If you want to “test the waters,” we recommend that you start with Basic Sailing, and then spend the summer gaining skills and experience sailing with other members through our various organized sailing activities. You may decide to enroll in a more advanced course at a later date.

If your goal is to become individually qualified to sail our boats on your own by obtaining a Sail Chicago Skipper card, you may want to enroll in additional courses. Our experience has shown that it typically takes more than one summer to gain the skills and experience necessary to skipper a boat. Extra sailing practice is needed in addition to formal class instruction.

All new members must attend Pre-Sail Orientation. New members with previous sailing experience may apply to substitute the Basic Sailing Skills course included in the New Member Package with the Intermediate Sailing Skills course. If you can confidently rig a sailboat, sail upwind and downwind, demonstrate points of sail with appropriate sail trim, and steer a boat through basic maneuvers (tacks and jibes), you are probably ready for the Intermediate Sailing Skills course. You may substitute the Basic Sailing course included in the New Member Package with Intermediate Sailing Skills, or the Skipper Preparation course.

	Session 1 (May)		Session 2 (June)		Session 3 (July)
Basic Sailing	Sold Out		Weekend classes in June are full. There is limited availability for weekday and evening classes.
Intermediate Sailing	Sold Out
Skipper Preperation	Sold Out