Weather for Sailors

Join us for our final educational seminar of 2014, Weather for Sailors. Our speaker is John Lemon, former lead instructor at Sail Chicago and a US Sailing certified instructor. Some of the material was prepared by last year's presenter, Erik Schneider, a US Sailing certified Regional Race Officer, Club Judge and Powerboat Instructor with over 10 years of experience running regattas.

Topics will include:

Introduction to meteorology

Global and local weather patterns

How to read weather maps

General Chicago wind patterns

Predicting weather for your sail

The seminar is free; you must register in advance to attend. A social hour will follow the seminar.