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ince I am from California, I paid a little more attention to the two recent race tragedies there and felt compelled to write about them. First was the mid-April race from San Francisco around the Farallon Islands. I lived in that area for 12 years, and the Farallones—which lie 26 miles west of the Golden Gate—were always a mystery. Those waters are known to be rough. When I lived in the East Bay, I made frequent trips to the coast, especially if a storm came through, as it was great to watch the ocean’s fury, which is always a rush. To imagine a race to the Farallones and back is, in my mind, a race that ventures into the maelstrom of ocean mystery. In sailboat racing, it seems like every ocean race will eventually harbor a deathly accident, and I was not surprised to hear about one in a race to these islands. But there’s more. Another thing I remember about Northern California waters is how cold they are. I was brought up swimming in Southern California waters, which reach a comfortable 68 degrees in summer. In Northern California, where I did a lot of diving, water is in the low 50s. That’s very cold and requires a serious wetsuit, or you won’t last long. And that’s one thing that bugged me about this race. When I heard of the Farallones accident, I wondered how three survived (five died) in those cold waters. What happened, as told by one survivor, was that when their 38-foot sailboat rounded the islands, they thought that they were far enough outside the wave break line to be safe. But after going over one swell, a massive wave appeared next, which they barely made it over. But they weren’t so lucky with the next wave and took a direct hit, flipping the boat. When it surfaced, the storyteller and one other were the only ones on board. They attempted to help the others in the water re-board, but another wave hit them, knocking the storyteller off the boat. The other one on board managed to stay on as the boat was immediately swept onto the rocks—to safety. Another crewmember was also swept to safety onto other rocks. Five others died. The boat was recovered by helicopter and brought back to San Francisco. The storyteller said he didn’t swim, but was taken ashore quickly by the waves, remembering it to be about 15 minutes in the water, which is why he survived. None of the eight were tethered in. Not tethered in? On a race in some of the roughest ocean waters in the world—in waters so cold that if you went overboard you would be lucky to last 30 minutes? All wore life jackets and had tethers, with two jack lines on board to tether to. But I wonder what would have happened if someone had slipped overboard in those cold waters—even if no wave had hit them? How would that have endangered the crew? Would they have tried to rescue him by turning the boat towards a lee shore? He would have had no wetsuit— vulnerable to a quick death. I did the race to Key West from Clearwater. If crew went forward at night, it was required to be tethered in. But during the day, it was no problem. It was never rough, 6

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and the water is over 80 degrees. Falling overboard in the middle of the day is refreshing. But in Northern California, it’s deadly. The survivor of the Farallones race talks about not being tethered in and lessons learned. Maybe the rest of us can learn from them, too. I strongly suggest readers read his story and watch the video of another boat that rounded the island. I decided to put the link on the SOUTHWINDS website at the top of the page at www.southwindsmagazine. com/sailboat-racing.php. You will be captivated.

The Newport to Ensenada Race—A Real Mystery Because of the survivors in the Farallones race, we know what happened, but the real mystery is in the 125-nautical mile Ensenada race, which was in late April. This year was the 65th race from Newport Beach in Southern California to Ensenada just south of the border in Mexico. It’s always well over a hundred boats and known to be a fun event. Since I was brought up just south of Newport Beach, I’m familiar with the race. Plus, the accident seems to have happened around the Mexican Coronado Islands—a few miles southeast of San Diego. I once anchored off the islands for several hours and sailed by them a few times. Consequently, this tragedy really drew my attention. The mystery is what happened to a 37-foot sailboat? It was nine hours after its last GPS-linked check-in (which was around midnight) that parts of the boat were found by a boater. Some of the fiberglass parts were in six-inch pieces, as though the boat was torn up in a shredder, although larger parts were found. Only one body of the four onboard was found. The boat was tracked by GPS, and at about 11 p.m., the boat track seemed to head in a perfectly straight line for several miles to the islands at a constant speed—to an island that is basically rocky shores. It was a night of typical San Diego calm seas and light winds. Many first speculated that the boat hit a ship and was torn up, while others, after seeing the GPS track, surmised that it hit the island and was destroyed, but one boater who checked out the rocks with a search-and-rescue diver found no wreckage. We all know a boat engine and keel would quickly sink. Even the boat in the Farallones race, which was washed onto rocks by a huge wave, was not shredded, but left basically whole. What would destroy a boat to such extent that no wreckage was found? And hit by a ship? All ships are tracked by GPS and easily located as to where they were and when, and here it is several weeks after the accident, the Coast Guard has investigated, and still nothing obvious explains what happened. And there was no communication from the boat about distress. It’s just a mystery. Investigations are ongoing in both accidents. The Coast Guard doesn’t say when they will finish, but US SAILING expects its report to come out in mid-June. I am anxious to know what happened. All in my old stomping grounds. www.southwindsmagazine.com

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invites readers to write in with experiences & opinions. E-mail your letters to editor@southwindsmagazine.com RECENT RACE ACCIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA It seems to me that our collective passion for sailing sometimes overrides our ability to use good judgment. When people die in sailing incidents—the Mackinac Race (2011), and the two recent California races, the race around the Farallones and the Newport-to-Ensenada Race—there’s a universal wringing of hands, panels of qualified individuals are formed and decisions eventually reached. The sorry fact is that human beings make errors. And when they do, sometimes, people die. The boat that capsized in the Mac race and in which two died was measured by human beings and allowed in the race. Under newer, more stringent guidelines, it couldn’t make the cut this year. It wouldn’t be stable enough. It took the deaths of two people to wake up the race committee. I have been told—the report won’t be out for some time—by a source that I trust who said that the people in the boat that got hit by a wave off San Francisco were not hooked up. Hindsight tells us they should have been. Two survived. Five died. The Farallones are infamous for the large concentration of great white sharks they attract. The sharks feed on seals. Was the boat too close to the islands when the wave hit them? I wasn’t there. I cannot say for sure. But my guess is that the answer is “probably.” Had they been farther off the island and hooked up, they would not be the subjects of an investigation. Currently, no one seems to really know what happened to the Hunter 37 that was lost with all hands in the Newport-to-Ensenada Race. There are theories that it ran into an island. Others say it was run down by a large ship. As I write this, no one knows for sure what happened to cause the loss. The dead were all listed as “experienced” in the news stories about the latest accident. But they are still dead. The “experienced” button was not turned on. The theme that runs though all of these tragedies like a steel cable is “operator error.” People shouldn’t die while ostensibly having fun. As sailors, we need to smarten up. Morgan Stinemetz Parrish, FL

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LETTERS 9232 P, Plantation Key Courthouse, Judge Albury presiding). I pled not guilty and managed to prevail. I’m attempting to allow interested folks who might be ticketed by bullying FWC officers to get some insight into their dubious tactics, which included the following: • Cite you for one paragraph of the statute [327.53(1)], and then on the court date, amend it to another paragraph [327.53(2)], hoping you aren’t prepared for it. • Hope you have to take a continuance because of the amended charge you aren’t prepared to litigate and hope you won’t bother fighting any longer especially if you are cruising out of the area soon. • After being granted the amended charge [327.53(2)] by the judge—because I said I was prepared to defend against the amended charge—then attempt to bring up another paragraph of the statutes that he did not specify in the amendment [327.53(5)]—a clear violation of due process rights. • Then hand the court a cropped version of the Code of Federal Regulations to which that sub paragraph (5) refers, which cropped version conveniently leaves out half the CFR that proves your vessel is in compliance. (To Judge Albury’s credit, he pretty much ignored this and later rebuked the officer by saying he couldn’t even consider subparagraph 5 because it would involve due process issues.) • When the state failed to prevail on its trickery, it then went back to the “original” sub paragraph (1) and pursued that, even though it said it was amending the charges to sub

paragraph (2) because it wrote the wrong sub-paragraph (1) number on the citation. • Then go off on a tangent and attempt to prosecute on personal hygiene habits when the statute in question is only about vessel waste equipment requirements. • Attempt to redefine what a houseboat is [327.02(13)] by conveniently leaving out the part after the “and” that says to be a houseboat, it must be lived aboard for a minimum of 21 days per month “AND” said vessel must have some condition that “precludes” its use as a means of transportation. Then the judge asks for a dictionary to look up the definition of “preclude” even after I stated the definition. (Preclude: to prevent or make impossible.) • Then the judge begrudgingly admitting he had to find me not guilty but suggesting that the FWC/state should try to get the statutory definition of “houseboat” changed by eliminating the part about any condition that precludes its use as a means of transportation. It all smacks of a kangaroo court. Capt. Neal Warren Florida Keys Neal, I would say it smacks of the Keystone cops, too. My compliments to you for your success in standing your ground and standing up to the FWC, who really tried to stretch the law. I decided to listen to the official voice recording of Neal’s

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court proceedings (available on the SOUTHWINDS website at the very bottom of the page at www.southwindsmagazine.com/waterways.php.) It went as Neal describes it above, but what amazed me was the judge’s lack of knowledge about boat waste. I understand how a judge must decide issues in thousands of cases—and how difficult that is—but he knew nothing about marine sanitation devices (MSDs) and No-Discharge Zones (NDZs). The judge didn’t know what a Type I, II or III MSD was, nor did he know what a NDZ was. From his comments—even after Neal told him otherwise—he was under the impression that the entire state was a NDZ, never grasping that a Type I can be discharged in most of the state’s waters—and that it’s safe and clean. Neal’s defense entailed stating that his Type I was not operational because he had the overboard discharge valve locked closed. When Neal stated that a Type I is a sewage treatment plant, the judge interrupted him and said, “But you don’t have a sewage treatment plant.” Neal surprised him by saying that yes he did have one. Neal stated that while in the NDZ (in the Keys Marine Sanctuary), he goes ashore to relieve himself. The judge said he found it hard to believe that he went ashore every time he wanted to relieve himself, obviously referring to urinating—something millions of people do regularly at the beach when they swim in Florida—which is harmless. The judge was convinced that Neal must be opening the discharge valve when no one was looking and using it. He treated Neal like he was immoral if he was dumping his waste, making no distinction between urine and solid waste, implying that one must relieve oneself several times a day. To the judge’s credit, he agreed that the definition of “house-

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boat” that the FWC was trying to stretch to their liking was wrong, finding Neal not guilty. After the decision, a discussion ensued among Neal, the FWC and the judge about waste. Neal told the judge that raw sewage can be dumped outside 3-miles in the Atlantic. The judge asked the FWC, “Is that true?” “Yes,” said the officer. “Wow,” said the judge. No one told the judge that cruise ships that are three miles out can legally dump raw sewage (cruise lines have agreed, informally, to dump outside 12 miles off Florida), and that a typical cruise ship will dump 30,000 gallons a day of raw sewage and 360,000 gallons a day of gray water waste in the ocean—just 12 miles off the Keys. No one told the judge that Neal’s Type I MSD costs about $1000 uninstalled—much more than a holding tank costs—and it is far superior than 90 percent of the boats out there that have holding tanks, many of which dump real raw sewage—not treated like Neal’s—inside the 3-mile limit (6 miles in the Gulf) on a regular basis, unseen by the police. Nor did anyone tell the judge that municipal sewage treatment plants “accidentally” spill millions of gallons of raw sewage into Florida waters annually, and that almost every bit of coliform bacteria found in the Keys waters comes from land-based spills and old, seeping cesspools and leach fields—all located in the Keys. During the entire proceedings, Neal was polite, informed, calm and courteous. I can think of some people who would have gotten down on their hands and knees and barked and growled at the FWC officer who tried to call Neal’s 26’ 8” sailboat that he regularly travels in, a houseboat. Editor

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Bubba’s Opinion on Organized Mooring Fields

s many of you who sail may already know, the vexing problem of just what to do about anchored sailboats, some pristine and in Bristol condition and some indescribable hulks, has been a subject of controversy in Florida for decades. The answers are few, the questions legion. Currently, in order to establish order wherein chaos reigns, there are operating pilot programs involving mooring fields in St. Augustine, Stuart, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and in Monroe County. The pilot programs are not uniform; they are locally formed, based on local input. However, by the first of January 2014, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is due to report to the governor and the Legislature on the efficacy of the local programs and come up with a slate of proposed laws that would work efficiently throughout the entire state. That’s the Plan. The pilot programs’ laws would expire on July 1, later the same year, unless the state decided to incorporate some of those laws into the Plan. Whatever the Plan turns out to be, it will have to address boats that prefer not to use a mooring field, the disposal of sewage from boats, pricing, what constitutes a derelict boat, dinghy docks, length of stay and rules of behavior. There are probably dozens of other items that will be added to the mix; I just don’t have enough foresight to predict what they might be. Live-aboard, live-alone sailor, Capt. Bubba Whartz and I were each having something cool to drink at The Blue Moon Bar one day not long ago when I thought of asking Capt. Whartz his opinion about the pilot program as it related to boats moored in municipal areas. Unhappily, I was not specific enough with my initial question. “Bubba, what do you think about the pilot program?” I asked. “I don’t fly,” Bubba responded. “Are you talking about

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the Navy or the Army or the Air Force or the Coast Guard? Or commercial airplanes? Or is it general aviation?” “None of that, Bubba,” I countered. “I am talking about the mooring fields pilot programs that the FWC is behind and that are in effect in five locations in Florida right now. They are derived from local input.” “No airplanes?” “None.” “If it has to do with mooring fields and more regulation to encumber sailors, I am opposed to it,” Whartz snarled. “Every time government gets involved in things, particularly something it knows absolutely nothing about, like sailing, it turns into a fiasco. I assume that if a sailor uses a mooring in a mooring field, then someone will come along and want him to pay money for the so-called privilege.” “Well, yes, that’s part of the equation,” I replied. “And how much might that be?” Bubba asked. “ I read that St. Augustine thinks that $20 per night or $120 per week is reasonable,” I said. “My guess is that St. Augustine’s lawmakers probably think that raping, looting and pillaging is perfectly okay, too, as long as one has a license and has paid a fee,” Bubba grumbled. “What do you mean by that?” ”I mean that charging a vessel’s owner $20 for tying up to a mooring ball is akin to highway robbery. What will he get for his $20? Will someone come around and deliver the morning paper? Will a pump-out boat slide alongside and offer to empty the cruiser’s holding tank? Are there shoreside facilities like a ship’s store or showers or a swimming pool or laundry facilities or a restaurant or a grocery store? And who decided that $20 per night was, as you said earlier, ‘reasonable’? You can bet your last buck it was not anyone who has to do with yachting. It was someone who was sitting in an air-conditioned office some place about 10 miles from the water and whose last experience with a boat was in a bathtub. It was someone getting a good salary paid for by taxes and who knows as much about yachting as I know about nuclear physics.” “Bubba, you’re pretty volatile about this whole issue, aren’t you?” I asked. “You bet I am,” said Capt. Whartz. “Why is that?” “It’s because I was anchored once in the anchorage in downtown Sarasota and some things started to happen to my boat,” Bubba related. “Such as?” “Such as some nitwits in a powerboat pulled up my anchor. I had partied pretty hard the night before and had gotten overserved, so I was sleeping in. But then I heard

