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Short Tacks: Sailing News from Around the South and the World of Sailing
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Bone Island Regatta Goes to Cuba By Alice Petrat
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Cuba. Finally! By Celeste Dorage
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Carolina Sailing: A Lowcountry Milestone — 125 Years of the Rockville Regatta By Dan Dickison
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Fusterland, a ceramic paradise in Havana, Cuba. Page 27. Photo by Celeste Dorage.
The Cal Cruising 36 boat review. Page 38. Photo by Barbara Bates. COVER PHOTO: Kids learning to sail at Bimini Bay Sailing off Anna Maria Island, FL. Photo by Bruce Matlack. www.BiminiBaySailing.com.
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n the May issue, I put a call out for information on a hybrid trimaran a friend of mine photographed in the Bahamas. The boat used a Macgregor 26 main hull with two Hobie 16 hulls as the amas. I thought it was ingenious. In June, I received a call from a reader in North Carolina who mentioned the Tremolino to me. It’s a Dick Newickdesigned 23-foot trimaran that used a newly designed main hull with Hobie 16 hulls as the amas, along with using the Hobie 16’s sailing rig. Another ingenious idea, but no big surprise coming from Dick Newick, well-known trimaran designer (Newick died in 2013). I remembered the name Tremolino, but only vaguely. That’s no surprise; it came out in the 70s. So I started poking around the internet and found out that the boat was quite popular, sailed well and had few problems (they say the amas weren’t buoyant enough), but people loved them— and many are still out there with faithful owners. I also found out that someone else addressed the problems of the Tremolino in a new design they created using Hobie 18
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hulls. Then I found out that using catamaran hulls for trimaran amas was done many times, including using Inter 20 hulls, Tornado hulls and Nacra hulls, to name a few. Seems to be a popular idea. Of course all this makes perfect sense, because all you need is the center hull to create a trimaran since the amas are already out there. In the 90s, Newick solved the problems that came with the older Tremolino and designed a new one using custom-designed amas. The Tremolino Boat Company built these boats for a while—both the old design and the new one. The company was in business from 1976 to 2009, so the only way you can get a new one today is to get plans and build it yourself. Plans can be purchased from private parties who have plans they purchased, or you can possibly buy a set of plans from Dick Newick’s widow, Pat Newick, although I am not sure how to get hold of her. Your best bet is to go to www.smalltrimarans.com, which has lots of info on small tris, including the Tremolino. If anyone out there owns one, I’d love to get a boat review on it. Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com.
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LETTERS BOATYARD CHARGES UNEXPLAINED I promised myself that when my sailboat turned 40 that I would have the boat painted and the bottom stripped of 20 years of paint and all running gear and standing rigging thoroughly gone over. I chose the yard, located in west Florida, where I had the work done, because the painter there had done a sister boat whose owner is a friend. Based on his recommendation, I chose this painter and the yard came by default. I visited the yard’s office and thoroughly went over all the charges I might incur. I agreed and signed the contract. The plan called for the boat to have the bottom stripped first and then the hull to be painted. As an option I would be charged $150 to have the boat moved undercover if requested by the painter. As it turned out, it was not necessary to move the boat. When I checked out before launching, I was charged a $150 fee for not moving my boat because it had inconvenienced the yard owner! Never did the management ask me to move the boat or mentioned to me that he had a problem in the two months the boat was there. At this point he had the upper hand, and if I wanted my boat launched, I had to pay in cash, which the yard demanded, and I did. I wondered why a nearby boatyard is so crowded and why so few boats stop here. I think I know why. As one of the reviewers stated about the owner, “It is his way or the highway." And if you want your boat, it is his way. Norman Meissner Punta Gorda, FL
AN ALMOST ENCOUNTER WITH A BRIDGE I thought you may like to hear of our almost encounter with a bridge. In the March 2010 edition of Sailing World magazine, there was an article titled, “Bridge Encounter.” The article described the encounter of a 35-foot sloop, name Lokahi, and a bridge. I read with great interest of the events, because my wife and I, while sailing our 36-foot Heritage West Indies sloop, Prelude, had a similar encounter with a bridge. As with Lokahi, we were circling in front of a bridge waiting for the bridge to open. Our bridge was also on the ICW in Fort Lauderdale. As with Lokahi, when we put the engine into forward gear, it did not respond. And again, as with Lokahi, we were pushed toward the bridge by the wind and current. Here, however, is where our story departs from the events that found Lokahi against the bridge where it sustained damage and required a tow. We considered dropping the anchor for a few seconds, as Lokahi did, but decided to unfurl the 140 Genoa and sail out of the impending crash with the bridge. In retrospect, this was a good decision. As the sail filled, we had control of Prelude, and according to the dock master at the Fort Lauderdale Marina, became the first boat to sail up to and pick up one of the mooring buoys put out by the city marina at Los Olas Blvd. We called a mechanic who found the problem, and repaired it. The next day, we were on our way home to our slip at Waterline Marina in Melbourne, FL Richard A. Bruning Melbourne, FL 8
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WIND ROSES: Each wind rose shows the strength and direction of the prevailing winds in the area and month. These have been recorded over a long period of time. In general, the lengths of the arrows indicate how often the winds came from that direction. The longer the arrow, the more often the winds came from that direction. When the arrow is too long to be printed in a practical manner, a number is indicated.
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Upcoming Events in the Southeast (Non-Race) Go to the Racing Calendar for regattas, local races and racing news • Educational/Training • Boat Shows • Seafood Festivals • Sailboat & Trawler Rendezvous • Other Events
LISTING YOUR EVENT To have your event listed, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Email us the information by the 1st of the month preceding publication. Contact us if a little later (it most likely will get in, but not certain). We will print your public event the month of the event and the month before. Rendezvous we print for three months. Events must be free, very low cost, or not for profit.
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary organizations throughout the country hold hundreds of regular boating courses on the various subjects. To find a course near you, go to www.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder. North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC On-going adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. Ongoing traditional boat building classes. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317. Boating Safety Courses— Required in Florida and Other Southern States Anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1, 1988, must take a boating safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more. Other states require safety education if born after a certain date. To see the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com. The course named “About Boating Safely” and “America’s Boating Course (ABC)” both satisfy the requirements.They are marked below with two asterisks (**): **Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. (904) 5029154. mchristnacht@comcast.net. www.uscgajaxbeach.com/ pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25 including materials.
**New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing. New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06 First Saturday of the month. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info **St. Augustine, FL, August 1, September 5. Coast Guard Auxiliary of St. Augustine. One-day course. St. Augustine Campus of St. Johns River State College, 2900 College Drive (off SR-16), St. Augustine. 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Early registration recommended. Contact Vic Aquino at (904) 460-0243. **Punta Gorda, FL, Sept. 5 and 12 (two, 4-hour days). Peace River Sail and Power Squadron, Punta Gorda Boat Club, 802 W. Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda. www.puntagorda-boating.org. IBEX — 2015 International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition & Conference, Louisville, KY, Sept. 15-17 Owned and produced by Professional BoatBuilder magazine and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), IBEX is the marine industry’s largest technical trade event. For boatbuilders, marine industry dealers, aftermarket suppliers and buyers, designers, repairers, surveyors, and boatyard/marine operators, IBEX is where better boats begin. Nearly 6,000 boatbuilders, boatyard/mari-
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Using GPS Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 23 Principals of waypoint navigation and shows you how to relate the GPS to your charts. The seminar also shows you how to operate your GPS—what the buttons do, what the screens show and how to access the functions you need. You will also get some tips for choosing a GPS if you do not currently own one. Materials include the waterproof Captain’s Quick Guide to Using GPS to take aboard your boat and remind you of the basic steps while underway. Bring your handheld GPS if you have one. Instruction is Free, materials $35 per family. 7-9 p.m., St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave. SE. Preregistration required at www.boating-stpete.org. Maximum 20 students. Anchoring Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, September 30 This is a two-hour class presented in one evening and is available to anyone 12 or older. The seminar explains how to select the appropriate anchor, rode and components and their use depending on sea and bottom conditions. Tables are used to determine the sizing of your anchor and its components based on the size of your boat. Materials include USPS’s Anchoring Quick Guide and student’s notes with copies of the presentation slides. St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Instruction is free, materials $35 per family. Pre-registration required at www.boating-stpete.org. US SAILING INSTRUCTOR AND COACH COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) For more on course locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, go to www.ussailing.org /education/teach-sailing, or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644. Check the website, since courses are often added late and after press date. For learning-to-sail and powerboat handling courses, go to www.ussailing.org/education.
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Small Boat Instructor Course Level 2 Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 1-2. Contact Julia Melton at julia.melton@lyc.org. Instructor Allison Jolly. Small Boat Coach Level 3 Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 29-30. Contact Julia Melton at julia.melton@lyc.org. Instructor Allison Jolly.
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6th Annual Southport Wooden Boat Show, Southport, NC, Sept. 26 The Southport Wooden Boat Show purpose is to promote interest in and disseminate knowledge of the craft and art of wooden boat construction, to support efforts to preserve wooden boat construction and skills, and to celebrate the region’s maritime and boatbuilding history. Held downtown on the waterfront at the Old Yacht Basin, wooden boats—both in the water and on land—will be on display and with awards given to Best Powered Boat, Best NonPowered Boat - Row/Paddle, and Best Non-Powered Boat Sail. An awards ceremony and dinner for exhibitors, guests and vendors will be at 5 p.m. There will also be a Seafood Chowder Cook-off with tasting and voting for best chowder. Live music. Event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Go to www.southportwoodenboatshow.com. (910) 477-2787
ities, inflatable slide, bungee obstacle, face painting, games, gumbo championship, continuous live entertainment throughout the weekend, and more. Point Cadet Plaza, Biloxi. Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Go to www.biloxi.org and click on Events. Admission charged.
38th Annual Pensacola Seafood Festival, Pensacola, FL, Sept. 25-27 Sample a variety of mouth-watering seafood dishes and enjoy continuous entertainment. Over 150 arts and crafts vendors on display. A children’s area is filled with activities for all ages. The Fiesta Seafood Grille offers cooking demonstrations where you can watch area chefs prepare regional delicacies. Enjoy foods such as grilled conch, seafood gumbo, oyster croquettes, soft shell crab, coconut shrimp, Caribbean crab cakes, and more. Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Downtown Pensacola at Seville Square, Fountain Park and Bartram Park. (850) 433-6512. www.fiestaoffiveflags.com.
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Tampa Boat Show. Oct. 2-4 Tampa Bay’s oldest and longest running boat show. Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL. NMMA. Basically a powerboat show. (954) 441-3220. www.tampaboatshow.com. 10-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10-6 on Sunday. $12. Ages 15 and under, free (when with adult). Purchase tickets online, at show, or by phone.
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2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, June 1-November 30 Visit the SOUTHWINDS hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com for articles and links to weather websites, hurricane plans, tips on preparing your boat and more. How to develop a simple plan to protect your boat—the best and simplest plan out there.
Windlasses New Member Coffee and Pram Sailing Lessons, August, Clearwater and Dunedin, FL, August 8-9, August 27 The Windlasses is a women’s sailing association open to sailing enthusiasts in the Tampa Bay area. Windlasses sail on Thursday mornings during the school year from the Dunedin Marina. The new-member coffee and orientation will be held on August 27 from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin. Membership is open only during August and September each year. In addition, the Clearwater Community Sailing Center is offering a “learn to sail a pram” course for prospective new Windlasses on August 8-9 at a significantly reduced fee. The Windlasses’ website is www.windlasses.org. If interested, email captain@windlasses.org, or call Janet Shellenberger at (727) 797-4375.
