Southwinds July 2017

SOUTHWINDS News & Views for Southern Sailors Cruise to Habana Part II Hunter Cherubini 37 Boat Review Chartering – The Bare Necessities

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Editorial: Will Cuba Travel Restrictions Return?

Will Florida Clean Up the Waters?

By Steve Morrell

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Letters to the Editor

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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

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Short Tacks: Sailing News from Around the South and the World of Sailing

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Hurricane Season Predictions 2017

By Steve Morrell

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Hunter Cherubini 37 Boatowner’s Boat Review

By Craig Zievis

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Carolina Sailing: Kiteboarding

By Dan Dickison

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Books and Nautical Miscellanea

By Steve Morrell

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Cruise to Cuba: Marina Hemingway and Habana, Part II of III

By Harmon Heed

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Southern Race Report: 2017 Sea Buoy Race in Pensacola; College of Charleston Wins Nationals

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Products to Watch: Waterproof Drone

By Steve Morrell

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Chartering – The Bare Necessities

By Ron Hesmer

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Southern Racing Calendar

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An Overnight Sail

By Frank Parker

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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

Hunter 37 Boat Review. Page 25. Photo by Craig Zievis.

Harmon Heed and Papa Hemingway. Cruise to Cuba Part II. Page 34. Photo courtesy Harmon Heed.

COVER PHOTO: Hypatia, a Hunter Cherubini 37, heading out Absecon Inlet near Atlantic City, NJ. Boatowner’s Boat Review, page 25. Photo by Craig Zievis.

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FROM THE HELM Will Cuba Travel Restrictions Return?

As I write this, I hear reports that this Friday, July 14, President Trump will announce changes in the Cuba policy that were put in place by President Obama in the last few years. One change that is anticipated is to bring back some, or all, of the travel restrictions. I’ve always believed that an individual’s right to travel where they please on this planet—without fear of prosecution or intimidation from their own government—is a basic human right. All sorts of people will criticize that position when it comes to Cuba, using the argument that the Cuba government restricts many basic human rights that are far more important. But they never respond to the argument that no government has a right to restrict free travel. Whether we should travel to Cuba and the right to travel to anywhere are two different issues, and some people just can’t get that through their head.

On the issue of should we travel to Cuba, one can easily argue that the more Americans who travel to Cuba, the more interaction there will be with the Cuban people, and the more likely it will be that those people will demand many of the rights that we enjoy in the U.S. In my opinion, even the restrictions that we still have now are illegal, and we should demand from our government that we be allowed to travel freely. I mean—where’s the Supreme Court when we need them? On top of that, every poll taken in at least the last two decades shows the majority of Americans support no restrictions on travel to Cuba. That means those running the government are in the minority on this issue and they are ruling over the majority.

Do they just not listen to the people?

It hasn’t happened yet and maybe it won’t (you’ll know by the time you read this), but if President Trump reverses even these current restrictions on travel, a lot of people from all political perspectives will not be happy about it. One group will be sailors who have planned to sail to Cuba and

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now won’t be able to. Hopefully, those restrictions were not put back in place.

Will Florida Clean Up the Waters?

It was a year ago that beaches in Martin County on Florida’s central east coast were closed due to algal blooms that were spawned by runoff and water releases from Lake Okeechobee that ran into the waters of the southern Indian River Lagoon and the St. Lucie River. No Swimming signs were put on beaches. People were reporting respiratory issues, rashes, eyes burning. Many beaches were closed for the 4th of July weekend—causing great losses to businesses that were affected.

In this issue and in June’s issue, Roy Laughlin wrote about these problems and what’s in the works to solve them.

This month, he discusses the sewage systems that need updating—another major contributor to the algal blooms.

After years of resisting cleaning up the waters and the building of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee, and another in Palm Beach County, to absorb storm water from the lake that is generally released into the river systems, polluting them, the Florida Legislature and Governor Scot decided to act. But it will be years before the reservoirs are functioning, and it is estimated even then they will not be enough to handle the problem. Perhaps it will happen again this year by the time you read this.

These algal blooms have been growing for years and conservationists have been warning the state for years that something must be done or it will be a real disaster. Well, the disaster happened and now they act—way, way late.

The Florida Legislature and the Governor generally do not believe that eliminating pollution is worth the money, and I really wonder how much they will follow through with cleaning up these waters.

I mean—can a leopard change its spots?

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A.J. Liebling Cuba Articles; Is the America’s Cup Racing Today as Exciting as When Monohulls Raced?

I found a lot to like about the June issue of SOUTHWINDS Magazine, as I usually do. First was the article by Colonel Harmon Heed, USA (ret), about his planning for and subsequent voyage to Cuba. Since my own trip last year, anything “Cuba” immediately catches my eye and SOUTHWINDS has had more articles about cruising to the island nation than anybody. It was doubly so this time, as my trip was mentioned in Col. Heed’s opening paragraph. It was fun comparing his experiences with my own, and I look forward to the next two parts of his series.

I also enjoyed the several racing articles, especially those concerning the America’s Cup. However, always an America’s Cup fan, I disagree with the viewpoint that the new “boats,” and I use that term loosely, offer an exciting change to Cup racing. Although I am amazed that the “vessels” can go 40 knots in 10 knots of wind while levitating over the water, I find the match race format of a couple of wind-driven jet skis to have a fraction of the excitement of a time when hulls actually got wet and “sailors” had to do something to make the sails move.

In the spring of 2007, my wife and I attended the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America’s Cup that followed in Spain.

We rented a condo in the beautiful seaside town of Moraira, just south of Valencia, and my wife, a tennis fan, braced for the prospect of four months of sailboat races! My penance for this affront to her leisure, was a week at the French Open!

There was nothing like the 11 contenders in pre-start maneuvering, using anchored spectator fleet boats as picks, attempting to peel off a few rivals en route to the starting line.

The giant sails, rapid sail changes, dousing of spinnakers, the frequent tacks losing only a half knot of boat speed, and the frantic action of the grinders (when you could actually see something happening), all added to the excitement. Like now, Emirates Team New Zealand, was a major player, winning Louis Vuitton, only to loose to the Swiss defender Alinghi in the final. My favorite boat, after Oracle, was Desafio Espanol, which by far had the neatest hat!

Rafael Nadal won the French Open. Nothing much has changed there either.

Old fashioned, I’ll admit to, and I will watch the scooter races this year. I’ll be sure not to do so, however, after a big meal.

Fred Braman Fleming Island, FL Fred, Harmon Heed has written many great articles for the magazine over the last 10 years and I knew his trip and article on it would be good. A lot of people want to go to Cuba and I hope all the articles we have printed on going there help inform those who are considering the trip.

I generally agree with your comments on the America’s Cup, that the more conventional racing previous to these new foiling cats had its own level of excitement with sailors rushing to raise and lower sails, to fine tune them to gain a fraction of a knot, and to work to efficiently and quickly come about in even light winds where moving fast was a real challenge. But this is a whole new world—a quantum leap in an entirely new direction. This is comparing apples and oranges, and the fact that these huge boats can lift up out of the water and sail on foils that are thin blades—that are tiny in comparison to the size of the boat—is truly bordering on miraculous. No one would have thought this would be the future of sailing fast in big boats six or seven years ago.

Sailing on foils has been around for many years, but the science of it and its practical application has advanced at light speed because of the America’s Cup. It wasn’t long before the 2013 Cup races that sailors were in doubt that they could keep these cats under control while up on their foils. The New Zealand team was first to do that.

Once they did it, others starting doing it. Next, most of the teams didn’t think tacking on foils was possible and thought the cats in the 2013 Cup races would be tacking with the hulls in the water. In working up to the pre-Cup races, the first to do so was SoftBank Team Japan and they were giddy when they succeeded in pulling a tack off and they were still up on their foils. Their comments were like, “We did it and were still up on the foils. How’d we do that?” From there on in, it was the norm. All everyone had to do was perfect it.

Helmsman Nathan Outteridge of Artemis Racing (Sweden) said that “You can’t compare what we do now to traditional sailing. It’s actually flying. We’re effectively trying to make a sailboat become an airplane.”

The boats have two aircraft wings. One operates in the air, the other—the foils—operate in the water. The forces oppose each other and the boat lifts out of the water and goes forward.

It’s all about the drag that a hull in the water has that keeps it from going faster—a basic design consideration in all racing sailboats. To control these boats takes a lot of training and skill— and going 40-50 mph on the water can be dangerous. The boat must be constantly balanced. And when they touch the water, they lose great speed, sometimes nose diving—and sometimes flipping.

The SoftBank Team Japan designer said that, “a less stable foil that’s harder to control has probably got less drag associated with it.” Less drag will create a faster boat, but how controllable will it be? Will they be able to sail it? In other words, they are designing these boats right on the edge of stability.

To me, these Cup races are on the cutting edge of sailing fast on the water. Once they completely come out of the water and fly away, they’ll be flying boats and it won’t be sailing anymore. But that’s what kiteboarding is—surfing with a wing sail in the air and sometimes they are in the air being pulled along by the kite.

But they need the water to take off and land.

It’s a whole new world and a different level and type of excitement from what we know as traditional sailboat racing.

Editor

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Southeast Air & Water Temperatures, Prevailing Winds & Gulf Stream Currents – July 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

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printed in a practical manner, a number is indicated.

The number in the center of the circle shows the percentage of the time that the winds were calm. The lengths of the arrows plus the calms number in the center add up to 100 percent. The number of feathers on the arrow indicates the strength of the wind on the Beaufort scale (one feather is Force 1, etc.). Wind Roses are taken from Pilot Charts.

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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.

Boating Safety Courses— Required in Florida and Other Southern States Anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1, 1988, must take a boating safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more.

Other states require safety education if born after a certain date. To see the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com.

The course named “About Boating Safely” and “America’s Boating Course (ABC)” both satisfy the requirements. They are marked below with two asterisks (**): **Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. 904-502-9154. mchristnacht@comcast.net. www.uscgajaxbeach.com /pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25 including materials.

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US SAILING Advanced Judge Seminar, University Yacht Club, Flowery Branch, GA, Aug. 26-27 Contact Edith Collins at edith@benefitalt.com.

Instructors Means Davis and J D Rosser.

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**New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing. New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06 First Saturday of the month. 9am to 5pm. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info **America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg, FL, Aug. 14 6:30 p.m., St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave. SE. 16 hours. $45. Preregistration required at www.boatingstpete.org.

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2018 St. Petersburg-Habana Race and the 2018 Golden 50th Anniversary for the Regata del Sol al Sol The St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg, FL, is proud to announce that they will continue with their two international races in 2018: The revived St. Petersburg-Habana Race and the Regata del Sol al Sol to Mexico, which is celebrating its 50th Golden Anniversary.

The St. Petersburg-Habana Race will start at 10am on February 26, 2018, with two days of activities prior to the race, and activities beginning in Cuba after the race on March 1, 2018.

The Regata del Sol al Sol will start at 10am on Friday, April 27, with registration on April 26, 2018. All of the regular pre/post-race activities will take place, plus more. The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is planning on giving a discount for those who enter both the Habana and the Race to Mexico, plus awards for those who place in both events.

More information to follow.

The Notices of Race and documents needed for these events will be posted to their respective websites in July. For the Regata del Sol al Sol website, use www.regatadelsolalsol.org, and for both sites, use www.spyc.org.

These two races are very different even though they both head out in a southerly direction. The Habana Race is 284 miles long with the Gulf Stream affecting the very southern part of the racecourse, while the race to Mexico is 456 miles long, and the Gulf Stream comes into play many times along its racecourse. Both, however, are very challenging and exciting events and navigation plays a key role in who ends up at the finish line first. Each venue has its own unique allure.

Join the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, race entrants and friends for a great time of sailing, parties and lots of fun.

Proposed Florida Law Limiting Youth Boating Fails in Legislature Earlier this year, a bill was proposed in the Florida Legislature that would have prevented youths under the age of 16 from operating a boat of more than 10 feet long unless they were under the supervision of an adult who was 21 years or older. The original bill included sailboats, but there was such an outcry against the inclusion of sailboats that the sail wording was removed from the bill. The revised bill went before the legislature in May and did not pass the legislature. The bill was a result of the two 14-yearolds who were lost at sea fishing in their 19-foot powerboat in 2015. Their bodies were never recovered. The boat was found in April 2016 in the north Atlantic off Bermuda.