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my own anchor land with a thump on the foredeck of my own boat. That’s what woke me up. I came up on deck and there were two slimy guys with few teeth who had attached a line to my bow cleat and were going to tow my boat off. “So I went below and got a machete and cut their towing line in two. The two guys got angry and came back like they were going to get in a fight with me. That’s when I asked them how well they thought they could do against a guy swinging a machete. They calmed down after that. But they also called the Sarasota Marine Police on their VHF radio, and about 30 minutes later a couple of guys in uniform, eating donuts, showed up in a boat that had all kinds of police stuff on it: flashing lights, a siren and big spotlight. I had anchored Right Guard by then, but I was still on deck, and I still had my machete in my hand,” Bubba reported. “The cops hollered at me to put the machete down, and they had both drawn their pistols. I wasn’t a threat to them. They were 50 feet away, wearing body armor. That was too far for them to shoot me with a Taser. I am glad of that because they could have knocked me cold and into the water to drown. Remember, this is the same police force that was called to a guy’s house to prevent a suicide. They broke into the guy’s house, found him sitting in a chair with a gun in his hands, so they shot and killed him.” “Did you put the machete down?” I asked. “You bet I did,” Bubba said with emphasis. “Then the cops came aboard and handcuffed me and confiscated my machete. Of course, they wanted to know why I had cut the tow line, because the two rednecks told them all about it. I told them the two loonies had pulled up my anchor and were towing my boat when I cut the towing line. They maintained they had a contract with the city of Sarasota to get rid of derelict vessels and mine looked like one. So they were towing it. “My boat had a registration number, a current tax stick-

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er and was anchored legally. The cops went all through it and couldn’t find anything wrong with it. The cockroaches kind of freaked them out, but cockroaches are not illegal. Then the rednecks wanted to know who was going to pay them for towing my boat 10 feet. The cops had no answer, so they referred the rednecks to the city clerk’s office. It’s the old municipal dodge; if you don’t know what to do, shove the problem into someone else’s lap. I told everyone I would be real happy if they got the hell off my boat with their street shoes and left me alone. And, you know, they did. One of the cops put my machete below and told me to not touch it until they were 50 feet away.” “Bubba, that’s quite a story you tell,” I offered. “Does that mean you are not in favor of municipally operated mooring fields around Florida?” “Not in a New York minute,” replied Bubba. “I don’t think it’s worth $20 to tie up to a mooring ball in a mooring field if the field isn’t going to offer any services, and no municipality—with the possible exception of Marathon— has come up with any reason to use a mooring field. In Boot Key Harbor, down in Marathon, they charge to use the mooring balls and a boat’s crew gets a lot of services included. ‘Anchored out’ boats, on the other hand, must pay to use the dinghy dock on a daily basis. The laundry machines aren’t free, of course, though I assume the pump-out boat comes by a couple of times a week, and that’s part of the price in the mooring field. “The problem cruisers and liveaboards will face is that municipal entities will view a mooring field as a cash cow and cruisers will think of them as a rip-off. I’d bet good money that it’s possible to see a mooring field with no boats in it ringed by vessels swinging to their own anchors. “When you think about it, people don’t cruise on sailboats to be handcuffed by a bunch of regulations they probably don’t agree with; they cruise to be free, unfettered and as far from civilization as they can get,” Bubba concluded with a burp. “Now if they had Trixie LaMonte registering boats, that would be a different story,” he added. “She’s worth the price of admission right there. And if she eased the burden by welcoming cruisers with a couple of piña coladas, that would be all the better.” “What about Tripwire?” I asked. “Wrong attitude,” Bubba exclaimed. “He has acquired an M-60 machine gun and belts and belts of ammunition. He’d be bad for repeat business.” “Where did he get the machine gun?” I questioned Bubba. “From a Mexican who got it at a gun store in Arizona that was really a front for the ATF,” Bubba replied. “That’s your tax dollars working for you.” SOUTHWINDS June 2012

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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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EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING Marine Electrical Certification, Thunderbolt, GA, June 19-22 Thunderbolt Marine. American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Using VHF and VHF/DSC Marine Radio, St. Petersburg Sail & Power Squadron, June 20 This seminar explains basic VHF operation and Digital Selective Calling (DSC). A CD is included with a DSC Simulator that allows you to practice on your computer at home. The handy waterproof McGraw-Hill Captains’ Quick Guide Using VHF is included with essential information that you should have aboard. Wednesday, June 20, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Instruction is free, materials $30 per family. Maximum 20 students; Pre-registration required. Contact the squadron at www.boating-stpete.org. (727) 525-0968. Basic Marine Electrical, Gulf Shores, AL, July 17-19 Saunders Yachtworks. American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Marine Systems Certification, Thunderbolt, GA, July 17-20 Thunderbolt Marine. American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Sail Trim and Rig Tuning Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, July 18 This seminar shows in clear and simple terms how to use and adjust sails for optimum performance under a wide range of conditions. The seminar comes with a waterproof USPS Captain’s Quick Guide written by North Sails, along with “Student Notes.” Wednesday, July 18, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing. Instruction free, materials $25 per family. Maximum 20 students. Pre-registration required. Go to www.boating-stpete.org. News & Views for Southern Sailors

North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. Ongoing traditional boat building classes. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317. About Boating Safely Courses— Required in Florida and Other Southern States Effective Jan. 1, 2010, 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 boaters to have boater safety education if they were born after a certain date, meaning boaters of all ages will eventually be required to have taken a course. To learn about the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com. The course name “About Boating Safely,” begun by the Coast Guard Auxiliary, satisfies the education requirement in Florida and most Southern states and also gives boaters of all ages a solid grounding (no pun intended) in boating safety. Other organizations offer other courses which will satisfy the Florida requirements. The About Boating Safely (ABS) covers subjects including boat handling, weather, charts, navigation rules, trailering, federal regulations, personal watercraft, hypothermia and more. Many insurance companies also give discounts for having taken the boater safety education course. Completion of courses qualifies attendees for Florida’s Boater Safety Card. The following are ABS courses (with asterisks **): **America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, July 9. Available to anyone 12 or older. Free. Materials cost $35 per family. Classes held once a week (two hours each Monday) for seven weeks. Completion of this course will enable the student to skipper a boat with confidence. 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Maximum 20 students. Pre-registration required at www.boating-stpete.org, or call (727) 498-4001. Other member courses on navigation, seamanship, maintenance, electrical, etc., regularly scheduled. Go to the website for more information. **Monthly Boating Safely Courses 2012 Schedule in Fort Pierce, FL. Go to http://a0700508.uscgaux.info/ (click on Classes) for class information. 2012 schedule: June 16, July 28, Aug. 18, Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 Classes are usually very full, call and reserve space on the preferred program date. $36 (+ $10 for each additional family member). Classes held monthly. Eight-hour class at 8 a.m. Flotilla 58 Coast Guard Auxiliary Building 1400 Seaway Dr., Fort Pierce FL. (772) 418-1142. **Vero Beach, FL. Sponsored by the Vero Beach Power Squadron (VBPS). 301 Acacia Road, Vero Beach, FL. Schedule at www.verobeachps.com. Sept. 15, Nov. 24. SOUTHWINDS June 2012

**Ongoing — Jacksonville, FL. Mike Christnacht. (904) 502-9154. Generally held once monthly on Saturdays. Go to www.uscgajaxbeach.com for the schedule, location and to register. **Ongoing — Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course. Each month. The flotilla has found that many boaters do not have the time to attend the courses, so they are now also offering a home study course at $30. Additional family members will be charged $10 each for testing and certificates. Tests held bimonthly. Entry into the course allows participants to attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354. US SAILING COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) Go to http://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm for more on course locations, contact information, course descriptions and prerequisites, or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644. Check the website, since courses are often added late and after press date. US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course This 40-hour course is designed to provide sailing instructors with information on how to teach more safely, effectively and creatively. The goal of the program is to produce highly qualified instructors, thereby reducing risk exposure for sailing programs. Topics covered in the course include: classroom and on-the-water teaching techniques, risk management, safety issues, lesson planning, creative activities, ethical concerns, and sports physiology and psychology. Must be 16 years old and successfully completed a NASBLA safe boating course. Holding current CPR and First Aid cards is strongly suggested. I May 29-June 1. US SAILING Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL. Alan Jenkinson. alan@usscmc.org. I May 30-June 2. Biloxi Yacht Club, Biloxi, MS. Jason Musselman. musselman.au@gmail.com. IT: John Gordon. I June 1-4. College of Charleston Sailing Assn., Charleston, SC. Cathey Swanson. ccswanson@comcast.net. IT: Stuart Gilfillen. I June 7-10. Clearwater Community Sailing Association, Clearwater, FL. Richard White. white_18847@msn.com.

the safe handling of small powerboats, or improve their onthe-water boat handling skills. A US SAILING small powerboat certification is available upon successful completion of the course and satisfies the requirement for instructors seeking a US SAILING Level 1 certification. This is a two-day course with two full days; or a threeday course, part time each day; or the accelerated one full-day course. I June 2-3, July 7-8 (two-day course). June 16, July 21 (one-day accelerated course). Best Boat Club and Rentals, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dean Sealey. dean@goboatingnow.com. (954) 523-0033 I June 4-8. 11-15, 18-22, 25-29. July 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30August 3. (All separate courses.) Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers Beach, FL. Stephanie Webb. (239) 454-5114. Student courses for ages 10-17. 1-4 p.m. daily. I June 8-10. Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers Beach, FL. Stephanie Webb. (239) 454-5114. Adult course for 18 and over. Friday 5-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 9-4 p.m. BOAT SHOWS 25th Annual Houston Summer Boat Show, June 20-24 Reliant Center, Houston International Boat, Sport & Travel Show, Inc. (713) 626-6361. www.houstonboatshows.com.

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37th Annual Regatta Time in Abaco, June 29-July 7 – More Than a Regatta This annual regatta, one of the most famous in the Bahamas and Florida, starts with Bob Henderson’s immense “Cheeseburger in Paradise” picnic and runs through a week of festivities and casual racing with Bahamian boats and cruisers from all over. Bob’s “Stranded Naked” party, as it’s also called, is the kick-off event for the regatta. Over 1200 cheeseburgers—plus fries, hot dogs, margaritas and rum punch—are fed to hundreds of visitors who come by every means possible, but mainly by boat. The party is followed by a series of five races that are held throughout the Abacos, all of which end at Hope Town where the final race and party are held. For more information, go to www.regattatimeinabaco.com.

Seven Seas Cruising Association and Ocean Cruising Club, 22nd Downeast Gam, Islesboro, ME, Aug. 4 The 22nd annual Downeast Gam will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, at Dick and Kathy de Grasse’s cottage at the north end of Gilkey Harbor, Islesboro Island, Maine. (44 16.9N 68 58.9W). The cottage is a short walk from the town ferry dock where a few, large, hard dinghies can tie up. Most dinghies land on the seaweed beach in front of the cottage. A dinghy raft up will be held in the anchorage on Friday, Aug. 3,

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I NEWS AND BUSINESS BRIEFS Okeechobee Water Level Drops Slightly Since April As of press date in early May, Lake Okeechobee is at 11.6 feet above sea level, dropping about six inches. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 5.54 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 3.74 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 51.71 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to www.saj.usace.army.mil/ Divisions/Operations/LakeOWaterways.htm (copy this address exactly as here with upper and lower cases). This link is available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com.

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Tiki Water Sports Opens West Florida Location in Port Charlotte This spring, Tiki Water Sports of Key Largo opened a new location in Port Charlotte, FL. The company was recently awarded the Hunter Marine trailerable boats dealership for South Florida, and the new southwest Florida operation will be part of the servicing of that dealership. A full line of Hunter trailerable sailboats will be at the new location. The company also sells Future Beach kayaks, Triak sailing trimarans and SUP ATX paddle boards as well as Tiki’s own fiberglass kayaks and dock boxes. Tiki is also a dealer for Hobie in Key Largo and recently expanded its Hobie dealership to include southwest Florida. The Port Charlotte location recently received 18 new sailing Hobies, including Tandom Island trimarans with the revolutionary “MirageDrive” pedal system, Club Wave, Getaway, Bravo and the ever popular Hobie 16 Special Edition. The Port Charlotte location will be run by local sailor Jeff Dreschler, who has taught sailing on Hobie 16 and Stiletto 27 catamarans for several years. The business will be hosting multihull and Hunter trailerable sailboat demo days on the harbor in the coming months. The first demo sailing day for the Hunter trailerables will be held during the Marina Days on May 9 at Fisherman’s Village in Punta Gorda. The new business is located at JM Marine, 19450 Peachland Blvd., Port Charlotte. Jeff Drechsler can be contacted at (941) 735-8363, or Jeff@MainsailNews.TV. For more on Tiki Water Sports, go to www.tikiwatersports.net.

West Marine Opens First Texas Flagship Store at Clear Lake West Marine held the grand opening of the first Texas flagship store on May 3-6. The store is 25,000 square feet with a 2500 square-foot fishing section, the largest marine electron-

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Luhrs Marine Group—Hunter Marine—Files for Bankruptcy Protection On May 30, the Luhrs Marine Group, which consists of several companies, including Hunter Marine Corp., Luhrs Marine Corp., Silverton Marine Corp., Mainship Marine Corp., and five additional subsidiaries, filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 in bankruptcy court in New Jersey. The powerboat companies (Luhrs, Silverton and Mainship) ceased operations in January. Hunter Marine has secured interim financing from Bank of America to continue operations. Hunter Marine, manufacturer of Hunter sailboats in Florida, continues to operate on a profitable basis, but is not considered healthy enough to support the other subsidiaries, according to Hunter Marine President John Peterson. Petersen stated that Hunter Marine was doing

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Single Malt Scotch and Sailing Team Up for Maritime Heroes Award—Nominations Sought Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky and US SAILING recently announced the inaugural Old Pulteney Maritime Heroes Award. The two brands have partnered to express appreciation to the men and women in sailing communities across the country for their humanitarian achievements. Friends and families are encouraged to nominate an unsung hero to give them the opportunity to receive the recognition they deserve, whether for charitable giving, community advocacy, sailing education or the countless other generous acts. Nominations for the award will be accepted through August 31, at www.maritimeheroes.com. Finalists will be selected by Old Pulteney and US SAILING representatives. A public vote will then be held on the website, and the 2012 Maritime Hero will be announced and honored at US SAILING’s 2013 National Sailing Programs Symposium in Clearwater, FL.

