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SailNOW!
January 26 - March 1, 2008
March 1 - April 5 , 2008
May 10 - June 14, 2008* (SOLD OUT!)
June 14 - July 19 , 2008* (SOLD OUT!)
July 19 - August 23, 2008*
August 23 - September 27, 2008
September 27 - November 1 , 2008
November 1 - December 6, 2008
*Weekday evening lessons available
Cost: $325 members / $360 nonmembers
(Some scholarships available)
SailNOW! is the signature CWB learn-to-sail
program, offering adults a fi ve week, eight lesson
basic sailing course in a variety of classic boats.
Each course starts with a shore school, where
sailing theory and terminology are explained.
Subsequent lessons are hands-on and completely
on-the-water. These 2-hour lessons are
available Saturdays and Sundays at both 11:00
AM and 1:30 PM, with weekday lessons available
at 6:00 PM May through August.
Upon registration, students choose available lesson dates and times that work for their personal schedule. The student/instructor ratio is 2:1. Registration includes student log book, supplemental textbook (The Complete Sailor, by David Seidman), and practice line for knot tying.
Big Fun in Little Boats
Session 1: May 19, 21, 26 28, June 2, 4, 2008
Session 2: June 9, 11,16, 18, 23, 25, 2008
Session 3: July 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, 2008
Session 4: August 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 2008
(Mondays & Wednesdays)
Cost: $200 members / $250 nonmembers
Think you can be a sailing bull rider? Learn
to rope and ride an 8’ pram before wrangling
bigger boats. Our colorful El Toro dinghies are
extremely fun. They are
immediate and responsive,
tiny and direct. Learning in
dinghies amplifies sailing
and teaches fundamental
skills that you can apply
to anything with a sail.
Six two-hour classes will
include a short chalk-talk
followed by on-the-water
lessons. Learn a ridiculous
amount in a ridiculous
little boat, and then sail all
summer long in our El Toro Livery!
Limit: 10 students
SailNOW! Intensive
Dates: April 26 – May 10, 2008
Cost: $325 members / $360 nonmembers
Want to learn how to sail at CWB, but don’t want to commit to 5
weekends to do it? SailNOW! Intensive compresses
the lesson progression and on-the-water time into a two week time
period. The class culminates in a docking-under-sail lesson. Individual lessons will be scheduled
on the first day of class.
SailNOW! for Women
Dates: April 5 – May 10, 2008
Cost: $325 members / $360 nonmembers
Now in its third year, The Center for Wooden
Boats is excited to offer SailNOW! for Women:
Sailing lessons for women sailing students
taught by CWB’s women sailing instructors. This
is a unique opportunity to learn sailing in an all-female environment.
One-on-One Sailing Lessons
Cost: $40 per hour members /
$50 per hour nonmembers / $10 per hour for additional students
For sailors with sporadic schedules or who just need some brushing up on skills, we offer One-on-One Sailing lessons. You and an instructor will work on your needs along the path to better sailing. Lessons are available by appointment and can be arranged in many of the classic vessels maintained by CWB, from Beetle Cats to gaff rigged cutters and beyond. Whatever you want to learn, we can teach you. Call CWB, (206) 382-2628, for available lessons.
Weird Boats
Instructor: Zach Carver
Date: May 31 - June 1 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $120 members /
$150 per hour nonmembers
Peak your gaff and snub your snotter while
learning the ins-and-outs of many different
small boat rigs. This weekend class will focus
on rigging and sailing boats in our collection with
different types of rigs, including: cat, sloop, gaff,
sprit, Marconi, dipping lug, standing lug, spritboom,
leg-o-mutton, ketch, gaff, cutter, yawl and
maybe more! We will also spend time discussing
theory and history surrounding the plethora of
sail combinations in the small boat world. Cost
of class includes a copy of Phil Bolger’s 100
Small Boat Rigs.
Sailing Shore School
January 26, 2008
March 1, 2008
May 10, 2008*
June 14, 2008*
July 19, 2008*
August 23, 2008
September 27, 2008
November 1, 2008
Cost: $45 members / $60 nonmembers
Want to take some sailing lessons, but need to
know where to start? Know how to pull on a line,
but want to learn where it’s coming from? Care
to remember some of the facts you were taught
when you were just a wee lad or lass? Now you
can register for Shore School, the first day of
CWB’s learn-to-sail program, without having to
register for all the subsequent lessons.
Learn the academic side of sailing during three
quick classroom hours: parts of a boat, points-of-
sail, terminology and more!
Introduction to Sharpies
Instructor: John Watkins
Date: August 3, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $65 members / $80 nonmembers
You’ve seen their unusual forms on the docks:
two gangly unstayed masts that appear to be
perched on an overgrown rowboat. Or maybe
you’ve seen them powering down Lake Union with
a boat load of people, then nimbly docking under
sail. The Sharpies are two of the
Center’s most agile sailboats, and this year we’re
offering a chance for you to learn to sail them.
Learn to rig,
sail single handed, and dock. Limit: 6 students.
Prerequisites: CWB check-out or equivalent.
RaceNOW!
Instructors: Oliver Davis
Dates: July 26 & 27 , 2008
(Saturday & Sunday)
Time: Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $150 members / $185 nonmembers
You’ve learned to sail, and now you want to race!
RaceNOW! is an opportunity for intermediate
sailors to learn hands-on about racing. Each
day of RaceNOW! begins with a brief 45-minute
classroom discussion focused on improving sailing
skills and introducing more advanced sailing
concepts—efficient upwind and downwind
sailing, sail trim, reacting to wind shifts, and
exploring basic racing skills like starting, tactical
thinking, mark-rounding and rules. On-the-water
sessions begin at 1:00 PM, with boathandling
drills and short, exciting races in the Blanchard
Jr. Knockabouts on Lake Union, and include a
mid-afternoon break for a de-brief on the dock
and discussions about what has just happened
on the water. The focus in RaceNOW! is fun
racing in classic wooden boats.
Prerequisites: CWB check out or equivalent.
Twilight Race Series
Date: July 25 - August 29, 2008 (Fridays)
Time: 5:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $30 / $15 CWB Volunteers per boat for Blanchard Junior Knockabouts / $5 per El Toro or $30 for the series
CWB will again be hosting a casual Friday night
race series in 2008, inviting sailors with a current
check-out and youth program graduates (with
instructor permission) to participate in relaxed
buoy sailing on Lake Union. Blanchard Junior
Knockabouts and El Toro dinghies will race in
separate starts beneath summer’s setting sun.
Novice sailors are encouraged to either crew on
a Blanchard or race El Toros to gain familiarity
with racing rules and tight-quarter boat handling.
Bring a smile and your sense of humor, please,
this is not Olympic competition!
