Likely the same as most other clubs National Yacht Club has a membership category for crew. Thanks to a few skilled computer programmers at NYC there is a full online crew bank with skill level and preferences that automates the matches and emails everyone.
Every spring the club runs a special non-certificate Introduction to Keelboat Sailing. http://thenyc.com/learn.php ... This course runs two nights a week over seven weeks and provides participants with a basic understanding of keelboat sailing, with instruction both in-class and on-the-water. Topics include boat parts, wind, weather, basic on-water safety and equipment (clothing, etc.), sailing terminology, knots, rules, cruising, and some in-depth racing strategies. This is a very popular course and space is strictly limited, so please be sure to register early. ... The deal is the course is $417 which includes one year of introductory crew membership, normally priced at $276. Also includes a text book and a graduation dinner. After some in classroom instruction the students get a walk around on club member's boats, then go out for a sail, and at the end may go out for a race night specifically set up for the training boats. The course is usually sold out. Changing topics here - that was a large storm yesterday. At one point on radar it went as far south as the Pittsburgh area and north maybe half way up Superior. I went out racing in it. Thankfully RC set 1.1 mile legs once around. Saw 24 kts winds under spinnaker and 7.6 kts boat speed, but just can't catch the J/22 and J/24s downwind. A couple of the sport boats finished in under 22 minutes. Guessing it was 17 minutes upwind, 5 down. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:14:49 -0400 From: Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com> To: Jean-Francois J Rivard <jfriv...@us.ibm.com>, "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Able bodied crew available in Toronto Area Message-ID: <cakr-nknf-hpw1u0ffz7jtr+c__xufksqszqur7cf+ztm3zd...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" There are always boats looking for race crew here, but if you're not in the network of sailors it can be hard to get started. If he has any sailing connections he should leverage them. If not, print up a flyer and post it at all the chandlers and yacht clubs in town. They all have bulletin boards for such things. You can also hang around the docks at some of the bigger clubs on race night and let it be known you're looking to crew. There's almost always someone with a crew member stuck in traffic or at the office. (Of course, you have to slip past "security", but that's dead simple at most clubs - particularly on race night) Most clubs also have crew and associate member categories, but I wouldn't fork out for one of them until he's found a boat to crew on, because he could end up forking out for a membership at one club and then getting a ride on a boat from another club. (As a specific tip, Port Credit Yacht Club runs its J24 fall series every weekend until freeze up. Those guys often need crew as the weather gets colder and people start to think about winter activities) Good luck. Cheers, Colin On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:10 AM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Y'all, > > I've been talking about my sailing adventures to my young co-worker friend > from Toronto and he's interested in crewing. > > On our lake the clubs have "associate membership" to allow folks without > boats to be members. This way they are able to access the "crew wanted" > side of the club website and crew on different boats. > > Do you guys have similar options on Lake Ontario? My friend is interested > in sailing but is just getting started in life and does not have the spare > coin for a boat. He's a really nice guy, has no sailing experience, but is > very bright and pretty athletic > > Please let me know if you need crew or can recommend clubs for him to get > started. > > Regards, > > -Francois > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, Georgia
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