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Editorial: Hurricane Season Predictions

By Steve Morrell

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Letters You Wouldn’t Believe

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Shorty’s Love Lost Eternally

By Morgan Stinemetz

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

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US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course

By Jabbo Gordon

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Our Waterways: Sarasota Mooring Field: SNAFU

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Carolina Sailing: Sailing Business – Real Recovery or Seasonal Spark?

By Dan Dickison

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Boatwork: Rudder Design and Fabrication, Part II of II

By Tom Kennedy

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Small Boat Review: The Lightning

By Dave Ellis

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Opportunity Docks: Free Berths Offer More Than a Cheap Place to Tie Up

By Cyndi Perkins

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Boatowner’s Boat Review: Tayana 42

By Nelson DeCamp

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Cooking Onboard: Sailing on Bean Power

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

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FROM THE HELM

STEVE MORRELL,

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Here We Go Again: Hurricane Season & Annual Predictions

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es—hurricane season begins June 1. But I also mean that here we go again with forecasters predicting the number of storms. Don’t count on them. It is an inexact science and to believe them is only to get your hopes—or your fears— up. Forecasters predicted there would be more than twice the number of storms as last year, partly based on El Niño, but no one’s quite sure what it‘ll do this year. I hope they keep trying, but let’s not give them too much press until they are really good.

The only thing boat owners need to know is how to prepare. I believe each season is unique and can’t be predicted.

Below are my predictions, created after the 2004-05 storm years. And if you want a good plan, then go to our Web site’s hurricane pages and read “Why Prepare Your Boat for a Storm.” I believe it is the best plan, because it is based on a simple fact: A bad plan carried out is better than a good plan not carried out. Make your plan so you will carry it out.

Morrell Hurricane Predictions for Boaters for this Year 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 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.

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 and canvas and miscellaneous gear, for your next boat.

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June 19 GULFPORT ARTICLE IN JANUARY SOUTHWINDS APPRECIATED February issue, “Sailing Destination—Gulfport, FL” As the president of the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce, I wanted to thank you for the piece on Gulfport, FL, as a sailing destination by Cathy Salustri in the February issue. We have made great strides in the past few years to let the boating public know about all the wonderful facilities we have here in our little town on Boca Ciega Bay. Thank you for helping us get the word out about our “secret.”

Lori Rosso Sea Breeze Manor Bed and Breakfast Inn www.seabreezemanor.com Lori, Let’s just hope that the “secret” town of Gulfport preserves its charm, as it is one of the best ‘Ol Florida communities that I have visited on Florida’s western coast—in a great boating area. Its location on Boca Ciega Bay has to be one of the most beautiful anywhere. And yet the town has not yet been overrun by waterfront towering condos—although I know that’s what some would like. I know there has been a lot of squabbling over the years about visiting boaters and problems with boats permanently anchored out, but I bet anything that the locals there will see how great a group boating cruisers are as they come to Gulfport, which now welcomes them with open arms.

Best of luck.

Editor NAPLES MAYOR RESPONDS TO SOUTHWINDS LETTER April issue, “Our Waterways” “Unpleasant Naples Experience for Cruisers from England” I read with great concern the letter reprinted in the April edition of SOUTHWINDS. The experience described happened well over a year ago, and as the mayor of Naples, I feel obligated to respond.

Let me begin by offering any apologies necessary for the unfortunate experience Ms. Hill and Mr. Moseley may have had in our city. I can assure you experiences like the ones described are not what I expect in Naples, and are certainly not commonplace. Actions always speak louder than words, so I invite SOUTHWINDS readers to visit Naples Bay and experience a sailor’s delight. You will be greeted by a friendly staff at Naples City Dock, including new Harbor Manager See LETTERS continued on page 10 News & Views for Southern Sailors

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LETTERS Roger Jacobsen, offered either a mooring ball (yes, these are now in place and open for use), or a comfortable slip with electric and water, air-conditioned restrooms, hot showers, and laundry facilities. Anchoring in our bay is always welcome, and you may use the new dinghy dock at the City Dock.

In fact, I know we are now meeting the needs of our cruising boaters. We are having a banner year of visitors, even in this challenging economy. We have received numerous letters and e-mails in the last few months lauding the friendly atmosphere and accommodating staff at the City Dock. Naples has so much to offer, a great harbor in a walkable community with fine restaurants and shopping, A year can make a big difference. We listen, we learn, we adapt and we look forward to welcoming our cruising boater friends.

Bill Barnett Mayor Mayor Barnett, Thanks for your letter and your comments that the city listens, learns and adapts—which is the best thing you could do. But I think the city can adapt more readily than the attitudes of some of the people that Ms. Hill and Mr. Moseley met up with. Attitudes are often slower to change than government policy. Hopefully, those people have learned or moved on. Since their letter did not mention when their visit occurred, it must have been a well-known incident, or perhaps they mailed a letter to your city. We received the letter in the mail several months back and have letters backed up for months sometimes, but I believe they mailed it from England—long after the incident, if it happened over a year ago.

Fortunately, they ran into some friendly locals at a local coffee shop who were shocked by how they were treated. I would like to know the name of that place. That’s where I want to hang out.

Unfortunately, I have heard—verbally—from others that Naples is unfriendly to cruisers, but this too goes back a ways. If the city has made substantial changes over the last year and become more cruiser-friendly, I invite someone to send me some information or an article on the changes (with more information than you have included in your letter). I am always willing to publicize any community which learns and adapts, and SOUTHWINDS will do what it can to let cruisers know.

Editor MORE ON THE BEES...ER, WASPS While I was motoring through Vero Beach in a thunderstorm, a swarm of yellowjackets alighted on my boat. They were all over the cockpit, the boom and, of course, me.

Luckily, I was petrified. There is no logo on my boat to identify me as a kindred soul, so I must have been the proverbial port in a storm for them. For about 20 minutes I observed them crawling all over me while I moved the wheel as gently as I could while breathing shallowly. Then, one by one, they departed, and soon I could jerk my wheel again as usual. Nobody left a calling card, and nobody threatened to take up residence.

Gunter Meyer Georgia Tech Prof S/V Aica, 1982 Hunter 27 Gunter, You must have a lot of calm or something, because if a swarm of yellowjackets landed on me, I am not sure how I would react— hopefully as calmly as you (or was it “petrified”?). Maybe they www.southwindsmagazine.com

just wanted to go boating. It reminds of a saying I once heard: “When walking through a storm, keep your head up high.”

Editor CORRECTION ON ST. AUGUSTINE YACHT CLUB ARTICLE February issue, “St. Augustine Yacht Club” Reviewing the February 2010 issue of SOUTHWINDS, I came across your great article on the St. Augustine Yacht Club.

However, a slight error came to light. The article stated that it is the fourth oldest in the nation (1873). Reviewing the “Reciprocity Guide“ in the Register of American Yacht Clubs, it shows that the Biloxi Yacht Club (1849) is the fourth oldest. Claiming bragging rights, Southern is also 1849 and Mobile is 1847, but the oldest in the nation is the Detroit boat club, 1839. Your club ranks as the 22nd oldest.

Otto Larsen Historian, past commodore.

Biloxi Yacht Club Otto, Thanks for the correction—and information on how long the Biloxi club has been around.

Editor PUERTO RICO AUTHORITIES AND BOATERS April issue, “Letters” “Puerto Rico Boardings” My wife and I are charter captains, currently living aboard in the BVI. We spent the entire hurricane season of 2009 circumnavigating Puerto Rico: After visiting 64 anchorages on many of the islands, cays, rocks, national parks, and all the major harbors during these months, we were observed by U.S. Coast Guard vessels and aircraft, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol boats, and local Policia vessels nearly every day.

Two or three times, a Policia boat made close approaches to Windigo. On one occasion, the officers aboard hailed us from their deck and asked when and where we had entered the country, acknowledging our response politely and moving along. The other close contacts at sea climaxed with a smile and a wave or salute.

We were never boarded. We were always treated with courtesy and respect on the water and ashore (except for the time the cops kicked me off the freeway when cycling from San Juan to Caguas—my bad).

We thoroughly enjoyed the country of Puerto Rico, and its people are completely wonderful. It is quite special to experience a true Hispanic country and yet have the conveniences of being “in America.“ Living in Puerto Rico for this brief time instilled in us a strong desire to return for an extended time and visit other Hispanic places in the Caribbean.

Kevin Hughes S/V Windigo III Kevin, That sounds good and is a note of encouragement. I always wanted to visit Puerto Rico myself. I do trust Van Sant’s sources completely, though. Most likely, it is a few bad police spoiling the brew. His information wasn’t that old, and I could only caution people to be cautious, since bad police wear the same uniform and carry guns, just like good police.

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Shorty’s Love Lost Eternally

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rankly, had I not been there myself to see and hear what I am about to relate to you, I would not expect you to believe it. As a regular customer of The Blue Moon Bar, it came as a 220-volt shock to me to find out recently that Doobie stocked champagne. She apparently had been doing so for several years.

Truth be known, what Doobie stocks is technically not champagne, because it does not come from the champagne district of France. Doobie stocks domestic sparkling wine, but if you ask for champagne at The Blue Moon Bar—which is an assumption on my part because I have never heard anyone ask for it in all the years that I have been stopping there to slake my thirst and hang out with the blue-collar guys—you’ll get domestic bubbly. Not one of the beer drinkers in The Blue Moon Bar has ever heard of Rhiems. You could safely bet your life on that.

This story started, however, with Shorty, one of the regulars at The Blue Moon Bar. Besides being slightly on the debit side of five feet, Shorty also stutters. When he is excited, he stutters more vociferously than when he is placid, calm or very drunk. I remember one time, after being asked what he thought of an extraordinarily beautiful woman

who had wandered into the bar by some mischance, Shorty took about 15 seconds to utter a one-word opinion.

The one word was, “Great,” but by the time Shorty finished saying that one word it sounded like an audition soundtrack for a 20-second Sears Die Hard battery commercial.

Shorty had been in The Blue Moon Bar, Doobie said later, quite regularly for several days. He said nothing. He just sat at the bar, looking sad, drinking beer. As Bubba Whartz, sometimes famous live-alone, live-aboard sailor who is given to wearing a red baseball cap with a Peterbilt logo on it and chewing Red Man, and I were debating the efficacy of Arizona’s new immigration law—Bubba coming up with a philosophy that seemed based on Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal, hot sauce optional—Tripwire, another Blue Moon regular, came in and plopped down on a barstool next to Shorty.

“What’s up, Shorty?” I heard Tripwire say.

“Bad stuff,” Shorty replied. “My upcoming marriage went sou-sou—sou-sou-south.”

“The marriage to Hortense?”

“Yes,” Shorty replied. “She told me sh-sh-sh-she

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wouldn’t mah-mah-mah-mah-marry me if I was the luh-luh-last man on earth.”

“Wow!” Tripwire commiserated. “What happened?”

“It wuh-wuh-wuh-was really tragic,” said Shorty. “I knew this was the woo-woowoo-woman for muh-muh-muh-me. And now she’s g-g-g-g-gone. Forever. Several nih-nih-nih-nights ago, we were wahwah-wah-wah-walking in the park and hol-hol-hol-holding hands and talking of luh-luh-love and mar-mar-marriage. The moo-moo-moomoon was out, and it was beautiful. It looked a Flor-FlorFlor-Florida orange as it came up in the east. Hor-Hor-HorHor-Hortense told me how muh-muh-muh-much she loved me and how much she was loo-loo-loo-loo-looking forward to sp-sp-sp-spending the rest of her life wuh-wuh-wuhwuh-with me and having children, rai-rai-rai-rai-raising a fam-fam-family.”

“Sounds normal to me,” Tripwire commented.

“It was,” Shorty responded.

“So what happened, Shorty?” asked Tripwire as Doobie brought him a beer and went back to unpacking some cardboard boxes she had just gotten in from a trucking company.

“We had wah-wah-wah-wah-walked and tau-tau-tautalked for quite a while wuh-wuh-wuh-when we came to this par-par-par-park ben-ben-ben-ben-bench and decided to take a ruh-ruh-ruh-rest. The moo-moo-moo-moon was rising, as I ha-ha-ha-ha-have already said. We were in luhluh-luh-love. It was beauti-fuh-fuh-fuh-ful.

“While we were si-si-si-si-sitting there and planning out our li-li-li-lives this li-li-li-li-ttle doggie ca-ca-ca-ca-came along and sat down in fron-fron-fron-fron-front of us and started scra-scra-scra-scra-scratching its buh-buh-buh-back.

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So, I turned to Hor-Hor-Hor-Hortense and said, ‘Ju-ju-ju-just think, hon-hon-hon-honey, in a fuhfuh-fuh-fuh-fuh-few more duh-duh-duh-duh days, yu-yu-yu-yu-you will be do-do-do-do-dodoing tha-tha-tha-tha-tha-that t-t-t-t-to me.’’’

Shorty’s voice grew very agitated at this point. His widened eyes reminded me of small saucers on his face and the tone of his speech took on a harsh sound, like the keening of an angry gull, but lower in pitch. “ “Bu-bu-bu-bu-but by the t-t-t-t-t-time I g-g-gg-got it out, the da-da-da-da-da-da—damn duh-duh-duhduh-duh-dog was li-li-li-li-licking his ba-ba-ba-ba….”

It was precisely at this very second that Dobbie inadvertently dropped several bottles of sparkling wine that she was moving out of the boxes she was emptying and storing in one of the bar’s coolers.

Pow! Pa-pow! Pa-pa-pow! went the carbonated wine.

Doobie said a curse word very loudly, and then she said five or six more with the staccato rapidity that reminded one of what it must sound like on a Saturday night in Detroit, when many local people standing on street corners have been drinking a lot of Night Train wine, in pints.

Shorty never got to finish his story.

It took Bubba 15 minutes of incessant talking to get Tripwire out from under the pool table. However, he succeeded. Since his service in one of this country’s overseas wars, Tripwire has been allergic to loud, sharp sounds.

And I now know for an irrefutable fact that Doobie does stock sparkling wine in the cooler at The Blue Moon Bar. Someone must drink that stuff, I am sure. Doobie’s too smart a businesswoman to have something in her bar that she cannot make a profit from. But I can say with a measure of pride that the faux champagne drinkers are not anyone that I know well or talk with on a regular basis.

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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures and Gulf Stream Currents – June Weather Web Sites: Carolinas & Georgia www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Southeast.shtml Florida East Coast www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Florida.shtml Florida West Coast & Keys http://comps.marine.usf.edu Northern Gulf Coast www.csc.noaa.gov/coos/

WIND ROSES: Each wind rose shows the strength and direction of the prevailing winds in the area and month. These have been recorded over a long period of time. In general, the lengths of the arrows indicate how often the winds came from that direction. The longer the arrow, the more often the winds came from that direction. When the arrow is too long to be printed in a practical manner, a number is indicated.

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

UPCOMING SOUTHERN EVENTS Go to the SOUTHWINDS Web site for our list of youth sailing programs in the Southern coastal states, www.southwindsmagazine.com. The list was printed in the April 2006 issue.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING Prospective US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course, Venice, FL, August US SAILING is considering holding a Level 1 (small boat) instructor course in Venice in August, but must have at least four committed candidates before it will put it on the calendar. The Venice Yacht Club would host the course and the time frame would be either the first two weekends (Aug. 7-8 and Aug. 14-15) or four straight days which would straddle the first weekend in August (Aug. 6-9), depending on people’s preferences. Capt. Jabbo Gordon, US SAILING-certified instructor and instructor trainer, would teach the 40-hour course.

Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and an adult member of US SAILING. Also, interested person must have a NASBLA-approved safe-boating certification before taking the course. They also need CPR and First Aid certification but that can be accomplished after the course. For additional information, call Jabbo at (941) 468-1719 or e-mail him at gordonjb35@yahoo.com.

See the article on pages 22-23 about Jabbo’s Level 1 course in April.

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Clearwater Coast Guard Auxiliary (Flotilla 11-1) Public Boating Programs, June & July For more information on upcoming education programs or to request a free vessel safety check, call (727) 469-8895 or visit www .a0701101.uscgaux.info. Click on Public Education Programs. America’s Boating Course and other courses regularly posted on the Web site. June 7-8: GPS and Chart Reading: June 7-8. About Boating Safely: June 26-27, July 17-18.

America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, June 7 Available to anyone 12 or older. Free. Materials cost $25 per family. Classes are held once a week (two hours each Monday), for four weeks.Completion of this course will enable the student to skipper a boat with confidence. Starts Monday, 7 June, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.boating-stpete.org, or call (727) 498-4001. The course chairman will contact you for confirmation.

About Boating Safely Program, USCG Auxiliary Flotilla, Hudson, FL, June 12 and 17 About Boating Safely (ABS) is a one-day program covering subjects including boat-handling, weather, charts, navigation rules, trailering. Federal regulations, personal watercraft, hypothermia and more. Fullfills new Florida state law requiring anyone born after January 1, 1988 must have this program or an equivalent safe boating course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more. The program also fulfills the Florida requirements for boat operator under 21 and allows 14-yearolds to operate PWCs. Many insurance companies also give discounts for attending. In Hudson at 9135 Denton Ave., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more information or reservations, call Jorja Carmichael, (727) 842-2094 or Edna Schwabe, (727) 457-3788

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Sail Trim & Rig Tuning Seminar, US Power Squadron, St. Petersburg, June 16 A sail trim & rig tuning seminar will be presented by the St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron on Wednesday, 16 June, 7-9 p.m. This seminar shows in clear and simple terms how to use and adjust sales for optimum performance under a wide range of conditions. The seminar comes with a waterproof USPS Captain’s Quick Guide written by North Sails and Student Notes. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing. Instruction Free, materials $20 per family. Maximum 20 students. Pre-registration required. www.boating-stpete.org, or call 727-525-0968.

About Boating Safely, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Boca Raton, FL, June 26 The Coast Guard Auxiliary of Boca Raton will offer About SOUTHWINDS PressGang Crew Web Site Up and Running Again PressGang, the crew and boat search Web site that SOUTHWINDS had running previously on our Web site is again active and up-to-date. See details on page 58 or go to www.southwindsmagazine.com/pressgang. Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com and then “Sailor’s Resources.”

