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Catalina 380 Boat Review Bahamas by MailBoat Part II Exploring Shroud Cay, Bahamas

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Editorial: The Schooner and the Foiling Cat

By Steve Morrell

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather/Water Temperatures

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Letters to the Editor

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Calendar — Upcoming Events in the Southeast (Non-Race)

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Racing News: News; Race Instruction, National, International and Regattas in the Southeast

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Catalina 380 Boat Review.

By Steve Dublin

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Positive Changes in Luperón

By David Smedley

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Bahamas by MailBoat Part II

By Fred Braman

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America’s Cup Boat for 2021 Revealed

By Steve Morrell

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Exploring Shroud Cay, Exumas, Bahamas

By Paula Shur

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Book Review: Ebb and Flow: Tides and Life on Our Once and Future Planet Review by Steve Morrell

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Inflatable Sails

By Steve Morrell

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Carolina Sailing: South Carolina Maritime Museum – a Timely Expansion

By Dan Dickison

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Southern Regional Racing Calendar

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On the Water and In the Water

By Nancy Magnine

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Southern Sailing Schools Section Marine Marketplace Southern Marinas and Boatyards Boat Brokerage Section Classifieds Alphabetical Index of Advertisers Advertisers’ List by Category

Catalina 380 boat review. Page 30.

Photo by Steve Dublin.

Exploring Shroud Cay, Bahamas. Page 44.

Photo by Paula Shur.

COVER PHOTO: Caretta, a Catalina 380, at anchor near a waterspout in the Florida Keys.

Boat review page 30.

Photo by Steve Dublin.

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The St. Petersburg Yacht Club Announces the

50th Year & Golden Anniversary of the

Regata del Sol al Sol Race to Mexico FOR INFORMATION GO TO: www.spyc.org Click Sailing, Regattas, then Regata del Sol al Sol under the Sun Logo or go to www.regatadelsolalsol.org

Reduced entry fee if boat fee is paid by Dec. 31, 2017.

If you enter & compete in both the Regata Del Sol al Sol and the St. Petersburg–Habana Race you will receive a discount for your entry into the Regata del Sol al Sol. See website Documents and Notice of Race for details

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FROM THE HELM

STEVE MORRELL,

EDITOR

The Schooner and the Foiling Cat

W

ill the next America’s Cup boat be a foiling monohull?

There have been rumblings for years about the desire to return the Cup racing to a more traditional monohull race with big crews and close-quarters competition between the boats, as they try to squeeze out another half knot. Yet others prefer the cutting-edge developments that ushered in the foiling cats that go 40-plus knots. In recent weeks, I’ve discussed the issue with some people who tend to want the traditional race, while others want the continued excitement of the fast foiling cats. In November, team New Zealand revealed what they want: foiling monohulls. For some, this isn’t what they were hoping for. For others, it’s just what they were hoping for: Something new and unusual.

But this conflict is nothing new. In fact, it’s one of the oldest conflicts man has known: Keep the traditional, but let’s have change and something new. Thomas Friedman wrote about it in his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree (the best book I ever read on globalism). You can guess which is the traditional and which is the new. And the two urges are probably in every one of us, with some leaning one way or the other—sometimes leaning too far.

It probably started with the wing keel that the Australians brought to the scene when they won the Cup in

1983, taking it away from the U.S. for the first time. The Australians knew they pulled a fast one by essentially “sneaking” the new design into the race, but the American defenders had been playing with the rules and shifting them in their favor for about 100 years. The Aussies just beat them at their own game. But from then on in, the designs have changed and evolved until we are next considering a foiling monohull.

Still, others don’t like the commercialism that has turned the cup into a spectator sport, with thousands going to Bermuda to watch the races and millions watching them on TV. But we wouldn’t even be talking about the races if it wasn’t for this new “commercialism” on these flying cats that sail on the edge of danger.

It’s no different from many of the sailors out there who want a traditional-looking schooner with big overhangs and classic lines, while at the same time having the most modern electronic navigation, communication and steering equipment they can afford on board. Paraphrasing Friedman’s book, it’s the schooner and the foiling cat.

Learn more and see drawings of the new America’s Cup foiling monohulls on page 43. It’s like something you’ve never seen before.

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We are always looking for good, unusual, unique photos, both racing and non-racing for the cover of SOUTHWINDS. The main requirement is that it have a sailboat in it—or part of one. If you have a great photo you took from a sailboat, part of the boat should be in the photo to show that it was taken from a sailboat. It can be anchored, sailing, motoring, at dock—or whatever else is possible. Composition is what matters; it just must be a nice photo to look at.

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Southeast Air & Water Temperatures, Prevailing Winds & Gulf Stream Currents – January For live buoy water and weather data, go to the National Data Buoy Center at www.ndbc.noaa.gov

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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In September, I returned to Florida after a mandatory evacuation from Hurricane Irma. Just as many other cruisers and liveaboards had, I too found upon arrival that my boat washed up on the beach. In my case, the rudder was violently ripped off somewhere in the shallows. She was beached on her side and had the broken mooring line tucked well under the hull like a scolded dog’s tail. She had flooded compartments and a rig that was tangled intimately among the mangroves. The dreaded pirates had their way with her too and the scallywags left her open and vulnerable in the pale moonlight.

The interesting thing about my situation is that I was attached to a city mooring ball in Sarasota, which are hurricane rated. Reportedly, other cities’ moorings, like Deer Key, also had a few break free, but in their case, a specific reason of not having enough scope in the face of the storm surge was thought to be at fault. However, sustained hurricane-force winds didn’t occur in Sarasota Bay, and the storm surge flowed in the opposite direction, eventually draining the bay.

So how did this happen? Well, I dared to ask and suggested that possibly the city or Marina Jack (the managing agent) may be liable. As a penalty, the city bestowed upon me threats of excessive towing and disposal fees with no way out, as well as multiple criminal allegations including the prospect that I swam out in the middle of the hurricane to cut the line free myself.

An informal investigation took place which resulted in another illegal Sarasota Police Department boarding— explicitly and boastfully without the owner’s permission, and outside of Florida Statute 327.56. During this event, and possibly under the direction of the Marina Jack Corporation, the SPD went to great lengths to destroy private property in their admitted and failed attempt to remove the failed mooring ball—and before I could document the event for possible liability action against the city.

They also attempted to remove it before FEMA investigated it, and before the USCG (who posted the vessel) could document the details.

This is truly a bazaar story with many twists and unanswered questions and surprising answers. If you wish to contact me, contact the editor of SOUTHWINDS, Steve Morrell, at editor@swindsmag.com. You can also send a letter to the editor with your views or similar instances that you might have run into with the SPD and Marina Jack.

SOUTHWINDS will keep your identity confidential. If you are an attorney and can help me, please contact the editor.

Sailors be warned and avoid these hostile waters. Send Sarasota’s Marina Jack a message and spend your money elsewhere. Save yourself a headache and avoid any run-ins with these entities if possible.

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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.

Tides and Currents Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Feb. 21 Presented by the St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron.

The seminar deals with how the sun and moon create tidal patterns, sources of information about tides and tidal currents, simple ways to predict height of tide and current flow and how to use both printed and electronic tide tables.

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 7-9pm, St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing. $25/member, $35/nonmember. Pre-registration at www.boating-stpete.org.

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 (**):

With our new website you can list your event yourself on our online calendar. Go to swindsmag.com, and click on EVENTS. No charge for the following: (1) You have advertised the event with a print ad in SOUTHWINDS; (2) Public events, non-profit events, free events; (3) Club regattas, local marine flea markets and other similar events. Contact editor@swindsmag.com, or call 941-7958704, for other for-profit events.

LISTING YOUR EVENT To have your non-race event listed, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Email us the information (not just a link) by the first of the month preceding publication. Contact us if a little later (it most likely will get in). We will print your public event the month of the event and the month before. Rendezvous we print for three months. Events must be public events that are free, or nominal low cost. Other for-profit events can be listed for $35/month up to 150 words (text and title) for first month, $25 for second month. (If your for-profit event has a quarter page ad or larger, 200 word notice in this calendar is included.) **Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht.

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Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info US SAILING INSTRUCTOR AND COACH COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) Go to the website for courses that might have been scheduled after our press date. For more on course schedules, locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, go to www.ussailing.org/education/teach-sailing. No courses scheduled in the southeast U.S. as of press date. Check the website, since courses are often added late.

For learning-to-sail and powerboat handling courses, go to www.ussailing.org/education.

Small Boat Instructor Course Level 1 US Sailing Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL, Jan. 2-5. Contact Joey Mello at jsail700@gmail.com.

Instructor Alan Jenkinson.

Savannah Sailing Center, Savannah, GA, Jan. 3-6.

Contact Carrie Rohde at carrierohde@msn.com. Instructor Lisa Downey.

Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa, FL, Jan. 20-23.

Contact Susan Canonico at scanonico@admtwo.com.

Instructor Allison Jolly.

Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX, Jan. 27-Feb. 4.

Contact Marie Wise at sailmom@gmail.com. Instructor Stephen Gay.

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Austin Yacht Club, Austin, TX, Feb. 10-18. Contact Caroline Wilsford at cjwilsford@gmail.com. Instructor Stephen Gay. Small Boat Instructor Course Level 2 US Sailing Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL, Feb. 20-21. Contact Alan Jenkinson at alan@usscmc.org.

Instructor Holland Capper.

Small Boat Instructor Course Level 3 US Sailing Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL, Feb. 22-23. Contact Alan Jenkinson at alan@usscmc.org.

Instructor Holland Capper.

Reach Educator Middle School 1 Course River City Community Sailing Foundation, Elizabeth City, NC, Feb. 10. Contact Carol Terryberry at theterryberrys@gmail.com. Instructor Bill Kitchens.

BOAT SHOWS 63rd Houston International Boat Show, Jan. 5-14 Powerboats. NRG Center, Houston. www.houstonboatshows.com. 713-526-6361

17th Annual Charlotte County Boat Show, Port Charlotte, FL, Jan. 11-14 Charlotte County Fairgrounds. 954-570-7785. www.swfmia.com/charlotte-county-boat-show

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44th Stuart Boat Show, Stuart, FL, Jan. 12-14

Miami International Boat Show, Feb. 15-19

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The Miami Strictly Sail Boat Show, which has been held at Bayside in recent years as a separate show, will be joining the main show on Virginia Key in 2018. Sail booth exhibitors will have their own section in the main tent on Virginia Key, although some exhibitors, if they so choose, will be located at different locations. Some will be across from the water taxi docks in Tent J. The in-water sailboats will have their own docks at the show, all in one area. Sail Seminars will be held at Virginia Key. Parking is available on a limited basis at the show for $50 a day ($40 handicap). It must be reserved in advance online. But most visitors will have to take a shuttle bus or water taxi, both starting at 9am. Go to the website for bus locations and schedules. Water taxis are at Bayfront Park and the American Airlines Arena.

Admission is $25 and up, Friday through Monday. Two day passes at $45. Five day pass at $100. Thursday, Premier Day, is $45. Children 12 and under free with a paid adult admission. For more show information and to buy tickets online, go to MiamiBoatShow.com

56th Atlanta Boat Show, Jan. 18-21 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. NMMA. www.atlantaboatshow.com.

Austin Boat Show, Jan. 18-21 Austin Convention Center. www.austinboatshow.com

Charleston Boat Show, Charleston, SC, Jan. 26-28 Charleston Convention Center, Charleston, SC. 864-2509713. www.thecharlestonboatshow.com

Mid-Atlantic Boat Show, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, Feb. 8-11 www.MidAtlanticBoatShow.com.

