Southwinds June 2017

SOUTHWINDS News & Views for Southern Sailors

Cruise to Cuba Charleston Race Week Watch the America’s Cup

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Editorial: The America’s Cup in June

By Steve Morrell

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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

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

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Hurricane Season Predictions 2017

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Books to Read: Fiberglass Boat Restoration: The Project Planning Guide

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Watch the 35th America’s Cup – June

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Biking in the America’s Cup – Emirates Team New Zealand is using cycling power on board

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Race Report: St. Augustine Race Week; Mug Race; 64th Mug Race; 2017 GYA Opening Regatta

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Safety Products Review: Strobe/Electronic Flare; Sea-Tags; Bottle Buoy

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Carolina Sailing: Charleston Race Week

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Cruise to Cuba: Getting Permission and Going to Cuba: Part I of III

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Southern Racing Calendar

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The Comeback of Back Off

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

Charleston Race Week. Page 36. Photo by Meredith Block.

Capt. Harmon Heed and Capitan Barluento, port captain.

Cruise to Cuba. Page 40. Photo courtesy Harmon Heed.

COVER PHOTO: Steve Lesniak’s crew on board his Beneteau 510, Celadon (on the left), chases down Denny Manrique’s Waukiez Centurion 40S, Island Flyer in Charleston Race Week in April. Photo by Tim Wilkes.

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The America’s Cup in June When I was living in Durango, CO, in the 90s, my wife and I had a Catalina 30 in a charter company in San Diego, CA. In 1995, the America’s Cup was held in San Diego. We purposely did not go there during the Cup finals since we knew the boat would be chartered during that period (which it was), bringing in chartering money (which it did). But we did go to San Diego several times while the Cup teams were practicing. I remember walking over to the team compounds, which were fenced in enough you couldn’t see through them, but even the boats’ hulls were covered so the competing teams could not see the hull designs—since hull designs back then were closely guarded secrets until their revealing just before the Cup races.

The wing keel concept so common today was one of the designs that was developed in secret by an America’s Cup team. In 1983, the Australia II 12-metre boat, designed by Ben Lexcen, introduced the keel design and the boat went on to take the Cup away from the Americans for the first time in 132 years. Along with Australia II’s sail design, the new, winged-keel concept helped take the Cup home. Its advantage is in going to windward.

When we did go out to the race courses to watch the teams practice, we realized it’s not much of a spectator sport, especially in San Diego, where the winds are pretty light. They can be steady, but they are light. You couldn’t get real close to these big 12-metre boats, so the viewing was from a distance. We would watch for a while, then move on to sailing ourselves, often going north to Mission Bay, Oceanside, Dana Point or Catalina—sometimes south to Mexico. The area is absolutely beautiful for sailing.

When the final Cup races were held, we invited friends over to our house in Durango to watch them on TV, but no one showed up. We knew many people in Durango (elevation 6700 feet) who were into sailing. There was even a sailing club at a nearby reservoir. So we watched them our-

selves. But we were bored. Sometimes they had to wait for the wind to pick up in San Diego just to have enough to sail.

If you are on a boat, even in light winds, sailing is beautiful, and in a race, it can be exciting trying to beat another boat, which is also fighting the light winds to win. But as a spectator sport, the Cup races back then weren’t much. And I didn’t watch them much ever since.

Fast forward to 2013 when all the boats in the America’s Cup raced in San Francisco on winged-sail, hydrofoiling catamarans. But they weren’t hydrofoils at first. And who was the first to master stable hydrofoiling on these new winged-sail cats? The New Zealanders in 2012. That started a revolution and race in hyrdofoil designs among the different competing teams, culminating in a world series of races leading up to the 2013 Cup in San Francisco.

America’s Cup racing was not only not boring anymore, but exciting racing, with boats reaching up to 55mph on the water—although they all looked like they were floating above the water. Television coverage was also completely different with video shot from the air and on the water. Digital imaging of the race course, the layline and the finish line added to it to make it a whole new world. Yes, it’s all big bucks, but it’s the super wealthy putting their money into sailboat speeds that were not even dreamable just a few years earlier—better than putting it into another luxury vacation home or another airliner-sized private jet.

And where will this all lead? Can they go faster in the future? Who knows? But right now, they go real fast—and doing that with stability is a wonder, and it’s like a miracle when they come about. Sometimes they appear to nose dive into the water. Other times, they barely don’t tip over—or do.

And who is it that has the newest and most unique innovation this year? The New Zealand team. Go to page 27 to see.

Go to page 26 for information on when and how to watch the races.

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

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

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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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CALENDAR

Upcoming Events in the Southeast (Non-Race) Go to the Racing Calendar for regattas, local races and racing news • Educational/Training • Boat Shows • Seafood Festivals & Nautical Flea Markets • Sailboat & Trawler Rendezvous • Other Events

LISTING YOUR EVENT To have your event listed, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Email us the information by the 1st of the month preceding publication. Contact us if a little later (it most likely will get in, but not certain). We will print your public event the month of the event and the month before. Rendezvous we print for three months.

Events must be free, very low cost, or not for profit.

For profit events can be listed for a small fee.

Educational/Training U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary organizations throughout the country hold hundreds of regular boating courses on the various subjects. To find a course near you, go to www.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder.

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

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

The course named “About Boating Safely” and “America’s Boating Course (ABC)” both satisfy the requirements. They are marked below with two asterisks (**):

Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info RACE INSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTHEAST To list your race instruction courses (free listings for nonprofit groups. A $25 fee to for-profit groups): editor@southwindsmagazine.com For US SAILING Courses: Information, prerequisites, and enrollment online available at www.ussailing.org/ race-officials/find-a-seminar.

**Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. 904-5029154. mchristnacht@comcast.net. www.uscgajaxbeach. com/pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25 including materials.

US SAILING INSTRUCTOR AND COACH COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) Go to the website for courses that might have been scheduled after our press date. For more on course schedules, locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, go to www.ussailing.org/education/teach-sailing. No courses scheduled in the southeast U.S. as of press date. Check the website since courses are often added late.

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

**New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing.

New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06 First Saturday of the month. 9am to 5pm. U.S. Coast Guard

Small Boat Instructor Level 1, Mobile, AL, June 1-4 Mobile Yacht Club. Contact Josh Dupree at jdupree@thegardnerfirm.com. Instructor Joseph Mello.

Small Boat Instructor Level 1, Big Pine Key, FL, June 2-5 Sea Camp Assoc. Contact Ian Buchta at seacamp2002@aol.com. Instructor Arn Manella.

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Small Boat Instructor Level 1, Venice, FL, June 7-10 Venice Youth Boating Assoc. Contact Bryan White at director@veniceyouthboating.com. Instructor Peter Eduardo.

FCC Marine Radio Licenses MMSI Number Management SSB/Sailmail Training Troubleshooting

Gary Jensen Owner, FCC-Licensed Technician

Small Boat Instructor Level 1, Charleston, SC, June 8-11 College of Charleston Sailing. Contact Instructor Jacob Raymond at jdraymon@g.cofc.edu.

Small Boat Instructor Level 1, Seabrook, TX, July 8-11 Lakewood Yacht Club. Contact Marie Wise at sailmom@gmail.com. Instructor Richard Shaw. www.southwindsmagazine.com

US SAILING YOUTH SAILING www.ussailing.org/racing/youthsailing/junior-olympics/jo-calendar USA Junior Olympic Windsurfing Festival, Merritt Island, FL, June 24 Contact Susie Dornellas at susie@calema.com.

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Pensacola, FL, July 1-2 Pensacola Yacht Club, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 Club 420, Optimist. Contact Stuart Smith at Ssmith@sdace.com USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival – Texas Youth Race Week, Kemah, TX, July 11-16 Texas Corinthian, Lakewood & Hou-

ston Yacht Clubs. Laser Radial, Club 420, Optimist Contact Elizabeth Morrell at ehmorrell@gmail.com

SEAFOOD FESTIVALS 32nd Annual Our Lady of the Gulf Crab Festival, Bay St. Louis, MS, June 30-July 2 Local food, music, Arts & Crafts, rides, raffles, Crab Races, and much more.

Boiled crab and shrimp, shrimp and catfish po-boys, gumbo, crab stuffed potatoes and biscuits, burgers, dogs, and so much more. Our Lady of the Gulf Church Grounds. 10am-10pm. www.facebook.com/olgcrabfest

Thank you to all the sailors, sponsors & volunteers who made this another successful regatta.

Everyone had a great time – see you in 2018!

SAILBOAT & TRAWLER RENDEZVOUS Promote and List Your Boat Rendezvous SOUTHWINDS will list your Rendezvous for three months (other events are listed for only two months)—to give boaters lots of time to think about and plan their attending the event. This is for rendezvous held in the Southeast U.S. or Bahamas. Send information to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

OTHER EVENTS 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, June 1-November 30 Visit the SOUTHWINDS hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com for articles and links to weather websites, hurricane plans, tips on preparing your boat and more. How to develop a simple plan to protect your boat—the best and simplest plan out there.

35th America’s Cup on TV – June Go to page 26 for dates early through late June.

Fishermen’s Village in Punta Gorda, FL, Celebrates National Marina Day, June 10 National Marina Day will include vendors and organizations dedicated to the preservation of wildlife as well as exhibitors promoting outdoor activities around Charlotte Harbor. Space is available for non-profit organizations such as boat clubs. Information and dockage reservations: 941-575-3000. For vendors and non-profits: Catherine Perry at 941-575-3067. www.fishville.com.

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41st Annual Regatta Time in Abaco, June 22-30—More Than a Regatta

Florida Lobster Season July and August Openings

“It’s a party every night...in a different location.”

Florida has two spiny lobster seasons for recreational divers. The first is the two-day mini sport season, which is always the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, falling this year on July 26-27. The regular 8-month season always runs Aug. 6 through March 31. For regulations and more information, go to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission website at www.myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/regulations/lobster.