Catamaran Found Off North Carolina Coast In May, a 57-foot catamaran that capsized in November News & Views for Southern Sailors

Okeechobee Water Level Essentially Unchanged Since May As of press date in early May, Lake Okeechobee was at 11.55 feet above sea level. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 5.49 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 3.69 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 50.84 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to http://w3. saj.usace.army.mil /h2o/currentLL.shtml (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com, see the left column. near the Dominican Republic on its way from Chesapeake Bay to St. Maarten was found off the North Carolina coast.

Sea Tow Crystal Coast is salvaging the catamaran, an Atlantic 57 named Leopard.

The three crew aboard the catamaran were picked up by a merchant vessel 10 hours after the capsize. The owner of the boat expressed continued confidence in the boat design, saying they ran into difficult conditions. The boat was built by Chris White Designs of South Dartmouth, MA.

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In Florida, anyone born after Jan. 1, 1988 must have taken a boater education course (with some exceptions).

Other states require different levels of education. To learn about each state’s requirements, go to the USCG website, www.aboutboatingsafely.com.

Institute of Marine Technology Starts Marine Technology Program in Florida From the Institute of Marine Technology The Institute of Marine Technology announced a partnership with Warner University in Florida to start the Marine Technology program on campus in Lake Wales, FL. The program is designed to prepare individuals for entry-level technician opportunities in the watercraft industry.

Students will be able to pursue two courses of action: a cer-

tificate program and an associate of Applied Science degree in Marine Technology will be offered.

“With the Marine Industry in dire need of well-qualified technicians this new program was put together by industry veterans with guidance from OEM and aftermarket companies to maximize not only the potential of the program but each individual student,” said IMT in a statement announcing the partnership. “Warner University’s track record is outstanding and it was a natural fit with a new, up-to-date, Marine Technology Program. With direct access to a 4,274-acre lake for testing purposes and the might of Warner University behind it, the new program is on track to change the way technicians enter the work force.”

Attendees will not only learn how to work on watercraft and gather hands-on experience, they will work in a real-life marina environment and understand the inner workings of marinas and boat dealerships around the world. Industry experts have already made guest appearances and been sign5ed to the program’s advisory council.

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Jacksonville Boat Show Goes on After False Start First scheduled for April 21-23, show organizer Jimmy Hill of Current Productions found he and his team were barred from entering the show site at Metropolitan Park when they showed up a few days before to set up. The city said the show, known as the Southeast U.S. Boat Show, was never scheduled, although Current Productions had been running ads for the April start date and space was sold to exhibitors.

The day before the advertised opening, Hill came to an agreement with the city and the show was rescheduled and opened a month later, May 19-21.

The show’s location for next year is currently undecided, since the property the show was held on was awarded to a local developer and if they break ground before next year’s show, the show will have to be located elsewhere.

The local marine industry is currently not planning to hold the 2018 show at Metropolitan Park.

NI’O Yacht Group Merges With Pier One Yacht Sales.

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Sales of Punta Gorda, FL. The merger marks the fifth brokerage firm to join up with Pier One in the last four years, making it one of the largest brokerage firms on Florida’s west coast, with six offices and 51 brokers.

Nelle started the NI’O Yacht Group in 1993 and says they will be keeping open the Madeira Beach office, which is located at 13205 Gulf Blvd. Suite C at Marina Bay Marina.

Pier One has an office in nearby downtown St. Petersburg at the Municipal Marina. Its other locations are Cape Harbour Marina in Cape Coral; Burnt Store Marina in Punta Gorda; Salty Sam’s Marina in Fort Myers Beach; and its main office in Fishermen’s Village in Punta Gorda. Pier One also has a charter division in Fort Lauderdale, FL, which opened in May 2016. www.PierOneYachtSales.com

Sailboat Brokerage Sales Show Trends in Used Boat Purchases Trade Only Magazine, one of the main boating industry publications, published a report on sailboat sales of the top 15 brands over a one year period from April 2016 through March 2017. The graph presented is a good indication of the

popularity of certain brands of used sailboats. The list will be familiar to those who know the popular sailboats that have been produced over the last 50 years, although it doesn’t show the most popular boats for a certain price range, but the older boats that are on the list are a testimonial to the quality of these older boats, because boats that have been around a long time have proven their quality and design.

Other comments in the article related to the graph were that half the boats sold were 25 years old or older, the median year being 1992.

It was also noted in the article that people searching for boats online increased the use of smartphones (to 45 percent), while tablets was steady (at 15 percent), and desktop computers decreased (to 40 percent).

The data from the above and the graph below was taken from sales and inquiries on YachtWorld.com and BoatTrader.com. Below is only some of the data from the chart printed in Trade Only. The article was put together by John Burnham, managing editor of Boats Group, which owns Trade Only, BoatTrader.com and YachtWorld.com. www.boatsgroup.com.

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By Roy Laughlin Few other environmental conditions make sailing less appealing than slimy green or brown water caused by algal blooms. Since 2011, Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, a prime sailing venue, was the site of two Lagoon-wide algal blooms in St. Lucie and Martin Counties—one in 2011 and the other in 2015—associated with high flow, prolonged drainage from Lake Okeechobee.

Excess plant nutrients—fertilizer—cause the noxious blooms. Algae are single-celled floating plants that reproduce to high densities when excess nutrients, when nitrogen or phosphorus, are present, developing into algal blooms. The nutrients responsible are the same as in fertilizers applied to landscaping, with nitrogen and phosphorus playing the most significant parts.

Algae are always present in natural waters and are essential to the food chain. Seasonal algal blooms, occurring in August–September during the peak of the rainy season, are the Lagoon’s usual blooms, but they are of short duration and limited coverage.

The worst algal blooms in the past decade have been different. The types of algae involved were ones that were never before major components of Indian River Lagoon algal blooms. The blooms occurred in winter and summer, lasting for months. Most significantly, algae that produce algal toxins were dominant in at least two of the blooms.

Dense algal blooms cause fish kills even when the algae causing the bloom do not produce toxins. They cause fish and invertebrate kills because at night, when algae do not produce oxygen by photosynthesis, the algal cells obtain the vital gas directly from the water, killing other organisms that also need oxygen.

A source of prolonged, elevated nutrients was a factor in all of the blooms. Are they coming from sediments, or are they coming in run-off from land? To some extent, both.

Since 2014, research in the Lagoon increasingly indicates that nutrients from old, leaking septic tanks, or those with flooded drain fields, are disproportionately a source of nutrients in runoff that caused algal blooms. Septic tanks are only the source. Flooding rain events are the transport mechanism carrying high nutrient concentration pulses to the Lagoon.

In the past five years, local governments along the lagoon have expanded sewer systems to connect properties using septic tanks. Vero Beach was one of the first cities on the Indian River to finish a substantial conversion in several old neighborhoods on the mainland and on the barrier island.

Martin County has developed a plan to convert more than 10,300 properties over the next decade and hopes to get county commission approval later in summer, 2017, to begin it. The city of Port St. Lucie on the north side of the St. Lucie River, has converted 7,300 septic tanks to sewer hookups since 1999. Even Rockledge, in Brevard County, is in the final stages of connecting 174 homes to sewers at a 1960s-era space-race subdivision near the Indian River.

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Algal bloom in the St. Lucie Estuary. Photo taken June 30, 2016, just west of Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, FL. Photo courtesy Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network of Environmental Sensors.

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There may be as many as 60,000 remaining septic tanks on the Indian River Lagoon watershed, including that part now drained to the Lagoon by storm water drainage canals.

There is still much work to be done to prevent algal blooms and illness-causing bacteria from contaminating the Lagoon. But at both the local and state level, a consensus is that, finally, it’s time to phase out septic tanks to improve Indian River water quality.

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Hurricane Season 2017 June 1 through November 30

By Steve Morrell

What Boaters Need to Know What is the chance of getting hit? The annual hurricane predictions don’t tell you much about where the storms will hit, but about how many tropical storms will develop and how many of those will reach hurricane level and, of those, how many will be major storms.

But for all practical purposes, the only thing boat owners need to know is how to prepare. Below are my predictions—all based on what you need to do and chances of getting hit. I created these predictions after the 2004-’05 storm years, and this year, I print them again.

Our website hurricane pages have a good and simple plan for protecting your boat, along with a wealth of other information with links to other plans, information and weather websites, stories of success and failure in boat preparation and even hurricane drink recipes (often essential to calm the nerves, as long as you don’t overdo it). I believe it is one of the best resources out there.

Morrell Hurricane Predictions for Boaters for This Year

a stronger storm. Easy to prepare your boat for.

Winds from 74 to 95 mph, 4-5 feet of surge (category 1) Good probability: from a direct hit or from the outer edges of a stronger storm. Easy to prepare your boat for.

Winds from 96 to 110 mph, 6-8 feet of surge (category 2) Reasonable chance: from a direct hit or from the outer edges of a stronger storm. Easy to prepare your boat for.

You can use these predictions every year for the rest of your life.

Winds from 39 to 73 mph, up to 4 feet of surge (tropical storm) High probability: from a direct hit or from the outer bands of Don’t Think Tropical Storms Can’t do Much Damage On Sept. 11, 2001, a depression formed in the Gulf off the southwest coast of Florida. It was declared Tropical Storm Gabrielle on Sept. 13 and came ashore on Sept. 14 in Venice. Even though it was only a tropical storm, it sunk many boats, both sail and power, at the Twin Dolphin Marina in Bradenton, FL, because it hit at high tide, bringing in a high storm surge. The storm crossed the state to the northeast, then became a Hurricane in the Atlantic, causing havoc in Florida before it headed northeast into the Atlantic. It received little publicity, overshadowed by the terrorist events of 9/11.

Winds from 111 to 130 mph, 9-12 feet of surge (category 3) Small chance: from a direct hit or from the outer edges of a stronger storm. Easy, but even more preparation work required. You will likely suffer some damage, but you can minimize it enough that you can take your boat sailing after you put the sails back on.

Winds from 131 to 155 mph, 13-18 feet of surge (category 4)—or above 155 mph, 18 feet and up surge (category 5) Very small chance: from a direct hit or category 4 winds from the outer edges of a category 5 storm. This will take a lot more prep work, but possible to survive with not too much damage if you are prepared and get lucky at the same time. If you don’t prepare and get lucky, it will be as if you didn’t get lucky, so prepare and hope for luck. If it’s a strong storm and lots of surge and you take everything off the boat you can, you will have that stuff, like sails, canvas, knives, spoons, forks and miscellaneous gear, for your next boat.

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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW

S/V Hypatia 1979 Hunter (Cherubini) 37 Cutter

By Craig Zievis Cover: Hypatia heading out Absecon Inlet near Atlantic City, NJ. BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW Designer: John Cherubini LOA: 37’ LWL: 30’ Beam: 11.85’ Draft: 5’ 2” Mast: 50’ above water; Keel-stepped Displacement: 17,800 pounds SA/Displacement: 16.73 Fuel: 44 gallons Water: 100 gallons Engine: Yanmar 3QM30 Diesel Motion Comfort: 34 Capsize Screen: 1.81 Hull Speed: 7.4 (theoretical), 8.0 (in practice)

The older model Hunter 37 cutter was designed by John Cherubini, an admired naval architect and former Boeing aeronautical engineer.

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inding the “right” boat can take some serious investigation; especially when you plan to live aboard and sail primarily offshore. We spent more than a year researching different boats and traveled from Ohio to Maine to Florida—and everywhere in between—before finding our boat in Connecticut; I’m glad we were so thorough. We almost overlooked our vessel due to the less-than-stellar reputation of Hunter Marine for making offshore cruisers.

However, after having the older Hunter 37 cutter recommended to us, we learned that the company that built our boat isn’t the same as the modern Hunter Marine (they went bankrupt in the early 80s, got sold off , moved from NJ to FL, changed materials, designers, construction methods etc.) So, we started looking a little deeper and realized that the 37 cutter fit almost all of our needs and desires. We love our boat!

