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Upcoming Events in the Southeast Region

Short Tacks and Regattas

Icom M803 – A Quick Look By Gary Jensen, DockSide Radio

Georgia Anchoring Locations Impacted or Eliminated By James H. Newsome

Boater Groups Not Allowed to Speak at GA DNR Board Meeting By James H. Newsome

Ready to Cruise By Gary Dickinson

Living Dockside No More By Ginny Jones

The Jester Challenge: Newport, Rhode Island Praia de Vitoria, Terceira, Azores, Baltimore, Ireland By Ewen Southby-Tailyour

It’s Never Too Late By Roger Fitzgerald, Skipper of the good ship Ella Trout III.

Pensacola Welcomes American Magic Back By Julie B. Connerley

Carolina Sailing By Dan Dickison

Kids Say

Returing from the Azones. See page 34

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Southern Regional Race Calendar

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Parting Shot: A Legal Alien or When Solo Sailors meet Society By Maik Ulmschneider

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Marine Marketplace Southern Marinas and Boatyards Boat Brokerage Section Classifieds Alphabetical Index of Advertisers

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Our lives are influenced by friends, family and events that take place around us. When I was a pup, there were two news headlines that sparked a lifelong interest in the ocean and adventure for me.

he first, was Robert Manry sailing his 13.5 foot/4.1 meter sailboat across the Atlantic in 1965. I don’t really remember the headlines, but it was big news and I am certain that everyone was talking about it. So, this event must have wormed its way into my subconscious. The second event was Sir Robin Knox-Johnson’s solo non-stop circumnavigation in 1968 to 1969. The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was in the news and again, the public consciousness. This was big news and I remember some flashes of this event. As I read more in high school, the OSTAR race was in the glossy sailing magazines (you know the ones I’m talking about). They showed high tech gear, with beautiful boats. It was great to read but nothing I could relate to. These historic events were massive challenges taken on by skilled men and women. Today, we have GPS and all of the electronic aides in our daily lives. Heading out onto the water is still a risk that we should be prepared for, but at the same time, there are a lot of modern tools that help to reduce our risk and discomfort compared to 50 years ago.

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This issue we have some wonderful articles to spark your imagination. To prove the challenge of the sea is alive and well we are thrilled to introduce you to The Jester Challenge. A man or woman and an affordable sailboat can still have an adventure in life. No carbon fiber or rich sponsors are required. It helps if you are in the UK for the start, but hey, you have.a sailboat, sail over and then sail on back as part of the challenge. I would like to personally thank the writers and the challengers who participated in this challenge for being open to help spark our imaginations into what is achievable in our lives no matter what age we are. The expensive sailboats of my youth are now asking for a loving hand to resurrect them. These old blue water capable boats are being sold cheap, given away or just scrapped outright. With time, labor, love and a dream, you can reach a goal to sail across the Atlantic. Adulthood takes away the memories of our childhood dreams, but as an adult, you can work towards making those dreams a reality. Take some time to allow yourself to dream again!

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March 21-22 St. Patrick’s Regatta, Geechee Sailing Club, Savannah

Premiere Sailing League March 6 thru 8 and April 3 thru 5, 2020 Plaza de Luna Park, Pensacola Marina

George Town Cruising Regatta in the current issue. The dates February 13-27 is incorrect. Correct dates are February 26-March 11, 2020.

The PSL Winter Exhibition Series will consist of a pre-series test regatta followed by four invitational regattas. Teams can charter a boat from the supplied fleet of identical RS21 keelboats for the racing which will take place on courses set just off the Pensacola waterfront at either Plaza de Luna or the nearby Vince Whibbs Community Maritime Park. Spectators can watch the teams compete in multiple exhibition stadium style races directly in front of the festive venues. Dates have been chosen to coordinate with other activities in the two parks to introduce stadium sailing to the non-sailing public. The first PSL Winter Exhibition is scheduled for January 3-5, 2020, off Plaza de Luna at the foot of historic South Palafox Place adjacent to the Pensacola Marina. Not coincidentally, the regatta takes place during the 12th Night Mardi Gras Kick-off celebration taking place throughout downtown Pensacola. Subsequent PSL Winter Exhibitions are currently planned for January 31-February 2, March 6-8 and April 3-5, 2020. (Note final dates may be subject to change). For each event, practice racing will be held on Friday from the Pensacola Yacht Club in the downtown Sanders Beach Community. Then on Saturday and Sunday the six to 12 teams will race short course, fast paced flights, with up to 20 races per day, to determine the winner. The racing will follow the format of the events that will be offered in 2022, the inaugural year of the full national season of the League. Spectators on shore will be treated to race analysis presented by sailing broadcaster and America’s Cup commentator Tucker Thompson, who will make stadium sailing come to life for spectators. “Visit Pensacola” President Steve Hayes and Pensacola Sports President and CEO Ray Palmer have been onboard with the Mayor and his staff since the concept was first presented to the city and the Escambia County tourism professionals. The Pensacola/Escambia County tourism promotional arm at VisitPensacola.com, and the sports marketing team at Pensacola Sports, are committed to helping make the exhibition series, and all future events on Pensacola Bay, a success in every way.

This is a cruisers’ regatta that attracts 350-400 cruising boats. Most boats start arriving from the U.S., Canada and other countries in November and stay through March. When the actual regatta days start, the schedule includes sailboat races in Elizabeth Harbor, around Stocking Island, and to neighboring Long Island. There is a variety of on-water and on-the- beach events to capture the interest of non-racing cruisers, as well as racers: volleyball tournaments, softball, coconut harvest, bridge, Texas Hold’em poker, beach golf and much more. Opening night of the regatta is a very big event. https://www.bahamas.com/event/67th-annualnational-family-island-regatta

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The Premiere Sailing League USA will debut its concept for an organized, national fleet racing league during the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., which runs from October 10-14, 2019. Details are available at www.premieresailingleague.com.

BBQ and Blues Festival March 14, 2020, Foley, AL The annual BBQ & Blues Cook-off started in 2009 as one of the Foundation’s biggest fundraisers. It is an outdoor food and music event held in Downtown Foley’s Heritage Park the second Saturday of March. An Alabama Barbecue Association Trail and Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned event, the barbecue cook-off attracts both corporate and individual teams competing for bragging rights in several award categories. Festival goers enjoy great food, popular blues bands, children’s activities, and a raffle. All proceeds support the South Baldwin Chamber Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of event sponsors and volunteers, the impact on our community and schools increases each year.

Smokin’ in the Square March 20-22, 2020 Seville Square, Pensacola, FL 11th annual Smokin’ in the Square is a professional BBQ competition dedicated to raising money for our annually selected charities. This is a family friendly event so come on out and have some fun!!

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The Wharf Boat and Yacht Show March 20-22, 2020 The Wharf, Orange Beach, AL Flora-Bama Marina’s Blessing of the Fleet March 22, 2020 Flora-Bama Marina, Perdido Key, FL The Original German Sausage Festival March 28, 2020, Elberta, AL Join us at the German Sausage Festival for Elberta's famous "One With Two Without" German sausage & sauerkraut, plus continuous entertainment for adults and children, and over 200 arts & crafts booths. Other scrumptious foods will include German style filled cabbage, potato salad, goulash, red beans & rice, hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ sandwiches, ice cream, popcorn and peanuts. There will be baked goods as well as arts & crafts for sale at the festival. Carnival rides, polka, country, contemporary and German music will also be provided for entertainment.

Battle on the Bayou March 28, 2020 – 8AM-1PM Gulf Hills Hotel & Conference Center, Ocean Springs, MS Calling all paddlers for the largest paddling event in the entire state of Mississippi! Battle on the Bayou is for both the

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experienced and novice; kayaks, canoes & stand-up paddle boards; if you enjoy the outdoors, then come and compete in a challenge that includes both speed and fun for various skill and age levels! Enjoy paddling your vessel through a 8.5-mile nature lover's paradise - Old Fort Bayou Blueway with fun as the primary focus.

2020 Waterway Village Zydeco & Crawfish Festival & 5K Run April 4, 2020 – Gulf Shores, AL 2020 Pensacola Jazz Fest April 4-5, 2020 – Seville Square, Pensacola, FL Jazz Pensacola’s Pensacola JazzFest, now in its 37th year, will be in Seville Square in downtown Pensacola. This free festival celebrates America's unique musical art form with a stunning lineup of top talent, from local jazz standouts to world-renowned acts.

Annual Crawfish Music Festival April 15-19, 2020 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS The Crawfish Music Festival parties on the front grounds of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum with the beautiful Mississippi Sound in the background. Each night of the Festival promises fun, excitement and a little something new! Featuring headline entertainment, hot boiled crawfish, and exciting mid-way rides.

C&R’s 11 Annual Crawfish Cook-off April 18, 2020 Bay Waveland, MS Bring your best crawfish recipe.

Interstate Mullet Toss and Gulf Coast Greatest Beach Party April 24-26, 2020 Flora-Bama, Perdido Key, FL The Interstate Mullet Toss & Gulf Coast’s Greatest Beach Party is legendary. What started as just a reason to party has become one of the biggest beach parties on the coast. Those who participate in the Mullet Toss will throw a dead mullet over the state line of Florida and Alabama to see who gets the farthest. Hotel bookings are done months, if not years in advance for this event. People travel from across the globe to see what all the fuss is about here at the FloraBama. The memories are priceless.

Annual 1699 Weekend of Discovery April 25-26, 2020 Ocean Springs, MS Celebrate the unique culture and history of Ocean Springs and the surrounding Gulf Coast. Every April the Society stages a dramatic and colorful reenactment of the historic landing of Monsieur d’Iberville and his party on our shores.

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SHORT TACKS & REGATTAS Sarasota Bay Sailing Association Boat of the Year Event, April 17 & 18, 2020 Bird Key Yacht Club and Nautical Gin are presenting the 2020 Nautical Gin Sarasota Bay Cup on Saturday, April 18 on Sarasota Bay. PHRF and One Design courses will be setup. Festivities will begin Friday April 17, at 18:00 with complimentary hors d’oeuvres, keg beer and non-alcoholic beverages. At 19:00 the PRO’s for One-design fleets and PHRF fleet will review sailing instructions, courses and respond to your questions. PHRF race will be a pursuit format. Saturday (casual dress), a cocktail party will begin at 18:00 followed by dinner, the awards ceremony and live music until 21:00. Registration at www.negattanetwork.com/event/20291 or at BKYC Friday 1700 – 1800 prior to festivities.

St. Augustine Race Week, March 14-21, 2020 St. Augustine Race Week, March 14-21, 2020 is an eight-day regional sailing regatta featuring three days of offshore races, two days of inshore races and a two-day youth regatta. All events are PHRF. The youth regatta and demonstration dragon boat races will be held in full view of spectators along the downtown St. Augustine Bayfront. Racers, spectators and the general public are invited to two nights of downtown after-race parties featuring live music, food and adult beverage vendors and awards presentations. First Coast Sailing Association is the sponsor. Proceeds benefit the JDM Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund. Website is www.staugustineraceweek.com. Facebook address is www.facebook.com/SARaceWeek. For information contact Dan Floryan at dfloryan1@comcast.net.

featuring 10 person teams paddling wildly to the beat of a drummer in the bow of these slender Chinese-inspired racing vessels. It’s something few local people have ever seen. The popular Party Tent with live music, food vendors and adult beverage sellers is back once again and open to the public as always. It’s located downtown by the Municipal Marina and open for entertainment on Thursday and Friday of Race Week. The general public and spectators are also invited to enjoy the exciting action of youth sailors competing in 420 dinghies right off the sea wall between the Castillo and the Bridge of Lions. A live onshore announcer will be calling the action and educating the audience about the intricacies of sailboat racing. Proceeds from the 8-day regatta are used to fund the John Daniel Meehan Youth Sailing Scholarship fund named for the man whose vision and active support transformed Race Week into a regional event that embraces the entire city and attracts competitors from Charleston to Daytona. The fund pays tuition for local youth from 8 to 18 to attend summer sail camps and join competitive sail teams at yacht clubs and sailing organizations in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Smyrna Beach and Daytona. In 2019 more than 40 youngsters were enrolled in the program. In addition to money generated by entry fees and the sale of regatta apparel, the life blood of St. Augustine Race Week is sponsorships from a broad variety of local businesses and organizations. At the head of the list of donors each year are the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council and Meehan’s Irish Pub, where Manager Reggie Maggs carries on the tradition of financial support begun by his former boss John Meehan. Other sponsors are currently being solicited. Up-to-date information about scheduled events, racing classes sponsors, registration and Race Week history can be found at www.staugustineraceweek.com. For information contact Dave Montgomery at dave-writes@comcast.net