This annual regatta, one of the most famous in the Bahamas and Florida, starts with Bob 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. Bob’s “Stranded Naked” party, as it’s also called, is the kick-off event for the regatta. Over 1200 cheeseburgers—plus fries, hot dogs, margaritas and rum punch—are fed to hundreds of visitors who come by every means possible—but mainly by boat. The party is followed by a series of five races that are held throughout the Abacos, all of which end at Hope Town where the final race and party are held. Regatta organizers promote the event as, “It’s a party every night...in a different location.” For more information, go to www.regattatimeinabaco.com.

17th Annual Summer Sailstice, Planet Earth, June 24-25 The 17th Annual Summer Sailstice, a sailing celebration of the Summer Solstice, will be held on the weekend of June 24-25, the closest Saturday to the Summer Solstice. 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 in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21 at 12:24am (EDT).

For more on Sailstice, go to www.summersailstice.com.

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SOUTHWINDS in the Bahamas Writer Jan Pehrson took this photo of Bahamian boat builder Van Ferguson, known as “Smashie,” standing next to one of his boats. Jan wrote two articles for SOUTHWINDS on Bahamian sailboat racing this past winter (both of which featured cover photos—February and May issues). She hand-delivered a copy of the May issue to Smashie, who works in the tiny settlement called Black Point in the Exumas, where he was born. Smashie, aged 72, learned boatbuilding from his father and has built Bahamian racing sloops all his life. To read theses interesting articles about Bahamian racing and the unique boats they race in, read the articles in Back Issues at SouthwindsMagazine.com.

Florida Approves Storm Water Reservoir South of Lake Okeechobee to Improve Water in Indian River and Florida Bay

By Roy Laughlin In early May, the Florida Legislature approved a plan to construct and finance a storm-water reservoir in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) and another one at a mined-out aggregate quarry in western Palm Beach County. Governor Scott signed the bill on May 9. These reservoirs are integral parts of a planned water transfer system that will markedly reduce chances of yet another harmful algal bloom in the southern Indian River Lagoon and the St. Lucie River, both prime sailing waters.

The state will pay for the new reservoirs with Amendment 1 Funds. That voter-approved constitutional amendment set aside a portion of state document stamp taxes for environmental land purchases.

The reservoirs will reduce—but not eliminate— prospects of the flooding releases from Lake Okeechobee that follow tropical storms and wet El Niño winter rains.

Okeechobee Water Level Goes Down about 12 Inches Since April As of press date in early May, Lake Okeechobee was at 11.55 feet above sea level. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 5.49 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 3.69 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 50.84 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to http://w3. saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.

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A storm-water reservoir will be built in the Everglades Agricultural Area, an area of 1158 square miles to the south and southeast of Lake Okeechobee. NASA photo.

Those multi-billion-gallon water releases have been a contributing factor to region-wide, scummy, toxin-producing algal blooms. The most recent algal bloom in the St. Lucie River, the worst so far, occurred in winter, 2015-2016. It received national news coverage for all the wrong reasons.

Florida Senate President Joe Negron, whose district includes the region where the algal blooms occurred, proposed a plan last summer to purchase land, then build and operate the first storm-water reservoir in the EAA. Politically influential corporate sugar interests opposed the bill. In the compromise that resulted, the Florida Legislature authorized the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to buy out agricultural leases of state land in the EAA within a year and acquire additional land as needed for a reservoir. The bill also appropriates money to buy and develop the former quarry in Palm

Beach County as a second reservoir.

It will be several years before the two new reservoirs are operational. In the meantime, the SFWMD has extended leases for two water farms in Martin and St. Lucie counties—and greatly expanded the area leased on one of them—to store Lake Okeechobee flood water releases. Water farms are fallow agricultural lands whose terrain features, sometimes with engineered berms and weirs, allow them to be flooded with several feet of water that would otherwise be dumped to the coastal lagoons.

The reservoirs the legislature approved will extend far beyond central Florida. In one of the ironies of nature, the year before too much rain caused algal blooms in the Indian River Lagoon in 2015-2016, drought in extreme south Florida caused a record loss of sea grass in northern Florida Bay. Over 40,000 acres of sea grass were damaged or killed, along with loss of essential habitat for multiple species of fish and invertebrates. Restoring the historical water flow from central Florida to Florida Bay is essential to providing sufficient fresh water for Florida Bay. The Legislature’s action, providing both a plan for reservoir construction and the funding for it, is only a start to addressing water storage needs to move water south from Lake Okeechobee. Scientists estimate EAA reservoirs capable of storing more than a billion gallons will be needed, perhaps five times what the planned reservoirs will hold and more than twice what the 1995 Everglades Restoration Plan called for. Nevertheless, it is a start.

For local and regional sailors, the Indian River Lagoon is one of the state’s best known areas. Stuart is a wellknown and favorite stopover for transient sailors on the Intracoastal Waterway. The poor water quality problems there since 2011 have tarnished its reputation. Reducing Lake Okeechobee drainage is only one of several substantial efforts in east central Florida to reverse the decades-long trend toward abysmal water quality. If weather cycles cooperate, by the time the next extremely wet El Niño winter occurs, record-breaking Lake Okeechobee drainage will be in the past.

Strictly Sail Miami to Join the Miami Boat Show on Virginia Key in 2018 In April, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA)—owners of the Miami Boat Show—announced that Strictly Sail Miami will no longer be held at Miamarina Bayside but will be joining the main show at the Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key. In 2016 the Miami Boat Show’s main component, which was held at the convention center in Miami Beach for decades, moved to Virginia Key in 2016, but Strictly Sail Miami has always had a separate location at Bayside, 14

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Long ramps take you out to the in-water boats on Virginia Key.

although it was still billed as part of the Miami Boat Show.

For the last two years—ever since the announcement of the new location—there have been rumors that Strictly Sail would move to the new location, but it stayed at Bayside in 2016 and 2017. The Strictly Sail organization, although owned and operated by the NMMA, wanted to stay at Bayside, but the building of the Miami SkyRise, a 1000-

foot high tower to be built at the Bayside show location, has forced it to move out. The tower’s construction has been delayed for the last two shows, so it has continued at Bayside. But construction is to begin this year, so the show must move in 2018.

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The view from a waterfront Bayside restaurant looking at the old location of Strictly Sail at Miamarina Bayside.

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How Strictly Sail will be laid out on Virginia Key is still to be seen, but one thing is for sure: The sailboats, which will have their own dock area, will be a long way from the sail exhibitor tent area. The layout on Virginia Key is spread out over several acres and temporary docks for the in-water boats require walking across long floating ramps out to the boats, since it is so shallow near the shore. In many ways, it is a spectacular location with the Miami skyline in the distance.

Because of the depth, some deep-draft monohulls will not be able to enter the Virginia Key basin (they can enter at high tide only). And those that can get in will determine the in-water sail location, meaning they will have to be at the outer edge of the docks. Most of the in-water powerboats at the Virginia Key location have been small, trailerable boats, but small sailboats in the water has never been a feature of Strictly Sail Miami. It has been mainly a catamaran show and promoted as the biggest one in the world.

Monohulls, although less prevalent, have been large cruising sailboats. The small trailerable sailboats have always been on land.

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huge. The NMMA says that “exhibitors and attendees, sailing accessories, sail travel and charter experiences, and other sail-focused booth displays, will be featured, to the extent possible, in a focused on-land area” at the show. As of the last show in February, Strictly Sail Show manager Kevin Murphy did not know how they would fit in at the new location.

The sail seminars that are a hallmark of Strictly Sail will continue, but no details have been revealed yet on how they will fit in. They need private rooms, which in the past have always been tents dedicated to the seminars.

One thing’s for sure: No longer will exhibitors and visitors be dining and taking breaks in waterfront restaurants, just steps from the sailboats in the show. It’s the end of an era.

Artist rendering of Skyrise Miami, to be located where the exhibitors’ tent was for Strictly Sail.

Image by Skyrise Miami. Bayside is the L-shaped buildings surrounding the marina.

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Predictions for the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season The season runs June 1 through November 30

By Steve Morrell

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very year, hurricane experts release their predictions for the coming Atlantic tropical storm season. I have not always trusted them (the predictions), because many of their predictions are based on records that only go back 120140 years (to the late 1800s). Plus—in those earlier days, they only logged hurricanes where they were impacted. Nothing was known about their origins, their tracts, the ocean and atmospheric conditions they were born in and developed in.

These details really only became known in the last 50-60 years, and even more so since weather satellites and hurricane-hunting planes took to the skies on a regular basis.

Seasonal Predictions After the extremely strong hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, the experts came out with predictions that we were in a cycle that lasted 20-30 years—and these were repetitive cycles based on previous decades of storm seasons—and to expect some strong storms in the years to follow. I was suspicious, because when you have only 120-plus years of history, you can’t get more than four to five 20- to 30-year cycles on which you can base a prediction. My suspicions prove founded, as the following years didn’t produce strong storm seasons. When they have a few thousand years of figures, I think the predictions mainly based on past cycles will be more reliable. But all predictions are not based on statistics alone. As more scientific data is collected on how storms develop, grow and move, scientific theories develop that connect the dots, improving prediction as the knowledge is gathered. Short term predictions of where

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storms are going is an excellent example of this, as their predictions of where the storm is going over the next few weeks, then the next few days and then the next few hours, has become extremely reliable compared to the old days.

We can all pretty much count on them—as long as we understand the limits of the “cone.”

Long-term seasonal predictions, though, are still in their infancy. Add global warming, and I think of what was the best comment I heard about climate change: “What global warming does is stir the pot”—meaning change is coming, but the details are not. When Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast in October 2012, it surprised everyone.

Damage was like damage you might get in Miami or some other southern hurricane-prone region. But New Jersey?

And in late October? Who’da predicted that?

Prediction is what successful scientific theories do. But they aren’t perfect. Most people would not say that it’s theory that tells us that when you flip the wall switch, the light will go on. Most would say that’s a certainty. But how many of us have flipped the wall switch and it didn’t? Keeping all that in mind, let’s encourage hurricane experts to try and predict the upcoming seasons. They will get better as our knowledge of them improves.

