Sailing

Recreational
Sailing
The Home of Harvard Sailing
45 Memorial Drive
(617) 495-3434
The Sailing Center is located near
the Lower Basin on Memorial Drive and is easily accessible by
subway. The Center is located on a barge in the Charles River
Basin. Half the sailing center contains changing rooms, rest rooms,
and a boat repair shop, while the other half houses the boats. The
Center also includes a unique hanging boat storage system that
enables solo launchings, a large meeting room, an instruction room,
and a fleet maintenance shop.
Please call the facility to
confirm the sailing center is open on the day you would like to
visit.
| Facility
Hours: |
| Spring Semester Hours April
15th- May 31st |
Summer Hours June 1st -
August 31st |
Fall Hours September
1st-October 15th |
| Tuesday- Friday 1pm-7pm |
Tuesday- Sunday 1pm-7pm |
Tuesday- Friday 1pm-7pm |
2010 Semester Membership Fee:
|
$50.00/semester-
Spring
|
| $50.00/month-
Summer |
$150.00- One year
membership
|
| Beginner Sailing
Class |
|
$100 per person (limit 12 people per
class)
July 27-30 5:30pm
until 8:00pm each day
*sign-ups accepted at the Sailing
Center
MUST have valid swim card to sign-up
for class
Swim tests can be taken at the Blodgett Pool and the MAC during
recreational swim hours.
Please bring cash or check, made
payable to Harvard Sailing, in order to register for this class
Any questions please email Bern
Noack at bcnoack@fas.harvard.edu
|
| Private Instruction: |
| $50.00/hr |
Orientations for new members to be
shown how to rig are held every Wednesday at 5:30pm. During the
summer these orientations will also be held on Saturdays at
2:30pm.
Swim Tests
1. Students, Faculty, Staff and affiliates that wish to sail at
any point during their affiliation with Harvard must successfully
complete a swimming test.
2. The swimming test consists of 100 yards of any stroke except the
backstrokes and must show good forward progress (i.e., swimmers are
not allowed to stop, hang on the lane lines or touch the bottom) in
order to pass.
3. You must be an officer, student or staff with a Harvard ID or be
a Harvard Affiliate with a Harvard Athletic Facility pass to take
the Harvard Swim test.
4. Tests will be given during regular hours of operation until 15
minutes prior to closing time. (You must show the lifeguard your
Harvard ID, prior to taking the test.)
5. Lost Cards will not be replaced.
6. SIGN YOUR SWIM CARD!