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SEAFOOD FESTIVALS and MARINE FLEA MARKETS 14th Annual Big Pine Key Nautical Flea Market, Florida Keys, Jan. 13-14 Typically drawing nearly 200 vendors, this event is held on the wooded grounds of the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce, Mile Marker 31 Oceanside on Big Pine Key. Besides nautical items, there will be arts and crafts, food, and live music. 8am to 2pm. 305-872-2411. www.lowerkeyschamber.com, go to Events.

28th Annual Nautical Flea Market, Pompano Beach, FL, Jan. 20-21 Community Park, 820 NE 18th Ave. 8-5 Sat., 8-3 Sun. www.nauticalfleamarket.net

12th Annual Port Salerno Seafood Festival, Port Salerno, FL, Jan. 27 Live music, arts and crafts vendors, a kids’ fun zone, mermaids, pirates and seafood. Adults $10, $7 in advance, children 12 and under free. 10am to 8pm. Food served until 7.

Port Salerno Docks. www.portsalernoseafoodfestival.org.

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36th Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival, Cortez, FL, Feb. 17-18 Started in 1981, this two-day festival in the historic fishing village in Cortez, FL, offers a wide variety of seafood, live music, nautical arts and crafts, children’s activities, environmental exhibits and beer. Over the years, the event has expanded to two days and from 500 visitors to 25,000.

The festival is sponsored and hosted by F.I.S.H.—The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage—which is dedicated to the preservation of the heritage of Florida’s traditional Gulf Coast maritime communities. For more on F.I.S.H. and the festival, go to www.cortez-fish.org.

26th Annual Orange Beach Seafood Festival & Car Show, Orange Beach, AL, Feb. 24 The Wharf, 4830 Main Street. 10am-4pm. www.gulfshores.com/things-to-do/calendar-events.

23rd Annual Gigantic Nautical Flea Market, Islamorada, Florida Keys, Feb. 24-25 Sponsored by the Upper Keys Rotary Club. Held at Founders Park on Islamorada, MM 87, Bayside. New and used boats, marine gear, dive gear, products, clothing, electronics, antiques, fishing, nautical arts and crafts. Sat 8-5, Sun 9-3. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at 8am. 305-7121818. http://giganticnauticalfleamarket.org.

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This is a marine industry trade show combining exhibits, seminars, and demonstrations for yacht and boat refit and repair professionals. The show offers a combination of practical education, emerging technologies, new products, service innovations, and B2B networking. From project conception to execution, from new hardware and equipment selection to final sea trials with care for customer relations and retention, the Refit Show strengthens the future of this rapidly expanding industry. www.refitshow.com

Wrecker’s Cup “Race,” Key West, January 27, February 24, March 31, April 28 This race, if you could call it that, is sponsored by the www.southwindsmagazine.com

Schooner Wharf Bar on the waterfront in downtown Key West. This Sunday afternoon race commemorates the race to a wreck that signified the old days when Key West’s main business was wreck salvage. Boats race seven miles out to Sand Key from the Key West waterfront and back.

The race has five classes: Classic, Schooner, Multihull, Monohull over 30 feet and Monohull under 30 feet. Locals and visitors are invited and welcome. It is known as the “anything-but-serious race.” First boat back wins. No protests allowed. Sailing/boating rules and rules of seamanship always apply. Four races are held over four months. The race is videotaped and the awards ceremony after the race at the bar serves a BBQ dinner while guests watch the race on a big screen TV. Beer drinking is very common.

The first race is always the Sunday (Jan. 27) at the end of Key West Race Week, but race week is not being held this year, so listed here is the last Sunday in January.

Check with Schooner Wharf to confirm. The following three months, the race is the last Sunday in the month.

There is a captains meeting the day before the race at the bar at 7pm, where “captains and crew contemplate strategy while reviewing course and race rules.” Race awards, booty, music and barbecue are after the race at the bar at 7pm. www.schoonerwharf.com.

Seven Seas Cruising Association Hosts Gam in St. Petersburg, FL, Feb. 10, 2018 SSCA will present a one-day Gam at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club beginning at 8am on February 10, 2018. Prior to

Feb. 1, the admission will be $49 to members and $59 to nonmembers; those registering later will pay $10 more.

Admission includes a light breakfast and buffet lunch. Sail and power cruisers will have the opportunity to hear a number of well-known and hands-on cruisers on a variety of topics and will have ample opportunity to meet fellow cruisers for informal discussions. Cruisers at all levels of expertise are invited to attend. Space is limited to 200 people so do register early to make sure you will be able to attend.

The scheduled speakers and topics include: Chris Parker – Gulf Coast Weather Bill Cullens – Cruising the Bahamas and Cruising Gadgets JB Miller – Troubleshooting Diesel Engines Gerry Douglas – (Catalina Designer) on Yacht Designs Ron and Jan Matuska – Cruising the Great Loop Bill Betts – Cruising Southeast Asia Frances Lima and Joanne Cooley – Provisioning Henry Holts – Cruising around the World Keynote speaker will be Donna Lange, who will discuss her recent solo circumnavigation. Afterward, there will be cocktail party and jam session.

For more information, contact Barbara J. Hart at media@ssca.org, or 904-814-9930. Go to www.ssca.org.

38th Annual George Town Cruising Regatta, Exumas, Bahamas, February This is a cruisers regatta that builds up over several months.

This 12-day regatta attracts 350-400 cruising boats. Most boats start arriving from around the U.S., Canada and other countries in November and stay through March. When the actual regatta days start, the schedule includes sailboat races held in Elizabeth Harbor, around Stocking Island, and to neighboring Long Island. There are a variety of on-water and on-the-beach events to capture the interest of non-racing cruisers, as well as racers. These include volleyball tournaments, softball, coconut harvest, bridge, Texas Hold’em poker, beach golf and much more. Opening night of the regatta is a very big event. All cruisers are welcome.

For more information and exact dates, go to www.georgetowncruisingregatta.com (go to “Schedule” for 2018 schedule).

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RACING NEWS & REGATTAS Racing News, Instruction, Southern Sailors, and National and International Regattas in the South For the complete southern racing schedules by region, go to the “Southern Regional Race Calendar” in the back of the magazine

RACE INSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTHEAST To list your race instruction courses in print (free listings for non-profit groups. A $25 fee to for-profit groups): editor@southwindsmagazine.com LIST YOUR REGATTA OR INSTRUCTION COURSE ON OUR WEBSITE With our new website you can list your regatta course yourself on our online calendar for free with more information.

Go to swindsmag.com, and click on EVENTS. For US SAILING Courses: Information, prerequisites, and enrollment online available at www.ussailing.org/race-officials/find-a-seminar. Check the website, as classes are sometimes created at the last minute—long after our press deadline.

US SAILING has seminars around the country on Race Officers, Umpires, Judges and Classifiers.

NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER MAJOR REGATTAS IN THE SOUTHEAST LISTING YOUR RACE – SOUTHWINDS lists races with date, event and sponsoring organization in the eight southeastern states in the “Racing Calendar” section at the end of the magazine.

Listed below are upcoming national, international and other major regattas. Cost to list a regatta with a description in this section is $35/month ($25 for second month) for the first 130 words (text and title) and $45/month ($35 for second month) for 200 words total. No listing over 200 words allowed. Regattas that run display ads (1/4 page or larger—we give regatta ads reduced rates) will get 150 words at no additional charge for two months. Email editor@swindsmag.com, or 941-795-8704, around the first of the month preceding publication to list your event or place an ad.

N15 Youth World Qualifier, Clearwater, FL, Jan. 2-4

US SAILING One Day Race Management Seminar Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club, Beaufort, SC, Jan. 13.

Contact Frank Pontious at fpont@islc.net.

Instructor J D Rosser.

Clearwater Community Sailing Center. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org

Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 20.

Contact Instructor George Hero at ghero@georgehero.com.

A 160-nautical-mile sprint down the Florida Keys. This will start at Port Everglades on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 1300 hours, and will run along the Florida Keys to Key West.

Boats are expected to begin finishing the race throughout the day of Jan. 12. Fleets include IRC, PHRF, Multihull and One-Design. The race is sponsored by Lauderdale Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club and hosted by the SORC race management group.

A skippers meeting and cocktail party takes place January 9 at Lauderdale Yacht Club, race headquarters.

Awards are scheduled for January 12 in Key West and hosted by Kelly’s Caribbean Bar & Grill. For more information and online registration, go to www.keywestrace.org. Entry deadline is Jan. 5.

Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, Jan. 28.

Contact John Matthews at johnmatthews@cox.net.

Instructors Michael Dawson and George Hero.

Fort Walton Yacht Club, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Feb. 17.

Contact instructor George Hero at ghero@georgehero.com.

US SAILING One Day Judge Seminar Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, Jan. 27.

Contact John Matthews at johnmatthews@cox.net.

Instructors Michael Dawson and Chris Luppens.

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This two-day race series will be conducted outside Burnt Store Marina entrance on Charlotte Harbor. There will be two separate race courses: five races for Spinnaker, Multihull, and Harbor 20 fleets; three races for cruising fleets. Regatta qualifies for Charlotte Harbor Boat of the Year (CHBOTY). Expected are 30-35 boats in five classes offered. Both buoy and windward-leeward races will be conducted. A MANDATORY skippers meeting will be held on Saturday morning along with a complimentary continental breakfast. A barbecue social is planned after Saturday races. The awards ceremony with light lunch will be held on Sunday after racing. Details, NOR, and Entry Form can be found at www.ppycbsm.org. www.southwindsmagazine.com

53rd Annual Gasparilla Regatta Friday Registration & Skippers Meeting between 1700-2000

February 10, 2018 Spinnaker, Non-spinnaker, Cruising and Racer Cruiser classes along with the popular Motherload class. New this year is the addition of a Doublehand class!

Saturday Hot Breakfast served to the racers at 0800 Racing starting at 1000 After racing party and awards dinner

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US SAILING’s ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami Returns in 2018, Jan. 21-28

The St. Petersburg Yacht Club Hosts and Sponsors three prestigious Tampa Bay & Gulf Races 2018 All three regattas qualify for the SPORC Trophy (The St. Petersburg Ocean Racing Challenge) and the Suncoast Boat of the Year Special one-time entry fee if entering all three regattas at the same time — Pusser’s Rum Cup, Suncoast Race Week and Crown Cars Regatta Go to the SPYC Web Site Regatta Page for Details 2018

34th Annual Crown Cars Regatta SPYC at PAG March 10

Racing in the Gulf of Mexico.

37th Annual SPYC Invitational Pusser’s Rum Cup April 7

US Sailing’s premier event—the 29th running of Sailing World Cup Miami—is set to return to Miami for top-level Olympic and Paralympic class racing. The event is the only North American regatta to be included in World Sailing’s 2017-2018 Sailing World Cup series. The regatta is a mainstay on the winter circuit for sailors campaigning for the next Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Competitors in the 49er, 49er FX, RS:X, and Nacra events will have five days of fleet racing from Tuesday, January 23, to Friday, January 26, with medal races on Saturday, January 27. Athletes competing in the Laser, Radial, Finn, 470, and 2.4mR will have six days of fleet racing from Tuesday, January 23, to Saturday, January 27, with medal races for all classes but 2.4mR on Sunday, January 28 (2.4mRs will not have a medal race). Medals will be awarded to the top three boats in each class.

Regatta headquarters will be located at the city of Miami’s Regatta Park in Coconut Grove. Additional hosts for the event include the US Sailing Center Miami (a U.S. Olympic Training Site), Coconut Grove Sailing Club and Shake-A-Leg Miami. These sailing organizations host classes onshore, as well as help run the on-the-water racing. The Coral Reef Yacht Club hosts the opening and closing ceremonies.

For more information, go to www.miami.ussailing.org.