This Year’s Predictions The most famous predictions come out of Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science, and this year they predicted a slightly below-average season with 11 named storms, six of which will be hurricanes and two of those will be major. This prediction is based on an impending El Niño, which is warmer water in the Pacific—and generally an indicator of a weaker Atlantic storm season. They also predict a lower-than-normal chance of storms coming ashore along the U.S. coastline.

Early September—around the 11th—is the statistical peak of the season, and after mid-October, no strong storms generally develop. But last year, September was calm and October was active. The pot is being stirred.

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The author of this book, Wayne Canning, wrote several very good articles for SOUTHWINDS a few years ago, so when this book was sent to me, I took a special interest.

When I first received the book, I thought— because of the title—it would be a technical book, but after checking it out, I realized this book’s subtitle, The Project Planning Guide, says what it’s really about. It’s a guide that will help you decide if you really want to restore a fiberglass boat, and if you decide you do, how to pull it off so that you will finish it and probably be happy in the end—because this book helps walk you through what to expect when taking such a project to completion, showing you all the pitfalls to watch out for and all the ways to make it successful.

So...my first thought if you are considering a restoration is to go out and buy this book and read it carefully just to see if you are up to the task. The first chapter alone is worth the cost of the book. It could save you from making a major mistake, or it could be the guide to making your project succeed.

The book is easy reading, even inspiring. I have owned and worked on many boats from 16 feet to 38 feet—both wood and fiberglass. As I read this book, I even felt inspired to find a boat project, as I have all the basic mechanical skills and experience (I was a homebuilder in a previous life, doing everything from small repairs to high-end custom homes). But then again, as you read on, you feel both inspired and cautious. If you decide after reading chapter one that such a project is not for you, then the book has paid for itself many times over.

The next chapter is called “Logistics.” You can work on a boat in your yard, a boatyard or in the water. But only in your yard will you have all the tools right there and handy, besides a short commute. And advantages and disadvantages of boatyards and boats in the water are also discussed.

Chapter 3 covers the first major task: “Purchasing a Project Boat.” This is an interesting chapter, since many of us have walked down many a dock and seen many neglected, beautiful boats that are almost sad at how someone has let them deteriorate. But there’s more that the book explores. Not only are there neglected boats out there, but there’s damaged boats that you can buy from an insurance company that might not be worth fixing because they have to pay contractors. To you, though, it might be worth it many times over.

Canning says that the single biggest reason most people

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take on a project boat is to save money. But he says that alone is a poor reason. The boat you purchase and your knowledge of what it will take is probably the determining factor in the success of your project. Choose the boat carefully.

The rest of the book continues with what a restoration project entails with chapters on “Now What?”—which is about what to do first when you purchase the boat: Your first steps, planning, gutting the boat (don’t gut it, he says), planning the workflow, making lists, etc.

Next comes a chapter titled “Eating Elephants.” Strange title, but he quotes an old saying: “If you have to eat an elephant, do it one bite at a time.”

I learned this in the construction business as I evolved from small projects to large complex homes. A big job is just a bunch of little jobs. Good advice.

His next chapter, “Finances and Budgeting,” says a lot and he repeats an earlier remark to not put more into your boat than it may be worth when completed. This makes total sense, but then again, people who have owned boats know that a boat is a hole in the water you pour money into. True, but that makes controlling your expenses all the more important.

Next comes “Bits and Pieces”—what a boat is made up of—parts, supplies, etc. This chapter covers where to buy stuff, saving money, etc. Everyone who has worked on a boat knows that it’s all about parts, and they seem to always cost more for marine stuff.

The book ends with the final chapter covering one of the most important subjects: “Staying Motivated.” One thing I learned in construction, back when I was doing the manual work myself: It can be very rewarding to build something and see your finished work in front of you fairly soon. But in a big project that you might be doing in your spare time that can take a very long time, the finished project is often hard to envision. Many times, you will want to go fishing with your friends but instead have to work on the boat. You can fall into becoming disillusioned very easily.

Finishing the book with this chapter shows me that Canning knows what he’s talking about.

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ORACLE TEAM USA training in Bermuda with the new America’s Cup Class boat, the ACC. © Sam Greenfield/ORACLE TEAM USA

35th America’s Cup, Bermuda Pre-Cup Qualifiers, Playoffs and Final Cup Race in June In May, the 35th America’s Cup began in Bermuda. The teams are again competing in the high-performance catamarans that raced in the 34th Cup in San Francisco in 2013 when these boats reached peak speeds up to 40 knots (46 mph) on hulls that sailed on foils, raising the boats out of the water— which enabled them to reach such incredible speeds.

Watching the Cup Races on TV Unless you are fortunate enough to go to Bermuda, the best seats are in front of the TV screen. You can catch up to videos from the last two years of racing on the America’s Cup YouTube channel (just search for America’s Cup). The clarity is extremely good and if you have a large monitor, all the better. Although in 2013 the YouTube channel carried the races, this year they won’t be carrying them live, just the highlights, the day after the races. If you want to watch them and then re-watch them, you will have to record them from your TV yourself.

On regular TV, NBC Sports has live coverage of the Qualifiers on May 26-June 3 and the Challenger Playoff Finals on June 10-12. The Challenger Playoff Semi-Finals (June 6-8) will be covered on the Cup’s Facebook page and

the official America’s Cup APP. NBC National TV will cover the final Cup match on June 17, 18, 24, 25, 26 and 27.

The Challengers The five challenging teams are: Emirates Team New Zealand (the final challenger that lost to Oracle in 2013); Artemis Racing (Sweden); Groupama Team France; Land Rover BAR (United Kingdom); Soft Bank Team Japan.

(Although teams represent countries, the crews include sailors of other nationalities.)

These points earned in nine previous events around the globe over the last two years count in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers, which began on May 26, running through June 3. The series is a double round robin, and of the five challenging teams, one will be eliminated.

June 4-8, the four remaining challengers will race against each other in the Challenger Playoff Semi-Finals, first reducing the four to two. Next, two will race in the Playoff Finals, June 10-12, reducing the playoffs to the final challenger, which will race against Team Oracle in the final Cup series, June 17-27. In the final Cup race, points gained from the Qualifiers and playoffs up to the final race will help in determining the winner. The first to gain seven points wins.

The Boats Although the boats raced in the AC45F foiling cats in the last two years, in Bermuda the teams will race in the America’s Cup Class boats, known as the ACC boats, which are carbon-fiber, hydrofoiling catamarans of each team’s own designs. All the boats are within a 45- to 50-foot length range. Although each of them is unique, they all fall within certain design parameters.

One unique difference between the AC45Fs and the ACC boats is that in the former, the grinders are turning winches that mechanically operate sails and daggerboards.

In the ACC boats, the grinders grind only to build up hydraulic reserves for the very complex systems that operate the boats.

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Biking in the America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand is using cycling power on board

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Emirates Team New Zealand using their pedaling power in their first ACC sail in Bermuda. © ACEA 2017- Photo Austin Wong.

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lthough current America’s Cup holder Oracle Team U.S.A. is the team favored to win the Cup in Bermuda in June, Emirates Team New Zealand is the favored challenger, and they have always had something up their sleeve.

This time it is cycling power, as they have four stationary bike-grinding stations on both the port and starboard sides of their ACC catamaran. The usual arm-powered pedestals are no longer being used.

Although the power of the arm has been the traditional source for big boats, the largest muscles in the body are in the legs and that is what the Kiwis are tapping into. A big disadvantage—although maybe not so big—is it takes more time to move from one side of the boat to the other—with the extra moves it takes to get on and off the bikes.

This bike power was not known to the other teams until it was revealed to the world on Feb. 16. Now, other teams are thinking of copying the idea, although it might be too late to do so, since pulling out the arm-grinders and installing bicycles is a complex operation. The Kiwis have been working on it for two years, and they brought in an News & Views for Southern Sailors

Olympic cyclist to help them design and build the system, and train the crew.

The cycling idea was tried before in the 1977 America’s Cup when Sverige, a Swedish challenger, had a similar setup, but it did not catch on.

So far, Emirates Team New Zealand has had great success in their practice runs, including one where they took a nose-dive. The team had been concerned about how the cyclists would be effected by mishaps like a nose-dive, but when it happened in practice, there was no problem. Some have suggested that New Zealand has added 40 per cent more power.

Other teams first scoffed at the pedaling idea, but Oracle has already added one cycling station behind the helm in the aft cockpit, which could be used by a teammate to add to the power of the arm-grinders, but they started using it only two weeks before the competition on May 27.

Since so much is done behind the scenes, who knows what will be coming when the races begin?

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420s racing inshore in St. Augustine Race Week Youth Regatta. Photo by Tim Fuhrmann.

St. Augustine Race Week, March 22-26, Completes a Great Week of Inshore, Offshore, Youth and Paddling Events

By David Montgomery The third annual St. Augustine Race Week (March 22-26) was billed as a multi-venue, multi-class regatta with both

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Rattle & Hum, an Antrim 27, leads the pack in the Spinnaker Class start in big boat racing in St. Augustine Race Week.

Photo by Tim Fuhrmann.

nation of brisk onshore winds and a strong outgoing tide created a wall of ferocious waves in St. Augustine Inlet that made getting out to the ocean race course too intimidating for sailors who didn’t like seeing water gush over the deck as they plowed through the watery hills and valleys.

The race committee made a quick reset and announced that both offshore and inshore races would be run on the inshore course located on the Intracoastal Waterway north of the Vilano Bridge.

In the inshore race course, the narrowness of the waterway combined with the easterly breeze made for races that were practically all reaching with only a very short windward leg. So the bigger boats and the smaller boats mixed it up on a compressed course for the first two days of racing.

Only a few groundings and one destroyed channel marker were reported. On day three, the treacherous inlet calmed down enough for the offshore performance and cruiser class

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boats to make it out for a full day of racing. Unfortunately, the calming down continued through the day to the point where there was only the mere suggestion of a breeze in the afternoon. However, three days of racing were completed and the results are in.

