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seem to be writing monthly on the hurricanes the South has been enduring during the past two seasons, but so many lives have been altered by these storms, and I really mean Katrina, that I must give them their due. Those of us lucky enough to have thus far missed the hurricane bullet will hopefully learn from the destruction we have seen and pay attention to the lessons to be learned. For our lives, family, friends and homes, we must be prepared, as they come at the top of our list. We all know what to do. It is just a matter of doing it. The least we can do is contribute what we can in money and efforts to those who have lost so much and encourage those who make the decisions that will affect our future protection against these storms to make sound judgments in how we prepare our infrastructure in the future. We must understand that to do so on the cheap is impossible: it will cost us more in the long run. New Orleans is proof. For those who say we can’t afford it: Sorry, go talk to someone else. Preparation for disaster for protecting our lives and homes comes first, but Southwinds is a sailing magazine and we must address how storms affects sailors—and boaters in general. I believe that with the loss of boats we have had in the last two hurricane seasons, we will see a profound effect on the industry, in docks and boats. To some, it will discourage them from ever owning a boat again. To others, it will mean: be more prepared. As I look at the photos of boats piled up along the shores, I still see one common mistake among the majority of the damaged sailboats: They left their canvas and sails on the boat. This one simple thing is still not being done, and it

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is indicative of the lack of attention boatowners are paying to protecting their boats—almost as if it was a conspiracy against the insurance companies. If there is any one thing you can do to protect your sailboat that takes the least amount of effort for the greatest amount of gain, that is it. I watched, on national TV, the governor of Mississippi defensively state, in response to questioning about preparedness for Katrina, that Katrina only became a Category 4 storm a few hours before hitting land and that it moved very quickly. Governor, they are all fast. Southerners, they are all fast. Hurricane Charley was a tropical storm south of Jamaica a little more than 48 hours before coming ashore as a Category 4 on Upper Captiva on Friday afternoon, August 13, 2004. That’s two days from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane: Jamaica to Captiva. We must be ready quickly to protect our homes. We must be ready even faster to protect our boats. No running to Home Depot at the last minute and no running to West Marine at the last minute. We must be ready long before the last day. And if the storm calls for getting out of town, we must have the home and boat ready and then be on the road, too. SOUTHWINDS has been trying in the past year to pass on information on how to save your boat through the experiences of others. Hopefully, many will act on it. Be prepared. From what I am told, there will be another hurricane season next year. Steve Morrell Editor

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One Design Crew Training a Success Davis Island Yacht Club announced that the 2005 edition of One Design Crew Training was successfully completed on August 20 when 17 students graduated. They learned to hoist, launch, rig and run the sail inventory on the J/24, as well as how to trim jibs, genoas, mains, and spinnakers. They were taught the rules of the road as well as the tactics that apply to the windward/leeward racecourse. DIYC Youth Sailing was the beneficiary of the donations received to take this course. Next year’s training will be held in June 2006. Thank you for your help in publishing this course, as about 30 percent of the students each year are by your efforts. King Purton King, Glad we could help and glad it was a success for you, the students and youth sailing. We have a broader description of this course and information for next year’s course in the racing section of this issue. Steve Morrell Editor NAPLES MOORING FIELD FOR LOCAL SLIP OCCUPANTS ONLY Some of you know of the troubles at the old Naples anchorage/mooring field off the city docks. A very quick update is that for the foreseeable future, the whole place is going to be off limits to all boats except city dock tenants, who will only be allowed to use the moorings during hurricanes! Yet another destination has been taken away from cruisers! Marco Island probably isn’t far behind, with several residents now on the rampage to close anchorages there, too. Check out www.marcowaterways.com. But back to the Naples situation. The city unlawfully placed moorings around the city docks and yacht club to try to manage the area. Personally, I’ve had mixed feelings about the city “managing” a free anchorage area, as many of the cruisers dragged anchor in the soft mud, thereby endangering other boats at the nearby docks. The free anchorage also attracted slum boats that abused the free “parking” on the water and helped ruin it for all seaworthy boats. So the city put in the illegal moorings without the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) permits and got caught last year. The DEP said pull the moorings and the dinghy dock. At this time, the city has reinstalled the mooring balls and is working with the DEP for a temporary use permit. The main and good argument the city has is that the moorings make a bulletproof hurricane spot for about 11 boats. The DEP has agreed that it’s a good idea and will grant the city a temporary use agreement. However, they will grant use of the moorings during hurricanes only and only to city dock tenants. We have watched and tried to participate in the government’s very slow process, and we believe that it could take forever for the city and the DEP to get it all worked out legally for a normal mooring field to be set and used for cruisers. Therefore, in the meantime, anchoring or securing to the moorings will be off limits to all vessels other than city See LETTERS continued on page 10 News & Views for Southern Sailors

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dock long-term tenants in a hurricane! During our last close call with Dennis, some of the live-aboard boats went out to the empty moorings just before the storm for safe refuge. Out comes the dockmaster at 9 p.m. on a police boat to issue tickets! One mariner got so freaked out he untied the mooring just before a line squall came through to run back to his normal slip. He almost lost the big twin-screw houseboat into a seawall, and the wife got injured during all of the maneuvering! Does that sound like a reasonable use of an anchorage area to you? If you want to help keep the area open to all cruisers and help prod officials along so this issue doesn’t get shelved, I suggest you write e-mails to the following: Mayor Bill Barnett: council@naplesgov.com City manager Robert Lee: citymanager@naplesgov.com Obviously, the main concern is that they’re taking a state-owned water area and keeping it off limits to all cruisers. It would be good to let these public servants know of your concerns. I’ve been to council meetings and they have no idea who or what cruisers are and what they need—or if they spend money in the city. If there are no cries or opinions voiced, guess what happens? Seems like there are no cruisers here in Naples to voice opinions. Russell Frazer Russell, This sounds consistent with all the other communities I have heard of which have set up mooring fields. They treat the entire operation—and the boaters—like a nuisance. True, there are a few boaters who ruin it for the rest, but these landlubbers judge all of us by those few. BUT, I remember, when I was young, what someone told me about prejudice. When you don’t know them, they all look the same; therefore, they must be all alike. Like old people: When you don’t know any, they all look like old people and the same. I think that’s how the sailors/cruisers are viewed by those who don’t know them. We all fit in a group to them and are now victims of their prejudice. You meet one property owner who was a cruiser and lives on the waterfront where sailors anchor, and they feel different. They know the group and they know the individuals. They don’t judge them by a few bad apples, as they know most cruisers are such great people. Maybe now I understand why there are so many science fiction movies about aliens who see all the wars, crime and poverty on planet Earth and think the whole human race must be bad. We down here on the ground (and on the water) know otherwise: The human race might be nuts, but it’s not all bad. Steve Morrell Editor THE TRUE TALE OF SYRINX I’m writing this in response to the letter from Capt. Cliff Stephan that was published in the June 2005 issue of Southwinds (about the supposedly abandoned boat that sunk and a neighbor tried to help). I am the registered owner of Syrinx, a 1989 Coronado 25. I lived aboard Syrinx at the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina and was in the process of restoring the boat. The centerboard was cracked when I ran aground in Boca Ciega Bay in what was supposed to be at least 10 feet of water. After researching the costs, I discovered it was not worth fixing. I purchased another boat, and my friend Dave at the marina said he wanted parts from Syrinx, and I made See LETTERS continued on page 12 10

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an agreement with him that he could have whatever he wanted if he found someone to take the boat out of the marina. At that time, I was on a job in Miami and at home only every other weekend, and having someone else to take responsibility for the boat was a relief. When I moved from Syrinx to my current boat, I packed everything away and made the move in one weekend. Since I was at home only two days every other week, unpacking was going to take much longer. I had the registration but could not find the title. I told Dave that if I couldn’t find the title during my next two days at home, I would file for a new one. On Dec. 17, 2004, I returned home, and Dave told me that he had found someone to take the boat and that they would pick it up that afternoon. I still could not find the title, and I told Dave that I would continue to look for the title and would give it to him as soon as I found it. Tom Vierling, the man who was to take the boat, came to get it on Dec. 18 and moved it. I explained the title situation to him and promised to give the title to Dave as soon as I found it. He said that was not a problem. I was back in Miami the following Monday and didn’t get back home until New Year’s Eve. I found the title to the boat, but I couldn’t find Dave. I would give him the title when I saw him and didn’t think much more about it. I had a delay of my job in Miami and was able to come home the following weekend on January 7. I received a certified letter from Capt. Hughes of the Indian Shores Police Department. The letter, dated January 5, informed me that a sailboat titled and registered to me had sunk in a residential cove of the 179th block of Redington Shores, and that I had 30 days to move the boat. If the boat was not moved in 30 days, the city would have someone move the boat, and I would be charged for the expense. I called the Indian Shores Police Department the next morning. Capt. Hughes was not in, but the person whom I talked with knew about the boat and was able to locate the officer who had investigated it. The officer said that the boat had been taking on water for several days before it actually sank. He also said that the boat was locked so no one could get inside. When I asked why hadn’t anyone contacted me, or at least the marina, before it sank, he replied that it really wasn’t their business until it actually sinks. It is true that I was out of town while all of this was going on, but the address on the registration is the address of the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina. The people in the marina office always have a contact phone number for me. Had I known about the boat taking on water, I would have had someone do something about it. If nothing else, I would have made a trip back to take care of the situation personally. It is my fault the title had not been changed over to the new owner, and I take full legal responsibility for the boat. I’m an experienced diver and dive instructor, and I’ve raised more than a few sunken boats. On January 9, a friend and I attempted to dive on the boat, but weather kept us from doing so. I had to be back in Miami the next day, and it would be another two weeks before I could come back, but that would still be within the 30-day period, so we aborted the attempt and would try again when I came back home. I went to the Indian Shores Police Department. Capt. Hughes was not in, but we wanted them to know that we See LETTERS continued on page 15 12

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tried to move the boat, and that we would try again when I could get back home. The officer said that their only concern was that there was fuel aboard that would eventually leak into the water. I assured her that there was no fuel aboard when the boat left my possession, and since the boat didn’t have an engine, the new owner had no reason to bring fuel aboard. I gave the officer my cell phone number, and she said that she would ask Capt. Hughes to call me.

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When I left St. Petersburg Monday morning, I expected to be back home in two weeks. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, I was rerouted to Gainesville and it was seven weeks before I could get back home. I called the Indian Shores Police Department seven times to speak to Capt, Hughes, and each time he was not available. To this date, I have not heard anything else from Capt, Hughes or the Indian Shores Police Department.

I still travel for my company, but even more so. Now, I’m out of town for six to seven weeks at a time. When I do get to come home, it is for one weekend. Syrinx is still resting on the bottom in the same place, and I will move her when I have more than a couple of days at home. But for now, she is not a hazard to navigation, nor to the environment; and she is serving as an artificial reef for the fish in that area. Since I was late in finding the title, I assume legal responsibility for the boat. I have never denied that. However, the person responsible for her sinking is the person who took possession of her on Dec. 18, 2004, Tom Vierling. Since Syrinx sank, no one I know of has seen or heard of him. The phone number Dave and I were given has been disconnected. The phone number he gave us was written on the back of his wife’s business card. We have tried to talk to her, but she will not take our calls or see us. As I understand it, the only recourse I have is to file a civil suit against him, but even the attorneys I’ve talked to say that it would probably cost me much more than I could recover from him. I do want to thank Capt. Cliff Stephan for everything he tried to do. He went above and beyond what most people would have done. Syrinx had been a very good boat, and it saddens me to think this was her fate. Respectfully, Jim Hudson Jim, Sorry to hear about your troubles and the tale of Syrinx. I was glad to have it cleared up as I wondered about her. It has been an interesting story and for those interested, you can go online and download the June issue and read the original tale of the boat in “Letters to the Editor.” By the way, I found this definition of Syrinx online from Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org): “In Greek mythology, Syrinx was a nymph, who, in an attempt to escape the affections of the Greek god Pan, was transformed into water reeds. Pan cut some of the reeds and fashioned the first set of pan pipes from them, naming them Syrinx in honor of her.” Maybe the spirit of Syrinx is still making music somewhere. Steve Morrell Editor SOUTHWINDS

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UPCOMING SOUTHERN EVENTS BOAT SHOWS Oct. 19-21. IBEX (International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference), Miami Beach Convention Center. National Marine Manufacturers Association. (312) 9466262. www.ibexshow.com. Oct 27-31. Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. 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 $16, children 6-12 $5, under 6 free. Thurs-Sun 10 a.m. -7 p.m., Mon. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (954) 764-7642. www.showmanagement.com. Nov. 3-6. Strictly Sail St. Petersburg Boat Show. The largest all sailboat show on the Gulf Coast with many boats presented on land (smaller boats) and in the water. Hundreds of exhibitors. The best and most beautiful venue of all the sailboat shows, being on Tampa Bay. On the Vinoy basin on the causeway to the St. Petersburg Pier. www.sailamerica.com. Thursday-Saturday, 10-6, Sunday 10-5. $10, Thur.-Fri. $12, Sat.-Sun. 15 and under free with paid adult. Additional events this year. See more about the show in news below. Nov. 10-13. Fort Myers Boat Show. Harborside Convention Complex and City Yacht Basin, Fort Myers, FL. John Good Co. (954) 570-7785. www.swfmia.com. PUBLIC BOATING PROGRAMS Ongoing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs. St. Petersburg, FL, Each Tuesday night, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 1300 Beach Dr. SE, St. Petersburg. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary,

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Flotilla 72. Completion satisfies the state of Florida boater safety education requirements. The continuous rotating program has 11 lessons. One lesson is presented each Tuesday night. Lessons include: which boat for you, equipment, trailering, lines and knots, boat handling, signs, weather, rules, introduction to navigation, inland boating and radio. (727) 823-3753 Introduction to Navigation. U.S.C.G. Auxiliary, Ruskin, Fl, Oct. 15 A one-day program will be presented. $50 per person. Program includes how to read a chart, plotting, determining speed, time and distance. Seating is limited. Plotting tools included. Prerequisite: Safe boating program certificate. For reservations and information, call Fred Kramer at (813) 677-2354.. Boating Safety Courses, St. Petersburg, FL: The St Petersburg Sail & Power Squadron has one course scheduled for the remainder of 2005. On December 3, the three-session Boat Smart Course begins. Call (727) 867-3088 or visit www.boating-stpete.org for details. Clearwater Coast Guard Auxiliary offers Public Boating Programs: Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs. Sept. 8-Oct. 3. Six lessons. Boating Safely Program. Oct. 22-23, Nov. 12-13. Basic Coastal Navigation Program (includes charting tools). Oct. 6-31. GPS and Chart Reading. Nov. 28-30. All programs are held at the Clearwater Sailing Center, 1001 Gulf Blvd., Sand Key (Clearwater). They are open to adults and youths. For more information on upcoming education programs or to request a free vessel safety check, visit www.uscgaux.org/~0701101/PublicEducationPrograms.htm or call (727) 469-8895.

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SEAFOOD FESTIVALS

OTHER EVENTS

Sept. 30- Oct 2. 19th. Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival and Boat Show. Morehead City, NC. www.ncseafoodfestival.org.

Oct. 21-30. Key West Fantasy Fest. Over a week of fun with costumes, parades and parties. In its 27th year, Fantasy Fest is a major event that draws thousands of visitors. View last year’s glittering celebrations at www.fantasyfest.net, or contact Linda at (305) 296-1817.

Oct 1. Kiwanis Club of St. Mary’s, GA, Rock Shrimp Festival. www.eagnet.com/edipage/areaserv/smkc/shrimp.htm Oct. 8-9. Beaufort Shrimp Festival. Shrimp cooked every way. Local restaurants offer their specialties. Beaufort, SC. www.sneadsferry.org/festival/scf_beaufort_shrimpfest.htm Oct. 14-16. Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival. Richmond Hill, SC. www.richmondhillcvb.org. Oct. 15-16. 32nd Annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival. Parade, arts and crafts, lots of seafood. www.cedarkey.org/specialevents.htm Oct. 15-16. Placida Rotary Club Annual Nautical Flea Market. Placida in SW Charlotte County. On the water on Gasparilla Sound at the Fishery Restaurant on CR 771. Flea market brings 85 vendors and boats on display. Hot food, cool drinks, German beer. Live Reggae music. 9 a.m. Sat. and Sun. $2, children under 12 free. www.placidarotary .com/FleaMarket/2005/. (941) 475-7937 for vendor space and info.

8th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market, Oct. 29. The 8th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market will be on Saturday, October 29 from 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Seafood Shack Marina in Cortez, FL. Bring your own table (BYOT) to sell. 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 leave the kids home to play some more video games) and join us. For more information, call (941) 792-9100. Nov. 15-16. SSCA-sponsored Marine Weather Forecasting Workshop. A two-day Marine Weather Forecasting Workshop will be held in Vero Beach, FL on Nov. 15-16. The

Oct. 21-22 Key West Goombay Festival. Bahamian culture is celebrated in the historic Bahama Village with a street fair and nonstop entertainment. Contact: 305-747-4544 or www.goombay-keywest.org. Oct 29-30. 4th annual Grouper Fest & Arts & Craft Show in John’s Pass Village Celebrating the Grouper Capital of the World. Children’s area, live entertainment and fishing expo. The arts and craft show is designed with a nautical theme. A bounty of fresh seafood featuring our favorite Madeira Beach grouper. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sat. & 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. Johns Pass Village, Madeira Beach. www.johnspass.com/ specialevents.cfm. Oct. 7-9. 27th Annual Destin Seafood Festival. Morgan Sports Center. Destin, FL. http://www.destinseafoodfestival.org/admission.html. Oct. 13-16. 34th Annual National Shrimp Festival. Gulfshores, Alabama, public beach. www.nationalshrimpfestival.com/ Nov. 4-6. Florida Seafood Festival. Apalachicola, FL. The state’s oldest maritime exhibit. The three-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 and a Blessing of the Fleet. (888) 6538011. www.floridaseafoodfestival.com News & Views for Southern Sailors

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workshop is sponsored by the Seven Seas Cruising Association and is scheduled to follow the annual SSCA Gam in Melbourne, FL, Nov. 11-13. The workshop curriculum includes cause and effect of marine weather, charting symbols and terminology, the patterns of weather systems and interpreting surface and 500-mb charts. The goal of the workshop is to enable self-reliant mariners to determine the safest routes for their voyages. Lee Chesneau, a senior marine meteorologist for NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center and a USCG-certified STCW instructor, will conduct the courses. He has held marine weather seminars for Safety-at-Sea and several boat shows. The cost of the workshop is $250 per person for SSCA members, $275 for non-members. The fee includes a 250-plus page interactive workbook as well as breakfast and lunch both days. Class size is limited to 20 participants. For more information, call SSCA Home Base at (954) 771-5660 or e-mail office@ssca.org. The registration form is online at www.ssca.org. Nov. 16-18. Advanced Diesel Training Program. West Palm Beach, FL. Three-day course. American Boat Builders & Repairers Association and New England Institute of Technology. (401) 247-0318. www.abbra.org. Nov. 19-20. 16th Annual Nautical Flea Market. Lighthouse Point & Pompano Beach present the 16th annual Nautical Flea Market in mid-November. (954) 786-4111. Held at Pompano Community Park, 830 NE 18th Ave, Pompano Beach. Saturday 8 am-5 pm Sunday 8 am-3 pm. www.nauticalfleamarket.com. Nov. 24-Dec. 4. Pirates in Paradise. Various locations throughout Key West, (305) 296-9694. More than 100 improvisational actors and combative stuntmen in pirate garb conduct the annual “invasion” of the southernmost city by a flotilla of pirate ships. Entertainment includes swashbuckling and sea chanteys, pirate costume competi-

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tion, parties, exhibitions, daily sailing trips, nautical excursions and seafaring adventures, films, a tall ships sea battle, arts and crafts, music, re-enactments and more. Admission: Most are free, various charges for excursions, theatrical and party events. www.piratesinparadise.com. Dec. 2-4. Wharram Catamaran Rendezvous, Dec. 2-4, Hobe Sound, FL. There will be a rendezvous of the world-famous Wharram Catamarans in Hobe Sound, FL, on Dec. 2-4. At least five Wharrams are expected to be at the meeting, including a Tangaroa or two. Last year, the rendezvous attracted visitors, both owners and the curious, from as far away as Vancouver and Colorado. It was said they came to see the Wharrams “in the flesh.” They came to see the boats, pictures, plans and to visit. This year, a boat of particular interest will be Nev’s Tiki 46, a gorgeous boat they built themselves and took across the Atlantic for its shakedown cruise. For more information, call Gene Perry at (772) 545-9312. For more information on Wharram catamarans, go to www.pca-seapeople.org.

