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All instruction is included in the yearly membership fee.
For any specific questions about ratings or lessons follow any of the links above or contact the instruction chair (contact information CLICK HERE

Instruction Program:

Getting Started
NEW MEMBERS:
  • Our Sailing season has started. Boats in was April 18.
  • At this time we are not offering regularily scheduled rigging classes. If you just joined, you can contact our instructors at scuwm_instructors to let us know that you need a rigging class. Include some dates/times which will work for you. You can also contact an instructor who posted a lesson directly to find out whether they are willing to do a rigging class prior to their lesson or as part of their lesson.
  • If you have trouble scheduling a rigging class, contact our instruction chair at paterick@bluebottle.com
  • For yhour first on the water lesson, make sure to sign up for a Lesson, not a Practice sail, for your first class.
  • All instruction meets at our dock at the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center. Directions can be found HERE (http://www.scuwm.org/dockmap.html)
  • Rigging Class Get an introduction on the parts of the boat and how to raise and work the sails. Also, get a brief introduction into howq the club works and how to arrange for on the water instruction.
    Now you are ready to get on the water.

  • 5 On the water Lessons (Set up with instructor after rigging class)
    The on-water lessons are 2 hours, with two students and a qualified Instructor on-board. The students take turns at the helm and as crew. You will also learn that becoming a good Skipper entails first becoming a good crew member.
    In an approximate sequence, you will learn how to:
    1. Steer the boat with confidence
    2. Come-about (turn the boat when heading toward the wind)
    3. Jibe (turn the boat when heading away from the wind and then make full circles)
    4. Approach and leave docks and moorings under different wind conditions and orientations
    5. Perform the person-over-board (POB) rescue maneuvers


  • Unlimited Practice Sails (Set up with instructor)
    Refine your new skills acquired during the lessons by taking as many practice sails as necessary before moving on to the next lesson

  • Dryland Lessons
    Learn some of the basic theory behind sailing. You can take these any time before the skippers test, some people prefere to take them before going out for their first on the water lesson, other find it easier to follow after some on the water experience. So the timing is up to you.

  • Skipper's Test (set up with a qualified skipper)


Rigging a Boat

Holger and David on a practice sail.
Photos Paul Hable 2003
   
Last update: Friday, 15-Jun-2007 16:31:30 CDT by holger@uwm.edu F. Holger Försterling The home page of  The Sailing Club at UWM is written and edited by students of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and they are solely responsible for its editorial policy and content.  The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is not liable for debts incurred by the student organization.