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Editorial: Race to Cuba; Gofundme Campaign on Florida Anchoring; Everglades Challenge; Hydrofoiling Lasers

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Letters You Should Believe

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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

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

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BoatUS Founder Richard Schwartz Passes BoatUS

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Hydrofoiling Lasers with Wing Sails

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Carolina Sailing: Warrior Sailing Program

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Southern Race Report

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Everglades Challenge 2015: Canceled at First Checkpoint

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Southern Regional Racing Calendar

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How — and Why — I learned to Sail

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Southern Sailing Schools Section

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Southern Marinas Pages

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Alphabetical Index of Advertisers

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Hydrofoil Lasers. Page 29. Photo by Chuck Taylor

Everglades Challenge. Page 40. Photo by Steve Morrell.

COVER PHOTO: Sailing in the Sunfish Midwinters in Melbourne Beach, FL, in March. On the left is Francisco Renna from Argentina, who placed 17th. On the right is David Mendelblatt of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida, who placed fifth and was also the top Master at the Midwinters. Photo by Ross Herbert. Page 39.

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Race to Cuba Alice Petrat, who manages the Bone Island Regatta which sails from Sarasota, Tampa Bay and Naples to Key West, has been working on putting together a regatta to Cuba for the last few years. With the new changes in the Cuba policy, she has received notice that she can move forward with processing at a faster pace than in the past. As of press date in early April, the situation looked favorable and a race to Cuba from Key West is now an optional part of the Bone Island Regatta. Alice says she still has some deadlines to meet with the Coast Guard and the Department of Commerce, but feels confident it will all go pretty much as planned. But she also says that she will only know for sure that the race will be on in the coming weeks—and for sure when they have left Key West and are on the way to Cuba.

It’s important to note that it is too late to be part of this race to Cuba. Deadlines are long past.

The race will leave Key West Harbor on May 20. The finish is expected to be at Morro Castle outside Havana.

There will be an awards ceremony on May 22 in Cuba, a farewell dinner on May 25 and departure from Cuba on May 26. All entrants will be participating in events in Cuba as part of the qualifying requirements to go to Cuba. Those events, as of press date, are still in the planning stage. All entrants are to bring food and water and other supplies for the entire time they are in Cuba.

SSCA Starts Gofundme Campaign to Defeat Anchoring Restrictions The Seven Seas Cruising Organization (SSCA) has started a Gofundme campaign to oppose Florida Senate Bill 1548 which would limit anchoring to a 200-foot setback from residential properties. In many areas, this bill would eliminate anchoring and severely limit it in other areas. The campaign has a goal of $75,000, which would be used for expenses, including hiring a professional lobbyist, to represent boaters and others who are in opposition to the senate bill. Go to www.ssca.org to make a donation to the fund. Another proposal before the Florida Legislature is about derelict vessels and the SSCA supports that. On the day we went to press in April, the House turned down an amendment to the derelict vessel bill that would have tied

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Everglades Challenge Canceled in March On page 40, I have an article on the Everglades Challenge which was canceled after its first checkpoint. The Coast Guard was called in on the morning of the start on March 7 and rescued 12 craft that got in trouble in the middle of Tampa Bay. I’ve followed this event for five years now with greater interest every year. With 135 boats and over 240 people involved, it’s become a major annual small craft event in Florida. It has never been canceled before, even though conditions have been equally as rough—just not in the same place. But this year, it seemed like the perfect storm for problems. Read more about it on page 40.

Hydrofoils and Wing Sails on a Laser?

What’s the world coming to? Chuck Taylor in Punta Gorda has been experimenting and developing wing sails for several years now. We first published an article and photos about them in September 2012. Chuck started with making sails for Sunfish out of 1/8-inch luan mahogany frames, which evolved to aluminum frames with polystyrene foam covered with Mylar polyester sheeting. Two years later, in another article in February 2014, Chuck had moved on to carbon fiber wing sails for Lasers. Now in this issue, Chuck talks about how he has put his wing sails on foiling Lasers.

An Australian group has developed a centerboard and rudder that easily install on an existing Laser to create a hydrofoiling Laser. Chuck has joined with the Charlotte Harbor Community Sailing Center and ordered some of these foiling Laser parts and is inviting people to come down and try them out. They will be offering instruction on sailing them. Read about it on page 29. To read Chuck’s past articles, go to SouthwindsMagazine.com and read them in Back Issues.

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LETTERS The following letter is a copy of a letter sent to Senator Bradley.

It refers to SB1548. To learn more about SB1548, read “Here They Go Again—Florida Anchoring Laws Again in Limbo.” From the Helm, page 8 – April issue in Back Issues at www.SouthwindsMagazine.com.

Senator Rob Bradley 208 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 Dear Senator Bradley, I am writing to you to express my opposition to SB 1548, ostensibly a bill about “vessel safety,” submitted by Senator Dean. While the bill may mention some elements relating to vessel safety and the care of Florida’s greatest resource, our waterways, the bill is, in fact, a frontal assault on the rights of all Floridians and the rights of those who visit our state and transit our navigable waterways, and on whom our state greatly depends.

I am a retired U.S. Navy Captain, and as you might suspect, a responsible boater. I do believe that in my almost forty years of cruising our nation’s waterways, I don’t think I have ever offended anybody. I do, however, occasionally anchor unexpectedly, most often when I get tired. I am always respectful of private property. My stays are short, and I’m usually on my way in the morning. I find it reprehensible that my rights and the rights of legions of responsible boaters would be eliminated in most of Florida if SB 1548 becomes law.

I am not against reasonable boating regulations. Nor do I, or any responsible boater who I know, have any sympathy for owners of derelict boats or those who try to live “on the cheap” at the expense of local communities. Florida is on a reasonable path toward determining appropriate anchoring regulations with the Pilot Program, that engaged all players involved with Florida boating. Efforts such as SB 1548, seek to circumvent a lot of hard work on the part of many in order to placate a few high profile homeowners who wish to convert navigable waterways, open to all, into their private lake. Language in the bill that seems well intentioned is just clutter. There are plenty of laws that already deal with the boating abuses always cited to disguise the true intent. This bill, at its core, is a fundamental violation of the public trust, converting the historical rights of many in order to invest them in a wealthy, politically connected few.

A waterfront homeowner said it best at one of this past summer’s FWC workshops on anchoring: “I don’t want to look into my backyard and see a boat!” He was oblivious to the fact that his backyard ends at his property line, and what lies beyond is as much mine and yours as his. I urge you to respect the rights of all Floridians, reject this bill and allow the Pilot Program to run its course.

Respectfully yours, Frederick A. Braman Captain, USN (ret) Fleming Island, FL

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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures and Gulf Stream Currents – May For live buoy water and weather data, go to the National Data Buoy Center at www.ndbc.noaa.gov

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adult Sailing Lessons, Melbourne Yacht Club, Melbourne, FL, May 14 The Melbourne Yacht Club (MYC) will be offering adult sailing lessons beginning May 14 and lasting for 5 weeks.

Thursday night classes will be followed by water sailing time on Sundays. Classes include instruction materials and use of MYC’s 420s. The course costs $175 for non-members.

Contact myceducation@melbourneyachtclub.com for more information.

Hurricanes and Boats Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, May 20 The St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron will hold a seminar, as part of it summer seminar series, on “Hurricanes and Boats,” on Wednesday, May 20. This twohour seminar covers how to prepare your boat to survive a hurricane. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Instruction is free.

Materials are $40 per family. Maximum 20 students. Preregistration is required at www.boating-stpete.org.

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North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. Ongoing traditional boat building classes. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317.

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

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

The course name “About Boating Safely,” begun by the Coast Guard Auxiliary, satisfies the education requirement in Florida and most southern states and also gives boaters of all ages a solid grounding (no pun intended) in boating safety. Other organizations offer other courses which will satisfy the Florida requirements.

About Boating Safely (ABS) covers subjects including boat handling, weather, charts, navigation rules, trailering, federal regulations, personal watercraft, hypothermia and more. Many insurance companies also give discounts for having taken the boater safety education course.

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The following are ABS courses (with asterisks **): **Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. (904) 5029154. mchristnacht@comcast.net. www.uscgajaxbeach.com /pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25 including materials. **New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing. New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06 First Saturday of the month. 9am to 5pm. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot). Register online at BoaterEducation.info **St. Augustine, FL, May 2, June 5. Coast Guard Auxiliary of St. Augustine. One-day course. St. Augustine Campus, St. Johns River State College, 2900 College Drive (off SR-16), St. Augustine, starts 7:45 am and lasts until 5:00 pm. Register prior to the class by contacting Vic Aquino at (904) 460-0243.

Early registration is recommended as space is limited.

US SAILING COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) For more on course locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, go to www.ussailing.org/ education/training-courses, or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644.

Check the website, since courses are often added late and after press date. For learning-to-sail courses, go to www.ussailing.org/education.

Small Boat Instructor Course Level 1 Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa, FL. May 2-3, 9-10 (two weekends). Contact Jane Millican at instructortrainermillican@gmail.com. Instructors Jane Millican and Peter Eduardo.

University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL. May 9-10, 16-17 (two weekends). Contact Allison Jolly at allisonjolly@gmail.com. Instructor Allison Jolly.

Youth Sailing Foundation of Indian River County, Vero Beach, FL. May 9-10, 16-17 (two weekends). Contact Daniel Thomas at datverobeach@gmail.com. Instructor Jabbo Gordon.

Little Washington Sailing Club, Washington, NC. May 1518. Contact Anne Kumins at anne.kumins@gmail.com.

Instructor Arne Manella.

Big Pine Key Sailing Club, Big Pine Key, FL. May 21-24.

Contact Instructor John Gordon at anavssbn619@gmail.com.

NC Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC. May 22-25. Contact Brent Creelman at brent@maritimefriends.org. Instructor John Griffin.

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College of Charleston Sailing Assn., Charleston, SC. May 2225 Contact instructor Jessica Koenig at jessica@charlestoncommunitysailing.org. Instructor US Sailing Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL. May 22-25. Contact Alan Jenkinson at alan@usscmc.org.

Instructor Kate Henderson.

Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Key Biscayne, FL. May 30-June 2.

Contact Nic Pro at adultsailing@kbyc.org. Instructor Jeanne Walker Sinclair.

Camp Sea Gull/Camp Seafarer, Arapahoe, NC. June 2-5.

Contact Blair Overman at overman@seagull-seafarer.org.

Instructor Allison Jolly.

Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA. June 2-5. Contact Holly Murrary at sthcrux@aol.com. Instructor James Miller.

Small Boat Instructor Course Level 2 St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg, FL. May 2-3.

Contact Jane Millican at instructortrainermillican @gmail.com. Instructor Allison Jolly.

Powerboat Instructor University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL. May 15-17.

Contact Jon Meyers at powerboat@ussailing.org. Instructor Zachary Oppenheim.

Camp Sea Gull/Camp Seafarer, Arapahoe, NC. June 2-4.

Contact Jon Meyers at powerboat@ussailing.org. Instructor Dick Allsopp and Michael Askew.

BOAT SHOWS 19th Annual Gulf Coast Classic Boat Show, Biloxi, MS, May 16-17 Historic, antique, classic and contemporary wooden boats are on display at the largest gathering of watercraft on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Wooden Boat Show features exhibits, demonstrations, music, children’s activities, food, contests, prizes more. Also available is the Schooner Sail Special during the show with sailing times at: 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm daily at $10 person. 10 am to 6 pm. Schooner Pier Complex, 367 Beach Blvd., Biloxi. (228) 435-6320.

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Powerboat Safety & Rescue Boat Handling Center for Marine Training, Galveston, TX. May 2-3, 16-17, 30-31 (two separate courses). Contact Center for Marine Training at cmts@tamug.edu.

28th Annual Houston Summer Boat Show, June 3-7 Reliant Center, Houston International boat, Sport & Travel Show, Inc. (713) 626-6361. www.houstonboatshows.com.

Safe Powrboat Handling - Day Camp - Youth ages 12-14 USF St. Pete Campur Recreation, St. Petersburg, FL. June 1519. Contact Andrew Porter at aporter4@usfsp.edu.

SEAFOOD FESTIVALS & FLEA MARKETS 31st Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festival, Pensacola, FL, May 1-3 The Pensacola Crawfish Festival has a wide variety of Cajun fare such as crawfish poboys, crawfish pies, and over 16,000 pounds of boiled crawfish, along with chicken baskets, red beans and rice, gyros, bloomin’ onions, kettle corn, apple dumplins and Deep Fried Brownies. Alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages. Music. Fri. Noon-11 pm; Sat. 10 am-11 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm. Bartram Park, Bayfront Parkway, Pensacola (850) 433-6512. www.facebook.com/pensacolacrawfishfestival

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boaters lots of time to think about and plan their attending the event. This is for rendezvous held in the Southeast U.S. or Bahamas. Send information to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association Spring Rendezvous, Norfolk, VA, May 4-7

2015 Corsair Owners Rendezvous and National Championship, Pensacola, FL, April 28 -May 3

Educational seminars on navigation and information on the portion of the Loop between Norfolk, VA, and Rogersville, AL (site of the fall rendezvous), presented by experienced cruisers. Previous Rendezvous have had additional sessions on topics as diverse as insurance, purchasing and selling your boat, provisioning for your cruise, and the ABCs of Looping. Check the agenda to see what side sessions will be scheduled this year. www.greatloop.org.

