Southwinds May 2009

SOUTHWINDS News & Views for Southern Sailors

What’s Happening With Windsurfing Today Morgan 41 Boat Review Cruising Cuba’s Northwest Coast

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Editorial: Windsurfing

By Steve Morrell Letters

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather & Water Temperatures

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Bubba Anchors Out

By Morgan Stinemetz

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Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

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Addendum to Annual Youth Sailing Programs List

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Our Waterways: Clarification of Proposed Florida Mooring Field Law Changes; Fort Lauderdale Ignores Florida Anchoring Laws; Brevard County Acquires Waterfront Access

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Sea Scouts Ship 915, Boca Ciega Yacht Club

By Cathy Salustri

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Sail to Cuba, Part II

By Bradd Wilson

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What’s Happening to Windsurfing

By Bruce Matlack

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Travels With Angel: Marsh Harbour, Bahamas

By Rebecca Burg

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Dania Flea Market Returns to Dania

By Manuel Verdeguer

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Boat Review: Morgan 41

By Dave and Sandi Post

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Boatwork: Electrolysis Explained

By Tom Kennedy

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Carolina Sailing: Tall Ships Coming to Charleston; Velux 5 Oceans Race to Stop in Charleston

By Dan Dickison

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

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Sailboat Racing South America Style

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

Cruising Cuba’s Northwest Coast. Page 38. Photo by Bradd Wilson

Windsurfing. Page 42. Photo by Calema Windsurfing.

COVER: Kids Playing and learning to windsurf.

Photo by Calema Windsurfing. www.calema.com

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Windsurfing S

ince we have a windsurfing cover and a great article on the sport on pages 42-45, we should call this the windsurfing issue. I have a passionate connection to windsurfing. It was back in 1986 that I first tried it. At the time, I needed to get out and get exercise while having fun—and it looked like fun. I didn’t know what I was getting into I was living in Delray Beach, FL. I bought a big 12-foot Tiga board and all the gear. I started out in light winds in the springtime on Delray Beach. The wind never got over 15 knots, and it was usually 12 or less. I would go anytime— morning, midday, evening—even when it was only 3-5 knots. It was frustrating in the beginning, but by the end of the summer, I was doing small tricks on the board and had it down pretty good. I had progressed from “uphauling” to beach starts, where you step on the board in shallow water while holding the sail up—and sail off.

Fall came around, and one day, it got real windy—over 20 knots easy. I went down to the beach with my big board, and there were all these windsurfers there I’d never seen before. It was a day when the rest of the world’s beachgoers stay away. It was very windy with rough waves. I was brought up on the beach in Southern California, so none of this scared me. But there were all these windsurfers with short boards and small sails sailing all over the place—and having a blast.

I naively rigged my board up and put it in the water. It was a disaster. My sail was huge, the board was big and I didn’t know what I was doing. I sat on the beach next to my big rig and watched. I watched as these people beach-started on their boards and sailed off. When they fell in deep water, they managed to grab the sail while treading water. It lifted them right out and they took off—like a rocket. It was grace under high wind. I later found out that was a “water start”—basically, a beach start in water over your head. So I figured I had to learn that.

STEVE MORRELL,

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Again—I didn’t know what I was getting into. Waterstarting was probably the most frustrating thing I have ever learned. People asked me, “Do you need strength and balance to windsurf?” “No,” I always answered, “You need perseverance.” One person told me, “Steve—you have to just fall about a thousand times, then you’ll get it.” So every time I tried it and fell, I figured I was getting closer.

Eventually, I mastered it—and a passionate love affair with windsurfing went on for several years, until I moved to Colorado and gave it up, although it was the most fun and thrilling sport I ever did. When I came back to Florida over a decade later, I tried to get back into it, but it wasn’t the same—nor was I. I needed many boards and sails, along with lots of gear. So, I dropped it.

Last fall, I met Bruce Matlack, who lives nearby. Bruce was the world’s first windsurfing champion back in the early ’70s and continues today with the sport in a different way. He has seen the sport go through all the changes and sees the frustration that I feel today, having loved the sport and missing it, but longing for it—like many others. He has brought the sport back into my mind. In his article in this issue, he explains, along with a short history of the sport, options in windsurfing today that will allow someone to get into and enjoy it without buying lots of gear.

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GULFPORT, FL, WELCOMES BOATERS Sometimes, some places perhaps receive negative press they don’t deserve based on the experience of a select few.

Or perhaps, I’m blessed in some way. Either way I would like to comment on my experience with the Gulfport Marine Police.

I had hesitated visiting Gulfport based on reports in this magazine and surprisingly more widely circulated coastal cruising publications.

Prior to my first visit (January 2009) I called and requested information on the city requirements for a weekend stay. The officer, though not necessarily chipper, was straightforward and to the point in providing information. I was advised to use my anchor light, that I could leave the dinghy eight hours at the dock and I had until 11 p.m. to move as the gate would be locked and I couldn’t get back to the dinghy.

Since then I’ve returned three times with friends who brought their own boats. This is truly a case of no news is good news. None of us were harassed, boarded or approached. We came, we had a great time and we left.

Tonyaa and Bud Leist Bahama Mama Tonya and Bud, I have heard that Gulfport has gone through a great metamorphosis from treating boaters badly to welcoming them now with open arms. I don’t believe any of the negative press that I know of beforehand was unwarranted. In fact, before their recent “rebirth,” I never heard one good experience by a boater, but now I hear nothing but good, and—according to friends who live there—the city has changed its view and now welcomes boaters and it is becoming a destination for many who are looking for a beautiful waterfront town that has the real character and charm of an ‘Ol Florida style.

Before these recent changes, it was “We came, they conquered and we left.” You never know, maybe even the police will one day be “chipper.”

Editor Local Deputy Protects Nearby Sailboaters at Boat Ramp Enclosed is a letter my fiancé and I sent to the Manatee sheriff regarding Deputy Chip Gore’s outstanding service in helping to control the local recreational boater riff-raff that the boat ramp in Palmetto at Regatta Pointe Marina experiences every weekend. Hopefully, this issue will be addressed from the highest level, and my fiancé and I won’t have a problem with sitting outside in our cockpit on a Saturday or Sunday worrying about degenerate recreational boaters creating an unpleasant experience and environment for the residents of the marina: See LETTERS continued on page 10 www.southwindsmagazine.com

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“My fiancé and I live in Palmetto in Regatta Pointe Marina on a sailboat. We have lived here for almost four years. We come across your deputies regularly. We have experienced several mind-blowing incidents while at home, especially during the weekends. We have talked to several of the deputies, in particular Deputy Chip Gore. He is a great guy and always takes a moment to talk with us and listen to our concerns. Lately, he has been doing a great justice for us and has been hanging out by the boat ramp towards the end of his shift to patrol the riff-raff.

Some of the things that have been going on are: people peeing off their boats (including women), throwing trash in the water, failure to follow the no-wake zone policy, tying off on the pilings, and tying off to the finger pier next to us.

We have caught people on our finger pier, trying to get into our dock boxes—and also found them on our boat. It’s pretty disturbing to come home and see someone trying to get into our home. When people are tying off to the pilings, they come extremely close to hitting our vessel, which is our home. We have witnessed it time after time. These people don’t know what they are doing when they are tying off. They don’t pay any attention to what is around them or who is around them. We have tried to contact the sheriff’s/police department, but by the time they would respond they are already gone.

Many of the recreational boaters come back intoxicated and when we try to prevent them from tying off, they become hostile, threaten us (life threats), and pick fights with us. In fact, one boater actually was going to get off his boat and come after us, and the harbormaster was standing right next to us so he thought twice, but at least someone else was there to witness this event. We have told Deputy Gore all about this. He understands and wants to help us. He told us to e-mail you to see if we can address the situation better, such as letting him patrol over there by the boat ramp more often, especially on the weekends. We really appreciate the work your deputies do for us. We just really need to step it up a little by the boat ramp.

This is where a lot of trouble/problems are happening. This weekend, he spent the end of his shift over by the ramp, and his presence helped out a lot in preventing the chaos and disturbing behavior from the recreational boaters. We saw a great improvement just him sitting there for a short period. As soon as they saw his boat there, they immediately were acting like they are supposed to. We shouldn’t have to come home on a weekend to see people tied-off next to our boat walking around near or on our boat. We shouldn’t have to see at least 10 penises pass by because they can’t wait to go to the restroom, nor should we have to worry about someone hitting our boat because they tie off near our boat on a piling waiting for their turn on the boat ramp—not to mention that these people are tying off to navigational markers, causing damage to the signs and pilings. In conclusion, having Deputy Gore’s presence near the boat ramp at the end of the day has been a great deterrent in patroling the inexcusable behavior from the recreational boater activity at the boat ramp, giving us peace of mind knowing he is over there keeping us and our other neighbors safe. Thank you for your time and attention to this letter.”

Sincerely, Brian Lilja Brian, It is great to hear when the local police are addressing the real probwww.southwindsmagazine.com

lem boaters in Florida’s boating community. I hope some permanent changes will come from your letter and the police enforcement. It would also be wise if the county could address some of these problems, like more dockage for boaters while they wait and closer bathrooms, although it is only about 50-60 yards to a bathroom from that ramp. This is also a problem of overcrowding, as I know Manatee County has been looking for locations for additional boat ramps.

Even still, these boaters should be exercising common courtesy. Some just don’t have a clue what that is, trespassing on and disrespecting other people’s homes and property, i.e., your boat.

Editor

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POTTY TROUBLE IN BOOT KEY HARBOR— WHAT ABOUT COMPOSTING HEADS IN FLORIDA?

UPDATE ON FORT MYERS BEACH MOORING FIELD On our way up the west coast of Florida this past January, we stopped at the Fort Myers Beach mooring field. It was impossible to raise Matanzas Inn on the VHF as we later found out they don’t monitor it. Once we established contact by cell phone, we were instructed to pick any empty ball, that the depths ranged from 12 to 15 feet, and that we should just check in after we were moored. The mooring field is owned by the town but managed by the Matanzas Inn. The person one speaks with about mooring is the desk clerk for the inn and doesn’t necessarily have any info specific to boats, boating, moorings, or mooring fields.

Taking what I was told on faith and not being diligent by checking things myself, we picked up a mooring (ball#30) that had, at low tide, much less than five feet—much, much

The following letter is a copy of a letter sent to Sun-Mar, manufacturers of composting heads. — Editor Please help with an answer to this. I have just read a letter to the editor in the January issue of SOUTHWINDS, a magazine for and about sailors in Florida (you can download the issue at www.southwindsmagazine.com). The topic was marine heads and their installation. The title was “Potty Trouble in Boot Key Harbor.“ Nowhere was a composting head talked about. My question to you is are they legal to have installed and used on a boat in Florida? I have a SunMar Excel-NE on my boat and plan on a trip to Florida. Any proof of their legality would be greatly appreciated.

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LETTERS less than the six feet we require to stay afloat and upright. Of course, low tide was at 0300, and of course, the temperature was in the 30s, which made deploying a kedge to keep from falling completely over that much more fun.

Once afloat, we moved to a different mooring farther from the obvious shoal but found that it had only seven feet of water and, according to SeaTow, the tide was to drop another two-and-one-half feet later in the day. Sadly, we left the mooring field.

The staff at the Matanzas Inn were friendly and the facilities available were top-notch, but the mooring field will need to be dredged before we would consider returning.

Joe, Thanks for the information. I would say another thing they could do would be to just have better information about their depths.

That would have at least not misled you. I know that the Town of Fort Myers Beach is working hard at becoming more boaterfriendly and inviting cruisers to come visit and stay at the mooring field and visit the town. Hopefully, in the future, they will be able to dredge the field for better depth. In the meantime, the proper information on current depths would be more than welcome.

Editor TOWING VS SALVAGE: BEWARE OF UNSCRUPULOUS TOWING COMPANIES Boaters should not assume anything when it comes to boating. If you are a boater and have not taken a towing/salvage 101 course, let me speak from experience and recommend that you do not wait until you need a tow to find out the coverage you have. Trust me—there is a big difference in the cost. Most of the boaters that I know have some type of towing insurance. However, there are different levels of coverage just as any other types of insurance. You should take the time to read and understand the amount of coverage you have. For example, do you know the difference in a simple tow, a soft grounding, a hard grounding, and salvage?

On November 14, I had a very unpleasant experience in my 72-foot houseboat when a very strong wind picked it up during the night of an overnight trip and caused my stern anchor to drag and blew me parallel to the beach. The wind also caused the tide to go out very fast, leaving me in very shallow water. At 6 a.m. the next morning, when I awoke to find that I had a problem, my boat was still floating, but I would need some help to have it pulled into deeper water.

I called my towing service and explained my situation to them and advised them that the tide was still going out and very fast. I was asked if I/we, or my boat was in any danger, and I told them that we were not. Even though they were only 35 to 40 minutes away from me, they did not arrive until 9:15 a.m., and by that time, I did not have any water under a large portion of my boat.

When the tow boat arrived, the captain determined that this was a “hard grounding” and had me sign the contract.

He then attempted to pull my boat straight back parallel with the beach, but it would not move. Even though none of the conditions changed, other than he was going to pull the stern of the boat out away from the beach, the captain advised me that this was going to turn into “salvage” instead of a hard ground tow. I was not sure exactly what he See LETTERS continued on page 14

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LETTERS was talking about. However, he asked me if I had hull insurance and he wanted to see my insurance policy. He stated that my insurance company would not have a problem with his charge of $125 per foot ($9,000). I said but what about my $4,000 deductible? He said that he was sorry about that .He then had me initial the original contract showing it as a salvage. He then proceeded to place a large water pump on the back of my boat (though he never started the engine) and stuck oil-soaked rags in the engine compartment vents. He said this was to prevent water from coming into the engine compartment—which was not necessary because the water level never got high enough for any water to come into the vents. He then pulled the stern of the boat around into deeper water and with the help of my two engines, the boat was backed off the sand. In the captain’s written report, he stated that my boat was taking on water, which it was not, but I assume that was his justification for changing it to a salvage. The moral to this story is that had this been classified as a “hard ground tow” (and that is what it was), instead of a “salvage,” the captain would have earned approximately $1,000 which was covered by my unlimited towing cover-

age instead of the $9,000, of which I would have to pay $4,000. Had I known the difference in the types of “tows and salvage,” I would not have signed the agreement contract until I had a better understanding of why it was being changed from a tow to a salvage.

This occurred at Fort McRee Cove south of the Pensacola Naval Air Station.

C. C. “Neil” Thorsen Pensacola, FL Neil, I have heard of a few instances like this with a nationally known towing company local captain. They are obviously out to deceive you, and I am surprised that the national offices would not get outraged by these actions. In the other instance I know of, it was a sailboat in the Florida Keys and the owner, too, was forced to pay a large sum of money—unsure of what the laws are and the definitions as you describe them here. I am hoping some day that someone will sue one of these captains and the national towing company and win. That will wake them up.

Editor

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

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Lessons include: which boat for you, equipment, trailering, lines and knots, boat handling, signs, weather, rules, introduction to navigation, inland boating and radio. (727) 8233753. Don’t wait until next summer to have your children qualify for a State of Florida boater safety ID, possibly lower your boaters insurance premium or just hone your safe boating skills.

Boating Safety Courses, St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. Six-week Public Boating Course. The course begins in June and October.

Other courses continuously offered. To find out more, go to www.boating-stpete.org, or call (727) 498-4001, or e-mail contact@boating-stpete.org.

Clearwater Coast Guard Auxiliary (Flotilla 11-1) Public Boating Programs Sailing Skills & Seamanship (six lessons) Option for OTW with Clearwater Community Sailing Center at a discounted price. Class Days: May 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14. About Boating Safety (two lessons). May 16-17, June 27-28. GPS and Chart Reading. June 8-9.

For more information on upcoming education programs or to request a free vessel safety check call (727) 4698895 or visit www.a0701101.uscgaux.info. Click on Public Education Programs. America’s Boating Course and other courses regularly posted on the Web site. www.southwindsmagazine.com

North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adults sailing programs. Family Sailing. 2-6 people; 2-6 hours. Traditional skiffs or 30’ keelboat. $50-$240. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 7287317.

Reservations/information: call The Friends’ office (252) 728-1638

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Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course The Ruskin flotilla each month offers a Boating Safety course in Ruskin, but has found that many boaters do not have the time to attend the courses, so they are now also offering a home study course at $30. Additional family members will be charged $10 each for testing and certificates. Tests will be held bimonthly. Entry into the course will also allow participants to attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354.

Workshops, demonstrations, races, and other educational programs will be held. Craftsmen will demonstrate traditional trades and skills at the museum. Go sailing on some of the museum’s traditional watercraft each afternoon. Over 50 boats displayed on land and in the water.

For information, go to www.ncmaritime.org/ main/wbs2009.htm. (252) 728-7317.

35th Annual Wooden Boat Show, South Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC, April 26-May 2

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Houston Summer Boat Show, June 17-21 Reliant Center, Houston International Boat, Sport & Travel Show, Inc. (713) 626-6361. www.houstonboatshows.com.

On Saturday, May 2, SouthEast Sailing & Yachts, Inc. will sponsor Discover Sailing boat rides. It is a 45-minute captained cruise aboard new Hunter sailboats on the waters of St Augustine from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., weather permitting.

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Rides are on a first-come, first-serve basis and soft drinks will be served. SouthEast Sailing & Yachts is located at 400 Riberia Street, Suite A, St. Augustine, FL 32084. Call (904) 824-5770 for more information, or go to www.ses-y.com.

Annual Cedar Key Small Boat Meet, May 2-3

By Bruce Matlack

Chamber of Commerce in Cedar Key is thrilled by those who come to visit or bring their boats.

The event all started when Sea Pearl held their nationals there, which turned into simply a “Small boat Pandemania,” according to Jim Leet at Sea Pearl. There is never an agenda, and there are no planned activities—and everyone likes it that way. Due to too many people attending, last year’s barbecue is not happening this year, according to a spokesperson who definitely did not want to be in charge. Last year, there were parties, spontaneous music on the green, racing skirmishes, and a short sail to the island just off the town. Who’s who from small boating will likely be there again this year, including the Gudgeon Brothers (of the West System), famous trimaran designer Jim Brown, Ken and Barbara Bleakly and Hugh Horton.

Everyone meets at City Park at 9 a.m. each day. A weekend of fun on the water, it brings meaning to the expression “messing around in boats.” Open to anyone, with no fees. For more information, call Hugh Horton at (810) 468-6456.

12th Annual Wooden Boat Festival, Pirates Cove Marina, Josephine, AL, May 2-3 Presented by the Perdido Wood Boat Association. http://perdidowoodboat.org. $3 Adults. Free to children 12 and under. (251) 987-1224.

The annual Cedar Key Small Boat Meet, May 2-3. Photo by Marty Noble.

For 22 years, this unsponsored, unvarnished small boat affair has been happening in Cedar Key on Florida’s Nature Coast. What was one time the wood pencil capital of the United States now gets inundated with mostly wood boats that trail in from all over the country the first weekend in May each year. It is open to all small sail and paddle boats including but not limited to sharpies, multihulls, canoes and kayaks. Many will arrive on Thursday prior, with the majority coming in Friday. It’s not hard to find the parties if you arrive early Friday. Although it is unsponsored, the

Windsurfers Against Leukemia 24-Hour Marathon, Calema Watersports, Cocoa Beach, May 8-9 This fundraising event starts on Friday, May 8, at 4 p.m. and runs through the full moon-lit night until 4 p.m. the next day.

Each windsurfer is part of a four-person team and must have a team member on the water for the full 24 hours. Each team must raise a minimum of $600 or $150 per team member.

The event originally started in 1988. It was held for about five years, then took a long sabbatical and was resurrected three years ago. Anyone is welcome who wants to put together a team, or individuals can come and help form teams. Pledge sheets are available at Calema Windsurfing

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and Watersports. The event is held at Kelly Park, 2550 N. Banana River Dr., Merritt Island, FL 32952 (Cocoa Beach area). For more information, contact susie@calema.com, or call (321) 453-3223

Morgan Invasion, May 8-10 in Tampa Bay The 24th Annual Morgan Invasion will be held on May 8-10 at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s Pass-a-Grille location. Sailing will be in the Gulf from Pass-a-Grille.

For more informatioin, go to the Morgan Invasion Web site, www.morganinvasion.net, or to www.spyc.org, or call (727) 822-3873.

Brevard’s First Annual Boating Festival, May 8-17

By Roy Laughlin This year marks the beginning of a new weeklong spring sailing and boating festival in Brevard County. The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners recently declared the week of May 8-17 as Space Coast Boating Week and Waterfest. The focus includes two sailing events, but is not

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limited to sailing. Events for motorboats are also planned.

For sailors, the week begins with the Catalina North U Match Race, May 8-10, which includes a race clinic on Friday, May 8. This is a relatively new event, now in its second year. Its sponsors include Brevard County, Indian River Yacht Club, North U and Jerry Butz with Boaters Exchange.

The following weekend, May 16-17, the 43rd Brevard Challenge will be held. This race is decades old. On Saturday, the event is a distance race whose course starts near the SR 520 bridge and extends south to the Pineda Causeway Bridge and back.

The distance race is always a challenge because in mid-May, the weather is in transition from frontal system winds to those formed by sea breeze fronts as the summer heat builds up. The winds are unpredictable, sometimes even during the day of the race. Sunday’s event during the Brevard Challenge is a race. It is a course around marks. It includes linear segments, windward/leeward segments and usually at least one circuit around a triangle. No matter the wind, the course challenges sailing ability and memory as well (“Was the furthest mark green in the race instructions 77— or red 76?”)

May races in the Cocoa/Rockledge area are older than either of the cities. They go back to the May Day races that began about 1880 off Oleander Point in Cocoa. Having two

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weekends of sailing back to back is a nice enhancement of a tradition whose origin is beyond living memory. “These races are a great opportunity for local and out-of-town sailors to celebrate the perfect sailing conditions in Brevard County,” commented Jerry Butz.

