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Posted on September 8, 2023July 28, 2025

New Boat, New Water, New Skills

Last Sunday we crossed another set of firsts: we sailed our new club boat out of Burnham Harbor in Chicago. Read about our new club membership here: We did something…. This is new. Weekend before last, we spent a night on the boat and practiced docking just inside the harbor. But this time, we took …

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Posted on September 2, 2023January 19, 2025

How I Earned my Light Weather Helmsman Ranking

a boatyard with a boat house and small sailboats

In October 2022, on Lake Macbride with the Iowa Sailing Club, I earned my light weather helmsman ranking. This credential qualifies me to sign out an FJ, Laser, or Hobie Wave in light weather.  To earn this ranking, I had to demonstrate competency in the following skills: Rig, launch, retrieve, and stow an FJ Leave …

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Posted on September 1, 2023January 19, 2025

How We Got Here

Let’s get this blog up-to-speed. Since we started at the sailing club in 2020, a few things have happened. Here is our timeline: Summer 2020 - University of Iowa Sailing Club February 2023 - Sailing school at Offshore Sailing School in St. Petersburg, FL. July 2023 - Our maiden voyage as skippers of a chartered …

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