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Sailing Areas & Regions

You can find the people who represent your area, your local or regional sailing association, or your yacht club by clicking on the appropriate names on this page. The 11 Areas in US SAILING represent 37 Regions, which in turn represent hundreds of local associations and yacht clubs.



The CSA membership is comprised of 10 Area Directors and representatives from the 37 Sailing Associations and Yacht Racing Associations (SAs/YRAs). Regional Sailing Associations Member Sailing Organizations CSA Officers Stanton Betts, Chair Edwin C Theisen, Jr , Vice Chair Don Crandall, Secretary Susan Epstein, Past Chair Executive Committee CSA Officers (above) Plus Area Directors Representatives to the CSA Area A —Peter Durant Mass Bay SA -David Felsenthal Narragansett Bay YA - Bea Grimmit Northeast SA - William W. Poole South.Mass SA Peter Durant Area B —Robert Counihan Central New York YRA - Bradley Buell Eastern Conn. SA - Gary Gilmartin Eastern Long Island Yachting Assoc - Bud Fox Great South Bay YRA - Glenn Schmidt Hudson River YRA -George Samalot YRA of L. I. Sound - Robert Counihan Area C —Robert Thomas Barnegat Bay YRA - Harry Foote Chesapeake Bay YRA - Wayne Bretsch Mid-Atlantic YRA - Buck Russom North Jersey YRA - Franz Schneider Deep Creek YRA- Ray Gauthier Area D —Sarah H Ashton Dixie Inland YRA - Scott Cline Florida SA -Mike Dawson Gulf YA - Walter G. Chamberlain South Atlantic YRA - John Slater	Area E —Ed Theisen Detroit Regional YA - Edwin C. Theisen, Jr. Inter-Lake YRA - David L. Shaffer Lake Huron YA - Edwin C. Theisen, Jr. Lake YRA - Bob Porter Ohio Valley SA - David Rosenkrans Area F —Karen Smith Central States SA - Betsy Beddow SA of Intermountain Lakes - Steve Davis Texas SA - Brian Hawboldt Area G —Tom Roberts YRA of San Francisco Bay - Tom Roberts Area H —Dan Doyle Hawaii YRA - Daniel Doyle Northern Rockies SA - Don McCammon Pacific International YA - Jan Visser Area J —Jim Mahaffy Southern Calif. YA - Mark Hansen YRU of Southern Calif. - Susan Artof Area K —Don Crandall Inland Lake YA - Thomas Hodgson Lake Michigan SRF -Don Thinschmidt Lake Superior YA -Mike Spence Midwest SA - Theodor H. Beier Area L —Jan Visser No. Rockies SA - Don McCammon Pacific Int. YA - Jan Visser CSA Services Review Committee TK Wegg, Chair Ed Theisen Donald McCammon Glen Schmidt Susan Epstein Karen Smith Stan Betts Theodor H. Beier US SAILING Nominating and Governance Committee Walt Chamberlain Meeting Guidelines