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Editorial: Boat Shows

By Steve Morrell

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Letters You Wouldn’t Believe

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Bubba Gets the Right Half

By Morgan Stinemetz

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

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Our Waterways: Sarasota Waterfront Alliance

By Harmon Heed

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St. Pete Boat Show Preview

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Carolina Sailing: Georgetown Wooden Boat Show

By Dan Dickison

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Boatowner’s Boat Review: Jeanneau 43

By Barry Hammerberg

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EPIRBs, GPIRBs, PLBs

By Wayne Canning

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Small Boat Review: International Contender

By Dave Ellis

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Cooking Onboard: The Sailing Galley’s “Holy Trinity”

By Robbie Johnson

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Boatwork: Foam-Sandwiched Fiberglass Repair: Swim Platform

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

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Why I Sail

By Cliff Stephan

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EPIRBs, GPIRBs, PLBs. Page 42. Photo by Wayne Canning.

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FROM THE HELM

STEVE MORRELL,

EDITOR

Display Your Products at a Boat Show — Attend a Boat Show With the economy the way it is today, many are wondering about the cost of boat shows—whether you are an exhibitor or a visitor. Of course, for the exhibitor, the cost is substantially more than for the visitor. But there are many reasons for an exhibitor to come up with the expense of a boat show, especially the smaller exhibitors.

Sailing is a passion and those involved in it want to stick with it. It’s hard to get it out of your blood once it’s in there. That passion carries a lot of weight. While some are still buying that new boat they always wanted, many today are fixing up their old boat or buying an old boat to fix up, and that can be a real opportunity for sailors. It’s all about supply and demand—with a dose of passion thrown in. Used boats are cheap right now. There are some real bargains out there, which means it’s a good time to buy and a bad time to sell, so if you’re thinking about fixing up your boat, it’s

wise to do so now, as you won’t get as good a return by selling it. And if you’re thinking about buying an older boat and fixing it up, now is the time.

On top of that, sellers of gear to fix up that boat are anxious to sell their product and prices are better.

It’s not all doom and gloom.

Sailors are passionate about sailing and they will find a way no matter what. For sellers of gear and equipment, there is opportunity, because people are fixing boats up more than buying new ones and they are looking at ways to do so and save money. That has made the Internet an active marketplace, but it’s the boat show that is the real opportunity. How many products out there have no storefront except their Web site? In a store, you touch and feel a product, buy it, take it home and use it right away. Today, though, people are willing to wait a little longer and get it in the mail, save some money. But the boat show is, for

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many products, the only opportunity for the seller to display his product with a temporary storefront—where the buyer can touch it, feel it, buy it and take it home. And if you don’t want to buy it right then, you can at least really see what it is like beyond just viewing it on a web page. The Web is pretty good, but there’s nothing like handling a piece of gear or equipment and talking to the seller and learning about it. For many sellers this is their only opportunity to display their wares. It is a rare opportunity that only comes up a few times a year, and in Florida, the biggest sailing state of them all, this is prime time.

So sellers, get out there and exhibit at these shows. This is your chance. If you don’t let your products be known, you might as well shut your doors.

For buyers, let’s hope we see you at the boat show St. Petersburg, Dec. 2-5.

We’ll be there.

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BOATER AND WRITER FOR SOUTHWINDS My nephew, Clifford McKay Stephan, who has contributed several articles and photos to SOUTHWINDS, died this past April from cancer of the tongue, jaw and throat. He lived on his boat Misty in Boot Key Harbor in the Keys. Prior to his death, he had written a piece, which I am sending to you, about dismasting his Irwin 34 sloop in Florida Bay. Clifford McKay Fort Myers, FL Clifford – I remember Clifford Stephan well. He wrote several good articles for SOUTHWINDS a few years back. One was “Dwindling Anchorages? An Anchored-Out Liveaboard Sailor Discusses Anchoring Rights: Prohibited Uses of a Vessel in Florida”—an excellent article in the “Our Waterways” section of the August ’06 issue. (Go to Back Issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com, which discussed difficulties of anchoring as a cruiser in Florida waters.) He also wrote about Boot Key Harbor and the efforts to clean it up and the changes it went through as it progressed to a well-managed and popular mooring field in the Florida Keys. His articles were well thought out and researched.

Several times I talked to Cliff on the phone. I had a few things in common with Cliff. We both had a long past in the construction business, which we talked about (if you know any construction people, they can’t help but discuss “shop talk” almost endlessly).

Cliff’s brother also worked at the printing company where SOUTHWINDS is published.

Cliff also wrote another article which his uncle sent to SOUTHWINDS. Called “Why I Sail,” it is about a sailing experience that almost all sailors can relate to. You can read it on page 70. We will be publishing his dismasting story in a future issue.

Editor FLORIDA SAILOR PLANS AROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP IN CATALINA 22 I recently acquired this 1972 Catalina 22, and while relaxing onboard I started becoming very curious about taking this boat on a long voyage. The more I “dreamed,” the longer the voyage became until I decided to attempt a circumnavigation. I started by talking to two Catalina engineers. They were aware of only one circumnavigation in a Catalina 27, never in a 22. Of course, they advised against it and said that Catalina could not support the idea due to the danger involved, and they didn’t want to have to post my overdue notice or my obituary, LOL. I’ve also contacted Richard Bolt of the famed Blue Water Cruisers Rally based out of the UK. I have started a journal to chronicle this journey. My projected departure date is Nov. 15, 2011. I’m currently working on a list of potential corporate and private sponsors including newspapers and magazine publishers. I’m planning on having the equipment onboard to be able to send and receive e-mails (SSB), including a Sat phone. I’m trying to raise $30,000 to cover my expenses for a six- to nine-month time period. I hope to complete this voyage in this same time frame.

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LETTERS Currently I’m working on boat modifications to make her more comfortable and safe at sea. In addition, I’m developing what seems to be endless lists for provisioning, equipment, systems etc.

Any help that SOUTHWINDS readers can give me in information or sponsorship would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin Wilkinson S/V Imma-Nu-El II, PO Box 500223, Marathon, FL 33050 (305) 923-3156; saltykevin@yahoo.com Kevin – That is quite an undertaking and best of luck. Hopefully, our readers can give you some help in information and sponsorship. SOUTHWINDS will be publishing updates on Kevin’s progress in future issues.

Kevin Wilkinson is a lifelong sailor and lives aboard ImmaNu-El, a 1978 31-foot Bombay Clipper, with his wife Linda in Marathon in the Florida Keys. He’s also a retired Navy Hospital Corpsman attached to the Marine Corps. He’s cruised off the northeast coast of Florida, the Florida Keys and crossed the Gulf Stream to Bimini. He’s been dismasted, survived a major fire on board and stayed aboard through seven hurricanes.

Editor NDZ ZONES: BOATERS ARE JUST TOO EASY A TARGET June issue, “Our Waterways” “NDZ Zones Established in North Carolina” The establishment of an NDZ and a logbook requirement in New Hanover County, NC, is another of the acts that blames boaters for ALL water pollution. I spent the summers of

2002 and 2003 there and traveled through the Hewletts Creek watershed twice a day. Wow, did it stink! Finally, in about 2005, the county admitted that there were many leaks in the sewer system and that the detection devices were not capable of detecting the leaks. In about 2007, a government agency prohibited the issuance of any building permits until the sewer system was fixed.

Meanwhile, the Hewletts Creek watershed has been shut down for shell fishing for many years.

Additionally, every summer, and especially on holiday weekends, hoards of people gather and camp on the north end of Masonboro Island, which has no sanitary facilities.

Guess where these people go to the bathroom? This is just below Wrightsville Beach. For several years there has been discussions about what to do about the pollution levels in the area. Now we know how “they” are solving the problem: Blame the boaters again.

What’s sad about the situation is that, in plain words, an NDZ only prohibits the use of Type 1 MSDs. And this is only because the particles that are discharged are a little too large. But most of the public does not know that it is already unlawful to discharge raw sewage in any waters of the United States within the 3-mile limit.

I care about the waters and I have spent the money and effort to install and maintain a Type 1 MSD so that I know the effluent is treated. When pumped out, how do you know that the city treatment plant is “in compliance”? How many times have you read about city treatment plants that dump gallons of raw sewage into waters?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: editor@southwindsmagazine.com

Unfortunately, boaters are just too easy a target.

D. Hough D. Hough – I couldn’t agree with you more. When the general public points its fingers at the polluters who really pollute, they should be pointing it at themselves. Boaters are a drop in the pocket—no pun intended (well, maybe it is)—when it comes to sewage in our waters. The millions of gallons dumped by accident into our waters in each state annually is many times what boaters dump, yet everyone points at boaters as the real culprits.

Unfortunately, many boaters don’t know what an NDZ (NoDischarge Zone) means or what the dumping rules are, so I will explain it here—and the general public can learn something, too, although what we really need is to have this information out to the members of the general public who don’t boat, not just printed in a sailing magazine.

You cannot dump sewage within three miles of the coast. (It’s nine miles in the Gulf of Mexico.) That means no dumping of sewage if there is NO NDZ. When they establish an NDZ, it means you can’t even dump “treated” sewage, like the discharge from a Type I Marine Sanitation Device (MSD), which is an onboard sewage treatment system, as compared to a Type III, a holding tank. There is much controversy about this, as many believe that Type I MSDs actually clean most waters, and NDZs should not exist. Chuck Husick was the most well-known opponent of NDZs and an acknowledged expert on the subject who led his own campaign against them. (Read about Chuck and his recent passing in “Short Tacks.”)

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PUERTO RICO A STATE? September Issue, “Letters” As usual, I enjoyed the September issue. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Regarding the letter to the editor about Puerto Rico being a country or a commonwealth: Well, that’s not the real question. It’s not about what it is, but what it could be.

Puerto Rico has more potential than any other Caribbean nation. It has a vibrant farming industry, light manufacturing, top-grade tourism, many large air and seaports, and most of all, a fantastic population of hard-working, fun-loving wonderful citizens.

During national elections, the cause of freedom or statehood often finds its way onto the ballot. Polls usually show that the results would be close. At different times, either view could emerge victorious. Why doesn’t that happen? It’s because each and every time the issue arises, a third option appears, known as “status quo,” that provides the commonwealth the option of keeping its status as it is. It always wins by a landslide.

Being a commonwealth provides many advantages, too many to list here. Simply put, the advantage is that by remaining a commonwealth, they receive more government/political welfare than any state in the union, by a long shot.

It’s not that I object to aiding our brother and sister Puerto Ricans; it’s that with all they have going for them, they don’t need it. The pride and self-respect they would achieve by becoming a state or a free sovereign nation is enormous. I say go for it.

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Bubba Gets the Right Half To tell the truth, I had other things on my mind when I stopped by Leonard’s Do It Your Self boatyard not far from The Kitty Litter Lounge in a part of Sarasota I do not usually frequent. I have had a gallon of Micron 44 in my possession for a long time. It is the bottom paint that the EPA declared to be the marine equivalent of the Love Canal, when they banned its use. Micron 44 has tributyltin (tributyl-tin) in it and is devastatingly effective. To marine critters and marine growth that adhere to sailboat bottoms, Micron 44 is the gas chamber, a lethal injection and the electric chair all rolled up into one deadly package.

Unfortunately for the company that made Micron 44, the ablative paint sloughed off as it was supposed to and killed nearly everything on the sea bottom within a 100foot radius of the boat whose bottom it was applied to.

What it didn’t kill, it mutated into look-alikes for The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Normal fish started growing teeth that looked like Wink Martindale’s when he was in his prime and hosting memorable TV game shows like Bumper Stumpers. Martindale, incidentally, is still alive and was the first inductee to the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I had selling my gallon of Micron 44 to Leonard of Leonard’s Do It Your Self boatyard on my mind when I stopped in to see him. Leonard weighs about 300 pounds, rarely gets up out of the chair behind his desk and smokes cigars. He also has a junkyard dog that guards his office and growls incessantly. The dog’s name is not printable in a family magazine. His name does, however, start with one of the first three letters of the alphabet.

I was about to tell Leonard about what a value I had in a gallon of Micron 44 when a pneumatic jackhammer started up in the boatyard, making any conversation useless.

From the noise it made, it sounded like one of those jackhammers road construction crews use to cut through concrete.

“What is that awful noise, Leonard,” I shouted.

“That be Bubba Whartz tryin’ to take about 15 years of marine growth off his boat,” Leonard replied, also shouting. His dog barked.

“I know Bubba Whartz,” I exclaimed.

“Most people in boating ’round here do,” Leonard affirmed. “He’s out there with a jackhammer getting them oysters off his boat. There are going be enuff of ’em to put a shell driveway from the road all the way to my house, which is pretty much hidden by banyan trees and ficus trees, on Longboat Key.” I set down the gallon of Micron 44 in Leonard’s office and went outside to see what Bubba was up to. It was a hot day and the sun beat down like a sledgehammer. Bubba was on his back on a creeper, in the shade of his boat’s hull, with a jackhammer much smaller than the ones used for highway repairs, but it seemed just as loud. Bubba was wearing a white protective suit, a respirator, a hard hat and held the jackhammer horizontally as he pushed the creeper along with his feet. As he moved forward, keeping the jackhammer’s chisel point in contact with his boat’s hull, oysters and barnacles showered down on him in a limestone blizzard. Occasionally, when he got the chisel angle wrong, parts of Right Guard’s ferro-cement hull showered down on him as well. Cement is a different color from oyster shells, a bit darker, you could say. And it comes off the jackhammer in dust as opposed to oyster and barnacle chips.

After a while, Bubba noticed me and stopped work, took his respirator off and said hello. His horizontal body was covered in mounds of debris that he had sheared off his boat. If he didn’t stand up occasionally, I am sure Bubba

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would have been capable of burying himself alive, which would have been a first for Leonard’s Do It Your Self boatyard.

The distance between where Bubba had gotten the boat’s bottom—not counting the gouges— down to the cleaned hull and what was ostensibly the normal surface of the bottom and where it was still covered with marine growth, was about 12 inches. I forgot to ask Bubba how long the boat had been out of the water, but I could see that there were still things alive on the uncleaned portion. They moved.

Some squirted water. Some looked like sponges. Mostly, though, it was oysters and barnacles. Some of the barnacles were as big around as a Peace silver dollar circa 1922, when silver dollars really were silver dollars.

“Bubba, I am proud of you for doing the boat’s bottom for the first time in, what, 15 years?” I said.

“Thanks,” replied Bubba, “but I only rented the jackhammer for one day and I have to get it back by 5 o’clock this afternoon. And Leonard has given me just a one-day haul-out. The boat goes back in the water tonight. Best I can do, I figure, is get half the bottom clean, so that’s my goal today, the starboard side.”

“What about the other side?”

“That will have to wait,” Bubba said.

“You mean that you are going to put the boat back in the water with about 500 pounds of oyster shells and barnacles still on the port side? That’s nuts,” I exclaimed, aghast at the thought.

“I have to do what I can afford to do,” said the liveaboard, live-alone sailor. “There’s a depression going on and things are tough. I don’t have the cash.”

“Why don’t you arrange a line of credit?” I suggested.

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“What in God’s name have you been smoking?” Bubba asked me, frowning and putting his respirator back on and starting up his jackhammer. It seemed there would be no further discussion about credit lines. I thought it was a cogent suggestion. Bubba acted like it was heresy.

Truthfully, though, I had no idea how a sailboat with one side encrusted with at least a decade’s worth of marine growth and the other side relatively clean would handle. The next day, I called Leonard to see if Bubba had left. He had not, Leonard said.

Right Guard was tied up in a slip at Leonard’s Do It Your Self boatyard. Leonard said there were several problems.

With the port side of his boat still encumbered with oysters and barnacles, Bubba was not able to steer the boat in a straight line. It kept turning to port in circles. He could go nowhere.

“And there are two other things,” said Leonard. “The boat has a five-degree list to port because of all the stuff on its bottom. And, when he cleaned off only the starboard side, I realized there were not enough shells to do my entire driveway, only half, so we’re going to haul it out again and Bubba’s going back to work.”

“I see,” I said. “Does he know that?”

“Not exactly,” said Leonard. Then he continued, “By the way, you left behind a gallon of Micron 44. I have never seen that kind of bottom paint before. What is it?”

“It is amazing stuff, Leonard. We need to talk,” I replied. “Put it behind your desk, near your dog.”

I had a feeling that Leonard and I could do some business, and I knew the paint was as safe as Fort Knox gold until we did.

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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures and Gulf Stream Currents – November N Weather Web Sites: Carolinas & Georgia www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Southeast.shtml Florida East Coast www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Florida.shtml Florida West Coast & Keys http://comps.marine.usf.edu Northern Gulf Coast www.csc.noaa.gov/coos/

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.

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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To have your news or event in this section, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com.

Send us information by the 5th of the month preceding publication. Contact us if later.

Changes in Events Listed on SOUTHWINDS Web site Go to www.southwindsmagazine.com for changes and notices on upcoming events. Contact us to post event changes.

RACING EVENTS For racing schedules, news and events see the racing section.

UPCOMING SOUTHERN EVENTS Go to the SOUTHWINDS Web site for our list of youth sailing programs in the Southern coastal states, www.southwindsmagazine.com. The list was printed in the April 2006 issue.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING Florida Boating Safety Courses Required in Florida and Other Southern States Effective Jan. 1, 2010, anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1,

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1988, must take a boating safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more. Other states have age requirements for boaters operating motorized craft. Some states require boaters to have boater safety education if they were born after a certain date, meaning boaters of all ages will eventually be required to have taken a course. To learn about 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 all the 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.

The 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.

Small Boat Level 1 Instructor Course, Augusta Sailing Club, Evans, GA, Nov. 4-7 The US SAILING Small Boat Sailing Level 1 Instructor Course is designed to provide sailing instructors with information on how to teach more safely, effectively, and creatively. The goal of the program is to produce highly qualified instructors, thereby reducing risk exposure for sailing programs. Topics covered in the course include: classroom and on-the-water teaching techniques, risk management, safety issues, lesson planning, creative activities, ethical concerns, and sports physiology and psychology.

For more information, go to http://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm.

