<p>i loved wake when i visited it and honestly i might have applied ED if they had sailing. i know it's kind of a weak reason for not choosing wake, but i sail 3 seasons of the year and its something i'm not sure i could give up for 4 years there... i'm 99% sure they don't currently have a club, but does anyone that goes to wake know of the possibility of sailing anywhere near wake? like a lake or something? and how easy would it be to start a club...
thanks!</p>
<p>I love sailing too - I don't have my own boat yet but I would definitely love to purchase one once I get a real job and get out of school. I worked at a sailing camp for a couple of summers and really miss it.</p>
<p>I think you're going to have to travel a little bit to find a lake big enough to be worth sailing on that also rents boats - there's Lake Townsend by Greensboro, Lake Norman near Charlotte, and Jordan Lake near UNC-CH (I have a bunch of friends in UNC's sailing club and they practice here). I haven't been to Lake Townsend but I found them through a Google search and they appear to be a public yacht club with a fleet that they rent out to the public...so that would probably be your best bet.</p>
<p>There's also Belews Lake (north of town) and Salem Lake, but I'm not sure that either of them rent boats.</p>
<p>If you look at the Club Sports Handbook, it'll outline the process of starting a club for you: WFU</a> | Campus Recreation</p>
<p>I know they have an outdoors club but I think they only do like kayaking and white water rapids activities. I asked my interviewer if the club offers any fishing trips and he said I would have to start a club for that. He said that starting a club was very easy and there are plenty of places to fish. So you could definitely start a sailing club.</p>