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Thank You
CMCS Sailors
for your continued support of ESC's youth sailing programs.

U.S. Sailing Sanctioned Community Sailing Center

We are one of nine current Sanctioned locations

Edison Sailing Center

UPCOMING EVENTS

Us Sailing's Southeast Regional Sailing Symposium

ESC is proud to host Us Sailing's Southeast Regional Sailing Symposium, Wed, May 8th, from 10 AM - 4 PM.

Stu Gilfillen, from US Sailing, will facilitate this informal and informative session. Go online to www.ussailing.org to register for the event. There is NO cost!

Edison is hosting the regional symposium at The Three Fishermen Restaurant, adjacent to the sailing center in the Best Western Waterfront hotel, N. Fort Myers, FL. Call Stephanie at 239-454-5114 for more info.

UPCOMING REGATTAS

ESC, home of the River Romp Regatta - a U.S. Junior Olympic Sailing Regatta - is pleased to announce its dates for the 2014 calendar year: October 18-19, 2014.

We look forward to welcoming back many of our youth sailors to the 2013 event, October 19 & 20. Remember to lock-in your hotel reservations with our preferred hotels: the Best Western Waterfront and Legacy Harbour.

And while we look forward to our annual event, we want to welcome Clearwater Community Sailing Center as the newest Junior Olympic venue - beginning 2013! Please support your Florida regatta sites!

US SAILING AWARDS

US Sailing Awards Past Commodore Glen Vetter of CMCS and Summerset Regatta Chairman Steve Romaine the 2012 Outstanding Organizational Support and their continued efforts on behalf of youth sailing.

ESC Director Ross Webb receives US Sailing's award for Outstanding Outreach & Inclusion.

These national awards were presented during the 2013 US Sailing National Symposium in Clearwater, FL.

UPDATES

US Sailing announced changes to its Small Boat Training programs -

Level I Small Boat Instructors - remember to recertify with US Sailing online.
Acquiring a Level 2 certification is much simpler to achieve : it is a 2-day certification workshop. Once you complete Level 2, if you wish, you may move to one of two tracks: Instructor-Director track or a Coach Track. US Sailing has ramped up its training in such a way that you can earn either a Director's certification or a Coach Certification. The two higher levels, along with an Academy for each, have been designed to allow both online and face time access.

If you have specific questions, you are encouraged to contact the (new) training manager: [CristenSchifino(at)ussailing(dot)org] (401) 683-8000 ext644

Please feel free to share this update with other Level I instructors. This relates to the Sailing side of training.

ESC is one of ten designated U.S. Powerboat Training Centers in the U.S.

Contact us today to schedule a training for your group, agency, or club.
Boater education & licensure are strongly recommended for anyone who operates watercraft of any type, size or horsepower.
This course offers both seat time & hands-on water time & addresses the NASBLA Standards.

For more information, contact us at RPSC1983@aol.com or (239)454-5114

Edison Sailing Center would like to thank the West Marine family of stores for their continued support of our programs.