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YOUR PROFILE

First Name:      Last Name: 
Street Address: 
City:     State:    Zip:   Country: 

Day Phone:    Night Phone:   

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Are you a member of US SAILING ? No   Yes

Please rate the following items on a scale of 1 to 10, with ten being strongly agree and 1 being strongly disagree.

I value the current US SAILING benefits package for non-racing sailors 

I see US SAILING as primarily a sailboat racers organization 

I value the US SAILING quarterly newsletter

I value the weekly US SAILING e-mail updates “e-ussailing” 

I believe that US SAILING supports cruising sailors in the US

I would like to see more articles of interest about cruising on the US SAILING website.

Which best describes your reason for initially joining US SAILING: or the reason you are considering joining US SAILING.

  As requirement of the KEELBOAT certification process.
  To support the sport of sailing.
  As a requirement/need of sailboat racing.
  To support safe recreational sailing.
  For now I am delaying joining US SAILING.

I have completed the following US SAILING KEELBOAT CERTIFICATION LEVELS

Basic Keelboat  No   Yes
Basic Cruising   No   Yes
Bare Boat Cruising  No   Yes
Coastal Navigation  No   Yes
Celestial Navigation  No   Yes
CPM  No   Yes

I have passed the following ASA courses.

Basic Keelboat  No   Yes
Basic Cruising   No   Yes
Bare Boat Cruising  No   Yes
Coastal Navigation  No   Yes
 

I plan on buying a sailboat in the next .

I plan on taking a sailing vacation/ cruise outside of my local waters within the next

I plan on sailing days in the next calendar year

Do you own your own boat ? No   Yes

Do you charter or belong to a sailing club for vessel access ? No   Yes

Please include any comments, ideas, suggestions that you have for US SAILING to better include, represent and help members who are primarily cruising sailors and students.

RATINGS OF CURRENT SERVICES:

This is a current list of existing US SAILING member benefits. Please rank in order of importance to you from from 1 – 12, with 1 being the most important  

$20 West Marine gift certificate on purchase of $75 of more, comes with membership renewal:

Receiving the book:  Safety Recommendations for Cruising Sailboats with initial membership

Subscription to the quarterly members-only US SAILING Newsletter.

Available  US SAILING Credit Card through MBNA and a percentage of your purchases go to support US SAILING: 

Discounts on merchandise, publications, videos, member services, and safety gear through The US SAILING store: 

The following bundle of discounts: 

$42 off rate for  Sailing World/Cruising World
$100 coupon for any Avon or Zodiac Life Raft
$50 coupon for service on any Avon or Zodiac Life Raft
10% on custom Authentic Collection US SAILING apparel
$10 on in-store purchases of $100 or more in Gill Products
15% when you purchase a Seitech Storage or Trailer Rack
 25% on case purchases of Dry Creek Vineyard's Regatta wines.
 $5 on the UK Sailmaker's real time Racing Rules Quizzes CD.
10% discount on one-design insurance from Gowrie, Barden & Brett 

 No fee boat loans from Customer One Financial

The following discounts on Sail Destinations & Charters:

15% discount on reservations at the Bitter End Yacht Club
5% discount on Sunsail charters
5% discount on The Moorings yacht charters.  

Pride in supporting the National Governing Body of the sport of sailing: 

Pride in supporting US SAILING programs, sailor education, community sailing, Adaptive sailing, and sailing outreach programs:

Web based membership database, member access, and certification listing for KEELBOAT Certified sailors. 

Membership card and car window stickers 

Continuing governmental lobbying on issues affecting sailors: 


RATINGS OF NEW SERVICES:

This is a wish list of new US SAILING member benefits for cruising sailors.  Please rank in order of importance to you from from 1 – 14, with 1 being the most important.

Web based cruising article archive by subject matter: 

Web based “crew finder” database: 

Web based cruising guide by geographical area:  

Cruising articles in Quarterly US SAILING newsletter: 

Continuing lobbying on issues affecting cruising sailors, homeland security, mandatory education and PFD issues.  Includes better reporting and input mechanism for these issues from /to members: 

More discounts and coupons for sailing goods and services: 

More communication/ information/ invitation to participate at annual general meeting and National Sailing Program Symposium: 

More information/ web database on related subjects:

Engine maintenance: 
Ongoing safety training / issues: 
Medical/ emergency management: 
Weather:  

Buying a Boat / Boat evaluation / construction / quality: 

Test prep for Keelboat certification courses: 

Larger volunteer participation on cruising committee and councils, with multiple agenda items at Annual General meeting – i.e.- more involvement from the cruising community at the US SAILING meetings: 

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