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)
2009 Halloween Spectacular Regatta
The Halloween Spectacular Regatta will be hosted by Lake Forest
Sailing on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Come out and enjoy our biggest
events of the season. Junior racing fleets will include
Lasers, Laser Radials, Optimist (no green fleet) and two divisions
of 420's for high school teams(no spinnakers or trapeze). To
celebrate Halloween, we will have taffy apple dipping, a pumpkin
carving contest and awards for the best costumes. The entry
fee includes two days of racing as well as breakfast and lunch each
day.
Registration
information and race day instructions.
(134k - 4 pages)
North Shore Cup
Lake Forest was the location for the North Shore Cup Sailing
Regatta on July 24, 2009.
Fleet Results:
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.
Fall Brochure Waterfront Activities
(110k - 3 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
Hunter Ratliff - Race Team Coordinator
Hunter Ratliff joins the Lake Forest Sailing Team with a lot of
talent and enthusiasm. He has an extensive sailing and racing
background. Hunter started sailing in Holland Michigan at the young
age of 6. He soon moved to Chicago in the summers and sailed for
Chicago Yacht Club for the rest of his junior sailing. He continued
sailing for Marquette University throughout his college career. He
has coached for the past 5 years and has coached sailors on the
local, national, and international levels. Hunter continues to sail
as much as he can when he is not coaching. His most recent credit
was the top American finisher at the 2005 Laser2 World Championship.
He is very stoked to be apart of such a great program. 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. | 
