SOUTHWINDS NEWS & VIEWS
FOR
SOUTHERN SAILORS
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Editorial: Race Accidents and More By Steve Morrell
7
Letters You Wouldn’t Believe
10
Bubba’s Opinion on Organized Mooring Fields By Morgan Stinemetz
12
Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures
13
Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South
28
Our Waterways: Marine Patrols Escalate on Gulf Coast; Update on the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Mooring Field Application
30
Hurricane Season 2012
31
Tall Ships Come to Savannah By James Newsome
34
The Raven Boat Review By Dave Ellis
36
Carolina Sailing: The Low Country’s Renaissance Boatbuilder By Dan Dickison
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Boatowner’s Boat Review: Lazyjack 32 By Mike Turner
42
Tilting at Bridges By Cyndi Perkins
43
Charleston Race Week By Dan Dickison
46
Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, Regional Race Calendars
70
Here Come the Optis By William S. Schaill
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Southern Sailing Schools Section Southern Marinas Pages Marine Marketplace Boat Brokerage Section Classifieds Alphabetical Index of Advertisers Advertisers’ List by Category
Cover photo: The United States Coast Guard Cutter barque Eagle leading the Parade of Sails as she leaves Savannah on Monday at the end of the festival. Photo by James Newsome.
Tall Ships Come to Savannah. Page 31. Photo by James Newsome.
Lazyjack 32 Boat Review. Page 38. Photo by Mike Turner.
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