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Editorial: Pilot Charts

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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

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

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Racing News: News, Instruction, Southern Sailors, and National and International Regattas in the South

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

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On Board Roseway in Saint Croix

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An Accidental Sail to Cuba

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Carolina Sailing: F is for Fun and H is for Hobie: Hobie 20 Fleet Grows in Charleston Area

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Beneteau First 375 Boat Review

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Southern Race Report: 35th Annual Bikini Regatta, Pensacola, FL

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Southern Regional Racing Calendar

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Shipwrecked on Elliot Key

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Southern Sailing Schools Section

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Marine Marketplace

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Southern Marinas Pages

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Boat Brokerage Section

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Alphabetical Index of Advertisers

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Advertisers’ List by Category

Boats along the seawall at Marina Hemingway, Cuba.

Page 33. Photo by Jan Marie Willard Munz.

On board Roseway in St. Croix. Page 30.

Photo by John O'Connor.

COVER PHOTO: Laylah, a custom-built Melonseed Skiff built by Dave Lucas of Lucas Boatworks of Bradenton, FL, sits on the beach at Cedar Key, FL, with a Norseboat, anchored in the background. Photo by Glenn Hayes.

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FROM THE HELM

STEVE MORRELL,

Pilot Charts I

t is early August as I write this. I consider August the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season, although technically, it runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. But I call it the beginning, because traditionally, there are no big storms before August. Tropical storms will develop, maybe even a Category 1 or 2, but the big storms—what they call “major storms”—develop starting in August and this continues through mid-October. The height of the season is said to be around Sept. 10-11, about mid-point of this more active storm period. Major storms never really have developed after mid-October, although times could be changing.

When I first came to Florida in the winter of 1979, I really knew nothing about hurricanes, being from the West. I had purchased a 26-foot Folkboat that I was living on in Palm Beach (yes—Palm Beach, town of the rich and famous, although most of us at the Royal Poinciana docks were lowly liveaboards) at a small marina, and I was planning to cruise the Bahamas during the summer. I figured I better learn something about hurricanes, and my studies led me to Pilot Charts. I can’t remember the cost, but I remember they were expensive to me. But they were so intriguing, I bought a set anyway (since I consider them bordering on sacred, I still have them to this day).

Pilot Charts cover five regions of the world’s oceans. The one of concern to our region is the North Atlantic, which goes as far south as the northeast coast of South America. Since Pilot Charts are concerned with sailing conditions, there is a chart for each month. For the North Atlantic, there is a separate chart for the northern North Atlantic (Labrador and north), the central North Atlantic (south to Guyana), and a chart showing, in a larger scale than the central chart, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. On each Pilot Chart are Wind Roses of prevailing winds, currents (both direction and strength) and storms for the month covered. Other monthly information is given,

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depending on the location and month, like wave heights, water clarity, surface pressure, air temperatures, ice limits, visibility and gales. See the Wind Roses, taken monthly from Pilot Charts, on our monthly weather page (page 10).

The main feature that first sparked my interest was the tropical storm tracking. The map of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico shows major storm tracks going back to the early 1900s. They even have a small map of the region showing probabilities that there would be a tropical storm in different zones of a grid.

The tracks of major hurricanes shows where storms became hurricanes and where they went. The differences for each month are informative. For example, in September— height of the storm season—they were all born southeast of the Gulf, around 20 degrees latitude and moved in a clockwise curve moving into the southeast states. If you look at the November chart, there are no tracks of severe storms and the probability of any tropical storm is low. Same for June and July. The busiest months are always August and September, and some in October, but history shows that the major storms happen only in early October.

The hurricane information is interesting, but the amount of data collected on prevailing winds, currents, air temperatures and pressure is monumental. Not so much today, since there are weather buoys, weather balloons and data collection today that is live and connected to data centers electronically, but before this modern age, this data was collected from ships at sea, by entries into the ship’s log and onto charts. It was first compiled, manually, in an organized system by Lieut. Matthew F. Maury, U.S. Navy, who studied thousands of ships’ logs and charts in the mid 1800s to make the information available to ships at sea. He is considered the father of modern oceanography and naval meteorology and one of the main results of his work is the Pilot Charts.

Today, pilot charts can still be purchased in print form, but you can download them for free as PDFs at www.offshoreblue.com. Click on “Navigation,” then “World Pilot Charts.”

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Southeast Air & Water Temperatures, Prevailing Winds & Gulf Stream Currents – September For live buoy water and weather data, go to the National Data Buoy Center at www.ndbc.noaa.gov

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

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

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

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

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING Go to the Racing News Pages on page 19 for Racing Instruction in the Southeast.

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

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

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

Other states require safety education if born after a certain

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date. To see the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com.

The course named “About Boating Safely” and “America’s Boating Course (ABC)” both satisfy the requirements.They are marked below with two asterisks (**): **Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. (904) 5029154. mchristnacht@comcast.net. www.uscgajaxbeach. com/pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25 including materials. **New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing. New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06 First Saturday of the month. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info **St. Augustine, FL, September 5, October 3. Coast Guard Auxiliary of St. Augustine. One-day course. St. Augustine Campus of St. Johns River State College, 2900 College Drive (off SR-16), St. Augustine. 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Early registration recommended. Contact Vic Aquino at (904) 460-0243. **Punta Gorda, FL, Sept. 5 and 12 (two, 4-hour days). Peace River Sail and Power Squadron, Punta Gorda Boat Club, 802 W. Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda. www.puntagorda-boating.org.

Mast & Spar Making Class, Cortez, FL, Sept. 12 This class will cover a variety of materials and building methods, and discuss several different styles and shapes of laminated masts. Students will leave with a better understanding of different types of masts, the knowledge to build their own, and an information packet that covers all the details above.

Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration deadline: Saturday, Sept. 12. $50.

Minimum: Three students.

Maximum: 10 students. Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th Street West, Cortez, FL 34215. For more info or to register, call (941) 708-6120, or email Halee Turner, at halee.turner@manateeclerk.com. For more information on all upcoming classes, go to www.floridamaritimemuseum.org/events.

IBEX — 2015 International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition & Conference, Louisville, KY, Sept. 15-17 Owned and produced by Professional BoatBuilder magazine and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), IBEX is the marine industry’s largest technical trade event. For boatbuilders, marine industry dealers, aftermarket suppliers and buyers, designers, repairers, surveyors, and boatyard/marine operators, IBEX is where better boats begin. Nearly 6,000 boatbuilders, boatyard/marina operators, designers, surveyors, retailers, dealers and other industry professionals will attend.

The IBEX Education Conference offers technical seminars, Super Sessions offered on Monday, September 14, and an additional number of exhibitor workshops being offered throughout the show on the exhibit floor. IBEX will host over 500 exhibitors on a show floor encompassing over 100,000 square feet of exhibit space, dock space, and on-thewater demonstrations, three pavilions, and special feature areas including The Connected Boat and Material ConneXion. For more information on these events, go to www.ibexshow.com/ibex-live.php.

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For more information and registration, go to www.ibexshow.com. The event is held at the Kentucky Exhibition Center.

Tides and Currents Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 16 “Tides and Currents” will be presented by the St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. The seminar deals with how the sun and moon create tidal patterns, sources of information about tides and tidal currents, simple ways to predict height of tide and current flow and how to use both printed and electronic tide tables. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing. FREE. Materials are $30 per family, maximum 20 students, pre-registration required at www.boating-stpete.org.

Using GPS Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 23 Principals of waypoint navigation and shows you how to relate the GPS to your charts. The seminar also shows you how to operate your GPS—what the buttons do, what the screens show and how to access the functions you need.

You will also get some tips for choosing a GPS if you do not currently own one. Materials include the waterproof Captain’s Quick Guide to Using GPS to take aboard your boat and remind you of the basic steps while underway. Bring your handheld GPS if you have one. Instruction is Free, materials $35 per family. 7-9 p.m., St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave. SE. Preregistration required at www.boating-stpete.org. Maximum 20 students.

Anchoring Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, September 30 This is a two-hour class presented in one evening and is

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available to anyone 12 or older. The seminar explains how to select the appropriate anchor, rode and components and their use depending on sea and bottom conditions. Tables are used to determine the sizing of your anchor and its components based on the size of your boat. Materials include USPS’s Anchoring Quick Guide and Student’s notes with copies of the presentation slides. St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7-9 pm. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Instruction is free, materials $35 per family. Pre-registration required at www.boating-stpete.org.

US SAILING INSTRUCTOR AND COACH COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) No courses were scheduled in September and October in the Southeast as of press date. Go to the website for courses that might have been scheduled after our press date. For more on course schedules, locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, go to www.ussailing.org/ education/teach-sailing, or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644.

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

Mastering the Rules of the Road, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 14 St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. 7-9 p.m. at the St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg, FL. Instruction free, materials $40 per Family. Pre-registration required at www.boatingstpete.org.

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Aids to Navigation, Dinner and Harbor Cruise, Morehead City, NC, Oct. 17 Fort Macon Sail and Power Squadron, will present an aidsto-navigation class, dinner, and harbor cruise on Saturday, October 17, at the Sanitary Fish Market, 501 Evans Street, Morehead City, NC, at 3 p.m. Dinner follows the class. The class then boards the Carolina Princess to cruise Bogue Sound and Beaufort Inlet channel to see channel markers, ranges, and other aids. Debarkation is at 8 p.m. $50 for the class, dinner, harbor cruise. Contact David Aitken at dlaitkeng@gmail.com, (252) 503-7124. Registration and payment must be received by Oct. 1.

6th Annual Southport Wooden Boat Show, Southport, NC, Sept. 26 The Southport Wooden Boat Show purpose is to promote interest in and disseminate knowledge of the craft and art of wooden boat construction, to support efforts to preserve wooden boat construction and skills, and to celebrate the region’s maritime and boatbuilding history. Held downtown on the waterfront at the Old Yacht Basin, wooden boats—both in the water and on land—will be on display, with awards given to Best Powered Boat, Best NonPowered Boat - Row/Paddle, and Best Non-Powered Boat Sail. An awards ceremony and dinner for exhibitors, guests and vendors will be at 5 p.m. There will also be a Seafood Chowder Cook-off with tasting and voting for best chowder. Live music. Event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Go to www.southportwoodenboatshow.com. (910) 477-2787

Tampa Boat Show. Oct. 2-4 Tampa Bay’s oldest and longest running boat show. Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL. NMMA. Basically a powerboat show. (954) 441-3220. www.tampaboatshow.com. 10-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10-6 on Sunday. $12. Ages 15 and under free (with adult). Tickets online, at show, or by phone.

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For charter companies this includes bareboat and captained charter companies and sailing clubs, including for the day and overnight, whether long term or short term, and for any size boat.

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The show takes place on the waterfront and along Front Street in historic downtown Georgetown. It is produced by the Harbor Historical Association, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All proceeds will benefit the South Carolina Maritime Museum. For more, go to www.woodenboatshow.com.

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34th Annual Biloxi Seafood Festival, Biloxi, MS, Sept. 12-13 A huge festival and celebration featuring a wide variety of seafood dishes, arts and crafts, kids’ village, children’s activities, inflatable slide, bungee obstacle, face painting, games, gumbo championship, continuous live entertainment throughout the weekend, and more. Point Cadet Plaza, Biloxi. Saturday 10 am-9 pm, Sunday 10 am-5 pm. Go to www.biloxi.org and click on Events. Admission charged.

38th Annual Pensacola Seafood Festival, Pensacola, FL, Sept. 25-27 Sample a variety of mouth watering seafood dishes and enjoy continuous entertainment. Over 150 arts and crafts vendors on display. A children’s area is filled with activities for all ages. The Fiesta Seafood Grille offers cooking demonstrations where you can watch area chefs prepare regional delicacies. Enjoy foods such as grilled conch, seafood gumbo, oyster croquettes, soft shell crab, coconut shrimp, Caribbean crab cakes, and more. Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Downtown Pensacola at Seville Square, Fountain Park and Bartram Park. (850) 433-6512. www.fiestaoffiveflags.com.

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Beaufort Shrimp Festival, Beaufort, SC, Oct. 2-3 Shrimp cooked every way. Local restaurants offer their specialties. Waterfront Park in Beaufort, SC. Free. www.sneadsferry.org/festival/scf_beaufort_shrimpfest.htm

29th Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival and Boat Show, Oct 2-4.

Food, music and lots of other events. Opens Friday at noon.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 11a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Morehead City, NC. www.ncseafoodfestival.org.

44th Annual National Shrimp Festival, Gulf Shores, AL, Oct. 8-11 Savor fresh from the gulf seafood at the 44th Annual National Shrimp Festival during this four-day event that attracts over 300,000 people. This year the festival will play host to more than 80 hours of musical entertainment featuring a lineup of national, regional and local bands and artists Main public beach in Gulf Shores at 101 Gulf Shores Parkway. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. www.nationalshrimpfestival.com.

46th Annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival, Cedar Key, FL, Oct. 17-18.

Parade, arts and crafts, lots of seafood. 9-5 pm. This major event features well over 200 arts and crafts exhibits, and great food in City Park. There will be live entertainment at several places around town, and a parade on Saturday morning. Over the weekend, there is an open house at the lighthouse on Seahorse Key, the big island three miles to the west of Cedar Key. Shuttle boats are available at City Marina. www.cedarkey.org

34th Annual John’s Pass Seafood Festival, John’s Pass Village, FL, Oct. 23-25.

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 the favorite Madeira Beach Grouper. Friday 3 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.- 6 pm. Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Johns Pass Village, Madeira Beach, FL. www.johnspass.com.