For more information, go to www.brevardcounty.us/natres.

Wharram Catamaran Rendezvous, Islamorada, Florida Keys, May 15-17 Wharram catamaran owners will be holding their second summer rendezvous in the Florida Keys on May 16-18 in Islamorada, FL. They will be anchoring behind the Lorelei Restaurant at MM 82 Bayside (approximately N24.55.5; W80.38). Lorelei will allow them to bring dinghies ashore and the restaurant will be a great meeting area. Call Dan at (305) 664-0190 and leave a message with a phone number, or send an e-mail to floridawharramrendezvous@hotmail.com.

Two-Day Marine Meteorology Workshop (Level 1), Seven Seas Cruising Association, Fort Lauderdale, May 16 - 17 Workshop by Marine Meteorologist Lee Chesneau, USCG-certified STCW Instructor for Basic and Advanced Meteorology. SSCA, 2501 East Commercial Blvd., Suite 201, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Register online or download the printable flyer and return with payment. Go to www.ssca.org and click on SSCA Events, scroll down to Weekend Workshops and click on Marine Meteorology. $325 for SSCA members; $375 non-member. Fee includes course material, continental breakfast, lunch and snacks both days. Two members of same family enrolling together are entitled to an additional $50 discount. Enrollment is limited.

Register early to guarantee space.

Catalina 22 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise, Fort Walton Beach, FL, May 16-22 The Catalina 22 National Sailing Association’s Fleet 77 of Fort Walton Beach, FL, hosts its 12th annual Northern Gulf Coast Cruise May 16-22. This one-design event, open to all Catalina 22 sailors, attracts participants from across the country and Canada. The cruise starts at the Fort Walton Yacht Club, sails the protective waterways of the ICW, crossing Choctawhatchee Bay, Pensacola Bay and Perdido Bay to arrive at Wolf Bay, AL, and return.

Go to http://c22fleet77.googlepages.com/ for information.

2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, June 1-November 30 Visit the Southwinds hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com for articles and links to weather Web sites, hurricane plans, tips on preparing your boat and more.

Ninth Annual Summer Sailstice, Planet Earth, June 20-21 The ninth Annual Summer Sailstice, a sailing celebration of the Summer Solstice, will be held June 20-21. There is no specific location of the Summer Sailstice except that it occurs on the planet Earth, in this solar system, where sailors can spend the day—or two days—sailing as a tribute to the solstice, which—astronomically—occurs on June 21.

The Summer Sailstice sailing holiday allows all sailors to sail locally and celebrate globally with other members of their club, class, fleet or family while connecting with thousands of sailors worldwide. This year’s Summer Sailstice celebration takes place on June 20-21 on the weekend clos22

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est to the summer solstice with more daylight than any other weekend of the year.

Summer Sailstice was founded in 2001. It is a global holiday celebrating sailing annually on the summer solstice.

The goal of Summer Sailstice is to encourage all sailors and sailing organizations in the Northern Hemisphere to participate by sailing and celebrating wherever they are on the longest sailing day of the year.

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

Charleston Harbor Fest: Maritime Festival and Tall Ships 2009, Charleston, SC, June 26-29

One of the largest collections of tall ships in the world will be at the festival this year (see Carolina Sailing, page 54).

Parade of sail visitors will be allowed to tour the ships. The Charleston Maritime Festival on land will include pirate camps, classic wooden boat displays, sailing, rowing, children’s village, family boat-building, maritime art, music, food and more. Free family fun in the heart of Charleston. www.charlestonmaritimefestival.com.

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Fiesta of Five Flags, Pensacola Celebrates 450th Birthday Throughout the Year

By Kim Kaminski Pensacola is recognized as American’s First Settlement City and will be celebrating its 450th birthday this summer with numerous activities up through August 15, the actual birth date and will continue until the end of the year.

On June 3, the city will honor the landing of Don Tristan de Luna and his colonization party in the area now known as Pensacola. There will also be a festive welcoming boat parade as the tall ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano sails into port for a seven-day visit. The Spanish midshipmen will partake in some of the festival activities and will offer tours of their ship.

For more information about the Fiesta, go to www.CelebratePensacola.com or visit the Fiesta of Five Flags Web site at www.fiestaoffiveflags.org.

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Workshop for Recreational Boaters to Contribute to Ocean Observing System Development in the Gulf of Mexico, Clear Lake, TX, May 28-29

Ocean information is provided by a variety of federal, state, local, and private sources. There is a national effort under way to integrate these multiple sources of information under one umbrella, improving both the quality and quantity of data available. To date, most of the development of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has focused on defining national requirements.

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) is the organization tasked with integrating coastal and ocean information for the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Our coastal ocean observation program can provide information that will enhance recreational boaters’ enjoyment of the water and their safety. But this will only happen with active interest and participation of the recreational boating community.

Recognizing that recreational boaters and divers are important users of ocean information, the GCOOS-RA is hosting a workshop to address the needs of these communities in the western Gulf of Mexico. (An initial recreational boating workshop was held in the eastern Gulf at St. Petersburg, FL, on Feb. 4-5. The workshop report may be viewed on the GCOOS Web site at www.gcoos.org/ under “Meeting Reports”) Participants will learn about the variety of instruments on coastal stations, buoys, satellites, ships, and underwater vehicles, and the computer models and high frequency (HF) radars that are used to make observations and predictions of the ocean and atmosphere. They then will have the opportunity to identify information gaps–both in the types of observational products desired and the methods of delivery.

Requests could be as simple as acquiring information

on wind and waves from specific locations or more sophisticated, such as generating circulation models, obtaining better charts for a particular bay or harbor, or measuring bottom currents and water clarity. For example, is there a need for readily available localized wind, wave and current information in a particular pass? Is there a need for specific information on NOAA’s All Hazards Radio that is not currently being disseminated?

Input from this FREE workshop will be incorporated into the GCOOS Regional Association observing system design. While registration is free, an individual MUST be pre-registered to attend. Participants are responsible for their own transportation, lodging and other costs.

Attendance is limited so early registration is encouraged. If you cannot attend but have suggestions or comments, please e-mail them to the GCOOS Office (srmartin@tamu.edu).

Go to www.gcoos.org for more information on GCOOS.

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Located just 30 miles south of the boatbuilder’s corporate headquarters and production facility, Massey Yacht Sales and Service has been a leading new and used boat dealer for over 25 years. Massey’s main office and location is at Regatta Pointe Marina in Palmetto and it has an extensive inventory of boats at its docks at the marina. The company’s other location is at The Harborage Marina in St. Petersburg where that office has several boats on display at its docks there. Massey is a dealer for several lines of sail and powerboats and is also one of the largest boat brokerage firms in the United States.

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Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez Library Receives Important Set of Books

By Doug Calhoun, Research Associate at the Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez

R

ecently the Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez received a very important and very scarce set of books as a gift to its library.

This set contains “line drawings” as well as photographs and plans of historic American boats, many of which have melted into the mud and have subsequently been lost.

The benefactors, Cindy and Bob Pitt, discovered the books on a trip to the Florida Keys searching for information about the schooner Louisa and how involved a relative of Bob’s was in building it. Their search took them to the Key West Library where the reference librarian recognized the boat and remembered that information on the Louisa was in a set of books that were in the library’s vault. Looking through the books, Bob and Cindy became aware that the volumes contain much more Florida maritime history than just that on the Louisa, and they decided to find a set and make them available to the people of our area. According to the Online Computer Library Center, there is not another set in the entire state of Florida.

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The seven volumes of the merchant marine survey donated to the Florida Maritime Museum in Cortez.

Salem, NH, in 1983, is in seven volumes of over 2,000 pages.

It was an effort of the United States Works Projects Administration, which began operations in March 1936.

A listing of the table of contents gives an idea of the present scope of the work. Volume I: East Coast Vessels; Oceangoing Barks/ Brigs and Brigantines/Oceangoing Vessels-Ship Rigged/Offshore Schooners. Volume II: East Coast Vessels; Inshore Schooners. Volume III: East Coast Vessels; Sloops, Yawls, and Ketches. Volume IV: East Coast Vessels; Sail and Power Yachts/Foreign Vessels/Steers Models/Powered Craft/Open and Half-Decked Boats.

Volume V: Great Lake Vessels; Schooners and Barkentines/ Steam Screw Vessels/Paddle, Side and Stern Vessels/Steam Barges/Fishing Tugs/Miscellaneous Craft. Volume VI: West Coast Vessels; Ships/Barkentines/Brigs. Volume VII: West Coast Vessels; Scow Schooners/Steam Schooners/Tugs/ Specialized Craft/Sail Plans/Various Craft/Foreign Vessels.

About the boats’ relevance to Florida, the introduction states: “In Florida the project was almost an ‘American’ survey in itself.” Boats in Florida were documented to have been built in Maine, New York, New Jersey, Chesapeake Bay and Alabama. Other boats built in the Bahamas and Nicaragua show the foreign influence.

The volumes contain drawings and plans of 52 Floridabuilt vessels from the early sponge industry vessels, the earliest an 1898 lateen rigged one mast double-ender of Mediterranean design, to many other types of boats such as sloops, dinghies, keel and centerboard schooners, sharpies, skipjacks (one made in Cortez), catboats, dugouts, pilot boats, stern wheel river steamers, tourist boats, tow boats, dispatch boats and many others built for coastal locations from Jacksonville to Pensacola.

The book’s drawings, plans and photographs could be used to reproduce the vessels depicted. Some drawings even contain details of various parts of boats, even details of parts of parts. Not only are nautical details a concern, but also the historical information and dates are included— when known—about the designer, the builder, the location, the owner, where used, who surveyed the boat and the source of any other bit of information, almost anything you could think of about the boat. One page or several pages may be devoted to a single boat.

Museum Web site: www.clerkofcourts.comcourts.com/ ClerkServices/HisVill/ cortez_maritimemuseum.htm. www.southwindsmagazine.com

ADDENDUMS TO SOUTHEAST SUMMER YOUTH SAILING PROGRAMS SOUTHWINDS received the followed addendums to our annual summer youth sailing programs list that was published in the April issue. These will be added to our Web site list on May 1.

After this current issue, all future additions and changes for these programs will only be published on our Web site and not in the magazine until next year’s list in April 2010.

Send changes and additions to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

HALIFAX YOUTH SAILING CENTER, DAYTONA BEACH Sail Camp held weekly throughout June and July. Ages 8-12. Fee is $250. Daily programs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June and July. Call Terry Clark at (386) 290-2696. www.Halifaxyouthsailing.org.

Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ClubSunfish is open to youth ages 5-7 and is a one-week program designed as an introduction to sailing, cost $295. Two-week beginner and intermediate sailing camp is open to youth ages 8– 17, cost $295. All programs follow US SAILING guidelines. Info-miami@sail-laser.com. (305) 285-3442.

NAPLES COMMUNITY SAILING CENTER Naples Community Sailing Center (NCSC) offers summer youth sailing camps, as well as a year-round racing program for youths and an active high school program.

Our learn-to-sail summer program begins June 8 and runs through August 21 in one week intervals from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The cost is $300 per child ages 8 and up. Learn-to-sail beginner, intermediate, advanced/racing courses are available, as well as adult instruction, Lasers and 420s for older youth. The center has US SAILING-certified instructors. Contact CC Cramer at NCSC at (239) 403-7193, or visit www.naplessailingcenter.com for summer schedule and registration forms.

TAMPA SAILING SQUADRON YOUTH SAILING Youth Sailing is a non-profit organization that is hosted by the Tampa Sailing Squadron, located in Apollo Beach on Bel Harbor in Tampa Bay. Weekly classes for youths ages from 7-17 start on June 8 through August 14. Each student is given instructions on water safety, basic knot-tying, nautical terms, rigging lines, docking, rules and lots more. Items needed are a Coast Guard-approved life jacket, swimsuit, waterproof footwear, sunscreen and a hat. All classes are taught and supervised at all times by a US SAILING-certified instructor. Youth Sailing charges a tuition to cover the cost of the instructors and equipment maintenance.

Scholarships and discounts are available for multiple students and/or financial need. For more information call Susan Bishop at (813) 956-1642, or go to www.tssyouthsailing.org (scroll to “Youth Sailing” on the calendar).

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Clarification of Proposed Mooring Field Pilot Projects in Florida House Bill # 1423

By Wayne Marshall, Chairman, Concerned Cruisers Committee, Seven Seas Cruising Association Member of FWC Advisory Council of Stakeholders

T

he recent publication of the article in the April issue by Capt. Margie Ochstein, representing the Florida Open Water Society, was published prior to a number of positive developments regarding this proposed legislation. Thus, it contains some erroneous information and some other references to issues that are no longer relevant to the subject.

Granted, the House Bill # 1423 is not passed yet, and there is an opportunity to have further changes inserted, but as of this writing (mid-April), this letter reflects the current status of the bill as it makes its way through the Florida House of Representatives Committee process.

The Florida Senate version of Senate Bill # 2536 is still in a somewhat different version. It is our understanding that the House and Senate versions will come out of committee in very similar forms. It is important to note that this bill has a total of 53 separate subsections, of which the Mooring Field Pilot Projects is only one subsection. However, there has been a great deal of confusion, speculation and outright misrepresentation of the facts so I am trying to clarify the current status for Southwinds readers on this important mat-

ter. Very few of the people commenting have actually read the 64-page bill in its entirety, and the level of knowledge about this bill is pretty typically low. We are trying to address objective information and to avoid an emotional response to the proposed legislation.

First, the definition of a live-aboard vessel has changed to specifically exclude all cruising boats or other boats in navigation. The definition is now very specific to liveaboard vessels and excludes cruising vessels whether Florida-registered or a visiting boat from another state or a visiting international vessel. This is done in lines 164-175 of the proposed legislation.

(Please note: For sake of clarity, all proposed changes to existing legislation are underlined, as are all new changes.)

Section 3. Subsection (17) of section 327.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: (17) “Live-aboard vessel” means: (a) Any vessel used solely as a residence and not for navigation; or (b) Any vessel represented as a place of business, a professional or other commercial enterprise, or (c) Any vessel for which a declaration of domicile has been filed pursuant tos. 222.17, a legal residence.

A commercial fishing boat is expressly excluded from the term “live-aboard vessel.”

Second, there are apparently confusing references to the ability of the local municipalities to enact regulations that affect their local waters. The confusion is caused by two different references, one for cities and municipalities that are not involved in the pilot mooring field projects and a second for those areas that are included in the designation as a local pilot project. To clarify; The first regulation proposed in Section 327.60 says that “…no county or municipality shall enact, continue in effect, or enforce an ordinance or local regulation: … (f) Regulating the anchoring of vessels other than liveaboard vessels outside of the marked boundaries of mooring fields permitted as provided in 327.40…” (Note: 327.40 simply allows for the routine establishment of a variety of no-wake zones around bridges, locks, and other boatingrestricted areas such as a posted swimming area or fuel docks or other regularly controlled areas) …and then the regulation continues “… however, local government authorities are prohibited from regulating the anchoring outside of such mooring fields of vessels other than live-aboard vessels as outlined in s 327.02.” (Note: This is just a clarification of existing regulations enabling the posting of such signs as may be normally required for boating safety, etc., and has nothing to do with the pilot projects. This is all found in lines 369 through 541 of the proposed legislation.)

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The confusion creeps in Fort Lauderdale when the Pilot Project Mooring Enforces Its Own Fields concept gets introduced.

The pilot projects must each be Anchoring Law in individually approved and the Conflict with management plan for each is unique to that site, and each State Law site will provide opportunities

By Wally Moran for public commentary at workshops and hearings conDespite the fact that Florida ducted by the FWC. The FWC state legislation (sec 327.60) is also charged with obtaining unequivocally disallows it the input of various “associaand Fort Lauderdale’s own tions or other organizations ordinance 8-145 (e) states the The mooring field in Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Florida Keys. representing vessel owners or issue clearly by excluding operators” in lines 1535 and 1536. non-liveaboard boaters from its ordinance against anchorStarting on lines 1494 the establishment of the Mooring ing for more than 24 hours, Fort Lauderdale continues to Field Pilot Project is provided for in the proposed legislation harass cruising boaters anchoring in that city’s waters. under subsection 42 of this bill. Section 42 defines the objecIn February of this year, at Las Olas marina, one of the tives of the pilot project as follows in lines 1503-1510: city’s marine police officers stated to me that they can, and Promote the establishment and use of public mooring fields do, order cruising boaters to up anchor and leave. Reports Promote public access to the waters of this state. from numerous cruisers I have met confirm this: Fort Enhance navigational safety.

Lauderdale obeys neither the laws of the state of Florida nor Protect marine infrastructure its own on this issue, by enforcing a 24-hour restriction Protect the marine environment against anchoring. This officer also stated that it was perDeter improperly stored, abandoned, or derelict vessels. fectly legal for the city to do so, in spite of the state’s posiIt also emphatically states that the FWC has until July1, 2011, to select the proposed sites and that the project ends as of July 1, 2014, with a report required from FWC as of January 1, 2014.

So here is the final source of confusion. In lines 15181526 the proposed law says: “Notwithstanding the provisions of 327.60, Florida Statutes, a county or municipality selected for participation in the Pilot Program may regulate by ordinance the anchoring of vessels, other than live-aboard vessels as defined in 327.02, Florida Statutes, outside of a mooring field. Any ordinance enacted under the Pilot Program shall take effect and become enforceable only after approval by the Commission (FWC). The Commission shall not approve any ordinance not consistent with the goals of the Pilot Program.” (Note: “notwithstanding” is a legal term that means “in spite of”) Thus, there is a provision for the cities associated with the pilot projects to enact some ordinances that regulate anchoring of vessels, but ONLY as it relates to the management of their mooring field, and ONLY after approval by FWC. This was one of the major sticking points of the behind-the-scenes negotiations on the development of this bill. The Florida League of Cities wanted to have some ability to enact reasonable local ordinances as a part of the pilot project designation. In truth, that component is integral to the pilot project concept. Each local ordinance will be measured against the established goals of the pilot project, and all and any laws enacted under this pilot project will sunset and expire as the pilot projects expire.

The SSCA, BoatU.S and Claiborne Young’s Salty Southeast Cruisers Net have all endorsed the passing of this bill as presently written based on the progress made in these specific areas.

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OUR WATERWAYS tion expressly forbidding it. south of it, which also enforces It seems that those at anchor an illegal anchoring bylaw by who object to being told to move evicting boaters from South on are told (and not always Lake) so special that they can courteously either, according to flaunt the law? Does being the some reports) by the attending self-proclaimed yachting capiofficer that they can tell their tale tal of the world give them speto a judge—a tactic which cial privileges? Is it the preponsilences most critics, whose goal derance (and influence) of the is wintering in the islands, not mega rich living on the waterbeating into heavy legal seas in ways who object to the sight of some courtroom. any boat but their own?

In my discussion with the Neither, actually. It’s simply The anchorage at the Vinoy Basin in downtown St. Petersburg. marine officer (who was clearly that no one has challenged expressing the company line), he was quite definite that either of these communities in court on the illegality of their boaters at anchor for an extended period would be dealt with, actions. Given the legal outcomes in Naples and Stuart, and that, in his opinion, this was legal, despite what the state given the Supreme Court rulings regarding the “exercise of plainly says in 327.60. He didn’t wish to discuss the situation rights of navigation” vis-a-vis anchoring, Fort Lauderdale in Naples, where a local judge threw out, with great gusto and doesn’t stand a prayer of winning should someone challenge to the exuberant cheers of boaters, that city’s anchoring bylaw. their Section 145 regulation limiting anchoring to 24 hours.

That decision has been appealed, for the second time, after It’s about time someone challenged the status quo in procedural issues scotched the city’s first appeal.

Fort Lauderdale in my opinion. Quite frankly, I believe that Looking around Florida, we find that Stuart has ceased city officials and politicians who deliberately and flagrantly enforcing its anchoring bylaw after a local boater challenged violate state law in this manner need to face some court time it. In fact, Stuart dropped its case before trial, apologized to themselves. We’re often told that ignorance of the law is no the defendant and paid his legal fees (to a certain limited excuse. If that’s the case, then what excuse is being used by extent), in the full knowledge that its anchoring ordinances the officials of Fort Lauderdale to justify their illegal actions? were illegal.

In Melbourne, after an article I wrote on the issue was Brevard County to Acquire published in Southwinds in 2007, the police ceased enforcing their anchoring bylaw, going so far as to inform cruisers, Waterfront for Public Access including acquaintances of mine who were anchored in Eau

By Roy Laughlin Gallie, of this fact. What Melbourne city officials couldn’t know, but were fortunate in avoiding, was that a local group Brevard County is set to buy 2.75 acres of waterfront properof boaters were even then making plans to challenge the ty for public access. The property, located on the west shore city’s ordinance by courting a ticket, as was done in Naples. of the Indian River and on the north side of SR 520, is curSo what makes Fort Lauderdale (and Hollywood to the rently a “working waterfront.” It is a traditional fishermen’s landing and currently has a crab house on the property.

In early April, Brevard County was awaiting state cabinet approval to purchase. That will begin a process of propPROTECT BOATERS’ RIGHTS…Join erty appraisals and contract drafting and review. Ernest Brown, director of Brevard County’s Natural Resource Management Office, said the purchase could be completed (FOWS) by the end of the year.

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Sea Scouts Ship 915, Boca Ciega Yacht Club —

“If There’s Wind, We Sail”

By Cathy Salustri

Vanguard prams lined up and ready to sail in Gulfport.

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ust after the sun sets on a more-than-chilly Wednesday night in February, two teenagers walk along the docks at the Boca Ciega Yacht Club in Gulfport, FL. The hoods from their sweatshirts protect their ears from the wind, and they walk arm and arm from the docks into the clubhouse.

As the twilight ebbs away into darkness, stars show their faces, and the clubhouse comes alive with light, laughter and teenagers.

“Okay, who turned down the air-conditioning?”

Skipper Joel Heyne jokes as he plugs in a space heater.

