Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail

Organization:  Heritage Coast Sailing and Rowing Incorporated (H C S & R) is a non-profit corporation.  Its purpose is to, on a community basis:

• facilitate community based boat building by volunteers and the encourage the development of the skills associated with it

• encourage rowing, competitive rowing, sailing and competitive sailing

• encourage use of our water resource by organizing regattas and other water based events

• preserve historic regional boat designs

• focus attention on the maritime history of our region

Programs to achieve our organization's goals include:

• convert historic regional designs to modern boat building techniques, kit boat building techniques, and volunteer boat builder capabilities

• receive and restore donated boats, using volunteer boat builders, for revenue and/or use

• build and/or restore boats, to minimize capital requirements, utilizing volunteer boat builders, for use by community members

• raise funds for capital requirement and operating expenses by operating a “ship’s store”, by conducting fund-raising drives, and by conducting events, classes and regattas.

• the Heritage-23 is the one design boat chosen as the primary build-row-sail boat of H C S & R

• direct expenses associated with the community sailing and rowing portion of the program are to be covered by membership fees and other direct revenues

• programs for pleasure, fitness and competitive rowing and sailing will be developed