Resources for Beginners & Articles of Interest

Books:

The Complete Sailor/David Seidman

This Is Sailing/Creagh-Osbourne (out of print, but available on Ebay)

Videos:

Historic Sailing Documentary: Around Cape Horn - Capt. Irving Johnson Sailing DVD

YouTube:

Nice tutorials on sailing concepts from ppconsultant, click here for one example.

Interactive:

Learn sail and rigging terms from Chris Bucheit's Flash Tutorial. Click Here

How To:

Removing Sail Numbers and Letters (PDF)

Articles:

Here's an excellent article from Northern Breezes entitled "Trailor Sailor Locations in the Midwest" (PDF) by our own Ted Sojka.

"Daysailing Essentials" by Bruce Caldwell on Sailnet.com. This is a great article on basic equipment to have for daysailing adventures. Submitted by Paul Krause.

"Tri-Superior Race". Story and pictures by Jim Melby from August, 2000.

 

General Resources

Yacht Clubs & Associations:

Lake DuBay Sailing Association

Barnum Bay Yacht Club

Lake Kegonsa Sailing Club

Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin

U.S. Sailing Association

Boat US

US Sailing

Online Marine Sales:

West Marine
Layline
Bosun Supplies

Rigging Manufactures:

Harken
Garhauer
Schaefer
Ronstan

Magazines:

Practical Sailer
Sailing Breezes
Sailing World

Ideas & Proposals:

Here is a Day Sailor Lift Proposal (PDF) for our club drawn by Ted Sojka.

For Sale:

no listings at this time

Local Merchants & Services

Power House Marine
518 Logan St.
La Crosse, WI 54603
608-784-9580

Holiday Marine
108 Clinton St
La Crosse, WI 54603
608-784-2877

Northern Lake Sailboats LLC
Joseph M. Terry
1180 Port Road
Port Edwards, WI 54469
715-887-3020
jlterry@wctc.net

Seven Seas
600 West Lake St.
Minneapolis MN 55331
(At Shorewood Yacht Club)
952-470-0099
"If its for sail, we sell it"

Huck Finn's Restaurant
127 Marina Dr
La Crosse, WI 54603
608-791-3595

Seven Bridges Restaurant
910 2nd Ave N
Onalaska, WI 54650
608-783-6103