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38 1985 Cabo Rico Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REDUCED $89,900 38' 1999 Catana Sailing Catamaran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD 38’ 2004 Sabre 386 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SOLD 37' 1997 Hunter 376 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 37' 1979 Tartan 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$54,900 37' 2012 Delphia 37.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REDUCED $89,900 37' 2000 Bavaria Sloop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL FOR PRICE 36' 2001 Seawind 1000 XL Catamaran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SOLD 36’ Grand Banks Classic 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$117,000 36' 1996 Sabre 362 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SOLD 35' 1998 Tiara 3500 Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REDUCED $59,900 34' 2009 World Cat 34 TE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,900 32' Cheoy Lee/Richards Offshore 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REDUCED $29,900 28' 1996 Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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An Afternoon with Historian and Abaco’s Guide Steve Dodge By Fred Braman

Carolina Sailing: Getting to Know the SCOR By Dan Dickison

Paige Railey: Focusing on the moment Interview by Craig Leweck, editor of Scuttlebutt Sailing News

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Zeke Horowitz Story By Jabbo Gordon

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FROM THE HELM Jean-Luc Van Den Heede Wins Golden Globe Race Last month, I reported that two sailors were competing in what had the potential to be a photo finish in the aroundthe-world Golden Globe Race 2018. Seventy-three year-old Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (VDH) was limping along with a damaged rig hundreds of miles ahead of Netherlander Mark Slats who was trying to catch up and win the race. With no boat damage to deal with, Slats was slowly closing the distance that at first was 2000nm behind VDH when the latter pitch-poled in the South Pacific. At one point in the North Atlantic, he came within 10 miles of VDH, but to no avail. VDH came in two days earlier than Slats, arriving at Les Sable d’Olonne in Western France on Tuesday Jan. 29. Slats made it in on Thursday, Jan. 31. After sailing 30,000 miles for over 200 days, maybe coming in within two days of each other qualifies as a photo finish. They both broke the original time set by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in 1968, with VDH beating it by 100 days— coming in after 211 days and 23 hours. But there are still three more in the race. In midFebruary, leading the three is Estonian Uku Randmaa (who has just about run out of food), who is just north of the equator. A few hundred miles further south is the only American in the race, Istvan Kopar. In the South Atlantic is Tapio Lehtinen of Finland. Of all the international sailboat races that include the America’s Cup and the around-the-world races, I don’t know if there is another race that has captured the hearts of sailors more than the Golden Globe. I believe it is because of the rules of the race that restricts them to the same equipment that was available in the 1968 Golden Globe: Besides having to sail non-stop and with no outside assistance, the big navigational feature they do not have is GPS; they must use traditional methods using the stars and the Sun, and dead reckoning.

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Although I have never crossed an ocean in a sailboat, I have done a bit of coastal cruising to offshore islands that were out of sight—and most of it was all done with no electronics, but with a chart, a watch, a compass and a knotmeter—plotting my course as we proceeded. And there is just something special about approaching and arriving at your destination just as you calculated, especially at night when you are looking for red and green blinking markers among a thousand lights that are on a populated horizon. And that special something is probably multiplied many times over if you sail around the world using those basic tools, along with the stars and the Sun. It’s not as exciting arriving by GPS. As great as it is, it’s just too easy. Everyone who entered the Golden Globe won a little something, but those who finished it—what a win that is. The Golden Globe Race is planned to return in 2022, and applications are already being accepted.

Power and Sail Over the years, SOUTHWINDS has covered trawlers, with several articles about “going over to the dark side”—as some call it. We’ve also done trawler reviews and other articles, even running 12 monthly articles on them in 2012. But lately, there has been an increase in interest, so we started offering inexpensive trawler ads in classifieds and hope to add more information on trawlers in the future. Maybe it’s all those baby boomers getting too old to raise the sails who want to continue a slower-paced lifestyle that’s found to be similar in trawlers. But it still came as a surprise when I heard that Catalina Yachts, manufacturers of some great sailboats from big to small, acquired True North Yachts, a Downeast-style powerboat. Molds for three different True North 34-footers are being moved to the Catalina plant in Largo, FL, where production of the boats will begin later this year—right next to the Catalina sailboats.

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Southeast Air & Water Temperatures, Prevailing Winds & Gulf Stream Currents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 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 and local races. Go to Racing News for national and international regattas in the Southeast. • Educational/Training • Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals • Boat Shows • Seafood Festivals & Nautical Flea Markets • Other Events

Listing Your Event in Print or Online

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. 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/instructor. Check the website, since courses are often added late. For learning-to-sail and powerboat handling courses, go to www.ussailing.org/education. Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach, NC, March 11-14. Contact Katrina Williams at katrina@carolinayachtcluborg. Instructors Steve Maddox and Katrina Williams. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, St. Petersburg, FL, March 11-14. Contact Instructor Allison Jolly at allisonjolly@gmail.com. Edison Sailing Center, Ft. Myers, FL, March 16-19. Contact Stephanie Webb at edisonsailing.webb@outlook.com. Instructors Margie Graham.

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To have your non-race event listed in print, contact editor@swindsmag.com. Email the information (not just a link) by the first of the month preceding publication. Contact us if a little later. They must be public events that are free, or nominal low cost. Other for-profit events can be listed for $35/month up to 150 words (text and title) for first month, $25 for second month. We will print your public event for two months (rendezvous for three months). (If your for-profit event has a quarter page ad or larger, a 150-word notice in this calendar is included for two months.) You can also list your event on our online calendar, swindsmag.com. Go to EVENTS. No charge for: (1) You have a print ad for the event in the magazine; (2) Public events, non-profit events, free events; (3) Club regattas, marine flea markets, boat shows and other similar events. Contact us for other for-profit events. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, March 16-19. Contact Claire Rees at cfrees2468@gmail.com. Instructor Kevin Gunn. Sarasota Youth Sailing Program, Sarasota, FL, March 22-25. Contact Mallory Buechler at sarasotayouthsailing@gmail.com. Instructor Jabbo Gordon. Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX, Two weekends: March 23-24 & 30-31. Contact Terry Flynn at Instructors Stephen Gay. waterfrontdirector@lakewoodyachtclub.com. Augusta Sailing Club, Evans, GA, April 6-9. Contact Kim Bagnoni at vetbags@gmail.com. Instructor Arn Manella. University Yacht Club, Flowery Branch, GA, Two weekends: April 13-14 & 20-21. Contact Susan Reddaway at reddsail@aol.com. Instructor Bruce Cattanach.

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Western Carolina Sailing Club, Greenville, SC, April 26-29. Contact Patrick Hopp at phopp@albertga.us. Instructor Eileen Fahrmeier.

South Atlantic. Atlanta Yacht Club, Acworth, GA, April 1314. Laser, C420, Optimists. Contact Katrina Blauvelt at katrina.blauvelt@gmail.com.

Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa, FL, April 27-28. Contact Instructor Allison Jolly at allisonbjolly@gmail.com.

BOAT SHOWS

Coastal Passagemaking Instructor Coconut Grove Sailing Club Instructional Center, Miami, FL, March 18-22. Contact Bruce Penrod at bapenrod29@msn.com. Instructor Matthew Meadows.

TrawlerFest is PassageMaker’s stand-alone series of boat shows, specifically designed for cruising-under-power enthusiasts. TrawlerFest includes in-water displays of cruising powerboats, first class boating courses and demonstrations, the latest in marine products and services, and rendezvous-style evening events and activities. Attendees come by boat and stay at the marina, or by land, staying at the event resort or one of the local hotels. Seminars are held on a wide range of topics, along with demonstrations, discussions, parties, and exhibits with industry representatives. Seminar information available online. For more information, go to www.trawlerfest.com. Held at Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort & Marina. 555 NE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL.10am to 5pm. Tickets are $15 in advance (online) or $18 onsite. Seminar tickets include show admission on the day of the seminar. Seminar topics and information available on the website.

US SAILING SAFETY AT SEA SEMINARS US Sailing Sanctioned International Offshore Safety at Sea with Hands-on Training. PYC Satori Foundation at Pensacola Yacht Club. Pensacola, FL, March 23-24. Contact Talbot Wilson at talbot@talbotwilson.com. JUNIOR OLYMPIC SAILING FESTIVALS Go to www.ussailing.org, then Competition>Youth>Junior Olympics>Find a Junior Olympic Festival. None listed this month or next month, but check online in case a new festival was scheduled, or view others further in the future. Sarasota Sailfest. Sarasota Youth Sailing Program, Sarasota, FL. April 6-7. Radial, Laser 4.7, Open BIC, C420, Optimists. Contact Mallory Buechler at sarasotayouthsailing@gmail.com.

TrawlerFest, Riviera Beach, FL, March 5-9

Annual Palm Beach Boat Show, March 28-31 Flagler Drive on the water in downtown West Palm Beach. www.showmanagement.com

2019 Wharf Boat Show, Orange Beach, AL, March 29-31 The Wharf Boat and Yacht Show, a powerboat show, is one of the largest in-water displays and exhibitors along the upper Gulf Coast. 4550 Main Street. www.wharfboatshow.com.

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37th Annual Suncoast Boat Show, Sarasota, FL, April 26-28 Power boats, as well as vendors selling gear. Marina Jack’s in downtown Sarasota. www.ShowManagement.com.

Charleston In-Water Boat Show, Charleston, SC, March 29-31 This show will be held at Bristol Marina and Brittlebank Park, 185 Lockwood Blvd. www.charlestoninwaterboatshow.com. www.southwindsmagazine.com

SEAFOOD FESTIVALS and NAUTICAL FLEA MARKETS Island Nautical 25th Annual Nautical Flea Market, St. Petersburg, FL, March 2 Spaces available for sellers. Shop for bargains, sell your old stuff or just browse. JSI parking lot at 2233 3rd Ave S., St. Petersburg. 8am-noon. Call to reserve space at 727-577-3220.

41st Annual Dania Marine Flea Market, Mardi Gras Casino, Hallandale Beach, FL, March 14-17 Private individuals and corporate vendors sell marine equipment, antiques, used boats, fishing tackle, diving gear, marine artwork and other boating-related items. World’s largest marine flea market. Thursday-Saturday: 9am-6pm. Sunday 9am-4pm. Free Parking. www.daniamarinefleamarket.com.

9th Annual Kemah Crawfish Festival, Kemah, TX, April 19-21 Affordable crawfish and other foods will be served and sold with new cooking units that plan to cook 6000 pounds of boiled crawfish per hour. Held under the Kemah Bridge at 300 3rd Street. www.gulfcoastfestivals.com.

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Waterway Zydeco & Crawfish Festival, Gulf Shores, AL, April 20 Fresh boiled crawfish and zydeco music by some of New Orleans best bands, along with arts and crafts display. East 24th Avenue in the Waterway Village of Gulf Shores. www.gulfcoastartsalliance.com.

35th Annual Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, Pompano Beach, FL, April 26-28 Pompano Beach oceanfront. Held on the beach at the Pompano Pier, featuring fresh local seafood prepared by area restaurants. www.pompanobeachseafoodfestival.com.

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America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association Spring Rendezvous, Norfolk, VA, May 6-9 Educational seminars on navigation and information on the portion of the Loop between Norfolk and the Tennessee River (site of the fall rendezvous), presented by experienced cruisers. www.greatloop.org. Register early as this event is often sold out.