18th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market, Cortez, FL, Oct 24 New Location This Year The 18th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market will be held at the Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th Street West, Cortez, FL 34215, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24.

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WindRider Trimaran Rendezvous, Sarasota, FL Oct. 16-18 The 5th WOW (WindRider Owners Weekend) rally for WindRider Trimarans will be held in Sarasota, FL, during the weekend of the Buzzelli Rendezvous, a multihull regatta. Some WindRider owners may choose to compete in the regatta on Saturday and Sunday. There will be specific events for WindRiders, which will include instruction and tips for optimizing performance of WindRiders. Further details to be determined. www.windrider.com.

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OTHER EVENTS

2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, June 1-November 30 Visit the Southwinds hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com for articles and links to weather websites, hurricane plans, tips on preparing your boat and more.

How to develop a simple plan to protect your boat—the best and simplest plan out there.

W.A.V.E. “A Day on the Bay,” Pensacola, FL Sept. 19 WAVE is an all-volunteer initiative organized and co-hosted by Navy Yacht Club Pensacola and Pensacola Yacht Club to honor disabled and combat-wounded veterans. “A Day on the Bay” features a ride on a private sailboat or powerboat for wounded veterans and an adult guest of their choice. Activities include an opening ceremony with color guard, live entertainment, and a complimentary lunch and beverages. Free memento to registered veterans.

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9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Plaza de Luna Park, 900 South Palafox Place, Pensacola. (850) 261-2062. www. flcommodores.org, go to WAVE link, then Northwest Florida link. Rain date Sept. 20.

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Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) St. Pete Gam, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 19 Held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, this gam will be a full day of nautical presentations, plus lite breakfast & buffet lunch from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Happy hour with a cash bar and raffle will be at 5 p.m., then at 6 p.m., will be dinner ($25) with a presentation about cruising Cuba on a sailboat.

Vendors will be on site throughout the day. On Friday evening, Sept. 18, there will be a meet at 6 p.m. at Courigan’s Irish Pub, 1 Beach Drive, St. Petersburg.

Speakers will be covering topics, which will include: Reefing, how & when by Bruce Bingham Weather by Chris Parker How to provision, store and cook on a cruise Sailboat design Outboard care and maintenance Tips from a marine surveyor Dealing with medical issues on board Crossing the Gulf Stream Search and rescue, what to expect Wind and solar power Skipper saver, what to do if the skipper becomes medically unable to command Emergency communications aboard Offshore sailing Cruising the Bahamas Gam Registration is $35 for SSCA members and $45 for nonmembers. Non-members who join at the Gam will have the

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America’s Great Loop Cruiser’s Association Fall Rendezvous, Rogersville, AL, Oct. 14-17 This is the AGLCA’s largest annual rendezvous and reunion. The event is held at Joe Wheeler State Park, just off the main Tennessee River. For more information, and to register, go to www.greatloop.org/2015-fall-rendezvousreunion-cms-1304.

Charley Morgan to Speak in Miami, Oct. 20 Yacht designer Charley Morgan and his wife, Maurine Morgan, will be giving a talk on his life and times at the Miami Yacht Club at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 20. The event is expected to last at least two hours. The event is free and reservations are highly recommended. Entry could be available at the door if seats are still available. The first 50 reservations will receive a special door prize. For reservations, please RSVP. Contact brooks@sailingservices.com, or call (305) 632-0298. Watch for details at www.sailingservices.com. The event is sponsored by Sailing Services, Inc., of Miami, with help from Harken and New England Ropes.

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RACING NEWS

Racing News, Southern Sailors, and National and International Regattas in the South

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Lightning North American Championship. Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 8-11

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Contact Jane Pincus at japincus@aol.com. Instructors Thomas Farquhar and Todd Fedyszyn.

St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 17-18.

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US SAILING One-Day Judge Seminars Lake Norman Yacht Club, Mooresville, NC, Sept. 12.

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J/80 North American Championships. Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX, Oct. 8-12 Zhik F-18 North Americas Championship, Charlotte Harbor, FL, Oct. 17-23 This international event, sponsored by high-performance sailing gear supplier Zhik, is scheduled for Oct. 17-25 at Port Charlotte Beach Park in Charlotte County, FL. Five days of racing are scheduled and over 60 boats are expected to compete. Charlotte Harbor Regatta, Inc., a not-for-profit Florida corporation will be the event organizer. For more on the F18 organization, go to www.usf18.com. For more on Charlotte Harbor Regatta, Inc., go to www.charlotteharborregatta.com.

Mutineer National Championships. Tampa Sailing Squadron, Tampa, FL, Oct. 19-23 Hobie Wave North American Championship, Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, Oct. 30-Nov. 1

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RACING NEWS Pensacola Yacht Club Rally and Race to Cuba, Oct. 31 The Pensacola Yacht Club is organizing an offshore rally and race from Pensacola, FL, to the Hemingway International Yacht Club near Havana, Cuba, with a start on Oct 31. The event is intended for experienced sailors and seaworthy cruising sailboats.

The race management will be biased towards cruiser sailboats with the objective of doing an initial “trial balloon” race to Cuba to consider the feasibility of a recurring series, encouraging cruiser-type sailboat participation, and controlling participant costs. To accomplish these ends the organizing committee has planned the rally and race to include: • Wording in the NOR that places the full responsibility on the participating skippers to ensure the seaworthiness of their vessels, recommended compliance with the US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements (www.ussailing.org/safety/equipment-and-requirements) and to assure the competency of their crews. Some equipment will be mandated by the committee, and this will include offshore communication (SSB or Sat phone) and a vessel tracking system.

• A starting window of up to three days to avoid poor weather at the discretion of either the race committee or participating skippers.

• A Bermuda start so that the vessels will finish closer together, and the start will not be en masse.

• Classes of Classic Cruisers (older than 25 years, with a SA/D of less than or equal to 16); Modern Cruisers (newer than 25 years old with a SA/D of less than or equal to 20); Racer Cruisers, and Multihull Cruisers. The organizing authority will have the authority to make specific exceptions if warranted and necessary.

• Handicap adjustments for size, material, and age of sails; cruising equipment adding weight (dinghy, davits, radar, other gear not normally found on racers); cruising propellers, cruising canvas left in place (dodger, etc). Specifics will be included in the notice of regatta.

• All participants in the race will require licensing from the Department of Commerce. Instructions will be provided to entrants. The anticipated time frame for issuance of individual licenses is 30 to 45 days.

If you are interested, plan on it and let the organizers know. Additional information, including a notice of rally and race will be distributed in the next 45 days. The contacts are Bob Kriegel (bkriegel@panhandle.rr.com (850) 455-7695, or Dave Oerting, PYC Fleet Captain, (850) 444-6512.

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New Organizers of Quantum Key West Race Week 2016 Bring Changes to 2016 Event In April, The Storm Trysail Club (STC) from Larchmont, NY, took over management of Key West Race Week, to be held in Key West January 18-22. The previous management group, Premiere Racing, struggled with increasing costs and decreasing attendance since the economic downturn in 2008. Storm Trysail Club, a non-profit organization, is bringing in several changes to help liven up the event, as well as bring in more competitors. The group surveyed competitors from recent years and potential competitors and found several areas where changes would help improve the event and attendance.

by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) that offers rating solutions for users in over 40 countries around the world. Having evolved from IOR and IMS roots, ORC currently administers two systems: ORC International (ORCi) and ORC Club. Both are being proposed for use at Quantum Key West. ORCi is the system used for full-measured boats participating at the highest levels of competition, while ORC Club is intended more for club-based programs. Using these rating systems, STC is also hoping to attract more foreign owners, who are more familiar with these systems, to enter the regatta.

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Since many small racing teams could not afford the high expense of meals and lodging in expensive Key West for eight to nine days, a shortened three-day regatta is being offered to help these groups attend. The shortened regatta will be offered at the end of the week, so racers will be able to attend the final awards ceremony.

Distance Racing and Ending PHRF There has been a declining interest over the years in PHRF racing at Key West, so STC will provide distance racing for performance cruising boats. They are hoping to appeal to “skippers [who] would prefer to sail one long race that traverses the keys as opposed to multiple buoy starts. This is appealing to the typically more casual racer who is competing on a boat designed for racing, may not be participating with a complete race crew, or simply prefers navigationstyle courses.” They are planning to offer one distance course each day, finishing near the harbor, so crews can be back in Key West at the end of the race.

STC’s intention is to eliminate PHRF racing entirely, using rating systems offered by the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC), an international organization sanctioned

To help develop racing that can be viewed from shore— “stadium racing”—a new harbor racing course will be held with some of the smaller boats, like Viper 640s, Melges 20s, VX Ones, F18s and M32 catamarans.

Return of Corsair 28s and Trimarans Not since 2011 have Corsair 28s—once a staple of the event—competed in Key West. Three 28s have already registered for the 2016 regatta and STC is hoping to bring more trimarans into the fold.

The Storm Trysail Club acknowledges that all of these new elements will take time—years—to fully develop, but they are hoping to increase entries by 20 percent this year with these changes. With a stronger economy helping, along with STC’s endeavors to continuously improve the event, there is a good chance they will succeed in this goal. They also hope to offer new ideas and events in the coming years to improve the race week.

For more on Quantum Key West Race Week, the NOR and to register, go to www.KeyWestRaceWeek.com. To encourage early registration, there are graduated entry fees, with later entries paying a higher fee. Contact: Amy GrossKehoe at admin@KeyWestRaceWeek.com, or 650-704-9770.

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Sailor Sets World Distance Record Sailing Dinghy from North Carolina to Maryland In July, sailing on a 14-foot Laser, Virginia sailor Robert Suhay, age 51, sailed from North Carolina to Annapolis, MD, to set a new world record for longest distance sailed in Okeechobee Water Level Up About an Inch Since July As of press date in early August, Lake Okeechobee was at 12.29 feet above sea level, about an inch higher since early July. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 6.23 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 4.43 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 49.93 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to http://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.

Robert Suhay reaches his destination in Annapolis, MD, on July 6.

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a sailing dinghy. He broke the previous Guinness World Record of 283.5 nautical miles, which he set last year sailing in Chesapeake Bay. That record was for the longest distance sailing a dinghy by a male. But the outright world record was held by Tania Elias Calles Wolf of Mexico who sailed from Cabo San Lucas in Baja California to mainland Mexico in 2010 by sailing 282.78 nautical miles. She still holds the record for a female. In Suhay’s new record, he sailed 346.1 nautical miles.

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from the Sail Carteret Club in Morehead City, NC. He finished at 12:08 a.m. Saturday morning, July 6, finishing at the Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, MD. He sailed for 90 hours unassisted and without touching land.

While driving north, Suhay’s wife, Lisa, blogged his trip and tracked his location as he headed north. When Suhay set the first world record in July 2014, it was after two failed attempts made in the Chesapeake Bay. His Laser was donated by Shoreline Sailboats of New York.

Coast Guard Seeks Boater Input on Tampa Bay Aids to Navigation, Publications and Charts The Coast Guard is conducting a Waterway Analysis and Management System (WAMS) review of Tampa Bay, from the Sunshine Skyway bridge seaward and seeking boater input to improve Aids to Navigation, federal publications, and nautical charts in the Tampa Bay. Boaters can download a survey form online, but it’s easiest to email Darren.a.pauly@uscg.mil, subject line “Tampa Bay WAMs 2015 survey request,” and they will email you the survey to send in or email back. Surveys will be accepted through Sept. 30.

You can download the survey online at https://homeport.uscg.mil/stpetersburg. Go to “Waterways Management” in the left column and click on the ATON hyperlink, which will take you to the page with download instructions.

Boating Deaths Second Lowest on Record According to data released in May by the U.S. Coast Guard, 610 people died in recreational boating accidents in 2014, the second lowest number of yearly boating fatalities on record.

The lowest number of yearly boating fatalities was 560 in 2013. The greatest number of boating deaths was recorded in 1973 when there were 1,754 fatalities. Since the population as increased substantially since 1973 this is large reduction in deaths per capita, although no statistics were released about deaths related to the number of boaters, which has also increased over the year..

To view all the 2014 Recreational Boating Statistics, go to www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.php.

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Gregg Knighton Joins Windswept Yacht Sales of Sarasota, FL Windswept Yacht Sales of Sarasota, FL, recently announced that Gregg Knighton has joined the sales team at Windswept. Gregg has been a fixture in the boating scene not only in Florida but in Maine over many years. He has been a top-notch sailmaker and owner of UK/Knighton Sails, as well as a veteran yacht broker. Gregg’s customers over the years regard him as a trusted and knowledgeable resource in the marine industry. Gregg is an accomplished racer and veteran cruiser, and his nautical expertise is a valuable addition to Windswept Yacht Sales and to its clients. www.windsweptyachtsales.com. (888) 235-1890.

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Roseway From the World Ocean Council website Specifications 137’ LOA 112’ LOD 90’ LWL 25’ Beam 13’ Draft 5600 sq. ft. sail area

On Board Roseway in Saint Croix

By Andrew Plane

Roseway was built in 1925 in Essex, Massachusetts.

She was designed as a fishing yacht and was built to a very high standard. She was so well maintained that the coal for the stove was washed before being stored in the bunker. In 1941, the boat was purchased by the Boston Pilots Association.

In the spring of 1942, Roseway was fitted with a .50-caliber machine gun and assigned to the First Naval District (New England). All lighted navigational aids along the coast were turned off during the war, and it was up to the Pilots and Roseway to guide ships through the minefields and anti-submarine netting protecting the harbor. She served the pilots well for 32 years and was the last pilot schooner in the United States when she was reluctantly retired in 1973, to be replaced by smaller steel powerboats.

