Matching potential crew with skippers 

Nothing defines synchrony, precision, and teamwork for success like an 8-person rowing shell, except possibly an 8-person racing keelboat!!  Recruiting, training, coaching, and retaining compatible, skilled crew is every sailing skipper's primary job.

You can help!  Make yourself available as a potential crewmember for skippers who need more crew to sail their boat competitively.  You do not need to be a member of St. Joseph River Yacht Club.  You do not need to have sailing skills, though it is undeniably beneficial.  Skills can be taught; other more indelible intangibles of "fit" are just as important.  Skippers in the SJRYC fleet are known to be constructive, patient, skilled coaches.  You do need to be free on most Wednesday evenings for racing, and maybe other times for team practice. 

Finally, there is a truism about marinas where racing sailboats are slipped, like West Basin Marina... If you show up early on race night, have a lifejacket on your shoulder and a few canned beers (unopened, that is!) in hand, are wearing non-marking shoes, and walk the docks, the chances are good that you will receive an invitation to join a sailing crew for the evening!  Welcome aboard!