Sent on behalf of Annapolis Snipe Sailor Jon Anthony.... > Attention: Sailing Coaches, Faculty Advisor, > Director, Undergraduate or Graduate Dinghy Sailor > > Dear Sailors, > > After speaking with three local coaches in the MAISA > Region to determine if there would be an > interest. Snipe FLeet 532 based at Severn Sailing > Association in Annapolis would like to extend a > personal invitation to have interested sailors come > and join us for some Snipe sailing this fall during > our local and invitational regattas at SSA. I have > attached an invitation which is open to local MASIA > members whether they be undergraduate dinghy > sailors, graduates,coaches or faculty advisors. > During the course of the year someone is always > looking for crew or they are unable to sail thier > own boats due to family or business > obligations. Since we only have limited slots from > time to time we would like to make our fellow dinghy > sailors aware of these opportunities. > > A little information about the Snipe. 2006 is the > 75th year for the Snipe with close to 31,000 hulls > being built since 1931. Our class motto in the > Snipe is "Serious Sailing, Serious Fun." During > the year we locally conduct several off and on water > clinics on boat preparation, tuning, tactics, > strategy and we field many questions about "why did > that happen to me?". The sailing on the water is > competitive and the comraderie off the water is > first class. We try and live that Snipe motto to > the fullest with well run regattas where world class > sailors sail right along side newcomers in fleet > and district events. We think of our fleet as being > divided into two divisions, one that is at the > Varisty Level and one at the Junior Varisty level in > oorder to make everyone feel welcome. Competition > is keen at both levels with some sailors staying > local and others prefering to travel and compete at > the major invitationals. There are Snipe regattas > almost every weekend during the summer season > district wide with a midwinter circuit availble in > Florida. For those ambitous souls, World Class > international regattas are conducted regularly at > the best sailing venues on the globe. Most venues > offer camping, accomadtions at a reasonable price > and we work with students to help provide housing in > peoples homes. > > Maybe some of these Snipe Sailors or former Snipe > sailors will ring a bell for you: Augie Diaz, > Petter Commette, Brian Bissell, Gavin and Holly > O'Hare, Henry Filter, Susan Taylor-Dierdorf, and > Alex & Lisa Pline. One family of four from > Annapolis represented by Alex Stout, Lorie Stout, > Wilson Stout and Bryan Stout all finished in the top > ten at the recent North Ameicans while racing on > four different boats in the 57 boat fleet. Fleet > 532 has two members who are The Rolex Yachtsmen of > the Year, The Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, Two > former Women's National Champions Augie Diaz(a > remote fleet 532 member from Miami) has won the last > two Snipe Worlds. The fleet can also claim the > following: We have two Women's national champions, > many family teams and numerous collegiate > All-Americans who sail regularly. I am including a > link to the Snipe Class website which will outline > all of the sailors who have raced Snipes which have > carried them to the top of the sailing > world. http://snipeus.org/tab.aspx?tabid=698 > > The bottom line is that the Snipe is a highly > technical and well built dinghy which holds its > value over many years. There are many good used > boats in the market if someone wishes to purhcase a > boat. We have commitments in Annapolis to have a > loaner boat available this spring along with a > second boat which we will offer on a low coast lease > purchase arrangement. Whenever possible we will > endeavor to make this a low cost or no cost > arrangement for active undergradauate and graduate > students. We anticipate having a fleet boat or > two which may be available for a lease/purchase > program by the spring sailing season starting in > 2007. > > We think that by making these opprotunities availble > for collegiate dinghy sailors that we can introduce > them to a boat that will improve their sailing > skills and bring them joy for many years to come. > Please circulate this invitation to you > undergraduates, graduates and almuni dinghy sailors > via e-mail and post this notice for your sailors to > see. We hope you and the sailors in your programs > will join us for some Snipe sailing in the near > future. If you have any questions please do not > hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance. > > Thank you for you consideration > > Sincerely, > > Jon Anthony... > 410-437-1187 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The message is ready to be sent with the following > file or link attachments: > MAISA Annoucement > > Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail > programs may prevent sending or receiving certain > types of file attachments. Check your e-mail > security settings to determine how attachments are > handled. >________________ >MAISA Annoucement.doc (22k bytes)
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