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The 15th Florida Hui Wharram will take place back in the Florida Keys at the Lorelei restaurant in Islamorada. The Lorelei welcomes Wharramites to raft up off the beach. Beach catamarans will have easy shore access. The Lorelei will also host dinner under the white-top tent for a reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, May 18 (advanced registration required). A “Hui Wharram” or “Hui-owaa-Kaulaua-Wharram” is a gathering of Wharram boats and sailors. All boats welcome. All sailors welcome (with or without boats). The Hui is a wonderful opportunity to gather with fellow and future sailors, swap sea tales, reunite with old salts, make new friends, and SAIL (weather permitting). RSVP to grsurfsail@yahoo.com, or barsuzda@gmail.com to help us plan. For information and location on the Lorelei, go to www.loreleicabanabar.com.

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34th Morgan Invasion and Tampa Bay Hospice Cup, Tampa, FL, April 27 This is a major fund-raising event that benefits both LifePath Hospice in Hillsborough County and Suncoast Hospice in Pinellas County. Hosted by the Davis Island Yacht Club. www.tampabayhospicecup.com.

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This race, if you could call it that, is sponsored by the Schooner Wharf Bar on the waterfront in downtown Key West. This Sunday afternoon race commemorates the race to a wreck that signified the old days when Key West’s main business was wreck salvage. Boats race seven miles out to Sand Key from the Key West waterfront and back. The race has five classes: Classic, Schooner, Multihull, Monohull over 30 feet and Monohull under 30 feet. Locals and visitors are invited and welcome. It is known as the “anything-butserious race.” First boat back wins. No protests allowed. Sailing/boating rules and rules of seamanship always apply. Four races are held over four months. The race is videotaped and the awards ceremony after the race at the bar serves a BBQ dinner while guests watch the race on a big screen TV. Beer drinking is very common. The first race is the last Sunday of the month, starting in January. There is a captains meeting the day before the race at the bar at 7pm, where “captains and crew contemplate strategy while reviewing course and race rules.” Race awards, booty, music and barbecue are after the race at the bar at 7pm. www.schoonerwharf.com This year, the last race in the series on April 28, is the kick-off event and first race of the Conch Republic Cup to Havana, Cuba/Key West Race Week. www.conchrepubliccup.org.

The Everglades Challenge, Tampa Bay, March 2 The Everglades Challenge is an unsupported, expeditionstyle adventure race for kayaks, canoes and small boats that starts above the high tide mark on the east beach of Fort De Soto Park on Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, FL, and ends in Key Largo. It is run by the Watertribe, whose fearless leader, Steve Issac, conceived of the race in 2000. This year’s event starts at dawn on March 2, although if you want a good look at the boats, go on Friday, March 1 (noon and early afternoon is best—before the 3pm captains meeting), when the competitors will be going through inspection and setting up their boats on the starting line. Along the 300-mile course, competitors are required to sail, row, or paddle into three checkpoints, but not required to stay there. The checkpoints going south along the coast are: Cape Haze Marina, Englewood; Chokoloskee, Everglades National Park; and Flamingo, Everglades National Park. After these checkpoints, the boats head to the Pelican Cottages in Key Largo at the finish. Held concurrently is the 64-mile Ultra Marathon, which goes from Tampa Bay to the first check point of the Challenge, Cape Haze Marina. Over 100 boats generally enter the two challenges. For more on the Everglades Challenge, go to www.watertribe.com and go to the Events page. You can read a short history of the Challenge in the February 2012 issue of SOUTHWINDS at www.southwindsmagazine.com. Go to Back Issues.

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Refit International Exhibition & Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 10-11

Held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. 8am-5pm. A daylong gam with sessions to interest everyone ranging from destination topics to how-to sessions. Contact Karen Nettles at office@ssca.org, or 754-702-5068. Register online at www.ssca.org.

This is a marine industry trade show combining exhibits, seminars, and demonstrations for yacht and boat refit and repair professionals. The show offers a combination of practical education, emerging technologies, new products, service innovations, and B2B networking. www.refitshow.com

12th Annual Fort Myers Beach Cruiser’s Appreciation Day, Noon-3pm, Saturday, April 6

9th Annual West Marine Stand-up Paddle Board Carolina Cup, Wrightsville Beach, NC, April 24-28

The Fort Myers Beach Anchorage Advisory Committee in cooperation with Matanzas on the Bay invite the general public and all mooring field patrons to celebrate the 12th Annual Cruiser’s Appreciation Day on Saturday, April 6, from noon to 3pm in the Matanzas on the Bay waterfront courtyard. The event will feature free admission for all, barbeque, live entertainment, drinks, door prizes, giveaways and friendly island hospitality. This year’s menu items include Smoked Ribs and Caribbean Pork Shank with sides, Smoked Fish Dip with chips, Dave’s Dockside Pizza, soft drinks, water and beer. All available at reasonable prices. This event is an opportunity to meet and mingle with mooring field patrons, learning about their vessels, extensive travels and our mooring field. Boaters renting a mooring ball on the day of the event will receive a free lunch. Admission is free to the general public. For information, go to www.fortmyersbeachfl.gov, and click on “Mooring Field” under “Quick Links.”

The world’s largest gathering of stand-up paddleboard racers will be held at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort. Over 1000 competitors from the around the world. www.wrightsvillebeachpaddleclub.com/carolina-cup.

35th Annual Interstate Mullet Toss and Gulf Coast’s Greatest Beach Party, April 26-28 Individuals on the beach throwing a mullet from a circle in Alabama to the state line in Florida to benefit local charities. Largest Beach Party in the South. www.florabama.com.

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NEWS Netherlands Joins List of Challengers to America’s Cup 2021 The Royal Netherlands Yacht Club Muiden and Royal Maas Yacht Club have joined together to challenge Emirates Team New Zealand for the America’s Cup 2021. The Netherlands will also be making history in 2021, because Carolijn Brouwer will be at the helm in 2021 and will become the first female at the helm of an America’s Cup challenger in history (This was contested by a letter writer to Sailing Scuttlebutt News, who wrote that “Sis Hovey Morss occasionally helmed Rainbow during the 1937 America’s Cup defense trials, as well as several other J boats owned by her father, Chandler Hovey, Sr., during the Cup races of the 1930s). Brouwer is a two-time World Sailor of the Year, three-time Olympian and winner of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race. The Netherlands will now join Luna Rossa (ITA), American Magic (USA), INEOS Team UK (UK), Malta Altus Challenge (MLT) and Stars & Stripes Team USA (USA). That makes six challengers to the Cup races to be held in Auckland, New Zealand. The schedule for the 2021 Cup: March 31, 2019: Boat 1 can be launched 2nd half of 2019: 2 x America’s Cup World Series Preliminary Events February 1, 2020: Boat 2 can be launched During 2020: 3 x America’s Cup World Series Preliminary Events December 10-20, 2020: America’s Cup Christmas Race January and February 2021: The PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series March 2021: The America’s Cup Match

Paige Railey Makes Shortlist for US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year award. Read an interview with Railey on page 38.

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Information, prerequisites, and enrollment online available at www.ussailing.org/competition/rules-officiating. Check the website, as classes are sometimes created at the last minute—long after our press deadline, and some fill up quickly. Courses in the Southeast One-Day Race Management Seminar Lake Norman Yacht Club, Cornelius, NC, March 16. Contact Hal Smith at porter.timothyM@gmail.com. Instructor J D Rosser.

NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL and OTHER REGATTAS IN THE SOUTHEAST View upcoming regattas on our Events page at www.swindsmag.com. List your regatta for free. LISTING YOUR RACE SOUTHWINDS lists races in the Southeast eight coastal states for free with date, event and sponsoring organization in the “Racing Calendar” starting on page 44. Listed below are upcoming national and international regattas in the Southeast. For other regatta pre-race write-ups with a description in this section cost is $35/month ($25 for second month) for the first 130 words and $45/month ($35 for second month) for 200 words total. No listing over 200 words allowed. Regattas that run display ads 1/4 page or larger (we give regatta ads reduced rates) will get 150 words at no additional charge for two months. Email editor@swindsmag.com, or 941-795-8704, around the first of the month preceding publication to list your event or place an ad.

Melges 20 Winter Series, South Florida, March 15-17 The Melges 20 Winter Series is three events held annually for the large fleet of Melges 20s that campaign in Southern states and the Caribbean each winter. All events are held at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club: Event 1 is the series opener (held in Dec.); Event 2 is the Miami Winter Regatta (held in February); and event 3 is the Melges Rocks Regatta, March 15-17. After Event 3, Melges 20 racing moves to Charleston Race Week, April 11-14.

Snipe Winter Circuit, Florida and the Bahamas, March This is an annual series of events held each winter. Five regattas at three different locations. First was the Boomerang in Fort Lauderdale Jan. 26-27, followed by the Commodoro Rasco in Miami Feb. 2-3. Next is the Bacardi/Gamblin in Nassau, The Bahamas, Feb. 28-March 3. On March 22-24 is the Don Q Rum Keg Regatta at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami. The final event is the Ron Payne in Fort Lauderdale, April 5-7. http://snipeusa.com/2017-snipe-winter-circuit/.

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J/24 Midwinter Championship, Tampa, FL, March 1-3 Davis Island Yacht Club, www.diyc.org

92nd Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta, Miami, FL, March 3-9 Top-tier one-design boats from around the world race on Biscayne Bay. Melges 24, Viper, Flying Tiger, Star, J/70. Coral Reef Yacht Club and Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. www.bacardiinvitational.com

Miami Sailing Week, Miami, FL, March 4-10 Celebrating the 10th anniversary in 2019, this is an annual multi-class regatta in Miami with teams from countries around the world racing on Biscayne Bay. Many consider this to be one of the top ten sailing events in the world. Hosted by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.miamisailingweek.com.

Crown Cars Regatta, Gulf of Mexico, Tampa Bay, March 9 This event is now in its 35th year and continues to give participants a great time on the Gulf of Mexico. It is open to all classes with windward/leeward and random-leg courses for different classes. This regatta is a Suncoast Boat of the Year and Gulf Boat of the Year event. NOR and entry forms can be found on the St. Petersburg Yacht club website at www.spyc.org. You can enter these three races for one combined, reduced rate: Pusser’s Rum Cup, Crown Cars, and Suncoast Race Week. See details on the website.

2019 Annual ‘Round the Island Race, Key West Florida, March 17, 2019 The Key West Community Sailing Center will host the 2019 Annual ‘Round the Island Race on Sunday, March 17. The skippers meeting will take place at 11am and the race will begin at 12 noon. All are invited. Bring your own Hobie Wave, Sunfish, Laser, 420, FJ or other similar small boat— or, if you are a member, put your name in the hat by March 10 to be assigned a Community Sailing boat. Be sure to register. It’s free. Forms are available on our website. A cookout will follow. A good time is certain. Come and join us for this historic, fun event. The KWCSC is located at 705 Palm Avenue (off Sailboat Lane). 305-292-5993. www.keywestsailingcenter.org.

St. Petersburg – Habana Race, March 18 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s 284-nautical mile race to Havana, Cuba, will depart St. Petersburg at 11am on March 18, headed for the finish at Morro Castle off Havana. Although this race was revived in 2016, it was originally staged from 1930 to 1959. Included in the schedule of events in Cuba are a welcome party March 21 and a race starting at the Havana Harbor entrance. A dinner and awards presentations party will be held afterward. Open to boats at least 30 feet. For more information, go to www.spyc.org and click on Habana Regatta. Final Entry Deadline is Jan. 11.

