Hi Edd, Yes, we're lake sailors here in Colorado :) Have a look at my photo album at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTY0VBM2hlT0hveDQ and you can see the lake I sail on. But we get to the Caribbean, Gulf, and Pacific whenever we can :)
There's actually quite a healthy sailing scene here, with racing yacht clubs at Chatfield, Cherry Creek, and Dillon Reservoirs, and at Carter Lake. The racing at Dillon in particular is very competitive (and the mountain winds pretty violent). The scene may be vibrant here precisely because there are so few suitable bodies of water for keelboats, serving a pretty large urban corridor and population base. All that said, I just finished an analysis of participation in my club's keelboat series by year since 2012. We had 37 boats in 2012, and have alternated between 31 and 25 ever since. So yeah, a 33% decline in five years. Causes include people getting old, people moving, people too busy with other things, and probably people not wanting to spend the money any more. We've had good luck finding people to crew by starting a meetup group. Of course we get a variety of experience levels, but it's been a good way to find new people interested in sailing around here. Cheers, Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edd Schillay" <e...@schillay.com> To: "RANDY" <randy.staff...@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:33:08 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing Randy, By “everywhere”, I meant everywhere on Western LI Sound. I don’t know what things are like in Colorado. Heck, I didn’t even know you could sail in Colorado. Ski, yes. Sail? Wow. Looks pretty land-locked on my map. In my area, you can see the decline on sites like yachtscoring.com . But there’s been a lot I can see with my own eyes, along with the chatter around the clubs/boards. I think they can yelled Block Island Race Week this year because of too few entries. It’s a shame, but I get it. Times are tough and racing (moreso than just cruising) gets expensive. People are also working more and spending more time with their spouses and kids — getting crew to consistently participate is a challenge too. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log On Jul 13, 2016, at 11:58 AM, RANDY < randy.staff...@comcast.net > wrote: "Racing numbers are down everywhere". Edd where can I find published data on that? I'm doing that analysis right now for my club, using published race results dating back to (only) 2012 to study the number of boats racing each year. I haven't finished the analysis yet, but I can already tell we're down at least 20% from 2012. We seem to be holding at about 28 boats across six fleets for the last two years. We gain a boat or two each year, but we lose a boat or two each year. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edd Schillay via CnC-List" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > To: "cnc-list" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: "Edd Schillay" < e...@schillay.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 8:18:01 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing Great article, Don. Thanks for sharing. The trend is a little more bleak in Western LI Sound. Racing numbers are down everywhere. Years ago, our Wednesday Night series had around 125 boats with 9 divisions. Now we are around 30 and 4 divisions. One of the four clubs on City Island just closed its doors for good. Sad to see the decline. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <blockquote> On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:53 PM, Don Harben via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/07/12/summer-tradition-still-going-strong/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Scuttlebutt%204623%20-%20July%2013%202016&utm_content=Scuttlebutt%204623%20-%20July%2013%202016+CID_9b7e47dad615547db1dfe51d875d17cd&utm_source=Email%20Newsletter&utm_term=Summer%20Tradition%20Still%20Going%20Strong Don Don Harben Viking 34 Life www.ncyc.ca _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! </blockquote>
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