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North Channel Time-Share Lottery--Tonight
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The Level 4 Time-share lottery Is Today! Now that we have two Level 4 Managers it will be twice the fun. Please review the following information about the Level 4 lottery before you arrive. 
- The Level 4 Timeshare lottery is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4 at Wayne State Oakland Center.
- Plan to arrive by 1830 to complete forms; lottery starts promptly at 1900.
- All seven Level 4 time-share documents are available on the ASI Website (sailasi.org). Captain Quarters>ASI Documents>ASI Level 4 Keelboat Timeshare.
- The Lottery Procedures document will not be distributed in your lottery packet this year so be sure to print and read it prior to attending the lottery. It is on the ASI website with the other L4 documents. You are required to sign the agreement at the lottery.
- All L4 members, L4 students, and new L3-4 members are welcome to attend.
- Any questions: please email me at trudymorseg@gmail.com or call me: 248-930-0659.
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Announcing the Annual Awards Banquet/Membership Meeting Dinner. Join us to acknowledge ASI achievers, accomplishments and contributions on Saturday, March 22 at Baker's of Milford. Social Hour (cash bar) begins at 6:00 pm, dinner at 7:00 pm followed by acknowledgements of accomplishments over the past year.
Dinner is $23 per guest and must be paid to Lisa, the sail secretary, no later than 11am on Friday, March 14, 2013. Please leave a message on the Lisa's voice-mail (248-393-4280) or email at secretary@sailasi.org with your name, number of guests, credit card number and expiration date of card. You will be notified by email that your dinner reservation was received. *If you do not received a confirmation, then your reservation has not been processed.* Buffet Dinner includes:
- Fresh vegetables and dip on guest arrival
- Dinner Entrees - Chicken Piccata & Lemon-Herb Cod Fillets
- Vegetable Lasagna
- Cashew Broccoli
- Garlic Red Skin potatoes
- Garden Green Salad
- Chef's Dessert
See old friends and meet new faces as we anticipate the new sailing season.
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The following exciting and very important positions need YOU! Please consider becoming more involved with your club. It is fun and rewarding. The following are available:
Level 2 Manager- Work with the maintenance team to oversee Level 2 activities.
Level 2 Maintenance Manager- Coordinate Level 2 maintenance activities.
Interlude Boat Captain- Facilitate maintenance activities and improvements on Interlude.
If interested or need more details , please call Suzanne Benloucif at 734-276-0569 or email sbenlouc@umich.edu. |
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We are looking for a team of volunteers to organize the Wet and Wild Wednesday (W&WW) sails. W&WW is an opportunity for unrated or newly rated sailors to get in some practice sails. It is also a time for members to get out and sail for fun. In the past W&WW typically starts at 5:00 or 6:00 pm and runs until dusk. Please consider this very rewarding and fun position.
Many, many thanks to Jessica Hogg and John Johnston for their years of service on Wet and Wild Wednesdays.
Please contact Suzanne Benloucif at sbenlouc@umich.edu or call 734-276-0569 if interested. |
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Upcoming General Sail Meetings - - Claire Zepeda
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Be sure to include these dates for General Sail Meetings on your winter calendar.
Also, we still have books from last month’s Book Swap (sailing related books). Please feel free to bring some of your own books to share!
SILENT AUCTION--A former ASI member has donated some sailing equipment which we will be auctioning off. All proceeds will go to ASI. If there are any other members who have any gently use items that they would like to donate please contact me. (Claire Zepeda 734-223-2974)
May 20th 1830 - 2030 Sailing Apps for the iPad – David Ei;
This will be a hands-on presentation with the emphasis on iNavX “The best GPS/Chart-plotting/Marine Navigation app available for the iPad/iPhone."
Come one, come all! Think Sailing! Think Spring!!
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Fog Dog Award Nominations - - Claire Zepeda
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It's that time of year again! For our newer members, this annual award (approved by the ASI Board in Oct of 2010) is given to a person in the club who typifies the definition of a Fog Dog.
