Lake Union Sailing
University
Spring Session March 13th - April 3rd
You've demanded it.
You've met in secret plotting it.
You've even asked for it point blank as nice as can be.
Well, here it is. The next step for SailNOW!: Lake Union Sailing University. Four Saturdays of classes designed as a chance to learn and share for SailNOW! graduates and instructors alike, as well as CWB volunteers with a sailing background.
The classes offered in Lake Union Sailing University are structured to be taken in their entirety as a coherent curriculum or singly as workshops. Each week's classes are organized around a different theme: Sloops, Workboats, Racing, and Cruising. In the mornings, we'll cover the smaller boats within the theme and sail the bigger boats in the afternoon. Rain or shine, wind be dammed, we're sailing.
Think you're under qualified? Doubt it. Probably not over qualified either. All of us have knowledge to share, and all of us can gain a deeper understanding of sailing by participating. Lake Union Sailing University is strictly for sailors by sailors. Enough with the sales pitch - here are the classes:
Saturday, March 13th - Sloop-a-palooza!!!
$20 per class/ $30 entire day
SailNOW! Grads: Do you wonder what else there is to sailing beyond lesson eight? INSTRUCTORS: do you ever wonder what it's like to really sail these boats, just for fun? Do you wonder how other instructors are teaching and want a chance to share? Sloop-a-palooza offers just that chance for everyone. In the morning, spend 45 minutes in class theorizing about the finer points then head to the water for a couple of hours testing those theories in real time. In the afternoon, get more acquainted with the bigger sloops of the collection.
Classes Offered:
Small Sloop 201: Lecture and Lab
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $20
Sailing Sloops to Death - Sailing tricks and tomfoolery
Professor: Jake Beattie
Lecture: Review or learn use of hull and sails to fine tune your
sailing
Sail Lab: Sail sloops as you've never sailed them before, and maybe
never again! ("Whaddya mean blindfolded? Are you serious?" )
Optional Lunchtime Lecture: Blanchard History by Professor Dick Wagner
Big Sloop Sailing
Intensive
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $20
Learn to sail the big boats of the Collection.
Professors: Sarah Howell, Snake, Kemp
This week's featured vessels: Yankee one design sloop Venture, The
T Bird, and the Friendship Sloop Amie.
Pot luck to follow
Saturday, March
20th - Historic Workboat Designs
$20 per class/ $30 entire day
So you can sail a Blanchard Junior single handed in seven knots of breeze
on a sunny day (and blindfolded, if you showed up last week). Well, whoop-dee-doo
for you. Some of these boats down here were used by fisherman plying their
trade, in gales, in the snow, uphill both ways to school. Learn about the
history of these easy-to-handle boats and how you, too, can sail them whenever
you want.
Classes
Offered:
Sailing Workboats: Lecture and Lab
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $20
Professor: TBA
Lecture: Lecture
on the history of our collection's workboats
Professor: John Watkins
Sail Lab: Cat
boat sailing 101
Big Workboat
Intensive
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $20
Learn to sail the big workboats of the collection.
Professors: John Watkins, TBA
This weeks
featured vessels: Sharpie Betsy D, Bristol Bay Gillnetter
Saturday, March
27th - Race Week
$20 per class/ $30 entire day
OK, you've done the classes, you've sailed the workboats, and you're convinced you're the fastest thing on the water. Good - apparently you've been paying attention. Come learn about the rules and tactics of racing. Small boats in the morning, big boats in the afternoon. Victoria to Maui Race, here you come.
Classes Offered:
Basic
Racing: Lecture and Lab
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $20
Professor: Tim Meyer (the shore school guy)
Lecture:
Basic racing rules and tactics
Sail Lab: Practice
racing in the BJK's
Optional
Lunchtime lecture: Becoming race crew for the big boys
Professor: David Benson
Big Boat Racing
Intensive
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $20
Learn to race the big boats of the Collection.
Professors: Sarah Howell, TBA
This weeks
featured vessels: Yankee one design sloop Venture, T-Bird
Saturday, April
3rd - Leaving the Lake/Small Boat Navy
Prices listed below
Classes Offered:
Leaving the Lake
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $40
Professor: Jake Beattie, Sarah Howell, TBA
Take the
big boats of the collection and lock out to salt water or explore Lake Washington,
while learning the skills beyond sail trim. This is a full day of sailing
- bring food and foulies.
Small Boat
Sailing Intensive
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Dust off
the sails of the small boats in the collection and get as personal with
the water as you can get without swimming. Sid skiff? Hvalsoe 13? El Toro?
Yes, even the umiak sails. Impress your friends with your small boat savvy.