Pensacola Dragon Boat Festival, Sept. 12 Dragon boating simply put, is a boat of 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steer person paddling to cross the finish faster than their competition. It is a team sport in its purest form that encompasses the elements of power, speed, synchronization and endurance. Bayview Park, E. Lloyd St., Pensacola. (850) 723-0800
W.A.V.E. “A Day on the Bay,” Pensacola, FL Sept. 19 WAVE is an all-volunteer initiative organized and co-hosted by Navy Yacht Club Pensacola and Pensacola Yacht Club to honor disabled and combat-wounded veterans. “A
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Day on the Bay” features a ride on a private sailboat or powerboat for wounded veterans and an adult guest of their choice. Activities include an opening ceremony with color guard, live entertainment, and complimentary lunch and beverages. Free memento to registered veterans. Check website for weather related advisories and updates. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Plaza de Luna Park, 900 South Palafox Place, Pensacola. (850) 261-2062. www. flcommodores.org, go to WAVE link, then Northwest Florida link. Rain date Sept. 20.
Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) St. Pete Gam, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 19
Speakers will be covering topics, which will include: • Reefing, how & when by Bruce Bingham • Weather by Chris Parker • How to provision, store and cook on a cruise • Sailboat design • Outboard care and maintenance • Tips from a marine surveyor • Dealing with medical issues on board • Crossing the Gulf Stream • Search and rescue, what to expect • Wind and solar power • Skipper saver, what to do if the skipper becomes medically unable to command • Emergency communications aboard • Offshore sailing • Cruising the Bahamas
Held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, this gam will be a full day of nautical presentations, plus lite breakfast & buffet lunch from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Happy hour with a cash bar and raffle will be at 5 p.m., then at 6 p.m., will be dinner ($25) with a presentation about cruising Cuba on a sailboat. Vendors will be on site throughout the day.
Gam Registration is $35 for SSCA members and $45 for nonmembers. Non-members who join at the Gam will have the $10 savings applied to their membership. Register on-line at www.ssca.org, or contact Al Lima at bosbyshelllima@msn.com or (813) 230-5751.
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Pensacola Yacht Club Rally and Race to Cuba, Oct. 31 The Pensacola Yacht Club is organizing an offshore rally and race from Pensacola, FL, to the Hemingway International Yacht Club near Havana, Cuba, with a start on Okeechobee Water Level Goes Down Five Inches Since June As of press date in early July, Lake Okeechobee was at 12.21 feet above sea level, about five inches lower since early June. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 6.15 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 4.35 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 49.71 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to http://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.
Oct 31. The event is intended for experienced sailors and seaworthy cruising sailboats. The race management will be biased towards cruiser sailboats with the objective of doing an initial “trial balloon” race to Cuba to consider the feasibility of a recurring series, encouraging cruiser-type sailboat participation, and controlling participant costs. To accomplish these ends the organizing committee has planned the rally and race to include: • Wording in the NOR that places the full responsibility on the participating skippers to ensure the seaworthiness of their vessels, recommended compliance with the US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements (www.ussailing.org/safety/equipment-and-requirements) and to assure the competency of their crews. Some equipment will be mandated by the committee, and this will include offshore communication (SSB or Sat phone) and a vessel tracking system. • A starting window of up to three days to avoid poor weather at the discretion of either the race committee or participating skippers.
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• A Bermuda start so that the vessels will finish closer together, and the start will not be en masse. • Classes of Classic Cruisers (older than 25 years, with a SA/D of less than or equal to 16); Modern Cruisers (newer than 25 years old with a SA/D of less than or equal to 20); Racer Cruisers, and Multihull Cruisers. The organizing authority will have the authority to make specific exceptions if warranted and necessary. • Handicap adjustments for size, material, and age of sails; cruising equipment adding weight (dinghy, davits, radar, other gear not normally found on racers); cruising propellers, cruising canvas left in place (dodger, etc). Specifics will be included in the notice of regatta. All participants in the race will require licensing from the 16
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If you are interested, plan on it and let the organizers know. Additional information, including a notice of rally and race will be distributed in the next 45 days. The contacts are Bob Kriegel (bkriegel@panhandle.rr.com (850) 455-7695, or Dave Oerting, PYC Fleet Captain, (850) 444-6512.
FWC Derelict Vessel Meeting FWC Headquarters, Tallahassee, Florida, July 15 By Fred Braman A FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) workshop concerning derelict vessels (DVs) and those vessels that authorities believe are “at risk” of becoming derelict, was held in Tallahassee in July. The FWC is currently tracking over 300 derelict vessels throughout the state and another 44 that are considered “at risk” of falling into that category. The overarching goal of the workshop was to identify several impediments local authorities have in effectively dealing with the DV problem and determine what actions might be taken. About 50 people attended the all-day event, representing all areas of the state, and included: FWC personnel, Florida legislative staff, law enforcement, legal counsel, marine industry advocates, local marine safety and waterway coordinators,
About 50 people attended the FWC workshop on derelict vessels in Tallahassee.
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U.S. Coast Guard, Southern Seas Cruising Association, and BoatUS. It is expected that the DV problem will be considered by itself, and the group did not stray into other anchoring issues. Four major problem groupings were identified, relating to: • Vessel registration and ownership. This problem area concerns the difficulty in determining DV ownership and responsibility avoidance loopholes which often impede prosecution. • Vessel condition and operability, including those in private marinas, but using state waters. Every DV case requires an investigation, and every one is different. • DV management and removal funding. • Enforcement capabilities; budget, staffing, etc.
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owner of record, and potentially responsible for a future DV, if the buyer does not register the vessel. According to present law, sellers are required to notify their DMV when a boat is sold. Few do so, nor is it widely known to be a requirement. Change regulations to allow the prosecution of responsible parties for DVs and not just vessel owners. People living aboard DVs and responsible for the condition are frequently not the owner. Elevate having a registration expired greater than six months to a criminal offense, just like automobiles. Long overdue expirations are considered the first indicator of a future problem boat. Freeze title transfers for DVs, and those vessels undergoing DV investigation, preventing the transfer of responsibility. FWC should have a funding request for DVs in their budget. Institute time limits on vessels stored in the water and prohibit long term rafting of vessels. Rafted vessels often become a DV “neighborhood.”
This problem was discussed during the last legislative session, and, although no action was taken, there remains considerable interest and DVs are again likely to be an issue. FWC plans three additional public meetings in other parts
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registration fees, which were most recently increased in 2013 to fund dredging and lake weed control. To see a complete list of fees, go to: BoatUS.com/gov/ncfeechart. As of the SOUTHWINDS press date in early July, the General Assembly in North Carolina had still not voted on this bill.
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Stanton Murray Announced as New Owner of SailTime Tampa Bay
As part of the current North Carolina budget debate, the state General Assembly was considering in June legislation that would impose a significant new user fee on all recreational boats 24 feet and longer that are used in coastal waters. For example, the costs proposed for the new North Carolina “Coastal Waterways User Identification Fee” for a 25-foot boat would be $75, $128 for a 32-foot boat, and $200 for a 40-footer. This fee would also apply to any out-of-state vessel fishing in North Carolina coastal waters. Combined with registration fees, the proposed Coastal Boat Fee would be the highest state-imposed charges on recreational boats nationwide. The proposed fee would be in addition to current state
In June, SailTime Group LLC announced that Stanton Murray became the new owner of the Tampa Bay SailTime franchise. Murray is the president of Murray Yacht Sales, Inc., which specializes in the sale of new and used power and sailing vessels 30-60 feet in length. His company is the largest dealer of Beneteau sailboats in the Southeast market. Murray has also operated an American Sailing Association sailing school since 1983. Other Beneteau dealerships in the U.S. have integrated with SailTime and new Beneteau yachts will be available in the SailTime fractional membership program. For more information on SailTime Tampa Bay, go to www.sailtime.com/tampabay.
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In Cuba. Group shot showing 18 of the 19 crewmembers who went on the “race” to Cuba. Only regatta organizer Alice Petrat (the photographer) is not in this photo.
Bone Island Regatta Sails to Cuba May 27 By Alice Petrat, Regatta Organizer
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tion in both the U.S. and Cuba. The small but enthusiastic fleet departed Key West on May 20 with a float plan endorsed by the U.S. Coast Guard. The sail to Cuba was a motor sail under benign conditions. During a gracious welcome reception hosted by Jose Miguel Diaz Escrich, commodore of the Club Nautico Internacional Hemingway de Cuba, the commodore and Alice Petrat, the founder and organizer of the Bone Island Regatta, presented awards to the boats that made the trip: Spring Fever of Cortez, H20 of Naples, Shearwater of Sarasota and White Hawk of Sarasota. All boats have Florida homeports. Three days of organized tours were arranged by Cuba Tour Travel to be in compliance with the people-to-people license. These tours, with local guides, allowed the sailors to sample the history, architecture, art, cuisine and mystique of a small part of this 600-mile long island nation. While the fleet was prepared to be self-sufficient during the visit, we discovered ample local availability of diesel fuel, water, groceries and Havana Club. The Cuban people were affable and keen to engage, and the entire experience was a sheer delight. The Cuban people were welcoming, gracious and eager to establish friendships with Americans; it felt like old friends seeing each other again after a long separation. Although the politicians on both sides of the Florida Straits still have matters to resolve, it was clear to all of us that on a person-to-person basis, there is already in place a warm and substantial bond of friendship and mutual respect. With a moderately challenging passage added to the mix, The Cuba leg of the Bone Island Regatta is an enticing option to consider. *See the article on the Bone Island Regatta to Key West in the July issue in Back Issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com. www.southwindsmagazine.com
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was fortunate enough to be in the Cuba leg of the Bone Island Regatta in May. I crewed on board a Catalina 34, Spring Fever, owned and captained by Pat Roberts. Alice Petrat of the Sarasota Yacht Club had worked on this regatta for the last two years. Finally, the pieces fell together with the changes in the Cuba policy that began last fall. Departure from Key West was scheduled to be at 2 p.m., on May 20. Four sailboats, H2O, White Hawk (Alice Petrat and husband’s boat), Shearwater and Spring Fever and their crews made the trip—19 people. The day before, the wind forecast for the start was dismal. By morning, we all agreed that we would not be able to race. Our priority was to get to Cuba on schedule! So we would motor sail. In spite of that forecast, a light sea breeze picked up as we were making our mock crossing at the starting line out by Tank Island, just off Key West. With great hope and enthusiasm, we sailed gently out the Southwest Channel with a tangerine sun setting against an awesome canary sky as I gazed off the starboard rail in the
heat of the late afternoon. Into the night, all was calm. The wind would not pick up for hours to come. Crossing the lumpy gulfstream sometime after midnight, we snagged a wad of crab trap line. Wrapping itself around the prop and shaft pretty well, it shut down the engine. We were dead in the water in the Florida Straits. Crewmember Steve bucked up and dove overboard to see how bad it was. He had cut a few pieces away, when we all decided it was too dangerous in the dark and the chop. We radioed to the regatta with our dilemma, and one of the other boats came back to toss a line and tow us out of the Stream and into the morning light. The second attempt in daylight to clear the prop went much better. The line was cut, and with no damage to the shaft or prop, off we went turning west along the coast of Cuba to make up for being set so far east overnight. Six hours late, about noon on the second day, we hit the entrance mark for Hemingway Marina.
