By becoming a member of LMSRF, you provide your personal support to the sport of sailboat racing in the Lake Michigan area. LMSRF is the organization that joins the activities of Yacht Clubs and Individual sailors on a lake-wide basis.

Your membership also supports our coordination with the Lake Michigan Performance Handicapping Racing Fleet (LMPHRF) organization in Oshkosh, WI that provides rating certificates to over 1100 Lake Michigan sailors.

The Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation is a not-for-profit association of individual Yacht Clubs, sailing groups and individual sailors located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

LMSRF is this region's official Sailing Association that administers the racing rules, and represents YOUR interests to US SAILING, the sport's national governing body. LMSRF represents YOU in the National and World sail racing scene through your own elected representatives to the International Sailing Federation and US SAILING.

LMSRF promotes sail racing competition on Lake Michigan for Offshore, Youth, and One Design sailors. It also provides racing information through its newsletters, annual yearbook, e-mails, and website as well as educational programs on race management and judging. LMSRF coordinates and provides competition events for US SAILING National Championships and represents this region's sailors in national meetings of US SAILING.

The organization supervises the functioning of racing and rating rules and provides an Appeals Committee for the next step in the progression of the US SAILING Appeals process.

In addition, the LMSRF Donation Program, Endowment Fund, and Grants-In-Aid program provides financial assistance to promising sailors in their educational and competitive efforts.

1.   LMSRF publishes an annual yearbook which includes the names of current members, participating yacht clubs, positions, contacts, Lake Michigan race schedules, Sailing Instructions, entry forms, Race Officers, Judges, and US Sailing Adult & Youth Championship schedules. This comprehensive book is automatically sent to all members, and proves quite beneficial!

2.   LMSRF is the group that offers training for race committees and judges to provide you a fair event. LMSRF also provides grants-in-aid to local yacht clubs and sailing organizations to provide training and support for adult & youth sail training and other activities that promote sailing.

3.   LMSRF plans and schedules Junior regattas and clinics for our kids.

4.   LMSRF Membership IS A MUST if you or your family wish to request Grants-In-Aid support. LMSRF is the group that selects and sends teams to represent Lake Michigan at the Richardson Cup Great Lakes Match Racing Championship, and US SAILING's Lloyd Phoenix National Offshore Championship Regatta.

5.   LMSRF Membership is required if you would like to participate in the LMSRF "Best on Lake Michigan" Offshore Championship, the Chicago to Mackinac race, any of the races and series in Area III, or any of the qualifying events of US SAILING National Championship events.

6.   Your membership supports the maintenance of this comprehensive website, and the cost of running this organization.

7.   LMSRF Membership is required to appeal a protest decision of any Lake Michigan race or regatta, before they might be appealed to US SAILING.

8.   LMSRF is developing a new exciting race management software package that will be made available to all LMSRF member clubs on Lake Michigan at no cost. This program will track your entry, entry deficiencies, individual race results, championship results, and provides the club the an opportunity print the results, while sending the results directly to a website.

9.   As the Regional Sailing Association assigned by US SAILING to represent the interests of all Lake Michigan sailors, LMSRF is the organizing authority that fastens it all together for our lake.

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