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
Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin
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