Daily Lift - Community Sailing

Questions to consider when identifying the role of "community" in sailing?
1. What makes a facility a “community” sailing center?
2. Why aren't there more community sailing centers?
3. What are the 5+ key ingredients for a successful community sailing program?
4. Why aren't there more parks and recreation professionals advocating more community sailing centers in public parks?
5. How can community sailing attract and retain talented management professionals?
6. Community Sailing Center - how come few, if any, community sailing centers have franchised to support other locations?
7. What can the Community Sailing Council or US Sailing do or what resources can they provide to support community sailing centers?
8. What are most well established “Community Sailing Centers” in the country?
9. What are the best web sites to borrow from?

Sailing After College… What now?

By Caitlin Niemic

A year ago, I was a stressed out college senior who didn’t know what the future held for me after graduation.  I knew I had to enter the “real world” but wasn’t sure how.  Not to mention, this would be the first time in seven years that I wasn’t going to teach sailing.  After applying for what seemed like hundreds of jobs in my field, Communications, I thought wouldn’t it be great if I could just teach sailing year-round?  That’s when I began my search for a career in the field of… Sailing.

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Dave Perry gives insight on how clubs can build a relationship with the community - turn your club into an “information center,” and invite the community to events and teaching programs.

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Is your club looking for ways to get involved with your community? Working with high school sailing teams is a great way for junior sailing programs to reach out to their communities and introduce sailing to youth.

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Susan Nahmias gives us a tip on how to keep sailors interested and involved... Make sailing relevant to the world around them by building connections, facilitate discussion of these sailing connections and the importance of mentoring at yacht clubs, community sailing groups, one-design fleets, etc.