2025 Schedule

* indicates hands-on, participation class

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

8:30-8:40 am -- Logistics and welcome • Windhover

8:40-9:40 am -- Keynote: From 45 Minutes to 45 Years: Sailing for the Long Game • Patty Jane Golden • Windhover

10:00-11:20 am -- Breakout Session 1

• Advanced Sail Trim • Kristin Pratt

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

11:40 am-1:00 pm --Breakout Session 2

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

1:00-2:15 pm -- Lunch • Windhover

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

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

• Building Sailing Opportunities for Women • Erica Trejo
• Docking on the Water • Amy Cermak
• Introduction to Sailing with Spinnakers • Kristin Pratt
• Racing Crew 101: How to Get On and Stay On a Racing Boat • Clarissa Wertman, Sara Griffith, Kristen Chenoweth
• Safety at Sea Demonstrations • Anne Keel, Sarah Pederson, Emily Joachim
• So You Want to Be a Captain • Captain Patti Jane Golden

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