2015 marks the 20th Anniversary of the first Corsair Trimaran Nationals. To celebrate, Corsair Marine is sponsoring an extra special event that will cater equally to racers, recreational sailors and cruisers by upping the fun factor and adding educational/informational sessions, while still providing a rigorous racing program for hardcore racers. To be hosted by the Pensacola Yacht Club. For additional information and schedule of events, the NOR, logistical information concerning accommodation, boat launching, trailer parking and docking, etc., go to http://sail.corsair marine.com/2015-corsair-rendezvous-nationals

Florida Beneteau Owner’s Rendezvous, Sarasota, FL, May 1-3 All Beneteau owners and crew welcome—with or without your boat. Held at Marina Jack’s at the downtown waterfront in Sarasota, FL. Contact Murray Yacht Sales for details at info@MurrayYachtSales.com. (727) 214-1590.

8th Annual Wharram Sailing Catamaran Sail-In Rendezvous, Islamorada, Florida Keys, May 15-18 Wharram catamaran owners will be holding their eighth summer rendezvous—Hui Wharram—in the Florida Keys on May 15-18 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 is a great meeting area.

Check out the Lorelei at www.loreleicabanabar.com. Call Dan at (305) 664-0190 and leave a message with a phone number, or send an e-mail to floridawharramrendezvous@hotmail.com and you will get very detailed information by return email. This will be the last Hui Wharram and will also be a celebration of life for Gene Perry who originally founded the Wharram Huis.

OTHER EVENTS

31st Annual Cedar Key Small Boat Meet, May 1-3 The 31st Cedar Key small boat meet will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 1-3. It is completely informal.

Tides and weather are still the only organization. There are no planned events, signups, or fees. For more info, contact Hugh Horton at (586) 215-7060, or huhorton@gmail.com.

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.

All shallow draft boats are welcome: canoes and kayaks, catboats and catamarans; trimarans, rowboats and sailing dinghies; scows, sharpies and sampans; punts, pirogues, prams—and pirates’ yawlboats.

18th Annual Catalina 22 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise, Fort Walton Beach, FL, May 9-16 The Catalina 22 National Sailing Association’s Fleet 77 of Fort Walton Beach, FL host this cruise. This one-design event, open to all Catalina 22 sailors, attracts participants from across the country and Canada. The one-week 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 Bear Point 14

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Dragon Boat Festival to Save Dragon Point, Cocoa Village, FL, June 13 Along with other activities, this inaugural event will include local and regional teams racing on a 300-meter racecourse on the Indian River in front of Riverfront and Lee Wenner Parks. Racing is scheduled to begin at 9 am and conclude at approximately 3 pm. Spectators are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and blankets and come for the day to enjoy family friendly festivities. The event is being run by Save Dragon Point Inc. (SDP), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the rebuilding of “Annie,” the community’s iconic and adored river dragon. More information is at www.sdpdragonboat.com.

2015 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. How to develop a simple plan to protect your boat.

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SOUTHWINDS on Cumberland Island After SOUTHWINDS published a three-part series on Cumberland Island in the February, March and April issues, article author Fred Braman took bundles of the magazine to the park bookstore, which the park service gladly put out for distribution. The articles can be read online in Back Issues at SouthwindsMagazine.com.

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Okeechobee Water Level Decreases Since March As of press date in early April, Lake Okeechobee was at 13.73 feet above sea level, dropping about one foot since early March. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 7.67 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 5.87 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 50.11 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to http://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.

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A Macgregor 26/Hobie 16 Hybrid Trimaran

By Steve Morrell A hybrid trimaran with a Macgregor 26 main hull and Hobie 16 amas cruising in the Bahamas. Photo by Bruce Matlack.

My friend Bruce Matlack told me about this very unique craft he came across while cruising in the Bahamas this past winter. The boat, obviously a trimaran, has a MacGregor 26 for the center hull and the outer hulls (amas) are from a Hobie 16. Also shown here, resting on the aka (the framework connecting the main hull to the amas), is a hard-shell kayak which has a single ama attached, making it an outrigger when there is only one ama.

When I first saw this boat and realized what it was, I thought: Where would you get an inexpensive, shallowdraft, lightweight, monohull sailboat— that has no ballast and also has a decent cabin down below—that would serve as

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the main hull of a trimaran? A water-ballasted trailerable boat like the Macgregor 26, of course. You just don’t add the water ballast. And where else would you get two outer hulls to serve as amas? A Hobie 16, of course.

I thought it was all a stroke of genius. It’s an inexpensive custom trimaran. It’s not fancy, but it’s beautiful.

I am hoping to get hold of the owner, who I understand is an American doctor, to find out more about this boat. If anyone knows this person, please let me know or have him get hold of me at editor@southwindsmagazine.com, or 941795-8704. We would love to do an article with more photos of this unique craft.

Four-Masted Spanish Navy Training Ship Returns to Pensacola, FL, May 26-31

By Kim Kaminski The four-masted Spanish Navy training sailing vessel, known as Spain’s “floating embassy,” the Juan Sebastian de Elcano, will be in Pensacola for five days, May 26-31.

Photo by Kim Kaminski.

The four-masted Spanish Navy sailing vessel known as Spain’s “floating embassy,” the Juan Sebastian de Elcano returns to Pensacola on May 26 to honor the Battle of Pensacola and General Bernardo Galvez. The Elcano is the

third tallest ship in the world. The 370-foot schooner was built in 1927 and was named for the Spanish explorer, who in 1519-1522 completed the first circumnavigation of the globe with Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet.

The reason the Spanish Navy chose to sail to Pensacola as one of its ports of call was because of Dame Maria Davis, honorary Vice Consul of Spain who invited the ship and crew to help the City celebrate General Bernardo Galvez who in May of 1781 this Spanish Commander defeated British Troops, taking Pensacola for his homeland. Each year, Pensacola celebrates the victory and its history.

The ship will be in Pensacola for five days as part of the Fiesta of Five Flags celebration—a celebration that recognizes the founding of Pensacola by Spanish explorer Don Tristan Deluna, who established Pensacola as the first European settlement in the United States. For more information on the ship’s visit, go to www.visitpensacola.com or www.fiestaoffiveflags.org

Anna Maria Island Proposes Changes in Bridge-Opening Schedule, Limiting Recreational Boat Traffic Openings Currently the two drawbridges linking Anna Maria Island on Florida’s west coast on the south side of Tampa Bay open on demand on the half-hour and hour from Jan. 15 to May 15 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. From May 16 through Jan. 14, the bridge opens on demand every 20 minutes during those hours. Year around, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., the bridge opens on demand at any time. (This schedule is only for recreational boating. For government and commercial traffic, openings are always on demand.)

Because of heavy traffic going off and on the island, island and county officials are proposing changing the schedule so that daytime openings are always only on the 18

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hour and half-hour year around. They have proposed the change to the Coast Guard, which will decide if the change is warranted. The public will be invited to make comments on the Coast Guard website, and public hearings on the changes will be held. The proposal was made in March and a public comment area has not yet been posted, as of press date for this issue.

Hours on Okeechobee Waterway Locks Change The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will change the operating hours at the five locks on the Okeechobee Waterway at the beginning of April. The new operating hours at each of the five locks are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, with the last lock through starting at 4:30 p.m. The Corps stated that the new hours will reduce costly overtime while keeping the locks operating that accommodate 95 percent of the boat traffic that passes through the locks. The change took effect on April 1 and affected the following locks: • W.P. Franklin Lock near Fort Myers • Ortona Lock near LaBelle • Moore Haven Lock on the west side of Lake Okeechobee • Port Mayaca Lock on the east side of Lake Okeechobee • St. Lucie Lock near Stuart

Proposed Change of Schedule for Ladies Island Swing Bridge, Beaufort, SC Proposed hours could severely limit recreational boating traffic

By James H. Newsome The county and city of Beaufort, SC, petitioned the USCG

Bridge Branch in Miami in October 2014 to adjust the operating schedule for the Woods Memorial (aka) Ladies Island Swing Bridge located on the AICW at Statute Mile 536. The 30-foot, closed vertical clearance swing bridge is owned by The South Carolina Department of Transportation and operated by Infrastructure Corporation of America (ICA).

Currently, the bridge opens (with the exception of Federal holidays) Monday through Friday on the hour and half hour from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and does not open, because of heavy road traffic, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.. All other times the bridge opens on demand.

The proposed changes will result in the bridge opening on demand for non-commercial private vessels at 6:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., and at anytime between 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.. Opening for commercial and government vessels will be non-restricted at all times. Essentially, if this schedule is adopted, the bridge will open only twice daily at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for private boaters during normal travel hours for boaters.

Once the USCG Bridge Branch has reviewed the request for the permanent change of schedule, they will evaluate the request prior to making a decision and responding in writing to the applicant.

Beaufort’s Mayor Billy Keyserling commented that he does “not want to unnecessarily inhibit ICW traffic, which is an important feature of our very special city. Then again, as mayor, I cannot always follow my personal view in light of the public good. I know that many who live on Ladies Island do not like to have to wait on the bridge coming through downtown Beaufort. And I am sure many on our side of the bridge do not like the traffic congestion when the bridge opens.”

It is unclear as to whether or not a period of public comment will be provided. Boaters with concerns about this proposed change of operating schedule can contact the following authorities.

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BoatUS Founder Richard Schwartz Passes No One Did More for America’s Recreational Boaters than Richard Schwartz From BoatUS

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oat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) Chairman and Founder Richard Schwartz, who created and grew the association to become the predominant advocacy and boater services organization for the nation’s recreational boat owners, passed away February 11 after a short illness. He was 85.

Two years ago, Schwartz announced his retirement from a 47-year run as the leader of the over half-million-member boating association, and until his passing, remained chairman of the BoatUS Board of Directors as well as chairman of the BoatUS National Advisory Council.

The creation of the nation’s largest and most influential recreational boating organization all began with a day on the water back in the early 1960s. Schwartz was invited aboard a friend’s boat and, soon after departing the dock, the vessel’s owner was given a ticket for improper engine compartment ventilation—which Schwartz viewed as clearly unfair as the owner had no responsibility for the boat’s construction. A Princeton and Yale Law School graduate and young anti-trust attorney at the time, Schwartz asked his boating friends if there was anyone fighting for their interests—the answer was no.

With that incident, BoatUS was born with a mission of “service, savings and representation.” Just a few years later, Schwartz’s Capitol Hill testimony resulted in the watershed Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, which gave the U.S. Coast Guard the power to hold manufacturers accountable for certain safety standards—including engine compartment ventilation—and created the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety, saving countless lives.

With grace, grit and determination, Schwartz went head-first after the problems affecting recreational boaters, often persuasively leading the opposition to draw its own like-minded conclusion, and sometimes taking a more direct approach with testimony laced with his characteristic, “That’s outrageous!”

The First to Fight for Boaters’ Rights and Safety Schwartz was the first to fight for legislation on behalf of boaters, and his efforts at shaping national boating policy helped secure passage of the Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1979—also known as the Biaggi Bill—which affirmed that taxes and fees paid by boaters should support boating programs. He later was a vocal opponent to user fees and the highly unpopular luxury tax (1992) and the diesel fuel tax (1997), both of which were repealed. In 1984, Schwartz was widely credited in leading the passage of the federal Wallop/Breaux Trust Fund Amendment, today part of the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund that now returns over

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$600 million annually to federal and state boating and fishing programs.

Taking advantage of America’s post-war boom in recreational boating, Schwartz led an organization that was an early pioneer in discount marine retailing, starting with a single product—a floating flashlight—eventually opening a nationwide chain of 62 BoatUS retail stores. He also made BoatUS a major influence on the national boating safety stage with the development of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water, which runs innovative programs ranging from the free Online Boating Safety Course to the only nationwide life jacket loaner program for kids, and EPIRB rental programs.

Created One of the First and the Largest Boat Towing Service When Congress directed the U.S. Coast Guard to stop providing routine on-the-water assistance in the 1980s, Schwartz created the largest on the water towing service in the nation, the red boats of BoatUS Towing Services.

Schwartz created the only consumer protection bureau for boaters to seek redress with manufacturers, suppliers or businesses, as well as a dispute mediation program. BoatUS Reports, the association’s early member newsletter, eventually grew to become BoatUS Magazine, the largest boating magazine in the country with over half a million circulation.