2019 Inaugural Florida Keys Youth Sailing Regatta, Key West, FL, March 23 The Inaugural Florida Keys Youth Sailing Regatta will be held at the Key West Community Sailing Center on March 23. Youth sailors ages 9 to 17 from the Marathon Sailing Center, the Upper Keys Sailing Club and the KWCSC Youth Sailing Team will participate in individual and team competitions. Competition will be held aboard open Bics, Sunfish and Lasers. This is the inaugural regatta of the series, with future events to be hosted by the Marathon and Upper Keys clubs. A cook-out and party will follow the competition. Additional details may be found at www.keywestsailingcenter.org, or by calling 305-2925993. The KWCSC is located at 705 Palm Avenue (off Sailboat Lane), Key West, FL.

St. Augustine Race Week, St. Augustine, FL, March 23-30 First Coast Sailing Association sponsors this event. This year St. Augustine Race Week has expanded from 4 days to a 5-day event. The Youth Regatta, featuring 420 dinghies, will be held March 23-24, the weekend before the bigger boat races. They will once again race downtown just south of historic Castillo de San Marcos in full view of spectators. March 29, boats 30 feet and under compete in the inshore series held in the Tolomato River just north of the Vilano Bridge in St. Augustine. The Offshore Series takes place March 28-30 just outside St. Augustine Inlet. Competitors will be happy to learn the St. Augustine Municipal Marina

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RACING NEWS & REGATTAS is back in business which allows Race Week to bring its parties, food vendors and music concerts back downtown under the big tent with the public invited. Registration is at www.staugustineraceweek.com. Updates are posted also at www.facebook.com/SARaceWeek. Proceeds from SARW support the Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund.

Melges 20 World Championship, Miami, FL, April 4-7 Coconut Grove Sailing Club, www.cgsc.org

38th Ted Irwin’s Memorial Pusser’s Rum Cup, St. Petersburg, FL, April 6 Hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, this is west Florida’s largest one-day sailboat race. All classes are invited and racing is in Tampa Bay. Courses will be around Government Marks. Pusser’s hats, great food and Pusser’s Rum parties. Notice of Race and Entry Forms can be found on the SPYC website at www.spyc.org.

41st Suncoast Race Week, Tampa Bay, April 12-14 This event is hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in cooperation with the Davis Island Yacht Club and Bradenton Yacht Club. It is a long-standing tradition among regattas on Tampa Bay, with three days of racing, beginning with registration on Thursday evening at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, and racing to the Bradenton Yacht Club on Friday. Due to a cancellation of the races the previous year at Bradenton, racing will be held on Saturday and Sunday out of the Bradenton Yacht Club. Saturday’s Race will be a course out in the Gulf of Mexico and Sunday’s will be similar to other years with the race ending in lower Tampa Bay inside the Skyway Bridge. The awards will be at the Davis Island Yacht Club on April 20. This is a qualifier for both the Tampa Bay/Suncoast Boat of the Year, the St. Petersburg Ocean Racing Challenge and the Gulf Boat of the Year. Notice of Race and entry forms can be found on the SPYC website at www.spyc.org.

Sperry Charleston Race Week, Charleston, SC, April 11-14 The largest keelboat regatta in North and South America. Every spring, more than 250 boats from across the country and around the world materialize in Charleston, SC, to enjoy three days of epic competition and four evenings of superb shoreside hospitality. And every year, the organizers make a few tweaks to keep it all fresh. Sperry Charleston

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Nautical Gin Sarasota Bay Cup, Sarasota, FL, April 26 Nautical Gin and Bird Key Yacht Club are teaming up to present this regatta which will be held on April 27. Final registration is April 26 at 7pm, followed by the skippers and crew party. The regatta is open to both PHRF and several One-Design fleets. Go to www.birdkeyyc.com, and www.regattanetwork.com/event/18256, for more information.

Women’s Challenge Regatta, Gulfport, FL, Saturday April 27 The Women’s Challenge Regatta, formerly known as the Bikini Cup and sponsored for many years by the Windjammers of Clearwater, is back again this year. It is a goal of the Rhumb Runners at Boca Ciega Yacht Club to promote and support women’s sailing. This regatta has a rich history of doing exactly that. Women of the Gulf Coast, assemble your teams, find a fast PHRF-rated boat and start practicing for the 2019 WCR to be held on Saturday, April 27. Registration opens on March 20 and closes April 20. For Notice of Race and more information, go to www.sailbcyc.org/WomensChallengeRegattta. Or contact the organizational chair, Barb Meyer, at 727-430-7241, or rhumbrunners@sailbcyc.org.

10th Conch Republic Cup/Key West Race Week and Race to Cuba, Begins April 27 The Conch Republic Cup/Key West Race Week race begins on April 27 with a welcome party at the Schooner Wharf Bar and Grill in Key West. Schooner Wharf sponsors the Wrecker’s Race Series which starts on the last Sunday in January and ends with the last Sunday in April. The last race is April 28 and will be the kick-off of the Conch Republic Cup. The race will start at 12 noon on April 28 at the Sand Key Lighthouse and then continue on to Havana, Cuba. Boats should arrive at Marina Hemingway the next day, Monday, with a welcome party on Tuesday. Buoy Races will be held over the next few days, exact location and dates to be determined. Boats may stay in Cuba up to two weeks, choosing their own departure based on needs and weather window. There will be no return race to Key West. For more information, including the updated Notice of Race and full schedule, go to www.conchrepubliccup.org.

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NEWS FROM AROUND THE SOUTH AND THE WORLD OF SAILING Send us news, including business press releases, to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. We need to receive them by the 1st of the month preceding publication. Contact us if later (it most likely will get in, but not certain). Okeechobee Water Level Goes Up About Two Inches Since January As of press date in early February, Lake Okeechobee was at 12.72 feet above sea level. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 6.66 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 4.86 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 50.98 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).

Help to Preserve Anchoring Rights in Florida In early January, the Seven Seas Cruising Association put out a call to its members to partake in a survey on supporting a lobbyist to promote and protect anchoring rights in Florida. Their survey showed that there was strong support to do so. The group then sent out an email with a link to donate. In 2017, the SSCA and other groups put together a drive to get donations to hire a lobbyist. They were quite successful and laws were passed or edited that protected anchoring rights in Florida. This new effort is a continuation of that same successful campaign. Partners in this effort to get donations to pay for a lobbyist are Marine Trawler Owners Association, America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association and DeFever Cruisers. To donate, go to www.ssca.org.

here to stay. Many boaters already call 911 when in distress on the water, and many don’t even know how to use a VHF radio. In fact, recreational vehicles under 65 feet are not required to carry a VHF, although most voluntarily do so. A provision in the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 requires the Coast Guard to review its procedures and to “formulate a national maritime Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) policy.” PSAPs are points that receive 911 calls around country. These PSAPs route the call to the proper emergency service, which on land could be police, fire, ambulance or other services. But there has never been a uniform procedure as to who to route a 911 call to that comes in from a boater. The Coast Guard will now be working with the PSAPs to ensure that on-the-water calls are routed to the Coast Guard or other services, like a boat-towing service, as needed.

Report on Incidents with Authorities and Changes in The Bahamas In the last few months, SOUTHWINDS has reported on changes in The Bahamas with boat inspections, more marine patrols and increased costs in the Out Islands. BoatUS wants to keep track of incidents in The Bahamas. Send emails to consumerprotection@boatus.com.

Applications for the Florida Youth Sailing Grants Program Open until April 1 Application deadline for the Florida Commodores Association Foundation 2019 Youth Sailing Grant Program is April 1. Grants are available to recognized Florida yacht clubs with youth sailing programs. The grants are designed for youths 8-16 years of age who are in need of financial assistance and who have an interest in learning to sail or extending their sailing training. Grant amounts vary with a maximum amount per club of $250. Awards will be made by May 1. Details can be found at www.fcafoundation.org. For specific information, email t.reynolds@ieee.org.

Coast Guard Moves to Increase Use of Cell Phone in Calls for Help Although the Coast Guard and state and local marine patrols strongly recommend use of VHF radio to call for help on the water, these groups acknowledge that cell phones have become a major part of modern life and are

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Looking to the northeast from the Elbow Reef Lighthouse. On the far left, middle of the photo, is the house on Eagle Rock (on its own little island). It is the main landmark for entering Hopetown Harbour from the west. After the red and green markers, keep the rock to port, avoid the sandbar and follow the channel south to Hope Town.

Voyage of Rhombus 2018 – Leg 7

Hope Town and Treasure Cay By Fred Braman

e had a great first week visiting Little Harbour, Marsh Harbour and Great Guana Cay in the Abaco Islands, but time was ebbing away on our long Bahamas cruise, tropical storm Alberto had come and gone, and Crew Steve DiFranco and I had several favorites yet on our schedule. May 29 was clear and breezy, and although sailing conditions were on our nose, our next destination in the Abacos was Hope Town on Elbow Cay, which lay less than ten miles to the southeast. With only a short trip ahead, we loitered a bit, had breakfast ashore and departed Marsh Harbour by midmorning. Shortly after rounding Point Set Rock at the eastern tip of Matt Lowe’s Cay, we began to pick up the Elbow Reef Lighthouse that looms over the delightful community of Hope Town. Steve Dodge writes in Abaco, the History of an Out Island and its Cays, that the lighthouse was built by the British Imperial Lighthouse Service in 1863. Today the lighthouse is Hope Town’s tourist business centerpiece, but it wasn’t always that popular. In the 1860s, Elbow Cay residents did their best to prevent its construction. In the mid-nineteenth century, half of the able-bodied men in the Bahamas were “wreckers,” seamen who salvaged merchant ships that piled up on Elbow Reef. Dodge writes that “Wrecking played an important role in the economy, providing an inexpensive source of imported items, and produced goods for export to the United States and England.” Simply put, lightIn one of the planet’s great backdrops, the Elbow Reef Lighthouse towers over the harbor and the Hope Town Marina. 28

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houses were bad for business! The most recognizable landmark in Abaco, the iconic lighthouse is one of the last manual lighthouses in the world. The lamp burns pressurized kerosene oil with a wick and mantle. The Fresnel lenses concentrate the mantle’s light into a beam directed straight towards the horizon. The lighthouse keeper on duty must wind up the weights every two hours in order for the red and white candy-striped lighthouse top to rotate and be seen from 17 miles away. The Lighthouse Preservation Society successfully prevented the light from being automated in 1996. Abaconians are proud of their lighthouse. Few island communities are as pretty or charming as is Hope Town. Entry into the spacious, but usually crowded harbor isn’t as complicated as it once was. You still need to pay attention, but red and green channel markers have replaced the old land-object course bearings that used to describe a safe entrance into the harbor. One problem we had that could have been more serious: A misguided lady sailing a 12-foot or so boat with a couple of kids crossed my bow three times sailing perpendicular to the narrow channel entering Hope Town. Though I blew my horn, she refused to give way, claiming, “sailboats always have the right of way.” Of course there are conditions in which they do not. Under power, Rhombus was a powerboat under the navigation rules. Rule 9B of both the International and US Inland

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Hope Town Harbour from on top of the Elbow Reef Lighthouse.