505 Midwinters, Clearwater, FL, Jan. 26-28 Clearwater Community Sailing Center. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org

Originates at & returns to SPYC downtown location.

40th Annual Suncoast Race Week Presented by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in cooperation with Bradenton Yacht Club & Davis Island Yacht Club April 12-15 Venue to be announced in the Notice of Race.

All NORs will be on the St. Petersburg Yacht Club Website at www.spyc.org and West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org

Conch Republic Cup, Key West to Cuba, Jan. 26-Feb. 3 The Conch Republic Cup race is scheduled to depart from Key West on Jan. 27 and return by Feb. 3.

Events will begin with registration at the Race Village in Key West on Jan. 26, with a skippers meeting at 6pm and welcome party at 7pm.

The race will go to Marina Hemingway with at 7pm welcome party on Jan. 28 at the Hemingway International Yacht Club. On Jan. 31, at 12pm, will be the Torreon de la Chorrera Buoy Race off Havana, with an awards party that evening at the yacht club.

The return race will start on Feb. 2 at 12pm for the race back to Key West, with a 7pm awards party on Feb. 3.

Registration deadline is Dec. 31. For more information, including the updated. Notice of Race and full schedule, go to www.conchrepubliccup.org, or email karen@conchrepubliccup.org.

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Melges 20 Winter Series, South Florida, Feb. 9-11, March 16-18 The Melges 20 Winter Series is three events held annually for the large fleet of Melges 20s that campaign in Southern states and the Caribbean each winter. All events are held at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club: Event 1 was held in December; Event 2 is the Miami Winter Regatta in February; and Event 3 is the Melges Rocks Regatta in March. After Event 3, Melges 20 racing moves to Charleston Race Week.

Gasparilla Regatta, Tampa Sailing Squadron, Tampa, FL, Feb. 10 Tampa Sailing Squadron’s Gasparilla Regatta is the hot ticket for your February racing fix! On Saturday, Feb. 10, there will be Spinnaker, Non-spinnaker, Racer Cruiser, Cruising and Motherload classes competing on Tampa Bay. Also, “NEW” is a Doublehand class that races around our long course! Our recent dredging of the main channel has been very popular and this is the only regatta in Tampa Bay where you will be fed a hot breakfast before racing.

Following racing is our infamous party, with live music, rum libations and an awards dinner. Pre-race skippers meeting is Friday, Feb. 9, at 5pm, featuring a beer keg and $5 hamburger/hotdog dinners.

For additional information contact Matt Dalton at tssregatta@gmail.com. For NOR and a discount for early registration, go to www.sail-tss.org.

St. Petersburg National Offshore One-Design (NOODS) Regatta, Feb. 16-18 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is host for this annual regatta. Several popular one-design classes will be represented.

The NOOD regatta features several separate one-design classes, and PHRF racing with a combination of windward/leeward and distance racing courses. Entries from across the eastern half of the U.S. attend. Six NOOD Regattas are held around the country annually. Go to the Sailing World NOOD website for more information at www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas.

Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta, Charleston, SC, Feb. 17-18 Universities from across the country compete in this regatta. Seven competed in 2017. (The inaugural event took place in 2015, but the 2016 edition was cancelled due to bad weather.)

Though the event is sailed in offshore vessels, all of the racing takes place inside Charleston Harbor on mediumdistance courses. The regatta is organized by volunteers from the sailing industry and the local sailing community.

For additional information, go to www.facebook.com/ SouthernCollegiateOffshore/

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2018 Force Five Midwinter Championship, Florida Keys, Feb. 19-24 The Midwinters will once again be hosted by the Upper Keys Sailing Club in Key Largo. Sailors arriving early will have use of the club facility to get in some practice racing.

For more information go to www.upperkeyssailing club.com, or http://force5.us/main/.

Laser Midwinters, Clearwater, FL, Feb. 22-25 Clearwater Yacht Club. www.clearwateryachtclub.org

St. Petersburg – Habana Race, Feb. 26 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s 284-nautical mile race to Havana, Cuba, will depart St. Petersburg at 10am on Feb. 26, headed for the finish at Morro Castle off Havana.

Although this race was revived in 2016, it was originally staged from 1930 to 1959. The race was limited to 80 boats and that is how many are signed up to go. The deadline for confirmed entries was Nov. 7 and more than 80 have entered. A wait list is available beyond the 80 and will be active until Jan. 13, 2017.

The club brought in ASC International USA to also offer packages to people traveling by air to the race events in Havana. Both the boats and crew, and those traveling by air, are going under the “People-to-People” program to visit Cuba.

Included in the schedule of events in Cuba are a welcome party March 1-2 and a 12-mile race from Hemingway Yacht Club to Morro Castle and back, with Cuban sailors involved. There will also be guided tours and other events in Havana and nearby areas on the island. A dinner and

awards presentations party will be held on March 5.

For more information, go to www.spyc.org and click on Regattas.

50th Regata del Sol al Sol from St. Petersburg, FL, to Isla Mujeres, Mexico, April 26, 2017 — Celebrating 50th Year Golden Anniversary Entrants are already signing up for this annual race, which is celebrating 50 years in 2018. Reduced entry fee for all who pay their boat fee by Dec. 31. Skippers who entered their vessel (and race) in the St. Petersburg-Habana Race and this regatta will receive another discount in their entry fee. For fee and general information, contact Chairperson Elizabeth (Beth) Pennington at Chairperson@regatadelsolalsol.org, or through the website at www.regatadelsolalsol.org, or go to www.spyc.org.

There will be seminars and final registration on April 26, 2018. Many pre-race and after-race activities are set that all are invited to, including crew and any others interested in attending. Anyone interested in joining in the fun on the island, but not necessarily wanting to sail, can fly to Cancun. Then, it is a short taxi ride and ferry ride to Isla Mujeres. In order to keep track of the boats and others coming to the island, people can get their regatta hotel reservations and ground transportation through the website using the reservation information tabs on the right side of the home page. There is a secure website page for online entries, or mail the entry in (address available on the website). You can also check out the Facebook page. The main regatta site is at www.regatadelsolalsol.org.

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BOAT REVIEW

1998 Catalina C-380

By Steve Dublin

C Caretta sports the tall rig and the deeper wing keel. She draws about 5’ 8”. The tall rig version’s mast is about three feet taller than the standard mast. To my eye, the C380 has classic lines and a profile that will never look outdated.

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aretta, which is Latin for sea turtle, is a 1998 Catalina C380. Catalina Yachts actually built four versions of the C380. Each version utilized the same hull, which has a LOA of 38.5’, a maximum beam of 12’ 4” and a LWL of 32.5’.

However, Catalina offered the C380 with a fin keel and standard rig, with a fin keel and tall rig, with a shallow wing keel and standard rig, and with a deep wing keel and tall rig. In addition, some C380s have in-mast furling. So the performance characteristics of the C380 will vary slightly depending on the version selected. Since the fin keel versions draw over seven feet, you won’t find very many on the East Coast.

Caretta sports the tall rig and the deeper wing keel. She draws about 5’ 8”. The tall rig version’s mast is about three feet taller than the standard mast and carries about 55 square feet more sail area when you compare 100 percent fore triangles. Caretta can still get under the 65-foot tall bridges on the ICW. Contrary to Catalina’s sales brochure, she displaces close to 24,000 pounds. I would characterize her as a fast, seakindly cruiser that’s also fun to race.

To my eye, the C380 has classic lines and a profile that will never look outdated. (Note: The Catalina C387, which replaced the C380 in 2003, also utilizes the same hull as the C380. However, the cabin profile, standing rigging, and interior layout, etc., are different, and the C387 has only the shallow wing keel.)

We purchased Caretta in 2003 and raced her successfully for about four years. Stripped down and with a good crew, she could sail to her 120 PHRF. Caretta’s hull picks up a few feet of waterline when heeled. We’ve often topped nine knots on a close reach. With her deep wing keel, she was most competitive on the windward legs. Her rudder is almost as deep as her keel. This may explain why her rudder has never stalled even while surfing under spinnaker.

However, for the last 10 years, she’s served as a laid back, comfortable cruiser.

For cruising, we added a second bow roller and divided her deep chain locker. We purchased a 45-pound Delta plow as her primary anchor. The Delta has served us well, even in anchorages subject to boisterous trade winds. The C380 came, factory equipped, with a Maxwell “Freedom” windlass. The Freedom windlass can, with just occasional prodding, pass a chain-to-rope splice.

For bluewater sailing, we mounted a six-man life raft in a cradle just forward of her traveler and purchased a storm jib. The storm jib can be hanked over our furled headsail.

Fortunately, we’ve never had to use either. All C380s have a mid-boom traveler and a double-ended main sheet. Most of her sail handling lines are led aft to cabin-top-mounted rope clutches and two-speed winches. I did discard her single-line-reefing system, which I’m not a fan of. So I do have www.southwindsmagazine.com

Her sugar-scoop stern facilitates dinghy boarding and serves as a convenient perch while taking a freshwater shower after snorkeling.

to go forward to slip a floppy-ring over the boom’s gooseneck hook when reefing the main. A small price to pay for a well-set reefed main.

Caretta’s 70-inch long cockpit seats are long enough to serve as berths when the crew wants to sleep above deck. Besides the regular stern seats above the lazarette hatches, she has “catbird” seats built into the stern pulpit. These seats are always a favorite with guests. The base of her long cockpit table serves as a handy foot brace for the crew when the boat heels to a strong gust. Her sugarscoop stern facilitates dinghy boarding and serves as a convenient perch while taking a freshwater shower after snorkeling. With the exception of her hatch boards, the C380 has no exterior teak. I’ve always found it easier to polish stainless steel than varnish teak.

Caretta’s house bank consists of four golf cart batteries in series and parallel. She has a separate start battery that

we keep fully charged in reserve. We had the auxiliary’s stock alternator modified to accept a “smart” external regulator for faster charging. The two 85-watt solar panels mounted on top of her dinghy davits allow us to spend several days on the hook without running her 42hp Westerbeke auxiliary. I bolted a Garhauer engine hoist to her stainless

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BOAT REVIEW Caretta’s 70-inch long cockpit seats are long enough to serve as berths when the crew wants to sleep above deck. The base of her long cockpit table serves as a handy foot brace for the crew when the boat heels to a strong gust

steel radar tower in order to facilitate raising and lowering the dinghy’s 8hp outboard.

Caretta had depth, knot and wind speed meters along with a Raymarine autopilot when we bought her. We’ve upgraded the meters to ST-60s, upgraded her primary GPS chartplotter and added radar, SiriusXM radio/weather and AIS. The radar, SiriusXM weather and AIS can be displayed on her pedestal-guard-mounted Garmin chartplotter. We found the AIS to be invaluable when navigatThe large dining table in Caretta’s main salon can, with the addition of its cushion, be lowered to form a double berth.

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The salon looking aft.

Aft of the Nav station is the head. The Catalina 380 has only one head.

However, the head has ample room and she has a fully enclosed shower compartment adjacent to the head.

ing busy shipping lanes at night. When you call a freighter by name, they tend to respond.

We also upgraded her VHF to one with a “RAM” mike which is mounted at her helm.

We’ve kept her racing “go-fasts,” which include full spinnaker gear with secondary winches, adjustable jib fairleads, adjustable back-stay, a fully battened main, solid vang and all ballbearing blocks, etc. It’s more fun to sail fast even when cruising. Her three-bladed, Maxprop feathering

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Her galley boasts a double sink, which is almost midship, a fully gimballed three-burner propane range with stove, a microwave and an air-cooled fridge/freezer.

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halyard winch to electrical. However, her primary two-speed winches (Lewmar 54s) are more than adequate for trimming her 155 percent genoa.

