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Lake Forest Sailing Programs

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We offer the most comprehensive sailing program on Lake Michigan. Lake Forest Sailing will provide opportunities to sailors of all ages and ability levels, from beginners to aspiring National Champions in dinghies and keelboats.

Lake Forest Sailing offers a program that will allow a seven-year-old novice to enter and continue indefinitely. Our fleet allows sailors to continue recreationally, but also excel in racing. Our racing teams (Junior, High School, College, Keelboat) will travel and compete both regionally and nationally, twelve months a year. Hurry to get your registrations in now! To download a Registration Form. (55k - 2 pages)

Registration for Sailing Programs

Check out what classes we are offering and then download a registration form. Send in your registration form to the Lake Forest Recreation Department or fax it to 847-615-4251, or you can sign up on-line at LFRec.com. 

Summer Camps (191k - 3 pages)
Spring / Summer Brochure Programs (105k - 3 pages)
Winter Brochure Waterfront Activities (110k - 2 pages)

Lake Forest Yacht Club

Interested in joining the Lake Forest Yacht Club or finding out more information about them?  To help you keep track of our events, the club has launched a website created and maintained by Vice Commodore Rich Tully. So now if you want to know when an event is scheduled, or if you want to show someone what it's like to sail in Lake Forest, just check www.lfyc.net.

MEET OUR STAFF

Joe Harris - Sailing Director

Growing up in Chicago, Joey Harris began sailing at the Columbia Yacht Club when he was twelve years old. In 1988, Joey became the first Chicago sailor to qualify for and race in the US Sailing Youth Championships. After sailing varsity for the University of Rhode Island, he returned to Chicago and became the Sailing Program Director at his home club – Columbia. At Columbia, Joey regularly coached competitors at Youth Champs and the Sears/Bemis/Smythe Cups. In 1999, he coached the first Area K team to win the Bemis National Championships. That year, he also received the W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. National Sportsmanship Trophy from US Sailing. In 2001, Joey moved west to become the coach of the California Maritime Academy varsity sailing team. In 2002, he became the Program Director for the St. Francis Yacht Club, where he coached juniors in high performance and Olympic classes – including a two-time winner of the 29er North American Championships. Also in 2002, Joey was named to the US Sailing Board of Directors, a position he still enjoys today. In 2004, he joined the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club in Detroit as their Program Director. Recently, he retuned from the ISSA High School National Championships, where he coached Grosse Pointe North High. Currently, four of Joey’s past sailors are members of the US Sailing Team, and six are conducting thriving Olympic campaigns.

Jim Sauser - Keelboat and Adult Sailing Instructor

Jim is a United States Sailing Association certified Instructor and a Lake Forest Resident. He learned to Sail cruising the Pacific Northwest waters of Seattle and British Columbia. Jim also Experienced One Designed Racer, Laser, Olympic Star Boat, and J24. His Offshore Racing experience includes: Five Chicago Mackinaw races, ten seasons of off shore racing in the Great Lakes. One season in the Southern ocean racing Series, Florida and the Caribbean. He also has Extensive Cruising experience in the Great Lakes, Florida and West Coast.

"Teaching sailing in Lake Forest gives me the opportunity to share my enjoyment of sailing, help people master sailing skills, and spend time on one of the most unique and beautiful lakes in the world," says Jim Sauser.