Who we are


Program we are offering is a series of empowering experiences, which allows boys and girls and adults to do great things on their own. In each of our classes
students will find meaningful opportunities for building self-confidence and
self-discovery. From our beginning lessons to our advanced racing team
lessons the classes offer skills and memories for a lifetime. Topping
it off is the backdrop of our beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline.

Our mission is to assist youth and adults to learning to sailing and water
safety at a reasonable price, and cultivate an appreciation of our natural
resources and birthright, the waters off Sheboygan , Wisconsin.

News and Updates


MAR
17

SYSC Announces Used Cell Phone Collection Drive "in the name of fundraising"
Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club has announced the kickoff of our cell phone fundraising program. The proceeds from this collection program will benefit our missions to promote sailing and windsurfing to our community at affordable prices. Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club will earn up to $30 per cell phone, up to $100 per smartphone, and will earn funds for every phone collected, regardless of age or condition.

Donating a used, unwanted cell phone allows community members to donate to an environmentally friendly program that recycles cell phones through “Reuse” and “Refining”. With the hundreds of thousands of used cell phones sitting idly in our community, the fundraising potential is almost limitless.

Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club has partnered with Shelter Alliance (www.shelteralliance.net), the largest grassroots cell phone recycler in the United States. Shelter Alliance currently works with over 6000 social service organizations in 50 states and has contributed over $8,000,000 to participating organizations.

Cell phone collection “drop boxes” are currently established at the following locations in the community:

Sheboygan Yacht Club
214 Pennsylvania Avenue
Sheboygan WI 53081


Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club requests and appreciates that the public bring their used, unwanted cell phones and battery to these locations during working hours.

Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club is additionally soliciting local businesses to initiate collection campaigns with its employees, customers and vendors. We encourage businesses of all types to participate in this program.

Please contact us with questions.

FEB
09

Looking for a summer job?
We may have a great opportunity for you! We are currently looking for sailing instructors to cover our evening classes. If you are interested, contact us at 920-459-0755, or send us an email.

DEC
22

2013 Program Schedule Now Available
The class schedule for the upcoming, 2013 sailing season is now available on our website.
Click here to check it up. Here are the highlights:

  • We will continue to offer sessions as we did last summer, using the 1 week ½ day format, instead of 2 weeks. This was very successful in 2012, allowing for more time on the water, more learning and more FUN!
  • Little ones will still have a 1 ¾ hour class length for some beginner courses.
  • We will continue our teen Keelboat class in the evening.
  • We will continue our Adult Lightning Class for participation in the Sheboygan Yacht Club Tuesday Night races and possible participation in the 2014 Lightning North Americans.
  • Adult Wednesday Night Racing Class will again be offered for participation in the Sheboygan Yacht Club’s Wednesday night racing. This is a good opportunity to partner with Sail Sheboygan with their equipment and the Sheboygan Yacht Club with all the new members.
  • We are once again offering sailing lessons through the summer Y Day Care Programs. Kids will be able to sign up for sailing lessons, like they sign up for gymnastics, tennis, swimming and other activities. This program offers access to sailing to kids who might not otherwise have the opportunity – a key goal in our community outreach.
  • Camp Y Koda is expanding the sailing camps offered during their summer program. This was very popular last summer, driving the increase in camp offerings for the 2013 season. Kids spend the morning at SYSC sailing, then the afternoons at Camp Y-Koda.
DEC
11

Sheboygan Youth Sailing Achievements 2012

  • Served 300 participants in 19 different classes across nine sessions
  • Adam Grandlic became our lead instructor, providing good skills and energy to our program.
  • Our adult Program Manager Ken Cornell continued to promote program and mentor instructors. This resulted in better expense control and provided leadership and program performance.
  • Windsurfing classes tripled in participation.
  • Another large influx of beginners in Optis, and return of the wave of beginners from last year into programs.
  • Third year for our Sailing Team. Team members participated in 2 out of town regattas with good results. We had kids participate in the USODA Opti Midwest Championships hosted by Sail Sheboygan. Additionally, Coach Adam Grandlic took the team on two distance sails in the J-24 from Sheboygan to Port Washington. The team learned some distance racing skills, including safety, tactics, nutrition and navigation. They practiced daily for 3-4 hours, improved their techniques, boat care and maintenance skills, racing rules of sailing, and had a great time!
  • Once again we did sail boat rides during Harbor Fest to support Safe Harbor
  • Installed a Webcam for people to be able to see the activity at our Club
  • Repaired our ramp to make it safe for the kids.
  • Held several fund raisers including pizza sales and raffles during the Fourth of July holiday. These were successful and provided funds for our programming.
JUL
20

SYSC webcam is live! Click here to check what is happening at the Club real time.

 

 

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Private Sailing Experience


Private Sailing ExperienceNew in 2012, this Class is designed for the person or people(up to 4) that would like a more private lesson designed specifically for their personal interests and ability. The Instructors will instruct you at whatever level you are comfortable. We will ask a few questions to help us understand what your expectation is for the class. Are you a Beginner sailor/windsurfer just starting out, Intermediate sailor/windsurfer looking for experience on different kinds of Equipment, a family outing to give them a sailing experience, a parent/child experience, a couples experience, friends outing, and the list goes on...

We offer a full schedule of daytime and evening classes from beginner to racer – if these don’t fit your schedule try the Personal Sailing Experience.

Cost for 1 Person Experience = $75.00/hour
Cost for 2 – 4 Person Experience = $50.00/hour/person

Please contact us AT LEAST 1 week prior to schedule a time that works for you and our Instructors.

Junior Sailing Team


SYSC Sailing TeamThe SYSC Sailing Team is open to anyone willing to learn racing, and having fun while doing it! We teach tactics and techniques designed to teach the fundamentals in starting races, sailing up wind, sailing down wind, long distance racing and teamwork. When on the SYSC Youth Sailing Team, there are around 3 regattas we attend each summer. The main goal of the race team is to have fun, and become a part of a team and the sailing community.

You can save $150.00 by volunteering 30 hours over the course of the summer!! You can help the instructors clean boats, repair boats, and help out with classes as well!

Contact us to learn more or register now !


Upcoming Events


How to become a better sailor? There is an easy answer all of us share – sail. Yes, sail – as much as you can. And if sometimes you can’t, then watch sailing, talk sailing, read sailing…..breathe sailing. Although SYSC gives you plenty of opportunities to do so, every year our close friends – Sheboygan Yacht Club, Sail Sheboygan and Sheboygan Sea Scouts – organize various events you may become part of. Here is what we plan for 2012. Don’t miss any of it!!


JUN
20-24

Northern Lights Cup (Women Grade 3 Elliott) | Sail Sheboygan

The Northern lights cup is an ISAF Grade 3 Women's Match Regatta and it will be hosted in Sheboygan for the 5th time.

JUN
27-28

USODA Great Lakes Championship (Opti) | Sail Sheboygan


JUL
26-29

US Singlehanded Championship (O 'Day Laser) | Sail Sheboygan


SEP
7-9

Advanced Open (Open Grade 3 Sonar) | Sail Sheboygan


SEP
18-23

Buddy Melges Challenge (Women Grade 1 Elliott) | Sail Sheboygan

The Buddy Melges Challenge promises to bring the world's best women match racers to the shores of Lake Michigan. Featuring a fleet of the new Elliott 6m Olympic class boats, the Challenge is expected to draw teams from around the world to compete in this ISAF Grade 1 event.

OCT
6-7

MCSA (Collegiate Grade 4 Sonar) | Sail Sheboygan