The Hunter 37 cutter was designed by John Cherubini, an admired naval architect and former Boeing aeronautical engineer. It appears he began designing the 37 in 1977 with the first hulls being produced in 1978. The 37 cutter was a bit of a departure from Cherubini’s earlier designs that were focused on racing and daysailing. This boat was to be a long distance cruiser that balanced ruggedness, performance and comfort. The owner of hull #1 was quoted saying, “The boat is so solid that I think I could pull it down the Interstate with no trailer and not hurt a thing. It sails so damn well that I don’t think I will ever get rid of it.” The 37 cutter isn’t the fastest boat with a PHRF of 155, but I submit that the balance of performance and comfort is next to impossible to

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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW match for a boat in this class and of this age.

The traveler runs right in front of the companionway and offers great access and leverage to the helmsman. However, when seriously sailing with passengers, it feels like I’m constantly asking people to move.

The boat has a large balanced spade rudder that terminates at the very edge of the transom.

This makes the yacht very maneuverable and she’ll practically pirouette in place. The helm and steerage is very, very responsive and relatively light.

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Performance These yachts like a bit of wind with the sweet spot being 15-20 knots. A strong consistent breeze will propel the boat about a half knot beyond theoretical hull speed. We found her to be surprisingly comfortable in these conditions, only heeling about 15 degrees. She only dips into the 20s during strong gusts and always feels stable and deliberate. Upwind performance is excellent, pointing 23 degrees into the wind while still covering ground. This is attributed to aggressive hull shape at the bow and the well-designed cutter sail plan. I assume this has something to do with Cherubini’s experience as an aeronautical engineer. The 37 really comes alive at 35 degrees and performs extremely well until the wind reaches 145 degrees. Here with the wind on the aft quarter to the stern, the performance and efficiency decrease significantly. Our boat has white sails only and the jib is a yankee. Furthermore, we don’t have a whisker pole. We can sail her wing on wing, but it is difficult with the small jib and no pole. Also, with the position of standing rigging and the running backstays, the main boom doesn’t reach out as far as we’d like. Lately we’ve been running wing on wing by pulling the staysail boom out as far as it will go and tying it off to the toe rail and leaving the jib in. This doesn’t work all that well either, and I wouldn’t recommend this method in strong wind and large seas due to the forward pressure this puts on the mast, and therefore, the downward pressure it puts on the bow.

We feel that the superior upwind performance more than makes up for sluggish downwind performance that is more easily correctable.

So, if one wishes to race or just wants a vessel that moves better with the wind on the stern, they have several options. First, the whisker pole would be a big improvement; especially if it is combined with a genoa (folks who race the 37 cutter generally turn them

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into sloops and have great racing success, but I maintain the cutter rig is better for general offshore cruising; seems like the wind is always in our face anyway). Perhaps a better option that would allow one to keep their staysail would be to get some kind of spinnaker (it’s on our list). We have a friend with the same boat and they have an asymmetrical that works great for them.

But despite her weight (never say this about a human), she does ok The salon has two settees with a fixed table in the middle that has two large leaves. Doable for six but perfect for in light wind. She’ll four to sit around and still have plenty of room for serving dishes, condiments and bottles of wine.

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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW basis, it’s not a good configuration. The 37 also comes in a shoal draft version with the keel being a full foot shallower; however, the rudder is the same size, making it particularly vulnerable.

Engine The power plant is the original freshwatercooled Yanmar 3QM30 diesel. We have no idea how many hours are on it (we’ve put nearly 800 hours on it over the past couple years). It runs like a top though and doesn’t burn a drop of oil. We upgraded the fuel system to include a Racor filter and a squeeze ball so we can prime/bleed it without using the fuel pump. At 2000 rpm, we move at 5.7 to 6 knots. It’s perfect for going in and out of slips, etc.; however, it would be nice to have a 40 horse for dealing with currents in inlets.

Cockpit The cockpit is great for sailing, but it isn’t the best when it comes to guests/enterAs one comes down the companionway, there is a double berth to port behind a teak pock- taining. The traveler runs right in front of the companionway and offers great access et door. There is a small locker as one enters the berth. and leverage to the helmsman. However, ghost along with as little as 4 knots of wind and makes a when seriously sailing with passengers, it feels like I’m congreat cocktail cruiser between 8 and 12 knots, running 1/2 stantly asking people to move. Furthermore, the benches to 3/4 hull speed and heeling 5 to 10 degrees. When we are are short, which doesn’t allow the space to lay down anyentertaining friends with a day sail we like about 10 knots where. Cockpit comfort is probably my only real gripe with of wind. This propels us nicely and feels extremely tame our vessel. and civilized allowing food to be served and drinks to be poured without incident. It is also a good speed for trolling Interior for Mackerel, Tuna and Bluefish.

As one comes down the companionway, there is a double Performance in bad weather and rough seas is very berth to port behind a teak pocket door. There is a small good. We left Barnegat Inlet, NJ (one of the most dangerous locker as one enters the berth. In our case the double berth inlets on the east coast), in seven- to eight-foot breaking seas serves as our garage where we store extra anchors, guitars, and 25 knot winds on our way south last year. We were clothing, backpacks, etc. The upper portion of the locker very apprehensive as the waves were really stacking up to holds our diesel Russian bus heater and the lower portion of exaggerated size, steepness and period as we made our way the locker holds our marine AC/reverse cycle heater. We through the jetties. However, the boat just plowed through store our jerry cans of filtered drinking water on the floor. them, and after a few minutes our minds were at ease. Once Opposite the double berth is the galley. My better half we were in the open ocean and the wave period expanded loves to cook and the size of the galley was a great selling a bit, it was relatively easy to go below and make lunch. I’m point. It features a large double sink and 3-burner stove sure it would have been even more comfortable if we had a with oven. The large icebox is used for dry storage and full keel in this situation, but we have no complaints about there is also another deep locker accessed from the counhow she responds in washing machine conditions. I think tertop. The cupboard doors are hinged on the bottom and the big balanced spade rudder was also an asset, making the held level by small chains so they provide extra counter vessel responsive to small steerage corrections. space when open (love this feature), and under the cupThe lead keel is wide, kind of stubby and an elongated boards are three drawers perfect for spice jars and extra teardrop shape (like two exaggerated airfoils pressed galley tools. There are four “utensil” drawers next to the together). Past the keel terminus is the shaft and three-blade companionway steps. prop. It has a large balanced spade rudder that terminates at The salon has two settees with a fixed table in the midthe very edge of the transom. This makes the yacht very dle that has two large leaves. Doable for six but perfect for maneuverable and she’ll practically pirouette in place. The four to sit around and still have plenty of room for serving helm and steerage is very, very responsive and relatively dishes, condiments and bottles of wine. The table has siglight. We love the setup when we are sailing or docking, but nificant storage space in a compartment on top and space the rudder is exposed and unprotected, so if your sailing underneath (this is where we keep extra chain, art supplies grounds are shallow and you run aground on a regular and most of our tools). The salon also features a huge nav 28

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RACE NEWS station that lifts to hold our binders of boat equipment schematics, maintenance logs and extra charts (big enough for the large Maptech chart books).

Above the nav station is an ample bookshelf, and to port is the location of the power panel. Beneath the nav station desk is where we keep a 40-quart Dometic refrigerator, bags of dog food and yet more spare chain.

Moving forward, there is a large head with separate shower stall (requirement of the Mrs.: she was so right about this!). There is also a separate sink and vanity outside the head door (another feature we love) with ample storage with a locker above and below the sink, and another large locker over the head. There is a sliding pocket door to separate the cabin from the forward area.

Up forward are the V-berth and a hanging locker with a swinging door that can create privacy between the berth and cabin or close in the head area, leaving the sink and V-berth open to the cabin. There is enough room in The size of the galley was a great selling point. It features a large double sink and 3the V-berth for the two of us and our burner stove with oven. two small dogs (though they do tend to hog as much space as they can) as sleeping quarters. There is lots of storage underneath, but one has to be careful with what gets stored in the bottom of these compartments due to condensation. Forward of the V-berth are additional teak lockers we use to accommodate daily cloths and our extra lines.

Odds and Ends For the most part, the vessel is stock but we have made some modifications. All the interior lighting has been converted to LED save a couple of fluorescents that are only on momentarily (like the bathroom and the “garage”). We also added a manual windlass for our 44-pound Rocna. This required some modifications to the anchor locker, including significant structural reinforcement. It works great, though, and didn’t require any wiring or additional battery power.

Generally, I pull it all in by hand and use the windlass to break it free from the bottom and hoist it if it is caked in clay (back saver), and after a bad storm forced us to haul the anchor under pretty terrifying conditions in order to move the boat at 2:30am, the manual windlass became a necessity rather than a luxury. The six-gallon aluminum septic tank was removed from under the shower seat and replaced with a 25-gallon tank that is in one of the compartments under the V-berth.

About Us We have been living and cruising aboard Hypatia for two years now with our two small dogs. Hypatia has safely and comfortably taken us from New England to Florida and back again. We spent this winter in North Carolina and plan to spend next summer in Canada. Can’t wait!

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CAROLINA SAILING

Kiteboarding – Obama tried it – can’t we all?

Spend any time on the beaches around Charleston, SC, and you’re apt to see kites.

Not conventional kites, but kites attached to harnesses worn by kiteboarders.

It’s the fastest growing segment of sailing in this part of the country.

By Dan Dickison

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most days of the year, but even more important for beginhere’s a 16-knot southwesterly buffeting the Carolina ners is that we make use of the shallow water here and the coast, chopping up the murky Atlantic as it rolls incessand bars so the venue is very forgiving. We always set up santly up onto the sand rimming Sullivan’s Island. our lessons at low tide so that we can take advantage of the Beachgoers are lounging on towels and strolling along the shallow water and the sandbars, and that gives us a good water’s edge. A few kids are chasing each other around in six-hour window each day for teaching.” knee-deep water. But out on the brine, a totally different Lurkin and his colleagues teach using jet skis so that dynamic is playing out. Amid the whitecaps, a couple their pupils don’t get into trouble. Though he taught himdozen people are zipping around like waterborne puppets, self how to kiteboard, he doesn’t recommend that propelled over the waves by colorful kites. Every now and approach. “When I got into it, you couldn’t take lessons then one of them launches off the surface and soars 15 feet except maybe out in Hawaii, so I had to teach myself,” he into the air. Call it kiteboarding or kitesurfing, this pastime says. “I was a former Navy search and rescue swimmer is firmly established as one of the most exciting and fastest and an avid surfer, so I had confidence on growing sub-disciplines of sailing. the water, but it was still a three-month Meet JP Lurkin. He’s a veteran waterstruggle to get proficient. And the kite techsports enthusiast—surfer, swimmer and nology back then was pretty much in its sailor—who found his way into kiteboarding infancy, so it was definitely a steeper learnover 15 years ago. According to Lurkin, who ing curve. I tell my students now that they spends over 30 hours a week teaching this can get to the point in three weeks that took sport as one of the head instructors at FORCE me three months when I learned.”

Kite and Wake in Mount Pleasant, the Another factor in kiteboarding’s growing Carolina Lowcountry has seen tremendous popularity, says Lurkin, is the advent of foilgrowth in kiteboarding over the past four to ing technology. That might seem counterinfive years. tuitive, but foiling boards have proven very “This sport has only been around since appealing to sailors and windsurfers.

1999,” he explains, “but in our region—par“Getting a foiling board is fairly reasonable ticularly in recent years—it’s exploded. Five economically,” Lurkin says, “and it’s also years ago, you’d see 10 or 20 kites out on a really exhilarating. I’ve been foiling the past good day, but now you’ll see 40, maybe 50 few days because the conditions were too kites out there. I’d say that the area from choppy to ride a standard board. Also, getTybee Island down in Georgia up to Myrtle ting up on a foil isn’t that tough so having Beach just north of here has seen about a 100 Veteran kiteboard instructor percent increase in kiteboarding in the past JP Lurkin is always ready with foiling boards is actually helping people a smile. Photo courtesy FORCE cross over from other sports. In some ways,” four years.”

