Volunteer Requirements
Volunteering Opportunities
You can sign up for the following:
1. Water Instsructor (must be a certified instructor with Bill Lane).
2. Dock-master (all members welcome).
3. Safety Boat Operator / assistant Dock Master (must be safety boat certified).
We all volunteer to keep our sail pass each year, and sustain ASI.
Here are the requirements and ways to volunteer:
ASI is a non-profit, and for the most part, all-volunteer organization. ASI is dependent upon the involvement of our members for success. Let us know what your skills are, and where you’d like to participate.
Volunteer hours are satisfied by performing maintenance, instructing, being a dock master,
and in many other areas.
Listed below is a schedule of the minimum volunteer hours required, by all Sail Pass-holding members, based on their rating:
Things you can do as a volunteer:
Boat maintenance
Dock-master with a mentor
Help at a picnic
Help at Open house
Help at Fall Celebration/Graduation
Help at L1 boat prep in spring
Help with L1 Put in
Give a practice sail (after you're a rated sailor)
Do computer or office work
Help organize an event
Boat removal and storage in the fall
The ‘Official’ Volunteer Hour Requirements document can be found here
Minimum Volunteer Hours per Level
Unrated students – 6 hours the first year; 12 hours each year after.
Level 1 – 12 hours (includes returning unrated students)
Level 2 – 22 hours
Level 3/4 – 32 hours
Interlake Racers – 2 additional hours
Level 1 Maintenance is done at Kent Lake on Saturday mornings, all summer, from 9 AM to 1 PM.
Level 1 Maintenance at Stony Creek Lake is scheduled one Saturday per month or on an as-needed basis.
ASI Volunteer Hour Requirements
Please fill in the form and the ASI Sail Secretary will contact you with more information about the registration and payment details.
Maintenance Workshop
Level 1 Maintenance Workshop
is offered at Kent Lake at Kensington Metropark on the 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings, all summer, from 9 AM to 1 PM. Level 1 Maintenance at Stony Creek Lake at Stony Creek Metropark is scheduled one Saturday per month or on an as needed basis. This class must be completed before final L1 written test is taken. Our e-zine, the Burgee, and members calendar has class details. Students receive the Burgee free upon membership.
Capsize recovery Workshop
Level 1 Capsize Recovery Workshop
is offered at Kent Lake at Kensington Metropark.
Docking Workshop
Level 1 Docking Workshop
is offered at Kent Lake at Kensington Metropark.
Dock Master Workshops
All members including Students can Dockmaster.This is a great way to earn volunteer hours, help your sail mates, and learn about docking by watching situations others get in and out of. We have added a Dockmaster lesson to the shore classes and the docking workshop. You may also ask to come shadow an experienced Dockmaster.