She was sold and converted to a Windjammer, sold again and refitted, and then in 2002, the bank that owned her donated her to the World Ocean School, which then did a two-year restoration of the boat.

The boat winters in St. Croix and summers in the Northeast, primarily in Boston. After 84 years of service, she is one of only six original Grand Banks schooners.

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wenty Cruzan sixth-graders arrived at the Virgin Islands Port Authority dock in Christiansted, Saint Croix, on an early December morning. Colorful backpacks, lunch boxes and plastic water bottles lay in a neat row against the side of the dock. Some of the students wore ball caps and sunglasses; others wore sweatshirts and jackets, on an island that never succumbs to icy winters. All of the youth sported blue jeans and white Ricardo Richards Elementary School t-shirts. They stood beside a historic 41meter, gaff-rigged schooner at the end of the dock, single file, with nervous resignation. “Pirate ship,” some of the students whispered to one another while staring at Schooner Roseway, the educational platform of the Bostonbased World Ocean School.

Forming a wide circle at the end of the dock, the young students shot curious glances and shy grins toward the motley crewmembers of Roseway, all of whom wore Nantucket red T-shirts, khaki short pants, blotched sunscreen and ridiculous smiles on their faces. The state-siders introduced themselves briefly and began speaking to the students about the importance of communication, respect and trust—the type of values which were, they said, paramount to successful voyaging aboard a sailing vessel of Roseway’s magnitude. To emphasize the point, the crew split the students into groups of tangled human knots, left to free

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Local kids being instructed—and entertained—by one of the crewmembers on board Roseway. Photo by John O'Connor.

Local kids wave from Roseway. Photo by John O'Connor.

themselves from the situation by working with one another, their hands clasped together across, over and under one another in every which way, the goal being to untangle from each other without releasing their clasped hands.

Within every group an unspoken leader emerged, shouting orders to the others while attempting to unravel the mess. They twisted and turned like contortionists, passing through arm loops to emerge victorious into small circles of clasped hands, free of knots.

Satisfied with the camaraderie shown, the crew lined the students up to board Roseway to embark together on an expedition west, a journey entirely novel to each student.

The young islanders passed the gangway and walked to the foredeck, while the Roseway crew worked the dock lines at the captain’s command. The children stumbled across the deck to find a seat on the cabin top. The crew scurried along the portside, stowing dock lines and fenders and tidying up the deck.

Once the ship cleared the dock, the first mate organized the eager students into teams of line handlers, charged with helping the crew raise two tons of faded red canvas.

“Heave!” the mate shouted; “Ho!” the students shrieked in response as they tugged at the thick halyards, engaging the Roseway in a game of tug of war. The students stopped and stared at the main, fore and headsails propelling the schooner forward in full force.

Roseway sailed west at a steady clip toward the mouth of Salt River Bay, the famed site of Christopher Columbus’s landing on the island. The crew balanced their educational responsibilities and deck duties, taking moments between

adjusting sheets and watching for other vessels to teach their daily lessons in rougher seas than usual. One of the Roseway deckhands waved her arms in wild gestures while leading the lift lesson, pointing to the windward side of the foresail, explaining in exasperated shouts the concept of high pressure pushing towards the leeward side, causing the sails to move the ship forward. The students nodded eagerly, feigning a grasp of the concept and gripping the cabin top tightly.

“What is that?” a student asked the deckhand excitedly, pointing towards the island from which Roseway had just departed.

“That is Saint Croix! That is your home,” the deckhand replied, somewhat bewildered by the question.

“Whoa!” The group of students gasped in unison, admiring the view of their home. A picturesque view that the young group had never seen before.

Salt water sprayed the deck, dowsing a long row of students kneeled along the aft deck who had succumbed to seasickness. A school chaperone lay stretched out at midship, a towel covering his face.

“I bet Christopher Columbus’s crew got seasick sometimes too,” a crewmember reassured the queasy students quietly while encouraging them to stare at the horizon.

On the high side of the aft deck, the second mate elaborated on the navigational tools that were utilized aboard the ship, all while noting Roseway’s point of sail and current direction in his mind.

“These dots right here in the channel are called ‘buoys.’

They help boats find their way to the island,” he said, point-

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Roseway anchored off Saint Croix. Photo by Amanda Colianni.

ing to a spot on the chart spread before the group. Two students nodded earnestly; the rest of their group had taken a knee on the low side. “The buoys are grouped by two colors, green and red,” he continued, the loud creaking of the strained jib sheet dividing the group’s attention.

“The boat knows it is sailing in the right direction when the red buoys are to its starboard side returning to the dock.

We call this ‘red right returning.’ Can everyone say that?”

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organized fashion.

“Red right returning!” the mate repeated in earnest.

“RED RIGHT RETURNING!” the two students shouted, wide smiles forming across their faces.

After providing the sixth-graders with a view of Salt River Bay, Roseway came about and returned to her mooring in the enclosed bay to give the exhausted students a short break for lunch before resuming activities. The crew fit the children into harnesses to climb the rigging. They climbed aloft slowly, one by one, their hands clasped on the shrouds.

“I’m a superstar!” each student screamed once they had gone as high as they were comfortable, taking a long look at the boats and turquoise water that surrounded them. The crew led each group on a tour throughout the vessel, pointing out concealed storage areas and crew quarters.

“Do you have TV and internet?” a small boy with dreadlocks asked, frowning.

“We read a lot,” a crewmember replied cheerfully, to the sheer horror of the students.

Once the afternoon activities reached their completion, the crew took the ship off the mooring and returned the children to the dock. They clambered off the gangway, skipping and shouting the phrases they had learned under sail. The crew remained on the dock to wash the deck free of the small shoeprints and lunch fragments that the young sailors had left behind. Roseway returned to her proper state, ready to board paying passengers for a sunset sail that evening.

A former fishing schooner and pilot boat turned educational platform, Roseway’s harpoons and .50 caliber machine gun have long been replaced by dry-erase whiteboards and student bunks. She sails today under the primary mission of serving underprivileged youth in the Virgin Islands and continental United States. Through day-sails as well as weekly and residential programs, Roseway takes over 2000 students, ranging from elementary school to college, sailing annually. World Ocean School programs emphasize the importance of communication, honesty, trust and respect in the hopes of fostering strong community members. In addition to educational programs, Roseway also offers public sails and is available for private charters.

For more on the World Ocean School, go to www.worldoceanschool.org. www.southwindsmagazine.com

An Accidental Sail to Cuba A Woman’s First Time Sailing Ends Up in Cuba

By Jan Marie Willard Munz

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hile on vacation at the end of January at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, I met up with my full-time cruising friends, Art and Jean, who were in a marina on their ketch Samana. Art mentioned that they heard a sailor announce on the VHF radio that he needed crew. For the first time in my life, I was without a job and no one at home to care for. I asked Art to contact the captain, find out if a 61year-old woman with no experience on the ocean could work as crew and, if so, set up an interview. It was arranged and Art and Jean took me in their dinghy to Pi, a red ketch with a thick fiberglass hull, anchored in the bay.

The Danish captain, Poul, and his wife had been sailing around South America and finally along Central America for the past seven years. This season they were taking Pi home to Denmark. Poul’s wife had flown home from Isla Mujeres but he was expecting her to join him in the Bahamas for the trip across the Atlantic. Although Poul was capable of sailing Pi solo, he wanted someone to help with watches during the night. My lack of experience was not a problem for Poul, and we had almost a month to test our compatibility at Isla Mujeres while preparing the boat and waiting for a wind window.

We agreed that I would do the cooking and he would take care of expenses for the boat and food on board. I can-

My first night watch as we headed across the Yucatan channel. I am smiling, so it must be after my sick time was over.

celled my flight home and hopped on Pi for the adventure of my life!

The first night aboard Pi, Poul did the cooking, as I was not acclimated yet to boat life. While he cooked, I sang and played guitar, which Poul decided was my greatest talent.

Since he loved to cook and loved to listen and sing along, it would be perfect if I would serenade him each evening while he cooked. He turned out to be a wonderful cook. I also shared my music playing dockside concerts and with locals in town.

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On the deck, ready to clean the fish before grilling them. I caught the fish from Pi while docked at Marina Cabo San Antonio using a drop line with flour tortilla (from Mexico) balled on the hook.

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Poul hoisted me to the top of the mast to grease the moving part of the Furlex that was attached to the masthead. While I was up there, he hoisted up a camera for me to take pictures of the marina from 16 meters high. The hotel complex is the colored structure on the left.

The direction is west, away from Havana. The hotel is crumbling and much of it is closed. It is difficult to get anything fixed in Cuba.

headed for a cement jetty. I had not yet been taught how to start the diesel engine and dared not try in case I would cause some damage! I had learned how to use the VHF radio and called for help.

We had tandem anchors dragging, and as I watched the stern fly toward the jetty, I wondered whether it would be safer for me to jump overboard and swim to shore or stay aboard during the crash! I did not need to find out, as our anchors grabbed before we hit. The captain of the drifting boat, who had rescued his boat, dinghied to Pi and climbed aboard to see if he could help. He was from Slovenia and his English was difficult, but he helped me understand that Pi was too close to the jetty and that when the wind changed, I would crash! He was also hesitant to start the engine for fear of doing damage.

Several other captains from the anchorage, hearing my VHF call, dinghied over and came aboard. One of these stray captains started the engine, which turned out to be unfortunate, as Poul had closed the intake valve for the outside water to cool the engine. After the squall was over, Poul found Pi where he had not left her, came aboard and immediately turned on the water valve.

Nevertheless, the engine overheated as we anchored, and Poul spent the evening replacing the impellor. This in itself was not bad, and we thought we had escaped major damage.

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bye to the boat as it leaves!”

Sailing through the Yucatan strait, I was amazed at the strength of the current that was dragging us north as water rushed from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico.

Even though we had no rough weather, the waves were huge and disorganized, jumping out of the water everywhere. I heard cruisers later describe them as “square waves,” caused by the prevailing east wind pushing the water west as the current goes north or east, making the sails bang about uselessly. We had to motor much of the way. After a few hours I began to feel seasick. I spent hours in misery as my captain urged me to get sick and “get it over with.” But I would not bring myself to waste the cola I drank, which was the only thing in my stomach, until it was impossible to hold it in. After being sick, I was completely well for six or more hours! What a relief! I learned my lesson: Just “get it over with.”

Then, the engine temperature alarm went off. Poul tried a number of fixes, including cleaning out fragments of the impellor from the water cooling lines, but the motor kept overheating. Finally, it was dawn. We were a few miles from the marina at Cabo San Antonio on Cuba’s western tip. Poul called the marina, but we were too far out for them to tow us, so we set sail and eventually got to the marina through bumpy seas, heading east in an easterly wind.

We spent a week at this marina, which is apparently unusual. It is not a destination for most cruisers, as there is no town there. The marina staff is put up there for a week stint where there is very little to do in the evenings. There is a bar there, but we were the only people there besides the marina staff. I entertained them with my singing a few times and once, we played card games with staff. Another night, a staff member took Poul out with a flashlight to hunt conches or sea snails. During the day, we visited the national park nearby. We walked to it or took our bicycles on a road with jungle on one side and beaches on the other. I SOUTHWINDS

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Poul, Amaranto and me at Amaranto’s birthday party at a bar in Havana. It was a celebration of his contribution of 60 years to Cuban music history.

Having lunch with beautiful Yrina who befriended me and took us on a tour of Havana.

went fishing off the boat for pan fish. If you are looking for a peaceful time in the wilderness, this is the place to go. The marina is open to the sea, however, and exposed to northers. The marina staff would have towed us to protected mangroves if a norther was predicted.

One of the marina staff, nicknamed Machina (machine), an electrical engineer, could fix anything. They had no equipment to fix things, however. Poul gave Machina a voltmeter and a specific gravity battery tester, because they had to borrow these tools from another marina. All marina tools are owned by the government and all tools are difficult to obtain in Cuba. Machina told us that college is available to all Cubans, paid for by the government, in any subject they desire, including electrical engineering. He said all workers get a similar salary, about $10 per month plus health care, housing, college and rice and beans. There is nothing extra, however, to fix their houses or buy tools.

Machina fixed Pi’s engine, but it overheated again just after we left Cabo San Antonio. So we headed for Havana.

about three years earlier in South America, when the old engine died. But the exhaust system was not changed at that time and the exhaust output is below the water line. If there was not a good match between motor and exhaust system, then seawater could come into the engine through the exhaust system.

The mechanics removed the engine and dismantled it at the boatyard. The valves were pitted, among other problems. Poul decided his wife could fly the new parts from Denmark to Cuba and then sail with him back home from Cuba. Parts are impossible to get in Cuba. They can be shipped to Cuba, but we heard rumors from other cruisers about parts disappearing in shipment. Poul made a list of the parts that his wife would bring into Cuba and gave it to customs officials so she would not have to pay import tax on them. Consequently, Poul would not need crew any longer, but I had weeks to find another boat or a way home before his wife arrived with parts.

It was lovely to be “stuck” in a marina near Havana. I toured Havana and entertained myself and others by playing guitar and singing at the marina and in the restaurants and bars. I learned from the local musicians that since they can’t find guitar strings in Cuba, they boil the strings to regenerate them. Cubans loved to hear Guantanamera, as the words to that song were written by a Cuban national hero of the 19th century, José Martí.

Sailing into Marina Hemingway We used the motor sparingly, drifting when we lost wind.