Kite and Wake. he concludes, “foiling makes kiteboarding Lurkin, who’s been teaching this sport more accessible.” since 2006, attributes some of this growth to the fact that the Perhaps the No. 1 draw of kiteboarding is that it offers Charleston region has a large number of certified senior the exhilaration of an extreme sport at a reasonable cost, instructors, people who’ve been teaching kiteboarding for particularly when compared to other forms of sailing. over six or seven years. Another factor, he says, is that Lurkin says you can purchase an entry-level kite, board and Charleston is growing in population with the right demoharness package for not much more than $1,000. Lessons at graphic for this sport—youngish professionals. his shop are between $100 and $150 per hour. “Once you Maybe the biggest factor driving the recent growth in learn and then get the gear,” he says, “there really aren’t any kiteboarding here is the setting. “At FORCE, we teach the other significant costs. You may have to upgrade your kite majority of our lessons at Sullivan’s Island,” says Lurkin. in a couple of years, but this is a sport that you can do near“You’ve got fairly protected water and consistent breeze

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The Lowcountry offers ideal conditions for kiteboarding. Photo courtesy Adam Super/Sessions Sports/Sea Island Media.

ly everywhere and all the gear can be stowed in the trunk of your car, plus it won’t take up a bunch of space in your garage, so it’s pretty appealing that way as well.”

Though kiteboarding may seem like a solitary pursuit, it has a big social side says Lurkin. “Everybody comes off the water with a different story, and a lot of that stuff gets shared on social media,” he says. One important gathering place for Lowcountry kiteboarders is the Chucktown Wind Report, a Facebook page that’s kept active by veteran kiteboarder and WindFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson.

“Keeping track of the wind, tides and weather is really important to kiteboarders,” offers Gibson, “so social media is a big piece of how we all stay connected.” And Lurkin concurs. “On any given day, after a good session on the water,” he says, “if you jump on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll see 15 or 20 posts by local riders pretty quickly.”

Often the exchanges on those social media platforms touch on the topic of kiteboarding etiquette—making sure that new riders understand the importance of sailing safely and respectfully. “We emphasize this with our students from the get go,” says Lurkin. “Everyone else at the beach has right of way over us, so kiteboarders have to stay well clear of swimmers or surfers or anyone on the beach and in the water.” Most riders are taught to favor less populated areas for launching and sailing, and the good thing, he says, is that the majority of kiteboarders are pretty good at self policing.

Perhaps the most important thing that Lurkin would like readers to know about kiteboarding is that anyone can do this sport. “You just need proper instruction,” he says.

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The sandbars and shallows at Sullivans Island are perfect for teaching kiteboarding. Photo courtesy Shea Gibson.

and nine and he also taught a man who was 73 at the time.

“He’s 80 now and still gets out there,” says Lurkin. “It’s really a beautiful, engaging sport that has minimal environmental impact. And it’s one of the most fun things you can do in the Lowcountry.”

So, no wonder Obama gave it a try. Maybe you should, too.

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BOOKS AND NAUTICAL MISCELLANEA

The Ocean Almanac— Being a Copious Compendium on Sea Creatures, Nautical Lore & Legend, Master Mariners, Naval Disasters and Myriad Mysteries of the Deep.

By Robert Hendrickson Review by Steve Morrell

The best book I ever saw that had the most nautical miscellanea is The Ocean Almanac. I’ve had a copy for about 30 years.

Back in the day when people browsed brick-and-mortar book stores, I found it and read passage after passage while standing up in the book store aisle. I bought the book.

First published in 1984, it has 400-plus pages with 15 chapters, all in small print, making it a true collection of so much about the ocean world, that it is amazing anyone took this much time to collect it all. The chapters cover almost everything: Sea Creatures; Superstitions; Charting the Seven Seas, Sea Monsters (Real and Unreal); Great Voyages and Discoveries; Great Ships; War; Pirates; Survival; Shipwrecks—to name a few.

Although you can easily buy used copies of it online, the book is no longer in print, so instead of reviewing it in a traditional review I thought I would print some excerpts of some nautical stuff. These are the short ones. Some of the topics, like “The Most Terrible Tsunami,” cover three pages listing over 50 known tsunamis through history starting in Thera in 1470 B.C. Some have detailed descriptions; others are just listed with rough counts of how many perished. The shortest ones, though there are few, are one sentence, many a

paragraph long, or several paragraphs.

There are only a few black and white photos in the book and no glossy pages. But there are a few dozen images of ships and sea creatures and other miscellanea—all drawings in black and white. And rightly so. They just seem to fit the subject matter, adding a bit of mystique.

You’d think the title and subtitle would give you an idea of the book’s contents, but that leaves out other facts and figures found in this book. One chapter might have 50 topics of varying length. All the topics in the book include facts, history, lore, some myth, some science. Below are some short excerpts, but most of the book’s topics cover a quarter page, full page or several pages. There’s no room for the longer pieces here.

Note that under a section title, because of space constraints in my effort to show the variety of subjects, I have not always been able to put all the items that were under that heading in the text below. [All the text below—unless noted otherwise—are direct quotes from The Ocean Almanac.]

A Treasury of Tides and Currents [a few listed here] • The greatest tides occur in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, where there is an extreme range of 57 feet between high and low tides.

• The strongest current is in British Columbia’s Nokwakto Rapids, which travels at up to 18.4 mph.

• The world’s greatest current is the West Wind Drift Current, also called the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which flows at one point at the rate of 9.5 billion cubic feet per second and ranges from 185 to 1240 miles.

• Aristotle is said to have drowned himself because he could not explain the current in a channel of water off the island of Euboea in the Aegean. Scientists are still mystified by the current and can’t explain why it reverses its direction some 14 times a day.

lanterns that ships often mistook for the lights of other ships. They were dubbed mooncussers because they cursed the moon and the light that it brought, which robbed them of their livelihood.

Last of the Oldtime Pirates The last pirate known to be hanged in the United States was Capt. Nathaniel Gordon, captured smuggling slaves into the country during the Civil War. Of the 967 slaves aboard his ship, nearly one third had died in the terrible passage from Africa. Gordon, charged with piracy and convicted, was hanged in the Tombs, New York City, on March 8, 1962.

The Sea Within Us A 155-pound man carries about 16.5 quarts of salt water in his body. Some three quarts of this is plasma, the watery part of the blood, flowing through the veins and arteries. The rest mostly serves as interstitial fluid in the spaces between the cells.

Mooncussers “Mooncussers” was the name given to men, often pirates or stranded mutineers, who lured merchant sailing ships to destruction ashore so that they could collect their cargo as salvage. These jackals, standing on shore would operate on black nights when nothing could be seen, waving 32

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To Shanghai To shanghai is a shortening of the expression to “ship a man to Shanghai.” American sailors first used the words to describe how press gangs got them drunk, drugged them or blackjacked, and forced them into service aboard a ship in need of crew. At the time, Shanghai, a long way from home, was a leading Chinese shipping port, and many a Shanghaied sailor did wind up there. The term became so common in the 19th century that it was applied to anyone seized and forced to work unwillingly

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than if it had been left alone.

H20 Statistics The Amazon pushes so much water into the Atlantic that the seawater 100 miles from its entrance is fresh, not salty. One fifth of all the running water on earth pours out of the mouth of the Amazon into the ocean.

The Crow’s Nest The highest lookout station on any ship is called the crow’s nest because old sailing ships once carried a coop high up on their mass in which land birds were kept. If winds carried a ship out of sight of land, the birds would be released, and the ship would be steered to follow them inland.

Sea Otters and Seaweed Sea otters tie themselves up in seaweed beds every night to make sure that the family does not become separated. If the kelp floats away, they will all travel with it. A playful animal, the otter builds slides on snowy hills so that it can bellywop into the water below.

The Slow-Growing Clam The slowest growing of all creatures on earth is the deep-sea clam, which takes a century to grow to a length of 0.31 inch.

Determining Distances at Sea [below is an edited description] By using the following table, you can determine the distance at which objects can be seen at sea. The computations are made from the chart on the basis of the elevation of the object

and the elevation of the eye of the observer. For instance a light 200 feet high would be visible 22.5 nautical miles to someone observing it from a 30-foot height.

[A table is shown in The Ocean Almanac with 24 different elevations, from 1 to 1000 feet, and their distances. A few are shown here.]

Height of Object (feet) Distance (nm) 1 1.1 10 3.628 30 6.253 100 11.47 1000 36.28 To compute the distance, add two figures together: If your eye is 10 feet above the water (which could be about your eye level on the deck of a cruising sailboat) and you see the horizon, it is 3.628 miles away. If you see an object’s top that you know from a chart is 1000 feet high, then it is 3.628 + 36.28 = 39.908 miles away.

A Sea Chest of Superstitions [only a few listed here] • A stolen piece of wood mortised into the keel makes a ship a fast sailer.

• It is good luck to pour wine upon the deck before a long voyage as a libation to the gods. (The custom of breaking a bottle of wine across the bow of the ship launched arose from this practice.)

• It’s bad luck to see a dog near fishing tackle.

• Black cats are lucky and bring sailors home from the sea.

• It is unlucky to cut nails or hair at sea. (The reasoning among the Romans was that nails and hair were votive offerings to Proserpina, queen of the infernal regions, and Neptune would be jealous if offerings to another god were made in his kingdom.)

• Never utter the word drown at sea.

• It is useless to fight the sea if you fall overboard, and thus it is foolish to learn how to swim— the reason many sailors never bothered to learn in the past.

• All the seas are purified at the full moon.

Naming and Worshiping the Winds Held in awe by ancients, the winds were given their own special names.

North Wind—Boreas (Greek) or Aquilo (Latin) South Wind—Notus (Greek) or Auster (Latin) East Wind—Euris (Greek) West Wind—Zephyrus (Greek) or Favonius (Latin) Northeast Wind—Argestes (Latin) Northwest Wind—Corus (Latin) Southeast Wind—Volturnus (Latin) Southwest Wind—Ajerventus, Africus, Africanus, or Libs (Latin) North (but not due north) Wind—Thrascias (Latin) Some of the most famous winds in the world: [a few of the many listed] • Mistral— a violent Northwest wind that blows down the Gulf of Lyons and is worst at Marseille, France.

• Monsoon— a wind bringing rain that blows off southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean from the southwest from April to October, and from the northeast during the rest of the year.

• The Trade Winds— winds that regularly “blow trade” in one direction or another. In the northern hemisphere, they blow from the northeast, and in the southern hemisphere in the southeast. Some places they blow six months of the year in one direction and six months in the opposite direction.

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A Cuba Cruise Adventure, Part II of III:

Marina Hemingway and Havana

By Harmon Heed A beautiful old Habana building.

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had asked for a berth on the north side of Canal 2, midway between the east end where the small grocery store, marina gate and Club Nautico Internacional Hemingway are, and the west end where the servicios, heads, showers, liquor store, and port captain’s office are. (There is also a Chinese restaurant at both ends.) I went to the port captain’s office where he gave me a detailed price list: $30 a day for berthing, $.06 a gallon for water, $.35 per Kw for electricity, a one time transit (despacho) fee of $55 and $75 per person for visas. I was very pleased with the politeness of the people we dealt with and the coordination between the port captain, customs, immigration, health and agricul-

ture inspectors.

Then Don, Shelley and I were off to the showers where we were introduced to the fragile Cuban plumbing infrastructure. On the men’s side, four of the six showers worked and three of them had shower heads. Three of the six urinals worked. Three of the six toilets worked and only one of them had a seat. None of them had toilet paper. Beside each toilet was a waste basket where you were to put your soiled TP. After sundown, none of the facilities worked because the water had to be shut off because the marina didn’t have the capability to fix the water leaks.

On the walk back to the boat, we saw sections of the canal wall, some ten feet long, had crumbled into the canal.

We saw a power boat that sat on the bottom of the east end of the canal, only its bridge roof was above water. There were no signs of repair to the canal walls. The areas that crumbled away had simply been painted blue to match the still standing wall.

