About
The Jacomo Sailing Club is located on beautiful Lake Jacomo near Lee's Summit and Blue Springs, Missouri in Jackson County. Proudly serving its members since 1958. JSC focuses on both recreational sailing and racing. Education is the backbone of our organization, and we offer many adult and youth learn to sail opportunities. Our kids program keeps growing and we will be starting an adaptive sailing program this year. The club hosts social events throughout the year...we love to have a lot of fun. Join us!
Introduction Video to Jacomo Sailing Club
Contact Us
info@jacomosailingclub.org
Current Commodore: Dave French
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Mailing Address:
Jacomo Sailing Club
PO Box 7160
Lee's Summit, MO 64064-7160
Directions
Jacomo Sailing Center
22103 SW Woods Chapel Road
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Thanks to the generosity of Jackson Country Parks and Rec, we use this facility for the classroom portion of our Adult Learn to Sail program, other classes, clinics and club meetings.
Lake Jacomo Marina
7401 W Park Road
Blue Springs, MO 64015
We use the boat ramp near the Lake Jacomo Marina on race days. Our club boats are located in the West Dry Storage lot near the marina, and so this ramp is also utilized for putting our club boats in the water. For the dinghy portions of our Learn to Sail programs, we meet in the parking/rigging-lot near this boat ramp. The hill above the marina is also a great place to watch our Sunday races.
South Boat Dock
9200 Beach Rd
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
This location is used as a meeting point for our Learn to Sail programs. Some of our members use dock slips here to keep their sailboats ready to go!
Sailboat Cove
7401 West Park Road
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Sailboat Cove is home to many sailboats, stored in dock slips and on mooring balls. This location is used as a meeting point during the cruiser portions of our Learn to Sail programs. There is also a Dry Storage lot located here.
History
The Jacomo Sailing Club was founded in 1958, a year before Lake Jacomo was completed. By late 1958, the dam was completed, the gravel roads were nearly done and the anchors were down in Sailboat Cove. The dry sail lot and the fishing docks were planned, but the lake was dry. The scheduled opening of Lake Jacomo was spring of 1960.
The founders of JSC, a group of 12 men, met in Kelly's Bar in Westport and planned the formation of the club. At that time there was no public sailing in the Kansas City area. Most of the large public lakes that now surround this area had not yet been built.
For many years, JSC was a social club that focused on racing. Today, as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, education is the backbone of what we do. Through both recreational sailing and racing, we are proud to continue the legacy of the Jacomo Sailing Club, helping to build a love for sailing in the Kansas City area and beyond.
Past Commodores
1959 John M. Cleary
1960 Clarke McCorkle
1961 Gordon Reabe
1962 William Wyant, Jr.
1963 Paul Vardeman
1964 Roger W. Brett
1965 William Collet
1966 W. R. Mullens
1967 Kenneth Bigus
1968 Roger Baker
1969 Ronald H. Ross
1970 Jay Kalin
1971 Donald H. Grimes
1972 William L. Ward
1974 Paul Gernhardt
1975 Joseph H. Dixon
1976 Ian M. McIntosh
1977 Bernard P. Kuse
1978 Wayne Nyberg
1979 H. Daniel Lewis, Jr.
1980 Donald J. Lock
1981 Ed Gammill
1982 Jim Slocomb
1983 Dave Blanding
1984 Dave Carlisle
1985 Robin Henry
1986 Buck Reabe
1987 John Kling
1988 Jim Slocomb
1989 Dave Feltman,Ian McIntosh
1990 Don MacClymont
1991 Kathie Blanding
1992 Bob Hyland
1993 Lynn Adkins
1994 Rick Blowers
1995 John Flannery
1996 Georgia Mueller
1997 Karen Hawkins
1998 Karen Hawkins
1999 Hal Wood
2000 Todd L. Pesek
2001 Todd L. Pesek
2002 Charles Brown
2003 Charles Brown
2004 Dan Lewis
2005 Dan Lewis
2006 Leonard Hock
2007 Leonard Hock
2008 Connie Henderson
2009 Julie Schliecher
2010 Alan Fransen
2011 John Kling
2012 John Kling
2013 Dwayne Boettcher
2014 Dave French
2015 Dave French
2016 Karen Hawkins
2017 John Hays
2018 John Hays