We had the Cuba Cruising Guide by Captain Cheryl Barr on board, and it recommended entry into Marina Hemingway in daylight, so we sailed around until dawn. We motored into the marina, watching the buoy numbers carefully through the binoculars, as some buoys were missing. We were also given heading directions from the marina radio staff. (During our one-month stay there, two sailboats crashed into the reef in good weather as they tried to enter the marina.)

We made it to customs and motored to our docking site, but the engine overheated, shook violently and did not run after that. Poul hired boat mechanics from the nearby Cuban Navy yard to fix the motor. They charged $20 per hour, which Poul thought was fair, but he told me, “Never get your own boat. Just be crew!” Poul and the mechanic cleaned out the cement-colored, nearly solid oil from the engine, and the mechanic brought in a “specialist.” In Spanish, the specialist said he had an original exhaust system for this engine. When the Navy mechanics left, I asked Poul what the specialist meant by “original exhaust system.” Poul said the engine was fairly new, installed only 36

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Going Home to the U.S. One day, while sitting in the cockpit reading the Cuba Cruising Guide, a man stopped and asked if I liked this cruising guide. “Well, I guess so,” I said, “but it’s the first one I’ve read.”

“I ask, because my daughter Cheryl wrote it,” he said.

“In that case,” I replied, “it’s the best cruising guide I have ever read!” I had just met Don Barr, captain of Road to the Isles, a 62-foot schooner. When Don learned of my situation, he and his wife, Tricia, invited me to sail with them to Florida with the next good wind window. They had taken on two other crew as well, a Russian captain and a Canadian captain, both leaving their boats in Marina Hemingway for the summer hurricane season. (The marina lashes the boats across the canals, rather than along them, if a hurricane is predicted.) www.southwindsmagazine.com

This is my first day on Road to the Isles as we checked out with customs in Marina Hemingway. One official asked Capt. Barr for money.

When he didn’t give them any, the officials made us wait about an hour for them to process us.

Don and Tricia are Canadian and aware that the U.S. has laws against American citizens going to and from Cuba and wondered whether the laws against transporting Americans to or from Cuba would affect them as well.

To avoid any problem for me or their boat, Don telephoned the American consular service, which at that time was called the United States Interests Section located in the Swiss Embassy.* The consular official came to Road to the Isles and interviewed us. He said he would apply for a license for me to travel from Cuba without being fined, as I was in Cuba due to engine failure and not intentional tourism. He faxed a letter with this request to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) which is responsible for enforcement of the Cuba embargo laws. The consular official returned a day later with a license for me to enter the U.S. legally from Cuba without being fined by the U.S. government.

This was a huge relief to me. What a wise captain I had!

I had been hoping that if I just explained to U.S. Customs in Florida that I was accidentally stranded in Cuba, they would not fine me. I did not know what the fine would be, but we found out later. There was an American registered boat which left Cuba the same time we did. During the night, this boat started taking on water and made a distress call to the Coast Guard on a handheld radio, unable to hail them. Don heard their call and relayed their message to the U.S. Coast Guard who boarded them (despite the square waves) to make sure they could survive the rest of the trip to Florida. We motored within sight of the distressed boat’s lights all night until they reached the Keys. Later, Don received an email from the boat we accompanied saying that the Coast Guard boarded them on their arrival in the Keys and fined the American $2500 for being in Cuba.

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sented my license and all went smoothly. After I arrived home in Minnesota in May, I read the documents on the OFAC website on the restrictions for Americans traveling to Cuba, since I was interested in returning. Although the embargo is still in place, one of the changes the president made was to make it no longer necessary to apply for a license to travel to Cuba if you qualify under a category of allowable reasons for travel. One of the allowable reasons is for public performance. Next time I go to Cuba, I will keep a log with my full-time schedule of doing music in the marinas, restaurants, bars and docksides and a guest book with signatures of participants and present it to the U.S. customs office while I play Guantanamera for them. *As of July 20, 45 days after the president removed Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, it is again called the U.S. Embassy and located where it was in 1961.

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F is for Fun & H is for Hobie The fastest new fleet growth in the South Carolina Lowcountry is happening unexpectedly with a passel of Hobie 20s.

By Dan Dickison Fleet founders Greg Walters (far left) and Tim Fitzgerald (far right) pose at the James Island Yacht Club with some of their fellow Hobie 20 sailors. Photo courtesy CharlestonH20.com

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a year after he got his boat, there were six Hobie 20 owners ost readers would probably recognize a Hobie 20. in the Charleston area. And now there are eight. The entire That two-person, fiberglass beach cat rigged for trafleet turned out for the James Island Yacht Club Regatta in peze sailing has been in existence since 1991. It mid July, forming the largest class over 20 feet at that event. went out of production in 2007, but not before the company For Fitzgerald and Walters, it was proof that their assessproduced a good many of these boats. As it tends to happen ment about fun on the water was spot on. in the world of capitalism, a competitor came along with “We actually weren’t trying to build a fleet as much as stronger appeal. In this case, it was the F18 sporting an we were—and still are—trying to demonstrate that sailing asymmetrical spinnaker that produced better speed in light should be about the fun you can have on the water,” says air and off the wind. When a number of Hobie 20 owners jumped into the F18 action, the 20’s sales began to slow. What was then a negative for the Hobie company has turned out to be a boon for sailors in Charleston, SC, now.

Roughly two years ago, local sailor Tim Fitzgerald was preaching to fellow kiteboarder and performance sailing enthusiast Greg Walters about the benefits of kiteboarding.

“Greg and I both know how fast kiteboarding is growing,” says Fitzgerald. “And we know that a lot of that has to do with the fact that it’s great fun, even if you don’t have other people out there sailing with you. It was clear to us that if we could find that same dynamic in sailboats, it would probably grow with a lot less effort than what’s typically required. Now, I grew up sailing J/24s, dinghies and occasionally Hobie 20s, but once I got into kiteboarding, I didn’t think I’d ever go The Hobie 20, a platform for speed and fun. Photo courtesy CharlestonH20.com back to regular sailing. Somehow, Fitzgerald. “Once you go down that road of worrying about Greg convinced me to do it and we brought the first 20 to lining up crew or making sure you’ve got the best equipCharleston. Shortly after that, Greg’s brother John got one, ment and all the other trappings that surround sailboat racand then within a month, so did two more people. After ing, you’re essentially killing the fun. Any time it becomes that, we were off and running.” a hassle, we step back and say, ‘OK, let’s find another way Fitzgerald, who spends his workweek selling spars for to do this.’ The fun factor is our guide.”

Selden Masts and is also the founder of the Fort2Battery The Hobie 20 seems to be the perfect boat for this. “It’s Race, says growth in this fleet has been rapid. Less than half

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a simple platform,” explains Fitzgerald, “with just a main and a jib.

It’s easily beach-launched and pretty straightforward to learn. It’s also fast, so it’s a lot of fun. When we give rides, people are literally giggling at the speed. But the other important factor is that the boats are affordable.

(Used ones run between $3,000 and $4,000, he says). And a number of those on the market are in great A couple of Hobie 20s doing their thing on Charleston Harbor. Ezra Zankel photo. shape, because they were owned by the top guys in the class.”

Regarding future plans, Fitzgerald says they’ll probaIt’s all about bringing people back to sailing and new bly stage some kind of event in September or October. “We people to the sport, says Fitzgerald. “What’s crazy is that have in mind making it a one-day thing, more like a 5K race we were saying a few months ago, ‘wow, we’ve got six than a conventional regatta. People don’t have entire weekboats,’ and now, of course, we’ve got eight with another on ends to spend on this kind of activity any more, and we the way. We keep it fun and fun sells itself. People just want really want to make this fit into people’s lives. to do it.”

As for the longer-term future, he says it may be time To make this activity accessible, he and Walters have that he and his fellow Hobie 20 sailors regroup. “We’ve encouraged their fellow owners to loan out their boats if come so far so fast, we’re probably going to have to rethink they aren’t available to sail them. They also partnered with what we’d like all of this to become. But if a year from now the James Island Yacht Club in Charleston to have it serve we’re still bringing new people to the sport, and have an as something of a fleet headquarters. In addition, the club easy option in Charleston for high-performance sailors, welcomed the Hobie 20 contingent to participate in its well, that would be good.”

Thursday evening open series this summer and hosted the fleet for local regattas.

To further encourage participation, Fitzgerald and Walters have set up a website and a Facebook page, and they deliberately keep them up to date. “We get some people interested via our online videos,” explains Fitzgerald, “but we also try to get newcomers out sailing with an experienced person. The 20 is a fast enough boat that can get you into trouble quickly. Flipping over isn’t out of the question.

But you can get these boats back up pretty easily. And with fast beach cats, you kind of expect to get flipped now and then.”

For now, Fitzgerald says he’s pleased with the status of the Hobie 20 activity in Charleston. “We’ve done a lot in the past few months. We now have a couple of female skippers and we’ve got some high school sailors and Opti brats involved, too. Three of the most recent owners are people who’ve never sailed beach cats before.

“We’re obviously not like a lot of conventional fleets that focus on traveling to events and getting prominent regattas to come to their home waters. We’re skipping all that to simply focus on the fun we can have here. In the end, how many times have you done some organized sailing event and been disappointed because the race committee postponed or there was too much focus on getting the perfect crew. That takes the enjoyment out of it. That’s not what we’re about.”

Despite eschewing the norms of traditional sailboat racing, Fitzgerald admits that he and his fellow Hobie 20 sailors are indebted to the James Island Yacht Club for its support. “Without them, I don’t think this would have gotten off the ground. They’ve been really supportive, and they’re really leading the way. It’s the only club in Charleston where people are sailing keelboats, catamarans, moths and kiteboards all from the same facility.”

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Beneteau First 375

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e were spending the night aboard our old Pearson 32 when my wife, squeezing by me in the cabin, accidentally barked her shin. She turned to me with a look of mild irritation (ahem) and said, “If you intend to keep on doing this, we’re going to need a bigger boat!”

The search was on.

Being a part-time racer, I was looking for a boat with a decent turn of speed and good deck gear. My wife wanted hot water and a shower, which the Pearson didn’t have— and an aft head would be a plus. Where we sail, shallow draft was an important consideration. And then there was always the budget. After a year of looking, and a few disappointments, our search ended when we found Nightshift,

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The cockpit is a good size, with an attractive teak grating on the sole and teak strips lining the seats. The cockpit seats aren’t long enough to lie down on, stopping short of the wheel, but they do allow you to lean back against the cabin house and stretch out.

our 1986 Beneteau First 375.

The First series is Beneteau’s cruiser-racer line, generally considered a little quicker and a little stronger than their Oceanis cruiser line. The 375 was designed in the mid-eighties, still under the influence of the waning IOR handicap rule. It has a rather fine bow with a raked stem, generous beam with flared topsides amidships, and the typical IOR V-shaped reverse transom. Thankfully, the stern is not as pinched as was common on earlier designs. The keel is cast iron, a longish fin with a five-foot draft (the standard draft is 6-1/2 feet). The spade rudder is only a few inches shallower than the keel, calling for extra care in shoal water. The cast iron is a maintenance issue, not terrible, but one more thing to take care of at haul-out time. There were no blisters on the hull. The cabin top is low, sloping gently into the

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The foredeck is a decent size for working, and there is even enough room to bring our inflatable dinghy on board if needed.

foredeck, and there is a gentle spring to the sheer line.

Nightshift was painted flag blue, which really looks good, but also shows every last flaw in the finish. I was concerned that the dark color would cause excessive cabin heat in the subtropical sun, but it hasn’t really turned out to be a problem. Overall I find the boat very sleek-looking, in an oldschool kind of way.

On Deck As was typical for performance boats in the eighties, the mast is rather limber, tapered at the top six or seven feet. It is stepped on the keel, supported by two sets of swept spreaders, and carries a masthead rig. The backstay has a gear-drive adjuster, which my friends consider an antique,

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Looking forward to port. In the main salon are a centerline dropleaf table, U-shaped settee to port, and a straight settee to starboard.

Looking forward, showing the starboard settee. Forward of the settee is access to the V-berth.

but it works well. The rig includes running backstays and a baby stay, but they are detachable and I seldom use them.

Compared to many IOR boats, the 375 has a longer boom, larger main, and somewhat smaller fore triangle. This is good, because in over 10 knots of breeze the genoa can be a handful to crank in. The mainsheet takes a pretty good tug

in the breeze, too, and I have added a fine-tune adjuster to the six-part tackle that came on the boat. I like having the traveler on the bridge deck in the cockpit, although the lead of the control lines is a little awkward. I thought the mainsheet might be in the way, but I find my wife and I both use it as a handhold when going in and out of the companionway, especially when the boat is heeled over sailing upwind.

The foredeck is a decent size for working, and there is even enough room to bring our inflatable dinghy on board if needed. A cast aluminum bow fitting holds twin anchor rollers, allowing an anchor to be carried on the bow, or else stowed in the roomy foredeck well. The wide side decks are bordered by slotted aluminum toe rails, useful for temporarily securing lines or snatch blocks, but tough on the thighs of hiking crewmembers. The nonskid has held up well, and the deck has remarkably few stress cracks for a boat this age. The jib sheets run through towable lead cars,

Looking aft, showing the head to the left and entry to the aft cabin to the right.

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To port at the bottom of the companionway is the nicest galley I have come across on any boat. The gimbaled twoburner propane stove outboard has generous counter space on both sides, and there are double sinks on the forward counter.

then through foot blocks on deck, to two-speed self-tailing winches.

Unfortunately the foot blocks do add some friction. Another pair of twospeed winches handles the spinnaker sheets.