Steering and Sailing Rules state: “A vessel of less than 20 meters in length or a sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel that can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway.” We landed at the photogenic Hope Town Marina. We had stayed at the same location more than 20 years prior at what was then called the “Club Soleil.” The old club was interesting. I remember an attendant-less self-service bar where you made your own drinks and then recorded them on a pad, returning later to pay your bill! Interesting yes, but nothing like the grand facility that replaced it. The next day we had breakfast at the bar, and then hitched a ride with a marina water shuttle to Hope Town proper across the harbor. We shopped, visited an old hangout at Hope Town Harbour Lodge and found Gary at the pool bar, where he’s been for the last 20 years. We toured the Wyannie Malone Museum and discussed historical MailBoat photos. We also delivered magazines marked for Steve Dodge to Vernon’s Grocery and talked to Vernon, a historical Hope Town figure in his own right. I had started an email exchange with Dodge about Bahamian MailBoat, which he wrote about in his Abaco history, and provided him with copies of the MailBoat article series I had written for SOUTHWINDS Magazine. Dodge was still in his Florida home (I would meet him later during an afternoon-long interview). The following day, Steve (my crew) chilled while I went on a Froggies snorkeling tour.

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Froggies is Hope Town’s diving center, and I always go snorkeling with them when visiting. Besides, I needed a new Froggies T-shirt! A great day it was on Sandy Reef, with Pete’s Pub in nearby Little Harbour for lunch! Hope Town is a place you can stay forever, but we didn’t have forever. Treasure Cay, about 20 miles to the northwest, was our next-to-the-last stop before returning home. Bittersweet, we hated to see the trip end, but the tropical storm season was on the way and 30-foot sailboats want no part of that. I had been to Treasure Cay before. The resort was the first big development that put Abaco on the tourist map. It is one of the world’s beautiful places. Once called “Sand Banks Cay,” anyone who peers out over the mileslong, white-sand beach and the beautiful aquamarine water beyond knows that the name should never have been changed. As Dodge laments in his book, tourism marketing won out and the beautifully descriptive “Sand Banks” term has largely been lost. The entrance to Treasure Cay is straightforward, though most of the navigation aids are parallel with the shore and initially hard to pick out from seaward against the land background. Once you locate it, follow the marked channel along the shoreline to a wide-open mooring area and large marina with broad fairways and big slips. Treasure Cay was a good destination choice to get in a couple of nice beach days and enjoy very pleasant surroundings. We also worked in one unusual and entertaining day. We rented a car and went looking for characters written about and pictured by Dodge in his history more than 20 years earlier. Dodge described the small, rural communities along the top of Little Abaco Island that I have repeatedly bypassed by boat due to their shallow water access. I always wondered about those towns and Dodge brought them to life for me. Later, I would repay the favor. The small Bahamian communities don’t change very much over time. His characters, we discovered, are still there! Meet some of them in An Afternoon with Steve Dodge, Historian and Abaco’s Guide in this issue. Treasure Cay was also well positioned for our next main cruising event; getting a good “Whale day” and successfully transiting the Whale Cay Channel to the Northern Abacos. Whale Cay is a graveyard for ships, as its passage requires a trip into the open Atlantic around the cay while www.southwindsmagazine.com

The beach at the Treasure Cay Beach, Marina & Golf Resort. The bright aquamarine water stretches all the way to the Atlantic Ocean’s edge at Whale Cay to the north. From the shore they appear to go on forever. I’ve traveled the world and Treasure Cay’s beach ranks with the world’s prettiest. It was certain that a resort would be built here at some point. I just wish they’d have saved

the original name. on a lee shore. Small boats need a good day to make the trip. Our voyage that had started in Bimini two months prior and passed through the Berry Islands, New Providence, pieces of the Exumas, and finally the length of Eleuthera before landing in the Abaco Islands, would all end on a high note. Tune in next month for the last in this series, “Voyage of Rhombus 2018: The Whale, Green Turtle and Home.” Capt. Fred Braman, USN (ret), writes about his travels in his Catalina 30, Rhombus, for SOUTHWINDS Magazine. Prior parts of this series can be read in back issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com, starting in September 2018.

The Albury Ferry steams into Hope Town Harbour. The ferries connect Marsh Harbour with the near-by, outer Cays on the east side of the “Sea of Abaco.”

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THE BAHAMAS

An Afternoon with Historian and Abaco’s Guide Steve Dodge By Fred Braman

Steve Dodge with White Sound Elbow Cay in the Abacos in the background. Photo courtesy of Steve Dodge.

feel like I have always known Steve Dodge—or at least for as long as I can remember. For more decades than I like to count, my years of cruising the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas almost perfectly correspond with his publication, “Cruising Guide to Abaco, Bahamas,” now in its 30th year. In 1988, I sailed to the Abaco Islands the first time without his guide. How did I ever find my way around? Since the guide’s first year in 1989, few Abaco cruisers have headed in that direction without his guide in the

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cockpit. Myself included. In the 29th year of his guide, I discovered more of his writing, met him personally and decided that I was right. I have known him all along. Steve Dodge is Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois’ Millikin University. Hmmmm! A history teacher that helps you avoid rocks and writes a book about it! Well, you can trust your fiberglass bottom to this history teacher. He’s a lifelong sailor and his position as a professor led to his island life and his “cruising guide” creation. Challenging normal academic tradition, Millikin University advocated a winter term curriculum that was a bit off the normal academic path. Professor Steve’s response to the university’s challenge to create something new and interesting was a course in “Nautical Navigation History.” The course took a group of students to the Abaco Islands for a winter term in a lot warmer weather than is typical in Illinois. It wasn’t a cakewalk. Midwestern students had to first learn how to sail, study the topography, make experiments, do book reports, and sail and navigate successfully to the area’s ports. This is only a guess, but I think they probably liked it, and it led to a lifetime in these islands for the professor and his family. Professor Dodge’s course started in 1973 and continued for nine more years. It only took a couple of those years for Steve and his wife Marjorie and young sons Jeff and Jon to fall in love with Abaco. In 1975 they built a house on the beach at White Sound on Elbow Cay and began a new life in which the Abaco Islands would play a major role. They remain in Abaco part of each year, though the family home has changed locations, thanks to Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Son Jon has built his own place nearby. Production of the annual cruising guide is a family affair, and it began out of frustration with the quality of the Abaco guides then available. The family decided to write their own. They started at Little Harbour with a small outboard boat equipped with the sophisticated instruments of the day, a hand bearing compass and a long board marked in one foot intervals! Thus, the first Dodge soundings and waypoints were created using history’s time-honored method. He worked his way north to Sandy Cay, locating the multitude of obstructions between Little Harbour and areas to the north. One day, while on site making depth recordings, Dodge saved his first of many boats, one headed dangerously for Sandy Reef, his target that day for charting. His frantic waves were enough for the boat to change direction. Of course both the equipment and the Guide have changed. Today, depth sounders, GPS devices, satellite photos and computer software have made the whole process more scientific as the Guide coverage area has extended to include all of Abaco and its approaches from all directions. One thing hasn’t changed: Steve still makes his own charts and he and his family annually reverify readings—but not with a graduated stick and a hand bearing compass! www.southwindsmagazine.com

Steve and Jeff Dodge on board Junonia (a Rampage 24) charting Tilloo Cut in July 1993. Steve said, “The first couple of years our charts were drawn using a hand-bearing compass and a long stick marked in one-foot intervals using a very old Mako 20 outboard. By 1993 we had a Texas Instruments laptop with depth sounder and GPS.” Photo courtesy of Steve Dodge. Fox Town was my first stop. BINGO! The group I found in Da Valley Restaurant and Bar knew everybody in the book and where to find them!

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Getting to Know the SCOR Most regattas take well over a decade to become established, but Charleston’s Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta (Feb. 15-17) has achieved critical mass in just five years. By Dan Dickison

t was roughly six years ago that an idea took shape in Charleston, SC. A few of the sport’s local movers and shakers wanted to develop a new event for the collegiate set. They were convinced that college racers would enjoy sampling competition aboard big boats. And that’s when the Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta (SCOR) was born. Patterned on a similar regatta held each fall in Larchmont, NY, this event has grown steadily since its inception. For its inaugural year in 2015, four teams materialized. This year, beginning on February 15, over a dozen universities and colleges will compete as the regatta marks its fifth year. What’s remarkable about SCOR is that the regatta has succeeded in attracting teams from as far away as California, Massachusetts and Florida. In fact, it’s the broad appeal of this event that has posed the biggest challenge for its organizers. Tripp Fellabom, a co-founder who came up with the idea for SCOR, admits that as the event has grown, finding suitable boats for the teams to compete on board is the most difficult aspect. With a record number of colleges and universities competing this year, Fellabom and the cadre of volunteers who orchestrate SCOR have had to take a creative approach to managing the regatta. “This year is definitely our biggest edition, by far,” he says. “And as late as the end of January, we learned that the University of Michigan was also going to send a team, so we had to scramble to find a total of 14 boats, and that

wasn’t easy.” Along with the U. of Michigan, there will be teams from California Maritime Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, Tufts University, University of Rhode Island, North Carolina State U., University of South Carolina, Clemson U., Fordham U., Florida State U., Georgia Technical U., Villanova U., Eckerd College and the College of Charleston. Another remarkable aspect of the event is that no entry fee is charged to the competing teams. The entire affair is run through the efforts of volunteers and sponsors. “The company I’m with,” Fellabom says, “North Sails, is instrumental in helping to pull all of this together and we’re really dependent upon the Carolina Yacht Club, too. They provide food and beverages for the competitors as well as a venue for our post-race gatherings. That’s really outstanding support. The involvement of the club really helps keep this event going.” He acknowledges two other entities whose support is vital: boat owners from Charleston Ocean Racing Association (CORA) who lend their boats and at least one representative from their crews to be on board, and the staff from the College of Charleston Sailing Program who help with the planning and execution of SCOR. “I can’t say enough about the support we get from local boat owners,” Fellabom adds. “We’ve had a great partnership with CORA since the inception of this event, and the owners’ largesse has enabled us to add more boats each year.” Due to the increase in the number of teams that are competing, Fellabom and his fellow organizers have opted to split the fleet into two separate divisions this year in an effort to ensure that like boats compete against like boats. One division will include two Melges 32s, a Melges 30, a C&C 30 and a J/130, and a second division will be made up of three J/105s, two 1D35s, a J/35, a J/36, a Beneteau 36.7 and a J/120. “We’re essentially using the boats’ PHRF rankings as our guide for this breakdown,” Fellabom explains, “but we’ve also adopted the outlook that non-planing hulls shouldn’t be competing directly against planing hulls. The planing boats really perform differently in certain wind strengths, so having two divisions recognizes that fact. Splitting the fleet this way wasn’t something we planned on doing, but the increase in entries coupled with the feedback we got from last year’s A trio of college-crewed racers gets off the line in the 2018 version of SCOR. Priscilla Parker photo.

The College of Charleston’s racers— the 2018 victors—get ready to set the kite in last year’s SCOR. Priscilla Parker photo.

event steered us in this direction.” Another step that the organizers have taken to ensure fair, safe competition is surveying the teams in advance to determine what boats each prefers. For instance, the team from the College of Charleston has been assigned to race the Melges 30 that this squad regularly practices and competes aboard. That may seem like an unfair advantage for the CofC Cougars, yet the other teams attending have indicated that they’re okay with this arrangement. “We can’t always accommodate each school’s preference,” Fellabom says, “but we try to. And it just makes sense because we’d rather have a group that has experience on a given boat use that particular boat. They’ll ultimately perform better, but they’ll also be less likely to make errors and damage the boat.” A further feature that the organizers have devised for this year is a pre-regatta clinic presented by North Sails. This will take place on Friday afternoon before the regatta begins. Fellabom says that 20 minutes of the clinic will happen on shore and the rest will take place on board the boats. Afterward, the competitors will have a chance to practice

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for about an hour or so before they head ashore for the evening. On Saturday (Feb. 16), the 14 teams will compete in two divisions on windward-leeward courses, with the organizers staging as many contests as possible. On Sunday, the format will change and the teams will sail at least one race around Charleston Harbor. “We’d love to see folks come out and watch the regatta,” Fellabom says. “We’ve got some very talented teams competing, and as long as the weather cooperates, it’s going to be a spectacular show.” For more information about SCOR, log onto the event’s Facebook page.