Articles Wanted About Southern Yacht Clubs, Sailing Associations and Youth Sailing Groups SOUTHWINDS magazine is looking for articles on

individual yacht clubs, sailing associations and youth sailing groups throughout the Southern states (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX (east Texas). Articles wanted are about a club’s history, facilities, major events and general information about the club. The clubs and associations must be well established and have been around for at least five years. Contact editor@Southwindsmagazine. com for information about article length, photo requirements and other questions.

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Clearwater Coast Guard Auxiliary (Flotilla 11-1) Public Boating Programs, About Boating Safely, Nov. 6-7. For more information on upcoming education programs or to request a free vessel safety check, call (727) 469-8895 or visit www.a0701101.uscgaux.info.

Click on Public Education Programs.

America’s Boating Course and other courses regularly posted on the Web site. Two lessons. Nov. 6-7.

Using VHF and VHF/DSC Marine Radio, St. Petersburg Sail & Power Squadron, Nov. 17 This seminar explains basic VHF operation. A CD is included with a DSC Simulator that allows you to practice on your computer at home. The handy waterproof McGrawHill Captains’ Quick Guide Using VHF is included with essential information that you should have aboard.

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 7-9 pm. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg.

Instruction is free, materials $25 per family. Maximum 20 students; Pre-registration required. Contact the squadron at www.boating-stpete.org. (727) 525-0968.

ABYC Standards Certification, Jacksonville, FL, Dec. 7-9 Lambs Yacht Center, American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460

Electrical Certification Course, Tampa FL, Dec. 14-17 American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Small Boat Level 1 Instructor Course, Rudder Club of Jacksonville, FL, Dec. 27-30 The US SAILING Small Boat Sailing Level 1 Instructor Course, is designed to provide sailing instructors with information on how to teach more safely, effectively, and creatively. The goal of the program is to produce highly qualified instructors, thereby reducing risk exposure for sailing programs. Topics covered in the course include: classroom and on-the-water teaching techniques, risk management, safety issues, lesson planning, creative activities, ethical concerns, and sports physiology and psychology.

For more information, go to http://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm.

US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course, Venice, FL, Mar. 6-9 US Sailing will offer a Level 1 (small boat) instructor course at the Venice Yacht Club in Venice, Fla., on March 6-9. Prerequisites for the 40-hour course include being 16years old and successful completion of a NASBLA safe boating course. Holding current CPR and First Aid cards is strongly suggested. Participants will use 420 class sailboats and 13-foot Whalers for training. Any sailors who are interested in becoming certified instructors should contact Jabbo Gordon, who is a US SAILING instructor trainer, at (941) 468-1719, or gordonjb35@yahoo.com.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Safe Boating Courses 2010, Jacksonville, FL Safe Boating Saturdays. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $25 including materials. Captains Club, 13363 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Meets Florida legal requirements for boater education. Most insurance companies offer discounts to program graduates. Mike Christnacht. (904) 502-9154.

Generally held once monthly on Saturdays: Sept. 25, Oct. 16, Nov. 13. Go to www.uscgajaxbeach.com for the schedule and to register.

Marshall Catboats Shallow draft, stable, traditional Cape Cod Catboats 15, 18 & 22 feet of fun for daysailing, racing & cruising www.marshallcat.com 508.994.0414 South Dartmouth, MA

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Ongoing – Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs.

St. Petersburg, FL Tuesday nights, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Satisfies the Florida boater safety education requirements. Eleven lessons, every Tuesday. Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 1300 Beach Dr. SE, St. Petersburg.

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

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North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adults sailing programs. Family Sailing. 2-6 people; 2-6 hours. Traditional skiffs or 30-foot keelboat. $50$240. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317. Reservations/information: call The Friends’ office (252) 728-1638 New Program That Lets Veterans Sail to Recovery Seeks Sailboat Donations Veterans On Deck is a new 501c3 non-profit that capitalizes on Charleston, SC’s maritime history and character to provide team-building sailing experiences to veterans. The organization offers a way for veterans, who often seem to fall into patterns of withdrawal and isolation, to achieve re-connection, re-socialization, and personal growth by using sailing to impart mastery and success experiences in a social setting. Veterans on Deck currently uses “loaner” boats, but is looking for 24 sailboats of its own, in the 25- to 38-foot range. For those interested in making a tax-deductible donation of a boat (in good working order), or funds, contact the executive director, Ron Acierno, at acierno@musc.edu, (843) 364-1667, or go to www.veteransondeck.org.

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

BOAT SHOWS 51st Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Oct. 28Nov. 1. Bahia Mar Yachting Center. Fort Lauderdale. Largest boat show in the world, covering six sites. Over 1,600 vessels with 160 super yachts, marine supplies, accessories, electronics. Cost: Adults $18 ($16 online), children 6-15 $5 ($3 online), under 6 free. 2-day ticket $34 ($32 online). FriSun 10 a.m. -7 p.m., Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The show is open at $32 for a show preview to all on Thursday, Oct. 28. (954) 764-7642. www.showmanagement.com.

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Nov. 11-14. 38th Fort Myers Boat Show. Harborside Convention Complex and City Yacht Basin, Fort Myers, FL. 10-6 Thursday-Saturday, 10-5 Sunday. Show is put on by the Southwest Florida Marina Industries Association and managed by Good Event Management, (954) 570-7785, john@goodeventmanagement.com. www.swfmia.com.

St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail, Dec. 2-5 In 2008, the St. Petersburg Boat show and Strictly Sail merged to create one large show for all power and sailboats in downtown St. Petersburg. Show Management puts on this show and has been doing so for many years—along with many other boat shows throughout the South. There will be docks dedicated to sailboats only, seminar tents for sailing seminars as at the Strictly Sail boat shows and Latitudes and Attitudes magazine will be putting on their traditional Cruisers Bash on Saturday evening after the show.

In the water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is besides the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with these boats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land.

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tion will be devoted to sailing exhibitors, although many exhibitors have both sail and power boaters as customers.

For kids, there will be free fishing clinics with free fishing gear to be given away as long as supplies last.

Discover Sailing will offer free sailboat rides in Tampa Bay. The show is located at Progress Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park at 400 First St. South, St. Petersburg.

Boaters can arrive at the show by boat and docks will be available.

Show hours are: Thursday noon to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket Prices: $2 off each ticket purchased online; $10 for each adult at the gate; Military (with ID) and kids 15 and under free.

Tickets, directions and more information are available on the St. Petersburg boat show pages at www.showmanagement.com.

SEAFOOD FESTIVALS Nov 5-6. 47th Annual Florida Seafood Festival.

Apalachicola, FL. The state’s oldest maritime exhibit. The two-day event annually draws thousands of visitors to this scenic historic town at the mouth of the Apalachicola River.

The festival features delicious seafood, arts and crafts exhibits, seafood related events and displays under the shady oaks of Apalachicola’s Battery Park. Some of the notable events include oyster eating, oyster shucking, a parade, a 5k Redfish Run, a Blue Crab race and a Blessing of the Fleet. (888) 653-8011. www.floridaseafoodfestival.com

OTHER EVENTS Star #561. This Star (22’), built in 1929 by Joseph Parkman in Brooklyn, New York, is one of the oldest Stars in existence and should belong to someone in the Star family, especially to have and sail during the Star 100th anniversary.

The boat was bought by the owner as a DIY wooden boat project.

This ended up not being feasible due to the time and the depth of work required. The boat was completely restored at the Lucas Boat Works in Bradenton, Florida. A pictorial record of the restoration is available. The Star is now located in Sarasota, Florida.

Hardware is over 95% original. Two wooden masts included. One may be original, the other is newer. Slightly used Harbeck Trailer included. Several sets of older sails also included – from #561 and one other boat. Price $15,000. This figure represents procurement and restoration costs.

Contact Joe Barnette: 941-928-9207 • cjbarnette@yahoo.com To read more about the Star, see the SOUTHWINDS article in the August 2010 issue at www.southwindsmagazine.com News & Views for Southern Sailors

13th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market, Cortez, FL, Oct. 30 The 13th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market will be held at the Seafood Shack Marina, 4110 127th Street West, Cortez, FL 34215 on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 8 a.m. to noon. Free to the public with lots of free parking. There is a $10 per space (equal to a car parking space) charge for sellers only. Bring your own table. There are no plans for it to rain.

Lots of used boat stuff, some new boat stuff too, buy or trade. You might even see some boat stuff you wouldn’t let your dog chew on. Guaranteed you will meet a lot of boaters (or interesting people) and have a good time. So dig out and dust off all that old boat stuff, and bring it on down (or you could just keep it until you can’t remember what it was ever going to be used for). Take the whole family (or SOUTHWINDS

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leave the kids home to play some more video games) and join us.

Come out and find a great deal or just look around and have a good time. For more information, call (941) 792-9100.

2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends Nov. 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.

35th Annual Seven Seas Cruising Association Gam, Melbourne, FL, Nov. 12-14 Attendees will enjoy two full days of seminars and can visit marine vendor booths on Friday and Saturday. In addition, there will be a vendor appreciation and camaraderie cocktail party on Friday evening. Ham exams will be offered on Saturday.

Saturday evening will feature an international buffet,

raffles, prizes and the annual SSCA awards presentation. Vendors, featuring “boat show” prices, will be on hand to display their wares and answer questions from 9 to 5 on Friday and Saturday.

On Sunday morning, the rain-or-shine indoor Nautical Flea Market will be held. Also on Saturday is the unique Demos/Hands-on Roundtables from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., which will include “Mobile apps for mariners: come share your favorite marine mobile app;” fish hook removal, suturing and IM injections; emergency sail repair; knots and more.

There will also be two additional in-depth pay-for seminars on Sunday. Attendees can choose to attend a one-day weather symposium with Lee Chesneau from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (with lunch break), or a half day Energy In/Energy Out, The Dynamics of Offshore Energy Management with Bob Williams from 12:30 to 3:30 for just $75.

Some of the seminars are: “Diesel Care and Troubleshooting” with John Martino “Oh, Snap - You Think Your Rigging is Safe?” with Colin Mack “Marine Refrigeration” with Bob Williams “Challenging Your Weather Interpretation Skills” with Lee Chesneau “Outfitting for Blue Water Cruising” with Pam Wall “Offshore Communication: How to Choose and Use Systems That Will Meet Your Needs for Long-Distance Cruising” with Jim Corenman “Miami to the Dry Tortugas-Exploring the Florida Keys” with Mark Doyle All activities will take place at the Eau Gallie Civic Center in Melbourne, FL (1551 Highland Ave), located on the ICW with plenty of room for anchoring and a free dinghy dock.

Plenty of parking is available for those who come by car. A special rate for an ocean-facing mini-suite for SSCA Gam attendees is available at the Doubletree Guest Suites Melbourne Beach Oceanfront.

For more information, go to www.ssca.org and click on “SSCA Events,” or call (954) 771-5660.

2010 Wharram Winter Rendezvous, West Palm Beach, FL, Dec. 10-12 The 2010 Winter Florida Wharram Rendezvous is scheduled for the second weekend in December in the Old Port Cove SOUTHWINDS PressGang Crew Web Site Up and Running Again PressGang, the crew and boat search Web site that SOUTHWINDS had running previously on our Web site is again active and up-to-date. See details on page 58 or go to www.southwindsmagazine.com/pressgang. Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com and then “Sailor’s Resources.”

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anchorage just north of the Lake Worth Inlet in North Palm Beach, FL. This is a great opportunity to spend a weekend with Wharram catamaran builders, owners, and enthusiasts. There will be many sizes and models available to check out. People can come by boat or car. For those who come by car, organizers will make arrangements to take visitors to the boats by dinghy. Call David at (561) 632-2628 for more details, or e-mail david@boatsmithfl.com.

NEWS AND BUSINESS BRIEFS

New Sabre Sailboat Owners’ Association Forming in Florida A Sabre sailboat owners association is forming in Florida.

The plan is to have a newsletter, rendezvous, and exchange information and viewpoints with other Sabre owners. Sabre sailboat owners who would like information about joining, contact Alan Pressman at (941) 3501559, PO Box 17141, Sarasota, FL 34276, or by e-mail at AlanGSYS@gmail.com.

Sarasota Yacht Club Plans Another Race to Havana in 2011 Last year, the Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation failed in its plans to secure permission from the U.S. government to race from Sarasota, FL, to Marina Hemingway in Cuba. They are again this year planning another race. All race entrants who signed up last year have been carried over to this year’s list in the same order they signed previously. The group has expanded the number who can race to 120 boats, with the possibility of increasing that number.

The race will begin on May 14, 2011. Boats will start in the Gulf of Mexico off Lido Beach in Sarasota. The main event in Havana will be the Regatta Castillo del Morro, a race from Marina Hemingway to Havana. It will be held on May 18, 2011, and all entrants will be automatically signed up for that.

Organizers will still be required to receive approval from the Office of Asset Control, the Commerce Department and the U.S. Coast Guard.

All proceeds from the event will benefit charity selections for FY11, which are the American Cancer Society, Mote Marine Laboratories and Sarasota Youth Sailing.

The organizers are recommending a book, Cuba Information Manual: The Definitive Guide to Legal and Illegal

Catalina 14.2 – Stability and easy handling make the 14.2 an ideal boat to learn on, yet the experienced skipper enjoys the active one-design racing class.

Catalina 16.5 – Roomy cockpit and large storage locker forward. Powerful sail plan and plenty of standard equipment. Ideal for family outings and daysailing.

We know your time on the water is limited. it’s all about getting out there, racing or daysailing with the family, with no hassles.

This trio is fun to sail, easy to rig, and loaded with the quality and value Catalina owners have come to expect since 1969.

41 Years and 70,000 boats prove that Catalina Yachts has taken America sailing and that’s why it’s the “Sailor‘s Choice.”

Check out all the Catalina models at www.catalinayachts.com.

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Catalina 22 Sport – You asked for it. A production boat that accurately reflects the dimensions and weight of the first-generation one-design boat. Easy to trailer and a great step up from dinghy sailing.

Can you afford not to have this much fun? Contact either location for your closest dealer.

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Travel to Cuba by Michael Bellows (available at Amazon).

The book details about clearing into Cuba, what you can bring, and NOT BRING. It also details the many licenses and permits required.

More details are available at the regatta Web site at www.syccharitablefoundation.org/Sarasota-HavanaRegatta-1650.html. A monthly newsletter will be available for those interested.

You can contact organizers by e-mail at info@syccharitablefoundation.org.

Lake Lanier Water Levels Back Up to Normal In October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District) returned normal water control operations to Lake Lanier in Georgia. In the Oct. 20 press release, the Corps announced that the lake was “above the top of conservation lake level and within the storage dedicated to flood control.” The Corps stated that since there was a long-range forecast of a wetter than normal winter/spring, it would maintain the “normal winter pool level of 1070 as long as conditions allow.”

“To hold the lake above that level could have serious lakeside impacts if wet weather continues and would impact our flood-fighting abilities in the basin. The Corps must be positioned to respond to these conditions in a way that best serves the public and ensures project purposes are met,” said E. Patrick Robbins, public affairs officer.

The press release stated that “since Nov. 26, 2007, Buford Dam has only released to meet the downstream flow requirement in the Chattahoochee River at Peachtree Creek and more recently reduced releases to minimize flood damages downstream.”

“We have gone from operating in a drought situation to our normal operations for flood control,” said Robbins. “All indications are that the Southeast will be in for a wetter than normal to normal winter weather pattern, and it is important that the lakes in the system are prepared to handle the excess water.”

For the last several years, boating on the lake, because of the low water levels, has been seriously impaired. Sailing, both cruising and racing, was impacted substantially. In many cases, cranes had to be brought in to remove boats from the lake—or to bring them in —because water levels were so low that lifts and ramps could not be reached. This had a serious impact on boat sales.

Water levels have been rising on the lake since 2009 when rains began to ease the drought, which had been affecting the region for several years.

Information on this article was taken from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District) Lake Lanier Web site at http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/NewsEvents.htm.

Chuck Husick, Boating Writer and Boating Advocate, Dies Sept. 13

By Michael Sciulla (Reprinted with permission from Soundings’ TradeOnlyToday. www.TradeOnlyToday.com) Charles “Chuck” Husick, editor of Chapman’s Piloting and Seamanship, former chairman and president of the ChrisCraft Boat Co., freelance writer for numerous boating magazines and longtime public policy advocate for the nation’s boat owners, died Sept. 13 at his home in St. Petersburg, FL, after a lengthy illness.

Husick came to the attention of the boating public in the late 1980s when he took the helm of the ailing Chris-Craft company. The company had been under scrutiny for months by the BoatU.S. Consumer Protection Bureau for building boats that had delamination problems.

Rather than stonewall the allegations, Husick immediately promised to get to the root of the problem and fix things. BoatU.S. officials were so pleased by his forthright pro-consumer approach that he was the first industry veteran named to the BoatU.S. National Advisory Council, a post he held until his passing.

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who worked on the Gemini manned space program and held senior positions at Cessna Aircraft Co. and Fairchild Industries, he was also a bluewater sailor and a pilot who rose to the top public policy ranks of the marine and general aviation industries. He served on the board of the Radio Technical Commission for Marine Services, an industry/government group that coordinates marine electronic standards for the United States, and as chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

He held a 100-ton Coast Guard master’s license, taught courses in marine diesel engines and marine electrical systems in his spare time, and his long-running “Ask Chuck” column in BoatU.S. Magazine was his forum to respond to and explain the mysteries of modern marine technology.

He also was a contributing editor to major boating publications such as Sail, Cruising World, Power & Motoryacht, Yachting, Ocean Navigator and Southern Boating. He also was a frequent contributor to Soundings, Trade Only’s sister magazine.

Husick’s most endearing quality was that he was a tireless public policy advocate for recreational boaters—in many respects the Don Quixote of recreational boating.

Convinced that the widespread use of Type I marine sanitation devices would result in cleaner water than no-discharge zones that went unenforced, he hounded everyone who would listen and made more than a dozen trips from Florida to Washington, D.C.—at his own expense—to lobby Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency.

He was also a tireless campaigner for continued funding of Loran-C and for the rights of cruising boaters who, while anchoring, often were at the mercy of local law enforcement officials.

More recently, he and his son Lawrence, a national security expert, played a key role in fashioning a unified industry response to Bush administration concerns after the USS Cole terrorist attack that small boats could be a threat to national security.

