This class focuses on learning the basics of sailing in a fun, positive and safety-conscious environment. Geared toward the total beginner, this class introduces students to identifying wind direction, rigging and launching, sailing a straight course, tacking and jibing around a buoy, and recovery from a capsize. In addition, youth learn knots, parts of a boat, basic sail trim, and are expected to assist others and treat their equipment with respect.

The RS Zest, Badger Tech, and the Badger Sloop are the main boats used for this class. The goal is for students to feel comfortable sailing solo and advance their skills enough to move on to Sailing 2.

In addition to continuing basic skills (see Sailing 1), students will learn more advanced sailing theory, continuing to improve skills of launching and landing, sailing on all points of sail with proper sail trim, handling wind shifts and puff and further developing communication and teamwork skills.

Students taking this course should already be comfortable sailing solo and have completed either Sailing 1 or Sailing Day Camp.

Sign up for this event if you are available for Tuesday practices and you want to be paired as a crew

Sign up for this event if you are available for practce on Tuesdays and want to be paired as a skipper

Ever wanted to know how marine outboard engines work, or how to make them perform the way you want them to? Join us for a conversation about them led by long time shop employee and light keelboat instructor Ryan Das. 

Participants signed up for this event will receive an email from the lessons site on the day of the presentation containing a link and password for joining the meeting. Please keep an eye out for it.

This online presentation will be held on the Zoom platform. 

Using Zoom is free. You do not need to install the app or create a Zoom account, but doing so may result in a better user experience. Please visit the Zoom website for more information (https://zoom.us).

SIgn up for this event if you are available to practice on Wednesdays and want to be be paired as a skipper

About

The Hoofer Riding Club (HRC) meets regularly throughout the year (first and third Wednesdays at 7 PM). Over the summer, the HRC executive board will be meeting every other Wednesday then transitioning back to the first and third Wednesdays once the fall semester begins. Our general members are welcome to join if you are interested in learning more about how the club operates, please feel free to attend. 

Meeting Agendas

Posted Monday prior to meetings

You can also find past meeting minutes on our website at https://www.hooferriding.org/documents

Agenda Items

Do you have a question or concern you think the HRC should address directly in a HRC meeting? Email the President at ridingpresident@hoofers.org

When

Every other Wednesday from 7 PM to 8 PM

Where

Google Meet:

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/zsr-pa...
Otherwise, to join by phone, dial 1 605-865-2299 and enter this PIN: 134 902 814#

July Lease for Fritz and Mercedes

Half Lease: $200

Payment due by August 12th, 2020 at 11:59 pm. A late fee of $10 will be charged if the payment is not submitted by this time.

July Lease for Finn/Makenna and Classy/Kendra

Quarter Lease: $100

Payment due by August 12th, 2020 at 11:59 pm. A late fee of $10 will be charged if the payment is not submitted by this time.

Event Information: Don’t know how to sail? Come join us! Our Ground School lesson is an introductory and informational course about the Hoofer Sailing Club and all it has to offer. No membership is required to sign up for this course, though one can be purchased afterwards for access to all lessons. 

About the Club: The Hoofer Sailing Club, established in 1939, is a collection of students and community members working together to maintain a fleet of boats for recreational and competitive sailing. Membership includes unlimited lessons and boat usage. Our fleet, one of the largest in the nation, includes dinghies, keelboats, windsurfing and even winter kiting. The Hoofer Sailing Club is an association of individuals working together to maintain a fleet of boats for recreational and competitive sailing, and to offer a top-notch instruction program. More information can be found online here.

Members signed up for this event will receive an email from the lessons site on the day of the presentation containing a link and password for joining the meeting. Please keep an eye out for it.

This online presentation will be held on the Zoom platform. 

Using Zoom is free. You do not need to install the app or create a Zoom account, but doing so may result in a better user experience. Please visit the Zoom website for more information (https://zoom.us).

This is our weekly All Team Member Meeting - please plan to attend these as often as possible. This is your opportunity as a team member to learn important news and information about the team and to voice your opinions. 

Come along for the ride aboard a 60ft racing machine with the Thunderstruck’s record shattering 2020 Hook Race. Sailing Program Manager David Elsmo will go through the process of owner Rick Hennig’s decision to purchase and refit a retired race boat through to shattering a 33 year old course record on the team’s first sail. Join us as we walk through some video taken during the race, our decision making processes as well as the weather that helped pushed the 18-person crew across the finish line in record time.

Participants signed up for this event will receive an email from the lessons site on the day of the presentation containing a link and password for joining the meeting. Please keep an eye out for it.

This online presentation will be held on the Zoom platform. 

Using Zoom is free. You do not need to install the app or create a Zoom account, but doing so may result in a better user experience. Please visit the Zoom website for more information (https://zoom.us).

Back to Schooling Show

Virtual Dressage Ride-a-Test

USDF "L" Licensed Judge, Nicole Trapp, will be watching Dressage test video submissions and providing participants with a score. Introductory through 2nd Level tests accepted.

The cost is $25 per video submission. You may submit multiple tests. 

The video submissions will be done through YouTube. Upload your video to YouTube and send a link to Show and Clinic Coordinator, Mercedes Cullen at showandclinic@hooferriding.org, starting August 1st at 12:00 am. 

Payment and video submissions will be due by August 15th at 11:59 pm. Payment will not be accepted after August 15th and videos submitted without payment will not be viewed and scored.

If you have further questions, please direct them to Mercedes Cullen, showandclinic@hooferriding.org.