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Paige Railey: Focusing on the moment An interview by Craig Leweck, editor of Scuttlebutt Sailing News Cover: The start of the Women’s Laser Radials at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series in Coconut Grove, FL, in January. At left is Paige Railey. Photo ©Pedro Martinez/Sailing Energy/World Sailing

This interview is a reprint that was published online on Jan. 28 on Scuttlebutt Sailing News at sailingscuttlebutt.com. We have reprinted this here (with permission) because Paige Railey is a native of Florida (St. Petersburg), grew up in Clearwater and spent her youth sailing in Florida. In January, she was announced as a finalist for the 2018 Yachtswoman of the Year award.

A Paige Railey. Photo by Jen Edny.

merican Paige Railey has conquered nearly every goal she has set. From her youth years through the ranks of the Laser Radial class, her accomplishments earned her both the Rolex US Yachtswoman of the Year Award and World Sailor of the Year Award in 2006. Now 31 years old, she continues to seek the one item that has thus far alluded her—an Olympic medal. Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck checked in with Paige for an update:

You are now in your fourth Olympic campaign. You narrowly missed out to Anna Tunnicliffe for the 2008 Games, but got to the show in 2012 and 2016, and your aim now is Tokyo 2020. How will these past experiences prepare you for your current campaign? Before, I was always thinking about the future. The Olympic Games was the goal so I was always plotting for what was ahead of me, but what that does is place so much pressure on

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the events that lead up to it. Everything was so do or die, and mentally you are thinking about it all the time. My last campaign for Rio 2016 was so distracted after my bike accident and the lengthy rehab. It was a lost year to get back into the boat, but going through that period has helped me now with my approach toward Tokyo 2020. It has changed everything for me, helping me now focus on the moment. I am not worrying about the future, but rather concentrating on whatever I am doing, like talking to you. When in competition, it is easy to dwell on the negative, which makes it hard to overcome adversity. Instead of getting mentally lost after a bad start or missed shift during the race, my experience now allows me to better focus on the current moment I am in and how to keep pushing and pushing and pushing. With this new campaign I am not stressed about the outcome but rather focused on the process. I’m focused on learning new things all the time, and the results of this outlook have been super positive. I suspect this approach, to appreciate the pathway and to not allow the goal to blur that vision, is easier said than done. People always said that throughout my career: Focus on your process, focus on your process. But that’s not enough for someone to get it. You have to have your own realization for whatever is the pursuit, whether it’s to compete in sailing, strive in business or run a marathon. Instead of becoming obsessed with that goal and falling in love with that goal, I look at the now. But you do have to have a plan and then trust your process—trust that it’s going to work out. You have to have faith in it. You have to have faith in yourself, faith in your team, the people that are surrounding you. Faith in what you’re doing. You have to have hope that it’s going to be okay. With this outlook, I let go of the what-ifs and the stress that it might not work out. I trust the situation and I let go of it, and I work at what I am right now, because in my mind, I totally believe if I put enough good situations together, enough good races, enough good moments within a race, then things are going to work itself out.

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Paige Railey sailing in the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series in Coconut Grove, FL, in January. She took second in the Laser Radial Women’s class in the international competition. Photo ©Pedro Martinez/ Sailing Energy/World Sailing

As the U.S. team seeks to become a force again on the Olympic stage, it can’t happen without a long-term commitment from the sailors to climb up that mountain. But looking at the Rio team, which was very young, half the team tapped out. You’re an example of perseverance…what’s the message to keep people climbing? First off, it takes a team. I have a great support system and it’s gone through trial and error of people that I surround myself with who are going to help me, aid me in my goals of getting to the Games and winning a gold medal. Sadly, in America, I believe people quit before they reach their full potential. A lot of it is financial why people have to stop, but what I say is that what I’m doing—this sailing—is a career. I look at all the people in the working world, through the various professions—what do they do when they’re pursuing their careers? They initially have to invest in themselves. So I’m taking a chance on myself. I’m investing in myself because I believe that I can achieve something, and when you go this route long enough, there are opportunities that present themselves when you want to move on.

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There are avenues that a person could continue on if they want to make it a living. I feel that athletes need to continue after one quad, two quads, because you can’t reach your full potential with such a short approach. And when you do reach it, why don’t you try to achieve greatness? What I see is that by continually going, opportunities will present themselves because you’re creating them for yourself. Through four campaigns you have seen the US Sailing Team leadership change. How do you feel about the current plan? When I say you have to surround yourself with a good team, I am thrilled about where the US Team is at. I have great trust in Malcolm Page, the chief of Olympic Sailing. His experience as an Olympic athlete, both his great successes and bitter failures, offers so much. He has a great idea for the program, a great vision that he set forward. I work within the US Sailing Team matrix because I truly believe in the staff and Malcolm. As I see it, when you work well with other people, they want to help you out as well. My campaign has a very symbiotic relationship with US Sailing, and it is because of all the great work they are doing. I would love for people to appreciate what is happening at US Sailing. They are really trying to help us. Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt Sailing News focuses on the sport with a North American focus and delivers the very latest through their e-Newsletter and Website. Editor Craig Leweck, himself an international champion and industry leader for over three decades, has been following Paige since her youth days and is optimistic about her prospects for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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US Sailing National Sailing Programs Symposium By Jabbo Gordon

o a person who has attended US Sailing’s national symposiums in the past, this year’s event in Jacksonville was about seeing longtime friends, meet-

ing new acquaintances and gleaning bits and pieces from a myriad of presentations. Many of the topics had been discussed in earlier years, some more than a couple of times, but this year, it was probably told by a different person with a different slant or approach. Some former attendees may have noted a difference in trends. Years ago, for example, the socalled party line was to be parent friendly. Then the parent pendulum swung the other way and presenters suggested that parents be kept at bay as much as possible. Now, the attitude seems to put the onus on a particular program. In other words, do what works bests for your association, club, fleet or squadron. One of the keynote speakers, Josh Lifrak (director of the Mental Skills Program for the Chicago Cubs), giving a presentation at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in Jacksonville. Photo by Matthew Cohen Photography.

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However, for a first time attendee, this year’s NSPS was like a kid walking into a toy store. There were so many opportunities to learn so many different disciplines. For one, the enthusiasm of the participants as well as the presenters was contagious. Second, the quality and depth of information was fascinating. Presenters knew whereof they spoke and it showed. Third, many speakers provided handouts and most people took them home, hopefully to incorporate some of that information in their own programs. In short, there was something for almost everyone. And this was no small task because US Sailing, being the national governing body for the sport in the United States, has many responsibilities. It is not just about sailing on bays, the Gulf of Mexico,

lake, oceans or rivers. Because sailing can be a lifelong activity, the organization tries to support the sport from youth to senior citizens. Then it tries to cover all the bases from cruising to day sailing to racing. Each division has its own support group. However, a prime example of a meaningful presentation was when Rob Hurd discussed risk management. This topic is key because safety is first and foremost in all sailing programs, and Hurd, waterfront director at Massachusetts’ Tabor Academy for many years, is a card-carrying expert. His talk covered more than man overboard or capsize situations. For instance, he felt like he was preaching to the choir when he warned his audience not to go sailing in lightning or sail near overhead power lines. His bottom line was that programs should remove risks where and when possible, and if that is not possible, officials must warn all participants of all dangers. Hurd urged every program to have an emergency plan, and better still, practice the plan and revise it where and when necessary. VHF radios are an excellent means of communication, but in this day and time, according to Hurd, cell phones are more vital, either through phone calls or texting.

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He also cautioned people to be cautious of the media, because they can distort the situation, albeit unintentionally some times, and a situation can get out of control. Another excellent presentation was when Jodi Weinbecker of Jacksonville’s Florida Yacht Club, and Jon Faudre, head coach for Jacksonville University’s sailing team, tag-teamed their listeners with a program about bringing a program back to life. Weinbecker came from New Orleans’ Southern Yacht Club to revitalize FYC’s youth program. The year-round race team grew from 12 to 45, and the club’s learn-to-sail program doubled in attendance from 150 to 300 during the summer. Meanwhile, she started high school sailing participation in the area, and there are 50 sailors already in that division. Faudre arrived from Rochester, NY, a couple of years earlier, and he accomplished similar growth at Jacksonville University, only a few miles down the St. Johns River from FYC. He said the secret of his success was simple. “Make sailing cool,” he suggested. When Weinbecker arrived on the scene, she went to work by getting parents involved and establishing some partnerships in the community—not the least of which was the FYC’s own board of directors. She ramped up communications through social media. Still another important presentation involved recruiting, hiring and training staff. Paul Lang from San Diego State University, suggested that clubs be prepared to sell their organizations to prospects. “You should be looking for people who are reliable, trainable, enthusiastic and a good fit, but experience should be your focus,” he said. “Newer recruiting tools include videos, Instagram and Facebook.” He went on to say that training is critical and that each organization should develop its own program, and current staff personnel should serve as the model for what a club wants in a staff. “In our situation, job orientation lasts 16 hours and then there is 16 hours of powerboat training,” Lang said. “We also recommend American Red Cross life

guard training.” In other breakout sessions, attendees heard ways to promote sailing. One was to let youth form teams. They can compete against each other in the same club or they can race against nearby clubs. And more than one speaker spoke in favor of encouraging sail team members to compete in other sports if there is an off-season from sailing. There was a suggestion to encourage older sailors to volunteer as helpers or sailing counselors. They should want to give back to the program, and in some cases it could mean community service hours. Another person recommended having a business plan for going to regattas. Ron Wisner suggested that programs expand their educational horizons and teach new sailors—adult or youth— about seamanship, boat handling, navigation and even engines. In his PowerPoint presentation, Wisner showed how he covers sailing setting sail trim, steering, docking and line handling in his curriculum. NSPS returns to California in 2020 after a year in Austin, TX, and two years in Florida. Next year’s symposium will be in San Diego, near Mission Bay, on Feb. 6-8, 2020. A native of San Diego, CA, Jabbo Gordon grew up in Dunedin, FL, and graduated from Clearwater High School and the University of Florida. He is retired from the U.S. Navy, after serving mostly on submarines, and has been a US Sailing Small Boat Instructor since 1995 and instructor trainer since 1999. He has written numerous articles, including boat reviews, for SOUTHWINDS Magazine through the years. He currently lives in Palmetto, FL.

