Business sponsors and personal supporters of Youth Sailing                
                      
Welcome to T.S.S. Youth Sailing Inc
This page is dedicated to our business sponsors and to the people that have
helped us financially in our efforts to run a sailing program that keeps kids
safe, lets them have fun , and introduces them to the sport of sailing.
West Marine at Apollo Beach  
      813-645-6144
Lands End Marina
Apollo Beach  
813-645-5594
Commerce Realty Service
Apollo Beach FL.
Coldwell Banker-Dolphin Realty    
Apollo Beach Fl.   813-645-8495
Jeff and Pat Austin     
T.S.S. members  
Apollo Beach Fl.
Dickman Realty  Ruskin Fl.
813-645-3211
Hillsborough County Sheriffs Dept.
for donating time and equipment
T.S.S. members that have gone the extra mile in
supporting the Youth Sailing program.
Lewis Buschard - time and funds
Bruce Gocek -  pig roast
Mike Mooney - boat trailer repairs
Jeff Olson - Materials and moral support
David Squier -  facilitating all it takes to make things work

All the Youth Sailing Board members - for Endless hours to make the
program work.
Special Thanks
" If we treat people as they are, we make them
worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we
help them become what they are capable of
becoming."
-- Goethe--
Bay Area Signs  Gibsonton Fl.  813-677-0237
Thanks for helping us with boat logos on our
sponsored boats.
Show a child respect and they will respect
you.
Give a child responsibility, and they will
become responsible.
Precise Construction  
813-241-2403
Winn Dixie
Apollo Beach
Southshore Inspections Inc.
Apollo Beach Fl.  
813-300-3089
TSS Youth Sailing, Inc.
A federal 501(c)3 and Florida nonprofit organization

Make a big splash!  Contribute personally and financially to Youth Sailing.

Look at our wake…  Smiling young sailors, learning the ropes in a safe, organized program, made possible by the
unheralded dedication of Youth Sailing Board members Bob Shaw, Dick Borde, Bill and Clare Siele, Kathryn
Shaw, Ellie Sherwood, Mel Tews and Webmaster Susan Bishop, the generous personal and financial support of
many TSSers and the sponsorship of our founder, the Tampa Sailing Squadron.

A new decade, with bright prospects and new horizons…  Mike O’Hern and Kelli Kerns have joined our Board and
Chris Primeau is making a big splash with a special project, Facebook.  Join us, anytime!  Youth Sailing is
another way to enjoy being a TSSer, with benefits…  Youth Sailing leadership “counts” for compliance (important
for TSSers renting and waiting for wet and dry slips).  It’s fun and rewarding, too...  You’re welcome on the Board
and we’re grateful for your help with our outreach and fund raising efforts.  

Pay it forward!  

Buy a brand new riding sail by Banks Sails.  Donated by Dennis Vellenga to TSS, raffled at a regatta, won by a
lucky TSSer, who donated it to Youth Sailing.  Add to your sail locker and help us multiply the benefit!  Dacron, 9’6”
luff x 6’2” foot.  The $500 reserve would cover tuition for 2 young sailors…  Give it up for a good cause and get a tax
deduction, too.

Donate a boat or equipment for resale.  Clean out your boat and garage.  Donate outright for a tax deduction or
consign your treasures to us and keep a portion of the proceeds.  Looking to buy?  Check with us, too.  
Volunteers and donations enable us to minimize operational costs, keeping the registration fee reasonable, and
sometimes even providing scholarships.  Our nautical flea markets, wine and beer tastings, and boat
sponsorships generate some funds, but boat resales make up most of our income.

Join the TSSYS Board.  Manage a special project.  Write articles.  Take pictures and videos.  Help with fund raising
and outreach.  Help maintain our boats.  Give through United Way or write a check – any amount is appreciated!  
Include Youth Sailing in your estate planning, bequests, and remembrances.  Sponsor a boat ($250/year)or
endow a scholarship ($250/sailor).  Give us a Sunfish or pram, a sail or a rig.  Enjoy our fund raisers - Nautical
Flea Market, wine tasting, beer tasting.  Donate a boat or items for resale.  Check with us before buying (inventory
coming soon).  

TSS Youth Sailing…  A good cause.  A great course.  The future.  


Aboard a boat, on the porch and among friends, the stories I love begin, “I remember when....”  

When and where did you learn to sail?  No doubt, it’s a fond memory and the foundation for a lifetime of stories
and friendships!          
   