Boating Safely on June 26 at the Headquarters Building at Spanish River Park in Boca Raton from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ($35/person for materials). This basic boating safety class teaches the information required for boaters under 22 years old to obtain a Florida boating ID card. For information or registration, call (561) 391-3600 and leave your name and phone number.

Sailing Classes, Melbourne, FL, March — July Melbourne Yacht Club 2010 Sailing Program. Weekend adult classes in the spring and youth weekend classes during the summer. For schedule and location go to www.melbourneyachtclub.com, click on Regattas and Racing, and then “Learning to Sail” on the lower left index. Or e-mail youth@melbourneyachtclub.com.

Marine Flare Deployment and Fire Extinguishing, Coast Guard, Tierra Verde, July 10 The United States Coast Guard along with Tierra Verde Fire District will be having a FLARE IT UP & PUT IT OUT event on Saturday July 10 at the Tampa Bay Watch at 3000 Pinellas Bayway, Tierra Verde, FL, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a free event. Participants will receive instructions on deploying a marine flare and practice extinguishing a fire with a fire extinguisher. For more information and to register, go to www.tieraverdefire.com.

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Coast Guard Auxiliary Safe Boating Courses, Jacksonville, FL Safe Boating Saturdays. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $25 including materials. Captains Club, 13363 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Meets Florida legal requirements for boater education. Most insurance companies offer discounts to program graduates. Mike Christnacht.

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North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adults sailing programs. Family Sailing. 2-6 people; 2-6 hours. Traditional skiffs or 30’ keelboat. $50-$240. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 7287317. Reservations/information: call The Friends’ office (252) 728-1638 Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course The Ruskin flotilla each month offers a Boating Safety course in Ruskin, but has found that many boaters do not

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2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, June 1-November 30 Visit the SOUTHWINDS hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com for articles and links to weather Web sites, hurricane plans, tips on preparing your boat and more.

Sail America Conference on Sailing—Industry Challenges of the New Economy On June 14-16, Sail America will gather the sailing industry for the 2010 Sailing Industry Conference and Regatta in Annapolis, MD. The conference has been expressly designed to help members respond to the new economic realities since the recession of 2008 through 2010. The conference theme is “Adjusting to the New Economy.” www.sailamerica.com.

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Precision Boat Rendezvous, Rock Hall, MD, June 18-25 Owners of Precision boats, manufactured in Palmetto, FL, will hold a weeklong rendezvous at the Sailing Emporium in Rock Hall, MD, June 18-25. Included will be racing, cruising, barbecues, tour of Annapolis, and much more. For more information, go to www.sailboatrendezvous.com, or email pm_canyon@yahoo.com.

Tenth Annual Summer Sailstice, Planet Earth, June 19 The Tenth Annual Summer Sailstice, a sailing celebration of the Summer Solstice, will be held June 19. There is no specific location of the Summer Sailstice except that it occurs on the planet Earth, in this solar system, where sailors can spend the day—or two days—sailing as a tribute to the solstice, which—astronomically—occurs on June 21.

For more, go to www.summersailstice.com.

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BoatUS Establishes Web Site for Oil Spill with Recommendations to Protect Your Boat BoatUS has established a Web site to help boaters during

the oil spill at www.boatus.com/oilspill. Suggestions from the site for protecting your boat: • If your marina or boat club puts oil containment booms in place, do not attempt to cross the booms with your boat. This will only spread the oil and damage the booms or possibly your vessel’s running gear.

• If there is oil in your marina, refrain from running engines or other devices that have seawater intakes such as air conditioners or refrigerators. To be safe, keep seacocks closed.

• Hauling out your boat will prevent damage, but as of press time it was not clear if these costs will be reimbursed

by British Petroleum (BP).

• If the spill is sighted coming toward your marina or already there, call the BP Community Information Hotline at (866) 448-5816 to make a report.

• If your boat comes in contact with the oil, call your insurance company to file a claim. BoatUS insureds should call (800) 937-1937.

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heavily contaminated surfaces, Interlux recommends stripping the paint with a stripper and then cleaning and preparing the surface with an Interlux product for new paint. The company cautions against sanding or sandblasting, which could drive the oil into the surface, making recoating even more difficult. A light coating of oil can be cleaned off with household detergent and water, and then prepped with a fiberglass preparation solution, scrubbed and then repainted. It is recommended to contact Awlgrip for more details at Interlux

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Articles Wanted About Southern Yacht Clubs, Sailing Associations and Youth Sailing Groups SOUTHWINDS magazine is looking for articles on individual yacht clubs, sailing associations and youth sailing groups throughout the Southern states (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX (east Texas). Articles wanted are about a club’s history, facilities, major events and general information about the club. The clubs and associations must be well established and have been around for at least five years. Contact editor@Southwinds magazine.com for information about article length, photo requirements and other questions.

Florida Keys Posts Oil Spill Section on its Web Site The Florida Keys and Key West Tourism Council has added a component to its Web site, www.fla-keys.com, to provide travelers up-to-date information regarding the TransOcean/BP oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

The site features official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oil slick trajectory maps as well as questions and answers regarding the oil leaks and their proximity to the Florida Keys. The 72-hour forecast maps are updated on a daily basis to plot and project approximate positions of the oil slick.

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Cruising Boaters Could Find States Taxing Boats if They Stay too Long From BoatU.S. Staying too long in one place can ruin a good thing. At least that’s the case with boaters making lengthy journeys, who are finding themselves targets of cash-hungry states looking to balance their budgets. In most states, a privately owned recreational boat must be registered in the state where it is principally used, and any taxes paid to that state. A problem arises when the boat leaves this principal-use state and enters a new one, either for a long visit, extended cruise or lengthy repairs.

BoatUS says boaters may be subject to various sales, use, excise, or property taxes when they remain in one location for a consecutive number of days, or over-stay their visit for a certain number of aggregate days per year.

This “grace period” is often 60 to 90 days but as little as 30 days in two states (Colorado and New Hampshire). Also, if the principal state’s tax is not comparable to the tax in the state the boat is visiting, the second state can levy the tax, making the boat owner liable for the difference.

In several recent cases, BoatUS reports tax authorities walking the docks, inspecting marina records and aggressively enforcing tax codes. “States are strapped for money, and they are increasingly looking at these visiting boats,” said BoatUS Vice President of Government Affairs Margaret Podlich. “We urge cruising boaters to be aware of potential tax liabilities when traveling, plan accordingly, and be ready with documentation in case disagreements arise with tax authorities,” she added. Podlich recommends that boaters keep records, such as log entries, marina and fuel receipts or repair contracts. “These documents are critical for boaters to keep, and are often the only way to fight an unjust tax bill.“ To help boaters understand this issue, BoatUS offers a new online map highlighting state sales and property tax rates with links to state tax departments, as well as registration information and “grace periods” at http:// www.Boat US.com/gov/StatetaxRegistration.asp.

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New Management Team at Isla Mujeres Marina & Boatyard Services, Isla Mujeres, Mexico A new management team recently took over at Puerto Isla Mujeres (PIM) Resort and Yacht Club on Isla Mujeres in Mexico. “Now the largest of marine service providers located in our area of the western Caribbean, we can pass tremendous savings on to our customers by taking advantage of Mexico’s low labor rates and cost of living,” says Dockmaster Peter Verstoep. Located in Macax Lagoon, PIM is a hurricane-protected facility approximately four miles from Cancun, Mexico.

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Taking the US SAILING Level 1 Course “I was not expecting it to be as much fun as it was.”

By Jabbo Gordon

Rigging up the boats in the Level 1 course Photo by Lynn Paul.

T

he primary reason most people take US SAILING’s Level 1 (small boat) instructor course is to gain certification so they can be paid to teach other people how to sail. Brian Firth of Sarasota probably said it best when he introduced himself to 11 other members of the 40-hour course that was held at the Venice Yacht Club the last two weekends of April. Besides completing a swim check and learning how to conduct land drills (among several other tasks) on the first day, the dozen instructor candidates had to explain why they were there.

“I plan to get a job this summer and hopefully in future summers,” Firth said. “I also hope to get a coaching job when I go to college.

“This way I can keep a steady income and keep myself afloat,” he added.

In spite of his unintended pun, Firth spoke for the majority of the group, which ranged in age from 16 to one man who will turn 68 in August. One person who is not seeking summer employment is Hugh Moore who is president of the Englewood Sailing Association. He has a job, a big job.

“This certification should provide a foundation of credibility in my relationship with the public as well as my colleagues,” he said. “And it should help me become more effective in guiding ESA to become a more professional and effective teaching organization.”

Two of the candidates—Samantha “Sami” Tornese of Venice and Peter Eduardo of Sarasota—spoke of starting their own sailing schools some day, and Tornese talked about working with children who have disabilities.

Eduardo also has an eye toward building up high school sailing in the area.

“I would like to see sailing more prevalent in high schools,” he said. “I believe that one day each high school will have its own bona fide sailing team that competes regionally on a regular basis.”

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Although most of the class members were high school sailors, not all local high schools have teams. Still two-thirds of the group was still in high school.

One of US SAILING’s requirements to take the course is that a student must be at least 16, but even then the national governing body for sailing designates 16- and 17-yearolds as “assistant instructors.” However, Christi Frost, 16, of Nokomis, thinks successful candidates should become certified instructors.

“Once a 16-year-old passes the course, they are qualified to be an instructor,” she reasoned.

US SAILING’s minimum age to take the course used to be 18, but Southern yacht clubs and sailing associations pushed for lowering the age limit. However, USSA officials maintain that a certified instructor should be an adult and licensed to drive. Insurance coverage is a major concern.

Other pre-requisites for taking the course include successful completion of a NASBLA approved safe boating course and an individual membership, not a junior membership, in US SAILING. And only one certification per family membership is allowed, another bone of contention with Frost.

While they are not required before the course, current CPR and First Aid cards are mandatory before US SAILING will issue the coveted instructor’s card and silver whistle.

So, these 12 individuals met requirements and registered online for the course. They read all the information about it on the US SAILING Web site, found under training, and received a “welcome aboard” letter from their instructor-trainer, giving them the four-day schedule and listing their assignments.

Basically, it told them what they could expect. In some cases, it did, and in other cases, it did not. Some, like Tornese, were pleasantly surprised.

“I was not expecting it to be as much fun as it was,” she said. “I’m very content with the way it turned out.”

Jacob “Jake” Arme of Sarasota and Firth, essentially echoed Tornese’s comments. “I was expecting to sit in a class most of the day,” Arme said. “I enjoyed going outside and actually physically doing most of the exercises.”

“I expected it to be more of a long, boring class that all we would do is sit inside a classroom and talk all day,” Firth said. “Instead, we actually got to go out and sail and have some fun with the drills we had to do.”

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Instructor Jabbo Gordon. The group ranged in age from 16 to one man who will turn 68 in August. Photo by Lynn Paul.

One student didn’t expect the course to be as much fun as it was. Photo by Lynn Paul.

phy of “you learn best by doing” applies not only for the instructor candidates but for the prospective sailors they will be teaching.

Although there were some lectures and three tests, each candidate had to give presentations as well as conduct land and water drills with their classmates. And they were scored on those practical factors.

Some sailors, like Firth, had specific goals—besides becoming certified—in mind. He was expecting to increase his knowledge of teaching and improve his skills. “I also wanted to get better at driving powerboats and keeping up with the maintenance of them,” he said. “I wanted to learn what I would do if one of my students would get in trouble, like how to right a boat if it capsized and the mast was stuck in the mud.”

Wendy Reuss of Bradenton also was interested in learning more about powerboats and improving her skills behind the wheel.

“I knew how important boating skills were in teaching children how to sail because it is the primary mode of transportation on the water,” she said. “Without it, you would not be able to communicate what you want to teach.”

On the other hand, Moore had broader expectations.

Although he had a good understanding of what to expect, he was planning on becoming a better sailor as a result of taking this course, and more. “I expected to learn the theoretical and practical methodologies of learning and how to apply them to most effectively teach youngsters and adults the art and science of sailing,” he said.

Did they learn anything? Did they ever.

Hanna Waldhalm, whose son, Don, took the course in 2003, was pretty graphic about what she learned. “I learned that even the old salts who have grown up sailing also learn something new every time they go out on the water,” she said. “I learned that even old farts like me can sail a 420.

“I learned where the powerboat should be located for better instruction, and I learned that instructing new sailors should be about fun and safety. Skills will evolve and improve each time the sailor is at the helm,” she concluded.

Some of the younger candidates like Tornese now understand the risks that come along with being a sailing instructor. “I understand the importance of safety on the water and even on shore,” she said.

Reuss and Arme discovered the value of patience when

teaching, but Arme was a little vocal about it. “To tell you the truth, it is not as easy as it looks,” he said about teaching youngsters. “You need to have patience to wait for the kids that are having trouble.”

Cara Patete of Osprey and Reuss not only learned to use different styles of teaching but found out there might be alternative methods of instructing prospective sailors. And Frost gave a good example.

“When you are approaching kids that are having problems tying knots, you can show them new ways to tie the same knot,” she said.

“Exposure to so many different methods goes a long way to making more effective instructors, because if we can’t accommodate different learning styles and get our point across, then we are not doing our job,” Eduardo said.

So another course, one of about 100 around the country, has been completed and 12 more candidates have joined approximately 1,000 others (before the year is out) as newly certified instructors or assistants.

Level 1 courses are popular in the spring because prospective instructors need to gain certification before summer learn-to-sail classes begin. But some sessions are held at different times during the year around the nation.

For those interested in becoming an instructor, they can go to www.ussailing.org and look under education and training for a course that may be convenient in location and time for you.

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Sarasota Mooring Field: SNAFU

By Harmon Heed lthough the contract to construct the mooring field in Sarasota Bay was let over a year ago (April 23, 2009), there is still not one ball to hook onto and no work has been conducted or allowed since October 14 of last year. It took the city six months to determine that the 60-day project could not be completed as contracted and another six months to determine why not.

On May 3, Sarasota City Attorney Robert Fournier released his comprehensive and detailed report, and it was made public that evening at a regularly scheduled city commissioner‘s meeting. The report was made through consultation with three outside, independent engineers. It spread the blame all around but primarily on Coastal Engineering Consultants (CEC), the firm the city hired to engineer the project in 2004. CEC’s original contract was for $155,868.

After six amendments it ballooned to $323,941. How much did it cost to compile this latest 33-page report?

The report concluded that, “CEC did not conduct an adequate investigation of the bay substrate.” Michael Poff, CEC’s VP for Engineering, responded that, “The contract is boiler plate and says bidders must do the substrate investigation.” Mark Kincaid, CEC‘s project engineer, added, “To

do the proper testing would cost much more than the cost of the installation.”

The report concluded that, “There is no way to determine what type of anchor will work without first knowing the holding power of the substrate soils. “Yet CEC solely recommended a helical type of anchor, and the city made that a requirement in the contract. When the contractor, Millmac Corp., ran into trouble drilling in the helices, its president Mike Miller, wrote to the city’s project engineer, Rick Winters, “It is not an equipment or process issue. It is a geologic issue. The rock and clay in some locations is impenetrable.” According to Stephen Wilbur, P.E., a structural engineer with Stirling & Wilbur Engineering, “…there is rock under the entire site. The helical is not designed for use in rock.” Gary Schmidt, P.E., a geotechnical engineer with Ardaman & Associates, Inc, agrees, “Rock covers the entire mooring field. You can’t advance helices into rock.

The report concluded that CEC vetted the contractor Millmac and recommended it be awarded the contract. In a letter of recommendation signed by Poff on Feb. 24, 2009, the letter stated, “…it is our opinion that their plant and equipment should have sufficient capacity to construct this project.

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“ However, on Oct. 8, 2009, well after Millmac was kicked off the job, Poff wrote the City, “…that the plant, equipment and personnel used by Millmac cannot complete the contract.”

The report concluded the city must take a share of the blame. By requiring the use of helical screw anchors in its “Invitation to Bid,” the city entitled the responding contractors to assume those anchors would work. They did not, and, according to Fournier, the contractor had little or no leeway in choosing another anchor system to finish the project. Also, a red flag should have gone up in the city’s purchasing division when it saw the wide disparity in the bids.

The highest bid was almost three times as much, and the average bid was 43 percent higher than Millmac‘s low bid.

At the commission meeting, after an hour and a half of listening to testimony and answers by City Attorney Fournier, the three unassociated engineers, finger pointing and answers by CEC and Millmac, Vice Mayor Atkins rubbed his head and forlornly asked, “How did we get into such a mess? Wasn’t anyone checking what they were responsible for?”

Kristy Tignor, P.E. of The Tignor Group, P.A., seemed to have an answer, and it was more blame for CEC. According to Kristy, CEC’s project engineer was, according to contract, “Charged with approving the methodology, the installation and the material related to this system. During the construction, the project engineer was to make visits to the site to observe the progress and quality of the work.” It is not positively certain that Kristy was referring to the CEC or city project engineer.

Why wasn’t this the responsibility of a city engineer?

According to the city manager, Robert Bartolotta, the city did not have a qualified oceanographic engineer—the position was done away with four years ago—and the city had to rely on CEC for engineering expertise.

When asked for costs of continuing or ending the project, Bartolotta said that will take some time to determine.

“There are liabilities on both sides.” The complete total costs to the city so far—including internal hours spent by the city attorney and engineer—asked for by two commissioners and the public, have either not been determined or released to the public. Some figure the amount to be over

$1,000,000. The grants received amount to only $650,000.

Either way, it’s all public money.

Where does this all go from here? Probably to the courts where the lawyers will drain more of the city’s money before construction begins again. If it begins again, Fournier said he will have more recommendations “when we return in a few weeks.“ He provided three options with three additional recommendations to the commissioners, but none of them included stopping the prolonged and costly project.

Vice Mayor Atkins asked, “Will this work or can we pay our way out of it?”

Perhaps the best to come out of this FUBAR is a warning to other cities that are contemplating installing a mooring field. They should expect: 1. The anticipated consultation fees to at least double.

