Mike,
You wrote "Sailing you have to know someone and get an invitation." This is precisely what we have to address - and where I believe Gary Jobsen and Nick Hayes are coming from. Community Sailing Programs go a long way to providing easy (inexpensive) access to sailing. But Clubs have to do their part and NOT become driven by F&B. At my Club (full disclosure) Pequot YC in Southport CT we (I think successfully) address this through: -allowing non-member kids to enroll in our Junior Program (sure they have to be "sponsored" - but if a parent approaches us who does not know anyone in the Club we will have the Chair of the Junior Program do the sponsoring) - having a "Special Activity Membership" category, which allows adult non-members to participate (and use Club owned boats (Ideal 18's and Dyer Dhows) in summer sailing activities (clinics, races, etc) and frostbiting. The individuals have to be sponsored, but again we will find a sponsor for someone who does not know anyone at the Club. Membership in the SAM program is limited to 2 years (its WAY less expensive that full membership dues etc!) after which we hope that the very active SAM's will transition to full membership - having a very inexpensive "Corinthian" membership category. Dues start at a little over $300 a year below age 25, and peak at less than half our Senior dues at age 36 - when the Corinthian is required to age up - Having a "no sailor left behind" policy for Wednesday Night races. While we don't have an "open door" for folks to wander off the street and crew (boat owners can of course bring as many guest crews as they want), we will always find a spot on a cruising boat for any Junior (14 yrs and up), SAM member or any member for that matter. As a flag officer of Pequot YC, I am always looking for ways to get more people sailing. So would welcome hearing about any other "programs" fellow-listers are aware of. I should add that Pequot YC does not offer anything other than sailing (from a very protected harbor) and a good dining facility (mainly lunchtime only). We have a maximum number of Senior Members because of limited parking space and moorings, and will be at "no vacancy" status in the Spring when we process the next round of proposed candidates. We may be lucky, but maybe we are doing things right!!!! Jonathan Indigo - 35III Southport CT _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:45 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Getting young people into sailing? Andy You may have hit on something ... Skiing is easy to take up as a young person. You and a bunch of friends jump in a car and drive top local ski area and then everything is rented. Sailing you have to know someone and get an invitation. Both area expensive - especially when your kids get involved in racing .... _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Burton Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 11:25 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Getting young people into sailing? I started skiing when I was 32. I always wanted to ski. What attracted me to the sport was the images--in popular magazines, newspapers, and videos--of experts gliding down hills in deep powder. that and friends talking about how much fun they'd had during winter weekends.Perhaps in addition to talking it up, sailing needs more positive, romantic images featured in mass media. I said that people who sail are smart, Danny. I never said they weren't emotional. And owning a sailboat is definitely an emotional thing! Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:48 AM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: I didn't really start sailing until 2008 in my, ehhh hem, early 40s. However, I was taken sailing a total of about 4 times during the course of my life. I grew up on power boats on long island sound. We would go fishing and camping on the islands off of Norwalk CT, lots of water skiing and kneeboarding and rafting up hand floating for days, heading over to northport LI for drinks or dinner or trying to chat up the big haired long island girls of the 80s. But, I always would stop and watch the sailboats go by. Always fascinated by them! ...and I always knew, if a sailboat has enough water, there's plenty of water there for my runabouts and speed boats. Then the the 89-90 recession hit and I ended up in college in Bristol, RI. Every day I would drive home, past the Lobster pot and I would come up on that "L" curve and see that same sailboat, on its mooring, floating so serenely. I knew then that "someday" I would have a sailboat. I would drag friends, date, nieces, nephews, anyone I could commandeer to boat shows with me and climb around on the new boats dreaming of "the day" that would actually have one. Of course, then my dream was to get one and live on it and never look back. That hasn't worked out quite yet. Then, "someday" came when, a buddy gave me a 1979 O'Day 22! and so it began! that free boat cost me about $8K to get her in great shape. I sold it for $4700 LOL that was a good investment! what was that someone said about not too many dummies...? LOL And now, here I am annoying you guys about my 1973 Viking 33! aren't you the lucky ones??!! ain't life grand!? Danny _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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