The American Heritage® Dictionary defines Fog Dog as a bright spot sometimes seen at the horizon as a fog starts to dissipate or a bright or clear spot that appears in breaking fog. For ASI, the Fog Dog nominees are beacons, shining lights, making unique and nautical contributions to our amazing organization and its wonderful members.There are many people in the club who give most generously of their time and talents - often with limited or no recognition of their contribution.
The nomination process itself is an opportunity to acknowledge and thank some of those members.Nominations should include a descriptive narrative explaining why this person should be nominated, what specific contribution he/she made, how they were a Fog Dog in the club, and how they furthered the goals and Mission Statement of ASI. Please send them to clairezepeda@gmail.com
The narratives will be published in the Burgee, balloting will follow in late February and results will be announced at the Annual Awards Banquet. Our past Fog Dog recipients were Bill Lane, Jack Townsend and Don Caley. Who has been a Fog Dog for you?
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 We have a great club and there's lots to like about ASI sailing. Have you "liked" our public Facebook page? Andrew Lensky is doing a great job of advertising our club and making interesting, fun posts to grab the public's interest and direct them to sign up for classes. Are you doing your part to increase membership?
What can you do to share our club and classes with potential new members? Well, everyone can "like" the FB page and comment on your own FB page to tell your friends they can sign up for classes now. Let them know what you enjoy about sailing and ASI.
When you see an ASI post on your news feed, "like" each post and make a comment. The more "likes" FB posts get the more people will see them and learn about ASI. Remember, this is a public page so make short, positive comments about sailing with ASI.
The marketing committee is working on new flyers, in the mean time you can print and post the flyers from our web site, www.sailASI.org under Documents. Finally If you have ideas for FB posts please let us know. Thank you Andrew !
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Our next 70/30 pot luck is March 29th and will also be the annual Sail Sew.
Pencil in the date, all are welcome. More details to come. |
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I need beautiful and exciting pix of our boats for the new ASI website. If you have photos that you’d like to share with the world, please send them to me at: david.ei@eieioh.netI especially need photos of Overture and Interlude under sail.
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Sailing Turquoise Waters?
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| Ahoy sailors!
A Caribbean sailing week is being considered for late January/early February 2015. This is not an ASI sponsored trip, but an attempt to organize a week for anyone whom might be interested.
We are considering USVI and/or BVI. Do you have a preference? Are you interested in being a captain or crew? We normally do the last week in January to get good weather and keep costs down (pre-prime time).
Are you interested?
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Winter Seminars 2014 Wednesdays 7- 9 pm
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These seminars are free to members of DRYA, friends of DRYA or anyone with interest.
5 March at North Star Sail Club
Diesel Engine Troubleshooting presented by Warren Roosen
12 March at Grosse Point Sail Club
Data Access with Mobile Devices, Post Race Data Analysis, and Common Sailing Myths presented by Mike Rhuland
19 March at Great Lakes Yacht Club
The Excitement of Match Racing presented by Com. Kent Colpaert
26 March at North Cape Yacht Club
ENCORE PRESENTATION: The Last Play is Under Review presented by Com. Ted Everingham and Pat Healy
2 April at Port Huron Yacht Club
ENCORE PRESENTATION: The Excitement of Match Racing presented by Com. Kent Colpaert
Full descriptions of the presentations can be found at the DRYA webpage. |
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The Final Word--Mike Perrin
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 Here's Don in a place that looks much warmer than Michigan. Enjoy it while you're there Don, we are still buried in snow and single digit temperatures.
Until Don returns please send me your Burgee content at mperrin01@comcast.net. It would be helpful to put "BURGEE CONTENT" as the subject line so it doesn't get lost in my inbox, which happens quite often. Photos that may go with your content are appreciated.
Sailing!
"There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball." - Bill Veeck
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