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December 2015
You Are Invited To the Induction of Jerry Miarecki to the Lake Michigan Sailing Hall of Fame, Final Call - Lake Michigan Sailing Hall of Fame Nominations, LMSRF Election Results, Chicago Yachting Association Frostbite to Chicago Corinthian, Keep Your Club Tight to Its Stated Constitutional Purpose, J/22 Boat Scholarship Program, Milwaukee Adding New One-Race Saturday Afternoon Offshore Fleet, 2015 Tartan Ten Fleet 2 Chicago Season Review, Thoughts On Converting Youth Sailors to Adult Sailors, McCarthy Honored at LMSRF Annual Meeting, One-On-One With West Marine CEO Matt Hyde, We Need To Ask Ourselves, “What’s Next?” First, the Schools, Great Lakes Singlehanded Society Annual Meeting, Societal Shift, 2015 Best on Lake Michigan Awards, LMSRF Area III Yachtsperson of the Year – James DeVries, 2015 LMSRF Area III Champions, Help Sought For History Of Super Mac Race, Help Sought On History of Schuss, South Shore Nickel Award to Bill Bronk, South Shore Yacht Club’s Norb Zajc Travels on Honor Flight, Winterization and Ethanol Blended Fuels, Creativity Exposed After Service To The Sport Of Sailing, Race Committee, Maritime Author Event, Adaptive Sailing Summit, Lake Michigan’s Lamphere Wins College Men’s Singlehandeds, Project Sail To Introduce Grand Prix Racing To Our Youth, Breaking Off The Yacht Club Sailing School Into A Charity, 2016 Sears/Bemis/Smythe Qualifier Regattas Set, Grants-In-Aid Reports, Epic Racing Champions In 2015 WIM Series, Lake Michigan Match Racing Report, Member Benefits, Letters to the Editor, Sailing Across The North Atlantic At 81, US Sailing News, What Happened

November 2015
You Are Invited To the Induction of Jerry Miarecki To The Lake Michigan Sailing Hall Of Fame, 2015 LMSRF Annual Meeting Notice, Lake Michigan Sailing Hall Of Fame Nominations Open, Kenosha’s Ed Montano Is Buccaneer National Champion!, Burnham Park Yacht Club Wins Mackinac Race Yacht Club Challenge, Orr Great Lakes Championship Series To Windancer, Defiance Named LMSRF Area III PHRF Boat Of The Year, Feracota Selected As CYA Yachtsperson Of The Year, 2016 Queen's Cup Comes To LMSRF Area III Club, ACWS Leads To Need For 2016 Lake Michigan Schedule Adjustments, Pinnacle Foundation Chicago Regatta Donates $30,000 To Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Lake Michigan Marine Sanctuary, National Sailing Hall Of Fame Inducts Six Of Sailing’s Significant Contributors, Race Committee, Demystifying Sailing Protests Through Open Protest Hearings, Opti Regatta Added!, Little Traverse Sailors Growth Plans, Lehmann Donates J/70 To Little Traverse Sailors, Macatawa Bay Junior Association Hires New Director, USODA Seeks Hosts, Major Championships, Rhodes 19 Nationals Coming To Lake Michigan, Grants-In-Aid Reports, WIM Series-Buddy Melges Challenge To Roble, Member Benefits, Letters To The Editor, Us Sailing News, What Happened

October 2015
LMSRF Annual Meeting Set for November 7, 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Set, America’s Cup World Series Coming to Lake Michigan, Serve Your Sport – Opportunities Available, Lake Michigan Sailing Hall of Fame Nominations Open, First Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta a Success, Roble Successful in Melges Challenge, What Happened to Safety Boat Standards?, Recall Notice for Mustang Inflatable PFDs, LMSRF Area III Boater’s Bash Set for November 8, 2015 Mackinac Awards Celebration on November 7, Sail Chicago Banquet at Columbia Yacht Club, Burnham Park Yacht Club Set to Celebrate, M&M Yacht Club Annual Awards Dinner, Grand River to Recognize Their Champions, It’s Bridge Lift Season-Plan Your River Trip, Chicago Yachting Association Frostbite Regatta Set, 2016 Sunfish U.S. Masters Championship to be Held at Gull Lake, 2016 Buccaneer 18 North American Championship set for Racine, Premiere Sailing League-The Boat: Chapter 2, Last Race of the SJRYC Season Again Decisive, Female Perspective on Spirit Walker Mackinac Race Win, Race Committee, Burnham Park Yacht Club, Yacht Maskwa Report Fire Damage, 2015 Gull Lake Ice Yacht Club Swap Meet, A Crazy Day’s Sail, Irish Boat Shop Named Business of the Month, Grants-in-Aid Reports, Cool Things, Member Benefits, Congratulations Chicago Yacht Club on Your 140th Anniversary, Centenarian Sailor: Henry Barkhausen, South Shore Yacht Club’s First Centenarian, Major Championships, Heard on the Rail, Four Tips for Buying a Used Boat Trailer, Match Racing News, Adaptive Sailing News, Youth Sailing News, Life Jacket Design Competition Winners, Boater’s Guide to Winterizing Offered, Sailing Education, Letters to the Editor, US Sailing News, What Happened

