Lake Michigan SuRF Newsletter - LMSRF

$350 a year r could lead to your club having more sailors, more activity, and a way to build up more skilled sailors,
leading to the larger size boat fleets building as well. These sailors will come to select social events and build the
club’s coffers, too. And, after er all, we ALL know about 33-foot-itis,
don’t we?? (If you don’t, email the LMSRF office
for the answer.)
Yacht Club leaders are encouraged to step back and really consider what has happened in the last 40 years that has
brought their club to where it is today. The economy has affected everyone and everything, including sailing. It
appears the economic impact t is also showing in American sailing results, with the poor performance at the 2012
Olympic Games and the few World and Continental Championships by United States sailors. We right here on Lake
Michigan can regain the proud performance stature of old wit with h some planning, seed planting, and event conduct.
Contact Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation for assistance with your club’s plans. The LMSRF One One-Design One
Council can be developed with your participation to coordinate events and training for your
sailors s annually. Make sure Olympic and Pan American sailing are agenda items on your club’s
Board Meeting Agenda every month.
Time is passing and before we know it, sailors will be gathering in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for
the 2015 Pan American Games and in Rio de Janiero, Brazil for the 2016 Olympic Games. The
clubs that take action now have the opportunity to have their sailors be the ones representing
the United States of America. Let LMSRF leadership know of your clubs’ interest and update
the office regularly.
LMSRF BOARD MODIFIES OPERATING POLICIES
At the October 2012 Board Meeting, motions were put forth and unanimously adopted two changes:
1. While unwritten but practiced for 32 years, we gave Grants only to LMSRF members. Now it is a written policy,
in order to apply for a Grant, one must be a member of LMSRF.
2. There are times where LMSRF is sending our own representatives to events. The Richardson Trophy is notably
the most active event we engage with. It just makes sense that in cases when we provide articles, a round robin
sail-off, website updates, and often Grants Grants-In-Aid recipients receiving potentially hundreds of dollars to go to finals,
it was decided the entire Team be members of LMSRF when traveling under our banner.
These new policies were adopted on October 1, 2012 2012.
MEET GORDON JULIUS, III, OUR AREA IV VICE COMMODORE
by Glenn McCarthy
Gordon Julius, III, is an owner of an architecture firm firm, specializing in medical and commercial office design, modern
residential, large site design and planning. He has two children children; Ryan is pursuing a graphic arts degree degre in
Chattanooga, Tenn., and Leah is pursuing a medical administration degree at Indiana University niversity-Indianapolis.
Born in Mishawaka, Ind., he first irst started sailing a canoe w/ w/detachable detachable leeboards and rudder on an Indiana
reservoir when he was 12 or 13. Later er he learned the technical aspects of racing, concepts of tuning, performance,
sail shaping, angle of attack, and wind analysis through thousands of hours of windsurfing starting around age 20.
In his sailing career, Julius has raced d sailboards, SSunfish,
JY-15s, 15s, Lasers, E Scows, SR33, one design racer cruisers,
S2 9.1, Beneteau First 36.7, Beneteau First 44.7, and Nelson-Marek Marek 43 in all positions. Racing has taken him far and
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