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- Become a Sailing Instructor: SAIL is again sponsoring a US SAILING
Level 1 Small Boat Sailing Instructor Course. Click here from more information.
- Pay your SAIL dues; re-join for 2009: SAIL memberships are valid only for a calendar year.
If you haven't paid your 2009 dues, you're not a member now. Adults, go
here to see
a printable membership form which you can fill out and mail in with your
check. Juniors, your form is here.
Membership in SAIL helps the sport of sailing in the Rocky Mountain region
and gives you individual benefits too. SAIL's only revenue stream is
membership dues.
- Carrie Howe Kids' Clinic: On April 5,
2009 from 11:00 to 2:00 at Cherry Creek Reservoir, Carrie Howe
— Olympic & world champion sailor
— conducted a free
sailing clinic for children ages 8-17 sponsored by Community Sailing
Foundation. Despite the chilly weather, the clinic was attended by about 30
youths, inspired by Carrie's enthusiasm. More information at
admin@communitysailng.org
- Colorado Coconuts' Sanity:
It’s here! YOU are invited to one of the biggest sailing
events ever to hit the Denver area, the World Premier of
Colorado Coconuts' newest sailing movie,
Sanity on April 8th at Teikyo Loretto Heights (Little) Theater.
- Come at 6:00 for the live band,
The Truth of the Matter. The movie follows at 7:00 pm, features
regattas on the seven lakes that made up the
2008 SAIL Keelboat & PHRF Tours and will run
for a little over an hour. The event is free
but donations will be accepted to help offset costs of producing the
movie.
- Clubs hosting 2009 SAIL Tour regattas will provide
short descriptions of their clubs & regatta plans and hand out fliers.
- A limited number of autographed
movies will be available for sale; bring your 2009 PHRF certificate and get a discount on the movie.
- This will all take place in the Little Theater which is located directly
below the Chapel. The Chapel is just to the right of the
Administration Building when Federal Blvd is to your back. Teikyo Loretto Heights University is located at
3001 S Federal Blvd, Denver 80236. See
the campus map at
http://www.tlhu.edu/pdf/campusmap.pdf
Should you
have trouble finding the Chapel, the number for campus security is (303)
937- 4555.
- See you there.
simpson@cattlefax.com
- SAIL Winter Sailing Seminars:
Once again it’s time for the SAIL Winter Sailing Seminars!
We have events planned for February, March, and
April so please take a look at what’s planned and join us.
All of the events are free to SAIL members but if you are
not a member you can join at the event for just $15.
- The first seminar for 2009, on Wednesday, February 11th, featured the incredible Tom Downing explaining
& clarifying the 2009 changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing. The
event was upstairs at the original Brooklyn's located at 2644 W.
Colfax in Denver from 7:00 until 9:00 PM. The room was full of racers looking for that extra edge in
their first race of 2009. Most came at 6:00 PM
for dinner & drinks and a chance to visit with sailors
from the area clubs.
- On March 11, Salty Dogs Sailing Club will present
a program on cruising.
- SAIL will host an Open House for the US
Sailing Spring Meeting that is being held in Denver. The
event will be on Friday, March 27th at the
Stapleton Doubletree Hotel from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM. This
is your chance to talk with the folks that make all of the
decisions at US Sailing and let them know what you like and
don’t like. There will be hors-devours and a cash bar so
please plan on joining us at the event. There will be more
information later.
{The new Colorado Coconuts' movie on Rocky Mountain
sailing will be premiered there.)
- A map to Brooklyn’s, go to
http://www.mapquest
.com/maps/
map.adp?formtype
=address&addtohistory=&address=2644%
20W%20Colfax%
20Ave&city=Denver&state=CO&zipcode=80204%
2d2344&country=US&geodiff=1
- If you need directions, Brooklyn’s phone number is (303) 572-3999.
- The April 8th seminar will be the Sanity movie premiere.
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- SAIL's Safety Program: SAIL has developed a "Sailing Safety" program, specifically targeted to sailors.
It is being offered to member clubs at no to minimal cost. (Sail has invested in the
development costs & will pay the instructor.) E-mail Commodore Ross for
more information & to
schedule a date for your club at your lake.
- Community Sailing Gala:
April 4, 2009, 6:30-10:00 PM, at Phipps Tennis Pavilion in Denver. The featured speaker is
Carrie Howe, 2008 Olympian, ICSA All-American Sailor, graduate of Boston College and ranked #1 on
the US Sailing Team in the Yngling class.
See
http://www.communitysailing.org/2009_gala_benefit.htm for more. Music, food, drink,
a world-class sailor & a worthy
cause -- what more could we ask?
- SAIL's Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, Nov 1st, at Cherry Creek Meadows club house,
from 10:00 to 1:30. Business accomplished
- Colorado Governor's Cup was superbly hosted by DSA on September 13-14, 2008
at Cherry Creek Reservoir.
