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Monday - April 5, 2021 at 7pm
Good meeting, all! Virtual Skippers Meeting for boat owners to provide input for sailing schedule for year.

April 10 2020 Open House | Larsen Marine (Two Sessions)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Advanced Registration Required

Board meeting April 12, General meeting, April 19 via ZOOM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81165798529 Meeting ID: 811 6579 8529

Member dues are due by April 15th (get your check in before March 31st and we'll say something nice about you at our April general meeting). $40 single/$50 family. Send your checks to our club P.O. Box [see below]

Please spread the word about our great club. Our primary recruiting event, the Sailing Show @ McCormick place did not happen in 2021, so we are relying on word of mouth and your good ideas to grow and serve our club. Contact any officer with those ideas and get your friends, family, even perfect strangers to join us.

Want to join? Please do! Applications and payment can be mailed to:
NWSA-Membership P.O. Box 921 Arlington Heights, IL 60006

Commodore's Message

With sixty and above degree temps and the snow melting furiously, our thoughts are assuredly turning to future days on the "high seas." Our 2021 NWSA PROPOSED SAILING SCHEDULE is in our Communique. This schedule will be used as a starting point for our Virtual Skipper’s Meeting discussion on Monday, April 5, at 7 PM. This is when boat owners will have the opportunity for input for the upcoming season. The link for accessing the meeting is the same Zoom link we use for our regular meetings.

- Lorraine Klabunde, 2021 Fleet Captain

Thanks for having a nice forward looking perspective for our upcoming 2021. We need people, boats, ideas, excitement and participation.

- Dave Hutchings, 2021 Technology

Thanks for your inputs, Lorraine & Dave!

- Marc Holdwick, 2021 Commodore

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NWSA History

flag Read a note written 1976 Commodore Pat Kellogg about the beginnings of NWSA.

Special thanks to Elmer and Joyce Hook for providing this wonderful look at the early days of the NWSA.
Read the accompanying letter.

Mission Statement

The NorthWest Sailing Association is an enthusiastic group of sailors living in and about Chicago's Northwest suburbs. The members share a quest for increased knowledge and improved seamanship in a spirit of camaraderie and fun.

Founded in 1974 by a small group of 25 sailors seeking others of similar interests, the Club's initial purpose was to exchange knowledge and experiences. In the course of the years hence, and continuing today, club members regularly sail together out of all major Chicago area harbors, on inland lakes surrounding Chicago, Wisconsin, and occasionally across Lake Michigan and back!

The high point of the summer sailing season, is our Door County / Wisconsin Sailing Weekend. Club members have organized charters in the Bahamas, Florida and other exotic locations, and will plan future charters to various prime sailing areas as the members interest dictates.

Who Belongs to NWSA?

Members include families, couples, singles - anyone interested in sailing; including skippers with large cruising boats or medium or small sailboats; even sailors with no boats. Members who don't know how to sail, but are interested in learning, may wish to crew with our experienced sailboat owners and gain valuable experience and knowledge of boat handling.

Ample opportunity to crew is available at each sailing event, and during the days between events with available skippers.

We Meet. . .

During the boating season, the NWSA sponsors sailing events in many of the major Chicago land lake, and Michigan harbors, as well as inland lakes. We have sponsored cruises in Wisconsin, - Door County, Racine and Lake Geneva; Indiana; Michigan and a Lake Michigan Crossing. Illinois: Waukegan, Monroe, Montrose, Winthrop, Pistakee Lake, Fox Lake; Blackwell Forest Preserve, Warrenville, Busse Woods, Elk Grove Village. Groups have chartered excursions in the Bahamas, Florida, and various prime sailing destinations.