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Southern Youth Sailing Programs Boot Key Harbor Boardings The Spirit of South Carolina Launched

April 2007 For Sailors — Free…It’s Priceless

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From the Helm: Youth Sailing Programs

By Steve Morrell Letters

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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Bubba’s New Barrier

By Morgan Stinemetz

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Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

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Our Waterways: Boardings in Boot Key Harbor

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Boat Transport: Just Drive Aboard

By Capt. Steve Stevens

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BoatU.S. Marina Preparation Hurricane Symposium

By Steve Morrell

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The Spirit of South Carolina Gets Launched

By Dan Dickison

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Southeast Youth Sailing Programs

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Travels with Angel: A Run From Green Turtle To Great Sale Cay

By Rebecca Burg

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Miami Boat Show: Indicator of Trends

By Roy Laughlin

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PHRF Race Tips: To Win The Race You Have To Finish

By Dave Ellis

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

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The Virtual Yacht Club

By Troy Gilbert

20-21 Marine Market Place 54-55 Regional Sailing Services Directory Local boat services in your area.

57 Boat Brokerage Section 68 Alphabetical Index of Advertisers 69 Advertisers’ List by Category 69 Subscription Form

Boat transport. Just drive aboard. Courtesy photo.

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The Spirit of South Carolina gets launched. Photo by Jonathan Reiss. Page 36.

COVER: Sailing in the Area D Invitational and Florida Girls’ State Championship at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, March 10-11.

Photo by Gary Hufford. Beachmaster Photography. www.beachmaster.smugmug.com.

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FROM THE HELM

Youth Sailing Programs

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n our continuing endeavor to be the information source for Southern sailing, this month we are publishing a list of 55 youth sailing programs throughout the Southern coastal states. The main emphasis is on youth sailing because of the great number of summer programs that become available as school lets out for the summer.

Our plan was to publish this list in April, so that both youth and parents can plan ahead if they want to choose a summer sailing program. Many programs will be filled up by May, while others will have openings all summer. We hope this encourages more to enter the sport.

In researching this, mainly through the Internet, we were amazed (most of this was done by Roy Laughlin, a regular contributor to SOUTHWINDS from east Florida) by the number and diversity of programs available. Yet we are sure that we missed many of them. The Sea Scouts have boating programs in most states, some power, some sail and some both. With over 50 in Florida alone, we did not have the resources to look into them all to see which have sailing programs. We hope to be able to expand on that in

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the future. We also did not include programs in Texas where we have substantial distribution in East Texas.

We also plan to include those in the future.

Some youth programs, particularly in Florida, run year around, with an extensive program during the summer months. Since Florida has year-round sailing weather (and those Optis can sail in the light summer winds), the youth sailing programs are numerous, and many are well-established with large sailing facilities and many boats. It is good to see so many people supporting the youth in a sport which does so much for one’s development in life.

Many yacht clubs have youth programs, and they are not limited to children of members. (We attempted to not include any program that wasn’t open to all.) We found that almost every established yacht club that has sailors has a youth program, which is encouraging.

As we hear from more youth programs that we did not list, we will include these on our Web site, which we are expanding. We will eventually include all sailing instruction for youth and adults in the Southern

states on our Web site. This will include more information and links.

It will not be a resource for information on these programs, but a resource for all the programs that are out there.

We are asking our readers to check out this list and send us information on any programs we missed, and to send us corrections or improvements to the existing list. We will immediately add missed programs and correct or improve existing listings on our Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com.

We are also hoping to regularly publish articles on youth sailing programs, and we are seeking those as well. Please include photographs if you are interested in writing an article about a youth program you know.

We ask you to contact me beforehand to discuss the article at editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

We hope this resource will be helpful for those out there who are considering a youth sailing program, or perhaps it will get you thinking about one.

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LETTERS “Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.”

H.L. Mencken In its continuing endeavor to share its press, SOUTHWINDS invites readers to write in with experiences & opinions.

E-mail your letters to editor@southwindsmagazine.com FORT MYERS BEACH MOORING FIELD CHANGES AND PUMP-OUTS As visitors to southwest Florida and we anchor and take moorings a lot. I’ve now residents, I’ve read your magazine followed the thread on mooring fields. for years. You do a good job of report- I have specific information on Fort ing issues as well as interesting stories. Myers Beach and a general comment.

My wife and I travel the ICW The management of the Fort Myers between Florida and Connecticut, and Beach mooring field at Matanzas Pass

has changed hands from Salty Sam’s to the Matanzas Inn. Price is still $13.75 including tax, shower, and getting ashore. Getting ashore is now onto a city-owned pontoon boat located under the west end of the bridge. Also, pennants on the middle third of the mooring field are either missing or barnacleencrusted. Have heavy gloves ready.

A general observation about mooring fields and no-discharge harbors: A town isn’t serious about no discharge until they have a pump-out boat working the harbor on regular hours. We visit Block Island, Annapolis, and Edgartown, and they have them and I see a much more serious commitment to the harbor. Vero, which is the best in every other way, is missing one and it’s a shame.

Keep up the good work, John Cummings S/V Duetto, PDQ 34 John, Thanks for the update. I agree that pumpout boats need to be more common. I remember when a pump-out boat company tried to get started in Pinellas County in Tampa Bay (last year) and every community around—and a couple of marinas— fought the company and road-blocked them all the way, till after a few months, the owner sold his pump-out boat and shut down. It was a sad experience. Only the St. Pete Municipal Marina tried to help him. The demand he had was tremendous, but local city governments (and one large St. Pete marina) made it so difficult, it wasn’t worth it. I know other communities outside Florida (and the South) have them, but for some reason there aren’t many here. Maybe it’s because local communities dump so much untreated waste into our waters from sewer pipe breakages and treatment plant breakdowns that everyone thinks the boat waste, which is about .0001 percent of that, is negligible, which it is.

That’s the only logical reason I can think of.

Editor PRIVATE DOCK BLOCKS NAVIGATION We live on an artificial estuary off the south fork of the St. Lucie River in Stuart, FL. See LETTERS continued on page 10

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LETTERS A new property owner across the water has constructed a dock with a boat lift that is blocking navigation in the waterway. I have checked with the county and it was permitted.

What are the proper procedures and with what agencies do we file complaints to get this corrected?

Thank you for your help.

Pamela Tubbs Stuart, FL Pamela, I am not quite sure on this. Perhaps a reader has an answer on this. If anyone does, please send e-mail to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

Editor SOUTHWINDS JANUARY ISSUE COVER SHOT Congratulations to Gary Hufford on a great picture shot on your January 2007 front cover.

The happy sailor happens to be my son, Chase Seoane of Oldsmar, Fl. He has been sailing for year and a half and I think he will never stop. He has become a better 11-year-old through sailing, and I have to give credit to the coaches and staff at Clearwater Coummunity Sailing Center.

Great publication, I always enjoy reading it.

Fair weather and tail winds Frank Seoane, Clearwater Frank, I passed the word on to Gary, which he appreciates. Maybe next your son can get on the cover of the Rolling Stone.

Editor CRUISERS ANCHORING IN MARCO ISLAND NOT WELCOMED My husband and I have been cruising the west coast of Florida for close to 27 years and visiting Marco Island for more than ten years. Unless the Marco Island city council changes their attitude and complies with the state regulations regarding anchoring, this will be our last visit here.

We are not “boat bums.” I am a USCG captain, licensed for 18 years, and a journalist for several tourism magazines.

We own several homes in another county and use our 33foot sailboat for extended cruises after retiring from county and public utility positions.

Upon arriving in Factory Bay, we, and another boat traveling with us, paid to tie up our dinghy at a marina, patronized the local merchants and spent well over $200 before returning to our respective boats. We were approached by a Marco Island city police officer who informed us that we had to apply for a permit to stay and that they would inspect our vessel every 12 hours to make sure we “complied” with regulations. Or we could just move over to the Collier County side and the city would leave us alone.

Apparently, Marco Island city council has yet to read the Florida State Statute 327.60(2), effective July 1, 2006, which states that, with the exception of designated mooring fields and liveaboard vessels, local government authorities are PROHIBITED from regulating the anchoring outside of such mooring fields or non-liveaboard vessels in navigation. Statute 327.02, paragraph 17 defines liveaboards as any vessel used solely as a residence. We clearly are not considered liveaboards in the eyes of the state of Florida as our See LETTERS continued on page 12 10

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LETTERS legal residence is in Pasco County.

We are very disappointed with the lack of regard by the city when it comes to obeying state law and intend to contact various lobbying and boating organizations with our findings.

Sad. Marco Island was such a lovely place to visit, but with the bad taste the city has left in our mouths, I doubt if we will make any effort to stop here again and will advise our fellow boaters to avoid this area.

Cynthia Pastor Port Richey, FL Cynthia, Unfortunately, that is exactly what they want. Welcome to modern Florida, once the home of people who welcomed cruisers. But perhaps there’s hope yet to return to Marco Island as the laws are being contested in that community. See “Our Waterways” in the March issue.

Problem is, even if it is proven they are acting against the law, the people who are for it will still be there if the law is taken off the books. And, also unfortunately, those who broke this law (those who passed the ordinance)—and did so knowing that it was illegal—will go unpunished.

Editor This letter from Cynthia Pastor was a copy of one sent to the local Marco Island newspaper.

GULFPORT BAYOU TRASH NOT CAUSED BY BOATERS The following letter is a copy sent to SOUTHWINDS of a letter written to the St. Petersburg Times in reference to an article about the bayou in Gulfport, FL. Trashy Clam Bayou – In response to article in the “Neighborhood Times” of the St. Petersburg Times, on February 4.

As a concerned boater, as most boaters are, I applaud the city of Gulfport for finally realizing that the condition of Clam Bayou must be dealt with in a more aggressive manner. No matter what the cost, this beautiful bayou must be returned to its pristine condition. Estuaries of this type feed all of the waters around us. Its health bodes the health of Boca Ciega Bay and all of our surrounding waters.

The fraudulent claim of St. Petersburg’s park director, “…the trash in Clam Bayou does not come from St. Petersburg, but rather boaters in Boca Ciega Bay,” offended all who enjoy the waters of our area. St. Petersburg has done nothing to keep from dumping its stormwaters into this bayou. There have even been times in the past when it has dumped raw sewage into this estuary. For the city to not only deny responsibility for its actions, but to blame “boaters,” is unconscionable. The city must be held accountable for its lack of action.

It also owes ALL boaters an apology. We vote; we pay taxes; we support our community.

Shirley Karns MacVean St. Petersburg, FL Shirley, I read in subsequent articles and letters in the Times that it was proven the city of St. Petersburg is dumping trash through their storm drainage system. I know boaters who live right on the bayou and have been working for a while to get Gulfport to work at getting it cleaned up.

Perhaps congratulations on recognizing the polluted bayou are in order to a city that bears a boater name (“…port”), but it is an exception, as it has become so anti-boater. Moreover, Gulfport has a reputation of being against certain groups of people in the past. In fact, I heard they have a new, expensive dog run that costs 12

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about $50,000 a year to maintain; plus I also heard that runoff from this dog run pollutes the Gulfport waters and contributes more coliform bacteria to its waters than any other source. And anyone, resident or not, can bring a dog to Gulfport to use the dog run for free. Meanwhile, boaters are unwelcome in this beautiful and once boater-friendly waterfront community.

Someone told me this recently: “If you want to be treated well in Gulfport, bring a dog. If you want to be treated like a dog, come in a boat.”

I would think that Gulfport should rename their town. It has a history of changing its name, Gulfport being its fourth name. At least get rid of “port.”

Editor OPINION ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS POLICING FLORIDA WATERS? In reference to the 2006 law about not limiting cruisers (non-liveaboards) anchoring rights: I think it has something to do with the fact that I’ve always realized that the Florida definition of a liveaboard vessel remains the same and never did apply to your regular everyday cruising boat even if it anchored for years. It was just being enforced with prejudice by law officers who are pretty much ignorant of the law and very much self-serving. So, it takes a clarification by the attorney general and a signature by the governor to make it what it was always intended to be. Maybe everybody thought it was no big deal. The main problem was and shall remain: educating the so-called law-enforcement officers, who, for the most part, have become “opinion enforcement officers.”

Around here, they’re harassing people about anchor lights. They were going to tow away my little 17-foot Tangerine sailboat until I made them read the laws about complying with the “nav rules” (i.e., COLREGS). I had to make them read rule 30 (e), where it states anchored vessels under seven meters do not have to show the lights and shapes described in the previous parts of the rule. Then the officer had the nerve to say he had the right to declare any vessel a hazard to navigation. I told him: Only if “by law” it was defined as a hazard to navigation. That’s a big problem with Fish and Wildlife Commission officers. They think they have ultimate authority, and they definitely do not.

They even tried to say the Tangerine was not in compliance because it wasn’t registered. I had to read them the Florida statute that exempts non-motor-powered vessels.

(It has no motor.) Duh! Name withheld in fear of being harassed by law enforcement Name Withheld, Power corrupts and it appears to corrupt many who wear a badge, a uniform and carry a gun. I want to say now that most FWC officers I have met are very polite and good at what they do, but I have met a few who have no idea what courtesy and politeness is all about, no matter how you act. And I have heard of so many cases where they go beyond being rude to the point of being criminal in their enforcement. What amazes me is that the good FWC officers are not enraged by the bad for giving the FWC a bad reputation in so many cases. Why don’t they want to protect their good name? Have they no shame?

Again, I reiterate: Power corrupts.

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To have your news or event in this section, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

Send us information by the 5th of the month preceding publication. Contact us if later.

■ RACING EVENTS

For racing schedules, news and events see the racing section.

■ UPCOMING SOUTHERN EVENTS EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING/SUMMER CAMPS

Ongoing – Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs.

St. Petersburg, FL Tuesday nights, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Satisfies the Florida boater safety education requirements. Eleven lessons, every Tuesday. Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs, 7:30-9:30pm, 1300 Beach Dr. SE, St. Petersburg.

Lessons include: which boat for you, equipment, trailering, lines and knots, boat handling, signs, weather, rules, introduction to navigation, inland boating and radio. (727) 823-

3753. Don’t wait until next summer to have your children qualify for a State of Florida boater safety ID, possibly lower your Boaters Insurance premium or just hone your safe boating skills.

Boating Safety Courses, St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. Sixweek public boating course begins every Monday. Includes safety information plus basic piloting; charts, course plotting, latitude/longitude and dead reckoning. Satisfies Florida’s under age 21 boater requirements. (727) 867-3088. Other courses continuosly offered.

(727) 565-4453. www.boating-stpete.org.

Clearwater Coast Guard Auxiliary (Flotilla 11-1) Public Boating Programs Basic Coastal Navigation Program (includes charting tools): 8 lessons. April 2- 26. Sailing Course: May 7,8,10, evenings.

America’s boating course: May 19-20.

For more information on upcoming education programs or to request a free vessel safety check, call (727) 4698895 or visit www.a0701101.uscgaux.info.

Ruskin , FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course The Ruskin flotilla each month offers a boating safety course in Ruskin but has found that many boaters do not have the time to attend the courses, so it is now also offering a home study course at $30. Additional family members will be charged $10 each for testing and certificates. Tests will be held bi-monthly. Entry into the course will also allow participants to attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354.

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Hurricane Articles and Information Wanted SOUTHWINDS is looking for ideas and real stories on hurricane experiences to pass on to others for our upcoming hurricane section during the 2007 hurricane season. We are also looking for ideas and stories on protecting docks during storms. Should boats be forced to leave a marina during a hurricane? Should boat owners be required to keep their boats from destroying a dock during a storm? Should insurance companies give discounts to those who protect their boats during a storm?

Send stories, letters and/or photos to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Visit our hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com.

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Jacksonville, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla.

America’s Boating Course. April 28, May 12, June 2, June 23, July 21. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $25.00, including books and materials. Meets Florida’s legal requirements for boater education, and most insurance companies offer discounts to program graduates. To register, or for more information, call John Enea at (904) 223-3107, or Mike Christnacht at (904) 502-9154.

North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adults sailing programs. Family Sailing. 2-6 people; 2-6 hours. Traditional skiffs or 30’ keelboat. $50$240. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317. Reservations/information: call The Friends’ office (252) 728-1638

■ BOAT SHOWS Jacksonville International Boat Show, April 20-22 Metropolitan Park. (904) 759-2758. www.jaxboatshow.com

South Carolina In-Water Boat Show, Charleston, SC, April 26-29 Charleston Harbor Marina. (843) 345-0369. www.scmarine.org.

Regatta Pointe Marina Boat Show, Palmetto, FL, May 18-20 Over 75 yachts worth more than $25-million.

New and pre-owned yachts. Special boat show incentives for yacht purchases made at the show. Booth displays for financing, insurance, gear, yacht services and more. Food and drink available. $500 West Marine door prize. Doral, Hunter, Catalina, Albin, Nordic Tug, Beneteau, Manta, and many more. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Regatta Pointe Marina on the Manatee River, 1005 Riverside Drive, Palmetto.

