Traverse Area Community Sailing High School Sailing in Traverse City Michigan

TACS High School Sailing Team

TACS supports high school students who want to be able to compete in regional and national high school sailing events. This idea was brought to TACS by parents interested in having their sons and daughters compete at the high school level. To that end TACS can provide boats, coaches and the resources of the Cornwell Sailing Center to support local High School teams.

What is High School Sailing?

High school sailing competitions are sailed under the auspices of the Interscholastic Sailing Association. There are about 230 high school sailing teams across the country, sailing in regional regattas and eventually national events. The Mid-West Region (MidWest Inter Scholastic Sailing Association) hosts regattas in Holland, Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit. You can see the 2008 Mid West Region schedule here.

Eligibility starts in the 9th grade, there are no specific age limits. This program will be for experienced sailors and we would assume that the student had previous sailing experience through programs such as TACS Advanced Sailing Camp or similar programs from other sailing organizations. 8th Grade students are welcome to particpate in practices with the team but are not eligable to participate in MISSA competion.

What about boats?

High school events use 420's for crewed events and Lasers for single person events (fall Series). TACS has recently purchased 5 420's for use of the High School programs as well as in the youth learn to sail programs. The Hugh School team will train in these 420s and the JY 15s as well as Lasers..

Interested?

If you or your sailors are interested in participating in a high school sailing program, please contact Sally Rivard or Jim Sorbie.

More Info:

The Spring 2012 organization meeting will be held atThe Grand Traverse Yacht Club on Monday March 19th at 7:00 PM. The registration forms and presentation material are available below:

For further information check out these web sites:

2012 Rules & Registration Form

2012 Program Information

2012 MISSA Schedule

2012 Team Racing Practice Regatta (April 14) Photos

2012 Mallory Qualifier Photos

2011 Great Lakes Championship

2011 Cornwell Memorial Regatta Pictures

2011 Great Northern Regatta NOR

Play The Rules (Illustrations and Simulations)

Simplifed Summary of the Rules of racing

Team Racing Resources