Sailors for the Sea: Storming, Norming, and Performing with Clean Regattas and the Clean Fleet Initiative

Joy Martin presents an overview of the Thistle Clean Class Initiative using Tuckman's stages of group development. She reports that the class is performing well with clean regattas but is in the forming/storming phases with the clean fleet initiative. Martin calls for fleets to implement and document the "20 Best Practices" throughout the season and provides resources including a webinar and PDF guide.

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• environmental stewardship
• clean regattas
• Sailors for the Sea
• sustainability