Adult Sailing Classes

Beginning Sailing for Adults

This 3-week evening class is a beginning sailing course that offers instruction on the fundamentals of sailing and boat handling in Club 420s. Adults learn skills such as rigging the boat, knot-tying, tacking and gybing, and landing at the dock or buoy.

If you have a child (age 12 & above) you’d like to learn to sail with, you can register him or her with you for a reduced fee. Couples also receive the lower price—see below.

C Scow Class

In cooperation with the Calhoun Yacht Club, we are offering an opportunity to sail on a C boat, a 20' scow that has been a fixture on the Inland Lakes sailing scene for over 100 years. Members of the Calhoun Yacht Club will be teaching on boats that they typically race on Wednesdays and weekends.

The course is divided into two sessions. Class 49 will present an introduction to sailing and handling a C boat and is a prerequisite for Class 50, which will introduce more advanced sailing and racing techniques and will give students opportunities to steer a C boat in race conditions.

Basic Keelboat for Adults

This will be a course that is designed to familiarize students with a 24 ft keelboat. Subjects covered will include rigging the boat, basic boathandling, landing and leaving from a buoy and dock. This course will be best suited to those with some sailing knowledge or experience. We are making arrangements to include certification for boat chartering. Dates, times, and costs will be arranged with the instructor. Please call or e-mail Henk Berkheij at 612-310-0113 (henkberheij@gmail.com) or visit www.northstarsailing.com.