Winter Sailing Seminars

Winter 2025

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Our Winter Sailing Seminars are a great way to expand your horizons during the winter months. The seminars are open to anyone who is eligible to be a sailing club member and no prior sailing experience is required; you do not need to be a current member of the sailing club to attend. Feel free to invite your landlubber friends!

Seminars occur weekly and cover a variety of nautical topics, such as racing tactics, sailing around the world, and sailing medical emergencies.

If you wish to present a seminar this winter, please email headofinstruction@hoofersailing.org

2024 Winter Sailing Seminars

January 15: Chartering in the BVI with Ben Nichols

January 22: Weather routing with Jason Christensen + Erika Rattunde

January 29: UWLR with UW lake Rescue Tour

February 5: Preparing for an ocean passage with Daniel Rogge and Michael Benjamin

February 12: Review of the 37th America’s Cup with Philip Tietze

February 19: Stories from the ROTC with Matthew Green

February 26: Cruising the Apostles Islands and Isle Royle with Mark Gillespie

March 5: Sailing into Oblivion with Jerome Rand

March 12: Radio maintenance and operation with VC and Gregory Pitts

March 20: Sailing the Pacific or Multihulls with Adam Hughes

March 27
: First Aid for Sailing with Bob Cape + VC