St. Augustine Race Week Expands an Already Great Event St. Augustine, FL – What started as a little three-day offshore race for local sailing clubs has blossomed into a wildly popular regional sailing regatta encompassing eight sailing clubs, three live bands, dozens of sponsors, hundreds of spectators and thousands of dollars raised for youth sailing scholarships. For the 2020 edition of St. Augustine Race Week, co-chairmen Dan Floryan and Guy Anderson announce a major scheduling change that expands the format from six days to an eight-day week of racing. By moving the inshore series to Tuesday and Wednesday of Race Week they have given each major racing series its own set of days without interference by other classes. The new schedule is now Youth Regatta - Saturday and Sunday March 14 & 15; Inshore Series Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 & 18 and, Offshore Series Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 19, 20, 21. What about Monday the 16th you ask? On that day, downtown spectators will be treated to exciting dragon boat races 12

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SHORT TACKS & REGATTAS Lost at Sea by Capt. Robert Beringer As a genre, sailing movies have bestowed few offerings over the years. From the sublime: Wind, Kon-Tiki and Captain Ron, to the subpar like All is Lost and Waterworld, we sailors are a small bunch and rarely get thrown a cinematic bone. So when I came across the R rated horror film Mary, with its crimson cover of a burning boat and shredded sails, I jumped on it like an osprey on a fish and settled in for an entertaining night at the DVD player. Academy Award winner and legendary actor Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour, The Dark Knight Rises) plays a middle-aged fishing boat captain who is fed up with working for peanuts and wants his own boat. At an auction he spots Mary, an abandoned old beater of a ketch with a carved figurehead that practically screams, “I’ll bankrupt you, run away!” to people like you and me; but he’s smitten, and within ten minutes has not only purchased her, but convinced his long-suffering wife, gamely played by Emily Mortimer, that this is their ticket to a new and prosperous life in the chartering business. Ha! This guy knows nothing about sailboats, wait till he looks at the hull. In fact, I would venture that no one involved with this movie, directed by Michael Goi, knew much about sailboats or the sea. When you watch you will see many uh-uh moments of poor continuity and inaccuracy (there are no mountains in the Bahamas and Mary is a boat, not a ship).

But, as Coleridge said, “suspend your disbelief”. Sure, I can do that, but I can’t suspend my disappointment in the lack of imagination in this wafer-thin script. In no time at all the boat is completely refurbished and under sail, bound for Bermuda. But on the way Oldman and Mortimer discover that Mary has a dark and horrible past, and that their family may not be the only people on board; strange things begin to happen, crewmember Tommy (Owen Teague) goes bonkers with a knife and has to be put ashore. What follows is the stuff that mediocre cinema is made of: nightmare sequences, jump scare moments, and formulaic subplots, culminating in a facile ending that left me disappointed. See Mary if you must, but your time would be better spent getting at that winter repair list on your own boat. Movie Review: Mary / Running Time: 85 minutes Rated R / terror, violence, and language. Gary Oldman, Emily Mortimer, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo © 2019 Robert Beringer Robert Beringer Marine Journalist/Photographer, Author of "Water Power!" For free sample go to: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/542578 To order: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/waterpower-robert-beringer/1121938666?ean=2940151920025 Free archived articles at hubpages.com/@captnrobert

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Icom M803 – A Quick Look By Gary Jensen, DockSide Radio

he new Icom M803 SSB replacement for the long-in the-tooth M802 is here. The speculation is over, and YES, the M803 has got the must-have Marine and Amateur Radio features we’ve been fretting about, plus a few extras: • Simultaneous channel number and stored frequency viewing. Informative and convenient. • Back-lit keypad and control key lettering Snazzy and useful. • Comes with its own GPS puck – No more DIY issues looking for a NMEA 0183 GPS data source. • Amateur Mode – Yes – Requires dealer programming. • VFO Mode – Yes – Requires dealer programming. • Speech Compression – Yes – Requires dealer programming.

Enabling both the Amateur and VFO modes turns the M803 into a continuously tuning 1.6 to 29.9 MHz SSB transceiver. The accompanying pictures of the M803’s display show an M803 programmed to transmit and receive on 40M LSB (Lower Sideband) simplex. In the short time I’ve had the M803 powered-up I’ve come up with just one recommendation for improvement. To my ears the internal speaker is difficult to understand. The workaround for this is simple however. The Icom SP24 speaker, the same speaker that came with the M802, is available for purchase as a separate item. The SP-24 plugs directly into the identical location on the M803 main unit as it did on the M802. My recommendation is to buy an Icom SP-24 when purchasing an M803. Plugging the SP-24 into the M803 remote speaker connector automatically disables the internal speaker, so you’ll never have to deal

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with it, and you can enjoy much clearer audio. Having had one M803 up and running for just barely 24 hours does not make me a M803 expert; therefore, this is by no means an in-depth, comprehensive evaluation. However, with the M803’s features, its $2500 price point, and an easy to figure out user interface (manuals – nah, who reads ‘em), I think Icom has hit a home run with the M803 Gary Jensen owns and operates DockSide Radio. DockSide Radio is an authorized Icom Marine Radio Dealer, and a stocking Pactor Modem dealer, specializing in Sailmail/Winlink sales and support. Gary and his wife Peggy Sailed San Francisco Bay and offshore waters for over ten years, and lived aboard their Hans Christian 38T for three years cruising the West coast of the US, Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez. They currently live in Punta Gorda FL. Gary can be e-mail at misc@docksideradio.com, called at 941-661-4498, and occasionally reached by SSB on the Cruisheimers net.

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Georgia Anchoring Locations Impacted or Eliminated By James H Newsome

eorgia’s coastal waters were unrestricted and all open to anchoring prior to the state legislature passing House Bill 201, which went into effect on January 1, 2020. HB201 and subsequent boating law “O.C.G.A. 57-78.4(d) authorizes the Department (DNR) to establish anchoring areas within the estuarine areas of this state as well as areas where anchoring is not allowed.” Following Georgia DNR Commission Mark Williams’ Administrative Order (AO) establishing anchoring restrictions within distances of 1000’ from all structures, docks, recreational and commercial shellfish areas, Save Georgia’s Anchorages (SGA) conducted an analysis of Georgia’s favorite anchoring locations to determine the impact on anchoring in the state’s coastal waters. Using data from the popular navigation and guide services Active Captain, Waterway Guide, and Cruisers’ Net, 150 unique anchoring locations were identified and overlaid with DNR maps of the restricted areas. A total of 92 (61%) of popular anchoring locations are impacted or eliminated with 34 (23%) negatively impacted and 58 (39%) essentially eliminated. Of these 92 anchorages impacted or eliminated, the overriding cause was the presence of a structure or docks (74%), followed by commercial shellfish beds (18%) and recreational shellfish beds (8%). The full impact on anchoring in areas not designated as popular anchoring locations is immeasurable. Visit Save Georgia’s Anchorages at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/SaveGeorgiasAnchorages/files/ for a full list of impacted and eliminated popular anchoring locations. Commissioner Williams AO and an interactive map of

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Boater Groups Not Allowed to Speak at Georgia’s DNR Board Meeting By James H. Newsome

eorgia’s Department of Natural Resources Board met at the A. W. Jones Heritage Center on St. Simons Island on January 31. Representatives from boater groups Save Georgia’s Anchorages, Americas Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA), Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA), Marine Trawler Owners’ Association (MTOA), Defever Cruisers, National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) planned to address the board concerning anchoring restrictions as a result of Commissioner Mark Williams’ Administrative Order (AO) and GA House Bill 201. The Board rules state that individuals may address the board for up to three minutes if the topic of discussion is on the agenda. Commissioner Williams’ AO was not on the agenda. SOUTHWINDS’ James H. Newsome

requested in early January that the item be added so representatives from boaters’ groups and individuals could address the board over concerns about the impact of HB201 and the Commissioner’s AO. The request for the agenda item to be added was denied by a phone call from Director Doug Haymans on January 21. The reason given for the denial was that the Board does not review Administrative Orders by the Commissioner. The next Board of Natural Resources meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., in the DNR Boardroom at 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE, Suite 1252 East, Atlanta, GA 30334. SOUTHWINDS will continue to follow developments in this important issue and will provide updates in future publications.

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Ready to Cruise By Gary Dickinson

was talking to my brother the other day and mentioned that I was getting the boat ready to go cruising. He said, "You told me months ago that you were all done working on the boat." He is right, and the statement got me to thinking. There is a huge difference between the equipment on a boat that you take out for day sails and one that you are going to take for extended cruising. If you plan to stay at a dock every night, and I have never met a cruiser who did that, the equipment you will need for safe, comfortable cruising, is substantially different from a boat you just use for day sails. The last time I cruised I was gone for six months. During that time, I was tied to a dock only one night, and that was because the other boaters I met up to make a crossing wanted to leave from that location. For me, cruising on a small boat is very much like camping. The items that other sailors add to their boats for cruising is as varied as the boats they sail. Take showers for example. One end of the spectrum are those cruisers who use a one-gallon tank sprayer, while others choose a "Sun Shower" so they can have a hot shower. My cat had propane instant hot water, for the shower, galley and even had a shower in the cockpit for washing off after a swim. For my friends Doug and Karen of S/V Voyager, having a way to get around in port is important to them. They added folding electric bikes that have a 20-mile range to the cruising equipment they carry on board. The bikes store into watertight bags so they can be stored on the deck and also make them easy to put in the dinghy when they go exploring. I just received an update from Wendy and Dave aboard S/V Elysium who have been cruising for the past eight years. They just arrived in Australia. Their boat has every amenity you could think of because it is their home! Instead of listing all of the thingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cruisers install on their boats I want to just mention the additions I made to my pocket cruiser for the upcoming voyage. As a first step I had a safety inspection for my vessel, next I went online and printed manuals for my boat and equipment. Once that was done, I added tools and spare parts I might need. Because I had only used my boat for day sails, one of the first item I needed to add was a dinghy. I have had both hard and inflatable dinks in the past but with my small craft an inflatable was the best choice for me. It came with a storage bag which I will lash behind the mast until needed. The single six-gallon tank for fuel was plenty for getting out of the canal to the Gulf for day sails but I added an additional tank just in case I run out of wind on a passage. I updated my charts and downloaded them so I could access them when I was not online. I also utilize boating apps such as "Navionics," as a back-up in case my chart plotter goes out. The app uses GPS and will operate without cell coverage. I take time to look at the charts and find good places to stop and explore during the voyage, which can change from day to day. When sailing down the Pacific Coast other cruisers said I should explore the "Delta". To get to the Delta you sail across San Francisco Bay through two other bays and enter the San Joaquin River valley. I was planning on going there for a week and spent a month. It is good to not have your plans in

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stone and enjoy each day! It is important for me to be able to keep in contact with friends and family during a voyage. If I am out of cell phone coverage, I use a "spot" messenger which sends information to my contacts through satellites. When I am outside of the United State and have access to the internet, I can email others and I use "Skype" to make internet phone calls. On land it is easy to take electricity for granted, that is not the case on a boat. You need a system to power and keep the electronics charged. One of the first additions most cruisers make is a way to produce and store power to run all of the equipment they have. On previous boats, I have installed both wind and solar power in addition to deep cycle batteries to store the energy they produce. I also install an inverter so I can have 110V power to run things like a microwave and refrigeration. This time I only installed solar power and hope I made the right choice, if not I try plan "B". Another difference between day sailing and cruising is what to pack for the trip. When on vacation did you ever forget to pack something? If you do that when cruising it may be some time before you have the chance to stop at a store. Preparing and eating well balanced meals on a boat can be a challenge but I actually look forward to cooking and especially eating. One of the most challenging things in preparing for a cruise is deciding not only what food to bring but also making sure to have all of the ingredients needed. There is nothing more frustrating to me than to start cooking and discover that one of the ingredients is missing. Now when I make up a menu, I look at packages and cooking directions and make a list of what extra things might be needed. The next challenge is where to put and how to store all of the food for the trip. I put Zip Lock bags to good use in storing packages that can't get wet. I also label the top of cans with waterproof markers, so I don't end up with mystery cans. Once all the preparations are complete and I have checked my list twice the real fun begins when I release the dock lines and the adventure begins.