Husick is survived by his wife of 17 years, Louisa, a sister, two sons and four grandchildren. Only time will tell how those of us who relied on Husick for answers to so many of life’s questions will survive his passing.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water (www.boatus.com/foundation).

Michael Sciulla is former editor and publisher, BoatU.S. Magazine and BoatU.S. senior vice president of government and public affairs.

BoatUS Foundation’s Top Picks for On-the-Water Weather Services A Look at Cell Phone, Smart Phone, Chartplotter and Computer-Based Weather Services

up-to-the-minute weather information aboard their boat. The BoatUS Foundation recently reviewed 28 products and services to see which provided mariners with the best information and has issued its recommendations for its top “picks.”

The review, which covered satellite and phone-based weather services for the coastal inshore and inland boater, included free cellular phone text messaging services to feebased subscription services that display weather information on a chartplotter. Each weather service includes hardware, such as a standard flip phone, smart phone, computer or chartplotter, as well as the software designed to present the information.

Foundation staff limited their focus to the actual content and depth of weather information provided. This included the ability to deliver local, land-based weather information (current conditions such as temperature, wind or barometric readings), hazardous weather warnings, radar imagery, land and marine forecasts, and NOAA buoy reports.

Following are the BoatUS Foundation’s weather service “picks”: Best Free Flip-Phone Option: NOAA’s mobile weather. http://mobile.weather.gov Best iPhone App: MarineCast. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marinecast/id350423381 Best Blackberry App: Mobile Mariner. www.mobilemariner.com Best Free App: WeatherBug. http://weather.weatherbug.com/mobile.html.

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Divers to Target Lionfish in Lower Florida Keys Derby, Nov. 13 Divers are to become undersea “anglers” during an innovative event designed to control the population of non-native lionfish in Florida Keys waters. Set for Saturday, Nov. 13, the Lower Keys Lionfish Derby is the final of three derbies organized by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in partnership with the Reef Environmental Education Foundation.

The derby is headquartered at Stock Island’s Hurricane Hole Marina, 5130 U.S. Highway 1 at mile marker 4.5.

Events are to begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, with a late registration for any teams that did not pre-register, followed by a mandatory 7 p.m. captains meeting.

Because lionfish have venomous spines, briefings on proper catching and cleaning techniques are to be a focus of the evening’s activities.

The Indo-Pacific red lionfish, whose Atlantic Ocean presence probably began in the 1980s when people carelessly released the popular aquarium fish, is considered an invasive species with no natural reef predators except man.

Its rapidly growing populations in Atlantic and Caribbean

waters steal space and food resources from domestic species like grouper and snapper.

On derby day, teams can begin collecting lionfish at sunrise. Lionfish can be taken by spear, hand net, slurp gun or hook and line. Catches are to be turned in to the scoring station between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.

At a 7 p.m. social, derby participants can taste dishes made with lionfish, whose delicate white meat has been compared to the flavor of hogfish. The tasting also is open to the public.

A 7:30 p.m. banquet rounds out the events. Cash prizes totaling more than $3,000 await the teams that bring in the most lionfish, largest lionfish and smallest. As well as earning prizes, teams are contributing to the preservation of Florida Keys marine habitats and ecosystems.

The entry fee is $100 per team of up to four people registering by Wednesday, Nov. 10. The fee includes one pair of puncture-resistant gloves and two banquet tickets per team.

Teams can register Thursday or at the captains meeting for a fee of $120.

Divers can participate in the derbies from their own private vessels or join a local dive operator’s charter. For more information and team registration, go to www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies, or call (305) 852-0030.

BoatUS Adds Online Guide to Marine Trade Schools— Schools For Preparing Future Boatbuilders, Repairers, Marine Technicians From BoatUS To help examine the possibilities of a career working in and around recreational boats, BoatUS has added a new list of marine trade schools, community colleges and accredited certification programs to the Guide to Marine Education Programs at www.BoatUS.com/colleges.

The new addition of one- and two-year technical programs to BoatUS’ previously-released Guide to Marine Education offering (four-year) college and university marine programs makes learning about educational opportunities easier by having all of the information in one place.

The guide can be searched by state or a specific focus area, such as marine science, boat design, engine repair, Review Your Boat SOUTHWINDS is looking for boaters to review their own boat. We found readers like to read reviews by boat owners. If you like to write, we want your review. It can be long or short (the boat, that is), a racer, a cruiser, new or old, on a trailer or in the water. Photos essential. If it’s a liveaboard, tell us how that works out. Or—is it fast?

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An additional resource is the feature “The Boat Lovers’ Guide to Marine Trade Schools” that premieres in the October/November issue of BoatUS Magazine and can be found online at www.BoatUSMagazine.com/boatus /20101011#pg50.

Regatta Pointe Marina in Palmetto Announces the Launch of Club Regatta and the Yacht Sales Center Club Regatta is a social club for yacht owners, enthusiasts and local residents. The club members will have access to all the marina facilities, planned events and enjoy special discounts at Insparations Day Spa, the new Riverhouse Reef & Grill restaurant, banquet rooms, the ship’s store and fuel dock. There will be many events at the marina for the members, including sailing regattas, fishing tournaments, holiday fireworks, swimming pool parties, clubhouse parties and more. Club Regatta is social in nature with a strong family orientation.

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Discounted office space is also available for other marine businesses, such as marine lenders, insurance companies and yacht documentation services. Up to 60 discounted slips are available for new and brokerage yachts. Boat shows, yacht owner appreciation rendezvous and dealer meetings are planned and will take advantage of the many marina facilities, restaurants and banquet rooms. The Regatta Pointe Marina Yacht Sales Center will be home to the largest collection of dealers, brokers and yachts for sale in the state of Florida. Regatta Pointe Marina is centrally located with easy access to I 75 and Tampa and Sarasota International Airports.

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West Marine Opens Newest Flagship Store In Sarasota, FL West Marine announced in October that it is opening a new “Flagship Store” at 4708 South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, at the junction of the Bee Ridge Road and Proctor Road.

Responding to the requests of local boaters, the new store will be nearly three times the size of the previous location. At over 21,000 square feet, it will be the largest West Marine in southwest Florida and will be stocked full of products to meet the needs of large and small power and fishing boats, sailboats and kayaks. Expanded services for Sun Coast customers will include an engine parts department, comprehensive marine electronics, in-shore and offshore fishing equipment, inflatable boats and motors department plus an expanded apparel, shoes, and sunglass section for men and women.

This Sarasota Flagship Store will also be home to a Port Supply Hub. Port Supply is the wholesale division of West Marine, whose customers include boatyards, boatbuilders, boat dealers, service shops and charter boats. The Port Supply Hub will service marine businesses from Crystal River to Marco Island and all ports in between.

Grand opening events at the new location are scheduled for Dec. 9-12.

TheSailingChannel Releases Video on ICW TheSailingChannel recently released a video on traveling down the ICS for ICW novices, titled Heading South: First Timers’ Guide to the ICW. The video was a creation of ICW expert, noted sailing writer and charter skipper, Wally Moran, TheSailingChannel and Toria Salvia, who directed and produced the video.

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you hear the upsides of one of the most fascinating water routes in America.”

The video was filmed on the West River just south of Annapolis. “It’s like having Wally visiting with you in your cockpit and giving you a break at the helm as he talks about his ICW experiences,” says Salvia.

The video gives tips on saving time and money, along with information on trouble spots along the ICW. It highlights the best stopovers, like Belhaven, NC, “…whose location on the Pungo River, far from anyplace, mandates that most of us will stop there overnight,” notes Moran. “This is not a bad thing, as Belhaven gets my nod for having the best sunsets along the ICW.” The video covers the route from the Erie Canal to the Florida Keys. For more information, go to www.thesailingchannel.tv/icw.

Information on this article was taken from Tradeonly.com and TheSailingChannel.com.

West Marine Announces Marine Conservation Grants In October, West Marine announced their first annual Marine Conservation Grants program. Grants of $30,000 go

to non-profit organizations which are working to “improve and protect marine habitat. The following are grants in the Southeast U.S.: • Sebastian, Fort Pierce, and Indian River Lagoon, FL Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc (MCII): This organization was founded to clean the waterways of marine debris.

• Jacksonville, FL - TISRI: TISRI stands for “Think It, Sink It, Reef It” and is focused on the creation and promotion of artificial reefs.

• New Orleans, LA - Marine Research and Assistance Council: The Citizen Sailor Program educates and equips coastal and blue water mariners to conduct basic scientific air and water sampling to be shared with environmental research organizations.

• New Orleans, LA - Friends of the West End: Funds will go to the restoration of green spaces and shorelines on West End Park to clear tidal flow culverts that are heavily silted, benefitting breeding grounds for fish and crab.

• South Carolina: Coastal Conservation Association (CCA): Funding will support oyster recycling, reef restoration and creation, water quality and education.

• Texas - Coastal Conservation Association (CCA): This funding will go to help restore 160 acres of intertidal marsh habitat.

For more information, go to www.westmarine.com.

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Sarasota Waterfront Alliance Another Citizens Group Working for the Waterfront

By Harmon Heed feet. The channel meanThe Sarasota Waterfront ders and is not always Alliance is a group of ten well marked. people who are working Many studies have been toward improving navigaconducted on Sarasota’s tion in Sarasota’s two passpasses. The two most es to the Gulf, Big Pass and recent have concentrated New Pass. They have good on Big Pass, but neither of reason to do so. Hundreds them were precipitated by of millions of dollars are the navigation issue. Inspent by boaters in Southstead, both were promulwest Florida every year, gated by the need of sand but, as Sam Chavers, the for beach replenishment dockmaster at Sarasota’s on popular Lido and Siesta pristine Marina Jack Marina Keys. The first study was and an Alliance member, done by doctors Richard says, “Sarasota is one of the Aerial photo of Big Sarasota Pass in 1972 showing multiple channels Davis and Ping Wang from few boating communities cutting the ebb delta. the Coastal Research laboin Florida without a susratory at the University of tainable inlet.”

South Florida in 2003. The According to a 2007 two engineers studied Big study by the Florida Fish Pass back to the 1880s and and Wildlife Conservation concluded in their summaCommission (FWC), boatry that “...there are several ing in Florida has an annumillion cubic yards of al dollar impact of beach quality sand in the $20,000,000,000 (that’s twenBig Pass shoal.” They also ty billion!) and provides reported that, “…there is 220,000 jobs. Of that, $8.5little likelihood that Big billion is spent directly by Pass will close...” boaters and does not The second study was include boat sales. Boaters conducted by Coastal in Southwest Florida alone Oblique photography from 1997 showing the elongated and spit-like Technology Corporation (Manatee, Sarasota, De nature of the ebb tidal delta of Big Sarasota Pass.

(CTC) beginning in 2005. It Soto, Charlotte, Lee and took four years and cost the Collier counties) spend county $500,000. It came to the same conclusions doctors $1.5-million a year and provide 14,500 jobs. The Alliance Davis and Wang did and gave the county options and recthinks those numbers could be increased if Sarasota’s passommendations to go forward with. The owners of beach es were made more navigable. homes on affluent Siesta Key, ever wary of government The Alliance’s spokesman, Dennis Mathews of the intentions and competence, were not confident with the Longboat Key Club Moorings, affirms it’s trying to educate study’s results, so the county spent another $200,000 on a the County Board of Commissioners on the dollar value of peer study to review CTCs methods of study, findings and having the passes open so Sarasota can gain its share of the the computer model that predicts how various areas of boating dollar. “We’re trying to create a safe access through dredging would affect the migration of sand in the pass Big Pass and New Pass.” and on adjacent beaches. Three additional engineers conThey seem to be having an effect. During a presentacluded that CTC’s report was complete, thorough and tion on Big Pass at a Sarasota County Board of valid.

Commissioner’s meeting on July 27, Commissioner Nora The two CTC engineers, Dr. Cliff Truit and Jim Marino, Patterson, who is a boater, has lived on Siesta Key for 40 had concluded that beach replenishment sand could safely years and sits on the West Coast Inland Navigation District be taken from the shoal north of Big Pass without affecting (WCIND) board, observed that, “Big Pass navigation the pass or adjacent beaches. They did not recommend became an issue two years ago when the Coast Guard dredging a new Big Pass channel because it would fill in in stopped marking it.“ She also said her experience shows less than two years. They did recommend maintenance the minimum depth in the pass is usually five to seven 32

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dredging of the natural channel, possibly every four to seven years. They also recommended, as additional navigation improvements, to monitoring channel location, adding channel markers and installing shoaling signs.

New Pass, just two and a quarter miles north of Big Pass and on the other side of Lido Key, was not thoroughly studied. CTCs recommendations there were to add channel markers and future dredging.

But where will the money come from to dredge? Laird Wreford, the county’s manager for Natural Resources, listed identifying potential partnering for the Big Pass program: The West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND), the city of Sarasota, the town of Longboat Key, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and local stakeholders. WCIND, which collects a small millage from five local counties, has an annual budget of around $2million. The city of Sarasota, like all other municipalities, is financially stressed. Longboat Key already has a stiff residence tax to keep its beaches intact. USACE has to be paid for the work it does. Can the local stakeholders, Tourist Development Council, beach homeowners and boating businesses come up with the money? Jason Mashke, president of Sarasota Ship and Yachts and a member of the Waterfront Alliance, said the Alliance is all for finding sources to get it done.

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replenish Manasota and Lido beaches alone could reach $40-million. A couple of years ago Jon Thaxton, Sarasota County’s environmentally friendly commissioner, said, “This sand is worth its weight in gold. I am totally certain that what’s at stake are tens and hundreds of millions of dollars.“ The county could save millions by replenishing Siesta and Lido Key beaches with sand “borrowed” from the Big Pass shoal and the maintenance dredging of the channel would more than pay for itself.

“Borrow” is a magic word in beach replenishment funding, because it provokes the use of federal funding. In fact, at the July 27th County Commission meeting, Alexandra Davis-Shaw, the Sarasota city engineer, stepped forward and offered to work with the county on possibly using an already federally funded program for the city for putting sand on Lido Key beaches.

Who will do the dredging if and when funds are available? USACE is responsible for dredging the ICW to keep it navigable for commercial purposes. According to Milan Mora, the project manager at the Jacksonville District of USACE, Big Pass is used for recreational and not commercial purposes and therefore not appropriate to be dredged

by USACE. Therefore, a private dredging company would have to be hired.

However, Mr. Mora continued, “New Pass is still an authorized channel for USACE dredging but it has reached the limit of spending authorized by Congress.” The 1960 Harbor Act, Section 107, capped USACE New Pass dredging spending at $7,000,000 which it reached in the 1970s. If Congress raised that level of spending, then USACE could dredge if funds were provided.

It takes time to put together a federally funded project.

What to do in the meantime? Sam Chavers says, “Big Pass does not necessarily require constant dredging, but it does need constant maintenance of its navigation aids.” That has been done for the past two years primarily on a volunteer basis. Two members of the Sarasota Yacht Club, Peter van Roekens and Bart Bartusek, take Bart’s skiff out monthly during the winter and after every storm and take soundings.

They sound the channel every six inches as they zig-zag north and south, then east and west. Peter claims he has done over four million soundings over the past five years.

They send the lat/longs of the channel to the county, and the county, funded by WCIND, moves the government-owned buoys. “I sure wish we had big channel entrance markers out there,” said Bart hopefully.

The Sarasota Waterfront Alliance has its work cut out for it. “We want to be a resource for the County Commission,” averred spokesman Mathews. There will also have to be fundraisers, congressional lobbyists, paper pushers, motivators and all with the patience of Job to meander through the government bureaucracies like the channel has meandered through Big Pass for many years. But citizens like those are who made America what it is.

Photos in this article were taken from the paper “Sediments And Processes At Big Sarasota Pass, Sarasota County” by Richard A. Davis, PhD, PG, and Ping Wang, PhD, Coastal Research Laboratory, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. SOUTHWINDS

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Visitors can also come by boat and dock for free at the show’s “Come by Boat Dock” Event Web site: www.showmanagement.com Thurs. Dec. 2 — 12 noon-6 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 3 — 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 4 — 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 5 — 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Adults $10 Children 15 and under free admission $2 off each ticket purchased online GENERAL SHOW INFORMATION The St. Petersburg Boat show and Strictly Sail merged in 2008 to create one large show for all power and sailboats in downtown St. Petersburg. Show Management puts on this show and has been doing so for many years—along with many other boat shows throughout the South. There will be docks dedicated to sailboats only, and Latitudes and Attitudes magazine will be putting on their traditional Cruisers Bash on Saturday evening after the show at 7 p.m.

In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is besides the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with these boats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land.

Over 200 exhibitors will be in the main tent, and one section will be devoted to sailing exhibitors, although many exhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers.

There will be a large section for outside exhibitors showing both sailing products and services and trailered boats. This is besides the dozens of trailered powerboats that will also be on display outside in the powerboat area.

Sailing seminars, run by Sail America, in the same format as the ones at the previous Strictly Sail Boat shows, will be held in Mahaffey Theater at the show site. A seminar schedule (see next page) will be available at www.strictlysail.com at the St. Pete Web page and through the Show Management Web site, www.showmanagement.com. There will also be an author’s tent area outside.

For kids, there will be free fishing clinics on Saturday and Sunday with free fishing gear to be given away as long as supplies last.

Discover Sailing will also be offering free sailboat rides on a variety of boats in Tampa Bay. www.southwindsmagazine.com

BOAT SHOW FREE SAILING SEMINARS Over 65 free seminars will be presented at the St. Pete Boat Show. The seminars, which span the four-day show, are taught by authors, technical experts and well-seasoned sailors and cover a wide range of topics. Sailors will find topics that expand their knowledge on general boating, cruising, living aboard, circumnavigation, exploring Florida’s coastline, learning how to get started—the list goes on.

The seminars will be held indoors at the Mahaffey Theater at the show site and run 11:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Thursday, 10:30 a.m.5:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Sunday. All are included in the admission ticket.