September 2015
The Last Minute Rush-Area III’s Tri-State Race, National Sailing Championships Cause Confusion, Rich Chapman wins Force 5 North American Championship, How We Won the Mac (Again), Growing Their Club: Try SSYC, Chicago 400 Update, Kenosha Yacht Club Starting Sailing School Exit Plan, Remember-Talk Like a Pirate Day is Coming, LMSRF Grants-in-Aid Reports, Special Member Benefits, A Video About Hope’s Sailing Success, Denali Video on her Great Season, New Weather Buoy Installed Off Wilmette, Race Committee, Yikes! It’s Time to Think About Frostbite, College, High School Sailing, Kenosha Young Professionals Give Sailing a Try, Making New Sailors, South Haven Lighthouse Restoration Goal Within Sight, Cool Things, Global Authority for Kiteboarding Stays with IKA, Chicago Police Marine Unit Add Twitter Account, BoatUS Announces Game-Changing Insurance Policy, Major Championships, Heard on the Rail, Match Racing News, Adaptive Sailing News, Little Traverse Sailors Junior Program Awards, 2015 Wisco Sailing Advanced Racing Clinic, Letters to the Editor, Sowrey New ISAF CEO, US Sailing News, What Happened

August 2015
LMSRF Youth Championship, Wrap Adult Program Differently, Longest Freshwater Race on Earth, Michigan City's Hope Takes SuperMac, Chicago's il Mostro sets Port Huron-Mac Record, Kenosha Regatta Registration Open, Invitation to Tri-State Party, Get Your Entries In Early, Courageous 400, Donate to Grow Sailing on Lake Michigan, Rafting Rules of Etiquette, Pan American Games-Sailing, Let's Kill Weather Forecasts Once and for All!, Sailing Videos Around Lake Michigan, Everyone in a Protest is Right, Yachting Australia – One Sailing, If Damage, Always File a Protest, 900 Pound Gorilla – Discover Boating, Grant to Help Pay for Visitor Facilities, Member Benefits, 2015 Queen's Cup, Line Honors and Bragging Rights for Lucky, Island Goats Inducted and Awards, Northern Michigan 17 Restoration, Start a Life Jacket Loaner Site, Race Committee, Future of Navigation Survey, 2016 Shield Ocean-Great Lakes Challenge Set, First Annual Pickle Night Dinner, Grants-In-Aid Reports, Epic Racing Bronze at ISAF Match Race Worlds, Mark Your Calendars!, Heard on the Rail, National Sailing Hall 2015 Class, Letters to the Editor, College Sailing All-Academic Team, Safe Powerboat Handling, ORA Extends US Sailing Partnership, US Sailing News, What Happened

July 2015
Chicago-Mac is Early, Holy Crap! The Rig Is Gone, Overboard!, Michigan City Commodore's Cup, Sheboygan Youth Parade, 2015 VanderLeek Cup, 2015 Chicago Regatta, 2015 Rhumbline Regatta Report, Racing Across the Lake at Night in the Fog, Dr. Leland's Soiree, J/88's Embrace Distance Racing, Race Committee, Midwest Women's Sailing Conference, New Beneteau 36.7 Web Site, New Flights to Pellston, Summer Sailstice in Review, Jeanneau Rendezvous, CYA Celebration Date, Free Vessel Safety Check, Appeals Chair Profile: Clifford Black, Meet the USA Pan American Team, Member Benefits, SEAS Adaptive Upgrades, Secret: Affordable Sailboat Racing, Balance Tipped too Far, 2015 Lake Michigan Dredging, How Sailing Club Saved Itself, Opening Sailing to the Community, Cool Things, Grants-In-Aid Reports, Heard On The Rail, Helm Honored, College Sailing Awards, College Sailing Hall of Fame Inductees, College Sailing All-America Team, Vote for New Life Jacket Design, Volvo Race Final Report, Major Championships, Free Fuel Spill Training, Fuel-Demand Valve, Sailing Education, Jane Pegel Honored, Letters to the Editor, Youth News, LMSRF Classified, US Sailing News, What Happened


