After School Sailing Club 2026
Hone your sailing abilities
Spend more time on the boats you love
Learn from our certified sailing instructors
Join Marsh Creek Lake’s Sailing Club!
Our program offers sailors the opportunity to continue developing their newfound passion for small boat sailing under the guidance of our US Sailing certified instructors.
Sailors will strengthen their sailing skills on various small boats including dinghies and daysailers (American 14.6, i420, Laser, O’Pen Skiff, Sunfish) and catamarans (Hobie Wave, Hobie Getaway), with opportunities for solo and cooperative sailing. Daily classroom lessons will introduce topics and techniques to further your sailor’s understanding of wind and weather conditions, points of sail, sailing terminology and rigging, followed by hitting the water with our usual emphasis on safety and fun. We look forward to more heeling, hiking out, and flying hulls this season! We have added two Flying Scots for small group sailing, and a Laser and International 420 for introduction to racing rules and technique.
Cost
$100 per day, per sailor
Age Range: 8 to 16
Sailors will be grouped by age and ability to allow for each lesson to be tailored for skill progression. Sailors will be paired with our counselors at a 1:1 ratio for maximum attention.
Time: 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Timing varies based on school schedules and sailor availability and can be adjusted on an individual basis.
2026 Sailing Club Dates: Coming Soon!
Log in to the Parent Dashboard to see the dates available!
Sailor Information
Make sure to pack for the weather! May days can vary from warm to cool sometimes in the same afternoon. Sailors should pack a full change of clothes including but not limited to one or more towels, bathing suit and/or shorts, tee shirt or rash guard, sweatshirt, sweatpants, windbreaker, sneakers or other appropriate footwear that can get wet. Sunscreen is still critical even in the early spring weather and particularly on cloudy days. Life jackets will be provided or campers can bring their own!
Sailors can get hungry while on the water! Make sure to pack a snack and drink to enjoy while taking a break from hiking out.* The snack bar will be open under a limited capacity and offer bottled beverages and packaged snacks.
*Hiking is the action of moving the sailor’s body weight as far to windward (upwind) as possible, in order to decrease the extent the boat heels (leans away from the wind).
We watch the radar very carefully both before and during camp. If inclement weather develops during Sailing Club, we will get off the water and inside our teaching classroom for chalk talks and land drills. During light rain, we will continue sailing. In the unlikely event that we would cancel Sailing Club, we will send an email and text alert before 2:30 p.m. to notify you of the cancellation.
In the event that we must cancel a day of Sailing Club due to weather or other adverse conditions, we will schedule a make-up day. If a make-up day of Sailing Club cannot be scheduled a refund will be issued for that day. The maximum refund amount for 1 day of Sailing Club is $100. No-show sailors will not be eligible for a refund.