Palm Beach Marine Flea Market and Seafood Festival, Feb. 11-13. South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach, FL. (954) 205-7813. www.flnauticalfleamarket.com.
31st Annual George Town Cruising Regatta, Exumas, Bahamas, Feb. 28-March 12 This is a cruisers regatta that builds up over several months. Most boats start arriving from around the United States, Canada and other countries in November and stay till March. When regatta days start, sailboat races are held in the harbor and around Stocking Island with volleyball tournaments and other beach events in between. Opening night of the regatta is a very big event held Feb. 28. The first event is the “Pass in Review” of the fleet. There also is softball, tennis, coconut harvest, bridge, Texas hold’em poker, beach golf and much more. For more information, contact Bill Sandelin, regatta chairman, at (305) 496-9553, or sandelin1@yahoo.com.
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South Florida Sailor Planning Circumnavigation Releases Route In the last two months, we have published information on Kevin Wilkinson of Marathon, Florida Keys, who plans to sail his 1972 Catalina 22 around the world. He is currently in the early planning stages of the trip. He recently released his proposed route. After leaving the Florida Keys, he plans to head towards Colon, Panama, with some stops in between and then through the Panama Canal. After that, his next stop is the Galapagos Islands and then on to Nuku-Hiva Island, 3448 miles away and approximately 45-50 days at sea. From Nuku-Hiva he will head to Australia and then to Phuket, Thailand. From there, on to the Suez Canal with a stop in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. Next, he plans to go to Crete and then Gibraltar, before crossing the Atlantic and home to Key West. Kevin is in the process of contacting numerous potential sponsors to raise money for the trip. Sponsors can donate money, equipment, provisions and technical support. His Web site (could still be under construction), www.cat22immanuel.com, includes a blog and storefront to sell promotional items to help finance the trip. The Web site will also include a sponsorship page listing all sponsors and links to their Web sites. Kevin can be contacted at (305) 9233156, or saltykevin@yahoo.com.
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