Community Sailing Program
The Moraine Sailing Club Community Sailing Program (CSP) is designed to help people economically enjoy sailing and sailboat racing at Lake Arthur by providing access to club-maintained sailboats.
As a member of a community sailing program, you share the use of community boats with other community sailing program members. It's less expensive than renting or owning your own boat, but you have to share the use of the boats with other community sailors and other Club activities. You also are expected to pitch in some time to help maintain the boats and equipment.
The MSC Community Sailing Program fleet consists of:
- 5 Flying Scots stored on trailers
- 1 Flying Scot maintained in a dock slip at the Davis Hollow Marina
- 9 Sunfish stored on racks at Watt's Bay
- 1 Escape stored on a dolly at Watt's Bay
- 2 Optis & 2 other small boats for junior sailors stored on racks at Watt's Bay
We have a web-based boat reservation system set up for reserving use of the boats by qualified MSC Community Sailing members. To access it, select "Member Login" in the header of any page.
We ask new Club members to join the Club at the Basic membership level and upgrade to CSP upon being quallified to use the boats. Qualifications include demonstrating the 19 skills of US Sailing along with demonstrating specific rigging and de-rigging procedures for the class of boat. If you do not know how to sail (or need a refresher), your membership in the Club as a Basic member allows you to participate in our learn-to-sail program. See the "New Sailors" section of our Website for more information.
A set of program rules have been developed to cover things like initial qualification, use of safety equipment, and taking guests out:
The program registration process includes an orientation to the program rules and equipment. The annual membership fee for the program is $225.
For more information, or for help in getting registered in the program and qualified to use the boats, contact CSP Program Director Javier Lopez at csp@morainesailingclub.org
Rigging Guides for Current CSP Members
The following rigging guides are available in the shed as print-outs:
- Flying Scot Launching Procedures
- Flying Scot Docking & De-rigging Procedures
- Sunfish Rigging and De-rigging Procedures
