Racing Begins May 18, 2008

The summer is almost here. We're just, hopefully, seeing the last of the cold, wet spring weather as we head into the month of May. The Milwaukee Community Sailing Center's Sunday Racing begins Sunday May 18, 2008.

Everyone is anxious to get out and race with the beautiful spring wind. This year the sailing center staff are hoping to really get Sunday Racing going by expanding the weekly crowd to youth sailors and new members who are ready and willing to get out there on the starting line. As we try to emphasize every year, Sunday racing is a time for learning. Although the racing can get competitive it is important to remember that we're all out there to have fun and learn a little at the same time.

Bringing more and more basic sailors into the mix will not only expand the fleet on Sundays, it will improve the quality of sailing throughout the sailing center. Racing is an ideal way to reinforce and drive home the basic skills needed to navigate a sail boat correctly and safely through the harbor and in open water. With an expanding membership base, and an increasing number of open sailors, this development is important this year more than ever.

Although there will be a few changes to Sunday racing to accommodate newer and younger sailors, the average racer will not notice them. Racing will begin at the same time, 9:30 am, every week, and will be run in a similar fashion with familiar race courses, and no one keeping score. It should be a great season of racing and I hope to catch everyone on the starting line on May 18th.