Started the First Marine Insurance Program in Plain English The BoatUS Marine Insurance program, started in 1967, offered the first recreational boat policy in clear, understandable language rather than the unintelligible, centuries-old, commercial ship language from Lloyd’s of London. Schwartz wrote a primer on what a boat policy should have in plain English, which today has been adopted industry-wide. Long before there was publicly available data on the causes of insurance claims, BoatUS developed the only recreational boat damage avoidance program and publication, Seaworthy, to help BoatUS members avoid claims and injuries. BoatUS insurance programs now total over $8 billion in hull value.

Ironically, in the early years, Schwartz didn’t own a boat. However, he grew his fleet of watercraft to include a favored 22-foot Chris Craft rumble seat runabout and a 42foot catamaran deck boat for family runs to the local crab shack. He is survived by his loving wife, Beth Newburger Schwartz, seven children and 16 grandchildren.

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With Hydrofoils and Wing sails you can really make your Laser fly!

Try Out Hydrofoiling Lasers with Wing Sails in Charlotte Harbor

By Chuck Taylor

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lot has happened in the quest for high-speed sailing in boats of all sizes during the past few years. In 2010, the America’s Cup made a very convincing argument for wing sails. And the Moth sailing dinghy has been building a new class configuration with their highspeed, high-tech foiling system. Then came the 2013 America’s Cup where both technologies were used to stage a spectacular regatta.

Here in Charlotte Harbor, you can try these technologies out. If you’re an experienced dinghy sailor, and gutsy, come try out the foiling kit at the Charlotte Harbor Community Sailing Center this spring and summer. We only have our first shipment of foils, so only a limited number of reservations will be accepted and scheduled at this time.

When we try to combine hydrofoils and wing sails on a Laser in the next few weeks it should be a first—not only in our area but, to our knowledge, anywhere else. In past testing of the wing sails on the Laser, we found that as the wind speed increased, so did the power the wing produced— more so than the power produced in standard sails in higher wind speeds. The wing sail system was more efficient the faster the wind blew. It should also help in the foiling that the wing sail rig weighs less than the standard sails Wing sails on the Lasers improved the overall speed and “pointing” ability between 10-20 percent over standard sails in wind speeds over 8 to 10 knots, but the hydrofoils alone nearly double the Laser’s speed capability. Make your

old Laser faster than a new boat at less than half price. Get it up on foils—and then “wing it.”

The 2010 America’s Cup inspired us to start a company, Solid Wing Sails, to develop the wing sails. First, the Sunfish was used for the development platform. The 2013 America’s Cup inspired the switch to carbon fiber wing sail construction and the shift to Lasers as a better development platform.

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Inserting the foil in the Laser takes a matter of minutes.

A Laser with a carbon fiber wing sail.

2013 America’s Cup being from Australia (with one from Great Britain and one American). It is then not surprising that another Aussie group, Glide Free Design, developed a foiling system that would fit directly onto a Laser with no modifications required.

The ease of use is also true when talking about the wing sails: No modifications are required when installing a wing on your old or new Laser.

This experiment with wings and foils has just begun. If the first shipment of the Glide Free foils hadn’t been held up in customs, we would have had a lot more time to experiment and get more photos of Lasers gliding on foils with wing sails on Charlotte Harbor.

Since foiling is a new skill for the Charlotte Harbor Community Sailing Center (or almost any sailing center in the world) we are on a fast track to practice and learn the foiling skills required with the standard Laser sails, before adding the “wings” into the picture. The existing carbon fiber wing sails may need to be redesigned to account for the dramatic increases in speed.

The America’s Cup races in San Francisco did point out that foiling required some new sailing techniques. It took the Oracle boat team eight races to learn how to foil upwind and make their dramatic come from behind win.

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mize the experienced sailors’ embarrassment. The rapid and dramatic shift of the apparent wind when the hull comes out of the water is like nothing experienced before. With the foils in place, the Laser becomes a more stable platform, both in displacement mode as well as foiling, and it will go upwind better in the displacement mode than in the non-foiled version. At this time, a breeze of over 10 to 12 knots is required to get the hull up on the foils. With some future hull constructions, we hope to reduce the needed wind to under eight knots. We will need some hull-design help to accomplish this, as well as help needed in the planned carbon fiber construction to cut down the hull weight by 100 pounds.

The Charlotte Harbor Community Sailing Center will be offering instructions for both foiling and wing sailing on the lasers, along with the standard lessons on other small sailboats for beginners and intermediate sailors. You should be an experienced sailor before you try the foiling excitement. The sailing center will be demonstrating the foils and wing sails at several regional Laser regattas later this year.

It took less than 15 minutes to put the foiling kit on a Laser the first time we tried it. It was simple, and we were in the water quickly. Our problem was that the wind did not co-operate. At under eight knots, it was enough to get the boat out to the center of the Harbor but not up on foils.

When the wind dropped some more, it was not enough to get back to the dock. That is when we learned a good lesson: You do not tow a foiled Laser at 10 knots—it popped up onto the foils and shot past us at blazing speed before Bob Hill could release the towline. He got a bath.

You can reserve your trial, or if you have questions, by calling Dennis Peck at (941) 456-8542, or Peter Welch at (941) 773-6326. Or contact them by email at thesailingcenter. org@gmail.com.

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Working With Warriors Myriad programs exist that introduce non-sailors to the sport, but one of the most commendable is the Warrior Sailing Program, a new initiative that works with wounded, ill and injured members of the military.

By Dan Dickison Participants in the Warrior Sailing Program’s recent Basic Sailing Camp head upwind aboard a Sonar. Courtesy Warrior Sailing Program

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n early April this year, 25 military veterans with varying degrees of disabilities and an array of medical conditions congregated in St. Petersburg, FL, for a three-day introduction to sailing. They came from various places around the country. Most of them had never been aboard a sailboat before, but all of them were game to try something new.

For three days, these “students” were given a chance to experience and better understand the basics of sailing with hands-on instruction using the facilities at the St. Petersburg Sailing Center and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s fleet of Sonars. This gathering is what the leaders of the Warrior Sailing Program call a Basic Training Camp, and they’re staging three of them this year (San Diego, CA, in early May and Galveston, TX, in September). The overall objective is to introduce disabled military—both active servicemen and veterans—to sailing and sailboat racing with the intent that they’ll develop an interest and continue in the sport.

“This program came about through a combination of efforts,” explains Ben Poucher, the sailing director for the

Warrior Sailing Program. “The organization I work for, the USMMA (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy) Sailing Foundation, seeks to create programs that increase opportunities for sailors and for boat donors. In that search, we discovered a veterans program that Jen French was running with US Sailing and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Ralf Steitz, my boss and the director of the sailing foundation, realized that their program could benefit from coaching. So, last year he and I both traveled to St. Petersburg for a week and helped coach in that program.”

That experience, says Poucher, revealed the tremendous potential that this kind of program has for making a difference in people’s lives. “We worked with 12 veterans that week, but we both knew that this thing could reach so many more.”

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manager for an actively-raced Swan 42. He has logged a great number of hours on the water both racing and delivering boats, and more recently, coaching a Paralympic competitor. For the camp in St. Petersburg, he assembled a team of coaches that included many of his sailing buddies. Each of these instructors is a seasoned sailor and experienced racer. But more importantly, he says, they’re all individuals with upbeat attitudes who can convey the fun and value of sailing.

To make these camps a reality, the Warrior Sailing Program initially secured grant funding from US Sailing. “Not long after our first experi- Warrior Sailing Program Sailing Director Ben Poucher (fourth from the right) ence coaching,” explains Poucher, “we found out poses with participants and organizers at a recent Basic Sailing Camp. Courtesy that US Sailing had received an adaptive sports Warrior Sailing Program grant to put on sailing camps for disabled veterthe participants in these camps pay essentially no expenses, ans. The problem was, the organization didn’t have the perincluding travel and accommodations. sonnel to run the camps. So Ralf, Jen and I approached US “We’re getting this program down to a science now. If Sailing and offered to run the camps. Those initial camps you can imagine it, we’re something of a traveling road were just one weekend a year and all the parties involved show, equipped to show up with coaches and a coach boat wanted to increase the frequency. Consequently, Ralf conand get started. The only limitation for our Basic Training vinced the USMMA Sailing Foundation to cover some of the Camps is the availability of boats. So, we’re trying to work costs and we worked with marine industry suppliers to prowith clubs and organizations that can offer the use of vide equipment such as adaptive benches and foul weather J/22s or Sonars. We literally show up to a partnering gear.” And due to an additional grant (this one from the yacht club with a fully functioning event, but we need to Veterans Administration), Poucher says that the majority of use their boats.”

Since the camps started, a novel development has occurred—an active Warrior Sailing Team has formed. “We have taken those participants who want to pursue the sport and developed a team,” explains Poucher. “We’ve got seven members who come from all over the country. These guys travel to compete at regattas.” For example, Poucher and four of the Warrior Sailing Team members traveled to Charleston in mid April to compete aboard an adaptive J/22 in Sperry Charleston Race Week against a class of nearly 15 boats. “Though the team has been together for about a year now, most of these guys haven’t had a lot of practice sailing with spinnakers,” he says. “Still, they competed well in Charleston despite that.”

What’s special about the Warrior Sailing Program, says Poucher, is that most of the participants who sign up have some background in competitive sports. “They’ve had experience in some form of competition, so they’re not only capable of learning a new skill, but it doesn’t seem like getting used to sailing pushes them out of their comfort zone. That’s great for the coaches because it can accelerate the learning process. When they’re sailing and setting up the boat, they understand that they’re part of a team. All of the things that most of us love about sailing, the teamwork and camaraderie and the interest in optimizing performance, these folks really enjoy, too. And, at least from my perspective, I feel that the military training they’ve had really gives them a strong foundation for becoming good sailors.”

The Warrior Sailing Program continues to be jointly supported by US Sailing, the USMMA Sailing Foundation and the Combat Wounded Veteran’s Challenge. For additional information about this program, log on to www.warriorsailing.org.

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RACE REPORT The 22nd Conquistador Cup Regatta, Punta Gorda, FL, March 6-8

By Pete Welch This event, sponsored by the Punta Gorda Sailing Club, is held in southwest Florida on Charlotte Harbor. The harbor and Punta Gorda in particular embrace Ponce De Leon and the influence of Spanish explorers and the early cattle and fishing commerce with the Spanish in Cuba. The event is the result of collaboration between the Punta Gorda Sailing Club and the philanthropic Loyal Order of Ponce De Leon Conquistadors. Results also count toward Boat of the Year West Florida PHRF awards.

Forty-six boats in seven classes competed over two days in winds of 15-20 knots.

The Conquistador Cup is a story of two races; overall performance for both days and winning the Sunday pursuit race to get the Conquistador helmet for a year and your boat picture on next year’s T-shirt. Boats start the pursuit in reverse order of PHRF rating; slowest first, and fastest 43 minutes 30 seconds later for the seven-mile, rhumb-line course. The trimaran Kimosabi started 31 minutes after the first boat out and finished first. Skipper Phil Saunders reported over 16 knots boat speed.

The finish order for all Sunday racers is also used in overall regatta placing. Spinnaker A was a return contest between Still Crazy and Obsession with the outcome reversed. With another season of experience, Bob Knowles’ J/95 and crew on Still Crazy beat Melges 24 Obsession via a tiebreak. Bob credits use of the larger spinnaker and improved jib trim with the win but points out that Obsession was over early in race three and had to re-cross the line, giving him a slim margin for first place in that race. Spinnaker B was dominated by Soulshine, with four first-place races. The class was an S2 7.9 event, the S2s taking first through third place.

The Multihull fleet, with their wider tack and jibe angles, seemed to be on a different course. And they were moving very fast. The faster-rated tris seemed to have too much sail power at times, even rounding up downwind.

The slower-rated Kimosabi had the right combination to win the class with three firsts and a third.

In Non-Spinnaker A, Fancy Free demonstrated the dividends that crew and boat development along PHRF parameters brings. Gerald Poquette has raced the boat for 29 years and increased the mainsail size in the transition from IOR to PHRF. He says, “Don’t be afraid of a rating penalty if the boat sails better!” Fancy Free got the Helmet two years ago and was second in the class this year with two firsts.

Learning to Fly and Air Supply also each took one first-place.

Non-Spinnaker B was dominated by Morgan with three first places.

held, none on Sunday. Since there were not enough races to include a throw-out of a boat’s worst score, a premium was placed on finishing consistently near the top.

Chili’s Tito Gonzalez placed 10-4-2-1, to easily win the event. Canada’s Larry MacDonald carried a 22nd but still finished second. Justin Coplin from Pennsylvania carried a 28th, yet placed third overall. Obviously these were trying conditions.

