Minneapolis Sailing Center

11/01/2026

MSC took new strides this summer with our Community Partnership 4-Day Camps! Camps established longer-term engagement for 329 underrepresented youth in ongoing natural resource education and connection to the environment through sailing.

Today is Opening Day for Give to the Max season! A generous donor will match all gifts up to $2,800— double your gift today! For every day that MSC receives an early donation, we will be entered into a raffle for a $500 Early Giving Golden Ticket.

In addition to our 4-day camps, the generosity of donors made it possible for over 4,000 community members to experience free and low-cost transformative sailing outings on Bde Maka Ska this summer. Please support our Community Partnership Program today with a donation on Opening Day!

Thanks to Sierra Club and The Sanneh Foundation for the incredible video!

Donate here: https://www.givemn.org/organization/Msc

10/30/2026

The dark clouds of a looming storm weren't going to stop the high school race team from getting out for a final sail this week.

Congrats to the sailors on finishing up another great season! Also, a huge shoutout to new coaches Morgan and David for leading the team this fall.

Have a great winter sailors, we'll see you when the ice is out next spring!

10/26/2026

Nothing makes us feel more nostalgic for summer than beautiful photos snapped on a film camera.

A huge thanks to Autumn Kovach for sharing your artistic perspective of September's Free Sailing Sunday with us!

10/23/2026

Golden hour sailing on Bde Maka Ska 🌅

This week MSC's high school racers soaked up the warm fall weather practicing for their final regatta this weekend!

10/14/2026

10/13/2026

Here's to a record-breaking summer of Community Outreach Programming at Minneapolis Sailing Center!

We are truly living out our mission to make sailing accessible to all, and are so excited to have had SO many people get the chance to experience sailing on Bde Maka Ska this summer⛵

10/10/2026

The sailing season might be over, but that doesn't mean the community building has to end! On Wednesday night MSC sailors met up for our first off-season social hour. It was so fun trading sailing stories and reminiscing about the season with a great group of people.

We'll be hosting another social hour November 11th at Bear Cave Brewing. Stay tuned for more details.

10/07/2026

It's de-rigging time and the mooring field is getting a little emptier every day. ☹️

We're sad the season is ending, but thanks to our incredibly helpful volunteers and gorgeous weather, the process of getting all 18 Ensigns off the water has been smooth sailing. ⛵😁

10/06/2026

St. Thomas students from a Leadership for Social Justice class came down to Bde Maka Ska to learn how sailing can build leadership and community!

We love seeing how sailing can be a way to learn an abundance of skills, from the basic physics of sailing to teamwork, inclusion, and collaboration ⛵

10/03/2026

Peter first sailed at MSC in 8th grade when joining the high school racing team, and made friends that he's still close with and instructs with to this day!

As a staff at MSC, Peter has "met so many amazing people who have inspired me to be the best I can, and to pursue what I love."

Peter's favorite sailing memory was from his freshman year in high school at a regatta on White Bear Lake. He shared how on the final race, "you could see there was a massive wind shift coming down the course. And with about 20 seconds until the start, I told my crew 'Hey, we're gonna port tack the fleet,' and my crew responded, 'You're crazy, let's do it.'" After making this decision, Peter got his first ever first place! He celebrated with his first homecoming dance that night 🥇 Thanks, Peter, for all your amazing work this summer!