In the Offshore series, first place overall in the Spinnaker class, was won by PHRFection, a Beneteau FC10 owned by Madalin Keeble of St. Augustine Yacht Club. First place overall in Non-Spinnaker went to Skybird, a Ranger 33 owned by John Grannis, also from St. Augustine Yacht Club.

First place in the Cruiser class, was Obsession, a Morgan 41 owned by Norman Church from Halifax River Yacht Club. In the Inshore series, first place in Class 1 was Gaboon, a Viper 420 skippered by John Faiella of Florida Yacht Club. First Place in Class 2 went to Gibson Dry Dock, a Cal 29 owned by Guy Van Doren of the Rat Island Yacht Club.

Meanwhile, 32 Optimist Prams and 420s were competing in the Race Week Youth Regatta just south of St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marco. Bayfront spectators delighted to the fierce competition by kids from age 10 to teenagers. At the awards ceremony Sunday afternoon, it was a clean sweep by Florida Yacht Club. First Overall in Optis was Bridget Monahan of FYC. First Overall in 420s was the skipper/crew combination of Will Weinbecker and Wes Meyer.

A story of true sportsmanship unfolded in the 420 fleet.

In Dunedin, a trailer with three 420s was hit and severely damaged by a drunk driver while parked in preparation for the trip to St. Augustine. No one was hurt but the parents and young sailors continued up to Race Week without their boats. When they arrived, St. Augustine Yacht Club offered the use of three of their own 420 dinghies, and the sailors were able to compete in all events.

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erational love of sailing. Sixty-eight year old Joni Berg is a life-long sailor who’s competed in literally hundreds of J/22 regattas and been on winning teams in both regional and national competition. These days she’s an energetic trimmer on the Pearson 33, Bernoulli. While her children are not sailors, her grandson, George, 16, has always admired his Mormer (at an age when most kids want nothing to do with their elders) and seems to have caught the sailing bug from her. He competes regularly on 420s in his home state of Minnesota. When St. Augustine Race Week was coming up on the calendar. Joni invited George down to Florida so he could join her as crew onboard Bernoulli.

Naturally, he was delighted to be aboard one of the big boats. Joni was so intent on having him sail with her that she convinced a surgeon to postpone an open-hand carpal

tunnel surgical procedure until after the regatta so it wouldn’t put her out of commission. While Bernoulli didn’t win any trophies, grandmother and grandson had a terrific three days of racing in St. Augustine. He was invited back for next year.

The other events during St. Augustine Race week included standing and prone paddleboards, kayaks and surf skis that competed Saturday and Sunday in Salt Run adjacent to St. Augustine Yacht Club. Results weren’t available at press time but we can be sure they had a great time.

The combination of offshore, inshore, youth and paddling events makes St. Augustine Race Week one of the most complete and diverse regattas in Florida. And as always, the proceeds are used to fund a summertime youth sailing scholarship fund for underprivileged youngsters.

64th Annual Mug Race May 6, Palatka to Jacksonville, FL, High winds and waves cause dismastings, overturned boats

By Larry Wagner, Mug Race Chairman After strong winds up to 39 mph prevailed on Friday, there was a lot of anticipation for a windy Saturday for the 2017 race. The wind gods did not disappoint the 83 boats that completed registration and attended the skippers meeting at the Palatka St. Johns River waterfront.

On the left is Larry Wagner (Mug Race chairman) holding the perpetual and keeper trophy, which is presented to the first over-theline winners. To his left, standing in front of their RC 27 catamaran, is the winning crew of Greg Griffin, Rich Brew (skipper) and Hal Runnfeldt. On the far right is Ben Kuykendall, Rudder Club’s vice commodore, holding the perpetual mug full of beer, so each winning team member can drink from it. Photo by Connie Wagner.

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The start of the 2017 Mug Race from Palatka to Jacksonville in May. Eighty-three boats raced in the 39-mile race, although boats may elect to finish at the half-way point at the Shands Bridge. There are two starts: one for multihulls and another for all others. Photo by Connie Wagner.

The Palatka Yacht Club and starting crew from the Rudder Club set up two starting lines in line with marker 48, one for the multihulls and one for all others. The race started on time at 8am, with only one boat recalled as a premature starter. The big cats sped off, as expected, toward the first bend in a 10- to 15-mph breeze from the west with flat seas, as the rest of the fleet followed.

After the turn in the river to the right, the wind picked up, and the waves built to four-foot plus. The Palatka Yacht club safety boats were busy after that, righting and assisting boats in distress. The wind continued to build to 15 to 20, with gusts to 30, slamming the fleet. The Rudder Club safety boats began to assist overturned cats well south of the Shands Bridge, with some boats losing their masts. Safety boats also helped racers who made it to shore or to a private dock. The real problem was at the Shands Bridge where the wind, waves and currents were the worst. One keelboat wrapped its rig in the bridge and lost its mast. Later in the

afternoon, reports of racers in distress subsided as boats trickled across the finish line in much calmer conditions.

The sky turned brown and the air smoky, as the strong westerly blew smoke from the Okefenokee wildfire across Jacksonville.

At the finish line, the anticipated Mug Cup winner crossed the finish line shortly after 11am. The RC 27 catamaran skippered by Rich Brew with crew Greg Griffin and Hal Runnfeldt finished 9 minutes and 8 seconds short of the Mug Race record. They were also the first boat to finish on corrected time. The finish line would not see another racer for almost an hour. Last year’s corrected time winner, Ghost, tore its genoa on the course and finished second in its class under a blade jib. In all, 43 boats finished the race before the 8:08pm deadline.

The glass mug and perpetual trophies were awarded before a large crowd after the Rudder Club’s famous breakfast buffet.

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VX Ones, Viper 640s and Flying Scots head back to the harbor following the first day of racing at the GYA Opening Regatta. Sunny skies and strong southwesterly winds kept the sailors busy in the Mississippi sound. Photo by Kim Kaminski.

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The Gulf Yachting Association (GYA) Opening Regatta is held in conjunction with the GYA quarterly organizational meeting. The new GYA Commodore for the year plays host to the event at their home yacht club. This year’s event was hosted by the Gulfport Yacht Club, home to GYA Commodore Michael Hage.

The weekend regatta included: meetings for the various committees of the GYA, the opening day flag ceremony, which includes all the commodores (of the 34 member clubs) who are present; Cinco De Mayo Party; the Deck Party; the GYA Commodore’s Cocktail Party; and of course…racing.

Racing included one-design fleets which sail under the GYA authority: Flying Scot, Master Scots, Viper 640, Optis, Lasers, Club 420s, and VX One. Needless to say, the Mississippi Sound Bay was filled with a variety of small boats and sailors of all ages.

Three racecourses were set up with each course consisting of a double course set-up (a windward/leeward course with a shortened turning mark and a distance turning mark), allowing the race committee to run multiple one-design boats on the same course. Weather conditions were a bit challenging with sunny skies and strong southwesterly winds at 10 to 20 knots, which created 3- to 5-foot waves.

The top finishing boats were: VX One Class – Pontchartrain Yacht Club; Viper 640 – Buccaneer Yacht Club; Optimist – Fairhope Yacht Club; Club 420 – Fairhope Yacht Club; Laser Radial - Fairhope Yacht Club; Laser Full – Pontchartrain Yacht Club; and Flying Scot – Pass Christian Yacht Club. For the complete race results, visit www.gya.org SOUTHWINDS

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EF-20A-1 LED Strobe/Electronic Flare – “Lightning” When I first heard about this, I was amazed to read about its brightness and endurance. The company says it has been tested and can be viewed up to 10 miles at night and 1 mile in the day. That’s a long ways. It’s basically just like one of those small handheld LED flashlights (at 4.8 inches) you can buy at the store for under $5-$10, except it has a rounded 360-degree bulbous lens housing the flashing LEDs, it strobes and IT’S VERY BRIGHT (and it costs a bit more). I received one as a sample and saw how small it is. It will fit in your pocket. I had no way of testing the 10 miles, but you put it 100 feet away from you at night and it’s bright, same during the day. I wonder if it would work for personal defense since you shouldn’t be looking straight at it, it is so bright.

It makes you want to cover your eyes. It has been rated as the best MOB strobe by Practical Sailor and the USCG. It strobes at 60/minute (nominal) and will strobe at full output power for 15 hours. After 35 hours, it will still be flashing. The unit is guaranteed for two years, the batteries (two lithium iron-disulphide batteries) have a shelf life of seven years (and are easily replaceable), and it is

waterproof to 50 feet.

The company owner, Jim O-Meara, has tens of thousands of hours as an Alaskan bush pilot, along with 40 years of search and rescue experience. He helped develop the light, realizing how many more lives might have been saved if people had one with them. Jim now lives on his 50-foot motorsailer.

Available at www.NorthAmericanSurvivalSystems. com, and Amazon for $69.

Sea-Tags — Man Overboard Alarm System Two components make up the Sea-Tag MOB wireless system: a free app downloaded to all smartphones onboard to monitor everyone wearing the Sea-Tag wristband. The moment the Sea-Tag is submerged, it will emit four signals per second as the communication with the smartphones is lost, triggering the alarm. The smartphones will then save the time and GPS location of the incident. The free app can also be set up to send an automatic text message with the time and location to someone in order to inform emergency services.

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100 meters (~300 feet) from the smartphones without triggering the alarm. The Sea-Tags company states that the product is ideal for situations where a family is sailing or cruising, or a group of friends have gone out fishing on a boat. They could also be used to make sure kids on canoes or other watercraft unknowingly do not venture too far from their parents.

The Sea-Tags company recently partnered with Fugawi to make the wristbands available in North America. The wristbands cost $79 each and the free app is available on both iTunes and Google Play stores. www.sea-tags.com

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Bottle Buoy The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity registered in England, Wales and Scotland, has been testing and developing a new lifesaving device in hopes of reducing the 372,000 people who drown annually, 90 percent of whom live in low-income countries.