Most C380s use the “Dutchman system” on their mainsail. It makes for a very shipshape, flaked sail once you get the hang of it.

Below deck, Caretta boasts a useable nav station on the starboard side of the main salon. We also have an EPIRB, backup chartplotter and VHF radio. The single sideband (SSB) HF radio and modem allows us to talk with weather routers, send email and download weather maps. We insulated the backstay to serve as the SSB’s antenna and ran copper foil from the SSB’s tuner, which is mounted in an aft lazarette, to a keel bolt to serve as its ground. WWII technology that still works great.

Her galley boasts a double sink, which is almost midship, a fully gimballed three-burner propane range with stove, a microwave and an aircooled fridge/freezer. To supplement Caretta’s frozen food storage capacity we installed an Engel portable freezer in the aft cabin. Her three fresh water tanks hold a total of 100 gallons.

The large dining table in Caretta’s main salon can, with the addition of its cushion, be lowered to form a double berth. However, we’ve rarely used it as such. I did make up lee cloths for the cushioned seats that run along either side of the dining table so they can serve as true sea berths. We also added 12-volt fans in all the cabins, including the head, and converted her running lights and most of her cabin lights to LEDs. The Catalina 380 has only one head. That is probably why you rarely see them used as charter boats. However, the head has ample room and she has a fully enclosed shower compartment adjacent to the head. Caretta’s forward cabin, where my wife and I prefer to sleep, does have a sink and vanity just aft of the V berth. Caretta had been a freshwater boat when we bought her. Therefore, we had to add a macerator pump and thru-hull so we could discharge the 30-gallon holding tank when we were far enough offshore.

Caretta’s aft owner’s cabin holds a large double/queen size berth with hanging lockers. I would have preferred a smaller berth and more sail storage lockers. Headroom in the aft section of the owner’s cabin is somewhat limited by a housing that allows access to the forward section of her steering post’s radial drive. All boats are compromises.

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BTU AC unit (recently), the transmission shift cable and the transmission’s cooling unit. Most Catalina owners enjoy working on their boats.

Caretta’s cruising claim to fame was a fast, 500-nautical mile passage from Luperon in the Dominican Republic to Nassau in the Bahamas during which we used less than 1.5 gallons of diesel.

It’s fortunate that she sails so well because her fuel tank is undersized. We always carry extra jerry cans while cruising.

If you are in the market for a stout, sea-kindly cruiser with a good turn of speed, you would do well to add the C380 to your wish list. I plan to keep Caretta until I’m too old to sail.

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Positive Changes in Luperón

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By David Smedley

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ithout question, Luperón, on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, is absolutely the best hurricane hole in the Caribbean. The island is just west of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All of us in the islands got hit back-to-back within two weeks by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. I’m sure you have seen the devastation in Puerto Rico and the Virgins. Guess what? There were about 70 cruising boats anchored in Luperón Harbor and on the docks at Puerto Blanco Marina. Not one boat was damaged.

In addition, at least 50 fishing boats from all over the North Coast came into the harbor, because they knew Luperón was the safest place.

Luperón has gotten a bad rap from several cruisers who were hassled in recent years by government officials when they checked into the country or, for some, when they tried to leave. The problem was bribes. Dominican officials are lowly paid and some “supplement” their income by requesting a “mordita”—a bite of the cruisers pocketbooks.

This has caused a lingering bad taste that has been passed

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word-of-mouth among many cruisers.

Several years ago, there were at least 500 cruising boats flowing through Luperón Harbor. Businesses, restaurants, bars and stores all thrived. The harbor was controlled by the Navy under a commandante. A huge part of the problem was the commandante was not a local. He had no vested interest in the local businesses. He usually spoke very little English and used his powers to issue dispacios (sort of like a travel permit) to wring a few extra dollars from the cruisers.

He was usually appointed from some other far-flung part of the island, and it was of little concern if local businesses suffered from his actions. The local cruisers banded together and began putting pressure on the island government. After all, tourist dollars are a large part of the economy. The intent was to put in place a commandante who answered to both his duties and responsibilities, but also showed concern for the local businesses and the cruising boats.

In October, Luperón changed. A new young energetic Navy commandante was appointed. He spoke English and

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could converse with the cruisers in their own language. He understood that the actions of past commandantes had undermined Luperón—both financially and in reputation. I personally met the man and spent a half hour discussing Luperón’s problems. He spoke eloquently on his ideas for change. Cruisers would have access to his offices and have their concerns addressed. The goal would be to change Luperón’s reputation and bring more boats into the harbor.

After all, Luperón was the safest and best harbor in the whole Caribbean. It would be a win/win situation. More cruising boats would bring in more dollars. Businesses would thrive. More boats would bring in more government dollars through tourist visas and entry fees. The practice of soliciting bribes would be a thing of the past. Cruising despacios would be taken care of promptly and a spirit of co-operation would be fostered between the Navy officialdom and the cruising community. More cruising boats in the harbor would expand the economy. More jobs, more opportunities for the local people.

Luperón has changed. Now the word must go out. A good friend of mine had been warned to stay away from Luperón. He and his wife only came here because of a storm. They were totally surprised. Here they found a vast friendly group of cruisers. There were organized motorbike rides into the mountains, full-moon parties at Putulas on the Water, cheap happy hour drinks, karaoke nights at Wendy’s bar, potluck dinners... Luperon was nothing like what they had heard. They realized the naysayers were wrong.

Luperón was now the highlight of their cruising experience.

I want to spread the word. The people here are honest and friendly. Prices are cheap. You can eat out Dominicanstyle for 100 pesos. Yep—that is about two dollars. Beer is cheap—70 pesos at the stores. Fruits and vegetables are sweet, so juicy you’ll think the ones in the USA are made of plastic. Dominican women are cinnamon-colored, pretty and even friendly. Your money goes a long, long way. Gee what is there not to like? You can travel cheaply by guagu (bus) and visit the old colonial quarter of Santo Domingo, the oldest city in the new world. Climb Pico Duarte at over 10,000 feet, the highest mountain in the Caribbean with snow on top, even here in the tropical islands. Swim through a cool mountain stream up 27 waterfalls to the mountaintop at Damajagua. The Republica Dominicana is lush and green. The mountains offer spectacular views and you’ll see and meet the kind and courteous Dominican people. You’ll see locals riding to town on horses and mules carrying aluminum milk jugs of fresh milk from the local farms. Whole families will speed by packed on a motorbike: husband, wife, two kids—and carrying a large propane bottle to boot. Some of the world’s best coffee and chocolate grows up in the mountains that will please even the most discriminating epicurean.

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After unsuccessfully trying to entice fishermen and other boat owners for a ride, we settled on Freddy. He picked us up on the north end of Long Island, after getting a ride from Clarence Town in the south. With no regular commercial transportation, Dawn Simmons, Executive of the Long Island Tourist Office, delivered us to Freddy, a hundred miles out of her way on her way to work. It was just one example of the extraordinary service we received from The Bahamas tourist bureaus during our travels.

Freddy swooped in from the north, and we were soon on our way. It was a five-seater, but Phil takes up a couple of them and for weight and balance, I was awarded the right seat. Twenty minutes after our departure from Long Island, we arrived in the more upscale tourist center of San Salvador. Disappointed that our boat trip would turn to aviation for a ride, we were happy to get to an island with a litwww.southwindsmagazine.com

Wendy’s provided more than a few “libations” and a whole host of colorful characters!

tle more activity. San Salvador also had historical interest, as the first foreign Bahamas cruiser paid a visit here on October 12, 1492. We ended up spending half a day hiking to the Christopher Columbus monument!

We landed in Cockburn Town, which —unlike Long Island— actually has stores, restaurants, and bars.

There would be less beach exploration on this visit! It didn’t take us long to find a favorite, local-color watering hole; Wendy’s was across from the little airport. For accommodations, our habit was to contact the local tourist office and provide our standard criteria for a hotel, simple but nice. They got it right every time and we soon found ourselves at the delightful Sands Hotel. A more guidebookprominent hotel was next door, but Jermaine Johnson, senior executive at the Tourist Office, recommended the Sands.

How right he was!

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Joaquin in 2015, as were most of the islands of the central Bahamas. Once settled, we made plans for our two full days of island exploration yet to come. Arrival day was time to relax and enjoy our pleasant surroundings. Kerryann, the hotel office manager, took us to the store for some needed “groceries” and we also met her delightful daughter Denise, who tagged along. Denise let it be known that she really liked skittles and she got a bag every day of our stay. When we inquired about renting a car to explore the island, the Sands’ Hilton Ferguson offered to loan us the hotel car for

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Sweet Denise lit up our stay!

by circumnavigating the island, a trip of about fifty miles. San Salvador is half the area of Long Island, and with 940 residents, has a third of the population, but it is a considerable up-tick in terms of activiThe Sands was another delightful beach hotel. The staff couldn’t do enough for us! ty. Sampling all the island’s sights, we often returned to Wendy’s to enjoy a cold beer the next day, “just buy a little gas.” He also let us use it after and a multitude of colorful characters. High on our list of the hotel office closed in the evenings. Service with a smile! must-do’s was the Columbus Monument, positioned on With our borrowed wheels, we started our grand tour top of the island’s highest hill. It wasn’t easy to get to. The first part of the trip was up and down and up a boulderand-rock-strewn auto path that allowed only idle speed.

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Fred Braman and companions, Dave Blake of Arizona, and Phil Lugger of Michigan, all contributed to this article series. Most of the photographs are by Dave Blake Photography. More of Dave’s trip photos can be seen at www.pbase.com/twolanetommy/mailboatbahamas2017. For clubs or interested travelers, we are happy to share details of our experience. Contact the author at fredbraman@hotmail.com. An information package, helpful in trip planning, is also available by email upon request. The first part of this series is available online at www.SouthwindsMagazine.com, under Back Issues.

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America’s Cup Boat for 2021 Revealed

By Steve Morrell Animated images © Virtual Eye

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n November, Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) and Luna Rossa design teams revealed the new monohull that will be raced in the 2021 America’s Cup—the AC75 foiling monohull—and it will rock the world of sailboat racing, just as many of the America’s Cup boats have been doing in the last three decades.

The design teams suggest that this concept “could become the future of racing and even cruising monohulls beyond the America’s Cup.” The AC75 will have twin canting T-foils, one on each side of the boat, that are “ballasted to provide righting-moment when sailing, and roll stability at low speed.”

They claim the boat can right itself if it capsizes.

Its normal sailing mode will have the leeward foil lowered into the water and the windward one raised out of the water. Both foils can be lowered into the water to increase stability—and lowered completely under the boat for even greater stability and to enable the boat to fit in a standard berth.

The AC75 will not have the wing sails that have been so popular in recent Cup boats, but will have conventional “Code Zero” sails, which is a relatively new category of sails that are still under development, although their broad and evolving definition includes sails that were introduced more than two decades ago. The name means different things to different people. The North Sails website defines Code Zero sails: Code Zeros are free flying, designed for close reaching angles, generally used between 40-90 degrees apparent wind angles and true wind speeds under 20 knots. To understand the different names and different

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Animated drawing of the AC75 foiling monohull under sail (normal sailing mode configuration).

versions of these sails, it helps to look back at their origin.

Originally Code Zeros were designed to qualify as spinnakers under various rating rules, which require the midgirth to be 75% of the foot length. Multihull sailors called these sails screechers, while Volvo Ocean Racers coined the term Code Zero.

The greatest benefit of the Code Zero is adding a great deal of sail area and efficient sail power to underpowered, close reaching angles.

The ETNZ and Luna Rossa teams have been studying a new monohull concept for four months and one of their main principles has been to establish technology that can, in their words, “trickle down” to other sailing classes and yachts.

This concept does not stop with hull designs but with the rigs also.

