Past meeting
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Meeting Description
Who
- Everyone with an interest in sailing from beginners to advanced, captains looking for crew, crew looking to sail
Why
- You will connect with old friends, make new friends, find crew for your boat, a captain to take you sailing, learn about sailing. have a chance to win a sailing course,
Organized by
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"Look for the red Meetup badges"
--AlanCIYC
Details
Speaker: Steve Card, New York Sailing Center
Topic: Sail Trim (talk starts promptly at 7:15),also cruising in the British Virgin Islands.
Slide presentation from Conserve Our Ocean Legacy, an environmental activist group.
Event Fee: $15 (includes 1 raffle ticket) ,American, Italian, grilled vegetable, and turkey heros, soda and snacks
Drink Specials:
$3 Budweiser & Coors Light
$4 Corona, Bass Ale & Amstel
$5 Sex with the Captain
Raffle Grand Prize: Your choice of one ASA Certification Course listed below:
*Start Sailing (Basic Keelboat). Value: $645
Prerequisites: none.
Certification: ASA Basic Keelboat (101)
*Start Cruising (Basic Coastal Cruising). Value: $495
Prerequisites: basic sailing skills on small keelboats, including overboard rescue, reefing and heaving to, and starting/stopping under sail.
Certification: ASA Basic Coastal Cruising (103)
*Start Bareboating (Intermediate/Bareboat Charter). Value: $695
Prerequisites: same as for Start Cruising, plus some long day sails or overnight cruising on boats at least 25 feet.
Certification: ASA Bareboat Charter (104)
*Start Navigating (Coastal Navigation). Value: $495
Prerequisites: none.
Certification: ASA Coastal Navigation (105)
Other prizes include sails on racing and cruising boats donated by Meetup members.
Talk About This Meeting
Who Attended
The organizer estimated that 37 people attended.
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Karen
"Great turnout for such a rainy night! Steve's lecture was very informative and the group is very friendly." -
AlanCIYC
"Thanks to the true ,hardy sailors that aren't stopped by rain and came last night. I was glad to see old friends and make new ones. Steve's knowledge of sailing is impressive and his ability to teach to all levels experience makes the physics of sailing understandable. I enjoyed Tara's talk and think as sailors we have a special, vested interest in keeping the oceans healthy." -
Patrick McGovern
"Heavy weather probably held back the crowds but Steve did a great job with a diverse audience." -
barbara
"Great presentations and good to see so many old and new friends. I'm ready for warm weather and sailing!!!" -
SteveM
"I met a lot of boats owners. The sail trim lecture was very interesting and I think the speaker did a good job in making it appeal to people at varying sailing experience levels. The Conserve our Ocean speaker could have been better prepared, but it was interesting and very relevant nonetheless."
toosinbeymen
"The session on sail trim was fantastic. Steven really knew his stuff and was good at presenting it."