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Editorial: The Optimist and Kids Sailing

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Letters You Wouldn’t Believe

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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Bubba: Doobie Speaks of Risk

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Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

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Florida Commodore’s Association Chooses a New Commodore

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The St. Petersburg Sailboat Show, Dec. 1-4

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The Annapolis Sailboat Show

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The Optimist

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“I sailed the first Optimist”

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Carolina Sailing: Creative Thinking in the Sailing World

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Our Waterways: Florida Mooring Field & Anchoring Public Meetings

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Why Kids Don’t Want to Sail

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Cooking Onboard: Holiday Drinks

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Use of the Anchor Alarm

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Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, Regional Race Calendars

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Why Kids Don’t Want to Sail. Page 51. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

COVER: Kids sailing and playing in Optimists at the Venice Youth Boating Association.

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FROM THE HELM The Optimist and Kids Sailing Last summer, I was reading somewhere about the first Optimist and came across the name Cliff McKay. A Cliff McKay from Fort Myers had written several articles for us in the last year or two, and I knew there must be some connection. I had gotten to know Cliff a bit over the phone and contacted him about it. When he told me that he had sailed the first Optimist and that his dad had been instrumental in getting the first one designed and built, I asked him if he would write an article about it. He did so, and it turned out to be a fascinating story. He included some great old photos along with it. At the same time, we had been doing a series of small boat reviews the last few years, and we timed the Optimist review to run along with Cliff’s story in this issue. It’s a great read with the two articles—and we found a great photo of Optimists by Jin Dietrich for our cover. A couple of my favorite covers are by Jin of kids and Optimists (January 2008 and May 2008—see online at Back Issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com). Jin has always asked that I send the cover payment to the Venice Youth Boating Association as a donation.

About the same time as this Optimist story was developing, I read an online Scuttlebutt piece (Sailing Scuttlebutt is a very popular and well-done online daily newsletter of sailing discussion at www.sailingscuttlebutt.com) that brought up the question, “Why kids don’t want to sail.” I asked Jabbo Gordon, who was running the Venice Youth Sailing Association—and who has written many great small boat reviews and other articles for us—if he was interested in writing an article on this topic. Over the years, I have heard rumblings from many that kids today don’t find sailing to be as much fun as in earlier times and don’t stick with it. Sailing seems to have gone the way of all sorts of sports today where it’s not so much playing and having fun at the “game,” as it is competing in it (where the “game” is sailing or one of the more tradi-

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tional school sports with a ball involved). I had heard that some yacht clubs don’t have “fun” sailing schools anymore, as much as they have highly paid “coaches” who teach kids how to race.

Jabbo put together a great article in this issue about these different views on why kids don’t want to sail. Next month, we’ll have his article about possible solutions to the problem. If anyone wants to send in their two cents’ worth, send your comments to editor@southwindsmagazine.com, and I’ll make sure Jabbo gets them. We are looking for input on the subject.

With these articles, we have authors Dave Ellis, Jabbo Gordon and Cliff Mckay. As it turns out, they were all in the area around the time the Optimist got started and knew each other to different degrees. They all sailed in the Tampa Bay area in those early days. Dave ran the St. Pete Sailing Center for many years and is still active in the sailing community. Jabbo recently retired from the VYBA and now works for SailLaser in St. Pete part time as an instructor.

Cliff lives in Fort Myers and he and his wife spend much of their time sailing their Pearson 323 (see Cliff’s boat review in SOUTHWINDS, January 2011). There’s a wealth of sailing experience and knowledge in these three, and we have a lot of it printed in this issue.

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THE OVER-INSPECTION MENTALITY My wife just read me your article “The Over-Inspection Mentality” in the September issue. We want to thank you and applaud you for publishing your opinion and let you know we wholeheartedly agree with your stance against Florida law enforcement agencies regarding these “inspections.” We have been boarded numerous times by overly aggressive law enforcement officers and firmly believe our rights as U.S. citizens have been violated. I nearly got arrested and was threatened to have our sailing vessel impounded by a Volusia County sheriff’s deputy when I resisted an “attack” on our boat while cruising south in the AICW. Two officers passed our boat heading the other way when they suddenly made a U-turn, and one of them jumped on our boat without warning or any notification whatsoever. My wife was at the helm, and I was below making breakfast.

Startled, she yelled that someone had jumped on our boat, and I came up out of the galley ready for a confrontation. I would not let the deputy into our cockpit until he threatened me with arrest and vessel confiscation. All he was interested in was checking our heads, which we eventually did. When he found us to be in compliance, he wanted to know what we were so upset about. Are you kidding? I told him that we were legally armed and that the way he boarded our vessel, I could have easily come up from below with a weapon, which would have surely complicated matters.

Now mind you, I do not have an anti-law enforcement mentality. I am a retired chief fire rescue officer, and most of my family members are police officers and firefighters. I do however draw the line when it comes to Gestapo-like law enforcement tactics such as those demonstrated by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Has anyone considered contacting the ACLU about filing charges against these witless morons?

Norman Quinn S/V Blown Away Stuart, FL Norman, Thanks for your letter and support. It is hard to believe that a police officer in this country would board a boat in the manner you described. But I am afraid it’s becoming more believable. I am shocked, though, when I think that it is all for the sake of inspecting a toilet.

Your comments about possibly coming up top with a gun and the possible consequences of such a confrontation make the issue all the more alarming. I can see it; your wife yells that the boat is being boarded; you grab the gun, run up top; the officer is already on the bow, sees the gun, draws his and anything can happen.

One shot and someone could get killed. And all to see the toilet.

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“An ACLU report released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 warns that a decade after the attacks, the United States is at risk of enshrining a permanent state of emergency in which core values must be subordinated to ever-expanding claims of national security.”

That hit a responsive chord with me, and may do so with you, too. Have a look. This ACLU report is really good. It’s titled “A Call to Courage: Reclaiming Our Liberties Ten Years After 9/11.” www.aclu.org/national-security/report-call-couragereclaiming-our-liberties-ten-years-after-911 Len Krauss Len, I checked out your article reference and I advise everyone to read that report. I think the “permanent state of emergency” is heaven to many police. Many don’t like being saddled with restrictions and would prefer to have absolute power over the citizenry. Since they seem to believe they have the right to stop any boater on the water whenever they want and inspect them for their papers, toilet and more, I am sure many feel they are already there when it comes to being on the water. If they have power over the toilet, we could all be in big trouble.

I would also like to take this opportunity to again call on all boaters who get boarded in what they consider unjust and disrespectful conditions to send me the information as to what happened, and we will continue to publicize it. Publicity is what many police who aren’t respectful of our privacy and rights don’t want. One of the problems is witnesses. It is the boater’s word versus the police’s, and the police can say whatever they want and nine times out of ten, their fellow police will back them up without question—as will the judge. But if we document and publicize as much as possible, we can shine a little light on all this and perhaps effect some change. So take notes and send them to me.

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Doobie Speaks of Risk

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he sailing world was, well, not shocked, but more or less, saddened, when two sailors, social friends with a tight bond, died in this summer’s Mackinac Race on Lake Michigan.

Mark Morely, 51, and Suzanne Bickel, 40, of Saginaw, MI, were both drowned when the boat they were racing, a 1984 Kiwi-35, WingNuts, that had been sexed up some from its original configuration, flipped over in the race after being hit by a Great Lakes squall that had the same impact of Sonny Liston, at the height of his power, decking a high school bully.

The boat had foldable wings that the crew could sit on, getting more crew weight farther out to keep the boat level.

Thirty years back it was a novel idea.

Both victims were trapped under the boat after it flipped. They may have gotten ensnared in their tethers, possibly hit by the boom under water, and they were, anyway, immersed in 66-degree water. It amounted to The Perfect Storm of real bad stuff and happened off Charlevoix, MI. Suzanne Bickel was no wallflower; she had foresight.

She carried two titanium knives, one of which she wore on a lanyard around her neck while racing, the first time I have ever heard of that being done. When her body was recovered, the knife was gone.

This whole tragedy was the subject of a widely ranging conversation at The Blue Moon Bar when I stopped in one evening. All the regulars were there and participants in the debate, of which Bubba Whartz, wearing a red baseball cap with a Peterbilt emblem on it, seemed to be the moderator.

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harsh comment from some stranger, and that was mixed in with Shorty’s interminable stuttering, while Tripwire tried to get his point across while sounding like a Marine DI chewing out some hapless recruit. This cacophony went on for some time until Doobie, apparently tired of the unreasonable noise, said, loudly, “The bar is closed.” Maybe it was the sound of a woman’s voice that cut through the testosterone-fuelled argument like an SR-71 going through the sound barrier the first time. Maybe it was what she said that got everyone’s attention. I am not entirely certain what it was, exactly. But The Blue Moon Bar became as quiet as a cathedral full of Trappist monks with laryngitis.

“The ba-ba-ba-bar is wa-wa-wa-what?” Shorty intoned.

“That’s simply ghastly,” said Bruno Velvetier, ASID, who had just finished his cream drink plus all the fruit in it and was hoping for a refill.

What Tripwire said is not printable in a sailing magazine of this stature. But suffice it to say there were many words of four letters and one syllable that did not end in a vowel.

Bubba Whartz, licensed Coast Guard Captain (sixpack), said nothing.

“What’s this all about?” asked the stranger.

“Reality,” Doobie announced. “You are all grown men.

Some of you know something about sailing. Some of you are pretty macho about it. You’ve been in races. You’ve come back in here and bragged how tough it was out on Sarasota Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. This place reeked of testosterone for days, even after you left.”

“I just adore that smell,” gushed Bruno Velvetier, interrupting.

“And yet,” Doobie continued, “when some people are lost doing what it is that they like to do, you act like the Romans had just nailed Jesus Christ to the cross all over again.”

“It wasn’t in the game plan,” Bubba piped up. “No one expected something like that to happen.”

“Well, of course not,” Doobie replied. “If someone could have forecast that a radical boat with wings would flip over in a squall—it was a squall, wasn’t it?—on one of the Great Lakes and that two people would get drowned, then the boat wouldn’t have left the dock. But I know you guys, particularly you, Bubba. You go sailing partly because it’s fun. But you also go because there is an element of danger in it. I know and you know that the variables that sailors are faced with change by the second. That’s part of the fix you guys get, figuring out a puzzle as complicated as Rubik’s Cube that is constantly changing. If you are racing and you are smarter than the other guys in your class, you

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finish first.”

“Bubba has pulled off some really nefarious deeds out on the racecourse,” Bruno recalled. “He dropped a lot of trash over the side and won because the other competitors in his class stopped to pick up his garbage. Then he had a fake committee boat put up fake signals and won a race that way. There were other things, too, but I can’t remember them all.”

“Hearsay,” snapped Bubba. “Heresy, too.”

“Face it, guys,” said Doobie, “those of you who sail do it for the fun, and some of you may be good at it. Sailing is not a sport or a pastime that one learns in an afternoon. It is the complexity of sailing that makes it interesting. What is it they say about sailing?”

“It-it-it-it’s a sp-sp-sp-sp-sp-sport for a li-li-li-lilifetime,” Shorty sputtered.

“That’s it,” Doobie agreed. “But it takes a long time to get good. Some people race and concentrate on going fast and winning. Others like long cruises and sail across oceans.

They are on their own out there. Alone. If they run into storms, they have nothing to call on, save their own skills, which need to be sharp. There are people who have sailed around the world more than once. Don’t tell me that there isn’t danger in that. I know that pirates operate out of Somalia now, so sailing in that part of the world is doubly dangerous. Weather you can predict with some accuracy.

Pirates you can never predict. Pirates kill people.”

Bubba apparently felt compelled to speak.

“When people die, Doobie, the whole sailing world feels it. Death is so foreign to what people envision. When you start a race you are thinking about a podium finish, the congratulations of friends and fellow competitors, a silver bowl on the mantle with the name of your boat on it and of the great party after the finish,” the ferro-cement guru stated.

“Bubba, the reason the whole sailing world even knows about the deaths this summer is because the press covers

races, especially big races like the Mackinac Race. Deaths get reported; committees get formed; investigations get started and conclusions are reached. But the truth of the matter is that all sailing has an element of danger to it. The danger decreases with experience; I’ll give you that. People with little experience in boating, any boating, are the ones who make the biggest, most costly mistakes.

Here in Sarasota some years back, a newly minted skipper turned his million-dollar yacht into salvage trash on his second trip out of the marina. Maybe he thought his money would make him bulletproof. But it didn’t. He didn’t know enough yet to consider danger as part of the equation of yachting.

“On the other hand, people who race sailboats long distances on cold water like Lake Michigan’s throw the dice with every decision they make. They have to know that. It takes both knowledge and preparation to race long distances in uncertain conditions. Well, if they have knowledge and the organizational skills to prepare a yacht to race more than 100 miles, they must have also considered that there is an element of danger involved. In the case of the people who died this year, the danger was in the weather, as it is in most cases. I believe that good sailors, particularly good sailors have a lot of confidence in their skills. Maybe they have a little too much confidence in their skills. Maybe they are more likely to sail on the razor’s edge that separates reasoned skill from deadly error. If you roll the dice against the house, there are a lot of people who are betting the ‘don’t pass’ line. Sailors need to remember that.”

And then Doobie said, because it was quiet as tomb in the place, “The bar’s open again.”

For a while, no one said a word. Then Bubba spoke quietly, “I’ll have a beer,” he said, adding, as he hooked a thumb toward me, “and put it on his tab.”

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Marine Electrical Certification, Broward College, Miramar FL, FL, Dec. 6-9 American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Basic Marine Electrical, Broward College, Miramar, FL, Jan. 10-12 American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org.

(410) 990-4460 Marine Systems Certification, Mastry Training Center, Tampa, FL, Jan. 17-20 American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Gasoline Engine & Support Systems Certification, Broward College, Miramar, FL, Jan. 31-Feb. 3 American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org.

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Hurricane Irene Relief Funds Needed for the Bahamas Hurricane Irene made a direct hit on the Bahamas, resulting in considerable damage. The areas hit particularly hard are Cat Island and the Family Islands. Things as basic as water are needed. Funds have been set up for relief. Two that a boater sent to SOUTHWINDS are www.catislandhelp.blogspot.com and www.remoteisland.org.

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Mariners Compass Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 18 Mariner’s Compass, a two-hour class presented in one evening by the St, Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, is available to anyone 12 or older. This seminar explains how to select, install, calibrate and use a boat compass. You will learn which features are most important for you, how to deal with variation between true and magnetic north, and how to adjust your compass to remove most of the deviation caused by local magnetic influences. 7-10 p.m. Instruction fee, materials $25. Maximum 20 students. Pre-registration required. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg.

Register at www.boating-stpete.org.

About Boating Safely Courses Required in Florida and Other Southern States Effective Jan. 1, 2010, anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1, 1988, must take a boating safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more. Other states require boaters to have boater safety education if they were born after a certain date, meaning boaters of all ages will eventually be required to have taken a course. To learn about the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com.

The course name “About Boating Safely,” begun by

the Coast Guard Auxiliary, satisfies the education requirement in Florida and most Southern states and also gives boaters of all ages a solid grounding (no pun intended) in boating safety. Other organizations offer other courses which will satisfy the Florida requirements.

The About Boating Safely (ABS) covers subjects including boat handling, weather, charts, navigation rules, trailering, federal regulations, personal watercraft, hypothermia and more. Many insurance companies also give discounts for having taken the boater safety education course.

The following are ABS courses (with asterisks **): **Monthly Boating Safely Courses 2011 Schedule in Fort Pierce, FL/ Go to http://a0700508.uscgaux.info/ (click on Classes) for class information and schedule for 2012 (not posted by press date). Classes are usually very full. Call and reserve space on the preferred program date. $36 (+ $10 for each additional family member). Classes held monthly.

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the boat ramp area. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pre-register at www.verobeachps.com. Check the website for other classes on other topics TBA. **America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, Jan. 9. Available to anyone 12 or older. Free. Materials cost $35 per family. Classes held once a week (two hours each Monday) for seven weeks. Completion of this course will enable the student to skipper a boat with confidence. 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Pre-registration required at www.boating-stpete.org, or call (727) 498-4001. Other member courses on navigation, seamanship, maintenance, electrical, etc., regularly scheduled.

Go to the website for more information. **Ongoing — Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 22. Safe Boating Saturdays. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $25 including materials.

Captains Club, 13363 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Mike Christnacht. (904) 419-8113. Generally held once monthly on Saturdays. Go to www.uscgajaxbeach.com for the schedule and to register. **Ongoing — Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course. Each month.

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The flotilla has found that many boaters do not have the time to attend the courses, so they are now also offering a home study course at $30. Additional family members will be charged $10 each for testing and certificates.

Tests held bi-monthly. Entry into the course allows participants to attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354.

US SAILING Courses in the Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) For more on course locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, go to http://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm, or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644. Check the website, since courses are sometimes added late—after the SOUTHWINDS press date.

US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course US SAILING Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL, Dec. 27-30 The US SAILING Small Boat Sailing Level 1 Instructor Course is designed to provide sailing instructors with information on how to teach more safely, effectively and creatively. The goal of the program is to produce highly qualified instructors, thereby reducing risk exposure for sailing programs. Topics covered in the course include: classroom

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and on-the-water teaching techniques, risk management, safety issues, lesson planning, creative activities, ethical concerns, and sports physiology and psychology.

Prerequisites for the 40-hour course include being 16years old and successful completion of a NASBLA safe boating course. Holding current CPR and First Aid cards is strongly suggested.

Alan Jenkinson (alan@usscmc.org). Instructor Trainer Allison Jolly.

BOAT SHOWS St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail, Dec. 1-4. Go to page 33 for complete information and seminar schedule.

56th Houston International Boat Show. Jan. 6-15, Reliant Center, Houston. www.houstonboatshows.com.

(713) 526-6361 50th Atlanta Boat Show. Jan 12-15. Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. NMMA. www.atlantaboatshow.com.

38th Stuart Boat Show. Jan 13-15. Waterway Marina, Apex Marine. Stuart harbor, Half Mile off State Road 707. Stuart, FL. AllSports Productions. www.allsportsproductions.net /boat_shows.html. (305) 868-9224.

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4th Cruiser Expo 2012 at the Stuart Boat Show, Jan. 13-15 Cruiser Expo 2012 is a compilation of 26 seminars on cruising over a three-day weekend. The event will cover subjects that are designed for both the novice and the seasoned skipper. Attendees will have VIP access to the Cruiser Expo Tent. Between seminars, attendees can relax in the Cruiser Cafe, visit with other cruisers or relax while exploring the Stuart Boat Show. The expo tent will house all the seminars beginning with coffee and pastries every morning at 8 a.m.

Each day the seminar series starts at 9 a.m., a full hour before the Stuart Boat Show opens to the general public. On

Articles Wanted About Southern Yacht Clubs, Sailing Associations and Youth Sailing Groups SOUTHWINDS magazine is looking for articles on individual yacht clubs, sailing associations and youth sailing groups throughout the Southern states (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX (east Texas). Articles wanted are about a club’s history, facilities, major events and general information about the club. The clubs and associations must be well established and have been around for at least five years. Contact editor@ Southwindsmagazine.com for information about article length, photo requirements and other questions.

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Friday and Saturday afternoons, organizers will host a get-toknow-each-other cocktail hour just before the show closes.

For more information, go to www.cruiserexpo.com.

Austin Boat Show. Jan. 19-22. Austin Convention Center. www.austinboatshow.com Charleston Boat Show. Jan. 27-29. Charleston Convention Center, Charleston, SC. (864) 250-9713. www.thecharlestonboatshow.com.

New Orleans Boat Show. Jan 26-29. Ernest Morial Convention Center. New Orleans. NMMA. (504) 582-3023. www.neworleansboatshow.com.

San Antonio Boat Show. Jan. 26-29 at the Alamodome.

Thursday and Friday, 12 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. www.sanantonioboatshow.com

I OTHER EVENTS

29th Annual National Sailing Programs Symposium, Long Beach, CA, Jan. 11-14 Presented by US SAILING and LaserPerformance, the NSPS

is the premier event for sailing education in the United States, bringing together the very best people and resources in instruction, program operation, equipment and more.

From pros to beginners, the symposium offers networking at its best. Anyone involved with a sailing program can learn and have fun at this event.

This symposium will have a schedule that addresses almost every facet of sailing, from fundraising and budgets to match racing and regattas. Volunteers and professionals as well as neophytes and old salts should be able to take home a bag full of ideas.

US SAILING, the national governing body for the sport in America, created the symposium as a means to increase Review Your Boat SOUTHWINDS is looking for boaters to review their own boat. We found readers like to read reviews by boat owners. If you like to write, we want your review. It can be long or short (the boat, that is), a racer, a cruiser, new or old, on a trailer or in the water. Photos essential. If it’s a liveaboard, tell us how that works out. Or—is it fast?

Have you made changes? What changes would you like? Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com for more specifics and specifications on photos needed.

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Tampa Nautical Flea Market & Seafood Festival, Tampa, FL, Jan 13-15 East Bay Speedway, Tampa. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Marine vendors, new and used boats, live music, beer and wine garden, seafood, fishing and boating fest. www.flnauticalfleamarket.com.

3rd Annual Indian River Nautical Flea Market & Seafood Festival, Vero Beach, FL, Jan. 21-22 Over 300 vendor booths, new and used boats, music, seafood, free boating and fishing seminars. Arts and crafts show, featuring nautical, marine and tropical arts and crafts.

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International Marina and Boatyard Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Feb. 1-3 Professional development seminars. Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista.

International Marina Institute/Association of Marina Industries. (401) 682-7334. www.marinaassociation.org.

Trawler Fest, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Feb. 2-4 This event is sponsored by PassageMaker magazine and will be held at the Bahia Mar Resort & Yachting Center in Fort Lauderdale. Attendees come by boat and stay at the marina, or by land, staying at one of the local hotels or the resort.

Seminars, on a wide range of topics, include the following: How to select the right boat, single screw versus twin, custom boats, steel versus fiberglass, engine maintenance, electrical, anchoring, electronics, medical, safety, communications, living aboard, and local and long-distance cruising.