Someone else throws a bag of Snickers miniatures onto the table and conversation momentarily pauses as Sea Scouts Ship 915 pauses to consider the mix of chocolate and nuts.

Brandon and Hannah—the two teens who watched the sunset off the club’s docks—take their seats. Across the table, Dylan and Donald sit down. At the head of the table, Karissa, the boatswain, takes the lead. Dylan used to date Brandon. That’s how she started coming to Sea Scouts Ship 915. When she and Brandon broke up, she kept coming to the meetings and sailing. Hannah Golightly started coming to Sea Scouts and started dating Brandon, and Dylan’s moved on to Donald. This Sunday Dylan, Krista and Karissa will hop on a J/22 and sail around Apollo Beach—practice for the Gasparilla Women’s Regatta. Krista and Karissa attend St. Pete High. The dynamics of the group of teen sailors aren’t that confusing once Krista, the high school junior tasked with patiently explaining the intricacies of the Sea Scouts to an outsider, explains it all a few times.

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Two coaches in their skiff near Sea Scouts sailing a Hobie Cat and a Sunfish on Boca Ciega Bay.

other and we all get along.” As the group jokes at the start of the meeting and struggles with parliamentary procedure, Administrative Mate Tony Angel explains how a storm helped Ship 915 morph from a random group of assorted teenagers into a team of sailors.

“After a whole day of sailing, we made it (from Caladesi Island) to Clearwater. They sailed in 7-foot seas,” Angel says. Ship 915 hid behind the bridge, sunk two anchors and rafted its two sailboats together. The wind— gusting to 25—came up from the south, and the teens watched it rip the main on one boat and the jib on the other.

After that, Angel says, the group gelled. Learning how to sail in less-than-perfect conditions is all part of being a Sea Scout. Angel says he and the other group leaders wait for days when “the sky is green and roiling” and take the Scouts out on the ship’s 30-foot Hunter, Toga.

“We take them out into a storm front, where you know you’re going to have gusts of wind, so you can experience it in a controlled environment,” Angel says. On the sheltered waters of Boca Ciega Bay, Krista, Karissa, Brandon and the others learn to put aside who’s dating whom to work learning how to handle a boat in a storm.

“We take them out and show them that if you reef a boat down in time—not too late—that you can manage a stiff breeze. Although we take them into Boca Ciega Bay, it teaches them how to handle a boat in the Gulf.” Angel stops, pokes around the Boca Ciega Yacht Club, and chuckles.

“They’re actually more mature in sailing a boat in those conditions than many of our adult members.”

Some of the Sea Scouts, like Krista, sailed before they joined the Scouts.

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Three Hobie 16s wait for some Sea Scouts to take them out for a sail on Boca Ciega Bay.

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go out; it’s really good bonding for us.” When Krista met Joel and he told her about Sea Scouts, a part of the Boy Scouts of America’s “Venture Scouting” for teens 14-20, she started coming to the meetings.

“All the people here are really fantastic. I love sailing and it’s great to have a place to go,” she says. Sea Scouts compose the largest-growing scouting group, and the Scouts have the final word on all Ship business from what to do for the next fundraiser to how to spend the money they raise. The Scouts decided to sell their 26-foot Pearson and use the money to fix up the donated Hunter sloop Toga, so named, Krista says, “Because when people call us over the radio they have to say our name three times.”

Scouts like Krista work with new Scouts who don’t know how to sail.

“We teach the kids unfamiliar with sailing. Mostly it’s just practice, just getting out there,” she says. Everyone gets a chance to get out there; this spring break they’ll sail down to Cayo Costa State Park. The seven-day trip will give the scouts plenty of time at the helm but also give them the chance to navigate, keep watch and provision a boat. At tonight’s meeting, Angel explains that they can keep the costs down by preparing their own meals rather than eating at restaurants.

They’ll take Toga as well as Seraphim, Angel’s 31-foot Hunter sloop, and Krista’s father’s 30-foot Tartan. If they could get a second boat they’d use that instead of one of the adults’ boats, but so far, no one’s come forward to donate a 26- or 27-foot boat. They’ve got the slip ready and waiting, courtesy of Boca Ciega Yacht Club and the city of Gulfport.

Boca Ciega Yacht Club leases the slips and its building from Gulfport, and Angel says Gulfport city staff and elected officials treat the Sea Scouts very well.

“The city of Gulfport has been really, really supportive, and it’s wonderful the relationship we have with them.”

Angel says. The city doesn’t charge the Sea Scouts for their wet slips or the dry slip they use for their canoes. In News & Views for Southern Sailors

exchange, Joel and the Scouts don’t charge the city to teach Gulfport’s youth to sail.

“In a very real way, they’re a service organization,” Angel says of the Scouts.

The Scouts also compete in regattas. They took first place in the 2008 Apollo Beach Regatta and took trophies home from the Commodore’s Cup in Miami. Several adults mention that the girls hold their own with adults in most regattas and that Donald sails just as well as Joel.

“He’s just a natural; he loves boats—any part of a boat. Joel has to work to keep ahead of him,” Angel laughs.

Toward the end of the meeting, Ship 915 discusses its next outing and what the Scouts will do if they don’t have wind. Some say paintball; others vote for billiards. As the conversation grows more spirited, Brandon reminds the group that they’re only discussing a backup plan and that they’re really there to get out on the water.

“I say if there’s wind, we sail,” Brandon says.

“What if it’s cold?” his girlfriend asks.

“It doesn’t matter. If it’s cold, if it’s rain, sun, whatever—if there’s wind,” Brandon says, “we sail.”

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Three days after arriving in Marina Hemingway, we were ready to move on. We had recovered sufficiently from the culture shock of Havana and the hustle of the big city. Before leaving Marina Hemingway, you may wish to purchase a temporary membership in the Club Nautico International.

This will give you access to the clubhouse, which sells beer at the lowest price, serves good meals and can provide you with some assistance if you run into problems along the coast. It may also be worth touching base with your embassy (just in case). We had filled our tanks, exchanged enough money and provisioned with enough rum, cigars and food to last the two weeks we’d allotted for our expedition so we cast off before dawn and moved back to the customs dock. The night before leaving the marina, you’ll need to pay your bill and give the dockmaster a list of proposed destinations, show customs your paid bill and advise them of your intentions, then disconnect power and water. In the morning, you can re-launch your dinghy, which MUST be out of the water each night. By Corrections/Addendums to PART I of this Cuba series in the March issue: Anna’s La Bella Sunrisa hospidaje (guest house) phone number is 879-5940 Prostitution is NOT legal in Cuba www.southwindsmagazine.com

The gnarly Sierra los Organos mountains rise from lush plains of red clay and assorted crops. We took a side trip to the town of Vinales that was in the Valle de Vinales near these mountains.

0700, Customs had unsealed our handheld VHF and GPS, immigration had approved our cruising permit and the Coast Guard had returned our flares and inspected the boat. We were cleared to travel Cuba’s coast as far as Cabo San Antonio to the west.

The prevailing east wind was just filling as we cleared the reef only 200 yards from shore and set sails trailing a fishing line in hope of a fresh fish dinner. It is possible to sail within a mile of shore for this first 40 miles as the reef is close to shore allowing a close-up view of the landscape as villages and plains turn to the lush, gnarly Sierra de los Organos Mountains in the distance. Staying close to the reef, you’ll find the “counter-current” to the Gulf Stream gives a bit of a boost, but wandering too far off shore you’ll find bigger seas and up to two knots of opposing current. The water is incredibly clear along this coast so the reef can be admired in over 50 feet of water and it is teeming with fish! We’ve landed tuna, bonita, mackerel and wahoo regularly, and today was no exception.

We caught a beautiful wahoo off Bahia de Cabanas so had to put the gear away for the day.

The first two large bays are out of bounds to visitors: Mariel is a heavy industrial, unattractive commercial port, and Bahia de Cabanas is a military base, so you must leave early enough to make Bahia Honda (40 miles) on your first day. This is a large picturesque bay marred by a shipwrecking operation and a number of sunken, rotting hulks that escaped the yard during a hurricane. The entrance is well buoyed and the Guarda post is located on the east shore (22 º 58.24N 083 º09.68W). As soon as you enter, you must anchor for inspection at this rolling anchorage with particularly poor holding.

Once cleared, especially if the wind is north, you may be allowed to proceed to a more protected spot in the Ensenada Santa Teresa on the east shore, which offers complete protection and good holding.

On this trip, we opted to continue on to Cayo Levisa for weather protection and a beach day for the admiral. This tiny island offers wonderful shelter from “northers” with many of the conveniences of a modern resort, and it is accessible to cruisers. The approach is a little tricky and waypoints should be followed closely, but it is well worth the stop. Once secure at anchor, we launched the dinghy and went in to collect the Guarda officer for a cursory inspection. Then we were free to snorkel, explore the mangroves and tie up to make full use of News & Views for Southern Sailors

the resort. Hurricane Ike had devastated the buildings and in December, they were just recovering. Normally it has a fullservice restaurant/bar overlooking the beach and reef, a dozen thatched-roof cottages that are deceptively well-equipped with air-conditioning and solar-heated water and a dive boat to explore the reefs and depths beyond. On this occasion, many of the cottages were badly damaged or completely gone, and the restaurant had been filled with sand. Work crews were busy, and it will soon be back to its former state. While waiting for the Guarda, the operator of the water taxi called me over to see if we might have any hose clamps onboard. It seems that the high-pressure fuel line used to fill his boat continually blew the fitting apart, spilling gallons of diesel and making

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These kids may not have cell phones, iPods or laptops, but they are healthy, happy, well-educated and have time to enjoy each other.

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quite a mess. Acquiring something as simple as a pipe-clamp can be a problem in Cuba, so be prepared; carry spares for yourself and to help others.

Next day, the norther had passed bringing bright blue skies, but the huge seas persisted so we stayed inside the reef on our next leg to Puerto la Esperanza (22 º46.60N 083 º43.76W).

This fishing village of about 6,000 has no harbor or protection from northerly winds and seas but has excellent holding, great shore access and the friendliest people you’ll find anywhere. Anchor in front of the conspicuous Guarda office in seven feet of water and wait for them to row out or go pick them up at the little dock inside the small boat “corral.”Once clearedin, you can return to the dock and safely leave your dinghy to explore the community. You’ll probably be greeted by Sandra, the self-appointed port captain and welcome-wagon. She doesn’t speak much English, but in simple Spanish, pantomime and a few English terms, she will make herself understood and make you welcome. She can provide laundry, meals, fuel, provisions and transportation. Every town should have a Sandra. We decided to have dinner ashore at her mother Dora’s hospidaje and were delighted with the atmosphere, food and entertainment as children, grandchildren and neighbors just dropped in to see who was in town from the velero.

We’d highly recommend a shore-trip from Esperanza to visit the town of Vinales set in the spectacular little mountain range, the Sierra de los Organos. The mountains are limestone and rise absolutely vertically to heights of 500-750 feet from rolling plains of brilliant red clay and lush vegetation (including the world’s finest tobacco). To get there, Sandra can arrange a car or you can take your chances hitchhiking. We have found hitchhiking to be safe and since government vehicles are owned by the people, they are obliged to pick up riders until they are full. But you may have a long wait and then find yourself riding in a truckload of produce or sharing a stake-truck with a dozen campesinos and their livestock. This time, we were going to visit friends who run a huge farm to celebrate the Fin de Año with their extended family, and we traveled by horse-drawn cart.

Like time-travellers, we mounted the coach and set off, passing caballeros and ox-drawn wagons loaded with produce and supplies. After five or six miles, we came to the country school with its statue of Jose Marti in the yard and turned off the main paved road. We bounced along behind our scrawny horse, dodging potholes and ruts, but were surrounded by the most beautiful country I’ve ever witnessed. The rich, red soil is bursting with lush green tobacco, maize, beans and cabbage patches rimmed by mango, papaya and banana trees with cattle, goats and pigs roaming the fields. The tiny wooden or www.southwindsmagazine.com

Thirty years ago, the Russians built a fleet of ferro-cement fishing boats like this one. They are finally being replaced with modern fiberglass boats built in Los Arroyos.

A Pinar del Rio tobacco farmer admires his thatched curing shed packed with future Cohibas and Monte Cristos.

block homes with tile or thatched roofs scattered among the fields are well-kept but lack windows and leave their doors wide open. Barking dogs, crowing roosters and laughing children are everywhere. People are healthy, friendly and obviously very happy, waving or shouting greetings as we trot by. They have so little but have so much.

At last, we reach the farm, a cluster of tiny houses perched atop a knoll overlooking the lake (reservoir) with spectacular mountains behind. The houses are whitewashed wood with tile, tin or thatched roofs and verandas for shelter from the sun. They have no windows but shutters to block the wind when a frente frio (cold front) blows in from the north. Yards are defined by hedges grown from cactus, but gates are always open and the children, pigs and chickens run freely from one house to the other. The kids ran out to meet us as their parents paused from their work to wave, until we had climbed down from the cart and put the horse away. Not many tourists find their way this far into the country, so we are a bit of a novelty and our modest sailing clothes suddenly seem fancy. The kids are barefoot and giggle or hide coyly behind their mothers without getting too far away to miss anything. We say hello to the entire extended family who have gathered for the fiesta then Maria, mother of Inge, our host greets us with kisses on both cheeks and asks if we’d like something special to drink after our long ride. After swallowing dust in the sun and wind, Maeve and I accept readily and are rewarded with ice-cold smoothies made from fresh, whole milk, bananas and cano sugar—amazing! Then as an encore, she rolled a couple of cigars for Inge and me direct from their curing sheds. It just doesn’t get any better than this!

We toured the massive farm with crops including rice, yucca, corn, beans, sugar cane and tobacco. It also has a huge swine barn as well as free-range cattle and chickens. Then we settled in for the fiesta to celebrate the New Year. Maybe it was the fresh air or the magnificent scenery, or perhaps the warmth and affection shown by our hosts, but roast pork, yucca, boniata, tostones and congris have never tasted better. New Year’s Day without a Rose Bowl Parade and four or five football games might be something worth trying more often.

By sundown, we have made our way back to port and relax onboard, wondering how people lacking so much materially can be so satisfied with their lives. Big-city Cubans are generally better informed, more street-savvy and probably less supportive of the current political system than their country cousins. But they do have TV, are well-educated and well-informed, so it’s not a case of ignorance of the world outside Cuba.Yet they are totally content with their primitive, country life.

The next day, we are inspected and under way at daybreak and on our way to our next stop, Santa Lucia. We’ll continue on our journey in Part III next month.

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Windsurfers on Kona boards at the Windsurfing Midwinters at Calema Windsurfing in Merritt Island on March 6-8. Bruce Matlack is on the far left with the hat on. Photo by Calema Windsurfing.

What’s Happened to Windsurfing — Where It’s Been & Where It’s Going Today

By Bruce Matlack, first National and World Windsurfing Champion Cover: Kids playing and learning how to sail at Calema Windsurfing and Watersports, Merritt Island, FL. Photo by Calema Windsurfing.

Windsurfing was born in the flower child era, and like most of the flower children, it has survived and matured. The industry nearly put itself out of business by getting too specialized, putting the original long boards and flower children who rode them out to pasture. In relative obscurity, long boards were kept alive over the years, mainly as an Olympic sailing class beginning in 1984.

Here is the story explaining its pitches and yaws along the way, and why Southwinds readers might want to give windsurfing a second look, especially if they took that one-time plunge many years ago and tried the sport.

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The Early Days The first Darby Boards of the mid ’60s were rectangular, hollow, scow-looking vessels. Although esthetically not winning beauty contests, nearly everyone who tried one was successful on the very first go at it. (Compare that to YOUR first windsurfing experience!) Darby invented this strange way of sailing—out of necessity. His Susquehanna River sailing waters were too shallow for rudder steering. So he invented his kite-like, handheld sail steering system.

In the late ’60s, two Californians, Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer, somewhat miraculously, were able to patent their variation of the free-sail system with two important differences from Darby’s. They used a surfboard shape and a Marconi sail stretched inside a wishbone boom.

Gone was the wide stable, “everybody-can-do-it” scow platform and the kite-like sail of the Darby sailboard.

Unfortunately, for most normal weight adults, the large surfboard design chosen by Schweitzer did not have sufficient flotation, which made learning tremendously more challenging than Darby’s dock-like scow, which went by the wayside following Drake and Schweitzer’s patent. I wonder what it would have been like if Darby’s stable design had prevailed instead?

However, what the California-patented “Windsurfer” lost in stability, it gained 10-fold in sex appeal with streamlined, appealing lines. Europeans went nuts over it. The sport was immediately associated with the coveted California lifestyle. “Surfing“—as this new sport of “windsurfing” was actually and literally called in Europe—could now be done anywhere there was water. No waves were needed. With patent protection and a surge in European www.southwindsmagazine.com

“surfing“ interest, Hoyle and his wife Diane (Drake was eventually bought out) were able to develop the sport into a profitable business, eventually becoming multimillionaires from royalties.

In the early ’80s, nearly every traditional sailor, whether racer or cruiser, had to try it. There was talk of windsurfing being in the Olympics as a new sailing class. Every advertisement for any product or service had to have a Windsurfer in the background. Where kayaks litter the decks of charter fleets today, Windsurfers were the toys of choice back then.

boards became “uncool,“ and high wind, destination training resorts for short boards became the rage. Indeed, a new species of windsurfer was born, and contortionistlike abilities were now a necessity. Windsurfing was becoming an extreme sport only to be enjoyed by a smaller number of truly dedicated enthusiasts.

Thirty years later, I still hear the familiar story when the subject of windsurfing comes up in a casual conversation,” Yes, I tried it once. I can’t tell you the number of times I fell “—or—“well, I could get it to go in one direction, but not the other (like back to the beach?)” Most The Short Board Era people did not have lessons It wasn’t long, though, before and either rented or learned long boards began to wane— on the wrong equipment. about when short boards An underlying problem were born in 1981. Wind- The early years. Bruce Matlack windsurfing in the early ’70s at behind a bad experience was surfers began leaving the Newport Beach, CA. Hoyle Schweitzer, who received the patent on that the original Windsurfer sport in droves as it went the “Windsurfer,” is behind Bruce. Photo by Herbeck. or one of the many copies, from a wonderfully different were way too small for norsailing sport enjoyed “whermal adult body weights. If ever there was wind and water” to a new, high-wind, speyou weighed under 150 pounds, then no problem. The volcialty species that only the young and “hip”could now do— and in high winds only, meaning 20-plus knots and up. In the early years, on the longer boards, it was easy to learn and you only needed one board and one sail—and very little gear. You sailed in light and medium winds, as you might find on a nice day at the beach or on a lake.

With this new, short-board breed of sailor, one had to be more athletic and have the coordination of a unicyclist to master the water start in lieu of uphauling the sail from the water, as on a long board—which was usually only done in lighter winds. Learning to water-start was one of the most difficult skills to learn of any sport—and it was a required skill for high-winds, short-board windsurfing. Foot strap and harness proficiency were also KELLY PARK IN required for these new, fast, little, potato chip-sized MERRITT ISLAND boards. Normal tacking and jibing techniques of old were completely useless, as these tiny “sinker” boards would actually submerge under your weight unless you • Windsurfing Camps were on a plane constantly. Plus—you had to own sever• Sailing Camps al boards and many sails for the different conditions you • Watersports Camps might sail in. A typical high-wind windsurfer might own Windsurfing three boards and six or seven sails—a “quiver” of sails— Kayaking plus a couple of booms, masts and other gear that was Sailing Instruction • Rentals • Sales required for each setup. This required more money, a Stand-up paddling way to haul all this gear around and more time—meanComplete Retail Store Snorkeling ing lots of dedication.

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The cover of Dupont Magazine, JulyAugust 1971 issue. The photo is of Bruce Matlack windsurfing off the Malibu Pier in Southern California. The caption on the cover says “Windsurfing: No Waves

Planing on a short board. Short-board windsurfing is always in high winds. The higher the winds, the smaller the sail—making it easier to handle the sail. A short-board windsurfer usually carried a “quiver” of several sails, along with several boards. Short-board windsurfing required the ability to water-start. Photo by Steve Morrell.

ume of these first long boards was about 190 liters compared to the 220-240 liters—or more—that are necessary to make it practical for a 175-plus pound individual. Many had their first experience on one of these low-volume long boards or an inferior clone—say, at a Club Med or another resort. Most of the early resort instruction went something like this: “Hey, Mon... when you d’ere are finished, jest bring ‘er back here to da beach...Just don’t you worry, mon, it’s easy!” And off you went—perhaps downwind forever, or—if you were lucky—captured by the reef of the next island. Perhaps your first try was on a Bic/Dufour Wing board, coated with a slick mixture of sweat and sun tan oil from a previous guest’s bout with getting smacked about.

This board had an impossible bottom shaped like a cigar and little non-slip on the deck. To make matters worse, the deck was pitched at the wrong angle to stand on. Add to this the ego of the typical male, who would watch someone with skills sail off on a Windsurfer, and secretly say to himself, “I can do that. I don’t need lessons!” Whoa! Very bad ingredients all the way around.

So, if you weighed in at 180 pounds in the mid ’80s at the height of the sport’s development, there were two big

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roadblocks in the way of you having any success. One, is that the long boards of that time, like the Windsurfer, were too small in volume to carry your weight easily, and two, everyone was telling you that you needed a “hip,“ even smaller board if you really were to get hooked into the sport, because long boards were phasing out. If you were like most, you just said, “I don’t have time for this!”—and walked away thinking it was too hard, too confusing and too time-consuming (and too ego-bruising).

Over the years, this short-board, high-wind sport evolved into high-tech boards, high-tech, light gear, and the sails went from Dacron to space age, lightweight materials like Mylar. Everything got lighter and faster—and more expensive.

Windsurfing Today Fast-forward to 2009. Windsurfing is indeed back, and so are long boards! The short boards are still out there, along with a whole group of windsurfers who love and follow that part of the high-wind and wave-riding side of windsurfing. No doubt about it. That part of the sport is exciting, thrilling and fun. But for those who won’t go that route, the new long boards are a whole new world compared to the old long boards—and they, too, are exciting, thrilling and fun.