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Living Dockside No More By Ginny Jones

e are in the end of Hurricane season 2019, I and all my fellow boat owners can breathe a sigh of relief for another year. I was going through all my previous articles and thought this one might be appropriate to rehash what it was like coming home after Irma 2017. The drive down the stretch was amazing, everything looked the same as before Irma. I really don't remember much of the drive. I was still too occupied visualizing my poor boat laying on her side in the mangroves, masts broken, shredded halyards and rigging everywhere. Once we got to the bridge I started noticing how brown everything was, and leafless. There was debris everywhere as you drove off the bridge, the cleanup crews were already hard at work and the roads werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in bad shape. The thing I couldn't get my head around was how denuded every tree was. We finally turned down our street, driving over a lot of tree branches, couldn't park in the driveway, had trouble getting to the front door. The roof looked intact, all the shutters were still closed, Lonnie was shaking pretty bad by the time he got the shutter off the main entrance, he opened the door and .... I felt cold air. The ceiling fan was moving, the power was on, we were in shock, no water in the house, none of the multitude of downed trees hit the house. Do you believe in Karma? I do. On our way home from the west coast we stopped in a rest area to let the pets stretch and tell us how much fun they were not having. A lone man in a large white truck and a sweet little dog came up to us and looking rather sad asked if we happened to have any extra gas. I'd forgotten we had two gas cans in the back, about seven gallons left. I didn't know if I'd need it to get home due to no electricity for the gas stations, Lonnie and I looked at each other and both said, it's yours. We refused money and said, just pay it forward. I'm trying really hard to help Lonnie get the pets into the house and open up the house a bit, but I'm looking at the lagoon and all the destruction in it and I have to go find one of our kayaks and get out to the sound and see if I can see She Breezesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; masts above the mangroves. I finally break away and locate one of our kayaks. You would not believe the mess this lagoon was. When the storm surge of five to seven feet coming out of Largo Sound hit the line of homes on the shore it pretty much took everything on the lower floors and carried it into the lagoon. So dodging all the floating debris I made my way out the channel, then I saw a big problem, a 37 foot sailboat was rudder down in the channel, Her aft end completely submerged. It had apparently washed up on a piling in the channel and there it sat, stuck between the piling and the side of the channel. Moving past it I realized I was not going to be able to bring Sea Breeze back in to her dock, the dock was no longer together anyway. By this time I'm kind of laughing/crying hysterically, but I just keep paddling out. I'm half way to the channel markers in the sound and I still do not see her masts. I'm paddling like a mad woman, just have to make it to the first channel in Pennekamp marina. I see her masts, fanf***ingfantastic!!! OK, so the wind generator is missing two of the three blades, and her main and jib halyards are shredded. Also, why is the main boom sitting on

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was lowered into the water and swiftly taken in tow towards Cawsand Bay by Black Velvet – the committee boat – while her new owner, Trevor Leek, and recent owner, Mike Richey, hastily bent on the ‘Chinese’ mainsail. It was, as they say, a ‘damned close-run thing’, but, to the delight and relief of the eleven skippers of the other yachts, every one under 30 feet in length and being sailed single-handedly, Jester was present. Since that day the Jester Challenge has increased in scope and is now held on a yearly basis with the destinations being Newport every four years (JC), the Azores every other four years (JAC) and, in between during the odd years, Baltimore in the Republic of Ireland (JBC). But what ‘forced’ this event to take place and why has it become so popular? To understand that we must go back to the summer of 1960 when Blondie Hasler’s ‘amazing idea’ for a single-handed race across the Atlantic was first sailed by five yachts, four of whom were under 25 feet in overall length: navigation was traditional and self-steering experimental, yet all reached Newport in good order. The first and, interestingly, the last time that this was ever to happen. However, so popular was the Observer single-handed trans-Atlantic race, or OSTAR as it became known, that by 1968 Hasler was worried that the race’s success contained the seeds of its own death, with excessive competitiveness one of the reasons cited. Yachts of 128 and 236 feet overall in 1976 did not help the image. Fearing a demise, he planned a considerably scaled-down Series Two single-handed trans-Atlantic races that, if necessary, would begin in 1980. Cruising & Sailing Florida, The Southeast & The Bahamas

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Hasler’s Series Two never occurred because the Royal Western Yacht Club, equally concerned that the OSTAR was becoming unmanageable through being swamped by professional organizations and exciting if unrealistic designs, wisely hived off this professional element to Offshore Challenges and reverted to running a Corinthian event while reducing the lower limit to 27 feet. A size restriction of 30 feet had been introduced earlier, partly for administrative reasons, but primarily because of evolving international stability requirements which, although not banning the smaller vessels, made compliance difficult in formal events. The result, intended or not, excluded seaworthy yachts from a race that had at its very heart the 25foot Jester herself. This nautical-nannying (emphatically not of the Royal Western Yacht Club’s making) was and remains, a nonsense, and surprised owners of, for example, Twisters, Folkboats, Contessa 26s, and even the diminutive Corribbee 21’s who were, quite suddenly, disenfranchised from most recognised trans-oceanic races. Experienced yachtsman know that there is more to safety at sea than size and the righting moment of a displacement hull for it is also a complicated matrix of human and physical factors. The only arbiter of safety at sea is the sea itself, wrote Hasler, and ‘not a health and safety-orientated committee with slide-rules and copious regulations’. At that time Hasler believed, rightly as it turned out, that a higher percentage of under 30 footers would reach Newport, compared to a similar number of larger vessels. Thus, it is also interesting to note that the only class in the OSTAR 2005 with no retirements was the Eira class of the smallest vessels.

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Another aspect of concern to the owners of under 30 footers was the entrance fee which, for the OSTAR 2020, stands at a colossal £1,800 pounds: most Jester yachts are hardly worth that price and, anyway their skippers would rather spend that sum on their vessels and not into a communal pot which would, in practical and seamanlike terms, not benefit them one jot. If size had not been a limiting factor the entrance fee most certainly was, along with some safety regulations that were quite impractical to implement in such small vessels. The time limit, to be an official finisher, currently at 40 days was, too, unrealistic for those of Jester’s dimensions. Thus, we see the antecedents that necessitated the ‘inventing’ of a quirky, eccentric, rather Brutish solution that would allow yachts under 30 feet to compete on friendly terms with no entry fees, no time limit, no inspections and with negligible fuss, juts a few guidelines and minimal interference. So was born a nautical challenge like no other; a contest that has at its heart what the Jester skippers have nicknamed a collection of ‘non-rules’ yet a challenge that requires plenty of seamanlike decisions from a growing family of participants. I believe that the skippers alone should bear the responsibility for what vessels they sail and what equipment they carry: indeed, whether to sail or not. But why Jester? Following the loss at sea of the original Jester during the 1988 OSTAR a collection of friends formed the Jester Trust, of which I was also a member, to build, at our own expense, a facsimile of Jester. This would allow Michael Richey, her then owner who had bought the vessel off Hasler, to continue taking part in the OSTARs. However, in 1997, while returning from the previous

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year’s contest, Richey celebrated his 80th birthday and on arrival in the United Kingdom grudgingly conceded that he was now too old for further trans-Atlantic voyages and so Jester was put on the market. I knew Trevor Leek from the two-handed Round Britain races, and I knew, too, that he had participated in at least one OSTAR. So, with relief that we had found a suitable purchaser, I recommended him to the Jester Trust as the best option: a view reinforced by his declaration that he had no intention of modernizing Jester and would leave her precisely as designed by Hasler. Once Trevor had taken possession it was only right that we should plan a public future for a vessel that had been described by the yacht designer, Angus Primrose, as the only radical advance in yacht design this century. Then suddenly the solution was staring Trevor and myself in the face: re-instate Hasler’s Series Two and let Jester herself lay down a challenge to cross the Atlantic. And so the Jester Challenge to Newport was born. It was, emphatically, not a race (for therein lay legal responsibilities for the non-organizer—me) but a simple challenge between amateur skippers in similarly sized vessels. It would not be a ‘tournament’ between professional foes but a contest (if one must use the description) between ‘family’ members. Having decided to lay down the Jester Challenge to all comers I thought it sensible to study and amend Blondie Hasler’s original non-rules which, in part, were: • The race will have no sponsor, no organizing clubs, no rules, no official acceptance, no prearranged facilities of festivities at either end (I partially ignored that), no entrance fee, no handicaps, no disqualifications, no race numbers, no official finishing order, no prizes and no official dinner..... (I ignored that, too, on the understanding that such social occasions would help to bring together what I hoped would become a growing Jester family.) • Each skipper takes part in the race on his own responsibility as an ordinary seaman making an independent and legal passage. The design, condition, equipment and handling of the boat being entirely his own affair. • No search and rescue operation will be mounted. Any skipper who is unable to remain alive by his own efforts is expected to die with dignity. And so there we had Hasler’s re-constructed prototype although from the beginning I felt that the need for informal festivities at both ends were fitting, and would happen any30

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way so why not make them part of the fun that would, also, help ‘bond’ a growing collection of skippers with small vessels and little money. I felt that to achieve this simplest of aims we did not need committees flying to the destinations, we did not need lavish parties and receptions and we did not need silverware as prizes. In effect, Jester skippers compete against themselves and the ocean with all arrivals at a safe haven, even if it is not the ‘official destination!’, being regarded as a success. And so that is what the skippers do, and they do it without having the pressure of sponsorship nor the need to massage images and reputations of either themselves or their backers. With no public glory and no sponsor waiting at the finish, the highest standards of care are most likely to be exercised. To start with I issued the first and last Press Release in order to get a quorum of people interested; after that I hoped any publicity would become selfgenerating through reputation and word of mouth. The Jester Challenge was inevitably not without its critics with accusations in advance, as it were, of needlessly calling on the emergency services. Now, after 14 years, a lifeboat has only once been called out and that not by the skipper but by a third party who had no idea what was going on while the skipper herself was making her way to her chosen destination in perfect safety. One yacht has foundered following a dismasting with the skipper taken off by a passing merchant ship in a textbook evolution. There are, sadly, bound to be further incidents but so far common sense and good seamanship have held the day. Compared to other events where keels fall off, crew fall overboard, vessels run onto reefs despite the most modern of navigational systems, we consider our record to be pretty enviable. Although, like Hasler, we are not against sponsorship per se—one case of Plymouth gin is our tally so far! But with sponsorship comes pressure to succeed and with that pressure can come poor seamanship which is why my unofficial ‘tag line’ for the Jester Challenge is Seamanship without Showmanship. Additionally, Jester Challenge skippers are likely to own their own vessels and thus will have invested significant, personal savings in them (for some they are also a home) ensuring that, unlike sponsored, almost expendable, professional ocean racing vessels these yachts – precious personal possessions – will be cosseted and nurtured. The Jester Challenge fills a gap and satisfies a desire. The committee overseeing the very few non-rules is just one non-organiser – me! No one has a duty of care to the competitors other than the skippers to themselves, their Cruising & Sailing Florida, The Southeast & The Bahamas

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dependents ashore and their fellow seafarers. As the mandatory ‘blood chit’ I ask all to sign (the only piece of formality) before the start states: The decision to accept the Jester Challenge is mine alone. The safety of my yacht and her entire management including design, construction, rigging, sails, gear, engines, rudder and steering gear, insurance, navigation, safety equipment and suitable experience shall be my sole responsibility. I will also ensure that both myself and my vessel are adequately equipped and prepared to face any conditions that may arise in the course of The Jester Challenge. Neither I nor my dependants will hold The Jester Challenge co-ordinator or any person associated with The