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I NEWS AND BUSINESS BRIEFS

Okeechobee Water Level Comes Back Up As of press date in mid-November, Lake Okeechobee is at 13.79 feet above sea level, gaining a couple of feet since mid-October, which was at 11.11 feet. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 7.73 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 5.93 feet. Bridge clearance was not on the Corps of Engineers website, but should be around 49-plus feet at these lake levels.

For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Operations/LakeOWat erways.htm (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com.

Message in a Bottle Travels 2,000 Miles In 2010, on his way to South Africa from the race start in

France, South Carolina resident Brad Van Liew, winner of the latest round-the-world race—the Velux 5 Oceans Race—dropped a bottle with a message in it while crossing the equator off the coast of Brazil. His eightyear-old daughter Tate requested it be done so she could see how long it took and where it went.

It went about 2250 miles and took nine months to land on the beach of Guana Bay on St. Maarten island in the Caribbean. Seven-year-old Michael Raczynski, a second-grader from Poland, found the bottle with Tate’s message on the beach on the island’s Atlantic side.

Michael wrote a letter to Tate, who recently received it, along with photos of the bottle, the message and the beach.

Michael and his father, who helped write the letter, were visiting the island when they discovered the bottle, by then covered with barnacles and sea grass.

Van Liew filmed the dropping of the bottle when he crossed the equator. It can be viewed online at www.youtube.com. Type in “Brad Van Liew bottle.”

NOAA Releases Statistics on Hurricane Irene Last month, SOUTHWINDS, commented on how Hurricane Irene struck the East Coast, while the south was left essentially untouched by the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane season. In

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October, NOAA released some statistics on Irene, which hit the Northeast on August 28, after doing some damage on its way up the coast from North Carolina—showing that it’s not just the South which can be damaged by hurricanes.

Here are some of the highlights: • Irene was the first hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Ike struck Texas in September 2008.

• Irene was the first storm to threaten the New York City area since Hurricane Gloria in September 1985.

• On Saturday, August 27, Irene’s hurricane force winds extended outward up to 90 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extended outward up to 290 miles.

• Irene was similar in size to Hurricane Katrina nearly six years ago to the date. Katrina’s hurricane force winds extended outward about 104 miles with tropical storm force winds felt outward 230 miles.

• River flooding records were broken in 26 rivers. New Jersey (8), New York (14), Vermont (4).

• 40 people died as a result of the storm (based on media reports).

• 2.3 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders. 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland,

300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia, 100,000 in Delaware, and 300,000 people in New York City.

• Hurricane Irene was the 10th billion-dollar disaster in 2011. This 10th U.S. billion-dollar disaster officially breaks the annual record dating back to 1980.

Grand Slam Yacht Sales Acquires Florida Delphia Sailboat Dealership Grand Slam Yacht Sales, at the Cortez Cove Boatyard in Cortez, FL, was recently appointed Florida’s exclusive dealer of Delphia Sailing Yachts. Delphia has been building high-quality performance cruising sailboats since 1990.

Many of their boats are “A” ocean-rated vessels.

Delphia offers 33-, 37-, 40-, and 47-foot sailing yachts, and the newest model, the 46CC, a 46-foot deck salon center cockpit world cruiser. Grand Slam will have model information at the St. Pete Boat Show Dec. 1-4 and will have a 2012 Delphia 37 Classic at the Miami Boat Show in February.

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Florida Commodores’ Association Taps John H. Matthews as New Commodore

By Julie B. Connerley That same year, the Florida Comor some sailors, it is the excitement of modores’ Association was formed. Its misracing. For others, it’s about cruising. sion is to promote Florida and internationAnd for some, like John Matthews, the al yachting customs and traditions passion is the culture—seamanship, tradithrough awareness, educational, charitations, honor, pageantry, and camaraderie ble, and social programs. that defines what yachting is.

“The FCA,” began Matthews, “serves as Matthews, a retired Army officer, has a greatly needed link among Florida yacht both racing and cruising experience at the clubs. It provides for the exchange of helm of his 40-foot Hunter Legend, De Adelaar, which means “The Eagle” in FCA Immediate Past Commodore Tom information among clubs on a statewide Dutch. His wife, Nancy, is of Dutch descent. Reynolds, Ft. Walton YC, left, congrat- basis.” This link supports present and He also has experience as a flag officer. ulates John H. Matthews as the newest future commodores.

“And, through our affiliation with the He served in two positions at the Navy commodore. Photo by Julie B. Connerley International Commodores’ Association, Yacht Club Pensacola. At the Pensacola we maintain active relationships with past commodores Yacht Club, Matthews has worn the insignia of director, fleet throughout the world.” captain, rear, vice, and commodore, while serving on Although membership is by invitation only, the organizanumerous standing committees for several years, and most tion currently has 16 chapters with 175 full members (past notably, race committee. commodores) and 84 associate members.

He also immersed himself in the Gulf Yachting The motto heard frequently around FCA is that they are Association, serving as chair, GYA Trophy Committee for “Keepers of the Flame” and as such, the organization is a several years and progressing through the executive board strong supporter of Olympic sailors from Florida. Currently to his current position as GYA commodore. that includes Brad Kendall, a Paralympics sailor on As a past commodore, he joined the International Order TeamAlphaGraphics from Tampa and Zack Railey from of the Blue Gavel and helped form the Pensacola YC Chapter Clearwater, a silver medalist from the Beijing Olympics who of IOBG. The association comprises past commodores. is vying for the next Summer Olympics.

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PRODUCT REVIEW

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This cap is not only well-built and comfortable, but has three very good light choices. On the underside of the brim of the cap, there are four lights in two locations. These are all very low profile. Each location has two very tiny LED lights next to each other, one red and one white. The small push switch, next to these lights, turns on the red lights or the white lights, which point down from the brim and slightly forward. Another push switch turns on another small LED that is mounted on the very front edge of the brim and points straight ahead (an option has two brim edge lights).

That’s a total of four light options, and they all work real well and are real bright. Batteries—the round flat ones—

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For reading at night, using either red or white, I tested these lights and they are real good. For walking around, the light on the edge of the brim pointing forward works excellent. It’s not as good as a flashlight, but it’s pretty good.

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The St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show DEC. 1-4 Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park 400 First St. South, St. Petersburg A few blocks south of downtown St. Petersburg (Mahaffey Theater is located at what is formerly known as the Bayfront Center complex)

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Proceed forward four traffic lights. The fourth light is First Street. Turn left on First Street. The Mahaffey Theater and the show grounds will be on your right-hand side. Plenty of on-site parking is available at the municipal parking garages and airport surrounding show grounds. The parking fee is $5.

Visitors can also ride the Downtown Looper Trolley with convenient stops on First Street alongside the Mahaffey Theater. Visit www.loopertrolley.com for schedules.

Visitors can also come by boat and dock for free at the show’s “Come by Boat Dock.”

Event Web site: www.showmanagement.com Thurs. Dec 1 — 10 a.m. -6 p.m.

Fri. Dec 2 — 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.

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Adults $10 Children 15 and under free admission $2 off each ticket purchased online GENERAL SHOW INFORMATION The St. Petersburg Boat show and Strictly Sail merged in 2008 to create one large show for all power and sailboats in downtown St. Petersburg. Show Management puts on this show and has been doing so for many years—along with many other boat shows throughout the South. There will be docks dedicated to sailboats only, and Latitudes and Attitudes magazine will be putting on their traditional Cruisers Bash on Saturday evening after the show at 7 p.m.

In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is besides the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with these boats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land.

Over 200 exhibitors will be in the main tent, and one section will be devoted to sailing exhibitors, although many exhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers.

There will be a large section for outside exhibitors showing both sailing products and services and trailered boats. This is besides the dozens of trailered powerboats that will also be on display outside in the powerboat area.

Sailing seminars, run by Sail America, in the same format as the ones at the previous Strictly Sail Boat shows, will be held in Mahaffey Theater at the show site. A seminar schedule (see next page) will be available at www.strictlysail.com at the St. Pete web page and through the Show Management website, www.showmanagement.com. There will also be an author’s tent area outside.

For kids, there are free fishing clinics Saturday and Sunday, with free fishing gear given away as long as supplies last.

Discover Sailing will also be offering free sailboat rides on a variety of boats in Tampa Bay.

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SEMINAR SCHEDULE Also available online at www.showmanagement.com – St. Pete Boat Show special events page.

Check With Show Management in case some seminars require registration. Tent letters A, B and C. THURSDAY 11:45 A Jeff & Jean Grossman Take the Drama out of your Dream 11:45 B Bob Williams Offshore Energy Management 11:45 C Steven Bowden Communications for Cruisers 1:00 A Kathy Parsons Proper Provisioning 1:00 B Bob Williams Marine Refrigeration 1:00 C Chris Kreitlein An Overview of Celestial Navigation 2:15 A Liza Copeland Getting started – Is Cruising for You? 2:15 B Charles Kanter Yacht Surveying 2:15 C Randy Deering Cruising Florida’s Suncoast 3:30 A Liza Copeland The Cruising Countdown: Preparations for Coastal & Offshore 3:30 B Travis Mack Sail Handling 3:30 C Sergio Atanes Cold Water Fishing Techniques: 4:45 A Kathy Parsons Bahamas to the Caribbean: Successfully Sailing South 4:45 B John De Keyser ASA Sailing Flotillas in Croatia & Chartering in Croatia 4:45 C Allyn Cutts Medical Preparedness FRIDAY 10:30 A Brook Fowler 10:30

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Yacht Financing & Insurance in the New Economy Randy Deering A Beginner’s Guide to Planning a Cruise Sergio Atanes Winter Fishing Rigging Gwen Hamlin/Kathy Parsons Women & Cruising John De Keyser Chartering & Learning to Sail in Southwest Florida

11:45 1:00 1:00 1:00 2:15 2:15 2:15 3:30 3:30 3:30 4:45 4:45 4:45

C Charles Daneko Life Raft Survival & Rescue at Sea A Gwen Hamlin/Kathy Parsons What Works: Tips & Techniques for Long-Distance Cruising B Rick Rhodes Exploring Florida’s Big Bend Coast C Bob Williams Solar & Wind Power Technologies A Liza Copeland The Caribbean Circuit B Brenda Wempner Sailing Made Easy C Charles Kanter The Most Important Skill: Anchoring A Bob Bitchin Cruising the Big Blue Ball Called Earth B Marti Brown Safety At Sea with Marine SSB C Corinne Kanter Galley Secrets A-Z A Jeff & Jean Grossman Couples Cruising to the Caribbean B Randy Deering A Sailor Looks at Leadership C Kim Hess Healthy Cruising with Yoga Onboard

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The Cruising Countdown – Preparations for Coastal & Offshore Bob Williams Offshore Energy management Gerry Douglas Designing Modern Sailboats for Today’s Customers Gwen Hamlin/Kathy Parsons Women & Cruising Steven Bowden Communications for Cruisers Chris Kreitlein An Overview of Celestial Navigation Liza Copeland Voyaging Realities, Arrival Procedures & Travel Tips Ashore Travis Mack Sail Handling Sergio Atanes Cold Water Fishing Techniques: John Kretschmer Force 10 - Storm Sailing Strategies Kathy Parsons Bahamas to the Caribbean: Successfully Sailing South Kevin Sherburne Technology for Fun & Safe Boating John Kretschmer Atlantic Crossings: Lessons learned from 20 transatlantic passages Lee Chesneau The Weather Briefing: Self Reliant Weather Interpretation Skills Jeff & Jean Grossman Take the Drama out of your Dream Bob Williams Marine Air Conditioning Randy Deering Cruising Florida’s Suncoast Brenda Wempner Flotillas-A Great Way to Explore New Destinations

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U.S. Sailboat Show, Annapolis, Oct. 6-10 Manufacturers Debut New Designs

By Roy Laughlin Sport model sailboat builders received their fair share of attention at the show, too. The new Farr 400, a 40-foot, one-design racer, was on display and got a lot of attention.

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he U.S. Sailboat Show is the place to see sailboats introduced to the U.S. market, and usually lots of them. Last year’s ambitious model introduction by major production boatbuilders slacked a bit this year. But still, there were plenty of new boats to see. Shannon, Jeanneau and Beneteau all introduced new models. For these cruising monohulls, it is size that matters in the new models. The Beneteau 41 is the prime example. The new offerings are a foot or two longer, and apparently, have higher freeboard that give the boats more volume inside.

Bavaria Yachts was a “find” at the show this year, with three models in the 36- to 45-foot range. This European monohull manufacturer, distinguished by monohulls whose “drop transoms” hinge horizontally to form a platform when down, is not a new company. But it recently made an agreement with an Annapolis Yacht brokerage to represent it in the United States, and so were more than just visible this year. Farr Yacht Group designs Bavaria’s sailboats. With interior designs by BMW DesignworksU.S.A, Bavaria Yachts display a fit and finish a cut or two above charter yachts. The Dufour 445, the Delphia 40.3 and the Mystery 35 joined Bavaria Yachts as new offerings by atelier boatbuilders. Hunter, our own Florida-based monohull builder, introduced its 33e at the show, a cruising boat whose

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redesign includes making sailing easier with new sail and rig designs.

Sport model sailboat builders receive their fair share of attention at the show, too. The new Farr 400, a 40-foot one design racer, was on display and got a lot of attention. The Aquila RP 45, a cruiser-racer, is an example that some sailors still would rather go fast while cruising rather than enjoy the feeling of being moored at a dock in blue water.

If five days of the show can give a valid impression, then the middle-class sport sailor is clearly more interested in smaller boats—down to the 14- to 16-foot range.

Improvements in this class have been incremental during the past couple of years, as sailors expect for class racing.

Lasers introduced a new generation to performance dinghy sailing, but the U.S. Sailboat Show’s collection included more than six other one-design sailing dinghies, many quite affordable but still including the full complement of contemporary construction materials, sail laminates and other go-fast features.

Multihulls Introduced The Annapolis show, along with the Miami Boat Show, is one of the United States’ two “multihull shows.” It lived up to its reputation in 2011. The RT 11 is a new high-tech 11meter racing trimaran made in Rhode Island. It is the first new large trimaran to enter the American market in several years. Its lines make stark contrast between arching gullwing crossbars, and very angular hull and deck shapes. For those who prefer smaller, trailerable trimarans, Corsair trimarans, now owned by Australia’s catamaran builder, SeaWind, introduced the Sprint 750 MK, a day sailer with coastal cruising capability. The Sprint 750 MK includes the more buoyant amas and hull of the Dash 750. Another even smaller trimaran new to the show this year was the Little Wing Tandem, a 16-foot day sailer the builder describes as a kayak trimaran. (The Little Wing comes in a one-seat and two-seat model; the builder had the two-seater on display in Annapolis). For those who like their sailing ultra-simple, the Little Wing should get a look. It can be carried on the top of the car, a trailer not being necessary.

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describes it as “a serious ocean expedition adventure catamaran.” “Expedition” and “adventure” bring back memories of some of the original allure of multihulls.

SailTime leads the United States in fractional yacht ownership. Its big entry a few years ago has been followed by steady growth. The company announced at the Annapolis show that it has two new agreements with Hunter Marine. It will jointly offer a Hunter 39 Limited Edition as a sailboat for the program’s North American SailTime bases. In addition, the Gemini Catamaran, also fabricated by Hunter, will become part of the SailTime’s fleet. If fractional yacht ownership is financially appealing, SailTime makes possible ownership of either mono or multihulls.

Corsair trimarans, now owned by Australia’s catamaran builder, SeaWind, introduced the Sprint 750 MK, a day sailer with coastal cruising capability.

first. Both these catamarans are made by Robertson and Caine in South Africa. Nexus Catamarans introduced the Nexus 600 at the South African Pavilion. The builder

Cornell’s Ocean Atlas Available in January The buzz at the show, especially around the Seven Seas Cruising Association’s booth, was all about Jimmy Cornell’s Cornell’s Ocean Atlas, to be available in the United States in January. In this effort, Mr. Cornell has analyzed meteorological data from the past two decades. It updates climatological data in light of climate change and includes a broader global coverage of areas that formerly had scant or no records. The new Atlas is not just a reprint of Mr. Cornell’s landmark World Cruising Routes, published 20 years ago. Like the latter work, the Atlas is intended for cruising sailors, to show them “prevailing direction of winds and currents along the most commonly sailed transocean routes.”

Mr. Cornell will be a featured speaker at Strictly Sail, at the Miami Boat Show, Feb 16-20.

More New Gear on Display Shows are a place where people get “stuff” for boats if they already have boats. A lot of the most desired “stuff” needs to be plugged in. This year, it seemed as if there was finally a tent full of exhibitors selling electrical products. There were devices to generate electrical power, store it, monitor it, economize and control its use, and of course, to consume it. Need for power is so pervasive on sailboats that Aurinco offers solar generating panels so flat, thin and tough that they withstand being walked on. While solar power panels are now expected to be bulletproof, sailors can buy all kinds of enclosures and additions to the boat to protect the appliances and electronics fed by the solar panels. It almost seems as if the need to cradle electronics is reversing two decades of making cockpits sparse and roomy.

How many old readers remember boat shows from decades past as a place to buy charts? Representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the source of accurate chart information, were always at boat shows. Publishers of charts of all kinds (waterproof, large, small, and regional) were all in their tow. No longer is that the case. To this writer’s knowledge, only Maptech, always at boat shows, still offers printed charts. (At the show but they would rather sell you electronic substitutes, and most

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buyers would rather take that advice, it seems.) “Charts” is no longer even a category in the show’s index of products. The brave new world of modern orientation is here, and it is mostly electrically powered.

For those interested in sails, a couple of sails, neither particularly new—but worth a second look—were prominent at Annapolis. The FinDelta anchoring sail is a three-part sail that claims to be 26 percent more effective at controlling swinging at anchor. If one or two pieces of canvas aren’t working for you, maybe FinDelta’s three-piece anchoring sail is the answer.

Istec’s parasailer, part spinnaker and part wing sail, was being marketed aggressively at the Annapolis show for those who want a sail to move the boat. But more of interest to Florida sailors is that the U.S. loft is located in St. Petersburg. The rep claims this sail is better built and more versatile than traditional spinnaker designs. For either a mono or

multihull sailor interested in exploring novelty in sail design, this is a big opportunity. The U.S. sail loft contact information is on the web (www.istec.ag/ ) How was the response to the show, after a summer in which most of the economic news was bad and getting worse most of the time? The U.S. Sailboat Show was busy in 2011, but not overwhelming. Attendance was well-paced throughout a weekend of perfect weather. Some of the visitors came to buy boats, an attitude that continues to set this boat show apart from many others along the East Coast. If the U.S. Sailboat Show is the harbinger of U.S. sailing’s future, then the sport and lifestyle is alive and kicking. The economy is affecting sailors’ plans, choice of boat, and lifestyle choices, especially for those cruisers. The hope (often not the conviction) is that economic conditions will improve Although there was a lot of gear that was electrical, “stuff” sufficiently within current lifeof all sorts for boaters was on sail, including these custom, times, so that sailors can buy that made-while-you-wait dog leashes, although only guide bigger boat, or have those life experiences on an extended cruise. dogs are allowed at the show.

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International Optimist Dinghy

By Dave Ellis Cover: Kids sailing in an Optimist regatta at the Venice [Florida] Youth Boating Association. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

There are perhaps 150,000 Optimist dinghies out there built by registered builders, but there are numerous boats on earth that were home-built or bootlegged. The Optimist has become the beginner’s boat for kids. This photo shows Optimists at the shed at the Venice [Florida] Youth Boating Association. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

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bout eight years after the first Optimist Pram was built by Clark Mills and sailed by young Clifford A McKay, Jr. (see the following accompanying article), a Danish sea captain visited Clearwater and was intrigued by the Prams he saw sailing. With permission, he took the plans back to Denmark, where they were modified a bit and boats started to be built. By 1960, it was introduced into England, and the plans were standardized. It was called the Optimist Dinghy. In 1965 it officially became an International class.

Meanwhile, in Florida, we were sailing the original Pram. My first wood Pram had sail number 327, a used sail from Don Krippendorf’s champion Pram, Sharky, with teeth painted on the sides and bow and a crack on one side. A trick of the day was to remove the dagger board from the well and set it up across the boat at the mast for more sail area downwind. Oh—and nobody sat on the deck and hiked. We sat on the windward side inside the boat with legs drawn in. Really learned to handle the boat in a blow.

Times change and young sailors learned. But in the late 1980s there were still as many original Prams sailing in Florida as there were Optimist Dinghies. It was not until 1993 that the St. Petersburg Yacht Club bought Optis to replace the 20-boat fleet of old Prams for the summer Learn to Sail program and Introduction to Racing.

Regattas had two fleets: one for original Prams, one for Optimist Dinghies. But the Prams got older, racing became more prevalent and soon there were Optimist Dinghies everywhere in this country. Today, even the bastion of El Toros in Southern California and Sabots in Northern Cal, long the junior training boat of those areas, have large Opti fleets racing.

While original Prams hung on in Florida, the rest of the

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country quickly adopted the “new” Optimist Dinghy. The first World Championship held in the United States was in 1966, and in 1970, fiberglass construction was permitted for racing. The first ’glass boats were not competitive with wooden ones until about 1976, and there were wood boats at the World Championships until 1981.

By the 1990s, there were several boatbuilders producing Optis. For

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An international event may have 300 little white Optis bobbing on the water. Together. All at the same time. Starts in such large fleets can be daunting for a very young, new sailor. Coaches will tell them that they only have to worry about the boat on this side of them and the one on the other side of them. Photo by Steve Morrell.

several years, there was a veritable war to produce hulls that were perceived to be faster. “You don’t have a Mark 5?” a kid would say. “Oh, you’re going to be slow.”

Prices went up and up. Rudders and dagger boards became high-priced items, and sails were many shades of shapes with requisite price. Add a trailer, covers, fancy tiller and extension, contemporary sailing clothes and travel expenses and this became one expensive sport for a family.

This was not lost on the parents who were volunteering their time to help run the class. Finally, partly due to the efforts of Florida’s Bill Douglas, a concerted effort was made to get the “hull wars” under control. In 1992, the IYRU, then international governing body of sailing, challenged the International Optimist Dinghy Association to do something about the cost. A marketing firm was hired to get things started. It reported that it was a perceived advantage, like adding aroma to bleach to make it much more expensive or naming aspirin something that sounds more interesting and jacking up the price.