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Entering Cuba Proceeding to customs as directed, we were boarded and inspected. Cuban customs looked for firearms, raw food products, checked all our passports and stamped a separate visa. A little dog sniffed for drugs. They issued the vessel an importation permit for 55 CUC (Cuban Convertible Currency) that will be good for one year from the stamp date. Lucy, another crewmember aboard who speaks perfect Spanish, translated for us. Our experience with Cuban Customs was flawless. The marina dockhands took care to tie our boats along
Celeste Dorage (center) with family members of the Bed and Breakfast she stayed at while in Havana.
a seawall where electric hook-ups were available in any configuration that was needed. The marina facility is part of a resort with a hotel and other accommodations. We were right near the clubhouse, the pool, the showers and the main hotel lobby. Here we could exchange money and get internet cards to use on the hotel computers. This is a marina facility that hosts a constant flow of international boating events. All kinds of vessels, large and small, are arriving from all over the world almost every day. Our four sailing yachts were small peanuts compared to the 65th Annual Hemingway International Fishing tournament that came in right as our group was leaving to go back to the U.S. Cuban Guide Service As soon as we were tied off to the seawall, we were welcomed by David Oberting and his staff, Antonio (Tony) and Jose, of Travel Guide Cuba (TravelGuideCuba.com). For the next four days, they would be our U.S.-licensed and mandated travel agents, certified to guide us through Habana on our sanctioned “people-to-people cultural exchange” itinerary. There is a per/person fee for this service. Each group’s cost will differ depending on the amenities included in the package that is designed for that group’s needs. It also includes the tour company’s overhead. For instance, internet and phone calls are substantially higher in Cuba than here. Travel to Cuba is not included in this fee. Included in this guide service are: • Required group leader with Cuba experience. • Air-conditioned transportation, including driver who takes the group to and from the daily activities • Expert English-speaking Cuban tour guide who is with the group from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m., educating and entertaining the group • Entrance fees to cultural and important sites • Speaking fees to experts, historians or artists like the cigar expert at the Partagas Cigar factory or the art aficionado Adolfo at the Museum of Fine Arts. • Lunch each day at the finest handpicked Habana Paladares, including two alcoholic beverages. Tony, Jose and David were on call to help with any nighttime activities guests would like to do. David refers to it as “our Cuban Concierge service.” They can arrange tickets or transportation to any events, like shows or clubs etc. They
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A street in Havana. Notice no cars on this street.
are also available to consult with the clients before the trip to prepare for the tour and will provide documents to the passengers so they know what to expect in Cuba. Without the travel guide and the “people to people” documentation, we are still technically open to federal laws prohibiting commerce with an unsanctioned foreign nation. But you get awesome tour guides who have already searched out the best restaurants, bars and places of interest for you ahead of time, and they know where you can get your money exchanged. They will also help you with changes you may need with your travel itinerary. For example, the day we were scheduled to sail back, the weather turned bad, with the winds blowing 30 knots, gusting to 40 knots. At that time, the outlook was sustained for the next few days. I had a tight schedule with no time to wait up to three days. I needed to be back in Florida in time to maintain my calendar. I merely asked if it would be possible to fly back, if it would be an inconvenience to the group. David and Antonio jumped on this request with the most urgency. Keep in mind, there is very little internet in Cuba and cell phone service is not what we are accustomed to. Our phones do not work there. So, if need be, these guys will actually jump in a car and go talk to people when they need something done! What a concept! Very old school, but that’s life in Cuba. They made arrangements with a travel company for me at the Habana Airport, picked me up in the morning, drove me to the airport, introduced me to the representative and translated for me.
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Bone Island Regatta boats on a seawall in Cuba. On the far right is Shearwater. In front of Shearwater is Greg and Alice Petrat’s schooner White Hawk.
Hemingway International Yacht Club Commodore José Miguel Díaz Escrich of the Hemingway International Yacht Club of Cuba was also very instrumental to the success of the regatta. He was more than welcoming to the American arrivals, and his hospitality during their stay was unrivaled. The commodore has been trying to recruit U.S. vessels to come to Cuba for the last 23 years and this event just happened to land on the Yacht Club’s 23rd Anniversary. This was a very special moment for him as we could see the tears fall from his eyes at the arrival-night cocktail reception, which he graciously hosted. His speech was energetic and impassioned. He spoke about the value of perseverance and making the world a better place by coming together through activities like this one. He presented each boat with a burgee, and in return, Bone Island Regatta honored him with one of our T-shirts that read “2015 Bone Island Key West to Havana Race” with all the boat names printed across it.
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Touring Cuba The hotel was booked by then, so The next three days were filled with the Antonio found me a Bed and required “people to people” events. In Breakfast in the nearby Mira Mar disthe morning, a shiny, new air-conditrict for 45 CUC a night. I got to expetioned bus was waiting for us in front rience a taste of living with a Cuban of the marina hotel. There were many family. My room was air conditioned highlights but here are just a few. and very comfortable. Filled with Our activities began with a memoantiques that my host Margarita colrable tour of Old Havana. Our profeslected over the years. She was wonsional tour guide, Andrees—known as derful. We spoke broken English and “El Teacher” who earned that nickSpanish together over the delicious name while being a teacher of English breakfast she prepared each morning. in Cuba—led the tour. He filled it with Then she invited me to join her family history, comedy, pride in his country for dinner one night. I learned so and many Cuban anecdotes so we much about day-to-day life in Cuba could better understand the island. We from them. We are not so different. had a wonderful stop at Fusterland and were able to meet the world-renowned The Return Flight Jose Fuster, who created this wonderful The flight back was just like flying out ceramic paradise. Some of us purof anywhere else; I had to buy a tickchased his works of art at the gift shop. et, I had to go through customs, etc. I We dined at many restaurants asked the customs officer specifically during our stay, including Star Bien to stamp my passport. She said, in and Vedado, eating mouthwatering English with a darted look at me, Fusterland, one of stops on the tour of Havana, fried pork chops, ropa vieja and fresh is an art center of ceramic art created by Jose “Are you sure?” I said yes, I am sure. red snapper—topped off with When we landed in Miami, Fuster. flan and ice cream. There was a the customs officer asked me trip to the Partagas Cigar factofor my passport and my decry. We watched workers roll laration page of what I was Cohiba, Romeo and Juliet, bringing into the country. I Monti Cristo, etc. Another trip was in compliance, so he went to the Havana Rum factostamped my passport and let ry. I missed that one. That’s me through. It took longer to another story that involves a walk through the airport and ride in a bright orange vintage get a rental car! You have to ‘53 Chevy convertible taxicab. declare what you bring back Lots of fun! Vintage cars are in, but the limit is high everywhere in Cuba. enough to allow you to purAnother trip took us to the chase items to bring back. San Jose Arts and Crafts The entire trip and Market, where we were able to process of entering Cuba, interact with the Cuban peoleaving Cuba and returning to ple. Everyone purchased a the U.S. was very uneventful. treasure trove of magnificent The swimming pool is part of the resort that includes the Club From the Cuban perspective, Cuban art, crafts and sou- Hemingway. The pool is right next to the seawall where the boats as long as we are not doing venirs, while doing their best were docked. Notice the mast of one of the boats on the left. anything illegal, we are welto haggle the prices lower. come to travel around Cuba On day three, the tour went to the Museum of Fine Arts freely. From the U.S. perspective, our government requires Cuban collection with a private tour by Adolfo, whose intithat we follow the embargo rules. They can change daily mate knowledge of art and politics was very enlightening. and that is where the tour guide company and the fees The tour ended at the famous fortress known as “El Morro,” attached come into play. They are on top of all the changes. which is located at the entrance of the Bay of Havana and They take care of all that for us. protected Cuba from the Spanish and pirates for centuries. Most Cubans, even officials, are not that aware of how After the scheduled events each day we were on our our embargo rules are changing. They are just going to work own to do whatever we liked. Some went to see cabaret everyday to make a living, just like us. They are not that shows in town at the Café Parissian. Some checked out the concerned with our problems. There are tourists from all music at the Buena Vista Social Club. Others partook in a over the world in Cuba everyday. barbecue at Club Nautico one evening. Some just floated in the pool at the hotel with a glass of rum. CaptainCeleste, LLC/Captain Celeste Sailing is planning another trip in October with Travel Guide Cuba and the Hemingway Staying at a Cuban Bed and Breakfast Marina. 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The New Orleans Lightship Race By Troy Gilbert In light of the horrific and tragic events that fell on the 57th running of the Dauphin Island Race this past April, it is important to remember that the spring is a glorious month for sailing on the northern Gulf Coast, but it can also be dangerous. As reinforcing cool fronts make their way down towards the Gulf of Mexico they begin to run into unstable tropical air which can cause violent and explosive weather patterns. The five sailors who lost their lives on Mobile Bay are a cautionary tale to sailors everywhere as is the following harrowing and littleknown story that took place offshore the barrier islands in 1983— neither of which was under any weather watches or warnings.