Coplin was deemed the USA representative to this summer’s Pan Am Games in Toronto. It was close between him and Matt Fisher in the last race, with Fisher 15 points ahead after three races. Apparently his spinnaker just brushed Coplin’s shroud on the takedown at a gate mark.

The DSQ for Fisher is under appeal at this writing.

Saint Petersburg Yacht Club has been hosting this event for decades, giving the racers all they could ask for. Except wind. For complete results, go to spyc.org.

2015 Flying Scot Midwinter Championship, Sarasota, FL, March 15-17

By Charlie Clifton The husband/wife team of Jeff and Amy Linton fought a seesaw battle with the father/son team of Zeke and Jay Horowitz at the 2015 Flying Scot Midwinter Championship March 15-17 at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. The lead changed three times in three days as 54 Flying Scots in two divisions completed eight races in picture-perfect conditions on Sarasota Bay. After the last race, the Lintons from the Davis Island Yacht Club (DIYC) in Tampa and the Horowitzes from the Squadron were tied with 22 points. The Lintons won the Championship Division by virtue of scoring two bullets ver-

Lightning Midwinters and Pan Am USA Trials, St. Petersburg, FL, March 14-17

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sus one bullet for the Horowitzes. The Lintons’ names will be inscribed on the Mary Meno Perpetual Trophy.

In third place, Ned Johnston and Ryan Donahue came all the way from Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Maine. They had never before sailed a Flying Scot, let alone raced one. They arranged to buy a new boat and have it delivered to the Squadron. With a little tuning help from their fellow sailors, they were quickly up to speed. They finished in the top four in five of the eight races, winning race five.

The DIYC team of Mark Taylor and Andy Hayward sailed consistently to clinch fourth place, winning race six.

They finished one point ahead of the Tampa Bay-based team of David Ames and PJ Buhler in Pig Pen, one of the oldest boats in the fleet.

In the Challenger Division, Jim Leggette and Mike Funk from Jackson, MS, took the top spot. Perhaps it is no coincidence that Brian Hayes from North Sails gave a Flying Scot Clinic at Jackson Yacht Club the previous week. The names of Jim Leggette and Mike Funk will be inscribed on the Brenda Pollak Perpetual Trophy.

Second place went to Norris Elswick and Chuck Tanner. Norris is a relatively new racer who, with coaching from Chuck, has been improving rapidly in the twicemonthly Scot races at SSS. They won six of the eight races.

Confusion during a shortened-course race cost them dearly as an apparent first place turned into a 22nd place.

Tied for second, Randy Rubinstein and Jim Cavanaugh were bumped to third on the tiebreaker. The Sarasota crew won the first race and was very consistent thereafter.

David Strawbridge and Joseph Connolly from St. James City placed fourth. They beat out Lawrence and Ruth Bigus, who came all the way from Kansas.

The Allen Douglas Memorial Sportsmanship Award, determined by a vote of the sailors—which ended in a tie— was presented jointly to Amy Smith Linton and Ron Pletsch.

Despite being under the weather, Amy sailed every race.

The second day she had to lay down in the boat from time to time.

Ron has been a long time promoter of the class. He spearheaded measurement duties at the Midwinters and is always ready to help with questions or repairs. Ron and Amy are exemplary of why it is such fun to be associated with and go to events run by the Flying Scot Class.

Results at www.regattanetwork.com/event/9297.

Will Stocke and Bryan White winning the last race of the OneDesign Midwinters in the VX One Class. Photo by Cha rlie Clifton.

Regatta the following week.

Darren Monster, of the Outer Harbour Centreboard Club in Toronto, set the pace on his way to first place. The winner of the 2014 Ontario Albacore Championship won

Michelob Light One-Design Midwinter Regatta, Sarasota, FL, March 20-22

By Charlie Clifton Seventy-seven boats travelled to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron March 20-22 for the One-Design Midwinters. Fine wind and fair skies provided perfect conditions for seven different classes. By far the largest group, the Canadian dominated Albacore fleet showed up in force. Thirty-nine boats from as far away as England congregated on the start line to prepare for the upcoming Albacore International News & Views for Southern Sailors

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RACE REPORT five of nine races with no finish lower than a six.

Coming second was Barney Harris of the Potomac River Sailing Association. The former national and international champion posted two bullets to finish eight points behind the leader. Author of The Complete Guide to Albacore Sailing, Barney will be one to watch at the upcoming international regatta.

In third place, Paul Clifford of Westwood Sailing Club in Toronto overcame some finishes in the teens on the first day. He posted two seconds and two thirds in the last four races. Paul has been at SSS for the past week preparing for the 10 days of Albacore racing at the end of March.

The second largest class was VX One. Builder Brian Bennett of Bennett Yachting, Inc., won three races to take first place for the series. Jeff Eiber of Cleveland, OH, won two races to finish two points out of the lead. Michael Norris of Plymouth, MA, won three races and ended up third.

Sarasota Youth Sailing instructor Will Stocke could only sail two of the three days. With that limited race opportunity, he still managed to sail his borrowed boat to two first- and two second-place finishes. Friday, he sailed with Sarasota youth sailing director Alana O’Reilly and Sunday with Bryan White. His finishes averaged three points.

E Scows fielded seven boats. Bill Nolden of Venice, FL, and Barneget Bay, NJ, crushed the fleet with seven straight bullets. In second place, Jim Barr’s crew had a shot at Nolden in one race but chose the unfavored end of the finish line. Bill Kimbel recruited sailing master John Jennings who helped them pull off three second-place finishes, but they missed a race, finishing third overall.

Guess who showed up in the six-boat Windmill Class?

None other than Arthur Anosov, world-class sailor fresh off a third place finish at the Star North American Championship last fall. He won every race and left Lon Etherington, Colin Browning and Allen Chauvenet fighting it out in the following three places.

Christine and David Kelly also put a whooping on their five-boat fleet of Daysailers. They won 8 out of 10 races and threw out a third. That left one first-place finish for Mark Rother (second overall) and one for Robert Damon (third).

The Kellys have their names on the Daysailer Midwinter perpetual trophy so many times that your scribe thought he was developing double vision when he saw it.

You know the weather is bad up north when S2 7.9s come from Kentucky and Michigan to race in a three-boat fleet. John Spierling from Shelby Township, MI, won all eight races.

In the two-boat “Other” class, Mark Grinder’s asymmetrical E Scow couldn’t keep up with the symmetrical E Scows but managed to beat Donald Fancher’s E-System, which posted three seconds and four DNCs. Results at www.regattanetwork.com/event/9368.

2015 Albacore International Regatta, Sarasota, FL, March 23-27

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The team of Ian Brayshaw and Jenny Gibbons sailing in the Albacore International Championship at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron in March. Photo by Charlie Clifton.

Sarasota Sailing Squadron in March. He had placed third in 2011 and then second in 2013 on the road to winning this year’s biennial championship. With Brazilian crewman Almir Tavares, he put together the most consistent finishes, including four bullets, to win the 12-race championship by 22 points. Carter played the middle for two days in the Gulf and worked on the side the two days raced in the bay, among 44 boats from Canada, the U.S. and the UK. North sailmaker Geoff Moore with crew Christine Short took second. It was his first Albacore regatta and the first time he and Short had raced together. They won second place by 11 points.

Perhaps a factor in these top two finishes was that the two crews, Tavares and Short, sailed together as a team in the One-Design Midwinters on Sarasota Bay the week before.

No team comes close to the number of top five finishes in the history of the Albacore International Championship as that of third place Americans Barney Harris and David Byron. Sailing together since 1995, they won the last four Championships and placed in the top five in the last nine Championships. After a slow start, they found their legs and placed in the top four in each of the last six races. It is clear whence David got his sailing genes. His 75-year-old mother, Daphne Byron, finished in the top three-quarters of the fleet, completing every race.

If there was an award for personality, it would go to first woman helm Judy Armstrong. Judy with husband Paul as crew placed a very respectable seventh overall. When the sailor from northern England was asked if she sailed on the North Sea, she replied, “No, I sail on a poodle.” Further conversation eventually revealed that the “poodle” was Scaling Dam Reservoir in North York Moors National Park. She said she doesn’t like chop since the reservoir is flat, but she didn’t have much trouble adapting to the choppy Gulf of Mexico. This was the third U.S. regatta for the former 420 Olympic campaigner. She was pushed hard throughout the regatta by second woman helm, Christine Kelly. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Neville Herbert and Mark Fowler had three bullets, the most of any crew besides the winners.

When Neville was asked if he sailed in the North Sea, the sailor from southern England replied, “No. I sail in the Solent. In the south. The reason you can’t understand Judy is because she is from the north.” The Herbert/Fowler crew pulled off a picture-perfect port tack start in the last race. They crossed the whole fleet and led all the way to the finish.

This is a boisterous, fun loving fleet whose desire to sail increases with the velocity of the wind.

Complete results at www.regattanetwork.com/event/9155.

Sunfish 2015 At the end of seven frustrating and challenging races, Jonathan Martinette from Ecuador (center US National boat) took first, just six points ahead of Conner Blouin from Maryland (left boat). On the right is Marguerite Koehler from New York, who placed 24th. Photo by Ross Herbert.

Championship at the Midwinter nice NE breeze of about 10 knots. But PRO Jim Edwards was Regatta, Melbourne, FL, watching several wind-reporting sites and was heard to say a number of times, “We’ll be lucky to get four races in this March 20-22

By Lynde Edwards Cover: On the left is Francisco Renna from Argentina, who placed 17th. On the right is David Mendelblatt of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida, who placed fifth and was also the top Master at the Midwinters. Photo by Ross Herbert.

This year’s Sunfish midwinters in Florida had the honor of also being the U.S. National Championship and a Pan Am games qualifying event. The event was organized by Sunfish fleet 669, which includes Chris Gates, the Florida Sunfish Association representative, and hosted by the Melbourne Yacht Club. This group has successfully put together a number of large Sunfish and Laser events over the past decade, all staged out of Ballard Park, a terrific venue on the Indian River that has a sloping shoreline that will accommodate simultaneous launching of over 50 boats.

This was a championship regatta and the participants reflected that. Seventy-one sailors registered from 12 countries and the USVI, many from South and Central America.

They also came from all across North America—14 different states and Canada. The age range was as wide as their origins, with nine sailors between 14-18 years and six in their 70s and 80s. In addition to the sailors, coaches and families, we had six people on planning team for the past year and 24 others at the park and club to make it happen, from the onthe-water race committee to the land-side volunteers doing registration, meals and the other “stuff” that goes into make an event like this happen.

For the racers that came on Thursday to practice and get a little local knowledge, the conditions were terrific with a News & Views for Southern Sailors

weekend, based on the weather predictions.”

By the Competitors meeting on Friday morning two things were evident; it was a beautiful day, but not for sailboat racing! After delaying for two and half hours, the race committee was finally able to squeeze in two races before having to come in for the day. Saturday had a little more wind, but it took 11 starts to get four races going, meaning that after two days, only six races were sailed. The race committee was determined to get in a seventh race on Sunday to allow a throw out, if only the usually dependable sea breeze would come in. So everyone (racers, coaches, R/C) floated around on the hot, windless river for over three hours. Finally, with 25 minutes to go before the “no races will start after” time, the race committee started a sequence, only to get a 30-degree shift requiring an AP flag to shift the course around. The race started with 15 minutes to go and the wind turned and died completely—10 minutes after the race finished.

At the end of seven frustrating and challenging races, Jonathan Martinette from Ecuador took first, just six points ahead of Conner Blouin, the same Conner that we have all watched locally for many years. Third went to Luke Ramsay from Canada, fourth was Jean Paul deTrazegnies from Lima, Peru, and fifth and top Master was David Mendelblatt, another Floridian who has been beating most of us for the past decade and more. The title of first women sailor went to Marguerite Koehler from New York, sailing against (and beating) her husband Jim. The top junior was Alonso Collantes de Riglos also from Lima, who came in seventh overall.

For results go to www.regattanetwork.com/event/ 9364. For hundreds of pictures, go to www.melbourneyachtclub.com.

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Everglades Challenge 2015 — Canceled at First Checkpoint

By Steve Morrell

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his year, the annual WaterTribe Everglades Challenge (EC), which started on March 7 in St. Petersburg, FL, was cancelled by the Coast Guard shortly after the start due to rough conditions which called for the rescue of several boats. The local news coverage was so scarce and incomplete that wrong information went out to the public— most of whom obviously did not know what the EC was, some even thinking it was a regatta—because that’s what some news sources called it. In a way it is, but the EC is its own thing.

What is the Everglades Challenge?

I’ve been covering the EC since 2011, when one of the SOUTHWINDS advertisers, Roy Edwards of Edwards Yacht Sales, told me he was entering it. I’d heard about it over the years but knew almost nothing, so I looked into it, learning that it was a 300-mile “race” down Florida’s west coast from St. Petersburg to Key Largo, with several mandatory checkpoints in between. The start is on the first Saturday in March. The first EC was in 2001. WaterTribe members all have special names they’ve chosen, like SandyBottom or MicroTom (both mentioned below).