The solution was to make the specifications quite strict.

It still could be built to those specs by a competent builder, but the specs could not be tweaked here and there to make the boat, or seem to make the boat faster. Back in the day, Ed Sherman of St. Petersburg built a Pram to the edges of the then-loose specs that was so fast that it was banned from Florida Women’s Sailing Association events. It is still stored high up at the St. Pete Sailing Center. But that was not the goal of the Optimist Dinghy.

To the end of tightening up the class, a stringent measuring system was implemented. At first, builders balked.

Then one or two started building the “new” boat. Since they were the only new boats legal to sail, they were more expensive! But it did not take long for other builders to come along to fill the pent-up demand. Today there are nearly 30 builders in 23 countries. No longer is it necessary to import a boat to win a regatta. The price finally came down for the hull. Oh, you can still spend on other things, but the overall 40 December 2011

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price is better. With the class rules tightened and the boats more nearly alike, trade-in value went way up compared to the “boat of the month” days.

Just as in the days of yore, an Opti is the kid’s boat. It is not Dad’s or Mom’s that the child gets to use. This is their boat. Many kids never get the sense of freedom that an Opti sailor gets when sailing alone. The boat is responsive enough to give ready feedback to whatever the skipper does, good or bad. For example, the first thing most sailing classes using Optis do after the swim test is take the new kids for a ride with an old experienced nine- or ten-year-old at the helm to show them the ropes. Then a capsize drill is staged. At first, many kids are scared to flip the boat. But once they do it, whoa, that’s what they want to do in light air. (I never flipped my pram in six years of nearly daily sailing. Boy, did I miss out.)

Imagine getting to a local regatta to find 30 other kids with their boats ready to race. And 90 parents; never could figure that out. Imagine driving to a regional regatta and finding a hundred Optis ready to sail. Imagine going to an international event and finding 300 little white Optis bobbing on the water. Together. All at the same time. Starts in such large fleets can be daunting for a very young, new sailor. Coaches will tell them that they only have to worry about the boat on this side of them and the one on the other side of them. The others are not a problem.

There are several books and numerous articles on sailing and racing Optimist Dinghies. Some are quite technical. Others simply give the basics on the sail, saying to set the outhaul to be just loose, put the sprit up so that there is a crease in the direction of the sprit, and when the sail is pulled in and the crease just disappears, it is set correctly for that wind. Since the boats go pretty much the same speed, it is up to the skipper to sail the boat around the racecourse.

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An Opti is the kid’s boat. It is not Dad’s or Mom’s that the child gets to use. This is their boat. Many kids never get the sense of freedom that an Opti sailor gets when sailing alone. The boat is responsive enough to give ready feedback to whatever the skipper does, good or bad. Photo by Alan Capellin.

there? Perhaps 150,000 by registered builders, but there are numerous boats on earth that were home-built or bootlegged.

It has become the beginner’s boat for kids. There may be other craft that claim to be more modern or faster, even

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“I Sailed the First Optimist Pram”

By Clifford A. McKay, Jr. Photos courtesy Clifford A. McKay, Jr. Photos were scanned from old brochures, magazines and photographs.

Cover: Kids sailing Optimists at the Venice Youth Boating Association. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

An Idea is Born not race small boats instead of Soldiers returning home from cars? Florida is short on hills, but World War II were ready to long on water. They could race rebuild their lives and to make a and sail all year long on difference in their communities.

Clearwater Bay. He was known In April 1947, a group of enthusifor his concern for young people astic veterans organized the and was invited to speak to the Clearwater Optimist Club with Optimist Club’s August 14th the motto “The Friend of the Boy.” meeting. He suggested 11 youth Before the ink dried on their charprojects for the club’s considerater, they voted to sponsor a soap tion—one of them, an “orange box derby down the only hill in crate derby.” Like the soap box Clearwater. Sponsors covered the derby model, merchants would cost of materials for the gravitysponsor a boat for $50. The boy driven cars. Each boy designed, would build it and sail it. The built and drove his own. After a “derby” could race every Sunday summer of sawing, drilling and afternoon, and the boys could sail hammering, I raced down the hill any time they wanted. The three times—and that was it. The Optimist Club liked the idea, and hill was given back to real cars, before the meeting adjourned, and mine was parked by the shed. asked McKay to follow up.

My dad, Maj. Clifford McKay, saw The iconic picture taken on the first day’s sail off the Dad met with local boatbuilder my frustration. He thought: Why Haven Street dock. Cliff McKay, Jr. is at the helm.

Clark Mills the following week, telling him, “We need a design that can be built for $50, built with two sheets of 4 x 8 plywood, uses a bed-sheet as a sail, and is safe and fun.”

Clark said, “I had a little knockabout that I’d been thinking about. It was longer than 8 feet, so I lopped off the bow. It’s snub-nosed and looks a little funny, but it sails pretty good. I talked him out of the bed-sheet, though the sprit sail is pretty close in size.” In less than a week, Clark built a prototype, painted it red, and brought it to the Haven Street Dock for a sail. He sailed it briefly and then turned it over to me. It was lively and accelerated smartly as the sail filled. It turned sharply when I put the tiller over. The bow didn’t dig in. It lifted and skipped across the water. The low sprit rig and generous beam gave it good stability. It was fun and easy to sail. I thought, “Wow! This is neat.”

The boat was displayed the next Thursday at the Optimist Club meeting. They were ecstatic. Within a week, McKay and the newly formed pram committee of W. Watson, Art Lee, Ben Magrew and Maynard Barney had secured sponsors to cover expenses for 28 boats, and Clark Mills was put to work building them.

Clark built a jig to hold the transom, the bow, and a mid-ship thwart. He joined them together with narrow cypress stringers; then he glued and nailed quarter-inch plywood over the frame. Clark said, “I hammered it together in a day and a half with ridged nails, slapped on a coat of paint and called her an Optimist Pram.”

We boys never built the hull. Amateur designs weren’t feasible for boats, and even Clark’s straightforward design wasn’t easy for amateur builders. I know. I built four with my son. This change was never discussed. Clark produced the basic hull, and we boys took it from there; fastening the 42

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corner caps, installing the bow thwart and mast step, scraping off the glue that dripped down, sanding, painting, shaping the rudder and dagger board edges, bending the rudder fittings from galvanized sheet metal in the vise at the school woodworking shop, and tying the sail to the mast with venetian blind cord from the hardware store.

A local sailmaker built a sail from common duck. The mast was a 1 ½” dowel from the lumberyard. At first, the sheet ran from the boom, through a block on the top of the tiller. You could hold the tiller and sheet in one hand. There was no cleat, no traveler. These “My initial lesson, after some onshore instruction, was came later. When you mounted to be put in a boat and pushed away from the dock." the rudder fittings on the boat and on the rudder, you had to make House where the sure to get it right, or the sheet would lift the rudder up and prams were stored. off. This mistake produced some exciting moments as the It was a steep learnboat sailed off with no means to steer it. We painted sponing curve for the sors’ names on the boats. My sponsor was WTAN, the local committee and boys radio station. alike, but everyone was having fun.

The First Optimist Races Sunday afternoons The Optimist committee held races every Sunday afternoon. we’d race. After We raced off the end of Baymont Street near the Old Fish school and on Saturdays, we’d launch our boats and explore Clearwater Bay and its mangrove islands on our own.

The only rule was “Do not sail in the Three steps of building the original Gulf.” We’d help wooden pram, taken from a magazine each other carry the back in the day. The title at the top capboats to the water tion reads: “A Sailboat You Can Make and make sail. Of for $65.” course, when two or more boats sail together, it’s a race. In addition to basic sailing skills, I learned that the wind dies in the late afternoon, and it’s a long paddle home. I learned to sail in six inches of water over the shallow mud flats by heeling to lift the rudder almost entirely out of the water. I discovered that my pram would stand up nicely in 30 knots; the only problem was bailing out the spray that splashed in. Dad’s plan was dead-on. It provided inexpensive boats sponsored by merchants for every boy to spend hours and hours on the water, with no time to think about getting into trouble.

One hot day, between races, I capsized to cool off with a brief swim. I pulled the boat up on the beach, dumped out the water, and returned in time for the next start. I won handily. Before the next race, two others capsized. The three of us outdistanced the field with ease. The wet sail kept air from passing through the duck cloth and created a better airfoil. We learned by experimenting. (Sorry, guys, your modern Dacron sails are already airtight, so this trick won’t work nowadays.) I never capsized a pram by accident. It was always on purpose.

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large—as large as the boat was to it that they got some prams. The small.

Florida Sailing Association The Fire approved the Optimist Pram in On April 20, 1949, Dad shook me April of ’49. Ernie Green, now awake about midnight. “The head of the Optimist committee, pram shed’s on fire.” We drove in offered his moving van to transsilence the half mile down the port the fleet to FSA regattas. We beach. My only comment was, created quite a stir when the huge “Can’t you drive faster?” The Green Moving and Storage van night sky glowed like daylight as pulled up at the launch site and the orange flames lept into the air. disgorged boat after boat onto The Old Fish House, built by the Sarasota Bay. Older sailors marWPA during the depression, veled at these little “water bugs” housed a Sea Scout troop, the scooting around. My uncle, a seaPower Squadron and the pram soned sailor and boatbuilder, fleet. Its beams were dry tinder. It offered me his shoelace to replace was totally engulfed in flames. the line that held my sail to the Nothing inside could be saved. So mast. The humor and disdain of veteran sailors quickly turned to The iconic picture of Clark, Dad and Ernie, the three men we helped cast boats loose from respect when they saw the skill and who launched the Optimist Pram, each with their special nearby yacht club slips and roles and talents. pushed them away from harm. the passion of the young skippers.

We pulled snipes on trailers from In less than a year, girls were a shed close by, some with completely flat tires. We helped included. The prams drew attention wherever they sailed. the hose crews who were tiring. By dawn, the Fish House Optimist clubs in surrounding cities sponsored fleets. Yacht was smoldering embers and the ashes of 29 prams. The clubs from around Florida adopted them. Winter visitors saw only ones saved were a few that boys had taken home. At the prams and took the plans north with them. school the next day, it was hard to think of anything other By 1948, medals were given for weekly races. Scores than the fire. The fun and excitement of the last year and a were totaled each month and a trophy awarded for the best half had gone up in smoke. When the ashes cooled, I score. In December, an “International Pram Regatta” was held poked around for metal fittings from my boat. All I found with Peter Duvoisin taking first place. Pete and I were tied were melted blobs. going into the last race. The entire last leg, we were so close Dad, the general manager of WTAN, called news comwe could have reached across and shaken hands. He’d catch mentator Howard Hartley. Mr. Hartley went on the air, told a wave and surge forward. Then I’d catch one. He caught the the story of the fire, and of the dismayed, heartbroken last one and beat me by 18 inches. It was good competition youngsters. He asked listeners to sponsor boats to rebuild and great fun. Boats came from Clearwater, Dunedin, Pass-athe fleet. The phones began to ring, and in less than two Grille and St. Petersburg. It was hardly international, but the hours, generous merchants and friends contributed funds dreams and expectations for the Optimist Pram were always

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for 43 new boats to replace the 29 lost, as well as $6,000 in building materials for a new shed. I was in the station that night and helped answer all the phone calls.

Clark burned the midnight oil building new boats. The story of the community’s generosity spread, carrying with it the story of the amazing Optimist Pram and the boys and girls that sailed them. The fire became a springboard that launched the Pram on its worldwide journey.

The Optimist Spreads Around the World For me, an Optimist Pram was the start of a life time sailing, racing, and cruising. It was the beginning of “a lifelong apprenticeship” in the finest sport there is. Everywhere I go, there are Optis. I’ve sailed past Coconut Grove, FL—the western horizon white with pram sails. I was awakened in Marion, MA, to the squeals of pram sailors practicing capsizing. I rescued a beginning skipper who’d been blown away from her race at Nantucket. I’ve watched prams race in Interlocken, Switzerland, and Oxford, MD. I’ve seen the prams stowed on the quay in Funchal, Madeira Islands, and in Copenhagen, Denmark. I watched with pride the TV coverage of Munich as a fleet of 400 prams swarmed around the Tall Ships entering the harbor.

The beginnings of the Optimist Pram were a labor of love. Clark Mills designed it, built most of the first hulls, and donated the copyright to the Clearwater Optimist Club.

Dad conceived a plan so all kids could sail and promoted the Pram around the state. In seven years, there were more than a thousand of them racing in Florida alone. The Clearwater Optimist Club under Ernie Green’s tireless leadership spent countless hours with the program, supervising races, working with the boys and girls, and transporting them to regattas. No one received royalties or any remuneration. They did it so boys and girls could have fun sailing, and grow up to be good citizens.

Clark’s skills could have built anything he chose, but he explained his passion for boats—a passion that breathes through every fiber of his Optimist Pram: “A house is a house. But a boat, it’s just a gleamin’ beautiful creation. And when you pull the sail up on a boat, you’ve got a little bit of something God-given. Man, it goes bleatin’ off like a bird wing, you know, and there’s nothing else like it.” Millions of boys and girls on six continents have “flown on those bird wings” in Clark’s amazing little boat, and it has changed their lives.

A race of the Clearwater fleet after the fire.

Scene of an early skipper’s meeting. Note the low numbers (numbers of boats burned in the fire were reused when the prams were re-sponsored). This picture was taken after the fire, since it shows the new pram shed built. The caption reads: “On the Beach — and waiting for the skipper’s meeting that precedes each race.

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Taking a Different Tack — Creative Thinking in the Sailing World

By Dan Dickison

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y now, almost all have had their fill of remembrances about Steve Jobs—the visionary co-founder of Apple who passed away in early October. Jobs not only revolutionized the personal computer industry, but his work had a profound impact in the fields of music, animation and mobile communications as well. This column is certainly not another elegy to the man. Still, it’s hard to dismiss the phenomenal success that Jobs had, success that is almost universally credited to his unconventional outlook.

That’s why it’s useful to keep in mind the wisdom behind that definitive maxim he made famous in one of Apple’s

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Sailor and yacht designer David Raison sailing TeamWork Evolution 747, which beat his competitors hands-down in the Mini TransAt this year. Raison designed the boat with the broad, scow-like bow, which was at first ridiculed by many. This photo was taken in Brazil after sailing it from France. He set a new course record, prompting others to start rethinking boat design.

Photo by Christophe Breshi, MaxxComm-Media.

late-‘90s television ads—“think different.”

When it comes to sailing, whether you’re tacking up the leg of a racecourse, exploring new cruising grounds or perhaps considering how sailors might foster greater environmental protections, different is by no means better.

Sometimes, the tried-and-true conventional approach is the only way to go. But, if you want to explore new avenues for enhancing whatever it is you’re doing—racing performance, recreational enjoyment, or advocacy within the sport—different is the only way to go.

Take the case of David Raison, the French solo sailor and yacht designer, who recently prevailed in the 4,200-mile, single-handed race from France to Brazil known as the Mini TransAt. In 2010, Raison launched a very unusual 21-foot craft that he designed and built to compete in the various Mini 6.50 races. The boat had a decidedly blunted bow that resembled a bathtub toy as much as it did a serious racing vessel. At the time, Raison described that look to the press as a “U.S. scow bow.”

Initially, this design suffered steering problems, and Raison didn’t fare well in his first competition. His design was also derided by many who closely follow the Mini scene. But, with more than 20,000 solo sailing miles beneath his belt, Raison coupled that experience with his design expertise and made the right adjustments. By the end of the Mini TransAt race in late October this year, this innovative Frenchman had wowed race followers by finishing the 3,100-mile second leg from Madeira to Bahia, Brazil, nearly 150 miles ahead of his closest competition. In the process, he not only set a new course record on board TeamWork Evolution 747, he also prompted many in this game to begin rethinking hull design. Said Raison shortly after the finish: “My boat is like a kick to the beehive of naval designers.”

New Thinking in On-the-Water Cell Phone Apps Closer to home, there are others who understand the value of occasionally aiming a kick at the metaphorical beehive.

Meet Dylan Murphy, an unassuming graduate student in Charleston, SC, who describes himself as “someone very concerned with the state of our waterways.” Murphy grew up in Beaufort, SC, and has lived on the coast his entire life. “I’m very invested in the quality of our waterways.”

Murphy’s kick—albeit a more subtle one—was the development of a new app for the Android smart phone crowd. In September, he introduced a free app that allows www.southwindsmagazine.com

users to streamline the process of reporting large report, and the app automatically collects their GPS debris in local waterways. He dubbed the applicoordinates. In less than a minute, the user has cation Clean Marine. recorded all the necessary information and can then “Reporting debris, like abandoned vessels submit that to the appropriate authorities with one or oil barrels, is absolutely critical,” explains click. If an Internet connection isn’t available on-site, Murphy, a master’s candidate in environmental the data will be saved and sent when the phone is science. “When debris goes unreported, there is back online. no way of knowing how much is out there, and Clean Marine is also the basis of Murphy’s maslawmakers are unlikely to allocate funding ter’s thesis, which he has entitled “Adoption of New without knowing the extent of the problem. Just Technology for the Improvement of a Citizen Science reporting the debris to the appropriate agency is Clean Marine, a new Project.” He says he designed the app with just the an easy way for the average sailor or boater to app for smart phones Lowcountry waterways in mind, but has since that will enable users help keep our waterways clean.” anywhere in the U.S. expanded its capabilities to include all U.S. coastal Murphy explains that during the 2010 boat- to report derelict areas. “Now, people in Florida or anywhere can subing season, only six reports of large abandoned boats. mit reports of marine debris. I’m really hoping that marine items were collected in South Carolina. In this tool gets used nationally. I try to do everything I 2011, that grew to 35, and the issue of abandoned boats was can for the environment, and I know others feel similarly. I felt deemed critical enough to receive a two-minute segment on that making this app would allow people to do more to Fox News, which aired nationally in August. He points out improve the waters they spend their lives in and around.” that, formerly, boaters were required to fill out a paper form Clean Marine is available via the Android Market as with GPS coordinates and a picture attached—requirements well as Amazon’s Appstore. In addition, you can find out that can be difficult onboard a boat and likely served as a more about it at Murphy’s website: www.mob-sci.bellstrike.com. A similar app for the iPhone was developed over deterrent for reporting. Now, his app has transferred that a year ago by Warmwinds Software. That, too, is available form onto something more and more people carry with for free, either through the Charleston Waterkeeper them—a smart phone. (www.charlestonwaterkeeper.org) or the iTunes App Store.

And Murphy says the process couldn’t be simpler. Once “Citizen science” supported by mobile technology. you activate the app, Clean Marine walks users through the Somehow, you just know Steve Jobs would have loved that. reporting process. They can take a picture to include with the

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By Steve Morrell

Florida Communities Hold Meetings on the FWC Pilot Program on Anchoring In 2009, the FWC began work on a program that would help establish rules that would protect boaters’ rights, local community rights, the environment and reduce the number of derelict boats. This was in response to many Florida communities being concerned about these problems and many communities began to establish mooring fields. But anchoring outside these fields became a big question. The FWC wanted to resolve the situation, so in 2009, the FWC began work on a program that would choose five locations (two on the east coast, two on the west coast and one in the Florida Keys) in Florida as pilot programs to help establish regulations for anchoring outside those mooring fields.

Last February, the FWC chose the following cities as part of the pilot program where local municipalities were establishing mooring fields.

St. Augustine Stuart/Martin County St. Petersburg Sarasota Monroe County/Marathon/Key West After the locations were chosen, the program was to deal with the problem of non-liveaboards anchoring outside of the mooring fields. Meetings were to be held in each locale to get public input on the subject. The local municipalities would then decide on rules for anchoring and the FWC would review them, and if accepted, they were made into law. The laws would be put in place for several years, and then the FWC would report, by Jan. 1, 2014, to the governor and legislature with recommendations on effective and workable laws that could be used uniformly throughout the state. The local laws would become void at that time until final laws

were passed. (For a more complete explanation of this program, see the April 2011 issue, “Our Waterways” section.)

The following is a summarized report on some of those meetings around the state. All communities are continuing to hold these meetings as they finalize their proposals, which will be reviewed by the FWC. SOUTHWINDS did not have information on other meetings to report on them.

St. Augustine Puts Forth Proposals for Anchoring in City Waters In October, after holding public meetings, the city of St. Augustine proposed anchoring rules that would affect the rights of boaters to anchor outside of the mooring fields in the city. The main rule would limit anchoring outside the field, within city limits, to no more than 10 consecutive days in a 30-day period. A boater would then have to leave for a minimum of one day (at least one overnight) and go outside the city limits, to a marina, to the mooring field, or some other accepted location (we assume a private home dock would be acceptable). They could then return to anchor for another 10-day period.

Another proposed rule would be directed to all boats that are “stored” on the water. Any boat stored would be required to get underway twice a year and travel to the city marina where it’s ability to move is verified. The marina personnel would also collect contact information on the boat to ensure that the boat can be moved in case of a storm or other event. This is a rule intended to minimize the possibility of derelict vessels in the city limits—vessels which can become navigation hazards and dangerous to property and others in tropical storm conditions.

Anchoring would also be limited to no closer than 100 feet from the mooring field.

The proposed ordinances are “proposed” because all rules must be submitted to the FWC for review and final approval before they can become law. The proposed rules met with a mixture of acceptance and rejection by the cruising community. Many boaters are under the understanding that a 2006 Florida state law prohibited communities from restricting anchoring. Local communities and local city representatives believe that the $20 nightly and $120 weekly mooring field fee is reasonable.

For more on the St. Augustine issue and boaters and community responses, go to this article: http://staugu tine.com/news/local-news/2011-10-24/boaters-angry over-mooring-field-fees-call-boycott-st-augustine-harbor.

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The Vinoy Basin, location of the St. Petersburg mooring field. The original plan called for the field to be operational by October 2011, but now it is expected to be open in 2012. Photo by Steve Morrell.

program to explore potential options for regulating the anchoring or mooring of vessels outside the marked boundaries of public mooring fields.”

The meeting in October was the first meeting in St. Petersburg about the mooring field and anchoring regulations.