NEWS Anna Maria Island Bridges Opening Schedules to Possibly Change: Public Invited to Comment The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to change the bridgeopening schedules of the Cortez Bridge and the Anna Maria Island Bridge (Manatee Avenue). Currently the bridges are required to open on demand except between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., when they open on demand every 20 minutes. The proposed change, intended to ease traffic congestion, would change the opening to be on demand on the hour and half hour, but the bridges would not be required to open from 7:35 a.m. to 8:29 a.m., nor from 4:35 p.m. to 5:29 p.m. The public has 90 days to comment up until Nov. 18. Comments must be addressed to Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, 909 SE. 1st Ave., Room 432, Miami, FL, 33131. You must include your name and address, identify the docket number (CGD07-05-097), indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. Comments and related material must be submitted in an unbound format, no larger than 8 1/2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying. If you want to know if the comments reached the Coast Guard, enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. For more information, call Michael Lieberum, project officer, at (305) 415-6744. The details on this can be read on the federal register at www.regulations.gov/freddocs/05-16229.htm. www.southwindsmagazine.com

2005 Hunter and Catalina

Inventory Clearance 2005 Catalina 440 • Hull #6

2005 Catalina 400 • Hull #310

2005 Catalina 387 • Hull #66

Almost Gone!

SOLD Reg. Price $337,052 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $226,435 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $192,668 - Call for Savings

2005 Catalina 350 • Hull #339

2005 Catalina 310 • Hull #310

2005 Hunter 306 • Hull #586

SOLD Reg. Price $164,836 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $107,794 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $97,856 - Call for Savings

2005 Hunter 33 • Hull #243

2005 Hunter 36 • Hull #229

2005 Hunter 38 • Hull #108

SOLD

Reg. Price $119,270 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $155,950 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $205,159 - Call for Savings

2005 Hunter 41DS • Hull #236

2005 Hunter 44DS • Hull #182

2005 Hunter 46LE • Hull #336

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Reg. Price $240,021 - Call for Savings

Reg. Price $270,504 - Call for Savings

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Reg. Price $343,852 - Call for Savings

Massey has a few 2005 Catalinas and Hunters available at huge savings. The rest of the 2005 fleet is SOLD. Take advantage of big cash discounts or generous trade in allowances. The best deals ever are limited to 2005 in stock inventory shown on this page. Call your nearest Massey dealership today. When these boats are sold the deals sail away with them.

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For Online Boat Show – www.MasseyYacht.com 51 Shannon ‘01 . . . . . . . . . .$875,000 50 Gulfstar ‘78 . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 47 Vagabond ‘87 . . . . . . . . .$224,000 46 Hunter ‘04 . . . . . . . . . . .$239,000 46 Hunter ‘00 . . . . . . . . . . .$244,900 45 Morgan CC ‘91 . . . . . . .$179,900 45 Jeanneau 45.2 ‘99 . . . . . .$249,000 45 Hunter ‘00 . . . . . . . . . . .$229,000 45 Hunter CC ‘99 . . . . . . .$198,000 44 Morgan CC ‘90 . . . . . . .$165,000 43 Shannon ‘98 . . . . . . . . . .$449,000 43 Roberts-Steel ‘91/’95 . . .$149,500 43 Hunter ‘96 . . . . . . . . . . .$149,995

42 Tayana ‘87 . . . . . . . . . . . .$149,900 42 Island Packet 420 ‘00 . . .$349,000 42 Hunter CC ‘96 . . . . . . .$164,900 42 Endeavour ‘88 . . . . . . . .$124,900 42 Cheoy Lee ‘98 . . . . . . . .$185,000 42 Catalina MKII ‘01 . . . . . .$194,995 41 Morgan Classic ‘87 . . . . .$97,500 41 Hunter ‘02 . . . . . . . . . . .$189,000 40 Catalina MKII ‘02 . . . . . .$199,900 40 Catalina 400 MKII ‘01 . .$179,900 40 Caliber LRC ‘98 . . . . . . .$198,500 40 Caliber LRC ‘96 . . . . . . .$183,500 40 Caliber ‘93 . . . . . . . . . . .$164,900

38 Morgan ‘78 . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 380 Catalina ‘00 . . . . . . . . .$124,900 38 Catalina ‘02 . . . . . . . . . .$155,000 38 Catalina 380 ‘97 . . . . . . .$132,000 37 Pacific Seacraft ‘00 . . . . .$209,000 37 Jeanneau ‘03 . . . . . . . . . .$135,000 37 Hunter ‘96 . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,900 37 Endeavour ‘78 . . . . . . . . .$39,900 36 Catalina ‘99 . . . . . . . . . .$114,900 36 Catalina ‘98 . . . . . . . . . . .$99,500 36 Catalina ‘98 . . . . . . . . . . .$98,500 35 Victory Catamaran ‘95 . .$129,900 35 Island Packet ‘97 . . . . . .$155,000

35 Beneteau ‘98 . . . . . . . . . .$84,900 35 Beneteau First 35s5 ‘91 . .$68,500 34 Pacific Seacraft ‘87 . . . . .$109,900 34 Hallberg Rassy ‘02 . . . . .$224,000 32 Island Packet ‘94 . . . . . .$114,900 32 Hunter ‘01 . . . . . . . . . . . .$73,000 32 Hunter Vision ‘89 . . . . . . .$41,900 32 Catalina 320 ‘94 . . . . . . . .$59,500 32 C&C 99 ‘03 . . . . . . . . . .$124,900 32 Beneteau ‘98 . . . . . . . . . .$76,900 31 Pearson ‘89 . . . . . . . . . . .$49,900 31 Catalina 310 ‘03 . . . . . . . .$87,500 30 Catalina ‘91 (2) . . . .from $39,500 24 Dana ‘89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,500 3 Massey Florida Locations

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Cocoa Beach Yacht Club Changes Name to Port Canaveral Yacht Club. In July, the Cocoa Beach Yacht Club morphed to become the Port Canaveral Yacht Club. The change is intended to accurately reflect the club’s prime location in Brevard County’s only oceanaccessible port. The new name will inform people unfamiliar with the club to look for it in Port Canaveral, not Cocoa Beach, as happens all too often. According to Ed O’Shaughnessy, Port Canaveral Yacht Club commodore, the name change is the leading edge of projects intended to enhance the yacht club for its members. The week after Labor Day, the club received permit approval to expand its dock. The 200-foot expansion, a floating pier, will have 20 more slips that can accommodate boats up to 60 feet. Total slip number will increase from 50 slips to 70. The clubhouse is also scheduled for renovation, bringing it up to current code requirements and with a 1500-square-foot expansion. The club’s Internet address, www.pcyc-fl.org/cbyc-fl, has not yet changed, but the club may obtain a new Web site more closely resembling the new name. SOUTHWINDS will update contact information resulting from the yacht club’s name change as it occurs.

2005 Strictly Sail St. Pete Boat Show Brings a New Venue and New Events, Nov. 3-6 Because the Vinoy Resort’s Marina was destroyed in a tropical storm last summer, this fall’s Strictly Sail St. Pete boat show will be in a new location this year—but only a stone’s throw away from the old one. The show, normally held on the north side of Vinoy Basin, will, this year—and perhaps

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The 2005 Strictly Sail Boat Show will be held on the right (north), shore side of the pier. in future years—take place on the south side. The advantage of the north side was the Vinoy Marina. Sailamerica, promoters of the show, will build temporary docks for the in-water boats. In some respects, the new location will be an improvement. The south side is more protected from east winds, parking is better and the nearby pier and downtown restaurants and shops are much closer. The area for the tents is at least as good as the north side, if not better. Many new boats and the usual large number of exhibitors will be at the show, known by many to be one of the best locations for any boat show, being on the waterfront on Tampa Bay and now being even closer to downtown St. Petersburg. The all sailboat show is also acclaimed by many exhibitors to be one of the most enjoyable and profitable of all the boat shows. Go to www.sailamerica.com for more information.

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Strictly Sail Boat Show Hosts Sailing For Miracles Benefit for All Children’s Hospital This year, a special charitable event, “Sailing for Miracles,” benefiting the All Children’s Hospital, will grace the show, bringing some of modern sailing’s great “Masters of Sail” to race together on Saturday in the waters of Tampa Bay. Sailing icons of the last half century will be present, including Ted Hood, Charlie Morgan, Ted Irwin, the Harken brothers, Frank Butler and others. Tickets can be purchased to sail with these masters on their boats, with proceeds going to the hospital. The event is being sponsored by SESA, the Southeastern Sailing Association, a non-profit Florida corporation dedicated to promoting sailing, www.sailingvoice.org, and Sail America. Two other events, the Mother Tubber Regretta, (see below) and the Wild Card Regatta, will be held over the show’s weekend. Tickets will be sold with chances to win several donated prizes, the largest being a Catalina Sport 22, donated by Catalina Yachts. Other notable prizes are a donated Big Fish sailboat and a 10-foot Hunter Excite. The public will be invited to purchase tickets to a cocktail party at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club on Friday, Nov. 4, where guests will have the opportunity to meet with the “Masters of Sail.” Again all proceeds will go to the hospital. All Children’s Hospital, always grateful for donations,

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is on a special campaign to raise funds for a new hospital, construction of which recently began in downtown St. Petersburg. For more information about the event, go to www.sailingformiracles.org.

The Mother Tubber Regretta: YO-HO-HO and 600 Bottles of Heineken – Open To All: Bring Your Own Boat to the Strictly Sail St. Pete Boat Show Rejoice cruising sailors…you could win 25 cases of Heineken beer just by participating in the Mother Tubber Regretta sailing event at this year’s Strictly Sail St. Petersburg show at the Vinoy Basin. Hunter Marine is sponsoring the event, and Massey Yacht Sales is providing the grand prize drawing of 25 cases of Heineken. The Mother Tubber will take place on Saturday, Nov. 5. All you need to do is bring your boat plus a boatload of your best sailing guy and gal friends and sail for about two hours. You might even want to decorate your boat and crew. The idea is to have fun, be seen and have a shot at the 25 cases of Heineken and other prizes. There will be a sailing course that begins in the Vinoy Basin, then sails out to a point past the

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Pier and back into the Vinoy Basin. 1985 as a part-time trading post for sails, stories and misEach registered skipper will receive a Saturday ticket to cellaneous sailing junk, Atlantic Sail Traders’ home was a the Strictly Sail St. Petersburg boat show. After the Mother small, hot warehouse. The current owners, the Fahrer Tubber, come to the show and see if your pre-assigned numfamily, bought the business in 1993. The new owners ber is drawn at the Sailing for Miracles tent at the boat show decided to concentrate on the sails side of the business entrance. If you hold the lucky number, you win 25 and not the hardware. cases (600 bottles) of Heineken beer. Atlantic Sail Traders started offering cusThere is no mandatory entry fee to particitom-made new “Blue Water” sails along with pate in the Mother Tubber. However, donaits growing used sail inventory. It quickly tions are encouraged. Those donations outgrew its limited warehouse space and go straight to All Children’s Hospital. purchased a 4,500-square-foot building nearThe Mother Tubber Regretta is part of by. In 1999, Atlantic Sail Traders moved into Sailing for Miracles – a series of sailing the spacious, air-conditioned, new facility events put on by SESA, Southeastern where it remains today. Sailing Association, in an effort to raise The company has thousands of qualimoney through donations for the benety new and used sails in stock. What fit of All Children’s Hospital. makes it different is that Atlantic Sail Dave Ellis, famous local sailor Traders owns all of its sails. Each sail is and writer of the “On the Water” measured and evaluated as it comes in. column for the St. Petersburg It is then purchased and placed on Times and a regular writer for Atlantic Sail Traders’ Web site, SOUTHWINDS magazine, is the www.atlanticsailtraders.com, where it can be viewed on the chairman for the Mother database of sails. Tubber. To register your boat, contact Dave at Atlantic Sail Traders also manuDavesailEllis@aol.com or call him at (727) 804-2644. He will factures new sails. The majority give you all the information you of the new sails it makes are The Mother Tubber Regretta. need to get your boat out of its slip, Drawing by Tom Casey, artist extraordinaire. cruising sails. Its sails can be found sail in the Mother Tubber, and maybe, on boats all over the world, cruising just maybe, win all that Heineken. everything from backyard ponds to the South Pacific. It also For more information on the Strictly Sail St. Petersburg makes performance sails. It uses the latest material, manushow and Sailing for Miracles events, visit www.sailingfacturing techniques and design processes. Racing sails formiracles.org. made by Atlantic Sail Traders have won countless local and national regattas including Key West Race Week, several NOOD regattas and the TransPac. Atlantic Sail Traders in Sarasota Celebrates In the past two decades, Atlantic Sail Traders has 20th Anniversary – Party on Oct. 29 evolved from an obscure trading post to an internationally Atlantic Sail Traders is celebrating its 20th anniversary. known sail loft. To celebrate this occasion, it will be holding From humble beginnings, Atlantic Sail Traders has grown a party at its loft on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. to be the largest loft of its type in the world. Founded in (adults only after 7 p.m.). There will be free drinks, food and live entertainment from nationally known performer, RV Parks, from Las Vegas and the Florida Keys. Guests of honor will be Bob and Jody Bitchin from Latitudes and Attitudes. Lots of free gifts. Be There! Phone (941) 351-6023, 1818 Mango Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34234.

Tampa Yacht Services Moves and Purchases Fleetside Marine Service Tampa Bay Yacht Services, Inc., formerly located at Bahia Beach Marina, Ruskin, FL, has moved its offices and shops to 806 Shell Point Road West, in Ruskin. In conjunction with this move, TBYS is purchasing Fleetside Marine Service which was also located at Bahia Beach Marina. Fleetside Marine Service is an authorized Yanmar dealer. Tampa Bay Yacht Services is a full service marina offerNews & Views for Southern Sailors

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ing on-site and mobile services. They are an authorized Westerbeke and Garmin dealer and provide sales, service and installation for virtually all systems on recreational vessels. For more information, call (813) 645-8971.

Spirit of South Carolina Sails Toward Completion with Another $500,000 in Contributions In August, the South Carolina community is clearly embracing the Spirit of South Carolina. Merely one month after announcing a Leadership Gift of $125,000 from entrepreneur Kevin High, the South Carolina Maritime Heritage Foundation announced additional commitments of $500,000, which take the project’s capital campaign past the $2-million mark. The latest major gifts to the project were committed by The Ginn Company, Bennett Hofford Companies, Centex Homes, and Bill and Heather The Spirit of South Carolina under construction. Photo by Debra Bundy. The capital required for construction of the Gingrich, courtesy of South Carolina Maritime Heritage Foundation. Spirit of South Carolina is $4-million, with 50 percent of that now secured. paying dividends,” said Executive Director Brad Van Liew. “The foundation’s reorganization in 2004 seems to be “We’ve got a solid strategy in place for raising money, and a clear vision of the future educational programming that will take place with the ship.” The Spirit of South Carolina will act as a mobile platform for lessons in responsibility, teamwork and leadership for South Carolina students. “We are pleased that many of South Carolina’s business leaders are recognizing what this incredible ship will bring to the students of South Carolina, although we clearly still have a long way to go,” continued Van Liew. “Our donors are giving back to the community with an asset that will serve students for decades to come. South Carolina needs more community-based programs that help our youth discover their potential and grow into productive, contributing members of our society.” From frigates to warships and windjammers, traditional sailing ships have played a vital role in the history of South Carolina and the world as well. Today these vessels play many different roles: as museums, as classrooms, as research platforms, as ambassadors, and more. Along with its educational mission, the Spirit of South Carolina will reflect the rich maritime history of South Carolina. The classic pilot schooner is being constructed with traditional methods and materials, including live oak frames, longleaf yellow pine planks, and bronze fasteners. The Spirit will reflect the lines of an 1879 working pilot schooner called the Frances Elizabeth, which was built in Charleston Harbor and served mariners for many years guiding larger trading vessels in and out of this historic port. The shipyard crew, which includes both paid shipwrights and volunteers, has started planking the vessel. Sea Island Boatworks, headed by Mark Bayne, is in charge of construction. Learn more about the Spirit of South Carolina by calling (843) 722-1030 or visiting www.scmaritime.or. 28

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Seven Seas Cruising Association: Catch the Cruising Convention “Gam” and Florida West Coast Rendezvous This Fall By Roy Laughlin

uccessful cruising is so much more than sailing away on a boat. The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) is a membership organization,

the world’s largest non-profit international organization for the cruising community, dedicated to helping members become independent, skilled

navigators. The association’s goal is to create a spirit of camaraderie among cruisers, encouraging them to help each other, respect the environment and to have a safe cruising experience anywhere in the world. In October and November, the SSCA has two notable activities in Florida. The first held on Friday Saturday, Oct. 21 – 22, is the third annual SSCA Florida West Coast Rendezvous. It will be in Punta Gorda’s Gilchrist Park. Cruisers arriving by boat will find ample anchorage in Charlotte Harbor off the park. Drivers, just as welcome as cruisers, may stay in the Best Western Waterfront Motel in Punta Gorda, directly adjacent to Gilchrist Park. The SSCA program includes a day of seminars on Saturday, concluding with a forum on general topics moderated by a panel of speakers. The event closes with a barbecue in the park. SSCA Event Organizers ask that attendees give advance notice so they can provide ice and charcoal for the social; the meal is potluck. For additional information on the Punta Gorda event, please contact Bruce and Marilyn Conklin at Goldconk@att.net. Three weeks later, on Nov. 11 - 13, SSCA will hold its 30th annual threeday convention in Melbourne, in the Eau Gallie Civic Center. Activities on the SSCA program include seminars and forums during the day, a marine flea market, a cocktail party and Eileen Quinn concert, a catered barbecue hosted by West Marine, and even a two-day Spanish language course, to be held prior to the convention. Topics in the seminar list are extensive, including weather forecasting for sailors, ham radio and e-mail communication at sea, and an introduction to cruising in Europe. All are hosted by authors and nationally recognized authorities. Cruisers will be able to anchor adjacent to the Eau Gallie Causeway See SHORT TACKS continued on page 75

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THE SOUTHWINDS WATERWAYS

OUTHWINDS has created this section to inform our readers about changes in our waterways. We believe that Southerners are in the midst of a great change occurring on our waterways—through the conversion of many boating properties to condominiums, restrictions on anchorages once thought to be more open and now being more restricted and regulated, and other economic forces at work. Along with this, funding for maintenance of our waterways, such as dredging of the ICW and other inlets, is being cut regularly. The waterways belong to all of us, and all of us have a right to use them. The waterways are not just for those who can afford to live on waterfront property, and it is up to us boaters and lovers of these waters to protect that right. We hope that by helping to inform you of these changes, we will contribute to doing just that. We are looking for news and information on changes, land sales, anchorages, boaters’ rights, new marinas, disappearing marinas, boatyards and boat ramps, environmental concerns and other related news. Contact Steve Morrell, editor@southwindsmagazine.com, or call (877) 372-7245.

