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US SAILING
MULTIHULL COMMITTEE MEETING
FALL AGM MEETING
St. Louis, Mo.
October 16, 2003
Minutes
I. Call To Order:
The Meeting was called to Order at 3:00PM
II. Introduction and Special
Guests:
Art Stevens
Chairman, King Harbor Yacht Club
Regional Training Coordinator
Dan Mangus Vice Chairman, North
American Hobie Association
Multihull Council
Director of Marketing, Hobie Cat
Darline Hobock Portsmouth Comte. Chair Windycrest
Sailing Club
Website Liaison
Gordon Isco Nominating Comte. Tampa Bay
Cat Sailors/
Past Chair, MHC
Gulfport Yacht Club, A Class
Roger Brown Area J Rep. North
American Hobie Association
Deborah K. Schaefer Secretary, Lake
Erie Multihulls/ PIBYC
Inshore Committee
Caleb Tarleton Multihull Council Sail
Sand Point, Fleet 95, NAHCA
Division 4 Hobie Class Association
Dave Lumian
Corsair Trimaran Owners Assoc./
Fairwind Yacht Club
Dave Leimbach
B.O.D. Lake Carlyle Sailing Assoc.
Tom Dameron
Director, Club Nautique
R. Charles Ivey, MD USW Coach Team USA
Lindy Christofersen US SAILING Staff, Championships
III. Open Discussion:
The meeting began with discussion and concerns that fleets/classes are
dwindling and strategies that could be used to promote growth in the fleet
bring new people into the sport of sailing: Visitors Day, Adult Sailing
Programs, and Open Sailing Days. We also discussed the use of waivers as a
way to relieve the anxiety of boat owners who might be participating in
these out-reach programs.
Charles Ivey, USW Coach to the US National Junior Sailing Team, talked about
how a change in equipment to the more exciting Formula Boards has brought
the juniors back into competition board sailing. The problem of dwindling
fleets should be attacked as a marketing problem.
IV.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes from March 2003 meeting were
approved as amended.
V. US SAILING Youth Multihull
Championship: The 2003 US
SAILING Youth Multihull Championship for the Hoyt-Jolley Cup, was held July
14, 15 and 16 at Fort Walton Yacht Club, FL. It was an Open event
with 20 teams competing from three countries. This event qualifies the top
US Team to the ISAF Youth Worlds, which must be citizens of the US and less
than 19 years old in the year they compete. Based on these requirements, the
youth team from Pensacola, Tom Fruitticher and Harry Newkirk, will represent
the USA at the ISAF Worlds in Poland IN 2004.
We wish to thank the Hobie Cat Company for supplying 10 new Hobie 16
catamarans for this round robin event. Special thanks go to Dan Mangus for
all his hard work. We wish to thank Fort Walton Yacht Club for doing such a
nice job. We also want to thank the US SAILING Judges; Chuck Fuller, JC
Moore and Ernie Bain for giving freely of their time.
VI. US SAILING Youth Multihull
Championship 2004: The Sea Cliff
Yacht Club, Long Island, NY, will host the 2004 US SAILING Youth Multihull
Championship to be held June 25, 26, and 27. We expect at least as many
participants as we had this year, but we want to build on the momentum of
the last event. So, Hobie Cat Company will again be supplying 10 new Hobie
16s. We will utilize as many charter boats as we can find and participants
will be allowed to bring their own boats.
VII. Fast and Fun Presentation:
Art Stevens gave the committee a
preview of a 7-minute Power Point presentation, which he hopes to share
with the BOD on Saturday. It outlines a three-year plan, which will help
fund the Fast and Fun outreach to At-Risk Youth, introducing
thousands of kids to the sport of sailing, and also bringing new members
into US SAILING. Art would like US SAILING to bring Fast and Fun into
the fold. This program needs funding and staff. In the Budget, Fast and Fund
shows revenue from donations.
Marina del Rey: Most recently, Fast and Fun joined in
collaboration with Fairwind Yacht Club Junior Aquatic Program, the Los
Angeles Sheriff Department, and the Santa Monica Bay Sailing Foundation to
offer a 4-day sailing camp experience to At-Risk Youth. This group is
committed to making this a year-round community sailing program. Fast and
Fun has been the catalyst used to revitalize youth training programs.
Fort Walton Yacht Club:
In 2001, their youth training program had fallen apart. With the impetus of
the Fast and Fun Program behind them and our assistance, Sherri and
Darin Cook trained seven Level I Instructors, enrolled 100 youth in their
training program, and reached out to 300 children in the first year.
Fast and Fun fits well with community sailing programs. Where Fast
and Fun has been introduced, we have seen a revitalization of youth
training programs:
Community Sailing Center: Barb and Chip Short of Clearwater, FL.
worked with the Multihull Council to rehabilitate a dilapidated section of
beach by turning it into a Community Sailing Center. A partnership has
developed to help them instruct children using the US SAILING Certified
Instructor Program.
Lake Coeur d’Alene:
We took Fast and Fun to Lake
Coeur d’Alene in Idaho for 3 days
and introduced 300 children to the joy of multihull sailing. It was a boost
they needed.
Sail Sand Point: We took Fast and Fun to Sand
Point
Magnuson Park,
Seattle in 2002, introducing 400 children to sailing. This led to the
donation of 2 Hobie Waves.
In 2003, Caleb Tarleton took the concept one step further. Art Stevens was
able to get the equipment to Sand Point one week before the Fast and Fun
Program so that the Hobie Waves could be used in the Sail Sand Point Youth
Multihull Sail Camp. In addition, Peter Nelson conducted a very successful
Hobie Cat 101 and 102 Course to introduce sailors to Multihull sailing and
expand their sailing experience.
On the following weekend, the Fast and Fun Program introduced sailing
children from Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Community for Youth, Friends of
the Children, and the Cub Scouts to the joy of sailing.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Deborah K. Schaefer,
Secretary |
