| John
Tanke became Commodore of The Sailing Club for 1980.
Club dues were increased from $10.00
to $12.00 a year. The new dues amount remains unchanged for over
twenty years!
Tom Tanner
(Lieutenant, US Navy) a new member and skilled navigator,
enables the club to offer navigation courses for the membership.
Basic and Advanced Sailing Courses continue to be offered, with American
Red Cross sponsorship. A Venture 21 sailboat donation is received;
repairs are begun so it can be used in the Advanced Sailing Course.
Another
whitewater rafting trip was held in May in Georgia-North Carolina.
By years
end, club membership increased to 76. Graduating sailing students
remain the prime source of new members. |

Karen Sherman (in cockpit) and friends inspect
the newly donated Venture sailboat
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 Tom
Tanner instructing Susie Nicola in use of a sextant
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Commodore John Tanke
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 A Sailing Club charter to
Miami in "Trident", a 43' Swan, happened in March
1980
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