Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are staying warm as it is COLD out! This Saturday, December 11th at 10am is our Annual End of Year Boat Clean-Up Day.

Saturday, December 11th
10:00 am
at Charleston Community Sailing

We will supply hot cocoa, coffee and donuts! Just need the sailors and anyone who can come on down and help! In the past we have had 40+ people down there, and hopefully should be done in about 2 hours! Looks like the weather will WARM UP to 63 degrees & IF you have an old towel or cloth – BRING IT as a rag!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!

This volunteer time counts as service hours and helps give back to a program that gives you access to the water! Thanks to you all for your support this year, we are looking forward to 2011!

Several high school sailors headed to the 2010 ISSA Great Oaks National Invitational Regatta in New Orleans on November 19-21. BEHS and Wando qualified for the event in September at the Qualifier in St. Petersburg, Fl. Avery Fanning, Todd Fanning, and Hugh Forester-Bennett represented Bishop England (pictured below) at this championship along with Wando HS sailors Nick Valente and Austin Bidwell. A gruelling 2 days of back-to-back racing, wore all 33 competing High School teams out, but the Bishop England Team won many of their races, and came high up the fleet in those that they didn’t win. It was ultimately their overall consistency that won the day. Bishop England won the event overall and Wando came in 4th place. Congrats to all!

Hugh, Avery & Todd at Awards Ceremony

When: November 21, 2010 from 3-7pm
Where: Bowens Island Restaurant
What: Beautiful views, Music by Southern Flavor Bluegrass, Oysters, BBQ, Beverages
Why: All proceeds benefit Charleston Community Sailing and we have received a challenge grant in memory of Peter T. Marenakos, help us raise $20,000!

Want to Help? Volunteer for the event or help us reach our goal of $20,000 fundraising by collecting raffle items or ask us for a fundraising packet! Please contact Wendy Brown if you are interested in volunteering or donating items!

James Island Yacht Club is running a Laser and Sunfish Clinic on Sunday November 14. David Loring, 3 Time Sunfish World Champ, Laser North American Champ, and Rolex Sailor of the Year Nominee will be there going over boat set-up/tuning, speed tips, and drills. It will run from 12-5pm out of JIYC.

BYOB – Bring your own Boat
Registration starts at 11:30. Lunch, Introductions, and boat set-up will run from 12 to 1 followed by on the water time.
Cost – $35 members and $40 nonmembers
Cost – Juniors – $20 members $25 nonmembers. Juniors are any 19 and younger
One Raffle prize at least and it will be for a David Loring How to race Sunfish DVD.

Please send an e-mail to club at ron@jiyc.org to register. Monies will be collected on the day of event. Members may tab. Any questions can be directed to the club or to ryanhamm@sadlerandhamm.com.

Charleston Community Sailing will be hosting a Parent Orientation for High School Sailing on Monday, September 20th, 6:30pm at the Charleston Yacht Club in the Flag Room. Board Member and avid sailor, Miles Martschink will present the basics of high school sailing, how it works and let parents know how they can be involved. It will be a great opportunity to learn more about sailing as a sport – so please join us!

Fall 2010 Gear Specials:
Charleston Yachting, a local sailing outfitting company has put together some GREAT gear specials for high school sailors. Owner, Randy Draftz supports Charleston Community Sailing through sponsoring our events and contributing to sails for our boats. So know that when you purchase items from Charleston Yachting you are supporting Charleston Community Sailing and local sailing in Charleston.

So what is Charleston Yachting offering….Randy put together a list of Gill products that are practical, available and affordable. He also carries Henri-Lloyd, Slam, and Zhik. For more information contact Randy Draftz.