White Paper on Boating Access in Florida By Roy Lauglin

revard County Commissioner Helen Voltz, working with other government officials throughout peninsular Florida, has formulated a white paper on boating access. It outlines issues, goals and possible solutions. SOUTHWINDS readers can read this document, and keep up on boating access activities from the government side on Commissioner Voltz’s Web site, www.mycommissiondistrict3.com. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to find a graphic box titled, “Marine Siting and Public Access White Paper.” It is a link to the white paper and other information to follow. This white paper is the first product of a roundtable discussion chaired by Commissioner Voltz in August, 2005. (Read SOUTHWINDS magazine’s report of the meeting in the September 2005 issue, available on line at www.southwindssailingmagazine.com). Commissioner Voltz plans to make her Web site a continuing source of information during the ongoing efforts to increase boater access. It will feature government side activities and viewpoints.

Congress Votes Against Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Maintenance Bill

oaters in North Carolina are frustrated by Congress’ failure to pass a bill that would improve the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The bill, introduced by North Carolina U.S. Representative Walter Jones advocated continued dredging along the Intracoastal Waterway and the

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OUR WATERWAYS channels that connect it with the Atlantic Ocean. In the end, federal money for this project was cut by President Bush in an effort to save money and shrink the budget deficit. Bill detractors argued that few barges or commercial boats used the waterway anymore. Supporters of the bill believe that recreational boaters and tourists who support the state’s economy rely on the Intracoastal Waterway. There was disagreement among state representatives from North Carolina regarding this bill. A number of representatives did not vote for it. Republicans from North Carolina who sided against it included Robin Hayes, Virginia Foxx, Patrick McHenry, Charles Taylor and Sue Myrick. Brad Miller, a Democrat, also voted against Jones’ legislation. Five Democrats from North Carolina — Bob Etheridge, G.K. Butterfield, David Price, Mel Watt and Mike McIntyre voted for the bill, as did Howard Coble. For more information on how to support efforts to fund the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, contact the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association at www.atlintracoastal.org or e-mail Rosemary Lynch at rosemary@atlintracoastal.org. Vero Beach mooring field. Photo by Roy Laughlin.

Slip into a Mooring—A Solution to the Marina Slip Shortage? By Roy Laughlin

oorings are becoming an increasingly appealing alternative to docks and slips. Florida, in particular, has not greatly developed mooring fields, but acceptance, at least of the idea, by politicians and regulators is growing. In the Indian River area of Florida, the Vero Beach City Marina was one of the first on the east coast to have a mooring field. It presently has 57 moorings in Bethel Creek. According to Tim Grabenbauer, marina director, the city originally installed 42 moorings in 1988 and added 15 more in 1999 to bring the total to 57. The city originally built moorings that would primarily attract transient cruisers. The moorings typically stay completely booked. Twenty of the moorings are available to locals for an annual lease. Locals rent the moorings because it is cheaper, and many say their sailboats are more comfortable facing a breeze coming across the water. Stuart, FL, followed Vero Beach’s lead, and several years ago built a mooring field in the St. Lucie River northwest of the downtown. They have 86 moorings. Stuart’s facility includes dinghy docks and a harbormaster’s facility. Last fall’s hurricanes put them out of operation for a few months, but as of September, they were back in full operation. Political support for moorings as an alternative to marinas is growing quickly right now. In a recent workshop hosted by Brevard County Commissioner Helen Voltz,

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OUR WATERWAYS increasing the number of mooring fields as an alternative to marinas was one of the meeting’s goals. Ernest Brown, director of Brevard County Natural Resources Management Office, said they were “identifying sites by suitability of use criteria rather than by political boundaries.” He is at the very beginning of this process, which will include a lot of public input, and thus it will take a few years to develop and implement a county-wide plan.

Structural Options for Moorings

he Vero Beach Marina used 15-foot-long steel-reinforced concrete pylons with stainless attachment rings at the end. The pylons are jet-drilled completely into the sediment. Later, the marina installed additional stainless steel helical moorings into the bottom. Both have worked well during typical conditions and performed surprisingly well last fall when boats moored there experienced Category t2 hurricane winds twice in the same month. Approximately 15 boats came off moorings during each hurricane. The moorings failed in only a few cases. Rope chafe and structural failure on the boats were the culprits in the majority of cases. A decade and a half of experience in Vero Beach has proven that moorings are at least as good as slips and perhaps better in some cases.

Need for Mooring Fields Around Florida

June survey found 139 boats anchored in the Indian and Banana rivers in Brevard County. Conversion of public marinas to private marinas forced them to anchor out. The need and potential for moorings are different around the state. Along Florida’s east coast, slip limits mandated by manatee protection plans are restricting new marina construction. Marina slip limits are a component of

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Public Antagonism as a Potential Obstacle

hile the boating public may strongly support public moorings as a way to ease the financial and access burdens of sailing, complaints from waterfront residents can tip the balance out of favor for boaters. In Brevard County, at least one established anchorage has been abandoned because of complaints from a few vocal critics The path to more public moorings throughout Florida’s coastal cruising waters will be long and winding. Local boaters and visiting cruisers often have a competing set of needs, mainly for space, which always seems to be limited. Of course, it is the locals who will initially pay the start-up costs for public moorings, and they will undoubtedly want a priority to use the mooring they helped pay for. Hopefully, our state will get more moorings so space isn’t so limited, and we can all share the many advantages moorings provide for boats at anchor.

endangered species management plans. They cannot easily be modified because both legislation and court decisions play a role in their establishment. This includes Volusia and Brevard counties. Mooring fields do not compete with marinas for the slip calculation. If the mooring field is less than an acre and has less than 150 moorings, according to Ernest Brown, it is exempt from the Development of Regional Impact (DRI) reviews. It has only to meet the local manatee protection plan provisions. Public moorings are not marinas on the cheap. Cruisers

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expect and need some support. Those include a dinghy dock or beach, garbage drop off / pickup and a pump-out station. Harry Bennett, a long-time cruiser from Rockledge, comments that a water-taxi service, like the ones at Rhode Island and Connecticut public mooring fields, are essential both for boat owners and their guests. Sue Bohn, a boat captain from Cocoa Beach, points out that public mooring fields often pay back local communities for any investment by bringing in significant business opportunities for grocers, restaurants and other service establishments for cruisers. The active boating presence of a well-managed mooring field enhances the waterfront ambience, making adjacent property more desirable for residents and commercial development if desired.

Live-aboards May See Rent Increase

Send Us Information On Public Mooring Fields SOUTHWINDS is trying to catalog all the public mooring fields and anchorages that are regulated by local municipalities in the South, whether fresh or saltwater. We ask our readers to send us information on those that they know, with contacts, locations, regulations, etc.

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n Pinellas County, live-aboards could be paying more for dockage at the Madeira Beach municipal marina. Under a proposal considered by the Madeira Beach City Commission, live-aboards would have to pay a 60 percent increase in rent starting October 1. Tenants of the marina who live on fixed incomes and cannot afford to pay the increase may have to move out of the marina. According to a St. Petersburg Times article written

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August 28, the Commission decided to raise fees for all slips at the marina, and the steepest hike would affect the liveaboard population. The recommendation to increase rent was made to reimburse the city for water and electricity provided to boat owners. The city is also planning to spend $1.4-million redeveloping the marina in the next five years, and some of the funds raised will help pay for that project. Prices went up as much as 60 percent, the increase for live-aboards, their rates going from $11.68 to $18.69 per foot. Commercial slips increased 38 percent from $6.78 to $9.35 per foot, while recreational slips received a three-percent jump, rising from $6.78 to $7.01 per foot. Because a sales tax is levied on all slip rentals, actual monthly costs are higher. A person living on a 42-foot boat, who now pays $300 a month could pay $785 a month in rent if the proposal goes through. That is more than it costs to rent the average one-bedroom apartment in the area. Rates have already increased at other area marinas. At the St. Petersburg municipal marina, rates have risen 22 percent in the past three years. Despite rental increases, waiting lists are common in the Tampa Bay area for dockage space. The demand for marina rental space, coupled with the loss of marinas to make way for condominiums, is making it more difficult for boaters to find an affordable place to dock.

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OUR WATERWAYS Prohibited: No Boat Trailer Parking at Your Home? Is this next? Will communities outlaw parking your boat in your yard? Or how many already have?

he right (or privilege depending on which side of the issue you are on) to park your boat on residential property almost disappeared in Brevard County during August. A year ago, the county government received a directive from the County Commission to study modifications to the county code of ordinances to allow people to park business trucks in driveways and other parts of residential lots in the county. This was primarily aimed at pickup trucks and vans with company logos, which faced parking restrictions. By the end of July, a proposed parking ordinance emerged that bore little resemblance to the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original request. It placed bans on boats, RVs, camping and other trailers on lots less than an acre. The ordinance passed its first reading without significant public comment. Newspaper reports produced a groundswell of vocal and antagonistic opposition from the affected public. BoatUS sent e-mail alerts to boat owners. Brevard County yacht clubs and others in the boating public raised public awareness. These efforts brought many speakers in opposition to a second reading at the Aug 29 Brevard County Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting. Led by Commissioner Ron Pritchard, commission

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chairman and a proponent of boater access, the commission tabled the proposed new ordinance and asked the county administrators to revise it. The revised draft, to be discussed at the commission meeting on September 15, has removed many of the restrictions dealing specifically with boats on trailers parked on residential lots. It does include setback requirements from property lines and prohibitions against blocking sidewalks. While this may appear to be only a local issue, restrictive ordinances often serve as precedents for other localities. If passed in its third revision, boaters will not face unreasonable and expensive restrictions on keeping trailerable boats at their houses.

Contamination Forces More Beach Closings in the Florida Keys

each closings due to hazardous bacterial contamination are slightly higher at Florida Keys beaches, according to an annual report released in July by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The report tallied Monroe County with 398 closing and health advisory days in 2004, compared with 346 days the previous year. These beachclosing days were prompted by unsafe levels of bacteria in the water, indicating the presence of human or animal waste. The report, “Testing the Waters,” which covers ocean, coastal bay and Great Lakes beaches, is available online at www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/titinx.asp. “Instead of closing our beaches, let’s clean up the water,” said Paul Johnson, president of Reef Relief. “Authorities have gotten better at finding problems. Now we need to work together to fix the problem at its source by repairing, replacing and upgrading leaky and antiquated sewage and septic systems, and cleaning up contaminated stormwater runoff.” “Here in the Florida Keys, nutrients and other contaminants from sewage and stormwater continue to foul our area waters and beaches causing harm to our coral reef ecosystem,” said Reef Relief founder and Executive Director Dee Von Quirolo. Polluted beach water not only poses a threat to public health and wildlife, it can hurt local businesses. Ocean-relat-

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Florida Cabinet Passes New Dock Building Rules In August, the Florida Cabinet passed new rules that will make it easier for condos to build more dock space. Environmental groups said it would allow too much development, while other groups said it would prohibit developing more docks for public use. Existing law allows developers (of 29 units or more) to build one boat slip for every four units. The new rules will allow one slip per unit, if they provide a use for the public good and don’t harm threatened species. The vagueness of the law was one of the main complaints as the terms public good and threatened species can have broad meaning. One group that opposed the rule disputed the boating industry’s claim that there was a need for more dock space, while another opposing the rule for different reasons said that since 1984 there are more boats and less docks. The rules change is in response to the belief held by all sides (except developers) that public access to waterways and dock space has been giving way to private marinas, and condominium development and this trend needs to be stopped, or, at least, slowed down. ed economic activity alone contributed more than $200-billion to the U.S. economy in 2000, and coastal tourism and recreation are two of the fastest growing businesses in the country, according to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. However, Florida “beachanomics” could be even more robust if communities were not forced to close their beaches because of pollution. For example, one study cited in NRDC’s report estimated that closing a beach on Lake Michigan could result in economic losses of as much as $37,000 per day. Citizens can do a number of things to improve beach water quality, including capturing runoff from roofs and driveways; maintaining septic systems; picking up pet waste; avoiding chemical fertilizers and pesticides on lawns and gardens; and supporting legislation and funding to keep beach water clean, fixing aging sewer systems, and protecting wetlands and coastal vegetation. For more information on what you can do and what more can be done for clean water and living reefs, contact Reef Relief at (305) 294-3100 or www.reefrelief.com.

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HURRICANE REPORT: SUMMER 2005 Hurricane Katrina Devastates Coconut Grove Anchorage By Art Perez Katrina’s damages in southeast Florida. Photo by Art Perez.

n August 25, Hurricane Katrina came roaring across Miami-Dade County after making an abrupt turn within miles of the coast. Weather forecasters had predicted the path of the storm crossing further north, sparing Miami from a direct hit, but Katrina headed southwest on a diagonal course with winds of up to 80 miles an hour. The devastation caused by Katrina wouldn’t be fully comprehended until the following morning when the population of Miami awoke to find a scene reminiscent of a war zone. The damage was evident on every street corner. Miami’s famous waterfront community was also not

spared from the wrath of the storm. Bayshore Drive, home to the majority of Miami’s yacht clubs and the US Olympic Sailing Center, bore the brunt of the storm as it passed through. Boats left on the mooring field ripped though the anchorage taking others with them, forming a pile of metal and fiberglass along the shoreline. The death of two sailors trying to weather the storm in their boats effectively made the mood in the community more somber. Katrina may have been only a Category I hurricane as it passed over Miami, but the impact of this storm will forever change the way its citizens look at a hurricane again.

Hurricane Dennis and Katrina Wreak Havoc in the Florida Keys By Rebecca Burg

n July, Hurricane Dennis hit the Florida Keys without significant harm, but the storm did enough to blow many of the boats that were anchored in the lower Keys area the greatest damage. In the Key West mooring field, a “bowling alley” effect ocurred. A few vessels broke loose and were blown into others, breaking them loose as well. Mostly sailboats, some of them were damaged beyond repair. Boats at anchor dragged, and several sunk, were tossed ashore or completely lost. Many anchored vessels north of Key West were relocated on the flats to the northwest, and one relatively unharmed sailboat was found seven miles away. Boats in slips suffered minor to major structural damage. One large houseboat in Garrison Bight sank and another in Stock Island was crushed. Tragically, a 58-year-old man died after the 40-foot sailboat that he was in sank in its slip near Key West late Friday night. Early evening on Saturday, a rescue helicopter safely removed three people from a 33-foot powerboat that had run aground on the flats just north of Boca Chica Key. Hurricane Dennis was heading north, and storm force winds were gusting in the 40-mph range around

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Boats washed up by Hurricane Dennis on Wisteria Island near Key West. Photo by Rebecca Burg.

that time. A child was onboard the vessel. Perhaps the only positive effect of Hurricane Dennis was its ability to move an artificial reef. The sea’s forces were so great that near Key Largo, the sunken 510-foot Navy ship Spiegel Grove was shoved into an upright position. Resting in 130 feet of water and a popular dive spot since 2002, the Spiegel Grove used to lay on its side, which was not its intended position. Meteorologist Matt Strahan believes that waves in the area may have been as high as 20 feet at the time. The dive site has reopened, and new mooring buoys are in place.

Early Friday before sunrise, a severe tornado touched down over Marathon Airport and created a path of destruction about fifty yards wide and a mile long. Wind speeds were estimated to be 73-157 mph. Houses, fences, buildings and aircraft were damaged, and the cost was estimated to be in the millions of dollars. On the same day, a 285-foot propane barge on its way to Louisiana broke free from its tow vessel. The empty barge washed aground near Plantation Key and luckily avoided the reef. (Officials are working to safely remove the vessel, which sits in a few feet of water over mostly hard bottom.) The Upper Keys saw wind gusts in the 70-mph range. By Friday afternoon, an 86-mph wind gust hit Key West harbor, and 74-mph gusts were recorded at the Key West Airport. As Katrina grew into a Category 2 hurricane,

Katrina Does Her Share On Thursday, August 25, Hurricane Katrina, as a Category 1, made landfall just north of Miami, FL. Over a million people lost power, 11 people died and extensive flooding caused damage to homes and businesses. Downgraded to a tropical storm, Katrina headed westsouthwest across Florida and emerged in the Gulf of Mexico just south of Naples. Over water again, Katrina exploded into a hurricane and rapidly gained strength as it headed west and paralleled the Keys. Katrina’s course came closer to the Keys than expected, and because it had gained strength so rapidly, higher winds than anticipated swept the area. The community had little time to prepare. Visit Our New Hurricane Page On The SOUTHWINDS Web Site For more information, links, and other stories and letters on hurricane protection for you and your boat, go to our Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com. The site has great hurricane weather links, too. The Southwinds hurricane page will be dedicated to saving boats during tropical storms—sail or power. The stories printed monthly will be available on the online magazine each month and then posted to our hurricane page the following month along with other stories previously printed (follow the link on the home page). News & Views for Southern Sailors

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HURRICANE NEWS southerly winds in the 70-mph range tore over the lower Keys. A 104-mph wind gust was recorded in the Dry Tortugas. By nightfall, about 10 inches of torrential rain and a 2 1/2-foot tidal surge flooded the lower Keys streets. Thousands of people lost power and buildings; signs and trees suffered flood and wind damage. Friday night, August 26, about 25 miles north of the Dry Tortugas, a sinking 41-foot fishing vessel with a crew of four rode out sustained 75-knot winds and 45-foot seas. By Saturday morning, a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter and crew was able to safely rescue the four people. Next, the helicopter proceeded to rescue a single boater in a 25-foot fishing vessel, which was being battered by 8-foot seas and tropical storm force winds just 35 miles north of Key West. The five rescued boaters were unharmed. Due to the exposure to south and southwesterly winds and seas, anchored vessels in the lower Keys fared the worst. In Key West, over half of the anchored boats dragged or chafed through their lines and were blown aground like toys. An unknown number of anchored boats were sunk or blew away, and over a dozen were dismasted. Most of the vessels were piled up against Fleming Key, which is just north of Key West. The area’s mooring field, sheltered from south winds and seas, fared better. For the next few days, navigation was hazardous, and the waters were full of debris and silt. Unable to see the channel, two traveling sailing vessels, which had survived the storm, ran aground when they attempted to head into Key West. Though

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unharmed, the vessels were stuck on a muddy flat for 24 hours until they could float free with the tide. Aside from a number of torn biminis and sails and upturned dinghies, Marathon’s Boot Key Harbor was relatively undamaged. On Saturday, 40- to 50-mph winds continued to blow through the lower Keys as Katrina became a Category 3 hurricane. By Sunday, the winds eased and boaters began to pick up the pieces. The Keys’ daily business quickly resumed, the flooding receded and stores were reopened. Lodging and travel services are operating normally and Marathon Airport has reopened to general aviation. Tourism is back on track. After the Keys, Katrina headed north toward Mississippi and Louisiana.

Gulf Coast Yacht Clubs After Two Years of Storms By Kim Kaminski

ne perspective where Katrina’s magnitude of destruction can be found lies with the community yacht clubs that were spread across the entire southern United States coastline. Thirty-three yacht clubs belong to the Gulf Yachting Association. Out of the 33 clubs, only a handful remain unaffected by Katrina’s wrath. An even smaller group survived the storm but suffered minimal damages.

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Eighteen of the 33 this club. USODA plans clubs were destroyed; to run Optimist Midnothing recognizable winter’s out of Houston was left behind, Some while the club rebuilds. clubs had only a founThere is no word yet on dation slab remaining the fate of other events. where a once-grand yacht club stood. Pass Christian Yacht Several older and wellClub - Mississippi established yacht clubs Pass Christian Yacht founded in the mid to Club is gone. The eye of late 1800s were ruined the hurricane passed – like the Biloxi Yacht right over the small Club (1849), Mobile The new docks and pilings that are currently being built and installed at town of 10,000, destroyYacht Club (1847) and the Navy Yacht Club following Hurricane Ivan damages. Photo by Kim ing the yacht club and the Southern Yacht Kaminski flooding most of the Club (1849). Each were charter members of the Gulf city. The club was an active member of the Gulf yachting comYachting Association. Prestige, honor and longevity were munity and was heralded for its Southern hospitality and wiped out when Katrina blasted through. strong commitment to junior sailing. Members plan to rebuild However, sailors are a resilient group, and shouts can the club and make it better than ever. be heard across the Northern Gulf Coast: “We shall be back!” The rebuilding process will be slow, but things will New Orleans Yacht Club - Louisiana eventually progress. For instance, the Navy Yacht Club of New Orleans Yacht Club suffered significant damage in the Pensacola was severely damaged during last year’s storm, storm. The Webmaster for NOYC was quick to get up a new Hurricane Ivan, which hit on September 16, 2004. The memWeb site for members at www.noyc.info. The message board on this site has been instrumental in helping sailors bers have regrouped, rebuilt, sailed races in dinghy classes from around the country locate missing family members, and watched in anticipation as their marina’s pilings and friends, and boats. Pictures of the devastation from this hurnow state-of-the-art boat slips were built anew. ricane are also located on the message boards.

