Posts Tagged ‘sailing’
Cleveland Race Week
Enjoy 10 days of sailboat races at Cleveland Race Week, the largest sailing regatta on Lake Erie and one of the largest in the country. The 38th annual event attracts more than 300 boats from across the United States, Canada and internationally. Events Include: One Design Weekend Women’s and Double Handed Junior Day Remote Control…
Read MoreSail for United Way
Give a donation and a get a sail at Harbor North in Huron. For any donation to United Way — suggested about $10 per person — you can get an hour-long cruise on a sailboat, courtesy of the members of Harbor North. Share:
Read MoreThe Foundry to host U.S. Sailing Team Racing championship at Old Coast Guard Station
The Foundry Community Sailing & Rowing Center will host the 2018 U.S. Sailing Team Racing Championship at the Old Coast Guard Station in September. Nearly 100 sailors from across the country will compete for the George R. Hinman Trophy and the chance to enter the 2019 World Sailing Team Racing Championship. “This is like…
Read MoreWhere can you learn to sail on Lake Erie?
Want to learn to sail on Lake Erie? Sailing for years was on my bucket list. A pastime like scuba or golf, which I figured I’d get around to when I retired and had both time and money. But why wait? Plenty of organizations want to teach you the marvel of wind on water and…
Read MoreAs soon as the ice melts, set sail with the Foundry’s spring frostbite series
Ready to get back in the water? The Foundry’s spring frostbiting series starts Sunday, March 25. It’s nearly free! And you don’t even need your own boat! (If you’re more of a fair weather sailor, read on for a free series for you, too.) The Foundry Rowing & Sailing Center started its frostbiting series last…
Read MoreCleveland Sailing Association commodore: Erie Interviews
Meet Lee Karns, commodore of the Cleveland Sailing Association, which encompasses six Lake Erie yacht clubs with active sail racing scenes: Cleveland Yachting Club, Edgewater, Lakeside, Forest City, Chagrin Lagoons, Mentor Harbor and Grand River. The clubs formed the association in 1996 to recruit more participants for races, coordinate events and score boats against each…
Read MoreThe future of sailing? At the Cleveland Boat Show
Why is there only one sailboat dealer at the Mid-America Boat Show this year? Rob Morley of Riverfront Yacht Services in the Flats says it’s because sailing is a dying sport. “It sure does feel that way,” said Jennifer Daus. “But I see a lot of interest, like with the Foundry.” Daus, along with…
Read MoreWhat’s your boat name? Send us your best boat name photos
There’s Seas the Day. And Happy Hours. And On the Rocks. If you’ve got a boat, you’ve probably got a boat name. Boaters love puns, so there’s a good chance it’s a play on words. And unless you inherited the name when you bought your boat used, you probably have a story behind your choice.…
Read MoreA traditional Thanksgiving Day sail on Lake Erie
Forget running a turkey trot on Thanksgiving. Every year since at least the 1980s, Rob Morley has celebrated the holiday with morning sail, maybe out to the Cleveland Water crib and back. (They call it a “crib-bean cruise.”) “It’s going to be lousy and snowing probably,” said Morley, “If the weather’s really bad, I don’t…
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