2026 Schedule

7:45-8:30 am -- Check-in and breakfast

8:30-8:45 am -- Logistics and welcome • Windhover

8:45-9:30 am -- Keynote  Speaker •  Pam Rice • Windhover

9:45-11:05 am -- Breakout Session 1

• Advanced Sail Trim • Kristin Pratt • 

• All About Electrical: Part 1* • Jeannette DeFriest, Beth Burlingame and Robin Jimenez •  
• First Aid on a Boat • Dawn Mills and Emily Joachim • 
• Introduction to Sailing • Terri Schmidt • 
• Weather, Wind and Navigation Apps• Anne Keel • 

11:25 am-12:45pm -- Breakout Session 2

• All About Anchoring • Terri Schmidt and Kristin Bird • 
• All About Electrical: Part 2* • Jeannette DeFriest, Beth Burlingame and Robin Jimenez • 
• Basic Sail Trim • Dawn Mills and Lilly Mills • 
• Heavy Weather Emergency Sailing • Sarah Pederson and Kristin Pratt • 
• What's In Your Seabag? • Emily Joachim and Clarissa Wertman • 

12:45-2:00 pm -- Lunch • Windhover

2:05 pm -- Group Photo • Front of Milwaukee Community Sailing Center 

2:15-3:35 pm -- Breakout Session 3

• Aids to Navigation and Chart Reading • Anne Keel • 
• Hands-On Mounting Hardware: Part 1* • Jeanette DeFriest, Emily Joachim and Abby Procton • 
• The Basics of Racing Rules and Updated Racing Rules • Jae Junkunc • 
• Weather on the Great Lakes • NOAA/NWS • 
• What's In Your Toolkit? • Phyllis McDonald • 

• Big Audacious Adventures: Sailing Adventures Panel  • Tyann Zehms, Beth Burlingame, Clarissa Wertman • 
• Hands-On Mounting Hardware: Part 2* •Jeanette DeFriest, Emily Joachim and Abby Procton • 
• Imposter Syndrome on the Water: Practical Strategies Panel • Sarah Pederson, Dana Robb, Phyllis MacDonald •
• Need to Know Knots*  • Robin Jimenez • 
• The Softer Side of Sailing: Canvas, Exterior Design • Stacy Lounsbury • 

5:30-7:00 pm -- Silent Auction Closing, Raffle and Reception • Windhover

*Indicates a hands-on course