It’s considered a race, because people who get there first do win first place, followed by second and so on. But it’s called the Everglades Challenge because anyone who makes it really does win the Challenge, making all finishers winners. Some of the entrants are sailing in the Ultra Marathon and only go to the first checkpoint at Cape Haze Marina in Englewood, about 64 miles south.

The requirement is that, of the first five classes, the boats can only be propelled by wind or human power, mainly meaning paddling or wind. The boats are all small craft with one or two people onboard and the boats must be able to be launched “off the beach from above the high water mark without assistance [from others].”

The variety of boats is tremendous, but they are mainly kayaks, trimaran kayaks, small monohulls, catamarans, and an assortment of custom-designed and built craft. The number of entrants has grown over the years, reaching 135 boats with about 240 people this year. The Hobie Mirage Adventure Island (the AI with single crew) and the Hobie 40

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Mirage Tandem Island (the TI with two crew)—both kayak with foot-pedaling power—have grown in popularity for the event. They can be bought with or without outer trimaran hulls and/or sailing rig (options that can be added later). It has its own class and is now the largest class, with 12 AIs and 29 TIs this year.

Many single crew sail on a TI. The WaterTribe requirements for safety and safety equipment on board are extensive (including a SPOT tracking device), and on the Friday before the start, every boat must go through a thorough inspection to ensure everyone has everything onboard required. Entry fees are $395 for captain and the same for a crew member.

Boats either go “inside” down the ICW or “outside” in the Gulf. The kayaks generally go inside all the way till you get south of Fort Myers Beach at which point you are in the Gulf. Mast height on some craft will mean having to deal with the ICW bridges, calling for openings. Most of the AIs and TIs that are set up as trimarans, as well as many other boats (including some kayaks), will go outside.

Calm Starting Conditions This year, the rough weather was in Tampa Bay, which is technically inside but everyone has to go through the bay before they choose the inside or outside route. It was in the bay where all the problems were. The EC starts on a long beach at Fort De Soto Park that runs east northeast to west southwest on the south side of St. Petersburg. Straight south from the beach are the open waters of Tampa Bay all the way down to Anna Maria Island. Those going outside head out just north of Anna Maria Island, which runs somewhat northwest-southeast. On the morning of the start, the winds were from the northeast, which means that outside in the Gulf, if you are not too far offshore, you would be in the lee of the barrier islands, and waters would be relatively calm.

On the morning of March 7, the starting conditions were almost perfect, with light winds on the beach. (You can view the start at YouTube. Type in “Everglades Challenge 2015, The Launch.”) Seemed like calm conditions, and it was—at least there on the beach.

The Coast Guard later reported northeast 20-knot winds and four-foot waves—and we know it’s always gusting higher. That meant the beach start was slightly in the lee of the land and as boats got farther out, they ran into rougher weather. Plus the winds were blowing against an incoming tide, and if you look at a chart of Tampa Bay, the upper end of it near Tampa down to Anna Maria Island is open all the way—and the winds on March 7 were going straight down that long run where the EC was crossing, which meant, the wind and waves were just aft of your port beam. The farther south you got from the beach, the more you were in the middle of it. Throw in the incoming tide’s current to mix it up a little more. For everyone, including a www.southwindsmagazine.com

non-sailing kayak, the waves were close together and breaking on your quarter stern. It’s almost the perfect storm for problems. After all, if you ran into high winds and chop in a kayak or small boat, would you choose to go downwind like that with the wind and waves basically just aft of your beam? But it’s a challenge/race and unlike a cruise, you can’t choose your weather window to start on your trip. But you are still responsible for choosing to go.

These conditions led to many kayaks capsizing or getting swamped or both—and at least one monohull and a catamaran flipping over. Later, reports came in of kayaks overturned or swamped with other WaterTribers nearby coming to help. Some they could assist. Others they found there was nothing they could do, so they called the Coast Guard. That set off a series of rescues of 12 boats, prompting the Coast Guard to put out a call for all entrants to head into the nearest safe port. Not everyone heard the calls by the Coast Guard to head into port, since many boaters don’t keep a VHF (or their cell phone) on and out in the open in these small open craft, which are all wet boats in these conditions.

It Wasn’t Rough Waters for Everyone In the previous four years I’ve been covering the EC, I’ve taken my 17-foot center console out onto the bay to take photos of the boats. The first year (2011), it was so rough, I couldn’t hold the camera steady and the spray was soaking me and the camera. I had to head in. This year, I checked the weather early, saw northeast winds at 19 knots and canceled. Mid-morning, I drove to the Manatee Avenue bridge that goes to Anna Maria, the first ICW bridge EC entrants encounter. At the bridge, a kayaker was just then going under it, and to the north, I could see a small monohull approaching and more kayaks beyond him. The conditions were ideal, not even a white cap, with a nice wind helping them along from behind. The sun was out on a clear day.

But they were all in the lee of the land at that point. About then, I heard from a friend on Anna Maria that there were problems and Coast Guard rescues, and several kayaks had sought refuge in Bimini Bay at the north end of the island.

After hearing that the Coast Guard was involved in some rescues, I started searching online for news, including the WaterTribe website discussion page. The WaterTribe SPOT online tracking system was down so I couldn’t see anyone’s progress. It was around noon when I learned that the Coast Guard had put the call out for all craft to head into a safe port.

Many never heard that call early on and continued on their way, especially those on the outside. Many on the inside, who were continuing in calm conditions down the ICW, heard about it and passed the word along to others around them.

Roy Edwards, who was in an AI trimaran and soloing for the first time this year, later told me he made it to the first checkpoint. He went outside and was in the lee of the coast, which meant flat water with good winds on his port News & Views for Southern Sailors

quarter stern—on a broad reach.

And if you’ve ever been in a small trimaran (I own a Windrider 17 trimaran) with good winds and flat water on a broad reach, it’s almost like the perfect confluence of ideal conditions—you fly, skipping across the water! And that’s exactly what Roy described: “The best day of sailing in 20 years!” He said he was going five to seven knots the whole way, and at times reaching as high as 11.8 knots, hitting 17 surfing waves. He beat his last year’s record to Cape Haze Marina by two hours.

He was the 15th entrant to make it to the marina and there were four or five other AIs there before him.

The Coast Guard Cancels the EC It was while Roy was having a great ride south that the Coast Guard canceled the event after the first checkpoint, Englewood. Many went into the nearest port or decided they were no longer part of the event and either continued on or made new plans. After all, just like I saw that kayaker going under the first bridge in calm conditions, everyone that went on the inside was feeling pretty good. And those going down the coast were having the best sail in years. Why would anyone think of canceling in those conditions?

The Coast Guard, called in by WaterTribers, rescued 11 people (later 12 was reported) in Tampa Bay within the first few hours. They also learned there were 135 craft with over 240 people who were sailing on a 300-mile trip south (although many were only to the first checkpoint). And all those craft were small, many being kayaks. The winds at the time were in the 17- to 18-knot range, with conditions in the Gulf off Everglades City under a small craft advisory with 20knot winds. The Coast Guard knew that all the boats going to Key Largo would have to be on the outside part of the time and many were already out in the Gulf heading south.

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that they were not aware of all the details of the EC: almost all the kayaks were going down the inside and the inside was calm, with non-threatening conditions; many were only going to the first waypoint; boats on the outside were enjoying great and safe conditions; and the event has been going on for 15 years (the numbers in recent years have increased greatly) without a lot of mishaps and rescues. In fact, most entrants in the EC are fairly hardened survivors.

I am not sure that the Coast Guard also knew about all the safety equipment that is required on the boats—which is far beyond the requirements that the Coast Guard has for going out on the water.

My impression was that the Coast Guard called it off because they were concerned about being overwhelmed with that many small craft, that many people, and the rough conditions. And they really knew very little about the event, the boats and the people involved. In other words, too many people and too many unknowns in rough conditions.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Rob Davis, a search and rescue coordinator, stated that, "Our No. 1 concern is safety of life at sea. With the weather deteriorating quickly, no manifest provided [emphasis mine] to the Coast Guard and unknown safety spotters on scene, we will unfortunately have to terminate the event."

I can’t blame them one bit, as they have always bent over backwards and gone way beyond the call of duty and risked life and limb to help people in trouble. Obviously, next year, they will know a lot more than they did this year, as will the EC managers.

The Discussion Afterwards: WaterTribe Forum On the WaterTribe discussion pages (http://watertribe.org /forums), there was a lot of talk about the Coast Guard decision to cancel. Some were mad that it was canceled. After all, many plan this trip for a year and take a week or two out of their daily lives for it. They also purchase boats, gear and anything needed to make the trip better and improve their chances. And entry fees aren’t cheap. Plus, many train for this event, preparing themselves and their boat.

Many have done the EC so many times that they know there can be mishaps from bad weather, boat problems and other concerns. Many said the crossing of Tampa Bay was rough, but not that bad, including one 83-year-old entrant—who survived the crossing—who said that he’d been on it in worse conditions. And it wasn’t just novices who had problems. One entrant (MicroTom) posted on his blog that he came across one of the best and most experienced kayakers (and an EC veteran) he knew, SandyBottom, who had rolled but who “skillfully got back into her boat, and with one of us on each side of her, we proceeded to pump her boat out with two hand bilge pumps.” She continued on her way. You can read his blog (one of the best accounts out there in understanding what happened on the bay) at http://watertribe.org/microtom/my-account-and-assessment-of-the-2015-evergladeschallenge. In it, he describes the conditions with this comment: “It just didn’t look that bad out there.” You can read SandyBottoms’s blog on her experience at http://watertribe.org/forums/topic/sandybottom-ec-2015-report. She obviously knows what she was doing. It makes you realize that there’s more than meets the eye on what happened out there—that there’s a lot of rumors flying around in the heat of the discussion.

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ing where the Coast Guard was coming from and the reasons why. The discussions also centered heavily on the subject of filtering out inexperienced entrants who couldn’t handle the conditions. It felt like some of the veterans who had no problems were blaming the cancellation on inexperienced entrants.

Although an experienced kayaker, SandyBottom, rolled (and easily and quickly got back on and continued), many wondered how many rolled because they were inexperienced. But it’s not the rolling and the swamping that appears to be a concern—it’s the recovery. There are no numbers (at this time) on how many self-rescued and went on without a hitch. SandyBottom, who teaches self and assisted recovery as an ACA L4 Coastal Open Water Instructor, makes the comment on her blog that, “All kayakers who paddle [in] surf and rough water will eventually flip, no big deal.”

A main concern in the discussions was how to make sure that inexperienced people are filtered out of the entries.

The ideas that surfaced were so numerous that they can’t be listed here, but I am sure that changes will be made to minimize problems. But they will never eliminate them, and anyone who thinks they will is either dreaming or dooming the EC—and other events like it—to failure. There will always be people getting in trouble and some will be experienced. It is often the experienced ones who like to push the envelope and take more risks. And the less experienced ones—the EC gives them the chance to gain more experience. One thing you can say for sure: Every experienced entrant was inexperienced at one time. I am sure the Coast Guard knows this and doesn’t expect perfection—as we are all humans. Otherwise, if they do expect perfection, they will be disappointed for the rest of their lives. There will always be rescues in dealing with the ocean, no matter what happens. People—even the experienced ones—make mistakes, accidents happen, people have health incidents, equipment fails, weather changes. Training and experience help minimize problems, not eliminate them. If the EC was easy, no one would enter it. It’s a challenge.

Personally, in five years covering the event I have learned that the boat and equipment requirements are extensive, that safety equipment and concerns are important to the EC managers, and that those who enter appear to be generally qualified to embark on this challenge.

How experienced they are, I can’t say with absolute knowledge, but over the years, I’ve talked to a lot of them on the beach on the day before the start, and I was impressed by how many talked about what they had learned from the year before—or years before—in the EC. Many get a new boat, or alter their current one, or change their gear or practice with it. And they all look at what others have and exchange ideas. They are all gaining experience because in a previous year they had problems.

But they keep coming back and more keep joining. They keep stepping up to the challenge.

I always think of the person who asked the race driver how he knows how fast he can go around a corner. His answer was, “You don’t know until you crash.” Getting experience without crashing is often difficult. Close calls help. Those who survive the crashes are often the best the next time around. And those who had to be rescued this year in the EC will probably be some of the safest who will be in it in the future.

For more on the WaterTribe, go to www.watertribe.com. www.southwindsmagazine.com

RACE CALENDAR Table of Contents Regional Calendars (Including regular club racing) Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA) East Florida Southeast Florida Florida Keys West Florida Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX) NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE 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, email editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

Send the information. DO NOT just send a link. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here is listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com.

Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races year around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited and sought. Contact the club for dates and information.

Individual club races are not listed here. We will list your club races only if they happen on a regular schedule.

For a list of yacht clubs and sailing organizations in the Southeast, go to www.southwindsmagazine.com.

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

Major Upcoming Regattas

St. Simon’s Island, GA, to Savannah, SC Race, May 22-23 Golden Isles Sailing Club and Chatham Sailing Club will host this second annual offshore race. The overnight race will start at 6 pm off the St. Simon’s Channel and a run 51nautical mile course to finish at the Wassaw Sound ocean marker near Savannah. www.goldenislessailingclub.com.

Coastal Cup Offshore Race, Amelia Island, FL to St. Simon’s Island, GA, May 30 Amelia Island Sailing Club and Golden Isles Sailing Club (GISC) will host this annual Race. The race, starting in St. Mary’s Channel at 9 am and runing 23 nautical miles north to St. Simon’s Channel, has long been a popular event for both clubs as skippers compete for individual class awards News & Views for Southern Sailors

and the clubs compete for bragging rights. Hosted by the GISC. www.goldenislessailingclub.com.

52nd Annual Ocracoke Regatta, Washington, NC, June 20 McCotters Marina sponsors the Pamlico Sailing Club’s Ocracoke Regatta which goes from Indian Island on the Pamlico Sound near Washington, NC, to Ocracoke on the Outer Banks. It is claimed to be the longest running big boat event on the east coast because it's the most FUN! The race is open to any vessel in seaworthy condition—for anyone who wants to spend a fun day out on the with a party afterwards in Ocracoke.

Classes include Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker and a special “Party” Class provided for power and sailboats who don’t want to race. Otherwise, race classes will be following US SAILING rules of racing. For more information, go to www.yachtworld.com/mccottersmarina, and click on Calendar of Events.

Race Calendar Club Racing: Go to the local association and club websites for club racing.

The following organizations do not post their races beyond the current month and are not listed in the below calendars: Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC See club website for local club racing.

Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for local club racing.

South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis, eg, SC=South Carolina). (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) MAY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2-3 Multihull Regatta. Multihulls. Lake Lanier SC (GA) 2-3 Keowee Cup. Open. Keowee SC (SC) 2-3 Great 48. Flying Scots. Lake Norman YC (NC) 2-3 D-12 Laser Grand Prox Regatta. Laser. Beaufort Yacht & SC (SC) 16-17 Thistle South Atlantic District Championships. Thistles.

Lake Lanier SC (GA) 16-17 Grits & Haggis Regatta. Flying Scots. Kowee SC (SC) 16-17 Junior Olympic Festival. Optis, Laser, 420.

Atlanta YC (GA) 22-24 Laser NA Masters. Lasers. Carolina YC (SC) 22-23 St. Simons Island to Savannah, GA* 23-24 Castleberry Robertson. PHRF, E Scow. Augusta SC (GA) 23-24 Dixie Thistles. Thistles. Atlanta YC (GA) 30 Coastal Cup Offshore Race. Florida to Georgia.* 30-31 Beaufort Water Festival. Open. Beaufort Yacht & SC (SC) 30-31 Hospice Regatta. Open. Lake Norman YC (NC) JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 13-14 Reggae Regatta. Open. Lake Lanier SC (GA) 13-14 SCYC Open Regatta. South Carolina YC (SC) 20 Annual Ocracoke Regatta (NC)* 20-21 James Island Open. James Island SC (SC) 25-30 US Sailing Jr. Women's Double-handed Champs. 420s.

Carolina SC (SC) 27-28 Low Country Regatta. Open. Beaufort Yacht & SC. (SC) CHARLESTON OCEAN RACING ASSOCIATION (CORA). www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina

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RACE CALENDAR MAY 2-3 29-30

Sheriff’s Cup Georgetown Ocean Race

JUNE No regattas scheduled. Go to CORA website for local club racing.

LAKE LANIER, GA. Lanier Auxiliary Race Committee. http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php See club website for local club racing.

LLSC. Lake Lanier SC. www.llsc.com BFSC. Barefoot SC. www.barefootsailing.org AISC. Atlanta Inland SC. www.aiscracing.com SSC. Southern SC. www.southernsailing.org MAY 2-3 16-17 17 30

Multihull. LLSC Thistle South Atlantic District Championship. LLSC Women Skippers. BFSC Dorton 3. BFSC

JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 20-21 Reggae Regatta. LLSC 27 Couples Race. SSC

Major Upcoming Regattas

62nd Annual Mug Race, The Rudder Club, Jacksonville, FL, May 2 Billed as the world’s longest river race, The Rudder Club will host the 62nd Annual Mug Race on May 2. There are two courses, one at about 36 miles and the other about 38 miles. The South Course is for all the boats that can pass under a bridge and the North Course is for boats with taller masts. Generally, about 150 boats sail the south course and about 20 sail the north course. Boats of every size and type race. The race goes from Palatka to Jacksonville along the St. Johns River. Pre-registration and party (“Party-in-thePark”) are on Friday at the Rudder Club. For more information and to register online, go to www.rudderclub.com.

(Read the article about sailing last year’s race, page 47.)

Race Calendar Club Racing (contact club or website for details): Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River.

Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally. Spring-Summer series begins the first Wednesday after daylight savings begins. Wednesday Evening races weekly.

The catamaran section of the club has fun sails on the third weekend each month at Kelly Park on Merritt Island.

Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com) holds reverse handicap races on alternating weekends; Sunday afternoons in the winter and Friday nights from April to Oct. Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends year around. MYC sponsors a Dragon Point Race Series for Co-ed racers and a monthly all-female DP series.

Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races.

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series organized seasonally.

Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Sailing on Lake Monroe, a segment of the St. Johns River. Tequila Sunday Racing and Jager Cup Race series, alternating every two weeks, with one race in the series held monthly. March through October, Wednesday Night Rum Races. Seasonal race series on Saturdays once a month.

Manatee Cove Marina (at Patrick AFB, Satellite Beach) sponsors monthly races. www.gopatrickfl.com/marina.html.

Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Saturday and Sunday races MC Scows. Flying Scots, Wayfarers, Lasers—twice a month, September through May. Laser races every two weeks during the summer.

Port Canaveral YC Sunday Funday PHRF ocean races second Sunday of each month. www.pcyc-fl.org.

MAY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2 Mug Race. Rudder Club of Jacksonville* 3 Monkey’s Uncle Race. St. Augustine YC 3 WAVE Regatta. NavyJax YC 16 Armed Forces Day Regatta. NavyJax YC 16-17 53rd Annual Brevard Challenge & Cirripedia Cup. Indian River YC. 23-24 Kelly Park River Regatta. Indian River YC. (beach cat regatta) 23-24 St. Augustine Race & Race of the Century (from & return to Jacksonville) North Florida Cruising Club and St. Augustine YC. 23-24 Memorial Day Mermaid Regatta. Port Canaveral YC. 23 Single Handed Race. Melbourne YC 25 Memorial Day Race. Ft. Pierce YC 30 Coastal Cup Offshore Race. Florida to Georgia.

See Southeast Coast Racing Calendar* JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 6 Jesse Ball Regatta. Epping Forest YC 6-7 Spring Regatta. Titusville Sailing Center 20 Blue Max Race. North Florida Cruising Club 20 Solstice Regatta. Smyrna YC 21 Fathers’ Day Race. St. Augustine YC 21 Fathers’ Day Race. Melbourne YC 28 Spring Fling Race. Ft. Pierce YC

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2015 Hospice by the Sea Regatta, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 16 More than 50 sailboats from throughout South Florida are expected to enter this race. Five classes will race on a 12-mile course off Fort Lauderdale Beach. The event raises funds to support hospice care for patients and families residing in South Florida. An after race party and awards ceremony, expected to bring in more than 300 guests, will be held at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club. The regatta is hosted by the Lauderdale Yacht Club, Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club and the Gulfstream Sailing Club. The winner will qualify to compete in the Hospice Regattas National Championship. For the NOR and to purchase advanced tickets to the awards ceremony, call (561) 416-5132, or go to www.hbts.org. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Southeast Florida Race Calendar Regional Sailing Organizations: US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Clubs (go to clubs for local club racing schedules) BBYC Biscayne Bay YC. www.biscaynebayyachtclub.com CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com MAY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2 KBYC Annual PHRF #8 3 KBYC Annual OD #8 9 Ron Payne Memorial Snipe. LYC 16 CRYC rescheduled OD#4 16 FLL Hospice Regatta. LYC, Hillsboro SC, Gulfstream SC* 23-24 Goombay Regatta. CGSC JUNE 6 7 20 27

BBYRA One Design #9 BBYRA PHRF #9 BBYRA PHRF #10 BBYRA One Design #10

Race Calendar Key West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West Sailing Club). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Non-members welcome. Small-boat Wednesday night racing during Daylight Savings season. Smallboat Sunday racing year around at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available.

Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward.

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

MAY 16 Portsmouth Spring #2 17 PHRF Spring #2 JUNE No races scheduled.

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Tampa Bay to Ft. Myers Regatta, Tampa Bay, May 1-2 This regatta is from Tampa Bay to Ft. Myers Beach, approxNews & Views for Southern Sailors

imately 100 miles. This is a historic race going back to 1946.

All PHRF classes are welcome. After race party will be at Bonita Bill’s in Ft. Myers Beach. Hoist/Crane and trailer storage available for dry-sailed boats. This is a Davis Island Yacht Club (hosting club) Boat-of-the-Year race. Also sponsored by St. Petersburg YC and Bradenton YC. To register online, go to www.diyc.org.

6th Annual Bone Island Regatta, West Florida to Key West, May 13-16 This is the sixth year of this regatta and has three start locations: Tampa Bay start is on Wednesday, May 13 at 0900 hours at Marker 70; Sarasota starts off Big Pass on Wednesday at 11 a.m. on May 13; Naples starts at the pier on May 14 at noon. This is a Boat of the Year race for the Sarasota Bay Yachting Association and for the NaplesMarco Island Boat of the Year race. The return race from Key West to Naples (Naples YC) is also a Naples-Marco Island Boat of the Year race. The regatta is open to any single-hulled, self-righting, enclosed-cabin sailing boat, and to all offshore multihull yachts. All boats must hold a current, valid WFPHRF rating. Entry fee is $150 if received before May 1, and $175 by the final entry deadline of May 10. For more information, contact info, NOR and to register online, go to www.boneislandregatta.com.

Bone Island Regatta Race Key West to Cuba, May 20 For more information on this race, go to page 6

29th Annual Couples Race, St. Petersburg, FL, May 23 Sponsored by the St. Petersburg Sailing Association, this is a double-handed race and the crew must consist of one male and one female sailor. It is open to any single-hulled, multihulled or one-design sailboat. In addition to the usual classes, this race will include a “just-for-fun” class. After the race will be a party with great food, racing awards and fun awards. NOR and entry form available online at www.spsa.us.

West Florida Race Calendar The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org.

Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. PHRF racing, spin and non-spin every third Sunday at 1 p.m. Skippers meeting at 10 a.m. (727) 4236002. Dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. during daylight savings season. www.sailbcyc.org.

Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April. Races at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 hours beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF racing on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday of each month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com.

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Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org.

Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph's Sound, alternate Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com.

Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com.

Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. www.pgscweb.com.

Safety Harbor Boat Club. Saturday races year around, usually twice a month, once a month during summer. Wednesday evening races organized seasonally. For the current schedule, go to www.safetyharborboatclub.com.

Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Sunday series, year around with skippers meeting at noon. April through September Friday evening racing. 5:45 skippers meeting. www.sarasotasailingsquad.org.

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

St. Pete Sailing Association. Weekly club racing. www.spsa.us Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org). For complete details, go to www.wfyra.org and click on the regional associations in Southwest Florida pertaining each area below: Tampa Bay/Suncoast (also known as West Florida BOTY: (SCBOTY) Davis Island YC Boat of the: (DIBOTY) Gulf Boat of the Year: (WFPHRF Gulf BOTY) (SPORC) Caloosahatchee Boat of the Year: (CaBOTY) Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBYABOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) MAY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2 Full Moon Pursuit race. St. Pete SA 2 Shark’s Tooth Cup. Venice Sailing Squadron/Venice YC. (SBYABOTY) 9 Women’s Challenge. Boca Ciega YC 13-15 Bone Island Regatta to Key West. Sarasota YC. Naples Sailing & YC (SBYABOTY) (N/MBOTY) 16-17 J/24. Davis Island YC 17-18 Key West to Naples. (N/MBOTY) 20 Bone Island Regatta Key West to Cuba* 22-24 Tampa Bay to Fort Myers Race. Davis Island YC. (DIBOTY)* 22-24 School’s Out Regatta. Davis Island YC 23-24 Distance Classic to Fort Myers. St. Pete YC 23 Couples Race. St. Pete SA JUNE 2 6

Annual Master Calendar Meeting. St. Pete YC Commodore’s Cup. Tampa Sailing Squadron

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2015 Corsair Owners Rendezvous and National Championship, Pensacola, FL, April 28-May 3 See the Calendar section under Rendezvous.