David Metz from the city of St. Petersburg was present along with Capt. Tom Shipp from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Walt Miller, marina and port manager, city of St. Petersburg, and St. Petersburg Police Officers Miller and Robertson spoke as well.

Although the handout stated that the meeting’s purpose was about the anchoring regulations, the meeting began with a slide show demonstrating how some vessels, when left unattended, eventually sink and become a prob-

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lem for the city. The slides also depicted how some derelict vessels were being utilized as a residence by the local homeless population. It was apparent that the city was interested in ridding the local waters of their derelict vessels as this was the main focus of conversation. The city further believes that regulating anchoring by the implementation of a mooring field will solve this problem.

The north Vinoy basin was selected as the mooring field location for the city of St. Petersburg and is expected to be in place by January. The original plan by the city called for the field to be operational as of October 2011, but that has not happened to date.

Officer Robertson stated that the key components of this project are to: • Limit the length of time a vessel can be anchored • Require the vessel to remain in operable condition by inspection • Establish a “buffer zone” around the Vinoy Basin mooring field Thirteen mooring balls will be installed initially, with a possible future expansion to 26. Vessels up to 40 feet will pay $15 per night. Vessels over 40 feet will pay $18 per night. There will be a “buffer zone” established to further regulate anchoring, or the prohibition of anchoring, with undetermined limits at this time. Officer Robertson stated that they were considering an anchoring time limitation somewhere in the 30- to 60-day range.

St. Augustine established its buffer zone by drawing the buffer zone line along the present city limit lines. They are restricting anchoring outside of the established mooring field, within the city limits, to no more than 10 consecutive days within a 30-day period.

A question was brought forth asking where St. Pete’s buffer zone will be established.

The St. Petersburg police officers pointed out that a broad area of water surrounding the city of St. Petersburg has seen its share of derelict vessel and is identified as problematic. The specific locations of boundary lines have not yet been established. Additional follow-up meetings will be held to solicit comments and input from the public.

Some comments were presented concerning the St. Augustine mooring field guidelines and how they might coincide with any decisions made pertaining to the St. Petersburg mooring field.

St. Augustine’s pending regulation within ordinance 2011-10, amending section 7-93 of the city code, states in part: “No vessel unoccupied by persons shall anchor at any location within the municipal boundaries of the City but outside of a designated mooring field unless the vessel gets underway on at least one (1) occasion during each calendar year during the month of February using its own propulsion system and travels to the City marina.”

St. Augustine has successfully established a means to force vessel inspections by contractor personnel, and instituted a vessel inspection sticker program. Here is what it says: “At the marina, marina staff will verify the ability of the SOUTHWINDS December 2011

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vessel to get underway and will collect and verify contact information for the owner and/or authorized representative of the owner of the vessel for use in emergency and storm events.”

“The issuance of a medallion shall not be considered proof that between the date of issuance and the one-year anniversary of the date of issuance the vessel remains seaworthy and able to get underway.”

The question was brought forth numerous times from the audience as to how controlling anchoring will prevent derelict vessels from occurring, which was the main theme and goal of the summit presenters. Either nobody knows or is willing to say at this point exactly how a mooring field stops people from abandoning vessels.

The St. Pete police did say that it is extremely difficult to identify a derelict vessel. They have to be sunk, or close to it.

One audience member pointed out that the city of Gulfport, FL, is having success in dealing with derelict vessels under the Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Program organized by the state. This program is funded by the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund, and is already in place.

It was mentioned during the summit that anchoring regulations were out of control in Florida until just recently.

Every jurisdiction had its own unique set of rules and regulations. It was impossible to keep up with all of them, or even know where city limits began and ended on the water.

The problem was solved by the Florida Supreme Court. The

cities simply didn’t have the right to make up their own rules and continue on with what they were doing.

One audience member gave his concerns that an anchorage which so many boaters had enjoyed over the years is now gone. He would now be unable to visit downtown St. Petersburg as there was no more free anchorage.

He also expressed concern that the mooring field limited the number of boats able to moor in the Vinoy Basin, leaving no room for anchoring transient boaters. Walt Miller advised that he has plenty of slips open at the city marina. Boaters can tie up in there (for a fee) should they want to visit downtown Saint Petersburg.

This program has a sunset clause and is scheduled to end on July 1, 2014. The question was put forth asking what will happen regarding the mooring field after this date. This meeting gave no clear answer.

St. Augustine had partially answered this within its ordinance, stating in part: “Section 5. Expiration of Ordinance. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 327.4105, Florida Statutes, this ordinance shall expire concurrently with the statutory pilot program on July 1, 2014, unless Section 327.4105, Florida Statutes, is reenacted by the Florida Legislature.”

It is unclear at this time as to the continuing status of the mooring fields after the termination of this program, should this program be in fact terminated. This question, along with many more, may be answered in future summit meetings.

Florida Anchoring Pilot Program Public Meeting, Sarasota, FL, Nov. 3

By Harmon Heed This public input is very similar On Nov. 3, the city of Sarasota, to that expressed at other cities’ FL, hosted a public meeting to pilot program public meetings. obtain people’s input on what Yet other cities are writing new should be in the new ordinance laws with time and location regulating anchoring outside of limits on anchoring. its proposed mooring field. The David Cassidy of BoatUS, ordinance is required by the by far the largest boaters’ Florida Fish and Wildlife Conorganization in the United servation Commission (FWC) to States, flew down from participate in the pilot program.

With little notice or time, The anchorage off downtown Sarasota where the mooring field Virginia. He explained that approximately 75 people attend- is expected to be completed by spring. Sarasota has been dis- boaters want and need ed the meeting chaired by City cussing and planning for a mooring field in this area since the options, whether to take a berth, tether onto a ball or drop Engineer Alexandrea Davis- early ‘80s. Photo by Steve Morrell.

Shaw. She was assisted by the mooring field project manag- an anchor, depending on their cruising plans, finances and er, Tony Russo, who has been with the city for six months. the weather. And whether moored or anchored, they need a The meeting began with a Power Point presentation by Capt. place close to a beach or dock. He offered BoatUS’ expertise Tom Shipp of the FWC. Twenty-five people went forward to and services to help write the ordinance.

Russo said that the Sarasota city staff will draft an ordispeak. They were adamant in their consensus: 1. No new laws are needed. There are already laws at nance and present it to the City Council at an information city, county and state level to eliminate/control the problems meeting in December. The staff will then develop the ordinance and present it to the Council at a public meeting in January. of derelict boats and pollution if those laws are enforced.

The city has chosen a contractor to design and build the 2. There should be no time limits on anchoring for propmooring field and, if the City Council agrees to the expendierly registered and attended boats.

3. Non-anchoring buffer zones around the mooring ture (which is more than three times the amount of the bid field, ICW navigation lane and marine structures should be for the previous failed installation), the mooring field is kept to the minimum and established for safety reasons only. expected to be completed in March.

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Why Kids Don’t Want to Sail

By Jabbo Gordon

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couple of months ago, Scuttlebutt (an online sailing newsletter at www.sailingscuttlebutt.com) posed the question of why kids don’t want to sail. The topic discussed, written by Bill Sandberg, originally appeared in WindCheck magazine (a free monthly magazine devoted to sailors and boaters in the Northeast, www.windcheckmagazine.com), and he offered various reasons why.

Why, indeed?

Basically, Sandberg says sailing isn’t fun for kids anymore. He stepped back in time to his own youth Has intense competition taken the fun out of sailing? Photo by Roy Laughlin. activities, such as baseball and sailing, hand-eye coordination or the weight to hold a boat down and discussed “the way we were.” He recalled his early sailwhen there are whitecaps on a bay or a lake. They become ing days when he and his friends went from harbor to harfrustrated, and even if they stick with it for a year or two, they bor and did overnights on the shores of Long Island Sound. often burn out. Rare is the youngster who starts at age 7, for Yes, he was part of a junior sailing program, and yes, example, and continues sailing even through college. members of the group raced. But Sandberg hastened to add: Some summer learn-to-sail camps and small grass roots They did not become burned out because sailing was more fun. programs have become training grounds for year-round Ed Baird of St. Petersburg—and winning helmsman in race teams. Instead of simply teaching a youngster how to the 2008 America’s Cup—once bragged to a US SAILING sail with an eye toward how much fun it is, some summer audience that he could sail all over Tampa Bay long before instructors become race team recruiters. the state of Florida said that he could drive on its highways.

L.K. Bradley of Palm Harbor, who has taught sailing in When I was young and sailing in the Tampa Bay area, the Tampa Bay area for years, used to joke about scoping out my buddies and I would sail from Dunedin over to the flats the summer camp parking lot for SUVs with trailer hitchon the east side of Caladesi Island at low tide to round up es. Some sailing teachers become coaches during the school some scallops. It was not unusual to sail clear to year, and they are looking for parents who can pull the race Clearwater—all of three miles—or to Clearwater Beach to team’s boats. compete in the Pram races there—before Dunedin’s Optimist fleet was launched. And frankly, we didn’t wear The Growing Formality of Sailing life jackets or sun block, let alone gloves. Many sailors wore Sandberg also views with alarm the growing formality of old hats that would cover a person’s nose and ears— the sport, especially on the racing side, and blames such favorite targets for the sun’s rays. items as the Notice of Race (NOR), Sailing Instructions (SIs), Has Intense Competition Taken the Fun Out of Sailing?

Sandberg suggests that intense competition has taken the fun out of sailing. He has a point when you realize that there is a lot of parental and peer pressure to win at any cost.

Coaches teach youngsters various tricks and ways to bend the regulations, and, unfortunately, some kids who don’t think the rules apply to them are happy to push the envelope. But they are the first to complain when they are caught being over the starting line at the start of a race. What happened to sportsmanship?

On an interscholastic level, high schools have tried to use ineligible sailors. That sort of sportsmanship would result in the school’s football team forfeiting an entire season. Is this what we want to teach kids?

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rules, costs, trophies and even endof-season banquets.

Admittedly, a Notice of Race is necessary if for no other reason than to tell folks that a regatta is coming.

However, one page is quite sufficient; a four-pager is overkill, especially for kids.

Unless officials are planning a major regatta, a key suggestion for writing Sailing Instructions is to “keep it simple, stupid.” Kids who can’t or won’t read them are the ones who ask dumb questions at the skipper’s meeting.

And yes, there are dumb questions, particularly if the answer is Kids who sailed in the Jabbo Gordon Regatta in 2009 at the Venice Youth Boating Association. on the instructions, which a kid Article author Jabbo Gordon is holding the scissors. Photo by Jin Dietrich. may be holding in his or her hand. I know one race officer who will major Green Fleet regattas during a year, that skipper was pointedly answer a sailor’s questionable question with, required to move up to a more advanced fleet. Then the “Read your Sailing Instructions.”

USODA changed the rules. Kids can race in Green Fleet as The rules are a separate can of worms and worthy of a long as they want. One coach jokes about some sailors drivdifferent column. I recall a state Optimist Regatta about a ing to Green Fleet regattas. That’s pretty difficult, since the dozen years ago when the principal race officer hoisted a maximum Opti age is 15, but the point is well-taken, black flag (meaning instant DSQ if a sailor is over early) for and some programs encourage sailors to continue competthe Green Fleet, a division ostensibly for first year competiing in a fleet supposedly reserved for neophytes. tors. Give me a break.

Another idea was not to give out the top three or first five awards, but to give all competitors an award—usually Is the Cost of Sailing Prohibitive for the Young? a medallion with a green ribbon—“because they are all winCosts have been prohibitive for many young people who ners.” Many regattas will recognize an entire Green Fleet would like to sail. Although community sailing programs even if it is 70 or 80 sailors strong, but officials will still recabound, many folks still consider yachting a rich man’s ognize the top three or so. sport. Yachting may very well be a little pricey, but sailing All that business is part of what makes Johnny or for youngsters certainly doesn’t have to be costly. A probSusie become disenchanted with sailing. I have known lem arises because all this formality that Sandberg itemizes skippers who would purposely not do well in a regatta if is becoming more and more costly. it meant they would be promoted to another fleet and Keeping costs down is similar to shoveling sand against away from their friends if they placed well. How’s that for an incoming tide. First, there are association, club or peer pressure? squadron fees. Secondly, a sailor must be attired in the latest Virtually every sailing program will agree with parents and greatest sunglasses, wet suits, boots and, of course, that grades have to come first. After all, sailing requires a gloves. Next time you go to a youth regatta, check it out. couple of brains to rub together if a kid is going to be good.

Ninety percent will have gloves. Only 10 percent will be wearing something they really need—a watch.

Sailing Competes with Other School Activities For sailors who compete out of town, there are transand Social Life portation costs, room and board—probably for an entire And there is hardly a child in school who is not going to be family—and regatta registration costs, possibly including involved in at least one school activity whether it is the debate late fees. Since a kid is not paying the freight, costs may society or the robotics club. Participating in student governnot be a direct reason why a youngster does not want to ment or being on the yearbook staff are popular ideas, but sail, but it is a definite factor as far as parents encouraging time-consuming. Other sports and activities attract many a child to participate. prospective sailors. The Venice Youth Boating Association taught many young people how to sail long before they Racing and Kids became high school athletes in everything from football to tenTrophies or other types of awards can be costly, too, but they nis. do serve as a means of recognizing youngsters who have Some high schools have sailing teams, but they are condone well. However, the way they are distributed can be sidered club sports and are not part of the school’s athletic controversial. Some people complain that the same kids department and may not be considered as “cool” as basketball keep winning a majority of honors. One hears cries similar or track. And not every school, by a long shot, has sailing. to the old saying, “Break up the Yankees.”

Off campus, sports like crew, Little League baseball and Even when young sailors compete in a racing handiPop Warner football lure potential year-round sailors with capped division, the cream is going to rise to the top. It promises of collegiate scholarships some day. Sailing cannot doesn’t make any difference what class boat he or she is compete with that sort of money motivation.

A n d skippering. don’t forget the dance studios and Tai Kwon Do classes.

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A majority of young folks may not want to race, and most year-round programs stress racing and going to regattas. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

especially with today’s youth.

As young people grow older, many become more social. They may not want to sail by themselves anymore.

That is one way high school teams, with their 420s and FJs, have recruited members, appealing to the social aspect. One drawback to double-handed boats comes when Jack doesn’t want to sail with Malcolm, and nobody wants to sail with Gretchen. Coming up with consistent teams can be a big challenge for a coach.

Older sailors may have discovered the “fumes”—gas fumes and perfume. Cars and trucks along with the opposite sex can be a terrible deterrent in growing a sailing program.

But the bottom line goes back to the fact that a majority of young folks may not want to race, and most year-round programs stress racing and going to regattas. Many a young sailor may love being on the water, but may not have a competitive bone in his or her body. Some suffer through the races and the agony of defeat just for the opportunity to go sailing.

If they want to sit in the back of the boat and watch clouds while dipping a hand in the water, so be it. That’s fun for them. In fact it is probably more fun to them than trying to beat a best new-found friend or even a person they had not met before the regatta.

Some youngsters are like that. They may truly enjoy a birthday party, although they manage to avoid all those competitive games such as pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey.

Admittedly there are other kids who do not want to put their boats in the water unless there is a race afoot. They may not even participate in a practice or a practice race. But they are the minority, and a small minority at that.

Remember, we are talking about why kids don’t want to sail. In next month’s issue, we will discuss a couple of other complaints and make a few suggestions as a way to solve the situation.

instructor trainer as well as club race officer. Gordon holds a OPUV license with the Coast Guard. He started as a summer instructor with the Venice Youth Boating Association in 1995, became chief instructor in 1997 and administrator in 2006. He recently retired from that position and now works part time as an instructor at SailLaser St. Petersburg. Many of his articles, including many small boat reviews, have been printed in SOUTHWINDS.

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Four boats will be required for a design class Inland sailing at its best, with outstanding food on Saturday night with music on the dock.

Have an opinion on why kids want to, or don’t want to sail? Email editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

A native of San Diego, CA, Jabbo Gordon, 74, grew up in North Carolina and Florida where he learned to sail at age 11. He is retired from the Navy and is a US SAILING-certified instructor and News & Views for Southern Sailors

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COOKING ONBOARD

By Robbie Johnson

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ew sailors of my acquaintance need much in the way of encouragement to partake of a bit of the hair of the dog, as they say. With the holidays upon us, there will most likely be a fair run of opportunities to consume all manner of alcoholic drinks. I thought it might be helpful to my sailing friends if I provided recipes for a few outstanding holiday drinks not commonly served. But just to keep my karma clean, I’ll start with a non-alcoholic coffee drink that might be the most important one of the list when it comes time to jump into your dinghy in the dark of night to find your boat.

Spiced Mocha Drink (serves 4) 6 oz. milk chocolate 1/2 cup light cream 3 cups (1 1/4 pints) black coffee (Columbian or Jamaican Blue Mountain) 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon Whipped cream or ice to serve Preparation 1) Cut chocolate in small pieces to speed up melting. Put chocolate in double saucepan over a pan of simmering water.

Base of bowl should not touch water.

2) Add light cream to melting chocolate, stir together, heat gently.

3) Remove bowl from heat, add coffee and cinnamon, whisk together until foamy. Divide among 4 cups, then serve with a spoonful of cream, or cool and chill and serve over ice.

Puka Punch (makes 1 cocktail) This recipe comes straight out of the Tiki-era of the 1930s.

Smashing!

2 oz. white rum 1 oz. fresh lime juice 3/4 oz. dark Jamaican rum 3/4 oz. fresh orange juice 3/4 oz. pineapple juice 3/4 oz. passion fruit syrup 1 dash Angostura bitters 2 teaspoons honey mixed w/2 tsp. hot water 3/4 oz. 151-proof rum Garnish w/fruit slices Preparation 1) Put 1 1/2 cups ice cubes into a blender and crush. Add first 9 ingredients and blend on high speed. Pour into a tall glass.

2) Slowly pour 151-proof rum over back of a spoon into cocktail. Garnish with pineapple, orange and cherry fruit.

Chico Cocktail An old Texas cantina favorite 2 oz. silver tequila 1 oz. simple syrup Club soda to taste

2 oz. blackberry liqueur 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice

Preparation Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the tequila, liqueur, simple syrup and lemon juice. Top the drink off with club soda and gently stir to combine.

Sailor’s Bloody Mary Made with the Old Bay seasoning that every sailor has in the galley.

Served for years in the Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, DC 2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning 1 lime wedge

1 1/2 oz. vodka (pepper-flavored) 1 oz. beef broth 3 oz. tomato juice 1 1/4 fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper 1 large, tail-on shrimp, peeled, boiled, chilled Michelada Cocktail (makes 1 drink) If there’s no more liquor in the cabinet, but a few bottles of beer left in the cooler, then you’re still in the game. This is a long-time favorite south of the border down Mexico way.

1 lime wedge 1 oz. fresh lime juice Kosher salt to taste 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 5 dashes of Tabasco 1 12-oz. bottle or can of Mexican beer, preferably Tecate or Pacifico Preparation Rub lime wedge around the rim of a pint glass and dip the rim in salt. Add lime juice, Worcestershire, pepper and Tabasco. Fill the glass with ice and beer.

Hot Buttered Rum (serves 16 sailors) 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks), softened 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup, dark brown sugar, packed 3 cups aged dark rum 1/4 teaspoon freshly-grated nutmeg Kosher salt to taste 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon Preparation 1) in large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until smooth, then add nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and a pinch of salt, and beat again to combine. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve.

2) To make one hot buttered rum, place 2 heaping tablespoons of the chilled butter mixture in an 8-oz. mug and fill with boiling water. Stir to melt and mix ingredients, and serve immediately. !Feliz Navidad, amigos! !Y prospero Año Nuevo!

Robbie Johnson lives aboard a steel Tahiti Ketch and is the author of Gourmet Underway – A Sailor’s Cookbook. Order his book at www.gourmetunderway.com.

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Use of the Anchor Alarm

By Chris May

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hen I was in the Navy, our navigation team would have their hands full upon coming in to anchor. At the instant the anchor was let go, a team of quartermasters would use gyroscope-stabilized compasses and telescopes to take bearings to multiple land objects and fix our position. Operations specialists would use their radar consoles to confirm the position. The anchor position would be plotted, and then two circles would be drawn, centered around it: the swing circle, where the rear end of the ship could possibly swing around the anchor, to make sure we didn’t hit anything, and the drag circle, the circle where all our fixes should fall inside. A quartermaster stood watch 24 hours a day, taking and plotting fixes. If a fix fell outside the drag circle, it meant the anchor had dragged and we might need to re-anchor.

Cruising today in a sailboat with a displacement around one percent of the Navy ships, I’m still concerned about dragging the anchor and the need to re-anchor, even if the circumstances are different. Typical of most double-handed crews, when Troubadour, our 51-foot Beneteau, comes in to anchor, we are driving and manning the anchor windlass, which leaves us short-handed for the navigation duties to determine exactly where the anchor went down. Instead, we rely on the old standby, the anchor alarm. In principle, this electronic aid works the same way as the penciled drag circle drawn on the paper charts in the Navy.

Let’s say I am anchoring in 11 feet of water at high tide.

A scope of 7:1 would be 77 feet; my anchor chain is marked at 80 feet, so I will attach the snubber at 80 feet and ease it to the water’s edge. My GPS antenna, located on the radar arch at the stern, is 50 feet from the anchor roller. That means if the wind/current is from the north, the antenna is located 130 feet to the south of the anchor (80 feet of chain + 50 feet of boat = 130 feet); reverse the wind/current, it will sit 130 feet to the north. So my electronic drag circle is 130+130=260 feet in diameter. On Troubadour, this also happens to be the swing circle. The drag circle is calculated as the scope of chain plus the distance from the hawsepipe (or anchor roller) to where the fix is calculated from (bearing compass, radar radome, or GPS antenna location). The swing circle is the scope of chain plus the distance from the hawsepipe to the stern. On a large ship, the difference between the two circles could be 500 feet

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Charted stacks and water towers are good objects for visual fixes. The lighted stacks are useful both day and night.

or more. On a boat of 50 feet or less, the difference between these two circles is usually below the resolution of the plotter, electronic or paper (unless your pencils are much sharper than mine!) and can be neglected.