2. The anticipated time for construction to at least double.

3. If they have any rock or clay in their bay, the substrate investigation to cost more than the construction.

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NDZ Zones Established in North Carolina along with New Pump-Out Law Requiring Boaters to Carry a Pump-Out Log Waterway Guide (www.waterwayguide.com) reported in May that North Carolina has passed a law requiring all boats which have a marine sanitation device to keep a log of the boat's pump-outs onboard. The log must list the date and the location of the pump-out facility, and the owner must keep the log on the boat for a period of one year. The law goes into effect on July 1. Waterway Guide reported that it was unclear whether this was required of all boats, including transients passing through the state or visiting, or just those registered in the state of North Carolina.

In April, North Carolina petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish no-discharge zones (NDZs) along New Hanover County (Wilmington/

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Steve Morrell, editor of SOUTHWINDS magazine, commented on these new rules on keeping a log: “I have several questions. Suppose you mainly just go daysailing and never use your toilet, either just holding it while you’re out, or you just pee overboard or jump in the water and go, which must be legal since everyone at the beach does it. If this is your situation and law enforcement inspects your log and sees that it has no entries, would you be liable for prosecution for no pump-outs? Wouldn't it then be wise to log all the times you jumped in the water or peed overboard—or held it until you got ashore? The new law says that you must keep a record of your pump-outs for one year. If you don't want to save the records that are over a year old, then I suggest you write each pump-out on a separate page in a notebook. After one year, tear that sheet out and use it as toilet paper. When the next one‘s year is up, tear that sheet out. That way it won't be a complete waste, so to speak. Make sure you use a notebook made of biodegradable paper suitable for toilets.”

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SAILING BUSINESS — Real Recovery or Seasonal Spark?

By Dan Dickison that works to promote the growth of recreational boating throughout the state. According to Suzi DuRant, the executive director of that organization, a majority of SCMA’s members are wary yet optimistic at the same time regarding economic recovery.

“I’m seeing signs of recovery that I don’t think are attributable to seasonality,” she offers. “Our transient season was very slow, but I see more boat owners having work done and upgrades made to their boats than I did this time last year.

Work in the yards is picking up. I think new boat sales are still slow, although our manufacturers tell me that their overseas sales are strong. Of course, Charleston Race Week was the largest it’s ever been, and the fishing tournaments are picking up new sponsors. All in all, I’d say I’m cautiously optimistic that a recovery is beginning, but I think we still have a long way to go.”

DuRant makes a point of having a comprehensive perspective on the sailing business in South Carolina, which is something she shares with Dwayne Schalles. As the South Carolina district manager for Port Supply, the wholesale arm of West Marine, he regularly travels around the state, visiting stores. According to Schalles, company data indicates that sales in South Carolina West Marine stores are up almost 8.5 percent over the same time last year.

“Yes,” says Schalles, “there’s definitely a seasonal aspect to this increase in business, but I see people getting their boats ready a lot earlier this year than in previous years. I think the challenging economy caused a lot of boat owners to let their boats sit untouched for the past two years. So now, there’s a

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ith a shrug, punctuated by a smile, Tripp Fellabom offers an outlook that fairly characterizes almost anyone in business these days: “I really want to be optimistic,” he says. Given the sluggish state of the economy—and that of the marine industry in particular—his words could form a motto for the entire sailing industry.

Sitting in his tidy office just a minute’s walk from the docks at the Charleston City Marina, Fellabom has a credible perspective on this. Throughout almost four decades as a sailmaker and business owner, he has seen downturns in the economy come and go. But he’s not certain that it has ever been as bad as the last 16 months.

Despite reports that the U.S. economy is now recovering, Fellabom doesn’t see sufficient evidence of a genuine turnaround in the local sailing scene. Don’t get me wrong, he explains, “I think commerce in the local boating community is somewhat on the rise, but you have to ask: Is it just the time of year? We always see an improvement in the industry this time of year. So, is this really a recovery? That’s hard to gauge.

And I haven’t heard anyone make a bold pronouncement that we’re out of the woods.”

Fellabom isn’t alone in that outlook. Just across the harbor, Stan Jones, who manages marina operations for the 459slip Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, echoes those sentiments: “Overall, I’m very optimistic. I have to be. There’s nowhere to go but up. We’re at 60 percent occupancy right now, so there’s really no other way to go.”

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lot of maintenance to be done. We’re seeing that in good business numbers.”

Since the fall of 2008, when the U.S. economy began to contract, sailingrelated business also shrank in most regions across the United States. But Schalles claims that South Carolina actually experienced growth in the pastime. “What I see in the marketplace are more customers than there were five years ago. And that appears to have drawn new business players. For example, in Charleston there are several new riggers in town, and we now have six firms in the sails and rigging business, whereas there were just two or three five years ago.”

Though he allows that growth within South Carolina sailing businesses may be restricted to the Charleston area, Schalles says he’s seen signs of expansion in the sport elsewhere in the state, and these aren’t seasonal at all. He cites the burgeoning youth program at the Lake Murray Sailing Club near Columbia, which recently invested in a new fleet of O’pen Bics to foster additional interest on the part of junior sailors. He notes that the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club is experiencing an average of 12 Laser competitors on the water for its Sunday series. On top of that, Charleston Community Sailing just received a loan of six new O’pen Bics for its youth programs, and the organizers within Charleston Offshore Racing Association have re-energized their Offshore Challenge Series, expanding it to seven events and promoting it with top-flight printed material.

What Schalles suggests is that enterprising members of the South Carolina sailing scene—both professionals and enthusiasts—have taken it upon themselves to turn the tide of a poor economy. Ned Goss, the proprietor of Ocean Sailing Academy in Mt. Pleasant agrees. In the past 15 months, Goss has seen his sailing instruction business decline, but not by as much as he had projected. In order to address those losses, Goss has been inventive.

“We’ve really worked hard on grassroots marketing and increased exposure,” explains Goss. “Part of that means staying focused on our Internet presence and our Web site. So much of our potential market uses Facebook and Twitter, so we’re there, too. But we’re also continually innovating, trying new things like hospitality sails and branching out into teambuilding programs.” Goss also diversified his business. He put his staff to work in yacht management, maintenance and even deliveries. “We’ve got 12 to 18 part- and full-time employees. If they’re not teaching, they’re busy doing these other things.”

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Sailing on the Ashley River in Charleston. The Charleston City Marina is in the background.

or is it simply our pastime’s characteristic spring uptick?

For Goss, it’s a little of both.

“Judging by our Web site hits and phone traffic, I think we’re actually on an upswing,” he says. “Our business is ahead of where we expected to be, but not exactly where we want to be.

Still, good things are happening. We’ve just signed a contract with a company in the UK to bring the Royal Yachting Association’s certification program to the U.S. And our one-design racing programs are popular. So, without a doubt, I’m optimistic about the sailing business in general, and our business in particular. But perhaps that’s just me. I’ve always been a glass-half-full guy.”

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Rudder Design and Fabrication, Part II of II

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n my last article on this topic, I discussed the science behind the development of high-aspect rudders and their contributions to handling and lift to the sailboat‘s overall performance. This article will focus on a “do-it yourself” modification to an existing rudder that will improve its attributes. The rudder that is being modified came off a 19-foot ComPac sloop-rigged day sailer.

Since this is not a production run of rudders, you will not need to make a form. Essentially, you will be adding material, in this case foam, onto the existing rudder and building up the material to achieve the desired foil shape and then encapsulating it with fiberglass cloth and resin.

Start out by sanding the rudder in order to achieve a good bond between the rudder and the foam that you will apply.

I found it easier to work on the rudder once the hardware and tiller were removed. This will be a messy job, so I

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Rough aerodynamic shape.

highly recommend placing the rudder in a well-ventilated work area, and using your personal protective equipment; respirator, eye protection, protective gloves, etc. You will need to work one side of the rudder at a time, being mindful that you need to strive to keep each side of the rudder as symmetrical to the other as possible.

I opted to go with a spray foam product that can be found in most hardware stores. It’s lightweight, dries quickly and has a rigid texture to it, which bodes well for shaping and sanding. You may need to perform several applications in order to fill in any voids that form when the foam is expanding. Do not concern yourself with the cosmetic appearance of the rudder at this point. All you are doing is building the foam foundation with enough material in order to work the next steps.

Once the foam has dried and voids are filled, you can now start the process of

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satisfied, that you have achieved shaping the foil. You should a symmetrical shape on both use a marker and make some sides, use a DA (dual-action) grid lines along the length sander and 80 grit paper to and cross width to serve as smooth the foam surface in guides for keeping your work preparation for the resin/filler symmetrical. You can also use application. Mix some lighttoothpicks cut at pre-deterweight filler into the polyresin mined lengths and push them and coat the entire foam surface into the foam at the same and let it cure. You have now locations on each side of the encapsulated the foam, protectrudder. These will serve as ing it from water, and have depth guides when you start added an additional surface that removing material. Once the Draping glass cloth prior to resin. can be fared to more exacting grid lines and depth guides standards and strengthened by are in place, take a fine tooth, additional applications of resin and cloth. flexible handsaw and start cutting off the excess foam. As Once that process was done, I opted to wrap the entire you work the saw, be careful not to gouge or pull away any rudder in lightweight glass cloth to improve durability. of the foam. If you do, you can apply new foam to those Clamp the rudder horizontal with the leading edge facing areas, but it will delay your progress. As you remove the up. Coat the surface with resin, and take a large piece of material along the length of the rudder, it is best to make cloth and drape it over the rudder. Apply additional resin your cuts along the entire length, angling the saw to keep by brush until the cloth is saturated and roll out any bubyour surface as straight as possible. Once you have bles, working the cloth from the top downward to the floor. removed enough material to see your depth guides and Let this cure and then trim and smooth the edges. Clamp the surface grid in a roughly symmetrical shape, you now the rudder with the trailing edge upward and apply a narneed to take a carpenter’s rasp and start filing the edges of row strip of cloth to lend strength to that section. the saw cuts to create the foil shape. With a little work, you At this point, you are on the home stretch. Using the DA will start to see the basic foil shape start to take form. Once

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sander, sand the resin smooth using 120-180 grit paper. Any small blemishes can be filled with fast-curing marine filler and then sanded with 220 grit. You have two finish options.

Coat the rudder foil with anti-fouling paint, or prime and paint with a quality two-part marine paint for a high gloss finish. Once you reinstall the hardware and mount it to your transom, go for a sail and see just how much more sensitive your tiller feels in different wind conditions. You should see a noticeable improvement. Good luck and enjoy your time on the water.

Tom Kennedy owns Patriot Yacht Services in Pensacola, FL. The company specializes in paint, fiberglass/gel coat and bright work restorations. He has been an active sailing and boating enthusiast for over 40 years, and his repair expertise and customer satisfaction levels have earned him a loyal client base. Questions and ideas for future articles can be sent to tom@patriotyachtservices.com. Your question may be answered in a future article. You can also go to http://www.patriotyachtservices.com for more information.

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SMALL BOAT REVIEW

The Lightning

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At 700 pounds in the hull, the Lightning sails more like a small keelboat than a lightweight dinghy. Photo by Bill Clausen.

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Olin Stephens II drew up the plans in late 1935. For the next two years, the builders and designer hashed out the design, and hull #1 was launched in October 1938. That winter the boat was shown at the NYC Boat Show, and there were numerous orders taken. Hull #1, now restored, is housed at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.

Ironically, that first hull did not have the characteristic skeg in front of the rudder that all later boats had. Decades later, Stephens was quoted as saying if he had to do it over, taking the skeg off is the one thing that he would have changed.

The next year at that same boat show, the class organization was launched, and soon thereafter Olin Stephens donated the rights to the design to the class.

The Lightning steadily gained popularity in the postwar years. By the late 1950s, the class was the largest onedesign class over 16 feet in length, with over 8000 boats registered worldwide. With the advent of fiberglass construction, growth of the class persisted. Today there are nearly 16,000 boats built.

The Lightning is one of those classes that has managed to upgrade the boat and rig in a controlled fashion so as to keep up with the times, yet not make older boats obsolete.

The obvious addition of lower maintenance fiberglass hulls, aluminum spars and optional stainless steel centerboard helped the popularity.

Sailmakers quickly “adopted” the boat as one that would show their skill and prowess. To this day there are several sailmaking firms vying for attention in the class. In the 1980s, I would take one sailmaker out on the St. Petersburg Yacht Club Whaler in the morning before the Midwinters and a rival in the afternoon, switching each year. When Greg would have me go over to Ched’s group that was practicing, all of those boats would sit and luff.

Same when Ched motored over to Greg’s group.

One year, a sailmaker had a new spinnaker that looked like an elephant’s butt with a crease down the middle. His rival scoffed. Until it was found that it worked to de-power the sail in a blow. Hence progress is made. In the 1980s, the proponents of the class noticed that the new spinnakers were all white. Gone was the eye appeal to onlookers of multi-colored ’chutes on a horizon. A concerted effort was made to get the color back in, pressuring cloth manufacturers to keep the quality up in the colored material. Back came the more interesting colored sails.

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Today there are nearly 16,000 Lightnings built. Photo by Art Petroselomo.

After a long race, such as the Midwinters on Tampa Bay each March, the fleet does not spread out as far, first to last, as some classes. The skill level remains strong in this fleet.

In light air, some sailors will heel the boat to leeward more than others, some will point higher, yet it is the sailor who finds the wind and the shifts that comes out ahead. The boat is forgiving until the very top of the fleet is reached.

And that top is lofty indeed with many famous names in sailing residing there. Former Sailor of the Year Jeff Linton has won the Worlds. One of his crew is his wife Amy. Few small boats can boast of family crew at the top, yet the Lightning has long had that distinction.

Will they capsize? Oh, yeah. Any small sailboat that is out in difficult weather and sea-state conditions can capsize.

On big Tampa Bay occasionally there is a windy day or two at the Midwinters where the rescue guy, me, is very busy.

Usually it is a matter of just “standing by“ in the rescue Whaler powerboat while the crew on the Lightning sorts out the spinnaker, loosens the vang and sheets and stands The Lightning is one of those classes that has managed to upgrade on the centerboard to right the boat. Modern boats come up the boat and rig in a controlled fashion so as to keep up with the dry enough to sail away. Occasionally a boat will go upside times, yet not make older boats obsolete. Photo Courtesy of the down. This takes a bit longer for a crew to recover, but it can Lightning class organization. www.lightningclass.org. be done by a motivated crew.

The Lightning’s reason for being was one-design racing. It has certainly lived up to that billing. The Southern Circuit, traveling from Savannah, GA, to Miami to St. Petersburg each year has an impressive following with 57 boats at St. Pete. Among them were 19 “Masters”—skippers of vintage who vied overall and for their own division trophies. Every decade, a major event is held in upstate New York where the class got its start. The Lightning is one of the classes chosen for the Pan Am Games. There are strong fleets in several places around the world.

A fine feature of the class organization is the excellent Web site (www. lightningclass.org/) that has information on new and used boats, fleets, how to sail the boat fast and class contacts.

The executive secretary, Jan Davis, answers inquiries quickly and with useful information.

So next time a Lightning sails by, take a good look at this classic sailing craft. It is one of the few that is growing in popularity. After over 70 years, that Three people race the boat with a rather tall mainsail, medium sized jib and ample roundish symmetrical spinnaker. Photo by Art Petroselomo. is quite a record.

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Opportunity Docks Free Berths Offer More Than a Cheap Place to Tie Up

By Cyndi Perkins There’s room for several boats inside the White City dockage basin. There were three other sailboats tied up during Chiip Ahoy‘s stay.

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Spending a night or two outside the sequestered enclave of a marina or the womblike seclusion of a remote anchorage can be as nostalgic and relaxing as a trip to Mayberry.

In fact, that’s what some of the White City, FL, locals call their neck of the woods. The town’s free docks are located at the foot of the 65-foot fixed bridge on the Gulf Coast ICW, providing a pleasant rest stop in Florida’s Panhandle between Port St. Joe and Apalachicola. It’s six miles from shallow, often wind-whipped little Lake Wimico, and about 1.5 miles past the Gulf County Canal cut-off leading to Port St. Joe. This is the demarcation line between Central and Eastern time zones (White City is on EST).

The park hosts a busy boat launch with picnic areas, grills, pavilions and regularly cleaned restrooms with flush toilets. It has been thoughtfully designed with family functions in mind, from the playground to the white sand volleyball court. In addition to the main dock basin, which has room for several recreational vessels of practically any size, there is a floating face dock directly on the canal. Regional Search & Rescue headquarters are also located on the premises.

Following a comfortable night’s anchorage just off the ICW channel in the tannin waters of Wetappo Creek, we were intending to motor right on by White City when three sailors hailed us from the fishing pier and encouraged us to tie up at the aforementioned face dock. There we found ample depth for Chip Ahoy’s five-foot draft. It was early afternoon, and we’d planned on pushing through to one of our favorite anchorages—the famous Saul Creek hurricane hole—before dark. When opportunity knocks, however, the wise cruiser answers the call!

Guidebooks list the docks, which are about 22 ICW miles from Apalachicola, as “rustic, without amenities.” But something wonderful has developed here. Municipal funding combined with a bequest in honor of Robert Brian “Blue” McLeod (April 5, 1975-Oct. 9, 2007) has greatly enhanced and expanded the facility. With a long cord and a little ingenuity it’s possible to plug in at one of the numerous electrical outlets. Potable drinking water is also readily 40

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available. The recreation area proved to be a more than adequate refuge to wait out inclement weather in early December for all manner of boaters, including a kayaker driven off St. Joseph Bay by high winds, driving rain and steep waves. Strictly for pleasure craft, ferry and commercial fishing boats are prohibited from docking here.

“Welcome to Mayberry” is a catchphrase heard often from friendly locals ‘round these parts. It’s a short walk down the road east of the bridge to Hammond Country Store, a dead ringer for Goober’s Filling Station, complete with friendly locals sitting on benches outside the establishment eating ice cream and passing the time of day solving the problems of the world. The store isn’t packed with merchandise, but is cleverly stocked with all the essentials from toilet paper and dish soap to four kinds of beer, a small cache of potatoes and onions, bread and other basics. For more extensive provisioning, cruisers may cab it to Port St. Joe. During our stay, a cheerful taxi driver pulled into the park every morning to see if anyone required his services.