They have not developed the final rigs for the AC75, but are hoping to have rigs that do not have to be craned in and out every day.

Released were design drawings, including animations of the Normal sailing mode. Leeward foil provides lift. boats under sail, even with aniWindward foil provides righting-moment. mated sailors operating coffee grinders, which will be necessary to operate the hydraulic systems for raising and lowering the Tfoils. The videos and drawings can be viewed at americascup.com.

They believe that the boats have the potential—when up on their foils—“to sail faster than an AC50 both upwind and downwind.”

It will definitely be a major change in the future America’s Cup—probably as great as the switch to the foiling catamarans was back in 2013.

The 2021 Cup races will he held in Auckland, New Zealand, Stable sailing mode. Maximum stability in manoeuvres but pre-Cup racing of the AC75 and difficult conditions. should start in 2020.

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Exploring Shroud Cay, Exumas, Bahamas

By Paula Shur

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xcept for our footprints, the gorgeous beach on the Exuma Sound side of Shroud Cay was undisturbed. My husband, Ken, and I could see each grain of sand in the vodka-clear water. The spectacular beauty delighted our senses. This was the moment when our month-long effort to sail Island Time, our Catalina 355, from Gulfport, FL, to the Exumas, came to fruition. I recalled my conversation with the dockhand two days earlier as we were leaving Palm Cay Marina on New Providence Island (where Nassau is), Bahamas, in early May 2016.

“Where are you headed?” the friendly, young Bahamian asked me as he cast off our lines from the piling.

“Exumas, if they actually exist.”

“Oh, they exist. Make sure you explore my favorite place—the mangrove creeks on Shroud Cay. You can count each grain of sand through the water.”

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North mangrove creek, which connects the shallow Exuma Banks to the Deep Exuma Sound.

of the Exumas, which lay a day’s sail southeast of New Providence Island. We made our first stop for the night at Allan’s Cay, just north of Shroud Cay. Then we made the short sail south to Shroud Cay, which lies in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. We picked up one of the mooring balls on the west side, as the tide began to ebb. Since the Bahamas Waterway Guide advised us to explore the shallow

creek on a mid, rising tide, we delayed our exploration of the cay until the next day.

At noon the following day, we hopped in our Portland Pudgy dinghy to scout out the north mangrove creek, which connects the shallow Exuma Banks to the Deep Exuma Sound. We motored west along the outcropping of rocks before heading north along the shoreline looking for the

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The northern creek’s waters are wider, clearer and bluer than Florida’s Weeki Wachi spring-fed river.

entrance to the creek. We could not find the opening.

We did see five large catamaran sailboats headed at us.

We hoped the sunset orange color of our little boat would make us visible to this armada. After the lead boat anchored a safe distance from us, the other four anchored nearby. We approached the lead boat for directions to the creek.

“It’s just around that bend,” the captain told us. A few minutes later, we rounded the bend and found the opening.

The creek was wider, clearer and bluer than Weeki Wachee, a spring fed river in Florida. The mangroves were also different from those of Florida. They were less than a few feet high and surprisingly bug-less. I had expected to see brown, tannic acid-colored water and swat insects. I was delighted to be wrong.

We crisscrossed the river searching for water deep enough for the shaft of our 3hp electric motor. A royal blue color indicated deeper water and faster current.

When we neared the sound side, the ripples and strength of the adverse current reminded me of white water rafting. I pulled out an oar and paddled to assist our electric Torqeedo eggbeater motor. We won the fight against the flood tide of Shroud Cay’s northern mangrove creek. We 46

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pulled up along the shore just before the exit to the sound.

We anchored our boat in the water and tied it to a branch.

We did not want to lose our ride back to Island Time.

Thanks to our reliable Portland Pudgy, we were all alone on this stunning beach. We heard only the lapping of the water along the shore. We contemplated skinny-dip-

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ping. We had found paradise—for a moment. The moment lasted two minutes.

Our serenity was shattered by the roar of five 25hp motors on five inflatables. A dinghy flotilla carrying 20 people beached alongside our orange little boat. Their guide apologized for intruding on our romantic moment. The horde was celebrating the 40th birthday of their friend, who had chartered five catamarans from Palm Cay Marina. We now realized why the five catamarans anchored close to the creek entrance.

The group’s sympathetic leader admired our electric motor and offered some advice.

“Your Torqeedo is permitted in the motor exclusion creek at the south end of Shroud Cay. It’s not too hard to find the entrance to the creek. Turn left after seeing the lone palm tree. There will be less people there.”

At the time I did not think it was funny to be ambushed by 20 people at an exotic, uninhabited island. Everything, however, has a potential for humor. The question is how long will it take before I think it is funny. Within a few days, I was laughing. Now I wish I had a picture of us with the flotil- Our dinghy alone in south creek la to include in this story.

The throng of people joined us for a swim and to find the south mangrove creek which we hoped would a climb up what we called the goat hill. The 360-degree view take us to a secluded beach. I remembered the catamaran of the beach and meandering creek was worth the climb up flotilla guide’s directions. the rocky, steep hill that only a goat could love.

“Turn left, after the lone palm tree.”

We dinghied back through the north mangrove creek We passed the palm tree. We turned left into the opento our sailboat before the tide ebbed. We did not want to ing of a crystal clear creek. From my review of our Explorer fight the tide and we wanted enough water for our motor.

Charts, this creek did not appear to connect the banks with We decided to come back to Shroud Cay and explore the the sound as the guide had told us. The shallow water of the combustion-motor exclusion creek on our return trip to Banks was flowing into the creek, not out as would be Florida. We still wanted to find a private beach for more expected with the incoming tide. than a moment.

Only a few inches of water passed under the propeller.

The creek branched into many directions. We attempted to The South Creek stay on the main river. After an hour of motoring, we came A few weeks later we anchored south of the mooring field to a stagnant area of water. I thought it odd to not have any on the west side of Shroud Cay. We hopped in our dinghy

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This beach on the south end was even more beautiful than the other crowded one on the north end of Shroud Cay. This was the prettiest beach I have ever seen.

flow. I looked about 400 yards to the east and convinced myself a gorgeous beach on the Sound was just a little bit further.

Ken was concerned that we had misjudged the tide and might get stuck in this creek. We brought our oars. So if we did get stuck, we would be up a creek with oars. It could be worse, right?

I have a horrible sense of direction, but I can always find the ocean. I just felt the Sound was nearby.

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Ken was not convinced. The last 400 yards was too shallow for the motor. I did not want to turn around after all our effort. I had to convince Ken to keep going. So...I promised I would skinny dip with him, when—not if—we reached the Sound. It worked! Ken found his motivation and rowed the dinghy toward the promised water.

After 200 yards, the water was too shallow to row. We hopped out and I pulled the dinghy. The sand was soft with knee-twisting holes. After 100 yards, I could no longer pull the dinghy. Ken told me to look behind me. I left a 25-yard keel line dragging our dinghy through the wet sand.

Fortunately, we found deeper water near the rocks. We motored along the rocks until we reached the exit. Yes! This beach on the south end was even more beautiful than the other crowded one on the north end of Shroud Cay. The white sand and blues of the water were so vibrant. This was the prettiest beach I have ever seen.

We were alone. Our slow dinghy with an electric motor took us to our private beach. We anchored and tied up our Pudgy.

We took our refreshing dip. The beauty of this beach will remain with me forever.

The creek water was deep enough during our uneventful return trip back to our anchored sailboat. Our dinghy is not fast, but living the slow life works for us.

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BOOK REVIEW

Ebb and Flow: Tides and Life on Our Once and Future Planet

By Tom Koppel Review by Steve Morrell

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his is a book for anyone interested in the ocean environment. Having lived most of my life (including all of my childhood) living in several places near the ocean, I’ve been around differing tides, but nothing like many of the tides covered in this book, which includes the how and why of tides on the globe.

I’ve lived and traveled in several different places on the east and west coasts of the U.S. and seen many different tide patterns. Southern California’s Pacific tides were regular twice a day, just a few feet, and I remember the tide pools created after the tide went out, exposing all their associated marine life. In Florida, I’ve lived on both coasts, where the tides on the east coast are fairly consistent at twice a day, going up and down 1-3 feet. But on the west coast, tides are quite different, with two high tides: a high, high tide and a low, high tide. And it’s the same with the low tide; you have a low, low tide and a high, low tide. But the tides aren’t that extreme, ranging just a few feet.

Several years back, I took the ICW south from North Carolina to Florida and often ran into extreme tides with ranges around five feet, with accompanying currents that were often several knots. You tie your boat up to a dock and you can step off the boat onto the dock. You leave for several hours and come back and you have to use a ladder to get down to the boat deck.

A range of five feet, though, is nothing compared to the famous tides in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia where the world’s largest tidal range can be up to 54 feet (how do you dock your boat in that situation?). Through this book I learned that tides of that magnitude are quite common— and I learned why they occur to such an extreme.

This book takes you around the world to explore the different tides from the extremes like in the Bay of Fundy to the more moderate tides which have a small tidal range. But tides create more than just changes in water level: They create different species of marine life that have to exist and thrive in these changes; Currents that can be so extreme that they can be life- and boat-threatening, but also opportunities for catching fish; Whirlpools that can suck a boat and crew down, or swirl it around like a small piece of driftwood—to name just a few effects the tides have on the planet and on our lives.

We all know that you can easily look up tides into the future to see when high tide and low tide will occur—and how much it will be. How do they make these predictions— especially when you have tides like Florida’s west coast

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with a high high tide and low high tide each day? Tides change around the world because of geography, currents, river systems, depths, the seasons, the rotation of the earth.

The diversity of tides is as different as the diversity of coastlines in the world. This book goes through the very difficult and complex science of tide prediction, which means when tides change and how much, as it developed over the ages.

It wasn’t easy. Ships gathered information for centuries as they explored the world, and scientists came up with various theories through the ages.

And how many people know why we have tides? We all think it’s the moon, which it basically is (with some influence from the sun), but it’s not just water being attracted by the mass of the moon. If it was, then why is there a high tide on opposite sides of the earth during the same time period—meaning on the opposite side of where the moon is?

The moon is not just pulling the water. It’s doing a lot more.

Tides help create currents throughout the world and in many cases, they are the only cause. Tides and currents are one of the major factors that boats and ships have to deal with. Throughout history, tides have influenced the exploration of the world by sea. Tides and currents, if played well—or played poorly—can even win or lose a sailboat race.

Not until I read this book did I understand the real influence of tides on life on earth. Plus it’s written for the layman, but with enough science that you can learn the main technical aspects of tides. It is not written by a scientist, but by someone who learned about tides by moving, as a young man, to the coastal and inland waters of British Columbia where the tides and currents operate in some extreme ways with powerful currents on the inland passages between the mainland and coastal islands. The author spent many years observing the tides and currents by land and by boat.

This is a well-written and enjoyable book that I had lying around for years and finally decided to read. I had no idea it was this interesting and informative. As much time as I’ve spent around the ocean, I should have read it decades ago–except it wasn’t written until 2007. It’s an excellent read for anyone who wants to know more about the ocean.

Ebb and Flow is in print and has a five-out-of-five-star rating on Amazon. In 2007, it was rated by the Toronto Star as one of the best science books of 2007.

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Inflatable Sails

By Steve Morrell

Inflated Wing Sails They call it “IWS”—Inflated Wing Sails. The wing sail has been around for a long time, but it became famous after it was first used in the America’s cup by BMW Oracle on their trimaran (which won the cup) in 2010. Wing sails are generally rigid, and can’t change shape like an aircraft wing. They also provide more lift and have a better lift-to-drag-ratio than traditional sails.