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ext thing I know, I’m disoriented and on my back on the cabin floor in salt and bilge water. I look up and Harvey has got his front teeth knocked out and I scramble out on deck and see in the lightning that we’re close to a breaker line, but worse—there’s no one in the cockpit. I thought...hell of a @#%&#@! situation.” Legendary sailor and eventual Commodore of Southern Yacht Club, Hjalmer Breit was onboard Big H, a Charlie Morgan-designed Heritage One-Ton, racing in the deadly 1983 New Orleans Lightship Race in the Gulf of Mexico. Only six boats would finish the race out of the 38 that started, and no one would dispute that the U.S. Coast Guard had earned their pay that weekend. Once part of the Gulf Ocean Racing Circuit (GORC), the 180-mile Lightship Race ran a triangular ocean course outside the protection of the barrier islands of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Forming the boundary between the Gulf of Mexico and the shallows of the Mississippi Sound, these barrier islands are uninhabited long spits of narrow sand dunes peppered with pine and oak trees that parallel the coast and mark the rapid rise of the seafloor from deepwater to less than 12 feet. Late March is an ideal weather window before the Gulf Coast’s hot summer doldrums, but reinforcing cool highpressure systems diving south and colliding with warm Gulf moisture can raise atmospheric havoc including serious sustained winds. However, predictions were reasonable that weekend with nothing higher than 25 knots. Conditions Worsen Right After the Start The 38-boat PHRF start was in a strong wind and building southerly with heavily overcast and threatening skies and only a few boats opted to DNS and stay in the marinas. Conditions started worsening quickly throughout the race
as the cold front approached from the north and several boats had serious issues in the first few miles and didn’t make it past the mark at Ship Island Pass, let alone into the open waters of the Gulf. Guy Brierre who crewed with Breit on the Heritage One-Ton describes the first few hours of conditions where some of the boats were in “survival“ mode before the first mark, “It was a shallow beat to the Ship Island Pass and we started with a #2. Almost immediately we went to a #3, and by the time we hit the pass, we were going to a #4, and then we reefed the main. Remember; many of these were old, heavy boats.” These were still the days of Gulf Coast sailing legends like Tommy Dreyfus and Buddy Friedrichs, and where LORAN and dead reckoning were king, crews were spoiled if they had enough water or dry crackers onboard, let alone life jackets. But even on many of these heavy displacement boats with winds reported from nearby offshore oil rigs approaching
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ditions around Petit Bois sustained 40 knots with Island. On Slot Machine, gusts as high as 65 and most of the crew was seas over 15 feet, it was puking below as they too much, and catastronow pounded through phes started occurring the still chilly Gulf water on the water. under maximum reef on Several hours into the main and a storm jib, the race and nearing the and with every fourth or first mark, a C&C 40 had fifth wave completely a small electrical fire and pooping the cockpit. lost most of her electronThompson continues, “I ics. Along with a Hobie would like to say that 33 who lost her port we were great seamen spreader, both immediand all of that, but most ately retired from the of us puked around the race. Upon docking in course and just did the Gulfport marina, their work that we had to do crews were not surto try and get back.” prised to hear that several other boats had Surf Increases already returned to the Closer to Shore marina or were motorAs the boats came into ing back to New Orleans contact with the shalthrough the protected lowing waters along the MRGO Channel without southern shores of the their masts. A crewbarrier islands, the erratmember on the retired ic rollers were forced C&C recalls, “I crashed higher and higher. Guy in Gulfport that afterBrierre onboard the Herinoon and by early the next morning, I remem- Slot Machine, a Lindenberg 30, being recovered off Petit Bois Island. The crew tage One-Ton describes the fitful last minutes ber the hotel was shak- abandoned the boat in the surf off the island. where Big H was cratering. I went to check it out ing down in troughs between the waves so that to see the and the wind was easily howling at over 60 knots out of the sky you had to look straight up. “Our forestay tang southeast. I left and went over to the yacht club and joined sheered with a loud bang and the only thing holding the everyone quietly listening to the mayday calls and the mast forward was a baby stay and the jib luff. We quickly efforts by the Coast Guard to rescue them.” ran halyards forward to the surviving jib-tack horns and The majority of the fleet was offshore and now rolling cinched them tight, saving the mast. No longer able to sail, in the steadily worsening conditions, and by the next afterwe began motoring north, with huge help from the now noon, the weather following seas to try to find the pass and put in at had truly turned. Pascagoula. It was the middle of the night now, and you Many of the smallcouldn’t see a thing, but you could hear each wave as it er boats still in the approached like a freight train. I went below off shift and race, such as a J/29 it’s amazing how attuned and accurate your ears become and a S 27.9, were at moments like this. We heard the next wave coming. surfing around the course at 15-plus knots with a blade and Instead of it being behind us, it was above us. The wave no main. By all accounts, turning past the Mobile Sea Buoy broke over the first set of spreaders and the boat pitchand heading back to the west is when everything really poled into a fully inverted position.” started to hit the fan. The combination of the cold front carTopper Thompson onboard Slot Machine, the Lindenberg rying with it 50-plus sustained winds and the shallower 30, explains their eventual forced removal from the regatta waters near the Gulf Islands were creating an irresistible and their mayday calls, rogue waves started coming in formula for disaster. Unaware that behind them a 34-foot Ericson’s keel was separating from the hull and had to be bailed continuously, or that Breit’s Heritage One-Ton was ahead of them in similar trouble, Topper Thompson on Slot Machine, a Lindenberg 30 custom light displacement, states, “After rounding the Mobile Bay sea buoy, it was deemed safest to earnest. On top of the 12-foot seas running at the time, occajust get home to Gulfport offshore rather than dropping out sional monsters would come through and break on top. It and risking threading it through one of the shallow narrow was one of these waves in particular that came through and passes in the islands.” seems to have been the harbinger of disaster. The wave Almost all of the remaining boats in the race opted for broke, and flipped her stern over the bow. In the same that safe decision and that led them into the really bad con32
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motion, the rudder was broken off. The boat came up, rig intact, but no steerage. A sea anchor was deployed, but it did not bring the bow into the wind. Slot Machine had no control, and was broadside to the breaking waves. The crew got below deck, wedged themselves into place with sails and tried to stow all potential projectiles. A Mayday was put out and the Coast Guard was contacted. In the middle of communication with the Coast Guard, the boat rolled again and this time the mast hit the bottom and communication with the Coast Guard ceased. Only a few miles away, the Heritage One-Ton had righted and Hjalmer Breit climbed through the debris in the cabin and made his way into the empty cockpit. As the vessel bore down on the breaking shoreline, Breit immediately scrambled and found the two crew hanging off the stern attached via harnesses. He had an immediate choice to make, one of the crew was a 350-pound linebacker who had played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and the other, as Breit explains, “Owed me money.” Choosing wisely he pulled in the average weight man, and then along with two other crewmembers who came from below, the four pulled the linebacker in from the water. Slot Machine A few boats got lucky in the horrendous conditions and miraculously snuck through the passes between the barrier islands, but Slot Machine wasn’t so lucky. Within the next hour, the boat started pounding on the beach of Petit Bois Island and Thompson and his crew abandoned ship into the heavy surf. He recounts, “We were eight souls aboard Slot Machine during the Lightship Race. All survived the foundering, suffering some degree of hypothermia after having been exposed to rain and 42-degree temperatures on Petit Bois Island. Luckily, our watch captain at the helm during the pitchpole was harnessed to the rail and only suffered cracked ribs when he bent the stern pulpit and broke through the lifelines.” Having secured the crewmembers, Breit was amazed to discover that the Heritage One-Ton’s engine had kept running while inverted. They now steered Big H away from the
board, which was useless and only in the water half the time. Hours later, the crew of Slot Machine was rescued from Petit Bois while planes and helicopters continuously searched for Nelson Roltsch. Tragically he was never found, nor was his body recovered. An accomplished Laser sailor, well-liked and with fiery red hair, he had also won a national scow championship at age 16. He had entered Tulane in 1981 and had spent the summer as a charter captain, having earned his U.S. Coast Guard Captain’s License at age 18. Today, Tulane University of New Orleans continues to remember Nelson by holding a well-attended and very competitive collegiate regatta in his name. Reflecting on the trials so many years ago onboard Slot Machine, Topper Thompson states, “As I recall, we never knew that Nelson was lost until Monday. I think we just trudged off the Coast Guard boat and into the car, heading for home. I remember that I fell asleep in the bathtub. When we first heard that he had been lost, my initial response was that that could not have happened on the boat that I was on, but after thinking more carefully, it began to dawn on me that it could have happened to anyone, on any of the boats, and that it was amazing that it didn’t happen more often.”
breakers and were spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter. Using their searchlight and determining the Big H was in the least distress, the Coast Guard directed them through to one of the passes and into the protected waters of the Sound where the seas almost immediately dropped from 15 feet to what seemed like one-foot waves. Dealing with multiple mayday calls and making assessments on the fly, the Coast Guard helicopter then screamed away to search for a 19-year-old Tulane student, Nelson Roltsch, who had been washed off a J/29 along with their helmsman by a rogue wave. The J/29 crew had successfully recovered the helmsman, but were unsuccessful in attempting a recovery of Roltsch, sailing into the breaking seas and headwinds while attempting to use a 7 1/2-hp overNews & Views for Southern Sailors
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A Lowcountry Milestone By Dan Dickison
A lot can happen in a century and a quarter. But in the case of the Rockville Regatta, which celebrates its 125th edition this August, not much has— and that’s just as it should be.
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ne hundred and twenty-five years of existence. Let’s put that in perspective. The National Geographic Society turned 125 two years ago. The Daughters of the American Revolution is 125 years old this year. And 125 years is how long California’s Yosemite has been a national park. It’s also how long the races at Rockville have been going on. As veteran participants know, the Rockville Regatta is a unique event. These days, it’s customarily just three around-the-buoys races played out over the span of a day and a half, punctuated by two evenings of festivities and a final awards ceremony. But it’s the setting, the history and the context that set this event apart. Imagine a broad, current-ridden river split lengthwise by a series of buoys. One half is given over to sailboat racing by a small fleet of daysailing boats, while the other is occupied by an enormous flotilla of spectator craft ranging from single-person kayaks to 80-foot fishing boats with nearly every other kind of vessel in between. Well over 250 boats cram into this space, their crews celebrating raucously with music, frivolity and copious libations. On the other side of the river, at the Sea Island Yacht Club, the celebrations are a little more staid, befitting the host of this longstanding tradition. The Races at Rockville, as this gathering used to be known, were once a formal affair where participants and onlookers arrived in coats and ties and dresses. Though the early history of these races isn’t well documented, some facts are known. The competition was born when Jenkins Mikell of Edisto Island and John Sosnowski of Wadmalaw Island met on the briny waters of the North Edisto River during the summer of 1890 to settle a challenge regarding who was the region’s superior waterman. No record exists as to which one issued the challenge, nor who actually crossed the finish line first, but it’s taken as fact that this duel between two young Sea Island cousins set in motion a tradition that has become one of the country’s longest-running maritime contests. You can’t fully appreciate this event without knowing something about the village of Rockville, which sits some 30 minutes southwest of Charleston near the tip of Wadmalaw Island. Rockville is the quintessential southern hamlet where historic homes and enormous live oak trees draped in Spanish moss line the lone dirt street that stretches through the village. Life here seems to move at a glacial pace, more suggestive of the 19th century than the current era.
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An enormous flotilla of over 250 spectator craft ranging from single-person kayaks to 80-foot fishing boats—and nearly every other kind of vessel in between—cram into one side of the river, their crews celebrating raucously with music, frivolity and copious libations while they watch the race on the other side of the river. Photo by Priscilla Parker.
