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2015 NWSA Board Officers
Marc Holdwick Commodore 847-255-0422 [email protected]
Dale Bennett Vice Commodore 847-431-8113 Vicecommodore @ nwsail.com
Mike Saavedra Fleet Captain 630-6499675 [email protected]
Michelle Gasinski Purser 630-773-4732 [email protected]
Bill Draver Yeoman 630-893-1408 [email protected]
Lori Miller Membership Director 847-373-5413 [email protected]
Peggy Draver Technology Director 312-343-2601 technicaldirector@ nwsail.com
Janice Holling Public Relations Director 312-203-3226 publicrelations@ nwsail.com
Asayo Horibe Social Director 224-623-1304 [email protected]
Gordon Human Ships’ Store Director 630-736-0935 [email protected]
John Morris Librarian 630-665-6349 [email protected]
Alisa Corsi Member-at-Large 847-741-3456 memberatlarge@ nwsail.com
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Monthly Newsletter of the NorthWest Sailing Association
VOL. 41, No. 1 Editor, Janice A. Holling January 2015
Founded by a common interest in sailing, we, the members of Northwest Sailing Association, share our love for the sport through our quest for increased knowledge, improved seamanship, exchange of experiences, and the promotion of safe boating.
Commodore’s Corner
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday NWSA! The NWSA was born back in 1975. Gerald Ford was president. Bell Bottoms weren’t just for sailors. And the Edmund Fitzgerald was busy hauling iron ore from Superior to Detroit. Sometime this year we are planning a celebration for our 40th. Joan Burden will be organizing the event. Joan is looking for helpers! The Strictly Sail Show is changing this year. It will be on January 14-18 at McCormick Place. This is a couple weeks earlier and at a new venue. Check on page 2 for details. This show is our premier recruiting event. We often come back with over 120 new prospective contacts. Please help by volunteering to help staff our booth at the show. Thanks to Kate and Dave Strachan for organizing our booth again this year. They do an awesome job! On the following Monday, January 19th will be our first meeting of the year. It will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Arlington Heights Historical Society building. See the last page for details and directions. Dale Bennett will be our January speaker. He will talk about how to be a better crew member! Mike Saavedra will be our Fleet Captain this year. He is busy at work planning our sailing schedule. Please help him out by volunteering to be a cruise captain. We will need about 20 volunteers. If you haven’t been a cruise captain before, let Mike know and he will help you get started. The holidays went by very fast for me. Hopefully everyone had a great time. I am really looking forward to the New Year with my other family - you! I have a lot of fun working with everyone in the club. The fact that we are a family is the reason why we have been around for 40 years. Let’s look forward to many more!
Sail On! Marc Holdwick 2015 NWSA Commodore
HIGHLIGHTS
Strictly Sail Chicago Page 2
Sea Shanty Singing Page 3
Snug Harbors Page 3 Join by completing 2015 Membership Online at www.nwsail.com and click Submit. Mail payment or bring to next membership meeting.
Next Monthly Membership Meeting January 19, 2015 7:30 p.m. See Location map on page 4
Gary Gronberg’s Keylime takes off to deliver holiday gifts to all good boys and girls. Photo: Gary Gronberg
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Strictly Sail Chicago 2015 – January 14-18, 2015
Strictly Sail is coming up, but earlier in January. THERE WILL BE NO NWSA MEETING PRIOR TO THE SHOW. Here is the show information. There are significant changes to the Show. Strictly Sail has combined with Chicago Boat and RV Show creating BIG CHANGES to the process. The basics: The name, location, and dates of Strictly Sail have changed. It’s now joined with the Chicago Boat & RV show: WHAT: Progressive Insurance Boat, RV, & Strictly Sail Show (New Name) WHERE: McCormick Place (New Place) South Hall (Building B, West of the Drive), 301 S. Lake Shore Drive WHEN: January 14 – 18, 2015 (5 days instead of 4) (Earlier Dates & Different Hours) Wednesday, 1/14/15: 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday, 1/15/15: 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday, 1/16/15: 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, 1/17/15: 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, 1/18/15: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PARKING: **There is no parking discount* Indoor lots, A & C: $21.00 all day; $10.00 any day after 6:00 p.m. Outdoor lot, B: $14.00 all day, every day Lots A & B are primary lots for South Hall. There is transport from Lot A to the South Hall. Lot B is a short walk to South Hall. Lot C is across Lake Short Drive from South Hall. There is no transport but there is an enclosed walkway. (NOTE: McCormick Place website it says you can pre-pay your parking to be assured of a spot when you arrive. It provides a website and phone number: https://mccormickplace.clickandpark.com/events or call 866-330-7275 (PARK). I couldn’t get the website to work so called ClicknPark at the number above. **The operator said the pre-payment is not for personal vehicles.**
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Metra Electric Commuter Railroad from Loop to McCormick Place (Randolph St Station near Fairmont Hotel) RTA Bus #3: King Drive; RTA Bus # 22: Cermak Ave. Both stop at Union, Ogilvie, & LaSalle Street Stations TICKETS: $8.00 each - There will be no NWSA meeting prior to the show and the time for tickets by mail has passed. You can let me know how many tickets you need and I will meet you at the show entry. Please call Kate with ticket needs or questions at 708-567-7119. VOLUNTEERS: Are needed, as always! The Show runs for 5 days, Wednesday thru Sunday. Please call Kate Strachan at 708-567-7119 with your availability.