Exhibitor Information: Show display costs. Wet slips: $395 + tax (all sizes), electric and water included. Trailer Space: $150 + tax (all sizes). Booth space: $200 + tax (includes 10’x10’ tent). Mark Hayes - Harbourmaster (941) 729-6021. mhayes@regattapointemarina.com

Pensacola Boat Show, April 20-22 Pensacola Civic Center. (251) 478-7469. www.gulfcoastshows.com.

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■ OTHER EVENTS Florida Fish and Wildlife Public Workshops on Anchoring and Mooring Workshops to discuss anchoring and mooring in state waters. Contact Ms. Tara Alford. (850) 410-0656, ext.

17169. Wed., April 11. 5:30-7:30. St. Johns County Judicial Complex, Auditorium, 4020 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine. Tues., May 1. 5:30-7:30.

Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart.

JSI 11th Annual Nautical Flea Market, St. Petersburg, April 14 Spaces available for sellers. Shop for bargains, sell your old stuff or just browse. JSI parking lot at 3000 Gandy Blvd., St. Petersburg. Call to reserve space at (727) 577-3220 or (800) 652-4914. Or e-mail gerry@newjsi.com 2nd Annual Great Florida Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival, Cortez, FL, April 12-15 Come sail, row, or paddle your classic or traditional boat.

Race and/or “mess about,” sing sea Shanties, chow down and pig out on fresh local seafood. Go for a pre-festival “gunk hole” trip. This is a family affair, and there will be children’s activities. Bring stuff to sell of a nautical flea market nature. There will be stuff to buy. The registration fee includes free on-site camping, an awards dinner, coffee and doughnuts, good times, great company and some live music. Special guest speaker is to be raconteur, boat builder, and writer Robb White.

For further information: Florida Gulf Coast Maritime Museum at Cortez. (941) 708-4935. www.FGCSCF.org.

22nd Annual Morgan Invasion, Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa, April 19-22 Davis Island Yacht Club. Registration at the club at 3 p.m.

Friday afternoon, with music and a barbecue that evening.

A race will be held on Saturday, followed by the awards presentation and another dinner and music. The rendezvous will end after a Sunday breakfast.

For more information, go to www.diyc.org, or the Morgan Invasion Web site, http://morganinvasion.net/.

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Ocean Festival Dive and Adventure Sports Expo, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 20-22 Fort Lauderdale Beach. AIA just south of Las Olas Boulevard near the Yankee Clipper Hotel and the Bahia Mar Resort and Yacht Club. Exhibits, free introduction to scuba, seafood, live music, seminars, boat diving, shore diving and family activities. Underwater treasure hunts. Fri. 5-10 p.m.

Sat. 10-10 pm. Sun. 10-5. Adults $9 ($7 if bought online), 3-day pass $19 ($16 if bought online), children under 12 free. (800) 839-8516. www.oceanfest.com.

Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, Pompano Beach, FL, April 27-29 Pompano Beach oceanfront. Annual festival held on the beach, featuring fresh local seafood prepared by area restaurants. Musical entertainment, arts and crafts and children’s play area. Located at the end of Atlantic Boulevard at the beach. More than 50 charities benefit from the proceeds of the Seafood Festival. Admission charged. (954) 570-7785. www.pompanobeachseafoodfestival.com.

23rd Annual Interstate Mullet Toss and Gulf Coast’s Greatest Beach Party, April 27-29.

Individuals on the beach throwing a mullet from a circle in Alabama to the state line in Florida to benefit the Alabama Sheriffs Boys and Girls Ranch and the Boys and Girls Club of Escambia. www.florabama.com. (251) 980-5116. Great pictures on the Web site. You will want to go.

ACLU Open Forum on Vessel Boardings, Key West, April 28 See “Our Waterways” section, pages 28-31 33rd Annual Wooden Boat Show, South Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC, April 29-May 5 Workshops, demonstrations, races, and other educational programs will be held. Craftsmen will demonstrate traditional trades and skills at the museum. Go sailing on some of the museum’s traditional watercraft each afternoon. Over 50 boats displayed on land and in the water.

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For information, phone (252) 728-7317 or go online to www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime.

Second Annual SBC Classic Boat, South Carolina, May 3-10 The second annual SBC Classic Boat Rally is open to non-planing sailboats of classic design from 15 to 22 feet. Hosted by four yacht clubs. SBC stands for Savannah, Beaufort, and Charleston, as these are the three major towns where the rally takes place. Starting at the Savannah Yacht Club, the boats will sail to the South Carolina Yacht Club on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club, Edisto Island, Bohicket Marina on Seabrook Island and then to the Carolina Yacht Club in Charleston.

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

Annual Wooden Boat Festival, Pirates Cove Marina, Josephine, AL, May 5-6 Presented by the Perdido Wood Boat Association. www.piratescoveriffraff.com $3 Adults. Free to children 12 and under. (251) 987-1224.

Catalina 22 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise, Fort Walton Beach, FL, May 12-18 The Catalina 22 National Sailing Association’s Fleet 77 of Fort Walton Beach, FL, hosts its tenth annual Northern Gulf Coast Cruise the week of May 12-18. This is a one-design event, open to all Catalina 22 sailors, that attracts participants from across the country and Canada. The cruise starts at the Fort Walton Yacht Club, sails the protected waterways of the ICW, crossing Choctawhatchee Bay, Pensacola Bay, Perdido Bay, and Wolf Bay to arrive at Wolf Bay Lodge, AL, and return. For additional information, go to http://members.cox.net/c22fleet77/.

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Reef Relief Dive to Stop Global Warming, Key West, April 14

Bill McKibben and his group, Step it Up (www.stepitup2007.org), is organizing April 14 as a day when people all over America will act to fight global warming.

Reef Relief, a grassroots membership organization dedicated to protecting coral reefs, is organizing the Reef Relief Dive to Stop Global Warming. Why on the coral reefs? Coral bleaching and diseases are directly linked to warmer ocean waters.

The public is invited to participate on Saturday, April 14, for an excursion to the offshore coral reef near Key West for this underwater event. In cooperation with Lost Reef Adventures Dive Shop, the boat will leave the dock at the Key West Historic Seaport at 9 a.m.

Reef Relief celebrates its 20th year of grassroots efforts to protect coral reefs at its annual membership meeting planned for Monday, April 16. To make reservations for the dive, contact Lost Reef Adventures at (305) 296-9737 or e-mail lostreefkw@aol.com. To contact Reef Relief, go to the Web site www.reefrelief.org, e-mail reef@bellsouth.net, or call (305) 294-3100.

Charleston Maritime Festival and Tall Ships Charleston 2007, Charleston, SC, May 17-20 Over a dozen tall ships will be at the festival this year. Parade of sail visitors will be allowed to tour the ships. The FREE Charleston Maritime Festival on land will include pirate camps, classic wooden boat displays, sailing, rowing, children’s village, family boat-building, maritime art, music, food and more. Key features also include a launch celebration of The Spirit of South Carolina tall ship and the start of the Charleston to Bermuda yacht race. Free family fun in the heart of Charleston! www.charlestonmaritimefestival.com.

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Catalina Receives Award for Catalina 309 Boat of the Year Cruising World presenting the BOTY award to the Catalina factory.

Shown are the workers who worked on the 309. hoto by Steve Morrell.

Cruising World magazine came to the Largo, FL, Catalina plant on Feb. 23 to present the Catalina team with the Boat of the Year award for the Catalina 309. The boat won not only the Domestic BOTY award but also the Best Small Cruiser award.

The 309 is Catalina’s replacement for the famous Catalina 30, which was one of the most beloved small cruisers in boating history. The 309 is as well-designed as the old 30, with lots of room, and many forget—in a world where bigger is often touted as better—that 30 feet is a great length boat to have, not being so big to wear one out in maintenance or in financial costs. (This writer owned a 30 and loved it, being the most fun boat he ever owned.)

The 309 is actually longer than 31 feet, but Catalina wanted to associate it with the 30 so it is called the 309.

Most builders today will do whatever they can to call the boat the longer length.

Gregg Knighton Joins Island Yachting Centre Gregg Knighton, owner of Quantum Sails of Sarasota, FL, has joined the Island Yachting Centre sales team. Gregg brings over 25 years’ experience in all areas of sailing including sail design, rigging, and on-the-water expertise.

He has won countless one-design and PHRF titles. He has also logged thousands of miles cruising the Gulf Coast of Florida and the Caribbean Island Yachting Centre is the number one Island Packet dealership in the country for 2005 and 2006. They also hold the dealership for Menorquin yachts and have an extensive brokerage inventory of both sail and motor yachts. Island Yachting Centre is located at 923 4th St. W., Palmetto, FL 34221. You can reach Gregg by e-mail at gregg@islandyachtingcentre.com or call him at (941) 7306096 or (941) 729-4511.

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OUR WATERWAYS LAW ENFORECEMENT BOARDINGS Note From the Editor on Boardings We have heard too many stories from too many people of boardings and rudeness to responsible citizens by on-the-water law enforcement in Florida. Therefore, we are printing relevant laws along with the article on the Boot Key Harbor “sweep” written by Peggy St. James, who, with her husband, was boarded at the harbor on Jan. 24. Yes, we admit it; we all don’t know the laws so perfectly, just like law enforcement.

It is important that we know where we stand on the laws that are being enforced, sometimes without justification. The laws I have printed on page 31 on the COLREGS pertaining to anchor lights and Florida vessel inspections I copied off government Web sites, yet be cautious in their use, as only you, the reader, are the final say in using the information printed here. Even the Coast Guard has a disclaimer that they might not be complete, as errors may be made in completeness and in transmission onto and over the Internet, among other concerns.

Unfortunately, some interpretations of the U. S. Constitution do not protect boaters as much as land dwellers in protecting individual rights. The Constitution with its Bill of Rights was enacted to protect the people from government officials who cannot self-control their actions. In some instances, the police think they rule over us, but in reality, they rule with us, and we, along with them, pay their salaries. Few of them pay ours.

In today’s world, the laws are so numerous and complex that even the police are not sure of all of them. I frequently hear stories of officers making up laws pertaining to vessels—that are often proven wrong. That alone should make them more considerate of their treatment of others—or do they think they are all-perfect and all-knowing? I would think they would realize that cruisers and liveaboards are not negligent just because their anchor lights aren’t perfect. How many of them know of the Annex I rule? Enforcement of laws must be tempered with the situation. How many accidents occur at a city mooring field because an anchor light was not perfect? It is hardly the same as a 20-foot powerboat going 20 mph at night in a channel with its port light out. That’s a serious safety problem.

More accidents are caused by improperly built stairways, decks and railings in this country than boating— and by a huge margin. Thank God, the building inspectors can’t come inspect our houses at night with flashing police lights and floodlights demanding to come inside and check the railings. Many of those houses not up to code I guarantee are owned by police officers, some of whom probably work on the water. Most people don’t have a clue what the proper railing code is, yet it can be extremely dangerous. Just check the statistics.

How about if law enforcement works with the cruisers and liveaboards and not against them? How about a new era where law enforcement officers get to know boaters without introducing themselves with a floodlight? Don’t they know how much further they can get with common civility?

After all, they don’t rule over us. They rule with us.

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Boot Key Harbor

Boot Key Harbor Nighttime “Sweep” of Moored Boats

by Law Enforcement

By Peggy St. James On a warm Friday night at Boot Key Harbor in the Florida Keys, a “sweep” of vessels was conducted by law enforcement officials as part of a Keys-wide campaign. According to an article in the January 24 local newspaper, Marathon & Big Pine Free Press, the sweep in Boot Key Harbor was conducted by four boats belonging to FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) joined by two boats from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. No Coast Guard vessels were involved.

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ACLU Open Forum on Vessel Boardings Key West, April 28 alized from all compass points at twilight on January 19.

According to Officer David DiPre of the FWC, the sweep was conducted as a safety and marine head inspection and was organized by him. While not a complete surprise, having been hinted at in December on the morning VHF Cruisers Net in the harbor, it was still disconcerting to some to have uniformed and armed officers of the law going boat to boat training bright spotlights on decks and through port lights, knocking loudly on the hulls to announce themselves, and occasionally boarding a boat as part of the inspection process.

In the following days and weeks there was much discussion among cruisers anchored, moored or docked in Boot Key Harbor.

Reactions to the evening’s events varied. One boater thought it was “a good thing” and felt “no problem with the inspection and the manner in which the officers conducted themselves.” Another felt since a boat is “a registered vehicle” that it was “not a bad idea.” Others felt differently. One felt “shaken down”; another described the sweep as a “raid.”

A few boaters “hid” in their boats when approached by law enforcement. One sailor padlocked the companionway from the outside, slipped through the front hatch, and sat quietly in the dark. He compared his experience to Ann Frank hiding in the attic.

A cruiser who lives aboard and is also a professional truck driver wondered about the legality of some aspects of the inspections, since in order to search the bunk area—the living area—of his truck, a federal marshal is needed.

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The annual meeting of the ACLU in Key West will hold an open forum on the boarding of vessels as they relate to the 4th Amendment. The forum is intended to be non-confrontational. They are planning to have representatives from the county, the FWC, boaters who have lived on moorings and others who have an interest in the subject.

The forum will be held midday on April 28 at the Tropic Theater, 416 Eaton St., Key West. The exact time will be announced at a later date (after the press date of this issue). SOUTHWINDS will post the time and further information on its Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com. search the living area of an RV. One felt there may be different guidelines for on-board searches depending on whether a vessel is documented or registered.

Following the sweep, DiPre was interviewed on US 1 Radio, broadcast in the Florida Keys, as part of the radio station’s Morning Magazine program. He views a cruiser’s status differently. According to DiPre, “when you live on a boat, it’s not a home…it’s a vehicle on the water,” similar to your car on land. He made the analogy to driving down a road with no headlights, and in that circumstance you most likely will have some encounter with law enforcement.

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What were some of the violations found? According to the FWC “Weekly Report” of January 19-25, the five-night sweep of 262 vessels throughout the lower and middle Keys resulted in 85 violations of uniform boating regulations, 80 warnings, and seven misdemeanor arrests as well as drug violations and undersize crawfish violations. More specifically, one boater in Boot Key Harbor claims that he was fined $61 for a two-inch tear in a life jacket. Another who was at the dock was boarded after 10 p.m. at night. One of his heads was connected to a holding tank; another was not. He received a $295 fine and was given 30 days to rectify the situation.

The greatest concern to law enforcement seemed to be the lack of appropriate anchor lights, which may be the reason for the after-dark schedule. There seems to be some difference of opinion among law enforcement as to what constitutes a legal light. While DiPre approves the use of a Davis light, other officers stated that if the light was not at the top of the mast, it was not a legal light. Most Davis lights are not hoisted to the top of the mast.

Many boats at anchor in the harbor use garden-type lights, which are photosensitive and recharge with sunlight.

During the sweep, law enforcement officials chastised the owner of a boat for having only garden lights. What they failed to notice was that the masthead light was on.

Apparently the garden lights were more visible in the crowded anchorage than the masthead light.

State of Florida Vessel Inspections The following was copied from the Florida Statutes online and can be accessed at http://www.flsenategov/statutes/ and going to Title XXIV VESSELS. Editor Florida Vessels Code Section 327.56 – Vessel Safety – Safety and marine sanitation equipment inspections; qualified.

Title XXIV VESSELS Chapter 327 VESSEL SAFETY 327.56 Safety and marine sanitation equipment inspections; qualified.— (1) No officer shall board any vessel to make a safety or marine sanitation equipment inspection if the owner or operator is not aboard. When the owner or operator is aboard, an officer may board a vessel with consent or when the officer has probable cause or knowledge to believe that a violation of a provision of this chapter has occurred or is occurring. An officer may board a vessel when the operator refuses or is unable to display the safety or marine sanitation equipment required by law, if requested to do so by a law enforcement officer, or when the safety or marine sanitation equipment to be inspected is permanently installed and is not visible for inspection unless the officer boards the vessel.

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There were many rumors as to the real intent of the inspections. One cruiser reported overhearing a conversation in a local eatery that the sweep was a coordinated effort by law enforcement to apprehend drug users/dealers both on land and sea. Another believed it was partly done to intimidate boaters prior to requiring some of the boats which are anchored in Boot Key Harbor to move to another area of the harbor while mooring balls are put in. Still another reason given was related to the possible impending death of Fidel Castro. According to DiPre, the purpose was simply a check of safety equipment and sanitation devices.

Even some sailors who in general were supportive of the sweep were unhappy that officials “purposely used surprise and darkness” to conduct the inspections. Sweeps conducted in this manner “diminish the quality of the relationship between boaters and law enforcement,” one said. As one cruiser stated, “…the real question is whether or not it requires an armed squad to board boats in the middle of the night to enforce seemingly minor laws.”