Gulf Coast Club Damage Report By Stephanie Cox Southern Yacht Club- Louisiana Many sailors were startled to see images of Southern Yacht Club burning to the ground on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. The club caught fire after the hurricane swept through. Fire rescue could not reach the club due to flooding. Countless boats stored in and around the club were lost. Southern Yacht Club was founded in 1849. It is the second oldest yacht club along the Gulf Coast. It has hosted countless championship-level regattas, including the Optimist Dinghy Mid-winters, College Sailing Nationals, and the Hinman Trophy. Tulane University also sails out of

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Mobile Yacht Club - Alabama This club was established in 1847 and claims to be the oldest private boating and sailing club along the Gulf Coast. According to a statement by the commodore, the club is substantially damaged but is not totally lost. Air-conditioning units blew away, all the storage units and plumbing under the club was washed away, and the Bay Pier lost all decking. Many boats in the harbor were destroyed. The club is hosting work parties to help rebuild. Fairhope Yacht Club - Alabama Fairhope Yacht Club suffered significant damage with many boats sunk in the harbor. The great story at Fairhope is the spirSee HURRICANE continued on page 76

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YOUTH SAILING

S’Mores and Sailing – Teaching the Sport to Girl Scouts By Kenneth Nusbaum

t all started on a raw day in April when we took my nineyear-old daughter to Camp Concharty to convince her to spend a week at sleep-away camp. As we trekked through the ice-firmed mud, we walked across the high dam of 12-acre Lake Concharty. Without thinking too much, I asked the camp if they would like a sailing program. I quickly learned the Girl Scouts wanted a program, and wanted it bad! In retrospect, my decision was almost-nearly rational. The high dam promised a pond deep enough to permit a capsize drill (maximum depth, 28 feet). The open west end of the lake allowed the June breezes to come through. There were no powerboats. How much trouble could the kids get into on only 12 acres? How much indeed! I worked out the deal. I would teach two-hour classes with six girls for the last week of June. They would throw in meals and an air-conditioned bunk. Not having been to

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camp in years, I was eager. First, I needed sea trials on the fleet I was bringing to camp. My Minifish, named Sea Girl, checked out beautifully after I added new lines. The original patch on my Sunfish, Global Cooling, looked suspicious, and eventually leaked most of Lake Martin into the hull. Still, some glass and gel-coat, some new lines, even a little bleach, and both boats were ready. The plan was to load everything on my metal utility trailer that I used for a canoe, but just a week before leaving for camp, a friend gave me a wood-decked trailer that he could not tow to Maine with him. I tossed on an 8-foot kayak, all my life jackets, glass boat cloth, gel coat, tools, a sea bag with lots of sunscreen, a weather radio, water bottles, two first aid kits, empty juice jugs, lots of duct tape, and a dry-erase board with different colored markers. I was ready to teach—maybe. When we arrived at camp, task one was to get the boats near the water. The Girl Scouts also had a Snark that was

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neglected, but they had all the pieces handy. We found the Snark’s daggerboard and rudder in the bushes. The Snark’s sail, suffice it to say, wound up with accent colors that looked a lot like a lot of duct tape. The rudder plate was loose; the plywood daggerboard was frayed and required a hammer to get it through the trunk. The previous weeks at work, no, wait, in the evenings, yeah, after supper, I had developed a curriculum that focused on getting the girls on the water. Each shore lesson had safety, skills, and knots components. Water time was to be fun. Day one was “how boats move.” The safety topic was sun and hydration, and we practiced figure-8 knots and cleat hitches. The attention span of pre-teens is fleeting, but if you grit your teeth in a smile-like manner, you can eventually shove the boats out and watch what happens. What happens is that some of the girls catch on pretty quickly. By the way, the reason I gritted my teeth is that there was bound to be a few collisions. Thankfully, we had an old Sunfish, one of the toughest beach boats ever. The girls’ smiles let me know that whatever the deficiencies were with my didactic curriculum, they were having a great time. Day two started with hypothermia, a lecture, boat nomenclature, capsize procedures, and clove hitch and bowline as the assigned knots. Then the rain set in and the counselors disappeared. There I was with a bunch of fourths to sixth-graders, and no way to entertain them. Macramé, a bona fide sailor skill, was dredged up from 30 years ago. Unless you have counselors on call, I learned to have at least one rainy-day activity planned and ready. Day three was sunny and perfect for a capsize drill. After some initial panic, the girls loved the capsize drill. It gave them a carnival ride, and gave them a sense of accomplishment. The capsize drill also pointed out some issues that I had not covered, like what do you do if you are caught under the sail? I also discovered the camp needed a rescue boat dedicated to sailing class. The kayak was great for scooting among the boats for delivering instructions, but it is way too small to be a reliable rescue boat. A 16-foot canoe was fine, if the two paddlers were calm and skilled. Day four found me with 13 campers all at once, which was fine for the shore time where we covered boat-bag contents and the art of the day sail. On the water, I needed games to hold the younger girls’ interest. After consulting with Captain Wurtz, we came up with a game called Vikings and Normans (which the camp director seemed pretty iffy about). The Vikings in sailboats attack the News & Views for Southern Sailors

Normans in canoes stocked with water balloons. Chaos and giggles followed. Another game we played included a juice jug with an unhappy face on it named “Benny.” In the game “Get Benny,” Benny was flung upwind. First boat to rescue his sorry mug wins. Captain Wurtz and I also worked on “Minesweeper,” but beyond semi-submerging more numbered juice jugs, the idea never quite gelled. At the end of camp, each girl got a certificate signed by the captain that proclaimed her to be an Able-Bodied Sea Girl and listed her skills. It was a great week for the girls, whose sense of adventure and skills increased immensely. It was a terrific week for me despite my aching triceps. I enjoy teaching young people sailing and watching them grow through the experience. There are many Scout camps across the Southeast that would love to have a sailing program. For all of the reasons that we sail, we should volunteer our time, skills and boats. As for the Girl Scout’s traditional Hershey campfire treats, I have declared a S’moratorium. For those who are interested, the writer is happy to send you the curriculum for this course. Contact Kenneth Nusbaum at (nusbake@auburn.edu).

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TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY:

Charley Morgan, Legend In His Own Time By Morgan Stinemetz Charley Morgan. Photo by Morgan Stinemetz

asily the most influential name in greater Tampa Bay yachting circles and certainly a man of national repute is Charley Morgan, a septuagenarian with the vigor of a guy who has never thought seriously about what Social Security may or may not bring. To spend time with Morgan is to stand close to a caldron bubbling over with old memories and new ideas. “What they need to do here,” Morgan said of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club when we met for dinner, “is to get the history of this place written down so it won’t be lost when the people who were part of it pass away.” Morgan, who has been a member of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club for probably more than four decades, thinks about the lifting of his own mortal veil from time to time. Well he should. Just shy of four years ago he lost his beloved wife, Sally, to cancer, and her passing reminds him daily of human frailty and a remorselessly ticking clock. Charley Morgan was born in Chicago in 1929, but most of his life he has been glued to the Tampa Bay area like a fly on sticky paper. When he was a kid, during World War II, Morgan’s parents rented out rooms to Air Force pilots and navigators going through training at airfields near Tampa. So many of the candidates ended up in the water—the slogan with currency back then was “One A Day In Tampa Bay”—that young Charley developed a yen to be involved in air/sea rescue. He had been given a movie of boats sailing as a youngster, and the sheer beauty of the sport appealed to him in a visceral way. “The movie had in it the old J-boats (America’s Cup Class) sailing, and it also had scenes of Olin Stephens’ yacht Stormy Weather,” remembered Morgan. Stephens, now in his 90s and a sailing icon, is the oldest living member of the New York Yacht Club. He joined NYYC in 1930. Models of airplanes and boats came and went as young

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Charley Morgan worked through his fantasies. He went to a military school in Charleston. Then it was the University of Tampa. Charley Morgan was draft age when the Korean War started in 1950. “But my younger brother volunteered and was killed in a plane crash in 1952 over there,” he said, “and when that happened, they changed my draft classification because I was the sole surviving son.” Excused from the Korean conflict, Morgan’s interest in flying and aviation was steered toward the maritime when, while working for the phone company, he got into making sails—from cotton and canvas—in a little sailmaking business at Albert Whitted Field in St. Petersburg. “That pretty much deterred my immediate interest in aviation,” Morgan explained. “I just got queer for boats.” His mother, he related, never quite understood his occupational shunt, and she persisted in asking him why he wasn’t learning how to be a pilot, the implication being that

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messing about in boats was just kid stuff. Charley needed to grow up. In his sailmaking endeavors he bumped up against men like Sarasota’s George Luzier, who is to wooden boat construction what Michelangelo was to the Sistine Chapel. “It was George Luzier who got me interested in designing boats. He and Stan Lowe had a place out at the (Sarasota) airport, in an old barracks building. I admired George so much. He paid attention to me. He would always talk to me and send me business for my sailmaking operation,” Morgan recalled. Morgan’s genesis as a yacht designer and builder came when a boat called Paper Tiger came off his drawing board. Paper Tiger was a yawl built of a new and innovative material called fiberglass at Clark Mills’ boatyard in Clearwater. Morgan also used steel in construction for strength and wood for its weight-saving characteristics. The combination of “glass,” wood and steel led a dockside wag to comment, “I guess it will shatter, rot and rust.” Paper Tiger did a great deal more than that; it shook, rattled and rolled. The 40-foot keel-centerboard boat, which was launched in January of 1961, turned the yacht racing world upside down. It won the SORC (Southern Ocean Racing Conference) in 1961 and 1962. Morgan was a made man

By 1965 he was in the production boat business, though the start was slow. A Morgan 34, another keel-centerboard boat, came out about then. Morgan referred to the Morgan 34 as a

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“fatter, smaller Finnesterre.” Finnesterre, designed by Olin Stephens, won three Bermuda races in the early 1950s. Morgan also produced some 28-foot Tiger Cubs, one of which has rather recently been acquired by Billy Johnson of Longboat Key. Johnson is refitting this 40-year-old relic so that it will sail again. With fiberglass as the construction material of choice, Morgan designed and produced the famous Morgan Out Island series of sailing yachts, putting sailing vessels into the hands of middle income Americans by the thousands. He also found time to produce the Heritage One Ton racing boat. In 1970 he built Heritage, the last wooden America’s Cup 12-meter launched in America. Not only did Morgan Yachts build the boat, Morgan designed it, financed it, built its sails and skippered the boat in the 1970 defense series. Heritage also got up to Newport the old-fashioned way; its crew sailed the boat all the way up from Florida. Good intentions were not enough, however. Intrepid was too good, and Morgan’s noble effort was eliminated early on. Morgan, who has just about done it all, thinks that the best navigator he has ever seen is Halsey Herreschoff. Best skipper? Dennis Conner. “He brings a level of psychological drive that is consuming,” related Morgan. Time spent with Charley Morgan is like opening a bottle with a genie in it. You never know exactly what it will entail, what will come out, but you can bet your last cent that it will be educational, convivial and historical. Charley Morgan is a trip, one worth taking.

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BAHAMAS

Boats for the Bahamas - Part II By Colin Ward In Part I, we took a look at what kind of boat can successfully cruise the Bahamas, as well as what the ideal cruising boat for the Bahamas might look like. The conclusion was that a 40-foot sailboat with a 5-foot draft is well-suited as a cruiser for a couple but that almost any seaworthy vessel can succeed in Bahamian waters. Sails For All Conditions This time, we will look at some features to select and equipment to incorporate if you are presently purchasing or outfitting a boat. Since this is a sailing magazine, let’s start with something about sails and rigs. The average winter wind velocity in the Bahamas is considerably more than in Florida. Beware of averages though—while the average wind might be 15 knots, it rarely actually blows 15—usually a lot more or a lot less. On the windy days, that usually means a reef in the main and a partially furled genoa, and on the light days, it often means a motor sail. Sailing on the shallow and protected Banks, the 20-knot winds may well result in a great sail on relatively flat seas. On the ocean side, the seas can be quite large and closely spaced when you are near land. Sailing on Exuma Sound, for instance, can be a wet experience with a dangerous lee shore waiting for anyone who has problems. So what does that mean in terms of a suitable boat? Well, I believe a boat that sails well in heavier air is important, especially with one or two reefs in the main. A boat that points to weather well is nice to have, but is not critical away from the racecourse. A roller furling genoa of modest size is best. We install our 115 percent when we arrive in the Bahamas and put the 140 per-

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Staniel Cay in the Exumas, Bahamas

cent away. Sometimes we sail with the 115 percent roller furled four or five wraps. A boat with a roller-furling main is probably a good choice also since the additional area provided by roach and battens will not be missed very often. Although a ketch is uncommon on the new-boat market, many older ketches are out cruising. It is unusual, however, to see a ketch flying its mizzen sail. The additional complexity and cost of a second mast does not seem to be worthwhile. Those who have ketches do have the advantage of a place to mount a wind generator and radar, and a boom to use to hoist the outboard. In addition, each sail is smaller and easier to handle than the sails of an equivalent sloop. A cutter rig with a roller-furling staysail provides many options, especially in heavy air when the genoa can be rolled in and the staysail rolled out without the crew having to leave the cockpit. Boat Features for the Bahamas Let’s talk about rudders for a moment. You are probably stuck with whatever rudder came on your boat, but if you are buying a boat, choosing one with a rudder that is protected by a skeg rather than a spade rudder makes sense in shallow waters with abundant coral heads. Unfortunately, new boats with significant skegs, are well up the price scale. Keels go with rudders, of course. Part I discussed the draft of the vessel. A modest draft fin keel or modified full keel is probably the best compromise for a monohull. There are definite advantages to a lifting keel/centerboard in theory, but it introduces another moving part that can be noisy, can fail and must be maintained. Lifting keels requires a periodic check of the pivot pin and the lifting cable, and keeping the centerboard slot cleaned and painted adds another dimension to bottom jobs. The wing keel was an innovation during America’s Cup competition that made a difference in how a boat sailed to weather. The addition of wing keels to cruising boats may possibly be a marketing innovation. Note that they bear a resemblance to a Bruce anchor, and consider how hard it would be to back one off from a grounding, particularly where there is no towing www.southwindsmagazine.com

service available. very hard. Sometimes Another important it has grass growing in piece of gear is your it, and sometimes the VHF radio. We have sand is a thin layer over found VHFs to be a rocky bottom. Most somewhat unreliable, cruisers use a plough and we now have anchor of some sort — stand-alone units in the likely a Delta or Bruce cabin and in the cock— which reset sduring pit. If one fails, we can a wind or current shift. still use the other. We Our rule of thumb is have listened to cruisthat the anchor should ers transmitting on weigh at least one radios mounted in The author’s Catalina 42, Mandalay, with solar panels and wind generator. pound for each foot of their navigation station boat length — 1 1/2 using a separate remote microphone in the cockpit and have pounds if you can handle it. If your boat is over about 35 found their sound quality to be very poor. It is better to have feet, you should have a windlass. I much prefer an electric two separate radios. windlass to a manual due to the tremendous difference in speed of recovery. If you are in trouble in high winds and Enjoying Life at Anchor your anchor or your upwind neighbor’s is dragging, you One of the realities of cruising is that you spend far more want your anchor up now so you can move to safety. A time anchored in one place than you do under way. manual windlass just does not cut it in an emergency. Although you want a boat that is seaworthy and sails well, Occasionally, you will need to put out two anchors in a comfort at anchor is also a very important consideration. Bahamian moor. You will need a way to deploy and retrieve The number one priority then becomes staying anchored in the second anchor. that spot. There is no substitute for heavy anchors and rope How about a swim platform and open transom? We plus the rollers and windlass to handle them. In the think that the modern designs that incorporate such a platBahamas, you will be anchoring in sand bottoms that can form are far superior to older fixed transom designs from provide very good holding. Sometimes, the sand is packed both a convenience and safety perspective. While surfing downwind on the Southern Ocean might be more secure in a canoe-sterned vessel, you will much prefer the safe access in and out of the dinghy onto your stable swim platform. One of the few times one of us has accidentally fallen into the drink was on a rainy night trying to climb into the dinghy from the high side of a friend’s boat. We have never had a problem getting on or off our own boat with its swim platform. On the rare occasions when seas have come into our cockpit, they have immediately drained right out through the rear transom opening. What about your dinghy or tender? Any serious Bahama cruiser will tell you to get the biggest, most powerful tender you can handle. A seven-foot rowing dinghy with no outboard is unsafe in many Bahamas anchorages. The distances to be covered are frequently long, the chop is rough and the current and wind can be too much to row against. If you can handle a 10-foot RIB with big tubes and

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BOATS FOR BAHAMAS a 15-h.p. motor, you will not regret buying it. That means, of course, that you will need a way to carry the motor and dinghy on the sailboat. I highly recommend davits, although some cruisers are happy hoisting the dinghy on deck for passages and towing it at other times. You will probably need a bracket mounted to your stern rail on which to stow your outboard. If your outboard weighs over 40 pounds or so, some sort of hoist is recommended to help you to get it onto the bracket safely. A few cruisers choose a 12-foot Boston Whaler or Carolina Skiff as their dinghy. They make good tenders, but must usually be towed due to their weight. Keeping the Catch-of-the-Day Cold Most of you will want to go cruising with refrigeration on board (although there are still a few hardy souls who go without). A good 12-volt refrigeration unit will do the job if you have the batteries to support it and a way to keep the batteries charged. An engine-driven holding plate refrigerator is certainly capable of keeping the food cold. However, you will be running your engine 1 1/2 hours twice a day just to refrigerate. If you wish to be away from the boat for any length of time, you will have to shut off the fridge or get someone else to run the engine for you. That means putting hundreds of hours on your engine in a year just to run the refrigerator! Our solution to electrical loads including refrigeration and a watermaker is a house bank of four T105 6-volt golf cart batteries wired to produce 12 volts. We

A Hinckley 38 sails the Bahamas.

have 225 watts of total solar panel capacity and a mid-sized wind generator. When we are in the Bahamas with this setup, we very rarely have to run the engine to charge the batteries. The Novacool 12-volt refrigerator has been completely reliable, operating for five years with few breaks. The Novacool has a box-shaped evaporator that works as a small freezer to keep our mahi-mahi solid. Once you have kept that food cold, you will need a good way to cook it. Nearly all new boats are equipped with propane stoves. Propane is definitely the fuel of choice in the Bahamas and it is available at a reasonable price. In the past, other fuels were used on boats, and you might run across one with a compressed natural gas (CNG) stove or one that uses liquid fuel like kerosene or even alcohol. A CNG stove definitely should be converted or replaced since there is no possibility of refueling in the Bahamas (and you do not want to get into shipping the tank to the United States and back!). You can probably live with a liquid fuel stove if you really want to. We have two 10-pound cylinders of propane. One lasts us a month; that gives us four weeks to get the empty one filled at a cost of $10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $13, less in the United States. Think You Need a Lot of Moneyâ&#x20AC;ŚThink Again Finally, I would like to relate stories of two boats and crews that we met cruising in the Exumas. The first was owned by a 30-something newlywed couple who took a six-month sabbatical from work to go cruising. The boat that I will call Free Lunch was a Columbia 30 purchased for about $9,000. It was solid with a decent rig and reliable engine. It had no creature comforts or frills except for a hand-held G.P.S. The See BAHAMAS continued on page 75 48

