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Beginners are welcome! Our instruction
system is intended to allow students to learn
at their own pace, on whatever schedule is
convenient.
We offer sailboat lessons
every Saturday between 9 AM and noon, May
through September.
You may begin attending at any time,
since lessons are taught on an individual
basis.
Boat school includes on-the-water lessons
on a boat and shore side lectures as
needed. No reservations or advance notice are
required, just show up anytime Saturday morning
and wait for your turn.
We also offer advanced
sailing clinics throughout the season, usually
on Saturday afternoons.
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We hold weekly lectures on a variety of
beginner and advanced sailing topics. Check our
calendar
to find out what subjects will be covered.
Our lectures are held at 7:45 PM
on Thursdays in Conference Room 4 of the Duderstadt Center
(Media Union) on
North Campus
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from May through October.
For the month of August, Thursday meetings will be held at
6:45 PM at the club, instead of on campus.
You may begin
attending at any time, since most lectures do
not require previous knowledge. Lectures are
held monthly over the winter.
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The club holds five large formal regattas
during the sailing season, and informal
intra-club racing every Sunday morning (10:30am-2pm) and
Wednesday evenings (6:30-sunset).
We also
offer beginner and advanced racing clinics
throughout the season, mainly on Saturdays.
We welcome people with all skill levels.
You may begin
attending at any time for informal weekly
racing. No pre-registration is needed, just
show up and rig a boat.
If you have never
raced before, please come to the club at 10am
any Sunday for brief on-shore instruction.
Please refer to our
Regattas
page for more information on
our regattas, including registration.
Undergraduate students at the University
of Michigan can join the
Intercollegiate Racing Team
and sail against other schools, in regattas
all over the country during the school year.
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Open Sailing
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The club is open, weather permitting, all
day every Saturday and Sunday from April through October,
and weekday evenings after
6:30pm during the summer. The boats are
available to all members on a first-come,
first-served basis, except during instruction
and racing.
In order to ensure the safety of everyone using
club facilities, we maintain a ratings system for members. No boat may
be sailed without a rated member aboard without explicit permission of
a club skipper.
Ratings are a guide to personal progress as well as a means of
regulating the use of club boats. A crew, helm, or skipper rating
represents an elementary, intermediate, or advanced level
of small-boat seamanship.
You can earn a rating by participating in the
instruction program on Saturdays. You can sail without a rating
if you can convince a skipper that you have the appropriate skills.
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Other Activities
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Potluck picnics and barbecues, canoing
and kayaking, frisbee, croquet, and bocce
ball on the lawn, campouts at the club, night
sailing, evening parties, movie nights, trips
to the local bars and restaurants, and lots
of fun!
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