Sailing Team Training

Did you know that Great River School has a High School Sailing Team? Racing sailboats is an amazing sport that combines physical prowess, sharp thinking, strategic planning, teamwork, physics and psychology. This summer camp will teach you the fundamentals on harnessing the wind, controlling the sails, and steering the boat to navigate across the lake. You will learn how to tack and jibe, the points of sail, how to adjust the main and the jib, and how to steer using a tiller. Each day, you will have the opportunity to skipper, crew and swim. Campers will spend a couple days assisting on larger keelboats with younger campers and a couple of sailing in one of the small racing dinghies with a High School Sailing Team member. Drop off and pick up is at Bde Maka Ska near St. Louis Park.  For safety reasons, participants must be comfortable wearing a life jacket, being on the water and in a boat, and be able to follow group directions.  No sailing experiences necessary, but serious sailors only please.