FROM OUR SAILORS – SPONSORS – SAILING QUOTES

Every year we receive many supportive notes, emails and phone calls about how much our sailors love Summer Sailstice and the fact we are regularly celebrating our common passion.

Here are a few of our favorites:

'When I started sailing as a youth it was all about voyages of discovery and exploring. The Summer Sailstice concept of letting all sailors participate with their own sailing adventure is a terrific way to involve all sailors in a common celebration. From mega yacht to sailing dinghy, we all love to get on the water under sail. We should all join in a holiday celebrating the spirit of sailing.'
Ron Holland, Yacht Designer

"June 21 should be a nat'l holiday: Best yet, it's a Thursday in 2001) . . an even better reason to go sailing. In Japan, the four quadrant dates (2 solstices and 2 equanoxes) are national holidays, as they should be here. Ciao, Peter"
Peter (mastermariners@hotmail.com), 2001

“I hope you can fill the order [for our t-shirts and burgees] as I really like the design and have started a collection over the past few years. “
Tim Lynch San Juan 21 Owner, ID

“I will be sailing this weekend. In fact we have a women's learn to sail at Cheney Lake. Wichita, Kansas. We will be out there on Sunfish all day teaching more women to sail!!!”
Nancy Fitzgerald, NSA

“Thank you so much for the Cruising World calendar prize. I was just about ready to order one from one of the sailing mags and this lo & behold, came in the mail. As soon as I found out about this "sailing" holiday, I emailed all my friends and encouraged them to do something special, or just go sailing.

I took this past summer off from teaching Marines how to sail due to a needed surgery, so I didn't get to sail as much as I wanted to, but I'm hoping next summer will be the summer I introduce even more folks to the passion of my life: sailing!! Thank you again, what a surprise.....I will continue to support any organization that promotes our wonderful sport and lifestyle! What a grand idea and an appropriate celestial holiday for sailors, a tribute to our ancestry of navigators!”
Captain Suzan Wallace (USCG licensed, MFA Illustrator, USSA Instructor)

“Thanks for mentioning our trip on your site and for the work towards getting a contribution from The Moorings. Meanwhile I'll forward your address to everyone who's signed up for our trip and encourage them to log on to sign
up personally for the Sailstice.”
Bob

“First off - congratulations on Summer Sailstice. I think it is a great idea, may it live long and prosper. I signed up last year and my Dad and I were out on the water all day. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate (often happens up here in the PNW) but we had a good time. I received your mailing last week and noticed that you have had the drawing for the prizes. To my surprise I appear to be a winner! Many Thanks”
Skip Masters

“I'm Tom Higley from the Branched Oak Yacht Club. You and I have corresponded in the past about Summer Sailstice. I'm guessing you will remember our Club. We are up to 81 families now. We have a fun and active group. We look forward to defending our "National Title" in your event next summer”
Tom Higley, Commodore, Branched Oak Yacht Club

“Little did I know that when I participated in the 2003 Summer Sailstice program, I would be so lucky as to win a pair of your Ronstan Sticky Race Gloves. They are very comfortable and when studied, impressed me very much! I congratulate you on your attention to detail, material quality, and construction. I will be using them this racing season, and from the look of things, the one after, and possibly the one after that.”
Dennis Elliott

“It is very cold here in MN and we have insane amounts of snow, I am definitely ready for summer and being on the water, so that's what made me think about looking up your web site. We will definitely be celebrating Summer Sailstice 2004. (last year we had a blast) I wish it wasn't still over four months away. We will probably all be sending for the t-shirts in the spring. And WOW, What a great grand prize for 2004! I will definitely be signing up for that and will be telling friends to sign up too in hopes that they would consider taking me with on the week long charter in the BVI if they win...well at least now I have something to think about while I sit here and freeze in "Minnesnowta"
Sherrie Bonk

FROM OUR SPONSORS

"This is a great idea. We love to get folks out on their boats having fun in a non-competitive manner."
Susan Altman, West Marine

"This is a concept with good potential.”
Randy Repass, West Marine

"It's a great idea, to get those people to use their boats. Thousands of boats are idle, costing money and under used.”
Konrad, X-boats

AND A FEW FUN SAILING QUOTES

"I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2." -Earnest K. Gann

"I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return." -Triston Jones

"Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him." -Charles C. Davis

"Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down." -John Masefield

"To young men contemplating a voyage. I'd say go." -Joshua Slocum

"At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much." -Robin Lee Graham

"A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind." -Webb Chiles