What's New in SAIL?

Junior Regatta: Colorado Sail & Yacht Club is hosting a one-day regatta for juniors at Chatfield Reservoir on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Click here to see the invitation and here for the Notice of Race.
Keesling/Jackson win Fireball Nationals. Frank "Gorilla" Keesling & "Rockin' Robin" Jackson have 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 will represent Area F in the finals of the US SAILING Men's Championship (Mallory Cup) to be held on San Francisco Bay in September.
Dillon Open: Planning is gearing up for the biggest regatta in the Rockies when sailors take over the Town of Dillon, Colorado. Challenging sailing, great parties. Keelboats & dinghies will be on separate courses. Click here for more information. See http://www.dillonyachtclub.com/.
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.
Sailing Instructor Course: SAIL's the Level 1 Sailing Instructor Course at Cherry Creek May 29th thru June 1st.. Seven candidates took the course; seven graduated. Look for the course again in 2009.
2008 Memberships: & PHRF Applications available Click here for membership, and here for PHRF. The Shelton video, "Colorado Wind", will be given free to the first 50 SAIL members to join or renew at the Boat Show.
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 very good videographers and shoot lots of pictures while they race and have put together a ten or twelve minute 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.
Community Sailing Gala Fund-raiser: March 15, 2008, 6:30-10:00 PM. The Gala was again at Cableland, 4150 Shangri-La Drive in Denver and Dawn Riley (of America's Cup & Whitbread fame)) was the featured speaker. Music, food, drink, & a worthy cause -- what more could we ask?
Sailor goes 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.
Rocky Mountain International Sailing Association, the fund-raising arm of SAIL, has been incorporated. Find out more about RMISA here.
Scuttlebutt: Check out the Scuttlebutt link. for your daily digest of sailing news from around the world updated daily.

A Magic sailing
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Spinnaker parade

Ruedi Reservoir
sailing

Dillon Open
Lake Dillon, by Kristin Skvorc & courtesy of Summit Daily News

Our Mission:

To promote the sport of Sailing in the Rocky Mountain Area and encourage excellence in it. To represent US Sailing and to participate in US Sailing's annual National Championship by organizing Area championships and by ensuring excellence in race management and judging.

Pram racing,
Cherry Creek

Our Profile

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]

Boys &Toys, Denver Boat Show Jan 2005

Rigging up at
Cherry Creek