According to DiPre, sweeps need to be done at night to check for anchor lights and because more boaters tend to be home at that time. He also stated that for officer safety, spotlights need to be shone on vessels.

Suggestions have been put forth by boaters in the harbor to improve the nature of safety and marine inspections.

One suggested conducting the inspections during the day, perhaps making appointments with boaters as is done in

one anchorage that this cruiser had visited. Another boater thought it would be beneficial to occasionally have a law enforcement official ride along on the Smorgasboat, the harbor water taxi, in order to meet people in a friendly atmosphere, somewhat like the neighborhood cop who walks the beat. However, according to DiPre, as stated on Morning Magazine, “I don’t plan on changing a single thing,” although he is willing to meet with the Boot Key Harbor boating community to discuss the inspection.

The concern in Boot Key Harbor continues. An FWCsponsored meeting, unrelated to the January sweep, was held in Marathon on February 13, on the topic of anchoring and mooring in the state of Florida. The purpose of the meeting, the first of several scheduled in the state, was to have “conversations” with boaters and other stakeholders on mooring/anchoring issues. Many Boot Key Harbor cruisers attended; many shared their concerns about the nature of the January sweep.

Interested sailors had also planned a “Meet and Greet” covered-dish dinner for February 18. One of the reasons was to have informal discussions of the inspection and related issues and to formulate a response.

Unfortunately, gale-force winds made it necessary to cancel the event. However, a group of cruisers has decided to form a steering committee to brainstorm ideas to respond to this issue and to formulate an action plan for the Boot Key Harbor community.

COLREGS Pertaining to Anchoring Lights for Smaller Vessels The following are anchor light rules that could pertain to smaller vessels at anchor in areas not designated as Special Anchorage Areas in the United States. Please note littleknown rule exceptions in Annex I, Sector 9 below about light placement. Please verify these for yourself as Southwinds takes no responsibility for the absolute veracity of these rules, although they have been copied from a U. S. Coast Guard Web site, which also disclaims their absolute

perfection. If you choose to use this printed material as a guide, then take responsibility for the choice you made in doing so; you are responsible if they are not exactly correct and complete.

Those parts not applicable have been left out with a note from me and in parentheses.

Steve Morrell Editor, SOUTHWINDS

Under United States Coast Guard Navigation Rules (available at the Navigation Center at http://www.navcen.usc g.gov/mwv/navrules/rotr_online.htm)

(Annex I is not just a part of Rule 30, but a part of all of the rules of navigation – editor)

Rule 30 (a) A vessel at anchor shall exhibit where it can best be seen: in the fore part, an all-round white light or one ball; at or near the stern and at a lower level than the light prescribed in subparagraph (i), an all-round white light. (b) A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be seen instead of the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule. (c) A vessel at anchor may, and a vessel of 100 meters and more in length shall, also use the available working or equivalent lights to illuminate her decks. (d) (A vessel aground misc – editor) (e) A vessel of less than 7 meters in length, when at anchor not in or near a narrow channel, fairway or where other vessels normally navigate, shall not be required to exhibit the shape prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule.

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Annex I - Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and Shapes - (International / Inland) Section 9: 9. Horizontal sectors a. (not applicable to anchor lights– editor) b. i. All-round lights shall be so located as not to be obscured by masts, topmasts or structures within angular sectors of more than 6 degrees, except anchor lights prescribed in Rule 30, which need not be placed at an impracticable height above the hull. ii. If it is impracticable to comply with paragraph (b)(i) of this section by exhibiting only one all-round light, two all-round lights shall be used suitably positioned or screened so that they appear, as far as practicable, as one light at a distance of one mile.

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Yacht Transport The Easy Way— Just Drive Aboard

By Capt. Steve Stevens

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istorically, there have been three main ways to get your yacht from the West Coast to participate in the winter East Coast racing circuit, and then return it back home to do the Transpac, the Newport to Ensenada Race and finally the Rolex St. Francis Big Boat Series.

The initial way is to sail the boat on her own bottom to your destination in Florida. However, there are a number of problems with this method. First off is the problem of proper crew selection for the delivery. Second is the wear and tear on your yacht during the delivery process. And thirdly is the fact that this is a long and laborious project. Coming down the coast of California involves managing the very variable and dangerous conditions of Point Conception (the Cape Horn of the Northern Hemisphere), dealing with the Panama Canal and various other factors.

The next way is to transport your boat over land, which I have done in the past. This method has its own set of problems, with the need to de-mast, remove all of the standing and running rigging, and then basically recommission the boat once she reaches her sailing destination. It can be a very expensive process, and delays usually happen in both the removal and the new set-up process.

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The yacht ship, Yacht Express, under way.

ally occur with this process, and the delivery schedule tends to be unreliable. You are really not going to be sure when your boat will get to her final destination.

However, there is now a very cool and very safe way to move your boat around the country and even around the world. Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), a Fort Lauderdale-based company, has four unique and dedicated yacht carriers. These vessels are semi-submersible, allowing then to become floating marinas when they submerge to a draft required for loading their yacht cargo. The boat just floats onto the carrier and, with the support of divers, custom supports are placed underneath the yacht.

The carrier ship then rises out of the water, sea fastenings are secured to the yacht, and the ship is then on her way to the new destination.

DYT has many important advantages over other shipping options for the yacht owner. “It’s like catching a train,” said DYT president Clemens van der Werf. “The DYT schedule is dependable, and the float-on/float off loading process is safe and more convenient than lifting a yacht with a crane to get it aboard a carrier, and there is no limitation on the weight of the yacht being transported.”

“Since DYT is the only shipping company devoted exclusively to the maritime transport of luxury yachts, we

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Sailboats driving on board the Yacht Express.

constantly study the migration habits of both power and sailing yachts of all sizes,” added van der Werf. This allows the company to constantly add new destination and routes to accommodate its client base.

While the current fleet of carriers are custom-modified vessels originally designed for shipping heavy structures for the oil and gas industries, DYT will soon begin operating the world’s first purpose-built semi-submersible yacht carrier, the Yacht Express. The new ship is scheduled for delivery in May, in Yantai, China. The ship is 209 meters LOA (length over all), and she will be the largest vessel of its kind in the world, providing boat owners with the fastest ever delivery of their power and sailboats.

David Fraser, a Northeastern real estate developer, cruised for five years on his 54-foot boat Voyager. “In May of 2005, I decided that after seeing every island in the Caribbean that it was time to return home,” he told Southwinds. “My wife and I had had enough of passagemaking, and decided to fly home, and we contracted DYT to deliver the boat from St. Thomas to Newport, RI. Our yacht was loaded aboard the DYT vessel Explorer, and seven days later it was in Newport only two miles from our slip.

“DYT kept us informed as to the status of our boat every step of the way,” he continued. “It is just a wonderful way to

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transport a yacht and to do it safely and economically. It cost us only $16,000, which would not have covered even the fuel cost, much less the cost of a delivery crew, food, marina fees and at least a monthlong passage. Doing business with DYT was one of the best boating operations I’ve ever had, and I have been boating for 30 years. It was a seamless operation, and DYT was so thorough on how they do this that I will most certainly use them again in the future.”

“It’s an amazing process,” added Capt. Phil Alloway, who has used DYT for over 30 trips to transport a 136-foot custom motor yacht named Adler and her predecessor. “It flows well, and the possibility of anything happening to the detriment of the yacht is greatly reduced.”

Since the first voyage in 1987, DYT has transported over 8000 power and sailing yachts to destinations all over the planet.

DYT will also offer transatlantic voyages catering to the 32nd America’s Cup taking place in Palma de Mallorca in June 2007. There will be two trips in March and one in April, from Port Everglades to Palma de Mallorca, and one in May from Martinique to Palma de Mallorca.

Additional information, including schedules and pricing can be found on the Dockwise Yacht Transport Web site at www.yacht-transport.com.

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Saving Docks, Boats & Businesses BoatU.S. Marina Hurricane Preparation Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 1-2

By Steve Morrell

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n March 1-2, BoatU.S., the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, and the Marine Industries Association of Florida sponsored a symposium to discuss the financial and physical problems that marinas, boatyards and yacht clubs are facing in dealing with hurricanes.

The speakers who spoke on several topics were professional representatives from various groups. After speakers presented their topics, questions were taken from the audience.

Weather Steve Letro of the National Weather Service talked about the difficulties of predicting one season from the next, although he believes that we are in a 20-year cycle of greater storm activity. He said they have only been collecting data for 140 years, meaning there are few 20-year cycles to base a trend on. He reiterated a well-known fact that many forget: You could be hit if you are anywhere in the “cone” of prediction, so be ready.

The Law This topic, presented by maritime attorneys, probably generated the most interest, as it was the Florida law passed in 1995 after Hurricane Andrew that had a major effect on marinas. That law stated that a marina cannot force boats out of a marina because of an approaching tropical storm. This resulted in costing marinas, as empty marinas suffer less damage than those with boats, and unprepared boats cause the worst damage. Since most boaters don’t prepare their boats enough—and many do nothing—the marinas suffer.

On July 1, a new Florida law went into effect that helped solve this problem, making it legal for a marina to put in a rental contract that the boat owner must make certain preparations for a named storm, and if they don’t do so, the marina will and can charge the boat owner for the work.

Implications of this law raised numerous questions, as marina managers were interested to know how far they could go in legally demanding that boat owners prepare their boats and what they can do if they don’t. The bottom line is: They have the right to put in the contract that boat owners make certain preparations, and they can legally enforce it and charge them accordingly—whether the storm hits or not.

Marina Engineering Presented by engineers specializing on the subject, this subject covered the design of buildings, seawalls, pilings, docks, wave attenuators and breakwaters—their new construction, maintenance and rebuilding.

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Government and Lobby Efforts A lobbyist, a representative from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and a Florida legislative analyst spoke about the problems they confront in their fields.

The biggest concern from marinas was that of getting permits to rebuild, which sometimes goes from months into years as the bureaucratic process drags on. One question was the footprint size of a newly rebuilt marina. Permits process quickly if a marina is rebuilding exactly what existed before, but most want to modernize, improve and strengthen, so if docks need to be rebuilt even slightly larger than before, then a whole new slow permitting process must be entered.

Marina owners did a commendable job of holding back their anger at how long the process takes to get permission to rebuild. The legislative analyst noted that one of the main problems is low pay and the rapid turnover (often every few months) of state employees—besides the understaffing—in departments that marinas must deal with. This results in employees not knowing their jobs well, resulting in giving out bad or no information.

Real-World Experiences of Successes and Failures by Marinas and Boatyards It was the real-life storm experiences and plans that several marinas presented that really made up most of the symposium—and kept everyone’s attention. Among these were stories from marinas that went through the damaging 2004 and 2005 seasons.

The Sebastian River Marina on Florida’s east coast has become convinced that the best place for a boat is on land— strapped to the ground. Doug Hillman, owner of the marina has had complete success with strapping boats to bolts secured in concrete and feels certain that there is no better place to protect a boat. This trend has been growing in recent years as others have found it very successful.

Hillman also, along with others who told of similar plans, told of a hurricane “insurance” plan that he offers, where he will guarantee, for an annual fee, pulling the boat out and strapping it down if a storm comes. This fee is paid, like insurance, whether a storm comes through or not.

One marina—since it cannot force boats to leave—literally, “persuades them to” by showing them how they will probably lose their boat if they leave it in the marina—no matter what preparations they make. They show them the advantages of other alternatives, like putting the boat on land. When a storm came through, most of the owners www.southwindsmagazine.com

pulled their boats out—and survived. The few that stayed were pretty much destroyed. The marina did well, too.

Another marina in the northern Gulf works with owners to move their boats out and up a river further inland, helping them to coordinate with licensed captains and others who all work together to move the boats when the time comes to the same location, where they all help each other secure the boats for the storm. This too has proven to be successful.

One of the more interesting stories told was by Rocky DeSimone, who manages the Pensacola Marine Complex.

He thought he had a successful plan, but when a powerful hurricane destroyed most of his marina, he re-evaluated the old plan and came up with a new one. This included pulling most of the boats out of the water and working with employees to keep them working at the marina right up to just before a storm hits. One of his main plans was the afterstorm preparations, which included such ideas as storing gasoline to make sure employees could commute to and from the marina, since gas was scarce after a hurricane. He was even planning to purchase another TravelLift as a backup to make sure he could pull boats out quickly and dependably just before a storm.

Much of the damage at DeSimone’s marina was from boats drifting in that were anchored off his marina just before the storm. He is now working on establishing a mooring field there to have a place that he can control— with secure moorings, which would make it less likely that they could break away and hit his marina. It will be one of the few private mooring fields in Florida.

Unusual among all the presentations was that of the Houston Yacht Club (HYC), as it was privately owned marinas that gave all the other talks. One of the largest and oldest yacht clubs in the South, the HYC has had a detailed plan for many years, and the plan is well-known as one of the best and oldest out there. The yacht club has a large facility with larger boats in wet slips, dry storage, lifts, cranes, trailered boats, small day sailers and dinghies. It has a plan for each type of boat and has successfully carried its plans out during many storms, suffering minimal damage.

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The yacht club offers its plan to any who would like to copy it. (See the link on the hurricane pages at the Southwinds Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com.)

Lessons Learned BoatU.S. is considering another symposium next year, and perhaps the greatest thing learned this year is what marina owners needed—and perhaps those needs can be met in a future symposium. It was the legal questions and the reallife plans that marina operators shared with the group that attracted the greatest interest. Marina operators who were there to listen will take home what they learned and work at implementing plans of their own with this new knowledge. Many, who have attached boatyards, will perhaps create “insurance plans” like the one at Sebastian River Marina. Contracts for slip rentals will probably be changed to insure and enforce greater boat owner preparations.

Docks will be beefed up from what they learned from engineers, and perhaps all will realize that storm prediction, although improving over the short time span, is all but impossible from season to season—and hopefully they will all remember that just being in the “cone” of the predicted path means anyone in there can get hit.

One of the big problems mentioned at the symposium was that many marinas cannot get insurance anymore. This has driven costs way up, and their survival is at stake. Since most sailboats—with their keels—must be kept in wet slips, this becomes a serious concern to sailors as marinas disappear.

Symposium organizers, if they decide to hold another one next year, which this writer strongly urges, will take what they have learned from what the attending marina owners needed, and bring back a stronger and more informative event—perhaps even for years to come. One thing that hopefully most learned was that with good plans properly executed—both before and after a storm hits—both boats and marinas can be saved from complete physical and financial ruin as has happened too many times in the past.

BoatU.S. will be putting more information about the symposium on its Web site, www.boatus.com/hurricanes, in the near future.

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“Spirit of South Carolina” Launches new Era for Southeastern Maritime History

By Dan Dickison

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aritime heritage enthusiasts in South Carolina now have a lot to crow about—some 142 feet and 150 tons to be exact. The Spirit of South Carolina, the traditional tall ship that has been under construction in downtown Charleston for the past six-plus years, is finally afloat.

Launched amid great fanfare on the first Sunday in March, the ship is being fit this spring with two towering masts, booms, and the requisite rigging as part of an accelerated effort that the organization behind this project hopes will make the vessel ready to sail by early May. “Our annual maritime festival (the Charleston Maritime Festival) is scheduled for May 17-20,” explained Brad Van

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The Spirit of South Carolina being launched in Charleston, SC. Photo courtesy Jonathan Reiss Photography.

Liew, executive director of the South Carolina Maritime Heritage Foundation (SCMHF), the entity responsible for building and managing this ship. “We’ll be hosting a dozen other tall ships here as part of Tall Ships Charleston at that time, and most of those are visiting in honor of our new ship.

So, we’re really pushing to get the Spirit ready to sail.”

As of mid-March, the Spirit of South Carolina had traveled less than a mile through the water, but it has come a long way nonetheless. Envisioned originally as a means of regenerating interest in this region’s rich maritime heritage, the ship will primarily serve as a sail training vessel for students in the Palmetto State. It will also be employed as the state’s good will ambassador when it occasionally voyages to ports beyond the South Carolina coast. All told, those are lofty ambitions for a vessel that owes its genesis to the creative longings of two individuals.

Back in 2000, when shipwright Mark Bayne and traditional sailing enthusiast Charlie Sneed came up with the idea, they were motivated by the fact that there were no traditional wooden tall ships in existence here. The lack of such vessels was even more glaring—they reasoned—because this area of the Southeastern coast had once been a hotbed of maritime commerce under sail as well as a major center for shipbuilding. But before the Spirit was launched on March 4, no authentic wooden tall ship had been built on these shores for roughly 100 years.

With the support of friends and donors, and the encouragement of public officials, the duo formed a non-profit organization (SCMHF), raised some seminal funds, and by the middle of the following year, they had erected a temporary shipyard with an 80-foot, 10-ton chunk of angelique wood (the keel) sitting in the middle of it, ready to receive frames.