You might be a grown-up adult who enjoys sailing, perhaps with a family. Maybe you tried windsurfing years ago in one of the scenarios above. Maybe you would like to give windsurfing another chance. Today, with the changes that have come about, it really makes sense.

One of the new boards that might fulfill your needs is the Exocet Kona One. It’s a long board having sufficient float volume for someone up to 250 pounds, and it has a step bottom that becomes a shorter board the moment it gets up onto a plane. It has all the important goodies like foot straps, a fully retractable centerboard and a userfriendly, foam, non-slip deck. No longer do you have to look at having a trailer to haul around an expensive quiver of sails and boards for all conditions. THIS is the board for www.southwindsmagazine.com

Kids learning how to windsurf today. Kids love playing on the boards and learning to windsurf, especially in warm waters. With the big boards and small sails, kids find it easy to learn—and fun. These kids are at Calema Windsurfing and Watersports at Merritt Island, FL. Photo by Calema Windsurfing.

A Formula board at the Windsurfing Midwinters at Calema Windsurfing in Merritt Island on March 6-8. Formula boards are very wide and relatively short. The width and shape of the Formula boards allow the windsurfer to plane in light winds with large sails. Photo by Calema Windsurfing.

all conditions and all family members. If you have a competitive streak in you, it is a strict one-design class patterned after the Sunfish, Laser and Hobie one-design philosophy of simplicity and level-the-playing-field boat racing. It is the only windsurfing class in history to successfully deal with the unequal sailor weight issue, by having three sail sizes for three different weight groups. If you are large, you get a large sail, and so forth. All competitors of different weights News & Views for Southern Sailors

are surprisingly equalized in this unique, simple handicap system, and all start on the same line. It has been the largest-selling board in the world since its inception three years ago. Ninety-five percent of people getting into windsurfing will never need or want more than this board offers. It’s too easy, too simple, takes little time to learn, and won’t bruise the ego!

There is another very different type board that will appeal to the tinkerer types.

As in car racing, there is a class that includes the fastest most efficient machines of windsurfing. We call it the Formula class. They are the most exotic, fastest, widest, lightest, performance boards on the planet, and appeal to engineers, pilots and techie types—or those who just want to pursue this side of the sport. Just the skegs on these boards cost $700 each, but they point higher than an Etchells or a Soling once they are lit up. They are only for those who have mastered both long- and short-board techniques, and they require a minimum wind of only seven knots to work. They plane at low wind speed, and heavyweight sailors can carry up to a 12-square-meter sail that they can pump up to a plane on. There is a world professional circuit for this equipment, as well as the popular amateur side.

If you want a peek at the extreme side of the sport, outside of the realm of onedesign and Formula that have became their own separate species, look to two excellent national magazines, Windsurf and Windsport, which cover the wave, surfing and freestyle arenas. This is what the short board, high wind and waveriding side of windsurfing has developed into. And NO, kite boarding is not windsurfing! And YES, windsurfing is still an Olympic sailing class, which offers a huge opportunity for young people in the United States, especially for women, to represent the United States in an Olympic sport.

Bruce Matlack was the first national and World Windsurfing Champion in 1973. Bruce currently sails a Windrider 17 off Anna Maria Island on Tampa Bay, FL, where he lives part of the year during the cooler months. He travels and windsurfs around the West Coast the rest of the year. Bruce continues to compete in windsurfing and will be at the Kona World Cup in Sweden this year and at the Windsurfing Nationals in Hood River, OR, sailing in the Kona class.

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TRAVELS WITH ANGEL

Marsh Harbour, Bahamas –

Abaco’s Crown Jewel

By Rebecca Burg Lunch stop on Bay Street

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entered on the east coast of Great Abaco Island, Marsh Harbour is the third largest town in the Bahamas. Not only does the area provide a large, sheltered anchorage, but it’s a common stop for provisions and parts. When first poking your bow around the rocky Inner Point, swing to the left and steam east-southeast to avoid the commercial shipping channel. The layout is easily discernable on the charts. For boats that are not checked in, it’s preferable that they proceed to one of the marinas instead of the busy commercial dock. At the fuel dock or in a slip, customs and immigration can be called in to clear the vessel. Entry fees are still $150 U.S. dollars (cash only) for boats under 36-feet and $300 for boats 36-feet and over. This includes a fishing license. There are good full service marinas to choose from, or boats can anchor in secure holding over the mud and clay-like bottom. Free dinghy access is a square wooden raft near the Union Jack public dock. Securely lock the dinghy at night.

Despite being the third largest town, Marsh Harbour only has one stoplight. On the bustling Bay Street, cars rattle by pretty quickly, driving in the opposite lanes than what

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Americans are accustomed to. Grocers, hardware, liquor, dive and tackle shops, clothing stores and restaurants are all within convenient walking distance. Many boaters bring folding, wheeled dollies to transport an ample load of provisions while ashore. Taxis are hailed on VHF 6, and they’re familiar with the Union Jack dock. Local businesses are contacted on VHF 16, which, as in the States, is also used as an emergency frequency. Cruisers in the know hail each other on 68 and then switch to a working channel. In the mornings, an hour-long “cruiser’s net,” broadcast on 68, keeps boaters informed. This helpful resource for mariners comprises weather reports, local events, relevant announcements, restaurant specials and requests for help with things like locating a lost dinghy. Water-based tourists are thrilled by the Bahamians’ amicability and by the fact that boats of all kinds are enthusiastically welcomed. American cruisers, often tormented every few dozen nautical miles of travel in their home waters by marine law enforcement, are amazed almost to disbelief by the friendlier attitudes of the Bahamas.

Also, anchoring is not restricted, and boats aren’t incessantly harassed while they’re waiting for the next safe weather win-

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The Union Jack dinghy dock overlooking Marsh Harbour.

dow. This alone draws many mariners, and their wallets, away from homeport and toward this genuine tropical paradise.

When Angel and Defiant rambled into the generous harbor, we caught up with familiar cruising friends and found a few new ones.

The big Island Packet, Gusto!!!, was anchored in one of their favorite spots where the wi-fi signal was the strongest.

Island Dream rested nearby, flying a bright, ribbon-tailed wind catcher. At the Conch Inn Marina, I spied the shiny powerboat with the name of Defiant, who innocently responded when I’d hailed Defiant, Bill’s sailing ketch. What made things even more interesting was, unknown to me, the slow failure of Angel’s VHF radio speaker. Reception became faint and peppered with static. Bill, after listening to the cruiser’s net and learning about a special event, radioed me.

I was sure he’d just suggested that we attend “snake night” at Marsh Harbour Marina’s Jib Room. “Er, I’m afraid of snakes,” I responded, puzzled. “Say what?” Bill radioed back, the static getting worse. “I need a new speaker,” I said, tapping Angel’s radio. “What do snakes and speakers have to do with food?” Bill responded, now as confused as I was.

When I took the dinghy over to Defiant, Bill clarified the matter and told me about “steak night” at the Jib Room.

They also provided vegetarian choices, which allowed me to join the sociable, dining experience. Right above the Jib Room was Merlin’s Marine Electronics, a helpful shop that stocked external VHF speakers. I brought one back to Angel,

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Restaurant meals, grocery and consumables are typically costlier than in the States due to import expenses. I was thrilled to see soy milk at the grocer, but suffered sticker shock after my bugged-out eyeballs bounced into the quadrupled price tag. Diesel and gas cost around $5 a gallon in mid-2008. $10 for a six-pack of beer was considered cheap and it was $5 a bottle at happy hour. Filling the fresh water jerry cans runs about 20 to 25 cents per gallon. A limited pocketbook (like mine), doesn’t have to suffer a catastrophic meltdown to enjoy a Bahamian escape. The trick is to anchor out more often, carry a variety of spare parts, amply stock the galley/bar before leaving homeport and watch that tab when immersed in social time at the waterfront hangouts. I was lucky to be carrying a basic carburetor rebuild kit and fuel pump diaphragms for the dinghy’s aging outboard as it was showing the normal signs of wear.

Marsh Harbour, with its many resources, was just the right place to complete a decent repair job. National Marine store was around the corner from the dinghy dock, and it carried parts that I didn’t have, allowing me to rebuild the little two-stroke’s carburetor and renew its tired fuel system.

A complete description of Marsh Harbour’s appeal, both natural and man-inspired, would take pages. To truly appreciate the exotic color and unique character of Abacos, and to experience something new and different, your best bet is to set aside some time and check it out. Chances are you won’t be disappointed.

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The Dania Marine Flea Market is the perfect forum for the times since even the most unlikely loot will sell.

31st Dania Marine Flea Market Returns to Dania Jai Alai Location, March 19-22

By Manuel Verdeguer

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walked the show a year ago at Dolphin Stadium, but this year, I had some stuff to sell, so I packed it up in four boxes and headed for the 31st Annual Dania Beach Marine Flea Market, now back on its original home turf at the Dania Jai Alai Fronton.

I have always participated as a buyer at this show over many years, but this year was to be my first time inside a booth. I displayed my nautical treasures in the booths of Capt. Joey, a most interesting individual whom I met as a buyer in the Pompano/Hillsboro flea market a few years back. She was thrilled with the traffic and certainly about the business she did at the show this year, despite the fact that some items mysteriously disappeared from her tables.

I am proud to report that I was able to sell some of my less prized nautical possessions at a decent price. What would a sailor do with two 29 x 20-inch propellers, two-inch bore, left hand and right hand pitch, except look at them with dismay in his garage over the last 10 years? But lo and behold, on the third day of the show, a very interested buyer came by with his captain. He looked them over, walked away, and an hour later returned—and the matched set of propellers is now his. I thought he looked familiar and after the negotiation mentioned as much. It was one of Florida’s most well- known politicians! You truly never know who you will see at the Dania Marine Flea Market!

Even continuous heavy downpours failed to drown enthusiasm, and throughout the show, almost everybody I met, including General Manager Jennifer Dudas, seemed really pleased that the Dania Beach Marine Flea Market had come home.

Dudas explained that it was the Dania Jai Alai’s plan to build a major casino that had necessitated a change of venue

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Business was brisk, even in the worst days of the rain, including Saturday’s deluge, but show management reported a 20 percent increase in booth sales over the 2008 show held at Dolphin Stadium.

to Dolphin Stadium three years ago. In the interim, the opening of the Seminole Hard Rock Casino on State Route 441 completely changed the local gambling scene and these plans were put on hold, allowing the marine flea market the opportunity to return. This news was enthusiastically received by the participants to the tune of a 20 percent increase in booth sales over 2008.

And just to make sure that everybody knew about it, management blanketed the airwaves with radio, TV, cable, online and yes, of course, word of mouth to get the word out that the flea market was back in Dania.

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Indeed, in these tough times, people are thinking twice before buying anything superfluous. This makes for interesting negotiations and sets the stage for the Dania market as the perfect forum. Even the most unlikely loot will sell.

For example as a buyer, I snapped up somebody’s three pieces of aluminum tubing that to the untrained eye would only serve as scrap. For me it was a pot of gold, or, in this case, a complete spar set for a Laser I recently inherited.

I cannot over-emphasize that business was brisk, even in the worst days of the rain, and rain it did. On Thursday and Saturday, it rained sporadically and on Saturday, we were met with a deluge that swamped us all. Yet the spirits were never dampened and trading continued under the worst conditions. In this dripping wet ambiance, I lost my cell phone and want to personally thank the person in the office who answered my call. Seems I had dropped my priceless possession in their trailer.

As far as this writer could tell, people from all sides of the fence—management, buyers and sellers—were all in a happy mood. Would I do it again? I would say yes, in a most emphatic way. I will continue to go—and if I am given the opportunity, will continue to sell, now more than ever because the show is back in its original location.

If you are thinking about participating as a seller next year, I recommend you go to their Web site and make your arrangements early, because this year the east parking lot of the Dania Jai Alai was pretty full. For information on the show, go to www.daniamarinefleamarket.com, or call (800) 275-2260.

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BOAT REVIEW

Morgan Out Island 41 Ketch

by Stewart Force Aythya under sail.

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first saw a Morgan Out Island 41 during the summer of 1972 when we were cruising and living aboard a 30-foot Sparkman and Stephens sloop. The Out Island design was strikingly different at that time, and it inspired a variety of responses. Yacht designer Robert Perry said that, “If you were like me, you probably did a near retch the first time you saw an Out Island 41.” (www.boats.com/newsreviews/articledetail.html?lid=10227) Annapolis naval architect Jack Hornor reacted with disappointment with the introduction of the Out Island. He thought that Charley Morgan had sold out, “I felt Morgan had betrayed his traditional roots and sacrificed elegance and balance for volume and headroom.” (www.boatus.com/jackhornor/sail/ Out Island41.asp).

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The owners of Aythya onboard.

thoughts were less pure. I saw the best of freedom and comfort in a pragmatic package. Whatever opinions were made, everyone agreed that the standard was set that some use to identify with disdain, as the “bleach bottle” appearance of many modern cruisers.

When Charley Morgan was once asked about the concept of the Morgan Out Island 41, he said, “We wanted to produce a boat that would motor well for the charter trade.”

Fewer than a dozen were built in 1971, and for the following years about a third that were built went directly into the charter trade. With the exception of all those that were built for the Walt Disney World Jungle Cruise, more people have been aboard Morgan OI 41s than any other of the designer’s boats.

The sheer line of the original 413 is accented by a large black rubber rub rail that is accompanied by a wide cove stripe that extends from a clipper bow to a wine glass transom. The wide beam and flush deck, achieved by extending what would be the sides of a trunk cabin all the way to the toe rail, give the vessel great space below.

At the original introduction to the market, the Out Island was thought to have an unusually high freeboard, but it has been far surpassed by the Hunters, Beneteaus and others today. The hull is a thick and strong construction of hand-laid fiberglass—even a full one inch thick at the port lights. A large center cockpit sits above the engine room with the wheel linked to hydraulic steering. Ample space remains in the engine room for a generator, refrigeration system and other options. The 1971 through 1973 models have no walk-through to the aft cabin and a larger engine room. Along with the walk-through introduced in 1974, later changes included moving the hull-deck joint from the rub rail to the toe rail where it is less vulnerable to damage and an increase in the mast height with a higher aspect ratio for the tall rig sloop produced in the late ’70s.

Many of the earlier models were propelled with a Westerbeke 4-107 or Perkins 4-108. These were rated at 40 hp, but with a heavy transmission it was somewhat underpowered. The later 416 models of the Out Island 41s had a Perkins 4-154, which at 62 hp is more appropriate for the relatively heavy displacement vessel. The more recently built News & Views for Southern Sailors

Morgan Classics by Catalina are usually equipped with a similar-horsepower Yanmar 4JH3E. Negatives for the Morgan OI 41 ketch include the sacrificed windward performance in order to gain the shoal draft and limited performance sailing with the wind full astern, although the vessel sails quite well from 45 degrees off the bow to a broad reach. The main boom on the sloop and

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The aft cabin on Aythya.

The galley and companionway on the Morgan 41.

ketch models is designed to reef tanks port and starboard of the center cockpit as the sails by rolling the boom. Most well as a smaller tank remaining under the V Morgan owners, including myself, berth. Many of the original plastic water tanks find this system unable to produce have developed cracks that are difficult to repair. a satisfactory sail shape and use a As these tanks were fitted prior to the deck more traditional reefing method. I The forward head on Aythya. attachment, many owners who have cut the damusually simply drop the main and aged tanks out have replaced them with several sail with the jib and mizzen when reefing is called for. smaller tanks. The first three years of production included My personal problems with the two 1973 Out Islands I steel fuel tanks that are now beyond their expected life span have owned included the need to rebuild the rudder for and most of these have been replaced as well. After 1973, each due to a delamination of the port and starboard halves. aluminum fuel tanks were common.

The 413, like most vessels constructed at this time, were The original refrigerator was a huge 11 cubic feet, but not constructed with holding tanks. Some owners, like me, poorly insulated. I found it best to bring the total size of the have replaced the 50-gallon water tank under the V-berth box down to six cubic feet for refrigeration and two cubic with a holding tank. This still leaves two 75-gallon water feet for the freezer with a very thick and effective insulation.

The deck is constructed with a balsa core that can deteriorate with water intrusion to form “soft spots.” Over the years of ownership of my current ketch that I purchased in 1985, I have removed the surface of the deck and replaced balsa in three locations totaling about six square feet. I have two more spots that will require some work in the future.

I have heard some reports of blister problems, but I’ve had no more than a half dozen during my 36 years of Out Island ownership. The boat was built to be price-competitive, and the interior woodwork is rudimentary with limited teak trim.

The layout below, shown in the diagram, is common for the 414 ketch, but many variations were produced. These included a port-to-starboard flip of the galley, companionway and head; a central double bed in the aft cabin; doubletiered berths forward; and some with the galley along a full side of the main cabin.

With Catalina’s purchase of Morgan Yachts and its production of the Morgan “Classic” 41, the full keel was altered to include a cutaway foot. There were more Morgan Out Island 41s produced than any other sailboat over 40 feet, and even now—almost two decades since their last production—there may be as many as a thousand still afloat. Ours, among them, is the ketch, Aythya, our home for cruising with the seasons from Maine to the Bahamas.

In addition to refitting and replacing original items such as the 7 KW diesel generator, propulsion engine, fuel tanks, sails, standing rigging, refrigeration, air conditioners, galley stove, and auto pilot, we have added radar, solar panels, a wind generator and a pair of aft shrouds from the top of the mizzen to the aft ends of a pair of stainless steel dinghy davits.

Currently, Morgan Out Islands can be found on the market at prices ranging from $35,000 to $120,000 depending on the model and condition.

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BOATWORKS

By Tom Kennedy

The Mystery of Electrolysis & Galvanic Corrosion

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hen it comes to electricity, most folks are lost once you go beyond changing a battery or flipping a switch. Electricity is just one of those naturally occurring conditions that we have managed to harness. Most folks accept the principle of how it works as a mystery and know that it can be dangerous and destructive if not harnessed correctly. While electricity is our friend, when electrical circuits are compromised or a condition is in place to promote harmful effects, it can spell problems for the boat owner.

Because boats spend a lot of time in water, they are subjected to the harmful effects of electrolysis and galvanic corrosion—especially boats in saltwater. While these two problems are caused by different issues, they both have electricity in common as the main culprit. Metal boats are much more susceptible to both of these issues than wood or fiberglass boats.

Nonetheless, knowledge of how electrolysis and galvanic corrosion takes place and adopting some simple and inexpensive preventative measures can save expensive components from damage and huge repair cost.

So what is electrolysis and galvanic corrosion?

Both electrolysis and galvanic corrosion are caused by electrical current.

They differ where the electrical current originates. Electrolysis occurs when an external current is passed through metal components on the boat. Galvanic corrosion takes place when two dissimilar metals come into contact while in an electrolyte. Clear as mud, right? Let’s break these two issues down.

Electrolysis The need for auxiliary propulsion, lights and creature comforts has driven boatbuilders to incorporate complex electrical systems using both DC and AC current systems. DC circuits require batteries and charging via engine alternators or chargers connected to shore power. The AC systems are normally operated under shore power. Larger boats also have generators onboard that can develop News & Views for Southern Sailors

AC current. With all these means by which electricity is introduced to the boat, there is a great deal of opportunity for stray voltage to leak from circuits and attack electronics and metal components on the boat. Electrolysis damage is clearly the more aggressive of the two because it is being driven by much higher amps and current. A failure in the ground system or a faulty connection in an accessory on your boat can cause electrolysis to occur. Bilge pumps are common culprits. Many boat owners elect to install multiple electrical bilge pumps in various locations in the bilge. Failing to ground them all to a common ground is a sure set-up for stray voltage that can travel through the water in the bilge and attach metal components like the keel bolts and through hulls.

Failure of either could result in catastrophic damage and loss of the vessel.

In some cases, another boat can cause electrolysis to occur on your boat. Another boat? Yes, another boat.

I see a lot of boats in marinas hooked up to shore power for extensive periods of time. Boats on the same dock at a marina commonly share the same electrical circuit. Any fault in that circuit will be transferred to every boat on that circuit. Additionally, any boat with a fault in its shore power circuit will transfer that fault to all the other boats via the dock circuit. In order to prevent electrolysis, your boat’s wiring system should be routinely checked for corrosion, and incorrect connections. If adding circuits, make sure they are installed using approved components and by approved methods. Do-it-yourself projects like adding inexpensive isolators to the alternator/generator and shore power charging circuits will go a long way to preventing electrolysis. Unless you absolutely need to be hooked up to shore power, it is advisable to disconnect when you are not on the boat at the slip.

Galvanic Corrosion Boats spend much of their life in one of nature’s best electrolytes—salt water. Introduce two dissimilar metals to an electrolyte and you now have a

battery capable of generating an electrical current between the two metal components. All metals contain various amounts of charged particles called ions and therefore have differing electrical potential. These metals are categorized by their potential, otherwise known as their galvanic properties. Metals with higher electrical potential act like anodes, and metals with lower potential act as cathodes.

The damage occurs when the higher potential metal is dissolved by the ion exchange occurring between the two metals via the electrolyte. The farther apart the two metals are in galvanic properties the higher the propensity for galvanic corrosion to take place.

The most common galvanic damage I see occurs to the running gear. Take a bronze propeller, which has high electrical potential, and attach it to a stainless steel drive shaft with low electrical potential and immerse them in salt water and you have a perfect recipe for galvanic corrosion. An electrochemical reaction takes place, and the softer bronze prop becomes the anode while the strong stainless steel shaft acts as the cathode. Over time, the bronze prop will be eaten away. The simple solution is to introduce a softer metal with higher electrical potential than the bronze prop to act as the anode. Installing zincs on the prop shaft serves this purpose. Marine stores offer inexpensive zincs in various sizes and shapes. These zincs can be installed while hauled or by a diver.

Some simply attach to a grounding point and hang in the water by a wire.