I remember when the African Queen was a fixture in Bal Harbor and a group of guys were racing Force 5s,
Sunfish, a Snipe and a Laser several times a week.  Despite a gap of years on either side, John Hartung, Bud
Marafiote, Joey Meyer, and a little Lemmer didn’t yield an inch to George Cussins, Darin O’Neal, Jeff Austin and the
others.  Every race was raced again on the porch afterwards, with casual coaching and camaraderie.  TSS Youth
Sailing grew from all that.             

I remember when Jeff loaned our Sunfish to Bob Shaw for a very young Wesley and I love that Ryan Kresge is
racing that Sunfish now.  I remember when we heard about young Lee Mortimer racing out of DIYC and I love that
he’s responsible for TSS’s Sea Scout Regatta and a family now.  I remember when Bill Mann, Ed Peters and Bill
Borrer raced with boats full of kids and I remember when we had 3 Sea Scout ships sailing out of TSS.  Golly, we
all were younger then!    
   
Recounting the early years of TSS Youth Sailing:

In the summer of 1991, largely due to Bud [Marafiote]’s passion for teaching and his enthusiasm in enlisting other
club members, the first "Youth Sailing" classes were held with a volunteer teaching staff headed by Bill Borrer.  
Among those very first club members to volunteer time and energy were Bud Marafiote, Antolin Rivera, George
Cussins, Bob Meyer, Bob Shaw, Eric Eisele, Jeff Austin, and Ray Dupuis.  The first fleet was made up of prams
purchased by Davy Jones from the Clearwater Yacht Club for the bargain price of $1.00 each. These plywood hulls
covered with mat fiberglass were made shipshape by Bruce Kerns, Ed Johnson, Scott Echols, Bill Borrer, Bud
Marafiote, Antolin Rivera, Charlie Bruno, Bart Nunn and others. Classes were held each Saturday during school
vacation, and cost only $25.00 to cover wear on the prams. The program was adapted from the “Anyone Can Sail a
Sunfish” program, but the emphasis was on making sailing fun first and then learning the basics.  After a quick
swim test given by Bart Nunn, every child was sailing the first day! ... [In 2000, TSS Youth Sailing, Inc., was
incorporated as a Florida nonprofit and a federal 501(c)(3) organization, exclusively for educational purposes.]  
Signers on the original letter of incorporation included Bud Marafiote, Bill and Paula Borrer, Bob Shaw, Bill
Lemmer, Susan Bishop, Matt Dalton, David Watson Jr., and Jim Bothwell, who represented TSS and provided the
corporate leadership for the incorporation process.

Chart the course for a new generation of sailors!  Join us on the Board of TSS Youth Sailing.  Make a big
splash!  Support our summer sailing classes for kids and teens.  
Pat   813-645-2262   paustin@saxongilmore.com



... Where young people, 7 to 17, learn about sailing by sailing.  On Day 1, they’re on the water in Sunfish and
prams.  On Day 5, they want even more time on the water!  

Make a big splash!  Donate funds, boats, equipment to TSS Youth Sailing and join us on the Board.  

TSS Youth Sailing is a home grown, home run program that benefits local kids.  Youth Sailing was born at TSS,
founded by TSS members.  TSSYS is run by your fellow TSSers.  Most of the kids are from the Southshore area
and some are children and grandchildren of TSSers!      

You can have direct experience and personal involvement in the TSSYS program.  Want oversight into your dollars
well spent?  Transparency?  Accountability?  Just drop in during the sailing camps or at YS Board meetings.  You’
re welcome!       

•        See the Youth Sailing mission realized firsthand
•        Using money wisely
•        Directly impacting kids’ lives

If a $250 boat sponsorship isn’t possible this year, there are many other ways to donate:  

•        Monetary gifts
•        Boats and equipment, for example, for resale by Youth Sailing  
•        Matching funds through your employer
•        Periodic contributions through United Way
•        Bequests in your will
•        Beneficiary designations (IRA, insurance, retirement, bank account, annuity)
•        Cash value life insurance policies
•        Annuities
•        Gifts and donations as memorials and remembrances

Your contributions of time, energy and talent are especially welcome!  Join the YS Board – it’s informal and easy.   
Offer your help with publicity, fund raising, maintaining our boats or charting the course for the next generation of
sailors.        

TSS Youth Sailing, Inc., can’t continue, without your generous support.