GYA Opening Regatta, Fort Walton Beach, FL, May 1-3 Racing fleets include Viper 640 Gulf Coast Championship, the VX One Spring #3, the GYA Masters Flying Scot, the Optimist fleets, Open Flying Scot, Open Portsmouth and Open Portsmouth Multihull as well as the GYA Capdevielle Flying Scot fleet. www.fwyc.org.

2015 ISAF International A-Class Catamaran North American Championship, Panama City, FL, May 18-22 The weeklong racing event will be hosted by the St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club. Racing begins on the 19th with back-to-back races daily through May 22. Spectator Boats are scheduled for Thursday, May 21, along with a Regatta Banquet scheduled for the evening. www.acatnorthamericans.com

Slip to Ship Racing Regatta, Ocean Springs, AL, May 23-24 A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs Yacht Club and racing out to Ship Island. The sailors lunch then race back. The final leg is the next day when there is another opportunity to beat the time around Deer Island! In addition, there is a FUNdraising raffle held to support sailing on the Gulf Coast. Sponsored by The Ocean Springs Yacht Club, 100 Beach Blvd, Ocean Springs, AL. (228) 365-4169.

FREE. www.osyc.com

52nd Annual Navy Cup, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, June 12-14 The Navy Yacht Club will be celebrating its 52nd year of hosting this regatta for the Navy Cup Trophy. Races will be held both in Bayou Grande and in Pensacola Bay with race activities being held at the Navy Yacht Club at the Bayou Grande Marina. Small boat racing will be in the bayou, with the PHRF sailboats competing on Pensacola Bay. Yacht club teams will race against other club teams for most points. All yacht clubs in the Gulf Coast are invited. The top three scoring boats in each class will be presented awards. www.navypnsyc.org.

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Race to the Coast, New Orleans, June 13 Sponsored by the Southern Yacht Club, this race was first held on July 4, 1850. It is known as America’s oldest distance race. The race sails through the Lake Pontchartrain, the Rigolets, Lake Borgne to the Mississippi Sound. For more details, go to www.southernyachtclub.org.

59th Billy Bowlegs Festival and Regatta, Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club, June 13-14 This week-long event is filled with family events for all ages. It is focused on the charismatic character Billy Bowlegs, a local northwest Florida pirate. Three class divisions are expected: Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser, and J/22.

All racing will be held in Choctawhatchee Bay. For more information and to register online, go to www.fwyc.org.

GYA Challenge Cup, Pensacola Yacht Club, June 19-21 The Gulfport Yacht Club hosts the regatta this year with boats from 33 northern Gulf Coast clubs racing. Rules require that the skipper, helmsman, and at least 50 percent of its crew (including skipper and helmsman) must have been members of the yacht club represented by the boat for the six months preceding the event. In addition, only three or four boats from each club are allowed to compete and are limited to one boat per class. A boat can represent only one yacht club, and each boat shall have sailed 50 recorded miles in the GYA PHRF race data program to be eligible to race. Registration on Friday, with racing Saturday and Sunday. Go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

Gulfport to Pensacola Race, June 26 This annual 100-mile race is sponsored by the Gulfport Yacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola Yacht Club and the Gulf Yachting Association. The race goes from the channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along the Gulf Coast to the channel entrance of Pensacola Pass. For more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club websites for club races. Below schedules are tentative.

The Gulf Yachting Association planned to finalize schedules after the February press date. Contact club websites for confirmation.

Clubs with regattas listed this month ABYC Apalachee Bay YC, Crawfordville, FL BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS BYC Biloxi YC, Biloxi, MS BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL CSA Corinthian SA, New Orleans, LA FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL FWYC Fort Walton YC, Ft. Walton Beach, FL GBCA Galveston Bay Cruising Assoc., Galveston, TX News & Views for Southern Sailors

GYA GYC HYC LBYC LCYC MYC NOYC NYCP OSYC PCYC PYC PBYC PontYC StABYC SYC

Gulf Yachting Association Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS Houston YC, Houston, TX Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS Lake Charles YC, Lake Charles, LA Mobile YC, Mobile,AL New Orleans YC, New Orleans,LA Navy YC Pensacola, FL Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL Southern YC, New Orleans, LA

MAY (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 1-3 Viper 640 Gulf Coast Championship. FWYC (see Racing News section) 1-3 Corsair Trimaran Nationals. PYC* 2-3 GYA Opening. GYA Masters. FWYC* 2-3 Vanguard 15. JazzFest. SYC 8-9 Offshore Regatta. HYC 9 Ensign Kids Cup. HYC 9 Old Timers. SYC 9 Sea Buoy. PBYC 9 Great Circle Race. MYC 9 Contraband. LCYC 9-10 Schweppes GYA Match Racing Championship. SYC 16-17 Spring Regatta. BucYC 16-17 USSA Area D Sears/Bemis/Smythe. JYC 18-19 2015 ISAF Int. A Class Catamaran NA Championships.

StABYC* 19-22 A-Cat North American Championship. StABYC (see “Racing News” section) 23 Night Triangle Race. CSA 23 Memorial Day. PBYC 23 Find Gulfport. LBYC 23 Single-Handed. FYC 23-24 GYA FS Championship. SYC 23-24 Juby Wynne. SYC 23-24 Slip to Ship. OSYC* 24 Race for the Case. GYC 30-June 1 Race to the Border. GBCA 30 Ring Around the Bay. FYC 30 Single-handed Race. CSA North Shore Fleet 30-31 New Orleans to Madeville & Return. SYC/ PontYC/NOYC/CSA 30-31 Jr. Team Race Championship. SYC JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 6 Cancer Society Regatta. PYC 6 Single-Handed Race. CSA North Shore Fleet 6-7 Candler Regatta. StABYC 6-7 School’s Out Regatta. PontYC 12-14 52nd Annual Navy Cup. NYCP* 13 Race to the Coast. SYC 13 New Orleans to Gulfport Race. SYC 13 Children’s Hospital Charity. FYC 13-14 Billy Bowlegs Regatta. FWYC* 13-14 GYA 420 Championship. LBYC 19-21 GYA Offshore Challenge Cup. BYC* 20 Summer Sailstice. NYCP 20-26 2015 FSSA NA Championship. BWYC/PCYC 21 2015 FSSA Youth Championship. BWYC/PCYC 21 2015 FSSA Women’s Championship. BWYC/PCYC 26 Gulfport to Pensacola Race. SYC* 26 Sawgrass Regatta. SYC 26-28 Round the Island. FWYC 27 Patriots Day Regatta. PBYC SOUTHWINDS

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1987 Endeavor 42 Center Cockpit, Ready for cruising & loaded. Reduced $79k. Call George 941-792-9100

2003 37 Lady Hawke Cabio One owner; 4-cabin layout $149k Call Sam 305-852-2025

SAIL AND POWER BOATS 2005 72’ Grand Banks Aleutian .........................................SOLD $1,900,000 1990 65’ Striker 580 Sportfish ..........................................Reduced $189,000 2003 60’ Novatec Fast Trawler.........................................Reduced $439,000 2008 52’ Symbol Pilothourse ...........................................................$599,000 2008 56’ Rollins Schooner ...............................................................$700,000 2002 48’ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge...........................................SOLD $229,000 2011 47’ Sea Ray Sundance ............................................Reduced $559,900 1999 45’ Sea Ray Express Bridge ........................................SOLD $129,900 2006 44' Manta Powercat ................................................................$459,000 2003 43’ Silverton ACMY .................................................................$199,000 1982 44’ Gallart Motor Sailer .............................................................$59,900 1989 44’ Nova Targa ACMY ...............................................Reduced $59,900 1987 42’ Endeavour CC .....................................................Reduced $79,900 2002 42’ Carver Mariner ..................................................................$169,000 2005 41’ Luhrs Convertible ..............................................................$245,000 2008 38’ Hunter Sloop loaded .........................................................$129,900 1981 36 Island Gypsy Trawler ...........................................................$62,500 1986 36’ Grand Banks Classic.........................................................$114,000 1997 32’ Luhrs Convertible diesel .....................................................$74,900 1977 31’ Pacific Seacraft Mariah Sloop .............................................$19,000 1984 31’ Hunter Sloop Shoal Draft ....................................................$16,900 1987 30’ Catalina Sloop MKII Shoal Draft .........................................$16,900

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72' Cooper Maple Leaf Pilothouse Ketch, 1986, The ultimate bluewater cruiser, Professionally maintained and always updated! $795,000, Tom H @ 818-516-5742

53' Hinckley Cutter, 1973, Always maintained with numerous upgrades. This is a special boat! $219,000, Tom S @ 727-742-2772

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49' Jeanneau, DS49, 2005. Power winches, A/C, genset, liferaft, full electronics, Full enclosure, $269,000, Cal @ 561-312-0010

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47' Robertson and Caine Leopard, 2004, Twin diesels, new 8.5 Kohler genset, New electrionics, new sails, $339,000, Clark @ 561-676-8445

46' Hunter 460, 2001, New Electronics 2013, 76 HP Yanmar diesel, 6 KW genset, A/C watermaker, Washer/dryer, $176,000, Kevin B @ 850-9820983

45' Voyage 450 Catamaran, 2007, New Genset, New A/C, New Saildrives, oversize watertanks, 4 cabin/4 heads, Loaded for cruising. $362,500, Kevin @ 321-693-1642

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36' PDQ Capella Classic Catamaran, 1991, 2 cabin, Solar panels, Wind Generator, Lift kept, very clean and ready to cruise. $129,000, Cal @ 561-312-0010 43' IRWIN 43’ YOUNG SUN OFFSHORE 42’ CATALINA MRK I 42’ CATALINA MKII 42’ PEARSON 424 SLOOP 42’ TAYANA CC 42’ COLVIN GAZELLE 41’ GULFSTAR CC KETCH 41’ MORGAN 41’ BENETEAU 40’ CHEOY LEE LRC 40’ BAYFIELD CUTTER KETCH 40’ SCHUCKER TRAWLER 40’ BRISTOL YAWL 39’ GULFSTAR SAILMASTER 39’ GRAND SOLEIL 39’ BENETEAU 393 38’ CHIAPPINI SCHOONER 38’ KADEY KROGEN CUTTER 38’ HUNTER 386 38’ DURBECK CUTTER 38’ BENETEAU IDYLLE 37’ IRWIN 37’ SEAFARER SLOOP 37' PEARSON SLOOP 37’ HUNTER 37’ HUNTER 37’ O’DAY 37’ TAYANA 36’ BENETEAU 361 36’ BAYFIELD 35’ ISLAND PACKET CUTTER 34’ CATALINA MK II 34’ BENETEAU 345 34’ CATALINA 34’ HUNTER 340 33’ NAUTICAT PILOTHOUSE 33’ TARTAN 33’ HUNTER 32’ PEARSON 323 32’ VANCOUVER 32’ BENETEAU FIRST 31’ PACIFIC SEACRAFT 31’ HUNTER 31’ CATALINA 310 30’ NONSUCH 30’ HUNTER 306 29’ BAYFIELD CUTTER 28’ LIBERTY PIED PIPER

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17’ Com-Pac Suncat 2013. Excellent condition, trailer, unique hinged mast system, shoal draft keel, outboard brackets, bimini, lazy jack, portable head, transom ladder, sleeps 2. $19,831. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises, 800-783-6953, or (727) 327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

1985 Wilkinson 22 ft Cat Boat. Gaff Rig, 8HP Yanmar Diesel rebuilt 2012, Hull refinished 2014, V-berth, enclosed head, galley sink, large storage areas. Call (813) 447-1989.

Lauderdale area, make offer. (7/15)

Classic 1968 Morgan 24/25. Good Doyle sails. 155%, 110%, storm jib. Hull gelcoat in 2012. 6 hp Nissan OB. Located in Gulfport, Florida. $2500. Contact Pete at (727) 7761353. (6/15)

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24’ Bahama Sandpiper. Gaff-rigged Cat Ketch, 1978, with trailer. Pocket cruiser is a head turner in any fleet, by Chuck Paine. 18” draft, 1500# lead ballast. $3,500. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com

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1984 31’ Hunter Shoal Draft Sloop. Roller furling headsail, Yanmar FWC diesel, Marine Air/Heat, Garmin Chart plotter/sounder, sails in very good condition with newer sun guards applied, recent bottom job, new bimini, cockpit cushions, stack pack and sail cover. $16,900. Call George (941) 792-9100 Grand Slam Yacht Sales

2006 Columbia 30’ Sportboat. Great around the buoys or offshore. Shallow canal no problem. Lift Keel Draft-up: 3’,down: 7’. Original owner, Ullman Sails, Trailer, Dry Storage, Yanmar Diesel. Beam 9’ 6”. Go to www.boattrader.com for more details. Contact Thomas @ (813) 373-6816 or darcytj@gmail.com.

