Learn to Crew Class

Saturday/Sunday
June 04, 05, 11, 12

The St. Croix Sailing Club is offering a class this spring in the basics of sailing and crewing on a variety of racing sailboats.

This class is for you if you have had some boating experience and are interested in learning about sailboat racing. The best way to get started in sailboat racing is by crewing! The class includes four days of instruction designed to help sailors develop the proficiencies necessary to become confident crew on racing sailboats. Class time will be split evenly between in-class instruction and on-the-water practice.

Each of the four class days will include classroom instruction from 8:00 until noon followed by on-the-water practice (weather permitting) until around 4:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided each day.

A 60-page handbook will be yours to keep. Morning classroom sessions include the basics of sailboat racing and crewing:

Terminology
Knot-tying
Skippers’ expectations
Race starts
Sails and trim
Strategy and tactics
The Racing Rules of Sailing

Each afternoon you and your fellow class members will be assigned to a variety of boats to practice race maneuvers with experienced skippers and crew.

The Learn to Crew Class also includes a full one-year household membership in the St. Croix Sailing Club. As full club members you and your family are encouraged to attend all St. Croix Sailing Club social and sailing events.

This two-weekend class will be held at the St. Croix Marina in Hudson on June 4th & 5th, and on June 11th & 12th.

Prerequisite: Although no sailing experience is necessary, you must be comfortable on boats, particularly in wavy conditions.

Note: This class does not guarantee a crew position on a race boat for the remainder of the sailing season, as all race competition in the St. Croix Sailing Club is among privately-owned boats. This class does guarantee a great way to learn how a racing crew works and will help you to build both sailing skills and social connections within our sailing community.

Beercan Party Host Registration Form

Thank you for offering to host an event! You are a valuable part of our volunteer-run organization!

We are looking for Beercan Hosts for the season. Every year we look to you the membership to help plan and host the events that follow our 9 Beercan races. The club will reimburse picnic expenses up to $225 for Friday Beer Cans.

Hosts have the option to suggest aspects of the evenings races. Be it a theme (arr matey), race courses, etc… Suggestions must conform to our Sailing Instructions or otherwise be approved by the Organizing and Race Committees, but all accommodations will be made to the best of our ability. Reach out to the Principal Race Officer on the Contact page if you have any questions.

SCMC members or renters wishing to host:
Please book the point in your name with SCMC (have them cancel the SCSC booking), or choose another venue as you see fit. This applies to all beercan events, including those with no venue currently assigned.

Labor Day 2021

Labor Day Crew Swap Regatta

September 4th, 2021

SKIPPER & CREW REGISTRATION

NOTICE OF RACE – SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

CREW ASSIGNMENTS – COMPETITOR’S LIST – RESULTS

We’re changing up the Labor Day Regatta this year and adding a Crew Swap event! All boats and crew members should register using the link above. Friday evening, the organizers will randomly assign crew to boats. This will be a fun way to increase involvement for new club members and try something new, whether it’s crewing on a different boat or trying a different position on your regular boat. Anyone (including non-member crew) are welcome to join us for this event.

Skippers and one other experienced crew member should remain on board their own boat.

Any boats that prefer keeping their standard crew should still attend—just swap the crew around on the boat! Is there someone who’d like to have a shot at helming a race? Been a while since the skipper was on the foredeck or did any trimming? Now’s the time.

Event Schedule:

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 3rd, 1500 hrs.
Crew members and Skippers are welcome to register.
Crew assignments and division splits will be published shortly thereafter.
Late entries will be accepted – contact the R/C on VHF or phone/text prior to the race.

Dates of Racing:

Saturday, September 4th, 2021
The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race is 1100 hrs.
There will be 1 or 2 divisions based on registration entries.
We will sail until around 3 or 4pm (2-4 races, weather permitting).

Party:

Rick Hughes/Blew Bayou will host a Beercan style party immediately following racing (some time after 4pm). Beverages and a light meal will be served.
Location: The Point

Pursuit Races, 2021

9th Annual SCSC Pursuit Races
Saturday, June 19th at 11:00 hrs

Notice of Race – Sailing Instructions
Start Times

The Pursuit Race is an exciting twist on our traditional races!
Boats will start based on handicaps – High-PHRF boats first, Lower-PHRF boats later. Each class of boat has their own start time. Hence, faster boats will PURSUE the slower ones. The idea is to have everyone finish at the same time (and scare the heck out of the Race Committee). The first boat across the finish line is the winner!

There will be two races. Start times are created for all boats registered with SCSC. These times will dictate when your boat starts after the conclusion of the initial start sequence.

If you intend to race in a configuration not listed in the “START TIMES” document above (ie: spinnaker or non, different headsail size, etc) you must let the Race Committee know by 5pm Friday. Note: You may request optional configurations – ones you may or may not sail with. The R/C will add all requests to the Start Times form, and you may choose your configuration by announcing at your start.

