It Was Great to Get Back on the Water!

Our 2020 season was pretty quite due to COVID, however we were able to make some adjustments in how we conduct our sailing trips to safely get kids back on the water this past summer.

All in all, the Abbey Road was out sailing on Lake Superior for 75 days in 2021 with 589 guests. She sailed 1,281 nautical miles on trips from Bayfield to the Apostle Islands, Isle Royale, and Grand Marais, MN.

Most of the trips were 3 to 4-hour half day or evening sails, and many of the guests (especially the Sea Scouts) were repeat sailors.

Of the trips, 43 days were Youth Adventure Trips:

• 23 days were with the area Sea Scouts

• 9 days with the Stewards of Tomorrow program through Northland College

• 7 days of overnight trips with school groups, and

• 4 day sails with other area youth and school groups.

We had 9 days of Family Adventures, one 6 day Adult Offshore Adventure, 7 Friendraiser trips, and 10 days of bareboat charter.

Our calendar for 2022 is filling up fast. If you are interested in sailing on the Abbey Road, please check out our Sail With Us page!

Thanks to the generosity of donors and revenue from the charters, LSTS did not charge a fee to take local area kids sailing on Abbey Road in 2021.

We continue to seek Volunteers, Buoyancy Brigade Members, Plank Owners and Corporate Partners to help us expand our programs into the future.