Now, a team of three in Switzerland has come up with an inflatable wing sail. One of the three, Edouard Kessi, developed the first paragliders, has a history of sail technology and is a known Swiss sailor. He has been working on

inflated wing sails for the last two years.

Another member of the team, Laurent de Kalbermatten, came from the world of flying, hanggliding and paragliding, and is considered the father of paragliding. He developed inflatable paragliding wings. It was Kessi and Kalbermatten who did the original development of the system.

The third member, Stephane Fauve, has expertise in sail design and sail materials.

The original testing of the IWS was done on a laser in 2015.

The website describes the system: “IWS is stable in every wind condition. There is no pressure on the boat‘s structure. IWS offers a smooth balanced new way of sailing.

No more winches, halyards, shrouds or complex deck equipments.”

Videos of sailing with the IWS are on the website, but details of how it all works are not explained. The inflated sail has a retractable mast inside the wing that telescopes up and down. Raising and lowering the sails is done by raising and retracting the mast and inflating and deflating the sails. The sail has an opening on the forward (luff) end of the wing with fans that propel the air in. It is not explained, but I assume it means that mechanical power of

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some sort must control the telescoping of the mast and the fans. There is fixed-length boom on the bottom made of lightweight material.

It appears that the sail works quite well in the videos in both calm and high-wind conditions. The mast is free-standing and there is only a main sheet. No other controls are on the rig. In the videos, gybing can be accomplished by rotating the sail across the bow. That means that something must be done with the mainsheet, although that is not explained.

It can be treated like a standard jib sheet, but you’d have to gybe it back the opposite way to gybe a second time.

For more on the IWS, go to inflatedwingsails.com.

Inflatable Windsurfing Sail During research on the IWS, I found an inflatable windsurfing sail that was quite interesting. The sail, know as an iRIG is different from the IWS. It was really the mast and boom that were inflatable, and the sail area attached to them. It was all one piece and the real advantage was that it all fit deflated in one bag. Quite ingenious, really. Having been a diehard windsurfer for many years, I understand the attraction. The company says you can inflate it in minutes and mount it on a standard windsurfer. One of the real hassles of windsurfing was setup and break down of mast, boom, and miscellaneous connection pieces and lines. You had to have a big bag to carry all that stuff, along with spares, besides carrying the mast, boom and usually several sets of

sails for different wind conditions. With the inflatable sail system, you just need the sail, the bag and a hand pump. I saw only one size, though, which means it’s good for a limited range of wind speeds, although they do have different sizes, but they promote them for different size people.

The rig is also promoted to mount on a standup paddleboard. Since inflatable SUPs are out there on the market, the two systems together can be quite convenient in terms of transport and ease of use.

All you need is an inflator.

The company does offer a strap that goes around an SUP with a fitting to mount the mast on a board that doesn’t have a mast base like a windsurfer.

For more on the iRIG, go to irig.com.

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CAROLINA SAILING

South Carolina Maritime Museum – a Timely Expansion South Carolina’s only all-encompassing maritime museum is taking some big steps forward.

The South Carolina Maritime Museum during the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show. Courtesy South Carolina Maritime Museum.

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here are many aspects of sailing to be cherished. As a pastime, it’s empowering. It connects practitioners more closely to the natural environment. It teaches skills, awareness, resourcefulness—and sometimes even history. Without a doubt, this pastime’s long heritage is one of those aspects to be cherished.

Rooted in necessity and exploration, sailing has been a fixture among coastal cultures for millennia. Few other pastimes can make that claim. Golf reportedly dates to the late 1400s. Football began around the late 1800s. But harnessing the wind for aquatic transport has a history that some researchers claim stems back 100,000 years to when Neanderthals explored the Mediterranean under sail.

In more recent times, sailing played a key role in the history of the Palmetto State. The first European settlers arrived here aboard sailing ships in the sixteenth century.

As the modern era unfolded, exploration under sail—and later commerce under sail—were important drivers. The majority of the slave laborers who built so much of South Carolina’s early infrastructure and wealth were brought here under sail. Yet despite the important role that sail power plays—and the fact that South Carolinians characteristically revere regional history—not much attention has been paid to the state’s maritime past—at least not much official attention.

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itime heritage. Want to learn about the country’s oldest intact sailing vessel? You can see a scale model of the 50-foot Brown’s Ferry vessel (discovered mere miles up the Black River from the museum) as well as some of the brick cargo that was on board when it sank. Want to learn about Robert Smalls, the intrepid former slave and harbor pilot who abducted the sidewheel steamer, The Planter, and ferried his family to safety across Civil War blockade lines in the dark of night? You can see an entire display about him as well as a scale model of The Planter on the museum’s second floor.

These and many other exhibits reside in the renovated museum, which reopened late this fall. Where once it was a simple, one-room affair, the South Carolina Maritime Museum (SCMM) is now a two-story building with over 6,000 square feet of exhibits that range from ship models to drawings to photographs and artifacts.

According to Susan Davis, a member of the museum’s board, the newly renovated museum represents a tremendous accomplishment. She and her SCMM colleagues secured a $1.7 million, low-interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to purchase the property (including the building, the adjacent parking lot, and four boat slips that abut the property) and make the first phase of renovations.

As impressive as all this is, it’s really only the tip of the iceberg regarding the museum board’s ambitions.

“Most people, if they know of the museum, know us by way of the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show,” Davis says. www.southwindsmagazine.com

SCMM board member Sally Davis poses in front of model of the Brown’s Ferry Vessel. Dan Dickison photo.

“Few people are aware that the museum owns and manages that show. And fewer yet know about the many other initiatives we have going on.”

The boat show, which literally doubles the population of Georgetown for one weekend each October, is definitely the organization’s calling card, but Davis is right—there is a lot more going on here. Several years ago, the museum’s board raised funds to purchase a fleet of Optimist prams and now conducts a summer long junior sailing program on the river right in front of the museum. This program can accommodate up to 20 students each week, teaching them not only the basics of sailing, but also lessons from maritime history.

Adults in the Georgetown community also enjoy educational outreach from the museum. Several times each year, the organization invites a specialist to speak about some aspect of the region’s maritime history. They call these programs History for Lunch. For a nominal fee, anyone can enjoy lunch and an engaging lecture such as Dennis Canady’s overview of Capt. Robert Smalls and his Civil War era exploits aboard The Planter.

And, under the guise of the Goat Island Yacht Club—a nonexistent yet revered local entity—members of the museum stage a variety of other events. There’s the annual postwinter “Burning of the Socks,” an occasional sailing regatta and relatively frequent gatherings for various holidays.

In addition, says Davis, the museum’s directors rent out the facility for various events, including weddings, meetings and other gatherings. “It’s a superb location for this,” she says. “It’s really the only waterfront event venue available in Georgetown, and renting it on occasion helps us generate funds to support the museum.”

All of this outreach is purposeful, Davis says.

“Ultimately, we want to get the community involved in the maritime scene here. The boat show and our sailing program help us do that, as do all of our other events. What the museum has lacked up until recently is to be more inclusive,” she says. “So, we’ve got plans to start getting classes from local schools here during the year. We also want to augment our summer youth programs as well. And we want to collaborate with other historical outlets such as Hobcaw Barony to begin offering rotating exhibits.”

But before any of this future programming comes to

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fruition, Davis and her fellow directors first want to gauge the public’s reaction to the recent changes they’ve made.

“We want to be sure that we’re fulfilling an important need in our community before we expand what we’re doing.”

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Race Calendar South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. This is the main site for the racing calendar in the region, which generally has the races from the next two groups (CORA and Lanier). Go to this site for the list of clubs and their websites. www.sayrasailing.com.

Charleston Ocean Racing Association (CORA) organizes many of the regattas in the Charleston, SC, area. www.charlestonoceanracing.org.

Lake Lanier, GA: http://aiscracing.weebly.com DECEMBER and JANUARY (no regattas listed)

Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): EGYC: Eau Gallie YC, Indian Harbour Beach, FL, www.egyachtclub.com FYC: Florida YC, www.theFloridaYachtClub.org LESC: Lake Eustis YC, www.lescfl.com LMSA: Lake Monroe SA, www.flalmsa.org

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MYC: Melbourne YC, www.MelbourneYachtClub.com RCJ: Rudder Club of Jacksonville, www.RudderClub.com JANUARY 1 2018 Hangover Regatta. MYC 1 Hangover Regatta. RCJ 13-14 New Year’s Race. LMSA 14-15 Lightning New Year Regatta. LMSA 14-15 Frostbite Cruise to Ballard Park. MYC 21-22 Catalina 22 Florida State Championships, Kelly Park, Brevard County. catalina22.org FEBRUARY TBA Armed Forces Day Regatta. FYC 2-4 19th Wayfarer Midwinters and 10th MC Scow Train Wreck Regatta 9-12 J/24 2017 Midwinter Championships.

MYC-EGYC/Fleet 87.

17-18 48th George Washington Birthday Regatta. LESC 25-16 Hagar the Horrible Regatta. Kelly Park, Brevard County. Space Coast Fleet 45. Multihull Regatta. www.facebook.com/Fleet111/ 25-26 Catalina 22 Midwinters, Kelly Park, Brevard County. Florida Catalina 22 Fleet. catalina22.org

FEBRUARY 2-4 Laser Masters Florida Championship. PBSC 4 Comodoro Rasco. Snipes. CGSC 4 Etchells FL State Championship. BBYC 4 Zagarino Masters Regatta. Stars. CRYC 7-13 Nassau Winter Series. Snipes. RNSC 8-9 Star Walker Cup. CRYC 9-11 Melges 20 Winter Series #2. CGSC 10-11 Star Midwinters. CRYC 23-25 J/70 Midwinters. CRYC 24 Barnacle’s Washington’s Birthday Regatta. CGSC 24 Annual OD #6. MYC 25 Annual ORC #6. MYC

Florida Keys Race Calendar Key West Community Sailing Center. A social hour featuring lite fare is held on Fridays from 6-8pm. Beginners and non-members welcome. The KWCSC is located at 705 Palm Avenue (off Sailboat Lane). 305-292-5993. www.keywestsailingcenter.org.

Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC), Key Largo. www.upperkeyssailingclub.com.

Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all.

Regional Sailing Organizations: BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com Clubs with regattas listed this month (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. Miami. www.coralreefyachtclub.org LYC: Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org MYC: Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com PBSC: Palm Beach Sailing Club. www.pbsail.org STC: Storm Trysail Club. www.stormtrysail.org USSC: US SAILING Center Miami. usscmiami.org JANUARY (See “Racing News & Regattas” section, pg. 18) 5-7 29er Midwinter East. USSC 6-7 Etchells Sidney Doren Memorial. BBYC 6-7 Star Levin Cup. CRYC 10-11 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West. LYC/STC 13-14 Pre-ISAF Midwinters 14 470 & I420 North American Championships.

CGSC 20 BBYRA OD #5. CGSC 21-28 ISAF Sailing World Cup* 27-28 RS Aero Midwinter Regatta. PBSC 28 BBYRA ORC #5. MYC

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JANUARY (See “Racing News & Regattas” section, pg. 18) 12-14 Dead Dogs Regatta. UKSC 19-21 A-Cat Regatta. UKSC 26 Conch Republic Cup to Cuba* FEBRUARY (See “Racing News & Regattas” section, pg. 18) 19-24 Force Five Midwinters. UKSC*

Race Calendar The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org.

For the Tampa Bay Area & Florida West Coast Yachting Calendar, go to the St. Petersburg website at www.spyc.org, then “Sailing” and “Sailing Calendar.”

Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): CCSC: Clearwater Community Sailing Center, www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org/ GCSC: Gulf Coast SC, www.gulfcoastsailingclub.org CMCS: Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society, www.cmcs-sail.org

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CYC: DBC: DIYC: MIYC: PPYC: SSS: SPSA: SPYC: VYC:

Clearwater YC, www.ClearwaterYachtClub.org Dunedin Boat Club, www.DunedinBoatClub.org Davis Island YC, www.diyc.org Marco Island YC, www.marcoislandyachtclub.net Platinum Point YC, www.ppycbsm.com Sarasota Sailing Squadron, www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org St. Petersburg SA, www.spsa.us St. Petersburg YC, www.spyc.org Venice YC, www.VeniceYachtClub.com

JANUARY (*See “Racing News & Regattas” section, pg. 18) 1 New Years Fun Pursuit Race. SPSA 1 Hang Over Bowl DIYC 1 Hangover Regatta. SSS 6 New Year’s Cup. GCSC 6-7 Snipes’ Gaspar & Windmills. SPYC 13 Bluster on the Bay. Multihulls. catsailor.com 13 Snowbird Regatta. SSS 13-14 Master Driver Team Racing. SPYC 13-14 Commodore’s Cup. DIYC 13-14 Golden Conch. PPYC* 19-21 J/88s & J/111s Midwinters. SPYC 20 Chili Cook-Off Regatta. CMCS 20 Gulf Race. DBC 26-28 505 Midwinters. CCSC 27-28 Windjammer. SSS/VYC FEBRUARY (*See “Racing News & Regattas” section, pg. 18) 3 Around the Point Race. DIYC 3-4 Valentine’s Regatta. SPYC 7-11 Contenders Midwinters. CCSC 9-10 Distance Classic to Venice YC. SPYC 10 Winter Cup. MIYC 10 Gasparilla Regatta. TSS* 15-18 St. Pete NOODS. SPYC* 16-18 Laser Masters. DIYC 16-18 505 Midwinters. CCSC 17 Cherry Pie Regatta. SSS 21-25 Laser Midwinters. CYC

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Clubs with regattas listed this month The GYA is the main organization coordinating all races in area BucYC: BuccaneerYC, Mobile, AL. www.bucyc.com GBCA: Galveston Bay Cruising Association. www.gbca.org GYA: Gulf Yachting Association. www.gya.org HYC: Houston YC, Houston, TX. www.houstonyachtclub.com LYC: Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TX. www.lakewoodyachtclub.com PBYC: Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL, www.PensacolaBeach-YC.org PYC: Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL, www.PensacolaYachtClub.org SYC: Southern YC, New Orleans, LA, www.SouthernYachtClub.org JANUARY 1 Hangover Regatta. PYC 13-14 GYA Winter Meeting. SYC 20 Frostbite Regatta. PBYC FEBRUARY 3 Super Bowl Regatta. PYC 10 LYC TSA Kick-off. LYC 17 Valentine Regatta. PBYC 24-25 HYC Midwinters. HYC 25 Billy Goat. BucYC

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727-527-2800. Joe@PreferredYachts.com, www.PreferredYachts.com

1996 36ft Dorado Express. Twin 370hp Volvo diesels, newer genset, seller motivated, asking $59,900! Call Capt. Dan at 727-3141654 or Dan@Yachtmann.com or visit www.Yachtmann.com

36’ Beneteau First. A complete Racer Cruiser Fast with AC and Generator. Asking $68,500. Details and more pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. Contact Bo Brown 727-408-1027, Bo@PreferredYachts.com www.southwindsmagazine.com

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Several brokerage boats available now: 37’, 38’, 42’, 45’, & 57’. Contact S&J Yachts 410639-2777. www.sjyachts.com

Island Packet Yachts 26-52’. Considering a New or Brokerage Island Packet? Or looking to sell the one you have? Our team of brokers have over 186 years of experience selling Island Packets. Thirty-one pre-owned Island Packets to choose from. Contact S&J Yachts 843-872-8080. www.sjyachts.com

1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $59,500 – Curtis Stokes – 954-684-0218 – curtis@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

Puffin - 1996 37’ Island Packet - $139,900 Jane Burnett - 813-917-0911 - jane@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.net

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1981 37’ Tartan CB. Well-maintained blue water boat. Extensive sail inventory w/sym & asym spinnakers, SS ports/cowls, radar, 140W solar panel, AC/heat, SSB, TV, dinghy davits, windlass w/2 anchors, autopilot, chart plotter. $49,000. 239-540-1752. crhazen@msn.com (3/18)

1979 Tartan 37. Furling in-boom mainsail, 2speed electric halyard winch. Full complement of Raymarine electronics: Chart plotter, Radar, wind, Speed, and depth. Well-maintained. Call Gregg Knighton, 941-730-6096. Greggwys @gmail.com. www.windsweptyachtsales.com

2012 37.2 Delphia. High-quality performance cruiser from Europe. Thinking Hunter, Jeanneau, Beneteau? Take a look at Delphia.

Air Conditioner, good electronics, autopilot, Volvo Diesel, professionally maintained. Two staterooms. Priced to sell. REDUCED ONLY $99,990. Alan 941-350-1559 AlanPWYD@gmail.com. www.windsweptyachtsales.com

1999 Catana 381 Catamaran. 3 Staterooms.

Owner’s version. Solar and windpower, watermaker. 2017 Electronics. Daggerboards.

Set up for fast cruising. Excellent sail inventory/electronics, dinghy and more. $189,900.

Alan 941-350-1559. alanpwys@gmail.com, www.windsweptyachtsales.com

38’ Morgan. Well equipped and maintained Cruiser/racer. Asking $60,000. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Pete. For details and more pictures, contact Jamie Birch 317750-8664, Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

38' Aerodyne. Proven sailing Machine and race winner. Details and more pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Pete. Contact Bo Brown 727-408-1027, Bo@PreferredYachts.com

Corbin Center Cockpit. 1988, 39’ $115,000.

Kevin Welsh. 321.693.1642.

40’ Caliber LRC 2004. Long Range Cruiser, Original Owner, Pristine, Everything you want in a cruising sailboat capable of a circumnavigation. Asking $200,000. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina in St. Pete. Contact Joe Zammataro, CPYB, 727-527-2800. Joe@ PreferredYachts.com, PreferredYachts.com

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Pearson P40. 1980, 40’ $19,900. Melanie Neale. 305-807-4096.

1984 C&C 41’ Spacious Racer/Cruiser. Shoal Draft, Diesel, good sail inventory with Spinnaker, refrigeration, autopilot and more. Photos and specs; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. Call Gregg at 941-730-6096, GreggWYS@gmail.com. Asking $62,150.

41’ Hunter Deck Salon. New to the market.

Exceptional value. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Pete. For details and more pictures, contact Bo Brown 727-4081027, Bo@PreferredYachts.com

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Reba - 1985 41’ C&C - $49,900 - Greg Merritt - 813 294 9288 - greg@curtissstokes.net www.curtisstokes.net

2003 Catalina 42 - $139,000. Two cabin with a center-line captain’s cabin. Comfortably cruise the coast or confidently cross oceans in this excellent example of a Catalina C42 MKII. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CATALINA 42’S IN STOCK. Contact Dunbar Yachts at 912-6388573 or sales@ dunbaryachts.com

420 Hunter 2003. New 2016: Electronics, Batteries, Bottom Paint, Running rigging.

Asking $129,900. 720 Hrs., A/C, gen, davits, full enclosed canvas. Located Riviera Beach Marina. Contact owner Doug 786-473-6933.

(3/18)

1989 Catalina 42. Draft 6.0. Beam 13.2.

Yanmar diesel inverter. Selling sleeper to upgrade. New in 2015: New mk2 rudder at Catalina. New dripless shaft and rudder packing. New Carbon Jib 155. 2-10inch Garmin 5210 chart plotters. Heavy duty Ray Marine auto pilot. New VHF. New refrigeration. New 42-inch TV. New propane lines and locker.

Cuba Non-Spin class winner! Over 10k invested in last year. $77,900. St. Petersburg, FL. 727-510-0503 (2/18)

42’ Catalina MK II 1999. Reduced to $125,000.

Excellent cruiser/liveaboard. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. For details and more pictures. Contact Joe Zammataro 727527-2800, Joe@PreferredYachts.com

42' Jeanneau Center Cockpit 1997. Rare center cockpit version of a very fast cruiser. In great condition.

See pictures at www.

PreferredYachts.com/brokerage. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center, St. Petersburg. Contact Joe Zammataro. 727-5272800. $100,000. Joe@PreferredYachts.com

42’ Hunter Center Cockpit ‘93. New to the market, Excellent cruiser/liveaboard. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Pete. For details and more pictures, contact Joe Zammataro 727-527-2800, Joe@PreferredYachts.com

Now in stock NEW CATALINA 425! Winner of Cruising World Boat of the Year and SAIL best boat 2017. This is a MUST SEE! This beautiful boat has all the things you love about Catalinas and more! For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 912-638-8554

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C&C 43 Landfall 1984. $99,000. Freshwater 10+yrs, upgrade 71hp, AC, 2 Seafrost, engine & 12v, new nonskid, bimini, hatch covers, varnish. ST60s, 3-blade Campbell.

Ready for cruising or liveaboard. Many extras.

Call 404-432-9975. (1/18)

1989 Topper Hermanson 44’. $68,000.

Ultimate ocean steel liveaboard cruiser. www.Dutchlove.com.Located Florida Keys.

Has income potential. 305-989-7181. (2/18)

44’ Apache Catamaran. 2 Circumnavigations and ready for a 3rd. Updated/renovated all electric. Asking $125,000. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Jamie Birch, 317-750-8664. Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

D L O S 44' Gallart Motor Sailor, 1982. With Twin 65 hp Volvo Diesel Straight Drives, Diesel Generator, 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, 2 Helm Stations, GPS, Radar, SSB, Solar, VHF, Stereo, TV, Dinghy w/OB, RF Main, RF Jib. Needs some TLC. $54,900. Clearwater, FL. Call George 941-792-9100

Jeanneau Sunmagic 44. 1990, 44 $74,000.

Melanie Neale. 305-807-4096.

2006 Island Packet 445. Cruise-equipped with solar, wind generator, watermaker, sturdy arch, and a full electronics package. IP 445 features include a center cockpit, excellent headroom, spacious aft and fwd staterooms and a tremendous amount of storage. Lightly used with low engine hours (1,620) and low generator hours (438). Motivated Seller – Reduced to $348,000. S&J Yachts 843-8728080, matt@sjyachts.com

2008 Jeanneau 45 DS. Loaded $229K. Richard at 727-387-2278, R@Yachtmann.com. Yachtmann.com

2002 Hunter 456. Extensively equipped, maintained to an excellent standard and is ready for long term cruising, living aboard or would make the ultimate coastal cruiser as she is so easy to sail short-handed. $170,000.

Contact Dunbar Yachts 912-638-8554. www.dunbaryachts.com

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45 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey. 3 Cabins.

Motivated Sellers. Asking $100,000. Details and more pictures at PreferredYachts.com.

Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. Contact Jamie Birch 317-750-8664, Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

45’ Hunter Center Cockpit. Asking $125,000.

Spacious aft cabin, Easy to sail & Great Value.

Fresh Bottom Paint Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina in St. Pete. Contact Bo Brown at 727 408-1027.

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46’ Beneteau 461. Farr design Performance Cruiser. New Bottom Paint, Low Hours on Engine & Generator. Inmast Furling, Electric Winch. Two Staterooms. Asking $124,900.

Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center St. Petersburg. Joe Zammataro. 727-527-2800. Joe@Preferred Yachts.com, www.PreferredYachts.com

46’ Hunter Double cabin plus office. Unique Office Version, Asking $145,000. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts. com.

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47’ Beneteau 473 2002. Asking $162,000.