The cockpit is a good size, with an attractive teak grating on the sole and teak strips lining the seats. The helmsman’s seat is curved for comfort when the boat is heeled, and the large-diameter wheel allows the helmsman to sit outboard on the coaming when driving upwind.

Steering is fairly quick, with only about half a turn in either direction.

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A winch mounted on the back of the mast under the gooseneck handles the reefing lines and outhaul. The main halyard is led to another winch on the starboard side of the mast. With this setup, reefing the main is accomplished by one person at the mast and takes only a minute. A previously unused reef line solved a problem with the boom hitting the bimini under sail. We got our local sailmaker to add a reef cringle a little way up the leech of the main (also known as a flattening reef). When this reef is in, it raises the boom enough to clear the bimini. Two more two-speed winches on the cabin top service various control lines and halyards led through rope clutches.

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Down Below The companionway is well protected by the bridge deck, as expected on an offshore boat. The companionway slider is tinted plastic, and immediately forward is a second slider acting as an opening skylight. Inside the cabin, the joinery is traditional honey-colored teak. Fit and finish is fine, even if not Hinckley quality. The overheads are the infamous foam-backed vinyl, which drooped and fell as the foam backing disintegrated over time. The only real fix is to pull it all down, scrape the glue and remaining foam off the hull, and put up new material. We were very lucky to find a boat which had this messy, unpleasant job already completed.

The engine on Nightshift is a freshwater cooled, three-cylinder Volvo Penta 2003 (model number, not a year). Despite some internet criticism of Volvo engines, our experience has been all good. Being almost thirty years old, it burns a little oil, but pushes us along dependably at six knots at 2400 RPM. One clever feature is the cold-start setting, which takes the place of glow plugs on those really cold mornings. Before cranking, you advance the throttle past halfway, then pull out the fuel stop and push it back in again. This sets the injector pump to send extra fuel to the injectors, almost like the choke on a gas engine. Another nice feature is the dripless shaft seal, not a face seal like the PSS, but a rubber sleeve with multiple lips contacting the prop shaft. It is indeed dripless, and in my opinion very unlikely to fail catastrophically.

Attached to the end of the shaft is a two-blade Max-Prop feathering propeller that performs well under sail and power. It has especially good reverse thrust, taking some of the drama out of docking situations.

To port at the bottom of the companionway is the nicest galley I have come across on any boat. The gimbaled two-burner propane stove outboard has generous counter space on both sides, and there are double sinks on the forward counter. The large inboard counter extends aft a foot or so, forming a lip the cook can lean against when the boat is heeled, so both hands are free. I didn’t fully appreciate this feature until I tried it. The top-loading refrigerator could be a little bigger, but stackable baskets help to expand its capacity. The original 12-volt refrigeration unit still works fine. There is ample locker space for food and utensils, and a trash bin is mounted on the inside of the door under the sink. A foot pump allows you pump either seawater, or ice melt from the refrigerator, into the sink by switching a valve.

The aft stateroom on the port side contains a spacious double berth, seat, shelf, small cabinet and a hanging locker. Under the berth is access to the batteries, the prop shaft seal and engine raw-water intake, and the stainless fuel tank. Every cubic inch of space seems to be utilized. On the starboard side across from the galley is the chart table with lifting lid, and more storage, including a spacious hanging

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locker behind the seat. The master electrical panel is located outboard.

The head, with the shower my wife was so looking forward to, is aft of the hanging locker to starboard. The shower originally drained into the bilge, which was undesirable, so I just finished installing a separate sump and pump. Speaking of efficient usage of space, I barely found room for it. There is plenty of storage in the head for toiletries and such, and hooks for hanging wet foul-weather gear.

In the main salon are a centerline drop-leaf table, U-shaped settee to port, and a straight settee to starboard. We find it awkward to squeeze past the table to get into the port settee, but it’s very comfortable once you get settled.

Two fiberglass water tanks are located under the settees. The fluorescent overhead lights are a nice touch; they might The aft stateroom on the port side contains a spacious double berth, seat, shelf, small cabnot be LEDs, but they provide good inet and a hanging locker. Under the berth is access to the batteries, the prop shaft seal and engine raw-water intake, and the stainless fuel tank. Every cubic inch of space seems to be illumination and don’t use much bat- utilized. tery power. The mast extends through the tabletop, which boasts that essenlights, there are a total of seven in the after part of the boat. tially French feature—built-in wine bottle storage. On either We have 12-volt fans in both sleeping cabins. side of the cabin are two massive tension rods which transfer the shroud loads to long, heavily built stringers glassed into the hull.

Sailing the 375 Beneteau helped pioneer a construction technique conLike most people, we primarily use our boat for daysailing, sisting of a stout fiberglass structural grid tabbed to the and its performance heritage really shows. Although the inside of the hull, adding to the hull stiffness and spreading shoal keel is not ideal for racing, we will still get out on the the keel loads. Bilge water is collected into a laughably course from time to time. I even managed a first place in our small sump between two grid members, holding not much club’s singlehanded distance race on Lake Pontchartrain in more than a gallon. Good thing the boat is dry. There are 20-knot winds. Broad reaching, I saw eight knots-plus for some fiberglass liners used inside the hull, but as far as I can long stretches. We have also competed in the Gulfport to tell, the structural bulkheads are bonded to the hull itself. I Pensacola race, 100 miles overnight in the Gulf. Nightshift is do have to say this boat creaks and groans more than the quick, responsive, and comfortable, and rewards attention Pearson used to. An unusual construction detail unique to to helm and sail trim. It feels stiff, cuts through chop well, Beneteau is the way the keel bolts are threaded into the castand doesn’t pound. Being fairly heavy, it likes strong breeze iron keel from above. The bolts can be pulled one at a time better than light, and takes a little time to get back up to with the boat in the water, inspected for corrosion, and speed after a tack. In a 10- to 12-knot breeze, we do over 6replaced if need be. Beneteau used mild steel bolts instead 1/2 knots close hauled, tacking through 85 to 90 degrees, of stainless for compatibility with the cast iron keel, so the and reaching in the same breeze we see 7 to 7-1/2 knots. bolt heads must be maintained by, for instance, painting My wife enjoys cruising much more now, and our boat with Rust-Oleum primer. is actually pretty luxurious for a couple. Admittedly, it can In the forward cabin is the V-berth, with another small be a handful for the two of us to dock in adverse condicabinet and hanging locker, and shelves lining both sides. tions, or to handle the ground tackle without a windlass.

Storage bins are located under the berth, sizeable but inconThere is plenty of extra room for kids; however four adults venient to access. might feel a little crowded after a couple of days. I have For ventilation, the boat has three opening hatches read that 375s have crossed oceans, and although that overhead – two in the main salon, forward and aft of the might be farther than I intend to go, it’s nice to know the mast, and a large one in the forward cabin. All three, as well boat is capable of the trip. I may have found a permanent as the skylight, have rollup shades to help block the sun on cure for two-foot-itis. hot days. Although the forward cabin has no opening portNews & Views for Southern Sailors

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RACE REPORT 35th Annual Bikini Regatta, Pensacola, FL, July 18

By Kim Kaminski

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hirty-five years ago, Navy Yacht Club Commodore Lloyd Stagg and his wife Beverly came up with a unique idea for a sailboat race: A race specially designed to have a woman on the helm at all times and to be in command of the boat during one of the club’s races. The idea was to encourage women into taking the helm and compete in a race.

Most of the women sailed with their husbands throughout the club’s racing season, but many of the women did not know how to dock a boat, take command of a boat nor return the boat back to the dock (a good skill to know in case something happened to their husband out on the race These New Orleans women captured first place in the All Female course and they would need to return to shore).

Spinnaker Class during the 35th Annual Bikini Regatta. Pictured are To emphasize the female aspect of the event they decidSkipper Debby Grimm (second from the left) and her team who sail ed to name the race the Bikini Regatta and added the aboard Hot Chocolate. Photo by Kim Kaminski requirement that 50 percent of the crew must also be female.

On July 18, the 35th Annual Bikini Regatta was held. A total of six spinnaker boats (four boats sailing with an all female Non-spinnaker boat in the race; however, her efforts and crew) and one non-spinnaker boat, that also sailed with an her non-spinnaker win earned her the Overall Nonall female crew, participated in the 4.4-nautical mile race.

Spinnaker Trophy.

The winds were warm and steady out of the west-southwest Women sailors have come a long way since those early at 5 to 10 knots and Principle Race Officer George Hero days of sailing in the first Bikini Regatta back in 1980 and (who traveled from New Orleans to handle the race) sent their efforts have been encouraged every step of the way. the ladies on a Gold Cup course around Pensacola Bay. This year, the Bikini Regatta is the first race in the Ladies The race start was progressing smoothly until 45 secTrilogy Sailboat Racing Series. The Race for the Roses, onds before the start, when one of the competitors on a port hosted by the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, is the second tack decided to jibe around to the start the race and T-boned race (held July 25) and the Fast Women Regatta (held Aug. another competitor who was on starboard leeward tack.

1), hosted by the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, will Thankfully, no one was injured and no damage occurred to round out the series. Ladies Trilogy Trophy will be awardthe boats that collided, but it made for an exciting start to ed to the team that sailed in all three races with the highthe race. est point finish.

One of the all-female sailing teams travelled long distance from the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans to compete in the Pensacola race— Debby Grimm and her crew on Hot Chocolate. Their efforts in participating in the race paid off as they raced away with a first-place finish in the All Female Division. Playing catch-up due to the collision at the start, Kim Kaminski and her all-female crew aboard Helldiver rallied from behind to earn second place in the class.

Two of the competitors raced with a mixed crew, Linda Thompson aboard Pink Meanie and Rachel Gillette aboard Atlantic Union. The Pink Meanie team finished one minute and 43 seconds ahead of Hot Chocolate to earn the Overall Spinnaker Division Trophy, the Commodore Lloyd and Beverly Hot Chocolate (pictured left) in hot pursuit of Pink Meanie (center) and Atlantic Union Stagg Award. (right) during the 35th Annual Bikini Regatta. Hot Chocolate took first place in the AllBelinda Gobeli and her all-female Female division, and Pink Meanie took first place in the Mixed Division. Photo by Kim team on Jes-B-N-Me sailed as the only Kaminski 48

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RACE CALENDAR Table of Contents Racing Instruction in the Southeast Regional Calendars (Including regular club racing) Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA) East Florida Southeast Florida Florida Keys West Florida Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to fund patient services and vital blood cancer treatment research. The 19th Annual South Carolina Leukemia Cup Regatta dominated the Charleston Harbor over the weekend of September 26th and 27th. The South Carolina sailing community has raised over $2 million over the past 18 years. www.leukemiacup.org/sc

NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racing— Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership in US SAILING or other sailing association is often required. To list an event, email editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send the information. DO NOT just send a link. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here is listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RACE MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTHEAST Go to the Racing News Pages on page 19 for information on these courses: US SAILING Advanced Race Management Seminars Coral Reef Yacht Club, Coconut Grove, FL, Sept. 12-13.

St. Petersburg Yacht Club, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 17-18.

US SAILING One-Day Judge Seminars Lake Norman Yacht Club, Mooresville, NC, Sept. 12

Major Upcoming Regattas

19th Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta, Charleston, NC, Sept. 26-27 Inshore and offshore races in the Charleston Harbor. The Leukemia Cup is held annually to help raise money for The News & Views for Southern Sailors

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OCTOBER 31 Stede Bonnet Regatta. Southport, NC. www.stedebonnetregatta.com South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis, eg, SC=South Carolina). (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) SEPTEMBER (** = see Racing News section, page19) 5-6 Labor Day Regatta. PHRF ASC 5-6 Labor Day Regatta. Open Lake Norman YC (NC) 12 US SAILING. Judge Seminar. Lake Norman YC** 12-13 Old Goat. Thistle Regatta. Thistles Lake Lanier SC (GA) 12-13 Cat Fest Multihull. Lake Norman YC (NC) 11-13 Cape Fear Open Regatta. PHRF Cape Fear YC (NC) 11-12 Leukemia Cup and Wassaw Cup Regattas.

Open Savannah YC (GA) 19-20 Gone with the Wind. C22. Lake Lanier SC (GA) 26-27 Flying Scot-a-hoochee. Flying Scot. Lake Lanier SC 26-27 LMYRA Fall Classic. PHRF Lake Murray Yacht Racing (SC) 26-27 Board Bash Dinghies. Adult and Youth. Lake Norman YC (NC) OCTOBER 3-4 Lightning Regatta. Lightnings. LLSC 3-4 Old Salty. Thistles. LNYC 3-4 Barefoot Open. Open. BSC 3-4 D12 Laser Regatta. Lasers. CSC SC 9-11 Halloween Regatta. Open. ASC 10-11 GA State Championship Laser Regatta. Lasers. LLSC 10 Dataw Cup. PHRF. BYSC 10-11 Indian Summer Regatta. Open Multihull. WSC, EMSA 10-11 Beers. Y-flyers. AYC 10-11 Carolina Ocean Challenge. PHRF H20 OD. SCYC 16-17 Hospice Regatta. Open. WCSC 17 Harbour Town Cup. PHRF,H20,FS. YCHHI 17-18 Sailboards Regatta. Sailboards. LLSC 17-18 Pipers. Highlanders. LNYC 18 Calibogue Cup. PHRF,H20,FS. YCHHI 24-25 Holloween Regatta. Open. LLSC 24 Around Parris Island Sunfish Race. Sunfish. BYSC 24-25 Wild Oyster Regatta. Lightnings. CYC-SC 24-25 Halloween Regatta. Snipes. AYC 30-Nov. 1 Mis Piggy. J22,J24,M24,MH. LLSC 30-Nov. 1 Turkey Shoot Regatta. Open. KSC 30-Nov. 1 Fall 48. Flying Scot. LNYC

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RACE CALENDAR CHARLESTON OCEAN RACING ASSOCIATION (CORA). www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina.