Sneed, Bayne, and company had wanted to produce a ship that would be regionally significant, meaning the kind of vessel that not only had sailed in these waters, but had also been built here in the days of yore. They were intent on using many of the same materials—live oak for frames and southern yellow pine for planks—and much of the same construction methodology. As Bayne put it at the time, www.southwindsmagazine.com

The Spirit of South Carolina. Photo courtesy Jonathan Reiss Photography. “…after all, this ship is supposed to reflect the qualities of our state.” Though they didn’t know it at the time, a perfect antecedent existed for patterning the Spirit.

Through good fortune and astute research, the creators of the Spirit learned that in 1879, only a couple hundred yards from where that chunk of angelique lay, the Pregnall & Brothers Ship Yard had built and launched a pilot schooner that was christened the Frances Elizabeth. It turned out the Smithsonian Institute had drawings and other information pertaining to this vessel, and at least one photograph existed elsewhere. The members of the fledgling SCMHF delivered most of this documentation to Peter Boudreau and Andrew Davis of TriCoastal Marine—the preeminent designers of classic ships—and they in turn rendered construction plans for a slightly larger version of the Frances Elizabeth.

Over the next six years, the Spirit of South Carolina gradually took shape. Built on public land, the project was often a draw for tourists and student groups, even when the foundation’s funding ran dry for part of 2003 and

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much of 2004. Shortly afterward, the project regained momentum. Shipwrights from around the country gradually came to Charleston to join Bayne and his crew, and the work accelerated.

Now that the ship has been launched and is nearly ready, much of the attention within the SCHMF has turned to the vessel’s mission—sail training. The organization has hired a captain and full crew as well as an education director. After initial sea trialing this summer, the Spirit of South Carolina will begin hosting day sails with groups of fifthand sixth-grade students and their teachers. The intent is to enhance and deepen the educational experience, and ultimately to improve the quality of education within the state, admittedly a tall order.

“Sail training is a powerful tool,” explains Tony Arrow, the ship’s captain. “It not only underscores the important concepts learned in a classroom, but it teaches the qualities of stewardship, resourcefulness, and humility, and it does so in enduring ways. We know from experience that these students will gain a greater appreciation for the power, grace, and fragility of their environment, and we know they’ll learn to respect teamwork as well. It may sound like a bold claim, but once you put a sail training program in place, it starts developing leaders—caring, committed individuals who will grow to benefit any community.”

On that breezy Sunday in early March, as the ship hung in its slings over the waters of the Cooper River, its white topsides gleaming, the notion behind Arrow’s words didn’t seem far-fetched at all. Despite the lack of a rig, the Spirit seemed every inch the impressive seagoing steed of yesteryear with the potential to transform the present—exactly what she was meant to be.

For more information about the Spirit of South Carolina, or the South Carolina Maritime Heritage Foundation and the various events it manages, log onto www.scmaritime.org or call (843) 722-1030.

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SOUTHEAST YOUTH SAILING PROGRAMS SOUTHWINDS magazine is pleased, for the first time, to publish a list of youth sailing programs in the Southeast.

This is a list of youth sailing instruction for ages up through 18. We are printing it in this issue as many of them expand summer programs while school is out, and many programs require advanced enrollment as they are limited in size. Many programs, especially in Florida, are year around, but operate only during the weekends or evenings when school is in session.

The diversity of programs listed here is amazing. The usual summer camp lasting one or two weeks is well represented among our listings. Sailing camps are heavy on teaching basic sailing skills, and the larger programs have phased instruction to teach intermediate and racing skills to those with skills beyond the introductory level. Several camps and programs have added “adventure” or “exploration” sailing to let the kids explore areas such as Biscayne Bay on sailboats.

It is a parallel path to racing for the intermediate and competent youth sailor. Other camps such as those at Rollins and Eckerd colleges offer sailing as one of a number of other customizable choices that students may spend time doing in a daily camp routine.

Those programs called “camps” generally do not mean a camp where a youth will go and live, but some do. Most of the “camps” listed here are not live-in.

Because of space limitations, we have listed the bare minimum of information to include them all. We will post more information on our Web site. Some programs have not yet been finalized, and they are not posted on their Web sites.

We have attempted to include only those programs open to the general public and not those open only to children of

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club members, which is the case at some yacht clubs.

More scholarships are available than those listed, and we recommend contacting the organization for more information.

We hope that all sailing programs listed here have certified instructors (the two certifying organizations are US SAILING and the American Sailing Association – ASA), insurance and established safety programs. The certifying organizations have safety standards that they require for certification. We urge everyone to verify these items for themselves.

This list was not intended to be a list of details but a list of opportunities available, and it is up to the parent, youth or friend to find out more information.

The following list includes programs in the seven Southern coastal states that Southwinds is distributed in: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana. (We also distribute in east Texas but have not included that area at this time, but will at a later date as we learn about them.)

We have attempted to be complete but are certain that we missed many, and we are asking our readers to send us information about those programs that we missed, or correct or add information on those we have. Send information to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

Sea Scouts, Boy Scouts of America Boating Programs Sea Scouts is a co-ed organization, ages 14-20, with numerous boating programs throughout the country. Each location is called a “Ship” and some are sail, some power, some both. There are too many to list here, with over 50 listings in Florida alone. Every “Ship” in all the states is listed on the Web site, which is quite extensive. Go to www.seascout.org.

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The Rudder Club, Jacksonville Joel Shannon Summers Sailing Camp. Daily sessions 8:30-4:30 June and July. Ages 8-15. $200 per session. (904) 264-4094. www.rudderclub.com.

Florida Yacht Club, Jacksonville Sailing programs throughout the year for youngsters and adults. Ages 3-17. Skip Miller at (904) 387-9683 #6. www.thefloridayachtclub.org/sailing.php.

Epping Forest Yacht Club, Jacksonville Active youth sailing club year round with beginning, advanced www.southwindsmagazine.com

courses and a youth racing team. The yacht club is also home for the Bolles High School Sailing Club and Regatta Team.

Spring programs are in progress through. Summer youth sailing programs will be announced after April 1. Contact Harbormaster Steve Nichols (904) 739-7150, or snichols@efyc.com. www.efyc.com/kids_jr_sailing.html.

Sailors, Paddlers and Rowers of St. Augustine (SPARS), St. Augustine Youth sailing program with summer sessions. $125 per session plus $25 to join SPAR (family membership). Ages 9-15. For further information, go to www.spars.us >classes > youth camps.

Halifax Sailing Center, Daytona Beach Sail Camp held weekly throughout June and July. Ages 9-15. $150 for HSA members, $200 for nonmembers. Daily programs 9 am to 4 pm, June and July. Christopher Baker (386) 290-3452 or the Sailing Center at (386) 238-7245. www.HalifaxSailing.org.

Tom Edward Sailing School for Adults and Teenagers at Halifax Sailing Center.

Year classes for adults and teenagers. $80 for HSA members, $100 for non-members. (386) 238-7245. www.HalifaxSailing.org.

Lake Eustis Sailing Association, Lake Eustis Summer sessions last one week running all summer. Weekend sessions all year. Ages 8-15. $175 Adult and youth. Includes Optis, High School sail training and more. www.lakeeustissailingclub.org/

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Rollins College Summer Camp, Winter Park Extensive summer camp program. www.rolling.edu/sps/camp Titusville Sailing Center, Titusville Ages 16 and up through adult instruction. Younger students eligible with adult. $100. April through July. http://sailtitusville.org/classes/SpringClasses2007.htm “One With the Water� Water Sports Camp, South and Central Brevard County Sponsored by the Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department, conducted by Performance Sail & Sport, Melbourne. Ages 10-16, June 25-28. $195. www.brevardparks.com/camps/index.htm.

Melbourne Yacht Club Sailing Program, Melbourne MYC offers adult and youth sailing programs as a public service. Open to the public on a space available basis. Saturdays.

Adult and youth sailing classes, May through July. $45.

Contact Marlene Sassman at sass4sail@cfl.rr.com, or (321) 7680046. www.melbourneyachtclub.com.

Sea Scouts, Ft. Pierce Chapter, Ft. Pierce This sailing group is based in Pelican Yacht Club in Ft. Pierce.

Youth sailing programs occur throughout the year. Skipper Jerry at (772) 971-6562. www.pelicanyachtclub.com > sea scouts.

US SAILING Center, Martin County, Stuart/Jensen Beach Weekly classes. Ages 7-17. $225 (as low as $100 per child in

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some classes). 10 sessions, June through August. Peter at (772) 334-8085. www.usscmc.org.

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bine different programs including sail, power, fishing, kayaking. $175. Ages 624. Stephanie Webb at (239) 454-5114. www.edisonsailingcenter.org.

Palm Beach Sailing Club, West Palm Beach Year round youth sailing programs, including summer camps.

Ages 8-18. weekly sessions throughout the summer. www.pbsail.org/jrsail/jrsail.html

Venice Youth Boating Association, Venice VYBA has a year-round sailing program. Summer Youth Sailing camps are held during the summer. $200 per session, scholarships available. Char Sims at veniceyouthboating@verizon.net, or call (941) 488-4341. www.veniceyouthboating.us.

Miami Yacht Club, Miami Extensive year-round youth sailing program of which the summer programs are only a part. Ages 7-14. MYC Members: $375; Non-members: $415 per two-week session. Weekly cost prorated at $235/week. Contact the MYC office at (305) 377-9877, or mycoffice1@aol.com. Go to “Sailing Programs at the Web site at www.miamiyachtclub.net.

Sarasota Youth Sailing Program, Sarasota 2007 program has expanded to include an increase in the racing classes, and “adventure sailing,” for older students who want to continue sailing experience in a non-racing environment. $275 for non-racing. $300 for racing. Ages 8-18. Programs running all summer and year around. Or Stu Gilfillen at (941) 504-4236. www.sarasotaysp.com.

Coconut Grove Sailing Club, Coconut Grove Summer and year around youth sailing programs open to all. $400 for club members, $500 for non-members. Contact CGSA sailing director at (305) 444-4571, or go to www.cgsc.org.

Clearwater Community Sailing Center, Clearwater Youth sailing programs year around and expanded courses all summer. $200/week. Scholarships available. Ages 8-16. (727) 517-7776. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org/.

Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami Summer youth sailing programs. Ages 8-17. $395 members, $520 non-members. Contact Marek Valasek at (786) 302-7540, or sailing@coralreefyachtclub.org. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.

Clearwater Yacht Club, Clearwater Extensive youth program year around and summer. Ages 8-18.

David Billing (727) 442-3430. Www.clwyc.org.

■ FLORIDA KEYS Boy Scouts of America – Florida High Adventure Sea Base, Florida Keys and Bahamas This is a diverse and extensive sailing/boating/diving program on keelboats, with overnight trips on boats. $620 up, depending.

Ages 14-21. Rich Beliveau (305) 394-0365. Extensive information at www.bsaseabase.org.

Founder’s Park Sailing Program, Plantation Key This is a new program in its first year. The schedule and other information will be posted on the web before the summer. (866) 610-9682. Go to www.the-helm.com.

Key West Sailing Club, Key West The club has both year round sailing and a summer program. 225 for one child, $400 for two, $510 for three. Sailing instructor Celine Peccatte at (305) 849-8168. www.keywestsailingclub.org.

Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa Extensive youth sailing program year around. $100-$150 per week plus $25 family registration in the Davis Island Youth Sailing Foundation. Ages 8-18. Contact diysf@diyc.org, or Janet Maurillo at (813) 250-6278. www.diyc.org.

St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg Active year round youth program, in cooperation with the city of St. Petersburg. High school youth sailing. www.spyc.org .

Eckerd College–Waterfront Program, St. Petersburg Year around extensive programs, going on for 37 years.

Instruction in a variety of water sports, including sailing. (800) 456-9009 or (727) 867-1166. www.eckerd.edu/waterfront/watersportscamp/index.php.

Boca Ciega Yacht Club, Gulfport Youth sailing program, but current information for 2007 is not yet posted on the Web site. Ages 8-18. (727) 345-5760. . www.sailbcyc.org/BCYC/html/Youth_Sailing.html.

■ WEST FLORIDA: Naples to Cedar Key ■ FLORIDA PANHANDLE: Apalachicola to Pensacola Collier County Sailing Center, Naples Year-round sailing programs for children and adults. The summer schedule was not available at the time of writing. Go to www.colliergov.net/ > Program Recreation Guide (left table) > Recreation Guide for sailing and Skiing Programs.

Naples Sailing Center, Naples This organization offers sail training and instruction, although no summer camps or courses are currently scheduled. It does have an active, year round high school sailing program. www.naplessailingcenter.com/.

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Emerald Coast Sailing Association, Ft. Walton Beach This organization raises money to train young sailors in the panhandle and cover their expenses at regattas. (850) 862-2801. www.fwyc.org/ecsa.htm.

Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola Junior Sailing Program. $150 for members, $325 non-members.

Ages 5 and up. Linda Thompson, (850) 293-7434 or Josh Klein, (850) 292-2701. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, Pensacola Beach This club offers both beginning and advanced sailing lessons during the summer. Information for 2007 was not updated at the www.southwindsmagazine.com

time of writing. www.pensacolabeach-yc.org > jr sail.

■ ALABAMA Fairhope Yacht Club, Fairhope This club’s web site has information about its youth program, but the 2007 program is not posted yet. www.fairhopeyachtclub.com/ Mobile Yacht Club, Mobile This club’s web site has information about its youth program, but the 2007 program is not posted yet. www.mobileyachtclub.com.

Orange Beach Sail Camp for Kids, Orange Beach, FL Orange Beach Waterfront Park. $75 for Orange Beach residents, $100 for non-residents. Ages 8-14. Summer sailing sessions.

Applications are available at Orange Beach City Hall, Orange Beach Recreation Center or online. (251) 981-6039. www.obparksandrec.com.

■ MISSISSIPPI Gulf Port Yacht Club, Gulfport This club offers two sessions on small boats, and at three levels. $355 for full day sailing course; $200 for half day. $75 credit for using own boat. www.gulfportyachtclub.org

■ LOUISIANA Southern Yacht Club Junior Program, New Orleans Year-round youth sailing program. Spring clinics, summer camps. Ages 7 and up. All levels. $475 members, $575 sponsored guests. (504) 288-4200. www.southernyachtclub.org.

New Orleans Yacht Club Junior Program, New Orleans Summer clinic. Ages 7 and up. (504) 283-2581. www.noyc.org.

Pontchartrain Yacht Club Junior Sailing, Mandeville Sailing camp. Ages 8-17. $350. Juniors@pontyc.org.

(985) 626-3192. www.pontyc.org.

Shreveport Yacht Club Junior Program, Shreveport Summer clinics. Ages 7 and up. syacht@sport.rr.com.

(318) 631-7414. www.shreveyacht.com.

■ NORTH CAROLINA Camp Seafarer and Camp Sea Gull, Arapahoe, NC These are branches of the YMCA. Live-in resident camps. Sea Gull for boys, Seafarer for girls. Ages 6 and up with various programs April through October. Go to the Web site or contact for information. www.seagull-seafarer.org.

E-mail: seagullinfo@seagull-seafarer.org, or seafarerinfo@seagull-seafarer.org.

Camp Don Lee, Arapahoe Summer sailing camp. Ages: by grades completed: Third grade through 12th. (800) 535-5475. E-mail: info@DonLeeCenter.org. www.donleecenter.org.

Lake Norman Yacht Club Sailing Camp, Mooresville Summer sailing camp and youth program. Contact Bob Quinn at smitaquinn@yahoo.com or (704) 782-5665. www.lakenormanyachtclub.com.

Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach Summers sailing classes. Numerous and varied classes. Ages 8 and up. (910) 256-3396. www.carolinayachtclub.org.

■ SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina Yacht Club, Hilton Head Island Summer classes. Ages 8 and up. Cost $375 members, $495 nonmembers. Debbie Baldridge at (843) 342-2628. www.scyachtclub.com.

Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club, Beaufort Summer sailing sessions. Ages 8 and up. $200 members, $300 non-member. Contact (843) 522 8216, www.byscnet.com.

Charleston Community Sailing, Inc., Carolina Yacht Club, Charleston Summer sailing sessions, camps. Ages 11 and up. (843) 607-4890. www.charlestoncommunitysailing.org.

■ GEORGIA Savannah Sailing Center Catch the Wind Camp, Savannah Summer sailing sessions taught at Chatham County Recreation Department’s Lake Mayer Boathouse. Members: $75 for one youth, $100 for two. Non-members: $100 for one $150 for two.

(912) 231-9996. http://savannahsailingcenter.org.

