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The Charley Noble
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t’s hard to believe that the
holiday season is already
upon us, but perhaps that’s
because this year has been an
eventful one for the American
Sailing Association.
ASA had a lot of successful
“firsts” in 2005. We began
publishing a completely re-
designed edition of the
American Sailing Journal, our
A steel drum band brought music and fun to attendees of the 2005
first full-color members’
American Sailing Association sailing week.
magazine in 20 years. We held
AMERICAN SAILING WEEK 2006
“American Sailing Week” in July in Antigua, our first
annual week-long members’ event.
T
he American Sailing Association is pleased to
Other notable firsts: Releasing our new coastal
announce that we have finalized plans to repeat
navigation & piloting DVD, the first DVD ever to
our successful week-long ASA member’s sailing
accompany one of ASA’s courses; publishing Inner
week in 2006 in the Caribbean! Next year’s event will
Sailing in Japan, ASA’s first foreign language sailing
take place from Friday, June 16, through Friday, June
textbook; holding the first meeting of our Japanese
23, 2006, and will once again be held at Sunsail’s
instructors in Japan; and signing an agreement to open
exotic destination resort, Club Colonna, located on the
our first sailing school not only in Taiwan, but also
northern end of the island of Antigua.
mainland China. The communist government in China
legalized private boat ownership less than one year ago.
ASA Executive Director Charlie Nobles added, “What’s
great is that next year’s event will be even better. Sunsail
So I think you might agree that ASA did have a busy
has improved their offering by agreeing to provide ASA
year! Look for even more in 2006. Best wishes to each
guests access to some of the largest and best keelboats
of you from the whole staff at ASA for a great holiday
from their charter fleet, once again at no additional costs
season and a fantastic 2006!
to ASA members. They have also switched the resort to
an ‘all-inclusive’ format, so all meals and resort activities
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will be included in this year’s price.”
“Charley Noble” is the old time nautical name for the
The cost of the weeklong, all-inclusive event will be only
smokestack over a galley ... So I’ll try to keep any “hot air”
$890 for ASA members. This price includes all meals,
in the American Sailing Journal confined to this column.
lodging, standard resort activities, ASA welcome gifts,
beach-based small boat sailing, and sailing aboard 48-
foot Sunsail charter boats.
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The non-ASA member price for the resort is in excess
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of $1,000 and does not include the use of any
keelboats that normally cost several thousand dollars
per week, ASA welcome bags for each attendee which
ASA PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cynthia Shabes
contain well over one hundred dollars in free products,
or the ASA-specific events and parties throughout the
ASA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . . . . . . . Charlie Nobles
week.
Space at the resort is limited. Everyone interested in
STORY EDITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Watt
attending should call Sunsail at (800) 327-2276
Kathy Christensen
(event code: ASA 606). For more information on next
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year’s event, visit ASA.com and follow the member’s
event links.
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ART DIRECTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Christensen
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