Go to CORA website for local club racing.

SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 5 Fall Harbor Race.

26-27 Leukemia Cup* OCTOBER 10-11 Bohicket 24 Fall Ocean Race LAKE LANIER, GA. Lanier Auxiliary Race Committee. http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php See club website for local club racing.

LLSC. Lake Lanier SC. www.llsc.com BFSC. Barefoot SC. www.barefootsailing.org AISC. Atlanta Inland SC. www.aiscracing.com SSC. Southern SC. www.southernsailing.org SEPTEMBER 7 Junior Commodores Cup. LLSC 11-13 Open Regatta. SSC 12-13 Old Goat. Thistle Regatta. Thistles. LLSC 19-20 Catalina 22. LLSC 26-27 Flying Scot Regatta. LLSC OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2 Barefoot Open. BFSC 3 Lightning Regatta. LLSC 3-4 Barefoot Open. BFSC 4 Lightning Regatta. LLSC 10-11 Laser Regatta. LLSC 17-18 Sailboard Regatta. LLSC 24-25 Halloween Regatta. LLSC 31 Miss Piggy, One-Design (J/22, J/24). LLSC

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Sanford Fall Regatta, Lake Monroe, Sanford, FL, Sept. 26-27 The Lake Monroe Sailing Association, founded in 1985, hosts this annual regatta on Lake Monroe. Early registration ends Sept 16. Walk-in registration 8-10 a.m. Sept. 26. Race starting times: Sept. 26 – noon; Sept. 27 – 10 a.m. Open to all boats. One-Design classes expected in Sunfish, San Juan 21, Catalina 22, Force 5. Registration at www.flalmsa.org.

Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Regattas, Oct. 17-18, 24-25 The Melbourne Yacht Club Fall Regatta Race Week starts off with small boat racing on Oct. 17-18. Expected classes are Sunfish, Lasers, Raiders, and 420s. Big-boat racing is the following weekend on Oct. 24-25. Go to www.sail-race.com.

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14th Hiram’s Haul Catamaran Race, Melbourne, FL, to Sebastian, FL, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 The 14th running of Hiram’s Haul is set for Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

This catamaran race is a 60-mile race running from Melborne, FL, to Sebastian, FL, on Saturday and back to Melbourne on Sunday. Hiram’s Haul started in 1997 and is hosted by Performance Sail and Sport until last year when Sail Series Promotions USA took over as the organizing authority. It is one of four races of the Endurance Sail Series and each day counts for points separately.

The first day starts on Halloween morning with a gran prix-style start at the POW/MIA Park in Melbourne and ends at Riverside Park just one mile South of Captain Hiram’s in Sebastian. Captain Hiram’s will host a Halloween party including live music Saturday night, which has always been a spectacle not to be missed. Sunday is a run back to Melbourne with a standard water start. After racing concludes on Sunday, there will be an awards ceremony with food available. www.sailseries.com/hirasmhaul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 4-5 St. Augustine Dash Night Race. Halifax River YC 5 Labor Day Regatta. First Coast Sailing Association 5-7 Labor Day Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 5 Herb Elphick Memorial Race. North Florida YC 6 Tommy Hall Memorial Race. North Florida Cruising Club 7 Ft. Pierce Mock Race. Ft. Pierce YC. 12-13 Mermaid Regatta. Melbourne YC 20 Old Timers Race. Halifax River YC 26 Fastest in the Forest. Epping Forest YC 26 Moonrise Race. St. Augustine YC. www.southwindsmagazine.com

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Sanford Fall Regatta. Lake Monroe SA * Labor Day Series. Lake Eustis SC

OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 2-4 16th Wildcat Multihull Regatta. Lake Eustis SC 3 Hands on the Helm Women’s Regatta.

North Florida Cruising Club 3-4 J/24 District 10 Championship. Eau Gallie YC & Melbourne YC 10 Crab Trap Roundup. Florida YC 11 Compass Rose. Offshore race. St. Augustine YC 17 Anchors Down. North Florida YC. 17-18 Fall Small Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC* 23 Yankee Rebel Rally. Melbourne YC 24 Navy Day Regatta. Epping Forest YC 24 Brewers Cup Smyrna YC 24-25 Fall Big Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC* 25 Masquerade Race. Ft. Pierce YC 31 Fall River Race. North Florida Cruising Club 31-Nov. 1 10th Inland Lake Championship for Opti, Laser & 420 31-Nov. 1 Hiram’s Haul. Catamarans*

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Southeast Florida Race Calendar Regional Sailing Organizations: US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Clubs (go to clubs for local club racing schedules) BBYC Biscayne Bay YC. www.biscaynebayyachtclub.com CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.

CSC Castaways SC of N. Palm Beach. www.castawayssailing.com KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com.

USSC US Sailing Center SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) (** = see Racing News section, page19) 12-13 Advanced Race Management Seminar. CRYC** 12-13 Florida State Snipe Junior Championship. CGSC 19 BBYRA PHRF #1. BBYC 19-20 Castaways Cup. CSC* 20 BBYRA OD #1. BBYC 26 Junior Commodore’s Cup. CGSC 26-27 Lime Cup Regatta. BBYC OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 3-4 Annual One-Design Regatta. CGSC. BBYRA OD #2.

10-11 Columbus Day Regatta* 17 Annual Regatta. BBYRA PHRF #2 24 46th Round the Island Race. KBYC 24-25 Halloween Howler Youth Regatta. CGSC

11th Annual Castaways Cup Regatta, Palm Beach, FL, Sept. 19-20 This regatta is sponsored by the Castaways Sailing Club of North Palm Beach and is a two-day point-to-point regatta from Palm Beach Inlet to St. Lucie Inlet and return. The regatta is open to all sailing yachts “ready for sea” in all aspects by meeting open ocean PHRF-4P standards. There will be a Saturday morning start off Lake Worth Inlet. A skippers meeting will be held Friday evening. On Sunday morning, another start will be set off the St. Lucie Inlet. For more information, go to www.castawayssailing.com.

61st Annual Columbus Day Regatta, Biscayne Bay, FL, Oct. 10-11 The 61st annual Columbus Day Regatta will take place during the weekend of October 10-11 on Biscayne Bay. Attendance is expected to draw over 200 racing and cruising sailboats from around South Florida. The Coral Reef Yacht Club will once again host the award ceremonies on Saturday, October 17. Organizers are looking for donations for raffle prizes.

To sponsor, donate raffle prizes or for more information, go to the event’s Web site at www.columbusdayregatta.net.

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

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

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

SEPTEMBER Go to the website for club racing.

5-6 Labor Day Regatta. PHRF 12 Just for the Halibut (All Comers) 26 Portsmouth Summer #6 27 PHRF Summer #6 OCTOBER 3-4 Club 420 Regatta.

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RACE CALENDAR fundraiser and regatta go to support the Dunedin Youth Sailing Association program. Gary Jobson will be speaking on Sept. 19 at the Dunedin Boat Club. For more information on Dunedin Cup Week and the regatta, go to www.DunedinCupRegatta.org, or call (727) 733-3498.

Major Upcoming Regattas

Sarasota Sailing Squadron 69th Annual Labor Day Regatta, Sept. 4-6 The Sarasota Sailing Squadron will be hosting its 69th Labor Day Regatta. With six courses on Sarasota Bay and PHRF racing in the Gulf, this regatta attracts sailors from all over the country. Courses will be set up hosting Opti Red, White, & Blue fleets, Opti Green Fleet, Laser, 420, Sunfish, Melges, SR Max, one-design, multihulls and PHRF fleets. This is a Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year Event. Camping is available on the club grounds.

About 300 boats generally race in this regatta. Free dockage and limited camping are available. Food and entertainment will be provided throughout the weekend.

Contact the SSS at (941) 388-2355 for further information.

The NOR and online registration is available at www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org

33rd Bradenton Yacht Club Fall Kickoff Regatta, Bradenton, FL, Sept. 18-20 This regatta, held at the Bradenton Yacht Club, is the “kickoff” event for the Tampa Bay/Sarasota Bay area winter racing season. It is two days of racing in Tampa Bay. Six classes, spinnaker, non-spinnaker, true cruising, racer cruiser, multihull and one-design, will make up the three-race regatta. Free dockage at the yacht club. Upwards of 70 boats have raced in the past, most of which raft up at the yacht club. Partying for the event begins on Friday night as boats gather at the club, continuing Saturday afternoon after racing. Register at www.bradenton-yacht-club.org, or call (941) 981-3891. For dock reservations, call (941) 722-5936, ext. 212, or the dockmaster cell at (941) 374-2310.

31st Dunedin Cup Week Regatta, Dunedin, FL, Sept. 18-27, Regatta Auction Fund Raiser Sept. 12 A week of youth, high school one-design and PHRF racing.

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32nd Annual Rumgatta Regatta, Tampa Sailing Squadron Apollo Beach, FL, Oct. 9-11 One of the oldest events in Tampa Bay. Racing on Saturday in Multihull, Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, One-Design, Racer Cruiser, True Cruising and Mother Lode. The Mother Lode class is designed to provide an easy, safe pursuit race around a comfortable course. Boats are assigned a competitive rating based on their equipment and the captain’s experience. It provides a way for non-racers to join the regatta and compete for trophies.

The One-Design fleet may include J/24s and Flying Scots. On Sunday is the Women’s Rumgatta Regatta.

Saturday after-race Ron Diaz Caribbean “Par-Ti” featuring music, rum libations, and dinner.

For information and NOR, go to www.sail-tss.org.

Fall Bay Race and Leukemia Cup Kick-Off Party, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Oct. 9-10 This is a Suncoast Boat of the Year event. Last year, the race reverted back to a one-day schedule, which it was for many years—one long race around Tampa Bay, which at times lasted till late if there were no winds and was very fast if there was a lot of wind. The variable conditions in Tampa Bay add a strategic component for the navigators. For information, registration and the NOR, go to www.spyc.org.

Click on the “Sailing” drop-down menu and then Regattas.

This year’s regatta is a preliminary event which will introduce next year’s 2016 Fall Bay Race/Leukemia Cup Regatta planned for October. This year’s Kick-Off Party will include speaker Gary Jobson, a silent auction and complimentary craft beers. Visit www.leukemiacup.org/sun.

50th CMCS Summerset Sailing Regatta, Fort Myers Beach, FL, Oct. 10-11 This is the southwest Florida racing community’s premiere annual sailing competition and the kickoff regatta for the fall and winter racing program. The regatta is held to raise money for local youth sailing programs. The event is held at Fort Myers Beach with the Pink Shell Resort as headquarters for Saturday’s party and the awards dinner Sunday.

The regatta is a boat-of-the-year event for Southwest Florida racers. Fifty to 60 boats usually participate in six classes in this two-day event. Up to four buoy races on two race circles in the Gulf will be held Saturday, along with a distance coastal race Sunday. A new event from last year, “Cruisers Go Racing?” will be a highlight for Sunday. These www.southwindsmagazine.com

boats will start after the racers and sail a different course. It is designed to be a fun sail/race, and all will be eligible for fabulous door prizes. For more information, go to www.cmcs-sail.org.

This is a Sarasota Bay Boat-of -the-Year event. For the NOR and online registration, go to www.sarasotayachtclub.org. (941) 365-4191. SYCInvitational@sarasotayachtclub.org

9th Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous with 36th Stiletto Nationals, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Oct. 16-18

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Open to all multihull sailboats, the three-day event starts on Friday with the long-distance race, which is optional for all except those competing in the Stiletto Nationals. Courses will be on Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, weather dependent.

In previous years, participants have come from 17 states and the Dominican Republic. More than 70 boast usually compete in eight classes: Stilettos, Corsairs, Formulas, Hobies, Nacras, Windriders, Hobie Waves, Wetas, and a variety of other multihulls.

Complimentary camping, docking, launching, and parking are available at the Squadron, which can be reached at (941) 388-2355. For more information, go to www.BuzzelliMR.com, or contact the Sarasota Sailing Squadron at (941) 388-2355.

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, River Romp, Fort Myers Beach, FL Oct. 17-18 The Edison Sailing Center (ESC), a community-based sailing center in Fort Myers, FL, will host the River Romp Regatta in October, A USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival.

US SAILING’s Junior Olympic Sailing Program is a nationwide series of sailing regattas for youth ages 8 to 21. Each event is hosted by a different club or organization. ESC will host a STEM event as part of the Project Reach. River Romp continues to welcome Optis, Lasers, and 420s. If a minimum of three sailors register—and sail in—Laser full rigs, medals will be awarded for the Laser Full fleet. The event is held at Lee County Park. For the NOR, registration and more information, go to www.riverromp.org.

15th Annual Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta, Nov. 7 This regatta includes a windward/leeward race in the bay for Spinnaker and One-Design classes, with a 12-mile pursuit race in the Gulf of Mexico west of Big Sarasota Pass for Non-Spinnaker, True Cruising, Racer Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser, and Multihull. Five or more boats may make a class. The random leg course rating will be utilized.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com.

