Conference unifix::sailing

    Why not.  Count me in ;-)

    
              Sounds like fun! It would be nice to meet some of the
    members of this conference in person (maybe a cookout?) sometime
    and talk sailing face to face.
    
                                        Randy

    
    	Why not, it would be interesting to run into each other somewhere
    while cruising. This way we could recognize each other. Let see
    how many more interested parties we can get?. My sailing area is
    on the Cheseapeake Bay.                                        
    
    Igor.

	I'm not sure what the activities of a distributed 'yacht club'
would have, But I'd be interested once we trade up to a coastal cruiser
in the next year or 2.
	This seems the right place to ask:  Is it appropriate or appealing
to have a DIGITAL pennant hoisted?  The type of person who sees it,
especially MASS and some Downeast would be the type to have influence
in a customers business.  Is there such a pennant.  If not, would this be
such an 'activity' for the DEC yacht club to foster?  I'd prefer a generic
DEC pennant rather than a DEC yacht club specific item.

	Dave

    
    A lot of flag companies show pictures of DEC flags in their catalogs,
    as samples of "custom" work.  I doubt they're for sale to anyone
    other than the corporation, though.  And I don't know whether the
    corporation would sell them--the Flying notes file just went down
    a rathole trying to get permission to use the piano keys logos on
    t-shirts.  Apparently you need to be an official "club" to use
    the logo.  

>>>  Apparently you need to be an official "club" to use
>>>    the logo.  

	I remember that our costcenter (> 10 years ago) had a sweatshirt
made up and I got the feeling that permission to use the DIGITAL block
letter logo was little more that a phone call.  But them were the good ole
days.......
	What if I make one myself and put it on????  Not a good idea,
me thinks.  We have t-shirts available in our plant though the Employees
Activities Committee with the same logo.  Hmmmmm, I'll have to go and ask..

	Dave

>>>  Apparently you need to be an official "club" to use
>>>    the logo.  

	Yup, you sure do.  I just talked with a (the ?) corporate logo
person.  He said that use of the logo implies a liability by DEC.  If its
used by a function to which DEC supports or supplies money to, then its
allright.  For instance, the DEC Credit Union has to apply for a permit
to use the logo because the DCU is an entity separate from DEC.

	Now if the DYC (DEC Yacht Club) was partially funded by DEC........

	Oh well....Neever mind

	Dave

    Would you restrict the club to sail?
    						yrs, a stinkpotter and
                                                          sailer

    Would you restrict it to those you own boats?  I love to sail but
   don't own a boat.  
    
    And, why couldn't we make it an offical DEC sponsered club?
    
    Mike

    I'm in ....... keep me informed.
    
    
    Greg

    I'm in too.   
    
    Need a penant though - I actually bumped into a guy from the same
    club as me (Clyde Cruising) in Astokos, Greece (Chart 203, Admiralty
    series) and it was only because we were both flying the club penant
    at the cross-trees that we recognised each other in charter boats.
    
    Brian

    Please include me in too. 
    
    We are forming a Sailing club in the Geneva (Switz.) area, & are still to
    produce a pennant, with no mention of DEC on it.
                                                      
    Lokk forward to your ideas,
    				Nick
    

    Sure, why not....Beau Schless
                     dtn 297-2839
    

    Count me in.
    
    	Joe Casazza
         
    	8-266-4055
        BTO::CASAZZA_J
        Burlington, VT.

    Sure!  I would like to fly a DEC burgee.  The Digital Railroad (model)
    Club uses the DEC Logo.  A sailing club should be legal also.
    
    Frank Pascucci @MDO
    DTN 255-5319
    

    I'm in!  
    
    By the way...I used to work at a marina in Maryland.  They decided
    to sell burgees for the marina and I made them.  If I remember
    correctly, we sold them for about $13.  Depending on how many folks
    wanted them, I might be able to help out!
    
    Kristen Woche @ HTF

  How about DEC SAILING club and DEC (power) BOATING club vs. a YACHT club.


  Should we have a burgee design contest?

  
bc

    re. .16
    
    		Sounds great..   We could have a little contest, have
    people sketch their design, submit them then  display them at a
    party (note 933).  Numerous possiblities..
    
    

    Count me in also.  I have met a couple of DECies on the water. 
    Usually the fact that we work for DEC is discover through conversation
    and it would be neat to see how many other people out there for
    DEC that are too far away to talk with.
    
    Jeff Gardiner
    
    DTN 276-9416
    
    

    Re .17, I'd argue for a unified club, irrespective of sail, power,
    or manual propulsion.  We all occupy the same water, and have common
    needs and interests.  As a primarily power oriented boater, I still
    follow the conversations here. 
    					J

    
    Re. -.1, me too.  How about a yacht club open to all boaters and
    interested non-boaters.  The wider the membership, the better the
    chances of corporate recognition and whatever benefits that entails.
    BTW--mine's a sailboat.
    
    --John

    Re. -.1 & -.2 me too. The total length of our 2 'yacths' currently
    exceeds 35 feet while the combined beam measures less than 6 feet.
    
    (2 Old Town Canoes)
    
    Currently working on using them as the hulls for a sailing catamaran.
    
    Not really crazy just low budget and a bit of a tinkerer.
    
    There are times when I would not be able to face the afternoon without
    a lunch break with this notes file. 
    
    Thanks to all.
    Fred
    

    You can count me in on this, too. I sail on the Cape and would like
    to know any other Deccies that share the same puddle with me.

OK,
	Now that there seems to be interest in a DYC, or atleast a way
of identifying other DECies on the high seas, AND we can't use anything
official, lets take up the earlier suggestion and design our own, non-DEC
pendent, and see if anybody can get them made.

	I sail from the Boothbay area, and there seem to be quite a few
DECies passing through.  Hmmm, mabye we need a DEC type of 'handle' for
use on the VHF??

	DAve

    were bad ... were nation wide.
    
    count me in!
    					<--left-coast-john--

    
    It's not too hard to buy stuff with Digital's logo on it.  I wonder
    whether we might be able to convince whoever decides these things
    simply to print a bunch of 12x18 or (your-size-here) pennants and
    sell them to employees.  
    

    Great Pacific Northwest Chapter...
    
    Definitely include me.  How do we go about getting this club started?
    
    Doug Burke
    Bellevue, Washington

    Re -.1  > What about the DEC logo on Sails?
    
    I have a video of the Americas Cup challenge (last one!) which shows
    Connor's boat flying a spinnaker with the DEC logo on it.  Impressive!

    If things havent died down since september,,,,  consider me a new
    member!!!!
    
    `Charlie'