We paid a waiting cab $15 for a ride into central Havana, about ten miles, for dinner and sightseeing. First stop was at a cadeca, a government currency exchange to exchange US dollars for Cuban Convertible Pesos called CUCs. You must present your passport and they will provide you a receipt of the exchange. The CUC is tied to the value of the dollar: as the dollar rises and falls so does the CUC. There is a 3 percent currency exchange fee, but unfortunately for we Americans, a 10 percent penalty. So, for every $1 we exchange we get $.87 in return. That’s also the exchange on the street.

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restaurants they are the leftovers. We ate at a sidewalk café across a plaza from the Cathedral de Habana. We felt we could have been in Paris, Stockholm, Rome...

The next day we rode into town with the locals on the “peso bus” that was scheduled to be at a nearby corner at 10am. At almost 11:00, the bus arrived. I didn’t know how much to pay the driver so I held out my hand with a 25 peso coin (25 pesos = $1/ CUC). He grabbed the coin and waved the three of us aboard the most crowded bus I’ve ever been on, including Tokyo, Seoul and NYC subways at rush hour.

The jammed-in people were courteous and there was no smell of body odor. Half way into town the bus stopped at its final destination, “round-about 2.” Well, what should we expect for 33 cents?

For the rest of the way into town we hailed a “two-buck cab,” a 1950s American sedan that hasn’t been washed since.

You often have to hold the door closed because the handles and latches have been long gone. The cabbie is making money because he doesn’t waste profit on maintenance.

In Vieja Habana, the colorful, 1950s cars Cuba is famous for are ubiquitous. The convertibles are lined up in rows near all of the popular plazas. Being tourists, we didn’t haggle the $50 price for an hour tour and hopped in a bright pink 1952 Chevy (Shelley liked the color). None of the gauges on the dash worked, all of the knobs were missing, ignition was two wires dangling under the dash and body maintenance was similar to that at the marina: when something rusted off, the spot was simply painted pink.

The nation’s capital, a building as beautiful as ours, was closed for electrical input upgrade. So was the large, government cigar factory behind it; they both use the same

This paladar—a restaurant run by self-employers, generally a family—on a Habana street requires reservations days in advance.

that if we used US-based cards in Cuba, an immediate hold would be placed on them. Our snowbird friends advised us to take Canadian dollars because Cubans accepted Canadian without the 10 percent penalty. But the Cubans wouldn’t accept the Canadian because of the high US$/CUC value vs. the Canadian dollar. Don’t bring any CUCs home, you can’t transfer them back into dollars.

Along the seaward side of the malécon, old Havana’s seafront boulevard, is a seawall where lovers sit and enjoy the sun and fresh breeze and kiss in the sunsets. Along the land side are blocks after blocks of once magnificent fourstory townhouses built in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds. They are rotting like broken hearts. There are no doors. There are no windows. The interiors are crumbling away. But people live in them. In the morning, buckets are lowered by rope for water. In the evenings, after dark, the waste water is thrown back down.

Since old Havana is a tourist destination, restaurants are plentiful. We wanted local food and Shelley said that would be “vieja ropa,” old clothes. The ropa—“clothes”—is pulled beef, lamb or pork, whatever the restaurant has. The vieja is vegetables, called old because in homes and some

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tourist spots the buildings and streets continue to decay and putrid odors swell up from the sewer grates at the corners.

Occasionally there is private reconstruction. Bricks and sand and cement are brought in on carts pulled/pushed by men. The bricks are raised to the third and fourth floors one at a time with rope and pulley. On the ground floor doors open into small, dark shops. A florist had one five-gallon bucket of flowers. A tire shop had three types of tires to sell: worn, well worn and worn out. The wheels have to be removed on the narrow street.

A corner bar has three stools in front of the bar and three bottles on the shelf behind it. But the proprietors are making money because they are working for themselves and not the government.

Capitalism is encroaching.

We passed a school and saw happy children running up and down stairs to class, past posters of Fidel and Che. Education is free in Cuba, even to doctorate level, and all schools are run by the government. Education is mandatory for ages six through 16. Cuba has a literacy rate of 97 percent, higher than the USA. To enter one of Cuba’s 47 colleges, a matriculater must pass entrance exams and males Harmon Heed and Papa in La Floridita. Harmon is on the left.

major high voltage line. If we wanted to buy cigars, people all had cousins who worked at the “commune” and they could take us to their apartment, and if we got there before 4pm (it was now Friday, after 3:00) we could buy cigars at a very good discount. We wondered if they sold an Oxiclean brand of cigars for $19.99?

We finally figured it was simply another instance of the transition from communism to capitalism: the people steal from the government and sell for personal profit.

We were surprised at how clean the streets were. Many of the square block plazas have undergone refurbishment, at least the facades have. But a block away from the Crewmembers Shelley and Don in the pink 1952 Chevy convertible.

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provide proof of completion of compulsory military training.

Cuba’s major exports are sugar, tobacco, nickel and doctors. That’s because, even after 10 years of advanced schooling, most doctors make less money than the cab drivers and waiters.

Still, Cuba has more doctors per capita than any other country and many foreigners go there for inexpensive elective surgery. The government provides Cubans free medical care. We didn’t go into a hospital but when we saw a pharmacy we peaked in and the shelves were as empty as those in the corner bar.

But, not all shelves were empty. At La Floridita, the “cradle of the daiquiri”—and one of Hemingway’s hangouts—there was a line of tourists to get in. In the corner was a bronze bust of Cuban tire and bicycle shop with three types of tires: worn, well-worn and worn out tires. The men are working on a bicycle.

Occasionally there is private reconstruction. Bricks and sand and cement are brought in on carts pulled/pushed by men. The bricks are raised to the third and fourth floors one at a time with rope and pulley.

“Papa” and another line waiting to take their selfie by it.

Two bartenders mixed daiquiris in four blenders like cement mixers and got $6 a drink. After dark, we went to The Tropicana Club and Cabaret where Desi Arnaz never did bubble babaloo. With a $140 cover charge we walked away wondering how many $6 daiquiris we could drink with $140 and still sail to our next destination in the morning?

In part III, we will cover our trip to Cayo Levisa, our return to Habana, and then back home to Florida.

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SOUTHERN RACE REPORT

2017 Sea Buoy Race, Pensacola, FL, May 13

By Kim Kaminski back to the finish.

On May 13, the annual Sea Buoy However, as the day progressed, the Race was held by the Pensacola winds got even stronger, blowing Beach Yacht Club. This race runs 19 between 16 to 18 knots, and most of the miles from the base of the Bob Sikes fleet did not hoist their spinnakers— Bridge at the heart of Pensacola either due to the strong winds or equipBeach out along Santa Rosa Island ment failure. One team aboard a Tartan through the Pensacola Pass and Ten named Helldiver (a team of all lady entrance channel out to the Number sailors) decided that instead of sailing 1 Sea Buoy marker and then returns back close to the shore of Santa Rosa back to the starting area.

Island (which most of the fleet selected) Depending on the sea state and they headed towards the Naval Air weather, the race can be challengStation side of the ICW which allowed ing, exciting and fun. them a better angle to hoist their spinThis year, the weather was naker, and they rallied through the fleet sunny with winds starting out at a on their way to the finish, earning a secnorthwesterly direction blowing at ond-place in the Spinnaker B Class.

12 knots which allowed a reaching For the Multihull fleet, which started race start. The winds slowly began to change direction, and by the time Scott Mathis and crew aboard his J/105, 20 minutes after the PHRF Spinnaker the fleet of nine sailboats and three Forerunner, earned first in Spinnaker Class A fleet, the race was extremely fast as they multihulls made their way towards and the Overall Spinnaker Fleet during the Sea passed the Spinnaker fleet and finished the Naval Air Station Pensacola (at Buoy Race in Pensacola in May. Photo by Kim before the first sailboat hit the start finish area. Kirk Newkirk, the Commodore the entrance to Pensacola Pass), the Kaminski for the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, took winds blew out of the west forcing the top honors in the multihull class. For the Spinnaker the fleet to tack their way to the pass. As always, the tides Fleet, Scott Mathis aboard his J/105, Forerunner, finished play a big role in determining the best tactics to sail through first in Spinnaker Class A and in the Overall Fleet with an the pass and out to the Gulf of Mexico towards the sea buoy, elapsed time of 3 hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds. which is located at the start of the entrance channel heading Hunter Riddle, aboard his Elliot 770, Rodent, finished only into Pensacola Pass, and ultimately to the Intracoastal 33 seconds (corrected time) behind Forerunner to earn secWaterway and Pensacola Bay. ond in Class and Fleet.

Luckily, the tides were just beginning to change as most of the fleet traveled out of the pass on a tight reach with Results: only a few of the participants having to head into an incomSpinnaker A: 1, Forerunner, Scott Mathis, PBYC; 2, Rodent, Hunter ing tide, forcing a challenging exit out into the Gulf. As the Riddle, PYC; 3, Atlantic Union Paul Gillette, PBYC; 4, Tryptonite, David fleet traveled out three miles to the buoy, the winds began Dunbar, PBYC; Spinnaker B: 1, Reach Around, Jeff Hunt, PBYC; 2, to change in strength, along with the changing tides, thus Helldiver, Kim Kaminski, NYCP; 3, Phoenix, Tony Nichols, NYCP; 4, Ariande, Bob Patroni, PBYC; DNF, Sea Breeze, Dan Owczarczak, NYCP; allowing the fleet to comfortably reach back to the Multihull: 1, Kirk Newkirk; 2, Doug Klem; 3, Atlanta Girls Pensacola Pass Entrance and have a long downwind leg

College of Charleston Wins Nationals, Charleston, SC, May 23-June 3

By Dan Dickison Each spring, some 40 colleges and universities from across the country qualify for the Collegiate Sailing National Championships. This year, the three-regatta, 11-day event was held in Charleston Harbor late May and early June, hosted by the College of Charleston Sailing Program.

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retired aircraft carrier, the USS Yorktown as their headquarters. With the flight deck overlooking the racecourse venue, it was an ideal solution.

The first of the three regattas—each sailed in the College’s fleet of Z420s and Flying Juniors—was the Sperry Women’s Nationals. Thirty-six teams raced in two divisions to determine a final group of 18. Sailing over four days in moderate to strong winds, some strong current and occawww.southwindsmagazine.com

Flying Juniors (FJs) sailing in the Sperry Women’s Nationals near the USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor in May. Photo by Michael Wiser/CollegeSailing.org.

sional rain, the Yale Bulldogs proved nearly unbeatable.

Skippers Casey Klinger and Louisa Nordstrom—sailing with a mix of crews—dominated the action. Nordstrom won B Division by a whopping 40-point margin, and Klinger finished third in A Division. It was good enough to give this Ivy League team the overall win. Erica Reineke of Boston College was awarded the Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year.

Next up was the LaserPerformance Team Racing Nationals—a three-day affair featuring 16 teams from across the country. The teams from Boston College, the College of Charleston and Georgetown University appeared to own the action throughout their various pairings. Sailing in extreme tides with breezes topping out at 14 knots, they were joined in the final round by Yale University. But no team was a match for the College of Charleston. With skippers Stefano Peschiera, Christophe Killian and Jack Cusick leading the way, the College didn’t lose a race and secured the overall victory.

That set the stage for the finale, the Gill Coed National Championship regatta. For two days, the winds on Charleston Harbor were consistent and moderately strong out of the southwest as the initial group of 36 teams was winnowed down to 18 semifinalists. Then, Mother Nature yawned and the racers would have to wait well past midday to get any racing in each of the final two days.

The lighter breezes in the semifinals proved fortuitous for the teams from Dartmouth and Yale. But on the final day, the College of Charleston’s A and B Division teams put together one of their best showings of the entire season. Skippers Stefano Peschiera (in A with Grace News & Views for Southern Sailors

McCarthy crewing) and Jack Cusick (in B with Chloe Dapp crewing) started the day in fourth place overall, but quickly set the pace and had moved up to second place by the end of the second rotation. As the day wore on, the breeze increased and the CofC Cougars sailed impressively, erasing a 25-point deficit to ultimately capture the team’s fifth Intercollegiate Sailing Association Coed National Championship.

