Today SWS membership amounts to about one hundred and ten sailors.  About 1/3 of the membership live on the east coast.  Another 1/3 are from the US heartland and another 1/3 from the west, the south, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
            SWSers trailer everywhere. Notable annual events include a Spring Cruise on the Chesapeake Bay attended by about 20 boats and a two week "Magnum Opus" Cruise with about 15 boats during the summer, usually in northern waters such as the North Channel of Lake Huron.
            The following newsletter publication schedule is in effect: June - Spring Reports Issue, August - Letters from Members Issue; October - Magnum Opus Report Issue; December - Fall Reports Issue; February - Cruise Planning & Reflections Issue, plus annual subscription request; April - Activities Schedule Issue. Sometimes one or two extra issues are sent which totals 6 to 8 issues a year.
            The newsletter generally runs 5 pages printed on both sides. It is black and white with one or two pages with color pictures.
            If you number among those trailer sailors that enjoy pleasant cruises on unique waters (much of which will be shallow) you might want to consider joining the SWSers. Be warned they stay far away from marinas preferring quiet, remote anchorages!

Dues for a hardcopy subscription for members living in the United States, Canada, and Mexico are as follows:

                                  $18 for one year
                                  $31 for two years (save $5)
                                  $42 for three years (save $12)

The dues year starts in June of each year. Dues are expected to be paid up before May.

Those wishing to receive the newsletter via an Internet download use the following dues schedule:

                                  $10 for one year
                                  $18 for two years (save $2)
                                  $25 for three years (save $5)

These members must have computers capable of receiving files as large as 4 MBs and have the Adobe Reader program capable of reading PDF files.

To join send a check for the dues made out to the newsletter's editor, Ken Murphy, and send to:

New members are requested to make out Membership Information .

Once a member you will be able to buy the Year 2000 SWS-CD or the Year 2010 SWS-DVD.

Year 2000 SWS-CD

This is a computer CD that uses the Adobe Reader program to provide all the back issues of the newsletter from August 1986 to December 1999, the index of the CD is below: 

1. How to Use the “Reader” to Get Around
2. Dedication
3. Introduction & Disclaimer
4. Welcome Sideshow
5. Shallow Water Sailor Newsletters
6. Edey & Duff Dovekie Newsletters
7. Dovekie Manual
8. E&D Advertisements
9. Dovekie Magazine Articles
10. Songs of the Sea
11. Photographs
12. 1999 Special

Year 2010 SWS-DVD

This is a DVD to be played on a wide screen TV. It contains the following slideshows: 

1. Introduction to the Shallow Water Sailors
2. Pub With No Beer
3. Johnny
4. Spring Cruise 2009
5. St. Marys River Cruise
6. Sea Fever
7. I Am a Sea Shell

The DVD can also be placed in your computer and its menu opened to reveal three data folders containing:

1. Two PDF files containing all the newsletters from Issue #1, August 1986 to issue #162, June 2010
2. Two other PDF files containing a Dinghy Manual and an article about the Peep Hen.
3. A folder containing four fun videos.

The CD or DVD costs $10 to defray the cost of production and a little extra that will be plowed back into newsletter and web costs. Send a check to Ken as indicated above.