Sand Lake Rec
Youth Sailing Camp
A week of boats, swimming, capsizing, and never quite drying out.
The camp your kid will still be talking about at Thanksgiving. Mornings are sailing instruction in 420s (three kids and gradually less instructor per boat); afternoons rotate through paddling, swimming off the dock, knots, and the sacred Friday regatta, for which the trophy is a mounted walleye named Gerald.
Campers who finish two summers and pass a skills day earn the Dinghy Skipper rating at 14 — several of our instructors started exactly this way.
What we cover
- Small-boat sailing
- Swimming & water confidence
- Paddling
- Knots, weather, and lake lore
- The Gerald Cup regatta
2026 sessions
Choose a session.
June 15–199 am–3 pm
June 29–July 39 am–3 pm
July 13–179 am–3 pm
July 27–319 am–3 pm
August 10–149 am–3 pm
August 24–289 am–3 pm