Priced low to sell fast. Motivated seller. Never Chartered. Desirable 2-Cabin Owner’s Version. Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center. Contact Jamie Birch, 317-750-8664.

Jamie@PreferredYachts.com, PreferredYachts.com

47’ Delphia 2017. This high-quality, bluewater cruiser just crossed the Atlantic.

Watermaker, wind gen, generator, AC, dive compressor, electronic antifouling, cockpit enclosure, and more. Three cabins, two heads. 7’ 5” draft. $518,200. S&J Yachts 843872-8080, matt@sjyachts.com

2001 Beneteau 47.7. Owner’s layout with Queen Pullman berth forward and two queen staterooms aft. Never chartered, low engine hours, and many upgrades. Listed at $175,000. Contact Dunbar Yachts to schedule a showing. 912-638-8573. Visit www.dunbaryachts.com for full listing.

1987 47’ Bristol – $172,500 – Barbara Burke 904-310-5110 – barbara@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

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47’ Dufour Nautitech Catamaran 1995. With lots of new updated equipment, including new Twin 55hp Volvo Diesels, Refrig and Freezer, Generator, Chartplotter, Washer/Dryer, Watermaker, Windlass, 4 State Rooms w/en-suite head and showers. Spacious Catamaran capable of extended passages. www.GrandSlam YachtSales.com. Offered at $279,000. Call George Carter 941-792-9100.

48’ Liberty. Offshore Center Cockpit Classic designed by Jack Kelly. Asking $145,000.

Details and more pictures at Preferred Yachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Pete. Contact Bo Brown 727-4081027, Bo@PreferredYachts.com

48’ Tayana Center Cockpit. Meticulously maintained Asking $325,000. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Joe Zammataro, 727-527-2800.

Joe@PreferredYachts. com

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2006 Jeanneau 49 DS - $269,000. Amazing forward cabin - easily converts from a double to two single cabins, creating a two or three cabin boat! Many custom additions and upgrades inc: swivel pod in cockpit, radar arch, new Cruisair air conditioners, built-in ice-maker, teak companionway doors. Sails, bimini, and dodger new in 2015. Contact Dunbar Yachts at 912-638-8573 or sales@ dunbaryachts.com

49 Jeanneau Deck Salon 2008. One owner boat. 3 cabins, awesome condition. Never chartered. Asking $275,000. Details and more pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. Contact Bo Brown 727-408-2800 bo@PreferredYachts.com

2005 Sea Ray 52. Super Clean in Miami.

LOADED with options, all the toys & enclosure. Call Denny Perez at 407-434-1801, or D.Perez@Yachtmann.com, Yachtmann.com

Gulfstar Center Cockpit. 1977, 50’ $114,000. Kirk Muter. 954-649-4679.

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1999 Princess 71 M20. Turn Key ready - lived a life in a covered slip in St Pete. Good survey in November, 2016. Huge Price Drop $409K. Call Capt. Z at 727-999-4716 or Capt Z@Yachtmann.com, Yachtmann.com

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Rope stripper Ambassador Marine, model AM 10 for 1 1/4” shaft, $175. Contact neaptide@tampabay.rr.com, or 941-776-5580.

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Windsurfing Weed Fin 13 inch. $49. Used a few times. It’s like new. Cost new was $135.

Written on it: Fin Works Weed 13.0, VTR light.

Comes with a cover. Measures 19 inch on the long end, but draws 13 inches in the water. craig1000@verizon.net. Bradenton, FL. _________________________________________ Boat Trailer Tire with Wheel. Like new, never used (boat/trailer recently sold). Rubber “hairs” still on the treads. About 10 years old, always kept indoors inflated. With galvanized 13-inch rim. Written on tire: Tow Master ST175 80 D13 (Replace B78-13 st). Nylon.

Tubeless. Load Range. Max load 1360 lbs @ 50psi. Includes bracket for securing to trailer. $45/best offer. craig1000@verizon.net.

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_________________________________________ Established sail repair/canvas repair and light rigging business in Tampa Bay/Sarasota area. Fully equipped. 12-year customer base.

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_________________________________________ Perkins 4.108 Re-manufactured Long Blocks. $5,995 plus your rebuildable core engine, or $500 core charge. Plus shipping from Pensacola, FL. bshmarine@yahoo.com

Edwards Yacht Sales is expanding! Several openings for yacht brokers in Florida. Looking for experienced broker or will train the right individual. Must have boating background and be a salesman. Aggressive advertising program. Come join the EYS team! Call in confidence, 727-449-8222 www.EdwardsYacht Sales.com Yachts@ EdwardsYachtSales.com _________________________________________ Doyle Sails Gulf Coast, St. Petersburg, FL. Seeking Outside salespeople to sell sails in the Gulf Coast region. Take your sailing hobby, make extra cash, or turn it into a career. Doyle Gulf Coast is the second largest Doyle production sail loft in the U.S. We are seeking outside salespeople to sell sails in our region which includes the entire Southeast. The position involves being able to measure a boat, price sails (we will assist with quoting), install, and follow up with customer. Please contact robert @ islandnautical.com, or call 727-800-3115. _________________________________________ Yacht Sales. Curtis Stokes & Assoc., Inc. has opportunities throughout Florida for experienced brokers or new salespeople. Applicant must be ethical, hard-working and have a boating background. Training available.

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(4/18) _________________________________________ Yacht Sales Person Needed Preferred Yachts, located at the beautiful Harborage Marina in St Petersburg, has an opportunity for an experienced full time yacht broker or we will train you. We are a unique boutique yacht brokerage with a large brokerage display center that attracts buyers and sellers from around the world.

Preferred Yachts is one of only 50 Certified Professional Yacht Brokerages in the US and hold to the highest standards of professionalism, knowledge and integrity. With 38 years experience, we know how to help you be successful and our clients to achieve their dreams. For more details, Contact Joe Zammataro, CPYB Call: 727-527-2800 or Write Joe@PreferredYachts.com _______________________________________ Brokers Needed – S&J Yachts with offices from the mid-Atlantic to Florida is seeking experienced full-time sail & power boat brokers in FL, GA, SC, NC, VA and MD. Boating experience and team player a must! Friendly, professional working environment. S&J Yachts sells new and brokerage quality boats. www.sjyachts.com. Enquiries confidential.

Contact Matt Malatich 843-872-8080 info@sjyachts.com _________________________________________ News & Views for Southern Sailors

Roatan Property w/108' Dock. 2.25 acres w/300' waterfront. Ideal for development of multiple homes. 700 sq. ft. living space & storage area in place w/all utilities. $257,000. www.calabashshores.com (2/18)

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DOCK SPACE off SARASOTA BAY!! Slips start at $117 a month on 6-month lease. Sheltered Marina accommodates up to 28’ sail or power boats. Boat ramp. Utilities included. Call Office: 941-755-1912. (1/18a) See CLASSIFIEDS continued on page 69

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UNIQUE from page 70 thoughts raced…how did this happen? How did I make the mistake of slipping in as well? Did I still have the boat keys in my hand? Yes, thankfully.

As I pulled myself onto the dock like a seal—in sopping wet shorts, jacket, hat and shoes, I grabbed the wet bag with our possessions from Mike. He hoisted himself out just as soaked. We were careful with our footing now. I then made the sudden realization that we didn’t lose a shoe. What a crazy thought! How do you hold onto two crocs and two flip-flops sliding off a 45-degree incline? It was then that the hilarious nature of the event set in. Of all the waters on our voyage that we had made a special effort to avoid, we had now entered them. What made this worse was, that the day before, we had been returning to the boat by dinghy and the motor gave out, caused by an oil-laden shirt wrapped around the prop, giving us first-hand knowledge of the filth in the harbor.

Laughter ensued, and it was mine. We had slipped into the abyss of filth in the most comical manner.

As we motored away, watching the skewed dangerous dock, I couldn’t help but think of the other cruisers in town; surely they would recognize the danger.

We wanted fresh water—and immediately. As we returned to the boat, we were again laden with another fresh water rain—a godsend. We quickly secured the dinghy and had the transom shower ready. After stripping ourselves of the soaked clothing, we washed our faces and scrubbed our hands. My thoughts reflected the decontamination procedures I had practiced at the hospital I previously worked at in the event of a chemical exposure. We had sustained a few abrasions and mild lacerations to our hands from scraping for survival, but no major injuries. We continued to replay the event and laughed to tears throughout the night. Two eager Midwest-born sailors finding themselves IN foreign waters.

Nancy and Mike Magnine started sailing the Caribbean last year and have plans to continue for a few years before moving onto new waters. After selling their home and possessions in Wisconsin, they moved onto their 40-foot Caliber, Lost Loon.

Nancy also writes a sailing blog, “Apparently Sailing,” at www.sailinglostloon.com.

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January 2018

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On The Water and In the Water

By Nancy Magnine

Nancy and Mike Magnine on board Lost Loon.

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here is a respect that you develop with the ocean and deep waters as you travel by boat from continents to islands in the manner that we did last winter. Traveling in our Caliber 40 LRC, from Georgia to the Caribbean, with a final destination in Grenada, we have been in waters so deep our depth sounder doesn’t compute.

Most of the waters we encountered on our journey through the Bahamas and Turks have been clear and refreshing—until the week we spent in Luperón Harbor in the Dominican Republic. The harbor is a notable, safe location for transitioning to the Caribbean waters, as well as a town with wonderfully helpful inhabitants, great food and cheap beer. But the harbor waters are...well, filthy.

The outer ocean beaches of Luperón are beautiful, but we had been warned about the constrained waters of the harbor as being contaminated with garbage and waste. Entering the harbor, the color changes from blue to green-blue-brown. In all the reading we did to prepare for the trip, we expected a deeper brown color and odor. None of that exists. So, this meant we were no longer in waters where we had the luxury of a brief dip off the boat in the afternoon or evening. Showers are done on the

transom, in the cockpit, or in the shower down below. That’s fine…we had found an incredibly safe location to wait out a cold front with the most awesome view of the mountains and hills of the Dominican Republic.

UNTIL...our second day in Luperón Harbor. We had made our trip to customs, immigration, agriculture and port authority. Afterwards, we ventured into town for a look and bought a few fresh vegetables from the small individual markets on the street side. Dark clouds were fast approaching, so we made a beeline for the dinghy dock to return to the boat. We were within 100 yards of the dock when the squall hit, and we were immediately pelted by horizontal rain and 20-knot winds, as is typical of these squalls. We had to avert our faces to the ground to avoid the stinging drops. The initial blow steadily weakened to a solid downpour. All we could think of was getting out of our wet clothes back on the boat.

I approached the dinghy to unlock the line. As I was proceeding to put the key in the lock, over the heavy patter of the rain and whipping wind, I heard a sound from behind me that wasn’t normal…then a slight splash. As I turned, I saw Mike slipping into the water (almost in slow motion) off the

hurricane damaged-dock. The dock lay unrepaired from the last hurricane— twisted and gnarled half in and half out of the water along one side. We had not had a problem with our footing on a dry dock upon arrival, but it was raining, and I could now see the slippery slope that took Mike off his feet and into the water.

My first instinct was to try to retrieve the wet bag he had with our computer and phones. As I took an initial step from unlocking the dinghy, I too found myself literally upended and off my feet, sliding into the dark waters. I think my backside hit the greasy edge of the green algae-laden dock before I was fully submerged.

There was an initial moment of panic (or was it disbelief that I had also fallen into the water?), as there was no holding onto the inclined slimy surface. I made one or two grasps at the flooded docking but couldn’t obtain a hold.

The only way out that I saw was to work my way toward shore (dog paddling) where there was more of a horizontal surface.

I saw Mike scraping for some holding on the slimy surface of the dock out of the corner of my eye and told him to hold onto the bag. My See ON THE WATER continued on page 68

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