On my Raymarine chartplotter, the anchor alarm can be set in increments of a 0.01 nautical mile. But how many hundredths of a nautical mile should I set it for? I convert by remembering 2000 yards per nautical mile, so 0.01 nm = 20 yards = 60 feet. The swing circle of 260 feet ÷ 60 feet = 4 and 1/3. Since I can’t set the alarm for a 0.04333 nm, I have a decision to make: round up or round down?

If I am nervous for any reason (first time in an anchorage, the holding ground isn’t good, or there are dangers nearby), then I would round down and set the anchor alarm for a 0.04 nm. If I could drag slightly with no danger, including dragging into neighboring boats, then I set the alarm for a 0.05 nm to reduce false alarms, since I know there will always also be some error in the reported GPS position.

Even if I set the alarm for a 0.04 nm, this is still a bit generous as the anchor alarm centers itself at the position where I set it, not over the anchor. Setting (or resetting) the alarm while already stretched out in a blow could let me drag for 120 feet before alarming. Set to a smaller interval, the alarm could trigger falsely as the boat swings to the wind or current. Because of this, I use waypoints as a visual backup to the anchor alarm.

A waypoint plugged in at the original position gives a reference. As the boat swings, additional waypoints give an approximation of a true drag circle. After a tide or wind shift, it is quickly apparent if the boat has dragged outside the circle of waypoints, even if the alarm has not sounded yet.

Conversely, if a tightly set alarm sounds, it can be quickly ascertained whether the boat has moved to the other side of the drag circle, or dragged outside the waypoints.

After years of training and practice, visual bearings and radar ranges to charted objects will always be the definitive fix to me, but plotting bearings takes time. I also know a good mariner will use all information available to determine his position and risk of grounding. By correctly setting the anchor alarm, and setting a few waypoints, I sleep more soundly when at anchor, knowing I’m using my electronic aids in addition to the other references available.

Chris’ duties in the U.S. Navy started as a radar piloting officer, and he finished active duty as navigator on USS Nassau (LHA 4). He holds a USCG 100-ton masters license and is an ASA sailing instructor. After years of bareboating in the Caribbean and racing on other people’s boats, he purchased and moved onto his current boat, Troubadour. Read more about his boat projects and escapades at www.sailblogs.com/member/troubadour52993/

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St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta Offers PHRF Racing New This Year, Feb. 17-19 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is hosting the upcoming St. Petersburg NOOD (National Offshore One-Design) event on Feb. 17-19. Several popular one-design classes will be represented. Last year’s NOOD regatta featured nine separate classes with entries from across the eastern half of the United States.

New this year will be PHRF handicap class racing with a combination of windward/leeward and distance racing courses. All entrants for the PHRF classes will need to apply for a West Florida PHRF certificate at www.westfloridaphrf.org. Go to the Sailing World NOOD website for more information at www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas.

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IFDS Worlds 2012, Charlotte Harbor, FL, Jan. 7-15 Charlotte Harbor will be host to the International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World

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Championships held Jan. 7-15. The IFDS is the world organizing body for disabled sailing. It conducts an annual world championship regatta for Paralympic class boats, the 2.4mR, the SKUD-18 and the Sonar. The IFDS chose Charlotte Harbor Regatta, Inc., a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation, to serve as host organization of its world championship in 2012.

The regatta will be staged at Laishley Park Municipal Marina in Punta Gorda, FL. More than 100 sailors on some 75 boats from nearly 20 countries are expected to participate.

Go to www.ifdsworlds2012.com for more information.

Tampa Bay Good Old Boat Regatta, St. Petersburg, Jan. 21 This regatta is sponsored and founded by the St. Petersburg Sailing Association with the help of Good Old Boat magazine.

It is the third annual regatta for St. Pete, although Good Old Boat magazine has been co-sponsoring “Good Old Boat Regattas” for many years in other locations, like Annapolis, MD. The first St. Pete regatta was in 2010 and the SPSA called for boats 20 years old and older. About 50 showed up to everyone’s surprise.

What’s a “Good Old Boat”? Karen Larson, one of the publishers of Good Old Boat magazine, wrote in her review on the 2010 regatta in the February 2010 issue of SOUTHWINDS: “To the sailors in Annapolis, it’s a boat designed before 1975, and in Tampa Bay, it was a boat built before 1990. To the founders of the Tampa Bay Good Old Boat Regatta, it’s not the exact date the hull hit water, but the celebration of good old boats and the sailors who appreciate them. And to the founders of Good Old Boat magazine, which can’t help but sponsor races of the same name, it’s any well-loved sailboat at least 10 years old or older. Just as in the race, anything goes when it comes to good old boats.

Their sailors just want to have fun.”

For more information and details, go to www.spsa.us.

25th Key West Race Week, Quantum Key West 2012, Jan. 15-20 This is the largest regatta in the Western Hemisphere with onedesign, IRC and PHRF fleets racing for five days in the waters around Key West. This year the event marks its 25th anniversary. Winter winds are usually excellent and boats come from all over the Southeast, the United States, Canada and Europe.

Classes include Farr 30s, Farr 40s, J/95s, J/80s, J/105s, K-650, Laser SB3, Audi Melges 20, Melges 24, Melges 32, Open 570, Open 650, Ultimate 20 and Viper 640. New designs in 2012 include an R/P IRC 52, a J/V IRC 52, the Farr 400, a McConaghy 38 and a Carkeek HPR 40. While the Grand Prix boats may draw the headlines, the heart and soul of race week is the one-design and handicap classes that are present year after year. Another mainstay is the huge PHRF fleet that competes annually.

This year includes the introduction of J/Boat specific classes. A special handicap consortium headed by J/Boat founder Rod Johnstone and PHRF consultant Bruce Bingman has created two classes for owners who want to race against boats of similar design and performance.

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Thousands of crew and spectators spend the week in Key West and the town becomes one huge race event with after-race partying occurring throughout the island. The official regatta marina is the Historic Seaport Marina.

Quantum Sail Design Group is the official sponsor, along with 27 industry partners who also support the event.

For more information, go to www.premiere-racing.com.

44th Regata del Sol al Sol Gears Up for the 2011 Race, St. Petersburg to Isla Mujeres, Mexico, April 27 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s Regata del Sol al Sol, Mexico Race, from St. Petersburg, FL, to Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico, is getting prepared for the 2012 regatta with 12 entries so far. There is a 50-boat limit.

There is special early entry fee if received before January 31. There is still a lot of time for boats to get prepared and turn their entry in by April 07, which is the final entry deadline. (See the section called Fees in Notice of Race.) Twentysix boats set sail for Isla Mujeres last spring. Organizers are hoping to break the record of 43 entries this year.

Elizabeth (Beth) Pennington is the chairperson, with a very able staff, that can be contacted through the website at www.regatadelsolalsol.org (click on Chairperson@regata

delsolalsol.org on the home page, or in the Notice of Race).

The “Island Activities” committee has lined up some very interesting extra curricular activities, which will include the ever popular Golf Cart Poker Run, miscellaneous parties, and the USA vs Mexico basketball game.

Check the website often for updates.

Anyone interested in joining in the fun on the island, but not necessarily wanting to sail, can fly to Cancun. Then, it is a short taxi ride and ferry ride, to Isla Mujeres. In order to keep track of the boats and others coming to the island, people can get their regatta hotel reservations and ground transportation through the website using the “special” reservation logos that will soon appear on the website.

There will be a special announcement when this occurs.

There is a secure website page for online entries, or mail the entry in (address available on the website). The regatta also now has a Facebook page. For more information, go to the website.

REGIONAL RACING NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racing— Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership in US SAILING or other sailing association is often required.

To list an event, send the regatta/race name, type of racing (PHRF, one-design and type boat), location, dates, sponsoring organization), e-mail and/or phone contact and/or website (if applicable) to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. DO NOT just send a link to this information.

Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm.

Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here are listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com.

Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races year around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited and sought. Contact the club for dates and information.

Individual club races are not listed here. We will list your club races if they happen on a regular schedule (eg, every Sunday; every other Sunday, etc.).

Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC = Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.

Southeast Coast Race Calendar DECEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis) No regattas scheduled in December News & Views for Southern Sailors

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RACING Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina.

Regular local club racing—see club website for details.

No regattas scheduled in December Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC. Regular local club racing—see club website for details.

Jan 1 Fred Latham Regatta, New Bern Jan 1 Instead of Football Regatta

only one keel boat and four dinghies racing.

Competitors were happy to see the course configuration not having the start/finish line in the middle this year, making for improved racing. Since the finish was at the windward mark, not a separate mark, there were some interesting interactions when some were finishing and others turning.

Full results at www.sail-race.com/myc/2011/FallSmall BoatRegattaResults.htm.

Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. GA Regular club racing—see website for details.

No regattas scheduled in December

Upcoming Regattas

Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com Regular local club racing—see club website for details.

No regattas scheduled in December

3rd Annual Holiday Kickoff Regatta, Ft. Pierce, FL, Dec. 2-4

JANUARY South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis) 2012 Calendar not posted as of press date Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina Regular local club racing—see club website for details.

2012 Calendar not posted as of press date Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC See club website for local club race schedule 2012 Calendar not posted as of press date Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. Lake Lanier, GA No regattas scheduled for January. See club website for local club race schedule Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for details.

2012 Calendar not posted as of press date

Fort Pierce Yacht Club’s 3rd Annual Holiday Kickoff Regatta will be held Dec. 2-4. Skipper’s meeting Friday at 8:00 p.m. Saturday offshore PHRF racing, Class A and Class B, followed by after-race party and awards ceremony. For more information contact Race Captain Diane Korbey at (772) 460-6138. Race forms and info at http://ftpierceyachtclub.homestead.com.

Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, US SAILING Center, Martin County, FL, Dec. 3-4

Green Fleet, Optis, 420s, Windsurfers. www.usscmc.org.

10th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta, Lake Monroe Sailing Association, Sanford, FL, Dec. 3-4 Lake Monroe Sailing Association is hosting the 10th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta benefiting the Salvation Army. Racing will be Saturday and Sunday. Registration will be held Friday night and Saturday morning with the skippers meeting following registration. Expected classes are Catalina, Force 5, San Juan 21, Sunfish and Portsmouth. Boat ramps, trailer parking and accommodations are available. For more information, go to www.flalmsa.org. All sailors are welcome.

Race Reports

Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Dinghy Regatta, Melbourne, FL, Oct 15-16

By Dave Ellis Wind has been aplenty at this event, and this year was no exception. Fifty-one boats sailed in shifty, puffy winds varying from 12 to nearly 20 knots, but with flat water. The largest fleet was the combined Lasers. There were 9 full rigs, 8 Radials and a 4.7 rig starting together. Sunfish had 14 boats and most reveled in the wind. Eight 420s enjoyed close racing, while the six Catalina 22s sailed north of the bridge. The Portsmouth fleet was lacking this year with 60

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East & Central Florida Race Calendar Club Racing (contact club or website for details): Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally; Wednesday evenings during daylight savings.

Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com): Friday afternoons; Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends throughout the year, sometimes suspended during regattas.

East Coast SA (www.ecsasail.com): a women’s series and a regular series; At least one event each month.

Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; Race series organized seasonally.

Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Wednesdays and weekends.

Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Weekend races twice monthly, September through May

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The Sailing Club in Orlando. (www.thesailingclub.us) dinghy club race series, second Sundays (3 Exceptions) in the afternoon on Lake Baldwin. January through November DECEMBER 3-4 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Green Fleet, Optis, 420s, Windsurfers. US SAILING Center, Martin County 3-4 Sanford Kettle Cup Regatta. Lake Monroe SA 3-4 Gator Bowl Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 10 Single Hand Regatta. Bull Bay Cruising Club 10-11 Catalina 22 State Championship Regatta. Indian River YC 18 Race of Champions. Indian River YC JANUARY 1 Hangover Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville

Race Reports

Tunnicliffe and Crew Win Olympic Match Racing Qualifier, Miami, FL, Oct. 30

By Marylinda Ramos

the team at www.teammaclaren.com.

For results, go to http://sailingteams.us sailing.org/Events/2011WMRTrials.htm.

Upcoming Regattas

55th Annual Wirth M. Munroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race, Sailfish Club, Dec. 2 This Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race and celebration will begin at the Lauderdale Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdale and finish just outside the Lake Worth inlet in Palm Beach.

The Sailfish Offshore Challenge is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3, with short offshore buoy races outside the Lake Worth inlet. For more information or to enter, call (561) 8440206, or go to www.sailfishclub.com.

Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, Miami, FL, Dec. 27-30 This is the largest youth sailing regatta in the United States. It is consistently rated the most fun and best in the United States for youth sailors and their families. Participants include representatives from over 25 countries and 20 states. The regatta includes four days of competition between Christmas and New Year’s and features dinners, raffles, forums, and bags full of merchandise for participants. Unique trophies are awarded up to ten places and are given out by the mayor, head of the Orange Bowl Committee and Olympic medalists. Fleet racing is supported for Optimists, Lasers (Full, Radial and 4.7) and Club 420s. www.coralreefyachtclub.org/ Waterfront/orangeBowl Regatta.aspx.

37th Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race, Jan. 11-13

From left to right, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Capozzi, and skipper Anna Tunnicliffe. Photo by Marylinda Ramos, www.mlramos. photoshelter.com.

On the quest for Olympic gold, skipper Anna Tunnicliffe of Plantation, FL, with crew Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi, won the Olympic Women’s Match Rac-ing Qualifiers on Biscayne Bay. The win qualifies the team to race in the second trials in Weymouth, England, in May 2012 where Olympic sailing events will be held in August. Follow News & Views for Southern Sailors

A 160-nautical-mile sprint down the Florida Keys. This will start off from Port Everglades on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 1300 hours, and will run along the Florida Keys to Key West. Boats are expected to begin finishing the race throughout the day of January 12. Fleets include IRC, PHRF, Multihull and One-Design.

The Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race is sponsored by Lauderdale Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club and hosted by the SORC race management group.

A skippers meeting and cocktail party takes place January 10 at Lauderdale Yacht Club, race headquarters.

Awards are scheduled for January 13 in Key West and hosted by Kelly’s Caribbean Bar & Grill. For information and online registration, go to www.keywestrace.org. Entry deadline is Jan. 6.

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RACING US SAILING’S Rolex Miami OCR, Coconut Grove, FL, Jan. 22-28 US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR will bring together the world’s top sailors for elite-level competition in the classes selected for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Held on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, this event is the second stop on the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2011-12 circuit.

Established in 1990 by US SAILING, the Rolex Miami OCR annually draws elite sailors, including Olympic and Paralympic medalists and hopefuls from around the world.

In non-Olympic/Paralympic years, the regatta is especially important as a ranking regatta for sailors hoping to qualify for the US SAILING Team AlphaGraphics, which annually distinguishes the top three sailors in each Olympic and Paralympic class.

For information and registration, go to www.Rolex MiamiOCR.org.

Southeast Florida Race Calendar Palm Beach Sailing Club, www.pbsail.org. See club website for club racing. Races on the ICW last Sunday of each month (Son of a Beach Regatta).

Racing on Biscayne Bay: Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Go to the website for local club races.

BBYC Biscayne Bay YC BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net CCS Cruising Club of America. www.cruisingclub.org.

CGSC Coconut Grove SC. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.

HISC Hillsboro Inlet SC. www.hisc.org.

KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org.

LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org.

MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.net.

PBSC Palm Beach SC. www.pbsail.org SCF Sailfish Club of Florida. www.sailfishclub.com STC Storm Trysail Club. www.stormtrysail.org.

DECEMBER 2 Wirth Munroe Palm Beach Race. SCF, CCS 3 Star Commodore Cup. CRYC JANUARY 6 BBYRA Annual Meeting & Registration. MYC 7 Etchells Sidney Doren Memorial. BBYC 7 Moth Regatta. CGSC 11 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race. LYC/STC 13 Alex Caviglia Bluewater Classic 13 International 470 NA Championships. CGSC 14 BBYRA OD #1. BBYC 14 Levin Memorial Stars. CRYC 15 BBYRA PHRF #1. BBYC 16 Premiere Racing Key West Race Week 20 2.4 mR Midwinters.

22 Olympic Classes Regatta.

30 Sonar Midwinters.

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Upcoming Regattas

14th Annual Wave National Championships, Islamorada, FL, Dec. 1-4 Founders Park Watersports, Founders Park, Islamorada. www.WaveClass.com, rick@catsailor.com.

27th Annual Key Largo Steeplechase, Key Largo, FL, Dec. 11-12 A 110-mile trek around Key Largo for beach catamarans.

The race is always scheduled for the second weekend in December and draws top world-class sailors from around the country and world. The race is sponsored by Catamaran Sailor magazine www.Catsailor.com and www.OnLine MarineStore.com

NAMSA North American Championships and 2012 Tradewinds Midwinter Open Cat Nationals, Islamorada, Florida Keys, Jan. 13-15 This is also the NA F18 Midwinters, F16 Midwinters, Shark Midwinters, Wave National Series Regatta, Harken Buoy Series (1st for 2010 and Awards for 2009). Three days of racing and two courses; One for faster boats (with spinnakers), another for regular beach cats (H16, Wave, etc.). For NOR and information, go to www.catsailor.com/Tradewinds.htm.

This regatta is held at Founders Park, Islamorada, and hosted by Founders Park Waterspouts, and the CABB (Catamaran Assn. Of Biscayne Bay). The event is sponsored

by Catamaran Sailor magazine, Rick White’s Sailing Seminars, www.OnLineMarineStore.com and Calvert Sails. rick@catsailor.com. (305) 451-3287

25th Key West Race Week, Jan. 15-20 See the beginning of the Racing Section.

Florida Keys Race Calendar Key West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West Sailing Club). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Come by the center to sail. Non-members and members welcome. Small-boat Wednesday night racing www.southwindsmagazine.com

during Daylight Savings season. Small-boat Sunday racing year around at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available. Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward.

Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all.

DECEMBER Go to the website for local club races.

2-3 Wave Nationals 10-12 Key Largo Steeplechase. www.catsailor.com 18 Flail and Sail Racing JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day Hangover Regatta 13-15 Tradewinds Regatta. www.catsailor.com.

21 Commodore’s Regatta Portsmouth 22 Commodore’s Regatta PHRF

Southwinds Annual Online West Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1 For the past six years, Southwinds magazine has posted the race schedule/calendar on its Web site for all racing in the central west Florida area from just north of Tampa Bay south to Marco Island. The calendar includes all scheduled races of the West Florida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org), plus club races in the area and any others that boaters in the area would like to post. The schedule is from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31 each year.

Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com to list your race. Although all yacht clubs that are part of West Florida PHRF will already be included, regular local club races must be sent to us separately. We only list club races that are regularly scheduled (for example: every Thursday evening at 6 p.m.) plus the contact to enter the race.

Do not just send us a link, but send: The regatta/race name, type of racing (PHRF, one-design and type boat, or ?), race location, dates, sponsoring organization, e-mail and/or phone contact and website (if applicable). All pre-race writeups that get a short paragraph in the “Upcoming Regattas” section of each region are for significant regattas in the area (decided by the editor as to what merits that) and must be kept in the 100- to 125-word range.

The race calendar can be accessed through the racing pages link at www.southwindsmagazine.com.

Race Reports

46th Summerset Regatta, Fort Myers Beach, Oct. 7-9

By Steve Romaine Fifty-seven boats registered to compete or cruise in this News & Views for Southern Sailors

On the right is Desperado, an O’Day 26, which took first in the Non-Spinnaker B Fleet in the Summerset Regatta in Fort Myers Beach on Oct. 7-9. Photo by Bonnie Dinger.

year’s Summerset Regatta held off Fort Myers Beach in October. Threatening skies and heavy wind predictions did not deter the almost 40 racing boats from competing. Two racing circles (Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker) enabled the race committee to complete three races on each course in the Offshore Sailing School Buoy Races. Sunday’s spirited, over 17-nautical mile, West Marine-sponsored distance race saw the slowest competitors start first, making for a thrilling finish in 20 knots of breeze off the Pink Shell Resort.

Scanlon Lexus of Fort Myers sponsored the very wellattended skippers’ meeting, hosting over 120 sailors at Bonita Bill’s of Fort Myers Beach. Olsen Marine supplied the beer, and with Bonita Bill’s supplying the room, it more than offset the cost of the dozens of pizzas consumed by the skippers and crews. Door prizes were given to the cruisers, and regatta shirt and cap sales were brisk, eventually resulting in sales of over 250.

Saturday’s poolside cocktail party had to be moved indoors because of heavy rain. This development did not deter the over 200 guests, including many of the 40 Gold Sponsors attending. They enjoyed the beer donated by the Pink Shell Resort, tasted Slavianskaya Vodka samples served by the “Slavi Girls,” enjoyed the steel drum music of Dave Lapio, and munched on hors d’oeuvres—including 75 pounds of shrimp donated by the Beach Seafood Market. Each racing boat was then presented a door prize by drawing.

Racing awards were presented at Sunday’s banquet dinner at the beautiful Captiva dining room overlooking the Gulf at the Pink Shell Resort. A special thanks goes out to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, for sponsoring a portion of the cost of the dinner.

Over 165 sponsors (logo, corporate, yacht and door prize contributors) combined to make the 46th Summerset Regatta a great success. This high level of support is enabling the Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder Society, the sponsoring authority, to contribute over $10,000 to sailing grants and donations to youth sailing programs up and down Florida’s west coast. With this record level of support, sailors hope to continue to aid young people who want to get out on the water, learn to sail, and help the “sport of a lifetime” grow.

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RACING Paul Perisho’s Aquilla in Multi-hull, Forrest Banks’ Midnite Rider in Spinnaker A, Jacek Wierzbick’s Blew Byu II in Spinnaker B, Jerry Poquette’s Fancy Free in Non-Spinnaker A, Cecil Hazen’s Desperado in Non-Spinnaker B, Rex Good’s Jabu in Cruising A, and Arnie Pfalz’s Laura Li in Cruising B. For a complete listing of all the results go to www.summersetregatta.com.