June 2015
Best on Lake Michigan, Defiance Awarded Constitution Trophy, Lowery Lake Michigan Match Race Champ, 2015 Ocean-Great Lakes Challenge, 2015 ORR Great Lakes Championship, Operations Notes from the Office, 2015 Hook Race, SEAS Newsletter, North Sails Rally, 2015 Rhumbline Regatta, 2015 Tripp Memorial Cup, Harbor Spring Laser Racing, Boyne City Yacht Club Seeks Racers, 2015 Supermac, Lake Michigan's Summer Sailstice, Area V Vice Commodore Profile, Making a Clearer Path, 2015 Pan American Games, Coming Back From the Mac, Race Management Committee, Special Member Benefits, Hospice Championship to Texas in 2016, Dr. Leland's Soiree, Moore Scholarship Gala, AdventureSail, Cool Things, Morgan Kiss Women's College Sailor of Year, Open Houses, Lakefront Events Listing, Epic Racing, Fun Racing in a Sailing Heaven, Alone on an Island?, Mediterranean Classic Yacht RRS, Grants-In-Aid Reports, Heard On The Rail, Volvo Newport Stopover, Microbeads Ban Proposed, Major Championships, Sailing Education, Letters to the Editor, US Sailing News, LMSRF Classified, What Happened

May 2015
Cruising for a Cause, Best on Lake Michigan – FINAL CALL!, Area V Reviving Offshore Championship, Leaders-Plan for Changing Demographics, 2015 Dash to the Dock, Bridge Lift Announcement, 4th Annual Scoop the Lake, Dr. Leland's Soiree, Chicago Yacht Club Beer Can Changes, Special Member Benefits, 2015 South Haven Invitational, Race Management Development, Last Call to Promote Your Sailstice Plans, Area III Vice Commodore Profile, Chicago In-Water Boat Show Cancelled, Meet Our Region's Olympic Hopefuls, 2016 Olympic Sailing Disaster, Two Years of Blogging on Sailing, Cool Things, Open Houses, The Old Bear Trophy, LMSRF Grants-In-Aid Reports, Major Championships, Heard on the Rail, Virtual Volvo Ocean Race Update, What's in Your Marina Dock Contract?, NWSA Women's Sailing Conference, Sailing Education, Best Things in Life, 2015 Pan American Games-Sailing, McBriarty Interview on WGN Radio, 11th Hour Racing Ambassador Program, Letters to the Editor, Match Race News, Call for Canada's Cup Challengers, Macatawa Bay Youth Update, US Sailing News, STEM Middle School Course Announcement, What Happened

April 2015
Cruising for a Cause, Silent Auction Items Sought, Best on Lake Michigan NOS Posted, Race Management Committee, 2015 Dash to the Dock, J/105 Fleet 5 Update, Skip Novak Earns CCA Blue Water Medal, Louie's 17th Last Regatta, Two Trophies Reborn for Hound Dog, North American Challenge Cup Set, 2015 Leukemia Cup Events, Open Letter to Sailing Media, Fink, Goes Fill Vacancies, 2015 LMSRF Meetings, Racine Yacht Club Centennial, Great Lakes Water Levels Rising, North Shore Yacht Club Lake Access, McCarthy Safety at Sea Project, New Jackson Park Breakwater-Update, Design a Life Jacket Contest, MacHugh and the Faithless Pirate Story, Growing Sailing the Chicago Way, Growing Sailing the Seattle Corinthian Way, 2015 Spring Bridge Lift Schedule, Summer Sailstice News, Cool Things, South Shore Crew Search, Ephraim's Moore Scholarship Gala, Launch! Fundraiser, Find Your Club-Open Houses, Grants-In-Aid Reports, Fire Extinguisher Recall, Major Championships on Lake Michigan, Heard on the Rail, Virtual Volvo Ocean Race Finish Report, Adaptive Sailing News, Sailing Education, Letters to the Editor, Match Race News, Youth Sailing News, US Sailing News, LMSRF Classifieds, What Happened