We were deeply touched with gratitude to find abundant free rides in White City. As Scott strummed and sang a sunset concert in the cockpit our first night at the dock, Duane Harrison, who lives a stone’s throw away from the park, inquired about the “Houghton, Michigan” port sign on Chip Ahoy’s stern. Retired from the U.S. Coast Guard, he had served with our home region’s Station Portage on Lake Superior in the 1970s. After sharing his fond memories of the Copper Country, Duane returned a couple of days later to take us on a tour of Port St. Joe and a provisioning excursion to the Piggly Wiggly. (Imbibers take note: Liquor or beer isn’t available for purchase there).

Another outstanding town host hailed us from dockside shortly after dark that first night, introducing himself as “Ron Farmer, the self-proclaimed unofficial Lats & Atts greeter.” Ron had been conversing with Scott on the L&A bulletin board. It was cool to meet in person. The next morning Ron gave Scott a ride to the St. Joe Rent-all & Garden Supply to refill the propane tanks, a gesture greatly appreciated given temperatures dipping to near-frost levels at night. Chip Ahoy has both propane and electric heaters, which often come in handy, even in Florida. We have become accustomed to topping off the tanks whenever a filling station is available. Propane stops can be few and far between and are not commonly located within walking distance of marinas or anchorages. Scott had been planning on a two-mile slog, hand-carrying the tanks to the Amerigas office in Apalachicola, FL. Ron brought over his guitar the next night for music and general merriment. And when Chip Ahoy continued on to Scipio Creek Marina in Apalach he drove over with a giant rolling cooler of fresh East Bay oysters (from up above Panama City) packed in shaved ice. We had anchored in East Bay along the way, spotting the stakes that marked the oyster beds and assiduously avoiding them. Ron says that boaters who anchor on or otherwise pilfer oyster beds are risking an unpleasant encounter possibly involving buckshot. On a more pleasant note, he commenced to show us how to shuck an oyster and consume it in proper local fashion: with saltine crackers, hot sauce and beer. “That’s all you need,” he instructed, providing Scott with his own shucking knife and gloves. Scott proved to be the more able student, although I now also consider myself a competent shucker.

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Through a combination of a generous bequest and municipal funding this small Panhandle community maintains a friendly multi-use recreational facility where visitors are made to feel welcome.

There must have been 30 pounds of oysters, more than we could open—or eat—in one night.

Throughout Chip Ahoy’s stay in White City we were mindful of normal cruising courtesies including disposing of trash properly, keeping quiet hours after dark and not overstaying our welcome. Ron says length-of-stay rules were “pretty lax” as of 2009, but one might expect that to change if boaters abuse the privilege. These docks are a stop, not a destination. To remain for an extended period of time would be disrespectful. There may come a time when

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All the White City docks are in very good condition. We rode out a few days of high winds and driving rain in this safe haven.

On the ICW “highway” between Port St. Joe and Apalachicola, sailors and trawlers alike will find plenty of room for a lunch stop or a few nights stay at the Apalachicola wood dock.

some freeloader pushes the limit. We hope that never happens. As Ron notes, “A few days is okay, but not a month.”

Many free docks do have an enforced time limit, as is the case with the free dock we encountered in Fort Walton Beach, FL, earlier in our travels along the Panhandle.

Leafing through our Skipper Bob Cruising the Gulf Coast guidebook as we headed from Pensacola through Santa Rosa Sound toward Destin, we spotted the listing for a courtesy dock at mile 222. The city of Fort Walton Beach welcomes boaters for a 24-hour stay at Fort Walton Landing, a

six-acre city park near the Brooks Bridge. Even those not planning to stop for the night may take advantage of the free pump-out and water spigot located on the face dock just off the ICW waterway. Depths on the outside dock are about six feet. There are no electric hook-ups.

If you do pull in for a visit, please take the time to fill out one of the provided survey cards so the city has an accurate overview of the benefits of this excellent service to the boating public.

While the sturdy wooden T-dock has room for about 10 boats, the inside slips closest to shore are too shallow for anything but smaller shoal-draft vessels. The trawler PatsyRay, traveling in company with motor vessel I Love Lucy, responded to our radio hail for local info and obligingly guided Chip Ahoy in after checking depth at the first slips inside the “T.” To avoid shoal areas, we honored the last of the ICW markers leading up to the bridge before rounding for the approach to the docks. There are also a few local boats anchored just off the docks with room for perhaps one or two 30- to 40-foot vessels to drop a hook should the docks be full. There’s no dockmaster on duty here and thus no way to check for availability. If there isn’t room, options include nearby Fort Walton Beach marinas, retracing the path back to the anchorages of Santa Rosa Sound (the closest being the Mary Esther anchorage) or continuing on to the anchorages and marinas available at Destin and the bayous off Choctawhatchee Bay. Once vessels are secured, boaters are asked to call the city manager’s office at (850) 833-9504 to provide boat name and other general information. The super-friendly city manager also is interested in how you heard about the dock and what you plan to do while in the city. The super-hospitable city rep that we spoke with enjoyed hearing that we would be shopping locally at the nearby Publix about a block away and West Marine, about three blocks away. The city manager’s office notifies local police that you have checked in.

Officers frequently patrol the park. During our stay just before Thanksgiving it was beautifully decorated for Christmas with lots of family activities going on. At other times, when the park is more deserted, rumor has it that the criminal element has been known to lurk about. Boaters should take precautionary measures including running lines around cleats and looped back to their vessels and not roaming around after dark when you might be mistaken for

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Chip Ahoy finds safe and pleasant shelter for the afternoon and evening at Fort Walton Beach Landing.

Fort Walton Beach Landing’s courtesy dock is sturdy and wellmaintained and the free holding tank pump-out facility is handy for passing boaters as well as those spending the alloted 24 hours.

an unsavory character or be accosted by one. Amenities include a fishing pier, boardwalk, gazebo, playground, restrooms, picnic tables, trash disposal and performance stage with many restaurants nearby as well as the shops of the Miracle Strip.

During our stay, Scott played for the impromptu Happy Hour party at dockside. Later that evening, our friend Joe Plesha of Houghton, who recently transferred to Fort Walton Beach for his job with Northwest Airlines, stopped by to deliver mail we had forwarded to him via the excellent St. Brendan’s Isle mailing service.

Free docks seem to be a dying breed. “Don’t let the secret out” is an oft-heard mantra, especially when it comes to docks with limited space. During holidays and high season some communities may be happier to have dockage available for shoppers and diners at local businesses or for the locals to enjoy their community activities. The best time to score a free dock is during the week, off-season.

Some once-popular “free” docks along the ICW or the rivers of America’s Great Circle Loop are now charging dockage fees, have been converted to marinas or have gone the dockominium route. Barefoot Landing, a once highly popular shopping stop near the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand, comes to mind. For many years, cruisers enjoyed a limited free stay on the floating docks adjacent to a huge outlet shopping mall featuring hundreds of shops and restaurants and cheap and easy bus service to other provisioners. There is now a fee, but no additional services, for boaters wishing to use the dock.

Some restaurant docks that historically have provided a tie-up for the night at no charge to customers who ate a meal there have also decided to discontinue courtesy dockage. A prime example is Bobby’s Fish Camp in the desolate stretch between Demopolis and Mobile, AL, on the Tenn-Tom waterway. On our last visit, the restaurant jacked up the dinner fee because the restaurant is normally not open on Wednesdays, plus charged us a buck a foot, resulting in an $80-plus bill for two catfish dinners and a night’s stay.

Lesson learned: It never hurts to ask what the policy is before you get stuck with higher-than-expected charges.

It’s for certain we will be keeping Fort Walton Beach and White City on our travel itinerary in years to come, and not just because the price is right. These communities know how to put out the red carpet for the boating public.

Lake Superior sailors since the early 1990s, Cyndi Perkins and her husband Scott have completed two 6,000-mile circumnavigations of America’s Great Circle Loop as well as explorations of their home waters and other cruising destinations on the Great Lakes.

They are currently headed south in their 1977 DownEast sailboat with no particular plans other than to “go where the butter melts,” a challenging quest given the cold weather that plagued the South in 2010. Questions and comments may be directed to Cyndi at svchipahoy@gmail.com.

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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW

TAYANA 42 Center Cockpit

By Nelson DeCamp On the starboard side was the usual settee bunk with underneath fuel tank. We had the interior redesigned and replaced the bunk with a fold-down dinette with two comfortable swivel seats. This is much more convenient for eating, charting, and reading, etc., than a settee.

taking a year off and cruising the Caribbean to South uring my 35-plus years of cruising sailing, starting America and back, and maybe farther. Time to rewith a Coronado 23, covering the Tampa Bayevaluate the boat needed to make the trip in comSarasota area and reading cruising and sailing magfort, with a center cockpit, enough storage, sail/rigazines and books, I gradually became enthralled ging configurations for weather, moderate draft, with expanding my horizons and traveling farther and speed. and longer. After 10 months with the 23-footer, I Research on center-cockpit, top-of-the-line had upgraded to a 27-foot Coronado, and in bluewater cruisers at that time only revealed two three years, covered the Florida west coast and to three options. I finally was able to find and Keys. The third year I made it to Grand see them and was immediately taken by the Bahama, spending over a week cruising the Tayana 42. It was made in Taiwan, and the south and west coast. Now I was really excitinterior had the most beautiful and superb ed about cruising, and the dreams went on. wood craftsmanship I had seen (example: I returned to Florida and immediately the galley and vanity drawers were real developed a list of optimal requirements wood and not glued, stapled, nailed, or for the next move up. I enjoy the ability to tongue-and-groove, but dove-tailed). It be able to travel with a crew of two couwas not a shiny white plastic cubical ples, one sleeping on a dinette bunk interior. The center cockpit was farand the other on the V-berth. But two ther aft than most, making the aft couples in this situation for any cabin smaller but still plenty of room. extended time without some privacy Since it is primarily for sleeping only, I can experience anxiety and loss of would rather have the increase of room enthusiasm for cruising. I also didn’t in the salon where people socialize. The want a slow boat, but did want good offmost important thing was I would be able shore solid construction. to redesign the interior (within structural The Coronado line of boats were Bill constraints) before construction to my Tripp-designed Columbia race boats that TAYANA VANCOUVER 42 specifications based on many miles of past were extended one foot and re-decked CUTTER SPECIFICATIONS experience. The architect and I went out of for increased cruising room and comfort. our way to create maximal storage of every They were also designed in California for LOA 41’ 9” nook and cranny. The boat was delivered the Pacific Ocean and more solid than and commissioned Jennifer II in the fall of DWL 33’ 0” many of the boats available in the Gulf 1984 and has been everything, as described Coast area. I eventually became sold on Beam 12’ 6” below, I wanted. the Coronado 35 (Columbia 34 race Draft 5’ 10” boat). It had fore and aft cabins offering Displacement 29,147 lbs Salon. On the starboard side was the usual privacy, flat unencumbered deck, shoal Ballast - cast Iron 10,600 lbs settee bunk with underneath fuel tank. draft, roomy salon/galley area, and was This was replaced with a fold-down fast.

Sail Area 942 sq. ft. dinette with two comfortable swivel seats.

The next twelve years were spent Fuel 120 gallons This is much more convenient for eating, happily cruising Florida and most of the Water 140 gallons charting, and reading, etc., than a settee.

Bahamas. The wanderlust challenge Masthead above waterline 60’ The fuel tank was moved to the forward struck again, and I began looking toward

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The main salon settee on the port side.

The galley also acts as passage to the aft cabin.

cords can be stored alongside the under-deck windlass. Just aft of the aft lazerette is a small locker, which has a 30amp outlet. The fore or aft outlet selection is made on the instrument panel in the navigation area. This allows for varied docking hookups with shorted cables (storage Starboard galley and port concern), and no power cords cabin. Walk-throughs to the on deck to stumble over. aft cabin are on both sides of There are also water hookups the engine cockpit area, elonin both areas, anchor locker gating the galley while retainarea for saltwater anchor ing reasonable head area. My The Tayana 42 at dock, starboard side. wash and aft for a freshwater wife, who loves cooking, shower. The anchor locker contains the windlass, which is designed the galley with maximal storage and accessible needed for the heavy CQR/100-foot chain/300-foot nylon functionality, as well as refrigeration and 3-burner stove with rode. The cutter rig is ideal for multiple sail configurations. oven-broiler. There are also manual under-sink foot pumps Jib roller furling is on both double head sail rigs for downfor fresh and seawater to save water and electricity. The port wind sailing. cabin with optional seven-foot bunk is for storage and a tool room. All sides of the engine room have large opening hatchEngine. A new 70-hp Yanmar diesel was installed two years es for increased access. Above engine storage is available ago and has about 70 hours. It is able to run an easy 6-7 from the port cabin. knots and works great in head seas.

Aft cabin. The usual in-line aft double bunk was made Unfortunately, due to business and family developments, athwartships. There is no good rest for crew off watch in my year off never came to fruition. Cruising has been limitseas, with the boat heeled on varying tacks, when they are ed to the Florida west coast on weekends and vacations but rolling side to side on top of each other while having to greatly and comfortably enjoyed. Of interest has been the hang onto something. It is easier to lie with one’s head on number of times when the weather has been up and everythe high side and feet against a bulkhead. There are hangone is utilizing the ICW, while I was enjoying a lovely sail ing lockers/drawers on each side and a vanity shelf and on the outside. My concern over structural stability, reliabilmirror over the engine access. ity, performance—and most of all enjoyable comfort— might seem too great. However, too many times in life, I Fore cabin. There is excellent storage, and fore-and-aft have experienced unfulfilled satisfaction in life’s dreamed doors to the foreward head for privacy. Both fore and aft of ventures by not going the extra mile. Going the extra mile heads have hot/cold showers, separate sump pumps and in labor and cost is a small percentage of the total compared extensive storage. to the level of satisfaction attained. I highly recommend the Tayana 42 CC to anyone who has dreams and is desirous of Deck layout. Electrical outlet layout was changed to two 30maximal achievement with the least stress. amp outlets in the foreward anchor locker where power cabin, replacing the small vanity drawers and bottom portion of the hanging locker.

Four deck prisms were installed through the deck to enhance daytime lighting over the dinette, chart table, galley and aft head.

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very offshore sailor’s galley should be stocked with a selection of dried beans. Dried beans contain more energy and nutritional value than just about any other food. They contain high percentages of protein, iron and fiber, with little or no cholesterol. They also provide as much calcium as milk and significant amounts of other minerals such as potassium, zinc, and magnesium. Also, have you noticed how Third World native cultures have created countless dried bean meals that include chili peppers, tomatoes and green vegetables? They have learned through thousands of years of practical survival that those particular ingredients help the body to absorb the iron that’s in beans.

To these virtues, add the fact that dried beans are inexpensive, have a long storage life if kept dry, and offer an almost inexhaustible variety of dishes from soups and salads, to salsas, stews and party dips. American sailors tend to buy a lot of canned goods for their galleys with little regard for either nutrition or cost, or the fact that canned goods are heavy, and the cans rust and rattle away the whole time they are aboard.

I believe many sailors avoid dried

Rice, beans and pasta

SAILING ON BEAN POWER

SENATE BEAN SOUP Every sailor-chef can brew up this superb bean soup with complete confidence. It is a frugal meal and simple to prepare, and since it has been served daily for over 100 years by the restaurant in the United States Senate in Washington, D.C., you may be assured that it will be tasty. Elected members to what is said to be the most exclusive club in the world would not have it any other way. This recipe can easily be cut exactly in half to serve up to four diners. I like to add a diced jalapeno pepper to give this soup a little “kick,” but I’m not sure the senators would vote for the change. Cast your own ballot!

beans because they believe that beans have to be soaked for hours, or at least overnight, before being cooked. That’s not true. Some legumes, like lentils and black-eyed peas, require no soaking at all. For those in a hurry, most beans can be prepared for a recipe by boiling for 5 minutes, then taken off the heat and allowed to soak for an hour or two. The beans are then drained and the water in this initial boiling is always discarded. But without question, the best way to cook dried beans fast and retain their nutritional value is to use a pressure cooker. Most dried beans cook to doneness in 12-25 minutes depending upon the type of bean, its age (older beans take longer to cook), size of pressure cooker, and amount of water/beans in the cooker. I give a handy guide for the more common beans in my cookbook, Gourmet Underway – A Sailor’s Cookbook.

Here are three introductory bean recipes that I guarantee will be easy to prepare and will please everyone’s palate. In the Four Bean Salad Supreme recipe, I’ve even conceded that you may have not yet learned the value of having a pressure cooker in your galley and are still using commercially canned beans.

Ingredients: 1 lb. (2 cups) dried navy beans (soaked for 6 hours, or pressure-cooked for 15 minutes), drained 8 cups (2 quarts) cold water 1 ham hock 1 cup diced onion 1 cup diced celery, including leaves 1 cup potato, diced small 2 teaspoons garlic, chopped ¼ teaspoon ground clove ¼ cup Italian parsley leaves (about ½ bunch), chopped Salt and freshly-ground black pepper to taste

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By Robbie Johnson Preparation: (1) Either pressure-cook the beans for 15 minutes, or soak them for 6 hours, then drain. In a stockpot (I use my 3.5 quart castiron Dutch oven), place beans in the water with the ham hock, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 to 1½ hours, or until beans are tender.

(2) Remove the ham hock from the pot, allow it to cool, then cut away any meat and reserve. Throw the bone away. Now, add the meat to the pot along with the onion, celery, potato, garlic and clove. Bring the soup back to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the potato and celery are soft.

(3) Remove the soup from the heat. Using a potato masher, mash the mixture until it becomes creamy, leaving some beans whole for texture. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then finish by stirring in the parsley. Serve hot with a crusty artisan bread and butter.

(2) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 25-30 minutes, or until lentils are tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed.

(3) Transfer cooked lentils to a large serving bowl, add spinach and toss just until spinach wilts. Serve with a separate bowl of yogurt for a topping, if desired.

CURRIED LENTILS & SPINACH In addition to their high nutritional value, ridiculously low cost, and plentiful fiber, lentils don’t have to be soaked before their use in a recipe. Like all legumes (beans), their relatively bland taste needs to be perked up with spices, herbs, or veggies and maybe an inclusion of meat, or at least some fat in the dish.