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Jester Challenge responsible for any loss, damage, death, personal injury or structural damage howsoever caused to me or by me as a result of my taking part in The Jester Challenge and I accept full duty of care for myself, my dependants and my fellow seafarers during my participation in The Jester Challenge. Skippers are unlikely to enlist onshore navigational and meteorological help and – in a parody of Blondie’s views – we don’t expect them to give a fig about level playing fields but we do expect them to behave like gentlemen as far as numbers on board and the use of an engine are concerned. They are simply content to reach their destination safely, taking their own finishing times to then compare routes, rigs, equipment, clothing, sleep patterns and diets. Jester Skippers help each other as friends, not as adversaries. In the beginning some suggested I insisted on oil lamps, towed logs and sextants and while the Jester Challenge is for small vessels (many on very tight budgets) some of whom may well have been built in pre-GPS days, there’s nothing Luddite about it. Satellite navigation predominates as well, unsurprisingly, do wind vanes. With no nannying regulations, Jester Challengers can carry – or not carry – what safety equipment they like based on personal experience. I rely on the maturity and experience of each skipper to make up his or her own mind on what suits their vessels and their own experience and mentality. The Jester Challenge, a modern experiment in old-fashioned self-reliance, self-sufficiency and personal responsibility, replaces no existing race, is complimentary to the Royal Western Yacht Club’s OSTAR and, so far, after 14 years, seems to be attracting the right type of entrant: both skipper and yacht. There is no vetting system other than my own gut feeling and no one knows how that works or how many obviously unsuitable applicants I have turned away! That first Jester Challenge to Newport, was marked by the first arrival being a Frenchman, the calm and amusing Eric Andlaur which, considering that the French tend to dominate the OSTAR, would have been much to Hasler’s pleasure: a rather satisfying conclusion. At Newport we were introduced to the more-than-hospitable and helpful Newport Yacht Club and the indomitable Norman Bailey who became our unofficial, one-man reception committee: then and now nothing has ever been too much trouble for Norman. The first arrival in the second Jester Challenge was the laughing Igor Zaretsky who was to become Russia’s Yachtsman of the Year. However, before that we decided to run a Jester Azores Challenge to give those who did not wish to go all the way to the Americas the chance to cut their teeth on a long distance voyage but with a destination close enough from which to return to the UK before the hurricane season. Later still, Tony Head, an enthusiastic skipper and invaluable helper and mentor, suggested that even the Azores might be too far for those who really were beginners and so suggested we send them, every odd year, to Baltimore in the Republic of Ireland. Another Jester skipper, and the oldest so far, Roger Fitzgerald based at Pwllheli in north Wales, felt that two starts would make sense for this Challenge: one from Plymouth and one from Wales to avoid the Welsh starters having to sail south to Plymouth before sailing north to Baltimore so he devised a route that was the same distance from Pwllheli to Baltimore as Plymouth to Baltimore. These two routes (with the same starting times) were short enough for newcomers (and old hands who just wanted to keep in on the act) to sail there and back, well withCruising & Sailing Florida, The Southeast & The Bahamas

in a normal summer holiday period. The first Jester Baltimore Challenge coincided, by happy chance, with Baltimore's Pirate Week so since then we have made sure that the JBC’s dates continue to match Baltimore's amusing festivities. And there we have it. Skippers from eleven nations have taken part. For instance, among this year’s potential starters to the Azores, four from France, two from Norway, and one each from Australia, The Netherlands and Germany: not bad for an event that has never been advertised but one that relies purely on word of mouth and reputation. (The lack of a £1,800 entry fee and no regulations probably help!) A good many Jester skippers have gone on to far greater things and while I accept that it is invidious to name a few names out of the many I have to praise Roger Taylor in Mingming who has ventured twice into Arctic waters in his junk-rigged Corribbee only 21 feet in length, ,while Igor Zaretsky, following his success in the 2010 Jester Challenge then entered the Golden Globe round the world non-stop, single-handed race. Others, too, have enjoyed a new lease of life! So, what next? I am taking potential entries as far into the future as people are prepared to commit while we shall carry on much as we have done so far, with no half-witted regulations, no financial charges and no unrealistic time limits but with the most amusing, adventurous, friendly and seamanlike skippers one could ever hope to meet. You can find video and web page links on our web page: https://southwindsmagazine.com/ menu item Jester Challenge.

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was on holiday with my wife in August 2006 when I picked up a sailing magazine left behind by a previous visitor. It reported on the first Jester Challenge which requires participants to sail single-handed across the Atlantic from Plymouth UK to Newport, Rhode Island in a yacht of 30 feet or less. That is sailing 3000 miles against the Gulf Stream and the prevailing wind. I said to my wife “you know, I always wanted to sail to the Azores, I’m sure I could do this”. She replied “Well do it then”. I was 69 at the time. A hair brained scheme by somebody who should know better you might think? Well you may be right but I did have some experience to call upon. I’m a practical chap, having started work aged 15 and spent 50 years engineering. I can do most things practical and understand most things technical. I felt more than capable of making and installing all the equipment necessary for such a trip. Also, in my youth I raced dinghies for 10 years followed by another 10 years racing offshore in my Half Ton Cup yacht Ella Trout II. While it was 22 years ago when I had to sell Ella Trout II caused by the industrial decline in the UK and my sailing skills would be rusty I still felt confident I could do it. Hair brained scheme or not I went ahead. With my racing background I knew I would not be happy with a ponderous long keeled boat befitting my age, she had to be a big dinghy, fin keeled, like Ella Trout II. My researches, such as they were, found reports by delivery crews in particular, suggested of the modern small yachts popular at the time that Dehler were the strongest and more solidly built. And

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so, it was; not having sailed for 22 years, by the end of September 2006 I bought Ella Trout III a Dehler 29. She was a bare boat, more or less how Dehler had supplied her to the first owner, just wind and depth instruments, a Raymarine 2000 tiller pilot, a few warps and fenders and that was it. The next Jester Challenge was 2010, which gave me 4 years, plenty of time to make and fit everything needed myself! My complacency was short lived soon after the Jester Azores Challenge was announced. An introductory 1200-mile Challenge from Plymouth, UK to Terceira, Azores, starting May 2008. The race was on. A vast amount of work to be done, a limited budget and now less than 2 years to do it. Apart from sailing her home from the place of purchase and some single-handed sea trials in 2007 the rest of the time up to the start of the Jester Azores Challenge was spent fitting her out. The fitting out is a story for another time, suffice to say it was long cold hours through two winters in the boat yard. I append a list of the principle items to give you some idea. The Jester Azores Challenge start was on the 31st May 2008 and a five-day sail away from my home port. In the April I was still struggling to get the last bits finished. We launched on May 2nd, anything not done I would have to manage without, I still had to sort out where to store everything, how much food and stores to take, what spares I might need, the list was endless. With the help of friends and family I finally set off for Plymouth on 22nd and quickly began to wonder why I was doing this. Beating south down the Irish Sea against the south westerly was rough and uncomfortable especially when the tide turned against www.southwindsmagazine.com

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somewhere. I reached Plymouth 4 days before the start which was just enough time to find the leak and take stock. I only had a roller furling genoa and a storm jib, they would have to do. The fore peak was so full of water it was pushing the bow down, I found the fore hatch was separating from the deck. The hatch had to be removed and resealed. It took me most of one day leaving just two working days to finalize everything else. At the dinner the night before the start there was lots of excitement and hopeful anticipation. By the following morning this had turned into nervous apprehension. Almost everybody taking part were like me, although a lot younger, doing it for the first time. It was a pleasant day with light winds and as far as I know when the starting gun fired all 42 entrants set off. The first night was difficult, no rest, still suffering a bit from sea sickness and having to keep a constant watch for ships. It was like the trip down to Plymouth living on biscuits and snacks. With succeeding days things got better, Ella Trout was coping well and looking after me and I settled into a sea going routine eating better and sleeping regularly for 80minute spells. (My estimated circadian or sleep cycle). The windpilot works very well with the wind before the mast but running could be quite ‘hairy’! Downwind with a quartering sea the waves easily push fin keeled Ella Trout off course. Nine days out we were heading straight downwind in a light breeze, dawn was breaking and a good time for a nap I thought. Suddenly I was wide awake! The wind had got up and she was careering along yawing 80 or 90 degrees from side to side in a big following sea. The genoa was goose winged with spinnaker pole and the full mainsail was held out with a preventer. As I got on deck the wind got behind the mainsail and she slewed to leeward, was knocked down and laid across the sea. The full main was stuck up into the air and holding her down on her side. I quickly realize if we got a breaking wave we could be in trouble. The jambing cleat holding the preventer was on www.southwindsmagazine.com

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the low side and awash. I struggled to control its release, I did not want to cut the preventer and let it go with a bang and break something. I couldn’t control it and it did go with a bang, fortunately nothing broke. I shortened sail, set her going again with the wind on the quarter and went below for a nerve calming cup of tea! I arrived in Terceira at 4 o’clock in the morning in strong winds and took shelter anchoring under the lee wall of the Harbour for the night. In the morning there were many hands to help me into the marina in the blowing conditions. I was the third to arrive and, over the next few days, as the Jesters came in every skipper had a big grin on his face. Most of us had never done anything like this before and we slowly realized that alone we had prepared our little ship and sailed her 1200 miles across the ocean and arrived safely. The sensation of achievement and comraderies was infectious; it was a very happy time. I know now, with the benefit of hind sight, the ride to Terceira and the return to the UK with my son-in-law was relatively easy compared with what I would experience later. However, I had learned a lot and still had much to do before the Jester Challenge proper in 2010. The next winter was going to be like the last two; long cold days working in the boat yard. One of the smaller jobs: I had made a cutlery drawer to fit in the locker under the galley. The problem was when heeled on port tack if you opened the locker the cutlery drawer flew out and if you didn’t catch it the contents were scattered over the cabin floor and if you did catch it, you couldn’t hold on, and you and the contents ended up on the floor anyway! I watched with some amusement when it happened to my son-in-law. Suffice to sa,y much work was completed and in 2009 I needed a final test run before the main event in 2010 so I decided to sail clockwise round the island of Ireland. A link to a comprehensive narrative of this trip can be found at the bottom of the page. Cruising & Sailing Florida, The Southeast & The Bahamas

It was both testing and rewarding and I was growing in confidence; I was sure I could get to America next year. The last winter was not so much working on the boat but more about the planning, if you go it alone you have to

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do everything yourself. What should I plan for? If things went wrong, I could be out there for weeks. How much water, no water maker, any additions would have to come from the sky? How long would fresh food last, no refrigeration? Tinned food had liquid; dried food needed added water? I wrote a seven-day menu plan to help me decide. I worked on 35 days, which was too ambitious, and for each item I added 25 or 50% depending on its importance. Then there was insurance, a visit to the American Embassy in London to get a visa, grab bag contents, drugs and medication and first aid stores. My doctor said, “You won’t need antibiotics, there are no bugs out there”. He was wrong! My trip to the start at Plymouth was much better this time not only in plenty of time in fine weather but with one of my nieces as crew. A spectator boat was organized for all the many families and friends to see us off, Ella Trout had 22 supporters. The weather was fine and the first few days were very pleasant but trouble was just over the horizon. I started to feel unwell, obviously one of my visitors had left me with a ‘stowaway’, a virulent flu or cold type infection. By night fall the first storm coincided with me feeling absolutely dreadful. I managed to fully reef the main and genoa then retired to my bunk and left her to it. All through the night I could hear her crashing and banging about waiting for something to break knowing I would struggle to cope if it did. We survived the night but the stowaway persisted for another fortnight. It made me very lethargic, struggling to eat, no appetite, but if I didn’t eat, I got sick. I did turn back at one point because I thought I was dangerously lethargic but shortly turned west again. We had spells of calm when I tried to sleep and some very rough weather with regular 30 knots of wind when Ella Trout had to look after us both. I understand several Jesters retired. Could anything else go wrong in the first two weeks? Well yes. Day 3, nearly run down by fisherman who was closing at 18 knots, missed us by 50 yards Day 10 Batteries flattened by electronic fault. Resolved but the problem would persist Day 11 Water tank empty because at the celebrations at the start. The water tank wasn’t topped up. It was a major decision to carry on and rely on water bottle reserves and the rain. Day 12 lost winch handle overboard, two left. Day 13 The genoa tumbled onto the deck. The jib halyard had chaffed through. With everything I thought I needed using the spinnaker halyard and a climbing harness it took me an hour and half to climb the mast. Conditions were calm but at 14 metres above the ocean the movement was enormous. I was bashed and beaten all the way up. Finally, at the top I attempted to pass the line over the sheave and down inside the mast. No matter how I tried my fingers were too thick to get the line far enough over for the weight to drop. After half an hour I gave up viewing the climb down with apprehension. An hour later I was back on deck badly bruised, exhausted and very low. www.southwindsmagazine.com

