Dear C Sailor-
Good luck to all in the final races of the season. I am writing to ask you to consider taking a kid (or other interested party) sailing this Fall. Our fleet is showing a remarkable comeback in the under 25 category and we all need to pull together to keep it going:
-The new boats and new sticks are great. ILYA, old 1, new 2, old 3-4, new 5-7, old 8-10, new 11, etc. For those that can, consider a new boat and selling yours to a new sailor. Mine is sold to a junior sailor and a new one on order.
-We are the fleet that the X (and other junior fleet) graduates should come to. Pitch the fact that their friends are moving into the fleet and the sailing and social events are great. Over 25% of the WYA sailors were under 25 years old.
-And it isn't just the boys. Sail numbers E3, E66, B117, B217, B77, B219, B111, V50, not only show that girls can do it but that they can beat the boys as well.
-For many years I have invited the X graduates from our lake to each sail a race with me as crew during our Labor Day series to show them that they can do it and how much fun it is after what they have been sailing. It works. Get them out, market to them and show them the way to keep sailing is to get into the C fleet.
See you on the water,
Kent Haeger, B-12
