Follow up lesson to Badger Sloop A. This lesson will meet under the yellow canopy next to the Lakelab. 

Event Information: This three hour lesson will cover rigging, boat handling, landing, capsizing and crew overboard procedures. Along with this, emphasis is placed on learning the finer details associated with sailing dinghies as the 420’s are a responsive, two person, high performance boat. Once all skills have been mastered, completion of this lesson will result in a 420 Light rating.

Location: This lesson will meet under the yellow canopy next to the lake lab. If you are unable to find your instructor, or if there is inclement weather, please check in with the Outdoor UW Office.

Prerequisites:  Tech light rating and have taken Advanced Dinghy Classroom. Please review the 420 Manual prior to this lesson.

Come help prep What About Bob for it’s end-of-season journey to storage.  We will be cleaning the boat, emptying it out, surveying and recording damage.  We will also evaluate the sails, take stock of emergency equipment, and be evaluating maintenance and repair plans for the shop over winter.   Volunteer hours will be given, this will likely not take the full time.  Dress for the weather, will likely be a little chilly!  Bring warm non-slip shoes, and a warm pair of waterproof gloves if you have them.

Prerequisite: 4 lessons with wind on a J or Racing Keelboat. 

Learn the steps of setting up, launching, flying, jibing, and dousing the spinnaker!  You will rotate crew positions to learn what every position entails.  Multiple spinnaker lessons are required before a rating can be achieved.  Prior to this lesson, please review the spinnaker information provided in the J-Fleet Manual.  Hardcopies are available for purchase in the Outdoor Programs Office for $3 a copy. 

Location:  This lesson will meet on the wooden deck next to the Lakelab. 

Pre-requisite: Intro to Keelboat or Badger Sloop rating

Location: Meet under the Yellow Canopy

Suggested reading is U.S. Sailing Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising, available in the Outdoor Programs Office.

Spray is a 30 ft classic cruising yacht that has sailed the great lakes before coming to Hoofers in 2003. Lessons on Spray focus on cruising and general sailing skills including care and use of the inboard diesel engine, sailing with a roller furler jib, and ensuring the crew has a safe and enjoyable sail.

Lessons proceed in all weather conditions except thunderstorms, your instructor may have on-land discussions about sailing theory or advanced topics if the weather doesn’t permit sailing. Dress appropriately; expect cooler temperatures on the lake.

Please bring you rating progress form for check off after the lesson. If you have areas you would like to focus on, please let your instructor know. You can find the progress forms and other instructional material at hoofersailing.org/manuals

Pre-requisite: Intro to Keelboat or Badger Sloop rating

Location: Meet under the Yellow Canopy

Suggested reading is U.S. Sailing Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising, available in the Outdoor Programs Office.

Siege, Sassafras and Rhubarb are Tartan 10s, 33ft fractional rig sloops designed for racing. They are the largest boats in the hoofer fleet and have raced on the Great Lakes! Lessons will focus on basic seamanship as well as learning racing skills such as sailing under spinnaker, fine tuning sail trim, reading the wind and geometry of a course and timing a start.

Lessons proceed in all weather conditions except thunderstorms, your instructor may have on-land discussions about sailing theory or advanced topics if the weather doesn’t permit sailing. Dress appropriately; expect cooler temperatures on the lake.

Please bring you rating progress form for check off after the lesson. If you have areas you would like to focus on, please let your instructor know. You can find the progress forms and other instructional material at hoofersailing.org/manuals

Pre-requisite: Intro to Keelboat or Badger Sloop rating

Location: Meet under the Yellow Canopy

Suggested reading is U.S. Sailing Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising, available in the Outdoor Programs Office.

Siege, Sassafras and Rhubarb are Tartan 10s, 33ft fractional rig sloops designed for racing. They are the largest boats in the hoofer fleet and have raced on the Great Lakes! Lessons will focus on basic seamanship as well as learning racing skills such as sailing under spinnaker, fine tuning sail trim, reading the wind and geometry of a course and timing a start.

