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Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

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NLSC Sailing Trips - CURRENT & FUTURE

NLSC-sponsored & NLSC-endorsed sailing trips: Trailerable and Charter Boats


Our trailerable trips range in duration from one day, a weekend, or longer - they take place on lakes within a "short" drive from the Twin Cities. Overnight trips often include lodging arrangements, from camping to condos to casinos.

We also get together to charter "bareboats" (i.e. we don't hire a captain; we do it ourselves), renting boats all over the world on trips lasting from a weekend (in the Twin Cities area) to a week or two (in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Pacific - in just about any ocean we want to sail in).

The planning and execution is all handled by volunteers (to keep the costs manageable) - please contact the NLSC Trip Chair if you would like to help.

Don't worry: Experienced sailors will help you organize and execute these trips - a great way to pick up sailing organizational skills and experience. Many of us have started with these trips and now can charter and handle the big boats by ourselves - that's because our experienced sailors will teach you what they know, and you will be expected to participate in all of the fun, pleasures and chores of sailing. (These trips generally are not cruises where you just sit back and enjoy the ride.)

For Information or to sign up: CONTACT THE TRIP LEADER(S).
Contact information is available to NLSC members in our membership directory - log into the members-only section of this website.

This information is subject to changes and updates. Please check back here regularly for the latest information.


This calendar lists current and future trips only --

CLICK HERE to view calendar of past trips, in 2009.

(travel or preboard date)
Sailing Dates
Location Trip Type Days Trip Leader
Cost
(excluding travel &
some provisions)
Deposit Status Sponsored / Endorsed
(January 10)
January 11-24, 2010
Phuket, THAILAND
7° 59' N,
98° 20' E
Charter 14 Jay Biggs ~$1800-1900  $900 OPEN
one space left
(Wait List available)
Endorsed
January 10-17, 2010 Florida Keys
25° 7' N,
80° 25' W
 
Charter 12 Jerry Sicard $800   $200   Cancelled
(not enough people signed up)
Endorsed
(February 6)
February 7-13, 2009
British Virgin Islands
18° 25.6' N,
64° 38.1' W
 
Teaching ASA 103/104
Basic Cruising / Bareboat Chartering
7 Joan Gilmore $1474   $735   OPEN
Sign-up by Dec 1
Endorsed
(February 13)
February 14-20, 2009
British Virgin Islands
18° 25.6' N,
64° 38.1' W
 
Teaching ASA 114
Cruising Catamaran
7 Joan Gilmore $1620   $810   FULL
(Wait List available)
Endorsed
(March 6)
March 7-14, 2010
British Virgin Islands
25.6' N,
64° 38.1' W 
Charter 7 Lisa Broom &
Keith Holloman
$550
+$100 refundable damage deposit
$300   FULL
(Wait List available)
Sponsored
May 15-16, 2010 Lake Minnetonka "Icebreaker"
Shorewood Yacht Club
44° 54' N,
93° 34' W
Charter & Trailerable 2 Joan & Jeff Tam;
Diane & Ron Carlson  
$35   $35   FULL
(Wait List available - in case we get more boats)
Sponsored  
May 22-23, 2010 Upper Minnetonka Yacht Club
Treman Cup Co-op Races & Party