Racer/Cruiser (2 Boats): 1st, Magalie Laniel, Salsa Verde, J/30, TSS; 2nd, Steve Honour, Shady Lady, BCYC. True Cruising (4 boats): 1st, Mike Doyle, Wing-It, Irwin 39, DIYC; 2nd, Bill Cullen, Triumph, Catalina 34, TSS; 3rd, John Gardner, Irwin 38, SPYC; DNF, Matthew Blaine, Lucille, Irwin 34, SPYC. Mother Lode (6 boats): 1st, Bob Bettinger, Whitecap, C&C 27, TSS; 2nd, Andy Tucker, Synchronicity, Tartan 34, TSS; 3rd, Bob Varney, Mac 16, Hunter 28, TSS; 4th, Rick Flynn, Anticipation, Irwin 40, TSS; DNF, Greg Herschell, Panacea, Pearson 28, TSS; DNF, Robbie Robinson, Sofa King, Morgan 440, DIYC.

28th Rumgatta, Tampa Sailing Squadron, Oct. 15

Knighton, Collins, Roberts, Wheeler and Cleall are Winners at the Cortez Cup, Cortez, FL, Oct. 15

By Magalie Laniel

By Charlie Clifton

Capt. Susan Bishop and her all-female crew onboard Joy Ride, which took first in Non-Spinnaker in the Tampa Sailing Squadron’s Rumgatta on Oct. 15. Photo by Bill Fishbourne.

On Oct. 15, Tampa Sailing Squadron held the 28th Fall Rumgatta under sunny Florida skies and terrific easterlies that topped out at 20-25 knots. Spinnaker and NonSpinnaker boats, along with a J/24 class, were sent out on a drop mark, windward/leeward course, completing at least three races. True Cruising and Mother Lode classes were given a “no pressure” pursuit start over a 15 nautical mile, random leg course across Tampa Bay. In addition, two confused Racer/Cruisers raced on different starts and different courses, without ever seeing each other. (Let’s pretend the only purpose was to give a little more work to the dedicated race committee that worked very hard all day!)

The race was followed by a social degustation of rum drinks and a fabulous dinner party. There were entertaining raffle prizes and race trophies handed out, and to add to the awesomeness, all were blessed by a gorgeous sunset on the bay. How much better could it get?

The event was made possible by the hard work of many TSS members and the support of the sponsors: Ron Diaz/ Johnson Brothers Distributing, Apollo Beach West Marine, song writer Ed Verner and Banks Sails.

Results (place, captain, boat name, boat type, club): Spinnaker (3 boats): 1st, John Martini, Wings, S2 7.9, TSS; 2nd, Gene DiNisio, Shrew, Creekmore 23, TSS; 3rd, Ed Plotts, Slippery When Wet, San Juan 28, TSS. Non-Spinnaker (2 boats): 1st, Susan Bishop, Joyride, Ranger 23, TSS; 2nd, Larry Lowe, Lowe Tide, Tartan 26, TSS. J/24 Class (5 boats): 1st, Brian Malone, Supernatural Fishslapper, DIYC; 2nd, John Poulson, Long Shot, DIYC; 3rd, Robby Brown, USA 799, DIYC; 4th, Dan Kresge, Ragged Edge, TSS; DNF, Rob Wetmore, Hot Wheels, SPYC. 64 December 2011

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A breezy easterly provided ideal conditions for the 5th Annual Cortez Cup, hosted by Cortez Yacht Club. Twentyfour boats sailed in the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Pass.

The third stop on the Sarasota Boat of the Year Series featured Greg Knighton’s first racing event since undergoing major surgery. He certainly came back with a bang. In Non-Spinnaker class race one, Greg’s boat, Pardon You finished first, boat-for-boat. The Morgan 27 led four boats who owed time, including one that owed over a minute a mile.

The crew also won the next two races to take that class.

Dave Wilson on Solitude did well after he got his boat off the bottom in time for the last race. Solitude’s second-place finish in race three was the closest anyone in Non-Spin got to correcting on Pardon You all day.

Mike Collins and crew on the Cape Dory, Skimmer, have sailed more Boat of the Year races than anyone in the last three years. The little Cape Dory—that always shows up—showed her heels to the Pocket Cruiser class, winning both races.

Pat Roberts and crew on the Catalina 34, Spring Fever, closed the gap on John Lynch’s C&C 36, Summertime, in the SBOTY standings. Spring Fever’s 2-1 finishes won them the Cruising class by one point over Charles Josswig’s Gemini 105, Cat O Hullic. A slim .57 points separates Spring Fever and Summertime in the BOTY standings.

The Spinnaker class was a battle between David and Goliath. Jerry Wheeler’s SR 21, Demon, and Jeff Walden’s Beneteau 36.7, Crescendo, each won a race. Demon won the third race. A ten-second, corrected-time bullet for Demon in the first race proved to be the deciding factor.

Dean Cleall and crew on his Stiletto 27, Catastrophie, won a sparse multihull class with sails Dean built himself.

The Cortez Cup has become famous for the seafood dinner put on by Karen Bell and her crew of Cortez fisher folk. This year was just as expected with plates of food heaped with bounty from the sea in a dockside setting overlooking the bay at Cortez.

5th Annual Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous and 32nd Stiletto Nationals, Sarasota, FL, Oct. 20-23

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John Casey and crew Dalton Tebo onboard their Formula 16 catamaran which took first place in the Portsmouth A class. Photo by Nana Bosma.

Seventy-four multihulls sailed in the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s 5th Annual Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous in October. Two hundred sailors drove from as far as California, Canada, and Rhode Island—and two intrepid sailors sailed from the Dominican Republic.

The fall weather and winds were superb conditions for the regatta. Photo by Nana Bosma.

kind in the United States this year. The regatta evolved from the Stiletto Nationals, which was expanded in 2007 to invite all multihull sailboats. This year, the Hobie Wave National Championships also became a part of the regatta.

Two hundred sailors drove from as far as California, Canada, and Rhode Island—and two intrepid sailors sailed from the Dominican Republic.

The fall weather was crisp with sunny skies and good breezes to 15 knots. The Friday long distance race on the Gulf of Mexico sent the Stilettos—and all who wanted to join in—reaching from New Pass at Sarasota to Southwest Pass at the mouth of Tampa Bay and back. Olympic champion Randy Smyth, in his custom radical trimaran, was the first to cross the finish line of the 35 nautical-mile race in just over 2 hours and 35 minutes. He was closely followed by the first Stiletto to finish, Ron Nicol with Team Stiletto, who went on to win this year’s Stiletto National Championship.

Saturday and Sunday races were held on Sarasota Bay on three separate courses with multiple starts. The Hobie Waves and Wetas shared one course; another course was set for the WindRiders and Portsmouth B, while the “big-boat” course featured the Stilettos, Corsair/Farriers, Portsmouth A, and a Formula 30.

The top finishers of the Weta class were all from New York, and the Wave North Americans top finishers took trophies back to Ohio and Indiana. The other classes were dominated by Florida sailors except for the second-place positions: WindRider went to Georgia; PHRF went to Texas; Portsmouth A went to Rhode Island, and Portsmouth B to Minnesota. All the Stilettos were local boats.

This year’s participants were treated to interesting and fun presentations by two icons in the multihull world. Jim Brown, famous trimaran designer and designer of the WindRider, spoke about the early development of the modern multihull. Meade Gougeon, the developer of West System’s epoxy, spoke about the use of epoxy in multihull construction and the company’s involvement in the construction of numerous multihulls including Adrenalin and Rogue Wave.

Missing as a competitor this year was last year’s Stiletto National Champion Peter Wormwood. He did show up, however, to present the Robert Buzzelli Perpetual Trophy to News & Views for Southern Sailors

Eric Macklin who was recognized for his excellent crew work on several different boats over many years of sailing the Stiletto Nationals.

This year’s event brought out a fleet of 22 WindRider trimarans from various parts of the country. Many of the WindRider sailors were not racers, and a clinic on Friday afternoon introduced them to the starting sequence. The clinic included a talk on the porch and then on-the-water training with 16 simulated starts. Other non-racing activities of the WindRiders included an excursion across the bay to the Tiki Bar at O’Leary’s and a sailing scavenger hunt on Saturday.

A good time was had by all, and many participants are already planning events for next year’s Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous, which will be held over the third weekend of October, Oct. 18-21, 2012.

For more details, complete results and photos, go to www.BuzzelliMR.com.

Results (top three): Stiletto Nationals 2011: 1, Champion Ron Nicol, Team Stiletto, 2, Jon Dowd, Iguana, and 3, Mike Speth, Swim Mart; PHRF: 1, Don Wigston, 2, John Novak, Overdo, 3, Larry Geller, Third Tri; Portsmouth A: 1, John Casey, 2, Sandra Tartaglino, 3, Randy Smyth, Sizzor; Hobie Waves: 1, Doug Seib, 2, John Sherry, 3, Skip Kaub; Portsmouth B: 1, Peter Bogacz, 2, Robert Sanberg, 3, Rich Honish; WindRiders: 1, Glen Steinke, 2, Max Woodburn, 3, Evan Bolton; Wetas: 1, Richard Stephens, 2, Ben Arthur, 3, Keith Rice.

Clearwater Challenge, Clearwater, FL, Oct. 22-23

By Harmon Heed Most of the South was shivering from a cold front on the weekend of Oct. 22-23, but it cooled down Clearwater, FL, just enough to provide great fall sailing for the yacht club’s annual Challenge regatta.

On Saturday morning, the winds were brisker than predicted, and the start had to be postponed, while the race committee set the marks. The Spin and Non-Spin boats did the usual windward/leeward courses and the cruising classes sailed a random leg, distance course. Although the wind remained unpredictably fresh all day, the 20-mile SOUTHWINDS December 2011

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RACING cruising class races were shortened mid-race. This caused some confusion among racers. First, they didn’t read the sailing instructions and didn’t know the #4 mark marking meant change of course; or, second they didn’t realize the horn at the #4 mark meant that they had finished; or third, the sailing instructions weren’t clear about the change/shortened course. Most of the boats kept racing after the shortened finish, but it could have been because they were having too much fun sailing fast!

The Sunday afternoon winds diminished, as predicted, when they also changed from onshore to offshore. This happened, unfortunately, just as the cruising class was about to fetch the windward mark way up at Anclote Key. That’s when quiet, but brutal, light-wind sailing skills were needed to nurse the boats around the mark to let the current carry them back south till the offshore winds filled in.

Unfortunately, those winds never filled in, and two-thirds of the Cruisers did not finish.

Results: Overall Spin (8 boats): 1, Semper Fi, J/boat, Ray Mannix; 2, Wired, Farr 395, Allen Thomas; 3, Warrior, Tripp 38, Grant Dumas. Non-Spin (3 boats): 1, Eclipse, Chrysler 27, Ron Kinney; 2, See Ya, Stephen Grote, Capri 30; 3, Sazerac, Ranger 26, Peter Watts. Racer/Cruiser (6 boats): 1, Prime Plus, Beneteau 440, Frank Hanna; 2, Relativity, Beneteau First 53f5, Hall Palmer; 3, Shady Lady, Cal 34, Steve Honour. Cruiser (9 boats): 1, Valhalla, Beneteau First 345, Ed Proefke; 2, Octofoil, Beneteau 42S7, Robert Poladian; 3, Chances R, Endeavor, Tim Roberts.

Dunedin Cup Regatta, Dunedin, FL, Oct. 29

By Dave Ellis The morning started off with a bit of rain and a breeze in the mid-teens. This was to change. By early afternoon, the wind had churned the Gulf and Intracoastal Waterway areas into a milky white, and boats were hard pressed to continue in race mode. The Portsmouth event inshore was cancelled before the first race, when too many boats were in trouble for the race committee to safely control.

Offshore, the racing was excellent and then challenging.

One race was held for Cruising and Non-Spinnaker, two— with a third abandoned—for the Spinnaker class. A Tartan 30, Shadow Fax, lost its rig in the wind, but great seamanship by the crew got them back through the pass, within two slips of their own berth—despite losing the engine and having to sail under jury rig.

For results, go to www.dunedincup.org/races.html.

Knighton, Eckel, Lynch and Liebel win at SYC Invitational, Sarasota, FL, Nov. 5-6

By Charlie Clifton A blustery easterly provided challenging conditions for the Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta Nov. 5-6. Three buoy races were sailed in Sarasota Bay on Saturday followed by a reverse handicap pursuit race in the Gulf on Sunday.

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races in its class. Doug Dearden’s In Tune and Dave Wilson’s Solitude tied for second with In Tune winning the tiebreaker.

Solitude narrowly leads In Tune in Boat of the Year standings, but Pardon You is closing fast.

Joyce Eckel put together a top notch Ullman Sails crew on her J/95 Encore. They won all races but one on the way to first in Spinnaker class. Craig Bridges drove the O’Day 40, Mother Ocean, to the other Spinnaker bullet. Consistency paid off for Tim Miller and crew on the borrowed SR-21 Sally O. High school junior Jason D’Agostino drove Sally O to second place in Sunday’s windy Gulf race, which clinched for them second in class.

John Lynch’s Summertime crew won Cruising class by 7 points over runner-up Pat Roberts on Spring Fever.

Summertime’s victory moved them ahead of Spring Fever in the Boat of the Year series.

Although all classes were scored separately, Sunday’s pursuit race had all the boats racing together. That 12-mile odyssey featured Encore beating Pardon You in a photo finish after making up 21 minutes in start time difference.

The Melges 24 fleet staged an Occupy Sarasota Bay protest Sunday as they elected to run several short buoy courses inside rather than going out in the Gulf. Their efforts at “self race committee” were a success, but no places changed from the previous day’s racing. Gary Schwarting’s crew closed the gap but not enough to catch the Steve Liebel crew. After driving Steve Liebel’s boat to three straight bullets the first day, Marty Kuhlman and Liebel sailed on other boats exchanging tips.

Next stops on the Boat of the Year circuit are the Cherry Pie Regatta at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron on February 11, and the Squadron Windjammer to Venice on Feb. 25- 26. Full results and schedules are at www.sarasotabayyachting.org.

Taylor/Hayward take the Jeff Penfield Memorial Flying Scot Regatta, Sarasota, FL, Nov. 5-6

By Cindy and Charlie Clifton Mark Taylor and Lisa Hayward bested a field of 27 Flying Scots on Sarasota Bay, Nov. 5-6. The puffy shifty, easterly really cut loose Sunday when two boats dumped; one of those caught his shroud on the rescue boat stern, and the mast came down.

One competitor credited the winning crew with being “extremely competent tactically.” Perhaps the most competent tactically was 10th-place Andy Hayward, who sailed with children Drew, 10, and Amy, 8, earning 5,000 husband bonus points in the process.

In second place, Jim Egan and Richard Elsishan gave the winners a run for the money. They had two bullets to the victor’s one, but a sixth in the third race proved fatal.

Jeff and Amy Linton had their share of gear failure on the way to their third-place finish. They fell back to 13th one race after breaking an outhaul. Jeff managed to fix it despite falling in the water in the process.

Dave Tonkin also sailed with his family, wife Ellen, and youngsters Zachery and Ava. They unfortunately (or fortunately) headed in early on Saturday, only to have their mast fall down just as they reached the dock, due to the failure of www.southwindsmagazine.com

will take place in the Gulf of Mexico near the Naples Pier.

The skipper of the boat raising the most funds will be recognized as the winner of the 2012 Winds of Hospice Perpetual Trophy. This trophy was dedicated in 2004 in memory of Joan R. Day for fundraising excellence. The winner of the regatta will represent Avow Hospice in the Hospice Regattas National Championship in New York.

All regatta forms and information are available at www.hospiceregattas.org/florida.

Flying Scots sailing in the first annual Jeff Penfield Memorial Flying Scot Regatta in Sarasota, FL, on Nov. 5-6. The regatta is dedicated to Sarasota sailor Jeff Penfield who passed away earlier this year. Photo by Cindy Clifton.

a shroud.

Boats were eager at the start, with Henry Pico and Don Taylor taking two OCSs on Sunday, and a few others returning to the line to undo their OCS. An extreme gust during the last race resulted in a shortened course, and most did not raise their spinnaker on the downwind leg.

Although Flying Scots do not use throw-outs in this series, it is interesting to note that if there had been one, the top three teams would have finished tied.

The First Annual Jeff Penfield Regatta is dedicated to the Sarasota sailor who passed away earlier this year. He is held in high regard for his gentlemanliness, sportsmanship, and to his propensity for top finishes. An inaugural Leadership award presented by the Penfield family was given to Dave and Kim Thinel.

Teams participated from around the state in this circuit, which goes to Jacksonville in January.

Upcoming Regattas

30th Annual Golden Conch Regatta, Platinum Point Yacht Club, Punta Gorda, FL, Jan. 21-22 This two-day race series will be conducted outside Burnt Store Marina entrance on Charlotte Harbor. Two races on Saturday and one on Sunday. This regatta qualifies for Southwest Florida Boat of the Year title. Thirty to 35 boats are expected in the five classes offered. Both buoy and windward-leeward races will be conducted. A mandatory skipper’s meeting will be held on Saturday morning along with a complimentary continental breakfast. A barbecue social is planned after the Saturday races. The awards ceremony will be held following racing on Sunday.

More details, NOR, and entry form will be posted by Monday, Dec. 5, on www.ppycbsm.com, or call Tom Fleming, PPYC PRO, at (941) 276-0264.

8th Annual Hospice Regatta, Avow Hospice, Naples, FL, Jan. 28 This regatta benefits Avow Hospice, a non-profit organization that has served patients and families facing end-of-life issues in Collier County for more than 25 years. The regatta is sanctioned by the National Hospice Regatta Alliance and

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West Florida Race Calendar Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third Friday of each month. Skippers meeting at 10am, PHRF racing, spin and non-spin. (727) 423-6002. One-design, dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 pm. March through October. Jim Masson at (727) 776-8833. www.sailbcyc.org.

Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April.

Races at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 hours beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF racing on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday of each month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com.

Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend club races. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org.

Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org.

Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternate Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com.

Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com.

Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. www.pgscweb.com.

Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April. www.sarasotasailingsquad.com.

St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug. 28. 16:30 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org.

Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (not yet confirmed - please check with West Florida PHRF -www.westfloridaphrf.org) Tampa Bay: (SuncoastBOTY) Caloosahatchee (Fort Myers area): (CBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) DECEMBER 3 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society, Commodore’s Cup (CBOTY) 3-4 St. Petersburg YC, America’s Disabled Open Regatta 3-4 St. Petersburg YC. J/24 Greenbench Regatta 10-11 Naples YC, Naples Offshore (N/MBOTY) 10-11 Lake Eustis SC, Laser District 13 Championship Regatta.

10-11 Punta Gorda SC, Holiday Regatta. (CHBOTY) 11 Davis Island YC, Hoochie Koochie Regatta 11 Davis Island YC, Dore Drake Regatta

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RACING JANUARY 7 Davis Island YC, Egmont Key Race (WFBOTY) 7-15 Charlotte Harbor, IFDS World Championship. www.ifdsworlds2012.com 13-15 St. Petersburg YC, Gaspar (Snipe) Regatta 14-15 Davis Island YC, Commodores Cup (WFPHRF-BOTY) 21 St. Petersburg SA, Good Old Boat Regatta 21-22 Punta Gorda Sailing Club, Golden Conch Regatta 28 AVOW Hospice Regatta. Naples 29 Master Driver Team Race

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Race Reports

24th Annual Lost Bay Regatta, Perdido Bay, Gulf Shores, AL, Oct. 8

By Dick Dixon

Cherry Baby, the Melges 24 that took first in Class A, Spinnaker fleet. Cherry Baby broached under the spinnaker in the high winds, losing a crewmember overboard. After dousing the spinnaker and tacking, captain and crew picked up the wet crewmember, all in just a few minutes. Recovering, they sailed on to win first in class and fleet. Photo by Dick Dixon.

The 24th annual Lost Bay Regatta proved to be anything but smooth sailing as Mother Nature reminded sailors of her power over wind and waves. Although clear skies and warm temperatures lured competitors onto the normally tranquil waters of Perdido Bay, conditions were anything but normal as 25-plus knot winds and choppy whitecaps roared from the east.

Sponsored through the years by the Point Yacht Club of Josephine, AL, the Lost Bay Regatta enjoys a rich history of competitive PHRF racing. The Friday night race registration and Saturday morning skipper’s meeting were held at Pirate’s Cove, a sailor’s hangout known for weathered wooden floors, live music by local artists, beachside porch68 December 2011

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es, juicy cheeseburgers, and rum-laced bushwhackers.

Following the race, the trophy presentation and party were held at Barber’s Marina, a modern facility located a mile or so to the west on the ICW. Race officials struggled briefly to establish the 7.4-mile triangle racecourse in the rough conditions on the bay. First to start was the Spinnaker fleet, which consisted of 10 competitors in three. The Non-Spinnaker class had 28 boats in seven classes.

Given the rough sailing conditions, several boats chose not to start, while others attempted to sail the course but later dropped out, wisely demonstrating safety for their crew and boat. One strong competitor in the Class A Spinnaker fleet, Mark Lockard’s Henderson 30, suffered a badly torn mainsail at the start, forcing the team to abandon hope of adding another possible win to its successful record.

Although one might think larger boats with longer waterlines and heavier displacements would perform better in the rough windy conditions, it was Cherry Baby, a Melges 24 owned and skippered by Wes Stanley of Ocean Springs, MS, that immediately took the lead and never looked back.

The five crew, including Lee Creekmore, a successful sailboat designer, builder, and winning skipper of countless events, contributed to the boat’s performance as they sailed ahead of the entire fleet. Stanley later shared his strategy for winning, saying, “We knew the wind and waves were up, but we came out prepared to win.”

Demonstrating this strategy, Cherry Baby continued to lead as she braved the conditions, many times surfing waves on the three downwind legs. On the last downwind leg, with the spinnaker pulling the lightweight vessel at more than hull speed, the Melges broached, causing one inexperienced crew member to tumble overboard. The experienced captain and crew doused the spinnaker, tacked the boat, and picked up the excited and wet crewmember, all in just a few minutes. Recovering, Cherry Baby sailed on to win first in class and fleet, as well as receiving the Paul Schreck Award, a perpetual award presented by the Point Yacht Club.