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

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

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

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

St. Pete Sailing Association. Weekly club racing. www.spsa.us Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venice-sailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org). For complete details, go to www.wfyra.org and click on the regional associations in Southwest Florida pertaining each area below: Tampa Bay/Suncoast (also known as West Florida BOTY: (SCBOTY) Davis Island YC Boat of the Year: (DIBOTY) Gulf Racing Boat of the Year (Clearwater/Dunedin area): (GULFBOTY) St. Petersburg Ocean Racing Circuit: (SPORC) Charlotte Harbor/Ft. Myers area: (CHBOTY) Sarasota Bay (Sarasota to Venice): (SBYABOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) Southwest Florida Boat of the Year (Naples to Marco Island): (SWFLBOTY) Caloosahatchee Region Boat of the Year: (CLRBOTY)

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RACE CALENDAR SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) Sept. 4-6 69th Labor Day Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron (SBYABOTY) * 12 Kayusa Cup. Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society (CLRBOTY) 13 Open Portsmouth Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron 18-19 Bruce Watters Regatta. St. Petersburg YC 18-20 33rd Bradenton Yacht Club Fall Kickoff Regatta.

(SCBOTY) (SBYABOTY) * 18-27 Dunedin Cup Week and 31st Dunedin Cup. Dunedin Youth Sailing Benefit (GULFBOTY)* OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) (** = see Racing News section, page19) 3 Sunfish. DIYC 3-4 Dore Drake Regatta. Davis Island YC 3-4 SAISA HS Keelboat Qualifier. St. Pete YC 10 Rumgatta Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron* 10 Bay Race. Bayshore Gardens YC (SBYABOTY) 10-11 Leukemia Cup/Fall Bay Race. St. Pete YC (SPORC) (SCBOTY)* 10-11 Summerset Regatta. Caloosahatchee Chowder & Marching Society. (CHBOTY) (SWFLBOTY) (CLRBOTY)* 16-18 Florida State Melges 24 Championship. Davis Island YC 16-18 Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous. Sarasota Sailing Squadron* 17-18 US SAILING Advanced Race Management Seminar. St. Pete YC** 17-18 River Romp Junior Olympic Sailing Festival. Ft. Myers.

Edison Sailing Center* 17-25 Zhik F-18 Americas Championship, Charlotte Harbor, FL** 19-23 Mutineer National Championships. Tampa Sailing Squadron 24 Transbay Regatta. St. Pete Sailing Assoc.

24 Commodore’s Cup. Naples Sailing and YC (SWFLBOTY) 24 Great Pumpkin Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 23-25 Husband & Wife Flying Scot Championship.

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95th Annual Lipton Cup, Bay St. Louis, MS, Sept. 5-6 The Bay Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, MS, will host the 95th Annual Sir Thomas Lipton Cup on Labor Day Weekend. The regatta is an inter-club competition between the 33 member clubs of the Gulf Yachting Association.

Competitors sail the 19-foot one-design, the Flying Scot, in five races held over three days. The winning club hosts next year’s Lipton Cup. www.baywavelandyachtclub.org.

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25th Annual Juana Good Time Regatta, Navarre Beach, Florida Panhandle, Sept. 11-13 Always held on the first weekend after Labor Day, this regatta is held at, and sponsored by, Juana’s Pagodas—a thatch-roofed volleyball beach bar just south of the Navarre Beach Bridge on the Florida Panhandle. Racing on Santa Rosa Sound, the regatta usually has about 50 boats participating includes cruising catamarans, beach cats, trimarans, cruisers and windsurfers. It is open to all forms of multihulls. Many boaters travel from as far as Louisiana and Mississippi to attend.

For more information, go to www.juanaspagodas.com, and click on Regatta—or any of the regatta links.

Lost Bay Regatta, Perdido Bay, AL, Oct. 3 The Lost Bay Regatta (known as one of the largest beach parties along the northern Gulf Coast) will be held Oct. 3 on Perdido Bay in Alabama. The Point Yacht Club, in Pirates Cove Marina, Josephine, AL, is host. Regatta activities begin on Friday evening with race registration and party. On Saturday, a competitor’s briefing will be held in the morning with the race start at 1 p.m. Following the race will be a party and awards presentation.

For more information, go to www.pointyachtclub.org.

16th Annual Fish Class Championships, Mobile, AL, Oct. 10-11

This regatta will be at the Buccaneer Yacht Club. This Gulf Yachting Association event, held at the Buccaneer Yacht Club in Mobile, annually allows member clubs the opportunity to sail in the historic Fish, a gaffed-rigged sailboat.

Boats will be provided by the yacht club.

Three races are planned, with the winning club earning the John G. Curren Trophy. Class awards for first, second and third in the series will also be awarded to the helmsman and crew on the final day of competition. For more information, go to www.bucyc.com.

41st WFORC Regatta, Pensacola, FL, Oct. 16-18 Held at the Pensacola Yacht Club, registration and skippers meeting will be held on Thursday evening. Racing will begin each day at 12:00 noon starting Friday with daily awards given out each evening. Live music, door prizes will be held throughout the event with the final awards ceremony. For more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

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Racing, Texas Style: 29th Annual Harvest Moon Regatta, Oct. 22-25 The Harvest Moon Regatta is the largest point-to-point sailing regatta in U.S. coastal waters. The regatta attracts more than 250 sailboats and 1,700 sailors each year to race 153 offshore nautical miles through the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Port Aransas, TX. Conceived as a gentlemen’s race by a few members of the Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, the course reaches southwesterly down the Texas coast when the prevailing winds are southeasterly.

Regatta participants moor at the City Marina or at Island Moorings in Port Aransas following the race. The Harvest Moon Regatta, a/k/a “Rum Regatta,” culminates in the Welcome Sailors Rum Party and awards dinner on Saturday night to see who won the coveted Bacardi Cup. As many as 2,000 sailors and friends show up to celebrate and enjoy a party and barbecue dinner with music.

Sunday morning, many of the sailboats return via the Gulf ICW or offshore. For more information, go to www.harvestmoonregatta.com, or www.lakewoodyachtclub.com.

Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club websites for club races.

Gulf Yachting Association. www.gya.org Galveston Bay Cruising Association. www.byca.org New Orleans Yacht Club. www.noyc.org Southern Yacht Club. www.southernyachtclub.org Clubs with regattas listed this month BSC Birmingham SC, Birmingham, AL BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS BYC Biloxi YC, Biloxi, MS CSA Corinthian SA, New Orleans, LA FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL GYA Gulf Yachting Association GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS HYC Houston YC, Houston, TX IYC Hemmingway YC, Haban, CUBA JYC Jackson YC, Jackson, MS LAYC Lake Arthur YC, Lake Arthur, LA LPWSA Lake Pontchartrain Women’s SA, New Orleans, LA LYC Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TX MYC Mobile YC, Mobile,AL NOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans,LA OSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL PCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS PtYC Point YC, Josephine, AL PYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL PontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA SSYC South Shore YC, New Orleans, LA StABYC St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL SYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA TYC Lake Tammany YC, Slidell, LA

12 Goose Point Race. CSA North Shore Fleet 12-13 Back to School Regatta. PontYC 19 Goose Point Race (Make-up Date). CSA North Shore Fleet 19 Invitational Regatta. CYC 19 Leukemia Cup Regatta. BucYC 19-20 HOOD. HYC 19-20 Leukemia Cup. BSC 19-20 Race Week. BSC 20-25 Hobie 16 NA Championship. PYC 26-27 Great Lake Race. NOYC / CSA / SSYC 26-27 Wadewitz. FYC 26-28 GYA Multihull. StABYC 30-Oct. 4 J/22 North American Championship. HYC OCTOBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 1-4 J/22 NA Championship. HYC 3 28th Annual Lost Bay Regatta. PtYC* 3 Single-Handed Round the Lake. TYC 3 Round the Cat. PCYC 3-4 Cressy Eliminations ISSA HS. SYC 3-4 Great Scot. BSC 3-7 VX One NA Championship. GYC 8-12 J/80 North American Championshps. LYC 8-11 US Sailing Championship of Champions. GYC 8-11 Lightning NA Championship. SYC 10 Pink Ribbon Regatta. NOYC/LPWSA/SYC 10 Monk Smith. BWYC 10-11 Alternate Date. Lipton Cup. BWYC 10-11 Fish Worlds. BucYC* 10-11 J/Fest Southwest. LYC 11 Rondinella. BWYC 16-18 WFORC. PYC* 17 Closing. NOYC 17 Gumbo. LAYC 17-18 Jerry Ellis Regatta (Jr HS). BYC 17-18 Broken Triangle. MYC 18 Closing. SYC 22-25 Harvest Moon Regatta. LYC* 24-25 GYA Fish Class John G. Curren. BucYC 24-25 Hospitality. JYC 30-1 LPRC. SYC/NOYC/PontYC/TYC 30-1 Hobie Wave NA. PBYC 31 Double-Handed. FYC 31 Pensacola La Habana. PYC /Hemmingway IYC** 31-1 Shearwater Regatta. Cats and Dinghies. OSYC

SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section) 4-7 Sir Thomas Lipton Cup. BWYC* 5 Pensacola Beach Pier Race. PBYC 11-13 25th Annual Juana Good Time Regatta. Multihull* 12 Middle Bay. BucYC

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Beneteau SENSE 55 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock/Call for Package Beneteau Sense 50 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $449,000 Beneteau M50 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$130,000 Beneteau 49 (two to choose) starting at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$290,000 CAL 48 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000 Beneteau Oceanis 48 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock/Call for Package Beneteau 473 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$203,500 Beneteau 461 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$125,900 Nelson Marek 46 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$97,000 Sea Master 46 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$119,000 Beneteau Oceanis 45 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock/Call for Package Gulfstar 44 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,000 Pearson 424 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$88,500 Beneteau 423 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$179,000 Hunter Passage 420 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $135,000 Jeanneau 42 Deck Salon 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$198,000 Catalina 42 MkII 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$86,500 Beneteau ST42 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$239,000 Beneteau 411 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 Beneteau 400 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$90,000 Beneteau 381 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$81,000 Beneteau M38 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 Island Packet 38 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$139,900 Catalina 380 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$110,000 Catalina 380 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$83,500 Beneteau Oceanis 38 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock/Call for Package Beneteau Idylle 11.50 (37') 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50,000 J/Boats J/111 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275,000 Dufour 36 Classic 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$82,000 Wauquiez Pretorien 35 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60,000 Beneteau Oceanis 35 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock/Call for Package Beneteau 343 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,000 Beneteau 311 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 Beneteau 31 Centerboard 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$103,000 Catalina 309 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$70,000 Seaward 26RK 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 J/Boats J/70 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In Stock/Call for Package Perry 20 2011 (Custom Bob Perry Design) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000

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1993 Pacific Seacraft 34 Crealock Rare shoal draft version, New rig, low Yanmar hours, very nice condition. Offered at $94k. Call Dale 941-586-3732

SAIL AND POWER BOATS 2005 72' Grand Banks Aleutian................................................................SOLD 1990 65' Striker 580 Sportfish.............................................Reduced $139,000 2007 64’ Hateras CPMY...........................................................................SOLD 2003 60' Novatec Fast Trawler ...........................................Reduced $399,000 2008 52' Symbol Pilothourse...............................................................$599,000 1980 Morgan 512 OI Sloop .................................................................$129,000 2003 Novatec 48 Fast Trawler, Bristol......................................................SOLD 2002 48' Sea Ray Sedan Bridge ..............................................................SOLD 2011 47' Sea Ray Sundance...............................................Reduced $559,900 2006 44' Manta Powercat....................................................................$459,000 2003 43' Silverton ACMY ....................................................................$199,000 1982 44' Gallart Motor Sailer.................................................................$59,900 1989 44' Nova Targa ACMY ..................................................Reduced $59,900 2002 42' Carver Mariner......................................................................$163,000 2005 41' Luhrs Convertible ......................................................................SOLD 2008 38' Hunter Sloop loaded.............................................................$129,900 1993 37' Najad CC Sloop - Bristol and Loaded...................................$179,000 ' 1981 36' Island Gypsy Trawler ..............................................................$59,000 1986 36' Grand Banks Classic, Bristol ................................................$119,000 1991 Oyster Bay 34 Express Cruiser…Nice .........................................$44,900 1997 32' Luhrs Convertible diesel ........................................Reduced $59,900 1977 31' Pacific Seacraft Mariah Sloop ................................................$19,000 1987 30' Catalina Sloop MKII Shoal Draft.............................................$16,900

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2009 DYER DHOW. 8 feet. Very good condition, oars w/leather, engine mount, embedded serial numbers, perfect towing, three persons plus equipment. 4-cycle Yamaha 2.5 engine. $1000 for boat. Engine $500. Richard Edson (727) 940-2695. (11/15)

Luders 16, 1952. Current owner since 1965 (named Windrider, previously Thunder). Won Columbus regatta Miami three times. 24-feet on deck. Appears totally original and tight with main and jib. Hull #570, racing number 33. Epoxy glass over wood. Elderly owner wishing to sell. $9995. Located Anna Maria Island, FL. (941) 778-9435 (9/15) 62

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

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

Lauderdale area, make offer. (10/15)

1973 Ranger 23. Sails Great! Lessons Available by US Sailing-Certified Instructor.

Standing Rigging 2013, painted hull, Honda 4-stroke OB, Harken roller furler, adjustable whisker pole, genoa, main, covers, VHF, running lights, cabin lights, adjustable motor mount, swim ladder. $2,900. Fort Myers, FL. Call Dan (941) 704-1578. (11/15)

24’ Bahama Sandpiper. Gaff-rigged Cat Ketch, 1978, with trailer. Pocket cruiser is a head turner in any fleet, by Chuck Paine. 18” draft, 1500# lead ballast. Now $3,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com

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CLASSIFIED ADS WESTERN CAROLINA SAILING CLUB Seaforth 24, 1981. Full keel, 2.5 ft draft.

