Sailing for All

Join us on Bde Maka Ska for a week of sailing! You will learn to harness the wind to power your boat and to navigate across the water by tacking, jibing, controlling the sails while taking the helm. Experience the thrill of a boat heeling and take a turn on a small racing dinghy with a Great River High School Race Team sailor! Each day, you will have the opportunity to skipper, crew and swim. We will be using the Minneapolis Sailing Center’s fleet of Ensigns, which allow us to have crews of 6 campers and 1 adult aboard. Sailing is weather and wind dependent. Friday will be offered as a make-up day if we have to cancel for weather. No sailing experience necessary. For safety reasons, participants must be comfortable on the water and in a boat. Please note: this camp is located in UPTOWN and pick up and drop off is at Minneapolis Sailing Center on Bde Maka Ska. While we are not offering a separate Adolescent camp in the afternoon this year, we are committed to having a boat for adolescents who are interested in sailing or joining the HS sailing team. Please reach out to Jessica McDonald for more information and to see if this would be a good fit.