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The next fortnight was typical Atlantic weather with depressions passing through. They brought strong head winds if they were close but pleasant freeing winds in between. My stock of water was going down but heavy rain allowed me to collect 6 litres as I passed by Titanic. On 15th June we had gale force winds with gusts up to 50 knots. That evening I had urgent calls asking me to try and contact Amadeus. The following day, Day 25, I learnt Amadeus had been lost but thank goodness Andy had been rescued. On the same day I noticed that two strands of my port lower shroud had parted and one on the starboard side. The weather had been worse than I realized, a low of 980 millibars, I learnt afterwards. I tightened up the shrouds but after the next bout of heavy weather more strands had gone. I set up a jury rig to support the mast. The chart plotter had been spontaneously rebooting throughout the trip turning the radar on and my alarm off which meant if I was asleep the alarm wouldn’t wake me and the batteries would be run flat. Also, it was not showing the AIS signals when ships approached, it was a constant worry. As I tacked westward along the coast towards Narragansett Bay in thick fog the plotter suddenly stopped recording my position, the boat track just stopped. I was close in shore hoping the big vessels, whose engines I could hear, would pass to seaward. I had to find a port hand buoy at the entrance to Narragansett Bay and turn north to Newport passing the next port hand buoy only half a mile away guarding Bretton Reef. I found the first buoy and turned north. Unbeknown to me the wind and tide was pushing me east, instead of passing the next buoy to starboard it went by unseen to port. Suddenly there was an almighty bang, I was thrown forward smashing my face on the instrument panel and breaking my glasses. The jib tumbled onto the deck and Ella Trout banged about on the rock. Recovering myself I started the engine, pulled the mainsail in tight and threw the helm hard over and drove her off the rock. The chart plotter now showed my position; on the rock!! By happy coincidence Billy Black, local photographer, who had been looking for me appeared out of the fog and guided me to a fantastic and generous welcome at Newport Yacht Club. Ella Trout was badly hurt but she and I were destined to go on to have many more adventures. Fortunately, she was

already booked to go home on a ship due to the generosity of other members of my family where she would be repaired and made stronger. Life was definitely made easier by the wonderful support from all my family. Having come so far, I knew we had unfinished business. We would be back for the next Jester Challenge sailing both ways. And so, it was Ella Trout and I sailed both ways in the 2014 Jester Challenge having completed the 2012 Azores Challenge in between. Our final Jester Challenge was to the Azores 2016 when I was 79. We had ten magnificent years and sailed 25,000 miles together. We now spend each summer racing with my grandsons, quite successfully, in the local Sailing Club Regatta. So “It’s never too late”, if you have worked all your life with no opportunity, when you retire look upon it as your ‘Gap Year’ and follow your dream. Ella Trout’s daily blog at http://blog.mailasail.com/ellatrout3 Some days you will only find a position if I was busy or having problems, otherwise they record all the action! To read the narrative of my sail round Ireland scroll down to 2009, click Beat round Ireland, then Pwllheli to Pwllheli. NOTE: You can also find video and web page links our web page: https://southwindsmagazine.com/ then menu item Jester Challenge.

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Pensacola Welcomes New York Yacht Club Challenger American Magic Back for the 36th America’s Cup By Julie B. Connerley

he City of Pensacola and its maritime community were delighted to welcome back, for winter training, New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America's Cup. We reported on their first visit in the May 2019 issue of SOUTHWINDS. At that time they brought their 38-ft half scale prototype nicknamed The Mule, to test the innovative design and performance of the full-scale AC75 foiling monohull then being built. They have executed dozens of test runs on The Mule since its launch in 2019. Two years and 76,000 combined man-hours later, a 150person team comprised of design, fabrication, shore and sailing teams produced the first America's Cup AC75 Challenger boat of its type to both sail and foil. Built in a dedicated facility in Rhode Island, it has been over 16 years since an America's Cup team has represented New York Yacht Club. The team christened the AC75 Defiant, on September 14, 2019 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Their decision to return to Pensacola for winter training in 2020 was “Easy for us because of the fantastic bay, our familiarity with the area and the hospitality of the commu-

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nity here,” said Terry Hutchison, Skipper and Executive Director of American Magic. The Mule and American Magic team members returned to Pensacola in November 2019. Defiant arrived on December 3rd and was photographed by local sailing enthusiasts during her first sail on December 16th. The Port of Pensacola, Defiant's temporary home, enjoys a diverse mix of tenants including international companies such as CEMEX and local aquaculture breeding operations, Pensacola Bay Oysters. Historically the port handled import/export of bulk materials including paper, lumber and fertilizer. “More recently the port has seen an extensive increase in the handling of wind energy generation components,” said M. Clark Merritt, Jr., Deputy Port Director. “The Port of Pensacola is ideally suited for the type of temporary compound the American Magic Team has set up,” continued Merritt. “Different this year than last was construction of a much larger hangar for the boats and operating spaces for the Team all housed in containers and double stacked on almost the same footprint they used in 2019.’

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Defiant arrives at the Port of Pensacola after a journey from Rhode Island of more than 1,300 miles. Photo courtesy of American Magic

Overall impacts on Port staff and operations have been minimal. The Port undertook improvements while the team was in Newport including enhancing the telecommunications and internet infrastructure to their location on the port and ensuring adequate water and electrical service was in place. “They did bring an additional tent located off the berth for their gym equipment and physical training facility. Also, they leased additional shop space, a larger sail loft and increased storage space in one of our warehouses,” he said. Besides the launching of the AC75, much has happened since the team‘s last visit. The rules set parameters for teams to develop and race the fastest sailing monohull on earth. Strict limitations on the number of components that can be built including hulls, masts, rudders, foils, and sails was mandated to encourage teams to do more research and development in simulation, thus reducing physical construction and testing costs. Foil arms and cant systems are being supplied, as well as rigging, to save design time and construction costs. The rules also call for a one design mast tube. For sailing art aficionados, a slice of American Magic's history can be purchased. Since 1851, the America's Cup has captured the spirit of competition with original artwork. Illustrator David Doran has completed two of four planned Defiant themed pieces chronicling American Magic's journey Cruising & Sailing Florida, The Southeast & The Bahamas

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hree. Two. One. Boom! When the starting cannons fire on Charleston Harbor in lateApril this year (April 23-26), chances are those reports will signal the largest gathering ever of sailboat racers in the Carolina Lowcountry. In fact, it may well be one of the largest gatherings ever of racers in the U.S. Sperry Charleston Race Week turns 25 this year, and its organizers are anticipating a mammoth turnoutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;potentially more than 300 boats. For years, Race Week (as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known by locals and veteran competitors) has been a mega-regatta. Since 2012, this event has drawn roughly 250 entries each year. But two factors promise an uptick in registrations this time around. First is the fact that the 2020 Melges 24 World Championship regatta will take place just a week afterward on the same waters, and organizers anticipate that Race Week will draw The conditions at Race Week often run from light to blustery. Brian Carlin/ many teams looking to tune up before the Charleston Race Week photo.

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Old time sailing; J/105s head around the top mark at Race Week in 2006. Dan Dickison photo.

worlds. (As of early February, over 40 Melges 24s had already registered for Race Week, with at least another 30 more expected to sign up before the regatta begins on April 23. In 2019, 35 boats competed in this class here.) Second is the fact that the organizers have committed Race Week to serve double duty as the ORC North American Trophy regatta. Since the event’s organizers began using the Offshore Racing Congress system in 2016, the ranks of ORC entries at Race Week have steadily increased each year. Up and down the East Coast, major event organizers have done likewise and embraced the system, leading organizers in Charleston to expect a larger than average turnout for the 2020 event. “For first time ever,” said event director Randy Draftz, “we are actively working toward a goal of having 300 boats across our various starting lines. It’s a tall order to be sure, but we’ve been close to this number before. With the Melges 24 Worlds happening right on the heels of our regatta, we already have a number of foreign teams registered and we’re expecting more.” Among the other classes shaping up to see a big turnout is the J/70, which had 52 entries here last year. With over three months to go before the 25th edition of

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Race Week, this class already had 37 entries. And the sporty VXOne Class had already drawn 28 entries by that same point in time. In addition, the scratch sheet was filling up with several other classes, including the J/24, the RS 21, the J/88, J/105 and the Viper 640. According to Draftz, trailerable one-design racers such as most of the classes listed above have become the bread and butter of this event. Given that, it’s not surprising that he and his fellow organizers have arranged free launching and hauling (at the Charleston Yacht Club) for all entries under 28 feet in length. And they’ve also worked with local boatyards to simplify trailer storage and launching and hauling for larger boats as well. Draftz says it’s all part of trying to make the logistics of participating easier and attendance as affordable as possible. “Our plans for this 25th edition of Race Week include a number of great offerings,” he says, “and a lot of things are still in the works. Stay tuned to our website and to our Facebook page for updates on all this excitement.” As Draftz suggests, it’s not just the number of entries that will make headlines come April. During the off-season each year, the organizers take great pains to keep the event’s shoreside programming fresh and engaging. For the past decade plus, they’ve worked with the event’s sponsors to augment every aspect of this regatta. For instance, they’ve partnered with Quantum Sails to bring in sailing luminaries such as America’s Cup veteran Ed Baird and renowned racer Shirley Robertson who have provided astute post-race analyses aided by aerial videos from the racecourse. For the 25th edition of this event, the organizers are planning a special multimedia presentation featuring the upcoming America’s Cup. The 75-foot foiling monohull designs that comprise the newest generation of America’s Cup racers are stunning. Reportedly, these craft are capable of faster speeds than their predecessors – the 50-foot multihulls seen in the last America’s Cup in Bermuda. Draftz says that the America’s Cup presentation will certainly be a highlight, but adds that it will be just one of many shoreside attractions that participants will enjoy at Race Week this year. There will also be the nightly parties at the www.southwindsmagazine.com

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regatta’s beachfront venue, Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, with food, plenty of Gosling’s Rum and live bands playing on two nights. And there will be a Pro-Am competition featuring top professional sailors and top amateurs. One of the unheralded attractions of Race Week is the caliber of talent that this regatta draws each year. Among the crews that make up the 2,500 odd competitors on the water are numerous accomplished racers, many of them professionals. In 2019, former World Match Racing champion (and now America’s Cup challenger) Taylor Canfield called tactics in the M32 fleet. The J/70 fleet is perennially stacked with professionals such as local Patrick Wilson, America’s Cup veteran Morgan Trubovich and multi-class champion Jud Smith. Elsewhere, professionals such as Newport R.I.,’s Anthony Kouton, San Francisco’s Jeff Madrigali, St. Petersburg’s Mark Mendelblatt fill the tactical and crew-boss roles, pitting their skills against other professionals such as former College of Charleston standout Jackson Benvenutti and local North Sails rep Rich Bowen. “Many of our participants tell us that's a big part of what draws them to Race Week,” explains Draftz. “You get to compete against the best in the sport, and you get to socialize with them on shore afterwards. It’s all about everyone improving in this game, yet enjoying themselves in the process. It’s one of the many things that make Race Week a

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Kid’s Say By Jabbo Gordon

Art Linkletter, a former radio and television personality, used to exclaim that kids say the darnedest things. To prove his point, Art even hosted programs around that theme. The kids didn’t let him down.

ill and Anne Hyatt, former owners of Tampa-based Sailing Specialties, had some similar experiences and could have written a book too, but Anne simply jotted down a few of her favorite yarns, compiled during the 30 years that she and Bill took their company’s products on the road to various regattas. For example, they were in Chicago for a major Optimist regatta when a very young Green Fleeter (first year competitor) came to the Hyatt’s tent. “Mister, I need a piece of that line,” he announced. Bill replied, “OK, how long do you want it?” The lad looked a little bewildered at first and then rose to the occasion. “For the whole regatta.” It all started with the Orange Bowl when the Hyatt’s son and daughter raced International Optimist Dinghys. Parts were hard to find, but Bill always had a van full of spare parts in case of breakdowns. As a Flying Dutchman skipper of considerable repute, he knew the value of having back-ups and replacements. You probably know the old saw: 3 is 2, 2 is 1, and 1 is none. Soon, other sailors found out that the Hyatts had parts and began buying spares. When their children aged out of Optis, the Hyatts thought that their regatta days were history. However, the Orange Bowl Regatta chairman asked them to provide parts for future events. And a business was born, starting with a card table and a few cardboard boxes of parts. Eventually their mini-van grew into an oversized cargo van. Four six-foot tables replaced the card table, and the cardboard boxes evolved into some 60 plastic boxes. Later the Hyatts added a 15-foot tent for clothing and glove racks. That reminded Anne of another story – one of a sailor wise beyond his years. It was blowing hard at an Orange Bowl Regatta and hiking pants were new at the time, and very popular. “We sold all we had within a matter of minutes,” she recalled. “Except for one pair, size XL,” Anne added. “When a sailor wanted to buy them, I explained they were way too big for him and that hiking pants need to fit to work right.” “Well I know why they were left,” the skipper offered. “Extra large people don’t hike.” Also regarding hiking pants, the Hyatts were in their store when they received a long distance call from Lake Garda, Italy, where the wind was howling. The father of a competitor wanted to know if a pair of hiking pants could be shipped overnight. Yes, they could and the hiking pants made it to Italy on time, only to be held up in customs. Apparently, the officials didn’t know what they were and cut open the padding looking for drugs. What a disaster. The Hyatts quickly learned that young sailors and their parents also needed help installing the parts they

