week the first year to two weeks the next year, and that they “have made great memories and learned so much.” Other testimonials describe Sail Buffalo as having strong facilities, summer camp for kids, kayak/canoe storage, and education/classes, and describe ASA courses with Captains Pierre and Daniel C Britt as clearly structured, relaxing, and highly recommended. Entrance to the program’s campus is by appointment only, or visitors may walk in when the gate is open and knock on the door to the Interpretative Center.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
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