Augusta Sailing Club, Lake Strom Thurmond, Augusta Six summer sessions for youth. $175 for one week, $150 for second week. $25discount for members. Jim Holder, (706) 651-0587, cv.jholder@mainsheet.net. www.augustasailingclub.com.

Lake Lanier Sailing Club, Flowery Branch Summer sailing camp. Ages 6 and up. Martine Zurinskas, Jr. (770) 674-3992. mar_rawlings@yahoo.com. www.llsc.com.

Carolina Sailing Foundation, Lake Crabtree, Raleigh Summer sailing programs. Ages 8 and up. Amy Grobin, (919) 968-4618, or chistina.grobin@alumni.duke.edu. www.carolinasailingfoundation.org.

Nor’Banks Youth Sailing Camp, Duck Yacht Club, Duck Sailing classes and camp. Ages 10-14. $199 non-members, $149 members. Jon Britt, (252) 261-2900. www.norbanks.com.

Cape Fear Yacht Club Beginner Sailing Camp, Cape Fear Summer camps/classes for youth. Perry Hunt, (910) 454-8133. www.cfycnc.com.

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TRAVELS WITH ANGEL

Great Sale Goof-Up A Run from Green Turtle to Great Sale Cay, Little Bahama Banks

By Rebecca Burg

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unning aground is a drag. When flying downwind in 18-22 knots, hitting bottom is outright scary. Singlehanded caravan cruisers Angel and Defiant were on a day’s 56-nautical mile run from Green Turtle Cay to Great Sale Cay. When we passed Carters Cay Banks in the afternoon, a new misadventure began.

There was no way to gybe my cutter-rigged boat in time. I could see the sand bar rush up and, THUNK! Angel’s keel plowed into a mound of sandy silt. Startled by the abrupt halt, I fell forward. The frazzled sailboat jolted to her feet and tried pivoting away on her full keel. Heeling over with the sails, I slid from the bar only to bounce into a larger one. Angel surrendered to the falling tide, the depth sounder now taking notice and displaying those unhelpful two dashes. I doused sail, too ensnared to kedge free until the tide returned. The grounding might make a dramatic barstool story, but in truth it was as dangerous as tripping into a feather bed. A sightseeing gunkholer with a wide, flat-bottomed shoal draft keel, I habitually flirt with soft shallows. For common sense’s sake, Angel does give coral heads, reefs, sponges and thick sea grass a generous berth.

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really be done. Defiant’s deeper draft couldn’t get close enough without compromising Bill’s own safety. The simplest plan was for Bill to continue to Great Sale, and I would just have to catch up when the tide freed me a time later.

Reluctantly, Bill sailed on, uneasy about leaving me in a potentially vulnerable state. Suddenly feeling anxious, I watched Defiant disappear over the empty horizon. Far from human activity, I saw no other vessels. I hailed Bill on the radio. Negative contact. Too uneasy, I didn’t do much except pace the deck and monitor Angel’s vital signs. A storm formed upwind.

Two hours passed and Defiant was angling around Great Sale’s northern tip. So far, Bill couldn’t raise Angel, and the silence was unnerving. “Angel, Angel? Defiant.” No response. Defiant swayed, toying with the idea of turning around, but the setting sun would make a safe search impossible. Bill had watched a dark squall pass over Angel’s last known position. That ill weather and the mysterious radio silence compounded his unease. Defiant swerved to and fro, not sure what to do. Oddly, Defiant was the only vessel there, restlessly circling in Great Sale’s western bight.

The island offered good shelter on its west and east sides.

Positive holding with lots of room made it a popular rest stop when exploring the Little Bahama Banks or heading from West End to the Abacos. The six-nautical-mile-long Great Sale is uninhabited. Bill finally settled by a low spot with a clear view of Angel’s direction, allowing him to scan the darkening horizon with binoculars. A few times, he heard Angel calling on the radio, but when he responded, all he got was silence. Other than that puzzle, there were no signs of his lost partner. Defiant was alone.

Angel’s nemesis, Carters Cay Banks, is a series of shallow, silt bars near a common route to and from Little Abaco Island. The charts can’t keep up with this shifty piece of seascape, and eyeball navigation is necessary. In the crystal seas of the Bahamas, navigators read water depth by its color. One way to become familiar with the water depth and color relationship is to explore in the dinghy and sound the bottom with a boat hook or lead line. Pale tan, sandy white www.southwindsmagazine.com

sail, slacked Angel’s and light green shades twin mainsheets and are shallow. Shallow turn-ed on the diesel. grass appears as dark Its strong purr reasgreen. The emerald sured me while I tipgreens and rich blues of toed through a stark deeper water are found world of inky waves, to the southwest of distant jagged isles Carters Cay Banks, and and an otherworldly boats can easily avoid Halloween moon. It making Angel’s blunwas a long, spooky 18 der. The banks are miles. When I neared clearly seen and, no Great Sale, I could see excuses, I was sailing a light. too close and wasn’t Angel couldn’t attentive to the water’s Defiant and Angel anchored at Great Sale Cay. move fast enough changing color until it when her bowsprit rounded the corner of the calm anchorwas too late. age. There sat Defiant, lights ablaze and waiting. Two The nearly full moon rose, a muted yellow shimmer relieved single-handers were finally reunited in a halyardbreaking across the Abaco Sea. There was enough illuminaslapping fit of attempted raft-ups and non-stop chatter. At tion for a weary Angel to shuffle onwards. The tide had last, all was well. I carry a tank and diving gear, and a daybuoyed her free at sunset, in time to flee for deeper waters. light inspection of Angel’s keel revealed no harm but for The squall that had passed through earlier had done no some lost bottom paint. As far as the radio communication worse than to drop cold rain. I hailed Defiant, but there was conundrum, Bill discovered a broken microphone button on no response. I tried Angel’s second VHF and antenna. The his VHF. Defiant’s radio could receive, but had not been airwaves were silent. With Carters Banks behind me, the transmitting Bill’s calls. We’d been effectively cut off from night sail in this familiar area posed no hidden danger. The each other due to my graceless grounding and by one little only hazard was the stretch of water from Sale Cay Rocks to plastic button as it succumbed to the squeezing grip of a Little Sale, which is easily seen and avoided even in the worried companion. moonlight. Feeling safer at a slowed pace, I dropped a head-

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MIAMI BOAT SHOW 2007:

Trends in the Sailboat Industry

By Roy Laughlin

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he Miami boat show is likely the best view Southeastern sailors get of the direction boat designers, builders and suppliers will be moving the sport.

This year, that image is a blur. The new boat market has been slow this last year. Lack of sales has temporarily stifled introduction of new models, although sailboat sales at this boat show picked up considerably.

The Miami show is known to be the largest catamaran show in the world, and trends are seen here. The parade of increasingly larger cruising monohulls and multihulls is over, at least temporarily. Forty- to 50-foot boats did not receive the intense interest this year like previous years.

Both Lagoon and The Moorings introduced shorter 42-foot cruising models.

Many customers specifically said they want less expensive, smaller boats to use for weekend trips and coastal cruising. Boats that are becoming more popular are those that sail fast to a destination where boaters can stay at an onshore bed and breakfast for a few days until the return trip. This viewpoint embraces a new reality for Southeast cruisers. Most weekend and coastal cruising trips are from one developed area to another, for example from Miami to Key West. If this trend becomes an established pattern, expect to see smaller coastal cruisers. The tradeoff will be lower price, or, for members of the carriage trade, more gofast features such as sail package upgrades.

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weather jackets a big sell, in ironic contrast to the usual taste of the tropics this show gives to Northern visitors. Once show attendees warmed up, the most two significant interests were diesel electric power systems for boats and a new line of toxin-free antifouling coatings.

Diesel Electric Systems and New Antifouling Coatings Diesel electric power systems are becoming more popular, and they make sense as an integrated propulsion and electrical system for cruising sailboats above 35 feet. These power systems are increasingly used in powerboats. Their main advantage is substantial fuel economy for an integrated system and a capable propulsion system at low propeller rpms. For cruisers and recreational sailors, the main issues are cost and desire to make a conversion to DC power throughout a boat. There seems to be a consistent trend toward electric propulsion. Lagoon has an electric-powered cruising cat. For catamarans, one generator running two electric motors in the two hulls makes sense.

Microphase Coatings introduced a new line of antifouling coatings that contain no toxins. The coatings produce a surface “too oily� for adherence of biofouling organisms.

This concept is decades old. The advance these coatings offers users is that they can be applied with a brush or roller in a single application. MicroPhase Coatings people say that, in use, the coatings last for at least two years.

Continued experience will likely show longer persistence.

In the lifestyle department, fractional boat ownership is getting a lot of attention. This is not a new idea but has previously seemed to be a niche market. Shortage of marina space, increasing costs of ownership and competing demands on schedules have made outright boat ownership unattractive for many. This year at the show, there were several exhibitors promoting this new form of boat ownership.

Potential customers said they thought if the programs worked the way they were marketed, they would be a financially attractive and satisfying way to get sailing time without the overbearing cost and hassle of sole ownership.

The coming year will be a challenging one for the boating and sailing industry in the United States. Overall boat ownership has declined 10 percent in the United States in recent years. For those sailors who persist with sailing, there continues to be a flow of new products and ownership plans to leave more time for the fun and less for the maintenance and ownership details. www.southwindsmagazine.com

RACING

PHRF RACE TIPS To Win The Race You Have To Finish

By Dave Ellis In a sport as complicated as ours, sometimes things go wrong. The very first rule in the Racing Rules of Sailing is concerning safety. While today some feel this is a boring subject, in times past it was known by the term “Seamanship,” and was drummed into the head of every sailor who set foot on a vessel.

What can go wrong during our PHRF racing? Problems can arise with crew members, the boat or the weather. Let’s cover some situations and a few solutions.

Keeping the crew cool in the summer and warm in the winter not only is more comfortable for them, but produces a faster boat. They are more likely to be proactive in that tweaking of the sail or getting on the rail if they are not uncomfortable. More important, an extreme can be a health issue.

Drinking lots of fluids is essential. Near the end of a long, hot distance race in Florida, a normally calm, noncursing sailor suddenly erupted in exasperated foul language at his boat’s position in the race. After a bottle of water, all was back to normal. Yea, it was me.

Running the Friday evening races at St. Petersburg Yacht Club showed me how the sailing ability of a few of the boats degraded markedly as the evening, and beer

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drinking, progressed. A small Optimist Dinghy kid did really well in the morning races. After lunch, however, he was a disaster. It was found that his dad slipped him a couple of soft drinks with his sandwich. Take care what you drink, if you want good racing results.

Seasickness will ruin the joy of everybody aboard.

Preventive medicine seems to be the best policy. Watch what you eat before the race and drink the night before.

Find a medication that works for you that will allow somewhat clear thinking during the race. Even if you are “rail meat,” you will still have to wake up to tack.

Seldom does anyone get hit by the boom, except in the movies. Rope burn, however, is still common. A good pair of gloves helps for those who handle lines.

On larger boats in any kind of wind at all, learn not to stand or sit up-line with any turning block under load. This would include the jib or spinnaker fairlead, downwind of the traveler, or above the windward spinnaker tweaker. Ouch.

If you are charged with setting the spinnaker pole, be on the same side of the mast as the pole is set, not the other side. Think of the pole as a mustache, not as a Q-Tip. You don’t want that pole shoved in your ear if the sail fills. If you keep it in front of you, including when crossing to the other side in a jibe, you can use both hands and keep your noggin away from the ends.

Going overboard can be an inconvenience or a disaster. It can happen to the most skilled of crew. Many experienced teams practice what they would do if someone fell overboard.

The first obligation is to assign someone to watch the

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RACING person in the water. They then have no other job. It is helpful if the watcher extends an arm in the direction of the swimmer. Then the boat driver can tell where to go without actually having to look for his target.

Get the boat downwind of the swimmer. There are several good methods of getting downwind of a swimmer. In the panic of the moment, many forget the prescribed methods. Just get there, usually about two boat lengths downwind, and luff on a very close reach with all sails out, coasting up and getting hold of the person in the water. They may not be able to hang onto a line. Get hands on the person.

Lee side or windward side? Just do it, without running over them.

Using the engine, if it can be turned on without taking eyes off the swimmer, may be the best way. Taking time to douse sails is usually not a good idea, although a quick rolling of a jib helps if you can do that.

Getting a swimmer back aboard can be a challenge.

Many boats have transoms with steps or a configuration that helps. Figure out in advance how you would do it on your boat. No, a looped line hung overboard to step up on does not work! Try it some time.

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finish or next mark, and continue. Notify the race committee of your engine use for rescue and refer to rule 1.1.

Severe weather can occur quickly, especially in the summertime. Lightning strikes more cows and golfers than sailboats. Just do not hug the mast or touch shrouds or stays. The few lightning strikes documented in Florida in the past 20 years did damage to electronics, dropped a Hobie-18 mast and blew up a Laser. Yes, the lightning struck the mast of a Radial at a Sarasota Labor Day regatta, and the heat turned the water in the sealed hull to steam and blew out the bow. The young lady lost hearing for a short time but was unhurt.

If you see a “roll cloud� under a nasty-looking cumulus mushroom cloud, see if it is perpendicular to you. If it looks like a skinny, gray hot dog to you, the storm is coming at you.

If you see that kind of storm with a protrusion out of the bottom, like a boy cloud, that is the roll cloud, but you are looking at the side of it, and the cloud is going toward where it is pointing.

If the wind has been blowing from the same direction for some time and you see a big thunder boomer upwind, figure it is going to get you.

Then it is time for you and your crew to decide just how important this PHRF racing is, after all.

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SOUTHERN RACING ■ UPCOMING MAJOR SOUTHERN RACING EVENTS AND NEWS

New College of Florida, Sarasota, Enters First Sailing Competition Since Joining the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association New College of Florida’s No. 1 national ranking by the Princeton Review may be in jeopardy. No, not its ranking as the nation’s “best value” among public colleges and universities for top-notch academics at an affordable price. Rather, it is New College’s place at the top of Princeton Review’s list of colleges where “intercollegiate sports are unpopular or nonexistent.” The college has fielded Ultimate Frisbee teams in college tournaments, and there’s the ubiquitous March Madness office pool, but in the past, that’s about as close as the 750-student, liberal arts college comes to big-time athletics.

On March 24, New College will make its first-ever foray into intercollegiate sailing competition when the newly sanctioned New College of Florida sailing team fields a crew in a regatta at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. New College was inducted Feb. 3 as a member of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association at the annual ICSA meeting in Charleston, SC. The ICSA is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and parts of Canada. Schools compete in seven regional district associations, including the South Atlantic InterCollegiate Sailing Association that includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama.

“We have a couple of good sailors,” said David Pedersen, manager of New College’s Campus Waterfront Program. “We might surprise them.”

One is Alice Abernathy, “the backbone of the team,” says Pedersen, who gives lessons and is an Optimist boat coach. The other is Sarah Newberry, who won the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship last July in Miami. Skipper Newberry, “who eats, drinks and sleeps sailing,” won with her younger sister, Elizabeth, to become the first all-female team to win the event.

The other 10 sailors on the New College team are: Amanda Caizza, Karlye Dilts, Nathan Duvall, Nicholas Frazier, Elizabeth Hamman, Emily Hazen, Amanda Landesberg, Casey Schelhorn, Erica Schoon and Daniel Ward.

The New College Foundation’s new BoatDonation Program accepts gifts of sailboats, motorboats, trailers, ATVs, cars, canoes or kayaks. To make a donation to New College’s Waterfront Program, contact Tom Mayers at (941) 383-6598 or by e-mail at landsendmarina@mac.com.

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US SAILING Race Officer Training and Certification Program Race Management Seminar, Punta Gorda Sailing Club, April 21 Sponsored by the US SAILING Race Management Committee and Punta Gorda Sailing Club, it is designed for people who have some race committee experience, but newcomers are also welcome. It will be held at the Punta Gorda Civic Association and will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m.

The topics covered include RC objectives, RC responsibilities, sailing instructions, RC jobs, RC equipment, setting the course, starting system, starting penalties, before the start, during the race, finishing, and scoring. The changes in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2005-2008 that affect race management will be discussed.

Registration using the US SAILING online registration system is required. Go to http://www.ussailing.org/ racemgt/Race_Officer_Prog/seminars.asp. Locate this seminar and then click on “Register Online” and follow the directions. If you have any problem doing this, contact Lacey Given at US SAILING (401) 863-0400.

For further information, contact Bill Dixon at dixonwj@comcast.net, (941) 637-2694.

Corsair Trimaran Nationals and Rendezvous, Pensacola Yacht Club, April 22-27

By Kim Kaminski The 13th Annual Corsair Marine-Farrier Trimaran National Championship will be held April 22-27 at the Pensacola Yacht Club. Teams from across the United States will converge on Pensacola Bay to prepare their trimarans for two

The Corsair Nationals will be held in Pensacola April 22-27.

Photo by Kim Kaminski.

