University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 8, 1987
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Novices become skippers after training in sailing club
By JERRI NIEBAUM
With a fleet of 12 boats and two sailboards, KU's sailing club soon will set sail at its summer retreat on Lake Shawnee, just east of Tooea
Staff writer
The 2-mile long and half-mile wide lake will be spotted with white sails as soon as the water is warm enough or sailors to get their wet.
"It's the perfect opportunity to learn how to sail," said Jeff Ward, Lawrence graduate student and the club's vice commodore.
But beginning sailors probably will get more than just their feet wet, club members say. The club, sponsored by Student Union Activities, encourages non-sailors to join and learn to sail with hands-on training.
Ward is one of about five senior skippers in the 30-member club. He and other experienced sailors will each a series of Saturday learn-to-skill classes to new members and non-members after warm weather poses water temperatures sufficient.
For $55 the first semester and $25 for later semesters, beginning sailors will learn how to rig boats and maneuver them. After a few lessons, each new member will race solo against other new members.
The race course forces new sailors to sail in all directions — with, against and perpendicular — to the wind. It also forces many of them to try their hand at righting a capsized boat.
"We capsized a couple times, and it was really invigorating, that cold water. he said. "I shivered all the home and jumped in a hot shower."
Warner Janof, Bethesda, Md. senior, joined the club two years ago, after Ward, Janof's neighbor, took him on a sailing adventure in the early spring.
Janof stayed in the club that summer and learned how to sail without getting his feet wet.
"The satisfaction was really intense when I could skipper a boat by myself," he said. "I could get
anywhere I wanted to on the lake."
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in addition to completing the racing course, new members must pass a written test covering sailing jargon and techniques to obtain their skipper ratings.
The ratings enable them to check out a key to a supply shed at the lake so they can use the club's eight single-sail, one-person boats on their own.
The club has more advanced ratings for members who are able to sail its four larger boats.
While they wait for warm waters, club members meet at 7 p.m. every Wednesday in Parlors A and B of the Kansas Union. Interested students and faculty members are encouraged to attend.
Tomorrow's meeting will be a workshop where persons can become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Next week's meeting will be a workshop on avoiding and surviving hypothermia.
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