What's New in SAIL?

on Thursday, September 02, 2010

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include pay-dues.htm Pay your SAIL dues; re-join for 2010: 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 revenue stream is membership dues.
- PHRF: SAIL PHRF certificates also expire on Dec. 31 and need to be renewed each year. The fee is $5 (with SAIL membership, $20 without). The fee just covers SAIL's cost to administer the PHRF system. Go here to apply.
include winter-seminarsw.htm SAIL Winter Sailing Seminars: SAIL's Winter Sailing Seminars are done for the year. 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 11^th featured the incredible Tom Downing explaining & clarifying the 2009 changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing. The room was full of racers looking for that extra edge in their first race of 2009. The event was upstairs at the original Brooklyn's located at 2644 W. Colfax in Denver from 7:00 until 9:00 PM. Most came at 6:00 PM for dinner & drinks and a chance to visit with sailors from the area clubs.
- SAIL hosted a "meet and greet" Open House for the US Sailing Spring Meeting that is being held in Denver on Friday, March 27^th at the Stapleton Doubletree Hotel from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM with a sneak preview of "Sanity", the new Colorado Coconuts' movie on Rocky Mountain sailing.
- On April 8^th SAIL hosted a sailing movie at Loretto Heights Teikayu University.
include annual-mtg.htm SAIL's Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, Nov 1st, at Cherry Creek Meadows club house, from 10:00 to 1:30. Business accomplished
- Regatta Schedule: See the calendar
- Tour Winners announced: See the Hall of Champions and 2008 scores.
  - Dinghy Tour: John & Helene Arendt
  - PHRF Tour: Randy Shelton
  - Keelboat Tour: Jim Ulatowski
  - Junior Tour: Gabe Gierczak
- Election of Officers: See the new officers
include CO-gov-cup.htm 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.
- Click here for the official results..
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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 Tours: 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 for dinghies, keelboats, PHRF & juniors 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.Sign up at http://www.ussailing.org/training/calendar/sb_calendar.asp. For information about the course, click here and for scholarships, e-mail Ralph Taylor.
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.
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Community Sailing Gala Fund-raiser: 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?
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.
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A Magic sailing
day

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