Although the Lost Bay Regatta had its share of hightech sleek racing hulls, one of the rewards of participating was the competition offered by many older sailboats. A notso-well-known competitor in this year’s race was the Mull quarter-ton, Espresso, owned and skippered by Mike Smith of Mobile, AL. Originally built in Europe and brought to the United States for a specific one-design racing event many years ago, this particular sailboat has enjoyed a rich history along the northern Gulf coast, having been previously owned by Tee Portas and the late Andy Boykin, two locally known sailors. The current owner, who is a member of Buccaneer Yacht Club, continues the tradition as he campaigns the boat regularly on Mobile Bay. Espresso finished third in this race.

Despite rough sailing conditions, this year’s Lost Bay Regatta demonstrated tenacity by club officials and sailors to meet the challenge of carrying on the tradition of consistent PHRF competition on the northern Gulf coast. As they’ve done for 24 years with the Lost Bay Regatta, the Point Yacht Club continues to provide camaraderie to an area that has repeatedly been battered by hurricanes and man-made catastrophes. www.southwindsmagazine.com

25th Harvest Moon Regatta, Galveston, TX, Oct. 13 From the Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX

Cliff Haddox, skipper of Musica, the overall winner of PHRF Spinnaker fleet and the Bacardi Cup, drinking from the Bacardi Cup trophy. Pictured along with crew are Harvest Moon Co-Founder and 2011 Co-Chair John Broderick (far left), Jerry Therrian and Miguel Rodriguez of Bacardi Rum U.S.A., and Lakewood Yacht Club Commodore Tom Taylor (behind Haddox). Photo courtesy Lakewood Yacht Club.

This Texas regatta is a race from Galveston to Port Aransas, 150 miles south across the Gulf of Mexico. Musica, a 38-foot Aerodyne owned by Cliff Haddox of Crosby, TX, claimed the coveted Bacardi Cup Trophy at the Oct. 15 awards ceremony.

One hundred and eighty-six boats started off Galveston Island. With light winds, all but 23 completed the race.

When asked what the main ingredient was that allowed his boat to capture first place, Haddox replied, “A lot of boat preparation! In fact, the boat was in the shipyard up to two days before the race start. I had a very clean bottom, and the rig was fully tuned. Another important factor was using Commander Weather which is a forecasting software. It predicts the wind based upon your vessel design.”

Haddox has been sailing the Harvest Moon Regatta since 1989, when he started racing with Lakewood Yacht Club members Jim Bradley and Don Kugle, but this is the first time he has won the Bacardi Cup. “Out of all the Harvest Moon Regattas I have raced, this was the most magical run ever with the weather and harvest moon right over our mast in the Gulf. Everyone was just in awe of the event! It was just a classic run—something you always hope for. It was even better than winning the Bacardi Cup!” he exclaimed.

PYC’s Finesse Wins at WFORC, Pensacola, FL, Oct. 14-16

By Julie B. Connerley The 37th annual West Florida Ocean Racing Circuit, held Oct. 14-16, once again provided competitors with challenging wind conditions, stiff competition, and a new perpetual trophy for which to vie.

Sponsored by the Gulf Yachting Association and hosted

by Pensacola Yacht Club, this year’s event attracted 25 boats.

PYC Commodore Alan McMillan’s Evelyn 32-2, Finesse, won class B, and the Dr. Lindsay Riddle Cup, awarded to the winner of the closest and most competitive class.

The Riddle Cup was created in honor of Dr. Riddle, one News & Views for Southern Sailors

WFORC Dr. Lindsay Riddle Cup winners. From left: Scott Raines, Neil McMillan, Leroy McMillan, William Caulfield, skipper Alan McMillan, Dave Richards, trophy presenter Hunter Riddle (son of Dr. Riddle), Charles Harp, Lorrie Collier Berry, and Brandon Hall.

Photo by Julie B. Connerley.

of the WFORC founders. Its winner is calculated using a formula including the least amount of corrected time differences between the first- and third-place finishes over the course series for each class.

Uncharacteristically light winds dominated the weekend. The typical afternoon sea breezes never filled in. Six races were planned, but only five completed.

First-time Regatta Chairman Bert Rice Jr. said, “I consider this one of the best fall events for top (big-boat) races on the Gulf Coast. The principal race officer, GYA Commodore John Matthews, and I, planned several courses to cover any racing condition. The wind was so light; we didn’t get in as many as desired.”

Sunday’s final race began in a promising morning breeze. But the winds began to soften, and the race committee switched gears once again. The result was an upwind 7.9-nm finish for class A and a 6.65-nm downwind finish for classes B and C. Just eight minutes separated the uncorrected finish times between the last boats in classes A and C—underscoring the seasoned race management team at PYC that has enjoyed kudos from sailors for years.

Flying Tigers dominated class A with Greg Smith’s Olsen 40, White Trash, chasing them throughout the weekend.

Doug Kessler of Atlanta, GA, skippering his Flying Tiger Liberty, took first and captured the newest GYA perpetual trophy.

Donated by Innes Richards, wife of the late PYC, GYA, and FCA commodore, Ron Richards, the Commodore Ronald F. Richards Trophy will be awarded to the winning skipper (corrected time) in class A at WFORC annually.

“During all the years of my association with PYC, it has been a class operation, and having known Ron Richards, it is truly an honor to be the recipient of the first trophy in his memory,” Kessler smiled.

A roundtable discussion regarding future WFORC formats was held. Suggestions included long distance racing (feeder races) and standard versus asymmetrical spinnaker classes. Sailors are invited to email comments to alan.c.mcmillan@gmail.com or buziakj@cpmechanics.com, PYC’s fleet captain.

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2011 Fish Class Worlds Championship, Mobile, AL, Oct. 15

By Dave Jefcoat

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Fish Class World Championships. From left to right is Race Officer Dr. Jim Hunter, Fish Class Champion Lars Ingeberg, BYC Commodore Ron Foster and Stuart McMillan. Photo by Dave Jefcoat.

The Fish Class Worlds are held every year on Mobile Bay and hosted by the Buccaneer Yacht Club. This year, the weather seemed as if it was going to be wonderful for the races. On Saturday, Oct. 15, the races were to begin at 1:00 p.m. and there was a very nice north wind blowing. The race committee had planned to get three races in that day and finish up the regatta on Sunday. Unfortunately, the wind began to lay, the course had to be shortened to only three legs and all the boats had to be towed back to the yacht club. It was decided to start the races much earlier at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.

As the boats went out on Sunday morning, it was another nice north wind blowing and the committee was able to get four more races in until the wind died again. The regatta was won by Lars Ingeberg, a gentleman from Norway who has raced in the Fish class regattas before.

Going into the fifth race, Lars, Denny Blume of Pensacola and Louise Douglas of Mobile were all tied for first place.

As the wind began to die in that final race, the committee had to shorten the course again. It was a close finish in that race by those three boats and Lars just beat Denny by a few seconds. Lars Ingeberg was happy to receive the first place trophy and said that he would always return to Buccaneer Yacht Club to race Fish boats. Denny Blume and crew took second, while Mark Caraher and crew took third. Louise Douglas and crew finished fourth.

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34' Pacific SeaCraft, 1991, Beautiful bluewater cruiser, Solar, SSB, Auto pilot, refrigeration and more! $90,000, Kevin @ 321-693-1642

MULTI-HULLS 60' CUSTOM CATAMARAN 51’JEANTOT/PRIVILEDGE CAT 48' NAUTITECH CATAMARAN 46' FOUNTAINE PAJOT BAHIA 44' LAGOON CATAMARAN 44' LAGOON CATAMARAN 44' LAGOON CATAMARAN 43' VOYAGE CATAMARAN 43' PRIVILEDGE 435 42' LAGOON CATAMARAN 39' PRIVILEDGE CATAMARAN 38' ROBERTSON CAINE CAT 36' ENDEAVOUR POWER CAT. 36' INTERCONTINENTAL TRI. 36' G-CAT POWER CAT 35’ ISLAND PACKET CAT 23' TREMOLINO TRIMARAN

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ARGENTINA DAYTONA ST. AUGUSTINE TREASURE ISLAND GUATEMALA MELBOURNE ST. PETERSBURG FRANCE PUERTO RICO ST. JOHNS WEST PALM BEACH MADEIRA BEACH APOLLO BEACH FT. LAUDERDALE MADEIRA BEACH MELBOURNE ST. PETERSBURG PANAMA CITY PUNTA GORDA PANAMA CITY CRYSTAL RIVER PALM COAST CAPE CANVERAL STUART PORT CHARLOTTE BRADENTON SARASOTA FT. LAUDERDALE NEW PORT RICHEY

KIRK JIM TOM HARRY BOB KEVIN HARRY HARRY ROY S TOM TJ ROY S. JOE KIRK ROY S. KEVIN JOE BUTCH WENDY BUTCH JANE KEVIN KEVIN CALVIN JANE HARRY JOE KIRK JANE

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1978 ISUZU 60 HP DSL, 5' 6" DRAFT, GENERATOR 1978 PERKINS DSL, 4' 11" DRAFT 1998 YANMAR DSL, 4' 8" DRAFT 1983 PERKINS DSL, 4' 6" DRAFT 1979 SOLD 9/11 1981 PERKINS DSL, 4' 6" DRAFT 1981 UNIVERSAL DSL, 5' 11" DRAFT 1977 UNIVERSAL DIESEL, 3' 11" DRAFT 1983 SOLD 9/11 1997 YANMAR DSL, 4' 6" DRAFT 65 ATOMIC 4, 4' 6" DRAFT 1978 YANMAR DSL, 4' 11" DRAFT 1986 YANMAR DSL, 4' DRAFT 1991 SOLD 8/11 1984 SOLD 9/11

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_________________________________________ 8-foot Fiberglass rowing dinghy—can be used with a small outboard. $275. Sarasota (941) 870-7473. _________________________________________ Laser Sailboat. $1875. New Gelcoat on the hull and deck, new sail, all parts included, original sail bag, trailer. (727) 417-9476 Jon. (1/12) _________________________________________ 2007 West Marine dinghy Model HP2. A little used. 9’ 2” inflatable, weighs 88 pounds with a capacity of 885 pounds. Doesn’t fit on my davits, so want to sell. $900. (941) 9273373.

Sarasota, FL. (2/12) _________________________________________ New WindRider 17. $8995. Call Brian at Bimini Bay Sailing. (941) 685-1400 _________________________________________

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2007 Com-Pac Horizon Cat 20’. Yanmar diesel, w/trailer, Bimini top, cockpit cushions, dual battery w/built-in battery charger and much more. $31,671. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises (800) 783-6953, or (727) 3275361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

1985 S2 9.1. Two Mains, 3 chutes, Harken RF, multiple headsails, cruising chute. GPS/Chart Plotter, Nexus instruments, Auto tiller, Life Sling, folding prop, Bimini. Bcoated. 5’ 6” draft. $17,200 OBO. (352) 746-1329, (352) 445-6359. (12/11)

1981 US Yacht 25’. Good condition. Fiberglass in great condition. New bottom paint. Sails good, Bimini, sail cover. Toilet w/holding tank.

VHF, depth and more. No engine. $1500.

(727) 534-9947. (1/12)

J/29 for sale. Racing yacht. 1983 masthead/outboard version. Large inventory of racing sails. Almost new 2 1/2hp Tohatsu.

Interior recently refurbished. Well cared for by skipper until his recent passing. Located at Fort Walton Beach, FL. Asking $14,900. Call George at (850-585-1028, or Rick at 850261-4129.

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$25,000 - 30’ custom built, aft cabin, cutter rigged ketch. Hull & Volvo engine & transmission were completely re-conditioned in 2007. Hand laid up fiberglass hull. Built in Sweden in 1980. Main cabin has 6-foot settee/berths each side and a semi-enclosed forward V-berth. Boat lies in Cortez, FL. Contact Tom O’Brien (941) 518-0613 tomob@obrienarchitects.com. (12/11)

31’ Mariner Ketch 1970. 44 HP rebuilt Perkins Diesel. Complete retro. Full keel. 2 mains, 2 mizzens, cruising chute w/sock, windlass, Bimini, dinghy, S/S propane stove, GPS w/charts. A must see at our docks. Asking $29,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100

31’ Catalina 309 2007. Super clean, oneowner beauty. Only 98 hours. Day-sailed only on Tampa Bay. Fully loaded, including factory A/C and heat. A Must See. $89,900. Located in St. Petersburg, FL. (863) 648-5218, owner.

(12/11)

32’ Renaissance Catamaran ‘94. Built by AMI, Twin Westerbekes, 806 hrs., lots of ugrades, everything you are looking for in a cruising cat, beautiful and spacious layout, great headroom. www.sayachtsales.com for full details, or call (904) 829-1589

1947 Luders 31.5 Classic sloop, Own a piece of history. Completely rebuilt, sail her home today. Solid mahogany (hot molded) hull.

1999 Volvo 28hp diesel. Call or email for DVD of the rebuilding and a list of equipment. She was built by Luders Marine (who also built for Ted Turner) in Stamford, CT. Asking $28,000 OBO. Call Tony (561) 271-3344 or krazetony @comcast.net. Boca Raton, FL. (12/11)

1970 Pearson 33. Good sails. Full batten main. Profurl head sail. Westerbeke diesel.

Many upgrades. $12,700. Will consider trade of small boat on its trailer towards payment.

Call Jesse (813) 363-3172. (2/12)

33’ Trimaran Crowther Buccaneer. Ready to cruise/race. Solar panels, 15hp Honda O/B, head, holding tank, pressure water. 5 sails.

Asking $20,000. (954) 537-4996. (1/12) 31’ Beneteau First 310 1993. $41,000.

Shoal Draft, wheel steering, Volvo diesel power, refrigeration, excellent sail inventory including full batten main and spinnaker. Call Nic Ware (305) 510-7081.

Email; nicgsys@gmail.com.

2004 Catalina 310. $59,900. AC, AP, GPS, Refrig, R/F Genoa, Electric windlass, Bimini, 4’10’’ shoal draft. St. Petersburg, FL. 727-2141590. Full Specs & pics at www.Murray YachtSales.com.

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32’ Catalina 320 2000. Yanmar 27hp w/485hrs, wing keel, new Raymarine electronics 2009 incl. C70 GPS/Plotter, full batten main w/Dutchman, 135% r/f genoa, most running rigging replaced 2011, dinghy & O/B, electric windlass, and more. Excellent condition, lightly sailed. Asking $75,900.

Scott Pursell, Massey Yacht Sales, (941) 7204503, Scottp@masseyyacht.com.

1995 Endeavourcat 32. Two double staterooms, comfortable bathroom with large shower, propane oven and stove, sizable AC/DC. Refrigerator, efficient galley with lots of storage, two inboard Beta diesel engines. 3 foot draft—perfect for west coast of Florida, Keys and Bahamas. $98,000. (941) 3831178. (12/11)

33 CSY 1980. Beautiful liveaboard cruiser, Cutter rig, Deep Draft, 50 HP Perkins, A/C, Wind & Solar power, Inverter-Charger, Watermaker, ST5000 Autopilot, Lofrans Windlass, GPIRB, much more. $48,000. Riviera Beach, FL. (305) 942-3167. Email svsybarite@aol.com for specs and equipment list.

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34’ Gemini 105MC 2003, Westerbeke 27 HP, 3 Staterooms, Microwave, Ice Maker, Full electronics, Flat Screen TV, Custom Sail Pack w/Lazy Jacks, Solar Panels, Cockpit full enclosure, Custom Sunbrella Covers, Electric windlass. Boat set up by true cruisers, a must see, asking $129,000. www.sayachtsales.com.

(904) 829-1589

34 Catalina 1993. Exceptional quality and equipped like new, but at half the price.

Raymarine plotter, GPS, Autopilot, wind, depth, speed, ICOM M-504 VHF with RAM mike, reconditioned main and genoa sails, electric windless, custom Bimini and sail cover. Clearwater, FL. $64,900. New bottom paint Aug. 2011. (303) 522-3580. (12/11)

2011 Beneteau 34. $156,000. Commissioned 12/2010, AC, Refrig, AP, A90 Chartplotter, 4’6 shoal draft, In mast furling, r/f genoa, ST70 electronics, NEW Condition. St. Petersburg, FL. (727) 214-1590. Full Specs & pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

35’ Anstey Strider Sloop 1969. $21,000.

New sails,spinnaker, Kevlar Main and Genoa.

Dacron main, 120, 150, 180 Genoa and storm sail. ‘94 Yanmar diesel low hrs. Wind, knot, depth, VHF, autopilot and GPS. Lots of go-fast gear, Jim Booth 904-652-8401, jo

35’ Catalina 350 Sloop 2006. In-mast mainsail furling, 135% roller-furling genoa, dodger w/Bimini, A/C, Raymarine E80, ST series, & autopilot. Dinghy w/ outboard, $127,900 Raymarine E80, ST series, autopilot. Andy Gillis in Fort Myers. (239) 292-1915. (12/11)

2006 Hunter 36 trade in. We sold it new and took it in trade. Very well equipped and maintained, GPS, AP, A/C, canvas etc. Priced to sell at $111,000. Call Frank Hamilton at (941) 704-3300 or e-mail frankh@masseyyacht.com

36 Cheoy Lee 1970. Cutter Yawl. Completely rebuilt inside and out—mast, sails, boom, rigging, both 12-volt & 110-volt, plumbing.

Asking $66,900. Go anywhere. Jim Booth, (904) 652-8401.

34’ Hunter, 1984. Excellent condition. Many upgrades and refits. New standing rigging & running rigging, new dodger & bimini, just Awlgriped. $40,900, Call Joe @ 941-2249661, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.Sailboatsin Florida.com

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Wharram Tangaroa MKIV+, 2002 36 ’x19’. Beams lashed on top of deck, single mast with gaff wing sail, jib, large Bimini, unique cockpit, 6+’ standing headroom in extended cabins, 230w solar with large batteries, two 8hp Yamahas, inflatable with outboard, solid boat to liveaboard or cruise the islands, $65K. Dan (305) 664-0190. (12/11)

36’ Jeanneau 36i Sun Odyssey 2007. In-mast mainsail furling, roller-furling genoa, shoal draft, A/C, dodger w/Bimini, Raymarine E80, ST series, & autopilot. $137,900. Andy Gillis in Fort Myers. (239) 292-1915. (12/11)

CAL 36. Classic racer/cruiser. Fast, Strong. 2005 diesel. Newer mast/boom/rigging. A/C and Heat. 7 sails. Fully equipped. Sailed regularly. $23,500. (727) 821-0949. St. Petersburg (12/11a)

37’ Soverel Sloop ‘75. 3’6” draft. 2005 Westerbeke diesel 35 hp. Everything on this boat except the mast, boom and stanchions is 2000 or newer. It is clean, clean and ready for new owners. Asking $19,500. Check www.sayachtsales.com for all info and pictures (904) 829-1589

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2008 Tartan 3700. Lightly used as a day sailor since new. Only 50 hours on the diesel engine, 5-foot draft, BLUE Hull, teak toerail, stainless steel hand rails, dorades. Generator, Air Conditioning, Autopilot, Chartplotter, Bow Thruster, Bimini, Cockpit Cushions and Remote Electric Anchor Windlass Control. This boat has never been slept on so electric head, stall shower and beds are nearly new. Call Bill at Massey (727) 492-7044

37’ Endeavour 1979, with 50hp Perkins diesel. Traditional “B” Plan layout with forward V-berth. Harken RF, GPS Chart Plotter, Radar, Auto-Pilot, Manual Windlass, S/S Davits, Marine Air, Propane Stove. Beautiful interior. At our docks. Asking $29,900.

Cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100

Premium Island Packet 380 2003 Outstanding equipment, proven blue water ready to sail away for extended cruising. The owners have taken excellent care of this vessel, nothing left undone. For the serious buyer that knows what they want. Recently NEW Equipment Auto Pilot, Radar, Chart Plotter, Inverter, Windlass, JBL Stereo System, Wind, Speed, and Depth, VHF, and Flat Screen TV. Located in Indiantown, Florida. Details: John McNally (561) 262-3672 john@masseyyacht.com.

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38’ Sabre 386 2010. New Boat with full warranties, equipped the way you want it. 40 hp engine, flag blue hull, shoal draft, autopilot, electric windlass, electric main halyard winch, and much more. Ready for rigging. Alan Pressman 941-350-1559.

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39’ Corbin Pilothouse 1981, 64 hp Pathfinder diesel 200 hrs, blue water cruiser, Gen Set, All Roller furling, solar, wind gen, radar, auto pilot, GPS, electric windlass, full galley + more. $99,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100

39’ Corbin Center Cockpit Cutter located in Tarpon Springs. Proven circumnavigator is ready to go again. Call the central agent, Kelly Bickford CPYB, for high definition photos and complete specs. REDUCED to $82,500. (727) 599-1718 or, kelly@kellybickfordcpyb.com

37’ Tayana Cutter 1985. “Pullman” berth layout, 33 HP Yanmar diesel, dual Harken furlers, Awlgripped topsides and deck, wind generator, watermaker. Asking $86,500. “ASK ANDY!” Andy Gillis (239) 292-1915 andy@rossyachtsales.com.

39’ Island Spirit 400, 2004. This is an owner’s version, 3-cabin boat that has never been chartered and is in immaculate condition. Fully equipped for cruising with Yanmar diesels, Northern Lights Genset, watermaker, solar panels, SSB, etc. This boat is “turnkey” & ready to go cruising! Asking only $289,000, which is 1/2 of what a new boat will cost! Located in Key West. For more details call (305) 747-9279 or e-mail caribtraveller@yahoo.com (12/11)

38’ Irwin Center Cockpit Sloop 1983. Roller furling main and genoa, 4 1/2 ft draft, 16000 BTU A/C, autopilot, radar, wind generator, 12v refrigeration. Roomy interior with aft cabin. Reduced $39,900. Bill Browning Yacht Sales, St. Petersburg. www.floridaboats.net.

(727) 323-5300

39’ Lindsey Motorsailer, 1973. Thick fiberglass, aft cabin, walk-in engine room, Perkins 85 diesel. Bertha is versatile in all conditions, 3 1/2” draft, wind gen, 3 anchors, windlass, HBI. Reduced to $15,000. Stewart Marine, Miami, since 1972. (305) 815-2607, or www.marinesource.com.

