Saving Sailing Book Author Nick Hayes at Strictly Sail event in Chicago (Jan. 28-31, 2010)

Jan. 27, 2010 - PRLog -- Milwaukee, Wis. -- Nicholas D. Hayes, author of Saving Sailing (Crickhollow Books, 2009), will be speaking in Chicago at Strictly Sail, "a must-do event for all sailors" and Chicago’s favorite boat show, this weekend. The event features "more boats, more gear, and more fun," and celebrates its 15th year.

For more information on Saving Sailing, visit:
http://www.crickhollowbooks.com/saving_sailing_book.html

Strictly Sail Chicago (http://www.strictlysailchicago.com/attendees/about.aspx) is "the Midwest's only and the nation's largest indoor all-sail boat show." It takes place January 28–31, 2010 at Chicago's famous Navy Pier.

As a featured speaker, Hayes will be speaking each day on the topic of “Saving Sailing,” based on his recent thought-provoking book with that title.

Seminar times:
Thursday at 12:45 p.m.
Friday at 3:15 p.m.
Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

The subtitle of his book suggests the wide-ranging nature of the work: Saving Sailing: The Story of Choices, Families, Time Commitments and How We Can Create a Better Future.

Nick’s book is an intellectual adventure about recreational activities, free-time choices, and families in America. His message about how to build more lifelong participation across generations rings true for any recreational or cultural activity, such as hunting, fishing, sailing, or playing folk music.

Saving Sailing burst onto the scene last October, quickly reaching the #1 “hot new release” position in the Sailing category, and #6 bestseller in the Outdoors Recreation category on Amazon.com. The book explores how to counteract a slow decline of sailing participation over recent decades, and especially the need to build stronger family and youth programs for sailing clubs, with a focus on inter-generational approaches and mentoring.

Hayes was a Director of the Milwaukee Yacht Club for four years and was its fleet captain. He is now on the Board of Directors of the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center, leading its Program Committee. His sailing resume includes thousands of course races and thousands of offshore miles in the Chicago-Mackinac, Queen’s Cup, Hook, and Trans-Superior races.

Hayes is a partner at the research firm FiveTwelve Group, working with Fortune 500 businesses (such as GE, ITT, and Schneider) to improve the way they listen to customers and markets. Hayes is an avid sailor with nearly thirty years of racing experience. He actively races and cruises with his family together on Syrena, a B-32, out of the South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hayes will be speaking at other locations as part of his 2010 Saving Sailing book tour, with appearances at boat shows and sailing-related events around the country, including Naples (FL) and Miami, Houston, and New England.

Saving Sailing (240 pages) is available at fine bookstores locally or online.

For more information, visit the book's website (http://www.SavingSailing.com), or the publisher's website, Crickhollow Books (see link above).

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Great Lakes Literary is the publisher of Crickhollow Books, an indie book publisher based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Crickhollow publishes a range of quality nonfiction and fiction for all ages.