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Zeke Horowitz Story By Jabbo Gordon

arly in Zeke Horowitz’ sailing career, he had a very scary experience, but he didn’t let that incident deter him, and now he is on the short list for Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. It was at the end of a practice session for the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program and one of Florida’s typical late afternoon thunderstorms blew through and capsized nine-yearold Horowitz and most of his Green Fleet (first year competitors) companions. Coaches and other safety boats responded quickly, but Horowitz was unnerved. “I was way over by Ringling Bridge and the longest distance away from the Sarasota Sailing Squadron,” he recalled. “The wind was blowing more than 20 miles an hour and the waves were huge. I was the last to be rescued.” By his own admission, it took him about a year before he would sail in winds above 10 or 12 knots. Interestingly, Horowitz’ father, Jay, bought him a new International Optimist Dinghy before Sarasota’s annual Labor Day Regatta, a major Florida event, but it was blowing too hard for the youngster. “Dad was disappointed, but he didn’t push it,” Horowitz remembered. “In fact, he just got in the boat and sailed around himself.” Jay Horowitz was from Ohio, and he was a scrub nurse when he learned how to sail. He crewed on big boats and always admitted that he didn’t mind being yelled at on board boats because as a scrub nurse, he was yelled at all the time. He and his wife, Karen, had three children—Zeke is the only male and the middle child. Later, while Zeke was still in middle school, the family moved from Cleveland to Sarasota. They acquired a Force 5 and Phantom, and that allowed Zeke and his father to be on the water frequently. Eventually, Zeke’s fear of storms went away. Young Horowitz and some of his sailing friends progressed up the Opti ladder of success, winning so many trophies that a group of Sarasota competitors decided to shift their homeport to Clearwater where there was more coaching and competition at the time. That bunch and a few others evolved into a travel team called Team FOR (Florida Ocean Racing). However, it wasn’t long before he aged out and sized out of Optis and he moved into the Laser, a high performance Olympic-class vessel. About the same time, Horowitz started attending Pine View School for the Gifted in nearby Osprey, and he helped start a high school sailing team there. Since then, the school has been a perennial contender in state, regional and national sailing competition. By then, Horowitz realized that college sailing was for him, but he also knew that his choice would have to be where it is relatively warm—no northern colleges or universities for him, thank you very much. Horowitz had offers from Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, VA, College of Charleston and the University of South Florida. USF is primarily based in Tampa, but there is a branch campus on the waterfront in St. Petersburg, and that is where the university’s sailing team operates. Although it met the temperature criteria and was close to home, he chose Charleston. News & Views for Southern Sailors

He subsequently became an honorable mention All American twice and an academic All American once while majoring in business. He was Zeke Horowitz the team captain his senior year— the year that the College of Charleston Cougars won the ICSA team racing national championship. It was the first time that the team had accomplished that feat. “In fact, I missed my own college graduation because I was sailing in the nationals semi-finals at Annapolis,” he said with a grin, adding that his parents were not disappointed at all.” After graduating in 2012, Horowitz coached Larchmont Yacht Club in New York for a year and shifted to Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, CT, where he worked with the adult learn-to-sail program, as well as junior sailors. While at IHYC, he also started coaching at Yale University, which is just down the road. “My problem was saying yes to everyone, and I was missing my own competition,” Horowitz said. “But then, I was approached by North Sails. They said I could steer my own boat and have my own team.” So he started in the Milford, CT, sail loft and then transferred to Annapolis in May of 2016. And by coincidence, Yale won all three major national championships his final season and he thought it would be a good time to hang up his collegiate coaching career and go out as a three-way champion. Horowitz became very diversified in his own campaign with North Sails. He won the J/22 Worlds in Annapolis, the Flying Scot North Americans in Rockwell, TX, and placed second in the Viper 640 North Americans in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. As a result, he became one of three finalists for the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. Ironically, one of his competitors for the award—Will Welles—also works for North Sails. They not only shared the same booth at US Sailing’s national symposium in Jacksonville this year, but they shared the keynote speaker spotlight on the last morning. However, their approaches to sailing definitely differ. During the question-and-answer part of their joint presentation, as an example, a member of the audience asked if they gave pep talks to their respective crews before the last day of any of the big regattas. Horowitz responded with an absolute no, explaining that he did not want to do anything different. Welles, on the other hand, said he did. The two also have somewhat different backgrounds as well. Welles was born in Boston, but grew up in Maine. He was mostly into rowboats, powerboats, catching lobsters and cruising a 35-foot sloop as a youth. Although he did not compete in college, Welles raced Cape Cod Mercury class boats and J/24s. His father ran a sailing school, and Welles always seemed to be tinkering with boats. “I joined North Sails and the first thing I learned was how to run a sewing machine,” he said. “That was kind of funny, because about the same time, my twin sister was learning how to run a chainsaw. “I later took a break, but went back to North Sails in 2006 and have been there ever since, he concluded. SOUTHWINDS

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Keowee Sailing Club, Seneca, SC, www.keoweesailingclub.com LNYC: Lake Norman YC, Lake Norman, NC, www.lakenormanyachtclub.com GSC: Geechee SC, Savannah, GA. www.geecheesailingclub.org SCYC: South Carolina YC, Hilton Head Island, SC, www.scyachtclub.com WCSC: Western Carolina SC, Anderson, SC, www.wcsc-sailing.org MARCH 9 Keelboat Midwinters. LNYC 23 St. Patrick’s Day Regatta. GSC APRIL (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 11-14 Charleston Race Week* 13-14 Bunny Hop MC Regatta. LNYC 13-14 US Sailing Junior Olympic Festival, Atlanta, GA (see calendar page 14) 13-14 Flying Scot Dixie Lakes District Championship. WCSA 25-26 Classic Boat Rally to Savannah. SCYC/BYSC 26 Quicksilver Cup. CORA/SCYC 26 Fort to Battery Race. Kite Sailing. https://fort2battery.wordpress.com/ 27-28 Hospice Regatta. LNYC 27-28 Bare What You Dare Catamaran Regatta. KSC 27-28 Open Regatta. AYC

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Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to club websites for local club racing schedules): EFYC: Epping Forest YC, www.efyc.com FPYC: Fort Pierce YC, www.fortpierceyachtclub.com FYC: Florida YC, www.theFloridaYachtClub.org IRYC: Indian River YC, www.iryc.org LESC: Lake Eustis YC, www.lescfl.com LMSA: Lake Monroe SA, www.flalmsa.org MCYC: Manatee Cove YC, www.gopatrickfl.com/marina.html MDYC: Mount Dora YC, www.MountDoraYachtClub.com MYC: Melbourne YC, www.MelbourneYachtClub.com NFCC: North Florida Cruising Club. www.nfccsail.com OSC: Ocala Sailing Club, www.ocalasailingclub.org RCJ: Rudder Club of Jacksonville, www.RudderClub.com PCYC: Port Canaveral YC, www.pcyc-fl.org SAYC: St. Augustine YC, www.StAugustineYachtClub.com SYC: Smyrna YC, www.SmyrnaYachtClub.com SAYC: St. Augustine YC, www.StAugustineYachtClub.com

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MARCH (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 2 Trans Monroe Regatta. LMSA. 2 Spring River Regatta. NFCC 8-10 RS Aero Rocket Regatta. IRYC 9 Cocktail Boats Regatta. SYC 9-10 Flying Scot Space Coast Invitational Regatta. IRYC 12-13 Zenda U Training for MC Scows. LESC 14-16 MC SA Mid-Winters Championship Triple Crown 3. LESC 15-17 Orange Peel Regatta. FYC 16-17 River City Regatta. RCJ 16-17 George Washington’s Birthday Regatta. LESC 16-17 Ocean Regatta. FPYC 23-24 Youth Regatta. SAYC 28-30 St. Augustine Race Week. SAYC* 30-31 Mount Dora Annual Sailing Regatta. MDYC APRIL 5-7 5-7 6 6-7 12-13 13-14 14-15 21 27 27-28 30-31

Lipton Cup Regatta. SYC Large Boat Spring Regatta. MYC Spring Regatta. MCYC Lake Weir Annual Regatta. OSC Zenda U Training for MC Scows. LESC Ocean Race. PCYC MC SA Mid-Winters Championship. Triple Crown 3. LESC Race of the Century. SAYC duPont Cup. S.J. River. EFYC Small Boat Spring Regatta. MYC Mount Dora Annual Sailing Regatta. MDYC

APRIL (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 4-7 Melges 20 Worlds. CGSC* 6-7 BBYC Annual Sunburn Regatta BBYRA OD#8 13-14 Opti Spring Fling. CRYC 27-28 Miami to Key Largo Race. MYC

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. MARCH (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 17 Annual ‘Round the Island Race.* 23 Inaugural Florida Keys Youth Sailing Regatta.* Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC), Key Largo. www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all. MARCH 1-3 Moths #2 9-10 Blackwater Sound Challenge 9-10 Club Championship #9 (Portsmouth) 16-17 Commodore’s Regatta 16-17 Club Championship #10 (Portsmouth) 30-31 Club Championship #11 (Portsmouth) APRIL 27-28 Miami to Key Largo Race

Regional Sailing Organizations: BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to club websites 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 MYC: Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com MARCH (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 1-3 Etchells Midwinters East Regatta. BBYC 3-10 Miami Sailing Week* 3-9 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta* 13 Miami to Havana.* 15-17 Melges 20 MWS #3. CGSC 16 BBYRA OD #7. CRYC 17-19 Lightning Midwinters. CRYC 22-24 53rd Annual Don Q Snipe Regatta. CGSC 22-24 Etchells Coral Reef Cup. CRYC 23 BBYRA ORC#7. BBYC News & Views for Southern Sailors

The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For the Tampa Bay Area & Florida West Coast Yachting Calendar, go to the St. Petersburg website at www.spyc.org, then “Regattas” and “2018-2019 TB Regattas,” then page down to the calendar. Clubs with regattas listed this month (go to club websites for local club racing schedules): BCYC: Boca Ciega YC, www.SailBcyc.org BKYC: Bird Key YC. www.BirdKeyyc.com BYC: Bradenton YC. www.BradentonYachtClub.com CHYC: Charlotte Harbor YC, www.CharlotteHarboryachtclub.com CMCS: Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society, www.cmcs-sail.org SOUTHWINDS

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SOUTHERN REGIONAL RACE CALENDAR CYC: DBC: DIYC: DIYSF: GCSC: IYC: NSYC: PGSC: SAMI: SSS: SPYC: TSS: VYC:

Clearwater YC, www.ClearwaterYachtClub.org Dunedin Boat Club, www.DunedinBoatClub.org Davis Island YC, www.diyc.org Davis Island Youth Sailing Foundation. www.diyc.org/youth-sailing Gulf Coast SC, www.gulfcoastsailingclub.org Isles YC, www.islesyc.com Naples Sailing & YC, www.theNSYC.com Punta Gorda SC, www.pgscweb.com Sailing Assoc. of Marco Island, www.SAMISailor Sarasota Sailing Squadron, www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org St. Petersburg YC, www.spyc.org Tampa Sailing Squadron, www.Sail-TSS.org Venice YC, www.VeniceYachtClub.com

MARCH (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) Feb. 25-Mar 1 Thistles Midwinters East. SPYC 1-3 J/24 Midwinters. DIYC 1-3 Mutineers Midwinters. TSS 1-4 M-14&MC Cup. SSS 2 Naples to Ft. Myers Offshore. CMCS 2 Pass-a-Grille Run. DBC 8-10 Crown Cars Regatta. SPYC* 8-10 Fireballs & Friends. DIYC 9 Conquistador Cup. PGSC 9 SAISA High School. DIYSF 10 Pot O Gold Regatta. SSS 15-17 One-Design Midwinters. SSS 16 South Pointes Regatta. DIYC 16-23 St. Petersburg-Habana. SPYC* 16-17 Melges 32 Regatta. DIYC 20-23 Lightning Midwinters. SPYC 23 Leukemia Cup. IYC 23 Hillsborough Bay Race. DIYC 23-28 Flying Scot Midwinters. SSS 23-24 Classic Regatta. GCSC 28-30 Can/Am Series 2.4mR Finale. CHYC 29-31 Sunfish Pan-AM Qualifier. DIYC 29-31 Admiral’s Cup. SSS 30 Clearwater Challenge. CYC APRIL (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 5-7 Pusser’s Rum Cup. SPYC* 5-7 Baker Cup HS Team Qualifier. DIYC 6 Couples Race. DIYC 6-7 Sailfest. SSS 6-7 Bud Light Regatta. SAMI 6-7 Shark’s Tooth Regatta. VYC/SSS 12-14 Suncoast Race Week* 13 Florida State Championship Harbor 20. IYC 20 Sarasota Bay Cup. BKYC 27 Messemer Cup. NSYC 27 Tampa Bay Hospice Cup. DIYC 27 Women’s Challenge. BCYC 27 Ladies at the Helm. BYC

