Hoofer Sailing Club
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The Hoofer Sailing Club, established in 1939, is a collection of students and community members working together to maintain a fleet of boats for recreational and competitive sailing. Membership includes unlimited lessons and boat usage. Our fleet, one of the largest in the nation, includes dinghies, keelboats, windsurfing and even winter kiting.
We encourage all our members to volunteer, to become instructors (the best way to become a better sailor) and to be involved in club leadership.
By doing as much of the work as possible ourselves, we can keep our membership dues incredibly low. Compare our dues to other yacht clubs, where you may have to pay up to $1,000 per month in dues just to maintain your membership and then pay hundreds of dollars more for lessons and the expense of private boat ownership.
Not only does our structure keep our costs low, it has tremendous social potential. When you teach others to sail, or get involved in our periodic work parties and social events, you meet new people and create friendships. Friendships made all the stronger by common interests and a shared sense of pride in a job well done. You also get a chance to learn a great deal about boat operations and maintenance-- a great thing if you dream of owning a boat someday.
The majority of our membership is made up of individuals wanting to just take a few lessons and learn the basics of sailing. Yet our intercollegiate sailing team often ranks in the top 20 in the nation. We also have a a committed group of long-time members to add to the great mix that is Hoofer Sailing Club.
News
The snow and cold weather might not make for great sailing weather but it's a perfect time to start preparing for next summer! To help you meet your BOC, we will be posting weekly throughout the winter about one of our BOC members. If you ever see them around Hoofers, make sure to say hi, everyone on the board loves to meet our amazing and wonderful members. Our first post features Noah Janssen, who is this year's Rear Commodore. He is a lifelong sailor, current graduate student in the MAcc program and alumnus of the Wisco Sailing Team. To learn more about him, see this post, and stay tuned for next week's post!
Thank you to everyone who came out last Friday to celebrate the club's 80th Anniversary and the grand opening of our new Tong Family Marina by participating in the All-Fleets Race!
This was our first true All Fleets (meaning every single fleet was represented on the water) in 6 years!
Congratulations to Sloop skipper Sergey and his two brand new members for winning the race. They won a gift card donated by Vintage Spirits and Grill!
This past weekend, the Hoofer Sailing Club hosted the both the MCSA Women's & Men's Singlehanded Qualifiers. Wisco sailors took home the win for both the men and women. Jonathan Bailey, Rebekah Janssen, and Patrick Schmidt have all qualified to compete at the national championships in November.
On the road, our keelboat teams impressed at GLIOR (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta). For the second year, we are Tartan 10 Collegiate Champions! Under heavy breeze on Lake Michigan, our sailors finished the regatta with a series of wins to secure first place. A big shoutout to our Heavy Keelboat Fleet for providing them Tartan 10s to practice on, this experience was invaluable!
Congratulations to the Wisconsin Sailing Team - who represents the Hoofer Sailing Club in the MSCA and ICSA - for hosting the very successful Fall Fury Regatta this past weekend, the very first collegiate regatta run our of our new Tong Family Marina. Our very own Wisco teams took 2nd and 3rd! Congratulations to The University of Notre Dame for the victory!
All-Fleets Race
Attention all sailors, it's time to commemorate a historic summer season with an All-Fleets Race! To celebrate the club's 80th birthday and the completion of the brand new Tong Family Marina, we will be hosting an All-Fleets Race on Friday, September 20th, 2019.
Don't miss out on the action during our last big event of the 2019 season. We hope everyone can come celebrate. Are you a new member and don't have a rating on a boat yet, come down anyways, there will definitely be spots on some of the larger boats to grab a ride on - the more the merrier!
Social
After the All-Fleets Race, we will be having our weekly Friday Night Social. If you can't make it down for the race, make sure to swing by for free food and ice cream!
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Hoofer Sailing Club
Memorial Union, Lower Level
800 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-1630
info@hoofersailing.org
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Hoofer Youth Program
The Hoofer Youth Program offers quality on-the-water instruction with a focus on fun and learning. Courses in sailing, windsurfing, and racing are open to youth ages 10-18 and range from beginner to advanced.
Programs are designed to teach outdoor recreation skills while encouraging youth to have fun and develop personally in the areas of communication, self-reliance, sportsmanship, and respect for others. Hoofers promotes a constant awareness of safety, emphasizes the importance of working together, and teaches students to adapt themselves to the forces of nature.