EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S CORNER: JONATHAN BANKS ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Executive Director Jonathan Banks, along with Sail America’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, has spear-headed an initiative to add new member benefits, such as cost-saving affinity programs and discounted space rates at Sail America-owned shows. Click for More
					SAIL AMERICA'S GENERAL MEMBERS MEETING: OCT.5 AT PHILLIPS RESTAURANT, ANNAPOLIS The General Members Meeting on Oct. 5 in Annapolis will be the perfect time to learn more about Sail America’s expanded membership benefits and services, as well as hear from experts on future trends in sailing. Click for More
					WALT BROWN TO STEP DOWN FROM SAIL AMERICA BOARD: WAYNE BURDICK TO TAKE ON ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF SHOWS At the July Board of Director’s meeting, Walt Brown announced that he will be stepping down as V.P. Shows and will be resigning his seat on the Sail America Board. Click for More
					SAIL AMERICA MEMBERS INVITED TO VIRGINIA IN-WATER EXPO AND SAILFEST ® Sail America’s first SAILFEST venture will debut Sept 14-16 at the Virginia In-Water Expo and SAILFEST®, located at Norfolk’s popular downtown waterfront. Click for More
					SAIL AMERICA "DISCOVER SAILING" DVD REQUESTS INCREASED 48% Orders for Sail America’s popular “Discover Sailing: The Ultimate Adventure” DVD have jumped 48% over the last year, propelled by increases in DVD requests through the Discover Boating website. From January through August of this year, sailing prospects placed 5,576 DVD orders.  Click for More
					DISCOVERBOATING.COM UP 37 PERCENT IN AUGUST July website traffic on DiscoverBoating.com increased 37 percent over the previous year, with more than 493,000 visits logged. So far in August, more than 69,600 website visits have been recorded. Click for More
					STRICTLY SAIL PACIFIC MAKING PROGRESS IN SEARCH FOR NEW LOCATION Members of the site search committee for Strictly Sail Pacific are reviewing possible new locations for Strictly Sail Pacific that has been held at Oakland’s Jack London Square for the past several years. Click for More
					SAIL AMERICA MEMBERS ENCOURAGED TO LINK TO DISCOVER SAILING AND SAIL AMERICA WEBSITES Sail America members need to take advantage of a great resource for additional hot leads by linking their companies’ websites to the Discover Sailing website. Click for More
					SUMMER SAILSTICE 2007 JOINS TOGETHER THOUSANDS OF SAILORS From Indianapolis to Antigua, from San Diego to Maine, thousands of sailors kicked off their sailing season on June 23-24, 2007 with a weekend Summer Sailstice celebration. Click for More
					FOCUS ON ENHANCED QUALITY CONTROL LEADS AMERICAN SAILING ASSOCIATION TO ENACT FIRST-TIME MORATORIUM ON NEW ASA SCHOOLS As part of an enhanced focus on quality control, the American Sailing Association (ASA) will no longer accept applications for new sailing schools, beginning Sept. 15, 2007. Click for More
					KENTON SMITH ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS BECOMES ASA'S AGENCY OF RECORD Kenton Smith Advertising & Public Relations, Inc., (KSA&PR) is the American Sailing Association’s (ASA) agency of record, managing, developing and executing a wide variety of public relations initiatives for this leading organization. Click for More
					IN THE NEWS: 5th ANNUAL FLIP FLOP REGATTA IN BOSTON HARBOR HONORS ALEXANDRA NICOLE ZAPP Sail America member Lori Gleason served on the volunteer race committee for the 5th Annual Flip Flop Regatta, held in the Boston Harbor Aug 10-11 to celebrate the life of her friend Alexandra “Ally” Nicole Zapp, whose love for the sailing community extended from her days volunteering at the CSS to her involvement with The America's Cup. Click for More
					HARKEN'S 40th ANNIVERSARY PARTY BRINGS 800 FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE IN PEWAUKEE, WI Eight hundred of Harken’s friends from the U.S., Australia, Denmark, Sweden and Spain celebrated Harken’s 40th anniversary at an extravaganza of a party at their corporate headquarters in Pewaukee, WI. Click for More
					TOM CASEY JOINS BLUE WATER SAILING Blue Water Sailing's founder and Publisher George Day announced that veteran advertising sales manager Tom Casey of Sarasota, Florida, had joined the magazine as the regional sales manager for Florida, California and The Caribbean. Click for More