The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 43

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No. 43 | A JWC Media publication

saturday august 3 | sunday august 4 2013

sunday breakfast

VETERAN SPOTLIGHT

Jerome Caruso is a true original in product design. P. 20

Honor Flight Chicago continues to soar. P. 15

sports

Reilly Lanigan wins six gold medals at state meet. P. 35

featuring the news and personalities of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest & Lake Bluff

come sail away Yacht clubs on North Shore have winds at their back

■ by abby wickman It does not take long for Neesa Sweet to navigate her way to the North Shore Yacht Club. The Highland Park resident lives only a hop, skipping stone and jump away (two blocks) from the club. “I always feel like I’m at summer camp,” said Sweet, a kayaker and member of the North Shore Yacht Club. “I can go down to the water front, and I always find people there.” In addition to providing

its members with sailing equipment, the North Shore Yacht Club allows them to take part in everything from regattas to cardboard boat races. “People literally make boats out of cardboard,” Sweet said. “People build everything from a Viking ship to an alligator, and then there’s a race to get from here to there before your boat sinks — that’s really, really fun.” Though currently closed off because of construction on the Highland Park Water Plant, the North Shore Yacht Club’s clubhouse is a common gathering place for sailors and non-sailors alike. “There’s definitely a social aspect, and there’s definitely the opportunity to be out on the water in a safe environment,” Sweet said. “So, it’s a way to experience something that might be harder to experience on your own.”

Yacht clubs on the North Shore remain popular spots, especially in the summer. Though the image of yachting may bring to mind 150-foot enginepowered vessels cutting through Lake Michigan, the yacht clubs focus on low-key sailboats that are funs for adults and children both. For the Lake Bluff Yacht Club, which has been in existence for 51 years, family orientation has always been central to the club’s operation. “It was founded by a number of families in Lake Bluff that liked to sail, and there was a relatively new boat that was being sold called the Sunfish,” said Doug Warren, co-chairman of the club’s Racing Program and a long-time club member. When the families of Lake Bluff started sailing Sunfish in the early 1960s, there was no place to yachting >> page 8

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