MICHIGAN SAILING CLUB Blog

Spring Projects

Spring really is around the corner, time to start getting ready for the sailing season.  Official Dock-In is scheduled for Saturday April 28, look for more info to come for the traditional “opening day”...

Stormy weather

Steve Considine, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, explained the mysteries of thunderstorms at a meeting of club members at the Dexter library on Thursday, March 29. Gusty winds often precede an approaching...

Celestial Navigation

We had a great turnout for Celestial Navigation with Carey Jones on January 18th. Carey did a wonderful job explaining latitude & longitude, minutes & seconds and how they relate to finding your position....

Winter Trip to Pellston

A hardy group of club members traveled north to the U of M Biological Station in Pellston on January 11 thru 16. Great fun sailing on the hard water and enjoying the snow. Many...

Winter Meetings

It’s cold and the water is hard so we having a series of indoor educational meetings this winter. Our first meeting was held December 21st at Ron Sell’s workshop and a group of 10...

Winter Trip to Pellston

Mark your calendars for our annual  Winter Trip to northern Lower Michigan. Trip date is Jan 11-16, 2018 which is the MLK Holiday weekend. This is Thurs to Tues however you can arrive and leave whenever you’d...

Thank You!

Boats are put away and the dock is pulled so the 2017 season is officially over. A big thank you to all of our members for a very successful year. Looking forward to 2018!

Bonechiller Results

The Bonechiller Regatta lived up to it’s name last Sunday. The day started with light wind and party sunny skies but the clouds rolled in and with them came better wind for sailing. We...

Finance and Election Meeting

Sailing Club Members, We will be holding our annual Finance and Election meeting on Thursday, October 26th at 6:30pm at the Dexter Pub (upstairs) on main street in Dexter.  The club will provide pizza...