Others are collars that wrap around the shaft. Every time I haul a boat for maintenance, I make sure I check the zincs and replace them if needed. I also check every through-hull and valve. I have seen valves crumble in my hand as a result of galvanic corrosion when a bronze though-hull was mated to a different metal valve. This is a setup for catastrophe when this occurs while the boat is in the water.

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CAROLINA RACING

Tall Ships & Solo Sailors en route to Charleston

By Dan Dickison

One of the World’s Largest Gathering of Tall Ships, June 25-29 Junior sailors visit the the Spirit of South Carolina, which will be at Charleston Harborfest during the tall ships gathering in Charleston, SC, on June 25-29.

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we’re really fortunate, we’ll see more than just a handful of them. If you count yourself among this crowd, then count yourself lucky because Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009— one of the largest gatherings of tall ships in this hemisphere in the past decade—is coming to Charleston, SC, June 25-29.

According to sources at the American Sail Training Association (and the South Carolina Maritime Foundation, the local host in Charleston), 25 tall ships will be participating, ranging in size from 41 to 376 feet. These vessels are sloops, schooners, barques, ketches and gaff cutters, and collectively they’ll be representing 15 different nations.

Though only 13 of these vessels intend to visit Charleston, the sight of that baker’s dozen maneuvering around the city’s harbor will definitely qualify as a rare spectacle.

Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge is being advertised as a 7,000-mile “spectacular odyssey around the North Atlantic.”

Online, it’s being promoted as “an epic adventure” hyped by a two-minute promotional video set to music from Pirates of the Caribbean. Beginning in Vigo, Spain, in late April, this “race” will take the flotilla first to Tenerife in the Canary Islands, then Bermuda and then Charleston before heading north to Boston, Halifax, Nova Scotia and then back across the pond to Belfast, Ireland, in mid-August.

The unique aspect of this event is that anyone with a sense of adventure (who is at least 18 years of age and has sufficient financial wherewithal) can sign up to take part as crew in any of the race legs. As of this writing in early April, two ships were still offering crew spots. For the leg from Bermuda to Charleston, there were spots available aboard the 122-foot schooner Virginia; and from Charleston to Boston, there were berths aboard the 185-foot barque Europa. No previous sailing experience is required.

However, you’re not out of luck if you missed that chance to crew aboard one of those tall ships. As part of Charleston Harborfest, a three-day celebration that coincides with the visit of the tall ships to the Low Country, the Spirit of South Carolina—the Palmetto State’s own 141-foot traditional schooner—will be offering sails in the harbor. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Several times each day from Friday through Sunday, you can indulge your inner Capt. Jack Sparrow and sample life on board this classic ship further stroke of good fortune befell (circa 1879).

Charleston recently when famed solo Though the visit of the tall ships sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston came to will no doubt be the highlight of the Low Country to announce that his Charleston Harborfest, this annual ’round-the-world race—the Velux 5 event will feature a deep roster of Oceans Race—would return to Charleston activities that range from educational in 2011. Originally the BOC Challenge, to entertaining. Not only can you and later Around Alone, this quadrennial board the ships (tickets required), but solo-sailing race originated in Newport, RI, you can witness pirate battles, exhibi- Robin Knox-Johnston on board his boat in in 1982, but moved to Charleston in 1994 tions of marlinspike seamanship, the previous Velux 5 Oceans Race. Robin for its fourth and fifth (’98-’99) editions. For maritime art and classic wooden came to Charleston recently to promote the dinghies, rowboats, kayaks, canoes next Velux 5 Oceans Race. Charleston will be its next iteration, Charleston will be the and runabouts. You can even opt to the last of only four stops on the around-the- lone stopover in the United States—and last of the four stops on the race route. participate in the family boatbuilding world race and the only stop in the United The race, which is scheduled to begin competition and come away with a States. Photo courtesy of OnEdition/World in La Rochelle, France, in October 2010, 12-foot wooden Charleston Bateau. Wide Images. will feature two classes of 60-foot racers.

On both sides of the harbor – at the The Open Unlimited 60 that has characteristically been the Charleston Maritime Center and across the river at the marquee division in this event will be joined by another class Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina complex, Charleston that Sir Robin and his colleagues have dubbed the Eco 60.

Harborfest will feature countless activities and displays This new class will consist of older (2003 and earlier) Open including an aerobatic air show and NASA’s Exploration Unlimited 60s. “The idea,” offered the 70-year-old voyager to Experience. Tickets and more detailed information are availa room full of race enthusiasts in Charleston, “is to provide a able online at www.charlestonharborfest.org. low-cost platform for used Open 60s to race competitively.”

Not only will these boats offer a more sustainable alternative because they’re already built, he explained, “the Eco 60 Class embraces the history of our event.” He emphasized that this race has long served as a career launching pad for solo sailors, and that it has always had an international field made up of competitors from varied backgrounds.

To further attract competitors and accommodate those who don’t share the benefit of full sponsorship, Sir Robin and his sponsors at Velux plan to offer not only $742,270 (500,000 British pounds) in prize money, but also over $50,000 (36,000 pounds) in support (to assist with logistics, accommodations, and communications) to each of the first 12 entries that register. Additionally, he said his firm—Clipper Ventures—and Velux would invest over $3.8-million to deliver the race to a broad global audience “via a multi-channel, multi-lingual media strategy.” If they’re lucky (and the rest of us, too), all of this will proceed as planned. For additional information on the Velux 5 Oceans Race, log onto www.velux5oceans.com.

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SOUTHERN RACING I NEWS AND OTHER EVENTS Correction on Commodore’s Cup at Davis Island Yacht Club, Feb. 28-March 1.

In last month’s race report by Dave Ellis on the Commodore’s Cup Regatta, an editing error reported wrong information. The incorrect spelling made it appear that Joe Blouin missed some of the racing. He did not. He raced all of the races, getting all firsts and one second.

Bald Head Island Sailing Club J World Sailing Clinic, Bald Head Island, NC, March 27-29, Oct. 23-25

By Lauren Frye This three-day clinic—which was sold out—taught by J World instructors Jeff Jordan and Aaron Galvin, consisted of two full days of hands-on instruction on racing strategy, tactics, boat- handling, and spinnaker work, as well as classroom instruction and socials. This is the first J World clinic to be held in North Carolina.

Clinic attendee Chuck Averre of Raleigh, NC, spoke highly of the level of knowledge shown by the instructors.

“The clinic was exactly like I had hoped,” he said. “I was able to expand on my basic skills and learn new skills. In particular I was excited to fly the asymmetric spinnaker and look forward to practicing this spring and summer.”

Another J World clinic on Bald Head Island is being planned for two weekends in October. Instructors Jordan

and Galvin will bring two J/80s to Bald Head Island so that the clinic can be expanded to 16 students. The first clinic, to be held Oct. 23-25, is open to everyone, from novices to experienced sailors. The second clinic, to be held October 30-Nov. 1, is reserved for more experienced sailors.

To learn more about the J World Sailing Clinic, go to www.bhisailing.com, or call (910) 457-7245.

2009 One-Design Crew Training, Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa, June 6, 13, 20

By King Purton Fleet 86 of the J/24 Association will hold the ninth version of One-Design Crew Training (ODCT) on consecutive Saturdays, June 6, 13, 20, from noon until 5 p.m. This is a course designed to transition sailors from rail meat to contributing members of the crew. It is not a learn-to-sail course. Through both classroom and actual hands-on experience, you will learn to hank on, hoist, and trim the J/24 jib, Genoa, main and spinnaker on all points of sail. You will become a help, not a hindrance, to your skipper no matter what kind of boat he sails. The course will be held at the Davis Island Yacht Club, 1315 Severn Ave., Tampa and is open to the general public with preference going to sailors involved in the DIYC Thursday night series. The prerequisites are some experience sailing, normal agility and no aversion to getting black-and- blue marks. To sign up, contact King Purton at kpurton@verizon.net, or (813) 760-0177.

Applications are available at the DIYC Thursday night cashier. The cost is a $125 contribution to Davis Island Yacht Club launch fund, and slots are limited to 30 students.

I UPCOMING MAJOR REGATTAS

56th Annual Mug Race, The Rudder Club, Jacksonville, FL, May 2 Billed as the world’s longest river race, this regatta had about 160 boats last year. Boats of every size and type race.

The race goes from Palatka to Jacksonville. www.rudderclub.com.

Open Invitational River District Regatta, Fort Myers Sailing Club, May 2 This one-day regatta is a fundraiser for the youth center, the Edison Sailing Center.

Race headquarters and the awards ceremony will be at the sailing center at 2000 West First St., Fort Myers. Free dockage Friday afternoon through Monday morning is available. Call (239) 995-8200.

All interested sailors, whether members of a club or not, are invited to race. The racecourse will be on the Caloosahatchee River. (863) 2441928, or (239) 349-5168. www.fortmyerssailingclub.com.

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Gulf Yachting Association Opening Day Regatta, Bay Waveland Yacht Club, Bay St. Louis, MS, May 2-3

By Kim Kaminski On the first weekend in May, the Gulf Yachting Association holds its opening day ceremonies, annual meeting and inter-club Capdevielle Racing Series Start. Includes onedesign and PHRF racing. www.bwyc.org

Annual Steve Brownell Commodore’s Cup Regatta, Tampa Sailing Squadron, May 8-10 Tampa Sailing Squadron will host this annual regatta.

Friday will open the weekend with an evening cookout accompanied by some cold “grog” and registration.

Saturday will include PHRF racing for Spinnaker, NonSpinnaker, Racer Cruiser, True Cruising and Motherlode fleets. One-Design fleets are encouraged to attend. Saturday evening will include the TSS traditional pig roast (and more “grog”) followed by race results, trophies and raffle.

Sunday includes the women’s regatta.

All proceeds benefit Tampa Sailing Squadron’s youth sailing program, dedicated to teaching kids 7-17 the fine art of moving about on the water using the wind. Last year,

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A-Cat North American Championships, Fort Walton Yacht Club, May 11-15 Fort Walton Yacht Club will be hosting the A-Cat North American Championships May 11-15. Forty to fifty boats are expected, including several Olympic medal winners and key executives in the sailing industry. www.fwyc.org, or www.usaca.info.

Conch Quest Regatta, (Formerly Key West Rendezvous,) May 11-18 This year marks a return to the older more traditional name of Conch Quest Regatta. This is one of the oldest and largest regattas in west Florida, with 60-70 boats participating each year and starting from several locations. The first start is always on a Wednesday off Clearwater and most boats arrive in Key West by Thursday night or Friday morning.

Several events and parties are scheduled over the weekend with a return race on Sunday afternoon to Naples.

The Clearwater Yacht Club sponsors the regatta with the following clubs acting as co-hosts: Gulf Coast Sailing Club, Naples Yacht Club, Naples Sailing and Yacht Club,

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SOUTHERN RACING Platinum Point Yacht Club, Punta Gorda Sailing Club and Sarasota Yacht Club.

There are four starts from Clearwater, Sarasota, Naples and Boca Grande. The regatta is a WFPHRF Boat of the Year event for Suncoast, Charlotte Harbor, Sarasota Bay and Southwest Florida fleets. NOR and schedules at www.clwyc.org/keywest09.

Catalina 22 National Championships, Fort Walton Beach, FL, May 23-28

By Kim Kaminski Registration will be on Saturday May 23 with practice races beginning the next day. The C22 National Sailing Association (NSA) Annual Meeting will also be held on Saturday, followed by a welcome dinner.

Racing will be Monday through Thursday. There will be three fleets (with a minimum of five boats registered to make a fleet). The Spinnaker fleet will hold a race each day.

The Genoa Gold and Silver fleets will have two races per day with a single race on the final day.

The winner of the Genoa Gold fleet will earn the 2009 National Champion title. The Genoa Silver fleet is limited to any skippers who have not earned a first place trophy in any Catalina 22 state, regional or national regatta. In the Spinnaker fleet, participants must also be registered in either Genoa Gold or Silver class.

Racing will consist of windward/leeward courses with

an offset mark and leeward gate if warranted. Awards will be presented to the top three finishers with the perpetual Betty Gay Clements Trophy being awarded to the highest placing female skipper. www.fwyc.org. www.Catalina22.org.

Charleston to Bermuda Race, May 29-June 6 The Charleston to Bermuda Race was founded in 1997, and has been run since then every two years. The seventh running of this 777-nautical mile voyage, simply known as the C2B, will depart from Charleston, SC, on May 29. The owner and organizing authority for the race is the South Carolina Maritime Foundation (SCMF). The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club also plays an instrumental role in growing the event.

The C2B has always been an inclusive event, welcoming boats new and old, large and small. Previous entries have included an Open-60, Swan 45, Cal 40, Santa Cruz 70, and a Cheoy Lee 31. Every seaworthy boat 30 feet and longer is welcome. The Charleston Ocean Racing Association handles race committee duties. www.charlestontobermuda.com and www.scmaritime.org.

47th Annual Navy Cup, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, May 30-31

By Kim Kaminski The Navy Yacht Club will be celebrating its 47th year of hosting this regatta for the Navy Cup Trophy. Small boat racing will be in the Bayou Grande, and PHRF sailboats compete on Pensacola Bay. Yacht club teams will race against other club teams for most points. www.navypnsyc.org.

Mayor’s Cup Regatta, Lake Townsend, NC, June 6-7 The Lake Townsend Yacht Club will host this annual Regatta, June 6-7, at Lake Townsend just north of Greensboro, NC. One-design and Portsmouth racing. www.laketownsendyachtclub.com, (336) 908-3976.

2009 Florida State Laser Championships, Fort Walton Yacht Club, June 6-7

By Kim Kaminski The Laser 490 Fleet Association will be the authorizing authority for the competition.

Competitors who are members of the International Laser Class Association are eligible to compete. A competitor who is not a member of the ILCA-NA or its National Laser Class Association will still be allowed to compete following registration with the organizing authority. Races will be held in the western end of Choctawhatchee Bay. www.fwyc.org.

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2009 Offshore Challenge Cup Regatta, Gulfport Yacht Club, June 19-21 The 2009 Gulf Yachting Association (GYA) Offshore Challenge Cup Regatta will be held June 19-21 at the Gulfport Yacht Club. All yacht clubs which are members in the GYA are invited. Each club may enter no less than three and no more than four boats in four classes. The skipper, the helmsman and at least half the crew (including the skipper and helmsman) must be current members of the one yacht club they represent. www.gulfportyachtclub.org.

Ft. Walton Yacht Club Round the Island 100-Mile Multihull Race, June 26-28 This race is a circumnavigation around Santa Rosa Island located in northwest Florida. The race begins off the point of the Ft. Walton Yacht Club through East Pass and continues west through the Pensacola pass where boaters will turn north for the return trip.

At the start of the race, the wind is usually four to six knots from the northeast. After the start, racers round a turning mark off the shoals of Crab Island then head for Destin Bridge and East Pass. A charter boat fleet runs in front of them at the pass with a colorful parade of sailors and fishing boats. Spectators usually line the Destin Bridge and can see the multihull fleet sail under spinnakers using the NNE breeze as they head out around the island. www.fwyc.org.

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Calema Hosts 24th Windsurfer Midwinters and Kona North Americans, Calema Windsurfing and Watersports, Merrit Island, March 6-8 (See the Windsurfing article, this issue, for photos)

By Bruce Matlack

were finally able to rig their largest 12.0 square meter sails for wind in the 7- to 11-knot range on Sunday, the final day.

Three short races were completed, with zero throw-outs.

Floridian grandmaster sailors Ron Kern of Fort Lauderdale, and Peter Ifju of Gainesville finished well against young professionals.

In the growing One-Design Kona fleet, some famous names in sailing showed up, like Dick Tillman, Dave Stanger, Kurt Schumacher, and Patrice Belbeoch, who happens to own the Kona Company in France. Unlike Formula, Konas race in whatever wind happens, so the fleet got lots of racing in. And then there are the juniors of TEAM USA, who are under training by Britt Viehman at the Clearwater Junior Sailing Center. The star of the show has to be teen Mateo Vargas from Clearwater who placed third overall in a very heavily talented fleet of 25. Lots of us were heard saying, “Where did he come from?”

For complete results, go to www.calema.com.

Allison Jolly Regatta, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, March 7-8

By Dave Ellis The tenth annual Allison Jolly Regatta for girls aged 8-18 was a light air affair for 56 sailors in Optimist dinghies, Lasers and Laser Radials. While most competitors were from Florida, others came from Canada, Texas and Virginia.

Allison, along with Lynn Jewell, was the first gold medal winner in women’s Olympic sailing, in Korea in 1988.

She now coaches the University of South Florida sailing team. This regatta seeks to promote competitive sailing among young girls.

Principal race officer for the Opti course was Maridell Weaver, who was the primary originator of this event 10 years ago.

Judy Altenhoff was principal race officer for the Laser Radials (six competing) and the Laser 4.7s (four competing).

Results: Optis: 1st place overall, receiving the Allison Jolly Trophy and the Florida Sailing Association Perpetual Trophy: Riley Legault, NCSC (Naples, FL); 1st place White Fleet: Carrie Marshall, Edison Sailing Center (Fort Myers, FL); 1st place Blue Fleet: Kathryn Booker, (Clearwater, FL); 1st place Red Fleet: Riley Legault, NCSC (Naples, FL); 1st place Green Fleet: Cara Johnson, VYBA (Osprey, FL). Lasers: 1st place Laser Radials: Tasha Greenwood, SYSP (Sarasota, FL) —also received the Margo Fischer Perpetual Trophy and the Florida Sailing Association Perpetual Trophy; 2nd place: Dominique Wright, LYC (Fort

Once again, a strong international fleet of over 100 entrants showed up for the Calema Midwinters and Kona North Americans on March 6-8. Calema owners, Tinho and Susie Dornellas, dished up another super event with great lunch, dinner parties and even a new discipline of stand-up paddle (SUP) races on long boards, which kept everyone entertained in the windless times.

This is the largest annual windsurf regatta in the Continental United States. Calema’s Kelly Park location near Cape Canaveral and great organization are the reasons it is a perfect venue for the event. Race Director Darren Rogers was flown in by Calema from Hood River, Oregon to officiate.

Long-board classes of Kona One-Design and Hybrid raced all three days in the light conditions. Formula sailors News & Views for Southern Sailors

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SOUTHERN RACING Lauderdale, FL); 3rd place: Chirsti Frost, SYSP (Sarasota, FL). 1st place Laser 4.7s, and winner of the Margaret Siver Perpetual Trophy and the Florida Sailing Association Perpetual Trophy: Mary Hall, SPYC (St. Petersburg, FL); 2nd place: Wendy Reuss SYSP (Sarasota, FL); 3rd place: Donna Rudnicki, SPYC (St. Petersburg, FL).

Fireball and Friends Regatta, Davis Island Yacht Club, March 13-15

By Dave Ellis

Navy Yacht Club Commodore’s Cup, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, March 7-8

By Kim Kaminksi

Start of the Fireball and Friends Regatta at the Davis Island Yacht Club on March 13-15. Photo by Marcey Sherman.

Ron Jordan and his crew aboard Sunset Raider accept their firstplace trophy for the Non-Spinnaker class from the newly elected commodore of the Navy Yacht Club, Doug Werber (on the right).

Photo by Kim Kaminski.

This race is the first out of four races in the yearlong Commodore’s Cup series and the Navy Yacht Club’s first race of the season. It is also the first race in the three-race Maxine Sansom Series. The second race is at the Pensacola Yacht Club, and the third race is at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club.

Twenty-four boats entered with 15 boats in the Spinnaker class, four boats in Non-Spinnaker and five boats in the Cruiser class. Sailing conditions were ideal with a 1012 knot breeze out of the southeast that held steady all day.

The Spinnaker fleet raced a 10.5-mile windward/leeward course three times around. The Non-Spinnaker and Cruiser fleets raced a 7.7-mile Gold Cup with about half of the race upwind.

Awards were presented to the top three finishers in each class for the Commodore’s Cup Race. The race results were passed on for the series standings in the Maxine Sansom Series, the second race of which will be on March 14, and the final race on March 21. The next race in the Commodore’s Cup series will be in April.

Results (place, boat name, owner/captain, club, time): Spinnaker Class A, 10.5 miles:1, Kali, Bob Patroni, 1:46:03; 2, Atlantic Union, Paul Gillette, PYC, 1:46:08; 3, Tripptonite, Dave Dunbar, PBYC, 1:46:29; Spinnaker Class B, 10.5 miles:1, Antares- David Hoffman, PYC, 1:54:27; 2, Polish Navy, Dan Owczarczak, NYC/PYC, 1:54:41; 3, Average White Boat, McKinnon-Dunton, PYC, 1:54:42; Non-Spinnaker, 7.7 miles:1, Sunset Raiders, Ron Jordan, PBYC, 1:27:35; 2, Dream Maker, Tom Elliott, PYC, 1:29:59; 3, Sundance, Bob Dean, NYC, 1:33:51; Cruising, 7.7 miles:1, Heather, Jim Matthews, NYC, 1:32:42; 2, Easy Day, Bob Wolfe, NYC, 1:48:07; 3, Willow Wind, Gary Klemas, NYC, 1:51:56; 60

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Variety in boat, wind and wave conditions was evident at this annual gathering. The Fireballs had just completed their nationals on the same waters, the Windmills used this event as their annual Midwinters, and the Frontrunners and Interlakes came from afar.

The largest class was the Interlake with 13 boats. Dennis Dieball, the dad with one son crewing, beat son Ernie in a close battle at the top. The Windmills also had close competition with John Jennings winning five races, Larry Christian of New Hampshire two and Dave Ellis three races. They finished the series in that order, well ahead of the 11-boat fleet.

Fireballs were led by the 2009 National champ Patrick Crump of the local club. Notable was that every boat present had won a major event in the class at some point in its wooden or fiberglass life.

Three of the races were true drifters, one very light; four were a nice hiking breeze and one a little stronger with chop. A 10th light-air race was held for the few Windmills who just could not get enough. For complete results, go to www.diyc.org.