The final schedule is not complete (see December SOUTHWINDS issue for complete schedule, or go to www.showmanagement. com/st_petersburg/event). Here are some highlighted seminars: A Sailor’s Guide to Tampa Bay Weather. This is taught by St. Pete’s own Dave Ellis. Dave examines the weather clues on Tampa Bay. Learn about the weather patterns, the sea breeze and when to head for home from the former sailing master and regatta coordinator at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

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Getting into Sailing on Tampa Bay. This is another seminar by Dave Ellis. Want to start sailing but don’t know where? Dave reveals that sailing need not be expensive or complicated. He’ll point you in the right direction to get out on the water without spending a fortune.

Ten Storm Sailing Strategies. John Kretschmer, author of At the Mercy of the Sea and Sailboats for a Serious Ocean, will present two seminars. “Ten Storm Sailing Strategies” focuses on seamanship and leadership, the two keys to handling storm conditions in small boats. The seminar discusses techniques and realities of heaving-to, running off and fore reaching in extreme conditions.

Sailboats for A Serious Ocean - 25 Great Sailboats for World Voyaging. This is also by John Kretschmer, and it takes a candid and honest look at great boats for world voyaging. It focuses on new and used boats and what to look for when considering a boat for crossing an ocean.

Cruising for Couples. This seminar is presented by Liza Copeland, author of Cruising for Cowards, and emphasizes the dynamics of couples, setting up a user-friendly boat and living with your partner 24 hours a day—in sweet harmony.

USVI-based bareboat charter company CYOA Yacht Charters is accepting applications from experienced team players for the following full and part-time positions: PART TIME Charter Briefer. An ideal job for the semi-retired cruiser that wants to earn extra money.

Meet and greet charter clients, familiarize them with their charter boat and take them for a brief test sail. Must be able to demonstrate all the mechanical systems on a charter boat, conduct a chart briefing, answer client’s questions, put them at ease—and then, after a brief test sail, send them off on a great vacation. You can work as much or as little as you desire.

FULL TIME Boat Maintenance. Must be experienced, have your own tools, knowledge of common systems on sail and powerboats up to 50 feet and able to operate these vessels. References required.

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Parts Clerk. Detail-oriented OCD person to keep track of our loose screws. Boating knowledge and computer skills a big plus.

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Mediterranean Magic. Also by Liza Copeland, this seminar explores the scope of the Mediterranean Sea, weather patterns and forecasting, and routes to get there, in addition to specific country information including piloting, officialdom and cruising fees, harbors, moorage and anchorage, boating facilities afloat and ashore, and sightseeing ashore.

Preparations for Offshore Cruising. Another presentation by Liza Copeland, this examines outfitting your boat for a weekend, coastal cruising or circumnavigating.

Cruising in the Caribbean. Liza Copeland again presents this seminar, which brings the Caribbean to life with recent scenic and personalized images of the region and includes general Caribbean information including harbors and anchorages, facilities, and cultural information and tips.

Basic Marine Weather Interpretation Skills. This is taught by Lee Chesneau, a highly seasoned senior marine meteorologist with a distinguished 36-year career in maritime weather forecasting. Attendees will be introduced to surface weather maps and examine the anticipated weather forecasts for several geographical areas. This seminar is a reality check for basic weather chart interpretation skills.

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October in Georgetown – It’s the Wooden Boat Show

By Dan Dickison

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Every year, during the third Saturday in October, this little town swells to capacity as upward of 5,000 people flock to Front Street and the nearby boardwalk to appraise and gawk at an assembly of wooden boats ranging from kayaks and canoes to steamboats and yawls. As it begins its third decade of existence, the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show has grown to become one of the most popular maritime festivals in the Southeast. According to co-founder and one of the principal organizers, Sally Swineford,

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Wooden boats along Front Street at the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show. Photo by Keith Jacobs.

exhibitors come from as far away as Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Florida to share their creations. As for the attendees, “Well,” she explains, “we don’t charge admission, so we don’t really keep track of where the show-goers come from.”

Swineford, a Georgetown restaurateur, says that well over 100 boats make up the exhibits at the show. They range from six-foot surfboards to 40-plus-foot yachts. Last year, one of the highlights was yacht designer Dudley Dix’s speedy sensation, the 14-foot Paper Jet. Of course, many of these craft are turned out in full dress, with code flags fluttering in the breeze and gleaming brightwork accenting the classic sheer lines, transoms and bows. Fittingly, the exhibitors are rewarded for their primped and polished vessels when the show’s organizers and their appointed judges present awards in 11 classes, along with a people’s choice award and other special acknowledgements. What’s really impressive, says Swineford, is that a high percentage of the boats exhibited are built by their owners. One of the annual highlights is the appearance of Jim Bircher’s steamboat, a gorgeous, 20-foot open boat displaying its antiquated yet functional power plant. Bircher, who owns Beaufort Naval Armorers, also displays and sells brass and stainless steel cannons and mortars.

Along with her co-organizers from the Harbor Historical Association, Swineford makes plans for this event on nearly a year-round basis, assuring that there’s something for everyone. They arrange for nautical-themed musicians to perform and get volunteers to sell shrimp creole, Cajun gumbo, popcorn and hot dogs.

They invite maritime artists and modelmakers to exhibit. And, to accommodate kids, they orchestrate activities like model boatbuilding, arts and crafts, and the opportunity to row one of the Charleston Mosquito Fleet gigs—34-foot, fixed-thwart rowing boats.

As popular as the exhibits are, the show’s star attraction is the Wooden Boat Challenge, a four-hour boatbuilding competition that’s part of WoodenBoat magazine’s series of competitions held at venues around the country. Billed as “the superbowl of boatbuilding,” this particular contest features two-person teams who are furnished with identical materials and plans, and then directed to build a prescribed www.southwindsmagazine.com

The ever-popular rowing and paddling race portion of the boatbuilding competition in Georgetown. Photo by Keith Jacobs.

design as quickly as possible. At stake is a first prize of $500, and bragging rights as the region’s most accomplished speed builders.

The action begins with the announcement: “Gentlemen, start your skill saws,” and after a flurry of activity and sawdust, it reaches its climax when the competitors launch their handiwork and put these skiffs to the test in an oar-powered race across the Sampit River and back. The dock, boardwalk and nearby porches are crowded with onlookers for the

occasion. Says Swineford: “It’s really a marvelous spectacle, and lots of fun.”

For this year’s competition, Swineford and her fellow organizers changed the design, something she says they do every few years because the competitors just get too familiar with the existing designs and that diminishes the challenge. (In 2008, Charleston-based boatbuilders Doug Dow and Keith Singleton set the all-time record for speediest construction at 2 hours, 27 minutes and 33 seconds.) “This year,” she explains, “the design is the Carolina Bateau, a 12foot skiff with lines that are a little more feminine than the previous year’s design…Like the Georgetown Bateau used from 2002 to 2006, this one was designed by “B” Colman of Seaco Yacht Design in Lexington, KY, a longtime friend of the show.”

Roughly a dozen teams will participate in the contest this year, says Swineford. Though most of the duos will be local, past competitions have seen entrants arrive from as far away as Maryland and Florida. “This is definitely popular,” she explains.

“We’re even televising the boat race portion this year.

The local television station will have a crew on hand, so you can sit in a restaurant or bar nearby on Front Street and watch it, or see it on one of the big screen TVs in the main tent. This really is a pretty big deal.”

And that might be said of the entire affair. The Georgetown Wooden Boat Show not only celebrates the sport of sailing and promotes wooden boats, but it serves to ensure that the region’s maritime heritage is preserved because the show is, in part, a fundraiser for the Georgetown Maritime Museum. Housed in a small historic building near the harbor, this facility is becoming a vital repository for ship models, maps, and maritime memorabilia representing the region.

Like its beneficiary—the museum—the show is a cherished aspect of life in Georgetown. “It’s almost like a class reunion for many of us,” explains Swineford. “A lot of people have been coming to attend for a long time. It’s a celebration. It’s a party. It’s a real feel-good kind of event.”

The 2010 Georgetown Wooden Boat Show takes place Saturday, Oct. 16. For additional information, go to www.woodenboatshow.com. (843) 545-0015.

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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43

By Barry Hammerberg

Though we’d visited her at the dealer’s yard, she wasn’t real until we stood at the entrance to the 2003 Chicago Strictly Sail boat show and saw the name Another Adventure on the aft quarters of our new SO43 sitting in the Jeanneau booth.

Over 28,000 miles and seven years later, we are still enamored of her.

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The deck on the Jeanneau 43 shows the many opening ventilation hatches.

Hull #227 LOA: 43’ overall, 42.1 hull LWL: 37’ 5” Draft: 5’3” Beam: 13’ 8” Air draft: 58’ Displacement: 22,000 lbs.

Engine: Yanmar Model JH3E 56 hp diesel Fuel: 56 gals.

Holding tank: 2 @ 20 gallons each Water: 105 gals.

Sails: Main, 3 slab reefs, stack pack 135% Genoa, furling 1150 sq. ft. gennaker Hull: Fiberglass with bonded-in grid, locally reinforced with Kevlar, vinylester vapor barrier, below waterline gelcoat overlaid with epoxy barrier coat.

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e moved up from a Hunter Legend 35.5, looking for more room for our children and grandchildren. With two cabins, a large salon and galley, two heads, larger holding tanks and more potable water, the SO43 promised to be more livable.

We looked at a number of boats during our search. I prepared an Excel spreadsheet to compare displacement, sail area, horsepower, draft, mast height and a number of performance ratios to help us make a decision. The obvious quality of a friend’s 42-foot Jeanneau deck salon was also a determining factor.

We launched Another Adventure among the ice floes in Sturgeon Bay, anxious to sail her. We weren’t disappointed; the SO43 is a great sailing boat. She is fairly stiff. We usually put the first reef in the main at about 18 knots apparent wind. We take in a second reef at 23-25 knots along with a partial reef of the headsail. The helm is balanced in these configurations, while boat speed is in the 6.5- to 8-knot range depending on point of sail.

We use our .75 oz. gennaker in light air up to about 10 knots at 60 to 120 degrees apparent. When the wind is aft of 120, the main blankets the genoa to the point we furl it. The boat is very responsive in most wind and sea conditions. Her sole annoying habit is pounding when headed into large seas under power—a result of the shallow canoe-shaped bow section.

We typically motor at 7 knots, burning just under a gallon of diesel per hour. She tops out at about 8.2 knots with our PYI power max prop.

Docking can be a challenge if there is a cross wind, as the hull forward of the keel is very shallow, and there is a lot of freeboard, causing the boat to fall away from the wind. Couple that with prop walk and you can have your hands full in a narrow fairway. However, if you get the prop walk and wind working in concert, you’ll walk away looking like a professional. Likewise, with a little back and fill, you can turn in her length.

We are full-time cruisers—the boat is our home. The SO43’s configuration suits our usage well. There is a guest cabin forward with V-berth, seats, vanity, cabinets and a head with a shower. The main salon has a folding leaf table starboard, surrounded by seating that handles eight people comfortably. We use the port settee for our parrot’s cage and a single seat. Our office is the large chart table. The L-shaped galley backs against the salon seating. Aft of the galley we have a walk-in pantry/storage www.southwindsmagazine.com

The spacious salon, showing the starboard side here, features a folding table with seating for 8-10.

room, and our microwave (in other configurations this area would be part of the starboard aft cabin). We prefer to have the pantry and the large deep lock behind it (accessed from the cockpit). Our berth is port side, aft of our second head.

Because we live aboard, we have a number of devices to provide creature comforts: 12V refrigerator, 12V freezer, microwave, air-conditioning, Espar diesel heating, solar panels, wind generator and watermaker. Recently we switched all the light bulbs to marine LEDs from Cruising Solutions for greater efficiency, reducing lighting power demand almost 90 percent.

The dealer changed the water tanks and holding tanks to provide additional capacity—handy when we are in zero-discharge cruising grounds. We added macerators to the tank discharges for when we are at sea. Two large lockers in the heads resulted from the dealer relocating the small factory-installed courtesy holding tanks. I further helped organize storage by adding shelves in virtually all the cabinets.

Our navigation suite includes two radar/chartplotters, one each at the chart table and helm tied in with our autopilot. Instrumentation includes wind, depth, speed and water temperature at each helm. At the chart table, we installed Acu-gage tank monitors, a Link 2000 and SkyMate for satellite position reporting, e-mail and weather.

As a former boatbuilder and marine surveyor, I’m fussy about the boat’s condition; fortunately, we’ve found the SO43 easy to maintain. The engine compartment provides 360-degree access, making routine service reasonably easy.

Most systems are readily accessible. A complete equipment list can be accessed at www.rbhammer.com/jeanneauso 43.htm. The site also includes our experience with most of the equipment we have on the boat, www.rbhammer. com/what_works.htm.

The boat has a little too much teak: cockpit floor, swim platform, seats, cockpit table and cabin top hand rails.

Keeping this brightwork looking good requires quarterly attention. The original running lights seldom worked when needed; they had incandescent bulbs that broke filaments regularly and contacts that corroded. We replaced these with sealed LED fixtures. Our only other complaint is the overhead hatches in the salon. They use an adjustable fricNews & Views for Southern Sailors

The port side of the salon features the nav station and the settee.

Deep stainless sinks, freezer, refrigerator and stove/oven in an Lshaped galley.

tion hinge to hold the hatch open—in theory. In practice, they close every time the temperature changes.

There is a little gelcoat crazing in the usual places: cockpit hatches at the dog leg, near the traveler track, in the trim forward of the main hatch and around a couple of improperly dealer-installed fasteners. Overall, the finish is in excellent condition for seven years of fresh and saltwater exposure.

Our Jeanneau SO43 has definitely proven to be the right boat for our lifestyle.

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Understanding EPIRBs & PLBs

By Wayne Cannin The class A, B, S and C units that transmit only on 121.5/243 MHz are being phased out in the United States (at least for those pertaining to marine rescue).

Since February 1, 2009, only 406 MHz beacons are monitored by the international Cospas-Sarsat SAR (Search and Rescue) satellite system. This does not mean these units are useless because aircraft and some shore stations are still monitoring the 121.5/243 MHz frequencies (meaning they are not monitored via satellite). However, you should not consider these units as a primary lifesaving device. Your odds of the signal being detected are less, and the time it would take for a SAR team to verify and respond to your signal could be many hours. The 121.5/243 MHz units are still used for onboard MOB (Man Overboard) systems that have a receiver/direction finder on the vessel.

These systems have a special directionEPIRBs, GPIRBs, ELTs, PLBs An EPIRB installed on a boat. finding receiver that will allow the vessel There are basically three types of emerto begin recovery of a MOB immediately and not have to gency locator beacons. wait for the arrival of outside help. If you currently have a 1. EPIRBs and GPIRBs - (Emergency Position-Indicating 121.5/243 MHz device onboard and it is still operational Radio Beacons. GPIRB is a combined GPS and EPIRB) signal with a good battery, you might as well keep it, as any and all maritime distress. means for rescue should be used. However, you should also 2. ELTs - (Emergency Locator Transmitters) signal aircraft have a newer Category I or II device onboard as well. distress.

3. PLBs - (Personal Locator Beacons) are for personal use Cospas-Sarsat Satellite Units and are intended to indicate a person in distress who is The Category I and II, 406 MHz, EPIRBs GPIRBs and PLBs away from normal emergency services (i.e., 911). all transmit to satellites that are part of the Cospas-Sarsat system. Cospas-Sarsat is an international satellite-based Mariners are primarily only interested in the EPIRBs, SAR distress alert detection and information distribution GPIRBs and PLBs. These units come in classes as follows, system, established by Canada, France, the United States with the Category I and II being the current Cospas-Sarsat and the former Soviet Union in 1979. The signal will be satellite units. responded to in minutes, rather than the hours it may take Category I. 406/121.5 MHz. Float-free, automatically actifor 121.5/243 MHz units. The 406 MHz units transmit vated EPIRB. Detectable by satellite anywhere in the world. bursts of digital data containing information about the beaRecognized by GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress Safety con and its location. Transmitting in short bursts uses less System.) Float-free means that the housing it is mounted in battery power allowing longer operation. can be fitted with a Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU), which makes the EPIRB float free if the vessel sinks, which means Registering the Units it will still be activated.

Because these 406 MHz (Category I and II) units transmit Category II. 406/121.5 MHz. Similar to Category I, except it more information, it is important to have your unit regisis manually activated. Some models are also water-activated. tered. When a signal is received, it has to be authenticated before any rescue effort is made. With a registered unit, Classes Being Phased Out authorities can begin contacting those listed in the registraClasses no longer used or monitored by satellite are units tion information to verify whether there is a real possibility that transmit solely on 121.5/243 MHz. of distress. With an unregistered beacon, the SAR authoriClass A - Float-free, automatically activating. ties have a harder time verifying that it is not a false alarm, Class B - Manually activated version of Class A, also known slowing rescue efforts. Registration is free and relatively as Mini B. easy. In the United States, NOAA is the agency in charge of Class S - Similar to Class B, except it floats, or is an integral registrations. You can set up an account online at the NOAA part of a survival craft (lifeboat).

Web site, https://beaconregistration.noaa.gov/rgdb/.

Class C - Marine VHF ch15/16. Manually activated, these beacons operate on maritime channels only, and therefore Registration is updated every two years. NOAA will are not detectable by satellite or normal aircraft. mail you a renewal notice that can be updated as needed and One of the single most important developments for marine safety has been the EPIRB—and more recently the PLB. What are EPIRBs and PLBs? EPIRBs (Emergency PositionIndicating Radio Beacons) and PLBs (Personal Locator Beacons) are small self-contained transmitters that broadcast an emergency locating signal.

Modern emergency beacons are sophisticated transmitters that communicate with satellites to give information about who is in distress and their location. Some can now even allow the user to transmit short “I’m OK” messages.

Almost all modern units also now have built-in GPS receivers to also transmit your exact location. Let’s take a quick look at the types of units most boaters are likely to use.

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returned by mail. Registration is needed, but not required for EPIRBs, GPIRBs and PLB beacons. If you have an unregistered beacon, it can still be used. However, rescue efforts will be slowed as authorities try to validate the signal.

A PLB, a Personal Locator Beacon, which is carried on a person.