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OUR WATERWAYS Warning: Marine Patrols Escalate on Gulf Coast By Cyndi Perkins “Water boarding” is taking on a whole new meaning along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from the Florida-Alabama line to Mobile Bay, AL. Multijurisdictional boardings and vessel searches were being conducted AT DOCKS IN PRIVATE MARINAS in the area extending from Ingram Bayou/ Orange Beach, AL, to marinas situated on Mobile Bay. Multiple vessels in late March reported first contact by Homeland Security vessels, which came alongside boats and questioned those onboard at the entrance/exit of Bon Secour Bay in Alabama. The high-powered black-and-gray vessels with inflated hulls and center-console pilothouses were manned by several armed officers and a drug dog. The vessels approached and questioned boaters underway about where they have been, where they are going and their ultimate destination. Out-of-state vessels appear to be the chief target of the inquisition. A day or more after vessels have been tied up in slips at marinas, U.S. Coast Guard, local police, drug dog, Alabama Marine Police, and Border Patrol/Customs officers descended on the docks seeking documentation and registration info, as well as ID for captains and crews. Inspection of fixed registration numbers was taking place, but the officers, a contin-

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gent ranging in number from as few as six to as many as 17, did not express interest in safety or sanitation inspections. Boaters should be on guard and prepared, since it is quite startling to be “at home” in your slip when the jackboots hit your deck and armed officers appear in your cockpit. Boaters were being informed that the officers are “conducting multijurisdictional task force training,” and even if the vessel owner does not give permission, they are going to “search your boat anyway.” Mariners should have proof of purchase/origin for any liquor carried aboard, as well as documentation for any prescription drugs on the vessel. The ship’s log and other evidence of where you have been and where you are going may also come in handy. It was repeatedly asserted to one vessel owner that he had been to the Bahamas when in fact he had not, and the origin of a bottle of liqueur was closely questioned because it was named “Nassau Royale,“ even though in fact this product is widely available in the United States and is manufactured in Puerto Rico. Merely carrying Bahamas charts on board also seemed to arouse suspicion. Remember that the officers are authorized to LIE in order to gain information, and in severe cases of unreasonable search and seizure without permission, be prepared to request an attorney before answering ANY questions. While Homeland Security Customs and Border Patrol agents may assert that you do not have any Fourth Amendment rights in this situation, that is not the case. Long-time area cruisers from Northern climes who have been visiting the Orange Beach to Mobile area for a decade have noted this year’s marked increase in police surveillance and scrutiny on and around Mobile Bay. They found the request for documentation particularly curious, as the Coast Guard and Customs/Border Patrol can quickly and easily access this information through their own records. Lastly, while it is wise to photograph any damage or vessel disabling that occurs during an involuntary or even a voluntary boarding, if you value your camera, do not attempt in plain sight to take any photos of the officers. Your camera may be confiscated, or at the very least, the photos deleted and the memory card erased blank. Officers said that it is a violation of the law to photograph customs agents. Hence, there are no photos to accompany this very troubling report.

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As past commodore, I want to update your readership on the mooring field in Sarasota that was applied for by the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Last week the Sailing Squadron learned that the application to the state of Florida was denied by the Governor’s Board of Trustees. The reason reported for denial was that the state was not satisfied that the mooring field would be adequately open to the public and that the mooring field did not include access to powerboats or commercial craft. www.southwindsmagazine.com

The mooring field adjacent to the Sailing Squadron uplands property was originally permitted for 38 moorings many years ago. Over the ensuing years, individuals have placed moorings in the field and have sought membership in the Squadron to access these moorings by dinghies from the Squadron property. There are now about 120 moorings in total and about 80 plus boats occupying these moorings. The Squadron recognized its interest in getting a handle on this situation and attempted to insure safe moorings for all the boats in the field and to the adjacent shoreline property. An application was made to the state to obtain management rights of the mooring field of 120. The Squadron had embarked on this process over 10 years ago. This process has been marked by delays, diversions and a fair amount of members’ cash, mostly in the form of application fees to the state and legal fees for advice. A year ago, the state of Florida granted a “TUP,” or Temporary Usage Permit. This permit gave the Squadron twelve months to complete all phases of its application and granted rights to self-manage the field during this period while the application was being reviewed. Members were surprised to learn last week of the state’s denial of the application, because the Squadron worked with the local staff members of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to process the application and advised the Squadron about the proper procedures. These local DEP staffers made the mooring field presentation to the Governor’s Board of Trustees on the Squadron’s behalf, and

because of their advice and help, the Squadron was confident that the application would be approved. The proposal in the application had been clear in the intention to make the field “open to the public” as required by law. In fact, a similar public access policy had been approved by the state for the Coconut Grove Sailing Club’s mooring field in Miami. The additional statement that our field did not provide access to powerboats and commercial craft came as a real surprise. There was no indication that the state even had such a requirement. Our attorney recently confirmed that no such rule existed at the time of application. We are unable to fathom why the Board of Trustees in Tallahassee denied a permit, which seems consistent with other permits within the state of Florida. The Squadron had partnered with the city of Sarasota and the city is listed as a “co-applicant” with the Squadron. It is true that since our field would be operated on a “cost basis” and would be “not for profit,” our rates would likely be somewhat below market rates, but that issue surely would not have been a factor in the denial. And now for the tricky part: During this process, the Squadron made both the city and the state aware that there are no records to indicate who the original 38 mooring holders are. The state required that in the event the permit is denied, the Squadron is obligated to notify the offending 82 mooring holders to remove their boats and ground tackle and to vacate the field. Failure of a mooring holder to comply will result in the state requiring the Squadron to deny membership in the Sailing Squadron. The state can also levy daily fines against an offending mooring holder. This raises two questions: Since the Squadron does not know who the 38 “permitted” mooring holders are, which 82 offenders does the state require the Sailing Squadron to notify? And where are the 82 “offenders” to go for alternate moorings within the city of Sarasota? City boaters continue to wait for completion of the city’s state-approved mooring field installation, which has been plagued by cost overruns, failure of the original contractor to supply moorings as specified and by extensive delays over the last few years. All this has occurred while the “other” mooring field across the bay in Sarasota at the Squadron has quietly provided low-cost water access to boaters in Sarasota for years. Correction on FWC Mooring Field Pilot Programs Dates We printed incorrect dates on the FWC pilot program for anchoring near mooring fields (statute 327.4105). In one article, I wrote that the FWC will report to the governor and legislature by January 1, 2014, at which time the local regulations enacted by the five area pilot programs will terminate. That is correct—except the rules will still be in effect until July 1, 2014, after which date the rules will expire, unless the state reenacts the program or adopts statewide rules. One of the main purposes of the program is to have statewide rules so that boaters will not have to know the different regulations for every mooring field around the state. For the exact law and more information, go to www.myfwc.com/boating/anchoring-mooring.

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HURRICANE SEASON 2012 It’s That Time of Year Again: Hurricane Season & Annual Storm Predictions

In making a plan to protect and save your boat, remember this: “A bad plan carried out is better than a good plan not carried out. Make your plan so you will carry it out.” Go to the SOUTHWINDS hurricane pages at www.southwindsmagazine.com and learn about the most important aspects of creating a plan to protect your boat. Read the first article, “A Good and Simple Plan for Your Boat.”

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t’s June 1, and that means the Atlantic hurricane season begins (it runs through Nov. 30). And again, the forecasters are predicting, but for the first time in many years, they aren’t predicting a heavy season, but one a little lighter than last year. They have pretty much predicted strong seasons every year since the two big storm years of 2004-05. I am not making fun of them, but if they predict that every year, they will eventually be right, and they were—kind of. I hope they keep trying, but let’s all downplay it and take it for what it is—a very inexact science. They are great at short-term predictions, but seasonal, I don’t buy it. They need more years under their belt to really start counting on it. Now they have—and unbeknown to me they could have been doing this for many years—what is called a “hindcast”—as opposed to a forecast. No, it’s not what it sounds like, but it is a good method of testing this year’s predictions. They take the current year’s calculations of things like sea surface temperatures, sea level pressure, winds, etc., and apply them to those conditions for past years and see if the number of storms produced will match what actually happened. They’ve done pretty well when you look at the graphs for the last 20 years, but there’s still a lot to learn. (If you want to see a hindcast graph, go to http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts and download the PDF of the 2012 predictions, then page down to the graph.) I remember back in the ’80s and National Hurricane Center Director Neil Frank was out there saying what they all should be saying today: A big one is coming—be prepared every year. Neil didn’t make annual predictions. He just said count on a big one eventually. Not everyone listened, but some did. The insurance companies didn’t, and when we finally got hit hard, they complained they weren’t getting enough in premiums. Well—that’s because they didn’t save up enough (they were playing in the stock market). They had decades of relative peace to save up for it. Now we’re all paying, even though we all thought we were paying for it back then. What We Boaters Need to Know What we here on the ground—or should I say, on the water— need to know is: What is the chance of us getting hit? Hurricane predictions done annually don’t tell you much about where the storms will hit, but about how many tropical storms will develop and how many of those will reach hurricane level and, of those, how many will be major storms. But for all practical purposes, the only thing boat owners need to know is how to prepare. I believe each season is unique in terms of whether or not you will get hit, and that 30

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can’t be predicted. Below are my predictions, created after the 2004-05 storm years, and this year, I print them again. And if you want a good plan, then go to our website’s hurricane pages (www.southwindsmagazine.com), and read “A Good and Simple Plan for Your Boat.” I believe it is the best plan, because it is based on a simple fact: “A bad plan carried out is better than a good plan not carried out. Make your plan so you will carry it out.” Our website hurricane pages have a wealth of other information with links to other plans, information and weather websites, stories of success and failure in boat preparation and even hurricane drink recipes (often essential to calm the nerves, as long as you don’t overdo it). I believe it is one of the best resources out there.

Morrell Hurricane Predictions for Boaters for This Year You can use these predictions every year for the rest of your life. Winds from 39 to 73 mph, up to 4 feet of surge (Tropical Storm) High probability: from a direct hit or from the outer bands of a stronger storm. Easy to prepare your boat for. Winds from 74 to 95 mph, 4-5 feet of surge (Category 1) Good probability: from a direct hit or from the outer edges of a stronger storm. Easy to prepare your boat for. Winds from 96 to 110 mph, 6-8 feet of surge (Category 2) Reasonable chance: from a direct hit or from the outer edges of a stronger storm. Easy to prepare your boat for. Winds from 111 to 130 mph, 9-12 feet of surge (Category 3) Small chance: from a direct hit or from the outer edges of a stronger storm. Easy, but even more preparation work required. You will likely suffer some damage, but you can minimize it enough that you can take your boat sailing after you put the sails back on. Winds from 131 to 155 mph, 13-18 feet of surge (Category 4)—or above 155 mph, 18 feet and up surge (Category 5) Very small chance: from a direct hit or category 4 winds from the outer edges of a category 5 storm. This will take a lot more prep work, but possible to survive with not too much damage if you are prepared and get lucky at the same time. If you don’t prepare and get lucky, it will be as if you didn’t get lucky, so prepare and hope for luck. If it’s a strong storm and lots of surge and you take everything off the boat you can, you will have that stuff, like sails, canvas, knives, spoons, forks and miscellaneous gear, for your next boat. www.southwindsmagazine.com

The Bounty with historic River Street and the Savannah City Hall (dome) in the background. This photo was taken during the Parade of Sails as the Tall Ships left Savannah.

The Indonesian naval academy’s barquentine Dewaruci with historic River Street in the background. This photo was taken during the Parade of Sails as the Tall Ships left Savannah.

Tall Ships Come to Savannah, May 3-7 By James Newsome Cover: The United States Coast Guard Cutter barque Eagle leading the Parade of Sails as she leaves Savannah at the end of the festival.

nce they were the most magnificent machines known to man. Beneath their sails brave men toiled to usher in a golden age of exploration, the likes of which the world before could not have imagined. New lands were discovered, empires were built, and wars were waged from their decks. Legends were born, and for many nations untold wealth was realized. A century and a half ago, technology began to pass them by as wood and canvas were replaced by steel and coal. One by one their tall masts gave way to a trail of black smoke and steam. No longer could they compete in the world they helped to create. In 1819, the SS Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, and the

great sailing ships’ fate was sealed. Today, there remain just a few reminders of the Great Age of Sail when seamen and their tall ships ruled the oceans. Just over 60 years ago, it was believed that the Tall Ships might completely disappear and become a distant memory. In 1956, Bernard Morgan from London brought together the last of the world’s square-riggers and organized what he imagined would be a farewell salute for the Great Age of Sail. But afterwards, organizations of enthusiasts began to spring up around the globe in an effort to save historical vessels and preserve the knowledge of sailing these ships. In the United States, the American Sail Training Association was formed to first organize Tall Ship races and

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Bounty‘s wheel, the only part of the ship that was salvaged from the first Bounty built for the 1935 movie with Clarke Gable.

Roseway from the US Virgin Islands conducting river excursions on Saturday during the festival.

more recently to become the catalyst behind the effort to establish safety standards and sail training guidelines. In 2001, the ASTA launched its most ambitious project, called Tall Ship Challenge® Series, in an effort to educate the general public about our maritime heritage, the history of Tall Ships and the power of sail training to change lives. Tall Ship Challenge® is an annual series of Tall Ship races and maritime port festivals that serves as the focal point of ASTA’s efforts. The race schedule rotates in a threeyear cycle between the Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes coasts of North America. The inaugural event for Tall Ship Challenge® Atlantic Coast 2012 took place in Savannah, GA, May 3-7, and was the first time in 15 years that Savannah played host to the Tall Ships. 2012 is the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, and the Tall Ship Challenge® has been designed to help commemorate the event. The race series is estimated to reach over 3.5-million people by the time it ends in Halifax, Nova Scotia, later this summer. Tall Ships started arriving from France, Nova Scotia, Indonesia, Cook Islands, and numerous Atlantic and Pacific ports a week before the official beginning of the festival, and with the arrival of the Bounty on Thursday, over a dozen Tall

Ships flanked both sides of the Savannah River along historic River Street and Hutchinson Island. The festival kicked off Friday morning with school groups taking prearranged tours and short river cruises. The Dewaruci, an Indonesian naval vessel, thrilled onlookers as she arrived with a band playing, naval cadets dressed in spotless white and gray uniforms lining her yardarms and rigging, and other crew dressed in traditional native costume. Dewaruci’s name and figurehead represent the mythological Indonesian god of truth and courage. The Dewaruci is on a nine-month round-the-world mission to offer advanced sail training for the nation’s cadets and to promote Indonesia. She will call on 21 American, European, African, and Asian ports before returning home in October 2012. The list of Tall Ships participating in the inaugural event for 2012 included: Alliance – 65’ Gaff-rigged schooner from Yorktown, VA Appledore V – 68’ schooner from Bay City, MI Bounty – 180’ full-rigged ship from Greenport, Long Island, NY Dewaruci – 191’ barquentine from Surabaya, Indonesia Eagle (WIX327) – 295’ U.S. Coast Guard barque from New London, CT Etoile – 127’ gaff-rigged schooner from Brest, France

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The French Navy training schooners Etoile (left), La Belle Poule (right) with the USCG cutter Eagle in the background.

The gaff-rigged schooner Alliance from Yorktown, VA, conducting river excursions on Saturday during the festival.

