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Not only was I turning a page in my life by starting a new business, but I had also convinced my wife, Cindy, to leave her career and embark on this new adventure with me.  \nI was going to be a sailing entrepreneur. Had I ever taught sailing? No. But I had fallen in love with the sport and had a strong desire to share it with others. Did I have the knowledge and experience of Paul Miller, founder of California Sailing Academy, or the foresight and vanguard spirit of Marina Sailing, one of America’s first commercial sailing clubs?  \nWe were alone, standing at the back of the  \nchurch. The last bridesmaid was almost  \nthrough her walk and all eyes were about to turn around to look at us. My Dad was career Navy and the “dress blues” he was wearing not only cost more than my wedding gown, they had enough gold braid and medals to outshine any little girl bride. I hooked my arm in his and just then he leaned into me and said,“Well Slim, I guess this means we’re not going to sail around the world in a two masted sailboat.”  \ncontinued on page 4  \nLIVING THE DREAM • SUZIE WILLIAMSON  \ncontinued on  \npage 3  \nFEATURE STORY: ASA  \nASA founder Lenny Shabes and his wife Cindy share the helm. Shabes started ASA 25 ago with the idea of giving the U.S. a set of standards for teaching sailing.  \nyears  \nSAILING  \nNo, but I thought I was a good communicator who really enjoyed teaching and I wanted to make my passion my livelihood.  \nThe Beginnings  \nWe bought several J24s as teaching boats and moved in with a new boat dealership in order to build our fleet of charter boats. We soon grew into a fleet of 30 boats ranging from Newport 27s to a Stevens 47.  \nOur company thrived with Cindy running the office while I gave the sailing lessons. I don’t remember which books or reference materials I used as teaching guides and exams, but I am sure that they were Xeroxed questions that I thought best quizzed the students. I also did lots of checkout rides with potential charterers from around the world.  \nOne day in 1982, a gentleman from Canada came in and asked to charter our largest boat and go to the Channel Islands which are called the west coast Galapagos: not an easy sail.  \nI told him that he could take the boat as long as he passed a lengthy checkout sail on the boat performing well under both sail and power. He replied that he would be happy to take any necessary tests that I gave him, but asked that I take into consideration his sailing experience.  \nFEATURE STORY  \ncontinued frompage 1  \nHe then showed me his sailing resume that he had compiled in a Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) logbook. He had logged thousands of hours aboard various yachts around the world. In addition, he was certified to the Canadian Yachting Association’s highest level, Offshore.  \nI studied the logbook in awe. Not only did the logbook clearly outline each level of sailing proficiency, both on the water and ashore, and contained endorsements for each level, but more importantly, it contained a nationally agreed upon set of standards for sail education.  \nThis guy had more sailing experience than I did and probably could have been checking me out. Of course, we still went for a very abbreviated check out.  \nFrom that day, the logbook and the idea of national standards took over my life.  \ncontinued on page 10  \n(Above) An early ASA instructor plots a course with students. (Right) An ASA advertisment shows a student with a log book and certificate, steps taken toward organizing standards everyone could use.  \nPAGE 2","cbCaimlXUmF21kpq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimlXUmF21kpq","pdf",1017067,13,"English","# ASA’s 25th Anniversary\n## New Celestial Navigation Course","[{\"question\":\"When and where is ASA holding its 25th anniversary reception and press event?\",\"answer\":\"The journal states the event is on Saturday, October 11, during the Annapolis Boat Show week. It starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Annapolis Sailing School.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the new Basic Celestial Navigation Endorsement, and how does it differ from ASA 107?\",\"answer\":\"The new course is a basic celestial navigation endorsement added to ASA’s curriculum. 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