2025 Schedule

* indicates hands-on, participation class

7:45-8:30 am -- Check-in and breakfast

8:30-8:45 am -- Logistics and welcome • Windhover

8:45-9:30 am -- Keynote: From 45 Minutes to 45 Years: Sailing for the Long Game • Patti Jane Golden • Windhover

9:45-11:05 am -- Breakout Session 1

• Advanced Sail Trim • Kristin Pratt • Windhover

• Boat Guts: Knowing Your Hoses, Valves and Wires • Jeannette DeFriest • Garage
• Docking on the Water • Amy Cermak • Dockhouse
• Introduction to Sailing • Terri Schmidt • Challenge
• Sails: Purchase to Destruction and Everything in Between • Mickey Nielsen • Integrity
• What You Need to Know About VHF and MMSI • Anne Keel • Legacy

11:25 am-12:45pm --Breakout Session 2

• Advanced Knots - Soft Shackles • Robin Jiminez, Emily Joachim, Jeannettee DeFriest, Kristin Pratt • Garage
• Basic Sail Trim • Sarah Pederson • Windhover
• Docking on the Water • Amy Cermak • Dockhouse
• The Head: How to Repair and Maintain • Phyllis McDonald • Legacy
• Protest Part 1 • Jennifer Dorsch • Integrity
• Provisioning Your Sailboat • Captain Patti Jane Golden • Challenge

12:45-2:00 pm -- Lunch • Windhover

2:05 pm -- Group Photo • Front of Milwaukee Community Sailing Center 

2:15-3:35 pm -- Breakout Session 3

• Bow Skills: The Pointy End Demystified • Mickey Nielsen • Windhover
• Docking on the Water• Amy Cermak • Dockhouse
• Inflatable Lifejacket Maintenance Workshop • Lili Colby • Garage
• Protest Part 2 • Jennifer Dorsch • Integrity
• Tales of a Great Lakes Liveaboard • Wendy Bade Gilpin • Challenge
• Tall Ship Sailing Aboard the Denis Sullivan • Tatiana Dalton • Legacy

• Building Sailing Opportunities for Women • Erica Trejo • Garage
• Docking on the Water • Amy Cermak • Dockhouse
• Introduction to Sailing with Spinnakers • Kristin Pratt • Dock (Move to Challenge in case of inclement weather.)
• Racing Crew 101: How to Get On and Stay On a Racing Boat • Clarissa Wertman, Sara Griffith, Kristen Chenoweth • Integrity
• Safety at Sea Demonstrations • Anne Keel, Sarah Pederson, Emily Joachim • Windhover (and outside)
• So You Want to Be a Captain • Captain Patti Jane Golden • Legacy

5:30-7:00 pm -- Closing and reception • Windhover