Adult Sailing Schools Around Lake Michigan
You can learn to sail and at no, low, or reasonable cost!  Whatever your goal, through sailing schools and programs around Lake Michigan, you can build enough skill to sail or race any sailboat anywhere. Our list includes a wide variety of programs. Some learn to sail programs are organized through yacht clubs, some through municipalities, some are private.  Some just teach classes, some offer a sailboat timeshare, membership, charters, rentals or other programs to keep you sailing.

Kudos to Glenn McCarthy who created v.1 of Learn to Sail in his blog on Chicago Now in 2014:  Adult Sailing Schools.

Key:  ASA:  American Sailing Association; GLP:  Great Lakes Pilot; USCG:  United States Coast Guard; USN:  United States Navy; USSA:  United States Sailing Association
Illinois
City	School (clickable link)
Arlington Heights	Arlington Heights Park District		√
Chicago	Aegir Expeditions		√	√	USCG			√
Chicago	Broad Reach Sailing		√	√	USCG	√
Chicago	Burnham Park Yacht Club Sailing School			√
Chicago	Corinthian University		√		USSA
Chicago	Chicago Park District		√		USSA
Chicago	Chicago Yacht Club		√	√	USSA
Chicago	Columbia Yacht Club		√	√	USSA
Chicago	Fairwind Sail		√		ASA	√		√
Chicago	Jackson Park Yacht Club		√	√	USSA
Chicago	Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing				USSA				√
Chicago	Pinnacle Yachts		√	√	USCG	√		√
Chicago	Sail Chicago		√	√	USSA
Chicago	Sail Time		√		ASA	√
Chicago	Seabreeze Charter		√		ASA			√
Chicago	3rd Coast Cruising		√		ASA	√
Chicago	Two Brothers Sailing Adventures			√