Differences between EPIRBs/GPIRBs and PLBs The primary differences between EPIRBs, GPIRBs and PLBs are their size, method of deployment and battery life while operating. EPIRBs and GPIRBs are designed to be part of a vessel’s equipment, while the PLBs are designed for personal use and are therefore smaller. Marine EPIRBs and GPIRBs are designed to float, and most come with an optional hydrostatic release and automatic activation. Almost all EPIRBs made today have built-in GPS functions, meaning they are GPIRBs. EPIRBs and GPIRBs have batteries that will operate the unit for 48-plus hours, while the PLBs’ batteries generally last only about 24-36 hours. PLBs were originally designed for hikers, hunters and others that may venture out of cell phone range.

Because of the lower cost, many mariners are opting to use PLBs instead of a dedicated vessel EPIRB or GPIRB. For coastal use within 100 miles from shore, this can be a good option. PLBs are also small enough to be carried at all times by crew on deck, a real safety advantage in the event of a MOB. They can be used off the boat for camping and hiking as well. The disadvantages are that not all units float, they have shorter battery life when activated, and they must be manually activated. Despite these disadvantages, their lower cost (about one-third that of an EPIRB or GPIRB) make PLBs a good alternative for the coastal cruiser. EPIRBs and GPIRBs generally cost around $750-$1200, while PLBs cost $200-400.

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and must be maintained for the unit to be operational. There are some advantages in that you can send limited text messages and can get real-time tracking for friends at home. But keep in mind these services may have limited operational areas and are not government run. You have to keep up with the yearly subscriptions at an additional cost as well. Before you purchase a Personal Locator, make sure you understand its abilities and limitations.

EPIRB/GPIRB, PLB Maintenance Maintaining an EPIRB/GPIRB or PLB is relatively easy.

They should be visually inspected and a self-test performed at least once a month and about two weeks prior to any trips. A careful inspection of the case for cracks is important, as any moisture getting in can make them inoperable. If you have a hydrostatic release, it should be inspected as well.

Check the battery expiration date. If it is getting close to its due date you should remove the unit from service at a time you are not likely to need it for a while. Battery replacement must be done by an authorized service center and is not cheap, generally running about $350 for an EPIRB or GPIRB, and about $200 for a PLB. This may seem expensive for a simple battery replacement, but it includes a full service and testing of the unit and may include software and/or hardware upgrades. All beacons have a 10-15 year life span, and batteries can be replaced twice during that period. This means if you replace your batteries as needed, you should get a 15-year service life. If you wait till the unit is past its last battery replacement date, and the unit is older than 10 years, it can no longer be serviced.

Emergency beacon technology is improving every year.

With prices dropping and systems becoming more useful, it makes little sense to set sail without one. Even coastal cruisers can benefit from the added piece of mind of having a PLB at an affordable cost. If you are planning an offshore passage, you can now rent an EPIRB or GPIRB just like you would a life raft. An emergency beacon can mean the difference between life and death at sea. Emergencies and accidents can happen within sight of land and may not always allow time for radio transmissions from traditional sources.

Having an EPIRB, GPIRB or PLB can provide added safety and peace of mind for even short voyages.

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The International Contender

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Just after rounding the leeward mark in excellent winds, at the second day of the worlds at Lake Garda in 2004. Ginge Lincoln, UK, to leeward and Gil Woolley, USA, battling up the last beat.

Photo by Ann Seidel.

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he lady who answered the door bristled when I asked about the boat. “You want it?” she almost shouted.

“Take it. It’s yours for a hundred bucks.” What about the mast and sails? “The ex-husband has them, but he’ll never get the boat!” was her reply.

It turned out it was one of the early Contenders to make it to the States. I used a Windmill rig to terrorize the Portsmouth fleet on Lake Keowee in South Carolina and Lanier in Georgia for a year or so before the wood rot got too bad and it ended up as a day sailer on a mountain lake for a family.

Well, there was a good reason that the boat looked like a Flying Dutchman. The designer fashioned the boat after the FD that he enjoyed racing in Australia in the 1960s. Bob Miller, later known as Ben Lexcen, may sound like a familiar name to some. Remember the Australian 12-meter with the upside-down keel that removed the America’s Cup from the New York Yacht Club? Same designer.

The original goal of the boat was to win a contest in 1965 to replace the venerable Finn for the Olympics. Lexcen needed funds to get his new design to Europe for the trials, and an Australian company had just introduced a sailcloth they called Contender. Hence the name of the boat.

Eventually, three trials were held, with the final one having decent wind. The Contender ran away with the title.

However, at that time it was felt that one person sailing a boat from the trapeze was not good seamanship. The powerful Finn lobby prevailed. The Finn was, and still is, the Olympic boat.

But the concept of speed alone from the trapeze struck a vibe with many sailors; first Down Under, and then in the UK. In the early 1970s a few boats were imported into the States, and others were built from detailed plans.

The first Contenders were wood. Later, well-built fiberglass boats were produced with the restriction that no epoxy or carbon was to be used in the hull to keep costs down.

Today there are boats of both materials winning events, and the Italian Bonezzi wood boats are like fine furniture. A carbon mast and boom is now allowed, along with carbon foils.

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A Contender sailing in the Plymouth Worlds in 2003. Photo by Dave Curno.

The Plymouth Worlds in 2003. Photo by Dave Curno.

well-proportioned. The hull form is held well out to the maximum beam before a quick round turn to the deck. It very much looks like the classic Flying Dutchman shape.

The weight of the boat is a minimum of 183 pounds, light for the day. To be lighter would require exotic materials and considerably more expense.

There is just one sail. It is a little less than 110 square feet, giving plenty of power for one person. You may notice that the mast is raked well aft, giving a, well, rakish appearance to the boat. Over the years it has been learned that rake was fast upwind and on reaches. There is a penalty to pay

on runs, but as long as other Contenders are the competition, that doesn’t matter.

What is it like to sail alone from a trapeze? It can be very exhilarating or very wet. Upwind and on close reaches in over about eight knots of breeze, it is time to swing out. Under that, the boat sails and acts much like a Laser. Over that and it takes off. In a lower breeze, a bent-knee method is used, swinging out in the gusts and in, quickly, when the breeze dies. More breeze and full out from the wire is required.

This is where the skill of the sailor comes to play.

Anticipation is the key. Waiting just a brief moment to unload the trapeze in a lull results in a “tea bag” of the skipper. This body drag makes the boat slow down, can pull the skipper’s shoes off the deck and then be helplessly dragged back toward the stern. Usually a windward capsize results.

Full disclosure, I have flipped perhaps a dozen times in two years; all but three were to windward.

It is as easy to right a Contender from a capsize as it is a Laser or Sunfish. At my age, I have added a line with a big knot in it on each side of the boat amidships that helps me pull up to the centerboard when I end up in the water, always the case with a windward capsize.

Sailors from 120 to 210 pounds have won major events and heights range from 5’ 4” to 6’ 4”. A degree of athleticism is needed for any level of success, but lots of practice moves any Laser skipper along toward good results.

The Contender has stood the test of time, drawing a hundred boats to major events in Europe and Australia. In North America there are boats in eastern Canada, the Northeast and in the Tampa Bay, FL, area. The midwinters are held in that area each year—this year occurring off St. Pete Beach in conjunction with the 505 Midwinters in February. The big news for the local class, however, is that the World Championship is to be held in St. Petersburg in 2012, the first time in this country since 1995.

Today there are several classes of boats designed for one person that use a trapeze, along with the venerable and always improving International Canoe with its sliding seat and the modern foiling Moth with its wings. Most of the modern boats are more difficult to sail well.

And none have that classic sailing look of an International Contender.

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The Sailing Galley’s “Holy Trinity” The Knuckle-Deep Method & Caribbean Fried Rice T

he “Holy Trinity” for every sailing chef’s galley is rice, beans and pasta. Tens of thousands of healthy and delicious meals can be prepared around these three basic ingredients. The provisioning goal for every offshore galley is to have onboard a selection of rice, beans and pasta in sufficient quantity to meet the needs of crew during the proposed length of the voyage. Each of the “Holy Trinity” shares the essential qualities of low cost, minimal space for storage, and long storage life. All three will retain their nutritional qualities if kept dry, and in containers that prevent the incursion of moisture and insects.

In earlier “Cooking Onboard” articles, I have discussed cooking with beans and touted their versatility and nutritional value. In this article, I’d like to provide some very basic information and cooking techniques for preparing the perfect pot of rice. It’s amazing how many sailors are unaware of the proper preparation of rice, and how to effortlessly achieve a variety of distinctive tastes to compliment the accompanying entree.

The Knuckle-Deep Method: Start with the right-sized pot.

When filled with raw rice and its cooking liquid, the pot should not be less than one-third nor more than one-half full; The 2to 3-quart pot is perfect if preparing recipes calling for up to 1½ cups of rice and should have a heavy clad bottom with a tight-fitting lid. Rice approximately triples in size when cooked.

Cooking with a 2- to 3-quart pot, chefs all over the world measure the amount of water needed for the perfect pot of rice by covering the rice in the pot until the depth of the liquid reaches the first knuckle of your index finger (about ¾ of an inch). Just dip your finger into the pot until it touches the rice. Add salt to taste, bring the rice and liquid to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Then, reduce the heat to a simmer (without lifting the lid) until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender (about 12 minutes). Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes.

So much for the basics: Did you notice that I specified liquid, and not water? I almost never cook rice with plain water.

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from an orange, lemon or lime, or unsweetened coconut milk makes all the difference. If you’re intrigued by the idea of beer rice, just substitute 1½ cups of lager beer and 1½ cups of water for the 3 cups of water.

How Much to Cook? Four and one-half cups (4½) of cooked rice, or about ¾ cup of rice per serving is usually sufficient, especially when being served with a complement of stew, sauce, or stir-fry. Here’s a basic recipe to produce 4½ cups of cooked rice: 3 cups of liquid (plain water is okay, but not very creative) 1½ cups long or medium-grain white rice ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste Preparation: Follow cooking instruction above.

In my experience, very few sailors from North America sit down for a meal of only rice. Rice is almost always a side dish, or an ingredient in a stew, jambalaya or gumbo. The easiest thing in the world to do is fire up a pot of rice and boiling water, then, while it’s cooking, prepare a complement to pour over the top of the cooked rice for a complete meal. I’m going to wrap up this introductory article on rice with a terrific recipe for a Caribbean-inspired fried rice dinner. But before I do that, here’s a classic recipe for saffron rice that stands alone as a satisfying lunchtime snack, or late night repast: Saffron Rice: 1 cup long-grain white rice 2 cups liquid (chicken broth) 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon onion, finely minced 1 teaspoon salt 1 small pinch of Saffron, crumbled Place butter and onion in heavy saucepan over medium heat, and sauté until onion is translucent. Add rice, saffron, stock and salt, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 18 minutes, or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.

Here’s that guaranteed-terrific Caribbean fried rice recipe Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I prefer Canola) 6 oz. Mexican chorizo or other spicy sausage (andouille or kielbasa) 1 medium green (Bell) pepper, chopped 1 medium onion, seeded and chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon Mexican chili powder (I like McCormick brand) 1 teaspoon dried oregano 3 cups chilled cooked rice (rub between your fingers to separate grains) 2 fresh tomatoes (medium), chopped ½ Teaspoon salt 2 large eggs, beaten Preparation: (1) Heat oil over medium flame in a large 12-inch skillet, then add the chorizo or sausage and cook, occasionally stirring, until lightly browned (about 5 minutes).

(2) Then, add onion, Bell pepper and garlic and cook another 5 minutes or until onion is softened. Now, stir in the chili powder and oregano, followed by the rice and then cook until rice is heated through (about 3 minutes). Stir in the tomatoes and salt.

(3) Make a hollow in the center of the rice mixture and pour in the beaten eggs and stir until the eggs are partially set and become creamy (about 30 seconds). Now, mix thoroughly into the rice and cook until egg is set (about 1 minute). Serve by spooning the fried rice into individual bowls while hot.

More to come: There are more than 120,000 varieties of rice, and include short-grain, long-grain, white, red, brown and black, basmati, jasmine, arborio and “wild rice” that is not even rice at all, but a grass, and many more. Rice may be boiled, steamed, baked and microwaved. In coming Cooking Aboard articles, I will introduce preparation techniques and great recipes covering all of these. Until then, bon appetit!

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BOATWORK

Damaged area cut out. Gel coat removed around perimeter to allow glass tabbing.

Wood form installed and covered with plastic to support top skin and allow release.

Foam-Sandwiched Fiberglass Repair: Swim Platform

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everal boat manufacturers are now integrating molding swim platforms into their hull designs. These are a great addition to comfort and make boarding your dinghy and climbing aboard a much safer evolution. In addition, they also add waterline length to your hull, which can improve performance.

Most sailboats out there do not have platforms, but that doesn’t mean you cannot add a platform to your existing hull.

By far, the easiest way to do this is to use the concept from the powerboat industry, which is to make a platform and then use bracket supports to mount to your transom. Swim platforms can be made from a variety of materials, such as teak, mahogany and fiberglass designs. While not suited for blue water boats, a swim platform comes in quite handy in the coastal, recreational class of sailboats, which won’t experience large waves from astern. I’ve seen some very nice teak platforms that really added a nice touch to a sailboat and had mounting points that allowed for the platform to be folded up or removed when docking stern-to in a slip.

Unfortunately, one of my customers had an accident while backing into a slip, and the swim platform took a direct hit to a dock piling. Fortunately, the hull was not damaged, but the platform did not fare as well. This platform was off a large motor yacht and was the bolt-on type, so we removed it and started repairs at my shop. The project required using a wide range of fiberglass, body work and paint techniques that can be used in all sorts of boat repairs. This can serve as a good primer on repairing foamsandwiched fiberglass repairs.

The first step was to cut away the damaged section. I penciled in some lines making sure that I was at least an inch wider than the fractured area. Taking a jigsaw, I then cut out the damaged area. This left a symmetrical area where the repair could be made. This platform was foamsandwiched between glass and resin. It also had vent slots incorporated, which required integrating them into the repair, increasing the complexity of the project. After cutting away the damaged area, I took a grinder and removed the gel coat approximately two inches around the repair area.

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repair process.

The next step was to fashion a template out of wood and mount it into the repair area. This served to provide a support for the resin and glass while glassing in the top skin of the platform. I covered the wood form with plastic sheeting to prevent the resin from bonding to the wood and set the wood down below the original glass to allow for the resin and glasswork to be poured and leveled with the rest of the platform. Once the support was in place, I poured a bed of resin onto the form and worked fiberglass mesh for strength, fibers for binding and then cloth to tie the structure into the platform. Try to do this while the resin is still working; otherwise, you will have to sand in between pours.

Once the top skin cured, I flipped the platform and then removed the wood form and scuff-sanded the inner surface of the top skin. I then mixed up a 2-part marine foam and poured it on the top skin. The foam expands and it doesn’t take much. Another option is to use rigid foam and tabbing it into place. The foam keeps the weight down and provides the support for the bottom skin. The foam cured in minutes, and then, taking a flat saw, I reduced and leveled the foam.

Using a sander and some 80 grit, I then smoothed and reduced the foam to the same level as the existing foam on the platform. Now it’s a matter of repeating what you did to make the top skin, except the foam will now support your glass and resin. Make sure you use the same method as the top; fiberglass roving, then fibers and then tie in with cloth.

With the structural portion completed, I then fashioned a template for the slots from the section next to the repair area. Using a pencil and paper, I traced the slots and then transferred the template to the repair area. I then drilled a hole on each side of the slat and used a jigsaw to cut out the slots. This exposed the foam core again, and the slots will need to be glassed in. Again, using a grinder, I prepared an area around the slots to accept the glass and resin tabbing. I wet the foam with resin and applied several layers of wetted cloth to the slots pressing out any air pockets. This now completes the glasswork.

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Top skin cured and ready for foam pour.

low spots while sanding. All low spots will need to be filled with either dyna-glass or a marine grade filler. Take your time during this process. Your goal is to make the repair undistinguishable for the rest of the platform and if you skimp here, it will show up once the finish coat is applied.

Using sanding boards and blocks will ensure your surfaces are level and edges are sharp. A light sanding on the edge when all is level will take the edge off. Make sure you are stepping back and comparing the repair area with the surrounding areas. Look from different angles as well. After blocking and sanding, the surface is cleaned and primer is applied. Again, use a guide coat and sand the entire area with 220 grit. Any imperfections will show up during this step, and you will need to take care of them prior to final paint. Fill any imperfection and re-prime those areas followed by sanding.

The topcoat can be applied by spray or roller technique.

I elected to spray in order to get paint into the slots and to better control the application and flow rate. I also added a de-gloss additive to the paint to achieve a flat surface. I applied two tack coats and a full wet coat. I then sprinkled non-skid particles on the entire surface of the platform and allowed time for the paint to tack up. I prefer this method over mixing the particles into the paint. I find I can control the application better, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to deal with the particles clumping in the paint. Once satisfied with the coverage of the non-skid, I applied three more full wet coats to seal in the non-skid and complete the job.

Many of these techniques can be used on repairs.

Having a good plan of action, the proper materials, a good eye for detail and some patience will go a long way to making any repair a success. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut corners and always check your work from different angles.

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Foam cured, cut and then sanded to proper height for bottom skin.

Paper template made from adjacent area to replicate slots, then transferred to repair area.

Glassing in the slots.

The finished product.

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RACING SOUTHERN REGIONAL RACING Table of Contents New and Events Regional Racing (Race Reports, Club Racing, Upcoming Regattas, Regional Race Calendars) Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA) East Florida Southeast Florida Florida Keys West Florida Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)

NEWS AND EVENTS West Florida Yacht Racing Association Formed to Promote Racing on Florida’s West Coast From the WFYRA A new organization was formed this year called the West Florida Yacht Racing Association (WFYRA). Its mission is to increase regatta participation on the west coast of Florida, and it plans to accomplish this through marketing, communications and regatta best practices. Its first project was to survey the racers in the region in June. Survey results are at its new Web site at www.wfyra.org/.

The WFYRA Web site home page includes activities relevant to all regions with general news and updates. The

tabs across the top of the page provide racing news, schedules and results that are specific to each geographic region.

The geographic regions include Suncoast (Tampa Bay area racing), Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Caloosahatchee (near Fort Myers area), Fort Myers and Naples/Marco Island. The regional groups are encouraged to manage the content posted there and link to their Web sites.