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BOOK REVIEW

Gary Jobson’s New Book By Morgan Stinemetz -

hough some may say differently, sailboat racing done well is not an easy task. The many variables involved in making a boat go fast change with each passing instant. Maybe that is sailboat racing’s challenge. Certainly, it is also its biggest frustration. Gary Jobson’s new book Championship Sailing examines all the aspects—physical and psychological—of what makes an effective competitive sailor and, not coincidentally, a successful competitive sailing effort. In doing so, he also touches on, by way of illustration, what makes a competitive chump. This is an edifying book, not because Jobson examines breakthrough, new material but because he gives a fresh look at some of the things that good sailors have known all along. More important, Jobson’s book may give us some information we have never considered before. If there is anyone who has the experience to write a book like this, it is Gary Jobson. First of all, he is a class act personally. He has been fighting for his own life against lymphoma for a number of years, and he does it with dignity and pluck. While he has every right to whine about the crappy hand fate dealt him, he grits his teeth against the pain and moves on. There is much to admire about Jobson. Besides being movie star handsome, he has won 10 national one-design sailing titles. He has been on a winning America’s Cup team. He has won US Sailing’s Nathaneal G. Herreshoff Trophy. He is a member of the America’s Cup Hall of Fame. He has also authored a number of books, in addition to being the ESPN sailing guru for about 20 years. When Gary Jobson says it is so, you can count on it being so. There is much to learn from Championship Sailing. However, to appreciate the competitive sailing nuances that Jobson’s vast experience underscores in this book, one has to have “been there and done that” some. This is not a book for beginners. It is a book for people who are good and want to get better, much better. Let me give you an example. Jobson takes about a page to define and discuss crew body language on a competitive boat. Because it is impossible to listen in to what is going on board a boat one is racing against, learning to read body language is as near as one can get to having the other boat “bugged.” While this body language talent is much more applicable in match racing—where you are certain of just who your competition is—it is far less effective in fleet racing. Still, Jobson has taken the time to figure out silent signals and document what they mean. It takes a minute to read a page. It took Jobson decades to come to the conclusions he lists. Go to school on Jobson. You’ll be better for it. What I like most about Jobson’s book is that no area of competitive sailing is left untouched. Should you sail aggressively or conservatively? Both have their place, and Championship Sailing lays out the circumstances under which approach is the best bet. Put another way, Jobson seems to have considered every possibility and gives a combination of options that will work to get a few boat lengths

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you might not have gotten otherwise. Jobson’s writing style is both fluid and lucid. Sailboat racing is also fluid, but the lucidity of it sometimes defies explanation. The time to have things figured out and cataloged is before you get to the racecourse. By paying careful attention to both the text and the many illustrations in Championship Sailing, a racing sailor who already has some experience can improve his comprehension of the possibilities and probabilities out on the course. There are those who think protests are petty and morally penurious—and I will admit here that I was once of that persuasion—but protesting another yacht in a race is as much a part of sailing competition as getting a good start. So, just as you have to know how to start well, you also See BOOK REVIEW continued on page 75

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CHARLESTON

An Ideal City for Cruisers:

Charleston, South Carolina By Barbara and Bruce Pierce Horse-drawn carriages are a popular way to see the city.

We came to Charleston, SC, for a few days. We fell in love and stayed a few months. It’s one of the world’s most dynamic and beautiful cities.

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Most boaters stop for a while. It’s cruiser-friendly, and an ideal layover from the Intracoastal Waterway or the Atlantic. We loved the beautiful old buildings, so carefully restored. Walking on any block downtown was fascinating. We loved the great restaurants. Most of all, we were impressed by the friendly, helpful people we found everywhere. It was nearly midnight when we arrived. As we drove Crossroads, our 40-foot ketch, past the attractive pre-Civil War brick homes along the waterfront, lanterns lighting their stately columns, we were eager to get on our bikes the next morning and explore. This 300-year-old city is well-known for its beautiful old homes. Some even pre-date the Revolutionary War. They range from large brick mansions to rainbow-colored stucco row houses. Lots of trees, gardens, flowers spilling out of window boxes, graceful porches, fancy wrought iron, and cobblestone streets characterize the downtown area. I never got tired of exploring; any block was fascinating to walk. The shopping streets are also fascinating. I especially liked King Street, where art galleries and specialty shops are next to the Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, Sak’s Fifth Avenue, in old buildings with so much personality. One of the South’s oldest cities, Charleston’s history includes both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Charleston gave American its first victory in the Revolutionary War. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter National Monument is at the entrance to the harbor and can be toured. The open-air City Market, blocks long, is where the slaves came to sell their products. Now it is home to vendors selling everything from hand-woven sweetgrass baskets to porcelain dolphins. Several carefully preserved plantations are open for tours. www.southwindsmagazine.com

The world’s first ket on request. Harris Teeter is submarine, the recentlywell-stocked, great for proviraised Hunley, used in sioning. Across the street is the the Civil War, can be Vegetable Bin, with a good viewed. selection of fruits and vegetaHistory and beautibles. Also across the street is a ful old houses are only hardware store with marine one reason we loved supplies. Charleston. The friendly The City Marina has people were another. floating docks, private showWe’re from California. ers, laundry facilities, cable TV, We’ve been impressed and a fuel dock. A phone and with Southern hospitaliphone book were available for ty wherever we go in the us in the office. A convenience South. But Charleston is store, restaurant, bar, wine the best! From the helpshop, and marine supply store ful young people at the are all located near the docks. marina, to the checkers The marina is located off at the supermarket who the Intracoastal Waterway at always have a friendly Mile 469 on the Ashley River. word, to the folks at the The City Marina can be conconvenience store who tacted on VHF Channel 16 or at greet us by name, every(843) 723-5098. one has a smile. The anchorage is just And the restaurants! down river from the marina. “This is a great eating Charleston is surrounded on three sides by water. Holding isn’t good. The marina town!” one cruiser charges $5 per day to tie up informed us when we arrived. There are a large variety of your dinghy. restaurants–all good. Many specialize in “low country” Ashley Marina is just up the river, on the other side of cooking. Our favorite is Jestine’s, with outstanding fried a 55-foot fixed bridge. Attractive and new, it’s been voted chicken, and delicious cucumbers served while you read the one of the top 10 marinas along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. menu. The Mellow Mushroom has the best pizza I’ve ever Courtesy shuttle rides are provided. Contact them on VHF had. The Variety Store Restaurant, located at the Charleston Channel 16, or at (843) 722-1996. City Marina, has good jambalaya and she-crab soup, more There are several other marinas on the Cooper River: low country food. They also have a good breakfast. Patriot’s Point, Cooper River Marina, Charleston Harbor T Bones has the best happy hour; all of the appetizers Marina, Charleston Maritime Center. Some are within walkon the happy hour menu are excellent. And they make a ing distance of downtown. great dinner for cruisers on a budget. Downtown Charleston is a peninsula, with the Ashley Advertised as “the coolest courtyard bar in town,” the River on one side, the Cooper River on the other. The rivers Blind Tiger Pub is another of our favorites. converge into the Atlantic at the mouth of the Charleston This is a great town for single men–the female to male harbor. ratio is six to one. For some reason, the colleges here attract The entrance to Charleston harbor is large and easy, many more women than men–great for the men! though long. It took us nearly two hours from the mouth of Charleston City Marina was our home. It’s one of the the harbor to the anchorage. At high tide, or in heavy seas, few downtown marinas with no mast height restrictions to the rock jetties at the entrance can be submerged and are not reach. The staff was helpful and pleasant. A courtesy shutmarked. tle provides rides to and from downtown from 8:00 a.m. to The spring or fall are the best months to visit 8:00 p.m. (After hours, the taxi ride is only $5.) Charleston. We found the summer was too hot and humid, The shuttle makes a run to West Marine daily. We like as Crossroads doesn’t have air conditioning. When we left, going to West Marine and having lunch at nearby Jason’s Deli, the first of November, it was just turning cold. with its outstanding pastrami sandwiches and salad bar. We’ll be coming back to Charleston. It’s a spectacular The shuttle runs to and from Harris Teeter Supermardestination for cruisers! News & Views for Southern Sailors

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RACING Siau And Ingham Win U.S. Sailing’s Youth Multihull Championship Before Hurricane Katrina Arrives, Panama City, FL, August 25-28

www.ussailing.org/championships/youth/multihull, the event website.

It was a tight squeeze for the race organizers and competitors of the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship on August 25-28. With Hurricane Katrina approaching, organizers and host club, St. Andrew Bay Yacht Club, decided to fit in as many races as possible on Friday and Saturday, canceling races on Sunday, on what otherwise would have been the final day. For Michael Siau (Manlius, NY) and Sam Ingham (Rochester, NY) it wasn’t as much of a tight squeeze: The two came out with a bang on the first day, winning all six races. With those results, the team had practically secured the championship title, and the battle went on for second and third place. After four additional races on Saturday, local sailors Evan Miller (Panama City, FL) and Kyler Hast (Lynn Haven, FL) took second overall, with Cameron Biehl (San Diego, CA) and Pike Harris (Coronado, CA.) finishing third. More than 30 sailors between the ages of 13 and 18 competed sailing Hobie 16s, the winning team earning a spot on the 2006 US Youth World Team, which represents the United States at the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Weymouth, England. For more information and complete results, visit

Jeff Linton of the Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL, was the winning tactician at this year’s Etchells Worlds Championship on Sept. 10 on San Francisco Bay. Sailing with helmsman Tito Gonzalez of Chile on board Miamibased Bill Mauk’s Rhum Line, the team finished first over a 73-boat field that included sailing legends Dennis Conner and Jud Smith. Competitors included boats from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Great Britain, Canada, Israel, and the United States.

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Tito Gonzales Wins Etchells Worlds With Florida Jeff Linton As Tactician

40th Summerset Regatta, Southwest Florida, Sept. 1-2 By Steve Romaine Forty-two boats raced in the Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder Society’s 40th Annual Summerset Regatta over the Labor Day weekend. This year, the theme was “Sail the Tradition,” since, for 40 consecutive years, the sailors of southwest Florida have gathered to celebrate the end of

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prizes from gift donations received from more than 50 sponsors, such as haul-outs, professional boat services, sailing courses, marine store and restaurant gift certificates and nautical supplies. A portion of the net proceeds is contributed each year by CMCS to the Edison Sailing Center Youth Program. Highlights of the racing included Peter Sullick’s Hobie Magic 25, Rocketboard, which won in all three races in the Sportboat class. Both Jim Doane’s J/105 Flame in Spinnaker, and Steve Romaine’s Jeanneau 35, Air Supply, in NonSpinnaker, stood out as they came from behind by placing eighth and sixth, respectively, in the distance race on Saturday but each making up for it by having top finishes on Sunday. Joe Barrett sailing his Catalina 320 was also impressive. His boat had a fourth-place finish Saturday, but two bullets Sunday shot him to victory overall in the true Cruising class. Jim Shenko, racing his Cal 2-27 Adios, won the NonSpinnaker class with very consistent racing sailing solo. Solo! Wow! Way to go, Jim. CMCS was pleased to have four Colgate 26s race in this year’s Summerset and honored to have world-reknown sailor Steve Colgate himself compete.

Summerset Regatta. Photo by Mary Naylor.

summer by participating in the area’s premier sailing event. The regatta consists of two races with six regional sailing clubs participating: a coastal 24-nautical mile race on Saturday from Fort Myers Beach to Naples’ Gordon’s Pass, and two buoy races in the Gulf on Sunday. Six classes of boats raced, and although Saturday’s midday doldrums of little to no air at times caused “summersweat” conditions, almost every boat finished. Sunday’s racing was ideal with a northeast breeze in the 7-14-knot range, enabling the race committee to send the fleet in the second race on a three-nautical-mile first leg to weather. Activities included not only the races totaling more than 40 nautical miles, but additional activities for cruisers: social and happy hour events and a fabulous dinner and awards ceremony at the new Naples Sailing and Yacht Club facility. Each vessel entered was eligible for fantastic door

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Results (top three - for complete results, go to www.cmcs-sail.org): Multihull; 1, Anhinga, Robert Libbey, Corsair 27; 2, Bahama Hunter, Tom Bragaw, Farrier 33; 3, Damiana, Erik Soronen, Shuttleworth 42; Sportboat: 1, Rocketboard, Peter Sullick, Hobie Magic 25; 2, USA 62, Tim Timmer, Melges 24; 3, Obsession, Gary Schwarting, Melgers 24; Spinnaker; 1, Maria, Joe Bonness Soverell 33; 2, Flame, Jim Doane, J/105; 3, Midnite Rider, Forrest Banks, Tartan 4100; Non-Spinnaker; 1, Adios, Jim Shenko, Cal2-27; 2, Air supply, Steve Romaine, Jeanneau 35; 3, Sanderling, Richard hedderick, C&C 35; CMCS Fleet; 1, Sharon L, Bobby Lee, Ranger 32; 2, Ariel, Gordon Coffman, Pearson 33; 3, Trust Me?, Kim Brown, Irwin 31; True Cruising; 1, Island time, Joe Barrett, Catalina 320; 2, Laura Li, Arnie Pfalz, Pearson 35; 3, Windy City, Diane Fowler, Catalina 36-2.

Sunfish Races, Labor Day Regatta At Sarasota Sailing Squadron: Till We Meet Again By Mindy S. Strauley On Labor Day, it is traditional to head to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron where sailors feel at home. The bar is always open, the grill is hot, the parking lot is filled, kids running wild, the Squadron mascots (little kitty cats) chris-

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RACING ten your boat overnight, and the people are always smiling. Something we always look forward to. Twenty-two Sunfish sailors rounded out the fleet with several racing Sunfish for the first time. Saturday proved to be a nice day with winds out of the northeast at 5-8 mph. After the first three races, it was apparent the females were outsailing the males, with Charlotte Sims, Mindy Strauley, and Jackie Sims each winning one race. Of course, I couldn’t help but broadcast this. I sailed over to Paul Strauley and said, “You know all races are being won by the women. What is wrong with you guys?” Not sure what Paul mumbled as I sailed away, but I am thinking it went something like.... “Hmmm, we will have to take care of that.” On the last, fourth race of the day, we are off..…Only Sharon Del Bianco had the best opportunity to make it a clean sweep for the women today. But there went Paul, sailing by Sharon, tipping his hat like the gentleman he is, only to say, “Not today, ladies,” as he went on to win the race. Sunday, the winds were a little stronger out of the northeast at 13-18 mph. Suffice it to say, the men dominated on Sunday with Joe Blouin winning all four races and Paul, Freddie Sambolin, and John Kremski each close behind Joe for the second. Charlie Clifton later told me someone came up to him after the race and asked, “Who was # 71? He was really fast the second day.” Charlie said he didn’t know and

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asked what the sailor looked like. The man responded, “It was a young kid. He was not real big but handled the heavy air very well.” Chalier later looked up the number, and sure enough, it was a young kid. Joe Blouin, #71, is not even 60 years old. Results: 1, 71, Joe Blouin, DIYC; 2, 76685, Paul Strauley, Casselberry; 3, 88866, Freddie Saubolin, Sarasota; 4, 84800, Mindy Strauley, Casselberry, Fl; 5, T, Danny Escobar, Ft. Lauderdale; 6, 78970, Charlotte Sims, VYBA; 7, 78654, John Kremski, Edison Sailing Ctr.; 8, 79026, Jackie Sims, VYBA; 9, 78163, John Fletcher, Loxahatchee, Fl; 10, 22527, Erik Erickson, Sarasota; 11, 52021, Dave Kaighin, SSS; 12, 95483, Alexis Humphrey, VYBA; 13, 79105, Sharon Del Bianco, Edison Sailing Ctr; 14, 26898, Charlie Rahn, Coconut Grove Sailing Ctr; 15, 79380, Phil Mewhinney, Edison Sailing Ctr.; 16, 3528, Kyle D’Arangelis, VYBA; 17, 88450, Carol McDowell, SSS; 18, 3511, Loretta Garber, SSS; 19, 85694, Cindy Kaighin, SSS; 20, 79110, Adi Chesley, SSS; 21, 1, Clark Holden, Edison Sailing Ctr; 22, 84888, Carolyn Rahn, Coconut Grove Sailing Ctr.

Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Labor Day Regatta 2005: Great Winds and Over 200 Boats By Stephanie Cox The Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Labor Day Regatta is a multi-class regatta in a class of its own. For 59 years, the members of the Squadron have been putting on an exceptional event come hurricane or high water…literally. If you have never been to this event, you should come. This regatta is always laid-back, fun, and competitive. Races are run from whatever floats, sailors can park on the grass without getting towed, you can wear flip-flops in the clubhouse, and kids can be loud without upsetting “the members.” This year they had a great barbecue on Saturday with music and gave out original T-shirts to add to your collections. For those who like to imbibe in alcohol, they had $1.25 beer on Sunday. The weather was sunny and gorgeous with winds that varied from 5-15 knots from the north/northeast. Of course, the infamous Labor Day powerboat chop was there despite the gas crisis, but the breeze made it less challenging. Volunteer race management at Sarasota spends all year planning this event. The Labor Day Regatta funds its junior program, and members clearly take a lot of pride in it. The entry fee is affordable and includes T-shirts and barbecue tickets. Because this regatta is multi-class, the race committees spread out and take classes all over the bay. Race Management Review The race committee had to contend with a lot of boats and a number of different competitor skill levels. Despite a warning on the race instructions that competitors had to finish within 15 minutes of the first finisher, many of the courses still waited to give struggling sailors a chance to complete their races. This showed kindness by the race management, and competitors were for the most part patient about waiting for the slower boats to finish. Some of the hot-shot sailors were even giving tacking and boat-handling tips to the slower sailors in between races on the Laser course. This just shows the supportive atmosphere and spirit the Labor Day Regatta encourages among competitors. The race committee did a www.southwindsmagazine.com

good job setting fair courses that weren’t too short or too long and fit in a lot of races in a short time period.