Spring Park, MN
44° 56.09' N,
93° 37.70' W
UMYC Boats & Trailerable 1 or 2 Noel Neuman & Joan Gilmore $25   $25   OPEN Cooperative with UMYC  
June 12-13, 2010 Lake Pepin - Spring
Lake City Marina
Lake City MN
44° 27' N,
92° 16' W
Trailerable &
Boats-already-on-the-lake
2 Lisa Broom &
Tom Cronmiller  
$35   $35   FULL
(Wait List available - in case we get more boats)
Sponsored  
(June 18 7PM)
June 19-20, 2010
Lake Superior
Duluth, MN
46° 42' N,
92° 3' W 
Teaching ASA 118
Docking Endorsement
2 Joan Gilmore $345   $345   FULL
ASA certification prerequisite: ASA 101
ASA 101 not required to take class, though
Endorsed
July 9-11, 2010 Green Lake
[near Spicer]
45° 14' N,
94° 56' W
Trailerable   3 Don McGrath   $20   $20   FULL
(Wait List available - in case we get more boats)
Endorsed  
(July 16 7PM)
July 17-18, 2010
Lake Superior
Duluth, MN
46° 42' N,
92° 3' W 
Teaching ASA 118
Docking Endorsement
2 Joan Gilmore $345   $345   OPEN
ASA certification prerequisite: ASA 101
ASA 101 not required to take class, though
Endorsed
July 18-24, 2010 North Channel, Lake Huron
Ontario, Canada
45° 58.8' N,
81° 55.5' W
Charter 7 Lou Culbert   $680   $175   FULL Sponsored  
July 20, 2010 Bald Eagle Lake
Dave Klein's home

45 ° 6.36' N
93 ° 0.33' W
Bald Eagle Yacht Club's Boats & Trailerables 1 Dave Klein Free!     OPEN Cooperative with Bald Eagle Yacht Club  
(July 30 7PM)
July 31- August 1, 2010
Lake Superior
Duluth, MN
46° 42' N,
92° 3' W 
Teaching ASA 118
Docking Endorsement
2 Joan Gilmore $345   $345   OPEN
ASA certification prerequisite: ASA 101
ASA 101 not required to take class, though
Endorsed
July 31 - August 7, 2010 Isle Royale 1, Lake Superior
[Grand Marais, MN]
47° 45' N,
90° 20' W
Charter 7 Dave Shores   $580   $290   FULL
{wait list available in case of cancellations}
Endorsed  
August 7-14, 2010 Isle Royale 2, Lake Superior
[Grand Marais, MN]
47° 45' N,
90° 20' W
Charter 7 Dave Shores   $580   $290   FULL
{wait list available in case of cancellations}
Endorsed  
August 7-8, 2010 Barker's Island, Lake Superior
[Superior, WI]
46° 42.96' N,
92° 3.26' W
Trailerable 2 Lisa Broom   $65   $65   FULL
(Wait List available - in case we get more boats)
Sponsored  
August 14-16, 2010 Leech Lake REGATTA
47° 6' N,
94° 35' W
Trailerable or Charter   3 David Klein   $75   $75   OPEN
Endorsed  
September 10-12, 2010 Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
on a CATAMARAN!
& a Monohull
46° 47' N,
90° 51' W
Charter 3 Lisa Broom   $399   $100   FULL
(Wait List available)
Sponsored  
September 25-26, 2010 Lake Pepin - Fall
Lake City Marina
Lake City MN
44° 27' N,
92° 16' W
Trailerable &
Boats-already-on-the-lake
2 Jerry Sicard;  
Steve & Jacquie Engelmayer
$40   $40   OPEN
Sponsored  
(October 7)
October 8-13, 2010
Annapolis Boat Show
&
Chesapeake Bay

38° 58' N,
76° 28' W
Charter 6 Wayne Hochmeir   $670   $100 OPEN
Sponsored  
(February 12, 2011) February 13-19, 2011 British Virgin Islands
FLOTILLA
18° 26' N,
64° 37' W
Charter 7 Joan Gilmore   $989   $200   OPEN
Endorsed  
September, 2011 Italy
~42° N,
~12° E
Charter TBD   Jay Biggs   ~ $1600-2000
+ food & travel  
  OPEN
Endorsed  
                 
(travel date)
trip dates
where Trailerable
or Charter
#days your name here $cost $deposit Make it happen! Sponsored
or Endorsed


Link to: Spar of the Moment - contacts for last-minute sailing. (This link is for members only - login required)

Link to: Trip Planning and Related Information

Link to: NLSC Skipper Qualification Policy


Sponsored trips are where NLSC has complete organizational and financial control of the trip. You must be a current paid member of the club to participate in these trips, and all club rules apply.

Endorsed trips are non-sponsored trips that the NLSC Board approves the promotion of, which may or may not conform to NLSC policies and for which the club has no financial responsibility.


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