Lessons proceed in all weather conditions except thunderstorms, your instructor may have on-land discussions about sailing theory or advanced topics if the weather doesn’t permit sailing. Dress appropriately; expect cooler temperatures on the lake.

Please bring you rating progress form for check off after the lesson. If you have areas you would like to focus on, please let your instructor know. You can find the progress forms and other instructional material at hoofersailing.org/manuals

Understanding Colic

Lecture with Dr. Alex Powers

Introducing the Hoofer Riding Club Lectuer Series!

Open to all!

Free to Riding Club Members

$5 for Non-Members

Dessert bar will be served!

Colic Q&A to follow

October 17 | 6:30 PM

UW Veterinary School 2015 Linden Dr. Room 2360

This lesson will meet at the wooden deck next to the Lake Lb.

HEY:

Is water wet!? Do you enjoy being in a canoe!? Come find the answers to these pressing existential queries with us in the beautiful Sylvania Wilderness.

WHAT / WHERE / WHEN:

Sylvania Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in da UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) where da magic happens. We will be canoeing and portaging throughout the wilderness area and hopefully see the tail end of the fall colors. We will leave from the Memorial Union on Friday afternoon and return to the Memorial Union on Sunday afternoon / evening. 

WHO:
Anyone that has a Canoe Lake Lesson and Swim Test. If you don’t have one or both, sign up anyway and we’ll find you an opportunity to get it before we go out.

COST:

The anticipated cost of this trip is $70 to cover the cost of food and gas.

Payment will be paid on a later date.

Bring money for food on the road for Friday and Sunday.

DETAILS:

We will have a pre-trip meeting Tuesday October 15th directly after the general meeting to go over packing and other trip logistics.

Shortly after you sign up, we will send out an email with important gear lists, and a form to collect more information from you.

Feel free to email any of us with questions about the trip!

fahrens@wisc.edu

oanson@wisc.edu

larneson2@wisc.edu

jrlee8@wisc.edu

This event is the waitlist.

Superior Hiking Trail Backpacking! SIGN UP OPENS OCTOBER 8th at 800PM.

If the trip roster is full, sign up for the waitlist - it is posted as a completely separate event.

We will be backpacking the north shore of lake superior in Minnesota along the idyllic superior hiking trail! Two groups, one led by Ryan Stowe and Mason Muerhoff, the other by Julia Pletta and Wesley Wakai with Leaders In Training Simon Buchanan and Trevor (LAST NAME), will hike a roughly 13-mile segment of the trail over the weekend.

The trip deposit is $65 and must be paid through Club Manager online, or directly at the Outdoor UW Office. 

This is a beginner trip (BP2) and no prior ratings or backpacking experience is necessary, but we will be hiking about 15 miles with full packs. If you have any interest in joining the more advanced Hoofer Spring break backpacking trips, this weekend trip is a great place to start. There is room for 8 participants on this trip.

Here is a gear list for participants: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r6pzvqG9IQ5VywvGr3RpUo2xkPkmT6UBCVj5E4sWZvs/edit?usp=sharing 

Trip Itinerary 

W Oct 16 Wed

1. 6:00pm to 8:00pm Pre Trip Meeting

2. Meet with participants to cover

   1. Names

   2. What to bring

   3. It’s gonna be cold

   4. Hoofer rating system BP2, BP2

   5. Trip expectations.

3. After pre-trip meeting, assemble group gear. Ask participants if they’d like to join.

F Oct 18 Fri

1. Trip Leaders meet at Memorial Union at 1:15pm. Some leaders organize gear while two leaders go pick up Enterprise rental vehicles.