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SOUTHERN RACING days of racing seminars and four days of intense racing in an effort to win the national title. This year, 10 different racing designs, the Corsair 24, the 750 S, the F-27, the Corsair 28R, Corsair 28, F-31, Corsair 31R, the F-25C class and other Farrier design (PHRF) classes are scheduled to compete.

Randy Smyth, from Fort Walton Beach is an Olympic and World Class champion and one of the most talented multihull racers and designers in the United States. He is looking forward to the challenges not only as a competitor, but he will also be presenting a two-day sailing series lecture and an on-the-water Smythe SPEEED Sailing seminar.

The seminar includes interactive classroom sessions while sailing attendees’ boats. This seminar will coach on boat speed, tactics, team work, starts and local knowledge.

Event coordinator Bert Rice will also be on hand to offer race information and event scheduling. On Monday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. will be the skippers’ meeting and welcome party at Pensacola Beach. Racing will begin on Tuesday through Friday, April 24-27. Trophies will be awarded on the final day of racing with special recognition presentations to the top all-amateur crew performance and the greatest distance traveled for the event.

On a special note: The Corsair National Championship was held during Key West race week in January. Many who raced in Key West will be at the nationals in Pensacola, including Cliff Farrah from Destin, FL, who finished fourth in his class at Key West aboard his Corsair 28R Strategery 3 which earned him the Presidential (Amateur) Recognition Award.

For information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

Viviendo la Leyenda — Living the Legend: The Regata del Sol al Sol XXXIX, St. Petersburg, FL, to Isla Mujeres Mexico, April 27

being one of them.

This exciting challenge in offshore racing begins in St. Petersburg FL, sailing 456 nautical miles and crossing the Gulf Stream with a large group of fellow sailors with the destination exceedingly hospitable and glorious, Isla Mujeres in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.

The festivities of the island are a major draw for this popular race, both for returning racers and past racers flying to the island just for the camaraderie of the crews, and the hosting Lima family on Isla Mujeres. Events include basketball games, banquets, snorkeling trips, and this year, a golf cart poker run. Of course, the parties and dancing at the favorite night spots is a draw for all to re-unite year after year. The Lima family opens its hearts and homes to the sailors and their crews. Memories of years past are spoken of over a beer, and the race committee and skippers are honored guests at Casa de la Roca, where the walls are adorned with memorabilia and posters of all the previous races.

Regata del Sol al Sol was a pioneer of the charity regatta events. Long before benefit regattas became popular, participating sailors and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club have been donating needed gear, medical supplies, school supplies, etc., to the island. Notable was the donation of a fire truck, ambulance, and two ultrasound machines donated to the Navy Hospital. This allowed physicians to perform sonograms on the island in lieu of having them done in Cancun. Most recently, generators and tools were the big items to help rebuild after being battered by hurricanes.

The Lima family and all of the families receiving the donated toys and goods are extremely and humbly grateful for all efforts. The people of the island never appear needy.

They are strong-willed and self-sufficient. Although many hurricanes have devastated the island, the people just pick up and re-build, waiting for us to arrive with open arms, and with the streets lined with welcome signs, are ready to

By Dody Nollman The Amigos race at the Regata del Sol. Photo by Larry Wissing.

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party with their friends again, appreciative that we have again returned.

Other traditions have ensued, with boats regularly stocking themselves with candy and trinkets for the children.

The challenge of crossing three major current complexes, with safety a major focus, the use of state of the art transponders to identify all vessels at any time, and of course, the highlight of the regatta, the Amigos Regata, continue to draw numerous boats year after year.

We are planning the 39th crossing this month on April 27, continuing to Live the Legend begun in 1966. Parties and a day of seminars will lead off the regatta at St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

With the Amigos Regatta a major highlight, all the children of the Island are the crew of all the yachts, sailing around the “Island of Women,” seeing who has the fastest yacht. Of course, “pirate games” are among the many played as the navy boats man the marks. Many adults now participating grew up themselves doing this race, and now hold prominent positions on the island. Upon returning to the docks, hotdogs, sodas and clowns will welcome the crews back and celebrate the victories.

If this year doesn’t fit your schedule, the 40th Anniversary Regata del Sol al Sol in 2008 is already being planned! The dates will be on the Web site shortly.

Check the Web site for schedules, NOR, entry forms, hotel reservations and all the possible information you need.

Be a part of the Legend. Join the race or meet us there for many fun parties and the making of more memories.

This year boat tracking will again be available on the Web site. For tracking and more information, go to www.regatadelsolalsol.org.

US SAILING Level 1 (Small Boat) Instructor Courses, Big Pine Key and Tampa, FL, May 31-June 3 Two US SAILING Level 1 (small boat) instructor courses are scheduled for different Florida sites at the same time: Thursday, May 31, through Sunday, June 3. Dick Allsopp will teach one at Sea Camp on Big Pine Key, and Freddie Sambolin will be the instructor for the other, which will be at Davis Island Yacht Club.

Those who would like to take either of these courses may do so online by going to www.ussailing.org and proceeding through education and training to the Level 1 courses. Dick’s course number is #30466, but is limited to eight candidates. Freddie’s course number is #36016, and has a limit of 12 instructor prospects. There is a reduced cost for those who register for these courses before Apr. 30.

Daytona Triangle Race, Halifax River Yacht Club, Daytona, FL, May 25-27 The Halifax River Yacht Club is excited to reintroduce the Daytona Triangle Race – a local offshore sailing regatta conceived almost 30 years ago by HRYC member, Don Shaw.

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The race will begin and end in Daytona Beach following an oblique triangular racecourse over Memorial Day Weekend beginning Friday, May 25, at 3 p.m., and will not be the original 83 nautical miles (95.51 statute miles) it was 30 years ago, but a more challenging 121 nautical miles and a real distance race. The race will begin at the sea buoy at Ponce Inlet.

Sailboats will sprint parallel to the beach at the Daytona Beach Pier in Daytona, then turn north heading to the NOAA mark north off St. Augustine and finally race to the finish back at Ponce Inlet, creating its “triangular” course.

The 10-mile sprint from the start line to the Daytona Beach Pier will be a separate “race within a race” for a separate trophy (and bragging rights). This sprint will be held annually as the Brian Avery Memorial Sprint in honor of Brian Avery, who perished at sea in 1979. Brian was the son of HRYC member and well-known Daytona resident, Dick Avery. The Sprint will allow sailboats less than 30 feet in length (minimum length requirement for the Daytona Triangle Race) or sailors not interested in attempting the entire race to participate.

Sponsors, the Daytona Beach Pier and local restaurant The Ocean Deck offer the best viewing area of the race for spectators as the boats race to the end of the Brian Avery Sprint at the Daytona Beach Pier starting around 4 p.m.

Friday, May 25. The celebration of the Sprint will likely continue into the afternoon and evening at the Daytona Beach Pier and The Ocean Deck for Sprint racers and spectators.

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RACING The Halifax River Yacht Club will host a rum party for its members and skippers and crew Thursday, May 24, in anticipation of the race the following afternoon. HRYC will also host an awards banquet the evening of Sunday, May 26, for the skippers and crew.

For more information, NORS and entry form, go to www.hryc.com/races/race_home.php Contact Race Committee Chairman Dave McConnell at the Halifax River Yacht Club at (386) 255-7459 with any questions.

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22nd Catalina 22 Mid-Winters Lake Monroe, Sanford, FL, Feb. 22-25

the fleet. Twenty-four boats competed in the Gold fleet and I doubt there was more than five minutes between the first and last boat in each race. Later Gator (Mike Brown) got knocked down by a severe shift and a puff and stayed down long enough to allow boats to reverse course to provide assistance. This Catalina was definitely self-righting—albeit slowly—and Later Gator pulled out a seventh in that race after all. The only person to finish in first place more than once was John Harrison in Racer’s Edge, with two bullets on Saturday. A rigging failure took John out on Sunday when the wind built steadily to almost 20 knots.

There are so many people to thank for the success of this event that it is just not practical to list them here.

Thanks to all who helped, and all who participated, and all who supported.

By Willie Blevins, Fun Maritime Academy This Regatta was held in memory of Richard T. King, IV. We were honored that Richard T. King,V and Desiré King, granddaughter of “Dick,” attended the dinner meeting. One of the sponsors, Stewart Jones, donated a beautiful watercolor painting of an old style Catalina 22 to be raffled off.

The winner of the painting turned out to be Ricky King, much to the delight of everyone.

The painting was coincidentally a nearly perfect representation of Dick’s first Catalina, Elixir.

This is the kind of extraordinary karma that controlled the whole weekend. Thirty-one boats on the water, 24 in Gold fleet and 7 in Silver fleet. The weather was even better than perfect. There was almost too much wind, but people stuck it out in both fleets and raced hard all weekend. Friday’s Spinnaker races had winds of 8-12 knots and six spinnaker boats. Saturday had winds of 10-15 knots. Sunday had winds of 10-20.

Saturday’s dinner party, put on by local sailor George Paul, who owns and operates Classic Creations Catering, exceeded everybody’s expectations.

Racing was just as extraordinary. Spinnaker racing on Friday was great. Six boats of wildly varied skill levels raced. This included the winner of last year’s mid-winters, ancient mariner Don Lasky and JC Perren—with wife Rebecca and 14-monthold daughter Arianna—graduates of my school, who in total have only been sailing about 15 months. Jean Cochran, Erv Zimmerman and Ray Laguna completed the Spinnaker fleet. My boat (AKA) managed to finish just out of the trophies, behind Game Over (Gene ) in third, Plan B (Ray) in second and Flip, Flop, and Fly (Don) in first.

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J/24 Midwinters, Davis Island, Tampa, FL, Feb. 23-25

Flying Scot Midwinters St. Petersburg, FL, March 4-8

By Dave Ellis

By Dave Ellis

Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa was the venue for the J/24 Midwinter Regatta February 23-25. A variety of conditions greeted the fleet from many states.

St. Petersburg sailor Robby Brown along with crew Chuck Allen, Jim Traun, Rob Brits and Jason Chavez established a 12-point cushion while many competitors found themselves having to count high penalties for starting early.

Peter Bream and crew from Jacksonville placed second in spite of a Z-flag penalty.

Daniel Borrer, the winner of the small fleet of the Pan American Games qualifier at the beginning of the week, finished mid-fleet in the Midwinters after twice jumping the starting gun.

There was some question whether the turnout would be as high as usual, since the J/24 Worlds were in Mexico the following week. The competition was first-rate with close mark roundings and finishes for 32 boats.

For results go online to www.diyc.org/results.asp.

St. Petersburg Yacht Club hosted the Flying Scot Midwinters on a warm Tampa Bay March 4-8. Forty boats from throughout the Southeast started Monday with two races in light to moderate winds. Tampa’s Jeff and Any Linton aced the first race while class stalwarts Marcus and Marc Eagan of Bay Waveland Yacht Club finished in ninth, only to find that they had jumped the gun at the start.

Since there were no throwouts in the event, the Eagans placed fourth overall, despite winning all of the remaining four races in the series.

Fred Strammer, Jr, crewed by his dad Fred of Nokomis, FL, won the event without ever having won a heat. Linton looked good until the last race when the sea breeze produced a little more than his light crew weight could handle, placing 16th in the heat. Greg Fisher and crew of Annapolis placed third.

PRO Tom Farquhar opted not to hold any races on the last day, reckoning that the light NE breeze would not settle.

Thistle Midwinter St. Petersburg, FL, March 2

Conquistador Cup, Punta Gorda Sailing Club, Charlotte Harbor, FL March 10-11

By Dave Ellis The 52nd annual Thistle class Midwinter Championship finished Friday, March 2, on a windy note after a week of light air and warm temperatures.

Greg Fisher of Annapolis, sailing with wife JoAnn and Jeff Eiber, led the scoring from the Monday start of the event and sailed consistently near the top all week. “I’ve sailed with Jeff for 22 years, since our days on the lake in Columbus, Ohio,” stated Fisher.

Jacksonville’s Paul Abdullah along with Andy Lawrence and Tim Fitzgerald were second in the 69-boat fleet after standing third until the final day’s stronger wind. One-third of the fleet either opted not to sail or did not finish the final race, sailed at the upper wind limit for these 17foot open boats.

Third was St. Petersburg sailor Robby Brown, sailing with Patrick Wilson and Rob Britt as crew.

Sailors from throughout the country enjoyed the journey south, but none as diligently as Elmer Richards of Ossining, NY. He has been pulling his Thistle behind various vehicles to this event for 50 consecutive years.

Carole Bardes of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club race organization team managed seven races in mostly light air with strong current on Tampa Bay. For complete results go online to www.spyc.org.

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By Bill Dixon Both of the local historians agree that Ponce De Leon landed on Sanibel Island and explored Charlotte Harbor. This contradicts conventional wisdom that has Ponce exploring Sailing in the Conquistador Cup. Photo by Mary Knowles.

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SOUTHERN RACING Tampa Bay. In any event, some local men formed a Royal Order of Conquistadors in Charlotte County. They wear tights and funny hats with feathers. With the Punta Gorda Sailing Club, they co-sponsor a regatta, the Conquistador Cup. This year’s Cup was the 14th. Annual Regatta. It is always held on the first or second weekend in March, depending on the tide in the Peace River. Past years have seen bitter cold, rain, and thunder. I got my only Conquistador trophy in 2001. I got a second place in spinnaker fleet. Only two of us raced in the bitter cold rain with thunder.

This year we offered up a nearly adequate sacrifice to the Weather Channel. We got warmth and sunshine, and two out of three is pretty good. We came up a little short in the wind department but still ran races on both Saturday and Sunday. Everybody had stories—even the winners. It is true that light air racing is challenging.

Trust me.

Winner of the coveted Conquistador Helmet Perpetual Trophy was Dan Kendrick from Naples in his Farr 395, Tippecanoe. Dan also won the overall in the Spinnaker Under 150 class. Local racer Dave Flechsig won Spinnaker Over 150 in his S-2 7.9, Rooster Tail. Kathryn Garlick won the multihull class in her F-28 Evolution.

On the other racecourse, Bill Hart, 84 years old—with his 84-year-old pit man John—won first place in the Over 200 Non-Spin fleet in his Harbor 20. Rudy Reinecke won the Under 200 Non-Spin fleet in his Beneteau FC 12, OHHH Zone. Rex Good won the Under 200 True Cruising class with his Sabre 402, Jabu. Arnie Pfalz won the 0ver 200 True Cruising Class in his Pearson 35, Laura Li. For complete results, go to www.pgscweb.com/ race/2007_racing/2007_races.htm.

■ REGIONAL RACING CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racing— Open to Everyone Wanting to Race The races listed here are open to those who want to sail. No individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership in US SAILING or membership in a regional sailing association is often required. (If individual club membership is required, please contact us and we will not list their races in the future.)

For publishing of your event, questions and information, send us your race schedule by the 5th of the month to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send in the name of the event, date, location, contacts (Web site, e-mail and/or phone), and, if you want a short description. Do not just send a link in to this information.

Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. For changes to be published, contact the editor. Changes can be put on our Web site, if possible.

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APRIL Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org 12-15 Charleston Race Week..

28-29 Sheriff’s Cup. Charleston Ocean Racing Association.

Lake Lanier. www.lakelaniersailing.com 7-8 AISC Dogwood Regatta 28 BFSC Around Alone Regatta 28-29 Rebel Rouser MC Scow Regatta @ LLSC South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. www.sayra-sailing.com 6-8 Easter Regatta. J/24. Columbia Sailing Club, SC. 78 Easter Regatta. Scows. Carolina Yacht Club, NC. 19-22 Bald Head Island Regatta. PHRF One design keel boats.

Bald Head Island Sailing Club. NC 21 Harbour Town Cup. PHRF Yacht Club of Hilton Head, SC. 21-22 Tommy Whiteside Memorial Regatta. Catamarans PHRF. Columbia Sailing Club, SC. 21-22 NC State Laser Championships. Lasers Sunfish.

Lake Norman Yacht Club, NC. 28-29 Spring 420 Regatta. 420s. Lake Norman Yacht Club, NC. 28-29 SE District Lightning Championship. Columbia Sailing Club, SC. MAY Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org 5-6 New Bern, NC. FHYC Ensign Invitational Regatta.

19-20 Lake Murray, SC. SJ-21 Eastern Nationals.

24 Wrightsville Beach, NC. WBORA, WGOR (OffShore Event).

26-27 Beaufort NYRA, NCOC - NC Offshore Champ.

Lake Lanier. www.lakelaniersailing.com 2,9,16,23,30 AISC Summer 1 - #3,4 ,5,6,7.