But during the first weekend in August each year, the village bristles with activity, most of that taking place out on the aforementioned river (which is actually Bohicket Creek). An estimated 2,000 people swarm the area, a great many of them arriving by water. And for a day and a half, Rockville becomes the epicenter of boating activity in the South Carolina Lowcountry. For generations, families connected with Rockville have been congregating here during the summer and attending these races. “It’s definitely a special event,” says Sea Island Yacht Club commodore Capt. Brad Rumph. “A lot of the folks who participate grew up around here and have been going to the races since they were tiny. I’ve been doing this ever since I could get into a life jacket. And what many of us appreciate about Rockville and the club is that time really does seem to stand still down here.” Rumph, who is in his second year as commodore, will be overseeing the regatta from the vantage point of his center-console powerboat. He knows that race management is in the competent hands of Dick McGillvary, who has been handling that role for nearly 20 years. Though Rumph doesn’t mention it, he’s apt to be more concerned about the dynamic that plays out between the racers and the massive spectator fleet. “Having been on both sides of the river, I can definitely appreciate the perspective of the spectator fleet. It’s true, a lot of those folks don’t really understand that there’s a regatta going on, they’re just out there to have a good time. But we support that. In fact, we invite them to come to the club on Saturday evening to enjoy the party. Ultimately, we simply want to ensure that this is a fun and safe sailing weekend. Over the years, that has meant a growing presence on the part of law enforcement agencies, but I think www.southwindsmagazine.com
having all of those agencies on the scene keeps everything in balance. And I have to say that the spectators have been well behaved the past four or five years.” For Rumph—and nearly everyone associated with the Rockville Regatta—a highlight is the presence of the Sea Island One Design (SIOD) fleet. These boxy, scow-like boats are revered here, and with good reason. Ernest Grimball’s Undine chases the James Island Yacht Club’s Cygnet downwind in Sea Island Introduced in 1947, these craft trace One Design class action. Photo by Priscilla Parker. their lineage to this part of WadAndrews, a longtime club member who wrote an article in malaw Island and they’ve evolved to become emblems of 1986 praising the “tradition of the SIOD,” they were origithe tradition carried on by the regatta. Numerous local nally built to last just five or six years. But that’s just the way sailors grew up racing SIODs, as they’re called, vying for it is with some traditions. You don’t know at the outset that bragging rights. And it’s not lost on anyone that these boats you’re establishing something lasting. Over time, it takes bear a resemblance to the wooden bateaus that were long root, and eventually you’re celebrating 125 years. The boats ago used by farmers here to ferry their goods to market in have evolved—somewhat—and the dress code is more the days before bridges connected the Sea Islands to the relaxed, but otherwise, little has changed down in mainland. Rockville. Though the SIODs are much slower than the E-Scows— the only other fleet that competes here in significant numFor a boat review on the Sea Island 20 one-design (SIOD), go to bers—they hold a place of honor at this regatta. For locals, the Sailboat Reviews page at www.SouthwindsMagazine.com. these boats not only provide a tangible link to the lives of The review is one of over 100 sailboat reviews of boats from eight their Sea Island forbearers, they also serve as a source of to 90 feet on the site. pride. All nine were built locally. According to Paul
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Cal Cruising 36 By Barbara Bates
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retty boat,” said the guy on the Jet Ski who stopped to get a better look while we were recently at anchor. “She sure is pretty,” we had said over seven years ago about her pictures in the listing on eBay just before buying her. (See “So You Bought a Boat on eBay,” in Back Issues at www.SouthwindsMagazine.com, February 2009, page 54). We hear that so often, and it never gets old. We are continually surprised at the number of people who snap a picture of her. She is a pretty boat. Buying a sailboat on eBay may seem like a rather rash thing to do, but it is a decision we have never regretted. She was relatively ready to go, but as with most boats, especially old ones, occasional upgrades become necessary
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or desirable. Over the years, we have made her better fitted to our needs. In the original sales brochure, the Cal Cruising 36 was touted as an “all fiberglass sailing yacht for deep water cruising with big diesel power.” If you can find one, you can sail her as is or do modifications to make her your own. These good old boats are great and can hold their own against boats decades newer. During the several months we spend on her each year, Submit is our home. She needs to be safe and comfortable. She is also our transportation and needs to be dependable with and without wind. And, particularly for me, she needs to be neat, attractive and appealing. She is all of the above. The original design would sleep up to seven people: the huge double V-berth (at 6’ 3”, Reggie can sleep either fore and aft or athwartship), a double and a single in the lower salon, and the dinette converted to a double. However, for us, if there were seven people on board overnight, expect middle of the night man overboard drills. We subscribe to a recently heard description of the “people capacity” of a boat: Parties six dines four, sleeps two. As storage is more important than berths, we added a storage locker behind the single berth and shortened the dinette seats which made storage behind the seat backs. We sleep in the lower salon double now after tiring of the nighttime “sit, spin, crawl and bump maneuvers” required for egress from the V-berth. Besides, the lower salon berth has a better ride. We use the V-berth as our garage for sails, etc., but can arrange to accommodate a guest or two. The galley runs along the starboard side. A U-shaped galley would be nice, but having a narrow beam, 10 feet 4 inches, makes that less important for safety. There is a twoburner propane stove with oven. Pressure water supplies the sink. A previous owner installed refrigeration with a small freezer compartment in the huge icebox, so I’m happy. One of our favorite features is the large windows in the galley and dinette. When we are below, it feels like we are
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Looking forward from the helm. Along with the wide companionway, the large port light on the left, like the large port lights on the port and starboard sides of the cabin, is what helps give the feeling of openness to being down below in the upper salon.
The cockpit is long and narrow. Our steering pedestal has been moved as far aft as possible to allow for seating while at the helm. We installed a proper propane locker onto the aft cockpit seat and it does dual purpose as a great helm seat.
outside. Maybe that is why I don’t mind doing dishes? Along with the almost white ceilings and upper salon walls, it makes the interior light and airy, even if staying inside away from the rain. This comes in particularly handy when bugs attack. Other boaters may have to withdraw to dark and stuffy areas below decks. We deploy screens to our two 24x24 hatches and our open companionway, open the sliding window to the cockpit (which has its own built-in screen), open several of the port lights with their screens, and life becomes enjoyable again. After spending a few nights when the thermometer dropped into the 30s, we added a solid-fuel heater stove. It does the trick and we enjoy watching the fire in our cozy little home. We recently spent five days at anchor, and our wind generator supplied the four Trojan T-125 batteries with all the power we needed for lights, refrigeration, computers, recharging cell phones, and the occasional evening DVD movie. Who hasn’t run into problems with marine heads? Odors, finding pumpouts, clogged heads, leaks, you name it. We eliminated all the plumbing and the holding tank and the temperamental head over four years ago and installed a Nature’s Head composting toilet and have been very pleased. We don’t need to try to find pumpouts, which are usually broken when you get there. A bonus is more storage where the holding tank used to be. Two 60-gallon water tanks supply fresh water. The old steel fuel tank has been replaced with two aluminum tanks holding 45-plus gallons of fuel. We generally cruise in relaxed mode when motoring. Two thousand RPM on the recently installed Beta Marine 38 diesel burns a little less than three quarts of fuel per hour, giving us a motoring range of about 400 miles. When we ordered our new engine, we asked for two alternators, one dedicated to the house bank and one to the start battery. In the event one alternator fails the remaining one can be switched to feed both battery systems.
So, thanks to all the above conveniences, we can stay out for a long time, which is our first choice. We rarely stay in marinas. Anchoring out is generally quieter and the boat rides more comfortably at anchor than when tied to a dock. Because of frequent squalls, the second day of our first outing on the boat gave Reggie cause to haul in five times, by hand and back, the all-chain rode plus 35-pound CQR anchor. Dropping anchor is easy now with the electric windlass we added, and we’ve upgraded to a 45-pound CQR. You just can’t have too large an anchor. On the rare occasions when we do tie up to a dock with AC power, AC outlets are available in the head and engine compartment. An automatic battery charger maintains the house battery bank and the start battery. Like other Lapworth-designed Cals, sailing her is a real treat, and she is not afraid of big winds. Our genoa is on a roller furler. Mainsail control has been changed from end boom sheeting to a great Garhauer traveler below midboom. Last year, when returning from the Abacos, we were over an hour behind three boats leaving Great Sale Cay. By the time we reached the edge of the banks, we had passed
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The galley runs along the starboard side. A U-shaped galley would be nice, but having a narrow beam, 10 feet 4 inches, makes that less important for safety.
The comfortable dinette opposite the galley is also a double berth.
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them all, and at least one we should not have been able to. Of course, only I knew we were competing, but two sailboats on the water usually is a race. There is at least 6’ 2” headroom throughout the standup interior, 6’ 4” in the lower salon and head. Standing headroom was one of our shopping criteria. That headroom is great for Reggie, but since we are a Mutt and Jeff couple, I don’t see the big deal. However, that headroom is created by a higher doghouse. Being altitude challenged, I had trouble seeing over the upper salon when at the helm. We installed a proper propane locker onto the aft cockpit seat and it does dual purpose as a great helm seat. The cockpit is long and narrow. Our steering pedestal has been moved as far aft as possible to allow for seating while at the helm. Four people sit comfortably around our cockpit table forward of the helm, and the seats are plenty long enough for anyone to stretch out and sleep under the stars. The hull has been described as over-built because of the thickness of its fiberglass. Proper bedding of hardware on deck will keep the interior dry and protect the thick wooden bulkheads. We like her classic design. Remember, she is almost 50 years young. Other improvements and upgrades have included: nine new opening port lights to replace the old, corroded cast aluminum Perkos, which were breaking and literally falling out; replacing the wooden handrails with stainless; replacing the pulpit, stanchions and lifelines with heavier duty units and adding gates at both sides of the cockpit; new larger chain plates; replacing the delaminating safety glass in the upper saloon with Lexan; adding Lexan companionway drop boards in addition to the removable café doors, and a drastically overdone fuel filter system, plus ABYC standards exhaust system for the Beta. A switchoperated bilge pump will empty the bottom of the bilge and an automatic bilge pump kicks in if the water gets too high in the very deep bilge. Soon to be installed items include rigid vang, cockpit VHF with GPS and AIS receiver, new Raymarine wheel pilot to replace the old dead Simrad, and upgraded lighting in the galley and lower salon double. Another of our favorite additions has been our bimini. It www.southwindsmagazine.com
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Specifications: Fiberglass monohull Masthead Sloop Fin keel with spade rudder, encapsulated lead ballast Same hull as the standard racing Cal 36 LOA: 35’ 6” LWL: 27 Beam: 10’ 4” Draft: 5’ 8” Displacement: 12,000 pounds Sail Area: 600 square feet Sail Area/Displacement: 18.38 Displacement/Length: 272.17 Two 60-gallon water tanks Originally 85 gallon steel fuel tank Original engine: Perkins or Westerbeke 4-107 diesel Designer: William C Lapworth Builder: Jensen Marine 48 boats built 1968-70
has been a work in progress for several years. We haven’t felt the need for a dodger and couldn’t find a design that we felt would compliment the boat’s lines. Our bimini covers the entire cockpit and companionway. It can be zipped off in just a couple minutes. It give’s Reggie full standing headroom and doesn’t make us feel like monkeys when we maneuver our old bones out of the cockpit to go forward. We’ll soon have removable panels of screen-like material to be used to protect us from the sun and bugs but still let air through. What would we change if possible? It would be nice for me to be able to retrieve food from the refrigerator without doing a headstand. Engine access is abaft the companionway removable steps and down through the lazarettes to each side. Reggie would prefer a walk-in engine room with News & Views for Southern Sailors
Looking forward. The lower salon begins at the step-down just beyond the wood cabin sole. To port is the comfortable and ample double berth. To the right is the remodeled quarter berth.