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Clubs with regattas listed this month The GYA is the main organization coordinating all races in the area BucYC: Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BWYC: Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS FYC: Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL GBCA: Galveston Bay Cruising Assoc. Galveston, TX GYA: Gulf Yachting Association HYC: Houston YC, Houston, TX JYC: Jackson YC, Jackson, MS LPWSA: Lake Pontchartrain Women’s Sailing Association, New Orleans, LA LYC: Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TX MYC: Mobile YC, Mobile,AL NOYC: New Orleans YC, New Orleans,LA PontYC: Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA PYC: Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL SYC: Southern YC, New Orleans, LA StABYC: St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL TYC: Lake Tammany YC, Slidell, LA MARCH (*see Racing News & Regattas, page 18) 3 Billy Goat. BucYC 8-10 USODA Gulf Coast Championship. BWYC 9 Fleur de Lis. NOYC/SYC/LPWSA 10 NOYC Opening. NOYC 16-17 HS Team Race Championship. BWYC 16-17 Alfonso Sutter. Laser D14 Championship. GYC 16-17 San Jancinto Regatta. LYC 16-17 Mardi Gras Regatta. NOYC 23 Two Against the Lake. TYC 23-24 Dogwood Regatta. FYC 23-24 Northshore Cup High School Regatta. PontYC 23-24 US Sailing Safety at Sea Course. PYC* 23-24 Mardi Gras Regatta One Design. NOYC 23-24 San Jacinto Regatta. GBCA 30 Double-handed. FYC 30-31 Wet and Cool. FYC APRIL 6 6 13 6-7 6-7 6-7 12-14 20 26-28 26-28 27 27-28 27-28 27-28

NOYC High School Regatta. NOYC Mermaid Regatta. HYC Reggae Regatta. HYC Spring Fling. JYC Leukemia Cup. SYC / LPWSA Thistle Southeast Championship. PYC Finn North American Masters. BucYC Conundrum. GBCA Dauphin Island Race. MYC Caterwaul. StABYC Five Flags Regatta / Cancer Society Regatta. PYC TCYC Shoot Out. GBCA GYA Gulf Coast Viper 640 Championship. PontYC Leiter Clinic. SYC

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35’ Catalina 350. (2) to choose from 2003 boat has shoal draft, upgraded and super clean. Located St. Pete. Asking $99.9k. 2008 offers in-mast furling, shoal draft, AC/HT, S, D, AWI, GPS plotter. Located Clearwater. Asking just $115k. Call Kelly Bickford CPYB at Massey Yacht Sales 727-599-1718

33’ CSY Cutter 1980. Asking $33,000. Outfitted for cruising with new Adler-Barbour Refrigeration, New Solar Panels double as Hardtop Bimini; updated rigging, new heat exchanger on Westerbeke 30 Diesel, and clean interior. Ready to provision and go cruising! Located in Madeira Beach. Call Shirley Nelle: 727.639.2862, Shirley@ProYSi.com, and www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com.

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36’ Allied Princess Ketch 1975. Asking $39,900. This Bluewater-proven ketch as fresh hull and deck paint, new interior softgoods, a rebuilt Westerbeke Diesel, A/C, new SS Propane Stove & Oven, and clean, clean, clean. Call Lee Messina, CPYB: 941.350.9020, or Lee@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com

37’ Tartan 1979. Only 2 owners, New rigging, New bottom paint. A well-cared for pedigree yacht. Asking only $50,000. Harborage Marina Slip Available. Located at the Preferred Yachts brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina in St Petersburg. Contact Joe Zammataro 727-560-0220. Joe@PreferredYachts.com

1998 Catalina 380. In mint condition. Tall rig, wing keel, fully cruise equipped, continuously upgraded & professionally maintained. Featured in Jan. 2018 SOUTHWINDS. Lying, Stuart, FL. She is very clean, she is very able, her gel coat shines and she is a boat you would be proud to own. $119,000, Steve Dublin, 954-895-5748, stevedublin@bellsouth.net

38’ Alajuela Cutter 1977. Asking $54,900. Clean, well-maintained & well-equipped for bluewater cruising. Updated rigging & sails, 2018 Adler-Barbour Refrigeration, 2018 Deck & cabintop paint, fresh varnish and nice interior. Located in Apollo Beach. Call Lee Messina, CPYB, 941.350.9020, or Lee@ProYSi.com and www.professionalyachtsales.com.

38 Lightwave Catamaran 2001. Built in Australia to world-class standards. Magnificently maintained and equipped. Asking $230,000. For more details, contact Jamie Birch 317-750-8664 Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

2015 Fountaine Pajot FP MY 37 Power Cat. Award Winning! AC/Gen. Loaded & Turn Key. $585,000. TryB4uBuy. Call 727-487-2278 R@Yachtmann.com. Yachtmann.com

38’ Hunter 38 2005. Price Reduced! $129,000 (before $134,000) Contact: Melanie Neale 305.807.4096 Melanie@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.EdwardsYachtSales.com

Island Packet Yachts 26’ - 52’ NEW & Brokerage boats. S&J Yachts lists and sells more Island Packets that anyone in the industry. Currently 36 IPs - 18 different models listed. S&J brokers have over 230 years experience selling Island Packets. Whatever the model, we know them all well. If you are looking to buy or sell your Island Packet - Contact S&J Yachts, Florida: 941-212-6121. In the Carolinas: 843-872-8080. Mid-Atlantic: 410639-2777.

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2001 Hunter 380. Spacious cruiser, aft cabin with queen bed, air condition, large freezer/fridge and shower. 255W solar panel with large battery bank. New davits. $85,900, Cape Coral, FL. Luc Carriere 239-822-4056, carrierefl@comcast.net (5/19)

39’ Allied Princess Ketch 1972. Asking $42,500. Built in the U.S., rated as one of the best bluewater cruising sailboats ever built in its class; this one has been loved by its knowledgeable owners and updated continuously. Call Greg Postle: 941.628.5404, greg@ ProYSi.com, www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com SOUTHWINDS

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2014 Lagoon 39 New Design. Not a storm boat! Turn-Key ready! Call Today $299K R@Yachtmann.com. 727-487-2278 Yachtmann.com

39’ Beneteau 393 2005. Owned by a meticulous and caring boater. Many recent upgrades. Asking $118,000. Located at the Preferred Yacht’s Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. Contact Bo Brown 727-408-1027 Bo@PreferredYachts.com

Hinckley Bermuda 40 MKIII Sloop ’80. Current owner bought this beautiful & already highly upgraded yacht & invested another $250,000, Ensuring that the beauty and legacy of this classic B40 will endure for a 3RD generation of knowledgeable yachtsman. She will turn your head & fill your dreams! $315,000. Contact Matt Malatich. S&J Yachts matt@sjyachts.com, 843-872-8080, www.sjyachts.com

40’ Manta Sail Cat 1996. $169,000. Just launched after a refit at the Hinckley Yard in Stuart: new Teak & Holly floor, fresh waxed hull, topsides and bottom paint. Highly regarded by experienced cruisers, “Karma” is ready to cruise. Located in Stuart, FL. Call Barry Lipoff: or 941.587.4229, Barry@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com. 54

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40 Catalina 400 1996. Catalina’s most sucessfull design. Shoal draft, aft cockpit. Spacious aft owner’s cabin with center line queen berth. Fantastic cruising interior. Tropical Texan is equipped to cross the Gulfstrem or the ocean. A fully equipped Bahamas cruiser. Just returned and needs only provisioning. asking $120k. Kelly Bickford CPYB 727-599-1718

40’ Caliber 1992 Asking $89,000. Blue water cruiser, New, Bimini & Dodger, New Main, New Stack Pack, New Running rigging. For more details Contact Jamie Birch 317-7508664. Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

41’ Hunter Deck Salon. New to the market. Exceptional value. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Pete. For details and more pictures, contact Bo Brown 727-4081027, Bo@PreferredYachts.com

41’ Fraser Sloop 1989. Robust Canadian Bluewater capable with beautiful lines. Asking $74,500. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. For more information, contact Steve Lippincott 727- 458-5056. Steve@PreferredYachts.com

1983 Morgan Out Island 41 Ketch 416 Plan. Good condition. Newer engine 2012 Yanmar, Harmon roller furling, windlass, autopilot, and much more. New Port Richey, FL. Call for details 727-534-9947, $49,000.

41’ Hunter Deck Salon 2007. One of the best layouts in this size boats. Asking $139,900. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center. For more information, contact Joe Zammataro 727-560-0220 joe@preferredyachts.com

41’ Islander, 1973. Customized Caribbean family cruiser, 50hp Perkins, 30gph watermaker, 2 refrigerators, 2 Blake heads, generator & AC. Measured 7’ draft, 44% ballast. New main, new dodger, fresh bottom. $45,000. Stewart Marine, Miami, 305-8152607 Marinesource.com

Southerly Yachts 32’ - 67’ NEW & Brokerage boats. Best shoal-draft, blue water boats! Sail her across the ocean or up on a beach. Proven & well engineered for over 36 years. Push a button & the keel swings back. Go where others cannot! Several brokerage models available: 36, 38, 42 , 45 , 47, 535, 57. S&J Yachts 410-639-2777, www.sjyachts.com

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41’ Gulfstar Sloop 1973. Asking $30,000. A Classic design designed and built by the Lazzaras in Tampa; this timeless beauty is strong and has many updates to make her a comfortable liveaboard or ideally suited to cruise the Bahamas. Located in Downtown St. Pete in a transferable slip. Call Mike Hancock, 727.333.5045, Mike@ProYSi.com, or www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com

41’ Hunter 410 2004. Tri-cabin Asking $139,000. Slip available. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St. Petersburg. For more information, contact Joe Zammataro 727-560-0220, Joe@PreferredYachts.com

2007 42’ Jeanneau 42 Deck Salon. Twin Helm, VG Sails, Diesel engine and generator, Bow Thruster, Electric Winches, full electronics 2 stateroom, 2 head Dinghy and Outboard. Alan Pressman 941-350-1559, AlanPWYS@gmail.com $149,900. Full details and photos; www.windsweptyachtsales

Samba 2001 42’ Catalina - $119,900 Greg Merritt - 813-294-9288 greg@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.net

42’ Moody Center Cockpit 2002. Rare offering. Furling main, electric winches, generator, bow thruster. Bill Dixon design. Asking $147,500. Harborage Marina Slip Available. Located at the Preferred Yachts brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina in St Petersburg. For more details Contact Bo Brown 727-408-1027. Bo@PreferredYachts.com

Island Packet 420 2001. One-owner boat. Very clean, electronics upgraded in 2017. A/C, genset, newer sails, beautiful jade green Awlcraft hull paint. $255,000. Punta Gorda, FL. Contact Bill Bolin of S&J Yachts, 941-2126121, bill@sjyachts.com