(5/15) 31’ Beneteau 2011. 4’3” draft, in-mast furling, AC, Electronics, Bimini, Refrig/Freezer. $94,900. (727) 214-1590. Pics & Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

1987 30’ Catalina MKII. 3’10” Shoal-draft wing keel, one-owner boat with roller furling head sail, Universal diesel, propane SS cooktop w/oven, microwave, shore power, all original except for custom hard bimini top and in good condition. $17,500. Call George (941) 792-9100 Grand Slam Yacht Sales

31’ Pacific Seacraft Mariah 1977. Yanmar diesel, project boat, needs starboard side cap rail, electrical and interior clean up. Please call George for details and appointment for inspection. Asking $19,900 with offers encouraged. (941) 792-9100. Grand Slam yacht Sales.

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32’ Seaward 32RK 2012. LIKE NEW! LIFT KEPT! AC, elect windlass, Garmin GPS Chart plotter & depth, Raymarine Autopilot & VHF, inverter, battery charger, bowsprit, retractable keel, dodger & bimini, & MORE! Call Leo @ (941)504-6754, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

32 ft. Dutchflyer/Holland Yachts 1983. Fully equipped for cruising/liveaboard. Solar panels, full enclosure, radar, chartplotter, Autohelm, SSB, TV antenna, 3GMF Yanmar, new bottom paint. Just returned from Bahamas. $29,900. Located in Ft. Pierce, FL. billpattysail@aol.com (410) 279-7942. (7/15)

33’ Tartan, 1981. Speed by S&S, tough by Tartan, 3 sails, 24hp diesel, 4’5” Scheel keel. $23,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 8152607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com

34’ Catalina MK II 2003. 35hp Universal, 4’3” draft, like NEW stove/oven, 2013 bottom paint, elect windlass, 2012 running rigging, 2013 6V batteries & MORE! $99,000.

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34’ Beneteau 343 2008. 4’9 draft, in-mast furling, AC, Electronics, Bimini/Dodger, Refrig/Freezer. $94,900. (727) 214-1590. Pics & Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

1984 Oday 34. 25hp diesel engine, gas stove and oven. 130% Jib roller furling, full batten mainsail about 2 years old. Needs bottom job and through-hulls serviced. Located in St. Petersburg, Florida. $19,500 obo. Take Trade.

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34’ Hook Kelly Custom. 1982. Diesel runs perfect. Excellent condition. Price cut to $12,500 OBO. Owner retired and anxious to sell. Proven PHRF winner. Contact Terry at (941) 723-6560. (5/15)

36’ Presto Ketch 1982. Fiberglass, shoal draft, tanbark sails, Yanmar 30 diesel. Perfect for Bahamas, Florida Keys and Chesapeake. $24,800. Located in NC. Specs and pictures at www.beaufortyachtsales.com

1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $74,500 – Curtis Stokes – (954) 684-0218 – curtis@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

Irwin 37 1976 CC. 4-108, solar panels, Windgen, shoal draft, Profurl, new sails, Autopilot, GPS, depth, VHF, SSB, TV, bimini, dodger. Good liveaboard. $28,000. swimcav@att.net. (954) 524-5084. (6/15)

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Several like new, one-owner Catalina 350s & Catalina 375s available! Dunbar Sales, Inc., www.dunbaryachts.com. (800) 282-1411.

1993 NAJAD 370 from Sweden. Volvo Diesel, New Generator, Bow Thruster, Air Conditioning, In-Mast Furling, Roller Furling Head Sail, New Teak Decks, Beautiful Center Cockpit Performance Cruiser in excellent condition. Call for appointment (941) 792-9100 Note: vessel is currently restricted from sale in US waters-$199,000. (6/15)

38’ Seawind 1160 2005. 30hp Yanmars, 2005 Raytheon ST60 TriData, 2005 VHF, 2013 asymmetric spinnaker, AC, hot water, 4.2kw gen, Deep freezer, 2 solar panels, 2005 VHF, 2011 house batteries. MUST SEE! $348,000, Call Mike @ (239) 287-7213, www.Catamarans Florida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

38’ Beneteau IDYLLE-11.50 1985. ONLY 50 hrs on rebuilt 50hp Perkins, sloop rig, Autohelm 3000, nav center, Garmin GPS, Radar, depthsounder, hot water, AC, bimini.

BEAUTIFUL lines & Maintained VERY well! $59,500, Call Steve @ (813) 917-1175, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

38’ Seawind 1160 2005. Twin 30hp Yanmar, 2005 VHF, NEWER electronics, 2013 spinnaker, AC, hot water, 2014 CP cushions, 4.2kw gen, solar panels, inverter, Maintained well! $348,000. Call Mike @ (239) 287-7213. www.CatamaransinFlorida.com.

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1987 38’ Cabo Rico - $99,000 – Bill Nelson – (954) 328-0074 – bill@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

1979 Shannon 38 ketch. Recent upgrades.

New engine, batteries, inverter, stove, varnish, cabin sole, wiring, electronics and upholstery. Cost of upgrades approximately $50,000. Asking price $99,900. Negotiable.

Call David Martin at (864) 378-2889. (7/15)

2008 38’ Hunter. Loaded, Factory Mariner’s Package, Bristol, shoal draft, genset, AC, watermaker, satellite TV, tender, must see. $129,900. Grand Slam Yacht Sales.Call Jim (904) 652-8401. (B

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39’ Beneteau 393 2002. In mast furling, AC, AP, plotter, speed, depth & wind, refrig/ freezer, 2 cabin/2 head, shoal draft. bimini, dinghy & ob. $111,900. Pictures & specs at www.

MurrayYachtSales.com. (504) 283-2507

42’ Jeanneau 42 DS 2007. In-Mast Furling, Shoal Keel, Genset, AC, Full Electronics, Bow Thruster, Windlass, Electric Winch, Full Canvas, Very Clean & True Turn Key. $205,000. (504) 283-2507. Pics & Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

Catalina 42s. Two available – one owner, loaded, low hours. Call (800) 282-1411 for detailed listings.

39’ Irwin, 1978. “Everything works, No leaks” 400-watt solar charger mounted on arch.

30hp. Yanmar, carefully rebuilt. 4’3” draft. Now $27,500. Stewart Marine, Miami (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com bstewart_yachts@msn.com Bristol 41.1 aft cockpit 1985. Perfect Florida/Bahamas cruiser with 4'6" draft. $95,000. Broker Bill Eve at 386-451-3931. www.DaytonaYachts.com (6/15)

1982 Lee Creekmore-design, 40’ Cruise ready. Watermaker, Gen set, Sunshades, Full canvas, Solar, and wind. Complete with tools and spare parts, dinghy and motor. Just load and go. $79,500 See the complete listing at www.whiteakeryachtsales.com, wm@white akeryachtsales.com. (931) 260-6401

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1974 42 Whitby. Project boat. New opening ports and hatches. Stainless steel handrails.

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43’ Fountaine Pajot Belize. Owners edition 2006 vintage with all options plus. $449,500.

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44' Gallart Motor Sailor, 1982. With Twin 65 hp Volvo Diesel Straight Drives, Diesel Generator, 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, 2 Helm Stations, GPS, Radar, SSB, Solar, VHF, Stereo, TV, Dinghy w/OB, RF Main, RF Jib. Needs some TLC. $59,900. At our docks in Cortez, FL. Call George (941) 792-9100

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Helped Found the National Safe Boating Council Schwartz helped found and then later served on the National Safe Boating Council and has received a wide range of awards, including: the Council’s Hall of Fame Award (1995); the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators’ Annual Award (1983) and Lifetime Achievement Award (1999); the U.S. Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Commendation (2000); the U.S. Power Squadron’s Raymond A. Finlay Sea Scout Service Award (2005); and the National Marine Manufacturers Association’s Charles S. Chapman Award (2006). In 2007, he was the national spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Auxiliary Vessel Safety Check program and was also awarded Honorary Commodore status.

Said Schwartz at his 2013 retirement, “We’ve become the largest boat owners organization in the US and fought major boating battles along the way, making life better, and safer for boaters and all the while creating the services that make the boating experience better. Boating should be a pleasure—not a hassle. I am proud to have led this organization.”

“Richard had the foresight that recreational boaters needed an advocate, they needed services to enjoy the water, so he created an organization dedicated to helping America’s boat owners enjoy their cherished time on the water,” said BoatUS President Margaret Podlich. “He was an inquisitive, innovative and an energetic leader who could get the very best out of every one of his staff, and always insisted that boaters’ interests be protected. No one did more for America’s recreational boaters than Richard Schwartz.”

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squinting eyes I saw their beach; Neked women swimming, lying on beach towels, playing volleyball— YES! My heart was beating rapidly, my brain feverishly calculating, and other parts—well, you know. I ignored the men. They weren’t even there in my eyes. Finally, my little craft ran up on the sandy beach. Yes, destiny was calling.

It was at that point I learned two important lessons. Lesson one: All women don’t look like the ones in Playboy. There were fat ones, skinny ones, wrinkled ones and others of all sorts. But there were sexy, sweet ones too. I concentrated on them.

That was where lesson two was learned. “Oh, look at the cute little boy.” No, no, no, I’m NOT a little boy. Mah gawd this is super stud.

Ready to pleasure you beyond your wildest dreams. But even after being fawned over and asked how I managed to sail that little boat up to see them, I was STILL in their minds just a cute little boy. I didn’t have a clue how to convince them otherwise. So I hung around feverishly trying to think of some scheme, some magic word that would transform fantasy into reality and have me sneaking off with one of the sexy sweet ones into the weeds hidden by the beach and into my web of lust. I came up with nothing. I still hung around probably with drool dripping down my chin—at least till somebody from security noticed there was a kid on the beach.

“Hey kid! What the hell are you doing here?”

“Ummmm. My sailboat took me here sir. Blew me right here while I was asleep.”

“Well, you can get right back in that little boat and sail your ass away, and DON’T come back, understand?”

So I did. Very reluctantly, I might add. My dreams and wild sexual fantasies were rapidly crumbling.

Mah gawd how was this happening?

It wasn’t supposed to be like this.

The girls waved goodbye, as I slowly sailed back into reality. I learned that women aren’t as easy to get as you might think. They still aren’t, but in the process of learning that lesson, I learned to sail.

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How—and Why—I learned to Sail

By David Smedley

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ne of the things I love most about sailing the seas and chasing down adventures is meeting new people and making new friends. Lots of times they are landlubbers and fire away their consistent question, “How did you learn to sail?”

I have a stock, but very true answer. It was girls and sex. You see, it was back a hundred years ago, I think it was. I’ll try to recall as I try to re-play the fading memory tapes planted inside my head.

I was fourteen. Any of you male readers out there must remember those days of yore. Girls and sex were the HUGE topics of conversation, wistful dreams and lusty fantasies.

My folks had rented a little spot in a summer campground close to the Jersey shore. It was on a river that emptied into the sea maybe ten miles farther. It was a quiet place with shady oaks and a great swimming hole. We had bought an older travel trailer, and all nine of us were packed

in that little trailer and a tent pitched outside. As luck would have it, or perhaps it was fate or destiny, my Dad won a small sailboat in a raffle at work, a Sea Snark. It wasn’t much: A Styrofoam hull about eight-feet long covered in hard plastic with a simple tiller and sail. But to me, it was a ship.

And a ship is freedom, mates. Now being fourteen and having girls and sex on my little pea brain, I noticed things. Important things like, as we drove to our campsite, I noticed upriver from it was a nudist camp.

Nudists…translating to me as women…already neked. Mah gawd that meant sex in my mind. I mean they are already neked, so half the battle was over. Wheels were already churning inside my mind.

I taught myself to make that little boat go where I wanted it. Learned how to tack and sail to windward. I was quickly ready for my assault. I planned methodically. I couldn’t just

sail wantonly right up to the nudist camp. No, my plan was to “accidentally” have the boat take me there. I practiced my sailing until I could lie back in the cockpit “asleep.” My beady eyes cracked only a sliver as my ship of fools rode the waters right to the nudist camp beach. Oh mah gawd—the fantasies were screaming rampantly inside my head. You see, I had never seen a real neked woman.

My little sisters surely weren’t women, and my only vistas of neked women had come from Playboy. And of course, I had read the stories and letters from those Playboy tomes of wisdom, so I was ready, willing, able and lustily dreaming of my first encounter with live neked women and the exciting world of SEX. Onward I sailed, seemingly asleep as my ship drew me closer to the world of freedom and fantasy. Through my See HOW continued on page 61

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