Quarter berth to starboard. We shortened the dinette seats to add storage behind the berth and shortened it in length to accommodate a heater stove.
workshop, but it is not to be found in a 36-foot boat. That leaves engine access being declared just adequate. After perusing the new yachts at a recent boat show, we were pleased to report that we preferred Submit to any of them. They say a measure of how much you love your boat is if you look back at her when you leave her. We look back. And smile! Always. SOUTHWINDS
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RACE REPORT Navy Yacht Club Pensacola Claims Historic Navy Cup, June 13-14 Strategy triumphs for seventh time in half-century inter-club competition By Julie B. Connerley
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f the thousands of races sailed every weekend, some inevitably become known locally, regionally or even nationally as classic, historic, memorable regattas. For those who compete on Pensacola Bay, one such regatta is Navy Yacht Club Pensacola’s (NYCP) annual Navy Cup. After strong winds in PHRF racing, and tough competition in small boat racing June 13-14, NYCP was declared the winner of the Navy Cup for the seventh time in over half a century of friendly rivalry. In her earliest years, 10 clubs participated with 57 boats. Pensacola Yacht Club (PYC) has won most often, though Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and The Point Yacht Club have garnered the top honor as well. The Navy Cup began in 1962 soon after NYCP reorganized following the WWII and Korean Wars. However, unlike typical regattas which pit sailors against each other (and ultimately themselves), the Navy Cup is an inter-club
These Navy Yacht Club active-duty sailors were part of the second day of racing on the one-design boats that were part of the Navy Cup. Pictured left to right: Sam Ingham (Sunfish), Andrew Shea (Hunter 18), Andrew Vann (Hunter 18) and Taylor Vann (Sunfish). Photo by Kim Kaminski.
in the right classes, and the skilled crews to make the points add up. NYCP Commodore John Matthews explained, “Participating clubs are permitted to enter as many boats as they like in PHRF Spinnaker, NonSpinnaker and Cruising classes on Day 1. On Day 2, competition is limited to two Sunfish, one Laser and one Hunter with a crew of two including the skipper. “Planning is essential for each club to make a determination as to how they will enter NYCP Commodore John Matthews, far left, joins some of the skippers and crew of the 2015 Navy Cup their boats in PHRF classes to winning team, all members of Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. Photo by Julie B. Connerley. maximize their scoring potential, as well as selecting experienced one-design sailors to produce winners in each type of competition. Neighboring PYC graciously hosted the first boat sailed.” year’s event since the Naval Air Station Pensacola’s marina Planning for the Navy Cup was challenging for both was still under construction. The U.S. Navy donated a large organizers and participants this year. Many sailors and heavy silver-plated loving cup mounted on a wooden base boats were participating in other events along the Gulf as a perpetual trophy for NYCP in establishing the competiCoast, including the Gulf Yachting Association’s Challenge tion. PYC won the inaugural event, and again the next year. Cup which was to be held the following weekend (owners With half a century of winning clubs engraved on her and crews were delivering boats to Gulfport, MS.) namesake, the Navy Cup has evolved from an original offThanks to NYCP members Dean Kirschner, and Jim shore regatta and small-boat racing in Pensacola Bay and Frazier and their committee, and especially to the many Bayou Grande to the present format of PHRF racing sponsors—vendors, merchants, businesses and individuals Saturday in the bay, and dinghy racing in the bayou on who supported this community-wide event, Navy Cup 2015 Sunday. (Hurricanes prevented racing a couple of years.) was a success for the organizers and sailors. Here’s to the But the one component that hasn’t changed is club strategy. next half-century. The key to winning the Navy Cup isn’t just a matter of who For complete results, visit www.navypnsyc.org. has the fastest boat, but who has the right number of boats, 42
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Flying Scot North American Championship, Bay St. Louis, MS June 20-26 By Charlie Clifton Winners of the Women’s and Junior Flying Scot Championships, L-R: Heidi Gough (TX), Skipper Greta Mittman (TX), Mallory Edwards (MS), 2nd place Women’s; Martha Heaulser, (MS) skipper Shelly Caplan, (MS) 1st place Women’s; Andy Hayward, Skipper 12 yr old Drew Hayward, (FL) first place Juniors; Cary Trapani, Skipper Andrew Trapani, 2nd place Juniors (MS). Photo by Cindy Clifton
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rothers Andrew and Marcus Eagan of the BayWaveland Yacht Club eked out a come-from-behind victory at the 2015 Flying Scot North American Championship. Forty-nine boats travelled to Bay Waveland Yacht Club in Mississippi. Although the regular sea breeze failed to show in the final races, there was wind. Going into the last race, four crews were within two points of each other. As evidence of the fluky conditions, each one had scored a 12 or more for the five-race, no-discard series. Benz Faget of New Orleans jumped out to an early lead in race five. A win would have earned him the regatta title. Leading after four races, Jay and Zeke Horowitz from Sarasota were hurt badly on the first beat on the usually favored right side and could never get back to the front. Jeff and Amy Linton from Davis Islands passed Faget halfway through the race. Ahead of the Eagans, the Lintons were now in position to clinch the series. But the Eagans were not to be denied. They passed the Lintons on the last beat to take the race and the regatta. Thirteen states were represented, with large contingents from Texas, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. The trophy for the top three entrants from one club was won by Davis Islands Yacht Club with family crews consisting of the Lintons, Taylors and Hobbs. The trophy for best finish by a couple was won by Amy and Jeff Linton. John and Susie Domagala from Houston won the Challenger Division with a nice lead over Tom and Melissa Miller from Dallas. Nancy Claypool from New Orleans was the top woman skipper. She and crew Frank Collins came eighth in the 22 boat Challenger Division. The Silver Piper Award for the top Senior crew in the Championship Fleet was won by Cindy and Charlie Clifton from Sarasota. The Women’s and Junior’s North American Championships were held just before the NACs. Shelly Caplan from Bay Waveland won the eight-boat Women’s fleet by three points. Also winning races in the series were Greta Mittman with husband Mike from Dallas
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Flying Scot Winners Drew Hayward and father Andy Hayward of Davis Islands YC, FL. Photo by Cindy Clifton.
in second place, and Melanie Dunham with Harry Carpenter from Deep Creek, MD, in third. Drew Hayward, sailing with dad Andy, won the 11boat Junior Fleet by taking two out of the three races and scoring a second in the other. Andrew Trapani of Bay Waveland took second by one point over Nick Lovell of Southern Yacht Club. A highlight of the regatta was the Progressive Commodore’s Dinner. This consisted of appetizers, dinner and dessert, each served at a different house on a walking tour along the road by the club. The tour was led by a golf cart towing a Sunfish with a cockpit filled with ice and a keg. Along the route, the sailors were entertained by a chorus singing sea chanties! For full results, go to www.regattanetwork.com, then go to Results Archive, then to the date, 6/20/15.
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RACE CALENDAR Table of Contents Regional Calendars (Including regular club racing) Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA) East Florida Southeast Florida Florida Keys West Florida Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)
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Labor Day Regatta. Open Lake Norman YC (NC) Leukemia Cup and Wassaw Cup Regattas. Open Savannah YC (GA) Old Goat. Thistle Regatta. Thistles Lake Lanier SC (GA) Cat Fest Multihull. Lake Norman YC (NC) Cape Fear Open Regatta. PHRF Cape Fear YC (NC) Gone with the Wind. C22. Lake Lanier SC (GA) Flying Scot-a-hoochee. Flying Scot. Lake Lanier SC LMYRA Fall Classic. PHRF Lake Murray Yacht Racing (SC) Board Bash Dinghies. Adult and Youth. Lake Norman YC (NC)
NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racing—Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership in US SAILING or other sailing association is often required. To list an event, email editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send the information. DO NOT just send a link. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here is listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com. Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races year around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited and sought. Contact the club for dates and information. Individual club races are not listed here. We will list your club races only if they happen on a regular schedule. For a list of yacht clubs and sailing organizations in the Southeast, go to www.southwindsmagazine.com. Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC = Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.
LAKE LANIER, GA. Lanier Auxiliary Race Committee. http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php See club website for local club racing. LLSC. Lake Lanier SC. www.llsc.com BFSC. Barefoot SC. www.barefootsailing.org AISC. Atlanta Inland SC. www.aiscracing.com SSC. Southern SC. www.southernsailing.org
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Club Racing: Go to the local association and club websites for club racing. The following organizations do not post their races beyond the current month and are not listed in the below calendars: Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC See club website for local club racing. Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for local club racing. South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis, eg, SC=South Carolina). (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) AUGUST 1-2 Carolina Open. Carolina YC (NC) 1-2 Rockville Regatta. Sullivan Island YC (SC) 8 Mt. Pleasant Youth Regatta. Hobcaw YC (SC) 21-23 Rocket Regatta. PHRF. Cape Fear YC (NC) SEPTEMBER 5-6 Labor Day Regatta. PHRF ASC 44
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CHARLESTON OCEAN RACING ASSOCIATION (CORA). www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina AUGUST-SEPTEMBER No regattas scheduled. Go to CORA website for local club racing.
AUGUST 29-30 Vern Pickering Commodores Cup. Lake Lanier SC (GA) SEPTEMBER 7 Junior Commodores Cup. Lake Lanier SC (GA) 11-13 Open Regatta. Southern SC (GA) 12-13 Old Goat. Thistle Regatta. Thistles Lake Lanier SC (GA) 19-20 Catalina 22. Lake Lanier SC (GA) 26-27 Flying Scot Regatta. Lake Lanier SC (GA)
Sanford Fall Regatta, Lake Monroe, Sanford, FL, Sept. 26-27 The Lake Monroe Sailing Association, founded in 1985, hosts this annual regatta on Lake Monroe. Early registration ends Sept 16. Walk-in registration 8-10 a.m. Sept. 26. Race starting times: Sept. 26 – noon; Sept. 27 – 10 a.m. Open to all boats. One-Design classes expected in Sunfish, San Juan 21, Catalina 22, Force 5. Registration at www.flalmsa.org. Race Calendar Club Racing (contact club or website for details): Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River. Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally. Spring-Summer series begins the first Wednesday after daylight savings begins. Wednesday Evening races weekly. The catamaran section of the club has fun sails on the third weekwww.southwindsmagazine.com
end each month at Kelly Park on Merritt Island. Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com) holds reverse handicap races on alternating weekends; Sunday afternoons in the winter and Friday nights from April to Oct. Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends year around. MYC sponsors a Dragon Point Race Series for Co-ed racers and a monthly all-female DP series. Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races. Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; race series organized seasonally. Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Sailing on Lake Monroe, a segment of the St. Johns River. Tequila Sunday Racing and Jager Cup Race series, alternating every two weeks, with one race in the series held monthly. March through October, Wednesday Night Rum Races. Seasonal race series on Saturdays once a month. Manatee Cove Marina (at Patrick AFB, Satellite Beach) sponsors monthly races. www.gopatrickfl.com/marina.html. Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Saturday and Sunday races MC Scows. Flying Scots, Wayfarers, Lasers—twice a month, September through May. Laser races every two weeks during the summer. Port Canaveral YC Sunday Funday PHRF ocean races second Sunday of each month. www.pcyc-fl.org. AUGUST 1 Moonlight Race. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 1 Full Moon Race. St. AugustineYC 15 Double-Handed River Race. Melbourne YC 22 Double-Handed River Race. Melbourne YC 23 Hope There Isn’t a Hurricane Race. Ft. Pierce YC Melbourne YC SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 4-5 St. Augustine Dash Night Race. Halifax River YC 5 Labor Day Regatta. First Coast Sailing Association 5-7 Labor Day Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 5 Herb Elphick Memorial Race. North Florida YC 6 Tommy Hall Memorial Race. North Florida Cruising Club 12-13 Mermaid Regatta. Melbourne YC 20 Old Timers Race. Halifax River YC 26 Fastest in the Forest. Epping Forest YC 26 Moonrise Race. St. Augustine YC. 26-27 Fall Regatta. Lake Monroe Sailing Assoc.* 29-30 Labor Day Series. Lake Eustis SC
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11th Annual Castaways Cup Regatta, Palm Beach, FL, Sept. 19-20
Southeast Florida Race Calendar Regional Sailing Organizations: US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Clubs (go to clubs for local club racing schedules) BBYC Biscayne Bay YC. www.biscaynebayyachtclub.com CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org. CSC Castaways SC of N. Palm Beach. www.castawayssailing.com KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com. USSC US Sailing Center AUGUST 8 Single-Handed Race. CGSC 9 Double-Handed Race. CGSC SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 12-13 Florida State Snipe Junior Championship. CGSC 19 BBYRA PHRF #1. BBYC 19-20 Castaways Cup. CSC* 20 BBYRA OD #1. BBYC 26 Junior Commodore’s Cup. CGSC 26-27 Lime Cup Regatta. BBYC
Florida Keys Race Calendar Key West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West Sailing Club). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Non-members welcome. Small-boat Wednesday night racing during Daylight Savings season. Smallboat Sunday racing year around at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available. Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward. Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all. AUGUST- SEPTEMBER No regattas scheduled in August and September. Go to the website for club racing.