March 2015
Youth Championship Set, Miarecki Elected to Hall of Fame, BOLM Adds Farr 395s, Adaptive Meeting in Sheboygan, Beneteau 36.7 Schedule Set, Inshore Added to Chicago Beer Can, Area II Vice Commodore Profile, LMSRF Area III NOR Finalized, Dash to the Dock Announced, New Appeals Chair and a New Member, 4th Scoop the Lake Event, South Haven Readying for Queen's Cup, The Super Mac Is Back, What Should Be on Your Web Site?, Judges Rant, South Haven Lighthouse Restoration, It's All About That Base, BoatUS Founder Schwartz Passes On, Special Member Benefits, Pegel Named Race Officer Emeritus, Rearick Receives Eilberg Awards, Cool Things, 2015 Launch! Sea Scouts Fundraiser, Find Your Club-Open Houses, Lake Forest Hires Collins, Milwaukee Lightning Fleet News, Grants-In-Aid Report, Virtual Volvo Ocean Race Finish Report, Sail Chicago Success at Strictly Sail, It's Frostbite Season – Almost!, Renewable Fuel Standard Fix Proposed, Sailing Education, Letters to the Editor, Heard on the Rail, Match Race News, Youth Sailing News, US Sailing News, LMSRF Classifieds, What Happened

Feburary 2015
Best on Lake Michigan, Membership Drive Launched, LMSRF on Google, Race Management Preparation, Crew Hotline Renewed, Hats Are Important Gear, Endowment Appeal Sets Record, Free Speaker Series, Strictly Sail Success for J/105s, Premiere Sailing League Announced, Star Class Meets at Strictly Sail, Message to the Audience, Area IV Vice Commodore Profile, Ban Disposable Plastic Water Bottles, Member Benefits, LMSRF Member Profile-Ginny Waskel, Anniversaries, IACC 80's Coming to the Lake, NWS Seminar at Michigan City, World Ice/Snow Sailing Championship, You Old Coot, Fleet Development Secrets, Saving Sailing-Ireland Edition, Cool Things & Open Houses, Grand Prix Invitational Announced, ISAF Offshore Regs Amended, Michigan Boating Law Update, St Joseph Lighthouse Fund, 2015 Leukemia Cup Info, SS Badger Containing Coal Ash, Cook Nuclear Plant Oil Leak, Match Racing Tour Loses Sponsor, Virtual Volvo Racers – Report Finishes, Roble and Wilson Start at #1, Sail Chicago Adds Bareboat Cruising, Sailing Education, Chicago River Bridges, Sailor Profile – Charlie Mueller, State of the Industry, Letters to the Editor, Heard on the Rail, Sail America Board Adds Sandoval, Roble and Hutchinson Yachters of Year, Reinstate Sailing to Paralympic Games, Adaptive Sailing News-Sail Any Way, Lake Michigan Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, Youth Sailing News, US Sailing News, What Happened

January 2015

Adaptive Meeting at Strictly Sail, What You Join in LMSRF, 2015 Best on Lake Michigan Series, Racing Rules Changes,
ORR Rule Update, Port of PHRF How To, One Club's Efforts to Grow, Help Make Our News Better in 2015, Strictly Sail Discount, Become a Life Jacket Loaner Site, You Are Being Watched!, The "NEW" Strictly Sail Chicago, Star Class Regional Meeting, MCSA to Meet at Strictly Sail, Get Your Seminar Reported in SuRF, GLSS Annual Meeting Set, Hutchens First Adaptive Instructor, Member Benefits, Open Houses, Cool Things, Hennig Nearly Hung It Up In 2011, Kenosha Community Sailing Growth, Chicago Defers on E15 Proposal, Oakcliff Challenge Match Race, ISAF Adaptive Sailing Merger, LMSRF Youth Schedule Developing, 2018 ISAF Youth Worlds to USA, New Girls Sailing Clinic, SEAS Gains New Home Site, Melges 20 Class Compliance Notice, South Haven Weather Buoy, NSOF Seeks to Document Clubs, New Illinois Boating Laws, Shepler's Ferry Adding to Fleet, Fluctuating Great Lakes Water Levels, Sailing Education, Museum Seeks Used Dinghy, 2015 Youth Match Racing, Safety at Sea, Yachter of the Year Awards, US Sailing News, Letters to the Editor, Heard on the Rail, What Happened

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