WFYRA is complementary to the rating and scoring mission of West Florida PHRF (WFPHRF). Although unrelated, each organization has clearly defined roles that enable the two groups to work together closely and focus on their respective missions.

WFYRA was started by a few people passionate about the sport. They established six subcommittees, each with its own objectives and skill requirements. The organization is encouraging participation so all areas can contribute to the growth of sailboat racing in the area. In the “Contacts” tab on the Web site, the six subcommittees are listed and if the reader clicks on the committee name, it brings up a description of the objectives and the specific skills needed in each committee.

Upcoming Regional Regattas

Kona Windsurfing World Championships and International Windsurfer One-Design Freestyle & Slalom Cup, Miami, FL, Nov. 1-7 Miami Yacht Club/Youth Sailing Foundation is organizing and running the Kona Windsurfing World Championships 2010 at South Beach in Miami Beach on Nov. 1 South Beach will be the backdrop for 200 competitors from all around the globe who will gather at the Savoy Hotel to race for the Kona Worlds title. The racecourse will run parallel to the beach, and board-launching area will be directly in front of Hotel.

The class is divided into four weight divisions plus a ladies division. The Kona Worlds are in the fourth year. The Kona One was launched as a one-design class aimed to reintroduce the adaptable concept that initially ignited the sport of windsurfing. Keeping with today’s technology and applying modern design, it offers early planing and easy maneuverablity of the board.

In conjunction with the Kona Worlds, there will also be the International Windsurfer One-Design Freestyle and Slalom Cup on Nov. 6-7, open to all sailors in the male and female divisions.

For more information, go to www.kona-windsurfing. com/onedesign-class.asp, or www.windplayevents.com.

77th Nassau Cup Race, Miami to Nassau, Nov. 11 Running since 1934, this 176-nautical mile race crosses the Gulf Stream and is known for its share of great racers and dramatic weather. Competitors over the race’s history include race winner Ted Turner on Tenacious to the more recent four-time winner, Jim Bishop, on Gold Digger. Past contenders for the Cup include Dennis Conner, Dick 50

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Bertram, Ted Hood and Bobby Symonette.

Monohull and multihull boats 30 feet and over are invited. SORC may also add a double-handed division (contact the organizers for more).

The Notice of Race is posted at www.nassaucuprace. org. The Coral Reef Yacht Club, Lauderdale Yacht Club, Nassau Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club combine to sponsor this race, which is managed by SORC for the collective group.

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, send the regatta/race name, type of racing (PHRF, one-design and type boat), location, dates, sponsoring organization), e-mail and/or phone contact and/or Web site (if applicable) to editor@southwindsmagazine. com. DO NOT just send a link to this information.

Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm.

Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here are 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 if they happen on a regular schedule (eg, every Sunday; every other Sunday, etc.).

Race Reports

The top fundraising boat, Wrinkles, an Olson 30. The guy who raised the most money is Bill McKenzie, standing on the bow.

Photo by Priscilla Parker.

Yes, events elsewhere in the United States have raised more money, says Darlene Benton, branch director for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the beneficiary of this event, but in her words: “We still give the big dogs like San Francisco a run for their money. We’ve consistently been among the top 10 fundraising regattas in the U.S., and we’ve been doing it longer than many of the other venues.”

This was Charleston’s 14th edition of the Leukemia Cup, and since its inception, participants and organizers have raised nearly $1.5-million to fund research in curing blood cancers and other cancers. “It’s always interesting,” said Benton, “to learn how many individuals in our sailing community are touched by these diseases.”

This year, the top crew in funds raised was Bill McKenzie and his friends on board the Olson 30, Wrinkles.

In the 2009 edition of this regatta, Team Wrinkles raised a remarkable $35,229, and this year, they came close to matching that by raising over $32,000. Though Wrinkles didn’t fare as well on the other scoreboard (they finished 7th in their class in racing), McKenzie individually raised over $8,500, which means he’s eligible for a Fantasy Sail with sailing luminary Gary Jobson when he comes to Charleston later this year.

For full scores, go to www.charlestonoceanracing.org. For more about the Leukemia Cup, go to www.leukemiacup.org/sc.

Leukemia Cup Rakes It In, Charleston, SC, Oct. 2

By Dan Dickison Almost everyone in the sport is familiar with charity regattas. The concept has been on the map now for decades.

Identify a beneficiary, put together an event, ask participants to raise funds, and voila!—you’ve got sailing for fun and funds for a good cause. The series of Leukemia Cup Regattas around the country—over two dozen all together—have taken this concept to a new level. And in Charleston, the individuals who participate and actually raise the money have just finished a near-record event; they raised over $125,000 with their early October gathering.

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RACING Southeast Coast Race Calendar NOVEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their Web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis) 6-7 Flying Scot Fall 48. Lake Norman YC (NC) 6-7 Miss Piggy. J/22, J/24, E770. Lake Lanier SC (GA) 6-7 Midlands. Open. Carolina SC (SC) 13-14 Carolina Keel Boat. Lake Norman YC. (NC) 13 Frostbight Regatta. PHRF. Cape Fear YC (NC) 13-14 No More Turkey. Atlanta YC. (GA) 20-21 Last Cat Regatta. Catamarans. Keowee SC (SC) Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.

6 Double Handed Race.

13 Charleston YC Big Boat Regatta.

27 Turkey Regatta.

Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.

20 Turkey Trot. North Carolina Championship.

Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. GA See club Web site for club race schedule 6-7 Miss Piggy. J/22, J/24, E770. Lake Lanier SC 13 Whitecapper Open Regatta. Lake Lanier SC 14 Lanier Cup Invitational. University YC. Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See Club Web site for local club races DECEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis) No races scheduled in December as of press date Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina.

Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.

No races scheduled in December as of press date Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC. Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.

No races scheduled in December as of press date Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. GA Regular club racing - See Web site for details.

No races scheduled in December as of press date Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.

No races scheduled in December as of press date

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Melbourne Yacht Club’s 32nd Mermaid Regatta, Melbourne, FL, Sept. 25-26

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The crew onboard Incommunigato at the Melbourne Yacht Club’s Mermaid Regatta. Photo by Ross Herbert.

River Lagoon. In 1978, the Mermaid Regatta began as a party, mainly because the racing fleets of the East Coast Sailing Association (ECSA) and the Melbourne Yacht Club (MYC) had no interest in loaning boats to ladies or letting wives sail their finely tuned boats. So the ladies decided it would be a party instead of an official race on the racing calendar. The ladies were “allowed” to go out and sail their boats and the gentlemen of the club were to cook us dinner.

Each boat was permitted to have one male observer on board—if desired—who could talk but not touch. The event was such a success that the next year it was on the race calendar. As well as the MYC Mermaid Regatta, there is also an ECSA monthly ladies race series, which is sailed mostly in borrowed boats.

An estimated 90 ladies were on the water in 17 boats for the regatta. Winds were light to moderate with great Lindenberg 28 weather on Saturday and perfect J/30 weather on Sunday. Eight boats participated on both days in the PHRF-rated Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker fleets. On Saturday only, nine additional boats came out for the Margarita Fleet. This was the inaugural “race” for the Margarita Fleet. It turned out to be a huge success and will definitely be a standard part of the regatta in the future.

Margarita fleet rules (no ratings) were to put up at least one sail, cross the start line, sail down river, return to start line and receive a pitcher of margaritas. Wearing costumes and bribing the judges determined the “winners.” The boats in this fleet included a 30-foot Maine cat and sloops ranging from a Catalina 22 to a Caliber 38. All received participation awards as they were all winners. “Littlest Mermaid” awards were given to Dylan Mick, age 5, who sailed in the Margarita fleet and, Laura Bell, age 12, who crewed on Fast Lane, a Lindenberg 28 in the racing fleet.

After Saturday’s races, the racing fleet was greeted at the docks by gentlemen bearing margaritas. We all then gathered in the clubhouse for “Margaritaville—A Parrot Head Party.” Highlights were a “shrimp beginning to boil/cheeseburger in paradise” dinner, a parrot head hat contest, dancing to the music of Jimmy Buffett, Margarita fleet awards and a wet T-shirt contest. Of course—in Mermaid Regatta tradition—the wet T contestants were gentlemen who did a delightful job of dressing appropriately.

In the racing fleet, trophies were given for Spinnaker (S) and Non-Spinnaker (NS) classes, and the boats were scored overall as well. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Close start at the Mermaid Regatta. Photo by Ross Herbert.

Results (place, captain, boat name, boat): 1st, Rochelle Yates/Mouse/Lindenberg 28 (S); 2nd, Linda Tillman/Other Half/J-24 (S); 3rd, Amy Lacy/Magic/S2 7.9 (S); 4th, Rachele Ross/ Sleighride/J-30 (NS); 5th, Patti Miller/Sneaker/Tartan 10 (S); 6th, Susan Jackson/J-Peas/J-24 (S); 7th, Marlene Sassaman/Fast Lane/ Lindenberg 28 (S); 8th, Rhonda Delmater/Rendezvous/Pearson Flyer 30 (NS).

Upcoming Regattas

Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Regattas, September through November The Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Regatta Race Week starts with small boat racing on Oct. 16-17. Expected classes are Sunfish, Laser, Flying Scot, Monohull and Multihull Portsmouth. Bigboat racing is the following weekend, Oct. 23-24.

Go to www.sail-race.com for more information.

2nd Annual Holiday Kickoff Regatta, Ft. Pierce, FL, Dec. 3-4

Weekend races organized seasonally Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally; Wednesday evenings during daylight savings.

Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com): Friday afternoons; Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends throughout the year, sometimes suspended during regattas.

East Coast SA (www.ecsasail.com): a women’s series and a regular series; At least one event each month.

Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com).

Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; Race series organized seasonally.

Lake Monroe SA (www.lakemonroesailing.com): Wednesdays and weekends.

Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Weekend races twice monthly, Sept through May NOVEMBER Daylight savings time ends in November and along with it some of the weekday afternoon regattas. We will update the club list in the November issue.

6-7 Distance Race. Port Canaveral YC 13 Women on Water Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 13 Turkey Trot Regatta. Halifax SA 14 Commodore’s Cup. St. Augustine YC 13-14 MC Scow SE Regional Championship Regatta & M17 Winter Series Regatta #1. Lake Eustis SC 20-21 No Frills Regatta. Melbourne YC 20-21 King’s Day Regatta. Florida YC DECEMBER 3-5 Kettle Cup Regatta. Lake Monroe SA 4 Double Handed Race. East Coast CA 4 Port Canaveral Boat Parade. Port Canaveral YC 4-5 Gatorbowl Regatta. Rudder Club.

11 Christmas Boat Parade. Halifax River YC. 12 Race of Champions. Indian River YC 11-12 Laser District13 Championship Regatta. Lake Eustis SC 18 Grand Canal Boat Parade. Melbourne YC

Fort Pierce Yacht Club’s 2nd Annual Holiday Kickoff Regatta will be held Dec. 3-4. Skippers meeting Friday at 8:00 p.m. with tactics seminar. Saturday offshore PHRF cruising and racing class. For more information contact raynowack@yahoo.com, or call (772) 321-2430.

9th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta, Lake Monroe Sailing Association, Sanford, FL, Dec. 3-5 Lake Monroe Sailing Association is hosting the 9th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta benefiting the Salvation Army. Racing will be Saturday and Sunday. Registration will be held Friday night and Saturday morning with the skippers meeting following registration. There is an educational sailing seminar on Friday evening. Expected classes are Catalina, Force 5, San Juan 21, Sunfish and Portsmouth. Boat ramps, trailer parking and accommodations are available. For more information, go to www.flalmsa.org. All sailors are welcome.

Upcoming Regattas

54th Annual Wirth M. Munroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race, Sailfish Club, Dec. 3 This Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race and celebration will begin at the Lauderdale Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdale and finish just outside the Lake Worth inlet in Palm Beach.

The Sailfish Offshore Challenge is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4, with short offshore buoy races outside the Lake Worth inlet. For more information or to enter, call (561) 8440206, or go to www.sailfishclub.com.

East & Central Florida Race Calendar

Southeast Florida Race Calendar

Club Racing (contact club or Web site for details): Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com):

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

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RACING BBYC Biscayne Bay YC BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net CCS Cruising Club of America. www.cruisingclub.org.

CGSC Coconut Grove SC. 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.net.

PBSC Palm Beach SC. www.pbsail.org SCF Sailfish Club of Florida. www.sailfishclub.com NOVEMBER 1-7 Kona Windsurfing Worlds & International Windsurfer OneDesign Freestyle & Slalom Cup, Miami. www.konawindsurfing.com/onedesign-class.asp 11 Miami to Nassau Cup. www.nassaucuprace.org 13 Star Schoonmaker Cup. Coral Reef YC. 14 Leukemia Cup regatta. CANCELED. Miami YC. 20 SEF PHRF Championships. Coconut Grove SC. DECEMBER 3 Wirth Munroe Palm Beach Race. SCF, CCS 4 Star Commodore Cup. CRYC 11 Piana Cup. Etchells. BBYC 26 Orange Bowl Regatta. CGSC, CRYC

Florida Keys Race Calendar Key West Sailing Club. Every Saturday – Open House at the Key West Sailing Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305) 2925993. www.keywestsailingclub.org. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Come by the club to sail. Non-members and members welcome. Wednesday night racing has begun for the summer season. Skippers meet at the clubhouse by 5:00 p.m. and boats start racing at 6:00 p.m. in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward.

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

NOVEMBER See the club web site DECEMBER 4-5 Flail & Sail

SOUTHWINDS Annual Online West Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1 For the past five years, Southwinds has posted the race schedule on its Web site (www.southwindsmagazine. com) for all racing in west Florida area from Tampa Bay south to Marco Island. It includes all scheduled races (from 9/1/10-8/31/11) of the West Florida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org), plus club races and any others that boaters in the area would like to post. Boat of the Year (BOTY) races are also listed.

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Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day Regatta, September 4-5 A Little Wind and a Lot of Boats!

By Harmon Heed For two days of racing, the Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosted 230 boats in 15 fleets for 69 races during its 64th Annual Labor Day Regatta. The ages of the skippers ranged from eight- to 70-years-old, and the experience ranged from beginners to pros.

Light winds that weekend made the racing an exercise in patience and finesse. The regatta chairman commented, “It takes more skill and tact to sail in light winds and win.”

Almost 180 of the skippers were youths, most in Optis.

Trophies for the Opti Green fleet, for beginners age 8-15, went to: 1st, Johnny Magardino, Naples Community Sailing Club; 2nd, Grant Boicheff and 3rd, Tyler King, both from the St Pete YC (SPYC). For the Opti White Fleet, ages 10 and under: 1st, Oliver Grubb, Lauderdale YC; 2nd, Blair McCarthy, (SPYC); 3rd, Tristan Lee, Sarasota Youth Sailing Program (SYSP). Opti Blue Fleet, ages 11-12: 1st, Emmet Ward, Davis Island Youth Sailing Foundation; 2nd, Nick Hernandez, Venice Youth Boating Association; 3rd, Trevor Stone, SYSP. Opti Red Fleet, ages 13-15: 1st, Greiner Hobbs, Davis Island YC (DIYC); 2nd, Eliot Caple, NCSC; 3rd, Kathryn Booker, DIYC. There were three Laser classes. Laser 4.7 (a step up from the Opti): 1st, Liam McCarthy, SPYC; 2nd, Cara Patete, Venice Youth Boating Association; 3rd, Jacob Mansson, Edison Sailing Club, Fort Myers. Laser Radial (a woman‘s Olympic class boat): 1st, Michael Zonnenberg, DIYC; 2nd, Alec Ruiz-Ramon, DIYC; 3rd, Colton Carnevale, Clearwater YC. Laser Full: 1st, Brian Firth, SYSP; 2nd, Michael Brooker, DIYC; 3rd, Eric Lawrence, LYC. The hot C420 class was dominated by DIYC: 1st, Michael Popp; 2nd, Marco Darcy; 3rd, Rebekah Schiff.

The Sunfish class was the one small-boat fleet sailed by adults: 1st, Paul Strauley, Lake Monroe Sailing Association; 2nd, Reid Hutchinson, Coconut Grove Sailing Club; 3rd, Gail Heausler, DIYC. The lack of wind almost becalmed the bigger, PHRF boat racing. On Saturday, after a long shore delay, only three boats in the two spinnaker fleets finished within time limits. NonSpinnaker, Multihull and Cruising fleet races were abandoned.

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the day. None finished the third race. The committee did not post time results of any of Sunday’s races for the cruising classes and some of the skippers think those races should not be considered for BOTY results.

Spinnaker Light: 1st, Gary Schwarting on Melges 24, Obsession; 2nd, Doug Fisher on Long Boat Key Club’s Melges 24; 3rd, Jim Liston on J/105, Cat’s Meow. Spinnaker Heavy: 1st, Colin Curtis on Hurley Marine, Orange peel (a boat given him by legendary Lars Bergstrom’s wife); 2nd, Rick Pantall on Ranger 33, Misty; 3rd, Travis Yates on S2/7.9, Indigo. Non-Spinnaker: 1st, Doug Deardon on Impulse 26, In Tune; 2nd, Rudolf Reinecke on Olson 30, Hot Tuna; 3rd, Dave Ettinger on Ranger 26, Mo Air. Multihull: 1st, Bill Mundy on Mirage; 2nd, Ben Appel on Stiletto 27, Botanica; 3rd, Bob Neff on Corsair 27, Consensus.

Cruising: 1st, John Lynch on C&C 36, Summertime; 2nd, Pat Roberts on Catalina 34, Spring Fever; 3rd, Bob Holsbecke on Bristol 40, Windancer.

Pocket Cruiser: 1st, Jason Rosnos on Irwin 30, Sailmonster; 2nd, Mike Collins on Cape Dory 25, Skimmer; 3rd, Brian Kelly on Freedom Cat Ketch, Clave.

Tampa Bay/Sarasota Bay Race Season Opener — Bradenton Yacht Club Kick-off Regatta, Bradenton, FL, Sept. 25-26

By Harmon Heed Cover: Robert Holsbeke’s Bristol 40, Wind Dancer, working upwind on her way to winning the Cruiser class in Bradenton Yacht Club’s Kickoff Regatta. Photo by Harmon Heed.

