There are a number of resources available to assist you in learning to sail or improving your skills. Lake Harriet Yacht Club offers clinics and classes on racing for both those just starting out and for experienced sailors seeking to improve their technique. Our neighboring club, the Lake Calhoun Yacht Club, operates a sailing school and offers classes for kids and adults throughout the summer. For learning the basics of sailing, it is hard to beat the classes offered by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. These classes for adults and kids, using on and off the water instruction, cover all the basic sailing terms and parts of the boat, rigging the boat, basic knots, sailing principles from tacking and jibing, sailing upwind, downwind and across wind, and landing at a mooring or dock along with righting an overturned boat. The Twin Cities Sailing Club maintains a fleet of boats on Lake Harriet for the use of its members and offers training multiple times per week. Membership is open to adults of all sailing abilities -- from beginners to experienced sailors. TCSC members under an arrangement with Lake Harriet Yacht Club may race in LHYC races. Whatever your age, it is never too early or too late to learn and enjoy sailing!