- Saturday saw four races with enough wind to make spinnaker errors costly on the separate courses for dinghies & keelboats.
Sunday turned into a drifter, with no races started on either course.
- 45 boats competed, 20 keelboats & 25 dinghies.
- Competition within some fleets and for the keelboat Governor's Cup trophy was close, being decided by
tie-breakers.
- Tom Sweeney won the Keelboat Governor's Cup & David Spira
(again) won the Dinghy Governor's Cup.
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Click here for the official
results..
- Junior Regattas: Colorado Sail & Yacht Club
hosted a one-day regatta for juniors at Chatfield Reservoir on Saturday,
July 12, 2008, & Denver Sailing Association hosted another excellent event
at Cherry Creek on August 23. These will repeat and more are planned for
2009.
- Keesling/Jackson win Fireball Nationals.
Frank "Gorilla" Keesling & "Rockin' Robin" Jackson won the 2008 Fireball
Nationals held on Lake Dillon in mid-June. Here's a picture of the winning
form:
Frank on helm & Robin on trap. |
Robin & Frank with trophy |
- SAIL Team in Mallory Finals: Rio Grande Sailing Club's
team of J-24 sailors Larry Jesse, David Ampleford, Marty Stevenson, and Chuck Arasim represented Area F in the finals of the US SAILING Men's
Championship (Mallory Cup) held on San Francisco Bay in September 2008.
- SAIL Tour: On March 29, SAIL held a meeting
of clubs and interested parties to consider
what to do about declining participation in its season championships.
Results from the survey at
http://www.cattle-fax.org/ss/wsb.dll/simpson/sail_tour_survey.htm
were the basis of the discussions. The long→short
version: The Tours will continue in 2009; see the
Notice of Series.
- Sailing Instructor Course: SAIL's US
SAILING Level 1 Sailing Instructor Course
on Cherry Creek at the end of May. Seven candidates took the 2008 course;
7 graduated. Look for the course again, May 28-31, 2009.
- 2009
Memberships: & PHRF Applications available
Click here
for membership, and here for PHRF. .
- Membership Survey:
SAIL is surveying present and potential members to better serve the Rocky Mountain sailing community. Go to
http://www.cattle-fax.org/ss/wsb.dll/simpson/sail_survey_a.htm to register your needs, wants & desires.
- Tour Video Available: Randy and Lisa Shelton from Chatfield race in most of the events on the SAIL Tour. They also are
excellent videographers, shoot while they race
and have put together an exciting video called "Colorado Wind" which includes the 2007 tour races at Alcova, Aspen, Carter, Chatfield, Cherry Creek, and Dillon.
To see it, go to the Cruising World website,
http://www.cruisingworld.com, and then go to the
top right of the home page where there is a tab for member
videos. Click on the tab and find Colorado Wind
there. If you like what’s on the website, you can buy a much cleaner DVD
version (color, clarity, sound) from Randy and Lisa for $10
plus postage. Email them at
randy@grcbuilders.com for more information.
- Sailor overboard, drowns: On May 23,
2008 Bob Snare,
a respected sailor, was on the foredeck of his boat at Cherry Creek Res. when a sudden gust of high wind
caused him to go overboard. He was not wearing a personal flotation
device; when the crew got the boat back to him, he was no longer visible. His body was
recovered that evening. The coroner has ruled his death due to accidental
drowning.
- Scuttlebutt:
Check out the
Scuttlebutt
link.
for your daily digest of sailing news from around the world updated
daily.
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A Magic sailing
day
Spinnaker parade
Ruedi Reservoir
sailing
Lake Dillon, by
Kristin Skvorc & courtesy
of Summit Daily News
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S.A.I.L is the regional sailing
association for Colorado, New Mexico, western Nebraska and Wyoming .
Strictly a volunteer operation, it is a 503c Colorado "Not for Profit"
organization. Officers and volunteers receive no compensation other than
good will and the satisfaction of helping the sport..
S.A.I.L. was formed in 1972 to provide a communication route
with Colorado State Parks to help facilitate sailing clubs to
organize sailing and sail racing events within the state. Its role has
broadened to include coordinating sailing event schedules & education &
training. It promotes & provides programs to promote & improve sailing in
the greater Rocky Mountain region.
S.A.I.L. provides representation to sailors, clubs & fleets in its
region within US Sailing, the National Governing Body for the
sport of Sailing. It provides services to promote and encourage
excellence in sailing.
SAIL works to promote and improve the sport of sailing. Annual race
management seminars upgrade the quality of racing. A series of four monthly
seminars in the winter and spring help sailors stay abreast of
developments and improve their knowledge & skills.
S.A.I.L., along with
make up Area F of US Sailing
See also [Area &
Region]
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Boys &Toys, Denver Boat Show Jan 2005
Rigging up at
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