La Belle Poule – 123’ topsail schooner from Brest, France Lynx – 122’ square topsail schooner from Newport Beach, CA Peacemaker – 150’ barquentine from Brunswick, GA Picton Castle – 179’ barque from Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Pride of Baltimore II – 157’ topsail schooner from Baltimore, MD Roseway – 137’ schooner from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Sir Martin II – 97’ gaff-rigged schooner from Fort Worth, TX Theodore Too – 64’ tug from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

bow of the lead Tall Ship, Eagle, and accompanied her to sea. Once again, the old port city of Savannah was alive with the sight, sound, and even the gunpowder smell of Tall Ships as Bounty, Pride of Baltimore, and Lynx sounded a farewell salute with their cannons. The cadets from Indonesia continued to delight the crowd with their band playing and seamen manning the yardarms in full dress uniform. As the Tall Ships made their way to sea, they passed the statue of Savannah’s legendary Waving Girl, Florence Martus, who was the unofficial greeter of every ship entering and leaving the port of Savannah from 1887 to 1931. Florence lived on nearby Elba Island with her brother George, the Cockspur Island lighthouse keeper. Legend has it that Florence waved a handkerchief by day and a lantern by night to every passing ship. The stories of her faithful greetings were told in ports around the world, and sailors would salute her by waving back or with a blast of the ship’s horn. It is estimated that Florence greeted over 50,000 ships over a 44-year period. Florence must have smiled as she waved good-bye to the magnificent Tall Ships, and even Theodore Too, the little tug from Halifax. For more on the Tall Ships Challenge 2012, go to www.sailtraining.org/tallships/2012atlantic.

Over the three-day event, several Tall Ships offered river excursions, and all ships were open to the public for touring. Captains and crew were on hand to answer questions and pose for photos with their guests. Roving entertainment was provided, and bands of pirates were spotted throughout the River Street area. The tug Theodore Too delighted children in the Kids Cove Adventure area. Just before noon Monday, under threatening clouds, the flotilla of Tall Ships cast off their lines and mustered upriver of the city at Talmadge Bridge before delighting thousands with the traditional Parade of Sails as they debarked for Greenport, NY, the next stop on the Challenge Series. Seemingly on cue, a large pod of dolphin appeared near the

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SMALL BOAT REVIEW

The original designer of the Raven envisioned a boat that could beat the Star, and some describe the Raven as the original sport boat.

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“What is that boat?” So wondered participants in the 2012 Good Old Boat Regatta in St. Petersburg. It was the oldest boat in the fleet of Good Old Boats. It was obviously an older design, with a low-aspect rig and rakish lines. And it won the spinnaker class going away. Fifty years ago it would have been obvious that this was a Raven. In 1947, Roger and John McAleer got into a discussion of what a boat of over 21 feet should look like to beat the Star boat and Indian, the boats of choice in their New England sailing area. Roger had raced boats ranging from the Snipe to the big R-Class keelboats and had an idea of what made for a fast boat. Since this was his first design, he had no uncertainty about what he was going to draw. “Uncertainty,” he wrote “comes from the experience of not having been always right.” He knew he wanted lots of sail area. “Sail area can always be reduced, although hectic at times,” he opined. He wanted most of the sail area to be in the mainsail, as the big overlapping genoa jibs are only there due to the “free” area allowed under the rules. He wanted a longer boat and it had to be a centerboarder. A model was built, and some minor cosmetic changes made. The prototype hull was built in a Riverside, RI, basement in 1948. The hull was plywood, a material perfected during World War II. The rounded chines were of strip planking. The designer was getting married when the first sail occurred, but he could hear the excitement in his brother’s voice on the telephone at the end of the day. The first race with the prototype proved that not only were they beating the Star and Indian, but much larger boats like the 210, as well. With a new rig and a lighter plywood boat… The first Raven after the prototype had a little more roundness to the bottom, and using molded plywood, was a little lighter in hull weight and had a better rig, now sportwww.southwindsmagazine.com

Before the first race At Yachting magazine’s first One-Of-A-Kind Regatta in 1949, all the boats were sitting out on the sound waiting for breeze. All, that is, except the Raven, which kept sailing around and around the RC signal boat while others drifted.

The Raven has ample sail area; more than an E-Scow carries. And the spinnaker is really big. “It sails like a keelboat, but heels more,” says long-time sailor Paul Hempker.

ing an aluminum mast. They were invited to Yachting magazine’s first One-Of-A-Kind Regatta on Long Island Sound in 1949. The OOAK, held about every five years until 1985, was a bragging rights event that had one representative of each class of boat sail together, with arbitrary handicaps applied based on sail area, weight and length. Before the first race, the race committee and all the boats were sitting out on the sound waiting for breeze. All, that is, except the

Raven, which kept sailing around and around the RC signal boat while others drifted. After that successful regatta, Briggs Cunningham, the race car driver and famous sailor (the Cunningham is named after his innovation), bought the first boat straight from the regatta. With his “endorsement” many boats were sold. There are still Ravens being sailed here and there throughout the country. New England and California boats were snapped up for a while to “soup them up” with trapezes for the crew and some using an asymmetrical spinnaker. Very fast indeed, giving modern sport boats fits. Other sailors just like the original lines and sailing characteristics of this seminal design. There are three Ravens in the Clearwater, FL, area, all built in the 1950s, and since refurbished. Courtney Ross, the owner of the long-gone favorite marine ways of the old SORC days, has #292. Ritch Riddle, Ross’ long-time employee and now sales guy at the Ross yacht brokerage, and a syndicate of three, sails #230. Jim Longen sails #212 with the fleet. Courtney Ross’ and Jim Longen’s boats have outboard rudders affixed to the transom rather than the standard inboard rudder under the hull. So that the tiller is not so long, a quadrant with tiller is affixed at the site of the normal rudder post and a “push-you-pull-me” system goes to a quadrant on the rudder head aft. Ritch Riddle’s syndicate boat #230 has retained the original inboard rudder. Bill Kennedy of Sarasota has two Ravens. What is it like to sail on a Raven? For a dinghy, it is a big boat. By the time three people are aboard, there is perhaps 1800 pounds displaced. But there is ample sail area; more than an E-Scow carries. And the spinnaker is really big. “It sails like a keelboat, but heels more,” says long-time sailor Paul Hempker. Some describe it as the original sport boat, a genre that is today enjoying huge popularity. Cape Cod Shipbuilding is still building Ravens, with one under construction presently. I wonder if anyone will ever call their boat “Nevermore?” For more information on the Raven, go to www.ravenclasssailing.org.

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CAROLINA SAILING

Carrying on a Tradition – the Low Country’s Renaissance Boatbuilder By Dan Dickison Master shipwright Mark Bayne pauses while planking the Spirit of South Carolina in 2006, the 141-foot traditional wooden schooner that he and a crew built in Charleston.

ave you ever met an anachronism? That’s a label some sailors and boating aficionados might apply to Mark Bayne. Throwback is too coarse a term for a guy as accomplished as Bayne—one of the most talented and esteemed boatbuilders in the Southeast—but he’d probably consider it a compliment. In most things, he favors the simpler, traditional approach. And when it comes to boatbuilding, wood is his chosen medium. Still in his early 50s, Bayne has built over 100 vessels, from eight-foot prams to the 140foot traditional wooden schooner, the Spirit of South Carolina, and numerous craft in between. If we’re all lucky, he’ll continue building boats for years to come. Nestled in an unassuming corner lot in Mt. Pleasant, SC, Bayne’s boatyard—Sea Island Boat Builders—sits behind a non-descript wooden fence. Inside, there’s a large, open shed where he and his two full-time employees do much of the work fashioning frames, cutting out bulkheads and laminating parts. Amid a few outbuildings, scattered here and there, are tools, materials, and a small flotilla of boats – both power and sail – in various stages of completion or repair. Bayne will tell you that he likes variety in his work, and sure enough, no two of these vessels share the same length, design, purpose or construction. The project he’s currently focused on, a 31-foot Pacific proa, is just beginning to take shape under the shed. Its skeletal framework sits upside down, a minimal number of stringers connecting the first few of what will be 17 stations. “This is a John Harris design,” explains Bayne, “meant for minimalist cruising. It’s for a customer who has a place on the west coast of Florida, and in the Bahamas.” As Bayne carries on about the nature of sailing proas, there’s a joyful enthusiasm in his expression. That can catch you off-guard coming from a guy who stands almost six feet

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with the build of a big-rig truck driver. Last year, he completed a prototype of this design for Harris, and it’s clear that his understanding of the proa isn’t just that of a boatbuilder. In fact, Bayne is an active, experienced sailor and boater. On any given weekend, you’re apt to find him out on the water oystering or clamming aboard one of his various boats, or sailing aboard a boat that he built for one of his numerous customers around the Low Country. As a teenager, Bayne cut his teeth in boatbuilding right out of high school. He spent a year getting some grounding at Cape Fear Technical Institute, and then worked at a succession of boatyards in Virginia, Florida and around Charleston. After getting married, he surprised his wife Sherry one day by coming home from work and announcing, “I think I’m going to start building boats on my own.” She was expecting their first child at the time. That was 1986. Initially, Bayne set up shop under his house in Mt. Pleasant, calling his enterprise Sawdust Boatworks. Over the years, he took on a partner, expanded and moved to a space alongside nearby Shem Creek, eventually renaming the business Sea Island Boatworks. In those days, friends regularly congregated at the boatyard on Friday afternoons around “beer-thirty” to gab about wooden boats. It was during one of those sessions that idea was hatched to create what became the Spirit of South Carolina. Bayne says that most of the impetus for building the Spirit came from this group’s collective desire to revitalize local interest in the rich maritime heritage of this region. At one time, shipbuilding was the core of that heritage. The Low Country, from Georgetown in the north to Port Royal in the south, was once a haven for shipbuilding. Records indicate that from 1735 to 1775, over 300 significant-sized vessels were built and launched in this region. These days, www.southwindsmagazine.com

Mark Bayne alongside the 31-foot Pacific proa, which is his latest creation.

Bayne applies a final bit of epoxy fillet to the motor mount on a 31-foot Pacific proa.

there are only a handful of companies here carrying on that tradition, building boats with traditional methods, and Sea Island Boatworks is certainly the most prolific. “From the early ‘90s until 2008, we had new construction projects nearly non-stop,” explains Bayne. He and his crew turned out a series of large wooden sailing catamarans—plywood hulls and decks encased in fiberglass— intended for the head-boat trade. In sportfishing circles, Sea Island Boatworks gained notoriety for building a number of superbly impressive craft from 40 to 56 feet during this era. And Bayne was sought out by renowned designers such as Bruce Kirby and Kurt Hughes to build custom

projects for them. Just prior to that period, in 1989, Bayne was commissioned to build the first of what became four new Sea Island One-Designs. When he completed the fourth boat, he had effectively doubled the size of the fleet for this 1947 design, which remains one of the few native craft from the Low Country with boats still sailing. The heyday ended in 2008 when the U.S. economy faltered, and Bayne’s enterprise ground to a near halt. “In October that year,” he recalls, “it all just stopped. I had two orders on the books for 36-foot boats, and both customers called to cancel during the same week.” Bayne was forced to downsize, and for a while, he worked solo. “The last three years,” he explains, “have been the worst of my entire time building boats, even worse than the first three years when I was just getting started.” Bayne filled the gaps with repair work and a few small custom projects such as creating a faux fishing boat transom for a fish market display in Florida. More recently, he has branched out into the camping industry, creating a series of teardrop camp trailers. Not surprisingly, their interiors resemble those of boats. But given his druthers, Bayne would mostly be working on new boat projects. There’s a satisfaction, he says, in beginning with a project on paper or in your head, and working it all the way through to launching. “That,” says Bayne, “is more suited to my style. I’m a seat-of-the-pants, by-eye kind of boatbuilder. I like to work efficiently. I guess, if I have a niche, it’s the fact that I have never specialized. I’ll build just about anything in wood, from stand-up paddleboards to schooners or sportfishing boats.” After he finishes the proa sometime later this summer, Bayne and his crew will begin crafting a 13-and-a-half-foot Melonseed for a customer in Charleston. As is customary, there will be a gathering to launch and christen the boat. The usual gaggle of friends will turn up and an ad-hoc party will erupt with everyone raising a cold beer or two, toasting the success of Sea Island Boatworks. That’s just part of keeping boatbuilding alive in the Carolina Low Country. And no one is sustaining this tradition more ably than native son Mark Bayne.

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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW

Lazyjack 32 Schooner A Shoal-Draft, Traditionally-Rigged Coastal Cruiser By Mike Turner

The Lazyjack 32 was designed as “a husky, shoal draft schooner for the man who wants a comfortable cruiser with no pretentions of beating a handicap rule.”

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fter three years of cruising our little 23’ Rob Roy yawl on Mobile Bay, my wife Pamela and I were ready for a bigger boat. We set some simple criteria: fiberglass for ease of maintenance; standing headroom below; and large enough to cruise two comfortably for extended periods but not so large to preclude single-handed sailing. We liked the ease of sail-handling and traditional appearance of a split rig, so began looking at ketches in the 32- to 35-foot range. Secretly I yearned for a schooner, recalling childhood memories of the old TV show, Adventures in Paradise, but realized that virtually no schooners had been produced in fiberglass in our size range. But we found a little ship that met both our criteria and my secret desire: Mystic Traveler, a Hermann Lazyjack 32 schooner. Designed by Ted Brewer (the same designer as our Rob Roy) and built by the Ted Hermann Boat Shop on New York’s Long Island, between 32 to 35 of the Lazyjack 32s were built in the late ’70s through mid ’80s. Most of the boats are found in the Northeast, but a half-dozen or so can be found along the Gulf Coast, South Florida and North Carolina. About half of the Lazyjacks were sold as bare hulls to be finished by their owners. The remainder, including our boat, were finished by the yard. According to sales literature, Hermann wanted, “a husky, shoal draft schooner for the man who wants a comfortable cruiser with no pretentions of beating a handicap rule.” Brewer’s design met this brief. Thirty-two feet on deck (39’ overall with bowsprit and boomkin), a displacement of 12,500 pounds and a full keel with shoal draft of 2’ 10” with the centerboard up (6’ 6” down) yields a heavy, sturdy boat that handles rough weather well but won’t win any races around the buoys. Construction is of solid fiberglass below the waterline, with wood coring in decks and cabin top. The schooner rig’s two masts and three sails, coupled with the long bowsprit and extensive use of teak and bronze on deck and below give the Lazyjack a decidedly traditional appearance. The Marconi mainsail (the aft-most sail on a schooner) sheets to a traveler aft of the cockpit. The gaff foresail sheets to a traveler on the cabin top. Both masts’ shrouds affix to external chain plates on the sides of the hull. www.southwindsmagazine.com

SPECIFICATIONS: Rig.....................................................Two-masted schooner Length on deck .........................................................31’ 7” Length overall ................................................................39’ Length waterline........................................................23’ 9” Beam ......................................................................10’ 9.5” Draft .........................................2’ 10”board up/6 ’6” down Displacement...............................................12,500 pounds Ballast ............................................................4,000 pounds Mast height above WL...............................................40’ 6” Sail area.......................................................544 square feet A paneled door forward gives access to a stateroom in the forepeak, with separate bunks port and starboard, a consequence of the foremast running down from the overhead to its step on the keel.