Charleston also took home the program’s seventh Leonard B. Fowle Trophy, which is awarded to the best overall sailing program in the nation. Peschiera and Cusick were each named ICSA All-American Skippers, while McCarthy and Dapp both earned ICSA All-American Crew honors. The Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year went to Ian Barrows of Yale University.

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The new cameras on the Splash Drone can film underwater, as well as in the air.

Splash Drone 3 Auto can land on the water and take off.

Waterproof Drones Waterproof Drones in a Sailing Magazine?

Drones have been around a long time, but when I was a kid (decades ago), helicopter drones were toys—and pretty crude ones at that, but the dream of every kid was to have one.

Fast forward to today and they have gone from expensive military drones to sophisticated private ones used for aerial photography for just fun. But they’ve also included many that are capable of rescue missions, package delivery (Amazon), surveying, inspections, real estate, professional movie filming and more.

But in the world of watersports, they’ve become a great way of filming sailboat racing at relatively low cost. I first reviewed a camera-carrying drone in 2014, calling it a remote helicopter. Since then, drones have boomed in production—and they are all “helicopters,” with four or more churning blades moving them through the air. That drone drew my attention because of how well it videoed a local sailboat race, the drone owned by an amateur. After that, I began to see all sorts of boating events covered by drones, including the Everglades Challenge from St. Pete to Key Largo and the annual Sunfish race around Harkers Island in North Carolina. There are hundreds more races covered by drones today around the world that we don’t hear about, since they are filmed and shared locally with and by racers.

I mentioned that filming a race can be done at relatively low cost. That means you need to buy one first, of course, but if you already own one, the cost is almost nothing. Nothing— unless it lands in the water and you either lose it, or it gets destroyed or damaged by the water. Even flying in rain has caused drones to be damaged beyond repair. But no more.

The First Waterproof Drone – Lifesaving and Long Line Fishing Along comes Mariner Drone, a drone whose frame was totally waterproof and carried a GoPro waterproof camera. The drone was created by a Chinese company that was already building small model motors and other model parts. Its owner heard about drones that were lost or damaged by water—even just rain—or through unintentional water landings. The drone hit the market in 2013, but the offsprings that have evolved from that drone have come a long way since then. In 2015, SwellPro (USA agent is Urbandrones) was started by the Mariner Drone creator as a company dedicated to waterproof drones.

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SwellPro’s latest drone is called Splash Drone. It came out in 2015 and was crowd-funded and launched via Kickstarter. Mariner Drone didn’t have the smart flight technology and other advanced features, but the first Splash Drone did, including some unique ones. It also had a payload release system for delivering a lifesaving device like a Personal Flotation Device for someone in trouble on the water who was too far out for quick rescue or in conditions that would make res- The Splash Drone 3 Fisherman cue difficult or slow. has a payload release mechanism Another such use, suggest- that can be used for delivering ed by fishermen, was long rescue items, with a payload of line fishing where the 2.5 pounds. SwellPro makes the drone would deliver a long suggestion it could deliver beer. line out at great distance and then release it. The Splash Drone Fisherman version was released. They even have drone racing versions.

As these new versions were released, flight control technology improved, GPS precision increased, materials improved, the weight decreased, and the viewing screen in the controller’s hands increased.

The latest version, Splash Drone 3 Auto was fully funded on Kickstarter and first versions will be delivered in July.

The company has created its own waterproof camera and not only can the drone film in the air with the latest camera technology, but it can even land in the water and film underwater and then take off again. Their is even a command you can give it so that it will follow you, or your boat, at a certain elevation, while it videos you.

Splash Drone 3 Auto is available for $1699. Fishing and racing versions are also available. The fishing version can also be used as a rescue version with its release mechanism, capable of carrying up to 2.5 pounds. www.SwellPro.com.

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Chartering—The Bare Necessities 12 things no one told you about bareboat chartering

By Ron Hesmer

#1 – There are tiers of joy.

Charter companies tier their boats into pricing/age categories. They use terms like “Club” level, “Executive” level and “Premier” level. The newer the boat, the higher the charter rate. Why? Because a single year in the charter fleet is equal to five years of private use…and it shows. (Think Hollywood without makeup.)

chart briefing, etc…) without barking orders and snapping at children underfoot. When your brood arrives the next day (sans their prodding spouse), everyone merrily casts off on the right foot.

Do this: Book the mid-level boat, unless you’re splitting the costs with another family, in which case you should splurge for a higher grade vessel. Avoid the bottom rung. #2 – You’ll pay no attorney fees.

By keeping your marriage intact, you’ll maintain rights to both halves of everything you own. If you’re traveling with another family…

Do this: You (captain) and the navigator depart a day early. Book a nearby hotel or reserve what’s called a “Sleep Aboard” from the charter company. This eases the burden of trying to find numerous available seats on the same flight and it allows you to handle all of the check-in requirements (provisioning, boat inspection,

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#3 – Your boat stinks.

Seriously, it’s bad with a capital “B”… as in Bilge. Unless you charter a brand-new boat, this stench is more the rule than the exception. You’d like to think it will dissipate once you open up all the hatches and get a good breeze flowing.

Yeah…no.

#5 – You’re an idiot.

Clearing through customs/immigration sucks—especially when you’re the captain and you have to clear in your entire crew before anyone can go ashore. Rest assured that the island agents take great pleasure in watching you stare blankly at the procedure. They’ll help you—but only after assuring everyone in the room that you’re dumber than a bag of hammers. The paperwork is not that difficult, but it‘s tedious and time consuming. Typically there are eight of us on our bareboat charters. That’s eight passports I have to rifle through in order to locate and transcribe each individual’s immigration info…twice.

Do this: Pack a small bottle of vanilla extract. Place a few drops on an obscure section of the floor of each berth and each head. Give it 30 minutes and voila!…your boat smells sweet. Rinse and repeat every two days.

Do this: Before leaving home, lay out all of your family’s passports (open to the photo page) and frame them in one shot. If you’re traveling with another family, have them do the same and then email you the picture. Now print both pages: (1) your family passports; and (2) additional crew’s passports. Place them back-to-back and laminate them (or don’t and wish you had). Now, instead of eight passports, you have one waterproof sheet with everyone’s information readily accessible. Oh…and bring your own ink pen.

#4 – No one’s watching.

#6 – You’re a hero!

It’s crowded where your boat is moored…like, a gabilliondollars-in-floating-inventory crowded. The docks are filled with people beginning and ending their respective charters.

The thought of dodging harbor traffic in front of a gaggle of onlookers is enough to trigger a panic attack.

Do this: Call the dockmaster on your VHF radio and let him know you’re ready to cast off. He’ll send a skipper down who’ll commandeer your boat out of the harbor while a deckhand follows closely in a dinghy. Once clear of traffic congestion, you’ll take the helm and your skipper will hitch a dinghy ride back to the dock. Works pretty much the same upon your return.

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shove off, the tendency is to just nod and say “got it.”

Problem is, the generator only coughs in the middle of the night and the AC only sweats when you’re on your third Painkiller. It’s been four days since your tutorial and you can’t even remember where they said the manuals are stored.

Do this: Pack a small Pelican case for phones, wallets and valuables. This case will double as your document box (passports & boat info) when you clear in and out of customs/immigration. #9 – Pack some Lifesavers.

Do this: Get your wingman (or woman) to iPhone video record your initial walk-through. Be sure your videographer zooms in for a close-up while you pompously nod and say “got it.” #7 – Your boat’s not gonna rock.

The chances of you boarding a charter boat that has a fully functional stereo system is on par with the pending success of your modeling career.

If you’ve got young children, chances are slim the charter company will have life vests that’ll fit them comfortably.

Chances are slimmer still that they’ll have two or more on hand. I once purchased one in Antigua, where the saleslady looked me squarely in the eye and charged me $140.

Do this: Pack a small Bose boom box. #8 – It’s okay to feed the Pelican.

You’ll be gangly stepping off of a rolling boat and into a bobbing inflatable dinghy. You’ll come and go this way at least twice daily…and at least once while inebriated.

Do this: Teach your kids the “three-point rule” weeks before your charter…and pack comfortable life-jackets for any tots in your crew. # 10 – Safety first.

Your boat comes replete with clean linens and towels.

Problem is: The towels all look the same, and not everyone tends to his/her ownership during the voyage. Carefully hanging your towel out to dry is the same as placing a placard on it that reads: “Just grab this one!”

Do this: Pack some colored safety pins and assign colors to crew.

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#11 – Skip Lunch.

When you’re provisioning your boat with groceries for the week, you’ll be tempted to stock up on sandwich bread, hot dogs, deli meat, PB & J and the usual suspects in the condiment department. Go easy on this stuff…you’ll just leave it behind at trip’s end.

Double up on your snacks and apps instead.

Do this: Mid-day is about the time you’ve reached your destination and decided to go ashore to check things out. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone in your crew willing to forego an inviting restaurant (and icy rum concoctions) in lieu of piling back into the dinghy and returning to the boat to fix sandwiches for all aboard. Just hand over your AMEX and think of all the money you saved by not buying that extra loaf of bread. #12 – Booty call You’re traveling; you’ll want to look the part...a bit swanky, maybe.

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16th Annual Harker’s Island Sunfish Regatta, Harkers Island, NC, July (date TBA) Race around Harkers Island in Sunfish. My Own Bloody Yacht Club. www.mobyachtclub.com. Contact Rob Eberle at eberlemarine@gmail.com 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.sayra-sailing.com.

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

Lake Lanier, GA: http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): CFYC: Cape Fear YC, Cape Fear, NC, www.CapeFearYachtClub.com ChYC: Charleston YC, Charleston, SC, www.CharlestonYachtClub.com CYC-SC: Carolina YC, Charleston, SC, www.carolinayachtclub.com CYC-NC:Carolina YC (N. Carolina), www.carolinayachtclub.org HanYC: Hancock Annual Regatta. Cherry Point MCAS, NC. www.hancockyachtclub.org HYC: Hobcaw Yacht Club, Mt. Pleasant, SC, www.hycclub.org LNYC: Lake Norman YC, NC, www.lakenormanyachtclub.com MOBYC: My Own Bloody YC. Harkers Island, NC. www.mobyachtclub.com SIBC: Skidaway Island Boating Club. Skidaway, Island, GA. www.SkidawayIslandBoatingClub.org SYC: Savannah YC, Savannah, GA, www.savannahyachtclub.org JULY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) TBA 16th Annual Harkers Island Regatta. MOBYC* 1-2 July 4th Regatta. LNYC 7-9 Annual Regatta. Hancock YC 8-9 Hobcaw Regatta. HYC 8-9 Firecracker Multi-class Regatta. SYC 15-16 Charleston YC Open Regatta. CHYC 28-30 Low Country Hook Race. PHRF SIBC 29-30 Carolina YC Open Regatta. CYC-SC AUGUST 4 Carolinas Junior Championship. CYC-NC 5-6 Laser D-12. CYC-NC 12 Rocket Regatta. CFYC 25 CORA Offshore Challenge. CORA

Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): HRYC: Halifax River YC, www.hryc.com MYC: Melbourne YC, www.MelbourneYachtClub.com RCJ: Rudder Club of Jacksonville, www.RudderClub.com SAYC: St. Augustine YC, www.StAugustineYachtClub.com JULY 5 Full Moon Regatta. MYC 9 Liberty Regatta. SAYC 9 Liberty Regatta. SAYC 16 Double Handed Regatta. HRYC AUGUST 5 Gilligan’s Run. Beach cat distance race. Fleet 80 Daytona. http://x.fleet80.com 5 Moonlight Regatta. RCJ 20 Full Moon Regatta (offshore). SAYC 26-27 Old Timers’ Memorial. HRYC www.southwindsmagazine.com

Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org.

Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): SSS: Sarasota Sailing Squadron, www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org

Regional Sailing Organizations: US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com

JULY- AUGUST July 1 Firecracker 400. SSS August 11 Jack Attack. SSS SEPTEMBER 1-3 71st Annual Labor Day Regatta. SSS

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 JULY 22 BBYRA ORC #12. CRYC 23 BBYRA OD#12 CGSC AUGUST 5 Single Handed Race. CGSC 6 Double Handed Race. CGSC

Major Upcoming Regattas

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Gulf Coast, July 1-2 Optimist Red, White, Blue and Green Fleet; Laser, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7; Club 420s; Flying Scott. Pensacola Yacht Club. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

42nd Annual Horn Island Hop, Ocean Springs, MS, July 9-10 Race Calendar

A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs Yacht Club and racing out to Horn Island, eat lunch and race back. www.osyc.com.

