Take The Tiller 2017 – is a sailing workshop for women with moderate sailing skills, designed to build confidence and command at the helm. Become one with the wind and water in our fleet of Cal 20s which have no motors so you will be under sail at all times. You will complete a series of sailing challenges, choosing the level of difficulty that suits your sailing skills. Challenges include “Zen sailing” (sailing with your eyes closed or with a blindfold), crew overboard maneuvers (possibly single handed), reefing underway, & docking under wind power (into the wind or downwind). Each skipper will take turns commanding a crew of two with a trained HMBYC facilitator on board and may have a chance to single-hand a Cal 20. The final challenge will be a race to the finish. Only 18 spaces available. All aboard!

Attendees must have completed formal sailing instruction or have equivalent lived experience. Some experience at the tiller is required, as basic sailing instruction is not part of the event.

The keynote speaker, Margie Woods, was the only female participant in the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Singlehanded TransPac 2016, a 2100-mile solo sailboat race from San Francisco to Hanalei, Hawaii. You’ll hear Margie’s exciting story of the race – the challenges she had to overcome and the confidence that she gained from the endeavor – as well as the tragic end to her beloved boat, Haunani, a Catalina 34, on its return to California.

Take The Tiller 2017, June 3, 2017, 9am – 6pm at Pillar Point Harbor. Brought to you by Women Sailing of Half Moon Bay Yacht Club. Early bird registration $110 (March 06 – April 15). After that registration is $130. Cocktail Reception and Keynote address only, $25.

Click here to sign up online for the full day seminar.

Click here to sign up online for the Cocktail Reception and Keynote Address only

Click here to read Latitude 38’s review of Take The Tiller 2015 by Kara Hugglestone of Sail Couture.

email wsmanager@hmbyc.org for more information