Lauderdale Lakes Sailing Club - Wisconsin

Lauderdale Lakes Sailing Club - Wisconsin Lauderdale Lakes Sailing Club is made up of a group of sailors who enjoy friendly competitive sailing in Southern Wisconsin.

Our races take place each Sunday at 10 am from the first Sunday in June to Labor Day. The Lauderdale Lakes Sailing Club has its roots in a group of friends
who were interested in sailing and began racing a variety of boats on
Green Lake in the 1960’s. In 1968, five of these individuals, Chuck
Bradley, Gordy Ward, Cal Beiswanger, Herb Stone and Bud Wiser each
bought a Melges M-16 boat from Zenda, W

isconsin (Melges Boat
Works, a.k.a. Melges Performance Sailboats) and began to race on a
regular basis. In 1970, Skip Cartland bought a summer place on the lake and joined
in. Skip, an airline pilot, and a serious student of sailboat racing,
organized this group into what is now the Lauderdale Lakes Sailing
Club. Skip knew the rules, formalized the starts, and set up the
handicap system that has been used for more than 20 years. If there
is a single person responsible for the Club becoming organized, it
would be Skip Cartland. In the mid 1980’s, the MC Scow-manufactured by Melges was gaining
popularity. This is a single sail scow that can be sailed with one or two
crew. Over the next 10 years, almost all the sailors would switch over
to this new design. At about this time, Rod Nystul and his wife, Jodie,
were elected Club officers. They generated so much enthusiasm and
interest in sailing that the Club membership more than tripled over the
next 10 years. We now have more than 20 MC Scows in the Fleet. The
Club owes Skip and the Nystuls a good deal of gratitude for the Club
we have today, as do many of its members who learned to sail under
their direction. In the 1990’s, LLSC created a unique handicap system that handicaps
the faster boats. This results in every sailor having a good chance to

win a race. Over the past 10 years, we have averaged 8 or 9 different
First Place finishers in the 13 race Series. Club Regattas include the
Walsh Trophy, Founders Trophy, Beisswanger, Ladies Appreciation Trophy, Lauderdale Improvement Association Trophy, The ROJO Cup, the Cartland Cup. We also have trophies for the top 4 finishers of the Summer Series and the three race Lauderdale Lakes Yacht Club Series. The final race of the
season is the Harry S. Truman Regatta sailed in all three lakes.


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August 30th. Christian Zenger tames gusty winds and cruises to win the Des Johnson Trophy for this year.
08/30/2026

August 30th. Christian Zenger tames gusty winds and cruises to win the Des Johnson Trophy for this year.

August 23rd, Doug Ward wins the Founders trophy for 2026
08/23/2026

August 23rd, Doug Ward wins the Founders trophy for 2026

August 16th Second Race. Mike Jaeger wins the Cartland Trophy for 2026
08/16/2026

August 16th Second Race. Mike Jaeger wins the Cartland Trophy for 2026

AUGUST 16th. Jack Sorenson Wins the Rojo Trophy Race for 2026
08/16/2026

AUGUST 16th. Jack Sorenson Wins the Rojo Trophy Race for 2026

08/10/2026

8/9/2026 race cancelled due to stormy weather. Will try to make up the race on August 16th weather permitting.

Mike Jaeger wins the Wednesday Night Race on August 5th and takes home the 2026 Crown for the Wednesday Night Series of ...
08/06/2026

Mike Jaeger wins the Wednesday Night Race on August 5th and takes home the 2026 Crown for the Wednesday Night Series of Races. Many thanks to Michelle Hamilton and her helpers Cathy Jaeger, Julie Lawrence and Mary and Peter Van Kampen for race commitee.

Mike Fuller wins the Tim Walsh Memorial Trophy on August 2, 2026
08/02/2026

Mike Fuller wins the Tim Walsh Memorial Trophy on August 2, 2026

Michael Engel Wins the thrird race in the Lauderdale Lakes Regatta series today (August 2, 2026)
08/02/2026

Michael Engel Wins the thrird race in the Lauderdale Lakes Regatta series today (August 2, 2026)

Jim Johns wins the 4th race in the Wednesday night series on July 29th.
07/30/2026

Jim Johns wins the 4th race in the Wednesday night series on July 29th.

Doug Ward Wins the Ladies Appreciation Trophy for 2026 sailed on Mill Lake
07/27/2026

Doug Ward Wins the Ladies Appreciation Trophy for 2026 sailed on Mill Lake

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Elkhorn, WI
53121

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