5 Celtic Crossing. BFSC 5 Lomand Cup. SSC 5-6 Multihull Regatta. LLSC 6,19 Fair Winds #3,4. BFSC 12 Open Women Skippers Race. BFSC 19-20 Snipe District 4 Championships. LLSC 20 SSC Masters Regatta – Open. SSC South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. www.sayra-sailing.com 3–4 Classic Boat Rally. SYC 4–5 Classic Boat Rally. SCYC 5–6 Sink-O-de-Mayo Catamarans. LLSC 5–7 Classic Boat Rally. BYSC 5–6 Keowee Cup Open. KSC 5–6 Great 48 Flying Scot. LNYC 5–6 Marifest Regatta One Design. SSC 9–10 Classic Boat Rally. CYC-SC 14-Nov US Sailing Level I Course. Ruth Creighton. CYC-NC 12 Jean Ribaut. PHRF BYSC 12 McIntosh Cup. PHRF. SYC 12–13 6th Annual Hospice Regatta. Open. LNYC 12–13 Harbor 20 Spring Regatta. Harbor 20. SCYC 19–20 Harbor 20 Spring Regatta. Harbor 20. SCYC 18-20 US Laser Masters Nationals. Lasers. CYC-NC www.southwindsmagazine.com

19–20 Leukemia Cup. Open. CFYC. www.longbaysailing.com 26 Spring Regatta 4. Little River Inlet

APRIL 1 Winter Series #7. Indian River Yacht Club 1,6,20 Spring Rum Race. Melbourne Yacht Club 4,11,18,25 Wed Night Race, Indian River Yacht Club 8 Small Boat Racing. Melbourne Yacht Club 11 Wed Night Race. Indian River Yacht Club 14-15 Club Races. Lake Eustis Yacht Club 14-15 Spring Regatta: Big Boats. Melbourne Yacht Club 14-15 3rd annual Harpoon National & Open Portsmouth Regatta, Lake Weir, Summerfield. Ocala Sailing Club. http://ocalasailingclub.org.

14 St. John’s Regatta. Florida Yacht Club 14 Progressive Dinner Cruise. East Coast Sailing Assoc–Cruising 21-22 Club Races. Lake Eustis Yacht Club 21-22 Spring Regatta: Small Boats. Melbourne Yacht Club 20-22. Lipton Cup Offshore. Daytona. Smyrna Yacht Club 22 Spring Series #5. Titusville Sailing Center 24-29 US Sailing Multihull Championships. Melbourne Yacht Club 25-28 First Coast Offshore Challenge. North Florida Cruising Club 28 Rendezvous Cruise. East Coast Sailing Assoc–Cruising 29 Spring Series Makeup. Titusville Sailing Center MAY 2,9,16,23,30 Wed Club Races. Indian River Yacht Club 4,18 Summer Rum Race. Melbourne Yacht Club 4 Howl at the Moon. Halifax Sailing Association 5 Mug Race. Rudder Club 5 Cinco de Mayo Regatta. Port Canaveral Yacht Club 5 Seafood Raftup. Melbourne Yacht Club 5-6 Merritt Island BBQ Bash. East Coast Sailing Association–Cruising 5-6 Club Races. Lake Eustis Yacht Club 6 Commodore Race #6. Halifax River Yacht Club 6,20 Small Boat Racing. Melbourne Yacht Club 12 Waves Regatta. Navy Jax Yacht Club 12 Summer Series #1. Rudder Club 12 Spring Women’s #4. East Coast Sailing Association–Women’s 19 Armed Forces Day Regatta. Navy Jax Yacht Club 19 New Moon Merriment. Halifax Sailing Association 19-20 Brevard Challenge. Indian River Yacht Club 19-20 Club Races. Lake Eustis Yacht Club 24-27 Daytona Challenge Regatta. Halifax River Yacht Club 26 Laser Atlantic Coast Championship 2007. US SAILING. Martin County SC. 26 St. Augustine Regatta. North Florida Yacht Club 26 Summer Race #1. East Coast Sailing Association–Racing 26-27 Memorial Day Series. Lake Eustis Yacht Club 26-28 Memorial Weekend Cruise to Sebastian. East Coast Sailing Association–Cruising

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APRIL 6-7 38th Annual SE Dinghy Championship. Optimist, Lasers, Radials, Bytes, Vanguard 420s.

14-15 Opti Event. CGSC 14 J/24 Spring #4. Flat Earth Racing. Fourth race of 12 for J/24 class.

21 Miami - Key Largo Race. MYC. Open to all classes over 14 feet Miami to Jewfish Creek, Key Largo.

21-22 420 State Championship. CRYC. 28 Annual Sunburn Regatta – BBYRA PHRF #5. One-design. #5 BBYC MAY 5 C-Gull Cup. CGSC. Annual regatta for the Women’s Auxiliary of CGSC. 6 BBYRA PHRF #5. KBYC. Race #6..

12 J/24 Spring #5. Flat Earth Racing. Fifth race of 12.

12 Ron Payne Memorial Snipe Ocean Race. LYC. 19 Hospice Regatta. LYC/Hospice Care of South Florida. The 11th annual benefit regatta.

20 BBYRA OD #6. Race #6.

26-27 Goombay Regatta. CGSC. 31 Blue Moon. Race around Biscayne Bay under a full moon.

Legend BBYRA BBYC CGSC CRYC MYC LYC KBYC

Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. www.bbyra.net Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org Coral Reef Yacht Club. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.

Miami Yacht Club. www.miamiyachtclub.net.

Lauderdale Yacht Club. www.lyc.org.

Key Biscayne Yacht Club. www.kbyc.org.

(Since Rebecca Burg took off for the good life and is cruising around, Southwinds is looking for someone to send us articles on sailing in the Keys; Racing, cruising, waterways and anchoring articles, etc. editor@southwindsmagazine.com) Key West Sailing Club. Every Saturday – Open House at the Key West Sailing Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingclub.org. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Come by the club to sail. Non-members and members welcome. Wednesday night racing has begun for the summer season. Skippers meet at the clubhouse by 5:00 p.m. and boats start racing at 6:00 p.m. in the seaplane basin near the mooring field.

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Bradenton YC. Winter Races starting in October until April. Races at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday evening races at 6:30 pm start in April (check this). PHRF racing on Manatee River. For info call Larry Lecuyer, (941) 729-5401.

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Edison Sailing Center, Fort. Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, yearround john@johnkremski.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com.

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

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Bradenton YC./MSA/St. Petersburg YC. Round Egmont Reverse Handicap PHRF. 30-Apr 1 Suncoast Raceweek, http://scrw.home.att.net/ (dedicated race week Web site), West Florida (WFPHRF).PHRF .

(SBOTY) Friday, March 30: To Be Announced Saturday, March 31: Sunday, April 1: Party on: To be announced

30-Apr 1 Mount Dora YC. 53rd Annual Mt. Dora Regatta. All Class Regatta.

31-Apr 1 Gulf Coast SC 30th Annual SW Florida Charity Regatta. PHRF. (SWFBOTY) 1 Human Race. Fools Race.s 1 Davis Island YC. Star Western Hemispheres 1 Davis Island YC. Thursday Evening Races begin, all classes.

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St. Petersburg YC. Rolex Women’s Match Racing. Invite only.

Treasure Island Tennis and YC. Awards for Suncoast Raceweek.

Venice Sailing Squadron. Venice Yacht Club. Buoy Race, PHRF. Clearwater Yacht Club. Clark Mills Opti Regatta.

Sailing Association of Marco Island “Bud Light”, PHRF. (SWFBOTY) Bradenton YC Sunday afternoon racing begins on the river. PHRF 1pm start off the Yacht Club.

St. Petersburg YC. Rainbow Regatta, Florida Women’s Sailing Association champs.

St. Petersburg Sailing Association. Races #12 and #13.

PHRF Davis Island YC. Spring Regatta, PHRF. St. Petersburg YC. Sunfish State Championships. dmendelb@yahoo.com Gulf Hunter SA, Boca Ciega YC. Regatta. PHRF. University of South Florida. SAISA District High School Mallory Fleet racing. tpmonkus@saisa.org Davis Island YC. Women’s Spring Race.

US Sailing Racing management seminar. Punta Gorda Sailing Club. See upcoming events racing section.

St. Petersburg YC. Leukemia Cup. Venice Sailing Squadron. Venice Yacht Club. Shark’s Tooth Cup, PHRF. (SBBOTY) Sarasota Sailing Squadron. SYSP Sailfest, dinghies Morgan Invasion. Davis Island YC Punta Gorda SC. Leukemia-Lymphoma Cup PHRF. (CHBOTY) St. Petersburg YC. Regata Del Sol al Sol, Race to Mexico, Offshore boats 30’ and over.

Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Women’s Hula Cup. Open to women of any age (including juniors). Sunfish and Prams. Nanette Reuss (941) 907-1585 nonoreuss@msn.com St. Petersburg Sailing Association. Races #14, Talbot Cup. PHRF Naples Sailing and YC. Messemer Cup, PHRF. (SWFBOTY) Davis Island YC. Florida Sailing Assoc. Quarter-finals.

Juniors University of South Florida SAISA District High School Baker Team racing. tpmonkus@saisa.org Tampa Sailing Squadron. Sea Scout Regatta.

MAY 4 5 5 5 6

St. Petersburg YC. Friday evening racing begins, PHRF Tampa Sailing Squadron. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF Venice YC/Venice Sailing Squadron. Buoy Race, PHRF Davis Island YC. Pram Jam, Juniors St. Petersburg Sailing Association. Women’s Commodore’s Cup 12 Bird Key Yacht Club. Sarasota Bay Cup, PHRF 12 St. Petersburg Sailing Association. 20th Annual Couple’s Race, PHRF 16-22 Key West Rendezvous, PHRF. Clearwater YC, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Naples Sailing & YC, Naples YC, Gulf Coast SC. 18 Florida Women’s Sailing Association/St. Petersburg YC. Women’s Racing 26-27 Davis Island YC. Youth School’s Out Regatta 26-27 Tampa Bay Catamaran Sailors. Memorial Day Regatta

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APRIL 1 Inaugural Opening Day Ceremony /Blessing of the Fleet.

Pensacola Yacht Club.

13-15 Lake Pontchartrain Multihull Championship.

Pontchartrain Yacht Club, Mandeville, LA 14 New Orleans Yacht Club Opening Day. New Orleans Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA 14 Southern Yacht Club Opening Day. Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA 14 Commodore’s Cup #2. Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL 14 Jourdan River Regatta. Bay Waveland Yacht Club, Bay Waveland, MS 14-15 Mobile Bay Youth Championship. Opti, 420’s Lasers.

Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL 14-15 Cruising Raft-Up. Pirates Cove. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL 21 Pat Gilliland (Capdevielle). Jackson Yacht Club, Jackson, MS 21 Crawfish Regatta (one design). Lake Arthur Yacht club, Lake Arthur, LA 21 Cruising Couples Regatta. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL 21-22 SEISA Mallory Baker Qualifiers (youth). Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA 22-27 Corsair Trimaran Nationals and Rendevous. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL 28 Preemie Cup Charity Regatta. Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, Pensacola Beach, FL 28 Dauphin Island Race. Lake Forest Yacht Club, Daphne, AL 28-29 Laser District 14 Championship. Gulfport Yacht Club, Gulfport, MS 28-29 Alfonso/Sutter Regatta (youth). Gulfport Yacht Club, Gulfport, MS MAY 5-6 GYA Opening Day (Capdevielle). Mobile Yacht Club, Mobile, AL 5 Jane England Catalina 22 (one design). Jackson Yacht Club, Jackson, MS 5 Sea Buoy Race (multihull). Key Sailing, Pensacola Beach, FL 12 Sea Buoy Race - Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, Pensacola Beach, FL 12-13 Match Racing Schweppes. Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA 12-13 POW Quarter Finals (Schweppes). Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA 19 Navy Cup - Navy Yacht Club. Pensacola, FL 19-20 Spring Regatta (Capdevielle). Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL 26 Memorial Day Regatta. Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL 26 Juby Wynne (one design). Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA 26 Slip to Ship (multihull). Ocean Springs Yacht Club, Oceans Springs, MS 26 Baker Cup (youth). Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA

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CLASSIFIED ADS BRAND-NEW 10’2 Aquastar sport dinghy, NEVER put in water, 4Pc plywood floor, inflatable keel, two seats, carry bag, Cost $1,800 yours for $1,000 (239) 370-2403. (5/07) _________________________________________ Port-a-Boat folding boat. 12 Ft. $400 OBO (727) 585-2814. Largo, FL. (6/07)

16’ Precision 165 Sailboat. This 2004 Sailboat is in Perfect condition. Includes 4stroke Yamaha 2.5 HP Outboard. Boat is built in Palmetto, FL. See web site for all details and retail price, www.precisionboatworks.com.

This boat list new for $10,995. I’m asking $9000 including motor. This boat can be seen at Regatta Pointe Marina, 1005 Riverside Drive, Palmetto, FL. Talk to the Harbor Master (941) 729-6021. (5/07) Mold to build traditional-shaped 18’ canoe.

Very sturdy split mold. Boats were built under the name Clearwater Canoe. Ellie’s Sailing Shop. St. Petersburg. (727) 442-3281. (6/07)

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Excellent condition. Private head. See http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingI D=76263 for pictures and details. $10,000 in FL. grafxman@indrev.com. (4/07) _________________________________________ 1968 Westerly Cirrus 22’. Stout little cruiser.

Yanmar 2005, Navik self-steering vane, standing headroom (6’), enclosed head. Lying in NE Florida. Ready to go. Excellent condition. $12,500. (228) 324-6504. (6/07)

1985 Jim Brown Searunner Trimaran. Great Cruiser. Rotating-wing mast. Balloon spinnaker. Harken Gear. Cockpit-controlled 9.9 Yamaha. Cruising Bahamas. Back mid-March.

Must sell. $27,500. OBO. (416) 346-8165.

(5/07) Viper 830. 28 ft. sprint sailboat with trailer, carbon mast, motor, instr, new sails, excel condition, plus extras, $39,500, located in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Call Mike (850) 2440001 or (850) 243-1804. (6/07)

24’ Seawind Catamaran. Fast pocket cruiser.

Sleeps 4. Safe, stable, 16’ beam. Great family boat. 18” draft, beachable. 8hp Johnson.

Hard decks. Demountable. Furling jib. Major refit 2006. $14,500. (941) 743-6322. (4/07) 1987 Hunter 26.5. Wing keel, new Honda electric start 8 hp, 4 stroke. New full batten mainsail, VHF radio, good bottom paint with trailer included $8,000. OBO (813) 3634685. (4/07)

30’ Stellar. 1986. Center Cockpit. Diesel, Great Coastal Cruiser, Autopilot, Depth/ Speed. Roller furling. 3 new batteries, new Dodger/Bimini, Dinghy with 8hp. Much more, must see. $24,600. Bradenton, FL. (941) 761-1161. (6/07)

Cape Dory 28. 1977, $14,900, good condition, New Mainsail, Solid cruiser, 9000# displacement, 3500# ballast, wheel steering.

(941) 747-2823.

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Located Bradenton, FL. (6/07) Catalina 30, 1988 Tall rig, wing keel, draft 3’10”. New full canvas, new fridge, genoa, battery charger, auto pilot, windless. Too many upgrades to list. Must see. $34,900.

(352) 597-4912. (5/07)

San Juan 28. 1980. FWC Yanmar. 700 Hrs., 4’ 6” draft, 4 sails included, all as new, Shore full batten main w/150 Genoa. 3 ground tackle, windlass, electronics, tiller autopilot, inflatable w/OB, no hurricane damage, sail away condition. $9500. For fax and info, call (586) 4680424, or (586) 405-2261. (6/07)

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Morgan 30 OI. Bottom paint, Yanmar engine/transmission overhaul ’06, interior/ plumbing/ electrical refitted ’03, auto pilot, depth, speed, GPS, two station VHF, refrigeration, inverter, 120-amp alternator, microwave, Origo stove, LaVac head, new inflatable, much more, cruise-ready. $29,800.

(941) 730-9654. AquitaineO/I30@aol.com.

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83 Storebro Royal 33’ This elegant craft features a large center cockpit w/wood wheel, African mahogany and tapestry upholstery throughout its interior, large aft & V-cabin, full Nav. station, pullman galley, heat/AC, refer, forward head/vanity/shower, new main and bottom plus many extras and in pristine condition, $56,900. Snug Harbor Boats, Atlanta, GA. www.snugharborboats.com. (770) 5409796. (4/07) 1989 Caliber 33 Sloop. Excellent condition.

Live-aboard/cruise-ready. Yanmar 20003.

110 Genoa 2004. solar panels, AC. dodger/bimini. Link 1000 Battery Management. $64,500 Contact Chuck at (813) 2055006.

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30’ Pearson, Racer/Cruiser Sloop, 1976 Red, Excellent cond., 2 mains, 3 jibs, 3 spinnakers, spinnaker pole. Tiller, marine radio, stove, new pot, sleeps 6, $11,900. Madeira Beach, FL terrycshan@aol.com. (727) 581-4708 or (727) 244-4708. (5/07)

1981 Cape Dory Cutter 30 Well-equipped cruising boat. Surveyed 2002 at $35K. Tough boat, no damages in Katrina. Volvo Diesel.

