Chicago Fleet Captain 2021 Update #1

Sailing season is coming!

As I look out the window today, I see sun, green and I hear the lake calling, it must be time to kick-off the 2021 season. Over the next few weeks, I’ll settle into a weekly cadence of fleet updates and I’ll do my best to pick-up where Mark left off as I always enjoyed his updates and take on the weekend’s races.

Good News! We are planning for a full 2021 season and the board has met to finalize the racing schedule, its attached to this note and available on the website HERE. All the usual races are planned, and we have a very busy month of August…So apologize to your spouse or significant other in advance, hoard your PTO and prepare for some great racing.

As far as open items on the schedule we are looking for another race or two to fill in some of the lighter / longer gaps in the schedule. I have an action to reach out and see if we can’t program in something for those weekends, which are marked on the schedule.

I saw our Class Secretary Mike Platzke is hard at work and has annual dues payment updated for the 2021 season. Please take five minutes of your time to update your contact info and pay your dues through PayPal you can even follow this link if you like. Remember to pay both your National and Local Fleet Dues!

Lastly, as our winter comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment to thank Steve Fink and Aimee Smith for their efforts to facilitate our winter seminar programming, your efforts to keep us together and educated are appreciated.

Don’t Pinch,

Blane