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What goes on at our meetings…
By: Bob Naylor Interested in taking your racing to a new level this season? If so, join us on Zoom for our monthly membership meeting and get pro tips from … Continue Reading July Meeting: Improve Your Racing Season
By Bob Naylor, Rear Commodore Mike Waters will join us on Zoom from US Sailing headquarters in Bristol, Rhode Island and present on US Sailing’s approach to club sailing and … Continue Reading June: Virtual Monthly Meeting
By Debbra Heisler, Rear Commodore Meeting canceled? No. Commodore Celebration rescheduled? Yes. Your new 2020-2021 Board is officially taking over the helm next week and this is your chance to … Continue Reading May Monthly Meeting: Meet Your New Board
To play the Rod Favela webcast, click here or click on the YouTube image at the end of this post. And for a little different approach to the question, click … Continue Reading Rod Favela’s Sailing Prescription
Shroud tension. Check. Mast bend. Check. Keel faired. Check. Optimize backstay, traveler, outhaul, Cunningham. Check, check, check, check. Tune body. Body? At the March monthly meeting, Keith Kocher will show … Continue Reading Tuning Your Sailing Body
No, we still can’t meet in person, but let’s get together for a virtual meeting on Zoom. On our regular Tuesday night, April 14, at 7pm, we’ll offer a special … Continue Reading Put Sizzle in AYC Sailing: April Virtual Meeting
By Deb Heisler, Rear Commodore With thousands of islands and places ranging from marine parks through old English inspired cities, the British Columbia Region is a water playland that has … Continue Reading February Meeting: Cruising Beautiful British Columbia
By Deb Heisler, Rear Commodore It’s something we don’t often think about, but our very existence in Arizona relies on the mighty Colorado, Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and the reservoirs … Continue Reading Water in Arizona – Past, Present, and Future
By Deb Heisler and Marc DannerThis year the annual holiday party and pirate gift exchange was a great success with over 70 people attending. As usual, there was lots of … Continue Reading Annual Holiday Celebration and Pirate Gift Exchange
By Deb Heisler, Rear Commodore Eight women, a 32-foot Melges, good manners, humor and determination were the mix that led the Sail Like a Girl team to victory in the … Continue Reading Sail Like a Girl and Win – November Meeting
By Deb Heisler, Rear Commodore On Tuesday, December 10, we will once again celebrate the year’s end with our AYC Annual Pirate Gift Exchange. Besides gifts and thievery, the … Continue Reading Annual Pirate Gift Exchange – RSVP for December Meeting
Jerome Rand got a standing ovation when he finished speaking at the AYC October monthly meeting and I don’t recall that ever happening before. But then, it was quite the … Continue Reading The Amazing Jerome Rand
Imagine sailing 271 days at sea. Around the world. By yourself and without stopping. On a 32-foot boat built in 1975. Frightening idea? Foolish? Probably. But that’s what Jerome Rand … Continue Reading Around the World Solo Nonstop: October Meeting
By Deb Heisler How will we clean up the mess that’s destroying our oceans? At August’s monthly meeting, Emilie Johnsen of 4ocean will tell us how their organization is attacking … Continue Reading August Meeting: Ocean Cleanup
A combination of our Amazing Speakers – Rear Commodore Deb Heisler and Former Commodore and USCG Capt Emory Heisler – and our new venue at R.T. O’Sullivans we had a … Continue Reading Over 90 People at July Meeting!
AYC Members got their first “taste” of our new Regular Meeting Venue, R.T. O’Sullivans in Scottsdale on Thursday night. Around 40 members and potential members showed up for fun, food, … Continue Reading "Dog Watch" at R.T. O'Sullivans