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Morgan Invasion Moves to Davis Island Yacht Club, Merging with New Tampa Bay Hospice Cup, May 3-5 Morgan Invasion organizers wanted to expand the popular Morgan Invasion, which has benefitted Suncoast Hospice since the Invasion’s 25th anniversary in 2010. This year will be the 28th Morgan Invasion, held May 3-5. The Hospice Cup steering committee comprises representatives from the Davis Island Yacht Club, the Morgan Invasion, West Florida Yacht Racing Association and the Bay Area Hospice organizations. Charley Morgan, who is serving on the committee, is enthusiastic about the new format. The Tampa Bay Hospice Cup will appeal to both cruisers and racers. With a strong focus on informal sailing and camaraderie, the event will cater to cruising enthusiasts who just want to come out and be part of the fun. The regatta will also feature open fleets for PHRF, one-designs, and youth sailing. The committee is also planning landside
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activities for supporters who’d like to be a part of the event but who don’t care to race. Additional details on the 2013 Tampa Bay Hospice Cup will be available soon. In the meantime, if you’d like to volunteer to help, send an email to TBHospiceCup@gmail.com.
Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club Youth Represents United States in International Regatta Alex Mazzeo (13), son of Paul and Lisa Mazzeo of Beaufort, SC, was selected to represent the United States at the 30th International Lake Garda Optimist Class regatta near Verona, Italy, in March. Alex is in the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club’s Junior Sailing program. In 2012, Drummond Koppernaes (then 14), son of Christian and Robin Koppernaes of Beaufort, and also a participant in the club’s junior sailing program, was selected to represent the United States in a similar regatta in Holland. There were over 950 Optimist sailors from more than 40 countries competing in that event. Go to www.byscnet.com for more information about the club and the sailing program.
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3rd Annual Atlantic Cup Race from Charleston, SC, to Newport, RI, May 11 The Atlantic Cup, presented by 11th Hour Racing, is a dedicated professional Class 40 race held annually in the United States with a focus on running an environmentally responsible event. The first leg of the race starts Saturday, May 11, in Charleston, SC. From there, boats race a 642-nautical mile off-shore leg double-handed to New York City. After a brief stopover, competitors, still racing double-handed, start
Youth Sailing Programs and Yacht Club Directory
AVAILABLE ONLINE — Search for or Update Your Program and Club
Going live on April 1 (this is no April Fools joke!), this new FREE online directory by SOUTHWINDS lists Youth Sailing Programs and Yacht Clubs and Sailing Associations in the Southeast U.S. Previously printed in the April issue, we found that most youth programs hadn’t made final decisions on their summer programs by the March 1 deadline, so we decided to create an online directory where program organizers can update their programs, whether summer programs or year-around programs, any day of the year on their own. Every program
gets its own page with room for photos, schedules, general information, youth ages accepted, rates, contact info, links to Facebook and more. For those looking for programs, you can search by name, location or miles from a zip code. The 2012 programs are listed, and program organizers can register an ac-
count, claim their listing and update it. Or new programs can be added. We also added a yacht club directory, listing all the clubs that were on the main SOUTHWINDS site. Clubs can claim these listings and also get their own page to add photos, general information, contact info, links to Facebook and more.
To update your youth program or club, go to www.southwindsmagazine.info, or you can access it through the SOUTHWINDS main site at www.southwindsmagazine.com. 48 May 2013
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