Sailing
Recreational
Sailing
The Home of Harvard Sailing
45 Memorial Drive
(617) 495-3434
The Sailing Center is located near the Lower Basin on Memorial
Drive and is easily accessible by subway. The Center is located on
a barge in the Charles River Basin. Half the sailing center
contains changing rooms, rest rooms, and a boat repair shop, while
the other half houses the boats. The Center also includes a unique
hanging boat storage system that enables solo launchings, a large
meeting room, an instruction room, and a fleet maintenance
shop.
Please call the facility to confirm the sailing center is open
on the day you would like to visit.
| Facility Hours:
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Summer Hours
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| Tuesday- Sunday 1:00pm-7:00pm
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Semester Membership Fees:
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Individual
| $60.00
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| Family
| $80.0
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Private Instruction
Orientations are held every Wednesday at 5:30pm and Saturday at
2:30pm.
Swimming Tests
1. Students, Faculty, Staff and affiliates that wish to sail at
any point during their affiliation with Harvard must successfully
complete a swimming test.
2. The swimming test consists of 100 yards of any stroke except
the backstrokes and must show good forward progress (i.e., swimmers
are not allowed to stop, hang on the lane lines or touch the
bottom) in order to pass.
3. You must be an officer, student or staff with a Harvard ID or
be a Harvard Affiliate with a Harvard Athletic Facility pass to
take the Harvard Swim test.
4. Tests will be given during regular hours of operation until 15
minutes prior to closing time. (You must show the lifeguard your
Harvard ID, prior to taking the test.)
5. Lost Cards will not be replaced.
6. SIGN YOUR SWIM CARD!