The original sail plan called for a self-tending 100 percent working jib on a boom; Mystic Traveler has been fitted with a 130 percent roller furling genoa. The designed sail area is 544 square feet. A fourth, light air sail known as a fisherman staysail hoists to the top of both masts and fills the space above the foresail gaff. It tacks at the base of the foremast and sheets aft.

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In the L-shaped galley is a gimbaled two-burner alcohol stove, a large icebox and a deep sink with pressure hot and cold water.

Looking aft down below. The cabin top has a pronounced crown, affording 6’ 6” headroom the length of the cabin down below. At the base of the companionway stairs are quarter berths to port and starboard, extending aft partway under the cockpit sole.

although at least one boat was outfitted with a tiller. Side decks with short bulwarks allow passage to the foredeck, where there is ample room for a windlass. Anchor storage is on rollers on the bowsprit. The cabin top has a pronounced crown, affording 6’ 6” headroom the length of the cabin down below. At the base of the companionway stairs are quarter berths to port and starboard, extending aft partway under the cockpit sole. Beneath the bridge deck are the electrical panels and a small navigation table. The mainmast is stepped on top of a nar-

row centerboard trunk on the centerline just forward of the navigation table—the trunk contains the aft end of the Lshaped centerboard, with the rest of the board concealed under the cabin sole. Moving forward in the main cabin, to starboard is an Lshaped galley, with a gimbaled two-burner alcohol stove, a large icebox and a deep sink with pressure hot and cold water. Forward of the galley is an enclosed head. To port, two hanging lockers flank a settee and dining table. There are storage lockers beneath the quarter berths, galley and settee. A paneled door forward gives access to a stateroom in the forepeak, with separate bunks port and starboard, a consequence of the foremast running down from the overhead to its step on the keel. The bunks are joined at the foot and have storage beneath. Forward of the bunks is an enclosed chain locker. Ventilation is excellent via the companionway, a deck hatch in the stateroom, a total of 11 bronze opening ports and cowl vents on the aft deck and in dorade boxes on the cabin top. Standard auxiliary power was a 45-hp Perkins 4-108 diesel located under the navigation table, which was more than sufficient to drive the boat at hull speed. Service access is via panels behind the companionway ladder, large hinged panels in each of the quarter berths and a removable panel in the cockpit sole. The schooner as a cruising rig offers some benefits. The multiple sails are individually smaller than those of a sloop with the same sail area, making them easier to hoist and allowing various configurations to meet conditions. The boat can be sailed with all sails up, with main reefed, with the foresail reefed or furled and even under foresail alone (the heavy weather configuration, said to be good to 40 knots of wind). The masts are shorter than a sloop’s (the mainmast is 40’ 6” above the waterline), which results in both a lower aspect with less heeling and a lower bridge clearance. This comes in handy on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway where some bridges allow only 45’ vertical clearance. But there are some trade-offs. All those masts, standing and running rigging increase windage aloft and reduce efficiency sailing to windward. The main shrouds somewhat hinder going forward from the cockpit, while the fore shrouds limit close sheeting of the jib. And boy, what a lot of lines to remember—no wonder

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On deck, the 8’ long cockpit is surrounded by a deep coaming and features large storage lockers under each of the seats, a full bridge deck and an offset companionway leading below.

they call it, “learning the ropes!” On the foremast alone there are a total of nine lines of running rigging: jib halyard, foresail throat and peak halyards, fisherman staysail halyard, topping lift, lazy jacks, reefing lines, Cunningham and flag halyard. A tenth control line, a gaff vang, runs from the gaff to the mainmast and keeps the foresail peak from falling off to leeward. Color-coded lines are a definite plus. And one must always remember that extra five feet of bowsprit up forward when maneuvering—they don’t call them “dock sweepers” for nothing. Under sail, schooners are happiest on a beam to broad reach. Downwind, the main tends to blanket the foresail and jib. One can compensate by either tacking downwind, or sailing “wing-and-wing-and-wing” (jib and mainsail on one side, foresail on the other). Upwind, pointing is around 55 degrees to the apparent wind. On all points of sail, setting up the slots between the jib, foresail and main is critical to getting the sails to draw properly. We’ve found that easing the leeches a bit more than one typically would on a sloop aids in air flow. And it’s necessary to ease the main before tacking, or all that sail area aft will put the boat into irons. We bought Mystic Traveler on the Gulf Coast in Hudson, FL, and brought her home over a 15-day period across Florida’s Big Bend and the open Gulf. We’ve had Mystic Traveler out in winds above 20 knots and seas of 4 to 6 feet and found her to be very solid. Speeds approaching six knots can be reached in winds of 10-12 knots. Let go the wheel, and the shoal-draft full keel and worm gear steering will keep the

What a lot of lines to remember—no wonder they call it, “learning the ropes!” On the foremast alone there are a total of nine lines of running rigging.

boat on course, although the steering provides virtually no rudder feel. The boat makes surprisingly little leeway, even with the centerboard up. We typically don’t use it. As with any boat in its fourth decade, some problems can be expected. The quality of the yard’s finish is high, but that of owner-finished boats can vary. The masts tend to leak where they pass through the deck and periodically must be re-sealed. Two owners have reported saturation of the deck and cabin top core. Several owners report leaks at the hull-to-deck joint. One owner experienced electrolysis in the lower attachment of the bobstay (running from the tip of the bowsprit to the stem at the waterline); another reported rot in the bowsprit due to improper bedding. One common problem seems to be rot in the cabin sole supports due to trapped moisture and poor ventilation. Much of the available storage space is taken up by tanks for fuel, water and waste. But overall the Lazyjacks were exceptionally well built and have stood up well to the passage of time. The Lazyjack isn’t for everyone. Some would revile the rig’s complexity and inefficient windward ability. But if you appreciate traditional sailing craft, nothing beats owning a schooner. Mystic Traveler is a solid and capable cruiser that gives the satisfaction of being part of the romance of sail and gets admiring looks wherever she goes. We published Mike’s review of his previous boat, the Rob Roy 23, in the September 2010 issue. Read it on the Sailboat Reviews page at www.southwindsmagazine.com/sailboat-reviews.php.

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Tall Mast, Low Bridge: Problem Solved By Cyndi Perkins

he infamously low Brooks Bridge at Fort Walton Beach in Florida’s Panhandle has caused more than one sailor to turn tail and head back to Pensacola Inlet. Listed at 50 feet vertical clearance on older charts, actual clearance may be 48 feet or less, depending on tide. Our 32foot DownEast sailboat Chip Ahoy’s 47-foot mast allows for a relatively stress-free passage under. Not so for our new sailing friend Ron Stewart, whose 37-foot Tayana, Eowyn, requires a little over 49 feet of vertical clearance. “I’ve scraped my antenna before,” says Ron. “That doesn’t worry me too much. I’ve just got to make sure I can clear the mast.” When we arrived at the bridge sailing from Santa Rosa Sound in early afternoon, the marker board read 48 feet; Ron promptly turned back to the Fort Walton Beach Landings dock, a free overnight stop, where he tied up on the face dock with Chip Ahoy. The next morning at low tide the 71-year-old demonstrated a technique I’d heard about but never seen before; filling his dinghy with water to heel the boat over, thus lowering the mast. Chip Ahoy trailed behind Eowyn, talking to Ron on Channel 17 to give him our perspective as he painstakingly eased under the bridge. “Well, nothing fell on deck, so I must be okay,” he chuckled. Fascinating! I hope we never have to use this technique, but now I know how it’s done.

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Ron fills the dinghy at Fort Walton Beach courtesy dock.

From this angle, it wasn’t clear if Eowyn would clear the bridge.

Despite looking iffy as the boat approached, it passes under the bridge successfully.

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SPERRY TOP-SIDER CHARLESTON RACE WEEK

Hitting Critical Mass By Dan Dickison

here are at least a thousand stories at large regattas— and definitely more at one as large as Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week. With nearly 260 boats in attendance and an estimated 2,000 competitors on hand at the event on April 19-22, this annual rite of spring in the Carolina Low Country has become the country’s fastest growing regatta and reigns as North America’s biggest keelboat event. The regatta’s metrics can be astounding. Some 300 volunteers (over 150 on the water) are required to make the event run smoothly. Over 8,000 cups of Goslings Rum were consumed in one evening, complemented by 160 pounds of limes used throughout the event. The economic impact on the surrounding community exceeds $1.5-million, and the event generates nearly 2.5-million media impressions. But metrics only capture one dimension of this four-day extravaganza for monohulls from 20 to 80 feet LOA. To really grasp the ethos of Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week, you have to peel back a few layers and look at some of those individual narratives. Let’s start with the smallest boat in the regatta, which drew the biggest fleet of entries (40 boats)—the Viper 640. This year was the fifth in a row that Viper Nation has made its pilgrimage to Charleston. Fittingly, class leaders opted to designate this regatta as their Atlantic Coast Championship this year, so more than the usual bragging rights were on the line. The Viper 640 Class has yet to be inundated by professional sailors (unlike the Melges 24 and Melges 20 classes) and that dynamic characterized the action on Charleston Harbor’s tide-strewn waters. Consequently, it wasn’t uncommon to see big spreads in the fleet after just the first leg of the 10 races in this class. Some competitors would ascribe that spread to the strong ebb tides, which battled with an easterly breeze during much of the racing, resulting in moderate chop and some steep challenges for out-of-town racers (roughly 80 percent of the competitors at the regatta). Among those from out of town were Bob McHugh of Fairfield, CT, who raced with his two sons, Thomas and Connor, and his friend Rob Stephan. “We’re really delighted to be here,” said McHugh while being interviewed by the local ABC affiliate, Charleston’s News Channel 4. “It’s a great chance to sail with close friends and family, and have some fun.” Both McHugh and Stephan said they were drawn to Charleston by the reputation of the venue as much as they were by the level of competition. Though they ultimately finished in the lower third of the class, each said they enjoyed their trip and felt it was a great experience for 16year-old Thomas, who steered every race. Less than a mile to the east from where the Fairfielders were getting schooled, the 33-boat Melges 24 Class was doing battle on Circle 3, with its annual Gold Cup at stake. At the head of that fleet, former Rolex Yachtsman of the Year News & Views for Southern Sailors

The Viper 640 Class works its way downwind in the marginal planing conditions of day 2 at Charleston Race Week. Photo by Priscilla Parker.

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Bora Gulari and his talented team on board West Marine Rigging/New England Ropes were reprising their duel from 2011 with that year’s champion Kristen Lane and her squad of pros on Brick House. (Both Gulari and Lane compete within the professional division, which made up more than 50 percent of the entries in the Melges 24 class this year.) The competition was characteristically fierce despite the mostly moderate breezes throughout the regatta, which only occasionally offered planing conditions. It was so tight, in fact, that only one entry (Gulari) managed to score all single-digit finishes over the nine races. Going into Sunday’s finale in a shifty, northeast breeze, Lane held a two-point lead, which prompted Gulari’s team to begin engaging right at the warning signal. Tight action is a hallmark of the inshore classes in Charleston. Here, the Melges 20s are Distracted, both boats ended up deep bunched up on the offset leg. Photo by Meredith Block. at the start while Alan Field and his third-place team broke away to a commanding lead. “It was a little nerve-wracking to see Alan out in front, since he was only a few points back (in the overall scoring) and could easily win the event,” said Jeremy Wilmot, Gulari’s tactician. With keen eyes, Gulari’s team found better pressure and enough open lanes to allow them to overhaul most of the fleet over the next three legs. They worked back to second place by the finish, with Lane a distant seventh. When the next race was cancelled on the final beat due to flagging winds, Gulari and company breathed a sigh of relief and began to celebrate. Later, Lane was visibly disappointed upon picking up her second-place trophy, but her crew Johnny Goldsberry offered a more philosophical outlook: “Bora is one of the best racing helmsThe six boats in Class A represented a new growth trend for this regatta—grand prix racers, man in the world in any class, and Kristen was beating him until the final including three Farr 400s. Photo by Meredith Block. half of the final race—we’d be silly not to be proud of that result.” Throughout the event, similar duels took place elsewhere, including offshore where over 100 larger keelboats were competing on two separate racing circles. On the north course, where the largest entries were competing, George By Sparman USA Sakellaris’ crew on board his Reichel-Pugh 72 Shockwave Experience + Knowledge = Solutions was sailing hard and raking in the bullets in the lone IRC class. But one of the closest contests played out in PHRF • 25 years mast and rigging experience Class G where a brand-new Beneteau Oceanis 37 was being • Re-rigging any sailboat, anywhere hounded by a 20-year-old Sabre 38 owned and steered by Charleston’s Ken King. • Supplying the best spar and rigging products at the best price On board the Beneteau, Grant Dumas and his crew of • On-site mast & rigging installation, tuning and problem solving Tampa Bay area sailors, (along with North Sails’ Perry We solve your problems - whatever they are, wherever YOU are Lewis), were the beneficiaries of SAIL Magazine’s Best CONTACT US TODAY AT: Around the Buoys contest, meaning they not only had free use of that new boat for the event, but also free entry into 352-222-4019 Info@sparmanusa.com www.sparmanusa.com

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Chris Bulger and his crew from Brookline, MA, attempt to get some breathing room as they work downwind ahead of a tight pack of J/80s. Photo by Priscilla Parker.

the regatta, complementary lodging, new sails, and numerous other perks, including new Sperry Top-Sider shoes for the entire crew. Dumas and his fellow Floridians won the first four

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races, taking full advantage of the 16-knot southeasterlies, while King’s crew on board Quintette had to settle for second each time. But as the regatta wore on, the scales tipped and the locals beat the Floridians in Races 5 and 6. Going into the finale, only one point separated the two. That last contest, staged in light and shifty northerly winds, didn’t favor either boat, but Quintette, which is nearly equal in length and displaces 2,000 pounds more than the Beneteau, had the greater disadvantage. She finished third while the Beneteau took the bullet and the overall win. Despite the less than inspiring conditions that final day—light winds, overcast skies and occasional drizzle— most of the sailors throughout the venue were smiling. The majority of the boats had logged at least nine races. In addition, the shoreside entertainment had offered a couple of surprising gems. On Saturday evening, there had been a rousing visit by the America’s Cup trophy. The previous evening, the sailors were feted by a Dixieland band staging a Mardi-Gras-like parade with the College of Charleston cheerleaders distributing floral leis. At the final awards on Sunday afternoon, Event Director Randy Draftz mounted the stage and called out the winners in each of the 17 classes. Then, he and his helpers presented the perpetual trophies: the Palmetto Cup for the best performance by a PHRF entry went to Bob Moran and his J/111 crew out of Herndon, VA.; the Charleston Race Week Cup for the winning boat in the most competitive onedesign class went to adopted Charlestonian Greg Fisher in the J/22 class. Draftz looked around at all the flags, the tents and the sponsor banners adorning the regatta village. “This event has always been a little bit different in what we offer our participants, but above all, we’re sailor-centric. The amazing thing is that the regatta is run almost entirely by volunteers, and every year they want to make it better. Wait ‘til you see what we’re planning for 2013.” For full scores, photos and updates from the event, log on to www.charlestonraceweek.com SOUTHWINDS June 2012

RACING SOUTHERN REGIONAL RACING UPCOMING REGIONAL REGATTAS

37th Annual Regatta Time in Abaco, June 29 to July 7–More Than a Regatta This annual regatta, one of the most famous in the Bahamas and Florida, starts with Bob Henderson’s immense “Cheeseburger in Paradise” picnic and runs through a week of festivities and casual racing with Bahamian boats and cruisers from all over. Over 1200 cheeseburgers—plus fries, hot dogs, margaritas and rum punch—are fed to hundreds of visitors who come by every means possible-but mainly by boat. The party is followed by a series of five races that are held throughout the Abacos, all of which end at Hope Town where the final race and party are held. For more information, go to www.regattatimeinabaco.com.