New head and sailcovers in 2005. $28,000.

John (228) 343-9546. (4/07) _________________________________________ 32’ Westsail (1977) Perkins 4-107 diesel, Aries vane, Harken roller furling, S-L windlass, 35CQR, 33 Bruce, cold plate refrigeration, air conditioning, Garmin chartplotter. Dodger & Bimini. Exceptional condition, little used. $54,000/OBO. Call (954) 560-3919. (5/07)

Sail/Live-aboard your own boat in the Bahamas. Beneteau Oceanis 351 (1997), UK registered, marina based in Bahamas, fully equipped and positioned to cruise Bahamas, U.S. East coast or Caribbean; includes new upholstery, inflatable w/3.3 Mercury, sails, running rigging, air conditioning unit, and full safety and live aboard equipment. $78,000 For full spec e-mail Colin@colin37.orangehome.co.uk. (7/07)

Hunter 34. 1985. $25k. Located at Harbor Pointe Marina, Lake Martin, Dadeville, AL. Excellent condition. Equipment list and photos available on request. nddavis@charter.net.

(334) 887-5236. (6/07)

1983 BABA 35’, Perry design for serious offshore cruising. New bottom paint. Many upgrades/spares. $85,000 (239) 410-2281.

Bayside Yacht Sales & Brokerage. (4/07) 31’ Catalina 310, 2004. Just taken in trade on new Catalina.

In-Mast Furling, Air Conditioning, Autopilot, ST-60 wind/speeddepth, VHF w/Ram Mic, Custom Bimini/windshield, Microwave, Nice condition $89,900 Massey Yacht Sales. 727-824-7262 St Petersburg, or 941-723-1610 Palmetto, FL.

1980 Irwin 37 Center Cockpit. Full Batten Mainsail. Roller Furl Headsail. Raymarine Radar Chartplotter. Depthsounder. Autopilot.

Boston Whaler Dinghy & 15hp Motor. New Canvas. New 22000 BTU Heat/Air. $49,500.

Call Gene Clark. (843) 812-9606. e-mail svvaruna@hotmail.com.

1995 Hunter 35.5 Only 615 hrs on Yanmar 27. New canvas, Navico autopilot, ST 60 depth, ST 60 speed, Furuno GPS, SGC SSB radio, Apelco VHF, dinghy w/OB engine, roller furling, full batten main w/dutchman, solar panel, S&L windlass, holding plate refrigeration, SS propane stove, 12000 BTU marine air, TV, stereo. Ready to sail with performance and pleasure. $59,900. www.cortezyachts.com.

(941) 792-9100 Gozzard 36, 1987 Paradise had refit in ’06 at Gozzard factory which included partial Awlgrip, new sails. Also, the bottom and the exterior wood stripped and redid ’06. Bob (314) 487-4543, rgruener@earthlink.net. $139,000 (5/07) _________________________________________ Already In The Caribbean. Pearson 365 Ketch. Stored in Grenada. Roller furling, watermaker, SSB, RADAR, Solar panel and many new updates. Sailaway condition. $59,500. Photos and more information, call (250) 545-2850. (5/07) _________________________________________ Hunter 37 Cherubini Cutter. Shoal drafr.

Good sails, spinnaker w/chute scoop and pole, Bimini, autopilot, davits, Yanmar diesel, recent bottom paint. $36,000. (251) 4767786. (6/07)

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2005 Hunter 38. Call for huge savings on this leftover stock! This boat is incredibly well equipped. The price includes full commissioning. Call Eastern Yachts at 561-844-1100

Moody 39, 1978. Need to get away? Need a new lifestyle? Try this 1978 Moody sloop.

She’s 39- ft-long, has a 6 ft draft and 13 ft beam.

She has three staterooms, a v-berth, over-under bunks and a double with loads of storage and two full heads with showers. There’s a nice galley with huge pantry, fridge/freezer, propane stove/oven and double sink. The salon is cozy and there’s even a great chart table with large drawers below. The center cockpit is huge!

This boat has crossed the Atlantic Ocean safely and been properly cared for for many years.

In 1999 she was repainted, the standing stainless rigging was replaced, a new roller furling system added and we had a rebuilt Yanmar diesel engine installed. We cruised the Caribbean and Bahamas for 4 years on this little boat and she has taken us safely wherever we asked her. We have not had time to enjoy her for several years now and she needs some TLC. Some new wiring, interior decorating, sails and someone to love her will make her new. Go online and check the Moody Web site (www. moody-yachts.com/moodyyachts/index. htm) and you’ll see the quality and value of these vessels. We are asking $50k since she needs work but will consider offers. Please call (727) 8676280 or for more information and location email: sailorfl@tampabay.rr. com . (4/07)

1984 O’Day 39. Performance Cruiser. Built in the USA under agreement with Jeanneau, the O’Day 39 is sleek, fast and loaded with equipment. Roller furling Main, Jib and optional Staysail. Only 4’ 11” draft, great for the Islands. New canvas with Bimini and Dodger.

Three, separate-cabin layout. Marine air conditioning and 5 KW Genset like new. Cabin heater, electric windlass, full galley with propane stove and oven, AC/DC refrigeration and cabin heater. Asking $66,000 visit www.cortezyachts.com for more details, or call Major Carter (941) 792-9100. (6/07) News & Views for Southern Sailors

1979 Bristol 40 Yawl. 40 HP Perkins Diesel, Harken Roller Furling, Main, Mizzen, 100% Jib, 140% Genoa, Epoxy bottom, cockpit table, propane stove, windlass, CQR anchor w/ 150’ chain, Fortress anchor, classic sailing yacht. Asking only $59,000. Call Major Carter at ( 941) 792-9100 or e-mail www.cortezyachts.com . (6/07)

Bayfield 40 Hull # 34 full keel 5’ draft, cutter ketch designed by H.T.Gozzard built in 1984.

Exceptional condition with lots of new gear.

Harken roller furling on all sails. Marine air, WS, WD, depth, VHF w/remote, SSB, cd/radio, autopilot, chartplotter, radar, dinghy, life raft $109,000 Call Major Carter or visit www.Cortezyachts.com (941) 792-9100

2005 Albin 26 The Boat of your dreams awaits. Never been in the water. LOADED. Volvo power. Volvo DP. Call for more information to Eastern Yachts at (561) 844-1100

2005 Albin 31. AC, 370 HP Engine. Must Go!.

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50’ 1991 Beneteau M-500, refit in 2005, new paint, canvas, chart plotters, radar, auto pilot, rebuilt transmission, new engine in ‘03. Good condition, documented, reduced for quick sale at $129,900. (541) 416-8956. Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (4/07)

Used Boat Gear for Sale. CQR 25 & 45#, Bruce 16 & 66#, Hookah by Airline, 55# Folding Fisherman anchor, Para-tech 15 w/Rode, Edson Rack & Pinion steering w/wheel, New awning w/side Curtains.

Nautical Trader, 110 E. Colonia Lane, Nokomis, FL. Shop online at www.nauticaltrader.net.

(941) 488-0766. _________________________________________ 85 LB Anchor. Danforth High Tensile.

Unused, still in shipping crate. Only $399.

(407) 967-2009. (5/07)

1987 Gulfstar CSY 50’. 2006 NEW 75 hp Yanmar. Phasar 7kw generator, a/c, 3 stateroom layout, spacious decks and comfortable center cockpit, aft swim platform. Well-maintained throughout. $139,000. (727) 2593489. (4-07)

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CLASSIFIED ADS 36 ft. mast. Dwyer 625, 2 Harken winches, Single spreader, 12 ft boom. new 2002. $1000; 2 speed Harken 32 winches $200 each.

Florida. (321) 536-7007. (5/07) _________________________________________ Martec folding prop 18x14x1-1/4 shaft $125. 22 lb. Danforth $35. Sealab SSB 7 crystals $25. Plastic holding tank “V” 24 gal. $20.

Plastic water tank 36 gal. $20. Located Melbourne, FL. Take it all for $175! (321) 431-4380.

(4/07) _________________________________________ Two Montague folding, full-size bicycles; perfect for cruising. Like new, with many extras, including soft carrying cases. “A bicycle that folds, not a folding bicycle.” $350 each.

(941)743-7156 or (941)504-3302. (4/07) Sea Gripper Storm drogue. For boats to about 54 feet. $75. (619) 277-0593. (4/07) _________________________________________ 25 hp Mercury Outboard four-stroke.

Brand-new. 2006. 0 hours. $2300. (239) 728-9813.

(4/07) _________________________________________ Watermaker, PUR PowerSurvivor 40E, perfect condition, manufactured 2001 but run less than one hour! Needs new membrane due to prolonged storage.

Includes unused Preventative Maintenance Kit. Guaranteed to work. $1600 + shipping. (941) 625-3293.

(4/07)

ENGINES FOR SALE

_________________________________________ Two 25HP Lombardini 903 diesel engines.

Parts available from Orlando. Good condition.

3200 hrs. With control panels. $3000 each or $4500 for both. (786) 325-6719. _________________________________________ Yanmar 1GM diesel. Completely rebuilt: all gauges, control panel, single lever speed/shift controls, coupler, shaft, prop, shaft log, motor mounts, fuel tank $ 2800. (727) 804-4508.

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BUSINESSES FOR SALE/ INVESTMENTS _________________________________________ FOR SALE: Florida East Coast Sail Loft Established 10 years. Well-equipped, extensive inventory and client list. Walking distance to several marinas. New sail design, construction and repairs. Custom canvas work, exterior/ interior, and cushions. Strong used sail inventory. Respond to LOFT220@hotmail.com. (4/07)

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SOUTHWINDS is looking for articles on boating, racing, sailing in the Southern waters, the Caribbean and the Bahamas, and other articles on the following subjects: marinas, anchorages, mooring fields, disappearing marinas/boatyards, marinas/boatyards sold for condos, anchoring rights, sailing human interest stories, boat reviews, charter stories, waste disposal—and more. Photos wanted, plus we want cover photos (pay $65) of both race and non-race subjects, but about sailing. Cover photos must be very high resolution and vertical format. _________________________________________ Writers and Ideas Wanted on Waterways Issues. SOUTHWINDS is looking for writers, acting as independent subcontractors to research and write articles on subjects discussed in the Our Waterways section. Must be familiar with boating, good at research, have computer skills, high-speed Internet access and work for little pay. Most important, must have a passion for the subject and want to bring about change and improvement of boaters rights, waterways access, and disappearing marinas and boatyards— with lots of ideas and energy to help bring about improvements through various means.

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Elevator, 2 pools, 2 tennis courts, clubhouse w/party room, weight room, hot tub. LEASE OR PURCHASE. $1,500 mo or $475,000.

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_________________________________________ Wet Slips Available - Port Canaveral Yacht Club has 30’ to 60’ wet slips available with direct Atlantic Ocean access. Contact (321) 784-2292 for details (www.pcyc-fl.org/). (6/07)

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_________________________________________ Racing Spinnaker. Neil Pryde Tri-radial Spinnaker. Nearly new. No patches or stains.

Approximate dimensions: Foot 32’4”, Leech 55’8”, Luff 64’. White, medium blue and light blue. $1800 or best offer. (813) 685-8737.

(4/07)

Deepwater Boat Slip Included! 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2-car garage townhome. Mariners Pass, St. Petersburg, FL. $299k. Loads of updates. Call Bob Sackett, Realtor (727) 5277373 ext. 112. Boat also available for sale.

(4/07)

DELRAY BEACH’S BEST KEPT SECRET. PELICAN HARBOR. Quiet, beauty directly on the wide Intracoastal Waterway! Yacht club, marina, tennis and breathtaking views of the water in this lovely home. Best offer! Call Zon (561) 620-1007 or Vickie (561) 7501981. (5/07) New construction luxurious 3/2.5 marina condo overlooking the Indian River (Intracoastal Waterway) in Melbourne, FL. Indoor parking, pool, short walk to historic downtown Melbourne. Contact Craig Howell (407) 864-2590. (5/07)

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New JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Leather Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Masthead Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,30,61 Mastmate Mast Climber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Nautical Trader/buy/sell/consign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 NEW JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Rparts Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Sailrite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Salty John Marine Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Southwinds Store Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,68 SSMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Watersports West/wet suits, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES Atlantic Sail Traders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Banks Sails/new, used, repair & canvas/ West Florida . . . . . . . . . . .55 Cruising Direct/sails online by North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Dwyer Mast/spars, hardware, rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Innovative Marine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 JSI - New JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Masthead/Used Sails and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,30,61 National Sail Supply, new&used online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 NEW JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 North Sails, new and used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Porpoise Used Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Quantum Sails and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Schurr Sails, Pensacola FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 SSMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Sunrise Sailing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 UK Halsey Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Ullman Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,21,67 CANVAS Banks Sails/new, used, repair & canvas/ West Florida . . . . . . . . . . .55 News & Views for Southern Sailors

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ix-million hits on any Web site is a pretty strong showing, but for those numbers to be tallied by a yacht club is astounding, let alone a yacht club with under 250 members.

However, that’s the number of hits New Orleans Yacht Club’s Web site, www.NOYC.org, struck in late March cementing its de facto claim as the mouthpiece for members of the Gulf Yachting Association—an unrivaled success story that can be easily modeled by any club willing to put in the effort.

Dave Erwin, a New Orleans CIO (chief information officer), who has helmed the Web site to its current level explains, “We’ve been very fortunate to have a bunch of good writers in the club, but along with that we’ve had some great stories to tell.”

A yacht club’s Web site has the capability of enhancing the community aspect that the club was originally designed to promote as well as being a channel for disseminating information to members and nonmembers. Erwin continues, “All the way around it’s about communication. The site truly can become the glue for the club and the broader sailing community, when they’re not on the water or hanging around the club. It can become an off-the-water yacht club. Our biggest asset has been our message board. It’s an incredible way of bouncing information and ideas, or to just talk smack before a regatta.”

NOYC.org averages nearly 1,800 unique visitors and 23,000 page views every day with the vast majority coming from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. However, there are large pockets of visitors who come from traditional sailing meccas around the country, including Annapolis, San Diego and Rhode Island. According to Erwin, “There are also some weird demographics coming in from France, Spain, Portugal and New Zealand. I don’t really know how to explain those.”

NOYC.org’s successful model is based primarily on content. “It doesn’t matter what the site really looks like, but unless there is new content, no one will really go back.” Erwin continues, “Some Webmasters get too focused on the technology or appearance of the site, when their

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The Virtual Yacht Club

By Troy Gilbert

time would be much better spent on generating content. People need to be interested in order to come back.

Web sites shouldn’t be simply there for directions and phone numbers.”

Nearly every yacht club has skilled members who would be willing to volunteer their time working on the Web site, writing and editing.

Erwin adds, “Clubs need to engage their members to write content along with someone to proof. Obviously, the higher the quality, the better the product. It’s also about ease of use. Visitors should be able to find what they’re looking for within two clicks.”

A club’s Web site doesn’t have to be expensive to operate in order to be successful. Domain names can now be purchased for under $15,

and in the least, sites can be set up and maintained for free by using simple resources such as Web blogs like Blogger.

While NOYC.org has gotten fairly sophisticated over the years, the club’s expenses are completely offset by local marine advertisers.

Erwin explains, “We don’t actually view our Web site as a moneymaking venture for the club. It is an enhancing service that we provide to our members. We have it set up so that the revenue that the site generates equals exactly what our costs are. It’s not a profit center, though it probably could be, but our goal is to provide the service at zero cost to our membership.”

A club’s Web site can also come in handy during extraordinary times.

After Hurricane Katrina, the value of NOYC.org exploded into focus. The local community used the resource as a means to track down missing individuals and post photos of flooded or undamaged homes along with damaged, destroyed or miraculously untouched sail and powerboats.

During the storm, the club’s Web site was hosted by a server in downtown New Orleans and went off-line almost immediately. Fortunately the club kept a mirror or back-up site, which was hosted on a server in Hong Kong. Within two days after the storm, CNN, Yahoo, MSNBC, Sailing Anarchy and others had linked up to the site for news as well as member photos, which were trickling in. Erwin was amazed at the site’s usefulness, “NOYC.org became a set of eyes into the harbor and the nearby neighborhoods.

On September 2, I received a call from our provider stating that we had already exceeded our monthly bandwidth and we had to move up into a more expensive hosting plan. As you’d suspect, it only took me a minute to explain what was happening before they waived all fees and restrictions. It was incredibly generous of them.”

Today, NOYC.org has primarily returned to its traditional focus on sailing and racing, but it still remains a valuable resource as a means of disseminating information on the recovery for the region. The Web site has truly become an integral asset for the club.

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