What a way to start a racing season! The Bradenton Yacht Club Kickoff Regatta put the ball in motion on a spectacular, early fall day on lower Tampa Bay. The sun was shining, the water flat, steady winds of 12-15 knots out of the east and 59 boats in six classes and nine fleets on the field.

The Spinnaker, Multihull, and Non-Spinnaker fleets raced on leeward/windward courses, twice on Saturday and once on Sunday. The Racer/Cruiser and Cruiser fleets raced triangular courses, one each day. The J/24 boats got in seven races. Many of the races were extremely close. On day one, in the Spinnaker A fleet, Mike Siedlecki on Tack Tick, and Allen Thomas on Wired corrected out to identical times.

In the Cruiser A fleet, Susan Davidson on Grrrrr corrected out only one second ahead of Pat Roberts on Spring Fever.

Many more races were won by well under a minute.

Twenty-eight races were run and without a single fumble or protest. Credit should be given to the regatta chair, Jeff Walden. Only two boats were injured. Ray Mannix’s Semper Fi sustained a jammed spinnaker halyard sheave in the third race. They reset with the spare halyard and finished the race in seventh place. However, with bullets in races one and two, Semper Fi corrected out first overall for the weekend, winning Spin B by one second! Bill Dooley’s big Beneteau 51, Critical Path, blew its dripless shaft bellows on Saturday but continued to race and limped in a gutsy fourth overall in the Racer/Cruiser class. Shoreside, kudos go to Dockmaster “Doc” Craig who masterfully rafted up over 50 boats smoothly and efficiently along the club canal.

Results: Spin A (7 boats): 1, Tack Tick, Mike Siedlecki, Martin 24, St. Pete Sailing Association; 2, Wired, Allen Thomas, Farr 395, Davis Island YC; 3, Warrior, Grant Dumas, Tripp 38, St Pete YC. Spin B (9 boats): 1, Semper Fi, Ray Mannix, J/29, SPSA; 2, Orangutang, Tom Single, J/105, West

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Boats rafted up at the Bradenton Yacht Club for the Kickoff Regatta, Sept. 25-26.

Fifty-nine boats raced in the regatta. Photo by John Lynch.

Frank Hanna’s Beneteau 44, Prime Plus, travelled down from Tallahassee to take home the Cruiser/Racer trophy in the Bradenton Yacht Club’s Kickoff Regatta in Bradenton, FL, Sept. 25-26.

Photo by Harmon Heed.

Florida PHRF; 3, Narley, Richard Elsishans, Melges 24, US Melges. Non-spin A (7 boats): 1, In Tune, Doug Reardon, Impulse 26, Sarasota Sailing Squadron; 2, Hot Tuna, Rudolph Reinecke, Olson 30, SSS; 3, Windcaller, Joe McClash, Catalina 42, Bradenton YC. Non-spin B (7 boats): 1, Eclipse, Ron Kinney, Chrysler 27, SPSA; 2, Midnight Sun, Blaise Pearson, Hunter 37, BYC; 3, Mo Air, Dave Ettinger, Ranger 26, SSS. Multihull (6 boats); 1, Deuce Coupe, Peter Wormwood, Wormwood 27, SSS; 2.Consensus, Bob Neff, Corsair 24, SSS; 3, Swim Mart, James Mills, Stiletto 27, WFPHRF. Cruiser/Racer (7 boats): 1, Prime Plus, Frank Hanna, Beneteau 44, Apalachee Bay YC; 2, Shady Lady, Steve Honour, Cal 34, Boca Ciega YC; 3, Wing It, Michael Doyle, Irwin Cit 39, DIYC. Cruiser A (5 boats): 1, Grrrrr, Susan Davidson, Tartan 37, Manatee Sailing Association; 2, Mistress, Stephen Grote, Hunter 42, DIYC; 3, Summertime, John Lynch, C&C 36, Venice Sailing Squadron. Cruiser B (6 boats): 1, L.L. Wind Dancer, Robert Holsbeke, Bristol 40, SSS; 2, Tango III, Rafael Paris, Hunter 28.5, USSA; 3, Forever Young, Ron Greenberg, Catalina 35, Sarasota YC. J/24 (5 boats): 4, Hot Wheels, Rob Wetmore, SPYC; Rush, Michael Blacker, SPYC; 5, Roadkill, Kevin Fouche, DIYC.

Upcoming Regattas

10th Annual Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta, Nov. 6 This regatta will be a 12-mile pursuit race in the Gulf of Mexico west of Big Sarasota Pass. Open to all Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, True Cruising, Pocket Cruiser and Multihull boats holding a current West Florida PHRF handicap rating. Five or more boats may make a class. The random leg course rating will be utilized.

Skippers meeting will be held Thursday evening and a party Friday evening. A continental complimentary breakfast will be available Saturday morning, and racing will begin around noon. An after-race party with dinner and awards presentations will be held Saturday evening.

For the NOR and online registration, go to www.sarasotayachtclub.org. For more information, call (941) 3654191, or cindy.swan@verizon.net.

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RACING 2nd Annual Bait & Tackle Unregatta, Boca Ciega Yacht Club, Gulfport, FL, Nov. 13 This is a racing-like regatta in the Gulf of Mexico that throws in the sport of fishing as the wild card. Sailboats complete a random leg course while trawling for fish. Finish times are adjusted for fish caught. A $35 entry fee includes breakfast, captain’s T-shirt and dinner, and live music Saturday night. Keg beer and prizes sponsored by Budweiser, West Marine, The Wharf, Bare Bottoms Hull Cleaning, SailTech and Merry Pier. For information and entry forms, go to www.sailbcyc.org.

Distance Classic, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Nov. 19-20 This year the Distance Classic will have a new venue and format and will be an overnight race in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 100 to 140 nautical miles. The start and finish will be in the vicinity of the mouth of Tampa Bay. Awards will be at the SPYC @ Pass-a-Grille locatioin.

Go to www.spyc.org, and click on regattas for all the details, or to contact race organizers and/or NOR/Entry forms, which will be posted on the site.

West Florida Race Calendar Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third Friday of each month. Skippers meeting at 10 a.m., PHRF racing, spin and non-spin. (727) 423-6002. One-design, dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. March through October. Jim Masson at (727) 776-8833. www.sailbcyc.org.

Bradenton YC. Races April thru October. Wednesday evening races at 6:30 p.m. Winter races Sunday at 1:30. PHRF racing on Manatee River. For info, call Gerry Baily at (941) 981-3891.

Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend club races. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org.

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

Dunedin Boat Club. Monthly club racing. saraherb@aol.com.

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

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

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

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

Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) Tampa Bay: (SuncoastBOTY) Caloosahatchee (Fort Myers area): (CBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (SWFBOTY) NOVEMBER 5-6 St. Petersburg YC., Collegiate singlehanded national 56

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championship Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society, Festival of the Islands (CBOTY) 6 Sarasota YC, Sarasota Y C Invitational (SBBOTY) 6-7 Charlotte Harbor Community Sailing Center, Florida Regional Sunfish Championship 7-12 St. Petersburg YC., Snipe women’s world championship 10-11 Naples YC, Naples Offshore 13-14 Lake Eustis SC, MC Scow Southeastern Region Championship Regatta 13-14 Marco Island YC, Fall Regatta 19-21 St. Petersburg YC., Distance Classic 20 Clearwater Community Sailing Center, Carlisle Classic 20-21 St. Petersburg YC., Snipe State Championship 27-28 Davis Island YC, Thanksgiving Regatta DECEMBER 1-5 St. Petersburg YC, Disabled National Championship 4 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society, Commodore’s Cup (CBOTY) 10-11 Naples YC, Naples Offshore (SWFBOTY) 11-12 Lake Eustis SC, Laser State Championship Regatta 6

Upcoming Regattas

Area D South Eliminations for 2011 Multihull Championship for Hobie Alter Cup, Fort Walton Yacht Club, Nov. 13-14 This event is open to all single or multi-crew catamarans under 22.5 feet and that have a current US SAILING Portsmouth number. US SAILING membership for skipper and crew is required. For more information, go to www.fwyc.org, or contact David Ingram at (352) 636-9870, or smalldog266@comcast.net, or FWYC Fleet Captain Lou Richard at (850) 683-0885, or fleetcaptain@fwyc.org.

2010 Finn Nationals, Fairhope Yacht Club, Fairhope, AL, Nov. 19-21

By Kim Kaminski This one-design regatta will host participants from all over the world. In March 2009, the Finn Masters Championship was also held at the Fairhope Yacht Club, bringing competitors from the United States, Canada and Great Britain.

Racing begins Friday, Nov. 19, with two races on Mobile Bay. Saturday’s schedule will have three races, and three on Sunday, followed by the awards ceremony at the yacht club.

For more information, go to www.fairhopeyachtclub.com.

Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club Web sites for club races.

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60’ CUSTOM CATAMARAN 51’JEANTOT/PRIVILEDGE CAT 50’ VOYAGE MAYOTTE 50’ PROUT CATAMARAN 48’ NAUTITECH CATAMARAN 44’ LAGOON CATAMARAN 44’ VOYAGE CATAMARAN 43’ VOYAGE CATAMARAN 43’ FOUNTAINE PAJOT 42’ MANTA CATAMARAN 42’ CROWTHER TRIMARAN 40’ KELSAIL CATAMARAN 36’ G-CAT POWER CAT 36’ FOUNTAINE PAJOT 35’ CHARTER CAT. WILDCAT 35’ CHARTER CAT. WILDCAT 34’ GEMINI CATAMARAN 32’ AMI RENAISSANCE CAT. 30’ MAINE CATAMARAN 30’ MOTORCAT POWER CAT.

SAILBOATS 74’ 53’ 51’ 51’ 50’ 50’ 49’ 48’ 47’ 47’ 47’ 47’ 47’ 46’ 46’ 46’ 45’ 45’ 45’ 45’ 45’ 45’

ORTHOLAN MOTORSAILOR BRUCE ROBERTS CUSTOM MORGAN OUT ISLAND BENETEAU MIKELSON KETCH GULFSTAR HINCKLEY KETCH SUNWARD KETCH GARCIA PASSOA BENETEAU GULFSTAR SAILMASTER GULFSTAR SAILMASTER GULFSTAR SAILMASTER HUNTER BENETEAU OCEANIS 461 DURBECK KETCH HUNTER 456 MORGAN 454 MORGAN 452 KETCH HUNTER LEGEND HUNTER 450 HUNTER 456

33' Southerly Pilothouse, 1985 Dual stations, 2'3" draft, Can be beached at low tide. Ready to cruise today! $69,900, Leo @ 941-504-6754

1999 1994 1997 1996 1998 2007 2002 1998 2001 2004 1987 1995 2008 2007 1999 2000 2002 1994 1999 2003

$577,900 $530,000 $479,900 $399,900 $349,000 $520,000 $315,000 $279,000 $309,900 $335,000 $ 50,000 $184,900 $249,900 $249,000 $ 89,000 $139,000 $119,900 $127,500 $ 99,900 $ 78,900

TARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA VIRGIN ISLANDS CRUISING PUNTA GORDA COLUMBIA TORTOLA ST. AUGUSTINE SATELLITE BEACH NORTH CAROLINA SARASOTA ST. AUGUSTINE DADE CITY RUSKIN CURACAO COLUMBIA LARGO ST. AUGUSTINE FT. MYERS FT. MYERS

BILL TOM BOB HARRY RICK BOB TOM TOM KEVIN HARRY HARRY TOM RICK ROY S RICK RICK HARRY TOM RICK BOB

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$349,000 $169,500 $129,900 $125,000 $287,500 $ 74,999 $179,000 $175,000 $495,000 $295,000 $199,900 $139,900 $154,900 $138,900 $165,000 $110,000 $235,900 $107,500 $ 79,000 $ 88,900 $200,000 $199,000

ARGENTINA NEW HAMPSHIRE TREASURE ISLAND FT. LAUDERDALE GUATEMALA BRADENTON ST. AUGUSTINE MELBOURNE PANAMA BAHAMAS ST. JOHNS WEST PALM BEACH MADEIRA BEACH ST. PETERSBURG BRADENTON PANAMA CITY LONGBOAT KEY PANAMA CITY BRADENTON CRYSTAL RIVER FLORIDA CAPE CANVERAL

KIRK BOB HARRY KIRK BOB TJ TOM KEVIN BOB BOB TOM TJ ROY S. JOE HARRY BUTCH WENDY BUTCH HARRY RICK HARRY KEVIN

32' American Catamaran, 1994, Original owner, Twin diesel, A/C, Good electronics, $127,500, Tom @ 904-377-9446 44’ BENETEAU 445 44’ ISLAND PACKET 44’ ROSBOROUGH SCHOONER 44’ FREEDOM 42’ PEARSON 422 42’ WESTSAIL 41’ MORGAN OUT ISLAND 41’ HANS CHRISTIAN 38’ IRWIN MK II 38’ CATALINA 380 38’ CATALINA 38’ BENETEAU 385.5 38’ PACIFIC SEA CRAFT 37’ GULFSTAR 37’ TARTAN 37’ TARTAN 36’ CATALINA 36’ WATKINS 36’ VANCOUVER 36’ PEARSON 365 KETCH 36’ PEARSON 35’ MORGAN 35’ MORGAN 35’ FREEDOM 34’ TRUE NORTH BLUEWATER 34’ CABO RICO 34’ CATALINA 34’ TARTAN 33’ MOODY 33’ MORGAN OUT ISLAND 33’ SOUTHERLY 32’ MALO 40 H 32’ PEARSON 323 31’ BENETEAU 31’ TARTAN 31’ HUNTER 31’ SOUTHERN CROSS 30’ NEWPORT MKII 30’ J BOAT J 30 NONSUCH ULTRA 30’ MORGAN 29’ COMPAC 25’ 29’ WATKINS 28’ SHANNON 27’ HUNTER

1993 1992 1972 1982 1986 1975 1976 1986 1989 1997 1999 1991 1998 1979 1987 1976 1983 1981 1986 1977 1975 1970 1971 1994 1978 1989 1992 1985 1977 1977 1985 1979 1980 2000 1994 1985 1985 1987 1980 1989 1971 2004 1987 1978 2005

31' Beneteau 311, 2000, Lift keel brings draft to 2'7", double rudders, lift kept, nice boat! $69,500, TJ@ 941-741-5875 $122,500 $200,000 $269,000 $ 88,900 $ 99,900 $ 98,500 $ 82,500 $159,000 $ 69,900 $124,900 $110,000 $ 74,900 $167,900 $ 49,500 $ 71,000 $ 55,000 $ 37,900 $ 31,500 $ 89,500 $ 45,000 $ 29,000 $ 31,900 $ 26,900 $ 79,000 $ 69,500 $ 93,000 $ 59,900 $ 39,500 $ 29,000 $ 27,900 $ 69,500 $ 39,000 $ 19,900 $ 69,500 $ 64,900 $ 14,900 $ 35,900 $ 24,900 $ 19,900 $ 59,900 $ 14,900 $ 58,000 $ 20,500 $ 47,000 $ 46,900

NAPLES ST. PETERSBURG PANAMA CITY FT. LAUDERDALE INDIANTOWN CAPE CORAL ORANGE BEACH, AL ST. AUGUSTINE NEW PORT RICHEY PUNT GORDA NAPLES PANAMA TIERRA VERDE HUDSON PUNTA GORDA MELBOURNE PANAMA CITY INGLIS FT. LAUDERDALE PUNTA GORDA MELBORUNE TREASURE ISLAND PANAMA CITY GOODLAND ST. AUGUSTINE ST. AUGUSTINE PANAMA CITY FT. MYERS PANAMA CITY PORT CHARLOTTE PUNTA GORDA HALLANDALE BEACH PANAMA CITY CAPE CORAL PUNTA GORDA PANAMA CITY MADEIRA BEACH PANAMA CITY PANAMA CITY PUNTA GORDA PANAMA CITY MIAMI BEACH PANAMA CITY ST. AUGUSTINE BRADENTON

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1987 45' Bayliner 4550 Pilot House MY $124,900 3 staterooms, twin diesel Radar, GPS, Generator, Autopilot, Air Conditioning and so much more.

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2005 35' Catalina 350 $124,900.

She's loaded with In-Mast Furling, Electric Winch, Electric Windlass, Generator, Air Conditioning, Stereo, TV, Refrigeration, Garmin GPS Chartplotter, and more.

Sleeps 7 and shows like new!

2004 43' Menorquin 130 Trawler $259,900. Old world charm in a thoroughly modern package. Twin Volvo diesels, generator, air condition, bow thruster, 2 staterooms, sleeps 6. Autopilot, GPS Chartplotter, Electric Windlass. Superb.

1992 Sabre 34 Classic $89,900.

She's the last Sabre 34 built #430.

Full batten main, 3 jibs, Refrigeration, Wind, depth, knot, GPS Chartplotter, Radar, autopilot.

Solidly built performance cruiser with only 4'6" draft.

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Your Authorized Dealer for SELECTED LISTINGS Gulfstar 50 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$85,000 Phinn 50 Custom Schooner ’89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 Tayana 48 CC 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$315,000 Catalina 470 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$225,000 Hunter 466 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$219,000 Wellcraft 4600 MY 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,000 Hardin 45 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$125,000 Beneteau 43 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$239,900 Hatteras 43 DC 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$121,000 Hatteras 43 MYDC 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$92,000 Pilgrim 43 PLAY 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$220,000 Beneteau 423 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$220,000 Beneteau 423 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189,000 Swift Trawler 42 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$319,000 Tayana 42 VAC 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 Hunter 41 AC 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$175,000 Hunter 41 DS 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$199,000 Beneteau First 40.7 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$165,000 Hunter 40 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,500 Block Island 40s ‘65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,900 Beneteau O393 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$144,500 Island Pilot 395 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$254,000 Hunter 375 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 Jeanneau 37 Selection 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,900 Cape Dory 36 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,000 B&H Sydney 36 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,000 Cape Dory 36 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 Lien Hwa 36 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 Pearson 36s ‘80 & ‘82 starting at . . . . . . .$39,500 Hunter 355 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$58,000 Hunter 340 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$62,900 Catalina 34 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$42,000 Hunter 33.5 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45,750 Beneteau Oceanis 331 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 Nauticat 33 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,500 Hunter 33s ‘93 & ‘05 starting at . . . . . . .$48,900 Beneteau Antares 980 32 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,000 Beneteau 311s ‘00 & ‘03 starting at . . . . . . .$59,000 Hunter 31 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,900 Mainship 30 Pilot 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$75,000 Nonsuch 30 Ultra 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 Alerion AE 28s ’96 & ’04 starting at . . . . . . .$69,000 Hunter 28s ‘90 & ‘98 starting at . . . . . . .$21,000 Knight Bros Custom 28 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 Island Packet 27 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$42,000 J/Boats J/80 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$36,000 Beneteau FC 75 '06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,000

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18’ Florida Bay Wooden Sharpie. Just restored. 2 sets of sails. Custom aluminum trailer. 3hp Outboard. Ready for the water. $2,900. North Florida. Will deliver. (305) 9237384. (12/10)

$50 – 3 mo.