REGIONAL RACING 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, e-mail 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 are listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com. Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races year around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited and sought. Contact the club for dates and information. Individual club races are not listed here. We will list your club races only if they happen on a regular schedule. Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC = Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.

is open to any vessel in seaworthy condition—for anyone who wants to spend a fun day out on the with a party afterwards in Ocracoke. Classes include Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker and a special “Party” Class provided for power and sailboats who don’t want to race. Otherwise, race classes will be following US SAILING rules of racing. For more information, go to www.yachtworld.com/mccottersmarina, and click on Calendar of Events.

11th Annual Harkers Island Sunfish Regatta, Harkers Island, NC, July 14-15 The Island Wind Race, held on Saturday, is often described as an obstacle course where sailors choose which direction they circumnavigate the island, typically with a reliable sea breeze. Post race appetizers, beverages, a low country boil dinner and video tape replay of the race are included and this year’s party features a rum cake dessert contest. Sunday’s schedule includes breakfast and short-course racing in the morning followed by lunch and an awards presentation. Old, but seaworthy boats can choose to compete in the new “Beater” class and the event can be an allout race or simply a memorable outing. Sponsored by the My Own Bloody Yacht Club. www.mobyachtclub.com. Click on 2012 Charity Regatta. For registration information and details, contact Rob Eberle at eberlemarine@suddenlink.net Southeast Coast Race Calendar JUNE 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) 2-3 Mayors’ Cup. Lake Townsend YC (Greensboro, NC) 9-10 Hobcaw Regatta. Hobcaw YC (Mr. Pleasant, SC) 9-10 Reggae Regatta. Lake Lanier Sailing Club (GA) 9-10 Hospice Regatta. Lake Norman YC (NC) 16-17 James Island Regatta. James Island YC (SC) 16-17 Governor’s Cup. Carolina Sailing Club (NC) 23-24 Low Country Regatta. Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club (SC) 23-24 Thistle Interdistricts. Lake Norman YC (NC) Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina. See club website for local club race schedule 1 Indigo Cup to Georgetown.

49th Annual Ocracoke Regatta, Washington, NC, June 16 McCotters Marina is sponsoring the Pamlico Sailing Club’s Ocracoke Regatta which goes from Indian Island on the Pamlico Sound near Washington, NC, to Ocracoke on the Outer Banks. It is claimed to be the longest running big boat event on the east coast because it’s the most FUN! The race 46 June 2012

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Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC. See club website for local club race schedule 2-3 First Citizens Cup. Blackbeard Sailing Club 16 Indian Island to Ocracoke. Pamlico Sailing Club Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. GA See club website for local club race schedule 3-8 Junior Week. Lake Lanier Sailing Club 9-10 Reggae Regatta. Lake Lanier Sailing Club 23 Couples Race. Southern Sailing Club 30-July 1 Firecracker Cup. Lake Lanier Sailing Club

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Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for local club race schedule 16-17 Governor’s Cup. Carolina Sailing Club (NC) JULY 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) 4 Commodores Regatta. Open. Cape Fear YC 7-8 Firecracker Regatta. One-design. Savannah YC 7-8 Bottoms Up Regatta. Thistle. Lake Murray SC 21-22 Charleston YC Regatta. Open. 28 Jolly Joadon. Opti. Carolina YC (NC) 28-29 Carolina YC Regatta. Open. Carolina YC (SC) Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina See club website for local club race schedule 21-22 Charleston YC Regatta. Open. Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC See club website for local club race schedule Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. Lake Lanier, GA See club website for local club race schedule Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for local club race schedule 28 Wooden Boat Regatta. Southport, NC

Melbourne Yacht Club, Spring Regatta Race Week, April 21-22 and 28-29 By Lynde Edwards, Fleet Captain

Awards presentation at the Melbourne Yacht Club Race Week. Crew from J Peas receiving their first-place award in the J/24 class from the fleet captain, Lynde Edwards, on the left, and race officer Gerry Moores, third from left. The owner/driver is Paul Anstey, fourth from left. Photo by Ross Herbert.

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Each spring, the Melbourne Yacht Club on Florida’s east coast hosts a regatta on the Indian River that spans two weekends. The first weekend is small boats and the second weekend is the big boats racing. This year was no different, except for horrendous weather predictions for the small boat weekend. The fleets still came, although in smaller numbers, to launch from the park and enjoy the camaraderie and competition that marks sailing in Brevard County. Ironically, the high wind, rain and other foul and dire predictions did manifest, but only during the night! The race committee, headed by Regatta Chairman Jim Edwards, gave the 22 sailors four good races on Saturday and three on Sunday before heading in for hot dogs and awards at the park. First-place honors went to David Hartman in the Laser class, with an honorable mention and a lot of admiration going to 14-year-old Chris Nagy from Eustis. Dick Tillman, no stranger to the podium, took it in Sunfish, and John Drawe led the Raiders. In the 420s— the newest class at MYC and which started only last year— Will Moore and Suzanne Dunphy retained their 2011 firstplace title. It’s a shame the weather predictions kept so many away, but we’ll do it all again in the fall. On the MYC “Big Boat” weekend (4/28-4/29), the races, and racers, are a bit more diverse. This year, 23 boats raced in four fleets; J/24s racing one-design, PHRF and a cruising fleet. The fourth fleet is affectionately known as the “Wine and Cheese” fleet, and whatever that name conjures up in your mind is probably pretty close! Regatta Chairman Jim Henry and his race committees, headed by Gerry Moores and another serious racer who doesn’t want his name associated with a “fun, cruising” event—we’ll call him “Mr. Cheese”—did a great job of sending the PHRF and Cruiser fleets up and down the river, while whipping the J/24s around windward- leeward courses just south of the causeway. One thing about racing on the Indian River, if the wind is from the east, you are not going to have very long windward legs! And east it was all weekend; and holey, fluky, or whatever other local term you use to describe inconsistent breeze. After a full day of racing on Saturday, the terrific barbecue dinner that Becky Henry arranged back at the club was more than welcome by everyone. Since the Wine and Cheesers don’t “race” on Sunday, their “awards” are the highlight of the evening. Top honors for that fleet became a little hard to determine; this group is so welcoming that

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RACING even a trawler was in the “Race”! But special recognition went to the MYC commodore, who managed to run aground! The other fleets—“the serious racers”—had another good day of racing on Sunday with a little more breeze, but no more consistency. At the end of the day, the first-place finishing boats were: Mike Young and his Airborne Melges team in the PHRF Fleet; Cruising went to Jerry Ross and crew on Sleighride; and J Peas, with Paul Anstey at the helm of his J/24, took honors for their fleet. The J/24 is not exactly new to Melbourne, but it’s going through a strong rebirth and has become the largest fleet with lots of one–design competition. For complete results, go to www.sail-race.com, or www.melbourneyachtclub.com.

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59th Annual Mug Race, Jacksonville, FL, May 5 By Dave Ellis Cooper McGee (10 years), on the right, and his sister Tara (8 years) on their Hobie 16, Double Trouble, at the start of the Mug Race. The two kids sailed the entire course from start to finish, but finished at 8:35 p.m.—after the deadline. They sailed in the Multihull Nonspin C class, and no one in that class finished in time. Since Cooper and Tara were the first in that class to get to the Shands Bridge mid-course gate, they were awarded first in class. Their parents shadowed them in a skiff, but Cooper and Tara sailed the boat by themselves. At the end of the race, they looked in a lot better shape than most of the adults. Courtesy photo.

Racers coming into the finish line in the early evening in the Mug Race on May 5. Photo by Bud Newton.

It was a light air trek down the St. Johns River again this year. Of the 109 registrants, 55 finished by the 8:15 p.m. time limit. Eric Roberts, sailing the highly modified RC 30 with an asymmetrical spinnaker of nearly 700 square feet of area, as first to finish again, as he is nearly every year. The city of Palatka and Putnam County have come on board this year to help the regatta host, The Rudder Club of Jacksonville, this year with several before-racing highlights. Chip Laibl of the Tourism Development Council highlighted the Friday night Palatka party, with oyster bar, music at the skipper’s meeting, beer tent (with the city cooperating on open container laws) at the waterfront, and a free trolley into town and back until midnight. Rat Island Yacht Club sponsored a Friday afternoon race in the Mug Race starting area, the Beef-o-Brady Cup, that will be promoted and expanded next year. On Saturday morning at 7:30, the slowest boats started, with progressively faster boats having an assigned time to start based on their “Rudder Club Handicap”—mostly figured on US SAILING Portsmouth numbers. Roberts was the last boat to start, at 10:28:32. It took them 7:35:55 to sail the 38 miles as the crow flies. But these crows had to do a lot of 48 June 2012

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jibing, so the actual distance was significantly longer. Bret Moss on a Marstrom 20 sailed a stellar race, jibing on the lifts, finding wind, staying out of or in the current, as it changed in the middle of the afternoon on this tidal river. Yet he only managed second place to the powerful RC 30. There was a groundswell of comment by competitors that it is time to review the rating of the winner, as the boat has changed over the years, but the rating has not. To have the same boat win nearly every year is not helping the participation of the event. Other boats reputedly had modified their boats or rig or carried non-class sails without “declaring” the changes to the handicapper. Since the Mug Race is not a Gaboon-style anything-goes open event, several sailors opined that if this is addressed, they may feel they have more of a chance at a higher finish. First non-spinnaker multihull was KIyle Runnfeldt on a Hobie 16, the top junior finisher. They were 20th overall in the fleet. There were no all-female finishers. Laura Toth and Julie Runnfeldt found themselves just a short distance to the mid-point, Shands Bridge, when their old Hobie 16 started to list for no apparent reason. Well, the reason became apparent when one hull sank. While they were in no danger, all kinds of emergency people showed up, and the bridge was closed to traffic for a time to keep drivers from gawking and causing accidents. They were pulled into shore with no further drama. First non-spinnaker monohull, in 31st overall, was www.southwindsmagazine.com

Craig Eaton on his MC Scow. First place in the Monohull Spinnaker class was Dave Ellis sailing his Raider Turbo, seventh place overall. He finished just ahead of Patrick Daniel on a Viper 640 and Paul Scoffin on his Flying Dutchman. These three boats were within two minutes after many hours of competition. If the former race course of a mark on the west side of the bridge at the Rudder Club end of the course and a mile sail across the river to the finish had been in effect, the order of finish could well have been reversed. Adam Norwood on his Antrim 27 keelboat sailed an outstanding race to finish third overall in the fleet and first in the Cruiser Spinnaker fleet. Having a tall rig really helped, as the wind was often not at the surface. There were many other awards, trophies and gift certificates. Divisions were made in fleets simply to give away scores of really nice engraved glasses and give kudos to the participants. While the Mug Race, like so many sailing events, is not always fair to all with the reversing current, fickle winds, shoals jumping ahead of boats and 100-plus sailors and scores of fishermen to dodge, it is an event that every sailor should experience. Next year is the 60th. It promises to be spectacular. Results on line at www.rudderclub.com. East & Central Florida 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; Wednesday evenings during daylight savings. Winter Series begins Jan. 31. Spring/Summer series begins March 14. Wednesday evening races weekly. Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com): Friday afternoons; Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends throughout the year, sometimes suspended during regattas. Also have a J/24 race series. East Coast SA (www.ecsasail.com): a women’s series and a regular series; At least one event each month. Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; Race series organized seasonally. Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Wednesdays and weekends. Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Weekend races twice monthly, Sept through May The Sailing Club in Orlando. (www.thesailingclub.us) dinghy club race series, second Sundays (3 Exceptions) in the afternoon on Lake Baldwin. January through November, JUNE 1-3 2 9 9-10 10 15-17 17 23 23-24

Titusville Sailing Center Summer Regatta Jessie Ball Regatta. Epping Forest YC St. Johns Regatta. Florida YC Femme Fatale 420 Regatta. Melbourne YC 65th Big Boys Race. Halifax Sailing Association. Summer Solstice Regatta. Smyrna YC Father’s Day Race. Saint Augustine YC Interclub Regatta. First Coast Sail Assoc. Grills Summer Sailstice Cruise. East Coast Sail Assoc.

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Southeast Florida Race Calendar Palm Beach Sailing Club, www.pbsail.org. See club website for club racing. Races on the ICW last Sunday of each month (Son of a Beach Regatta). Racing on Biscayne Bay: Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Go to the website for local club races. BBYC BBYRA CGSC CRYC

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

JUNE 2 Full Moon Regatta. 16 Snipe Nationals. CRYC. 29-July 7 Regatta Time in Abaco JULY 24 J/24 Florida State Championships 21 Commodore’s Cup. CGSC.

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. Small-boat Sunday racing year around at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available. Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward. 2012 Marathon Firecracker Regatta, Marathon, Florida Keys, July 1 The Marathon Yacht Racing Association will hold the 2012 Firecracker Sombrero Cup Regatta on July 1. NOR and further information will be available at www.marathonregatta.weebly.com. Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all. SOUTHWINDS June 2012

RACING Gail Heausler of Davis Island won the Sunfish class. Tove Kullman (St. Petersburg) won the Pram class, and Nancy Kadou (St. Petersburg) won in Optimists. First-place winners in the Masters class (ages 60 years plus) were: Tove Kullman in Prams; Ann Carroll (Venice) in the Optimist; and Ursula Olson (Sarasota) in the Sunfish. Race Reports

Third Time the Charm for 2012 Rainbow Regatta, Sarasota, FL, April 16

International Contender World Championship, St. Petersburg, FL, April 24-28 By Dave Ellis

By Lynn Paul

Sailing in the Contender World Championship in St. Petersburg, FL. Photo by Dave Ellis.