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.

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival Texas Youth Race Week, Houston, TX, July 11-16

Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC), Key Largo. www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all.

A US Junior Olympics Sailing Event and USODA Team Trails Qualifier hosted annually by Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah), Lakewood Yacht Club (Seabrook), and the Houston Yacht Club. www.texasyouthraceweek.com

JULY 1 Firecracker Regatta 15 Summer Portsmouth #2 16 Summer PHRF #2 AUGUST 5 Dog Days All Comers Regatta.

19 Summer Portsmouth #3 20 Summer PHRF #3

Women’s Trilogy Races, North Gulf Coast, July The first race, the Bikini Regatta, will be July 15 at the Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. www.navypnsyc.org. The second race, the Race for the Roses, will be held July 22 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club. www.pensacolabeach-yc.org.

The third race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held on July 29 on Perdido Bay. www.pointyachtclub.org.

Clubs with regattas listed this month

Race Calendar The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West

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The GYA is the main organization coordinating all races in the area BWYC: Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS, www.baywavelandyachtclub.org FWYC: Fort Walton YC, Fort Walton Beach, FL, www.fwyc.org

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_________________________________________ Attention Sailors. Want to have a business doing what you love? Proven 20-year record.

Combine your desire and a great boat to make your dreams come true. The opportunity and the boat are available for you. Call 251-4225411 or captgeorgeclements@yahoo.com (9/17)

S2 7.9 1984. Race ready. Tohatsu 4-stroke 6HP. Includes Blade, Dacron 135; Mylar 145, 2 Mylar 155, racing main, Dacron full batten main. New bottom paint, refurbished keel and rudder. Reconditioned trailer included.

Pensacola, FL. $9,000 OBO. 850-293-4031 jjjbean@aol.com,. (8/17)

Excellent Tanzer 25. 1980. 34” draft, 9.9 Honda. Sailed throughout Bahamas. 9-foot Achilles with 5 HP Nissan. Motor hoist. Awl Grip, all new instruments, radio, and autopilot. GPS 7” Garmin. EPIRB. Refrigeration, solar power, propane stove. Composting toilet.

Added 2 hatches and 2 opening ports. Recent sails and bottom paint. Asking $29,000. Insured agreed upon value at $33,000. (7/17)

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25’ Catalina 250, 2010. Wing Keel, Wheel Steering w/auto-pilot, Honda 9.9 Elec. start, dual Batteries, depth & VHF, Furling, Lazy Jacks, Bimini, Enclosed Head, Galley, Sleeps 4, Comfortable dinette. Contemporary cruiser. $26,993. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises, 800-783-6953 or 727-327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

30' Endeavour Catamaran 1992. Ideal pocket catamaran. Great shape, Many upgrades.

Asking $57,900. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center, St. Petersburg.

Contact Bo Brown. 727-408-1027. Bo@ PreferredYachts.com, www.PreferredYachts.com www.southwindsmagazine.com

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Baba 30 Hull 64 Freshwater vessel. New Harken Roller Furling and Headsail, Needs repowering. Will help with delivery.

Motivated Seller $23,000 OBO Pics at http://tinyurl.com/Baba30. Contact austinsalley@live.com. Austin 803-397-9448.

Central SC (8/17)

31ft 2002 Yellowfin 31. - in pristine condition inside and out. Boat was recently rigged with brand new twin 2015 Yamaha F300 Outboards with 60 hours on them. New upholstery, a new t-top, and all new wiring/controls. Call Capt R Fachtmann 727-4UR-CAPT or R@Yachtmann.com. YACHTMANN.COM

31’ Hunter, 1984. Custom interior, 30hp.

Yanmar, ‘09, autopilot, Garmin speed/log, depth. New Bimini, 4’ draft. $22,000. Stewart Marine, Miami, 305-815-2607,www.marinesource.com

31’ Cheoy Lee Flybridge cruiser, 1970. Twin 270hp. Merc. I/O’s, bow and stern thrusters.

Sleeps 8. A/C-DC refrigerator, 3-burner propane with broiler, hot shower, new cushions. Classic beauty in excellent, ready-to-go condition. $35,000. Stewart Marine, Miami, 305-815-2607, www.marinesource.com

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2013 Seaward 32RK. Listed at $166,000. She is very clean, well-maintained in excellent, sail-away condition. With a beautiful dark blue hull, some of her features include: bimini, private head with separate shower, many electronics and so much more! Earth Shine is ready to go sailing with her new owners! For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

Seaward 32 2014. Shoal draft of only 20 inches! Lower the keel to a deep draft of 6’6”.

Excellent condition! Kept on a lift. Trailerable.

Loaded with A/C, generator, radar, chartplotter, extensive sail inventory, much more. $169,000. Contact S&J Yachts. 843-8728080. www.sjyachts.com

34’ Gemini 105Mc Catamaran, 2008. Queensize bed in owner’s cabin, 2 doubles aft and dinette converts. Air, gens, radar, autopilot, 110v/propane refrigerator, dinghy and outboard, 18” draft, 14’ beam, 27hp. Westerbeke. $110,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. 305-8152607. www.marinesource.com

35’ Catalina 350 2003. Professionally Maintained with lots of New updates! New Sails (2014), New Electronics (2015), New Hatches (2015), New Bottom (2015), Must See!! Draft of only 4’6” Perfect for Florida & The Bahamas! Call Capt R Fachtmann. 7274UR-CAPT or R@Yachtmann.com. YACHTMANN.COM

34’ Endeavour Catamaran 34 1997. Like new condition! Sleeps 8, 3 cabins, 1 large head.

Well-equipped, amazing condition, maintained to the highest of standards and READY TO GO! $99k Contact: Bill 727-234-5818.

BillT@EdwardsYachtSales.com, www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

35’ Victory Catamaran. Built by Endeavour, High Quality, One Owner boat. Three Staterooms, Fits in regular Slip. Asking $125,000. Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center in St Petersburg. Joe Zammataro.

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

34’ Hunter 2001 Fun family cruiser Asking $50,000. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.-com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Bo Brown, 727-408-1027 Bo@PreferredYachts. com

36’ Cartwright Steel Hybrid Cutter 1995.

Steel hull, flush-deck pilothouse, cutter rig, 5’ draft, repowered w/ QT20 Electric Drive. $98k Contact: Melanie 305-807-4096 Melanie@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

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36’ Hunter 2008. Generator, AC, Inmast Furling Main Asking $89,900. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Jamie Birch, 317-750-8664.

Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

1996 36ft Dorado Express. Twin 370hp Volvo diesels, newer genset, seller motivated, asking $79,900! Dan@Yachtmann.com, or call 727314-1654, or visit www.yachtmann.com

Puffin - 1996 37’ Island Packet - $149,995 Jane Burnett - 813-917-0911 - jane@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.net

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1984 Schock Marine 36’. Inboard diesel engine, loaded with electronics, and necessary equipment for racing or cruising. Vessel is in good condition. $12,000. Ask for Ron or Carlos. Dania Beach, FL. 954-923-5900.

(9/17)

Southerly Yachts 36-57’ Best shoal draft, blue water boats – Proven and well engineered for 36 years. Shoal Draft Freedom & Deep Draft Performance at the tip of your fingers. Push a button & the keel swings back – the safest way. Go where others cannot!

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

1976 Easterly 36. Center cockpit. $18,500.

Yanmar Diesel 30HP Installed 9/15/2005. Fin Keel, Berths-6, Headroom-6’2, Wheel Steering, Pedestal Danforth Compass, Depth Meter, 2 Heads, Shower w/SS Sinks, Central A/C, Windlass, AutoPilot, Refrigeration 12v, 2 Batteries, Davits, Roller Furling, GPS Garmin, Dinghy, Excellent Live Aboard. Call or text: 251-610-2158. (7/17) 54

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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. Whatever the model—we know them all well. Contact S&J Yachts 843872-8080. www.sjyachts.com

1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $65,000 – Curtis Stokes – 954-684-0218 – curtis@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

37’ Irwin MXllI Center Cockpit, 1977. Great condition. Perkins 4-108, Refrigeration, Solar, Windlass, Garmin 740S, AutoPilot, Davits/Dinghy. Miami Beach, FL. $19,000.

Contact: 305-505-6079, destiny37cc@yahoo.com (9/17)

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

1979 38’ Cabo Rico Cutter. Great sailing performance. Bluewater construction. Crealock design. Rebuilt Perkins diesel, refrigeration, Cutter rig, Solar panels, inverter, updated electronics REDUCED $59,900. Alan 941-3501559. www.windsweptyachtsales.com. email alanpwys@gmail.com

38’ Hunter 380 2006. 2-boat owner Meticulously maintained. Virtual Tour, Full Details & More pictures at PreferredYachts. com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL.Contact Joe Zammataro, 527-2800.

Joe@PreferredYachts.com

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1984 Sabre 38. Shoal Draft centerboard, Mainsail furling system, Garmin GPS, Spinnaker, Gori Folding prop, Low hours Westerbeke Diesel $49,900. Alan, 941-3501559, or AlanPWYS@gmail.com. Specs at www.windsweptyachtsales.com

40’ Island Packet 1996. One of the best cruising boats ever built. Loads of custom features and upgrades. Asking $165,000. Contact Joe Zammataro, CPYB, 727-527-2800.

Joe@PreferredYachts.com

38’ Wauquiez Ted Hood 1983 Centerboard.

Clean, well-found, serious cruiser, GPS, Radar, Autopilot, Perkins Diesel. Classic Ted Hood design. $69,900. Alan 941-350-1559. email AlanPWYS@gmail.com. www.windsweptyachtsales.com

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409. 2015. NEW LISTING! Super clean and spacious 3-cabin/2-head version. Shoal draft 5’1”, two wheels, large cockpit with a drop-down transom. In “Like New” condition and perfectly equipped for light cruising. A must see at $239,000. Contact Matt @ S&J Yachts 843-872-8080 www.sjyachts.com

39’ Leopard Catamaran 2015. Owner’s 3stateroom version - Like new, Asking $375,000.

Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com.

Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Joe Zammataro, 727560-0220, Joe@PreferredYachts.com

40’ Caliber LRC 2004. Long Range Cruiser, Original Owner, Pristine, Everything you want in a cruising sailboat capable of a circumnavigation. Asking $210,000. 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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2001 Hunter 410. NEW LISTING! Listed at $114,900, she is in turn key condition and shows like new. All systems are in working condition and the boat has had the best of care by her knowledgeable owners. For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

2014 Jeanneau 41 DS. Turn-key, like-new, beautiful boat! Listed at $235,000, she is loaded with everything you need for cruising!

With full electronics and low engine hours, this is a MUST SEE! For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

41’ Morgan Out Island 416 1981. One the most successful boats ever built Asking $59,900. Full Details & Pictures at Preferred Yachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Bo Brown, 727-408-1027. Bo@PreferredYachts. com

41’ Island Trader Ketch 1981. Classic boat in good condition Asking $47,900. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Bo Brown, 727-408-1027.

Bo@PreferredYachts. com

Island Packet 420 2003. This beauty is in pristine condition! $35,000 in upgrades since 2013 by a METICULOUS owner. The 2013 survey is available upon request along with all records and receipts. Call Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts (843) 872-8080. www.sjyachts.com

42’ Moody 425 1989. Volvo Diesel engine 50hp, 90 gal of fresh water, 60 gal fuel tank, 2 cabins, 2 heads, solar panel & more! $95k Contact: Melanie 305.807.4096 Melanie@ EdwardsYachtSales.com, www.SailBoatsin Florida.com

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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. Joe@PreferredYachts.com

42’ 2015 REFIT CUSTOM 90 Endeavour 42.

