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

Wow! What a year. Usually we dread the year ending so soon, but this year we are celebrating it!

Although this year wasn’t what we were all hoping for, we as a club made the best of it. Even with restrictions, we still had about 8 sailing events. And thanks to Wayne, we transitioned our monthly meetings to Zoom. Although we would prefer seeing everyone in person while enjoying coffee and cookies (thanks Asayo & Trish), we still kept as much of the bond together as we could.

With vaccines on the immediate horizon, things are looking to be ready by summer next year.  So, unless something changes, we are going to sail forward with that goal in mind.

Since we couldn’t get together in person for a nice club dinner, we held a November Zoom meeting to present our annual awards. Wayne presented the winners of the photo contest and Lorraine gave us results of the sailing season. Congratulations to Casey Bezec and Pete Schleck who were our most active captains. And let’s thank all of the other captains and photographers for sharing their boats and memories with us this year.

At the November meeting we also had our election for the 2021 board. All of the board members volunteered to run again for next year. Thanks to the 2020 board for helping steer our club successfully through some rough weather this year. We also have one new addition to the board. Robbie Leighton volunteered for and was elected to our open Purser position. Thanks Robbie!

I hope everyone has a great holiday season. We all have a lot to be thankful for. So come New Year’s Eve, let’s look forward to and start planning our new year!

-Marc Holdwick, 2020 Commodore

Happy February club members, 

I received my launch packet from Skipper Buds last week, so that means spring is almost here, and with spring comes new opportunities. Opportunities to help other Skippers with their de-winterization projects, perhaps some bright work, fix that loose cleat, look into that pesky drip that leaks every time it rains hard. 

Another new opportunity is planning upcoming sails, and looking at your summer schedule, to see what weekends you will be free to sail and planning to figure a week for a lake crossing, or a coastal cruise. Perhaps a trip to the Bahamas or ports unknown is in your future sailing itinerary.

Whatever the future holds for please keep the club members in mind, as we literally have hundreds of years of sailing experience in our club. Although some of our members are no longer sailing, they are a great resource, and chances are that there has been a member that has experience with anything you can think up. Our members are truly our greatest resource, and I am excited for our upcoming season. 

If any member of the club needs anything, feel free to contact me or any board member, and if we cannot answer your questions, we will steer, or tack you in the right direction of a board member that handles that area.  -Wayne Smith, 2022 Commodore