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purchased. Bill spent almost as much time changing tiller universals, tightening a few bolts, rigging a new boom vang system or replacing a flat dolly tire as he did selling the gear in the first place. At one Green Fleet regatta, Bill noticed a young skipper standing by his boat, but his boom was upside down. Bill pointed out to the sailor that the boom needed to be turned over. “No it doesn’t,” he quickly replied. “My daddy rigged it.” Fortunately the father overheard the conversation and was most grateful for Bill’s help. Anne’s specialty was pasting on sail numbers, and both became expert at translating problems such as, “The u-shaped thingy is missing the little round deally” or “The rope that holds the boom to the mast isn’t holding in the cleat.” Furthermore, the Hyatts became a source for borrowing tools. At a national event in Sarasota one year, the official measurer was causing concerns among competitors in a variety of areas. Bill and Anne started the regatta with four tape measures and were down to one when a sailor came up and wanted to borrow it. Anne told him that he could use it, but that she needed it back in 15 minutes. “ If you don’t bring it back, I may have to find you and wring your neck.” “I’ll bring it right back,” the boy promised. “But I really, really need it.” However, in about 15 minutes, the lad came back with a long face and empty hands. Anne demanded to know where her tape measure was. “I don’t know; I lost it,” he wailed. “What do you mean you lost it?” Anne countered. “I’m not in the habit of wringing little boys’ necks. Go back and find it.” With that the lad reached behind him and produced the tape measure that he had stuck in the back of his pants. He was laughing so hard, he was almost crying. His laughter was contagious and Hyatts began laughing almost as hard as he was. Then there was the time that the Hyatts spotted a youngster in deep despair. He wasn’t weeping; he was crying crocodile tears. “What happened?” Anne asked. “I lost my tooth,” was the reply. “Well, it’s OK. Another one will come in where that one was,” Anne counseled. “No,” the kid sobbed. “It came out but I lost it and so I can’t put it under my pillow for the tooth fairy.” “I’m not the tooth fairy,” Anne admitted. “But if I give you a set of sail ties, will you feel better?” The tears seemed to evaporate. He took the sail ties and left grinning. Catastrophe averted. Who would have thought that sail ties could replace the tooth fairy? www.southwindsmagazine.com

Then there was the time that a Red Fleet skipper came up and asked if the Hyatts wanted to see his digital wind meter. Of course, they said yes. So, he licked his forefinger and held it up in the wind. It was not as high tech as the Hyatts were expecting, but it certainly worked and gave them another laugh. Travelling to regattas as far north as Maine, as far west as Texas and as far south as the Florida Keys, the Hyatts visited 15 states. They often took Jacques, their four-pound white teacup poodle with them and all the little girls wanted to play with him because he looked more like a toy than a dog. “We made the mistake of letting three girls walk him when we were in Rhode Island one year,” Anne recalled. “They were told not to leave the parking lot next to our tent. “We were busy and when I looked up the girls had taken Jacques to the beach, where no dogs were allowed, and put him on a skimboard in the shallow water where the Optis were being launched. Jacques was not a surfer and he crashed hard, but then ran up on the beach and rolled in the sand. “The girls were hosing him off by the time I got to him. Jacques didn’t like baths to begin with and being squirted with a hose was not his favorite activity. In fact he was traumatized and it took a lot of cuddling and doggie treats for him to return to his normal happy self.” Anne remembered with a smile. Then there was the time in New Orleans when an Opti-Mom came to purchase parts for her son with her three-year-old daughter in tow. Suddenly she realized her daughter was nowhere in sight and was frantic.

Fortunately they found the little lass under the table, curled up, sleeping with Jacques and sucking her thumb. It made a cute picture. The Hyatts loved interacting with the youngsters and a favorite was a self-appointed fashion adviser. Every year she would evaluate the new foul weather gear or rash guards and then provide her professional opinion to Bill and Anne. “For girls, camo is in, but pink is out,” she proclaimed one year. “Boys?” she added. “They don’t care what they look like.” Sometimes, it was the parents – and not the kids – who made the Hyatts laugh. For example, there was the time that an Opti-Mom was complaining about the price of a new IOD. Bill explained that while an Opti is costly, a family could sail one for a few years, sell it and recoup a lot of the original cost. Anne added that the most expensive part of joining a sailing team is traveling to regattas. About a year later, the same mother came back and told the Hyatts they were wrong. “The most expensive part of sailing was buying the SUV to haul the Opti around.” Point well taken. Fathers can be key at a regatta. In New Orleans one year, a mother wanted to take a farmer john wet suit up to the restroom for her daughter to try on. That was fine with the Hyatts, but the mother insisted on leaving her husband for collateral. After the mother and daughter left, Dad wanted to know how much the merchandise cost. The Hyatts told him $80 and he laughed. “I guess I’m worth that.”

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21-22 US Safety at Sea Course – PYC 21-22 Dogwood – FYC 22 Chicken Eater Regatta - BWYC 28 Maxine #3 / Bay Championship #5 / PYC Champ #1 – PYC 28 Spring #1 – PontYC / CSA 28 SYC Opening Regatta – PHRF #1 & #2, Classic #1 - SYC 28-29 Wet and Cool – FYC 28-29 Finn Gulf Coast Championship - FYC APRIL 3-5 GORC - GYC 3-5 Premiere Sailing League Winter Exhibition Series #4 – PYC 4 Spring #3 - BWYC 4-5 Alfonso Sutter – Laser D14 Champs – GYC 4-5 SYC Spring Series #1 /PHRF #3-4 / Classic #2 – SYC 11 Rafferty #4 – PCYC 11 Spring #4 – BWYC 11 Spring #2 – PontYC / CSA 18 Two Against the Coast – GYC 18 Commodore’s Cup #2 /Anniversary Regatta / Bay Champ #6 – NYCP 18-19 GYA Gulf Coast Viper 640 Championship – PCYC 18-19 SYC Spring Series #2 / PHRF #5-6 / Classic #3 – SYC 19 Commodore’s Cup – BWYC 25 Five Flags Regatta / Cancer Society / Bay Champ #6 / PYC #2 – PYC 25 Dauphin Island Race – BucYC 25-26 Spring Fling - JYC

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38 Southerly 38 2009.......................................................U/C 38 Island Packet 380 ’99.......................2 from........$161,900 38 Island Packet 38 ’88, ’90................2 from........$112,500 38 Hunter 38 2005....................................................SOLD 37 Southerly 115 2005 .........................................$172,000 37 Tartan 3700 CCR 2008....................................$210,000 37 Island Packet 370 ’06, ’08 .............2 from........$210,000 37 Gozzard 37B 2003 ..........................................$217,900 36 Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 2016.............................UC 35 Island Packet 350 ’97, ’99, ’00 .......3 from .....$109,500 35 Island Packet 35 ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93 ..4 from..........$74,900 35 Island Packet 35 1994 .............................................SOLD 34 Nordic Tug 32 2000................................................U/C 33 Hunter 33 2010 .....................................................$85,000 32 Seaward 32RK 2008 .....................2 from .......$115,000 32 Seaward 32 2000...............................................$70,000 32 Island Packet 320 2000 ..........................................U/C 27-29 Island Packet (27, 29). .............5 from ........$34,900 26 Seaward 26RK ’08, ‘14 ...............2 from ........$47,000 MANY MORE LISTINGS

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BOATS WANTED • BOATS & DINGHIES • TRAWLERS • BOAT GEAR & SUPPLIES BUSINESS FOR SALE • BOOKS FOR SALE • HELP WANTED • REAL ESTATE Catalina 250 Water Ballast Sailboat with Trailer. Like new. 9.9 Honda. Edson pedestal steering. Many extras. Boat currently in Las Vegas. Will deliver anywhere. Asking $14,500 or best offer. Call or email Capt. Arthur Mills artmills@yahoo.com 305-606-7432.

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17’ Henderson SR 17 Winged dinghy. 320 lbs and fast! Assymetrical spinnaker, great condition, race sails, trailer with new tires.$5400. South Florida. stle32@ail.com. 404-723-0686 New RS Aero 13’. Ultra lite hull (66#), Hi-performance, Carbon rig, Modern innovative design. Package special includes Free cover and spar bag. $8995. Call Paul @ Masthead Enterprises 800-783-6953, or 727-327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

Lindenberg 17 Designed and built by the legendary Paul Lindenberg. New North sailsmain, Jib, spinnaker. New aluminum trailer, dolly, custom covers. Florida. $4500, OBO. 321-350-7669.

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26’ S2 7.9 1994 Great condition, fresh water, lifting keel, tandem trailer. 1GM10 diesel w. MaxProp, tillerpilot, B&G, VHF. North Sails, Harken RF, fixed vang, epoxy barrier coat, VC 17 bottom. Asking $24,000. 440-812-5616

2014 Com-Pac Horizon Cat 20’. Shallow-draft keel/centerboard, sleeps 2, galley & head. Mastendr quick set-up mast. Electric Torqeedo inboard, GPS, VHF, Wind Instruments. Trailer. Excellent Condition. $24,950. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises, 800-783-6953, or 727327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

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27’ Pacific Seacraft Orion Cutter 1979. Asking 35,900, Quality Trailerable Pocket Cruiser with custom 3-Axle trailer, Yanmar 2GM20 Diesel with only 341 hrs., Tanbark Sails, Solar Panels, and maintained to a high standard. Call Lee Messina, CPYB: 941-3509020, Lee@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com www.southwindsmagazine.com

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28’ Hunter 280 Sloop 1996. Asking $19,900, 2016 Raymarine Electronics, custom davits, low hour Yanmar 2GM20 Diesel, 2 Spacious Berths & Private Head. Call Lee Messina, CPYB: 941-350-9020, or Lee@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com

34’ Catalina Sloop 1987. Asking $34,900, Cleanest on the market and meticulously maintained. Newer sails, Raymarine electronics, Super cold refrigeration, A/C. Call Lee Messina, CPYB: 941-350-9020 Lee@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com

Seaward 26-32 NEW & BROKERAGE boats. Extreme shoal draft & trailerable boats. Shoal draft of only 20 inches – to over 6 feet. We have sold all our current listings and need more Seaward listings! Contact S&J Yachts. 410-639-2777. www.sjyachts.com

1981 San Juan 34. Comfortable, well-maintained vessel, built to sail! Same owner past 27 years, beautiful location at the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina, slip transferrable, asking $18,500 negotiable, 713-859-4978.

$35,000 2006 Spray 33 Steel Hull Cutter. Beam 12’. Beautiful, professionally built fullkeel bluewater cruiser. Recently refit, new electronics, new rigging etc. Monitor Windvane, Superwind Generator, Vesper AIS Transponder, solar, Jordan drogue, Mantus anchor, watermaker. Aug 2018 survey with Ultrasound. 717512-461. Details: pelagicexplorers.com/boat.

Endeavor 1972 Tartan 34.5C Sloop for Sale. Featured July 2019 SOUTHWINDS. Atlantic crossing passage-maker. Compression fittings, Ratcliff self-steerer/auxiliary rudder, 4000 hour diesel, 5 sails, plus staysail, spinnaker, 2 spinnaker poles, Pro Furl, SSB, VHF refrigeration, Garmin chart plotter, 4 new batteries, solar panel, HONDA, new dinghy & 3.4 HP OB, 4 anchors with rode. $30,000. OBO. Dick 781-635 5439.

34’ Hunter Sloop 2001 – Spacious Shoal-Draft Coastal Cruiser with Furling Mainsail, Genoa, updated A/C system & Hot water heater, low hour 30hp Yanmar Diesel, 12V Refrigeration, and clean, well-maintained interior that feels like a larger yacht with a Master Aft Stateroom. Transferrable slip at St. Pete Municipal Marina. $59,900 We will exceed your expectations: Ken Roy 727-543-1778, Ken@ProYSi.com, www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com

2008 Catalina 350 MKII $110,000 Price Reduced & Turn Key Survey Ready! AC, In-Mast Main, Stern Rail Seats, Must See more at yachtmann.com. Call Capt. Richard Fachtmann 727-487-2278 or email R@yachtmann.com.

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Island Packet 350 1998 – New Listing. Popular design with cutter rig and swim platform. Tremendous storage space. Handles and performs extremely well. Well maintained and equipped including new holding tank and batteries. $120,000. Contact Bill Bolin S&J Yachts (941) 212-6121 bill@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

35’ Chris Craft 1973 Caribbean Ketch. Just reduced to $10,500 OBO. Sparkman & Stevens design. Heavy duty rigging, good set of sails, new mainsail cover; 4107 Perkins Diesel, runs well. Recent Sunbrella interior cushions. Located in water in Sarasota. Well cared for by owner for 20 years. Call or text 954-294-2168.