This regatta is sponsored by the Castaways Sailing Club of North Palm Beach and is a two-day point-to-point regatta from Palm Beach Inlet to St. Lucie Inlet and return. The regatta is open to all sailing yachts “ready for sea” in all aspects by meeting open ocean PHRF-4P standards. There will be a Saturday morning start off Lake Worth Inlet. A skippers meeting will be held Friday evening. On Sunday morning, another start will be set off the St. Lucie Inlet. For more information, go to www.castawayssailing.com. News & Views for Southern Sailors
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Joey Meyer Regatta, Apollo Beach, Tampa Bay, FL, August 29 The Tampa Sailing Squadron hosts this regatta for kids and teens. Graduates of TSS Youth Sailing’s sailing and racing classes, and sailors recommended by the Youth Sailing coaches are eligible to race. The regatta is free but there are only a limited number of race boats, so an RSVP is required for race boat assignments. Some spectator boats are available—RSVP requested. To RSVP, leave message at (813) 645-2262 with your phone number, name, age, and when you took TSS Youth Sailing’s sailing or racing classes. For spectator boats and awards party, please leave the number of family members attending. TSS Youth Sailing’s Joey Meyer Regatta memorializes a young sailor who grew up at the Tampa Sailing Squadron in Apollo Beach to join the US Coast Guard. For more information, go to TSS Youth Sailing’s website, www.youthsailingapollobeach.org, or Facebook, TSS Youth Sailing. TSS Youth Sailing, Inc., is a Florida nonprofit and federal 501(c)(3) educational organization.
Sarasota Sailing Squadron 69th Annual Labor Day Regatta, Sept. 4-6 The Sarasota Sailing Squadron will be hosting its 69th Labor Day Regatta. With six courses on Sarasota Bay and PHRF racing in the Gulf, this regatta attracts sailors from all over the country. Courses will be set up hosting Opti Red, White, & Blue fleets, Opti Green Fleet, Laser, 420, Sunfish, Melges, SR Max, one-design, multihulls and PHRF fleets. This is a Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year Event. Camping is available on the club grounds. About 300 boats generally race in this regatta. Free dockage and limited camping are available. Food and entertainment will be provided throughout the weekend. Contact the SSS at (941) 388-2355 for further information. The NOR and online registration is available at www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org
33rd Bradenton Yacht Club Fall Kickoff Regatta, Bradenton, FL, Sept. 18-20 This regatta, held at the Bradenton Yacht Club, is the “kickoff” event for the Tampa Bay/Sarasota Bay area winter racing season. It is two days of racing in Tampa Bay. Six class46
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es, spinnaker, non-spinnaker, true cruising, racer cruiser, multihull and one-design, will make up the three-race regatta. Free dockage at the yacht club. Upwards of 70 boats have raced in the past, most of which raft up at the yacht club. Partying for the event begins on Friday night as boats gather at the club, continuing Saturday afternoon after racing. Register at www.bradenton-yacht-club.org, or call (941) 981-3891. For dock reservations, call (941) 722-5936, ext. 212, or the dockmaster cell at (941) 374-2310.
31st Dunedin Cup Week Regatta, Dunedin, FL, Sept. 18-27, Regatta Auction Fund Raiser Sept. 12 A week of youth, high school one-design and PHRF racing. The Dunedin Cup will be held on Sept. 26, with the 5th Annual DYSA Green Gleet (Kids) Invitational Regatta, sailing on St. Joseph’s Sound, on Sept 27. The skippers meeting for the Dunedin Cup will be held at the Dunedin Boat Club on Friday, Sept. 25. This one day of racing on Sept. 26 on St. Joseph Sound and in the Gulf is a recognized Suncoast Boat of the Year event. The regatta fund raiser will be held on Sept. 12 at the Dunedin Boat Club. All proceeds from the fund raiser and regatta go to support the Dunedin Youth Sailing Association program. Gary Jobson will be speaking on Sept. 19 at the Dunedin Boat Club. For more information on Dunedin Cup Week and the regatta, go to www.DunedinCupRegatta.org, or call (727) 733-3498. West Florida Race Calendar The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org. Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. PHRF racing, spin and non-spin every third Sunday at 1 p.m. Skippers meeting at 10 a.m. (727) 4236002. Dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. during daylight savings season. www.sailbcyc.org. Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April. Races at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 hours beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF racing on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday of each month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com. Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend club races. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org. Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org. Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternate Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com. Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com. Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. www.pgscweb.com. www.southwindsmagazine.com
Safety Harbor Boat Club. Saturday races year around, usually twice a month, once a month during summer. Wednesday evening races organized seasonally. For the current schedule, go to www.safetyharborboatclub.com. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Sunday series, year around with skippers meeting at noon. April through September Friday evening racing. 5:45 skippers meeting. www.sarasotasailingsquad.org. St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug. 28. 1630 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org. St. Pete Sailing Association. Weekly club racing. www.spsa.us Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org). For complete details, go to www.wfyra.org and click on the regional associations in Southwest Florida pertaining each area below: Tampa Bay/Suncoast (also known as West Florida BOTY: (SCBOTY) Davis Island YC Boat of the: (DIBOTY) Gulf Boat of the Year: (WFPHRF Gulf BOTY) (SPORC) Caloosahatchee Boat of the Year: (CaBOTY) Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBYABOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) AUGUST (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) Aug. 29 Joey Meyer Regatta. Youth sailing. Tampa Sailing Squadron* SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) Sept. 4-6 69th Labor Day Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron (SBYABOTY) * 12 Kayusa Cup. Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society ( CaBOTY) 13 Open Portsmouth Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron 18-19 Bruce Watters Regatta. St. Petersburg YC 18-20 33rd Bradenton Yacht Club Fall Kickoff Regatta. (SCBOTY) (SBYABOTY) * 18-27 Dunedin Cup Week and 31st Dunedin Cup. Dunedin Youth Sailing Benefit (WFPHRF Gulf BOTY)* (The Tampa Bay Master Calendar and other southwest Florida race calendars were not all completed by press date.)
Major Upcoming Regattas
Women’s Trilogy Races, July and August
www.pointyachtclub.org. Awards will be at each regatta. At the last regatta, there will be a special Trilogy Trophy for the contestant who enters all three races and earns the most combined points.
GYA Women’s PHRF Championship, Pensacola, FL, Aug. 8-9 This championship is hosted by the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and is open to all spinnaker boats with a valid GYA PHRF rating and skippers must be members of a GYA-affiliated yacht club. The one-day competition will begin at 10:00 am with no race starting after 1:30 pm. Registration will be held from 5-7 pm on Friday, August 1, at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club. For more information, go to www.pensacolabeach-yc.org
95th Annual Lipton Cup, Bay St. Louis, MS, Sept. 5-6 The Bay Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, MS, will host the 95th Annual Sir Thomas Lipton Cup on Labor Day Weekend. The regatta is an inter-club competition between the 33 member clubs of the Gulf Yachting Association. Competitors sail the 19-foot one-design, the Flying Scot, in five races held over three days. The winning club hosts next year’s Lipton Cup. www.baywavelandyachtclub.org. Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club websites for club races. Gulf Yachting Association. www.gya.org Galveston Bay Cruising Association. www.byca.org New Orleans Yacht Club. www.noyc.org Southern Yacht Club. www.southernyachtclub.org Clubs with regattas listed this month BSC Birmingham SC, Birmingham, AL BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS CSA Corinthian SA, New Orleans, LA GYA Gulf Yachting Association GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS HYC Houston YC, Houston, TX MYC Mobile YC, Mobile,AL NOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans,LA OSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL PCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS PtYC Point YC, Josephine, AL PYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL PontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA SSYC South Shore Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA SYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA
The Women’s Trilogy Series is typically held every July and August. The first race, the Bikini Regatta, was held at the Navy Yacht Club in Pensacola on July 18. The second race, the Race for the Roses, was held on July 25 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club. The third race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held on Aug. 1 on Perdido Bay. In this race, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. News & Views for Southern Sailors
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50' Rainier Catamaran, 2001 Refit in 2011, Solar, genset, Fantastic bluewater cruiser. A must see! $370,000, Tom O @ 256-710-4419
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45' Voyage 450 Catamaran, 2007, New Genset, New A/C, New Saildrives, oversize watertanks, 4 cabin/4 heads, Loaded for cruising. $339,000, Tom @ 904-377-9446
44' Morgan CC, 1988, Centerline Queen, Roller furling main and genoa, Solar, Wind Generator, Watermaker, A/C, $119,000 Steve @ 813-9171175
43' Cheoy Lee Pilothouse, 1983, Awlgrip paint, bow thruster, new sails and rigging, Fiberglass decks, A all weather bluewater cruiser, $149,000, Kevin @ 321-693-1642
40' Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi, 2004, 4 cabins/2 heads, New Sails, Many upgrades and just back 38' Shannon Ketch, 1983 Very Well maintained, from Caribbean in great shape! $226,900, Cal @ A/C, Watermaker, solar, generator, Davits, New 561-312-0010 canvas, $110,000, Jane @ 813-917-0911
38' Catalina 380, 1996, A/C, Solar panels, New sails and rigging, Life raft, new electronics, Just back from the islands, $91,500, Clark @ 561-676-8445
36' Bayfield, 1987, $150K in upgrades in the last 3 years. You will never find another Bayfield like this one! $89,900 Kevin @321-693-1642
72' Cooper Maple Leaf Pilothouse Ketch, 1986, The ultimate bluewater cruiser, Professionally maintained and always updated! $795,000, Tom H @ 818-516-5742
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2009 DYER DHOW. 8 feet. Very good condition, oars w/leather, engine mount, embedded serial numbers, perfect towing, three persons plus equipment. 4-cycle Yamaha 2.5 engine. $1000 for boat. Engine $500. Richard Edson (727) 940-2695. (8/15)
Luders 16, 1952. Current owner since 1965 (named Windrider, previously Thunder). Won Columbus regatta Miami three times. 24-feet on deck. Appears totally original and tight with main and jib. Hull #570, racing number 33. Epoxy glass over wood. Elderly owner wishing to sell. $9995. Located Anna Maria Island, FL. (941) 778-9435 (9/15) 54
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17’ Com-Pac Suncat 2013. Excellent condition, trailer, unique hinged mast system, shoal draft keel, outboard brackets, bimini, lazy jack, portable head, transom ladder, sleeps 2. $19,831. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises, 800-783-6953, or (727) 327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com