The idea was originally created

by James Benson, a student who was studying product design at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Benson set himself a personal goal of developing a rescue device and entered the design in a competition held by the International Rescue Federation. The RNLI heard about it and asked Benson if it could be used in low-income countries, since the standard two-litre bottle is common throughout the world, and is— unfortunately—helping to fill the seas with plastic trash.

But the bottle-rescue device could actually be helpful in alleviating the trash problem.

After hearing of the design, a carpenter in Bangladesh

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created a wood prototype, but producing plastic versions through injection moulding could be done at very low cost in high volume.

The RNLI has been testing the device and plans to develop it and make it commercially open source for production. www.bottlebuoy.com

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The College of Charleston’s Offshore Sailing Team getting ready for the perfect spinnaker set. Photo by Meredith Block.

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perry Charleston Race Week seems to offer something for nearly every kind of racing sailor. At this three-day event, which celebrated its 22nd edition in late April, there were fleets of trailerable one-designs and offshore one-designs, classes of mid to large racer-cruisers and classes of all-out racers. In attendance were racing neophytes and top professionals. And though the competition is often fierce—because this regatta attracts some of the top racing talent in the U.S.— there’s a strong appeal for less seasoned racers drawn here as much by the racing as by the chance to augment their competitive skills.

In recent years, Race Week’s on-shore programming has become almost as compelling as its on-the-water action. This year, those shoreside facets ran the gamut from three-timesdaily briefings by racing luminary Ed Baird, to class-specific dock talks by professionals from Quantum Sails, to the event’s inaugural Pro-Am Regatta.

“Every year, we put a lot of effort into innovations that can augment the value of this regatta for our participants,” said Randy Draftz, Race Week’s Event Director.“It’s due to that outlook that we added a fourth inshore racecourse this year and adopted the use of ORC as our primary rating system for handicapped boats.” The feedback received on both those changes was positive, said Draftz, but the programming features he and his team cooked up, such as the race analyses and weather briefings by Ed Baird and the Quantum dock talks, proved equally popular. “Helping our competitors improve as www.southwindsmagazine.com

Steve Vincents B-25 sailing out of Tampa, Fla., was invincible in ORC Class D, scoring only bullets in nine races. Photo by Tim Wilkes.

sailboat racers has become an important aspect of this event.”

With their educational outreach firmly established, Race Week’s organizers added a new dimension this year—entertainment. Taking advantage of the top-tier racing talent that’s always in attendance, they orchestrated a Pro-Am Regatta that not only delighted onlookers, but also served as a fundraiser for an important event partner—the College of Charleston Sailing Program.

Ten top competitors, including Olympic medalists, an America’s Cup winner, and multi-time national, North American and world champions, went head-to head on board the college’s fleet of J/22s. The pros and their amateur crews, who included College of Charleston varsity sailors, a few high school sailors and a number of individuals who had paid for the privilege of participating, competed in three short windward-leeward races staged adjacent the event’s party venue.

Hundreds of spectators lined the nearby pier and beach to cheer these teams on.

But it wasn’t just the organizers who were setting trends this year. On the scratch sheet, there were a surprising number of all-junior, all-women and all-military teams.

Annapolitan Kristen Robinson loaned her J/70 to Skyline Racing, a team of 17- and 18-year-old sailors from her area.

She did this, she said, in part because they are family friends, but also because for her “The most important thing is promoting the sport. If I want to race sailboats for the next 20 years, these kids have to get on the water, and ultimately get their own boat.” And in the same class, an even younger team was skippered by 15-year-old Matthew Monts, sailing out of Hilton Head, SC. Among the all-women teams on the water was a crew of current and former College of Charleston sailors competing in the J/70 Class. This group was led by Allie Blechler from Long Beach, CA. And there were two other all women teams made up of CofC sailors. Olympian Paris Henken, who finished third News & Views for Southern Sailors

in the Pro-Am Regatta, skippered an entry in the VX 1 Design Class, and Alysson Pleassner led her team to second place in the J/22 Class.

A further trend spotted at Race Week this year was the growing number of military sailors. Of course, many readers are familiar with The Warrior Sailing Team by now. This team, which is made up of wounded, ill and injured servicemen and women (either active or veteran), has competed at this event for three years in a row. This year, Warriors Scott Ford, Josh Agripino and Sammy Lugo convincingly won the J/22 Class.

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The J/24 class battled it out on Race Week’s newest inshore racing circle. Photo by Tim Wilkes.

The Warrior Sailing Team enjoyed their third year competing at Race Week and their first class victory in the J/22 Class. Photo by Tim Wilkes.

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CAROLINA SAILING Pursuit Classes as well.

But the Warriors weren’t the only military teams out there. Crewing on board Tony Langley’s TP52 Gladiator were British military veterans Pete Dahl and Luke Mason, who had both sailed with Toe in the Water, an organization in the UK that helps traumatized and injured service personnel via competitive sailing. And US Patriot Sailing, a Norfolk, VA-based organization that also uses competitive sailing as therapy for veterans, had two all-veteran boats in the regatta.

According to John Mynster, a US Patriot participant who raced aboard Mike Rose’s B-25, Spirit, there’s a strong logic behind sailing-based programs for vets. “Sailing is one of the few sports that resembles the combat training and deployments of military service members. It’s calm and peaceful (like a routine patrol), then a strong gust of wind hits (like an ambush), and you have to trust your team to take the right actions and handle the situation.”

So, don’t be surprised if you find more women, junior and military veteran teams on the water next year at Race Week. If that happens, chalk it up to innovation. That seems to be a trend around here.

The next edition of this event is set for April 12-15, 2018. For full scores, reports, photos and videos from 2017, log onto www.charlestonraceweek.com.

Dockside mayhem: It’s always organized chaos around the College of Charleston’s sailing center in the Charleston Harbor Marina during Race Week. Photo by Meredith Block.

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Capt. Harmon Heed having hot coffee as they approach Cuba at dawn.

A Cuba Cruise Adventure, Part I of III:

Charlotte Harbor to Marina Hemingway The basics of getting permission, trip logistics and crossing to Cuba on your boat

By Harmon Heed

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or years I thought of sailing to Cuba. I knew there was no law specifically prohibiting Americans going there, the law only prohibited us from spending U.S. dollars there, but the hoops seven government agencies required jumping through to travel to Cuba daunted me, and I didn’t want to jeopardize my military retirement. Then, in the October, November and December 2016 issues of Southwinds, I read Fred Braman’s account of his trip to the “Pearl of the Antilles.” Fred’s a retired Navy captain who made it his mission to make the trip before he turned 70. I’m a retired Army colonel and made it my mission to make the trip before I turn 75 this year.

Basically there are really only three things you need to make the trip: a sound boat, a crew and some time. My Gulfstar 43’ ketch, TRVTH, was still in the Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage yard undergoing refit. That yard is a heavenly haven for DIYers and storage on the hard during the hurricane season. It’s exceptionally clean and courteously run by owners Brady and Tony, yard man Pat and office manager Lisa.

For crew I wanted two crew—experienced, younger and stronger than I—who knew navigation and could stand night watches alone. And who could spend at least three weeks aboard. One of the first I called was Don, an ex-

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The Habana skyline as we approach Marina Hemingway.

Marine aviator I had crewed with in the Isla del Sol al Sol Regatta three times. Don’s almost 20 years younger than I, built like a foredeckie, a graduate of the Naval Academy, flies for an airline, is energetic and easy to get along with.

“Can I bring my wife Shelley?” he asked. “She’s a retired high school computer teacher.”

“Can she sail and stand watch?” I asked in return.

“We race our boat on Grapevine Lake here near Dallas.

I think she can stand night watches alone. And, by the way, she’s a great cook.”

Crew problem resolved.

Key West North Channel buoy on a bearing of 173 true. The usual easterlies were light in the morning, so we put up the main and let Perkins provide the 5-knot speed. Late in the afternoon, the winds clocked from the south and we motor sailed throughout the night. Our first destination was the

Coast Guard Approval A fourth item that may be considered necessary is the USCG’s approval to enter Cuban territorial waters. I dutifully downloaded USCG Form 3300, “Application For Permit To Enter Cuban Territorial Waters,” and emailed it in to CG Sector Miami office. It was processed by a MST1 (Marine Science Technician 1st Class) and returned within three weeks. That was the only “official” correspondence I had with the Coast Guard.

My wife, Jo, joined me taking TRVTH from the Charlotte Harbor Storage yard across Charlotte Harbor to Burnt Store Marina where we would load the boat. There we fueled and watered up, and loaded on our canned provisions and spare parts—except the heavy, spare starter motor. Of course, the starter motor began failing. (A Murphy’s law: whatever you don’t have a spare for will fail.) Jo sped home to Sarasota, got the spare starter motor, and Andy’s Marine Services from Fort Myers installed it and got the venerable Perkins 4/108 running. Don and Shelley arrived in time for dinner, with two shopping carts of fresh food.

At first light the next morning Don, Shelley and I threaded our way out the Burnt Store channel and headed toward the Boca Grande pass. That’s when we found the auto pilot wasn’t working. Well, we were off the dock and there was no turning back. Out the pass, left turn and 150 nm down to the News & Views for Southern Sailors

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Breakers beside the Marina Hemingway entrance make for a careful entry.

Boca Chica Naval Air Station (NAS) Marina on the south side of Stock Island next to Key West.

My way of swagging ETA is easy: distance/5 knots.

Considering all of the variables, wind speed and direction, current and direction, etc., it’s remarkably accurate. It also works for fuel consumption: 1 gallon per hour = 5 nm traveled = fuel used and leaves a safety factor of 25 percent. The engine hour meter keeps track of hours, and again, the for-

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mula is remarkably accurate. I do have a gauge on my tank but only rely on it for estimation; for more precise measurement of fuel I use a calibrated stick. Distance from Burnt Store to Boca Chica was 165nms/5 kts so our ETA was around noon the next day. We entered the Boca Chica channel at 1:00 PM.