This lentils-and-spinach dish makes a great accompaniment to a poultry, beef, or seafood entrée, and it arrives on the galley table in little more than 30 minutes of combined preparation and cooking time. This recipe serves 6 and can easily be expanded should unexpected guests arrive.

Ingredients: 1 lb. fresh green beans, stemmed and cut into 1-inch lengths 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or try raspberry vinegar for a treat!)

1 tablespoon honey 2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard (I like the coarse, horseradish delicatessen-style, too) 1/3 cup virgin olive oil ½ teaspoon salt (I usually use fine-grained sea salt) 1/8 teaspoon of freshly-ground black pepper 1 can (15 oz.-size) each of garbanzo beans, red kidney beans and white (cannellini) beans, rinsed of canning liquid and drained 3 stalks of celery, chopped 4 fresh scallions, white and green parts, sliced

Ingredients: 1½ cups green or red sweet (bell) pepper ½ cup onion, chopped coarsely 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced ½ teaspoon curry powder (try a spicy Madras-type!)

1 tablespoon butter (or olive oil) 1 can (14-oz.) of vegetable broth (or homemade) 1½ cups brown lentils, rinsed and drained 1 cup water Salt and freshly-ground black pepper to taste (about ¼ teaspoon of each) 6 cups baby spinach, washed (do not shake off excess water) Plain yogurt (optional) Preparation: (1) Combine bell pepper, onion, garlic, curry powder and butter (or olive oil) in a large skillet or saucepan and sauté for about 1 minute, then stir in broth, lentils, water and salt and pepper.

FOUR-BEAN SALAD SUPREME The versatility and palate-pleasing taste of dried beans is well demonstrated in this healthy salad that is combined with fresh green beans, and takes only minutes to prepare. It is a perfect companion for just about any meat or seafood entrée. Because I seldom use canned beans (high priced and too much sodium!), I pressure-cook my dried beans most of the time, and frequently have leftovers. I can usually assemble this salad quickly and at practically no extra cost; beans are best the second day around anyway! Makes 7 one-cup servings.

Preparation: (1) Boil the green beans in water for 5-7 minutes, or until tender, and drain.

(2) Whisk together vinegar, honey, and mustard in a small bowl, then whisk in oil, salt and pepper.

(3) In a large bowl, combine fresh green beans and the canned beans, celery and scallions, then add the dressing and mix well to coat all. Can be served immediately but best if slightly chilled.

Robbie Johnson lives aboard a steel Tahiti ketch and is the author of Gourmet Underway – A Sailor’s Cookbook. Order his book at www.gourmetunderway.com.

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SOUTHERN RACING TABLE OF CONTENTS Upcoming Major Regattas Race Reports Regional Racing Calendars Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA) East Florida Southeast Florida Florida Keys West Florida Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)

UPCOMING MAJOR REGATTAS

Mayor’s Cup Regatta, Lake Townsend, NC, June 4-6 The Lake Townsend Yacht Club will host this annual Regatta, at Lake Townsend just north of Greensboro, NC. One-design and Portsmouth racing. www.laketownsendyachtclub.com, (336) 908-3976.

Race to the Coast, New Orleans, June 5 Sponsored by the Southern Yacht Club, this race was first held on July 4, 1850. It is known as America’s oldest distance race. The race sails through the Lake Pontchartrain, the Rigolets, Lake Borgne to the Mississippi Sound. For more details, go to www.southernyachtclub.org.

Gulfport to Pensacola Race, June 11 The annual 100-mile Gulfport to Pensacola race is sponsored by the Gulfport Yacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola Yacht Club and the Gulf Yachting Association.

It is a 100-mile race from the channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along the Gulf Coast to the channel entrance of the Pensacola Pass. For more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org

per, helmsman, and at least 50 percent of its crew (including skipper and helmsman) must have been members of the yacht club represented by the boat for the six months preceding the event. In addition, only three or four boats from each club are allowed to compete and are limited to one boat per class. A boat can represent only one yacht club, and each boat shall have sailed 50 recorded miles in the GYA PHRF race data program to be eligible. Registration and briefing will be on June 17, with racing on Saturday and Sunday (Father’s Day). For more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

Second Annual River Regatta, Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL, June 19 Regatta Pointe Marina is hosting this regatta. The event is part of “Summer Sailstice 2010,” the global holiday celebrating sailing held annually on the summer solstice, the longest sailing day of the year. The event is open to all sailboats. Expected classes are Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, True Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser, Racer Cruiser, and Multihull. The course will be on the Manatee River and will be visible to spectators. The race will be a pursuit race with starting times based on handicap rating.

Complimentary docking, launching, and parking are available at or adjacent to Regatta Pointe Marina.

Participating vessels have the option for free dockage for Friday and Saturday evenings, along with access to all Regatta Pointe Marina amenities including pool, showers, and laundry. Hotels and other lodging options are available nearby. More details and NOR at www.RegattaPointe Marina.com or call (941) 306-7776.

Ft. Walton Yacht Club Round the Island 100-Mile Multihull Race, June 25-27

The 55th Annual Billy Bowlegs Festival is filled with family events for all ages. Week-long activities include a treasure hunt, torchlight parade, fireworks and the regatta. Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser class and J/22 classes race on Choctawhatchee Bay. An after race party and dinner will be held on Saturday, with an awards ceremony after racing Sunday. For information and online registration, go to www.fwyc.org.

This race is a circumnavigation around Santa Rosa Island located in northwest Florida. The race begins off the point of the Ft. Walton Yacht Club through East Pass and continues west through the Pensacola pass where boaters will turn north for the return trip. At the start of the race, the wind is usually four to six knots from the northeast. After the start, racers round a turning mark off the shoals of Crab Island then head for Destin Bridge and East Pass. A charter boat fleet runs in front of them at the pass with a colorful parade of sailors and fishing boats. Spectators usually line the Destin Bridge and can see the multihull fleet sail under spinnakers using the NNE breeze as they head out around the island. www.fwyc.org.

GYA Challenge Cup, Pensacola Yacht Club, June 17-20

Women’s Trilogy Races, Northern Gulf Coast, July and August

By Kim Kaminski

By Kim Kaminski

Boats from 33 yacht clubs along the northern Gulf Coast race over the weekend. Special rules require that the skip-

The Women’s Trilogy Series is held every July and August.

The first race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point Yacht

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Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held on July 17 on Perdido Bay. In this race, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.pointyachtclub.org.

The second race, the Bikini Regatta, is held at the Navy Yacht Club in Pensacola. It will be held July 24 on Pensacola Bay. In this regatta, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.navypnsyc.org.

The third race, the Race for the Roses, will be held on August 14 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and only female crew are allowed to race. In conjunction with this regatta, the Gulf Yachting Association’s Women’s PHRF Championship will also be held. www.pensacolabeachyc.org. www.gya.org.

Awards will be at each regatta. At the last regatta, there will be a special Trilogy Trophy for the contestant who enters all three races and earns the most combined points.

The GYA’s Perpetual Women’s PHRF Championship Trophy will also be presented at that time.

2010 USODA Gulf Coast Championship, Pensacola, FL, July 2-4

By Kim Kaminski This regatta is presented by Subway in conjunction with the U.S. Optimist Dinghy Association. Red, White and Blue fleets will be competing with the assignments based on the competitor’s age on the first day of the regatta. On Friday, July 2, is registration with later registration Saturday morning. Racing will be Saturday and Sunday. The awards ceremony will be held following Sunday’s races. For information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org, or www.usoda.org.

Texas Race Week 2008, Galveston, TX, July 23-24 Texas Race Week is the premiere offshore yacht racing event held by the Galveston Bay Cruising Association (GBCA).

The regatta encompasses three days of offshore sailboat racing on a variety of courses, beginning on Thursday with a 15- to 30-mile offshore route that lasts for five hours.

Courses on Friday and Saturday run along the beach so onshore spectators can view the racing. The Galveston Yacht Club will be headquarters for the regatta. The 40 to 50 yachts expected to compete will race PHRF. One-design and level fleets will race as well. For more information, the NOR and to register online, go to www.gbca.org.

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Cats on the Water, 40th Hobie Midwinter East Regatta, Pascagoula, MS, March 27

By Dick Dixon Get a few Hobie cats on the water and we have a race. Get 37 Hobie cats on the smooth waters of the Mississippi Sound and we have an exciting regatta. Throw in winter-

Regatta Time in Abaco, July 2-10 This annual regatta, one of the most famous in the Bahamas and Florida starts with Bobb Henderson’s immense “Cheeseburger in Paradise” picnic and runs through a week of festivities and casual racing with Bahamian boats and cruisers from all over. For more information, go to www.regattatimeinabaco.com.

Charleston Yacht Club Open Regatta, Charleston, SC, July 17-18 This regatta is one of the largest events that the yacht club supports during the year with over 100 boats participating.

The regatta has always put a major emphasis on youth sailors. Traditionally, this Regatta has had steady participation from several classes of boats. These include the J/24s, SIOD, E-Scows, Melges 24, Y-Flyers, MC Scows, Sunfish, Lasers, 420s, and Optimists. On occasion, there have been fleets of Snipes, Holders, JY-15s and Hobies. Sailors travel from the many locations in the Southeast, including SAYRA clubs located in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Registration is on Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Awards are presented after racing on Sunday. For more information and the NOR, go to http://charlestonyachtclub.com.

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SOUTHERN RACING weary sailors eager to fly a hull, and we have a recipe for fun and competition. Hobie aficionados from 14 states and a Canadian providence raced.

To kick off festivities, the club hosted registration Friday evening—but not before allowing time for late arrivals to set up camp on nearby grounds and begin to prepare their boats for the regatta. Because the day was warm and sunny, many early arrivals took the opportunity to get on the water to fine-tune their rigs and learn the lay of the beachfront.

Although the forecast called for overcast skies and increasing southeast breeze for Saturday afternoon, the morning weather teased sailors with warm temperatures, a gentle wind and sunny skies.

Six classes consisting of Hobie 16, 17, 18, 20, and Wave designs made for a magnificent splash of color as focused sailors jockeyed for position at the start of each of the four races. Despite multiple starts for each race, excitement ran high as competitors repetitively attacked the starting line in an aggressive bid to secure winning status. As each race ended, the better sailors began to stand out as they repeatedly took class honors.

By the end of the second race, dreary clouds had replaced the once sunny skies and seemingly cued the southeast wind to increase above 13 knots. Complementing the winds, seas built to a challenging chop making the racecourse too much for some of the sailors. Despite fewer boats, competition remained strong as four of the six classes put enough boats on the water to get in the last two races.

By the end of the fourth and final race, winds and seas had grown to near threatening conditions as sailors, race committee officials, and spectators sought safe harbor back at the yacht club. Festivities continued in the clubhouse through the evening with trophy presentations held on Sunday morning.

Results (skipper, hometown, place): Hobie 16A; Tom Korzeniewski, New York, 1; William Jeffers, New York, 2; Herb James, New York, 3: Hobie 16B; Chris Holland, Mississippi, 1; Michael Fondren, Mississippi, 2; Gavin Tolbert, Mississippi, 3; Hobie 17; Matt Bounds, Michigan, 1; Rick Pettit, Texas, 2; Dan Borg, Ontario, 3; Hobie 18; Jim Graves, Florida, 1; Clint Ellis, Oklahoma, 2; B i l l y Portas, Mississippi, 3; Hobie 20; Brian Lambert, Florida, 1; Andy Humphries, Tennessee, 2; John McDonald, Florida, 3; Hobie Wave; Mark Ederer, Mississippi, 1; Robbie Holstead, Louisiana, 2.

Suncoast Race week 2010, Tampa Bay, April 8-11

By Jay Tyson Near perfect conditions made this year’s Suncoast Race week, sponsored by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, one the of best in many years. Although the 31 boats participating in this year’s final major event of the Suncoast Region Boat-ofthe-Year Series, was down in size, it more than made up for it in diversity and quality.

A cold front moved through on Thursday night, which meant perfect 8- to 15-knot conditions with a lot of northerly component that held for all three days. SPYC race management team “Pennington,” with support from Henry Moore, set up great courses for Friday and Sunday that provided a good mix of upwind and offwind work. The long 25-nautical mile race on Saturday from Davis Island to 50

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Hobies racing in the Hobie Midwinter East Regatta on March 27.

Photo by Dick Dixon.

Bradenton left no room for extra marks, so it was a quick offwind race all the way.

The return of Frank Kern’s J/120 Carinthia from Detroit, in preparation for the Isla Mujeres race two weeks later, added a great competitor to the six-boat Spinnaker A fleet.

With ratings from 30 to 57, this fleet saw good tight racing and a different winner every day. Saturday’s long downwind race saw Mike Siedlecki’s Martin 243, Tack Tick, show what a planing sport boat can do when it gets the right conditions, beating second-place Fire and Ice by 26 minutes.

On Sunday, in a race with a lot of upwind work and fairly sloppy conditions, the more traditional Tripp 38 Warrior led the way just 23 seconds ahead of Carnithia and sealed Grant Dumas’ top spot in the season-long boat-ofthe-year series. Class and overall Spinnaker winner Mad Cow 2, a B-32 from DIYC sailed by Dave German and Ed Ruark, won Friday’s race, which included the widest range of conditions and sailing angles. Consistent finishes were the key to their overall Spinnaker victory by an impressive four-point margin over Tack Tick with the two J/120s just another two points back.

Frank Hanna’s Beneteau Oceanis 440, Prime Plus, topped the seven-boat Racer/Cruiser fleet, the largest class in the event. Again, strong crew work and consistent finishes in all conditions was the key to their victory, which saw several boats shine in their “sweet spots.” This alwaysstrong team that annually relocates from the Panhandle region to race has nearly wrapped up another BOTY victory with only the Bird Key Sarasota Bay Cup remaining in the inshore portion of that series. In second place was another strong crew and consistent finisher, Bill Dooley’s Beneteau 51 Critical Path.

Other class winners included the following: Spinnaker B: George Cussins, J/105, Fire & Ice: Spinnaker C; Ray Mannix, J/29, Semper Fi: Non-Spinnaker; Jeff Walden, Beneteau 36.7, Crescendo: True Cruiser; James Masson, Ericson 35, Calypso: Pocket Cruiser; Rafael Paris, Hunter 28, Tango III.

14th Annual Terra Ceia Regatta, Manatee Sailing Association, Palmetto, FL, April 10 On Saturday, April 10, the Manatee Sailing Association held it’s annual Terra Ceia Regatta in Terra Ceia Bay with 17 sailboats participating in the big race. Beautiful, warm and www.southwindsmagazine.com

sunny skies made an almost perfect day—but with little wind. Two races were scheduled, but due to light winds, the second race was canceled.

The winners were: 1, Flash, Bob and Cathy Willard; 2, Spring Fever, Pat Roberts; 3, Grrrr, Sue and Clay Davidson-Smith. The small-boat race winners were: 1, Wildcat, Pat Frye; 2, Furhu, Bruce Matlack; 3, Blue/Black, Brian Dahms. Festivities followed the race at Seabreeze Park with a barbecue and the Gumbo Boogie Band. More details at www.manateesailingassociation.org.

2010 USA Snipe Class Women’s National Championship, Florida Yacht Club, Jacksonville, FL April 10-11 = This regatta, sponsored by Suddath Relocation Services, brought sailors from San Diego, Annapolis, Florida, Georgia and Newport together for a great weekend of sailing. In near perfect conditions, Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz dominated a very competitive fleet. The fleet enjoyed five races in oscillating breezes of 10-15 knots in sunny and warm weather. Tarasa Davis, of Atlanta and Kim Calnan, of the USF sailing team, finished second overall ahead of Aine Fretwell and Jessie O’Dell of San Diego.

The fleet enjoyed a great weekend with a cookout at the Florida Yacht Club on Friday and a dinner hosted by Nancy Gilreath on Saturday. In addition to winning the USA Snipe Class Women’s Championship, Carol and Kim qualified as the North American Womens representatives to the 2010 Snipe Class Western Hemisphere and Orient Championships to be held this September at the Buffalo Canoe Club.

For more information, full results and links to photos, go to www.snipeus.org/regatta/results.asp.

Preemie Cup Regatta, Pensacola, FL, April 17

By Linda Kraft, PBYC Preemie Cup Chairperson Sailors at Pensacola Beach Yacht Club helped improve the odds for the tiniest of babies at this regatta. Beautiful weather provided a spectacular day as sailboats raced for a worthy cause, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sacred Heart Hospital.

Forty-six sailboats, large and small, sailed the Pensacola Sound and Quietwater Beach, raising $3,000 to purchase medical equipment used for measuring medicine dosages for premature babies. Awards were presented at PBYC, given to first-, second- and third-place finishers in seven boat classes. The Perpetual Preemie Cup Trophy was awarded to Sunset Raider, Capt. Ron Jordan and crew, for the largest individual donation. Result details will be posted on the club’s Web site, www.pensacolabeach-yc.org.

Each year this event sets sail in April and is the ultimate opportunity for fun and camaraderie—everyone contributes to the preemies! To everyone who participated this year—thank you! If you missed the event, there’s always next year. Hope to see you there.

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2010 Venice Shark’s Tooth Regatta, Venice, FL April 17

By Harmon Heed Light winds of only 6-8 knots took some of the bite out of this race, hosted by the Venice Yacht Club and Venice Sailing Squadron on April 17. Light winds also held it to one turn around the three-leg course in the Gulf.

Jim Liston’s J/105, Cat’s Meow, won the spinnaker division. Doug Deardon’s unbeatable Impulse 26, In Tune, took line honors and one non- spinnaker division while Dave Ettinger’s Ranger 26, MoAir, took the other. Pat Robert’s Catalina 34, Spring Fever, won one cruising division and Ron Greenberg’s Catalina 350, Forever Young, won the other with its eighth consecutive division win.