Cleopatra - MINT Refit including: Generator, A/C, Bow-Thruster, In-Mast Main, Custom Aft Stern Rail Seats, Enclosure Canvas, All New Custom Interior. A MUST SEE @ The St. Pete Show! Call 727-999-4716 CaptZ@Yachtmann.com.

42' Island Packet 420 2000/2015. Complete $150k refurb, new everything Best on the market. Asking $290,000. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center, St. Petersburg. Contact Joe Zammataro. 727-5272800. Joe@PreferredYachts.com, www. PreferredYachts.com

1974 42’ Whitby - $68,900 – Greg Merritt – 813-294-9288 – greg@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

2004 Catalina 42MKII. REDUCED $167,900.

This is a truly excellent example of the Catalina 42. This one-owner boat has been extensively equipped and meticulously maintained. Maintenance records are comprehensive and available on request. For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

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

Asking-$143,000. 720 Hrs., A/C, gen, davits, full enclosed canvas. Located Riviera Beach Marina. Contact owner Doug 786-473-6933.

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420 Island Packet 2002. Lowest Price on the market - Two Boat Owner. All new upgrade electronics - Reduced to $215,000. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center, St. Petersburg. Contact Joe Zammataro. 727527-2800 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 800-282-1411

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44ft 2015 Fountaine Pajot Helia 44. Maestro (Owners) Version. Upgraded 55 Hp Volvo Engines, Genset, AC. Dinghy Davits & Dingy w/OB 6 hp. Life Raft. Call Capt R Fachtmann 727-4UR-CAPT or R@Yachtmann.com. YACHTMANN.COM

Island Packet 440 2006. Clean, fullyequipped, one owner workhorse that has been tried and tested by her knowledgeable owners. There are no hidden boat Gremlins on this beauty! $363,900 Call Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts 843-872-8080 for details www.sjyachts.com .

44’ Apache Catamaran. 2 Circumnavigations and ready for a 3rd. Updated/renovated all electric. Asking $150,000. 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

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. $59,900. Clearwater, FL. Call George 941-792-9100

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2014 Beneteau 45 Oceanis. Loaded with Low Hrs, Gen, A/C, ready for survey & Never Chartered. $330k Call Capt. James Fachtmann.

954-SEA-LUCK or J@Yachtmann.com

Southerly 135 (45’) 2006. High performing blue water yacht with a DRAFT from 2’ 9” to 9’ 9” at the push of a button!! Many recent upgrades: hull recently painted, newer canvas, cushions, A/C etc. Motivated seller. REDUCED $359,000. Contact Matt S&J Yachts, 843-8728080 www.sjyachts.com

2004 Hunter 466. Well Maintained vessel.

Ready to to SAIL!!! Air conditioning, Generator, In-Mast Furling Main, All the bells and whistles to come! Shoal Draft perfect for Florida & the Bahamas - Call Capt R Fachtmann 727-4URCAPT. R@Yachtmann.com.

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Moody 46 2000. Exceptional Turn-key, 3cabin cruising boat with many recent upgrades/updates. Just reduced to $249,000!

Cutter rig, shoal draft, nicely maintained, solar, generator, Zodiac, outboard, SSB, AIS and much more. New holding tank and hoses. Contact Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts 843-872-8080 www.sjyachts.com.

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1974 46’ Durbeck Flush Deck Cutter Ketch.

A true Bluewater Classic. Custom interior, 2 Staterooms, Salon, 2 Heads. Rebuilt Perkins diesel w/250hrs. Call Captain Mike Embry 813-508-2133, michele@masseyyacht.com (6/17)

46’ Beneteau 461. Low Hours on Engine & Generator. Inmast Furling, Elect Winch. Two Staterooms. Asking only $124,900. Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center St Petersburg.

Joe Zammataro. 727-527-2800.

Joe@PreferredYachts.com, www.PreferredYachts.com

46’ Hunter Double cabin plus office. Unique Office Version, Asking $150,000. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts. com.

Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at theHarborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Bo Brown, 727-4081027 Bo@PreferredYachts. com

2013 Jeanneau 469. Air2air - Best In Class (Bought New Oct 2014) Loaded With Every Upgrade Option Including Performance Package (140% Performance Genoa & Main Sail), Much More. $330k. Call Capt James Fachtmann 954-Sea-Luck, Or J@Yachtmann.com

Delphia 47 2018. Quality, performance cruiser, built for You! 3, 4, 5 cabin layouts. Many other options including shoal, mid or deep keel. Order your New boat $341,500 base price. Other models from 34’ – 53’. Europe’s 3rd largest boat builder. S&J Yachts 843-8728080 www.sjyachts.com.

1986 Wauquiez 47 Centurion. Proven bluewater classic cutter. Schaeffer Mainsail furler.

Generator, SSB, VHF, air condition, diesel heater, Twin autopilots, Twin GPS, Radar. 2 staterooms, 2 heads. REDUCED $99,900. Alan 941-350-1559. alanpwys@gmail.com. Details at www.windsweptyachtsales.com.

1987 47’ Bristol – $199,000 – Barbara Burke 904-310-5110 – barbara@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

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.

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1985 Hans Christian 48T. Listed at $239,000.

This is a beautiful, spacious yacht. She has a rebuilt engine with only 570 hours. Fully loaded with so many great features, including rebuilt generator, solar panels, fully battened mainsail and tons more. She is turn-key, ready to go sailing! For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800282-1411

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

49 Jeanneau Deck Salon 2008. One owner boat. 3 cabins, awesome condition. Never chartered. Asking $325,000. Details and more pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. Contact Joe Zammataro, CPYB, 727-527-2800, Joe@PreferredYachts.com

49’ Hunter Tri cabin 2009. Motivated seller Asking $275,500. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Bo Brown, 727-408-1027 Bo@PreferredYachts. com 58

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2013 Jeanneau 53. New Mast & Boom, 2014 New Hybrid Electronics touchscreen, 3xAirCond, Inverter, Gen, Radar, Forward Looking Sonar, Custom Stern Rail Love Seats with double stuffed cushions. Call for more info Capt R Fachtmann 727-487-2278 or R@Yachtmann.com

53’ Jeanneau 2013. Tons of Factory & Custom Options!, New mast & boom (warrantied replaced new!), In-mast furling, captain’s & crew quarters 4th bow cabin. Cockpit & electric swim/dive platform. Capt. R Fachtmann CPYB - Full specs & updated pricing.

YACHTMANN.COM or Call 727-4UR-CAPT

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Private parties only. No businesses. __________________________ Sewing machines: Sailrite LSZ, $475; Sailrite Sailmaker 111, $875; SwissTech mast halyard lift, $675. All like new. Hilton Head, SC. Contact Kirk Glenn. 843-384-7054 glenncpa@hargray.com (9/17) _________________________________________ AC Delco 1000 Watt Inverter 12v-110v. New In Box $55. Delta Combination 4” Belt/6” Disc Sander 110V, used $30. Stuart, FL. 772-2854858 (9/17) _________________________________________ Wire-rope halyard. 60 feet, 1/4” SS wire & 75 feet 1/2” dacron rope, professionally spliced, includes Schaeffer block with duel grooved sheave. Asking $125. Photos available.

Panama City, FL 850-624-0470. (9/17) _________________________________________

54’ Gulfstar Sailcruiser 1988. Bow thruster, twin Yanmar diesels, cockpit hard top, large holding plate refrigerator/freezers, KVH TracVision satellite & more! Motivated Owner!

PRICE JUST REDUCED! $179k Contact: Kirk 954-649-4679 Kirk@EdwardsYachtSales.com, www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

54’ Royal Huisman Cutter, 1977, Aluminum world cruiser. Heavily built, beamy, deep draft. Sailed 38,000 miles, retired to the hard 10 years ago. 200hp Perkins. $90,000.

Stewart Marine, Miami, 305-815-2607, www.marinesource.com

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CLASSIFIEDS ADS Magma 14” Grill bracket & Bag (needs on/off valve) - $100. Maptech chart kits #2,3,6,7 $35each. Ronstan stand-up swivel block $15. Floating 10” winch handle $25.

Call Georgio, 904-479-0458, Cape Coral, FL. _________________________________________ Balmar Max Charge MC614 Voltage Regulator. Includes harness. $175. 803-3949448 (8/17)

ENGINES FOR SALE

_________________________________________ 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

HELP WANTED

_________________________________________ Dockmasters/Club Stewards – Couple Wanted: Upper Keys Sailing Club is searching for the right couple to provide bartending, stocking, cleaning, maintenance, minor repairs, security. Hourly wage plus housing.

Details at www.upperkeyssailingclub.com/ careers.html. (7/17)

Offshore Sailing School Branch Manager, St. Petersburg, FL: This is a teaching position combined with managing one of Offshore’s boutique locations with two Colgate 26 sailboats and a Catalina Morgan 440. You should have solid sailing, racing and cruising, plus managerial experience. You should have US Sailing instructor certifications to the cruising level and a U.S. Coast Guard license. As manager, you will be responsible for finding competent teaching staff for that location, teaching courses on a regular basis, assigning other instructors as needed, as well as making sure the boats are in excellent mechanical condition, clean and cosmetically appealing. You will report directly to Bobby Brooks, Director of Operations.

Please send your sailing and work-related resume with a cover letter highlighting why you are the right person for this position to Steve Colgate, Offshore’s founder, at steve@offshoresailing.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.

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An Overnight Sail

By Frank Parker

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n the 4th of July, 1970, my wife Nina and I invited another couple to sail with us from Seabrook, TX, to Galveston on our Cal-30, where we planned to anchor out overnight and sail back to Seabrook the next morning.

Well, we sailed back to Seabrook the next morning, but not exactly in the manner we had planned.

After a lazy afternoon sail down the bay to Galveston, we headed out between the jetties marking the entrance to Galveston Bay. We rounded the north jetty, where we would anchor for the night, on the lee side of the jetty, sheltered from the southerly wind.

It was about 5 pm and we had furled the sails on deck, put up the awning and were having a Sun-downer, when we noticed flashes of lightning through the hazy sky toward the north.

From that moment, until the north wind was so strong that we could only hang on and pray, no more than 15 minutes had passed. The sky parted and a big black squall line headed for us. We tried to get the awning down, but it was too late. The wind took it down for us, and threw it over the side. We headed below, to keep from being blown overboard.

I started the engine and put the motor in low gear, trying to keep the tension off our anchor line, since we were now being blown in the direction of the jetty rocks—about 100 yards behind us. The wind, according to the

Frank Parker on his Cal 30.

Coast Guard station, measured 90mph at the height of the squall.

While we were being tossed about on the anchor line, the wind snapped the ties on our sails and hoisted both the main and the jib to full height, proceeding then to whip them back and forth until they were ripped to shreds and carried away. All that was left of the jib were the brass jib hanks that slide on the head stay. The spinnaker pole was also wrested from its stowage on deck and lost overboard. We thought the mast would go, but after the sails were carried away, the mast was spared.

At one point, I saw a 44-foot ketch go sailing by with no sails, but heeled over with the rail in the water, just from the force of the wind on the mast.

Later, I would learn that the skipper of that ketch saved about 20 people who were clinging to the jetty rocks after

their cabin cruisers had been destroyed.

Luckily for us, our anchor line held, and we only suffered damaged nerves. For the girls aboard: empty stomachs due to all that tossing about. The boat looked like a hurricane had hit it, which is exactly what had happened if you look at the force of the wind. We got underway around 9pm and motored back to Galveston, watching the storm march off out to sea, with lightning playing all over the night sky. We tied up at a marina and got off the boat for the night, (luckily there were motels nearby), having no desire to begin the cleanup until we could see what we were doing.

The next morning, it dawned bright and sunny, and we motored back up the bay to Seabrook, noticing several sunken boats along the way, with their bows sticking up out of the water. The newspaper said that over 50 boats were sunk that day in Galveston Bay by a killer thunderstorm which formed over Baytown and rapidly moved down the bay and out into the Gulf of Mexico. What a day we picked for an overnight outing. Galveston hasn’t had another squall like that in the 47 years since it happened. I figured I would never get my wife to go sailing with me again, but I was wrong. We put that experience behind us and continued to enjoy the boat on day sails in the bay. My insurance got me back in business with a new set of sails.

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