35’ Legacy Cat 2013. Do you want an extreme shoal draft cruiser? The price is right, the draft is under 3’. Ready to sail or power away on twin Yanmars. Just reduced $10k to her current asking price of just $179k. In a downtown marina in St Petersburg. Call Kelly Bickford CPYB, Massey Yacht Sales 727-599-1718.

36’ Allied Princess Ketch 1975. Asking $34,900. This Bluewater-proven ketch has fresh hull & deck paint, new interior softgoods, a rebuilt Westerbeke Diesel, A/C, new SS Propane Stove & Oven, clean, clean. Call Lee Messina, CPYB: 941.350.9020, Lee@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com SOUTHWINDS

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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. Carolinas: 843-284-8756.

37’ Pacific Seacraft Cutter 1988. Asking $79,900, Like-new Ullman Sails, 2010 Yanmar 3JH4F upgraded 44HP engine - low hours, 2019 exterior Cetol, 2018 Interior Sunbrella cushions. Add Electronics, sail away! Lee Messina, CPYB: 941-350-9020 Lee@ProYSi.com, www.professionalyachtsales.com

37’ Hunter 376 1997. Great little pocket cruiser well maintained, new jib, low hours, refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Excellent massive aft owners stateroom. Reduced Reduced $49,900. Alan Pressman, 941-350-1559. alanwys@gmail.com www.windsweptyachtsales.com

Tartan 3700 CCR ‘08. Fun to sail, well-built performance cruiser. Carbon spars. Good draft of just 5'. Well equipped, clean and priced right. In the water and ready for you to have Fun now! $210,000 Contact Matt Malatich S&J Yachts matt@sjyachts.com 843- 872-8080 www.sjyachts.com 56

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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. $84,999, Cape Coral, FL. Luc Carriere 239-822-4056, carrierefl@comcast.net (11/19)

38' Voyage Maxim 380 Catamaran 2001. 2015 Yanmar Diesels, upgraded electronics, wind, solar, full cockpit enclosure, dinghy and OB. Owners version Call Alan 941-350-1559 email; alanpwys@gmail.com www.windsweptyachtsales.com $189,900

Y-Knot 3 - 1989 38’ Sabre - $75,000 Ryan Daniels - 904-580-0559 ryan@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.net

39’ Gulfstar Sailmaster 1981 $74,900. 57 HP Yanmar Diesel Engine (New 2015) & Northern Lights Generator (New 1995). Many upgrades incl. mainsail w/ Dutchman furling system (New 2017), Sunbrellas canvas bimini top, isinglass enclosure & sail cover (New 2015). Call Robert Siviter @ 727-415-4676.

38' Sabre 386 2005. Original owner. Immaculate condition. Full batten mainsail on Dutchman, Air Conditioner, electric winch, windlass, oversized battery bank, excellent canvas. Call Alan 941-350-1559 email; alanpwys@gmail.com Reduced $174,900 www.windsweptyachtsales.com

Southerly Yachts 36’ - 60’ 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 , 45b, 47, 535, 57. S&J Yachts 410-639-2777, www.sjyachts.com

Island Packet 380 2001. Popular model with queen centerline island berth fwd. In turn-key condition. Fully-equipped for extended cruising: generator, solar, wind gen., new holding tank, new A/C, SSB & many more upgrades. Asking $173,500. Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts matt@sjyachts.com 843 872-8080 www.sjyachts.com

41' Bristol 41.1 Center Cockpit 1984. Awesome aft Cabin. Updated Electronics, 50 hours Yanmar diesel. Wind, solar, AGM Batteries, like new canvas Call Alan 941-3501559 Only $69,900. email; alanpwys@gmail.com www.windsweptyachtsales.com

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41’ IP SP Cruiser 2006 Thinking of switching from sail to power? Sit inside in comfort & trim all sails at the push of a button. Enjoy sailing or power like a displacement trawler. Excellent condition! Shoal draft. Sistership picture shown. $274,900 Contact Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts matt@sjyachts.com 843 8728080 www.sjyachts.com

42' Sabre Centerboard 1987 shoal draft,.New engine & transmission, bowthruster, recent standing rigging & electronics, excellent sail inventory, Call Alan 941350-1559 email; alanpwys@gmail.com www.windsweptyachtsales.com $99,900

Island Packet 445 2007 Exceptionally wellbuilt cruising boats with easy to handle rigs, go-anywhere shoal draft, and roomy & attractive interiors. Great condition! Priced to sell fast. Professionally maintained & recently reconditioned by Island Packet Yachts Asking $289,000. Contact Bill Bolin S&J Yachts (941) 212-6121 bill@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

43' Serendipity Racer/Cruiser 1980 $49,900. A proven bluewater IOR racer designed by Doug Peterson with basic cruising amenities and a low-hour 1999 40 HP Nanni/Mercedes diesel. Large sail inventory & updated rigging. Desirable transferable downtown St. Pete slip available. Lee Messina, CPYB, 941-350-9020, Lee@ProYSi.com www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com

2010 Catalina 445 Sailboat "Promise" Located in Tampa, FL. Super Clean & very Rare yacht! Must See! AC, GEN, In-mast Main, Bow Thruster. Very Clean Must See Asking $269k. Can send Video Call 727-4872278 Yachtmann.com

42’ Beneteau First 1983 Racing boat set up for long term cruising liveaboard. Proven cruiser. Knowledgable professional mariner/ owner. Must See! Reduced $59,000. Alan Pressman, 941-350-1559. alanwys@gmail.com www.windsweptyachtsales.com

Divine Miss Em - 1990 43' Slocum - $257,300 - Jim Davis - 386 871 4959 jim@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.n

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

Island Packet 420 2001. One owner boat. Very clean! Dramatically refit over last 3 years; new electronics suite, new sails, new genset, new batteries... Exterior teak professionally done. Stunning jade green hull. Asking $235,000. Contact Will Dittmer of S&J Yachts, will@sjyachts.com (941) 212-6121 www.sjyachts.com

44 Island Packet 1992 Special custom built IP - White hull, white & gray deck, white spars, custom wale & boot stripe in "Armour Green" and custom interior woodwork to add storage and privacy. This yacht is truly one-ofa-kind! Asking $184,500. Contact Bill Bolin of S&J Yachts, bill@sjyachts.com (941) 2126121 www.sjyachts.com

Island Packet 460 ‘ 09 Beautiful yacht in Exceptional Condition! Extensive electronics – Generator – Heat/Air – Bow Thruster – Custom Arch, Dingy Davits, Outboard lift, Watermaker, Wind Generator, A must See! $425,000 Contact Michele Martinage S&J Yachts 410-639-2777, www.sjyachts.com

So Bella - 1981 42’ Passport - $72,000 Brad Peterson - 305-481-1512 bradp@curtisstokes.net www.curtisstokes.net

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46 Outbound ’12 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. $495,000. Contact S&J Yachts info@sjyachts.com 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

Catalina 470 ’01 Large spacious comfortable performance cruiser. 2 cabin, 2 heads. Great headroom. Large master w/centreline berth. Lightly used. Many upgrades: All new electronics 2019, new engine 2015, New Dodger/enclosure 2018, A/C, Generator, Bow Thruster, much more. $249,000 Contact Jack Malatich S&J Yachts 410-639-2777, www.sjyachts.com

47’ Dufour-Nautitech 1995. Twin Volvo 55 300Hrs. Blue Agave is back in the water. 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 May. Currently offered $210,000. Call George Carter 941-792-9100.

Sunny Side Up - 1985 48’ Mayflower $84,900 - Brent Anderson - 651-528-4198 brent@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.ne

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Sparkman & Stephens Sunward 48 ’86. True sister-ship to Walter Cronkite’s Sunward 48. Beautiful hand carved woodwork & joinery complement stain glass cabinet doors, handcrafted by master craftsman Cabrini. True blue water ketch that is very comfortable to live aboard & cruise. Asking $199,000 Call Michele S&J Yachts. michele@sjyachts.com 410- 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

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 $299,900 Contact Bill Bolin, S&J Yachts 941-.212-6121 bill@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

Celestial 50 ‘98. – Ideal liveaboard yacht in excellent condition! Features a large protected cockpit, cutter rig, spacious pilothouse with great visibility, interior, and exterior helms, a remodeled galley, and a gorgeous blond teak interior. Peaceful Existence is a fantastic value at $184,995. Contact Matt Malatich of S&J Yachts 843-872-8080 charleston@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

Southerly 535 ’14 Luxurious Blue-water 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 $1,150,000 Contact Jack Malatich S&J Yachts 410-639-2777 jack@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

2010 Hunter 50 CC. Excellent condition! Fully Optioned including Jacuzzi, AC, GEN, Bow Thruster, In-Mast Main, Rare Center Cockpit with Huge Aft Cabin! Low Hours Must See. Asking $275k. Can send Video Call 727-487-2278 Yachtmann.com

1998 Tayana 55 CC w 2019 Refit. Just Surveyed in June 2019 & $40,000 Refit in August 2019. Huge Storage, Solid teak & leather interior, 2 Huge Master Cabins Upgraded mattresses & Bunk Captain quarters. 3x AC, GEN, 3x Electric winches, 2x Radars, SSB, SAT phone, Full enclosure w/ New Glass...on & on...off-shore Ready! Medically can't go! Successfully 2019 surveyed Ocean Going Tayana at a huge discount! 1st Real Offer Wins!!! Asking $290k R@Yachtmann.com. Call 727-487-2278 Yachtmann.com

52' 2016 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 519 located in downtown St Petersburg. Full electronics package, bow thruster, genset and the preferred 3 cabin/2 head layout. This pristine lady should be the next 50 footer sold. Call Kelly Bickford CPYB at (727)599-1718 to arrange for your inspection. You will not be disappointed.

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30’ Beneteau Swift Trawler 2018 $314,900. Volvo D6 370 HP Engine W/250 Hours, Onan 7.5 Kw Generator W/180 Hrs. and Bow & Stern Thrusters. Loaded with factory options & comes with an extended warranty for both the engine & generator. Call Robert Siviter @ 727-415-4676.

30’ Mainship Pilot Rum Runner 2004. Single Yanmar Diesel, under 100 Hrs. Bow thruster, large cockpit suitable for fishing, cruising or diving and a center transom door for swim platform access. $65,000. We will exceed your expectations: Shirley Nelle 727-6392862, Shirley@ProYSi.com, www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com.

Nordic Tug 32 2000. Well-maintained & nicely upgraded with custom granite countertops, main salon recliners, and an electric, fresh water flush head. Current owner has completed the Great Loop & is ready for new adventures. 900 mile range/tankful. Approx. 4.5 mpg @ 7 knots. Asking $139,000. Contact Bill Bolin of S&J Yachts, bill@sjyachts.com (941) 212-6121 www.sjyachts.com

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36’ Marine Trader Europa Trawler 1982. Recently rebuilt economical 120hp Lehman diesel. Come see this classic walk-around trawler as she won’t last long! $39,900. We will exceed your expectations: Shirley Nelle, 727-639-2862, Shirley@ProYSi.com, www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com.

2015 Fountaine Pajot FP MY 37 Power Cat - Owner's Ver, 3 Cabin 2 Head AC GEN BIG Eng 2019 Upgraded Trans. Flybridge & Cabin Helms 22Kts, 2'8" draft, Great Looper, 1000mi range Loaded & Survey ready. Asking $449k Call 727-487-2278 R@Yachtmann.com. Yachtmann.com

40’ Marine Trader Sundeck 1984 – Perfect vessel for the Great Loop or Coastal Cruising with an economical Single Lehman 135hp Diesel & Bow Thruster. Dual helm stations, newer flybridge enclosure, SatTV, W/D, Solar Panels, & a 10’ Boston Whaler tender. $62,500 We will exceed your expectations: Shirley Nelle, 727-639-2862, Shirley@ProYSi.com, www.ProfessionalYachtSales.com.