The Sarasota Bay Yachting Association consists of 12 yacht clubs and squadrons, and this was its penultimate race for the season. All but one division’s Boat of the Year titles are already hooked. Doug Fisher‘s Plain Jane, sailing out of the Sarasota Sailing Squadron (SSS) will be the Melges 24 BOTY. Bob Armstrong’s J/92, Mischief, from the Bradenton YC, will win the Spinnaker BOTY. Doug Dearden’s Impulse, which won every race it entered, will win the Non-Spinnaker BOTY. Ron Greenberg’s Forever Young, from the Sarasota YC, will be the Cruising class BOTY. Bob Neff’s Corsair F-24 from the SSS will be the Multihull BOTY. Only the Pocket Cruiser class BOTY is yet to be determined and it is between Bob Hindle’s Chrysler 22, Treo, out of the Bayshore Garden’s YC, and Mike Collin’s Cape Dory 25, Skimmer, from the SSS. That honor will be landed at the Sarasota Bay Cup race hosted by the Bird Key Yacht Club on May 8 (see story below).

Re-Inventing the Bikini Cup, Safety Harbor, FL, April 17

By Ellen Henderson In 1967, the Bikini Cup Women’s Regatta on the Gulf of Mexico was started by Windjammers of Clearwater. In 1987, an all-female division in the Bikini Cup was created. It was the largest class until the mid ’90s with the inception of the training fleet, in which owners/coaches were there to give verbal instructions only on racing tactics, etc., throughout the regatta. This format helped increase the participation to 44 boats. The last Windjammers Bikini Cup was held in 2002. Windjammers of Clearwater Sailing Club disbanded in March of 2004.

In April 2009, the Safety Harbor Boat Club started the first annual SHBC Bikini Cup, which was held with nice SW winds of 12-15 knots and eight boats in two divisions; ManOn-Board, No-Coaching and Coaching. In April 2010, for the Second Annual Bikini Cup, we had the same two divisions with an increase to 13 boats and 84 sponsors (lots of door prizes) and an even bigger party. This was the first time that non-member sailboats were invited to race with the club. An SPSA boat, Sazerac, a Ranger 26 from St. Pete, easily won first place in the No-Coaching division, with Sue Davidson of Palmetto, FL, as skipper. Journey, an SHBC SOUTHWINDS June 2010

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For the April 2011 Third Annual SHBC Bikini Cup Regatta, we are considering adding a Spinnaker/Cruising Chute/Drifter division, as we’ve discovered several boats in the club have one of these in their sail inventory. Who knows? In a couple of years, we may even have an additional All-Female division just like the Bikini Cup evolved 25 years ago.

The Bikini Cup results are at www.safetyharborboatclub.com.

The No-Race Rainbow Regatta, Tampa, FL, April 20

By Lynn Paul

Sunfish being towed at a no-wind Rainbow Regatta, which was canceled. Photo by Fay Nicholson.

Excitement filled the air as sailors from southwest Florida gathered for the skipper’s meeting at 8:30 on April 20 at the Tampa Yacht and Country Club for the annual Rainbow Regatta. Nine clubs, spanning about 80 miles from Dunedin southward to Venice along the Gulf Coast, participated.

This was only the second time—the first being in 1986—that the Rainbow was cancelled—for lack of air, although boats ventured out on the water for the start, which was canceled after three hours of waiting and hoping for wind.

The event was organized by the Mainsheet Mamas in conjunction with the Dinghy Dames from Davis Island Yacht Club. P.J. Summerfield of TYCC, and Chansi Harrow of DIYC organized a “green” regatta using biodegradable supplies, BPA-free water bottles, with urns on land and on spectator and safety boats for refilling. Organic cotton green/blue T-shirts were sold with the Earth-Day theme.

Saved by an elegant luncheon, sailors and members gathered for fun, friendship and connecting with sailors from the other clubs—all hoping for wind next year.

lenges. The regatta is held to benefit SPARS (Sailors, Paddlers and Rowers of St. Augustine), and races along the coastal waters off St. Augustine, FL, and St. Mary‘s, GA. Approximately 27 yachts participated. Racers from St. Simons Island to Dayton gathered for the competition, and the boats ranged from a wickedly fast Santa Cruz 52 to a ’70s era Morgan 24.

Day one was an around-the-buoys triangle race just off St. Augustine Inlet. The sky was clear, but the light and shifty 5 to 10 mph breeze convinced the race committee to shorten the course by several legs. In the Spinnaker class, Tom Davis’s Cal 9.2, Ghost, surprised past FCOC winner Whisper and Jeff Knoll’s Trip 26, Scalded Dog, to record a first-place finish. In Non-Spin, St. Augustine’s Dana Hunter took first-place honors in his C&C 32, Blue Sky, followed by Robert Ford’s Beneteau 1st 367, The Last Mangus, and Doug Crane Jr.’s Scanmar 33, Sail La Vie. The cruisers finished with Ken Christenson’s Catalina 320, Onyva, in first, Dan Floryan’s Hunter 386 second and Charles Point’s Beneteau 361, Seapoints, third.

The format for day two was an unusual “out-and-back” course that had racers heading east 14 miles to a pre-determined longitude line, which they could cross at any point, and returning to the finish line. It was another clear day with southeast winds from 10 to 12 so boats were broadreaching in both directions. Spinnaker boats were doing the best to outgun each other. Last year‘s overall winner Obsession, a Morgan 41, was leading the pack followed closely by Whisper, Scalded Dog and the C&C 115 Rock Star.

They were all denied once again by the recently refurbished Ghost, which took first on corrected time followed by Obsession and Scalded Dog. In the Non-Spin fleet, Dana Hunter’s Blue Sky also repeated as a first-place finisher followed by previous overall Non-Spin winner The Last Mangus and Sail La Vie. First-place cruiser was Onyva, followed by Milky Waves and Seapoints.

The overnight race from St. Augustine to St. Mary’s featured a staggered start so the yachts would place in the order they finished. The late afternoon winds were 20-plus knots out of the south, and the seas were rolling with 5 to 6 foot swells, which made for an exciting downwind sleigh ride for all competitors. Spinnaker boats had their hands full sailing dead downwind under kites that were barely

Sixth Annual First Coast Offshore Challenge, St. Augustine, FL, April 21-24

By Dave Montgomery Crews on Whisper and Scalded Dog heel their boats to leeward in the light air of FCOC race 1.

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under control. Many of them charted record times for the 59-mile race. Winner Scalded Dog recorded speeds up to 14 knots on the knot meter. It was a perfect night for the Morgan 41 Obsession as well, as they finished second at the St. Mary’s Buoy. Third place was captured by Ghost despite five knockdowns along the way. In Non-Spin it was once again Blue Sky first, with second place going to the big Hunter 45 Monkeys Uncle and The Last Mangus coming in third. The cruising class finishers were Bryan Callaway’s Pearson 365 Latis coming in first, followed by Seapoints and Milky Waves.

At the final awards dinner and party in St. Mary’s, overall first-place honors went to Tom Davis and his crew on Ghost. With three bullets to his credit, Dana Hunter and Blue Sky took overall first in Non-Spin. Besting the cruiser fleet was once again Ken Christenson on his new boat Onyva. This year’s event featured music, food and lots of fun for the sailors—up to its billing as the “fast, fun and friendly” regatta.

See the April issue of SOUTHWINDS to read about SPARS. Go to Back Issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com, or visit the SPARS Web site at www.spars.us.

57th Mug Race, Jacksonville, FL, Saturday, May 1

By Donna Mohr, finish boat committee

A crewmember on board a catamaran in the Mug Race holds up an ID card for the race committee. One hundred and eighteen of the 136 boats registered finished the race. Photo by Donna Mohr.

Cover photo: A Nacra 18 in the Mug Race. Photo by Donna Mohr.

There was wind this year for the Mug Race, really! The oneway race on the St. Johns River from Palatka, FL, to Jacksonville is notorious as a light-wind event. No matter what prayers the hosts, Rudder Club of Jacksonville and Palatka Yacht Club, offer to the wind gods, the first Saturday in May just seems to see the spring breezes die away. But this year there was a very pleasant 8+ knots from the SSE all through the morning. An extraordinary 118 of the 136 registered boats completed the course before the mandatory 8:15 p.m. deadline.

Under the pursuit start system, the slower boats began as early as 7:30 a.m. from the start line just north of the US News & Views for Southern Sailors

17 bridge in Palatka. Those with spinnakers set them early and held them for most of the 38.5 nm course north to the finish line just south of the Buckman Bridge in Jacksonville.

A few brave souls set their spinnakers even before their start, risking an over early from a watchful start committee.

The wind held even as the large catamarans started at 10:30 a.m., and on past noon. True, there was a weakening in the early afternoon, but as one long-timer said, “Even in the usual midday lull we were still moving forward!”

The wind quickly returned at 10+ knots, and the spinnaker-bearing catamarans began to reel in the leaders. With 8 miles to go, Eric Roberts’ modified RC-30, Dream On, surged past Robby Wilkins’ E-Scow, Vamoose, denying last year’s winner a chance to put a monohull back on the winner’s trophy. Roberts finished at 2:51 p.m. for an elapsed time of 4 hours and 21 minutes, about 24 minutes short of the record.

From the vantage of the finish boat, the pursuit start is acting as the great leveler, giving all the boats a chance at the Mug. Dream On finished, and shortly thereafter, a singlehanded catamaran whose skipper forgot to hold up his race ID card. The E-scow crossed, and then boats began arriving in packs, all types mixed together. A catamaran came in sliding sideways, determined to hold its spinnaker even on the close reach to the finish. A Nacra crossed and then circled back, apparently to give us a good picture of the pink pig painted on the sail. Randy Smyth finished in a trimaran crewed by three very young sailors and two large dogs. Two Flying Scots came in less than a minute apart after eight hours of racing. More Flying Scots followed, including one cryptically named When Frogs Fly. A small monohull snagged the rode on the pin and dragged the mark 200 yards down course. Scenting opportunity, two other monohulls dove for the newly favored end of the line, finishing much too far away for us to read their ID. A Hobie 33 came in named Cause Sheep Can’t Cook, which seems to be the punch line to a joke that the women on the finish boat didn’t understand, but the men did. Warren Keene, age 86, arrived on his Flying Scot, followed shortly by Dylan Toth, age 16, on his Hobie 16. Two teenage sisters finished on a Hobie 16, not all that far behind their father’s RC 27.

Then the crowd thinned out. Boats had to finish by the 8:15 p.m. deadline so we could clear the water before dark.

The coveted Corinthian Trophy for last boat to finish was on the line. A Catalina 28 named Muchacha crossed at 7:22 p.m.

Kara Vela, a Freedom 40, crossed silhouetted against the darkening sky, but that was a Tall Ship boat and not eligible.

One lone boat struggled toward us, fighting the ebb tide and the softening sea breeze. They hailed us on VHF – “we’re boat H2! We’re coming!” We tried to send advice to H2 by telepathy: Tack! Trim in! Head up! It didn’t work. The current swept H2 far below the pin and the time expired.

We’re sorry, H2. We love you; please try again next year.

Concurrently, the Rudder Club runs the Tall Ship Race for those boats whose masts are too tall to slip under the Shands Bridge at Green Cove Springs. Only seven boats ventured out, and Willie Blevins’ trimaran, Loose Cannon, zoomed away from the pack.

Full results are at www.rudderclub.com. Muchacha did receive the Corinthian Trophy, but H2 (Cheyenne Pepper) received the Sportsman’s Trophy for exemplary race behavior.

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SOUTHERN RACING Results: First 10 finishers (place, skipper, boat name, boat type, finish time, elapsed time): 1, Eric Roberts, Dream On, RC-30, 14:51:36, 04:21:03; 2, Skip Canfield, (no name), Prindle 19, 15:05:47, 05:06:35; 3, Robby Wilkins, Vamoose, E-Scow, 15:10:35, 05:45:29;4, Bret Moss, Carbon Cruising, Marstrom M20, 15:14:00, 04:52:41; 5, Clive Mayo, For Sail, A-cat, 15:23:00, 05:16:47; 6, David Carlson, Catnip, A-cat, 15:32.47, 06:02:02; 7, David Ingram, Suicide Port, Nacra, 15:37:02, 05:32:39; 8, Jack Woehrle, Tallahassee Lassie, Hobie Miracle 21, 15:44:06, 05:39:43; 9, Zachary Lynch, EPIC, Viper, 15:44:10, 05:42:06; 10, David Wallace, Fat Cat, Nacra 6.0, 15:45:01, 05:48:02.

Tall Ship Race Results: (place, skipper, boat name, boat type, finish time, elapsed time): 1, Willie Blevins, Loose Cannon, Corsair F31R, 15:22:49, 07:52:49; 2, Jacqueline Welti, Kara Vela, Freedom 40, 19:26:39, 11:56:39.

A Tradition Renewed: Sarasota Bay Cup, Bird Key Yacht Club, May 8

By Bill Jacobs

Racing in the Sarasota Bay Cup on Sarasota Bay on May 8. Photo

by Marty Cooper.

I looked out my window and saw the reflection of clouds on the surface of Sarasota Bay. The forecast was for heat and humidity below a high-pressure system anchored off the coast. Not what I had envisioned after months of planning and preparation for what would be my first attempt in running a major regatta in over 35 years. A sea breeze was my only chance.

The annual Sarasota Bay Cup, held in the bay that separates Longboat Key from the mainland, has long been one of the premier events in the Southwest Florida racing schedule. For the third time in recent years, the Bird Key Yacht Club was the sponsoring organization. I was fortunate to have found four excellent professional race officials to conduct the races. Jay Tyson and Eric Robbins of the Davis Island Yacht Club, and Jay Wood and Garie Blackwell of Lake Beresford Yacht Club, provided 35 entrants with excellent officiating throughout the regatta.

As the boats left the BKYC docks at 1100, a light breeze began to lift the pennants on the club flagstaff. With the experts on hand, I was able to head out as part of Bob Baime’s crew on Moonfleet, a Bristol 41, to enjoy the fruits of my labors of the past few months.

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Spinnaker boats would sail on a windward/leeward course with three races scheduled. Non-Spinnaker, True Cruiser and Racer Cruiser boats would sail a pursuit race of approximately 11 nautical miles using a variety of fixed marks on a random-leg course.

The first start on the W/L course was at 1200 with six to eight knots of a promising sea breeze. The random-leg course boats went off, one after another, at 1300 with Mike Collins aboard his Cape Dory 25, Skimmer, leading the way.

Sure enough, the breeze built all afternoon to a somewhat shifty 12- to 15-knot breeze. Perfect by all accounts back at the bar.

The W/L Multi-hulls and Spinnaker boats got in all three scheduled races with Bill Mundy’s Stiletto 30, Mirage, taking honors in his class. Charlie Clifton, steering a Melges 24, Rita B, took three first-place finishes to sweep the Spinnaker class.

The PHRF rating system got a real workout over on the random-leg course. Corrected finishing times with less than 20 seconds separating first- and second-place finishes were the order of the day in both the Non-Spinnaker class and the True Cruiser Class. Dave Wilson in Solitude, a Hunter 30, won the Non-Spinnaker, and John Lynch aboard his C&C 36, Summertime, placed first in True Cruisers.

The Bird Key Yacht Club dedicated a new Perpetual Sarasota Bay Cup, presented to Charlie Clifton and Dave Wilson, for outstanding performances on their respective courses. The sea breeze blew all evening, cooling the competitors and their fans as they swam, drank and dined under the stars to the soft sounds of a Caribbean band. I think I will try this again next year!

Results: Multihulls: 1, Bill Mundy, Mirage, Stilleto 30; 2, Mike Speth, Swim Mart, Stiletto 27; 3, Jon Dowd, Iguana, Stilleto 27; Spinnaker: 1, Charlie Clifton, Rita B, Melges 24; 2, Cliff Whatmore, GoGetMaMa, Melges 24; 3, Randy St. James, Claire, J/80; Non-Spinnaker: 1, Dave Wilson, Hunter 30, Solitude; 2, Dave Ettinger, Ranger 26, MoAir; 3, Rudolph Reinceke, Beneteau FC12, OhhZone; True Cruiser: 1, John Lynch, C&C 36, Summertime; 2, Ron Greenberg, Catalina 350, Forever Young; 3, Jason Roznos, Irwin 30, Sailmonster; Racer/Cruiser: 1, Stephen Honour, Cal 34, Shady Lady.

REGIONAL RACING CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racing— Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership in US SAILING or other sailing association is often required.

To list an event, contact editor@southwinds magazine.com. Send in the name of the event, date, location, contact info, possibly a short description. Do not just send a link to this information.

Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm.

Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here can be found at the Southern yacht club directory under Sailor’s Resources at www.southwindsmaga zine.com. The Web site also has articles on getting into racing and racing. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Racing in the Southeast Coast There is both coastal and inland racing in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Many inland lakes have racing, and the most famous and largest is Lake Lanier, GA, near Atlanta. Many clubs are based at the lake and race individually and together. There are also several small lakes in the area, like Lake Norman in North Carolina or Lake Murray in South Carolina.

In coastal racing, Charleston, SC, stands out with the largest number of regattas. Racing around Charleston is run by many yacht clubs in the area, which all coordinate their racing through the Charleston Ocean Racing Association (CORA). The most famous regatta in the region is Charleston Race Week, an annual week of racing which draws one-design and PHRF racing from all over the South, including many one-design teams that come from other parts of the United States and a few foreign countries. Other major sailing areas are the Neuse River area in North Carolina (Neuse Yacht Racing Association) and the Long Bay Sailing Association in Myrtle Beach, SC. There is also racing scattered among a few clubs along North Carolina’s barrier islands on the Outer Banks.

The South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association is an organization that coordinates and lists races in the entire three-state area, including high school and collegiate racing.

Racing in the Southeast Coast is year around, but regattas are mainly in the spring and fall. Club racing is year around, but in the summer, races are generally held in the evening because of the heat. Winter racing continues in places like Charleston, even in cold weather, although “warm” days can be found even in January.

JUNE South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their Web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com 5-6 Special Olympics. 420, Hobie 16. James Island YC 5-6 Bare What you Dare. Catamarans. Keowee SC 5-6 D-12 Championship. Series. Laser. Savannah YC 5-6 Mayors Cup. Open. Lake Townsend YC 12-13 Hobcaw Regatta. Open. Hobcaw YC 19-20 James Island Regatta. Open. James Island YC 19-20 Reggae Regatta. Open. Lake Lanier SC 18-20 Governors Cup. OD Open. Lake Townsend YC 25 SAYRA Youth Challenge. Opti, Sunfish, Laser, 420.