Regatta Highlights – Laser/420/Radial/ 4.7/Sunfish Local Sarasota talent upstaged the out-oftown competition in Conditions Review the Laser fleet. Chris I raced on the Laser Enger, Dalton Tebo, course so the condiand Jeff Olson fintion descriptions I’m ished first to third in a providing may have hotly contested match varied on different for Laser dominance. courses. On our course, David Mendelblatt had the wind on Saturday a good day in the light was between 5-10 breeze on Saturday, knots, and the races but struggled when for both days were the wind picked up to windward/leewards. Kids sail out in Optimists for the Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day 15 on Sunday and finThe left side of the Regatta. Photo by Renee’ Athey. ished fifth in the course was predomiLasers. nantly favored for much of the regatta. Every once in a The biggest fleet on the one-design course was the while a shift would come down the right side that would Laser Radials with twenty-six boats. Radials are the new tempt racers to try their luck over there, but more often than Olympic class boat for women, and Radial fleets have not those boats rounded the windward mark in the back of become larger and more competitive around the country. the fleet. On Sunday, the wind picked up to 15, causing Team FOR Laser Radial sailor Mitch Hall figured out that some racers to capsize while others enjoyed some sweet the left side paid early and walked away with the first place planes on reaches before the start. trophy with three bullets. Second to fourth places in the

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REGIONAL RACING Radial division were decided by one point. Phillip Alley, Emily Billing, and Genoa Griffin finished second, third, and fourth respectively. The racing in the 420 spinnaker class was also close. After a protest against him was disallowed, Chris Vetter of St. Petersburg Yacht Club won this fleet. Conner Blouin finished just two points behind Vetter, and Shannon Heausler finished third. Both Heausler and Blouin sail for the growing Davis Island junior program. The hardest-working fleet was the Sunfish, which got in eight races. Joe Blouin of Davis Island won four of them to claim first. Paul Strauley of Casselberry and Freddie Saubolin of Davis Island also received hardware for finishing second and third respectively. Regatta Highlights — Optimist Dinghies The Optimist Dinghy fleet is always large and brings an entourage of parents, coaches, and boats to Sarasota. This year’s regatta was no exception. The little Opti boxes bounced around in the chop as coaches and parents positioned their boats to get the best view. The Labor Day Regatta also is notable on the Opti schedule because this is the first ever regatta for many of the green-fleeters (or beginners) who learned to sail in the summer. It is always fun to watch anxious eight-year-olds launched off the beach on Saturday by equally anxious parents, and see many of these same kids win trophies on Sunday. The green fleet sails close to the beach so parents can watch easily and so the wind isn’t so fierce. Many local sailing legends, national champions, and collegiate All Americans sailed their first regatta ever at the Labor Day Regatta. The Sailing Squadron always gives trophies deep in the green fleet division to encourage these young sailors and give the kid who finishes sixth place as much encouragement as the kid who finishes first. This year 52 green-fleeters competed at Sarasota! Dakota Tomasi skippered her Opti to victory in this competitive fleet. Sean Durkin and Spencer Nora finished second and third. In the Optimist red, white, and blue fleets the big story was Pearson Potts, who came to the regatta from hurricaneravaged Southern Yacht Club and walked away with first place overall in the blue fleet after throwing out an OCS in the first race. Jason Keubel won the Optimist fleet overall along with the red fleet title and Ian Holtzworth finished second overall. St. Petersburg sailor Caroline Wallace conquered the white fleet to claim first place in her division. Regatta Highlights — Sloops In the big boats, Bill Embree of St. Petersburg won a sevenboat SR Max fleet by four points. Bondage driven by Sarasota sailor Phil Cook finished second, and Hubbert’s Peak sailed by Charlie Clifton finished third. In the Spinnaker PHRF division, Tinkle, skippered by Doug Fisher, walked away with the first-place trophy with four bullets. Tinkle was followed by Little Mac, skippered by Dean Cleall, and Fat Bottom Girl, skippered by Richard Gress took third. In Non-Spinnaker, Misty-The Family Wagon, a Ranger 33 skippered by Greg Knighton, took first, and in the two-boat True Cruising division, Kismet, captained by Jason Rozmos, finished first. Mark Taylor, on Blast Off, won the five-boat Portsmouth division by one point, followed closely by Gerald Walton’s Cheerio. 56

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REGIONAL RACING Reports, News And Race Calendars Regattas and Club Racing— Open to Everyone Wanting to Race The races listed here are open to those who want to sail. No individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership in US Sailing or membership in a regional sailing association is often required. (If individual club membership is required, please contact us and we will not list their races in the future.) For publishing of your event, questions and information, send us your race schedule by the 5th of the month to editor@southwindssailing.com. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. For changes to be published contact the editor.

SOUTHEAST COAST: CAROLINAS & GEORGIA SE Coast October Weather Water Temperature – Cape Hatteras, NC – 70º See page 76 Savannah, GA – 73º for windrose legend Average Temperatures – Cape Hatteras, NC 60º lo – 73º hi Savannah, GA 56º lo – 78º hi For Real Time Southeast Coast Weather go to: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Southeast.shtml

LOCAL RACE REPORT AND NEWS Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund Sailing Regatta and Benefit By Walt McFarlane On Saturday, October 15, a sailing regatta along with a concert, silent auction, raffles, and lots of good food will be held on Lake Wylie, near Rock Hill, SC. All proceeds (except the sailing entry fees) will go to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort through the American Red Cross. The regatta will be an open class for cruising boats using PHRF rules. The sailing event will be judged by Bill Wiggins (fleetcaptin@aol.com), fleet captain for the Catawba Yacht Club. A bounty of gold, silver and copper will be given to the first, second, and third-place winners of the regatta. The event will take place at Ebenezer Park where there is a boat ramp, ample parking and camping. Boats may also moor there as well. Headquarters will be at the Lake House Restaurant located at 3921 Mount Gallant Rd. The benefit will start at headquarters at 10 a.m. and run until 9 p.m. The regatta will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration fee for the regatta is $25 in advance or $30 on the day of the race (must be in by 10:30 a.m.). www.southwindsmagazine.com

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REGIONAL RACING For more information, registration fee payment options, or to become a volunteer, contact the host at www.GypsyOrchid.com, or e-mail Kalyani@Ishaya.net. The regatta host can also be reached at (803) 329-7960 or by voice mail at (803) 802-5067. Let us fill up Lake Wylie. Trailer those cruising boats to Rock Hill and sail for a good cause.

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Rock Hill, SC., Lake Wylie, PHRF rules, cruise boats open class, hosted by Gypsy Orchid with proceeds going to the American Red Cross Lake Lanier, GA. www.larc.strictlysailing.com 1,23, Bill Sears #1, #2, Southern Sailing Club. 2 Trade Winds #4, Barefoot Sailing Club. 5 LLSC Daylight Savings, Lake Lanier Sailing Club. 7-9 Barefoot Open, Barefoot Sailing Club, Open. 12 LLSC Daylight Savings, Lake Lanier Sailing Club. 15 LARC Fall #1, Lanier Auxiliary Racing Committee, Series – Atlanta Inland Sailing Club, Barefoot Sailing Club, Lake Lanier Sailing Club, Southern Sailing Club, & University Yacht Club. 15 -16 Laser Georgia State Championship, Lake Lanier Sailing Club. 16,22 Fall Squall #1,#2, Barefoot Sailing Club. 19 LLSC Daylight Savings, Lake Lanier Sailing Club. 26 LLSC Daylight Savings, Lake Lanier Sailing Club. 29-30 Halloween Regatta, Lake Lanier Sailing Club. Charleston, SC. www.charlestonoceanracing.org 8 Charleston, SC., Ninth Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta – PHRF, High School, One Design, Model Boats – Charleston Yacht Club 15-16 Alice Cup 30 Witches Brew Go to www.longbaysailing.org 1 Race Week 6, Little River Inlet 29 Stede Bonnet, South Port Go to www.sayra-sailing.org/pages/racing.htm 1-2 Charleston, SC., Out Back Regatta, Open, Columbia Sailing Club 1-2 Mooresville, NC., Old Salty, Thistle, Lake Norman Yacht Club 1-2 Kernersville, NC., Pursuit of the Cure Regatta, PHRF, Outrigger Yacht Club 1-2 Thunderbolt, GA., Octoberfest, Open, Geechee Sailing Club 1-2 Hilton Head, SC., South Carolina Laser State Championships, Laser, Western Carolina Sailing Club 1-2 Flowery Branch, GA., Lightning Atlanta Cup, Lightning, Lake Lanier Sailing Club 7-9 Augusta, GA., Halloween Regatta, Open, Augusta Sailing Club 7-9 Lake Lanier, GA., Sea Dog Barefoot Open - One Design, PHRF, Portsmouth, Barefoot Sailing Club 8-9 Acworth, GA., Beers Regatta, Y flyer, Atlanta Yacht Club 8-9 Flowery Branch, GA., Southeast Optimist Championships, Lake Lanier Sailing Club 14-16 Augusta, GA., MC Scrow Nationals, MC Scow (over 50), Augusta Sailing Club 15-16 Hilton Head Island, SC., Calibogue Cup, PHRF, Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island 15-16 Mooresville, NC., Highlander Pipe Regatta, Highlander, Lake Norman Yacht Club 15-16 Greenville, NC., Hospice Cup, Pamlico Sailing Club 21-23 Hilton Head Island, SC., Hospice Regatta / J24 D8 Championship, Open, Western Carolina Sailing Club 22-23 Hilton Head Island, SC., Carolina Ocean Challenge PHRF, J105 – South Carolina Yacht Club 22-23 Acworth, GA., Cracker Barrel Snipe Team Race, Snipe, 58

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Atlanta Yacht Club 22-23 Flowery Branch, GA., Atlanta Classic Open Windsurf, Windsurfers, Lake Lanier Sailing Club 24 Brown Summit, NC., Spook Race, Pursuit, Lake Townsend Yacht Club 25-27 Acworth, GA., US Masters Championship, Snipe, Atlanta Yacht Club 29-30 Acworth, GA., Halloween Regatta, Snipe, Atlanta Yacht Club 29-30 Wadmalaw, SC., Turkey Shoot, Open, Keowee Sailing Club 29 Southport, NC., Stede Bonnet, PHRF, Cape Fear Yacht Club 29-30 Mooresville, NC., Nothin’s Finer Regatta, Open, Lake Norman Yacht Club Go to www.catawbayc.org for additional information on the Catawba Yacht Club, Lake Wylie, Charlotte, NC. 1,15,29 Keel Boat Racing 8,22 Board Boat Racing Go to www.osyc.net for additional information on the Oconee Sailing and Yacht Club, Lake Sinclair, GA. 1 - 2 Fall Series #1 and #2 15 – 16 Fall Series #3 and #4 29 – 30 Halloween Regatta, open and Fall Series #5 and #6 Go to www.saisa.org for additional information on the South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association and participating High Schools 1 – 2 Charlotte, NC., NP 3, Lake Norman Yacht Club NOVEMBER Lake Lanier, GA. www.larc.strictlysailing.com 6,13 LARC Fall #2,#3 Lanier Auxiliary Racing Committee, Barefoot Sailing Club 12,29 BFSC Fall Squall #3,#4 Barefoot Sailing Club Charleston, SC. www.charlestonoceanracing.org 12 Big Boat Race, Charleston Yacht Club 19 Double-Handed Race Go to www.longbaysailing.org for additional information on clubs and/or races. 3 Race Week 7, Little River Inlet Go to www.sayra-sailing.org/pages/racing.htm for additional information on clubs and/or races. 5 Augusta, GA., Fall Series 2, Augusta Sailing Club 5 Oriental, NC., ODC PHRF and Ensign Fleet Series, Oriental Dinghy Club 5-6 Kernersville, NC., Wilmer Cup, Outrigger Yacht Club 5-6 Acworth, GA., No More Turkey Regatta, Atlanta Yacht Club 5-6 Columbia, SC., Midlands Regatta, Columbia Sailing Club 5-6 Mooresville, NC., Flying Scot Fall 48 and RC Fleet Regatta, Lake Norman Yacht Club 12 Columbia, SC., LMYRA Race 8 Island, Columbia Sailing Club 12-3 Mooresville, NC., N3 Nationals (2.4mR) and Carolinas Keelboat One Design, Lake Norman Yacht Club 12-3 Savannah, GA., North Points #4 ISA Regatta at Sail Harbor, Savannah Sailing Center 19 Augusta, GA., Fall Series 3, Augusta Sailing Club 19 Kernersville, NC., Commodore’s Cup, Outrigger Yacht Club 19-20 Acworth, GA., UGA Regatta / Annual Meeting, Atlanta Yacht Club Go to www.catawbayc.org for additional information on the Catawba Yacht Club, Lake Wylie, Charlotte, NC. 5,19 Board Boat Racing, Hensley Cup, Fall Party, and Halloween Hay ride for Kids 12 Keel Boat Racing Go to www.osyc.net for additional information on the Oconee Sailing and Yacht Club, Lake Sinclair, GA. 13 Season Finale Fun Run Go to www.saisa.org for additional information on the South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association and participating High Schools 12 – 13 Savannah, GA., NP X, location TBD www.southwindsmagazine.com

EAST FLORIDA Eastern Florida October Weather Water Temperature – Daytona Beach – 78 º Jacksonville Beach – 75º Gulfstream Current – 3.0 knots Average Temperatures – Daytona Beach - 65º lo – 83º hi Jacksonville Beach - 65º lo – 79º hi For Real Time East Florida Weather go to: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Florida.shtml

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LOCAL RACE REPORT Daytona to St. Augustine Race, Sept. 2 By Rob Mundell Racers in this year’s annual Halifax River Yacht Club to Saint Augustine Yacht Club race were treated to a windy, wet beat from the starting line all the way to the finish. The race began Friday, September 2, at 6 p.m. at the bell buoy at Ponce Inlet and ended when racers passed the St. Augustine Buoy. The forecast was for a north wind at five knots, and racers were not disappointed when that forecast was proven

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wrong as the lightest airs to be seen all weekend were around 10-12 knots. Shortly after the start, the breeze increased to 17 knots as a waterspout formed amid the fleet. One division III entry, a Balboa 26, nearly took the spout bow-on. Neither the crew nor the boat were hurt, and they continued racing. They later withdrew as the seas and breeze continued to build. One other boat withdrew after reporting that it was too short-crewed for the conditions. There were two gear failures that further reduced the number of competitors. The Stiletto catamaran, skippered by Pete Haley (Halifax Sailing Assoc.) was dismasted and her cross beam snapped. The boat, skipper and crew made it safely to the shore. Jim and Sandy Bowe (HSA) aboard their Catalina 38 stood by ready to assist. The second gear failure was aboard Elixir, a 58-foot catamaran. Her boom cracked in half, and she returned to the safety of Ponce Inlet. The skipper, Pete Vessilliatas, and his crew were unharmed. The remainder of the fleet, the majority on a rhumb-line course, beat their way through the building seas and breeze. The first to cross the line was Renegade, a Santa Cruz 52 owned by Tom Slade (SAYC). She made short work of the course, finishing around 1 a.m. The last to cross, about 9 a.m., was the crew that assisted the Stiletto, Jim and Sandy Bowe. Once in St. Augustine, crews caught naps and showered just in time for the pool rum party at the St. Augustine Yacht Club. An awards dinner at 6 p.m. was accompanied by a barbecue catered by the Swordfish Grill. An unusual

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REGIONAL RACING award was handed to Clyde Rogers (HRYC) in place of a lost trophy for third in spinnaker: an empty Perrier bottle. This is a race that is appealing for many reasons: The night racing aspect adds some complexity; senses are heightened racing at night; the length of the race is 54.7 nautical miles; It is a race long enough to feel as if you are really racing offshore, but not days long; skippers don’t have to go to great expense to participate (this year’s entry fee was $37); there are festivities on both ends of the race; it is a great way to spend a long weekend; the race is normally held on Labor Day weekend, so there is a festive mood and St. Augustine comes alive. These are all great reasons for others to race in 2006. The Halifax River Yacht Club (HRYC) has sponsored this race annually for many years. This year was different from races in the past. We had many “firsts” this time. This was the first year that we really tried to advertise and draw in area yachts from Jacksonville to New Smyrna. This was the first time our club and members from several area clubs came together to grow this event. Another first was the inclusion of a catamaran class. There was a Stiletto, an F31 Corsair and a 58-footer at the start for their class. Thanks in part to Southwinds announcing the race in their calendar, Pam Lendzion of Saint Augustine Marine, an energized SAYC event chairman (Tina Johnson), and a new HRYC race committee focused on building area sailing events, we had 30 yachts entered to race. Most made it to the starting line. The race will again be held in 2006, again sponsored by the HRYC. In May 2006, we will be co-sponsoring the Gulfstreamer, a 226-nm race from Daytona, FL, to Charleston, SC, with the Charleston Yacht Club. At the end of the race is a great party, a beautiful city and the Spolleto festival. Contact HRYC Race Chairman Rob Mundell at (386) 253-6322 for more information or e-mail morgan3367@msn.com. Results (place, skipper, boat name, boat): 1st in Spinnaker Division; Tom Slade, Renegade (SAYC), Santa Cruz 52; 1st in Non-spinnaker, Mac Smith, Twilight (HRYC), Lafitte 44; in Bimini Division John Jacobs, Misty (SAYC), Gulfstar 36; 1st in Catamaran Division, Greg and Deb Walker, Bare Bones (HSA), F31 Corsair.

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Fall Rum Race #6. Melbourne Yacht Club. Fall Race #3. Kennedy Point Sailing. Marker 21 Fish Fry. East Coast Sailing Association-Cruising. Club Races. Lake Eustis Sailing Center. Fall Races #7,8,9. Lake Monroe Sailing Association. Small Boat Sunday Racing. Melbourne Yacht Club. Fall Rum Race #7. Melbourne Yacht Club. Lipton Cup Regatta. Smyrna Yacht Club. Fall Regatta. Small Boats. Melbourne Yacht Club. Fall Regatta. Big Boats. Melbourne Yacht Club. Hirams Haul. Performance Sail (multihull Race, Pineda Causeway to Sebastian Inlet and return). Northeast Florida. www.sailjax.com 1,15 Fall Series #3,#4. Rudder Club. 23 Women on Water (WOW) Regatta. Rudder Club. NOVEMBER — Central East Florida 5 Mothers Arms Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association. 6 Winter Rum Race #1. Melbourne Yacht Club. 12-13 Lake Toho Regatta. Lake Monroe Sailing Association. 12-13 12th Annual SER MC Scow Championship Regatta. Lake Eustis Sailing Club. 11 -13 SSCA Gam. Seven Seas Cruising Association. 12 ECSA Fall River Race #3. East Coast Sailing Association–Racing. 13 ECSA-W Fall Women’s Series #4. East Coast Sailing Association–Women’s. 13 Small Boat Sunday Racing. Melbourne Yacht Club. 13 Summer/Fall #8. Indian River Yacht Club. 13 VNA Air Show and Raft Up. Stuart Corinthian Yacht Club. 19 Double-Handed Race. East Coast Sailing Association–Racing. 19-20 Cruise to Pinedaville (Pineda Causeway). East Coast Sailing Association–Cruising. 20 Winter Rum Race #2. Melbourne Yacht Club. 19-20 “No Frills/Cheap Thrills” Sunfish Regional Regatta”. Melbourne Yacht Club. 26 Cocoa Rockledge Holiday Boat Parade. Indian River Yacht Club. 26 Race of Champions. Indian River Yacht Club. Northeast Florida. www.sailjax.com 18 - 20 Jacksonville King’s Day Regatta. (Melges 24). The Florida Yacht Club, Jacksonville.

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RACE CALENDAR Southward Bound Lipton Cup Regatta, Smyrna Yacht Club, Oct. 21-23 Sir Thomas Lipton is famous for his many America’s Cup Challenges. In 1922 he donated a beautiful sterling cup to perpetuate the sport of yacht racing in the Central Florida area. All races will be held off-shore of Ponce Inlet. Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Cruising, Multihull. Register on the web at www.smyrnayachtclub.com or contact Erik Halleus at (386) 424-6715 or John Jacobs at (386) 423-2256 or liptoncup@smyrnayachtclub.com October – Central East Florida 1-2 Club Races. Lake Eustis Sailing Center. 2 Summer/Fall #2. Indian River Yacht Club. 2 Small Boat Sunday Racing. Melbourne Yacht Club. 60

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October Weather Water Temperature Miami Beach – 81 Stuart – 78º Gulfstream Current – 2.2 knots Average Temperatures – Miami Beach – 75º lo – 83º hi Stuart – 70º lo – 85º hi For Real Time East Florida Weather go to: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Florida.shtml

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RACE CALENDAR Legend for Yacht Clubs and Organizations BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net BBYC Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. www.bbyra.net CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef Yacht Club. www.coralreefyachtclub.org KBYC Key Biscayne Yacht Club. www.kbyc.org. MYC Miami Yacht Club. www.miamiyachtclub.net. www.southwindsmagazine.com

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Flying Scot Florida District Championship series, CGSC.Charlie Fowler (305) 638-8885 Charlie@fowlersails.com.Florida District web; www.fssa.com/fldist/ 1-2 Sat./Sun. CGSC Annual Regatta – BBYRA #9 One Design. The start of Series 2 of the BBYRA regatta championship for One-Design classes. Open to all entries. 8-9 Sat./Sun. Columbus Day Regatta. Columbus Day Cruising Regatta Committee. The 51st annual two-day cruising boat race held in Biscayne Bay. www.columbusdayregatta.net/2005. 15 Sat. Columbus Day Regatta Award Party. Award party and trophy presentation for top five finishers in each class. 22 Sat. CGSC Annual Regatta – BBYRA #9 PHRF. CRYC. The start of the Series 2 BBYRA regatta championship for PHRF and ARC classes. Open to all entries. 22-23 Sat./Sun. Fall Harvest Regatta. MYC. Annual two-day regatta open to all one-design and multi-hull classes. NOVEMBER 5 Sat. CRYC Annual Regatta – BBYRA #10 One Design. Part of the BBYRA regatta championship for One-Design classes. Open to all entries. 6 Sun. CRYC Annual Regatta – BBYRA #10 PHRF. Part of the BBYRA regatta for PHRF/J24 and ARC. Open to all classes. 12 Sat. 40th Anniversary of the “Around the Island Race.” Host: KBYC. The Ed William Memorial Round the Island race around Key Biscayne, starting at Donovan’s channel, past Stiltsville to finish at KBYC. Followed by a raft-up and party. 19-20 Sat./Sun. PHRF SEF Championship. The fourth annual PHRF/J24 two-day regatta. Open to all boats with PHRF certificate.