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2006 42’ Beneteau 423 America. Beautiful Flag Blue, Low Hours, diesel generator, excellent sails, air conditioning, Bow Thruster, electric winches, dinghy and davits. Lightly used and super clean. $154,900. Gregg Knighton 941-730-6096. GreggWYS@gmail.com. Full details and photos; www.windsweptyachtsales

PDQ Antares 42 2002. New listing. High quality cruising catamaran built for offshore safety for a couple. Never chartered. Original owner lightly used on the Chesapeake Bay. 3 cabins, spacious layout. A/C, generator, forced hot air heat. $398,000. S&J Yachts 410-639-2777. www.sjyachts.com News & Views for Southern Sailors

42’ 1981 Tartan Schell Keel. New Awlgrip, new spar, new furler, new standing & running rigging, autopilot, GPS, 2015 UK mainsail. Gregg at 941-730-6096, $59,900 GreggWYS@gmail. com www.windsweptyachtsales.com

42’ Island Packet 420. Asking Only $219,000. Low hours, upgraded electronics, Motivated seller. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina in St. Petersburg. Contact Joe Zammataro. 727-5600220. Joe@PreferredYachts.com

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44’ CSY Pilothouse. Amazing Bluewater cruiser completely updated and upgraded to the highest standards. You’ve never seen a boat like this. Asking $180,000. Contact Bo Brown 727-408-1027 Bo@PreferredYachts.com

44’ Catalina 445 2014. Possibly the best boat Catalina ever built. 3 staterooms, exceptional equipment and well-maintained. A must see! Asking $300,000. For more details. Contact Joe Zammataro 727-560-0220, Joe@Preferred Yachts.com, or Jamie Birch 317-750-8664. Jamie@PreferredYachts.com

45’ Island Packet 45 1999. Turn key and ready to cruise, this yacht is fully equipped and beautifully maintained. A/C, genset, solar, wind generator, watermaker. $235,500 St. Petersburg, FL. Contact Bill Bolin of S&J Yachts, 941-212-6121, bill@sjyachts.com

45’ Hunter 45 Deck Salon 2008. $184,900 Contact: Kevin Barber 850.982.0983 KevinB@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.EdwardsYachtSales.com

2008 Jeanneau 45 DS. In Annapolis and ready to sail. Price reduced to $199,000. R@yachtmann.com. Yachtmann.com

46’ Island Trader MotorSailer 1981. Asking $130,000. Updated with a bow thruster, new sails, and beautiful spacious teak interior, this motorsailer is ready to cruise to the Bahamas or be content to provide an incredible liveaboard experience. Located in Madeira Beach. Call Shirley Nelle: 727.639.2862, Shirley@ProYSi.com, and www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com.

46’ Moody Center Cockpit 2000. Bluewater Cruiser, Shoal draft 5’3”, low engine hours, spectacular slip available in downtown charming St Petersburg. Asking $264,000. Contact Joe Zammataro 727-5600220 joe@preferredyachts.com

Outbound 46 2012 One owner boat - meticulously maintained - ready to cruise. Updated interior layout which debuted in 2012 w/ nav on stbd side & larger head aft w/ separate shower. $525,000. Call S&J Yachts 410-6392777. www.sjyachts.com

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46’ Contest 1995. Dutch Built, true blue water cruiser with many upgrades. St Pete slip available. Asking $299,000. Contact Bennie Ficarotta at 727-412-1765. Bennie@PreferredYachts.com

47’ Dufour-Nautitech 1995. Twin Volvo 55 300Hrs, she is out of the water on the hard for maintenance. Electrical changed from Euro to US. New generator, new awl-grip paint, new bottom paint, new sail drives. New Ray Marine autopilot. This big catamaran, is the charter version layout with 4 State Rooms & 4 separate Head and showers. Blue Agave plans to be back in the water in early February. Currently offered $209K. Call George Carter 941-792-9100

2014 Beneteau 48 Oceanis. In Florida, Beautifully Loaded, Low Hrs, AC/GEN/Bowthruster. $333K Must See! 727-487-2278 R@Yachtmann.com Yachtmann.com

Water Music - 2008 49’ Hunter - $225,000 Barbara Burke - 904-310-5110 barbara@curtisstokes.net www.curtisstokes.net

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Irwin 52 1984. Complete restoration of bottom, mechanical, sailing systems, cosmetics. Modern smart upgrades including solar panels, wind generator, flat screen TV, memory foam mattresses. Owner has invested over $450,000. Virtually nothing has been untouched. Asking $330,000. Contact Bill Bolin S&J Yachts 941-212-6121 bill@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

52’ Irwin Center Cockpit 1978. Price Reduced! Now $129,900 (before 134,900) Contact: Kevin Welsh 321.693.1642 Kevin@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.EdwardsYachtSales.com

53’ Bruce Roberts 53 Custom Ketch 2011. Price Reduced! Now $149,000 (before $155,000) Contact: Doug Jenkins 941.504.0790. Doug@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.EdwardsYachtSales.com

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34’ American Tug 34 2007. Price Reduced! $299,900 (before $304,900) Contact: Kevin Barber 850.982.0983 KevinB@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.EdwardsYachtSales.com Southerly 535 2014. Luxurious bluewater cruiser – Immaculately maintained! Shoal draft 3’ 5” w/variable draft up to 11’. Lg. raised salon w/ panoramic views. Stunning master stateroom. Bow/Stern thrusters. All furling sails. Power winches. Asking $1,175,000. Contact Jack Malatich S&J Yachts 410-639-2777. www.sjyachts.com

1990 Grand Banks 36 Classic. Two Staterooms, two heads, Twin Cummins, Onan generator, air conditioner, gorgeous wood interior/exterior, GPS, radar and more. Great Circle Looper. $117,000. www. windsweptyachtsales.com. Joe Hamilton. JoeHWYS@gmail.com, or call 727-612-5502 59’ Hinckley Sou’wester 1991. The Roll Royce of Yachts. Only 2 Consummate Owners who lavished this magnificent yacht with loving care. Slip Available. Located at the Preferred Yachts Brokerage Display Center at the Harborage Marina, St Pete. For more information, contact Joe Zammataro at 727560-0220, Joe@PreferredYachts.com

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53’ Gulfstar Motor Yacht 1974. New Paint, new bottom, new ports, amazingly roomy boat, draws 4’ 6”, tons of upgrades. Asking $150,000. Contact Craig Williams 813-3400956, Craig@Preferredyachts.com

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36’ Marine Trader 1979. Ford Lehman diesel, 120 hp, 2680 hours. Beam 12.5’, draft 3.5’. 100 gal fuel, 80 gal water. Perfect boat for the Loop or the islands. Fort Myers. $39,000. pjay1010@aol.com. 603-702-1200. (4/19f)

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Theamata - 1989 37’ Albin Palm Beach $69,900 - Steve Horinek - 239-887-0898 steve@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.net

1988 Grand Banks 42 Classic. Two staterooms, two heads, Twin Cat Diesels, Westerbeke generator, air conditioner, clean inside and out. Owner installing new fuel tanks, good electronics and much more. Great Bahamas boat, US Coastal cruiser or Great Circle Loop adventure. $159,900. www.windsweptyachtsales.com, Alan Pressman AlanPWYS@gmail.com, or call 941-350-1559.

38’ Californian trawler. 1979 new engines in 2014. TMD 31a Volvo diesels, 8 KW northern lights generator, two staterooms, two baths. $35,000. 954-295-5771 (4/19f)

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1977 44ft Thompson Trawler. Twin 4-53 Detroits, 4ft draft, autopilot, dive platform, new electric windlass. 2016 trip to Havana, Cuba 2.5 mpg over 1600 nm. Great liveaboard or looper. See larger ad in this section. $55,000/OBO. 305-606-7432 artmills@yahoo.com (5/19)

48’ Hi-Star 48 Sundeck 1989. Price Reduced! $124,9000 Contact: Kevin Barber 850-9820983 KevinB@EdwardsYachtSales.com www.EdwardsYachtSales.com

2007 Seahorse 52 Raised Pilothouse Trawler. Outfitted for Long range or live aboard, twin engine, 2 cabin/head. Great circle loop ht. AC, water maker, 2 radars and much more. $529,000. pamalynn52@gmail.com (4/19f)

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tinely does on watch. When I looked back he was gone. Just a minute or two later, that clever little animal flew over the stern at full speed and shot right through the open doorway into the boat. If I hadn’t opened that door, he surely would have been knocked unconscious! With autopilot on, I immediately followed him inside, but couldn’t find him. He had planned this. He had obviously chosen his hiding place while poking around the boat earlier, then gauged our boat speed and calculated his approach. I looked everywhere. Finally, giving up, I hoped that he wouldn’t leave too much of a mess wherever he was. The following morning, I watched with amusement as our little hitch hiker emerged from below at sunrise. He hopped around the cockpit, looked at me, chirped as if to say goodbye, then flew away. I later did find his innocuous droppings showing me where he’d been hiding behind a pillow in the saloon. I was happy he had stayed with us. He clearly had a long way to fly. I wondered how many boats he would rest on before he made landfall. Somehow I didn’t think we had been his first, or would be his last.

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Ocean Hitch Hiker By Doris Taylor

e were sailing nearly a hundred miles off shore on our Lagoon 42 catamaran, Exit Strategy, en route from Abaco, Bahamas, to Beaufort, NC, when a little bird stopped to visit us. Standing only five or six inches tall, he seemed an unlikely visitor this far off shore. I couldn’t help but wonder where he was coming from, or going to. What was he doing all alone out here? Had he been blown off course? Did he become distracted and get left behind by his flock? We had been visited by little birds before while at sea, but this one was different. He wasn’t a finch like the others, but shiny and black. I figured it was a male because he was so pretty, with iridescent blueblack feathers. I’ve since identified him as a brown-headed cowbird. First he lighted on the stern rail. He flew to the coaming on the back of the cockpit. Then, as if curious, he hopped around the cockpit a bit and flew inside! He hopped and flew from one part of the boat to the next, checking everything out. I actually felt like he was being nosy. The first time a little bird visited

us at sea, I thought it was fun and watched for a while as it went from one part of the boat to another. Then my husband, Tom, suggested that if the bird stayed below long enough, it would inevitably poop somewhere. I did not want to find a surprise on my pillow! I found a flying fish on my pillow once, which had flown into the hatch above my bed, but that’s another story. With fish in mind, I promptly followed our tiny visitor below and shooed him out a hatch. He wasted no time flying right back in through the main doorway. I followed him below again and had to look a little harder to find him, then shooed him out a second time. He quickly returned below. This time it really seemed like he was hiding. I looked everywhere, then everywhere again, finally finding him tucked behind a book in the salon. Laughing and waving my arms wildly, I managed to get him out of the boat a third time, quickly closing the main hatch right before he made it back inside. With the boat closed up tight, I

settled at the helm. The diminutive creature hopped around the cockpit. He seemed to understand that I had locked him out. The main hatch door was made of Lexan, so he could see his reflection in the surface. He hopped right up to it, nearly touching the door with his beak. It was as though he was trying to figure out the obstruction. Clearly frustrated, he hopped up on the back rail again and flew away. I was surprised that he left. After all, where would he go? I guess I had thought he would ride along topside for a while and get some rest. After a few minutes, I opened the door to the main hatch so it wouldn’t get stuffy below and was enjoying a particularly beautiful sunset when I saw an unusual movement out of the corner of my eye. It looked like that little bird was flying along parallel to our boat about a hundred feet off the starboard beam. He was at eye level and matching our speed. That seemed odd. I scanned the horizon as one rouSee HITCH HIKER continued on page 60

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