Tasteful Traveler - 2005 42’ Nordic Tug $399,000 Steve Horinek - 239-887-0898 steve@curtisstokes.net - www.curtisstokes.net

1977 44-foot Thompson Trawler Turnkey Condition – Ready to Cruise on Day 1 $50,000 – or Best Offer • Twin 4-53 Detroit Diesels • 2016 trip to Havana, Cuba, @ 2.5 mpg over 1600 nm. • 4-foot draft • Autopilot and Garmin Chartplotter • Dive platform • 45lb stainless steel anchor w/100-foot chain • New electric windlass • 8-foot dinghy with 8hp Mercury 4-stroke • Great liveaboard/looper • USCG Documented vessel

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42’ Grand Banks Classic 1988. One of the cleanest GB 42s we’ve seen this vintage. Solar, diesel generator, twin Caterpillars, clean boat with spacious aft stateroom, forward VIP stateroom and dual helm; pilothouse and flybridge. Reduced $143,900. Alan Pressman, 941-350-1559. alanwys@gmail.com www.windsweptyachtsales.com

54’ Hatteras MY 1988 Great Liveaboard! True classic, blue water motoryacht packed with amenities & luxuries. Meticulously maintained. Engines rebuilt 2004. Approx. 350 hrs. New barrier coat 2003. Deck/hull painted 2003 & kept looking good. $279,900 Contact S&J Yachts info@sjyachts.com 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

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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

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49' Grand Banks Classic Fuel Efficient Lehman Twin Diesel, 3 staterooms, Stabilizers, AIS, Radar, 2 Generators. More info at; Windsweptyachtsales.com Joe 727-612-5502 or JoeHWYS@gmail.com $189,900

Midnight Lace 52 Command Bridge 2003. Beauty and class combined! She can glide through the waters like no other her size. A blend of long lines & rakish angles, but inside it is all warm wood and soft curves. Lovingly maintained. Asking $349,000. Gregg Knighton of S&J Yachts gregg@sjyachts.com (754)231-3370 www.sjyachts.com

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Yacht Broker Opportunity East Coast of Florida. S&J Yachts is looking for an experienced yacht broker to sell New and Used boats. Great opportunity to work with a large, professional company - 5 offices from the mid-Atlantic to Florida. S&J Yachts are Dealers for: Island Packet, Blue Jacket, Seaward, Discovery, Southerly & Bluewater Catamaran and many quality Brokerage yachts. Boating experience and team player a must! Friendly, professional working environment. Enquiries confidential. Contact Jack 410 971-1071 info@sjyachts.com. www.sjyachts.com ________________________________________ Crew Looking for female companionship, must feel at ease living on the water assist me when sailing the Carolina Atlantic coast. Age 40-70, good health, none smoker, free of family and job obligations, self-sustainable. Email Paul at langgeduurt@yahoo.com ________________________________________ Yacht Sales. Curtis Stokes & Assoc., Inc. has opportunities throughout Florida for experienced brokers or new salespeople. Applicant must be ethical, hard-working and have a boating background. Training available. Inquiries confidential. 954-684-0218, info@curtisstokes.net.

________________________________________ Full-Time Experienced Yacht Sales Persons Needed. Professional Yacht Sales International is expanding and looking for experienced Florida-licensed yacht brokers or candidates with proven sales and boating backgrounds to join our growing team of 14 professional and experienced yacht brokers throughout Florida. We offer a professional, ethical and fun atmosphere with industry-leading commission structure, integrated target marketing, social media and advertising program, admin support that includes YachtCloser, and an experienced management and leadership team that is committed to growing our business by treating our brokers and clients with respect and appreciation. On-Going Training & Education is in our DNA. Please call or email for a confidential interview: Lee Messina, CPYB, Managing Broker, 941-350-9020, Lee@ProYSi.com. ________________________________________ Yacht Sales. Curtis Stokes & Assoc., Inc. has opportunities throughout Florida for experienced brokers or new salespeople. Applicant must be ethical, hard-working and have a boating background. Training available. Inquiries confidential. 954-684-0218, info@curtisstokes.net.

LIVE ABOARD WET SLIP/PRIVATE DOCK WANTED 27' Watkins Sailboat Good Sailing/Powered Condition Insured property personal liability, Prefer St Petersburg Area pay cash/check or electronically 1-2 year stay. Water and Shorepower needed, bathroom/ shower/apartment negotiable St Pete Resident Owner+1 adult. (20/03)

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Adventure Romance Skip Rowland.........31

Dowry Creek Marina..............................44

Ameriprize Financial Michael Walder......12

Glades Boat Storage ..............................44

Bacon Sails.............................................20

Sail Harbor Marina ................................44

Beta Marine ...........................................27

Sailors Wharf..........................................44

Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals ....................22

Twin Dolphin Marina .............................44

Boat US ...................................................7 Great Lakes Yacht Harbor and Shoreline. Situated in the island-studded waters of northern Lake Michigan. 1200 feet of shoreline with southern exposure. Deep-draft yacht harbor blasted out of limestone that can accommodate vessels in the 80-foot range. 21 acres with mixed wooded and open areas, sloped to the shoreline with small bluffs. Ideal property for a residential estate or high-end real estate development. $1.45 million. Call Daniel Kaniff 312998-9010, or dkaniff@gmail.com. (9/19)

Catamaran Boatyard ..............................28

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Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage...............47

Absolute Tank Cleaning .........................16

CopperCoat...........................................38

American Rope & Tar.............................16

CPT Autopilot ........................................60

Bahama Harbor Guide - England ...........16

Cruising Solutions....................................8

Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals ....................18

Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage ................2

Bloxygen ...............................................16

Custom Marine......................................32

Borel ......................................................16

Dockside Radio ......................................20

C-Head Compost Toilets ........................16

DoctorLED .............................................24

Cajun Trading Rigging ...........................18

Dowry Creek Marina..............................25

Captain’s License ...................................16

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Edison Sailing Center .............................21

Coolnet Hammocks ...............................17

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Ft. Myers Beach Moorings .....................14

Dori Pole - Consort Display Group.........17

Geico Insurance .......................................3

Flying Scot.............................................16

Glades Boat Storage ................................5

Irish Sail Lady.........................................18

Gulfport City Marina..............................33

Island Bound Aventures ........................18

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Massy Yachts .....................................36

Masthead Enterprises .............................19

Mack Sails..............................................23

Mastmate ..............................................17

Madeira Beach Municipal Marina...........22

National Sail Supply...............................19

Maptech ................................................32

Nautical Trader ......................................17

Martek Davits ........................................26

Rigging Only .........................................18

Masthead...............................................37

Sail Cleaners ..........................................19

Nautical Trader ......................................41

Sail Service & Repair ..............................19

Pensacola Shipyard, Marina & Boatyard.....29

Sail Technologies ..................................19

Professional Yacht Sales..........................35

Sailing Services ......................................18

S&J Yacht Brokers ..................................53

Seaworthy Goods / Port Visor ................17

Schurr Sails ............................................40

Second Wind Sails .................................19

Sea School .............................................30

Teak Guard - All Guard ..........................17

Seaworthy Goods/Port Visor ..................28

YachtBedding.com.................................17

Thompson Trawler .................................59 Under Dock Reef....................................49

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Windswept Yacht Sales ..........................63

SPYC Regata Del Sol ..............................10

Yachtmann Yacht Brokers ..........39, 43, 64

Charleston Race Week..............................9

Zarcor......................................................6

Bone Island Regatta ...............................14 Ft. Myers Beach Moorings .....................14

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Rudder Club of Jacksonville Mug Race ...11

Anchorage Marina .................................44

Bird Key Yacht Club Nautical Cup..........15

Belle Hatchee Marina/Boatyard .............44

Smyrna Yacht Club Lipton Cup..............13

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A Legal Alien or When Solo Sailors Meet Society By Maik Ulmschneider

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h oh, I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien....”, Sting has been following me today from the moment I got out of the plane in Düsseldorf, Germany. I just arrived from Cuba, where I left my boat and home Seefalke for two weeks to take care of some urgent business and admin in the fatherland. Herds of grey suits form a faceless mass flowing down the endless aisles and hallways of this busy airport. Smartphones are flying by at head level, leaving a trace of mumble about deals and appointments and deadlines. Elevators and escalators continuously pump ties and skirts to the next level where they are efficiently scanned, sorted and processed to their final destination. I am just standing there a little lost in my ragged jeans, my worn-out, salty leather jacket and my sunburnt face. A small army backpack is my only luggage. For how long I don’t know. It is probably a hundred deals and a thousand deadlines later when I finally start trudging to my gate. The waiting area is full of laptops and tablets and phones working towards a new GDP record. While I have my coffee I keep wondering: Where have all the people gone? When I was last in Germany, it was at the height of summer, and the blistering sun made that part of the transition easy for me, having arrived from the brutal heat of Suriname’s jungle. Now it is cold. Maybe not as cold as it could be at the end of January, but the temperatures leave little doubt it is winter. While I am waiting on the flight that should take me to Berlin, I remember that, back then, I had the same feeling of being a stranger in my own home country. I remember how I was walking through the streets of Frankfurt: How amazed I was at how everything was available in decadent abundance. As I stand in front of a phone

shop, I remember how I needed a case for my new iPhone XS while I was in Paramaribo, Suriname’s lively capital, and how it took me two entire days to finally find a store that had one. Not a choice, just and only exactly one. How I almost kissed the saleslady and happily bought it and felt like a hero who successfully killed the dragon and can finally marry the princess. Mission accomplished. This little phone shop here in Frankfurt has more choices than there are in all Suriname! And a few doors down the street there is another one and another one... I try to imagine how someone would feel who would come here the first time. Like Ithiel, a teenage boy who loved to hang out with me in Domburg. Domburg is a small town on the outskirts of Paramaribo. He was born and raised in a small remote creole settlement in the center of Suriname. No roads nor airfield connect this village to ‘civilization’. From there it takes an entire day and experienced canoe driving daredevils to overcome the malicious races to only make it to a place with a road connection. Back in the day it was this remoteness that saved the runaway slaves’ lives. But today the jungle kids have smartphones, too and want to see the world. Now this kid, who dropped out of school and left the jungle village to make money to become a pilot, loved to ask me about the world. If people would go out if it was cold? And if the rain was cold, too? And he genuinely was impressed that there was compulsory schooling. (In Suriname most girls go to school only as long as they can avoid getting pregnant.) I try to imagine Ithiel here in Frankfurt or Berlin or London or Chicago. I fail. Even though I have been away from the modern western world for quite some time now, living on my boat in mostly remote underdeveloped places, I still cannot deny my origin. My senses are still dull

enough to survive this omnipresent stimulus overkill. But how would it affect the sensitive feelers of my Suriname jungle friend? On my sailboat I have crossed oceans, fought furious storms, endured endless calms, and have ventured into uncharted waters and unknown lands. And mostly I did this solo… on my own. I take a lot of strength from this, and coolness. It lets peer pressure drop off me like spray from my dodger. But also it sometimes makes it difficult to fit back into society, even temporarily. Not too long ago I met this solo sailing girl in the Bahamas, and one evening I decided to be a gentleman and take her out to dinner. The restaurant was a decent place and when we arrived there, I realized I wasn’t wearing shoes. So I ran back to the boat to get my shoes. I forget to hold the door for the lady and fall on my chair before she even has reached hers. I’ll spare the details of my non-existent table manners, shaped from countless meals at sea shared only with my seadogs. So, on the way home to the boat I promise myself I will always pretend to have company when I have meals on solo passages in the future. At least I want to make an effort. My thoughts are interrupted suddenly by an angry voice calling my name. I look up and I see that all the suits and ties and phones and laptops are gone and it’s only me left in the waiting area of the gate. I shoulder my backpack, and as I filter in through the narrow aisle to take my seat in the very back of the plane I hear the accusing chorus of the faceless mass. I finally wedge into my seat and cannot help smiling when I remember that in my previous life, I was one of them: a rat racing for its life. So being an alien is not so bad after all. And as the plane takes off, I close my eyes and listen to Sting: ”Uh oh I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien...”

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Articles inside

Parting Shot: A Legal Alien or When Solo Sailors meet Society By Maik Ulmschneider

Classifieds

Alphabetical Index of Advertisers

Southern Regional Race Calendar

Kids Say By Jabbo Gordon

Pensacola Welcomes American Magic Back By Julie B. Connerley

It’s Never Too Late By Roger Fitzgerald, Skipper of the good ship Ella Trout III

Carolina Sailing By Dan Dickison

The Jester Challenge: Newport, Rhode Island Praia de Vitoria, Terceira, Azores, Baltimore, Ireland By Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Living Dockside No More By Ginny Jones

Icom M803 – A Quick Look By Gary Jensen, DockSide Radio

Ready to Cruise By Gary Dickinson

Boater Groups Not Allowed to Speak at GA DNR Board Meeting By James H. Newsome

Georgia Anchoring Locations Impacted or Eliminated By James H. Newsome

Marine Marketplace

Short Tacks and Regattas

From the Helm – Editorial by William

Upcoming Events in the Southeast Region