FLORIDA KEYS RACING Florida Keys October Weather Average Temperatures Key West 76º lo – 85º hi Water Temperature Key West – 82º For real-time eastern Gulf weather, winds and marine forecasts, go to http://comps.marine.usf.edu.

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one-knot winds. Three cruising boats drifted toward the start. Based on a reverse handicap start, vessels were given their own starting times based on their PHRF ratings. Defiant started first, with Stella at the helm, still eyeballing the waters for mutant sharks. Singlehanded, Angel and I performed a confused twirl over the line and started second. Adagio, a slim cruiser helmed by Zoe Berk, enjoyed a clean start soon after the slower vessels. The boats reached toward Sand Key and after about an hour, the faint breeze took a siesta and left the racers bobbing in the steamy, tropical afternoon. Clusters of fish began to school up in the shade of Angel’s ample behind. Adagio, the lightest vessel in the group, found herself facing the wrong way. There wasn’t enough wind to keep her on track. The decision was made to cancel the race. Not to waste a sunny summer day, all vessels, including the RC boat, motored out to Sand Key for a sailorly party. Special thanks to the RC crew and for the time, effort and professional expertise of race coordinator Julie Gully.

RACE CALENDAR Upper Keys Sailing Club, www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. OCTOBER 1 Nonsuch One Design Race and Pancake Breakfast 2 Portsmouth Fall Regatta Bayside 8-9 Columbus Day Regatta Biscayne Bay 15-16 Black Betsy Regatta 29 Halloween All Comers B/S Race & Party NOVEMBER 6 Flail and Sail Regatta B/S PHRF 12-13 Dockmaster’s Regatta Portsmouth & PHRF 24 Thanksgiving Day Raft Up Key West Sailing Club Every Saturday – Open House at the Key West Sailing Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305) 292-5993. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. www.keywestsailingclub.org. Key West Sailing Club. Wednesday night races. Casual and fun racing in the sea plane basin every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. until October. Socializing and food afterwards at the clubhouse. Women’s Sailing continues every Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Non-members and members welcome. October 23. Fantasy Fest Regatta, Key West November 20. Thanksgiving Race and First Race in the Commodore Series

LOCAL RACE REPORT Light Wind Showdown: Becky Glover Memorial Race, August 21, Key West By Rebecca Burg “I watched a movie about mutant sharks the other day,” Stella said, peering over Defiant’s pulpit. “So I’m looking!” Stella had volunteered to helm Capt. Bill’s boat for the Becky Glover Race, which was created in memory of a woman who was active in and contributed to the Key West Sailing Club. The race’s tradition is that a female must be at the helm. Anyone, guys and gals, can crew. At noon, the hot and clear weather brought variable News & Views for Southern Sailors

WEST FLORIDA West Florida October Weather Average Temperatures St. Petersburg 70º lo – 83º hi Naples 68º lo – 87º hi Gulf Water Temperature St. Petersburg – 78º Naples – 81º

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REGIONAL RACING On-line West Florida Race Calendar Starting in September, SOUTHWINDS will be providing an on-line race calendar for West Florida racing and regattas. All racing events held in the region from Marco Island to Tarpon Springs will be listed for the period from September 2005 up through August 2006. Listed will be the event, sponsoring organization and contacts, and links to the NORs, registration and results, when made available by those organizations. The Web site will also publish up-to-date venue changes for those who send us that information. With this new service, sailors only need go to www.southwindsmagazine.com and will no longer have to seek out the sponsoring organization’s Web site for this information. Only those races open to everyone will be listed. To have your race listed, or changes in your race schedule, e-mail the information to the editor, Steve Morrell, at editor@southwindsmagazine.com. For those who cannot post the results on-line at a Web site, contact us for possibly doing so on ours. The West Florida list of yacht clubs and sailing organizations will also be on-line.

RACE CALENDAR CLUB RACING Bradenton YC. Thursday evening races at 6:30 p.m. till end of Daylight Savings. PHRF racing on Manatee River. For info call Larry Lecuyer, (941) 729-5401. Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venice-sailing-squadron.org 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 Boat of the Year Races (BOTY): Southwest Boat of the Year (SWBOTY), Charlotte Harbor Boat of the Year (CHBOTY), Sarasota (SBOTY), Suncoast Boat of the Year (SBOTY) OCTOBER 1-2 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. Festival of the Island, PHRF (SWFBOTY) 1 Tampa Sailing Squadron. Fall Regatta, PHRF. 2 Tampa Sailing Squadron. Women’s Fall Regatta, PHRF. 1-2 Clearwater YC. Clearwater Championships PHRF racing in the Gulf. Youth Regatta, Opti, Laser, Radial, C420. Laser District 13 championship. 7 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Windjammer to Venice, PHRF, 1800 hours. 7 Bradenton YC. Race to Venice PHRF starts 1730. 7 St. Petersburg YC. Distance Classic PHRF to Venice. 8 Venice Sailing Squadron. Crows Nest Regatta, PHRF. 8 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. South Seas/ Kayusa Cup, PHRF. (SBBOTY) 8-9 University of South Florida, St. Pete Campus High School Great Oaks Districts. tpmonkus@saisa.org. SAISA. 62

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St. Petersburg YC. Allison Jolly Regatta, junior girls in Optis and 420s. Columbus Day Regatta, Miami. www.columbus dayregatta.net/2005. Naples YC. Offshore Regatta, PHRF 4:00 p.m. start Gulf. (SWFBOTY) on home page. Edison Sailing Center. River Romp Regatta and USA Junior Olympic Sailing. Festival. Laser Gulf Coast Championship and Laser Florida State Championship. Dunedin Boat Club, Dunedin Cup Race, PHRF, Tampa Bay Catamaran Society. Dunedin Causeway. St. Petersburg YC. Flying Dutchman Nationals. Tampa Bay Catamaran Society. Cedar Key Cat Regatta, Beach Cats. Davis Island YC. Classic, PHRF. (SBOTY) Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. No Boca Race, PHRF. St. Petersburg YC. Rolex Osprey Cup Women’s match racing invitational, Sonars. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Great Pumpkin Regatta. Clearwater Yacht Club. Clearwater Challenge Regatta, PHRF. (SBOTY) Cortez YC. Halloween Race PHRF. Clearwater Yacht Club. Single-hand/double-hand Clearwater to Egmont, PHRF.

NOVEMBER 1-3 St. Petersburg YC. Disabled Sailor/Open Clinic. 3-6 Strictly Sail Boat Show, Vinoy Basin, St. Petersburg, 4-6 Clearwater YC. Finn North Americans. 5 St. Petersburg Sailing Assoc. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF. 5-6 Naples Sailing and YC. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF, (SWFBOTY) 4-7 St. Petersburg YC. America’s Disabled Open Regatta, Sonar, 2.4 Meter, Martin 16. 12 Sarasota YC. Invitational, PHRF, (SBBOTY) 12-13 Lake Eustis Sailing Club. Southeast Regional MC Scow Championship. 12-13 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Flying Scot Florida States. 12-13 Naples Community Sailing Center. Kid’s Regatta. 12-13 Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Carlisle Classic in the gulf and on the bay. 12-13 Davis Island YC. Egmont Key Race, PHRF. 12-13 Watersports West. St. Petersburg Suncoast Classic. Holiday Inn Sunspree, St. Pete.

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14-17 Clearwater Community Sailing Center. NACRA 20 Catamaran Regatta. 19 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Drumstick Regatta. 19-20 Marco Island YC Fall Regatta PHRF, (SWFBOTY). 19-20 St. Petersburg YC. Snipe Florida States. 19-20 St. Petersburg YC. Fall Bay Race PHRF. (SBOTY) 24 Thanksgiving. 25 Davis Island YC. Old Shoe Race. 26-27 Davis Island YC. Thanksgiving All Class Regatta. Laser District 13 championship.

NORTHERN GULF COAST: FLORIDA PANHANDLE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, TEXAS Northern Gulf October Weather See page 76 Water Temperature – 74º for windrose legend Average Temperatures – Pensacola, FL 60º lo – 79º hi Gulfport, MS 60º lo – 79º hi For Northern Gulf Weather go to: www.csc.noaa.gov/coos/

LOCAL RACE REPORT Ladies Trilogy – Part 2: Race for the Roses By Kim Kaminski The final race in the Ladies Trilogy sailing series was held by the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club. Originally, this race was to be held the weekend following the Bikini Regatta on July 30, but damages from Hurricane Dennis, which hit the area two weeks earlier, caused the race to be postponed. Public officials on Pensacola Beach prevented the general public access into the area (only residents were allowed), making it impossible to hold the race. Officials stated that public access would not be given anytime soon. A decision was made to delay the race one week to complete hurricane clean-up. Sailboat teams scrambled to get their crewmembers’ schedules revised or find replacement crew for those who were unable to meet the new race date. Another potential problem occurred when the race organizers were uncertain if they would have the adequate funding for the race. After a call went out to club members and potential sponsors in the community to help with race expenses, generous Pensacola Beach Yacht Club member Pandora De Balthazar offered to sponsor the entire event. She not only provided home-grown roses for the winners, but regatta shirts, champagne, catered food from Carraba’s Restaurant as well as special gifts for all of the skippers and crew. She even brought in and presented the race trophies: large specialty pillows from her business, which carries fine European linens. What a fantastic finale she provided for the particiNews & Views for Southern Sailors

Elaine Boos and her crew on Gritz, winners of the Ladies Trilogy, prepare for the race start during the 18th Annual Race for the Roses Regatta held in Pensacola,FL. Photo by Kim Kaminski.

pants in helping to celebrate the Ladies Trilogy, as well as creating a morale-lifting event not only for herself but for others who experienced losses following the destruction of the area’s coastline from hurricanes. On race day, the skies were overcast. Once again, the Pensacola Yacht Club provided their facilities and regatta equipment to the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club since the storms had destroyed theirs. The ladies wished to send out a special thank you to Commodore Larry Bowyer at the Pensacola Yacht Club for all of his support and assistance. Three different windward/leeward races were planned for the five boats in the Spinnaker fleet, while the four NonSpinnaker boats were sent on a course around the bay. A flurry of excitement occurred during the first race of the day when the two boats in the battle for the Trilogy trophy, Fun Polish Navy and Gritz, were called over the line early. As the race ended, only seven seconds separated the two boats. Gritz had eased out ahead and never looked back all day. Suzy Graf and her crew on Soulshine II found themselves racing in a different division, the Non-Spinnaker class. She had a successful second-place finish in the Spinnaker class during the Bikini competition but went on to even greater success by capturing the first-place trophy in the Non-Spinnaker class after a fearless battle with competitor Julie Connerley on Cookie Monster. Elaine Boos and her crew on Gritz made the valiant effort of bringing their boat from New Orleans, LA, (despite the storms) to defend her 2004 championship title from last year’s Trilogy races. She succeeded in retaining the title and captured the top honors for a second year in a row. Elaine earned the Overall Fleet Trophy for the Race for the Roses and the Ladies Trilogy Trophy for 2005. Ladies Trilogy Results 2005 Ladies Trilogy Winner, Gritz, Elaine Boos (2004 Defending Champion) Fast Women, Point Yacht Club; Spinnaker, 4.5 Miles:Fun Polish Navy, Kim Kaminski; 46:02 (all female crew); Gritz, Elaine Boos; 46:13 (all SOUTHWINDS

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REGIONAL RACING female crew); Cuda Been Paris, Pam Rowell; 59:30 (all female crew); Non-Spinnaker, 4.5 Miles:Cannonball, Jane Brown; 48.55 (Virgin Skipper Award); Windy City, Donna Matthews; 1:12:32; Bikini Regatta, Navy Yacht Club; Spinnaker, 6.84 Miles:Gritz, Elaine Boos; 1:09:07 (all female crew); Soulshine II, Suzy Graf; 1:09:14; Phaedra, Cathryn Schuster; 1:10:28; Sirrocco, Lee Newkirk; 1:12:05 (all female crew); Fun Polish Navy, Kim Kaminski; 1:18:39 (all female crew); OuttaReach, Karen Kriegel; 1:19:18 (all female crew); Non-Spinnaker ; Cookie Monster, Julie Connerley; 49:21; Big Easy, Sharon Silk; 57:01; Go Bananas, Deborah Davidson; 1:10:57; Race for the Roses, Pensacola Beach Yacht Club(All-Female); Spinnaker, Class A: 1; Sirocco, Lee Newkirk, 2:28:44:2; Forerunner, Lee Thompson, 2:38:21; Class B; 1, Gritz, Elaine Boos, 2:25:40; 3, Fun Polish Navy, Kim Kaminski, 2:30:32; OuttaReach, Karen Kriegel, 2:46:55; Non-Spinnaker: 1, Soulshine II, Suzy Graff, 1:45:15: 2, Cookie Monster, Julie Connerley, 1:49:29; 3, Delphina, Denise Hare, 1:52:29; 4, Jes Be-N-Me, Belinda Gobeli, 2:01:10;

15th annual Juana Good Time Regatta, Navarre Beach, Florida Panhandle, Sept. 9-11 By Juana Rudzki With clear skies and 10-15 knots of wind, conditions were welcomed by the 50-plus boats that took part in the 15th Annual Juana Good Time Regatta on Navarre Beach on Santa Rosa Sound on Florida’s Panhandle. As perfect as the weekend was, this year’s race was touch and go from the start. With three major hurricanes within the past year, the normally idyllic setting for the regatta appeared to be far from perfect. Juana’s Pagodas, a thatch-roofed volleyball beach bar that sits just south of Navarre Beach Bridge, had just cleaned up from last September’s Hurricane Ivan when Hurricane Dennis, for the first time in Juana’s history, tore the entire roof, beams and all, off the 50-foot tall main structure. The smaller, original hut was left with broken beams and a heavy westerly list. The boat ramp was a mess, and debris littered the sound. But we worked hard cleaning up again, (We’re all getting good at this by now!) and with what we figured was the worst behind us, we made the decision to keep the annual multihull and windsurf regatta on the schedule. Fliers were sent and registrations were just beginning to flood in when the infamous Katrina crashed to shore just west of us. This was the final blow for our sad smaller pagoda. But we cleaned away the debris from our beloved original hut (tears and sniffles all around), re-tarped the big hut, put back the wooden walkways for the third time in a year, hosed down the flooded bathrooms, and waited a couple of days for electricity and water to be restored so we could once again be ready for business. The regatta was scheduled for the following week, and we figured we’d go on with the show...just to keep some sort of normalcy in an otherwise abnormal summer. Historically we have a large number of sailors trailer over from Louisiana and Mississippi. This year, obviously, they had more important worries. Many positive thoughts and hopeful stories were shared this weekend with them in mind. Many competitors were unable to attend due to fuel shortages and the temporary lack of island accommodations. However, the turnout was better than we’d hoped for, thanks to the support of our locals from the surrounding areas of Fort Walton, Destin, Pensacola, Niceville.... We did have 64

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Juana Good Time Regatta on Navarre Beach. Juana’s Pagodas on the beach, a volley ball beach bar. Notice the tarp over the main pagoda. Photo by Chris Vallina.

three racers from Mississippi attend, saying they needed refuge from the hurricane madness. And one racer traveled all the way from Minnesota just to join in the fun! It all started Friday evening with our “Smooth Sailing” party, and late registration. “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha,” our crazy 80s band, played under the tarp (Yes, we miss the thatch, but the tarp is better than nothing!) and the racers drank cheap Coronas, ate hot wings compliments of our own Sailors’ Grill, and danced in the sand. Saturday began calm, but by the time T.L. Lewis, our illustrious race committee of the past 10 years, finished the skippers meeting, the wind had picked up nicely from the southeast. The cruising class consisted of three Gemini catamarans. (This class was smaller than usual, as the bigger boats had more damage and a harder time navigating through the debris.) One of the Geminis, the “Chick Boat,” was an all women crew. It’s become an annual competition between the girls and the guys. And yes, the chicks were the first boat over the finish line both days! Give the men credit for showing good sportsmanship and acquiescing to the stronger sex. Three classes of beach cats, X,Y,Z, competed Saturday in a distance race and in triangle races on Sunday. Nine Hobie 16s were in the X class. Y and Z included a variety of larger beach cat designs, with Z carrying spinnakers. Everyone was warned of hurricane debris close to the island’s shore. Still, not everyone heeded that advice, and there was one broken rudder. Beautiful photo shots abounded with plenty of hull flying and nose-to-nose competition. The windsurfers did their thing both days just west of the Navarre Beach Bridge. They arrived on the beach tired, sun-streaked and smiling. The beach barbecue Sailors’ Grill put out was nothing short of mouth-watering, and with all the hungry racers, leftovers were hard to find. After the races Sunday, a carbon copy of Saturday’s weather, the racers filled themselves with subs, drank another Corona or two, and enjoyed the video footage. Beautiful, hand-crafted pottery trophies were presented Sunday afternoon, and for the 15th year in a row, we managed to pull out another truly Good Time Regatta! For more pictures and details, see www.juanaspagodas.com. www.southwindsmagazine.com

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The Juana Good Time Regatta. Photo by Chris Vallina. Results:: Multihulls:X Class: 1st, Jerome and Daniel Vaughan; 2nd, Karl Renalt and Bridget Precise; 3rd, Jim Gates and Jay Klassen; Y Class: 1st, Brian Harrison, Boyer 18; 2nd, Mike Clark and crew, Nacra 6.0; 3rd, Philip Mumm and Terry Waldron, Nacra 5.8; Z Class: 1st, Charlie Trinque and Boog Newkirk, Inner 20; 2nd, Mike Kelley and Dave McGee, ARC 22; 3rd, Mark Smith and Bubba Barberie, Inner 20; Cruisers: 1st, Tom and Tony Pelczynski and Crew on Tristan Gemini 3000; 2nd, Debbie Haywood and “The Chicks” on Perigee Gemini 3200; 3rd, Steve Rudzki and Crew on “Island Time” Gemini 3200; Carlton Tucker Memorial Award: This is a prestigious award that we give to the racer with the best over-all attitude -Philip Mumm; “Catch the Fleet” award: This goes to the racer that completes the entire regatta but is the last boat in - Trevor ODay and crew; Windsurfers:1st Overall: Mike Schulman; A open: 1st, Mike Schulman; 2nd, Buddy Huels; 3rd, Tony Witsman; Prodigy: 1st, Bobby Nabors (also owner of Liquid Surf and Sail, a main sponsor); 2nd, Steve Bogan (also owner of Steve Bogan Realty, a main sponsor); 3rd, Chuck Herbstreith; Heavy Weight: 1st, Jamie Nabors; 2nd, Scott Newman; Formula: 1st, Joan Aguilo; 2nd, Brian Barr; 3rd, Paul Hansard; Sport: 1st, Colin Spitzer; 2nd, Dave Denmark; 3rd, Joe Quimby;

RACE CALENDAR Club Racing – April through October Wednesday Night Fun Races, PYC on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the Month, PHRF. Every Wednesday night, one-design races at FWYC Wednesday Evening Fun Races, NOYC The date for the 2005 Sunfish Women’s North Americans is October 7-8, moved to Houston Yacht Club from Bay Waveland Yacht Club. Complete details soon at www.sunfishclass.org.