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39’ Beneteau 393 Sloop 2002. 140% genoa roller furler, full batten main, cruising spinnaker, 56HP Yanmar, Dodger and fly, Raymarine electronics w/radar, more. Asking $117,500. “ASK ANDY!” Andy Gillis (239) 2921915. andy@rossyachtsales.com.

Schucker 40, 1980. Asking $99,500. Perkins 65hp, generator, AC/Heat, refrig, 200-gallon fuel/water, 100 gallon-holding, 14’ beam 3’ 2” draft. Call Bob for details. Located Cape Coral, FL. (239) 560-0664. Bring offers.

(12/11)

41’ Concordia Sloop 1953, Yanmar diesel.

Own a classic piece of yachting history, Actaea was the flagship for the New York Yacht Club and also has a winning racing history.

Completely restored and the most beautiful yacht. Last haul 4-11. Check our website for all info and lots of pictures. www.sayachtsales.com. (904) 829-1589

42 Beneteau First 1983. Rated ”World’s Best Sailboat.” Many upgrades. New paint on deck and cockpit. Price reduction to $78,900. Jim Booth, (904) 652-8401.

42 Irwin Ketch, 1977. In-mast Roller Main, New rig in ’99. 60hp. Westerbeke, air conditioning, generator, 4‘6” board up. Stout 29,000-pound cruiser. All new opening ports. $39,900. Stewart Marine, Miami, since 1972.

(305) 815-2607, bstewart_yachts@msn.com. www.marinesource.com.

43’ Morgan Nelson/Marek, 1984, A true cruiser/racer to take you anywhere with speed AND comfort. Meticulously cared for by owners, great electronics and extensive upgrades! $119,000, Call Tom @ 904-377-9446, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

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40’ Jeanneau Sun Fizz 1983. $81,000.

Proven Passagemaker. Radar, GPS, Perkins Diesel, Fridge and freezer, Solar panel and includes dinghy and liferaft and lots more.

Call Nic Ware (305) 510-7081. Email; nicgsys@gmail.com.

56' Custom Wood Schooner ’07 $950,000 45' Jeanneau 1996 . . . . . . . . . . .$125,000 40' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,900 40' Condor Trimaran . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 39' Corbin PH 1984 . . . . . . . . . . .$99,900 37' Endeavour 1979 . . . . . . . . . . .$29,900 31' Mariner Ketch 1970 . . . . . . . .$29,900 POWER

42' Express Bridge 1988 Diesel . .$92,000 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Gas . . . . .$24,900 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Diesels . .$29,900 29' Prairie 1978 Trawler Diesel . . . .SOLD 28' Diesel Charter Boat Business . .Offers 20' Shamrock 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SOLD

43’ Bristol, 1986, Pristine condition $129,000. Super Deal. Yacht Brokers, LLC, Palm Coast, FL. Contact Meg Goncalves at (386) 447-1977. Email ybipc@bellsouth.net

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40’ Condor Trimaran 1987. USCG-Documented Vessel with unrestricted Coastwise Endorsement. LEX-SEA was previously owned

by Ted Turner Jr. as Troika. Fast, fun and capable of ocean racing. Great sail inventory, recent Yanmar 29, Maxi Prop, New Dodger, Stack Pack, Hood RF, Custom Helm Seats.

RayMarine Electronics. Key Largo. $59,900.

Cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100

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2008 Beneteau 43. Air Conditioning, Generator, Radar, GPS, Autopilot, In Mast Furling $224,900. St. Petersburg, FL. (727) (214) 1590. Full specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

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FREE ADS 44’ CSY Shoal Draft Walkover 1979. A bulletproof, comfortable cruiser. Everything on the boat is in great shape and she is fully equipped! Upgraded substantially! $105,000, Call Harry @ 941-400-7942, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

45’ JEANNEAU 45.1 Sun Odyssey 1996, Volvo Diesel, Twin Steering, 4 separate cabins, two heads w/shower, roller furling main, electric windlass, auto-pilot, Tri-Data, full galley, Rib w/ OB. Excellent performance. $125,000.

Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

45’ Hunter 456 Center Cockpit, 2004, In beautiful condition, 2010 bottom paint, spacious interior, large salon and galley. Yanmar diesel, Kohler 8kw generator, full Raymarine navigation electronics. $209,500, Call Wendy @ 941-916-0660, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

1999 Catalina 470. Bowthruster, Genset, 3 AC, Windlass upgrade, custom arch and davits, and a lot more. $224,000. New Orleans, LA. (727) 214-1590. www.murrayyachtsales.com.

54’ Hylas Raised Salon 2006. $990,000.

Proven transatlantic passagemaker. She is loaded and immaculate. Too much to list. See the extensive inventory list at www.grandslamyachtsales.com. Call Alan Pressman (941) 350-1559. Email; AlanGSYS@gmail.com

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(941-795-8704) Catamaran Parts. NACRA 18-Square, two hulls, cross beams, sail with battens, assorted gear. Make an offer for each part or all. Dave Ellis. St. Petersburg, FL. davesailellis@aol.com. _________________________________________ Miscellaneous sailboat hardware — some from a 23-foot catamaran. Stainless steel, cleats, blocks, rigging, etc. $600 cost, sell for $80.

(727) 856-2024. Hudson, FL. (1/12) _________________________________________ Tohatsu Outboard. 3.5 HP four-stroke. 2007.

Short Shaft. Excellent condition. $499. St. Augustine.

(904) 460-0501. (1/12) _________________________________________ Memosail wrist watch. Classic hi-quality sailing watch. Recently professionally serviced.

Perfect condition. Perfect gift for the sailor who has everything. $700. (561) 716-4763. (1/12)

60’ Custom Aluminum Motorsailer 2003, Detroit Diesel w/600 hrs., Structurally overbuilt, Autopilot, Depth, Compass, SSB, GPS, Avon Dinghy, Electric dinghy davits, Washer, Dryer, Electric Windlass, AC, Crash Bulkhead, 59’ mast height, 5’ draft, 3 staterooms, Side Power bow thruster, Great Cruising boat.

Asking $249,000. www.sayachtsales.com.

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47’ Catalina 470 Sloop 2001. $234,900. In mast furling, electric winch, GPS chartlplotter, bowthruster, full canvas package, generator, electric windlass, wind generator, refrigeration, freeze. Alan Pressman 941-350-1559, AlanGSYS@gmail.com

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Cape Cod Sailor - Boatowner (experienced & well qualified) would like to rent a sloop, approx. 30 ft.—give or take—for 1 or 2 months, for cruising in the Ft. Myers/ Bradenton area. Flexible on most aspects.

Please contact Tony Volk, tel. (508) 420-8834, or email TonyVolk@comcast.net. (2/12)

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BOYE BOAT KNIVES. Cobalt blades, extreme cutting power. No rust, ever. Handcrafted quality, lightweight, great everyday and safety carry, stays sharp. Super reviews. Made in USA since 1971. www.boyeknives.com. (800) 853-1617. (2/12) Used Leg Savers by Hutchinson Sports—to hike on padded lifelines comfortably all day long. Low Cut, Black, Large. Retails for $150.

Asking $75. (314) 915-3301. (12/11) _________________________________________ New Bomar white aluminum portlite w/screen, 17”x 7”. $100. New Whale Gusher 10 aluminum bilge pump $125. Perkins 4107 diesel injectors, new $100. Garmin GPS 50, older model but new in box $100. Forestay 1/4”x 39ft. with Stayloks on ends, make your boat a cutter, $125. Call Tom, (954) 560-3919. _________________________________________ Standard Horizon Remote Access Microphone (RAM). New, in box, RAM3 CMP30. Enables skippers to remotely control all radio, DSC, PA/Fog functions of Standard Horizon VHF to helm. Intercom between helm and VHF below, full LCD display. Has 23’ of routing cable. IPX 7, submersible to 3’ for 30 minutes. Retails for $104; asking $60.

(941) 342-1246. _________________________________________ Beckson Opening Port, new in box, PO-714WC-10. 7” h x 14” w, white frame, clear lens, trim ring, gasket and screen included. Retails for $155. Asking $75. (941) 342-1246. _________________________________________ Johnson 2 cycle outboards: Short shaft 6hp, 15hp, 35hp. Pull & electric start. '80s models.

Prices sarting at $250. (941) 870-7473 _________________________________________ Marine Clearance Sale in progress! We have a nice selection of USED and closeout winches, blocks and other boating items. DECEMBER GEAR SALE starts 12/5. SAVE on Foul Weather Gear, Warm Wear, Gear Bags and some great gift ideas.

Masthead Enterprises. (727) 327-5361. 2201 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. (12/11)

Web designer to work as an independent contractor, to help with the SOUTHWINDS website. We are rebuilding our website and developing another new related website and need help in all the latest techniques to update our current site, help develop the new site, and offer advice and help to the current designer, the editor (a novice, but learning).

Experience and knowledge in SEO also. Must be very knowledgeable in making our website compatible with different browsers (Firefox, Explorer, etc). Can’t afford a lot, but will pay a reasonable, good fee. editor@southwindsmagazine.com. No knowledge of sailing is needed, but web surfing helpful. _________________________________________ Edwards Yacht Sales is Expanding! We have several openings for Yacht Brokers in Florida.

Looking for experienced broker or will train the right individual. Must have boating background and be a salesman. Aggressive advertising program. 37% sales increase in 2010, Come join the EYS team! Call in confidence, Roy Edwards (727) 507-8222 www.EdwardsYachtSales.com, Yachts@ EdwardsYachtSales.com. _________________________________________ Massey Yacht Sales Mobile Broker Do you prefer to sell yachts from your home office? If you do and are a proven, successful yacht sales professional, we have positions open for Florida west and east coast. Take advantage of the Massey sales and marketing support, sales management and administration while working from home selling brokerage sail and powerboats. Call Ed Massey (941) 725-2350, or send resume to yatchit@verizon.net (Inquiry will be kept in confidence)

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Lots and homes available, with and without slips. Located on the coast of Terra Ceia Bay in the Palmetto-Bradenton area, FL. (941) 7218888, or (941) 721-7687. (1/12)

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Conveniently located, reasonable lot rent. Homes from $3500 to $14,000. (386) 698-3648 or www.lakecrescentflorida.com (12/11a)

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Ellies Sailing Shop . . . . . . . . . . . .26 E-Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Fair Winds Boat Repairs . . . . . . . .29 Fishermen’s Village Marina . . . . .10 Flagship Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Flying Scot Sailboats . . . . . . . . . .79 Ft. Myers Beach Mooring Field . .22 Garhauer Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Glades Boat Storage . . . . . . . . . .12 Gourmet Underway Cookbook . .47 Grand Slam Yacht Sales . . . . . . . .74 Gulfcoast Sailing & Cruising School . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Gulfport City Marina . . . . . . . . . .49 Gypsy Wind Solar . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Harborage Marina . . . . . . . . . . .IBC Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack . . . . . . .41 Hotwire/Fans & other products .27 Innovative Marine Services . . .26,30 Irish Sail Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Island Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales . . . .75 JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Kelly Bickford,Broker . . . . . . . . . .70 Key Lime Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Knighton Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Leather Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Mack Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Madeira Beach Municipal Marina 20 Maptech Cruising Guide . . . . . . .47 Marine Supply Warehouse . . . . . .28 Massey Yacht Sales . . . . . . . .IFC,71 Masthead Enterprises . .11,28,31,70 Mastmate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Miami Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Miami Mooring Field . . . . . . . . .36 Moor Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Mrs. G Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Mt. Dora Yacht Club Regatta . . .53 Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau .75,BC National Sail Supply . . . . . . . . . .31 Nature’s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Nautos Sailboat Hardware . . . . . .28 New JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Nickle Atlantic Bedding Systems .56 North Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 North Sails Direct . . . . . . . . . . . .33 North Sails Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 North Sails Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Offshore Sailing School . . . . . . . .34 Palm Coast Marina . . . . . . . . . . .54 Pasadena Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Pelican’s Perch Marina . . . . . .22,54 Porpoise Used Sails . . . . . . . . . . .31 Regata del Sol Al Sol Regatta . . . .3 Regatta Pointe Marina . . . . . . . . .21 Rigging Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Rivertown Marina & Boatyard . . .54 Riviera Dunes Marina . . . . . . . . .23 Ross Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Sail Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Sailing Florida Charters . . . . . . . .34 Sailing Florida Sailing School . . . .34 SailKote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16,31 Sailtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Sarasota Yacht Club Regatta . . . .18 Savon De Mer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Schurr Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Sea School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Sea Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Seafarer Marine Supply . . . . . . . .29 Seaworthy Goods . . . . . . . . . .28,32 Sew Tec Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Shadetree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Simply Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Snug Harbor Boats & Co. . . . . . . .9 Sparman USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Spotless Stainless . . . . . . . . . .10,29 SSB Radio Books . . . . . . . . . .26,35 St. Augustine Sailing Enterprises .34 St. Barts/Beneteau . . . . . . . . . . .BC Star Marine Outboards . . . . . . . .30 Strictly Sail Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Sunrise Sails,Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Tackle Shack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Tiki Water Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Titusville Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Turner Marine Yacht Sales . . . . .IFC Twin Dolphin Marina . . . . . . . . .54 Ullman sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,31 Welmax Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Windrider Trimarans . . . . . . . . . .43 Wooden Boat Repair Book . . . . . .26 Yachting Gourmet . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Yachting Vacations . . . . . . . . . . .34 Zarcor Boating Gear . . . . . . . . . . .8

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SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGE Beneteau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC Bill Browning Yacht Sales . . . . . . . .73 Boaters Exchanges/Catalina . . . . . . .9 Catalina Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC,11 Cortez Yacht Brokerage . . . . . . . . .80 Dunbar Sales . . . . . . . . . .IFC,9,34,73 Edwards Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Flying Scot Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Grand Slam Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . .74 Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack . . . . . . . . .41 Island Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Kelly Bickford,Broker . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Massey Yacht Sales/Catalina/Hunter/ Island Packet/Eastern/Mariner IFC,71 Masthead Yacht Sales/ Catalina . . . . . . . . . . . .11,28,31,70 Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau . .75,BC Ross Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Snug Harbor Boats & Co. . . . . . . . . .9 St. Barts/Beneteau . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish,St. Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Tiki Water Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Turner Marine Yacht Sales . . . . . . .IFC Windrider Trimarans . . . . . . . . . . . .43 GEAR, HARDWARE, ACCESSORIES, CLOTHING Alpen Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Aurinco Solar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Beaver Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Borel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Bo’sun Supplies/Hardware . . . . . . .15 Cajun Trading Rigging . . . . . . . . . .29 Clear Air Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Coolnet Hammocks . . . . . . . . . . . .57 CopperCoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 CPT Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Cruising Solutions . . . . . . . . . . .34,48 Defender Industries . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Doctor LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,27 Ellies Sailing Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 E-Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Garhauer Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Gypsy Wind Solar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Hotwire/Fans & other products . . .27 JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Leather Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Masthead Enterprises . . . .11,28,31,70 Mastmate Mast Climber . . . . . . . . .28 Nature’s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Nautos Sailboat Hardware . . . . . . .28 New JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Nickle Atlantic Bedding Systems . . .56 North Sails Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Savon De Mer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Seafarer Marine Supply . . . . . . . . . .29 Seaworthy Goods . . . . . . . . . . .28,32

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Shadetree Awning Systems . . . . . . .17 Simply Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Sparman USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Spotless Stainless . . . . . . . . . . . .10,29 Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Welmax Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Yachting Gourmet . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Zarcor Boating Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES Advanced Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Atlantic Sail Traders . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Bacon Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,42 Cajun Trading Rigging . . . . . . . . . .29 Doyle Ploch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Dwyer Mast/spars,hardware,rigging 81 Innovative Marine Services . . . .26,30 Knighton Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Masthead/Used Sails and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .11,28,31,70 National Sail Supply,new&used online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 North Sails Direct/sails online by North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 North Sails Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 North Sails,new and used . . . . . . . .82 Porpoise Used Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Rigging Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Sail Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Schurr Sails,Pensacola FL . . . . . . . .58 Sunrise Sails,Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Ullman Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,31 CANVAS Shadetree Awning Systems . . . . . . .17 SAILING SCHOOLS/CAPTAIN’S LICENSE INSTRUCTION Bluewater sailing school . . . . . .11,34 Captains License Class . . . . . . . . . .82 Charleston Sailing School . . . . . . . .34 Couples Sailing School . . . . . . . . . .34 Dunbar Sales Sailing School . . . . . .34 Flagship Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Gulfcoast Sailing & Cruising School 34 Offshore Sailing School . . . . . . . . . .34 Sailing Florida Charters & School . .34 Sailtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Sea School/Captain’s License . . . . .51 St. Augustine Sailing Enterprises . . .34 Yachting Vacations . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 MARINE ENGINES AND ACCESSORIES Beta Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Star Marine Outboards . . . . . . . . . .30 MARINAS, MOORING FIELDS, BOAT YARDS

Adventure Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Beach Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Catamaran Boatyard . . . . . . . . .17,26 Clearwater Municipal Marina . . . . .54 Fishermen’s Village Marina . . . . . . .10 Ft. Myers Beach Mooring Field . . . .22 Glades Boat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Gulfport City Marina . . . . . . . . . . .49 Harborage Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC Madeira Beach Municipal Marina . .20 Miami Mooring Field . . . . . . . . . . .36 Palm Coast Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Pasadena Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Pelican’s Perch Marina . . . . . . . .22,54 Regatta Pointe Marina . . . . . . . . . .21 Rivertown Marina & Boatyard . . . .54 Riviera Dunes Marina . . . . . . . . . . .23 Titusville Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Twin Dolphin Marina . . . . . . . . . . .54 CHARTERS,RENTALS,FRACTIONAL Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals . . . . . . .38 Flagship Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Key Lime Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Sailing Florida Charters . . . . . . . . . .34 Yachting Vacations . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 MARINE SERVICES,SURVEYORS, DIVE SERVICES, INSURANCE, TOWING, BOAT LETTERING, ETC. Absolute Tank Cleaning . . . . . . . . .26 Aqua Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Bluewater Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . .45 BoatNames.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Fair Winds Boat Repairs/Sales . . . . .29 Innovative Marine Services . . . .26,30 Mrs. G Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 CAPTAIN SERVICES Capt. George Schott . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Capt. Rick Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 MARINE ELECTRONICS E-Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Sea Tech/Navigation/ Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 SAILING WEB SITES, VIDEOS,BOOKS BoatNames.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Capt. Marti Brown . . . . . . . . . . .26,35 Gourmet Underway Cookbook . . . .47 Maptech Cruising Guide . . . . . . . . .47 SSB Radio Books . . . . . . . . . . . .26,35 Wooden Boat Repair Book . . . . . . .26 REGATTAS,BOAT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS Bradenton Yacht Club Regatta . . . . .6 Buzzelli Multihull Regatta . . . . . . . .19 Miami Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Mt. Dora Yacht Club Regatta . . . . .53 Regata del Sol Al Sol Regatta . . . . . .3 Sarasota Yacht Club Regatta . . . . . .18 Strictly Sail Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

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Boat Repairs in a Slow Ecomony

By Larry Annen

Dear Capt. Bilgeplug, We are the proud new owners of a 35-foot Catalina. We scrimped and saved, but finally had enough cash to buy the boat.

She needs a lot of work, though—hadn’t even left the slip for a while. This is our first boat, and I need to know where to find some good help and advice? We don’t have a lot of money left, which presents somewhat of a budget problem with hiring professionals.

Thanks, Bill and Sue S/V Mullet Over Dear Bill & Sue, Congratulations are certainly in order for your newest family member! You will absolutely love the boating lifestyle. The friends you will make will last a lifetime, and the adventures will be fantastic. I see you have a slip, which means you are in a marina.

GREAT! Most of your problems have been solved already. You didn’t mention which parts need fixing, but hey, it’s a boat, and she’s a used boat, so I’m not leaning too far out on the yardarm here guessing that pretty much everything needs some attention.

First though, I would suggest that you start with the bilge pumps as they are pretty important. A new pump would run you about a quarter of a boat dollar. Oh—since you’re new to boating, a boat dollar is derived by the following equation; Break Out 86

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Another Thousand—B.O.A.T. Since you don’t have lots of “boat” dollars to spend, here is a handy tip on how to accomplish all this—and many more tasks.

Remove the bilge pump, autopilot, winch drum, or any other item needing attention and set it on the dock box. Lay out a few tools, and maybe some spare parts and stuff next to it, like oversized bolts, the wrong size gasket, a non-stainless steel hose clamp—that sort of stuff.

I would suggest setting this out early in the morning just before the liveaboard crews arise for the morning stroll to the showers. Have yourself a couple of cups of coffee and a nice relaxing breakfast, but stay below decks.

You need to let the word spread through the marina that the new guy hasn’t got a clue as to what he’s doing. Like any good trap, the bait needs time to ferment.

When you’re ready, just before noon, place a small cooler of beer next to the dock box, and move a few parts around. You will notice more folks taking interest in your parts. They will casually walk by at first, pretending not to notice what’s on the dock box.

Each time they walk by they will slow down a bit and pay a little more attention to your project—until finally, one of them can’t stand it any longer and picks up the pump for a closer look.

The trap has been sprung. By the time you are finished with your after-

noon nap, you should have gathered a small crowd of local experts. Keep some tools and legitimate spare parts handy—you will need them shortly.

As the experts begin to debate the merits of the repair, say things like, “How would that go on there?”

“That’ll never fit,” and, “I don’t think anyone could ever make it work again.” Offer another beer or two and say more things like, “Wow, you must have sailed around the world a couple of times,” and, “Have you always known this much about sailing?”

As you continue to bring up broken items with new parts and beer over the next few weeks, you will discover that the experts are now working on parts and drinking the beer left on the dock box before you finish your breakfast and morning paper.

For bigger jobs you should leave a bologna sandwich and some chips.

The size of the food reward and quality of beer supplied should be directly proportional to the complexity of the part you left on the box. After all, you don’t want to seem cheap.

Now then, I know what you’re thinking: once everything is fixed, how do I get them to stop drinking my beer and eating my bologna?

This is easily solved. Simply leave a companionway hatch or other piece of teak on the dock box along with a can of spar varnish and a brush.

Ahoy, Capt. Bilgeplug www.southwindsmagazine.com