1985 Wilkinson 22 ft Cat Boat. Gaff Rig, 8HP Yanmar Diesel rebuilt 2012, Hull refinished 2014, V-berth, enclosed head, galley sink, large storage areas. Call (813) 447-1989. Lauderdale area, make offer. (10/15)
24’ Bahama Sandpiper. Gaff-rigged Cat Ketch, 1978, with trailer. Pocket cruiser is a head turner in any fleet, by Chuck Paine. 18” draft, 1500# lead ballast. Now $3,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com
Seaforth 24, 1981. Full keel, 2.5 ft draft. NEW: stern rail, Lewmar hatch, rigging, sails, roller furling, canvas, Seadeck non-skid, more. Must see. New bottom job. Cockpit well, 2011 Suzuki 6 LS, trailer available. $8,500. Call Tony at (941) 545-1179. (9/15)
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Merit 25, 1985. Good Condition. Race ready! Standard Main & Jib, like new UK Tape-Drive, Mylar Racing Main, 155 & 130 Mylar Genoa, Spinnaker, 6 HP Tohatsu 4-stroke, Autopilot. Great cruiser, sleeps 4, largest berths in boats under 35 feet. Fast & easy to sail. $6300 OBO. Lake Hartwell, SC. Fred (864) 630-1223 (10/15)
26’ Seaward 26RK 2012 w/Trailer, 1’3 to 6’ draft, electric retractable keel, mast lowering/raising system, 8 S/S ports, roller furling genoa, $69,900. (800) 826-2807. Pics & specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
Restored 1976 27-foot O’day Performance Sloop. New sails .75 spinnaker, Profurl, A-4 Inboard, Sleeps 5, 78x36” 1/4 Berth. Race/Cruise. 6 winches. Fort Myers Beach $7800. (239) 560-9656. No text messages, please. (9/15)
1984 27’ Albin Family Cruiser. Trawler cruising on a budget. Diesel engine, wind and solar power, air conditioning, inverter, refrigeration, center cockpit with forward and private aft stateroom. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $25,000
27’ Island Packet 1988. Yanmar 18hp, Cutter-rigged, foresails & main very good condition, NEW isinglass in Sunbrella canvas, 2012 solar panel, AC/heat, MORE UPGRADES! $39,900, Call Tom Olive @ (256) 710-4419, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edw
SAILORS, THINKING ABOUT A POWERBOAT? Will Trade. I am thinking about a 24’ to 28’ cruising sailboat, similar value and/or possible cash difference. 30’ Luhrs Downeaster 1987, displacement hull, single 270hp, gas, includes bow thruster, a/c, full electronics, 7 large batteries with inverter for overnite/fishing, many upgrades in last 5 years. $14,500. Negotiable. Cell (239) 8391884. (9/15)
H-28 by Parkins Marine, Fort Lauderdale. Fiberglass. 1982 cutter rig, Yanmar 2GM diesel. Impeccably maintained by professional yacht captain owner. Many upgrades. Asking $49,500. Negotiable. Located St. Augustine. For details, call Bill at (239) 246-1777. (8/15)
1976 28’ Sabre - $20,000 - Curtis Stokes (954) 684-0218 curtis@curtisstokes.net
1987 30’ Catalina MKII. 3’10” Shoal-draft wing keel, one-owner boat with roller furling head sail, Universal diesel, propane SS cooktop w/oven, microwave, shore power, all original except for custom hard bimini top and in good condition. $16,900. Call George (941) 792-9100 Grand Slam Yacht Sales
2006 Columbia 30’ Sportboat. Great around the buoys or offshore. Shallow canal no problem. Lift Keel Draft-up: 3’, down: 7’. Original owner, Ullman Sails, Trailer, Dry Storage, Yanmar Diesel. Beam 9’ 6”. $55,000. Contact Thomas @ (813) 324-7424 or darcytj@gmail. com. (9/15)
31’ Pacific Seacraft Mariah 1977. Yanmar diesel, project boat, needs starboard side cap rail, electrical and interior clean up. Please call George for details and appointment for inspection. Asking $19,900 with offers encouraged. (941) 792-9100. Grand Slam yacht Sales.
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Classic Bayfield 32C tall mast cutter, 1987. New sails, electronics, radar, autopilot, 7 winches, A/C, galley, refer, sleeps 5, Yanmar 3GM30F diesel, New dodger & bimini, dingy & motor. More. Located Apollo Beach, FL. $39,000. Contact Jack at (863) 944-7972. jlwsail@tampabay.rr.com. (9/15)
32’ CATALINA 320 1999. Well kept racer/cruiser. Roller furling jib. Flaking system on main. Yanmar 27hp recently maintained. Wing keel. Lots of electronics with portable air conditioner and flat screen TV included. Full cockpit bimini. Clean and smells like new. Motivated seller. $62,500 obo. Call Dave at (941) 685-5755. (8/15)
33 C&C 1975. Yanmar 30hp, Diesel, solid performing racer/cruiser. Excellent racing/cruising sails, Garmin chart-plotter, speed/depth, AM/FM CD Stereo, VHF. Bimini top that covers cockpit. Asking $16,999. Contact Mike @ (727) 510-4167 mrt1548@yahoo.com. (10/15)
33’ Tartan, 1981. Speed by S&S, tough by Tartan, 3 sails, 24hp diesel, 4’5” Scheel keel. $23,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 8152607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com
34’ Beneteau 343 2008. 4’9 draft, in-mast furling, AC, Electronics, Bimini/Dodger, Refrig/Freezer. $95,000. (727) 214-1590. Pics & Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
1984 34’ Sabre Classic. A rare opportunity to purchase a classic boat that needs a little “sweat equity”. Centerboard; 4’ draft, sails, canvas, diesel, new batteries. See our website for details on what she needs for restoration. www.windsweptyachtsales.com. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. $13,000.
34’ Hook Kelly Custom. 1982. Diesel runs perfect. Excellent condition. Price cut to $12,500 OBO. Owner retired and anxious to sell. Proven PHRF winner. Contact Terry at (941) 723-6560. (9/15)
1992 34’ Sabre Classic. Diesel, radar, GPS, Exc sail inventory including spinnaker. Refrigeration, 4’6” Wing keel. Bimini/Dodger and more. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $94,500.
36’ Presto Ketch 1982. Fiberglass, shoal draft, tanbark sails, Yanmar 30 diesel. Perfect for Bahamas, Florida Keys and Chesapeake. $24,800. Located in NC. Specs and pictures at www.beaufortyachtsales.com
1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $74,500 – Curtis Stokes – (954) 684-0218 – curtis@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net
37’ X Yacht 372 1988. Turn Key Race or Cruise, shoal draft, tall rig, air conditioning, refrigeration, varnished interior in excellent condition, full race sail inventory, electronics new in 2014, race bottom. $60,000 (504) 283-2507 Pictures & specs at www.Murray YachtSales.com
37’ Island Hopper 2005. 20hp electric start Yamaha outboards, GREAT sail plan & dagger boards, open Cockpit, hard top bimini, 2 solar panels,FAST! LOTS OF UPGRADES!MUST SEE! $175,000, Call Cal @ (561) 312-0010, www.CatamaransinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales
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Several like new, one-owner Catalina 350s & Catalina 375s available! Dunbar Sales, Inc., www.dunbaryachts.com. (800) 282-1411.
1993 NAJAD 370 from Sweden. Volvo Diesel, New Generator, Bow Thruster, Air Conditioning, In-Mast Furling, Roller Furling Head Sail, New Teak Decks, Beautiful Center Cockpit Performance Cruiser in excellent condition. Call for appointment (941) 792-9100 Note: vessel is currently restricted from sale in US waters-$179,000. Grand Slam Yacht Sales.
1984 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Classic Layout. 4’3” draft. In mast furling, Diesel, stainless ports, GPS, VHF, Xantrex inverter, refrigeration, Gori prop, and more. Alan (941) 3501559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $59,900
1983 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Aft Cabin Layout. 4’3” draft, stackpack mainsail, GPS, VHF, numerous updates and beautiful teak interior. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@ gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $49,900
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Smooth Operators—In Paradise By Monika Olejnik
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arigot Bay in St. Lucia greeted us and our boat, Rodeo, and our companion vessel, Saltwhistle, in a spectacle of lush hillsides decorated with vibrant tropical flowers and posh homes. At the back of the bay lay an upscale marina complex with all imaginable amenities. From what we read, the country in general can be rough, unwelcoming, and instances of burglary are common. We approached it wary and with hesitation, but calm waters, serene surroundings and the presence of many other boats in the bay put us at ease about being in St. Lucia. Injected with this feeling of confidence and security, we and Saltwhistle moved anchor on our second day to Anse la Raye, a small fishing bay just south of Marigot. It was Friday, the day of Fish Fest, a townwide street fair that showcases local cuisine and music. This small fishing village was nothing like the neighboring bay we came from. It was shabby and grey, its residents clearly not the well-to-do folk of Marigot. We felt a bit uneasy when we first got to shore, but after we chatted with a couple of locals and guzzled a few glasses of rum punch we started to relax and really enjoy ourselves. My husband and I carried this feeling of relaxation with us back to the boat and well into the late evening, as we lounged carefree down below. Carefree, until we heard thumping along the hull. We paused the movie we were watching and listened. Another thump and voices came in from outside, heightening all of our senses. We sprang up and flew through the companion way and into the cockpit where we saw two dark figures bobbing at the side of Rodeo. We freaked. One of them had his hands on the rail and was about to pull himself up on deck. They startled us and we startled them. I don’t think they were expecting us to be on board. We started to scream at them,
me in English, Gabe in his native Brazilian Portuguese. With a confused tone in his voice, one of them exclaimed that they’re just looking, but it was too late for explanations. Gabe had already called out for me to
bring out the “gun” and was promising to kill them for the invasion. The intruders scurried off at the point of our spear gun, and it was then we noticed that there were four of them in total, two on each side of the boat. In just a few blurry seconds, we had the motor going and were weighing anchor to get out of Anse la Raye. With his voice already hoarse and strained, Gabe continued to scream and point the spear gun at the lot of them as we turned around and pulled out of the bay. While under way, back to Marigot Bay, we called the coast guard and made a report of what just happened. They promptly sent a police boat out to check on us and then to check on our friend Gerard on Saltwhistle who stayed behind in Anse la Raye. By the time the coastal police made it to Anse la Raye, the four curious Georges must have fled back to
shore with any ideas of pulling off another heist, hopefully, erased from their minds by the sharp point of our spear gun and our relentless howling. We reunited with Saltwhistle the following morning and were happy to find that he had a peaceful night of rest in the same anchorage we escaped from. Our good impression of St. Lucia was now marred by our brush with the shark burglars and we wanted to get away from the island as fast as we could. We sailed south along the coast to the town of Soufriere, where we cleared out at customs, then barricaded ourselves inside our boats at anchor, waiting to depart in the morning. It is heartbreaking to have to take such precautions, but we continued to lock the boat up at night until we got to Grenada. We didn’t enjoy much of St. Lucia, which is a shame, because the island really is beautiful. We set sail from there just as the sun slipped out from behind Gros and Petit Piton, sending golden streaks of light through chalky morning haze. Heat would burn through it later in the day, but at the time, everything was hushed and soft, wrapped in cotton. It looked innocent and alluring and it was hard not to admire it, but we were happy to press on for Bequia in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. St. Lucia is not the first and not the last place we visited that comes with a warning and a stigma of being unsafe. Cautionary tales from all corners of the cruising community blemish the reputation of many anchorages, but that has never deterred us from exploring them for ourselves. We have met many a sailor who had positive experiences in St. Lucia; who were captivated by her beauty and enjoyed the warmth and hospitality of her people. It is impossible and unreasonable to judge any one country and its people by singular, isolated offensSee SMOOTH continued on page 60
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