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.
