Northern Breezes Sailing School

Sail on Beautiful Lake Michigan!

Northern Breezes Sailing School is pleased to announce our 2013 schedule for Lake Michigan.  Classes are scheduled for basic keelboat, basic coastal cruising, bareboat charter certification and new for this year, Advanced Costal Cruising.  We also offer the advanced classes in a  friends and family setting.  All classes are conducted out of the beautiful port of Ludington, Michigan. Captain Dale Fitch will be operating the Lake Michigan courses.  Captain Dale has over thiry years experience and is licensed by the US Coast Guard and an ASA certified instructor.  Dale has over thirty years experience sailing and racing on Lake Michigan and has instructed courses for Northern Breezes in Bayfield, Wisconsin and the British Virgin Islands in addition to Ludington, Michigan. Basic keelboat sailing will be taught on a Cape Dory Typhoon, and the advanced courses will be conducted on a Hunter Legend 37.5. 

New for this year, we are offering students a distance racing adventure.  We will be sailing in the Queen's Cup from Milwaukee, WI to Ludington MI on the evening of June 28th.  Contact us for more information.

We are also offering Advanced Coastal Cruising this year.  These will be  three day courses sailing between Ludington, MI and Chicago, IL.  Click the Advanced Coastal Cruising tab above or contact us for details.

     Basic keelboat sailing will consist of three four hour classes with participant to instructor ratios not to exceed three to one.  To make your experience more enjoyable, class size is limited to three students.  Click Basic Keelboat above for class schedules and additional information.

     Basic Coastal Cruising and Bareboat Charter Certification will be conducted as a four day module with participant to instructor ratios not to exceed four to one.  Courses will involve staying onboard the yacht and cruising for an overnight anchorage at one of the harbors to the north or south of Ludington.   Click on Coastal Cruising above for schedules and more information.

     Do you want to involve the whole family or a group of friends?  Northern Breezes offers our Friends and Family program for the family or group that wants to sail together.  This course is our Basic Coastal Cruising and Bareboat Charter Certification course, but geared for the family or group that needs only a single member the obtain bareboat charter certification.  The advantage is that everyone receives the training necessary to properly sail and crew, which will greatly increase the probability that future sailing excursions will be successful and safe.  Also, because your family or group are the only participants onboard, we can customize the class into a mini-vacation for your family or group.  Click on Friends and Family above for more information.

     Interested in a day charter or sunset cruise?  We are offering captained charters out of the Ludington Harbor.  Charters will be half-day, full-day or two and one-half hour sunset cruises.  Charters will be available from June 1st until September 30th, subject to availability.  We are also offering a flotilla cruise from Ludington to Milwaukee on June 26th.  Contact us in advance to arrange the details for your charter.  Click on “captained charters” above for more details.

Want to check us out?  Visit us at the Chicago In The Water Boat Show June 13-18.  Meet us, inspect our boat and take a free ninety minute sample ASA sailing course!

    Sailing has taught us to be flexible, so if you’re interested in any of the above, contact us and we’ll try to fit you into one of our programs or customize a program just for you.  You may contact us through Northern Breezes Sailing School or contact Captain Dale Fitch directly at          (231) 425-0305 or e-mail  dale@letsgosail.net.

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