International Sunfish World Masters, Davis Island Yacht Club, March 13-15

By Dave Ellis Multiple-times Sunfish world champ Donnie Martinborough from the Bahamas has finally reached a vintage that he qualifies for the Masters, and—predictably—he won the 55-boat 2009 competition.

Friday’s one race started in light air and died from there. Race committee honcho Henry Moore abandoned the race with Martinborough not too far from the finish. But most of the fleet looked not to make the time limit, so the greater good prevailed. Saturday produced four decent races, the early ones light and finally a little hiking needed for the afternoon. Two more decent races were held Sunday. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Martinborough won with 40-49; Tom Whitehurst had 50-59 and Joe Bluin had 60-69. Dick Tillman, with the 70plus, placed 19th overall. Anne Edwards won the women’s title, tied in points in the fleet with Whitehurst, going to third on the tiebreak. Complete results are at www.diyc.org.

Michelob Light One-Design Midwinters, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, March 20-22

By Charlie Clifton

Canadian. Warner Monteiro (Kanata, Ontario), Peter Duncan (Severna Park, MD), and Matthew Hobbs (Ottawa, Ontario) finished in a pack in that order 18 points behind Harris.

In the International Canoe class, Steve Clark (Warren, RI), was testing out a new boat he had just built for a customer in Germany. After a fourth in the first race, he port tacked the fleet to win the second race wire to wire. That began a string of bullets, which led him to win the class by eight points. The ICs were screaming around the course when they were upright, but many of them spent a lot of time swimming. John Kells (Maynard, MA) and Oliver Moore (Mario, MA) were two points apart in second and third respectively.

Two women skippers battled closely throughout the weekend for the top of the nine-boat Daysailer class. Dede Plessner (Ozona, FL) eked out a victory over Chris Kelly (Dunedin, FL). Kelly came on strongly the last day with bullets in the last two races but lacked three points at the end.

Full results at www.sarasotasailingsquadron.com.

Sarasota Youth Sailing Sailfest, March 28-29

By Charlie Clifton Mike Miller, who took second in the class, leads under spinnaker in the Flying Scot class at the Sarasota One-Design Midwinters on March 20-22. Photo by Charlie Clifton.

Seventy-seven crews from 14 states and Canada competed on a very breezy Sarasota Bay in the Michelob Light OneDesign Midwinters. During the peak wind, boats in the six classes were dumped all over the course as the 29ers skipped over the wave tops. Even the Flying Scots were planing. Squadron rescue boats were working overtime.

In the predominantly Canadian 29er class, Sarasota youths Dalton Tebo and Dan Goldman jumped out to an early lead in the three-day, 11-race series. The boys had sailed together for just five days before the regatta. They won four of the first eight races but had to hold off a late surge by Trevor McEwan (Burlington, Ontario). A bullet in the last race clinched the victory for the home team.

The 32-boat Flying Scot class was the largest and had the closest competition. Sarasota sailors Jim Egan and Richard Elsishan won the first race. They finished no worse than sixth in the remaining five races to clinch the series. No crew won more than one race. Mike Miller (Richmond, VA) and Jordan Smith (Tallahassee, FL) tied for second with Miller winning the tiebreaker. Dr. Jeff Penfield (Sarasota), the most senior member of the fleet, placed a very respectable fifth in conditions that forced many boats to retire. An all-female Mississippi Gulf crew consisting of Cindy Cady, Ann Edwards and Carrie Smith came in sixth, as they warmed up for the 2009 Adams Cup. The E Scow class was won by regatta organizer Jim Barr with crew Darryl Lamb, Mike Rist and Andy Hodgson.

Runner-up Bruce Hilton’s crew won two of their five races, but the Barr crew was more consistent.

Barney Harris (Arlington, VA) ran away with the Albacore Class Midwinter trophy in a fleet of 14 that was halfNews & Views for Southern Sailors

The Sarasota Sailfest turned out to be a gear-buster as a slowly approaching front whipped the bay into a frenzy.

Once again, the Opti RBW fleet proved it was the toughest, being the only one to complete a race on Saturday. Of the 52 boats entered, seven made it across the finish line. An onlooker with an anemometer clocked a gust of 40 mph from the dock.

Courtney Lehan (DIYC) proved Opti girls rock by winning Saturday’s survival contest, one of Sunday’s three races and overall Opti honors. Ravi Parent (SYSP) won the last race, moving him into second overall and first in Blue fleet. Nicolas Schultz (SYSP) won White fleet and scored an impressive second overall in the last race.

Saturday’s hero was Chris Branning. He repeatedly swam from his chase boat to rescue foundering sailors and prepare them for towing. He also found time to retrieve a mark that blew three miles up the bay before it was caught.

Conditions calmed somewhat on Sunday. Brothers Chris and Will Stocke (SYSP) tied for first place in the 420 class. Older brother Will won the tiebreaker by winning the last race.

Ian Heausler (DIYC) won both races in the 27-boat Laser Radial class. The Radials featured competitors from as far away as Georgia and the Bahamas.

Patrick Arrington (CRYC) won the last race to break a tie with Matt Dowd (SYSP) for first place in the 4.7 class.

Forty-eight Green fleet Optis from Tampa Bay to the Upper Keys indicate a healthy future for the Opti class.

Sarasota YSP sailors won the top three positions. Benjamin Kalish aced two of three races on his way to first place.

Angelo Mehtala won the remaining race to clinch second.

The PHRF fleet came out Sunday to race a marathon course around the bay. David Wilson (BYC) continued his winning streak aboard the Hunter 30 Solitude in Cruising class. Bob Miller (SSS) took the Non-Spin class aboard his Santana 23 Blew Bayou.

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SOUTHERN RACING 33rd Annual Gulf Coast Sailing Club Regatta Offered Challenging Conditions for Porsche of Naples Cup Competition and Melges 24 National Circuit Races, Punta Gorda, March 28-29 Although light winds seem to grace this regatta in the past, on the first day, the fleet of just over 30 boats (Melges 24 OD and five classes of PHRF boats) battled an initial wind of 20+ and growing short, closely spaced wind-driven waves from the south. An early afternoon weather warning of 2530 with peaks above 35 caught the fleet in its second race.

The wind-driven waves exceeded six feet as they ran over a sea depth of 25 feet.

What turned out to be a short, fast first day of racing completed the regatta as Sunday saw a front with serious lighting strikes moving in from the north toward Naples and forced cancellation of Sunday’s racing. The PHRF division finished two races while the Melges 24s squeezed in four on Saturday.

Gary Schwarting, vice commodore and coordinator for the Melges races, said the conditions were “just about right” for the downwind legs as the wind was “pretty steady at 25 knots.”

The winner of the Porsche of Naples Cup as well as the Melges 24 competition was Goux Get Mama, a Melges 24 owned by James Whatmore from Sarasota.

Flame, a J/105 owned by Jim Doane of Naples was the winner of the combined PHRF Spinnaker class. Jabu, a Sabre 402 owned by Rex Good of Naples, won the combined Cruising and Non-Spinnaker class.

The Melges 24 competition is part of the 2009 Melges National Championship Series of 30 races across the United States. www.GulfCoastSailingClub.org.

Re-formatted First Coast Offshore Challenge Lives Up to its Name, St. Augustine, FL, to St. Marys, GA, April 1-4

By Adam Norwood The start of the First Coast Offshore Challenge at St. Augustine on April 1.

Courtesy photo.

The challenges were many and varied in this annual 4-day charity regatta held in the open ocean off northeast Florida.

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thunderstorms and microbursts to perfectly clear and cool spring sailing weather, competitors were treated to a full range of meteorological challenges. To spice up the competitive challenge, this year’s regatta featured a triangle race, a unique out-and-back race that took yachts out to a predetermined longitude and back, and finally a distance race from St. Augustine to St. Mary’s, GA. Day one and day two afterparties were hosted by the historic St. Augustine Yacht Club.

In previous years, the course ran Jacksonville to St. Augustine, St. Augustine to St. Mary’s and St. Mary’s to Jacksonville.

On a dark and stormy day one, competitors battled the elements as they battled each other for line honors. Despite copious rain and thunderstorms, the winds were initially light enough to force a shortened course. However, a late-inthe-day microburst caused a surprise ending that blew several boats miles off course and led to an unfortunate collision between the anchored committee boat and a 40-foot sloop that had already finished. The crash resulted in significant damage to both vessels and forced the committee boat to retire for the remainder of the regatta. Winners on the day were: Spinnaker, Ghost, Tom Davis’s Cal 9.2; Non-Spinnaker, Blue Sky, Dana Hunter’s C&C 32; and cruiser, Blue Dolphin, Ken Christiansen’s Catalina 30.

Race day two was dark and threatening, but the heavy storms stayed to the north and west long enough to let racers finish their trip 18.5 miles out from St. Augustine Inlet and 18.5 miles back. First-place trophies went to Norm Church’s Morgan 41, Obsession, in Spinnaker, Dana Hunter’s C&C 32 Blue Sky in Non-Spinnaker and Bill Hellings Oyster 48, White Flash in cruiser.

Race day three saw the most ideal weather conditions of the week as racers started late in the day to race overnight to the St. Mary’s sea buoy. Crystal-clear skies led to a picture-perfect sunset and spectacular moonrise as competitors skirted the coast of north Florida and southeast Georgia.

Trophy winners were Tim Tucker’s C&C 38, Rock Star, in Spinnaker, Robert Ford’s Beneteau First 36, The Last Mangas, in Non-Spinnaker, and Bill Helling’s Oyster 48, White Flash in cruiser class.

At the final First Coast Offshore Challenge wrap-up party in St. Mary’s, GA, after all participants had stuffed themselves on beer and Low Country boil at the historic Orange Hall, trophies were presented to the overall regatta winners.

Winners included Obsession in Spinnaker class, The Last Mangas in Non-Spinnaker and White Flash in Cruiser class.

The First Coast Offshore Challenge is co-sponsored by the North Florida Cruising Club and the St. Augustine Yacht Club for the benefit of the St. Johns Riverkeeper. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Suncoast Race Week, Tampa Bay, April 3-5

By Jay Tyson Unfortunately, the three-day premiere event of the Suncoast Region lost the middle day this year. After two hours of racing on Saturday, winds died and racing was canceled.

However, the other two days of this traditional point-topoint series provided a terrific variety of sailing conditions that resulted in an amazing number of tight results. Friday’s race from St. Petersburg to the Bradenton Yacht Club was a reach-and-run test in medium to light air. Sunday’s race from John’s Pass (Treasure Island) to Pass-A-Grille was a mostly upwind test in a slightly stronger breeze. In the end, four of the six classes were decided on tiebreakers, and the other two classes had tiebreakers for the second-place trophy. The overall winner of the Bonanni Trophy for top Spinnaker boat for the second consecutive year was Hall Palmer’s Beneteau First 53, Relativity, which edged out second-place finisher XS by 26 seconds in Sunday’s Race.

In Spinnaker A, Key West “hero” Doug Fisher (Sarasota Sailing Squadron and Davis Island Yacht Club) and crew on XS showed a continuation of their form from Key West (and kept the mast in the boat) to dominate with a pair of bullets.

The next two spots, swapping second and third places, resulted in a second overall for No Limit, the Farr 395 survivor of Hurricane Charley rebuilt by Mike Gable and Robert Hobbs from DIYC. Rounding out the top three was team Mad Cow also from DIYC. In Spinnaker B, the tiebreakers continued with DIYC’s Jose Suarezhoyos’s J/109 Mariah nudging out George and Anne Cussins and team Fire & Ice, a J/105, for the top spot. In a tight third-place finish was Mike Kayusa’s Olson 29 Celebration, giving DIYC a sweep of this very competitive fleet.

In Spinnaker C, the small boats kept up the tie results with Larry Willis and crew sailing their DIYC-based Beneteau First 32, Relentless, taking a three-way tie over Ken Willus’ Cake Walk and Tony Barret’s Back Off, both from the St. Petersburg Sailing Association.

In Racer Cruiser, the tie break for the top spot continued with Hall Palmer’s big Beneteau from St. Petersburg Yacht Club edging out long-time competitor from the Panhandle region, Frank Hanna’s Beneteau 445, Prime Plus. With Jeff Russo’s J/40 edging out fellow DIYC competitor, Mike Doyle, for third by a single point.

In Non-Spinnaker, Bradenton Yacht Club’s Greg Knighton, sailing his new Tartan 37, Weather Girl, again used the tiebreaker to edge out circuit regular Rafael Paris and team on Tango III. In the Cruising Fleet, Clearwater-based Chance’s R took the top spot, edging out yet another tiebreaker between Solitude and Zangaro.

56th Annual Mount Dora Regatta, Mount Dora Yacht Club, April 4-5

By Dave Ellis On a warm, light air weekend, 73 boats in eight classes enjoyed the hospitality and great food at this central Florida News & Views for Southern Sailors

lake. Racing on three racecourses started Saturday in near calm with an occasional zephyr. Soon after the start, however, the boats sometimes found the bubbles in the lake passing them. Some boats did not make the two-hour time limit on the short windward leeward course.

A few of the Lasers caught the leading Windmill in the drifter, much to their delight. Sunday’s four races had a different outcome though, as the breeze was steadier, sometimes allowing crew to sit to windward on the smaller boats.

Fleets separated better to their relative speeds, and more smiles erupted among the fleet.

This event holds a special place in the memory of many of Florida old-timers. As they talked of regattas of the past, a new generation of sailors made new memories.

For complete results go to www.mountdorayachtclub.com.

Macho Man Regattas, Tampa Bay Catamaran Sailors, April 4-5

By Dave Ellis The annual Macho Man catamaran race from Davis Island Yacht Club to Dunedin Causeway was a whimper this year.

The lone entry, a Hobie 20 sailed by Tim Inlah and crew, got only as far as Fort De Soto Park in light air when it was obvious that conditions were not going to improve.

The Mini Macho on Sunday was in honor of the late Rocco Cuccia, a popular sailor who succumbed to cancer.

The event had seven catamarans in the spinnaker division and nine in the Open Portsmouth handicap division sailing a shorter course. A pleasant 7-knot southeaster took the fleets toward their turning points. But not long into the race, the wind veered to the southwest and increased, kicking up waves. A few boats capsized, but all eventually returned to Dunedin Causeway safely.

Dave Parker single-handed his Nacra 5.0 on the shorter course to win in about two hours. On the Spinnaker course, Bob Fondrk and crew Chris MacNamara were awarded 15 minutes of time for standing by and assisting a capsized competitor. But Bob Curry, sailing his NF-17, still saved his handicap time to win the division in about three hours.

For complete results go to www.tampabaycatsailors.com.

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

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

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SOUTHERN RACING 24-26 Sunfish North American. Sunfish. JIYC 27-28 Low Country Regatta. Open. BYSC

MAY Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org 23-24 Sheriff’s Cup 29-June 6 Charleston to Bermuda Race 31 Femme Fatale Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org No races scheduled in March. See Web site for local club races 2-3 ECB Cup Race ICRC. BSC 21 WGOR (offshore event). WBORA 22-24 NCOC. NC Offshore Championship. NYRA Lake Lanier. Lake Lanier Sailing Club (LLSC) www.llsc.com See Web site for weekly local club races 2-3 Multihull Regatta. LLSC. 23 PHFR Championship. LLSC. 23-24 Lake Lanier Distance Race. Layline 26 Jr. Day Clinic. 4 days. LLSC 31 Jr. Week begins through June 5. LLSC. South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. www.sayra-sailing.com www.longbaysailing.com See Web site for local club races 2-3 Keowee Cup Regatta. Open. KSC 2-3 Great 48. Flying Scotts. LNYC 2-3 Domenico De Sole Cup. Harbor 20. SCYC 2-3 AYC Opti Clinic and Race. Opti. AYC 2 Spring Fever. Open. CFYC 9-10 McIntosh Cup. PHRF. SYC 15-17 Laser Masters North American. Lasers. CYC-NC 16-17 Hospice Regatta. Open. LNYC 16-17 Dixie. Thistles. AYC 16-17 Haggis and Grits. Flying Scot. KSC 23-24 Castleberry Robertson. Open. ASC 30-31 Laser District 12 Champ #3. Laser - all rigs. SSC 30-31 Bare What You Dare. Catamarans.KSC 30-31 Leukemia Cup. PHRF.CFYC JUNE Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org Summer Wednesday Evening Series every Wednesday 6:15 p.m.

13-14 Hobcaw Regatta 20-21 James Island Regatta 26-28 Charleston Harbor Festival Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org 5-6 First Citizens Cup 11-13 SJ-21 Eastern Nationals. SJ 20 Indian Island to Ocracoke. PSC 20-21 Clark Cup Boy Scout Regatta. BSC 27-28 Laser Masters. ODC Lake Lanier. Lake Lanier Sailing Club (LLSC) www.llsc.com See web site for local club races 5/31-6/5 Junior Week 12-14 Reggae Regatta South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. www.sayra-sailing.com www.longbaysailing.com See Web site for local club races 5-7 Special Olympics Invitational. Hobie 16, 420. JIYC 6-7 Mayors Cup. Dinghy. LTYC 6-7 Governors Cup. Long Bay. 11-14 San Juan 21 Nationals. San Juan 21. BSC 13-14 Hobcaw Open. HYC 12-14 Reggae Regatta. LLSC 20-21 James Island Open. JIYC 22-23 Sunfish Jr North American. Sunfish. JIYC 64

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MAY 2 Mug Race. Rudder Club 3 Commodore Cup #2. Halifax River YC 2-3 Cinco de Mayo Regatta. Port Canaveral YC 2-3,16-17 Club Races. Lake Eustis Sailing Club.

6,13,20,27 Summer Wednesday Race #2,#3,#4,#5. Indian River YC 8,22 Summer Rum Race #1,#22. Melbourne YC 8 Howl at the Moon. Halifax Sailing Association 9 Raves Regatta. North Florida Womens’ Sailing Network 9 Raft Up. Melbourne YC 10 Big Boys’ Race 8-10 Catalina 22 Match Racing Clinic and Regatta. Indian River YC 16 Armed Forces Day Regatta. Navy Jax YC 17 Summer Series #3. Rudder Club 16-17 Brevard Challenge. Indian River YC. 17,31 Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne YC 23 Ladies Spring Fling. Melbourne YC 23 St. Augustine Race. Offshore #5. North Florida CC 24 Race of the Century. St. Augustine YC 23-24 Memorial Day Series. Lake Eustis SC 30 Spring Race #3. East Coast SA JUNE 3 Sunday Social Sail. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 3,10 Summer Wednesday Race #6, #7. Indian River Yacht Club 3,19 Summer Rum Race #3, #4. Melbourne Yacht Club 6 Youth Sailing Session 1 Begins 6 Jessie Ball Regatta. Eppingham Forest Yacht Club 6 Full Moon Sail & Raft Up. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 6,13,20,27 Early Summer Adult Sailing Class #1- #4.

Halifax Sailing Association 7,20 Summer Series #2, #3. Rudder Club 7,28 Commodore Cup Race #2, #3. Halifax River Yacht Club 7 Big Boy’s Race. Halifax Sailing Association 6-7 Summer Street Party & Regatta. Titusville Sailing Center 10,17,24 Rum Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 10 Howl at the Moon. Halifax Sailing Association 13 St. Johns Regatta. Florida Yacht Club 13 Mermaid Regatta. Port Canaveral Yacht Club 13 Sailing Class Begins (5 weeks). Titusville Sailing Center 14,28 Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne Yacht Club 14 Spring Sunday Race #5. Indian River Yacht Club 17,24 Wednesday Mosquito Series Race #1, #2. Indian River Yacht Club 19 21st Summer Sailstice. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 20 Club Race Series 7,8,9. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 20-21 Father Fest Cruise to Marker 21. Melbourne Yacht Club 20 Spring Race #4. East Coast Sailing Association 27 Women’s Spring Race #5. East Coast Sailing Association 27 Interclub Regatta. Eppingham Forest Yacht Club

Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Go to the Web site for local club races www.southwindsmagazine.com

BBYC BBYRA CGSC CRYC KBYC MYC MAY 2 2 9 9 16 16 17 23 24 30

Biscayne Bay YC Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.

Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org.

Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.net.

C-Gull Cup. CGSC J/24 BB Series Spring #3. FlatEarth Full Moon Regatta Ron Payne Memorial Snipe. LYC FLL Hospice Regatta.

KBYC Annual BBYRA PHRF # 6 KBYC Annual BBYRA OD #6 Goombay Regatta. CGSC Goombay Regatta. CGSC J/24 BB Series Spring #4. FlatEarth

JUNE 6 Full Moon Regatta. Independence Cup Trials. SAL 7 BBYRA OD #7. CRYC 13 BBYRA PHRF #7. CGSC 13-14 Sears Bemis Qtr Finals FL only 20 J24 BB Series Summer 1. FlatEarth 27 BBYRA One-Design #8. CGSC 28 BBYRA PHRF #8. CRYC

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

Dinner and drinks afterward.

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

MAY 17 Spring Portsmouth #3 and Awards 24 Memorial Day PHRF 25 Memorial Day Portsmouth Race to Nest Key JUNE See Web site for club races.

(and Inland Lakes) SOUTHWINDS Annual Online West Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1 SOUTHWINDS magazine posts the annual race schedule/calendar (9/1/08 — 8/31/09) on its Web site for all racing in the central west Florida area from just north of Tampa Bay south to Marco Island.

The calendar includes all scheduled races of the West Florida PHRF 5News & Views for Southern Sailors

organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org), plus club races in the area and any others that boaters in the area would like to post. The Boat of the Year races are listed for all the areas of the West Florida PHRF organization.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Fall Series Sunday afternoon racing begins Sept. 9 through Nov. 18. www.pgscweb.com.

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

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

Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venice-sailing-squadron.org BOAT OF THE YEAR RACES (BOTY) — LEGEND Below are areas from Tampa Bay going south to greater Fort Myers area (Southwest Florida). For a list of the BOTY races for each area, go to the West Florida online race calendar at www.southwindsmagazine.com/westfloridaracecalendar.html.