Beaufort Yacht and SC 26-27 Lowcountry Regatta. Open. Beaufort Yacht and SC Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org Summer Wed. evenings club racing. See Web site for schedule.

2 Summer Series Race #1 9 Summer Series Race #2 12-13 Hobcaw Regatta 16 Summer Series Race #3 19-20 James Island Regatta 23 Summer Series Race #4 26-28 Charleston Harbor Festival 30 Summer Series Race #5 Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org Summer weekend club racing. See Web site for schedule.

12-13 ODC Ensign Region-1 Championship. Oriental 19 BSC Clark Cup Boy Scout Regatta. New Bern 19 PSC Indian Island to Ocracoke. Pamlico News & Views for Southern Sailors

19 WYTC Summer Solstice. Whortonsville 25-26 BSC First Citizen’s Cup - Overnight. New Bern 26-27 ODC Laser Masters. Oriental Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com Winter weekend club racing. See Web site for schedule.

6-11 Junior Week. Lake Lanier SC 2 Summer 1 #8. Atlanta Inland SC 5 Barefoot SC. Fair Winds #1 5 Southern SC. Couples Race 9 Atlanta Inland SC. Summer 1 #9 16 Atlanta Inland SC. Summer 1 #10 12 Barefoot SC. Fair Winds #2 18-20 Lake Lanier SC. Reggae Regatta 23 Atlanta Inland SC. Awards Party 26 Barefoot SC/Southern SC. Moonlight Scramble/Firefly Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See Web site for local club races 12-13 Governor’s Cup JULY South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their Web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com 3-4 Lake Norman Open. LNYC 9-11 Rocket Regatta. PHRF. CFYC 10-11 Firecracker Regatta. Laser, Sunfish, Opti, 420, JY15, MC SYC 17-18 Water Festival Regatta. BYSC 17-18 Charleston Yacht Club Regatta ChYC 17-18 Windmill Championship. LLSC 24-25 Spar Wars. Open and Junior. SCYC 31 Jolly Jordan Regatta. Optimists. CSF 31-Aug. 1 Carolina Yacht Club Regatta. CYC-SC 31-Aug. 1 Diva Day Ladies Regatta. WCSC Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org Winter weekend club racing - Frostbite Series.

17-18 Charleston Yacht Club Regatta Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org Weekend club racing 3 ODC Croaker Fest Regatta. Sunfish & Optis 10-11 HYC Regatta. ICRC Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com See Web site for club race schedule 3 Firecracker Cup. Lake Lanier SC 7 AISC Summer 2 #1. Atlanta Inland SC 10 Fair Winds #3. Barefoot SC 14 AISC Summer 2 #2. Atlanta Inland SC 17 Fair Winds #4. Barefoot SC 21 AISC Summer 2 #3. Atlanta Inland SC 24 Moonlight Scramble/Firefly #2. Barefoot SC, Southern SC 28 AISC Summer 2 #4. Atlanta Inland SC 31 Evening Breeze #1. Barefoot SC Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See Web site for local club races

Racing in East and Central Florida The northeast and east central Florida areas offer a more varied sailboat racing experience than any other in Florida. Buoy racing, distance racing and, increasingly, match racing are all formats for races held in this region.

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In northeast Florida, around Jacksonville, several notable ocean regattas occur each year. The focus in that area for small boat regattas is the St. Johns River and some of the larger lakes. The lower St. Johns has an active regatta schedule, too. From Daytona Beach south, both the Atlantic and the Indian River Lagoon offer rich regatta venues.

Inland lake sailing is also popular in this region, the most notable being on Lake Eustis.

From January through May, in this part of Florida, it is impossible to be more than 30 miles from a sailing event during any seven-day interval. For the rest of the year, the time interval is about two weeks, and the generalization holds true. Racing in this area can be as casual as a hobby, or as serious as a lifestyle.

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Wednesday Night Summer Series #3. Indian River YC Rum Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association Sunfish Racing. Halifax Sailing Association Summer Rum Race #3. Melbourne YC Jesse Ball Regatta. Eppingham Forest YC Women’s Race #6. East Coast Sailing Association Big Boys’ Race. Halifax Sailing Association Commodore Cup Race #4. Halifax River YC Summer Series #2. Rudder Club Titusville Summer Regatta. Titusville Sailing Center Wednesday Night Summer Series #3. Indian River YC Rum Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association Sunfish Racing. Halifax Sailing Association Gaulden Reed Summer Sizzler. Catamaran Fleet 80 St. Johns Regatta. Florida YC Mermaid Regatta. Port Canaveral YC Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne YC Wednesday Night Summer Series #3. Indian River YC Rum Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association Sunfish Racing. Halifax Sailing Association Women’s Race #7. East Coast Sailing Association Club Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association Summer Series #3. Rudder Club Squid Lips Cruise. East Coast Sailing Association Wednesday Night Summer Series #3. Indian River YC Rum Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association Sunfish Racing. Halifax Sailing Association Howl at the Moon. Halifax Sailing Association Spring-Summer Series Race #3. East Coast Sailing Association Full Moon Social Cruise. Lake Monroe Sailing Association Interclub Regatta. First Coast Sailing Association Winter/Spring Sunday Series #6. Indian River YC Commodore Cup Race #5. Halifax River YC Wednesday Night Summer Series #3. Indian River YC Rum Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association

26 26 27 27 30 30 JULY 1 Sunfish Racing. Halifax SA 2,16 Summer Rum Race #3,#6. Melbourne YC 4 Big Boys’ Race. Halifax SA 4 Summer Series #4. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 3-4 Fire Cracker Regatta. Port Canaveral YC 7,14,21,28 Wednesday Night Mosquito Series #1,#2,#3,#4. Indian River YC 7 Rum Race. Lake Monroe SA 8 Sunfish Racing. Halifax SA 11 Summer/Fall Series #1. Indian River YC 11 Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne YC 56

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Racing in Southeast Florida Racing in southeast Florida—from Miami to Stuart—is year around, but slows down considerably during the hot summer months, when many clubs switch to evening racing. Clubs race regularly all along this coastal area, but the greatest concentration of regattas is in the greater Miami area, in Biscayne Bay, during Florida’s Southern “tourist” season. Major regattas, including Olympic trials and many one-design regattas, are held in the Miami area during the winter season. The Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association coordinates many of these events. Every March, Premiere Racing runs the Miami Grand Prix, a one-week regatta attended by world racing teams and boats.

The Shake-a-Leg organization, one of the world’s most wellknown and successful disabled sailing/racing groups has its home in Miami.

Farther north up the coast is Fort Lauderdale, the West Palm Beach area, Stuart and points in between, where many clubs hold regattas and club racing year around. Fort Lauderdale hosts a feeder race each January to Key West for boats racing in Key West Race Week.

Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Go to the Web site for local club races BBYC Biscayne Bay YC BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net CGSC Coconut Grove SC. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.

KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org.

LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org.

MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.net.

PBSC Palm Beach SC. www.pbsail.org SCF Sailfish Club of Florida. www.sailfishclub.com JUNE 6 12 19 25 26 27

BBYRA OD #7. CRYC BBYRA PHRF #7. CGSC J/24 Flat Earth Summer 1 FULL MOON Regatta #3 BBYRA OD #8. CGSC BBYRA PHRF #8. CRYC

JULY 10 J/24 Flat Earth Racing. Summer #2 17 J/24 Florida DISTRICT 10 Championships.

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US Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship.

US Sailing/CRYC Full Moorn Regatta #4 J/24 Flat Earth Summer #3

Racing in the Florida Keys Racing in the Keys is basically in three locales: Upper Keys; some racing in the Marathon area; and Key West where most of the racing takes place.

The Upper Keys Sailing Club has regular racing year around, slowing down in the hot summer months. They host a few regattas and have regular club racing. Several major catamaran regattas are also held in the Upper Keys. These are mainly hosted by Rick White of Catamaran Sailor magazine, which is based in the Upper Keys, and are in the winter-season months.

Key West is host to the Western Hemisphere’s biggest regatta, Key West Race Week, each January, run by Premiere Racing. Boats and racing teams from all over the United States and Europe race in this event, which also brings a week of partying to the island.

Both One-Design and PHRF boats compete.

Almost all other racing in the Key West area is done through the Key West Sailing Club, which holds weekly club races open to all. The only exception is the Schooner Wharf Wrecker’s Race, which is a series of four races with boats of any size racing. First boat out and back wins, with no handicaps. The series runs every few weeks, starting in January during Key West Race Week. All sizes of boats race, from small day sailors to 80-foot schooners .

Marathon has limited racing with the sailboats from the Boot Key Harbor mooring field holding an annual regatta.

Key West Sailing Club. Every Saturday – Open House at the Key West Sailing Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingclub.org. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Come by the club to sail. Non-members and members welcome. Wednesday night racing has begun for the summer season. Skippers meet at the clubhouse by 5:00 p.m. and boats start racing at 6:00 p.m. in the seaplane basin near the mooring field.

Dinner and drinks afterward.

Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Web site for regular club racing open to all.

JUNE 20 Father’s Day. PHRF. Bayside.

JULY 3 Firecracker Regatta. Portsmouth.

4 Firecracker Regatta. PHRF

Racing in West Florida West Florida—the region from Naples to Cedar Key—is one of the most active racing venues in the Southeast. More sailboats are conNews & Views for Southern Sailors

centrated in this region than any other in the South, although it does cover a large area. And Tampa Bay is the largest concentration of sailboats—and racing—in this area, although racing is very active south of here. Racing is year around, but like the rest of Florida, it is concentrated from fall through spring—during the “tourist” season—and many club races move to evening venues during the hot summer months.

Besides club racing, many major national one-design and PHRF regattas are held in the Tampa Bay area each year. The St. Petersburg Sailing Center is also home to some notable disabled racing/sailing groups. The area is also home to the decades-old annual Regata del Sol al Sol race from St. Petersburg to Mexico.

Almost all racing is handled through the West Florida PHRF organization (see below). The main regional racing areas are the Fort Myers-Naples area, Charlotte Harbor, Sarasota-Bradenton and greater Tampa Bay, although racing is organized through the many clubs in between these points.

SOUTHWINDS Annual Online West Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1 SOUTHWINDS magazine posts the annual race schedule/calendar (9/1— 8/31) on its Web site for all racing in the central west Florida area from just north of Tampa Bay south to Marco Island. The calendar includes all scheduled races of the West Florida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org), plus club races in the area and any others that boaters in the area would like to post. The Boat of the Year races are listed for all the areas of the West Florida PHRF organization.

The race calendar can be accessed through the racing pages link at www.southwindsmagazine.com. It is also the race calendar link at the West Florida PHRF organization and other sailing associations and yacht clubs in the area.

Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com to list your race, or changes. Sorry, but we cannot list every single weekly club race.

Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third Friday of each month. Skippers meeting at 10am, PHRF racing, spin and non-spin. (727) 423.6002 or www.sailbcyc.org. Onedesign, dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 pm. March through September (727) 458-7274. Guests welcome for all races.

Bradenton YC. Races November thru March. Sunday races at 1:30 p.m. PHRF racing on Manatee River. For info, call Susan Tibbits at (941) 723-6560.

Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The center holds regular weekend club races. For dates and more information, go to www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org.

Dunedin Boat Club. Monthly club racing. For more information, contact saraherb@aol.com.

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

Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Fall Series Sunday afternoon racing begins Sept. 13 through Nov. 22. www.pgscweb.com.

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

St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug. 28. 1630 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org.

Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venice-sailing-squadron.org JUNE 1 St. Petersburg YC. Master Calendar Meeting for 2010/2011 again, already.

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Racing in the Northern Gulf Coast This region has a very active and serious racing schedule, being host to many local, as well as national, regattas. The five-state area is geographically linked and the Gulf Yachting Association is the controlling authority.

This area races year around, but winter slows down considerably because of the cold. It is notably, though, the most active summer racing region in the South, with major regattas being held all summer, besides active spring and fall schedules.

The area has a racing history going back many years, with the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans being the second oldest club in the U.S, although New Orleans in general has been making a difficult revival from the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Many national sailing classes have been holding their nationals in the area for decades, including major multihull classes. Busy racing venues go from Pensacola west all along the coastal area.

For northern Gulf coast race calendars and more information, go to the Gulf Yachting Association Web site, at www.gya.org.

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Catalina, Hunter & Island Packet new boat Clearance – Buy Now, Sail Now, Save Forever – Call Today 44 Alden 1983 . . . . . . . . . . .Scott P. 43 Menorquin 130 2004 . . . . . .Alan 43 Hans Christian 1989 . . . .Scott H. 43 Endeavour 1980 . . . . . . . . .Linda 42 Hunter 426DS 2003 . . . . . .Linda 42 Hunter Passage 2001 . . . . . .Brad 42 Hunter Passage 1996 . . . .John M. 42 Hunter Passage 1994 . . . .John B. 42 Catalina MKII 2006 . . . . . . .Brad 42 Catalina 1997 . . . . . . . . . . .Brad 42 Endeavour Center Cockpit 1987 .Alan 41DS Hunter 2008 Warranty .Massey 41 Hunter 410 1998 . . . . . . . .Linda 41 Maine Catamaran 2003 . . . . .Alan 41 Morgan Classic 1988 . . . .Scott P. 41 Sigma Shoal Draft 1986 . . . . . .Al 41 Cheoy Lee Yawl 1965 . . . . . .Brad 40 Island Packet 1995 . . . . . . . .Joe 41 Kings Legend 1981 . . . . .Scott H. 40 Catalina 400 2006 . . . . . . . . . .Al 40 Dean Catamaran 1994 . . . .Susan 40 Hunter 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . .Brad 40 Gulfstar Center Cockpit 1982 Scott P. 40 Hood Gulfstar 1976 . . . . . . .Kelly 39 Corbin Cutter 1979 . . . . . . .Kelly 38 Hunter 2009 Warranty . . .Massey

. .$159,000 . .$299,900 . .$209,000 . .$127,500 . .$194,900 . .$159,000 . .$135,000 . .$120,000 . .$259,500 . .$139,500 . .$119,900 . .Clearance . .$124,900 . .$429,000 . .$109,500 . . .$84,900 . .$195,000 . .$224,900 . . .$94,000 . .$224,000 . .$165,000 . . .$74,500 . . .$89,000 . . .$99,000 . . .$88,000 . .Clearance

38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 34 34 33 33 33 33 32 32 31 31 31 31 30 28 28

Hunter 386 2003 . . . . . . . . .Alan Hunter 2001 . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Hunter 2001 . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Island Packet 380 2003 . . . . .Bill Island Packet 1991 . . . . . . .Brad Island Packet Cutter 1990 . .Alan Catalina 387 2005 . . . . . . . . .Bill Catalina 387 2004 . . . . . . . . . .Al Jeanneau 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . .Al Irwin CC 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Al Waquiez 1985 . . . . . . . . .John B. Ericson 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Island Packet 2007 . . . . . . . . .Al Island Packet 2005 . . . . . . . .Joe Hunter 2005 . . . . . . . . . .Scott P. Catalina MKII 2003 . . . . . . . . .Al Catalina MKII 2001 . . . . . . .Brad Catalina MKII 2000 . . . . . . .Brad Catalina 1997 . . . . . . . . .John M. Catalina 1994 . . . . . . . . . . .Brad Catalina 1992 . . . . . . . . .Scott P Bayfield Cutter 1988 . . . . . .Alan Union Cutter 1983 . . . . .John M. Shannon Shoalsailer 2006 . . . . .Al Hunter 356 2004 . . . . . . .Scott P. Hunter 356 2003 . . . . . . .Scott P. Hunter 35.5 1994 . . . . . . . . .Bill Beneteau 351 1995 . . . . .John M. Island Packet 1993 . . . . . . . .Alan Niagara 1987 . . . . . . . . . . .Rusty Pearson 365 Ketch 1977 - Repowered .Doug Hunter 2001 REDUCED . . .Scott P. Pacific Seacraft Crealock 1990 . . .Al Hunter 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Al Hunter 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Al Hunter 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Wauquiez 1984 . . . . . . . .John B. Catalina 320 2000 . . . . . .John M. Catalina 320 1994 . . . . . . .Linda Catalina 310 2002 . . . . . . . .Brad Island Packet 1986 . . . . . . . .Alan Island Packet 1986 . . . . .John M. Beneteau First 31 1993 . . . .Linda Endeavour Cat 30 1992 . . . .Linda Catalina 28 MKII 2006 . . .John M. Precision 2003 . . . . . . . . . . .Alan

. .$109,900 . .$119,900 . .$129,900 . .$199,000 . .$149,900 . .$159,900 . .$169,000 . .$169,000 . . .$49,900 . . .$94,900 . .$119,900 . . .$50,000 . .$348,000 . .$289,900 . .$132,900 . .$129,000 . .$124,500 . .$107,500 . . .$95,000 . . .$67,500 . . .$69,900 . . .$74,900 . . .$75,000 . .$299,000 . .$115,900 . .$114,999 . . .$54,000 . . .$69,000 . .$159,900 . . .$79,000 . . .$46,000 . . .$77,000 . . .$99,000 . .$123,000 . . .$99,900 . . .$85,000 . . .$70,000 . . .$79,900 . . .$54,900 . . .$79,500 . . .$49,900 . . .$58,000 . . .$49,900 . . .$64,500 . . .$85,000 . . .$47,900

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_________________________________________ Wanted. Sailboat with trailer. 18-24 feet.

Fixed keel. Cape Dory, Sea Sprite, Seafarer, Compac, Hurley, Precision, etc. (228) 3246504.

(6/10) _________________________________________ Sunfish and Sunfish Rigs Wanted. TSS Youth Sailing, Inc., Tampa Youth Sailing, an organization to which donations are tax deductible, is in great need of sailing rigs for Sunfish sailboats. If you have a Sunfish rig (mast, sail and spars.) which you are not using, please consider a gift to us. Go to www.tssyouthsailing.org and click on Contact Us. _________________________________________ SEA SCOUTS of St. Pete need donated Sunfish and a 26- to 27-ft sailboat to hold youth sailing classes on Boca Ciega Bay in Tampa Bay area. All donations are fully taxdeductible. See our Web site www.seascoutstpete.org, or call (727) 345-9837.