2. Participants arrive at 1:30pm. 

3. Goal to be on the road by 2:15pm.

4. Drive 6 hours and 20 minutes, 400 miles,  to Finland Campground.

   1. Drive 3 hours, 186 miles, to Culvers - eat dinner

      1. https://goo.gl/maps/jEtda2VoJ7b3PfcU9 

   2. Drive 3.5 hours, 214 miles to Finland Campground

      1. https://goo.gl/maps/UFKceDwAD997DoJT9 

   3. Goal to arrive by 930pm to Finland CG - 39 sites, first come first serve, purchase two sites for $14 per site.

S Oct 19 Saturday

1. Wake up at Finland campground. Eat toasted bagels.

2. Drive 31 minutes, 27 miles to Britton Peak Trailhead.

   1. https://goo.gl/maps/CDytynHv8eRtjs9t7 

3. While two trip leaders drive to Highway 1, Cramer rd parking lot to run shuttle, other two trip leaders teach how to pack a pack. The drive from Britton to Peak to Highway 1 Trailhead, round trip, is 30 minutes, 20.4 miles.

   1. https://goo.gl/maps/1eFABToqoJ4Zq3Kd9 

4. Two crews of 7 people will hike about 20 minutes apart.

5. Hiking

   1. Britton Peak Parking Lot to Cross River Camp Sites, 7 miles, 400 feet up, 850 feet down, 600 feet up, 200 feet down.

   2. 7 miles, with 1000 feet up, 2 miles per hour, add one hour per 1000 feet, 15 minute break per hour, estimated time of travel 5 to 6 hours.

   3. Camp by Cross River, option for 4 sites, first come first serve, no permit needed. Bear hang over the bridge.

S Oct 20 Sunday

1. Wake up at 700AM.

2. Start hiking at 900AM.

3. Hike 5 miles to Highway 1 parking lot, up 200 feet, down 100 feet. Estimated time hike of 2 to 3 hours. Arrive between 1100am and 1200pm.

4. While two trip leaders drive to Britton Peak parking lot and back to Cramer rd parking lot to run shuttle, the other two trip leaders organize leftover food and group gear to go into cargo bins of minivans. The drive from Highway 1 Trailhead to Britton Peak Parking lot, round trip, is 30 minutes, 20.4 miles.

5. Drive 6 hours and 35 minutes, 415 miles, from Trailhead at Highway 1 to the Memorial Union. Estimated time of departure,  1200pm. Estimated time of arrival, 630pm.

6. Upon arrival at the memorial union, put group gear back, check-in/restock first aid kits, return participant hoofer gear, wash the dishes, put wet tents and tarps in the “cleaning room”. Estimated time of clean up - 1 hour. Completed by 8pm

7. After driving anyone who wants a ride home, two trip leaders return the enterprise vehicles.

M Oct 21 Monday

1. Send out follow up email to crew with the trip survey.

2. Fill out receiving reports, return department cards, return PLBs to the office.

3. Place hopefully dry tents back in the Hoofer outing club gear room.

T Oct 22 Tuesday

1. Hoofer Outing Club Meeting and give trip report!

2. Collect other Hoofer equipment that participants borrowed.

3. Have LITs, Trip Leader and Land Safety go over the post-trip LIT assessments.

This is just the Paid Event for people who are already on the trip roster to pay for the Sylvania Canoe Trip 10/18 - 10/20.

This lesson will meet at the wooden deck next to the Lake Lb.

We are opening this trip at 8pm 10/1/19! Please sign up and we will reach out to the first 5 participants in the order that they signed up to ask for payment. Depending on if we have enough cars in that first 5, we might have to use the 5th person's spot for someone with a car. Keep in mind, if you aren't able to leave early enough on Friday, you might not be able to come on this trip.

We are going backpacking to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PRNL)!

Hello everyone!
We are doing a Fall Colors backpacking trip in the beautiful shores of Lake Superior to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore! A true midwestern gem. 

Leah and Evan are leading a crew of Hoofers a backpacking/camping trip the weekend of Fri. Oct 18 through Sun. Oct 20. Hopin’ to see some great fall colors!