Sunfish racing in the FWSA Rainbow Regatta in Sarasota, FL, on April 16. Photo by Chuck Comstock.

The annual Florida Women’s Sailing Association Rainbow Regatta was held at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron on April 16. Sarasota and Venice hosted the event. This year, 85 boats raced in the Clearwater Pram, International Optimist Dinghy and Sunfish classes. Two years ago there was no wind in Tampa, and the regatta was called “the floater.” And last year, there was too much wind in St. Petersburg, and it was dubbed “the flipper.” This year was far better—with clear skies, stiff winds, rolling waves and swift boats. Racers sailed a modified Olympic course for the Prams and a windward/leeward course for the Sunfish. Miriam Stavely of Venice, FL, said the course was challenging, but not terrifying like 2011. Racing were sailors from the Luffing Lassies, Dinghy Dames, Mainsheet Mamas, Windlasses, Broad Reachers, Bitter Ends and Salty Sisters. The clubs represented spanned from Dunedin/Clearwater south to Sarasota/ Venice along the Gulf Coast. T-shirts with the Ringling Bridge, Sunfish and Pram on the back were a hit. The front logo, created by Nancy Marik, was duplicated by Tervis of Nokomis, FL. The company donated their 24-ounce, lidded tumblers in a rainbow of colors. The event chair, Nanette Reus, said that perfect wind and weather on Sarasota Bay made it a flying success. 50 June 2012

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The Worlds of this 16-foot performance dinghy was held off the Gulf Beach waterfront of the Tradewinds Beach Resort on St. Pete Beach. It was a challenge for host St. Petersburg Yacht Club, as all the race committee boats had to steam some distance to the race venue. The competitors, sailing alone on the boat with a trapeze, had to launch through the surf. All went well, however, for a fine event having varied wind and seas conditions for nine races befitting a world class event. The 44 registered boats enjoyed very close competition. Some sailors liked lighter air, while others reveled in the windy conditions. There were both. St. Petersburg sailor Ethan Bixby, the owner of the North Sails Gulf Coast loft, was the highest placing North American in fifth place overall. He won two of the light air races. Sailors from Italy were first and second, Denmark third and Germany fourth. Other competitors came from Canada, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Australia. For complete results, go to www.spyc.org.

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BKYC Commodore Bob Hunter (l) presents winning trophy for the multihull class to Bob Casey (holding silver) and Dalton Tebo while race chairman (on far right) looks on. Photo by Morgan Stinemetz.

sail for pleasure, all that pent up emotion nearly flooded the pool deck when they, as a group, went up to receive their well-earned loot twice. Aboard were Wilson, his daughter Robin, Kim Nichalls, Larkin, Gregg King, Martine Dauner (Switzerland) and Geville (France). The top boat in the four classes that sailed a separate windward/leeward drop mark course was John Casey’s F18 cat with Dalton Tebo crewing. I’ve never sailed with Casey, but I have with Tebo. He’s so remarkably good it’s a little scary. Also on the same course in the spinnaker class was Tom Grubbs in a J/24, while Richard Elsishans won the E-Scow class. The top Flying Scot was Bob Twinem’s Eightball, with townies Bob Dockery and John Pether second in Zoom. On the random leg course, John Lynch’s Summertime took first in cruising class. Henry Mason in Windancer was first in the pocket cruiser class. Solitude’s win in non-spin was covered above. And Richard Gress, in a class by himself on Mother Ocean, an O’Day 40, won the racer/cruiser class. For complete results, go to www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org. Upcoming Regattas

Fourth Annual Summer Sailstice River Regatta, Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL, June 23

Solitude crew receives “keeper” trophy for being the top boat on the random leg course of 15 miles at the Sarasota Bay Cup. From left to right: David Wilson, skipper; Dan Larkin, Robin Wilson (holding loot), Gregg King and Kim Nichalls. Photo by Morgan Stinemetz.

had wind changes in velocity and direction all afternoon. The fleet was nearly evenly split between one-design racing and an imaginative 15-mile random leg course that used a lot of Sarasota Bay. The top boat on the random leg course was Solitude (non-spin), a Hunter 30 skippered by Dave Wilson. First to finish in the pursuit race, which the race committee normally lays on for this regatta, Solitude sailed with a crew of seven. Dan Larkin, who works for Knighton Sailmakers, said the crew has sailed together for four years, and racing is their game. “We do not sail for pleasure,” Larkin said, adding that they practice so that what they do on the course is seamless. After the awards ceremony, poolside at BKYC, there wasn’t a happier contingent on the premises. If they do not News & Views for Southern Sailors

This regatta celebrates the global holiday held annually on the summer solstice, the longest sailing day of the year. Open to all sailboats, the expected classes are Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, True Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser, Racer Cruiser, and Multihull. A pursuit race, the course will be on the Manatee River and will be visible to spectators. Complimentary docking, launching, and parking are available at, or adjacent to, Regatta Pointe Marina. Race boats get free dockage Friday and Saturday evenings, along with access to all marina amenities including pool, showers, and laundry. Hotels and other lodging options are available nearby. More details and NOR at www.Regatta PointeMarina.com, or call (941) 306-7776. West Florida Race Calendar Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third Friday of each month. Skippers meeting at 10 a.m., PHRF racing, spin and non-spin. (727) 423-6002. One-design, dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. March through October. Jim Masson at (727) 776-8833. www.sailbcyc.org. Bradenton YC. 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. SOUTHWINDS June 2012

RACING Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternate Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com. Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com. Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. www.pgscweb.com. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April. www.sarasotasailingsquad.com. St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug. 28. 16:30 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org. Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (not yet confirmed - please check with West Florida PHRF -www.westfloridaphrf.org) Tampa Bay: (SuncoastBOTY) Caloosahatchee (Fort Myers area): (CBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) JUNE 2 Commodore’s Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron JULY - No regattas scheduled for July

Hot Chocolate Steams at GYA Women’s Championship— Stir Two Firsts with a Third for a Smooth and Easy Cup By Julie B. Connerley

The Gulf Yachting Association’s Women’s PHRF Championship returned to Lake Pontchartrain for the third time since it was established in 2001. This year’s womenonly event was held in conjunction with the annual Fleur De Lis, March 31-April 1. It was won by Southern Yacht Club’s Elaine Boos aboard a J/30 named Hot Chocolate owned by Debby and Casey Grimm. Sponsored by Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans Yacht Club and Lake Pontchartrain Women’s Sailing Association, Regatta Chair Mamsie Manard of SYC was pleased to announce “for the first time, multiple crew members from outside the lake area participated.” PBYC skipper, Margo Zern, chartered a Beneteau First 7.5 from Murray Yacht Sales for the regatta, along with a crew of five. Louise Bienvenu, of NOYC/LPWSA, raced her J/22, Lola, with two Ft. Walton Yacht Club members as crew. Maynard, sailing SYC’s Soveral 26, Bruja, included two Pensacola Yacht Club and one PBYC member aboard. PRO George Hero was faced with light winds for Saturday’s two races, beginning with six knots and ending with four knots by the time the second windward-leeward race began. Although a small field, racing was extremely competitive. Just four seconds separated Boos and second-place finisher Bienvenu after race one. Boos increased the gap between her and Bienvenu by winning race two almost four minutes ahead of the J/22. Jockeying for third place were Lynn Gildersleeve on Good Groceries and Maynard on Bruja. They traded third and fourth positions by approximately four minutes each on Saturday, leaving them tied for the final race on Sunday. For Elaine Boos, the victory was sweet, having crewed, skippered, and won many races on another borrowed J/30 for years until Hurricanes Katrina and Rita snatched it before she could helm it to a championship victory. She won her first Women’s Championship on a borrowed Wavelength 24 in 2004. And for 2012, her experienced crew was split between her and former crew member Gildersleeve, “so that more women could race,” Elaine said, adding, “but we managed to get the job done!” Results for the 2012 Fleur De Lis: 1. Kokopelli, Amy Trepagnier; 2. La Jolie Vie, Chesney Loeb; 3. Muse, Ellie McCulloch; 4. Final Finale II, Regan Norton NOTE: At the GYA’s Opening Regatta Board of Directors meeting at Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL, May 5, the board voted on two changes to the current GYA Women’s PHRF Championship as follows:

2012 GYA Women’s PHRF champion team Hot Chocolate. From left, Regatta Chair Mamsie Manard, Suzanne Baird, Becca Denny, Skipper Elaine Boos, Debbie Griffin, Ashley Sukalski, Denise Avelina, Fiona Inglis and Lake Pontchartrain Women’s Sailing Assn. Commodore Ellie McCulloch. Photo by Julie B. Connerley.

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57.1 Host Club and Schedule (a) The GYA Women’s PHRF Championship shall be sailed annually. The GYA Offshore Council will determine the host club one (1) year prior to the event.

up second overall. In third was Doug Kesseler from Lake Lanier, GA.

57.3 Number of Races. To be determined by the organizing authority. One completed race shall constitute a series.

Race to the Coast, New Orleans, June 9-10

Gulf Yachting Association Opening Regatta, Mobile, AL, May 5-6

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

By Dave Jefcoat

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56th Billy Bowlegs Festival and Regatta, Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club, June 9-10

Two Fish class boats sailing in the Gulf Yachting Association Opening Regatta. Mark Caraher, who took first overall in the class is on the left, and Louise Douglas, who took second, is on the right. Photo by Dave Jefcoat.

Buccaneer Yacht Club hosted this year’s Opening Regatta on Mobile Bay with a very good turnout of 18 yacht clubs. Because of good winds, they were able to get two races completed on Saturday. The first race was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., but unfortunately, there was no wind at all. After waiting for almost an hour, the sea breeze finally filled in and they got the first two races in. On Sunday, it was a very light wind out of the northeast and the committee had to shorten the course in order to get the race completed. Buccaneer Yacht Club ended up winning the GYA Regatta, with the Mobile Yacht Club taking second and the Pass Christian Yacht Club taking third. In the Open Scot Class there were five Flying Scots. Claude Danneman, Jr., from Bay Waveland Yacht Club, took first, the Mobile Yacht Club Junior Team took second and Heather Doolittle from the Point Clear Yacht Club finished third. The Flying Scot Masters was won by Steve Langan from the Mobile Yacht Club, with Stuart Adams of the Fairhope Yacht Club getting a second and Glen Ellis from the Biloxi Yacht Club taking third. The FISH Class also competed, with six boats racing. Mark Caraher won two of the races and ended up first overall. Louise Douglas won the last race and she wound News & Views for Southern Sailors

This week-long event is filled with family events for all ages. It is focused on the charismatic character Billy Bowlegs, a local northwest Florida pirate. Three class divisions are expected: Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser, and J/22. All racing will be held in Choctawhatchee Bay. An after race party and dinner will be held on Saturday at the yacht club and awards ceremony after racing Sunday. For more information and register online, go to www.fwyc.org.

Gulfport to Pensacola Race, June 15-16 This annual 100-mile race is sponsored by the Gulfport Yacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola Yacht Club and the Gulf Yachting Association. The race goes from the channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along the Gulf Coast to the channel entrance of Pensacola Pass. For more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org

GYA Challenge Cup, Pensacola Yacht Club, June 22-24 The Pensacola Yacht Club hosts the regatta this year with boats from 33 northern Gulf Coast clubs racing. Rules require that the skipper, helmsman, and at least 50 percent of its crew (including skipper and helmsman) must have been members of the yacht club represented by the boat for the six months preceding the event. In addition, only three or four boats from each club are allowed to compete and are limited to one boat per class. A boat can represent only one yacht club, and each boat shall have sailed 50 recordSOUTHWINDS

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RACING ed miles in the GYA PHRF race data program to be eligible to race. Registration on Friday, with racing Saturday and Sunday. Go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

Fort Walton Yacht Club Round the Island 100-Mile Multihull Race, June 23-24 This race is a circumnavigation around Santa Rosa Island located in northwest Florida. The race begins off the point of the Fort Walton Yacht Club through East Pass and continues west through the Pensacola pass where boaters will turn north for the return trip. At the start of the race, the wind is usually four to six knots from the northeast. After the start, racers round a turning mark off the shoals of Crab Island then head for Destin Bridge and East Pass. A charter boat fleet runs in front of them at the pass with a colorful parade of sailors and fishing boats. Spectators usually line the Destin Bridge and can see the multihull fleet sail under spinnakers using the NNE breeze as they head out around the island. www.fwyc.org.

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Gulf Coast, June 29 Optimist Red, White, Blue and Green Fleet; Laser, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7; Club 420s; Flying Scot. Pensacola Yacht Club. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.

38th Annual Horn Island Hop, Ocean Springs, MS, June 30-July 1 A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs Yacht Club and racing out to Horn Island. The sailors lunch, then race back. The final leg is the next day when there is another opportunity to beat the time around Deer Island. Contact Judi Altman, event coordinator, at (228) 365-4169

Women’s Trilogy Races, July 14, 21, 28 The Women’s Trilogy Series is held every July and August. The first race, the Fast Women Regatta, is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held on July 14 on Perdido Bay. In this race, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.pointyachtclub.org. The second race, the Bikini Regatta, is held at the Navy Yacht Club in Pensacola. It will he held July 21 on Pensacola Bay. In this regatta, a female sailor must be at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female. www.navypnsyc.org. The third race, the Race for the Roses, will be held on July 28 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and only female crew are allowed to race. In conjunction with this regatta, the Gulf Yachting Association’s Women’s PHRF Championship will also be held. www.pensacolabeach-yc.org. www.gya.org. 54 June 2012

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Awards will be at each regatta. At the last regatta, there will be a special Trilogy Trophy for the contestant who enters all three races and earns the most combined points. The GYA’s Perpetual Women’s PHRF Championship Trophy will also be presented at that time.