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Classic Restored Star (22’) Sailboat For Sale.

Built in 1929 by Joseph Parkman in Brooklyn, New York, is one of the oldest Stars in existence. The boat was completely restored at the Lucas Boat Works in Bradenton, FL. A pictorial record of the restoration is available.

The Star is now located in Sarasota,FL. Hardware is over 95% original, two wooden masts. Trailer included. Several sets of older sails. $15,000. (941) 928-9207. cjbarnette@yahoo.com. (11/10)

22 Catalina Sport, 2006. Mainsail, genoa, swing keel, raising kit, swim ladder, boat cover, antifouling paint, 4HP Yamaha, transport cradles, TrailRite trailer. Milton, FL. $12,500. Jim. oreenay22@yahoo.com, (413) 698-2667/ 446-2239. (12/10)

1996 Pacific Seacraft Dana 24. Bristol condition, heat/ac, refrigeration, microwave, hot/cold pressure water, full canvas, custom cabinetry, Garmin 182C chartplotter, ready to cruise or liveaboard. $69,000. gina@ginagibson.com or (727) 415-1111. (1/11)

Telstar 26 trimaran. New standing rigging, new roller furling. 25hp OB 4-stroke, electric start. Tilting mast to get under bridges. Good condition. New Upholstery, radio, Porta-potti, etc. $21,000. (305) 893-6061. (12/10)

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1973 ERICSON 27. Same ownership since 1976. Every upgrade imaginable. Registered antique vessel. Main, 155, working & storms jibs, asymmetrical. Two autopilots. 4-year-old Honda 4-stroke outboard is a gem. Ready to cruise/race. Sails, rigging excellent. Last time raced (12 mi) boat won class by 6:24 in real time. $7,200. Palmetto, FL. (941) 776-1237.

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30’ Hunter Cherubini 1982 with Yanmar diesel, Bimini, dodger, Harken roller furling, new Genoa, Autohelm 3000 autopilot, marine air conditioning, hot and cold pressure water, bow sprit w/anchor roller, Imron green top sides, very well maintained. Asking $15,900. Cortez Yacht Sales. (941) 792-9100.

32’ American Multihull, 1994, Three staterooms, galley up, a spacious fully enclosed cockpit, and excellent sailing performance, low-hour twin diesels, A/C, nice electronics package, $127,500, Tom @ 904-377-9446, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.CatamaransinFlorida.com

1978 Ericson 30, Good condition. Repowered in 2004 with Kubota diesel, runs great.

Roller furler, anchor windlass, 4ft draft.

Located Tampa, FL. Asking $16,500 or best offer. Contact Scott (813) 340-9599. (12/10)

33’ Southerly Pilothouse, 1985, 2’ Draft!

Dual Helm Stations! Many upgrades, loaded with electronics, new sails in 2001. Designed to be beached, $69,900, Leo @ 941-5046754, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

Catalina 27 1977. 3 sails, low hours outboard, pressure water, wired 120-Volt, New galley, Zodiac inflatable w/motor, 2 anchors, good bottom paint. $6000 OBO, will finance, low cost private dock, Sarasota Bay. (941) 351-8089. (1/11)

1996-2004 Alerion Express 28. FOUR to choose from, $49,900 to $83,000. New Orleans, LA. (727) 214-1590. Full specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

2009 Eastern 31 Coastal Explorer. Reduced to $274,950. This is a loaded boat with many factory and dealer options. Ruggedly built and sea-kindly. Factory warranty and dealer support. Must see to appreciate. Low interest financing available. $274,950 Contact Ed Massey at (941) 725-2350 $25,000 - 30’ custom built, aft cabin, cutter rigged ketch. The hull & Volvo engine & transmission were completely re-conditioned in 2007. Hand laid up fiberglass hull. Built in Sweden in 1980. Main cabin has 6-foot settee/berths each side and a semi-enclosed forward V-berth. Boat lies in Cortez, FL. Contact Tom O’Brien (941) 518-0613. jtoaia@verizon.net. (12/10)

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1983 Allmand 31 Sloop for sale. $28,500. 44’ mast, 4 foot draft. Bristol condition, loaded and ready to go cruising! Call Capt. Marti (305) 731-7315. For specs captmarti@netzero.com (11/10)

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Hans Christian 33T. Bluewater cruiser 1981.

Updated w/50hp Yanmar diesel (new 17hrs), New Electronics: Raymarine S1 autopilot, Garmin 4208 radar/GPS/map plotter. Air Marine wind generator, Harken roller furlers, Genoa and Jib sails. Classic teak interior, queen-sized bed Captain’s berth, A/C, heater; stand-up shower, marble sink. Galley complete with new refrigeration system, alcohol stove/oven. Docked Fairhope, Alabama.

Accepting offers. Inquiries contact (228) 3320554, 2rightal@gmail.com. (11/10a)

33’ Pearson, 1974. 30hp Faryman diesel, electric and hand starts, Harken furling Genoa, fully battened main, skeg-hung rudder, 4’ draft (board up), tiller and autopilot, Lewmar #44 self-tailing winches, new bottom job. $18,500. Stewart Marine, (305) 8152607. In Miami since 1972. www.marinesource.com.

34 Catalina 1993. Exceptional quality and equipped like new, but at half the price.

Raymarine plotter, GPS, Autopilot, wind, depth, speed, ICOM M-504 VHF with RAM mike, reconditioned main and genoa sails, electric windless, custom Bimini and sail cover. Clearwater, FL. $80,000. (303) 5223580. (1/11)

34’ Webbers Cove Sedan Trawler. Perkins Diesel 1900 Hrs, Perfect couple or single liveaboard, cruise ready, minor cosmetics needed, 100 pics online, Health forces sale, $24,500. Contact hseeger@hotmail.com. Or (850) 264-9877. (1/11)

2003 38’ Hunter 386 $104,900. 2005 Cruising World Boat of the Year! Low engine hours, GPS Chartplotter, In-mast Furling, Autopilot, VHF, TV, Air Conditioner, Refrigerator/Freezer. Alan (941) 350-1559 or AlanGSYS@gmail.com.

Popular 2001 Sabre 34 FB Sedan located in Punta Gorda. Twin Cummins 220 HP diesel engines, NEW Awlgrip in 2009, varnished cherry interior, generator, autopilot and in very nice condition. Old Towne Yacht Sales.

SE U.S. Sabre dealer. Call Brad bradoty@gmail.com. (941) 957-8627.

39’ Corbin Pilothouse 1981, 64 hp Pathfinder diesel 200 hrs, blue water cruiser, Gen Set, All Roller furling, solar, wind gen, radar, auto pilot, GPS, electric windlass, full galley + more. $110,000. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100

Intercontinental Trimarans Trimar 36.

Molded FG/balsa core. 36hp Yanmar. 3' 2" draft. Inflatable/3hp Evinrude. Extensively reconditioned/outfitted. Spacious cockpit: new cushions, full enclosures. Finely fitted yacht interior: two full-sized double beds, new upholstery, AC, solar panel, TV, 3-burner range/oven, cold-plate refrigerator, microwave, 2KW generator. Aft cabin. $79,900.

Gulfport, FL. (813) 956-3119. (12/10)

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37’ Endeavour 1979, with 50hp Perkins diesel. Traditional “B” Plan layout with forward V-berth. Harken RF, GPS Chart Plotter, Radar, Auto-Pilot, Manual Windlass, S/S Davits, Marine Air, Propane Stove. Beautiful interior. At our docks. Asking $37,500.

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39’ Gulfstar Sailmaster, 1982. The first deck salon layout with large windows for wrap around visibility. Main, 120% jib, 150%, spinnaker. Air conditioning, refrigerator, propane stove. Fresh deck paint & varnish. $69,500. Stewart Marine Corp, Miami, since 1972. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com

40’ Condor Trimaran 1987. USCGDocumented Vessel with unrestricted Coastwise Endorsement. LEX-SEA was previously owned by Ted Turner Jr. as Troika. Fast, fun and capable of ocean racing. Great sail inventory, recent Yanmar 29, Maxi Prop, New Dodger, Stack Pack, Hood RF, Custom Helm Seats. RayMarine Electronics. Key Largo. $69,000. Cortezyachts.com. 941-792-9100

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41 Morgan O/I Walkthru Ketch. 4’2” draft, full keel, 48hp. Engine. Full sail inventory. technicold refrigeration, water maker, Bimini top w/full vinyl curtains. Lots of xtras. $40,000. (239) 694-2552, email itmarina@yahoo.com. (1/10)

2008 Hunter 41DS #399. Reduced to $249,900. This is a new in-stock boat loaded with factory options, including AC, gen and a full suite of Raymarine electronics. Was $284,188, now $249,900. Great financing available, Contact Ed Massey at (941) 7252350.

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41’ Morgan Classic 1987. Center Cockpit liveaboard cruiser in excellent condition. Full Cockpit enclosure, Yanmar diesel, All roller furling Sails, Custom davits RIB dinghy, Wind generator, Solar panel, Diesel Generator, Propane stove, 12v refrigeration, Watermaker, Electric windlass, Autopilot, Lots of gear/spares. Asking $110,000. (813) 9283763. gkstedham@yahoo.com. St. Marys, GA. (12/10)

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42 Irwin Ketch, 1977. Roller main, ‘99, 60hp. Westerbeke, air conditioning, generator, 4‘6” board up. Stout 29,000-pound cruiser. All new opening ports. $49,500. Stewart Marine, Miami, since 1972. (305) 815-2607, bstewart_yachts@msn.com. www.marine source.com.

42’ Pearson 422, 1986, Very popular cruiser, Owner has made considerable improvements and upgrades to her. Lots of new electronics and sailing equipment! $99,900, Call Joe @ 941-224-9661, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

Price Reduction. Call! 2006 42’ Catalina MKII, Pullman, Gen, 2 ACs, in-mast furling main, teak companionway doors, ivory leather, Raymarine C120 plotter/radar, davits, dinghy w/motor, electric heads, immaculate, $221,000. sue@laneve.com, (813) 5412231. (1/10)

2004 J Boat J/42. Shoal Draft 5’3, Air Conditioning, GPS, TV, Seafrost Refrig, Blue Awlgrip hull $314,000. New Orleans, LA. 727-214-1590. Full specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

2008 Beneteau 43. Air Conditioning, Generator, Radar, GPS, Autopilot, In Mast Furling $242,000. St. Petersburg, FL. (727) 214-1590. Full specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

Nelson/Marek Morgan 45’ K/CB 1983.

She’s a big, fast, sea-kindly and shoal-draft beauty. Race or cruise. Everything’s upgraded, including sails, rig, mechanicals, electricals. $115k. Call Kelly Bickford CPYB at (727) 5991718.

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42’ VAGABOND KETCH 1980, Center Cockpit, aft cabin walk thru with 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, propane stove, h&c water, refrig, microwave, bbq, gps, radar, vhf, ssb, speed & depth, auto pilot, solar panel, inverter/charger, dodger, Bimini, 5 sails, electric windlass, 4 anchors, Perkins Diesel ready to be installed. Interior suffered some water damage. $29,900. www.CortezYachts.com.

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34' Silverton 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Gas . . . . .$33,000 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Diesels . .$39,900 28' Sheffield Diesel/Charter Biz . .$Offers 20' Shamrock 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,900

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45’ JEANNEAU 45.1 Sun Odyssey 1996, Volvo Diesel, Twin Steering, 4 separate cabins, two heads w/shower, roller furling main, electric windlass, auto-pilot, Tri-Data, full galley, Rib w/ OB. Excellent performance. $129,000.

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2006 Hunter 466. Asking $179,000. One of Hunter’s most popular cruising yachts.

Loaded, three staterooms and never chartered. Includes dinghy and OB. Must see!

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1995 Cabo Rico 45 Cutter — Coming on the Market Early November. She is a custom 45’ proven, offshore, very well-equipped beauty. bradoty@gmail.com. (941) 9578627.

1995 Tayana 48 Center Cockpit. Air Conditioning, Generator, Autopilot, Electric Winch, Navy Hull, $315,000. St. Petersburg, FL. (727) 214-1590. Full specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

Monitor Self-Steering Windvane. All attachments, including light & heavy air vanes.

Excellent condition. $2500. Genuine CQR Anchor - 60#. Excellent condition. $475.

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Valiant 50, 2002. Exquisite, fresh water, lightly used, Valiant 50. In-boom furling, bow thruster, AC/Heat. $519K. RogueWave Yacht Sales —“Your Choice for Blue Water Boats.” www.roguewaveyachtsales.com. Kate/Bernie.

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1978 45’ Morgan Heritage West Indies $89,500. Experienced Passagemaker. Cutter Rigged, Perkins diesel Rebuilt 2005, watermaker, autopilot, radar, GPS, single sideband radio, dinghy, outboard and life raft included.

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Why I Sail

By Clifford McKay Stephan

A

recent sail up the Gulf to Clearwater got me thinking…

Why do I sail? The author’s last line of an article about the Ironman of the Newport to Bermuda Race—who competed in that race 30 times—was, “I still don’t know why he did it.”

Sailing is a constant reminder that in life, there are no ordinary moments.

I was headed north along Florida’s Gulf Coast just east of St. Petersburg with a shifty light southeast breeze. It was nothing like the steady 6 to 8 knots of wind and the smooth reach from two days before. I had backtracked to the north for business reasons and was about to experience a sail designed to test every skill and sailing sense I had—and to provide some new insight if only I looked for it. I encountered every condition from the light breeze, which barely moved my Irwin 34, Misty, towards Pass-a-Grille Pass, to winds over 20 knots coming at random from every compass point. I beat into rough 4-foot seas, which then quietly smoothed to lumpy, glassy swells.

I exited the narrow pass just as the tide turned foul, running against me.

Rather than drift powerlessly back through the pass to anchor and wait for a fresh breeze or to wait for the tide to turn once again, I faced down my sailor’s pride and started the engine.

Seeing signs of a freshening breeze just a mile or so off eased the decision.

Before long I could shut down the engine and sail. The sails were filled with a southwest breeze of only five knots. Misty slid along at an easy 3 knots—slow by even cruising standards, but more than enough to get me there. Progress forward, not drifting backwards, was enough to satisfy me.

There was only 15 NM to cover and no real time limit. The afternoon sea breeze filling in promised to pick up the pace.

Starting out sooner could have provided a favorable tide, as well as stronger winds, which had now become fickle and inconsistent.

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makes for frustration and discontent.

It’s the attitude that’s important to enjoy sailing. There will always be faster, more comfortable means of travel. The satisfaction of dropping anchor and stowing the gear after any voyage under sail, no matter the length, cannot be bought at any price.

When I drew abeam of John’s Pass, the winds increased, shifted to the west-northwest and built to 12plus knots with gusts over 20. With the new wind came lumpy seas along with excessive heeling at times, but it never got quite bad enough to reef.

The wind carried voices from the sky, hailing me. Parasailors soared by my mast, too close for comfort. Their towing vessel motored 1000 feet away.

Why did I feel like those poor tourists were victims…as the tow operator turned and guided the parasail back over my masthead once again?

The wind shifted. The reach tightened to close-hauled, and finally I had to tack. The wind oscillated from north to northwest and back, with a rhythm that’s most like the pendulum of an old grandfather clock. For a time, I let the shifts control my course. Then, I tacked as the Redington Pier became an obstacle. Again I joined the rhythm of the shifting winds, tacking each time they headed me. This resulted in a little better progress and was good practice in boat handling and trimming sails. At one point, my speed seemed painfully slow, so I looked for the crab pot I assumed was hanging from the rudder. There was none. The

sloppy seas and excess heeling must have dampened my speed. I trimmed the main a bit to flatten it, and eased it out to reduce the heel, letting her bow carve the waves just a mite better. I continued in this manner until I approached Sand Key and Clearwater Pass. In sight of Marker 1, the winds clocked to the northeast, and I struggled to lay the bridge. That option vanished when the wind shifted suddenly to the southeast and dropped from 15 knots to zero. I should have started the engine, but there was still plenty of daylight.

Two long hours passed, and I managed to sail almost through the bridge, when once again the tide turned and was running foul. Sailing conditions for those two hours were the ultimate challenge. First the wind piped up to a very stiff breeze. Then, just as quickly, it died to the merest whisper. It came from every compass point except south. The sun was setting, and tourist boats were coming out to party. Towards shore, the skies turned dark with black rain clouds...but only a few drops made it my way. Twice I tacked just as the wind shifted, backed the jib, and returned me to the tack I was on previously. Most tacks were short; there was just no room for long ones. I was experiencing a single-hander’s nightmare.

Meanwhile, the Gulf and sky painted a glorious sunset. I am convinced the gods were humoring themselves, while testing my abilities and patience. My self-confidence was high; after all there was always the “iron Genoa” as a fallback. When the tide turned once again…it was time. My day finished to the diesel’s hum and bang, as I motored to an anchor hole just north of the Memorial Causeway Bridge and west of the ICW. There was nothing ordinary about my sail. But then sailing is always anything but ordinary, and that is why I sail.

Clifford Stephan passed away last April after a short bout with cancer. He lived on his Irwin 34, Misty, in Boot Key Harbor in the Florida Keys. His uncle, Cliff McKay— also a sailor—sent this article to SOUTHWINDS. For more on Clifford Stephan, see “Letters to the Editor” in this issue. www.southwindsmagazine.com