Suncoast Boat of the Year Races (SuncoastBOTY) Tampa Bay Area Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year Races (SBBOTY) Sarasota Bay Motley Fleet Boat of the Year Races (MBOTY) Charlotte Harbor Boat of the Year Races (CHBOTY) Southwest Florida Boat of the Year Races (SWFBOTY) Fort Myers/Marco Island area Caloosahatchee Boat of the Year Races (CBOTY) Fort Myers/Cape Coral area MAY 1 2 2 2-3 2-3 9 9

Treasure Island Tennis and YC. Twilight Racing begins, PHRF Fort Myers Sailing Club. Caloosahatchee River Race. (CBOTY) St. Pete Sailing Assoc. 22nd Annual Couples Race, PHRF Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Sarasota YSP Sailfest, dinghies Davis Island YC. J/24 Rodeo Tampa Sailing Squadron. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF Bird Key YC. Sarasota Bay Cup, PHRF (SBBOTY) (SuncoastBOTY-RC) 11 St. Petersburg YC, Pass-a-Grille location. Morgan Invasion (All boats Morgan). www.morganinvasion.com 13-17 Key West Rendezvous. Notes: Different starts are possible for some divisions for the Suncoast BOTY of the year races in the Key West Rendezvous. For example, the Racer/Cruiser division may elect to start from Sarasota. Please check with West Florida PHRF for more information.

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Massey Yacht Sales & Service is now the exclusive Island Packet dealer for the Southeastern United States, including all of Florida.

Island Packet – America's Cruising Yacht Leader

2009 IP 485 – in stock

2008 IP 370 – in stock 2008 IP 465 – in stock

2009 IP 460 – in stock New model and Cruising World magazine 2009 Boat of the Year

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These yachts are in the water and ready to sail away. All Island Packet yachts in stock must be sold immediately to make room for new 2010 models. Now is the time to purchase your new Island Packet and take advantage of tremendous savings. All trades considered.

Pre-owned Island Packets for sale

We have over 40 pre-owned brokerage Island Packet yachts available to us for sale on models from 27' to 48', priced from $43,900 to $649,000.

Call Massey for full listing details.

Be Seen – Get Sold List your Island Packet with Massey and be seen in Yachtworld.com, Boats.com, the Massey website and five Florida and national sailing magazines. We have discounted Massey brokerage slips available at Regatta Pointe Marina and the Harborage Marina. When we sell your yacht, as an authorized Island Packet dealer, we can transfer the remainder of your factory warranty to the new owner.

Only authorized Island Packet dealers can do this for all model years

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1998 Catalina 28 MK II The Catalina 28 MK II was Cruising World’s Boat of the Year Pocket Cruiser in 1996 3’8” draft wing keel Bottom Job, Jan. 09

$42,900 Excellent Condition with lots of amenities • Huge comfortable cockpit • 135 and 155 headsail in almost new condition • Line control whisker pole • Newly Rebuilt Roller furling w/new headstay • Dodger • Bimini • Canvas • Radar • Chartplotter • GPS • Knotmeter • Autopilot • VHF • Sleeps 6 • Head w/shower • Hot Water • Full galley • Like-new cushions down below and in cockpit • Anchor, lines, fenders and miscellaneous gear For more info & photos: www.southwindsmagazine.com/classifieds/catalina28.htm

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today. To prevent the potential for harmful effects to the structural integrity and components, boat owners can take some simple, low-cost preventative measures like installing isolators, ensuring wiring circuits are free of corrosion and connections are tight and installing zincs. Each of these measures cost pennies compared to the dollars needed to make repairs resulting from electrolysis and galvanic corrosion.

Understanding the cause and taking the preventative steps will avoid higher costs down the road and keep you on the water more often Tom Kennedy owns Patriot Yacht Services in Pensacola, FL. The company specializes in paint, fiberglass/gel coat and brightwork restorations. He has been an active sailing and boating enthusiast for over 40 years, and his repair expertise and customer satisfaction levels have earned him a loyal client base.

Questions, and ideas for future articles, can be sent to tom@patriotyachtservices.com. Your question may be answered in a future article. You can also go to www.patriotyachtservices.com for more information.

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www.SailboatsInFlorida.com 44’ St. Francis Catamaran, 1994, Well equipped Fast Cat. Genset, Solar panels, A/C, Watermaker, Loaded! $249,000, Call Bob @ 239-877-4094

72’ Taswell Cutter, 1996, Bill Dixon design, 4 staterooms, Dual Helms, Bow thruster, Awlgrip in ’07, New A/C ’07, Prof.Captain maintained, $1,195,000, Call Bob @ 239-877-4094

47’ Gulfstar Sailmaster, 1979, Solid Bluewater 46’ Durbeck CC Ketch, 1977, Fresh Awlgripe, All cruiser, Sloop rigged. A must see, $164,000, Call sails on roller furling, Hard top over cockpit, TJ @ 941-741-5875 $134,900, Call Rick @ 727-422-8229

42’ Whitby Ketch,1985 (Sistership photo) Custom Hard top over cockpit, 62hp Volvo, 3 solar panels, 2 wind generators, New A/C $99,000. Call Leo @ 941-504-6754

42’ Cheoy Lee Clipper, 1970, Topsides, deck and cockpit Awlgriped in 2005, Teak decks removed, $85,000, Call Joe @ 941-224-9661

42’ Tayana Cutter 1988, Original owner, Was a fresh water vessel, rigging refit in ‘03. Nicest on the market! $189,900, Call Roy S @ 305-775-8907

42' Westsail Cutter Ketch, 1975, Loaded!

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37' Tartan, 1987 Scheel keel, She has been very well maintained! Truly one of the nicest Tartan 37's to come on the market in some time. $77,900, Call Joe @ 941-224-9661

37' Endeavour Ketch, 1980, Rare "D" plan. Well maintained and many upgrades on this fine cruiser. $49,900, Call Joe @ 941-224-9661

37’ Hunter Legend, 1988, New electronics, New Rig, New roller furling, $49,000, Call Leo @ 941504-6754

37’ Tayana Cutter, 1981, Extremely well equipped and in Excellent condition! A must see! $120,000, Call Harry@ 941-400-7942

72’ Taswell 68’ Irwin Ketch 64’ Durbeck Ketch 55’ Tayana 54’ Gulfstar 52’ Derecktor Motorsailor 50’ Gulfstar 48’ Golden Wave Ketch 48’ Dekker Ketch 47’ Gulfstar Sailmaster 47’ Gulfstar Sailmaster 46’ Durbeck Ketch 46’ Antigua 45’ Hunter Legend 45’ Hunter Legend 44’ Dynamique Ketch 44’Camper Nicholson 44’ Beneteau 44’ Freedom 43’ Beneteau Idylle 43’ Beneteau Idylle 42’ Westsail Ketch 42’ Whitby Center cockpit 42’ Hunter Passage 42’ Tayana 42’ Tayana 42’ Tayana 42’ Cheoy Lee Clipper 42’ Beneteau 41’ South African Custom Cutter 41’ Hans Christen 40’ Bayfield Ketch 39’ Corbin Ketch

MONOHULL SAILBOATS 1996 $1,195,000 Mexico 1987 $349,000 St. Petersburg 1980 $ 95,000 Tampa 1988 $269,000 St. Petersburg 1986 $289,000 Boston 1966 $350,000 St. Petersburg 1976 $ 99,700 Bradenton 1987 $144,900 Punta Gorda 1971 $169,000 St. Augustine 1979 $164,000 West Palm Beach 1979 $154,900 Madeira Beach 1977 $134,900 Ft. Pierce 1987 $134,500 Ft Lauderdale 1987 $ 89,900 Ft. Lauderdale 1987 $124,900 Crystal River 1982 $ 69,000 Green Cove Springs 1978 $ 74,900 Ft. Lauderdale 1986 $ 95,000 Palm Coast 1982 $ 88,900 Ft. Lauderdale 1986 $ 95,000 Palm Coast 1986 $ 84,900 Melbourne 1975 $ 99,900 Cape Coral 1985 $ 99,000 Punta Gorda 1995 $ 65,900 New Smyrna 1988 $189,900 Bradenton 1988 $159,000 Palmetto 1980 $ 79,900 Ft. Lauderdale 1970 $ 85,000 Bokeelia 2002 $163,900 Ft. Lauderdale 1990 $ 89,000 Ft. Lauderdale 1985 $179,900 St. Augustine 1987 $108,900 Ft. Lauderdale 1983 $115,000 Port Charlotte

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Your Authorized Dealer for SELECTED LISTINGS Marine Trader 44 SD 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . .$129,000 (P) Hatteras 43 DC 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$128,500 (S) Island Pilot 39 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$315,000 (S) Carver 36M 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$215,000 (S) Mainship Pilot 34 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,999 (S) Lien Hwa Seahorse 32 1986 . . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 (N) Boston Whaler O26 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 (S) Holby Pilot 19 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sale Pending Irwin 52 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$135,000 (S) Phinn Custom Schooner 1989 . . . . . . . . .$167,000 (P) Beneteau 49 ‘07 & ’08 (2 cabin & 3 cabin) .Call for Special Beneteau 46 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call for Special Sea Master 46 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$175,000 (P) Beneteau O440 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sale Pending Privilege 42 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$299,000 (N) Morgan Classic 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$77,000 (N) J/Boats J 130 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$210,000 (N) Beneteau 40 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call for Special Beneteau First 40.7 ‘02 & ‘02 Starting at . .$129,000 (S) Hunter 37.5 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$75,000 (S) Beneteau 361 ‘00 & ‘01……Starting at . .$89,000 Farr 36 Custom 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 (N) Gulfstar 36 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,000 (N) Beneteau 34 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock Hunter 340 ‘99 & ‘01 Starting at...$55,000 (S) Tartan 34-2 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,000 (P) Beneteau O331 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 (N) Beneteau 323 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$85,000 (S) Hunter 320 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sale Pending Pearson 323 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,500 (P) Beneteau 311 ‘00 & ‘03……Starting at . .$65,000 (P) Catalina 30 ‘88 & ‘90……...Starting at. . .$29,000 (N) Nonsuch 30 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,500 (S) Alerion Express 28 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,900 (N) Catalina 28 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,900 (S) J Boats J/80 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,900 (N) Beneteau FC 7.5 ‘06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,900 (N) Catalina 22 MKII 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,900 (P) Sylvana Rocket 22 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$36,000 (N)

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Catalina 28 MKII. 1998. Excellent condition.

Dodger, Bimini. Huge cockpit and comfortable. Low hours on original diesel. Radar, GPS, Chartplotter, VHF, Autopilot, VHF. Anchors, line, Gear. Cushions excellent down below and in cockpit. Rebuilt roller furling.

Whisker pole. 135 and 155 headsails (both like new). New Bottom job, Jan. 2009. $42,900. Located Palmetto, FL, in Tampa Bay. (941) 792-9100. www.cortezyachts.com Avon 6-man offshore life raft in valise. Serial # 34048. Manufacture #M87D. Last serviced

by Life Raft Survival Equipment, Portsmouth, RI—18 August 2005. $1900. Never used.

(419) 797-2377. (6/09) _________________________________________ West Marine hard bottom dinghy. WM260 Lite Rib. 8’ 6”, #V30276. New. Never used.

Paid $2100. Will sell for $1000. (419) 7972377. (6/09)

Real Estate for Sale or Rent Sails & Canvas Slips for Sale or Rent Too Late to Classify Trinka Rowing Dinghy, 10 ft, blue hull, very good condition. Beautiful, classic lines, rows like a dream, classic boat. Includes two new oars and oarlocks. $1100 obo. Located Key Largo.

(305) 849-0646. (7/09) _________________________________________ Carolina Skiff 16’. 30hp 4-stroke Yamaha 2002, center console, trailer, great condition $6,500.

(727) 277-9110. (7/09) _________________________________________ 1975 Lippincott Star. 22’. # 5919 built for, and raced by, Howard F. Lippincott Sr. Nomex-cored hull and foam-cored deck. Light air flyer! Old plywood bulkheads have been removed. Custom Galvo-trailer with all new running gear. Mast, boom, pole, standing-rigging and three suits of North Sails. $1,100.

Contact Gary Smith for pictures and more details. Cell 321 698 4351 Email Fivespeed05@cfl.rr.com. (6/09) _________________________________________ FLYING SCOT..… Very Attractively Priced New Boats used only for the Adams Cup Finals. Race rigged and professionally tuned.

Includes North Sails main, jib,spinnaker, and galvanized trailer. Available in late September at Bay St. Louis, MS. For details Call (800)864-7208 (9/09)

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NADA average retail value: $13,240 + thousands of dollars in extras over NADA. Ft Walton Beach, FL. (850) 651-2715 or lagarde@cox.net. Photos available. (6/09a)

1980 Chrysler T-27 sailboat racer/cruiser design by Charlie Morgan.

Race Ready– 1979 MORC 1st Place Title. 2006 New Dodger, Batteries, Charger. 2008 New Port Windows, New Lifelines.

Asking $8779 OBO (727) 279-6968. www. ahoystrangecharm.com. (5/09)

Island Packet 27 Sloop. $43,900. St. Petersburg. This popular IP-27 is a very roomy, comfortable and seaworthy pocket yacht with a larger interior than most 30 footers. Lightly used with very low engine hours— a must see vessel! Call Stew at (727) 4150350, or Jacek at (727) 560-0901. www.sciyachtsalesinternational.com.

Island Packet 27 Sloop 1987. $30,000. Fun, local cruiser. 4-foot draft. 8 hp Yanmar diesel.

Many extras including gennaker, dinghy, storm anchor. (941) 484-3891. Venice, FL. (7/09) Tanzer 28, 1973. Flush deck, well-maintained by owner since 1980. Totally refurbished with new Vetus Diesel, Fully equipped for Cruising.

Price $16,900 O.B.O. Tel: (239) 823-6372 Email: HermanVA3QX@gmail.com. (7/09) News & Views for Southern Sailors

Catalina 28 MKII. 1998. Excellent condition.

Dodger, Bimini. Huge cockpit and comfortable. Low hours on original diesel. Radar, GPS, Chartplotter, VHF, Autopilot, VHF. Anchors, line, Gear. Cushions excellent down below and in cockpit. Rebuilt roller furling. Whisker pole. 135 and 155 headsails (both like new).

New Bottom job, Jan. 2009. $42,900.

Located Palmetto, FL, in Tampa Bay. (941) 792-9100. www.cortezyachts.com.

28’ Corsair F-28R Trimaran ‘97. ‘07 Carbon sails, ‘07 - 9.8 OB, overhauled trailer. Turn-key condition. $69,900. Palmetto, FL. Write for particulars to fmp28r@yahoo.com. (941) 538-8540. (5/09a)

Hunter 30, 1978. Very good condition. 3 jibs, spinnaker, asymmetrical—all in great condition. New cushions, dodger, portlights.

Chartplotter. 4-foot draft, standard rig.

Rebuilt engine. Extremely well-maintained.

New Bottom Paint. $16,500. Palmetto, FL. (941) 720-5750. (6/09)

Catalina 30 sailboat, 1989, 3’10” draft, tall rig, new bottom paint and running gear, Engel refrigeration. Sails in excellent condition. Diesel rebuilt Oct ’08. 10 amp solar, 8.5 Achilles and 3.5 Nissan, $22,000. Cruise Ready. South Florida. (305) 509-2834. (5/09)

Go to www.tiki30.blogspot.com to view an online journal documenting the step-bystep building of this boat. Built by Boatsmith, Inc., Jupiter, FL www.boatsmithFL.com. (561)744-0855

82 Pearson 30 Flyer. Competitive PHRF racer.

Mylar and Dacron sails. 3 spinnakers, 3 jibs, 2 mains, Raymarine speed, depth, wind. BMW diesel. Hauled ’08. Faired and Coated ’04. New mainsheet traveler. New jib track & blocks.

Folding prop. $13,500. (813) 641-2755. (5/09)

1987 Catalina 30 with Universal diesel, Harken RF, lazy jacks, Bruce and Danforth, Lemar STs, Bimini, Data Marine instruments, Grill, GPS, VHF, Stereo, TV, front door refrig, alcohol stove, swim ladder, marine air and more. A great boat at a fantastic offer. $21,000. www.Cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100

30’ Bodega Sloop. Semi-custom bluewater cruiser. 5 foot draft. Beautiful teak interior, opening ports, navigation station, Yanmar diesel, refrigerator, propane stove, oven, wind generator, solar panel, wind vane, autopilot, large sail inventory, dinghy. Extensive storage.

Sleeps four. $25,000. (321) 567-4139. (5/09)

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1977 Southern Cross 31. Ready to sail around the world. Full-keel blue water cruiser.

Sabb/Norway diesel. Epoxy barrier coat. New Harken roller furling. $20,000 for quick sale.

(954) 559-1217. (7/09)

32’ Watkins 1983 Ideal for cruising or liveaboard, well maintained. Hybrid refrigeration, 27 hp Yanmar, A/C, autopilots, GPS, High output alternator. Pictures and list of equipment: www.kollmann-marine.com/Loreli.htm or call (954) 583-7215. (5/09a)

1975 C&C 33. New Standing and running rigging, racing & cruising/delivery sails.

Good race record. Epoxy barrier coat bottom.

AM/FM CD and speed/depth. Asking $17,900 Call Mike at (727) 510-4167 or (727) 796-4260. (7/09a)

2004 Catalina 34 MK II, loaded and ready.

This boat is equipped for the discriminating sailor for pure pleasure or the competitor for pure enjoyment. Everything you need in a boat. Two complete sets of sails, one to cruise, another to race. Everything is like new. $127,500. www.Cortezyachts.com for listing or call (941) 792-9100.

1968 Classic Morgan 34’ In process of refurbishing for past 2 years. Full Lead Keel added complete with CAD designs. New wiring. New Simrad electronics still in the box. Auto Pilot System and Radar (electronics cost 9K). Owner deceased. Widow wants out at $10,000 or BO. Located in St. Augustine.

(727) 505-4247. (5/09a)

Jeanneau 37. 1978. Very fast center cockpit cruiser/racer. Lots of room below. Excellent offshore sailing vessel. Hawk’s Flight is a proven design. Built in France. Fast and safe passage making or very comfortable liveaboard. She is sound, large inventory of spare parts and recent improvements. Priced to sell, owner very motivated.Stew (727) 415-0350 (727) 560-0901. www.sciyachtsalesinternational.com

Buy a Hunter 38 for the Price of a 36? Yes You Can!! We can now offer you a Hunter 38 for the base boat price of a Hunter 36 @ $107,992.A 29K savings! This is available for a very limited time only. Call us today for details. SouthEast Sailing & Yachts (904) 8245770, www.ses-y.com.

1995 Hunter 35.5 loaded, Yanmar diesel, low hrs, Roller Furling 150% and 130, 2 mains, Dutchman, two GPSs, SSB radio, VHF, Auto Pilot, solar, like new dodger, Bimini, dinghy w/OB and crane, boom vang, new running rigging, manual windlass, full galley, head w/shower, Marine air. Must see. Asking $65,000. www.cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100.

Nassau 34 by President Marine, 1983. Project boat, fiberglass, diesel, double ended, full keel, aluminum spars, davits, teak decks, refrig, Marine Air, propane. $15,900 OBO www.Cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100

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Gozzard 36, 1987. Excellent Condition.

Brand New Sails. Partial Awlgrip. New Bottom Paint. Radar, SS Radio, B&G instruments.

Bimini/Dodger, hard windshield. Hard Dinghy and Motor. Davits. Bob (314) 487-4543, $109,000 rgruener@earthlink.net. (5/09)

$50 – 3 MO. AD & PHOTO

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TransWorld CT 41. 1979. Proven full-keel blue water cruiser. Perkins 4-108 diesel. 46’ LOA with bowsprit. Ketch-rigged Center Cockpit with walk thru to aft cabin.

Complete Awlgrip paint. Custom stainless steel rails and davits. 10’ 6” Caribe RIB with 15hp OB. Full galley. Beautiful teak interior with lots of storage. Maxwell electric windlass. Much more. New sails and rigging. As is — asking $69,000. North Carolina. www.Cortezyachts.com (941) 792-9100

40’ Searunner Trimaran. Absolutely solid and complete with all you’ll need. Only $69,000. OBO. Just get on board and sail the dream. All pics and full details. http://Searunner.multiply.com E-mail to davenaudrey2@yahoo.co.uk. (813) 312-1029.

Cruising Cuba, December-February. (5/09)

1997 Catalina 40, Cruise ready, AC, 4K Generator, 10” color Garmin GPS, ST6000 AutoPilot, watermaker, TV/DVD/CD/Stereo, 10’ Zodiac w/9.9 4-stroke Yamaha, Davits, and much more. Longboat Key Moorings. $149,900. (407) 810-5621 (6/09a)

Catalina 400 MK II. 2000. Better than new at half the price. One owner. Panda genset, Caribe dinghy, Kato davits, Nissan OB, Two AC units with Heat, Raytheon radar, color chart plotter, auto pilot, electric winch to raise main, Bimini with windshield, side curtains, shade curtains, micro, fridge/freezer, Auto prop, new shoal draft wing keel, cruising chute, whisker pole & MORE. You won’t find one better equipped or maintained.

Hotspur—in St. Petersburg. $164,000. Call (727) 743-6634. (6/09)

1971 44’ Moody Carbineer Motor Sailor, Punta Gorda, FL - BIG PRICE REDUCTION $119,900. Rebuilt engine & many new systems. Great Value! Full details @ www.whiteakeryachtsales.com. (941) 7760616.

CORTEZ YACHT SALES SAIL 41’ Transworld 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 40’ Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500

Bayfield 40 Hull # 34 full keel 5’ draft, cutter ketch designed by H.T.Gozzard built in 1984.

Exceptional condition with lots of new gear.

