PAYC sailing class

Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

Students carry a sailboat onto a ramp at Pleasure Island Marina during a sailing class in Port Arthur on Saturday, July 1, 2006.


Bryan Miller, 10, of Orangefield waits to launch a sailboat before a sailing class at Pleasure Island Marina in Port Arthur. The weekend-long class was sponsored by the Port Arthur Yacht Club.


Celeste Harder, 9, of Beaumont (left to right in closest boat), instructor Paul Vera and Colton Phelan, 13, of Beaumont tack to catch up with a sailing class at Pleasure Island Marina in Port Arthur.


Several sailboats maneuver around buoys at Pleasure Island Marina during a sailing class in Port Arthur.