Flying Scot. Built 2002, #5455. Excellent, racing package, two sets of sails (one used three times). White hull, blue waterline. Aluminum trailer, cover, fast boat. Everything you need to win. $9,500. Located Palmetto, FL. (941) 729-8228. (8/10)

1979 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 on aluminum trailer with brakes. New 1 GM Yanmar diesel, new Mack headsail roller furler. All lines lead aft. $25,000. Can deliver. (828) 226-6123.

(8/10)

Catalina Capri 25. Popular racer outfitted for competition. Responsive tender helm, fun to sail. North main, 155 & spinnaker. Draws 5.5, roomy cockpit 9-foot beam, 5-horse Johnson runs great. Jacksonville (414) 510-9338. cowifl@att.net. (8/10)

26X Macgregor 2000. Ready to sail or trailer away. Trailer included. 50 hp Honda fresh from annual service. $15,500. Terms considered 1/3 down. Glenn at (251) 209-6177.

(8/10) _________________________________________ Catalina 27 with 2008, 8 hp Yamaha with electric start. 23 hours d/s/w inst. tiller auto pilot. All you need to sail away. $9995. Terms considered 1/3 down. Glenn at (251) 2096177.

(8/10) _________________________________________ Sailboat J27, 1985, hull # 111, good condition & sail inventory. New rigging '08. New bottom Nov 2009, $ 12,500. Will deliver from US Virgin Islands. Jerry: (340) 690-3459 or jclifford@promgmt-jc.com. (7/10)

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1987 CATALINA 30. This shoal-draft standard rig model has Quantum sails, propane stove/oven, Universal diesel, inflatable dinghy and is ready for cruising. $26,900 Sarasota, Fl. Contact jrschwied@verizon.net. (7/10)

1978 Ericson 30, Good condition. Repowered in 2004 with Kubota diesel, runs great.

Roller furler, anchor windlass, 4ft draft.

Located Tampa, FL. Asking $16,500 or best offer. Contact Scott (813) 340-9599. (6/10a)

1982 John Marples 30’ trimaran. $25,000.

Professionally built. Kick-up rudder, draft less than 30”. Fun and fast. Boomless main, 150% genoa plus lots more. http://home.rr.com/ johnandpeggy. Apollo Beach, FL. (239) 2921234. (8/10)

1983 Allmand 31 Sloop for sale. $28,500. 44’ mast, 4 foot draft. Bristol condition, loaded and ready to go cruising! Call Capt. Marti (305) 731-7315. For specs captmarti@netzero.com

Hans Christian 33T- Bluewater cruiser 1981.

Updated w/50hp Yanmar diesel (new 17hrs), New Electronics: Raymarine S1 autopilot, Garmin 4208 radar/GPS/map plotter. Air Marine wind generator, Harken roller furlers, Genoa and Jib sails. Classic teak interior, queen-sized bed Captain’s berth, A/C, heater; stand-up shower, marble sink. Galley complete with new refrigeration system, alcohol stove/oven. Docked Fairhope, Alabama. $122,800 Inquiries contact (228) 332-0554, 2rightal@gmail.com. (8/10a)

Hans Christian 33T, 1982. 30hp Yanmar diesel. Cutter-rigged. Roller furling main, headsail and staysail. Solar panel, propane, refrig, Garmin 182C Chartplotter/GPS. SSB Icom. Hard Dodger. True Bluewater cruiser.

New electric windlass. RIB dinghy with 15hp OB. Lots of Gear/spares. No teak decks. No blisters. Cortez Yachts Sales, Cortez, FL. Asking $78,000, (941) 792-9100.

$25,000 – 30’ custom built, aft cabin, cutter rigged ketch. The hull & Volvo engine & transmission were completely re-conditioned in 2007. Hand laid up fiberglass hull. Built in Sweden in 1980. Main cabin has 6-foot settee/berths each side and a semi-enclosed forward V-berth. Boat lies in Cortez, FL. Contact Tom O’Brien (941) 518-0613. jtoaia@verizon.net. (6/10)

C&C 32, 1981, centerboard 4' 5" to 7' 5".

Good sails, good ground tackle, hard dinghy, Yanmar diesel, Bimini, dodger, spinnaker gear, two-burner propane stove. $20,000 or best offer. Apollo Beach, (813) 634-4596.

(8/10)

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45' Jeanneau 1996 . . . . . . . . . . .$134,900 42' Vagabond 1980 - Project . . . .$39,500 40' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500 39' Corbin PH 1984 . . . . . . . . . . .$98,000 33' Hans Christian 1982 . . . . . . . .$78,000 33' Cheoy Lee 1977 . . . . . . . . . . .$30,500 30' Hunter 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,900 30' Catalina 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20,500 POWER

30’ Hunter Cherubini 1982 with Yanmar diesel, Bimini, dodger, Harken roller furling, new Genoa, Autohelm 3000 autopilot, marine air conditioning, hot and cold pressure water, bow sprit w/anchor roller, Imron green top sides, very well maintained. Asking $15,900. Cortez Yacht Sales. (941) 792-9100.

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1977 Cheoy Lee Offshore 33 Ketch with Perkins 4-108. Loaded with new upgraded equipment. Only 3' 8" draft. Recent Awl-Grip, Wind Gen, Solar, Windlass, Refrig, Propane, GPS, H&C Pressure water, Head with Shower and more. A classic beauty asking $30,500. www.CortezYachts.com or (941) 792-9100.

34' Silverton 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Diesels . .$49,000 28' Luhrs Twin Gas 1972 . . . . . . .$13,900 28' Sheffield Diesel/Charter Biz . .$Offers 26' Pacemaker 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,900 20' Shamrock 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,900 WE HAVE BUYERS — LISTINGS WANTED

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Victory 35 1995 cruising catamaran, 35x16, Roomy, Comfortable, 10 ports, 6 hatches, easy to sail. 38hp diesel, well equipped, fresh upgrades. Asking 130K. Tampa Bay. Details at www.sailboatlistings.com. (813) 431-8268.

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2002 Catalina 36 MK II. Original owners! Flexo-Fold prop, 2 Mermaid A/C, dripless stuffing box, Ultraleather, Raymarine gauges, Garmin chartplotter, windlass, Quantum 155% jib, Stereo/ CD, TV/ DVD. Draws 4'5" LIKE NEW! $114,500. Diane (239) 850-4935. Cape Coral.

(6/10)

42 Irwin Ketch, 1977. Roller main, ‘99, 60hp. Westerbeke, air conditioning, generator, 4 ‘6” board up. Stout 29,000-pound cruiser.

All new opening ports. $49,500. Stewart Marine, Miami, since 1972.

(305) 815-2607, bstewart_yachts@msn.com. www.marinesource.com. (7/10)

35 Over Seas Cutter, 1984. Weatherly Swedish design, Volvo 2005 hand-start, 5’ 7” draft. Needs new stove, reinstall sink and head. Drydocked Key West. $35,000. Stewart Marine, Miami, since 1972. (305) 815-2607. bstewart_yachts@msn.com www.marinesource.com. (7/10)

KROGEN 38 Centerboard Cutter 1983.

Excellent condition, located Pensacola.

Extensively equipped for cruising, Aires, Ampair, Profurl, Harken, Sailing Dinghy. SSB, Refrigeration, Radar etc. $119,500 call John Gear, Krogen Yachts, (772) 286-0171. (8/10)

42’ VAGABOND KETCH 1980, Center Cockpit, aft cabin walk thru with 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, propane stove, h&c water, refrig, microwave, bbq, gps, radar, vhf, ssb, speed & depth, auto pilot, solar panel, inverter/charger, dodger, Bimini, 5 sails, electric windlass, 4 anchors, Perkins Diesel ready to be installed. Interior suffered some water damage. $39,500. www.CortezYachts.com.

(941) 792-9100. (5/10)

39’ CORBIN PILOT HOUSE 1981, 64 hp Pathfinder diesel 200 hrs, Blue Water Cruiser, Gen Set, All Roller Furling, Solar, Wind Gen, Radar, Auto Pilot, GPS, Electric Windlass, Full Galley + more. $98,000. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100

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1977 CT 41 Pilothouse. New interior paint, varnish ceilings, cushions. Teak decks removed except in cockpit, new life lines and standing rigging. Great offshore boat. (772) 463-7031. Leave message. (8/10)

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423 Beneteau 2007. Fully equipped. A/C, Bow Thruster, Dinghy Davits & Caribe 9’ 6”.

Honda 9.9hp. Top condition, Dodger, Bimini, full Nav & radar. Based in Ft. Lauderdale. Paul Roy. (954) 414-9999. savondemer@gmail.com. $235,000. (6/10)

Two-ton IOR boat, 44’, carbon fiber hull, rod rigging, hydraulics, much gear, many sails, recent bottom paint. 8’ draft. VW Rabbit diesel. Good dinghy/motor. PHRF 33. Former world champ. Won Admiralty Cup for England in 1981. Designed by Ed Dubois. $80,000. (904) 335-1264. (6/10) SOUTHWINDS

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_________________________________________ Donate your boat to the Safe Harbor Boys Home, Jacksonville, Fl. Setting young lives on a true path. Please consider donating your working vessel. http://boyshome.com/ or call (904) 757-7918, e-mail harbor@boyshome.com.

45’ JEANNEAU 45.1 Sun Odyssey 1996, Volvo Diesel, Twin Steering, 4 separate cabins, two heads w/shower, roller furling main, electric windlass, auto-pilot, Tri-Data, full galley, Rib w/ OB. Excellent performance. $134,900 Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

Lady Shipmate Wanted. This sailboat skipper is looking for a lady shipmate. She must be fit and trim and enjoy sailboats. Good looking could be important. Fred at (727) 787-9231.

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Parts & Parts – Must sell inventory. New – blocks, cleats, travelers, etc. Lines—all sizes, colors, and lengths. And much more. Contact pamcat22@bellsouth.net for complete listing & prices. (6/10) _________________________________________ Harken 6:1 Main Sheet block. Excellent working condition and comes with line.$200 (813) 393-6197, Apollo Beach, FL (5/10) _________________________________________ Sailboat Wheel: 42-inch Edson 6-spoke destroyer wheel, stainless steel, 1-inch bore.

Like new. $199. E-mail vances105@ comcast.net, or call Russell at 239-471-2757.

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Massey Yacht Sales Mobile Broker Do you prefer to sell yachts from your home office? If you do and are a proven, successful yacht sales professional, we have positions open for Florida west and east coast. Take advantage of the Massey sales and marketing support, sales management and administration while working from home selling brokerage sail and powerboats. Call Frank Hamilton (941) 723-1610 for interview appointment and position details.

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Ponce de Leon Hotel Historic downtown hotel at the bay, across from St. Petersburg YC. 95 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (727) 550-9300 www.poncedeleon hotel.com

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BAHAMAS: LONG ISLAND: One-bedroom, one bath, fully furnished beachfront cottage on secluded Atlantic Beach-protected cove.

Fireplace, screen porch, vehicle. Turn key. $750,000 USD. Fact sheet, photos, inventory: wrrebecca@Gmail.com. (8/10)

Sailor’s Paradise “Old Florida“ Lakefront mobile home cottage with dock on 20K acre Lake Crescent in Crescent City. Small, quiet, adult park with reasonable lot rent. $7500 (386) 698-3648 or www.LakeCrescentFlorida.com. (8/10)

Waterfront house with 140’ dock for sale on Bayou Chico in Pensacola, Florida. 326’ on east side, 256’ on west side, 115’ on water, 85’ on road. Maximum water depth is 5 feet. $295,000. Call (850)748-1202, (6/10)

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Mobile Bay Marathon. FYC Find Gulfport. LBYC Cancer Society Regatta. PYC PYC Race #2. PYC New Orleans to Gulfport. NOYC School’s Out Regatta. PontYC Gulfport to Pensacola. GYC Area D Semi-Finals. O‘Day. BSC Jerry Ellis, Jr. Regatta. BYC GYA 420 Championships. LBYC Bowlegs Regatta. FWYC J/22 SE Championship. FWYC Offshore Challenge Cup. PYC Round the Island Race. FWYC Glorious Fourth. LFYC Summer Splash Poker Run. BucYC 27 Flying Scot NA Championship.

Women & Youth. BWYC 28-30 Flying Scot NA Championship.

BWYC JULY 1-2 Flying Scot NA Championship.

BWYC 3 Patriot’s Day Race. PBYC 3-4 Horn Island Hop. OSYC 3-4 Olympic Festival. PYC 3-4 USODA Gulf Coast Championship. PYC 10-11 Meigs Regatta. FWYC 10-11 Horn Island Hop. OSYC 10-11 Sears. Bemis& Smythe Semi-Finals. PontYC 15-16 Memorial Hospital Jr. Regatta.

GYC 17 Fast Women Regatta. PointYC 17-18 Summer Regatta. MYC 17-18 Birthday Regatta. PCYC 17-18 Birthday Regatta J22. PCYC 17-18 Bastille Day. NOYC 24 Bikini Regatta. NYCP 24-25 Weatherly Regatta. GYC 24-25 GYA J22. PCYC 24-25 Summer in the Pass-Finn. PCYC 29-1 USSA Single Handed Championship. PYC 31 Good Restaurant Race - LBYC 31-1 Junior Lipton Regatta. GYC

Multihull slip for lease or purchase. Broad Creek, NC, just off ICW near Oriental. 30 feet wide by 40-plus feet long. Previously home to Windswept (Voyage 440). (978) 697-6281. dlipchak@aol.com. (6/10)

DOCK SPACE off SARASOTA BAY!! Slips start at $117 a Month on 6-Month Lease.

Sheltered Marina accommodates up to 28’ sail or power boats. Boat ramp. Utilities included. Call Office: (941) 755-1912. (7/10) News & Views for Southern Sailors

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BEER continued from page 70 make the swim back with all of our clothes on, in the freezing water, and there was no one on the beach that could help us. In my haste to go sailing, I figured that the silver dollar-sized hole in the port aft section wouldn’t be a problem, as it was above the waterline. As it turned out, it wouldn’t have been, until the weight of two people on the boat lowered the waterline.

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beer, we probably would not have been able to reach the shore in that frigid water. That beer saved our lives...

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June 2010 69

How Beer Saved Our Lives…

By Brian Weeks

started to tack in toward shore for the ollege students, more than beer. After we retrieved the beer, we most, are always looking for christened Hesparus with some on the a great deal. So, being a fullbow, and started sailing back out time student living on student again, with the beers in hand. We were loans and credit cards, when I saw about 75 yards from the beach; I was at an ad for a housemate for a house the tiller and Bill was in front of me. on the water, I was there. This was The boat listed, and I thought Bill my dream house. It had a private was being a wise guy, which he beach on Long Island Sound, and tended to be at times. “Cut it out, it was within my budget. Being Bill,” I said. the first to answer the ad, the “I’m not doing anything,” was choice of rooms was mine, so his response. Then he did it the upstairs room it was—my again, leaning the boat own private deck that overover, I thought. “Cut it out, looked a huge 60- by 90-foot Bill, or you’re going to deck below and a private beach The Sailfish was the precursor to the Sunfish, swamp us.” on the Long Island Sound. It was but without the cockpit, and it was made of wood.

“I’M NOT DOING ANYspectacular—for any budget. But THING!” was his response. seeing the water and sailing on it— Then the light came on. Each with the wind in the sails, the boat time I thought Bill was rolling the boat heeling as she cuts through the water, barge off Phillips Manor, NY. My to one side, water was rolling from and the waves against the hull—are repair wasn’t pretty, but it was funcside to side. We were about 75 yards two very different things. tional. And so began the refurbishing out in the freezing cold Long Island I was missing our 19-foot Sailstar of Hesparus.

Sound in February, wearing hats and Orion that had given me so much Between schoolwork and my partgloves and scarves and boots, and we pleasure on the Hudson River over the time job, and being your basic procraswere taking on water VERY quickly... past 10 years. Even though this was tinating student, the refurb wasn’t fin“She’s sinking! Paddle your ass my dream house right on the water, it ished until mid-February (it really off!” I shrieked. We both started paddidn’t compare to the feeling of sailwasn’t even finished then, but sailing, dling like crazy with our gloved hands ing. I was in sailor’s withdrawal. So, here we come!). Seeing an end to my in the freezing water, kneeling on the that October, when my neighbor withdrawal, the fiberglass was almost deck, against the offshore breeze. The offered to give me a 10-foot wooden cured. After some coercion, Wild Bill, boat continued to roll in the small Sailfish, I didn’t care that it needed one of my housemates, was up for the waves, and we were now paddling a total refurbishing, or that there was no sail. Bill was 6’ 4”, about 150 pounds, boat that was slightly submerged (the time in my schedule for anything but and the most mellow, laid-back person whole boat), kneeling in the water, schoolwork and the part-time tech job you could imagine, hence the “Wild with the sail flapping. We were about I had taken.

Bill” moniker... We brought the boat 20 feet from shore; she rolled to one A Sailfish is a fun little boat that down to the beach, with our hats and side, and when we compensated, she you sit on, not in. It has no cockpit, scarves and gloves, and set her in the rolled over on us. and it’s more like a surfboard than a water. The air was about 20 degrees, The water was so cold that we boat. The Sailfish was the precursor to with a gentle offshore breeze. Wild Bill couldn’t catch our breath. Even swimthe Sunfish, but without the cockpit, and I launched her and set out for a ming/walking those 20 feet to shore and it was made of wood. This one nice sail. We sailed about 200 yards offwas extremely difficult, with all our had a gaping hole on each side of the shore, and she sailed well in the light winter gear on. If we hadn’t turned transom, and needed to have most of breeze. We joked about sailing the 12 around to retrieve the beer, we probathe bottom replaced with plywood miles across the Sound to Bridgeport. bly would have been so far out into the and fiberglass. Fiberglass work was no Then we remembered that we were Long Island Sound that we couldn’t stranger to me. On a 19-foot Sea Ray going to christen Hesparus with a couthat my dad owned, my brother was ple of beers that we had forgotten on See BEER continued on page 68 doing 35 knots when he hit the sunken shore (this was extremely lucky). We

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