Key West Stop and Departure for Cuba We used unique Boca Chica NAS Marina as our departure point to Cuba. It has floating, concrete docks and a mooring field. It has a restaurant, bar, large party room, a beautiful beach, and tiki huts with picnic tables and barbecues. The marina is available only to active duty and retired military personnel. Its transient berths are only $1 per foot per night.

But the Boca Chica NAS Marina doesn’t have fuel. For that we motored a half hour over to the Stock Island Village Marina. After we refueled, the congenial marina manager, Jordan Ivey, allowed us to leave TRVTH at the fuel dock for a couple of hours while we cabbed in to Publix on Key West.

Shelley wanted more fresh food. The Village Marina touts itself as being the best check-in/check-out point for Cuba.

For non-military retirees, I would agree.

Fred Braman, sailing from Marathon, opted to check in to Cuba at the new Melia Marina at the end of the Veradero peninsula, 80 miles east of Havana. That burgeoning marina provides reciprocals to the nearby glitzy hotels and is the easiest landfall/check-in location to make from Miami or Marathon. I and my crew, sailing from Florida’s west coast, wanted to see old Cuba, so we sailed to Marina Hemingway, the closest check-in location to Key West. The next day’s wind forecast was for northerlies.

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Capt. Harmon and Capitan de Puerto Barluento.

very infrequent, they confuse the current, but beating into the wind keeps a boat fairly steady.

When they are from the north they confuse the current, and the downwind setting of the sails allows the boat to wallow.

Late the next morning, we took Hawk Channel, that runs along the south side of Key West west to the South Buoy, and turned left to Cuba. As we rounded the buoy, I hailed the Coast Guard on channel 16 and reported our departure from U.S. waters. It was quite apparent the young Coast Guardsman on the radio was naive to such a call. I figured I had done my prudent duty, and we continued south to Cuba.

Arrival in Cuba and Customs After wallowing across the eastward-flowing Gulf Stream under northerly winds all night we were spot on at the big Marina Hemingway buoy at noon the following day. When we were about an hour out, I started hailing the port captain on the recommended VHF channel 77. When half an hour out, I began alternating on channels 77 and 16. When we were almost at the buoy the port captain answered and gave us check-in instructions to customs, the marina and our berth number. We were thankful the channel in was well marked because, it is only 30 meters wide through a reef with breakers on either side.

Young customs “officers� met us at the dock, took our lines and every bend at every cleat was different. Their uniforms were clean, most of the white shirts with their rank on the shoulders fit, some of the navy pants fit and some of the black shoes were tied. They ushered us into a small, sparse office with two small tables with computers with web cams atop the monitors. They asked us to be seated in the three chairs against a wall in front of the tables. Behind the young officers at the tables stood three women immigration officers in well-fitting, brown uniforms. I presented the crew list and passports, the only documents asked for.

The customs officers tediously filled out forms and took our pictures. They returned our passports unstamped, gave us hand copied crew lists, permission to land at Marina Hemingway, a list of duties for customs, tourist visas and cruising permit. They did not ask for any money.

The young officers escorted us back out onto the dock and asked if they could board the boat. I assented, they doffed their shoes and two of them, one customs and one immigration, followed me aboard. We offered them cold sodas which they took. They peeked into all cabins and politely asked if we had any firearms, ammunition or flares and how many radios we had. Then they left and gave us directions to our berth.

Marina Hemingway consists of four half-mile long canals with about 50 side ties along both sides. Actually, only about half the berths are safely usable. When we pulled up to our assigned berth, two young men took our bow and stern lines and tied them to the cleats with knots we had never seen and will never use. The men wore white shirts without markings and navy pants; they were guards.

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TRVTH, a Gulfstar 43, on the seawall at Marina Hemingway.

captain who asked us to stand by for the health and agriculture inspectors. By the time we had the boat properly secured, they arrived, came aboard and accepted cold sodas. The health officer, who wore a doctor’s smock and was referred to as such by the port captain, asked about our

health and the position of the holding tank valve. She didn’t look. The agriculture officer asked about pets, chicken and eggs, and a tip. They gave us stamped clearance papers, left and we lowered the Q flag. We were legally in Cuba, a communist country.

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NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racing— Open to Everyone Wanting to Race Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. Websites are listed.

Many clubs have regular club races year around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited and sought.

Contact the club for dates and information.

Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC = Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.

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For Racing News, Race Training and National and International Regattas in the South, see “Calendar” section.

Major Upcoming Regattas

54th Annual Ocracoke Regatta, Washington, NC, June (date TBA) McCotters Marina sponsors the Pamlico Sailing Club’s Ocracoke Regatta which goes from Indian Island near Washington, NC, to Ocracoke on the Outer Banks. It is claimed to be the longest running big boat event on the east coast because it’s the most FUN! The race is open to any vessel in seaworthy condition. Classes include Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker and a special “Party” Class provided for power and sailboats who don’t want to race. Proceeds go to the Little Washington Sailing School. 252-975-2174.

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16th Annual Harkers Island Sunfish Regatta, Harkers Island, NC, July (date TBA) Race around Harkers Island in Sunfish. My Own Bloody Yacht Club. www.mobyachtclub.com. Contact Rob Eberle at eberlemarine@gmail.com Race Calendar South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. This is the main site for the racing calendar in the region, which generally has the races from the next two groups (CORA and Lanier). Go to this site for the list of clubs and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com.

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

Lake Lanier, GA: http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): ASC: August SC, Augusta, GA, www.AugustSailingClub.org BYSC: Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club, Beaufort, SC, www.byscnet.com ChYC: Charleston YC, Charleston, SC, www.CharlestonYachtClub.com CYC-SC: Carolina YC, Charleston, SC, www.carolinayachtclub.com CYC-NC:Carolina YC (N. Carolina), www.carolinayachtclub.org HanYC: Hancock Annual Regatta. Cherry Point MCAS, NC. www.hancockyachtclub.org HYC: Hobcaw Yacht Club, Mt. Pleasant, SC, www.hycclub.org JIYC: James Island YC, Charleston, SC, www.jiyc.org LLSC: Lake Lanier SC, GA, www.llsc.com LNYC: Lake Norman YC, NC, www.lakenormanyachtclub.com LTYC: Lake Townsend YC. Greensboro, NC, LakeTownsendyachtclub.com MOBYC: My Own Bloody YC. Harkers Island, NC. www.mobyachtclub.com SYC: Savannah YC, Savannah, GA, www.savannahyachtclub.org SYC-NC: Southport YC, Southport, NC, www.sycnc.org JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) TBA Ocracoke Regatta* 2-5 Mayor’s Cup. LTYC 3-4 Laser D-12. SYC 3-4 Hospice Cup. LNYC 3-4 SAYRA Jr. Regatta. SYC 10 South Carolina YC Optimist and Open Bic Regatta. SCYC 10-11 Thistles. ASC 16-18 NC Governor’s Cup. CYC-NC 16-18 JIYC Regatta. JIYC 17 Lone Palm Regatta. Mono and Multihulls. SYC-NC 17-18 Reggae Regatta. PHRF, Portsmouth, Jrs., One-Design.

LLSC 24-25 51st Low Country Regatta. BYSC JULY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) TBA 16th Annual Harkers Island Regatta. MOBYC* 1-2 July 4th Regatta. LNYC 7-9 Annual Regatta. Hancock YC 8-9 Hobcaw Regatta. HYC 8-9 Firecracker Multi-class Regatta. SYC 15-16 Charleston YC Open Regatta. CHYC 29-30 Carolina YC Open Regatta. CYC-SC

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

Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): EFYC: Epping Forest YC, www.efyc.com LESC: Lake Eustis YC, www.lescfl.com NFCC: North Florida Cruising Club. www.nfccsail.com SAYC: St. Augustine YC, www.StAugustineYachtClub.com JUNE 3 17 18 24-25 JULY 9

JUNE 3 17 18 JULY 1 15 16

Rick White Memorial Regatta.

Summer Portsmouth #1 Summer PHRF #1 Firecracker Regatta Summer Portsmouth #2 Summer PHRF #2

Jessie Ball Regatta. EFYC Blue Max Regatta. NFCC Fathers’ Day Regatta. SAYC Summer Sailstice 2017. LESC Liberty Regatta. SAYC Race Calendar The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org.

Regional Sailing Organizations: US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): BBYC Biscayne Bay YC. www.biscaynebayyachtclub.com CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club, www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. Miami. www.coralreefyachtclub.org JUNE 3 4 22-30

Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to clubs for local club racing schedules): CMCS: Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society, www.cmcs-sail.org DIYC: Davis Island YC, www.diyc.org SSS: Sarasota Sailing Squadron, www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org JUNE-JULY June 10 Ladies Race. CMCS June 17 Rally-Summer Solstice DIYC June 17 Unkie Regatta. E-Scow. SSS July 1 Firecracker 400. SSS

BBYRA ORC #10. BBYC BBYRA ORC #10. CGSC Regatta Time in Abaco (see Calendar, page 12, “Other Events”) BBYRA ORC #11. BBYC BBYRA ORC #11. CGSC

24 25 JULY BBYRA ORC #12. CRYC BBYRA OD#12 CGSC

Major Upcoming Regattas

Race to the Coast, Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, June 10 First held on July 4, 1850, this race is known as America’s oldest distance race. The race sails through Lake Pontchartrain, the Rigolets, Lake Borgne to the Mississippi Sound. www.southernyachtclub.org.

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55th Annual Navy Cup, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, June 10-11

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

Small boat racing will be in the bayou, with the PHRF sailboats competing on Pensacola Bay. Yacht club teams will race against each other for most points. All clubs in the Gulf

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Coast are invited. www.navypnsyc.org.