NEW: stern rail, Lewmar hatch, rigging, sails, roller furling, canvas, Seadeck non-skid, more.

Must see. New bottom job. Cockpit well, 2011 Suzuki 6 LS, trailer available. $8,500.

Call Tony at (941) 545-1179. (9/15)

1984 27’ Albin Family Cruiser. Trawler cruising on a budget. Diesel engine, wind and solar power, air conditioning, inverter, refrigeration, center cockpit with forward and private aft stateroom. Alan (941) 350-1559.

AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $25,000

Hartwell Lake Anderson, SC

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Merit 25, 1985. Good Condition. Race ready!

Standard Main & Jib, like new UK Tape-Drive, Mylar Racing Main, 155 & 130 Mylar Genoa, Spinnaker, 6 HP Tohatsu 4-stroke, Autopilot.

Great cruiser, sleeps 4, largest berths in boats under 35 feet. Fast & easy to sail. $6300 OBO. Lake Hartwell, SC. Fred (864) 630-1223 (10/15)

26’ Seaward 26RK 2012 w/Trailer, 1’3 to 6’ draft, electric retractable keel, mast lowering/raising system, 8 S/S ports, roller furling genoa, $69,900. (800) 826-2807. Pics & specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

Restored 1976 27-foot O’day Performance Sloop. New sails .75 spinnaker, Profurl, A-4 Inboard, Sleeps 5, 78x36” 1/4 Berth.

Race/Cruise. 6 winches. Fort Myers Beach $7800. (239) 560-9656. No text messages, please. (9/15)

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1984 Cal 27 Pocket Cruiser/Club Racer.

Ready to sail away! Shoal draft. Roller furling.

Wheel steering. Strong outboard. New galley.

Four sails. Air conditioning. St. Petersburg.

(239) 464-0916. $7500. (11/15)

1976 28’ Sabre - $20,000 - Curtis Stokes (954) 684-0218 curtis@curtisstokes.net 2006 Columbia 30’ Sportboat. Great around the buoys or offshore. Shallow canal no problem. Lift Keel Draft-up: 3’, down: 7’. Original owner, Ullman Sails, Trailer, Dry Storage, Yanmar Diesel. Beam 9’ 6”. $55,000. Contact Thomas @ (813) 324-7424 or darcytj@gmail. com. (9/15)

1987 30’ Catalina MKII. 3’10” Shoal-draft wing keel, one-owner boat with roller furling head sail, Universal diesel, propane SS cooktop w/oven, microwave, shore power, all original except for custom hard bimini top and in good condition. $16,900. Call George (941) 792-9100 Grand Slam Yacht Sales

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

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Classic Bayfield 32C tall mast cutter, 1987.

New sails, electronics, radar, autopilot, 7 winches, A/C, galley, refer, sleeps 5, Yanmar 3GM30F diesel, New dodger & bimini, dingy & motor. More. Located Apollo Beach, FL. $39,000. Contact Jack at (863) 944-7972. jlwsail@tampabay.rr.com. (9/15)

32’ CATALINA 320 1999. Well kept racer/cruiser. Roller furling jib. Flaking system on main. Yanmar 27hp recently maintained.

Wing keel. Lots of electronics with portable air conditioner and flat screen TV included. Full cockpit bimini. Clean and smells like new.

Motivated seller. $62,500 obo. Call Dave at (941) 685-5755. (11/15)

33 C&C 1975. Yanmar 30hp, Diesel, solid performing racer/cruiser. Excellent racing/cruising sails, Garmin chart-plotter, speed/depth, AM/FM CD Stereo, VHF. Bimini top that covers cockpit. Asking $16,999. Contact Mike @ (727) 510-4167 mrt1548@yahoo.com. (10/15)

33’ Tartan, 1981. Speed, flat wake by S&S, tough by Tartan, 3 sails, 24hp diesel, 4’5” Scheel keel–so stiff! $23,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com

33’ Island Packet 2000. Yanmar 27hp, full bimini, 2012 Radar, 2015 refurbished Raymarine chartplotter w/ Navionics software,2015 refurbished autopilot, 2015 Xantrex Freedom 2000, 2014 rebuilt alternator, & MORE! $115,000, Call Cal @ (561) 312-0010, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

34’ Beneteau 343 2008. 4’9 draft, in-mast furling, AC, Electronics, Bimini/Dodger, Refrig/Freezer. $95,000. (727) 214-1590. Pics & Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

1984 34’ Sabre Classic. A rare opportunity to purchase a classic boat that needs a little “sweat equity”. Centerboard; 4’ draft, sails, canvas, diesel, new batteries. See our website for details on what she needs for restoration. www.windsweptyachtsales.com. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. $13,000.

34’ Hook Kelly Custom. 1982. Diesel runs perfect. Excellent condition. Price cut to $12,500 OBO. Owner retired and anxious to sell. Proven PHRF winner. Contact Terry at (941) 723-6560. (9/15)

1992 34’ Sabre Classic. Diesel, radar, GPS, Exc sail inventory including spinnaker.

Refrigeration, 4’6” Wing keel. Bimini/Dodger and more. Alan (941) 350-1559.

AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $94,500.

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

1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $68,500 – Curtis Stokes – (954) 684-0218 – curtis@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

36’ J/111 2012. 2015 World Champion, Several High-End, Race-Ready Sail Inventories, Full Electronics, Trailer, Dry-Sailed Only. No Expense Spared. $275,000. (504) 283-2507.

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36’ Pearson Cutter 1982. Excellent condition, ready to sail. 11 sails, new electronics, loaded for cruising & racing. Separate shower stall in head, full galley & nav. 48’ mast. Great for inshore cruising, offshore voyaging & racing. $52,000. Mobile, AL. Details at www.pearson36cutter.com. (11/15)

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

1993 NAJAD 370 from Sweden. Volvo Diesel, New Generator, Bow Thruster, Air Conditioning, In-Mast Furling, Roller Furling Head Sail, New Teak Decks, Beautiful Center Cockpit Performance Cruiser in excellent condition. Call for appointment (941) 792-9100 Note: vessel is currently restricted from sale in US waters-$179,000. Grand Slam Yacht Sales.

38’ Catalina 380 ‘97 & ‘00 models to choose from, shoal & deep draft, in-mast furling & standard, air conditioning, cushions and more starting at $84,900. (800) 826-2807. Pics & specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

1984 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Classic Layout.

4’3” draft. In mast furling, Diesel, stainless ports, GPS, VHF, Xantrex inverter, refrigeration, Gori prop, and more. Alan (941) 3501559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $59,900

1983 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Aft Cabin Layout. 4’3” draft, stackpack mainsail, GPS, VHF, numerous updates and beautiful teak interior. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@ gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $49,900

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

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41’ Beneteau 411, 2001. Dream Weaver is stunning. New Radar/GPS/Chart Plotter, new air conditioning, in-mast roller furling, cruising chute, new cockpit enclosure, 2011 dinghy, 2 cabin layout, dinghy davits with solar. $109k. Call Kelly at Massey Yacht Sales, St Pete. (727) 599-1718

1982 42’ Pearson - $83,500 – Barbara burke – (904) 310-5110 – barbara@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net

42’ Endeavour 1987. Center Cockpit, two cabins, aft cabin w/centerline Queen, two heads w/shower, Marine Air, Full Galley, Tall mast, RF main and RF head sail, Full Canvas, Chart Plotter, Radar, Autopilot, Electric Windlass, Wind Gen, AB Dinghy w/ OB, Davits. Many Upgrades and New Equipment. A must see at our docks. $79,000. Call George. Grand Slam Yacht Sales. (941) 792-9100.

42’ Jeanneau 42 DS 2007. In-Mast Furling, Shoal Keel, Genset, AC, Full Electronics, Bow Thruster, Windlass, Electric Winch, Full Canvas, Very Clean & True Turn Key. $195,000. (504) 283-2507. Pics & Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com 39-foot Irwin, 1978. Roomy, centerboarder, 4’3” board up. 30 hp Yanmar. 10 hours since total rebuild. Solar runs fridge. New batteries.

Now $22,500. Stewart Marine, Miami (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com.

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43’ Ta Shing Taswell 1988 Yanmar 77hp, Updated sails, NEWLY painted/reconditioned Mast, NEW standing rigging, Nav Station, solar panel, 2013 wind gen, no teak decks, 2015 bottom paint, & Fully equipped! $170,000, Call Harry @ (412) 692-0639, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

Lagoon Catamaran 440, 2006 — Me and The Sea. GREAT opportunity to obtain a very successful Lagoon 440! She has all the bells and whistles...a full suite of AC, electric winches, hard top bimini, two refrigerators and a freezer! Call for more information. (281) 3341993. www.theyachtsalescompany.com

45 Catalina M45 1994. CIRCUMNAVIGATION VET! Yanmar 50hp, sloop rigged, custom CP house, hull has been strengthened for bluewater, solar panel, watermaker, 2 wind gen, well-equipped nav station & LOTS MORE! $144,900, Call Clark @ (561) 6768445, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

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

Please contact Ed at Punta Gorda Yacht Brokers in South Florida at (941) 833-0099.

45’ Hunter CC 2000. Beautiful center cockpit sloop with all the bells and whistles. Ready to cruise with genset, wind generator, dink on davits, new electronics, redundant GPS plotters, auto pilot, heat & air. $145k. Kelly Bickford CPYB (727) 599-1718

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

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2002 46’ Ray Creekmore Custom Built Center Cockpit. Aft owner’s stateroom, Cutter rigged, diesel, solid construction. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $49,900.

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After ten months of battling with the government and living in squalor, a new park superintendent was suddenly appointed to oversee the national park and he inherited the Maddock situation. Understanding that the Park Service was getting a huge black eye over this in the press, the superintendent requisitioned a mere $2,400 and contracted a barge and crane to remove the Antigone into deeper water.

Stranded for nearly a year and after some minor repairs at a local marina, Bud Maddock and Antigone sailed off from Biscayne Bay and faded away.

If anyone has any knowledge of or contact with Bud Maddock or know the whereabouts of the Antigone, please contact the author of this story at gulfsails@hotmail.com.

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Shipwrecked on Elliot Key

By Troy Gilbert

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ther than a spider high up in the rigging of his 46-foot Creekmore Sloop, Antigone, his only companions were the clouds of mosquitoes following him anytime he crawled out of the companionway to comb the shoreline.

His back was crooked and sore from living aboard in a constant state of crabwalking due to the strange angle his vessel had come to rest in the sand and mangroves after the storm. His clothes were filthy and marinated in old bug spray and sweat from the heat in the tropical sun. He dared not wash them in the ocean for fear of being drained by the mosquitoes. He lived marooned like an animal with no fresh water or electricity and very little food.

For ten months, the man's beard grew long as he read Greek philosophers and studied French in the humidity. At night he would talk to the spider, the only light coming from the moon and the lights of Miami— only 30 miles to the north. Bud Maddock lay shipwrecked on Elliot Key after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, trapped first by the storm and then by the Federal Government.

Maddock, then 50, had run into a string of bad luck. Three years earlier he had lost his job as an engineer and then spent his life savings on the Creekmore sailboat, moved onboard and began wandering the southeastern seaboard. Hurricane Andrew caught him anchored in Biscayne Bay and the Coast Guard extricated him from the vessel as the first storm bands came through South Florida. As he flew away in the helicopter, he assumed his boat was lost. However, within two weeks, he discovered that the Antigone had washed ashore on Elliot Key and was now resting on her side. Having nowhere else to live, Maddock swam to the Key and moved

onto his wrecked boat.

Stranded on a deserted island, miserable and desperate to figure out a way to refloat his boat, the situation went from bad to worse when a boat pulled up and he was served papers

from the National Park Service. A long, narrow island, Elliot Key is part of Biscayne National Park and the official documents notified him that he had 30 days to remove himself and his vessel or risk arrest and the confiscation of his boat. With only a few thousand dollars in emergency FEMA funding to his name, he was trapped.

If he were to abandon his boat — he would become homeless on the streets.

Compounding his issues, the National Park Service then demanded Maddock sign a permit to allow him to remove his boat which would then make him financially responsible for the mangled mangrove trees around his foundered boat—on an island full

of mangled mangroves from the hurricane. Signing this permit to simply be allowed to remove his boat that the Park Service was demanding he remove would equate to several thousand dollars of environmental fines.

Maddock was trapped in a bureaucratic knot.

With nothing but time to kill and mull over his predicament, the engineer began to devise a method of returning his 35,000pound boat to the water. Over a period of months, Maddock slowly built a wooden cradle for his boat and using a hand cranked six-ton winch, methodically stood her upright until it rested on a sled with several wooden runners leading to the sea. Then using an anchor and the winch, inch by inch he started to hand crank the 46-foot sailboat down over the sand.

Weekend boaters started spotting Maddock's endeavors and would donate their provisions, and a fisherman even began running a weekly laundry service for him. His plight came to the attention of Dan Montgomery who had come to South Florida for work after the hurricane, and Montgomery took on the task of arguing Maddock’s case with the government to eliminate these certain environmental fines— but to no avail.

The media in South Florida eventually picked up on the story, and suddenly Maddock was swarmed with boaters running him supplies and bug spray. A local fireman from Key Largo started trekking out to Elliot Key and assisted him in building a more sophisticated system of tracks and the two eventually got the Antigone into the ankle deep water surrounding the island. Unfortunately, water deep enough to float the sloop still remained See SHIPWRECKED continued on page 68

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