Sign-up is not required unless you have a configuration change which affects your handicap.

The Pursuit Races are open to all members of the club, and all boats with an assigned handicap.
The final start times for registered boats will be posted on Friday.

For questions or to submit handicap changes, use the following form by Friday at 5pm:

Beercan Party Host Registration Form

Thank you for offering to host an event! You are a valuable part of our volunteer-run organization!

Committee Boat Fundraiser

Our current Committee Boat has served us well for the past 22 years, but has outlived its ability to reliably serve our club. We are looking to you our members and friends to help our club purchase a new Committee Boat. Donors will receive a token of our appreciation (shown below).

The new boat should look like a proper Race Committee vessel, convey the professional nature of our club, and reflect upon the enthusiasm our members and volunteers have for the sport of sailing. It must have safety in mind, considering the heavy weather we encounter.

We anticipate a need of up to $50,000 to find a suitable replacement boat and hope to purchase one in the 2022 season. Proceeds to date total $34,462, and we have commitments for matching funds once certain goals have been met. Raising the total amount is actually quite a bit closer than it appears. We need the commitment of our membership to make this happen.

Thank you for your support of sailing in our community!


	Donate and get stuff!!!
	Donation Amount	Gift
	$10	SCSC window sticker
	$25	SCSC Sticker
	$75	Glass with SCSC logo
	$100	One brand-spanking new SCSC Burgee (you know you need one).
	$250	One Free Over Early coupon for your boat (allows you to start 1-minute early at any beercan race)
	$1,000	Rights to use the new boat for a day (fuel not included, member on board at all times)
	$1,000 (Corporate Sponsor)	2ft x 2ft logo on Committee Boat for the first season
	$2,500	Rights to serve on the committee to name the new boat.
	$5,000	A lifetime Regular membership and the eternal gratitude of the club.
	$10,000	You will receive all the things previously mentioned, plus a socially-distant, virtual pat on the back because you’re amazing.
	$10,000,000	This would have gotten you a ride on the next available Space-X flight to the International Space Station, but if you want to give us the money instead, that’s cool too. We’ll have the most epic committee boat ever. We’ll even let you fire the first cannon.

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Donate By Mail

If you wish to donate by check, please send your check to the following address.
Indicate that it is for the Committee Boat Replacement Fund, and if your donation should be anonymous.

St. Croix Sailing Club
16 First St
Hudson WI 54016

Thank you to our Donors!

- Anonymous
- Luke MacMenamin
- Brad Lahr
- John Reardon
- Tor Okerlund
- Sharon Young
- Tom Vandervoort
- Tyler Barbian
- Thomas Saladin
- Joshua Mertens
- Katie O’Donnell
- Russ Albright
- Luke Mathias
- Rick Hughes
- Kyle & Chelsea Griffin
- Dennis & Janice Wenker
- Mike & Selene Tenant
- John Arganian
- Jerry Clark
- Kevin & Janice Dahlberg
- Fred Hohmeister
- Luke Mathias
- Ken & Dee Dee Tenant
- Dean Grau
- Kerry Scott
- Harvey Chichester
- Steve Nelson
- Larry Fallon
- Justin Borek
- Christopher Kauffman
- Neil & Beth Soltis
- Scott Eickschen
- Patrick O’Donnell
- Laura Fairweather
- Diane Allen
- Craig & Linda Bichrt
- Rick Hughes
- John Larson
- Larry Fallon
- Justin Borek
- Christopher Kauffman

Frostbite Regatta

This regatta concludes our season of racing, cruising, and sailing together on the St.Croix river.

Whether your out to race, participate, cruise, learn or simply observe the experience of spending time on the water, time spent sailing can be one of the best things in life, and can make the rest of our existence seem that much more enjoyable. Our lives revolve around this sport for the summer months and once its done for the year, we may be relieved at first. But then shortly afterwards we begin to long for it. The new year begins and we can’t wait for it, spring cannot come soon enough. The ice flows off the river and then we’re all busy getting our boats ready to go; replacing, fixing, coating, buffing, polishing, and then launching. I am looking forward to next year already, I’m sure some of you are too.

I hope you all enjoyed this awesome season of sailing here with our club. And we are looking forward to sailing with you again next year.

Vice Commodore,

Dan Prochaska

2016 Board Members

Dave Brower
Commodore

John Henly
Rear Commodore

Dan Prochaska
Vice Commodore

Tom Davis
Treasurer

Sharon Young
Secretary

Angela Henly
Cruise Chair

Andrew Junker
Program Chair

Mike Tennant
Race Chair

John Larson
Ratings Chair

Patrick O’Donnell
Principal Race Officer
Website Administrator

Saturday/Sunday June 04, 05, 11, 12