Sail Sheboygan was formed in 2004 to promote national and international sailing competition and education. We first hosted the 2005 Lightning North Americans. Sail Sheboygan provides professional quality in organizing and managing fleet and match racing events.

Fleet Race Management: Our partner, Lightning Fleet #187 has hosted three North American Championships. The first was in 1976, when the event drew about 100 boats, 300 sailors with their families and friends, and a host of local spectators. Members and their families were recruited to perform the myriad tasks necessary to make the event a success. Even the 20-foot waves encountered by the fleet during its first warm-up race didn't dampen the hospitality offered, and many club members did yeoman service in rescuing swamped Lightning sailors.

Then in 1993 Fleet #187 hosted one of the all-time best North American Lightning Regattas for Masters, Women and Juniors. The weather was ideal for the six races which saw 37 boats competing with 111 sailors from 17 states plus Ontario and Brazil. Sheboygan racers did well with Christine Kronich and crew of Michou Braun and Greta Reichelsdorfer taking second in the Women's, while Tryg Jacobson crewing for the Masters' winner, skipper Bruce Goldsmith and his wife, Sherry, of Hillsdale, MI.

Finally, the 2005 Lightning North American Championships brought 63 boats and almost 200 sailors from as far away as Chili and Germany.

The 2005 NAs was a truly cooperative event with 114 volunteers contributing about 900 hours; the 330 skippers, crew and families; the scores of corporate sponsors and individual patrons who contributed over $40,000 toward the event; the Sheboygan Press for its comprehensive daily coverage; Mayor Juan Perez and the Common Council; the staff and members of the Sheboygan Yacht Club; and the citizens of Sheboygan for making the participants feel so welcome.

Match Racing Management: Sail Sheboygan has hosted the LMSRF Match Racing Championships for the past three years and the BISMIC for GL70s since its start.