Clubs with regattas listed this month

61st Billy Bowlegs Festival and Regatta, Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club, June 10-11

The GYA is the main organization coordinating all races in the area BWYC: Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS, www.baywavelandyachtclub.org FWYC: Fort Walton YC, Fort Walton Beach, FL, www.fwyc.org FYC: Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL, www.Fairhopeyachtclub.com GBCA: Galveston Bay Cruising Association. www.byca.org GYA: Gulf Yachting Association. www.gya.org GYC: Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS, www.Gulfyachtclub.org HYC: Houston YC, Houston, TX, www.Houstonyachtclub.com LBYC: Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS, www.LongBeachYachtClub.com LYC: Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TX, www.LakewoodYachtclub.com MYC: Mobile YC, Mobile, AL, www.mobileyachtclub.org NOYC: New Orleans YC, New Orleans, LA, www.noyc.org NYC Navy YC, Pensacola, FL, www.navypnsyc.org OSYC: Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS, www.osyc.com PBYC: Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL, www.PensacolaBeach-YC.org PCYC: Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS, www.pcyc-gya.org PontYC: Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA, www.pontyc.org PtYC: Point YC, Josephine, AL, www.pointYachtclub.org PYC: Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL, www.PensacolaYachtClub.org StABYC: St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL, www.stabyc.comr SYC: Southern YC, New Orleans, LA, www.SouthernYachtClub.org

This week-long event is filled with family events for all ages. Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser, and J/22. Held in Choctawhatchee Bay. www.fwyc.org.

Gulfport to Pensacola Race, June 16-18 This annual 100-mile race is sponsored by the Gulfport Yacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola Yacht Club and the Gulf Yachting Association. www.pensacolayachtclub.org

GYA Challenge Cup, Pensacola Yacht Club, June 23-25 Rules require that the skipper, 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. www.GulfportYacht Club.org.

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

42nd Annual Horn Island Hop, Ocean Springs, MS, July 9-10 A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs Yacht Club and racing out to Horn Island, eat lunch and race back. www.osyc.com.

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival Texas Youth Race Week, Houston, TX, July 11-16 A US Junior Olympics Sailing Event and USODA Team Trails Qualifier hosted annually by Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah), Lakewood Yacht Club (Seabrook), and the Houston Yacht Club. www.texasyouthraceweek.com.

Women’s Trilogy Races, North Gulf Coast, July The first race, the Bikini Regatta, will be July 9 at the Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. A female sailor must be at the helm; 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.navypnsyc.org.

The second race, the Race for the Roses, will be held July 22 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and only female crew are allowed to race. www.pensacolabeach-yc.org.

The third race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held on July 29 on Perdido Bay. A female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.pointyachtclub.org.

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Candler Regatta. StABYC Area D Youth Championship. FYC Race to the Coast. SYC* 55th Annual Navy Cup. NYC* Billy Bowlegs Regatta. FWYC Chapman Regatta. BWYC School’s Out Regatta. PontYC WSA Women’s Race Weekend. HYC Gulfport to Pensacola. GYC, PYC, SYC* Father’s Day Regatta. PYC GYA Offshore Challenge Cup. PYC* Leukemia Cup Regatta. HYC GYA 420 Championship. LBYC

JULY (*see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 1 Patriot’s Day Regatta. PBYC 1 Independence Day Cup. StABYC 1-2 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival. PYC* 1-2 Race Week. PCYC 6-11 Leukemia Cup Regatta. HYC 8-9 Meigs Regatta. FWYC 8-9 Horn Island Hop. OSYC* 11-16 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival & Texas Race Week* 15 Bastille Day Regatta. NOYC 15 Bikini Regatta. NYC* 15-16 GYA Women’s PHRF Championship. NYCP/PYC 15-16 Summer Regatta. MYC 15-16 GORR. LBYC 22 Race for the Roses. PBYC* 22-23 Junior Lipton Championship. PCYC 29 Fast Women Regatta. PtYC* 29-30 Weatherly Regatta. GYC 29-30 Birthday Regatta. PCYC 29-30 Heald Bank Race. LYC

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

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

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

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25’ Catalina 250, 2010. Wing Keel, Wheel Steering w/auto-pilot, Honda 9.9 Elec. start, dual Batteries, depth & VHF, Furling, Lazy Jacks, Bimini, Enclosed Head, Galley, Sleeps 4, Comfortable dinette. Contemporary cruiser. $28,467. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises, 800-783-6953 or 727-327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

Catalina 27 1978. Excellent starter boat. 2burner propane stove w/oven; New Bimini, companionway doors; 30 HP Atomic 4; Custom trailer. Docked in Little River, SC. $8995. 864-395-1861, or jrannie@netzero.net.

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Steel cutter, Alan Pape design, 31 feet, 5.3foot draft, professionally built 1987. 33HP Vetus diesel, wheel steering, 3-burner stove, oven. $29,000. Contact: loadmasterart@comcast.net (6/17)

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1999 Catalina 320. Daysailing or extended cruising without breaking the bank, Coyote’s got the gear to do it. Low engine hours, good sails and canvas, autopilot, GPS, AIS, Garmin Map 740 S touch screen Radar/chart plotter/sonar, much more. $62,500. Alan 843872-8080 www.windsweptyachtsales.com. email alanpwys@gmail.com.

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

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Hinckley 35 Pilot 1968. Terrific opportunity to purchase the lowest-priced H 35P on the market. She’s a solid classic with LOW hours on her 2010 Beta 28 engine. 2010 Edson pedestal/wheel, 2010 Simrad autopilot, 2003 North genoa, 1999 North main. $55,000 Savannah, GA. Matt @ S&J Yachts 843-8728080 www.sjyachts.com .

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

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

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

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1979 38’ Cabo Rico Cutter. Great sailing performance. Bluewater construction. Crealock design. Rebuilt Perkins diesel, refrigeration, Cutter rig, Solar panels, inverter, updated electronics. $64,900. Alan 941-350-1559. www.windsweptyachtsales.com. email alanpwys@gmail.com

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Leopard 40, 2010 Catamaran. Ready to sailaway today. Desirable 3-cabin owner’s version, Magpie 2 has never been chartered. Expertly maintained. Extensively equipped for liveaboard cruising. $289,000. 404-354-8893.

North Carolina. magpie@fenwood.org. (6/17)

2001 Hunter 410. NEW LISTING! Listed at $114,900, she is in turn key condition and shows like new. All systems are in working condition and the boat has had the best of care by her knowledgeable owners. For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

38’ Hunter Legend 1994. Yanmar 34hp, 2015 Mast, 2015 rigging & all Lines, 2015 Main sail w/ 3 reefing points, 2015 Canvas, elect windlass, Solar panels, wind gen, Furuno chartplotter, water maker, READY TO SAIL AWAY! $65,500 Contact: Kevin 321693-1642 www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

40’ Caliber LRC 2004. Long Range Cruiser, Original Owner, Pristine, Everything you want in a cruising sailboat capable of a circumnavigation. Asking $210,000. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina in St. Pete. Contact Joe Zammataro, CPYB, 727-527-2800.

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

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

38’ Wauquiez Ted Hood 1983 Centerboard.

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

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

Joe@PreferredYachts.com

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

Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com.

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

41’ Hallberg-Rassy Ketch 1977. 2014 55hp Volvo, beautiful classic lines, full complement of sails, full enclosure w/glass windshields, bimini’s, decks replaced 2004, 2016 batteries, 2004 electronics. Great blue-water! $85K Contact: Mike 239-287-7213 www.Sailboats inFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

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

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

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42’ Contest 42 CC Ketch 1983. Full survey showing “Above Average Condition.” 200gal of fresh water, 90gal Diesel. Yanmar installed 2004 w/1500hrs. PRICE JUST REDUCED! $104,900 Contact: Kevin 850-982-0983 KevinB@EdwardsYachtSales.com, www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

42’ 2015 REFIT CUSTOM 90 Endeavour 42.

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

Now in stock NEW CATALINA 425! Winner of Cruising World Boat of the Year and SAIL best boat 2017. This is a MUST SEE! This beautiful boat has all the things you love about Catalinas and more! For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

42’ Tayana Vancouver 1986. No teak decks, upgraded Yanmar turbocharged. NEW Navy Sunbrella dodger & bimini. 55lb Rocna anchor. $100k Contact: Harry 412-692-0639 Harry@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

1974 42’ Whitby - $74,500 – Greg Merritt – 813-294-9288 – greg@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

43’ Hans Christian 1985. Low hours Yanmar engine, many upgrades, well-equipped and ready to sail! $129k. Contact: Tom 904-3779446 Tom@EdwardsYachtSales.com, www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

2004 Catalina 42MKII. REDUCED $167,900.

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

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

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

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

42’ Tatoosh. Bob Perry blue water cruiser built by Tashing. Just completed two-year cruise and ready to go again. A rare gem and a must see. Asking $99,900. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Petersburg. Joe Zammataro 727-527-2800 Joe@Preferred Yachts.com, www.PreferredYachts.com

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43’Jeanneau Deck Salon 2003. 75hp turbocharged Yanmar, all lines led to CP, 2003 5kw Genset, 2016 battery charger, 2013 Raymarine plotter/radar, 2013 dual spinnaker halyards, 2014 Mack Sails & MORE! $169K Contact: Bob 239-775-7435 www.Sailboats inFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

Gulfstar 43’ cc ketch, 1977. Arguably in best condition and most well-equipped Gulfstar out there. I’m only the third owner and have had her for almost twenty years. Just finished a two-year refit and shakedown cruise to Cuba and the Tortugas, Great! I’m getting too old for blue water but she’s ready to go. Asking $75,000. Serious inquiries only.

Sarasota, FL. 941-726-9723. (6/17) www.southwindsmagazine.com

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44’ Voyage Yachts 440 Owner’s Version 2002. 3’2” Low Draft, 3 Cabins, 2 Heads.

Twin Yanmar engines, washer, dryer, office space & more! BEAUTIFUL! MUST SEE! $349k.

Contact: Tom 904-377-9446 Tom@EdwardsYachtSales.com, www.SailBoatsinFlorida.com

Island Packet 445 2006. REDUCED $359,000. Clean, very well equipped & priced right! Easy to handle. Lots of equipment; A/C, 8kw generator, solar panels, wind generator, new canvas, watermaker, bow thruster. Contact Matt at S&J Yachts, 843872-8080. www.sjyachts.com

Island Packet 440 2006. Clean, fullyequipped, one owner workhorse that has been tried and tested by her knowledgeable owners. There are no hidden boat Gremlins on this beauty! $368,900 Call Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts 843-872-8080 for details www.sjyachts.com .