NOTE: (New Process!) There is no arrangement for volunteers to attend the show free of charge outside of volunteer hours. We will try to staff the booth with enough people so volunteers can visit the show during their volunteer time. You will have a badge which must be turned in at the end of your shift. You can purchase a ticket for the rest of your time at the show if you wish. No one will force a ticket on you, but show guards can ask to see proof of legitimate entry at any time, and will ask you to leave if you don’t have that (most likely a wrist band).
FOOD: Food Court in the South Hall offers options, including Little Italy, Pacific Rim, American Grill, Fiesta Brava, and others. Within McCormick Place complex are Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Connie’s Pizza, and others. ATM: Bank of America has ATMs in each building WIFI: Basic WiFi is free in most areas of the complex. Other service levels available. You can also go to strictlysailchicago.com and mccormickplace.com for additional information.
Kate Strachan Dave Strachan
Strictly Sail Chicago Seminars Captain Dave Rearick of the Class 40 ocean racing sailboat Bodacious Dream will present three seminars during Strictly Sail Chicago. Dave complet-ed a Single-handed Global Circumnavigation on June 14, 2014 that began on October 2, 2013. I met Dave in March 2012 at Crowley's Yachtapalooza when he talked about Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific races. Some double handed and some with 9 man crew. Dave is from Chesterton Indiana and has sailed Lake Michigan most of his life, dreaming and now fulfilling many of his sailing goals. Many NWSA members followed Dave on his nine-and-a-half month voyage on the website and Facebook messages at www.bodaciousdreamexpeditions.com Dave’s seminars will be: Long Passage Planning 1/15, 6:00p.m., Rm 101 Exploring The World 1/17, 2:15 p.m., Rm 105d Sailing Around The World: Realizing Your Dream 1/18, 10:30 a.m., Rm 104a Larry Hagemann
Fleet Captain Report Happy New Year to all sailors! We’re ready to start planning our 2015 NWSA Sailing Season. I will be sharing information at the January meeting and seeking your input. If you are interested in being a Cruise Captain, be sure to let me know. Look forward to working with all of you and seeing you at our NWSA meeting on January 19. Mike Saavedra Fleet Captain
Ship’s Store I’m guessing for most of you, Santa did not put a new boat in your stocking for Christmas, probably because you have been naughty. You can still treat yourself (and look nautical, if not naughty) in one of our tee shirts or maybe you can add something from our Ship’s Store to your 2015 “boat maintenance” list? Our supplier of embroidered products, A&A Games, can produce single items on-demand, embroidered with our club logo. Check out the Ship’s Store section of our website for more information. You can always email me with questions [email protected] We also have a stock of pendants, caps and bags, all sporting the colorful NWSA logo. Here’s Ralph Daehn’s photo of Bunny Daehn in our smart logo’d T-shirt. See you at Ship’s Store on Monday, January 19! I’ll help you get stocked up for the 2015 sailing season. .
Gordon Human Ship’s Store Director
Songs of the Sea - Chicago Shanties The January Shanty Sing will be Sunday, January 18, 3-6 p.m. at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, in the back room. 5062 N. Lincoln Ave. (2-1/2 blocks south of Foster). Come out and sing shanties in an Irish pub, enjoy your beverage of choice and have a rollicking good time! We’ll also sing drinking songs, and anything else that is sailor-y or references water or the sea, ideally with a chorus we can all sing along with. Musical instruments are welcome! By car: street parking. By CTA: take the Brown Line to Western and walk the rest of the way or take the Red Line to Foster, then the #92 Foster bus to Foster and Lincoln, about a fifteen minute ride. Come join NWSA members and others and Sing Sea Shanties with us. Kate Whisler [email protected] Sea Shanty Organizer
Join Us for Snug Harbors
Is there a Snug Harbor in your neighborhood?
We’d like to see Snug Harbors pop up all over NWSA-Land, ut Gary and I can’t scout out all those possible venues.
So -o -o, HELP! If there’s a place you know of (nautical-themed, cozy, not too noisy).
PLEASE let us know! We’ll carry the ball from there.
John Morris [email protected] 630-665-6349 Gary Gronberg [email protected] 847-372-8083
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Monthly Meeting held at Arlington Heights Historical Society, Aft Meeting Room,
110 W. Fremont, Arlington Heights IL
7:30 p.m., 3rd Monday of the Month, except November and December