This is a BP2 (intro) level trip with the Hoofer Outing Club.

***You do not need any prior backpacking ratings or experience to sign up for this trip!

Keep in mind, if you want to go on a big BP4 Spring Break trip in 2020, you first need to go on one BP2 trip regardless of skill level or prior experience.

We have room for 5 participants (not including leaders), but we might open it to more if we get more leaders/cars!

***We have increased this to 8 participants, we got another leader on board and another car from a participant, so we opened it up to 3 more people***

Trip Deposit: ~$70

Important: This trip will open for sign up on Tuesday, October 1 at 8 PM.

****If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Google form ASAP! ****

https://forms.gle/BwZkZnaxHHDVXKaV8

Basic Itinerary (Total hiking distance ~14 miles):

Friday 10/18: Leave from Memorial Union around 2-3 PM and drive to PRNL, stopping for dinner at a restaurant on the way. Arrive at Little Beaver Lake trailhead. Shuttle a car to the end point of the trip. Hike 1.5 miles to Coves campsite for the night. Arrive at camp around 11 PM.

Saturday 10/19: Leave Coves campsite and hike ~8 miles to next campsite for the night (Mosquito River Campsite).

Sunday 10/20: Wake up early, hike ~4 miles to Miners Beach parking lot trailhead. Go get other car from the start of trip. Leave for Memorial Union, stopping for lunch on the way and arriving around 4-5 PM.

Contact us with any questions!

Leah (lrosenblum2@wisc.edu)

Evan (efernandez4@wisc.edu)

This is the PAID Event for the Hoofer Outing Club Backpacking Pictured Rocks trip 10/18/19-10/20/19. Those who are on this event will have paid the trip deposit for the event.

**We were able to get another leader for the trip, as well as another vehicle, so we should be able to take 3 more people (1 has a vehicle, that person has already been contacted, so technically there are two open spots), which is why more spots have opened up**

De-Masting Scows and preparing them to move off site for winter storage.

We’re returning to the Ringle Segment, working towards opening another piece of the re-imagined Segment. We’ll be focusing on creating a few important stone/rock crossings and creating our signature four-step tread across a mile plus of new trail.

No experience is necessary; training is provided by certified volunteer crew leaders.  There will be roles for all ages and abilities.  The Ice Age Trail Alliance provides food, tools, and campsites free to all who volunteer.  The cost for gas is $10.00.

Ringle is a 2 1/2 hour drive north of Madison, near Wausau.  We will be departing from the Park Street Circle at the Memorial Union, at 5:30 pm on Friday, October 18th, and returning to the Memorial Union on Saturday, October 19th, by 10:00 pm.  (The Park Street Circle is located at the end of Park Street, next to the Memorial Union.)

To reserve your spot, please see Chris Jacobsen, and pay $10.00 cash, for gas.  I  will be at the General Meeting on Tuesday evenings at 7:00.  The General Meeting is held in Mendota Lodge in the Memorial Union.

If you can drive, please email me and I can open up the trip to more participants.

Chris Jacobsen

JacobsenChris@msn.com

608-873-2016 (voice only

Hoofer SCUBA Club will be participating in the second annual Science on the Square! Museums, pubs, restaurants, stores and more will host #WiSciFest events, including informal science talks or demonstrations, tastings, stargazing and hands-on activities. This is a great opportunity to learn about how science is incorporated in every aspect of our world, especially in the Hoofer SCUBA Club. Admission is free and open to anyone who would love to learn more about how Hoofer SCUBA Club is using community and unique experiences to understand water ecosystems and research the drastic effect that invasive species have on our lakes.

The Hoofer SCUBA Club will be located at Fontana Sports, located at 216 N Henry St, Madison, WI, 53703, right off of State St.

For more information about the entire event, visit the Wisconsin Science Festival website: https://wisconsinsciencefest.org/event/science-on-the-square-2/