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

954-SEA-LUCK or J@Yachtmann.com

44’ Apache Catamaran. 2 Circumnavigations and ready for a 3rd. Updated/renovated all electric. Asking $174,900. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts.com. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Jamie Birch, 317-750-8664. Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

44' Gallart Motor Sailor, 1982. With Twin 65 hp Volvo Diesel Straight Drives, Diesel Generator, 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, 2 Helm Stations, GPS, Radar, SSB, Solar, VHF, Stereo, TV, Dinghy w/OB, RF Main, RF Jib. Needs some TLC. $59,900. Clearwater, FL. Call George 941-792-9100 News & Views for Southern Sailors

Southerly 135 (45’) 2006. High performing blue water yacht with a DRAFT from 2’ 9” to 9’ 9” at the push of a button!! Many recent upgrades: hull recently painted, new canvas, cushions, A/C etc. Motivated seller, REDUCED $379,000. Contact Matt S&J Yachts, 843-8728080 www.sjyachts.com

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

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

1974 46’ Durbeck Flush Deck Cutter Ketch.

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

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

Joe Zammataro. 727-527-2800.

Joe@PreferredYachts.com, www.PreferredYachts.com

46’ Hunter Double cabin plus office. Unique Office Version, Asking $159,900. Full Details & Pictures at PreferredYachts. com.

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

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

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

Caliber 47 LRC 2008. Big price reduction!

Loved & extremely well-cared for boat that the owner needs to sell now! Low hours. ICW friendly. Massive tankage. Generator. A/C. Bow Thruster.

Washer/Dryer…Only $399,000. Call S&J Yachts Now! 410-6392777 www.sjyachts.com

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

Generator, SSB, VHF, air condition, diesel heater, Twin autopilots, Twin GPS, Radar. 2 staterooms, 2 heads. $119,900. Alan 941350-1559. alanpwys@gmail.com. Details at www.windsweptyachtsales.com.

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

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

This is a beautiful, spacious yacht. She has a rebuilt engine with only 570 hours. Fully loaded with so many great features, including rebuilt generator, solar panels, fully battened mainsail and tons more. She is turn-key, ready to go sailing! For full listing and our boat inventory, visit www.dunbaryachts.com, or call 800-282-1411

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

Joe@PreferredYachts. com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please send your sailing and work-related resume with a cover letter highlighting why you are the right person for this position to Steve Colgate, Offshore’s founder, at steve@offshoresailing.com. _________________________________________ Brokers Needed – S&J Yachts with offices from the mid-Atlantic to Florida is seeking experienced full-time sail & power boat brokers in FL, GA, SC, NC, VA and MD. Boating experience and team player a must! Friendly, professional working environment. S&J Yachts sells new and brokerage quality boats. www.sjyachts.com. Enquiries confidential.

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(6/17) ________________________________________ Edwards Yacht Sales is expanding! Several openings for yacht brokers in Florida. Looking for experienced broker or will train the right individual. Must have boating background and be a salesman. Aggressive advertising program. Come join the EYS team! Call in confidence, 727-449-8222 www.EdwardsYacht Sales.com Yachts@ EdwardsYachtSales.com _________________________________________ Yacht Sales Person Needed Preferred Yachts, located at the beautiful Harborage Marina in St Petersburg, has an opportunity for an experienced full time yacht broker or we will train you. We are a unique boutique yacht brokerage with a large brokerage display center that attracts buyers and sellers from around the world.

Preferred Yachts is one of only 50 Certified Professional Yacht Brokerages in the US and hold to the highest standards of professionalism, knowledge and integrity. With 38 years experience, we know how to help you be successful and our clients to achieve their dreams. For more details, Contact Joe Zammataro, CPYB Call: 727-527-2800 or Write Joe@PreferredYachts.com _______________________________________

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3/2 $869,000.

John Ross/Coldwell Banker. 727-871-3611. sellingstpetebeach.com (7/17)

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We called in to the race committee when we were an hour away from the safe water buoy of the Marina Hemingway channel, the designated finish for the race. We were discussing plans for coming into dock when we heard the call, “Marina Hemingway, this is Warrior, 12 miles out.”

The entire crew of Back Off erupted in cheers and passed high fives around the deck in sailing gloves. We would take first place in our division on time corrected. The cruise to the finish felt like it should be a cakewalk.

The channel leading into Maria Hemingway is narrow and flanked by shallow coral on both sides. We could easily spot the flashing red and green lights of the lateral buoys, but couldn't distinguish the small, dim flashing white light of the safe water buoy from the background lights on the shoreline. After dousing the spinnaker, each crew member searched desperately for the buoy which we were supposed to pass to port .

Suddenly I spotted it—on the starboard side of the boat! I alerted the captain and he called out, “Prepare to jibe!” slammed the tiller to port and spun the stern through the wind. The boom remained stationary, held by the jibe preventer we had forgotten to release. The mainsail backfilled, stopping Back Off and leaving us drifting in the swell towards the coral.

A voice in the dark yelled out, “Cut the preventer!”

“No!” I shouted back. “The line's around the winch. Just release it!”

The trimmer blew the line off the starboard winch and everyone ducked in unison as the boom swung hard over our heads. We trimmed in on a starboard tack, crawled back upwind and rounded the mark in a clumsy finish. Our elapsed time was 2 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 1 second.

After firing up the diesel and dousing the mainsail we carefully negotiated the channel in to the marina and tied up to the customs dock.

The crew of Back Off were all tired, disheveled, but amazed how we had finished in this historic race. We were ready for our next adventure in Havana, and our next drink of rum!

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The Comeback of Back Off

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t 12 miles from the crews of four. We strugnorth coast of Cuba, gled to keep Back Off sailBack Off, the Soverel 33 I ing in light winds south was crewing aboard this through the Gulf of past February, had taken Mexico, making frequent the lead over five out of six sail changes searching for other boats sailing in the the best sail plan to keep Spinnaker B division in the us moving.

St. Pete to Havana Race.

Sailing past the Dry From the start we were Tortugas late on the secunlikely contenders. Now, ond evening of the race, we were in sight of three Back Off and most of the boats who owed us time at fleet was besieged by the finish. Only one boat calms. During the long remained, the Tripp 38, night, we sat our weary Warrior, along with her talbodies to the leeward side ented Capt. Grant, who to heel the boat in the still could steal away the prize air as the jib flogged limply for first place. Their wherein our faces. abouts in the Straits of On the morning of Florida were a mystery. the third day, we had a Over the VHF, our caplight southeast breeze— tain made the call for entry, but it was wind! We sailed “Marina Hemingway, this The Back Off crew selfie. Brian Davies (foreground, left), Tony Barrett (boat Back Off gently to windis Back Off. Requesting per- owner, red hat and sunglasses behind Davies), Brian Kennalley (black and ward, nursing her through mission to enter Cuban white hat), Kim Stininger (red hat), Larry Hogan (sitting, tan hat, long puffs and lulls further into waters.” sleeve white shirt), Katherine Tyriver (white hat), Jim Marvin (red hat on the Gulf Current. At noon, For 10 years, the racing Katherine’s left) and Brian Kaczor (navy blue shirt & yellow hat). we took our first drink of crew of Back Off, led by the race, passing around a prepare the boat. On the morning of owner Capt. Tony, have laughed about handle of Captain Morgan. Everyone the start, we ran lines, secured rigging, telling race committees, bridge tenders saluted their chosen wind spirit and stowed equipment and had even and even the Coast Guard to “Back took a swig. I paid honor to the marworked out the minor issue of the off!” Her transom sports a graphic of a riage of two atoms of hydrogen and mainsail not hoisting completely up gun-slinging Yosemite Sam. This time one of oxygen, and to all that chemical the mast! it sounded like we demanded the bond has brought us.

The race itself would not be withCuban government keep its distance By mid-afternoon, our rum toast out its own challenges. Although Back from us, then give us approval to come began working! The wind veered to Off enjoyed an advantageous start and ashore. I hoped Cuban customs offithe north and we made way downkept pace with the fleet upwind, a lull cials had a sense of irony, figuring that wind with full spinnaker. We spotted in breeze and a strong flooding current since we were on the entry list, there the chutes of competitors on the horiat the Sunshine Skyway Bridge put the wouldn't be an issue. zon ahead and astern, identifying three brakes on her and every boat in the The list of issues we did boats in our class who we would beat. division. Our attempts to pass under encounter, however, was long. We The wind piped up after sunset and the bridge south of the main channel had a crew of eight aboard, many of the swell rolled upon us from astern. were blocked by a cruiser at anchor, whom would be sailing together for Back Off surfed down the following then by a Frers 64 who cut us off to the first time. Three of our crew were waves making 7-8 knots, but without a windward. lake racers visiting from Chicago, all satellite receiver, we were in the dark During an attempted headsail of them named Brian. Our regular about the location of any of our comchange we discovered the jib luff was crew would be offering them advice petition, who we could not see nearby. jammed in the foil. While we focused on coastal sailing during the race, The lights of Havana grew larger on this malfunction, the wind filled in calling them by their last names. on the horizon as we continued our for our competitors on the north side We would also be sailing this parrun towards the coast. We heard spoof the channel. We enviously watched ticular vessel for the first time. Several radic calls from other racers crossing four boats glide under the bridge and months before the race, Capt. Tony the 12-mile mark, but no word of our slip away from us towards Egmont purchased the Soverel 33 to replace his friend Grant on Warrior. I told the capKey before we tacked beneath the 26 footer of the same name. Despite his tain that he was probably at the marina bridge, beating upwind in pursuit. best efforts, the boat wasn't ready the bar by now on his fourth mojito.

That evening and through the folday before the race. The captain and lowing day, we rotated watches in crew put in an incredible final effort to See BACK OFF continued on page 60

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