Commodore and Vice Commodore Elections are coming up! Take part in choosing the direction of the club for the incoming year by coming out and to vote for you're favored candidate on August 4th at 8:30. For questions about the election please email Commodore@hoofersailing.org.

**Candidate platforms to come**

As many of you have heard, for the past six months, the club has been working on becoming an American Sailing Association affiliate school. Thanks to the hundreds of hours of work put in by Justin Cherniak, Don Hanna, Randy Mullis, Brad Strock, Dan Siedlecki, Tom Barry, and countless others, as of Wednesday, this dream has finally become a reality.

We will be offering ASA 101 (Basic Keelboat) test-outs for our members at $75 for students and $100 for non-students. To found out more, click here: http://www.hoofersailing.org/instruction/asa

The Sailing club has been a part of the Hoofer outdoor adventure clubs at the University of Wisconsin - Madison since 1939. In that time it has grown from a handful of boats and members taking care of them, to the second largest inland sailing club in the country.

We offer more than 120 different boats and sailboards for our members. These are spread between 8 different fleets and comprised of 15 different types of crafts. As a member you'll receive unlimited instruction (so no prior sailing knowledge or ability is required) and once you have your rating on a particular boat you'll have unlimited access to go sailing during regular club hours.

We have worked very hard to make sailing a sport accessible to everyone. To that end we have kept our membership dues as low as possible, and offer an adaptive sailing program for individuals with disabilities.

We also have a youth program for those who are not old enough to be regular club members, but still have the sailing itch.

We also have very active and regular socials, parties, and special events so that everyone in the club has a chance to meet each other. With more than 1,000 members that's a lot of new friends.

If you want to know how you can join, then click here. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me at commodore@hoofersailing.org or call the Outdoor Programs Office at (608)262-1630.

See you on the lake....

Brad

"The purpose of the Sailing Club shall be to promote sailing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by providing the organization, equipment, instruction, and financing necessary to encourage recreational and competitive sailing."