Lake Forest High School Sailing Club

Sailing Club

February 2008 HIGHLIGHTS

The Sailing Club is back at LFHS after a four year hiatus and has approximately fifteen students ranging from freshman to seniors involved in the sport of sailing. The club is open to any student with an interest in sailing, even without any previous sailing experience.

In the fall, the club met three times per week at the Lake Forest boat pavilion and raced competitively through the Lake Forest Recreation Department’s High School Sailing Program coached by Joey Harris and Hunter Ratliff. The sailors raced double-handed (two-person) boats called 420’s and single-handed boats called Lasers. During the fall season, the team competed in 9 regattas and traveled to Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan on the weekends from September through November.

The Fall 2008 season held great promise for team Lake Forest. They were at least top four at every regatta they went to and won many major events. The crowning achievement for the team was winning the Great Lakes Championship held the second weekend in November at the Chicago Yacht Club beating powerhouses like New Trier, Loyola, The Latin School and many other teams from all over the Midwest. TSophomores Will Howard and William Haeger also qualified for the high school National Single-Handed Championship held in Seattle, WA in October. Anne Haeger qualified for the Olympic Trials held in Newport, RI. Annie finished fourth at Trials, while the boys fought wind, waves and current they were not used to, but finished strong.

The club was also spotted helping out with a fundraising event to benefit LEAD, held recently at Deer Path Middle School, by selling pizzas. The club plans on meeting throughout the winter months periodically, and then in the spring will again get back out on the water and compete starting in April.

Barbara Papp is the high school sponsor who has helped get the club started at LFHS. Competing this fall were Seniors: Brad Weinberger, Vivian Hoke and Annie Haeger; Junior: Taylor Moore; Sophomores: Ian Schappe, Ben Howard, Will Howard, Patrick Pesch, Elizabeth May, William Haeger; Freshman: Katelyn Kercher and Reagan Morehouse. For more information regarding the club, please contact seniors Brad Weinberger or Annie Haeger.