Happy New Year!

You are receiving this because we have you as the club contact for  or you're a Class Secretary. If I have reached you in error please accept my apologies. If this is the case please enter the member's area of the AMYA web-site and update club contact information.

I am reaching out to you to request material for the bulletin. The Bulletin is an electronic newsletter that goes out to over 3500 RC sailors and is generally opened by more than half of those who receive it. The Bulletin is published on an as needed basis. What does that mean? Generally it means when I have enough material to properly fill a Bulletin I'll publish one. My Goal is at least once a month and during the sailing months for most of the county I would really like to publish ever two weeks. To make all of this happen I need your help. Please send me material for the Bulletin. A good guideline to use if you find it interesting others probably will too. Material can be such things as:

• race results
• photos
• videos
• regatta announcements
• tips and tricks about the boats you sail
• build parties your club may have
• special events  
• anything that you think your fellow RC sailors would find enjoyment in reading, seeing or learning about.

Videos and links to full photo albums from events tend to get a lot of interest and clicks. Links to regatta information such as full results and NORs are also very popular. Pictures don't have to just be of boats readers love to see what is going on shore side, whether it is the volunteers who make it all happen, the sailors hang around or the cool trophies your club hands out.

Material should be about a paragraph or two in length. Anything longer should really be published in the Quarterly. In many cases it is appropriate to publish information in both the Bulletin and the Quarterly. The Bulletin is invaluable because it can get the word out to the RC sailing world in a timelier manner then the Quarterly. Information submitted to the Bulletin could be considered an abridged version of that goes into the Quarterly. Occasionally for special events and news more space is afforded in the Bulletin.

For me a perfect Bulletin submission would contain a short overview or synopsis with a picture or two. Then we would link to your clubs web site where there would be a full write up, even more photos and full results. I really love the clubs that have web sites that are updated with regatta results, photos, videos and upcoming event information. This makes it easy for me to get the word out about your events and for you to show the world what you do at  Each issue of the Bulletin as a copy of the AMYA Calendar in it and this is where I try to link to the regatta information that is on your clubs site. (Please see the calendar below for examples) When submitting regatta information please include a link to where potential skippers can find more information. Also don't forget to submit your regatta information to the AMYA Regatta Calendar.

If you would like to see some examples of past Bulletins please visit the Bulletin Archive page.

Occasionally throughout the year I may reach out to you again asking for material. Thank you for all that you do to support RC sailing! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me. I hope you have a great year for RC sailing and I look forward to seeing many of you on the water!

Regatta Directors - Please send your regatta information to the AMYA to have your regatta published on the AMYA calendar. If you send me a link to your regatta information I will include your link in this calendar of events. Once the regatta has concluded please send us your regatta

results and photos.

AMYA REGATTA SCHEDULE