Rhodes 19 Nationals. FYC, Fairhope, AL WFORC (West Florida Ocean Racing Circuit). PYC, Pensacola, FL Fall #5 make-up. SYC, New Orleans, LA Pink Ribbon Regatta. Lake Pontchartrain Women’s Sailing Association, New Orleans, LA Charity Regatta. LFYC, Lake Forest, LA Fish Class World Championship. BYC, Mobile, AL J/30 National Champ. NOYC Schreck Regatta. PYC, Pensacola, FL Fish Class Regatta. BYC, Mobile, AL NSGA Senior Olympics PHRF- FYC, Fairhope, AL Closing Regatta. NOYC, New Orleans, LA Charity Cup Regatta. PBYC, Pensacola Beach, FL Closing Regatta. #6 SYC NSGA Senior Olympics One Design. FYC, Fairhope, AL LPRC (Lake Pontchartrain Racing Circuit) - New Orleans, LA Anniversary / Broken Triangle Regatta - MYC, Mobile, AL Lagniappe 420, Opti. SYC, New Orleans, LA

Northern Gulf Coast Yacht Club Legend BWYC Bay-Waveland Yacht Club Bay St. Louis, MS www.bwyc.org BYC Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL www.bucyc.com CSA Corinthian Sailing Association. New Orleans, LA. www.corinthians.org FWYC Fort Walton Yacht Club. Fort Walton Beach, FL GYC Gulfport Yacht Club, Gulfport, MS. www.gulfportyachtcclub.org MYC Mobile Yacht Club, Mobile, AL www.mobileyachtclub.com NYC Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL www.navypnsyc.org NOYC New Orleans Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA www.noyc.org PBYC Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL. www.pensacolabeachyc.org PCYC Pass Christian Yacht Club, Pass Christian, MS. www.pcyc-gya.org PYC Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL. www.pensacolayachtclub.org. PontYC Pontchartrain Yacht Club, Mandeville, LA www.pontyc.org SYC Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA www.southernyachtclub.org SSYC South Shore Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA www.ssycnola.org SABYC St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club, Panama City, FL www.stabyc.com TYC Tammany Yacht Club, Slidell, LA www.tammanyyachtclub.org

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S2 7.9, 1984 Hull # 294, 6HP Merc OB, 2 mains, 2 155s, 1 jib, 2 spinnakers. GPS, compass, many new halyards, swim ladder, trailer, new brakes, tires, $11,900. (321) 779-4464. palexy@cfl.rr.com. (10/05)

26’ Wharram Tiki Catamaran. Solid. No Rot. Many Improvements. Needs sails, rigging and major detailing. 16” draft. Great camping cruiser. Marathon (Keys). Must Sell, Bought 36’ Wharram. $5K obo. (305) 664-0190. drkunz@hotmail.com. (12/05)

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2004 Raider 16 Sport - Dealer Demo Boat Like New!!! Save over $2,300!!! Includes trailer, Spinnaker package, Halyard System, & Spar Bag. $5,900. Will assist in delivery! (615) 403-4698. (12/05) Cape Dory 25, 1982. Excellent condition, sleeps 4, standing headroom, Yanmar deisel, bimini, many upgrades including sail covers, sails, roller furling genoa, VHF, compass, toilet. 6 opening ports, Bimini and Dodger. mayras1957@aol.com. (305) 610-0988. (12/05)

Pearson 27, 1988 shoal-draft pocket cruiser offers a big boat feel in an affordable package. Roller furling, wheel steering, 12 hp diesel, bimini, VHF, new bottom paint. $19,000. (941) 721-4452 (11/05)

33’ Glander Tavana 1985 center board mast head sloop. Newly painted bottom, hull, topsids and non-skid. New rub rail, teak hatches. New jib sail. 30 HP Vetus diesel. Great Florida and Bahamas boat, draws 3’ board up. A no nonsense boat offered below market at $18,900 Call Major Carter 941792-9100

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Pearson Flyer 30, diesel, solid boat, $16K survey, $8,500 for quick sale. Russ (904) 5831274. butterflyai@earthlink.net. (11/05) Beneteau First 310, 1992 racer /cruiser, roller furling, B&G Quad, full sail inventory, 18hp diesel, accommodations for six, head, shower, LPG stove, A/C, professional bottom job Oct., 2004, Excellent Condition ASKING $39,900 with transferable slip. (813) 818- 0145 or e-mail, Beneteau_First_310@hotmail.com. (12/05)

28’ Ranger 75, freshwater maintained racer/cruiser now in Tampa, over $20K recently spent in improvements, new Yanmar diesel, 9 sails, 3 spinnakers, much more. $12,900. Call original owner at (813) 685-8737 (11/05) 28’ Albin Mariner 79, 1977. Good condition. Watermaker, 10hp diesel, 7 sails. Auto pilot, GPS, Loran, VHF. 3’ 6” draft. $10,000. On a trailer in good condition. (507) 744-2579. (11/05)

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30’ Catalina 30, 1990. std rig, fin keel 5’3”, roller furling, bimini, cushions, instruments, Excellent condition. Reasonably and practically priced at $32,900. email: galileo430@comcast.net or (727) 207-0717. (10/05)

1979 Bristol 32, “Murph” Sloop, centerboard; 18hp Yanmar 1997, mainsail, 3 jibs, stormsail; watermaker, wind generator, solar panel, autopilot, new instruments, dodger and bimini 2003. www.jamesewing.com/murph. $37,000. email: sailorfred05@yahoo.com or (252) 6228139. (12/05)

1982 MORGAN OUT ISLAND 416 Engine: 65HP Perkins, ONAN Generators, 2 AC units, auto pilot, integrated GPS chart plotter, integrated LCD radar, VHF, 2 refrigerators, 2 freezers, ice maker, electric stove, microwave, TV & TV Booster, radio & CD player, 6 speakers, 2 baths, electric aft head, inverter 1750, enclosed bimini, 2 anchors, windlass, many spare parts, watermaker installation, 5 sails, roller furler & storm jib, major upgrades on engine, all new hydraulics, new hull paint Mar. 05, new cushions 04, life raft. Surveyed at $95,000, asking $92,500. Total Value $150,000. (504) 4914132. alan@tirebargaincenter.com (10/05)

32’ Endeavour 1977 20 HP Yanmar, dual 90 amp Balmer w/Max charge, auto pilot, selftailing winches, roller furling, lazy jacks, inverter, 10 opening ports, new cushions, bimini, dodger, stove top, new bottom 2004. $22,500. (727) 742-5381. (11/05)

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1996 Cheetah 30 sport boat. 87 PHRF. Carbon lift keel and bow pole. 3 spinakers. 2 mains, 2 jibs. 15+ knots on reach. KVH, Knotmeter, depthmeter. Trailer. $24,500. (904) 880-6503. (10/05)

350 Island Packet 1998. Original Owner, Bahamas-ready, 4kw gen, 8gal/hr watermaker, roller furling, autopilot, electronics, radar, ac/heat, refrig., full canvas, new AB 10’ dinghy, 15hp Yamaha, davits, EPIRB, more custom upgrades, $183,000. (727) 392-3162. (12/05) FREE-New Hunter 33 or 36. SailTime will pay mortgage and all expenses for 5 years – you put 20% down–own 100%.1-866-Sailtime.

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DOCKS/SLIPS FOR RENT/SALE ___________________________ Private, attractive 40’ Dock w/ Dolphins, 5’6’ draft. Off Jourdan River; parking bay, water, w/ phone, cable, power all available. (228) 467-2254 (11/05)

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Slip for Sale, 46 feet, Myrtle Beach, SC, ICW, MM 348, all amenities, private club, dockside pumpout, safe harbor, close to Little River Inlet, $75 K, deep water, floating docks (843) 249-1917. (11/05)

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45’ 6” LOA Bayfield 40, Hull # 34 Full keel 5’ draft, cutter ketch designed by H.T.Gozzard built in 1984 Exceptional condition with lots of new gear. Harken Roller furling on all sails. Marine Air, WS, WD, Depth,VHF w/remote, SSB, CD/Radio, Autopilot, Chartplotter, Radar, Dinghy, Life Raft $114,000 Call Major Carter or visit www.Cortezyachts.com (12/05)

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1976 Tanzer 22 – in good shape. 3’6” draft. Bracket bu5t no out board. $2,900. (914) 792-9100

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GALERIDER parachute storm anchor system, complete in storage bag, thankfully never used. New over $500, asking $150. 305-294-1541. RCStewart55@aol.com (12/05)

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Bimini top, canvas and frame complete. From BOSTON WHALER. Originally $700. Usable on any craft with 87” beam. Navy. Like new. $400. Pick up only. Lake Lanier, Gainesville, GA. Chris @ 770 536 4628, o cwnlanier1@aol.com.

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Mast & Boom For Sale. Aluminum, 61.5 ft loa, mast step, deck collar, boom. Good condition $2,200. Mainsail. Doyle Stackpack 2001, new condition, P=48, E= 16’11”, $1,800. (305) 743-4855 svsafari@aol.com. (11/05)

VHF radio, fixed mount, excellent condition.$45 (941) 235-1890. (11/05)

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UNUSED: Zodiac 6-person Valise Liferaft, 2005 Model Opensea MP-6 - $1900; Survivor Technologies Bag with Pur 06 hand watermaker, inflatable splints, parachute flares, emergency lites - $600. USED: Sailomat Windvane Steering System, Size 600-X5 for yachts 38-50 feet $1200. Call Matt (904) 4600501. email yachtsantana@aol.com. (11/05)

LODGING FOR SAILORS ___________________________ Ponce de Leon Hotel Historic downtown hotel at the bay, across from St. Petersburg YC. 95 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (727) 550-9300 FAX (727) 896-2287 www.poncedeleon hotel.com

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UNUSED: Rule Pump, 3800 gph with 30 feet 1-1/2 inch hose - $150; Galerider Drogue with 300 feet of ? inch line - $150; ProTech Battery Charger, 4-Step 120/240 volt, 40 amp - $350; Mastclimber, 40 feet - $100; Collision Mat, West, 4-foot triangle - $90. SLIGHTLY USED: Davis Mark 20 Sextant with Celesticomp computer - $250; Par Electric Flush Pump which converts all PAR manual heads to electric operation. Adaptors available for other brands - $150. USED: Yamaha 6 HP Outboard Model 6 mshr, standard shaft, no tank, used 30 hours - $400; Johnson 2.3 HP Outboard, standard shaft $150; Simson-Lawrance Manual Windlass, 600 pound, double acting 5/16 inch chain $200. Call Matt (904) 460-0501 or e-mail yachtsantana@aol.com. (11/05)

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AC/DC Reefer, 22# Bruce Anchor, Anchor Ball, Sospenders, Magma Grills, Mariner 9.9 Mercury Long Shaft 7.5 HP, folding bikes, windsurfers, Metzeler sailing rig, windscoop, Drogues, lifesling, Type I life jackets w/strobe. Nautical Trader. (941) 488-0766.

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SHORT TACKS continued from page 29 and have access to Abaco Jack’s dinghy dock near the civic center. Special rates are available in beachside hotels for those intending to drive or fly in. Attendees will take a second look at the registration price for this three-day event. It is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. What a deal! (Meals and evening socials cost extra and require advance reservations). Many boaters learn the many demands of successful cruising by experience. It is often more pleasant to acquire wisdom from someone else’s experience. Sailors in Florida and the Southeast will find an unrivaled program that will increase cruising skills and offer opportunities to meet others with a common interest, all in a relaxed atmosphere. For cruisers, the SSCA’s annual convention in Melbourne is a “must do” event. For a complete schedule and information on registering, please see www.ssca.org, e-mail office@ssca.org or call (954) 7715660. News & Views for Southern Sailors

exterior showed its age, and the interior was very plain with abundant Formica trim. The owners referred to their short-term adventure as “disposable cruising,” hoping that they could recoup their investment at the end of their trip, but knowing that it was not the end of the world if they had to give the boat away. Free Lunch left Jacksonville, FL, cruised much of the Bahamas and in fact sailed all the way to the Turks and Caicos Islands and on to Luperon in the Dominican Republic before returning to Jacksonville where the boat went on the market. The crew had a wonderful cruise and returned to the working world refreshed and ready to settle down and raise a family. The other story is about a youngish couple with two children, seven and 14 years old. The boat that I will call Formidable, is a former 40-foot fishing trawler. It is made of wood with fiberglass sheathing. It is equipped with a reliable diesel and is quite stout and roomy. The owner

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purchased the boat for about $15,000 and made a few modifications to make it suitable for his family cruise. Their cruise began in the Chesapeake Bay. They motored down the Intercoastal Waterway to Florida where they jumped over to the Bahamas. They spent a couple of months in George Town and will eventually cruise back to Florida. We recently shared an anchorage with Formidable and noted that there was a megayacht worth about $5million, a large sport fisherman worth $1.5, our boat and Formidable sharing the same beautiful anchorage. I had to wonder whether the folks aboard the mega-yacht and the sport fisherman were enjoying the anchorage and the experience any more than the crew of Formidable. I suspect not. There are many ways to approach cruising the Bahamas, and many of them work fine. I have tried to present some ideas and methods that we know work well, but that does not mean that you cannot succeed by going about it another way. The main thing is to get out there and do it!

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must know how to either lodge or defend against a protest. Chapter seven of the book devotes 11 pages to this subject. It is good reading and the information presented is both concise and reasonable. Protests, Jobson says, are a roll of the dice, and he recommends staying out of protest hearings. If you race a lot, you may already know this, but it doesn’t hurt to read it again. In summary, Championship Sailing is not just another book about how to race faster. It is far more than that. Gary Jobson has put a lifetime into sailing and has successfully made a career out of what many others consider just an avocation. The reason he does very well at his chosen path is because he is a first rate gentleman and he absolutely knows what he is talking about. He presents it in a way that is interesting, compelling and rewarding. Buy this book.

itself into a cruising boat’s through-hull wasn’t too happy. Neither were the boat’s owners when they pulled the hose above the waterline to fix the “clog” only to find an eel staring at them. Meanwhile, Angel’s rudder is well guarded by a tiny but ferocious tropical fish that magically appears when I day sail and drop anchor in a certain area. When Angel weighs anchor and sails to a spot several miles away, the fish is still there. I suspect that it hides in a cockpit drain-through hull or that it somehow rides along and can keep up with the sailboat. Heck, anything can keep up with my cruiser. I’m hoping that this little angelfish fellow will hang around long enough to protect me from squid, octopi, birds, salty rodents and anything that goes bump in the night. Maybe I’ll give him a name. It’s a wild, wacky world out there and after all, we’re a part of it. SOUTHWINDS

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HURRICANE continued from page 41 it of the members during this rebuilding time. According to their Web site, members are meeting under the trees at night for fellowship, drinks, and food. Work parties have been established to clean up the beach and the club grounds. Gulf Yachting Association Information Links: www.gya.org. For more information on the following clubs: Destroyed or Damaged Gulf Coast YC: Southern YC; New Orleans YC; Pontchartrain YC; South Shore YC; Tammany YC; BayWaveland YC; Pass Christian YC; Long Beach YC; Biloxi YC; Ocean Springs YC; Pascagoula YC; Buccaneer YC; Fairhope YC; Grand Lagoon YC; Lake Arthur YC; Lake Charles YC; Pelican YC; Corinthians Sailing Association; Lake Pontchartrain Women’s Sailing Association; Storm-Damaged but Functional Clubs Jackson YC; Birmingham YC; Point YC; Navy YC; Pensacola YC; Pensacola Beach YC; Ft. Walton Beach YC; St. Andrew’s Bay YC; Remaining Gulf Yachting Association Clubs Houston YC, Houston, TX; Apalachee Bay YC, Little Rock, AK; St. Petersburg YC, St. Petersburg, FL; www.southwindsmagazine.com

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October 2005

When Angelfish Attack! (Cruising’s Wild Side) By Rebecca Burg

“EEEEEE!” I shrieked as a prickly, clammy something grabbed my hand.

ngel and I were stretching our stiff legs in the Gulf after hiding from Hurricane Ivan in a mangrove noman’s land. Sharing in the unwanted adventure, fellow single-hander Captain Bill and Defiant were sailing nearby. Absently jerking Angel’s tiller, I glanced down my arm and yelped again. Casually perched on my knuckles, the white seabird flapped its wings and silently took off. Blinking dumbly, I stared at my hand. “Birds act really strange after serious storms,” Captain Bill radioed after I had to explain why I was shrieking like a little girl. “They get confused or something. Hell, I had one land on the bow of my fishing boat once and it wouldn’t budge. The sucker really scared the lady on my charter that day.” Alfred Hitchcock would’ve liked that one, I thought. Seabirds aren’t the only non-human company that cruisers encounter while out and about. One common visitor is the porpoise, a fascinating presence usually found cavorting around one’s bow wave. It’s just a bit disconcerting when an overly enthusiastic dolphin gets crowded by his buddies and ends up clunking into the boat’s hull. There’s no harm done, but people cringe when it happens. Sailors also encounter the odd fish jumping onboard, small crabs climbing up ropes or taking refuge in the dinghy and the spooky bumps-onthe-hull-at-night routine. Even land animals get into the act. Captain Bill once found a hitchhiking marina rat in his dinghy. The damp rodent was leisurely grooming itself and wasn’t pleased about being forced to walk the plank and swim to shore. Luckily, Bill found the potential stowaway before he sailed off into the wild blue yonder. I’m just glad that it wasn’t my dinghy. Visitations from our natural world tend to be most unexpected and startling at times. It wasn’t too long ago when Angel was subject to a new surprise. “Defiant!” I said, accusatively. “Bill, did you—?” I paused and squinted at Defiant in the pale, early morning sunlight. Close by, the sailboat was innocently bobbing at her anchors. Known for enjoying a good practical joke, my cruising buddy was nowhere to be seen. Befuddled, I stared at Angel’s once-white deck. Purple and black splatters were everywhere from cockpit to bow. It looked as if Angel had been target practice for an amateur paintball tournament. I

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gingerly poked at the dark substance. It was dry. On Angel’s bow, alongside a cleat, lay the culprit. I made a face. Tentacles curled, a large squid lay in a puddle of its own ink. Who knew that squid could jump? In between cruises, when the boat gets a chance to rest in an area long enough, critters do become acclimated to one’s presence. “Stick your finger in the water,” I said. Captain Bill, knowing that I was up to no good, folded his arms. “I ain’t sticking my finger in there!” I wiggled my hand. “Look, I’m doing it.” In a flash, a fat ballyhoo rushed up and chomped my finger. It was like being grabbed by a stiff piece of 400-grit sandpaper and though startling at first, it didn’t hurt. Ballyhoo are toothless, grassgrazing baitfish. A small school of them clustered behind the boat. Bill started laughing. “How did you—?” He threw out his arms. “Oh, I know!” A serious angler, Bill would frequently use bits of bread to chum up panfish. The ballyhoo, which tended to hang out near the generous shade of Defiant’s hull, apparently enjoyed this free snack. I was able to tease the fish into thinking that my finger was a piece of bread. Soon, Capt. Bill was crouched in the dinghy and chuckling like a schoolboy as ballyhoo took turns nibbling on his finger. Speaking of fish, most sailors can tell you about the one that jumped into the dinghy while motoring or rowing at night. At sea, flying fish seem to be drawn to lights and will plunk onto a traveling sailboat’s deck whether you want them to or not. There is such a thing as a free lunch, and some cruisers will cook and eat these fresh “gifts.” A sailing buddy once found a dried seahorse on his boat’s deck and suspected that a bird, unable to eat it, had dropped it there. At least it wasn’t as messy as a squid. On the subject of mollusks, one sailboat owner got a little more than he’d bargained for after taking his daysailer out of the water. While the boat rested on the trailer, something slender started to ooze from the centerboard slot. Looking at first like dripping sea goo, the mystery substance became thicker and longer. Like something from a science-fiction flick, it began to move under its own power. The wide-eyed boat owner wasn’t quite sure what to think or, frankly, what to do. After a short time, the elongated purple blob suddenly plopped onto the ground and crawled back into the water. The sailboat had just given birth to an octopus. A sailboat’s orifices are inviting rest stops to some critters, until they become stuck. The eel that firmly wedged See ANGELFISH continued on page 75 www.southwindsmagazine.com