Harken roller furling on all sails. Marine air, WS, WD, depth, VHF w/remote, SSB, cd/radio, autopilot, chartplotter, radar, dinghy, life raft. $109,500 Call Major Carter or visit www.Cortezyachts.com.(941) 792-910

34’ Catalina 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . .$127,500 35’ Hunter 35.5 1995 . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 34’ Nassau 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,900 30’ Catalina1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$21,000 28’ Catalina 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$42,900 POWER 30’ Silverton 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,000

30K off on our unique, sleek, 2009 Hunter 49? Yes You Can!! This one is a Beauty! Call us today for details. SouthEast Sailing & Yachts (904) 824-5770, www.ses-y.com

30’ Luhrs Alura 1988 . . . . . . . . . .$18,500 28’ Sheffield Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . .$24,900

WE HAVE BUYERS — LISTINGS WANTED —

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Passport 40, 1987, loaded, Perkins 4108, Avon Rib with 8HP Yamaha, $119,900.

Located NW Florida, (850) 942-5600, Ask for Mike or leave message. (7/09)

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FREE ADS Free ads in boat gear for all gear under $200 per item. Privately owned items only. Editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

(941-795-8704) ICOM SSB M700UK with AT120 tuner $750.

Perfect condition. (727) 277-9110. (7/09) SOUTHWINDS

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CLASSIFIED ADS Sieman 75w solar panel $199. (727) 2779110.

(7/09) _________________________________________ 100’ Furuno radar cable $45. (727) 2779110.

(7/09) _________________________________________ Skipper Chair - used, needs bottom cushion, otherwise great shape with bracket $65. (727) 277-9110.

(7/09) _________________________________________ Windlass for sale. Manual horizontal. Same as Simpson Lawrance Sea Tiger 555. All bronze. Two-speed. $650. (941) 792-9100.

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Cockpit cushions. $150. Four cushions made of closed cell foam from a C&C 29. Includes helmsman’s hump. Excellent. Inflatable boat fenders 8.5”x27,” new in package. Two for $50. Made by Seasense, white premium vinyl.

WPB, FL. (561) 655-9555. (4/09) _________________________________________ Whale Gusher metal manual bilge pump, new $85; new Danforth 12 lb. hi-tensile anchor $50; new Bowmar white aluminum opening port lite w/screen !7”x7,” $100; new fuel injectors for Perkins $100. Call (954) 5603919.

(5/09) _________________________________________ Windlass Wanted. Lofrans Tigress 12-volt electric windlass. (941) 792-9100. _________________________________________ 1980 CSY 44 (walk over) full set main cabin cushions with floral pattern Sunbrella upholstery. $200. (954) 525-3279. (5/09) _________________________________________ 50 Amp Power Cord 50’ long—as New $350.

Raritan PHII, Manual Head rebuilt, replaced with electric model—$95. Baby Blake Head— make me an offer. Dinghy 8’ Achilles, old but no leaks, wood floor and seat—$250. Yanmar 3.5 two stroke outboard, not used since rebuild by Yanmar dealer—$300. Bruce 20 KG anchor—trade for #23 Fortress or HT Danforth. Miscellaneous sails, sea anchor, and marine gear. Andy (954) 533-2030. (5/09)

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68-year old man seeks female crewmate, 5565 who is fit and trim. I am an experienced sailor whose last sailing trip was to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I own a Islander 30 Bahama sloop. Fred Tappin. (727) 787-9231.

DONATE YOUR BOAT

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

HELP WANTED _________________________________________ Yacht Broker Wanted. Fort Lauderdale Area. Edwards Yacht Sales is looking for a broker to work out of his area/home office.

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Yacht Broker Wanted. CPYB, experienced yacht broker, to join a small sales team located in St. Augustine, FL. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new sailboat dealership & grow with us. Call (904) 4718865 or email your resume to hbowman.sesy@yahoo.com. _________________________________________ EDWARDS YACHT SALES is expanding again!

We’ve had a record yr. & are ready to expand in selected locations. Experience preferred but will train the right person. We need brokers for the East Coast, Panhandle, Ft. Lauderdale & Keys, aggressive advertising, group health care plan, bonus plan. www.EdwardsYacht Sales.com, contact Roy Edwards, 727-5078222.

Yachts@EdwardsYachtSales.com _________________________________________ Yacht Broker Wanted. Lots of Work. Growing company, with years of experience, in Tampa Bay looking for a team player. Great company support. Call (727) 823-7400, or Jacek at (727) 560-0901. _________________________________________ Sailing Instructors/Branch Managers. Offshore Sailing School is seeking skilled sailors with strong teaching experience, performance and cruising boat sailing experience, US SAILING certification (or skills to pass exam). USCG license required, or experience to obtain appropriate level. Manager applicants must have organization & management skills. Email resume to Doug Sparks at doug@offshoresailing.com, fax (239) 454-9201 visit www.offshoresailing.com/employment.

(4/09a) _________________________________________ Massey Yacht Sales Mobile Broker Do you prefer to sell yachts from your home office? If you do and you are a proven, successful yacht sales professional, we have positions open for Florida west and east coast. Take advantage of the Massey sales and marketing support, sales management and administration while working from your home selling brokerage sail and powerboats. Call Frank Hamilton (941) 723-1610 for interview appointment and position details.

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

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SLIPS FOR SALE OR RENT

________________________________________ Genuine Aspen classic poster. In 1970 famous Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, CO. He was nearly elected. His campaign poster, a lithograph by Aspen artist Tom Benton, became an instant collector’s item. It could be because the hand inside the Sheriff’s six-pointed star has six digits. It could be because in the hand is a green peyote button. This is the real deal, and it is signed by Dr. Thompson himself.

Both artist and wannabe Sheriff have passed on to other levels. Stunningly framed. (941) 722-9022.

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Clearwater YC. Clearwater start of Key West Race/Rendezvous.

(SuncoastBOTY-Spin A only,NS,C) 13 Clearwater YC. Sarasota start of Key West Race/Rendezvous (SBBOTY) (SuncoastBOTY-RC) 13 Clearwater YC. Boca Grande Start to Key West Race/Rendezvous.

(CHBOTY) 13 Clearwater YC. Naples start of Key West Race/Rendezvous (SWFBOTY) 17 Clearwater YC. Key West to Naples/Rendezvous. (CHBOTY) (SWFBOTY) 14-15 St. Petersburg YC. FWSA Championship 16 St. Petersburg YC. Darlene Clark Women’s Regatta, PHRF 16 Venice Youth Boating Assoc.

David Swett Memorial Regatta 23 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. Estebel Night Race 23-24 St. Petersburg YC. Sunfish State Champs, dmendelb@yahoo.com.

23-24 Davis Island YC. School’s Out Regatta, Dinghies 24 St. Pete Sailing Assoc. PHRF

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

Sheltered marina accommodates up to 28’ sail or power boats. Boat ramp. Utilities included. Call Office: (941) 755-1912. (6/09)

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JUNE 2 St. Petersburg YC. Master Calendar Meeting for 2008/2009 again, already.

6-7 Davis Island YC. J/24 Fleet Championship 7 St. Pete Sailing Assoc /Tampa Sailing Squadron. Transbay, PHRF 20 Cortez YC. Summer Sailstice Regatta, Gulf (SBBOTY ‘08-’09)

Advertise Your Boats for Sale.

REDUCED! 2 Bed 2 Baths waterfront villa on a sailboat water canal with your private deeded 50-foot boat dock in Venice, FL. call $385,000. Pino Gambo at (941) 716-4308 or www.pinogambo.com (6/09)

RACING CALENDAR

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

LEGEND BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BYC Biloxi YC, Biloxi, MS BSC Birmingham SC, Birmingham, AL BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS FWYC Fort Walton YC, Fort Walton Beach, FL FYC Fairhope YC Fairhope, AL GORC Gulf Ocean Racing Circuit, Biloxi, MS GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS JYC Jackson YC, Jackson, MS LBYC Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS LPRC Lake Pontchartrain Racing Circuit, New Orleans, LA See RACING CALENDAR continued on page 76 SOUTHWINDS

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Advanced Sails ...........................................30 All Women’s Sailing Connection .................35 Annapolis Performance Sailing ...................57 Antigua Sailing School................................25 Aqua Graphics............................................28 Atlantic Sail Traders ....................................20 Bacon Sails .................................................30 Bay Rigging ................................................30 Beneteau Sailboats .....................................BC Beta Marine................................................47 Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals.........................25 Bluewater sailing school .......................23, 35 Boaters’ Exchange ......................................21 BoatNames.net...........................................28 BoatPeeling.com ........................................28 Boatsmith...................................................22 Borel Mfg. ..................................................29 Bo’sun Supplies ..........................................17 Calema Windsurfing ...................................43 Capt. & First Mate Yacht Delivery...............28 Capt. Bill Robinson .....................................29 Capt. Jimmy Hendon..................................28 Capt. Marti Brown .....................................28 Capt. Rick Meyer ........................................28 Catalina 28 for sale ..............................25, 67 Catalina Yachts .....................................IFC,21 Clearwater Municipal Marina .....................49 Coolnet Hammocks ....................................29 CopperCoat ...............................................27 Cortez Yacht Brokerage ..............................73 Couples Sailing School ...............................35 CPT Autopilot.............................................74 Cruising Solutions ......................................25 Cruising Spirit Charters ..............................29 Dancing With the Wind Video ....................30 Defender Industries ....................................39 Doctor LED.................................................11 Doyle/Ploch Sails ........................................31 Dunbar Sales .............................................IFC Dwyer mast................................................74 Eastern Yachts/Beneteau ......................IFC,BC Edwards Yacht Sales ...................................68

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Ellie’s Sailing Shop ......................................28 E-Marine.....................................................29 Fairwinds Boat Repairs................................30 Fairwinds Yacht Sales..................................67 First Patriot Insurance .................................49 Flagship Sailing ..........................................26 Florida Open Water Society ........................34 Florida Sailing and Cruising School ............35 Flying Scot Sailboats...................................72 Garhauer Hardware ....................................13 Gulfport City Marina ..................................38 Harborage Marina ......................................19 Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack.............................14 Holland Boatyard........................................28 Hotwire/Fans & other products .................29 Hunter ......................................................IBC Innovative Marine Services ...............12,28,30 International Sailing School ........................35 Island Packet ...................................IFC, 5, 66 J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales..................69,BC Klaus Roehrich Surveyor .............................31 Leather Wheel ............................................29 Mack Sails ..................................................12 Marine Canvas ...........................................31 Massey Yacht Sales .........................IFC, 5, 66 Masthead Enterprises ..................21,29,31 67 Mastmate ..................................................29 Milltech Marine ..........................................17 Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau ................69,BC National Sail Supply ...................................31 Nature’s Head ............................................30 North Beach Windsurfing ...........................42 North Sails ................................................56 North Sails Direct .......................................40 North Sails Outlet.......................................75 Ocean Rigging ...........................................30 Online Marine ............................................58 Patriot Yacht Services .................................50 Porpoise Used Sails.....................................31 Quality Maritime ........................................27 RB Grove/Universal and Westerbeke ...........55 Regatta Pointe Marina ..................................9

Regatta Time in Abaco .................................6 Rigging Only ..............................................30 Rparts Refrigeration ....................................46 Sail Repair ..................................................31 Sail Technologies ........................................31 Sailing Florida Charters...............................35 Sailing Florida Sailing School ......................35 Schurr Sails.................................................59 Scuba Clean ...............................................28 Sea Hagg....................................................28 Sea School..................................................46 Sea Tech.....................................................74 Sea Worthy Goods......................................30 Shadetree ...................................................10 Shiney Hiney ..............................................28 SmarterSail Charter & School ...............15, 35 Snug Harbor Boats & Co............................21 Snug Harbor Boatyard................................33 SouthEast Sailing & Yachts ...........................8 SSMR ....................................................30,41 St. Augustine Sailing Enterprises .................35 St. Barts/Beneteau......................................BC Stowmate...................................................17 Suncoast Inflatables....................................24 Sunrise Sails, Plus .......................................31 Tackle Shack ...............................................14 Tampa Sailing Squadron Youth Program ....37 Tideminders ...............................................54 Toyota ........................................................16 Trans Marine Pro ........................................25 Turner Marine ...........................................IFC Ullman sails ...........................................28,31 U-Sail of Central Florida..............................35 Wag Bags ...................................................32 Water Witch ...............................................55 Waterborn ..................................................47 West Marine .................................................3 Windpath Fractional Sailing........................35 Yacht Authority......................................28,51 Yachting Vacations .....................................48

RACING CALENDAR continued from page 75 LPWSALake Pontchartrain Women’s SA, New Orleans, LA MYC Mobile YC, Mobile,AL NOYC New Orleans YC, LA NYCP Navy YC of Pensacola, Pensacola, FL OSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS PelYC Pelican YC, New Roads, LA (Baton Rouge) PontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA PYC Pensacola YC, FL PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, FL SPYC St. Petersburg YC, St. Petersburg, FL SYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA StABYC St. Andrews Bay YC, Panama City FL TYC Lake Tammany YC, New Orleans, LA MAY 2-3 2-3 2-3

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Sea Buoy Race, PBYC Spring 4, LBYC GYA Match Racing Championship (Schweppes), SYC POW Quarter Finals, SYC A Class Catamarans NA, FWYC PYC #1, PYC Spring 5, LBYC Iron Man Open, BSC Spring Regatta, BucYC Sunfish Women NA, BWYC Memorial Day Regatta, PBYC Spring 6, LBYC Slip to Ship, OSYC R19, Regional, SYC Juby Winne One Design, SYC Catalina 22 National Championship, FWYC Great Circle/Senior Bowl, MYC School’s Out, PontYC Navy Cup, NYCP GYA Women’s Championship, FYC

JUNE 6 Candler Regatta, StABYC 6 Fleur d’ Lis, LPWSA 6 Mobile Bay Marathon, FYC 6 Cancer Society, PYC 6-7 Florida State Laser Championships, FWYC 7 PYC Championship #2, PYC 13 We Found the Bay, PtYC 13 Bowlegs Regatta, FWYC 13 New Orleans to Gulfport, NOYC 13 Find Gulfport, LBYC 13 Bowlegs: J/22 SE Circuit, FWYC 13 GYA Quarter Finals, MYC 13 J22 SE Championship, FWYC 19-21 Offshore Challenge Cup, GYC 19-26 Snipe Nationals, PYC 20-21 GYA 420 Championships, LBYC 26 Gulfport to Pensacola, GYC 26-28 Round the Island Race, FWYC 27 Summer Splash Poker Run, BucYC 27 Jr. Rondenella, BWYC

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SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGE Beneteau..............................................................................................BC Boaters Exchanges/Catalina ..................................................................21 Boatsmith/Wharram catamarans...........................................................22 Catalina 28 for sale..........................................................................25,67 Catalina Yachts ...............................................................................IFC,21 Cortez Yacht Brokerage ........................................................................73 Dunbar Sales .......................................................................................IFC Eastern Yachts ......................................................................................BC Edwards Yacht Sales .............................................................................68 Fairwinds Yacht Sales............................................................................67 Flying Scot Sailboats.............................................................................72 Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack.......................................................................14 Island Packet .............................................................................IFC, 5, 66 Massey Yacht Sales/Catalina/Hunter/Eastern/Mariner ................IFC, 5, 66 Masthead Yacht Sales/Catalina ........................................................67,21 Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau ..........................................................69,BC Snug Harbor Boats & Co......................................................................21 SouthEast Sailing & Yachts .....................................................................8 St. Barts/Beneteau................................................................................BC Suncoast Inflatables/ West 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Autopilot.......................................................................................74 Cruising Solutions ................................................................................25 Dancing With the Wind Video ..............................................................30 Defender Industries ..............................................................................39 Doctor LED...........................................................................................11 E-Marine...............................................................................................29 Garhauer Hardware ..............................................................................13 Hotwire/Fans & other products ...........................................................29 Leather Wheel ......................................................................................29 Masthead Enterprises .....................................................................21, 67 Mastmate Mast Climber .......................................................................29 Milltech Marine ....................................................................................17 Nature’s Head ......................................................................................30 Online Marine ......................................................................................58 Rparts Refrigeration ..............................................................................46 Sea Hagg..............................................................................................28 Seaworthy Goods .................................................................................30 Shadetree Awning Systems...................................................................10 SSMR....................................................................................................41 Stowmate.............................................................................................17 Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, Precision ..................................................14 Tideminders .........................................................................................54 Wag Bags .............................................................................................32 Water Witch .........................................................................................55 West Marine ...........................................................................................3 SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES Advanced Sails .....................................................................................30 Atlantic Sail Traders ..............................................................................20 Bacon Sails ...........................................................................................30 Bay Rigging ..........................................................................................30 Doyle Ploch ..........................................................................................31 Dwyer Mast/spars, hardware, rigging...................................................74 Innovative Marine Services ...................................................................12 Mack Sails ............................................................................................12 Masthead/Used Sails and Service...........................................21,29,31 67 National Sail Supply, new&used online ................................................31 North Sails Direct/sails online by North ................................................40 North Sails, new and used..............................................................56, 75 Ocean Rigging .....................................................................................30 Porpoise Used Sails ...............................................................................31 Rigging Only .......................................................................................30 Sail Repair ............................................................................................31 Sail Technologies ..................................................................................31 Schurr Sails, Pensacola FL .....................................................................59 SSMR....................................................................................................41 Sunrise Sails, Plus ................................................................................31 Trans Marine Pro ..................................................................................25 Ullman Sails.....................................................................................28,31 CANVAS Marine Canvas 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May 2009 77

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y wife and I have been sailing our sloop Wayward Wind in the Caribbean for over 10 years. We live aboard about six months every year then return to our home in New Orleans. I’m a retired fireman, and my career encompassed long hours of boredom punctuated by moments of intense terror. Kind of like cruising.

There are two marinas available for cruisers to Cartagena, Columbia; Club Nautico and Club de Pesca. Club de Pesca sponsors an annual fishing tournament and sailboat race every year. Torneo de Pesca was held Dec. 47, marking the 28th year for this prestigious event.

The three-day schedule includes meals of breakfast through dinner for participants and guests with open bar for participants in the evening. The words “open bar” hooked me like a fish.

There was one foreign sailboat in the regatta. The vessel’s owner is a very young, very British cruiser. His boat is a CT-56, named Pangea, one of the most spacious and beautiful sailboats we’d ever visited, a classic, 33-ton full-keel cutter ketch. Under sail she is beautiful, and I later discovered appearance was higher on the captain’s list of importance than functional equipment or even safety.

When the sailboat’s captain and I met, he told me he raced his boat in this same regatta the previous year.

He said he was competitive but loved to party; if there was not sufficient wind to race, he would return to the dock and join the festivities.

Other volunteer crewmembers included a couple from the United States, who would serve as tactician/helmsman and head sail trimmer, a retired doctor and another retired U.S. firefighter. I was assigned to trimming the mainsail.

With the exception of the ship’s young captain, the crew looked like the “over the hill”—make that “over the wave”—gang.

Prior to the race, we held two practice sails. There was a problem with the two headsail winches, and the crew struggled to learn the process for handling the headsail during tacking.

The mainsail—that I would be trimming—had its own issues and the complex trimming of the mainsail had to take place while crawling and/or standing in the cabin on the companionway steps because the hatch had to be open.

Getting the boat up to speed after tacking was like starting a long freight 78 May 2009

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Scene of the crime: Pangea

Sailboat Racing, South American Style — or How I Got KO’d in Colombia

By Art Wiltz

The chance of mistakes are about equal to the number of crew squared.

— Ted Turner

train with only one engine. It took awhile, but the boat sailed well once her speed was reached. We looked like a bunch of Keystone Kops at a goat roping the first day, but by the end of the second practice, we were tacking pretty good.

The first race day we got stuck on a shallow right next to the second mark. We may have seen the shallow area on a chart, if we’d had one, and the chart plotter did not work. We were actually pleased with our finish, especially since we did not finish in last place.

The final race for this series included guests and spectacular catered food. Our boat had a party unlike any other boat on the water and we finished well. Did I mention drinks were served? I was happy to be a part of this prestigious event.

On Sunday, there was a separate race, and it was not included as part of the series. It was the Admirals Race.

Each boat hosted a retired admiral from either the navy or coast guard.

The crew’s spouses and other guests were aboard, too.

When we were near full sail and

while I was cleaning up the mainsail’s trimming lines, I heard one of my U.S. friends yell in pain near the mizzensail. I turned to look and saw him holding his shoulder; he had been hit in the shoulder by the boom due to an unexpected jibe. In the second it took for me to turn and look at the injured crewmate, I suffered my own personal knockdown when the mainsail boom hit me in the head. I have been told the last thing you hear is a “boom” sound when a boom hits you. I didn’t hear anything and when I opened my eyes, I saw the companionway stairs from an upsidedown perspective. Apparently I fell through the open hatch down the companionway, eight feet into the boat, head-first and unconscious.

Our guest admiral contacted someone by phone and a very fast coast guard boat was sent to our site.

The Colombian coast guard boats look and run like cigarette boats for obvious reasons.

After being stabilized, they transferred me and my wife, Darlene, to the coast guard boat, which sped us to the local naval hospital emergency room. The emergency room doctor spoke very little English, but we managed to communicate. Later, a neurologist arrived wearing a “I’m on Vacation” tshirt. He spoke pretty good English and ordered medicine and a CT-scan.

He then explained that hospital procedure for head injury required the patient stay four hours for observation, so Darlene observed me for four hours.

The response of the coast guard and care at the hospital was extraordinary. The prices for medical care throughout South and Central America is very inexpensive, and the medical staff is always eager to serve at whatever level possible. I recommend cruisers host a retired admiral aboard your vessel while sailing in foreign waters. But then, that’s me.

The bad news is, I still have some sort of Pavlovian after-effect. I keep asking Darlene to answer a phone that is not ringing. The good news is, I did not break my neck.

In the Torneo De Pesca Regatta, our boat did not place, but received a Most Amiable trophy. She finished second in her class, despite the delay of dealing with me and my head. We were happy to receive a secondplace trophy. It should have been “Best in Show.” www.southwindsmagazine.com