The following is the published message on why you should be a Sailor Athlete. No charge, no discount. Discount is through the Golden Anchor Program noted on the Multihull page.

Caleb Tarleton


The Sailor Athlete Council

How We Can Help You and Why You Should Register as a Sailor Athlete

The Sailor Athlete Council (SAC) is the most direct representation active racers have at US SAILING. If you want to make a change or discuss a concern about your level of racing, the SAC is your hotline with US SAILING. Here’s why…

THE SAC REPRESENTS ATHLETES, NOT ORGANIZATIONS
Much of the representation at US SAILING is organized around a class, a YRA, or a racing discipline (such as team racing). The SAC is the only vehicle for an individual or group of individuals to be heard as individuals, not as members of an organization. This is significant because issues like ISAF competitor classification, and the manner in which those classifications are administered, affect us as individual athletes, not just as members of individual classes. For example, the J-105, Etchells, Mumm 30 or Farr 40 Class all use the ISAF competitor classification system and their rulings affect individual sailors. This is only one of many examples of how the SAC can represent your views.

Our sport is changing all the time, and in some cases, it may be changing in ways that many active sailors do not agree with. US SAILING is the National Governing Body for the sport of sailing and strongly supports the SAC’S mission to include the views of active racing sailors and wants the involvement of new, younger, active sailboat racers in managing our sport.

US SAILING President Janet Baxter has said the following on the topic: “We need to get better and younger as an organization. I support wholeheartedly what the Sailor Athlete Council is trying to do. We want more people involved, we want to hear what you like and don’t like, and we want your help improving the sport. I am a registered athlete, and if you race actively, you should be also.”

HOW CAN THE SAC MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD?
The elected members of the SAC are your representatives at US SAILING. The SAC has been given a permanent seat on the US SAILING’S Executive Committee, a place where top level decisions are made within the organization.

US SAILING now requires that Committees include a minimum number of Sailor Athletes. In short, US SAILING is listening to you and now has guaranteed it!

DID YOU KNOW…

If you are an active racer on the national or international level, you are probably eligible to register as a Sailor Athlete.
All registered Sailor Athletes are entitled to vote for their SAC representatives. The Council consists of a maximum of 14 members. The next elections will be held this fall and 7 Council positions will be up for nomination and election.
All registered Sailor Athletes are also eligible to be nominated and elected to the Council.
The Council elects its own Chairperson, who also sits on US SAILING’S Executive Committee.



Register Today and Begin to Make a Difference

Registration can be completed on-line and you can be prepared to vote in the upcoming fall elections. Join us in our effort to make the voices of Sailor Athletes heard within US SAILING. You can learn more about the process, how to register and the various athlete definitions at www.ussailing.org/sac.



Sincerely,

Dean Brenner
Chairman, Sailor Athlete Council