Texas Youth Race Week, Houston Yacht Club, July 7-13 A US Junior Olympics Sailing Event and USODA Team Trails Qualifier hosted annually by Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah), Lakewood Yacht Club (Seabrook), and the Houston Yacht Club. www.texasyouthraceweek.com

Texas Race Week 2011, Galveston, TX, July 20-22 Texas Race Week is the premiere offshore yacht-racing event held by the Galveston Bay Cruising Association (GBCA). The regatta encompasses three days of offshore sailboat racing on a variety of courses, beginning on Thursday with a 15- to 30-mile offshore route that lasts for five hours. Courses on Friday and Saturday run along the beach so onshore spectators can view the racing. The Galveston Yacht Club will be headquarters for the regatta. The 40 to 50 yachts expected to compete will race PHRF. One-design and level fleets rill race as well. For more information, the NOR and to register online, go to www.gbca.org. Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar See local club websites for club races. LEGEND BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL BYC Biloxi YC, Biloxi, MS FWYC Fort Walton YC, Ft. Walton Beach, FL FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS JYC Jackson YC, Jackson, MS LBYC Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MS LFYC Lake Forest YC, Daphne, AL MYC Mobile YC, Mobile, AL NYC Navy YC, Pensacola, FL OSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL PCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS PontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA PYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL SYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA StABYCSt. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL JUNE 2 2 2-3 2-3 9 9-10

Ring around the Bay. FYC Cancer Society. PYC Chandler Regatta. StABYC School’s Out. PontYC New Orleans to Gulfport. SYC Bowlegs Regatta. FWYC

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54' 2006 HYLAS RAISED SALON CC ...................................REDUCED $875,000 54' 1988 CROWTHER CAT, AUSTRAL, NZ............................REDUCED $224,900 52' 2006 CUSTOM ALUMINUM CATAMARAN..........................................$549,900 51' 2006 PASSPORT 515 VISTA CENTER COCKPIT ..............................$895,000 50' 2003 SYMBOL PILOTHOUSE .............................................................$334,900 47' 2001 CATALINA 470..........................................................REDUCED $199,900 45' 1978 MORGAN 452 ............................................................REDUCED $69,900 44' 2006 MANTA POWER CAT..................................................................$439,900 43' 2004 MENORQUIN 130 TRAWLER..................................REDUCED $199,900 43' 1986 ALBIN TRAWLER CLASSIC DC ................................REDUCED $89,900 42' 1983 BENETEAU FIRST........................................................................$78,900 42' SABRE 426 2004 .................................................................................$325,000 40' 1983 JEANNEAU SUN FIZZ .................................................REDUCED 72,900 40' 1956 HINCKLEY ................................................................SACRIFICE $19,900 40' 1987 BENETEAU 40 FIRST CLASS 12..............................REDUCED $49,900 40' 1982 HUGHES COLUMBIA CENTER COCKPIT .............REDUCED $109,900 38' 1983-1986 SABRE CENTERBOARD ...............REDUCED,STARTING $59,900 38' SABRE 386 2010 .......................................................................................CALL 38' 1990 ISLAND PACKET CUTTER..............................................................SOLD 36' 1996 SABRE 362 ......................................................................................SOLD 31' 2001 ALBIN TOURNAMENT EXPRESS..............................................$119,900 28' 1981 DUFOUR 2800 .............................................................................$24,900

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RS Tera 9’5” . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2595 RS Q’Ba 11’5” . . . . . . . . . . . .$3895 RS Feva 12’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5495 RS Vision 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9495 RS 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,800 Catalina 12.5 Expo/Trlr . . . . .$2137 Catalina 14.2 Expo . . . . . . . .$6052 Compac Legacy 16 . . . . . .$11,500 Catalina 16.5 . . . . . . . . . . . .$7880 Compac Picnic Cat/Trlr . . . . .$9000 Compac Picnic Cat . . . . . .$10,995 Compac Suncat /Trlr . . . . .$11,671 Compac Suncat . . . . . . . . .$19,795 Compac SundayCat . . . . . .$17,245 Compac Eclipse . . . . . . . . .$26,595 Capri 22 Wing Keel . . . . . .$17,800 Catalina 22 Sport . . . . . . . .$14,946 Catalina 22 MkII . . . . . . . .$13,721 Compac 23 MKIV . . . . . . .$21,334 Compac 23 MKIV . . . . . . .$34,995 Catalina 250 WB . . . . . . . .$31,219 Catalina Capri 26 . . . . . . . .$22,687

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41.1 Bristol Center Cockpit 1983. This one-owner boat has recently had her decks & nonskid professionally refinished, repowered Yanmar diesel, new Garmin Plotter/Digital Radar. Asking $157,500. Call Tom D’Amato 727.480.7143.

1990 Morgan Classic 41 MKII Out Island. Many upgrades in the past couple years, blister-free bottom job, A/C, new Furuno GPS. A truly “turnkey” cruiser. Reduced price asking $95,000. Call Rick Grajirena for details. 727.403.9910.

34' Gemini 105C 2004, 27 HP Westerbeke diesel, 12,000 BTU A/C, Raymarine ST Tridata series w/ wind, Autopilot, Garmin GPS, 150 RF genoa, F/B main, davits, solar panel. January 2012 bottom paint. much more. Call Andy Gillis 239.292.1915 or 239.461.9191

1998 Island Packet 350, This 350 was purchased in 1999 by her second owner and has been very well maintained and equipped. Quality built, capable offshore cruiser and comfortable underway, anchored or dockside. $130,000. Contact Tom D’Amato 727-480-7143.

2004 32’ C&C 99 well maintained and lightly used since 2008. Racing and cruising sails, full electronics, dockside A/C. Ready to race or cruise. REDUCED ASKING $99,000, bring offers. Call Rick 727.403.9910.

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65' Macgregor 6' keel, recent re-fit at Snead Island Boat Works . . .$235,000 54' Custom Morgan Ketch 1993. Call Courtney Ross . . . . . . .727.709.1092 53' Custom Herreshoff Ketch 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$225,000 49' Morgan OI49 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$57,500 41' Morgan Classic OI MKll 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bring offers 41' Bristol 41.1 Center Cockpit 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$157,500 40' Tartan Keel CB 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000 40' Freedom Ketch 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,900 37' Fairway Marine 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$98,000 37' Tayana Cutter 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$86,500 36' Jeanneau 36i Sun Odyssey 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$124,900 34' Hunter 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$52,900 34' Hunter 340 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$52,900 33' Abbott 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 32' C&C 99 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000

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Your Authorized Dealer for SELECTED LISTINGS Hyundai 53 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$170,000 Wellcraft 4600 MY 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,000 Beneteau 432 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$76,000 Beneteau 423 ’04 & ’07 starting at . . . .$181,950 Sea Ray 400 42 DB 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$110,000 Grand Banks Classic 42 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$191,800 Beneteau Oceanis 41 2012 ON ORDER CALL FOR PACKAGE Rampage 38 Express 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$124,000 Beneteau M38 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$51,900 Beneteau First 375 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$52,000 Hunter 375 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 Beneteau 373 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$119,900 Jeanneau SO 37 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$85,000 Island Trader 37 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,500 Beneteau 361 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000 Grand Banks 36 Classic 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$165,000 Beneteau 36 Center Cockpit 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$91,500 Grand Banks 36 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 Pearson 36s ’79 & ‘82 starting at . . . . . . . .$36,500 C&C 35 MKIII 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31,000 Jeanneau SO 35 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$92,500 Formosa 35 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,900 Beneteau First 10R (34’) 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$129,000 Beneteau Oceanis 34 2012 IN STOCK CALL for PACKAGE Californian 34 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 Catalina 34 Mark I 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 Mainship 34 Trawler 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$169,000 Hunter 340 1998, ’99 & ’01 starting at . . . .$55,000 Beneteau 331 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,900 CS 33 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,000 Pearson 323 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,900 Beneteau 323 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$64,900 Beneteau 323 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,900 Catalina 320 MKII 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$108,000 Fuji 32 Ketch 32 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 Taylor 32 “Danger Zone” 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,000 Beneteau Antares 980 32 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$151,000 Beneteau First 310 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 Hunter 310 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,900 Beneteau 31 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$119,000 Catalina 310 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,900 Sea Sprite 30 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31,500 Endeavourcat 30 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,500 Fairways Marine Fisher 30 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$66,000 Mainship 30 Pilot 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 Nonsuch 30 Ultra 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50,000 Alerion AE 28 ’04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,900 Beneteau First Class 7.5 (26’) 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,500 J/Boats J/70 (22') 2013 – On order for October Delivery Sylvana Yachts Rocket 22 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000

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Lindenberg 28, Fast Lane. Good condition, Ready to Race, full racing sail inventory. Copper bottom Fall 2011, 4hp Yamaha OB. Asking $17,000. Boat is located in Indian Harbor Beach, FL (Melbourne Area). (413) 822-2223, day or nite. (6/12)

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Trimaran 21 feet folding day sailor. Brand new. Natural mahogany finish makes this an eye-catcher. Johnson engine. Custom aluminum trailer. $8500 OBO. Call (954) 3168342. (8/12)

New WindRider 17. $8995. Call Brian at Bimini Bay Sailing. (941) 685-1400

2007 Com-Pac Horizon Cat 20’. Yanmar diesel, w/trailer, Bimini top, cockpit cushions, dual battery w/built-in battery charger and much more. $31,671. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises (800) 783-6953, or (727) 3275361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

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28’ Telstar Performance Cruiser, 2006, Has super-light, incredibly strong laminate, almost every available option including the taller mast and performance sail package. $78,000, Call Tom @ 904-377-9446, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers, www.CatamaransFlorida.com

Telstar 26 Trimaran. New standing rigging, new roller furling. New 9.9 hp OB 4-stroke, electric start. Tilting mast to get under bridges. Good condition. New Upholstery, radio, Porta-potti, etc. $19,500. (305) 8936061 (7-12)

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2001 Corsair 28CR Trimaran. Centre Cockpit Cruiser/Racer. Electric start Yamaha outboard engine with power tilt and trim. Main and Jib recent. Includes Screecher and Spinnaker. Interior recently re-upholstered. Well-maintained. $68,500 OBO. (H) (386) 447-4485. (C) (386) 864-2440. (7/12)

30' Catalina MkII. 1987 with Universal Diesel, Harken Roller Furling, Mainsail, Data Marine Speed and Depth, Wheel Steering with instrument Pods, Bimini, Solar Vents. Fast, Easy Sailing. Go to www.cortezyachts.com. Great Chance for a Great Sailing Vessel. Available at our Docks. Asking $26,500. Cortez Yacht Sales. (941) 792-9100

$25,000 - 30’ custom built, aft cabin, cutter rigged ketch. Hull & Volvo engine & transmission were completely re-conditioned in 2007. Hand laid up fiberglass hull. Built in Sweden in 1980. Main cabin has 6-foot settee/berths each side and a semi-enclosed forward V-berth. Boat lies in Cortez, FL. Contact Tom O’Brien (941) 518-0613 tomob@obrienarchitects.com. (6/12)

30’ Healey sloop. Wm Healey’s finest “Pago Pago”. Designed for single & short handed cruising in Florida Keys & Bahamas. 3’10” draft, 10’10” beam. 30hp Perkins diesel. Key Largo, $18,500, tropicrover@bellsouth.net (8/12) 62

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’01 CATALINA 470...................................$265,000 ’80 PEARSON 424 KETCH.......................$84,900 ’70 CAL 40 (RESTORED) .........................$63,000 ’85 C&C 37................................................$50,000 '85 CAL 35.................................................$35,500 ’09 BENETEAU 31 ..................................$110,000 ’11 SEAWARD 26 RK................................$71,900 ’95 NONSUCH 260 ...................................$49,500 ’84 CATALINA 22.........................................$5,000 ’95 LASER WITH TRAILER.........................$2,700

$89,000, 2009. Fun, Fast Beneteau 31. New condition. Six-foot headroom, Furling Main and Jib, responsive, walk-thru transom, long cockpit seating, like new condition! John McNally, (561) 262-3672. Stuart, Florida. johnm@masseyyacht.com

31’ Mariner Ketch 1970. 44 HP rebuilt Perkins Diesel. Complete retro. Full keel. 2 mains, 2 mizzens, cruising chute w/sock, windlass, Bimini, dinghy, S/S propane stove, GPS w/charts. A must see at our docks. Asking $19,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

2004 Catalina 310 $61,900 Over $30,000 of Upgrades All New Electronics, AC, Wiring, Batteries, etc. Shoal Draft, R/f Genoa St. Petersburg, FL 727-214-1590 x 3 Full Specs & Pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com

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32’ 1975 Allied Seawind II Ketch. Many upgrades including new main and jib, 27 hp Yanmar with 300 hrs, including complete new drivetrain. New canvas, both exterior and interior. Garmin GPS/Depth, ST-4000 auto pilot. New topside, bottom paint 2012. 100%, 135% genoas, mizzen and mizzen staysail. Much more. Asking $32,000. Florida Panhandle, Bluewater Bay Yachts (850) 8974150. (7/12)

32’ Renaissance Cat by AMI ‘94. T/12 HP Westerbekes 2007, 806 hrs., very spacious, great condition, High quality, Must see. $82,500. St. Augustine Yacht Sales. 904-8291589. www.sayachtsales.com.

33 CSY 1980. Beautiful liveaboard cruiser, Cutter rig, Deep Draft, 50 HP Perkins, A/C, Wind & Solar power, Inverter-Charger, Watermaker, ST5000 Autopilot, Lofrans Windlass, GPIRB, much more. $43,900. Riviera Beach, FL. (305) 942-3167. Email svsybarite@aol.com for specs and equipment list. (7/12)

34’ Catalina 1990. 4’ 3” draft, arch/davits, solar & wind generator, 16K BTU A/C, inverter/charger, windless chartplotter, wind, depth, autopilot, VHF stereo, Mackpack, RF genoa & lots more. Asking $59,000. Call Joe at (954) 682-3973. (8/12) www.southwindsmagazine.com

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35’ C&C – Turn-key cruiser, great sail inventory. Reduced to $27,000! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

36’ Gulfstar, 1983, extremely spacious interior! Recent upgrades: rebuilt Perkins diesel, standing rigging, custom stainless steel davits, aluminum fuel tank and plumbing, $46,000, Call Art Schmidt @ 239-464-9610, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

POWER 65' Breaux Bay Craft ’70 T/D ..............$280,000 53' Hatteras Motoryacht ’69 T/D ...........$69,000 49' Defever Cockpit Motoryacht ’99 T/D..$299,000 43' Gulfstar Trawler ’72 T/D ..................$47,000 42' Integrity Trawler ’05 T/D ................$259,000 42' Grand Banks Trawler ’82 ...............$119,000 34' Marine Trader Trawler '90 D............$59,000 SAIL 43' C&C Custom ’75 D .........................$49,900 37' Soverel Sloop ’75 D........................$15,000 32' C&C Sloop ’81 D .............................$21,000 32' American Marine Catamaran ’96.....$79,000 31' Pacific Seacraft ’90 D......................$84,900

904-829-1589 866-610-1703 Toll Free sayachtsales@bellsouth.net www.sayachtsales.com 35’ Trident Warrior, 1977, Renowned for sea keeping qualities. Rigging replaced, new forestay and starboard stay, new Raymarine Auto Pilot, Volvo Penta 4kw bow thruster, $39,900, Call Kirk @ 818-371-6499, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

Wharram Tangaroa Sail Catamaran 36’ MKIV, 2002. Sail the world in safety and comfort or enjoy the tradewinds. She handles beautifully. Well equipped and has great long sea legs. Can be single-handed. Sail flat and fast. What more can you ask from a lady! Purr-fect for voyagers/cruisers/liveaboards or day charter. Asking $65,000. Details: svforeveryoung@hotmail.com. (6/12)

CORTEZ YACHT SALES

36 Jeanneau 361 Sun Odyssey 2007. Inmast mainsail furling, RF genoa, 29 HP Yanmar diesel, shoal draft version, air conditioning, dodger w/ bimini, Raymarine electronics, wind, depth, speed, and autopilot. $124,900. Andy Gillis. andy@RossYachtSales.com. (239) 29

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1993 Beneteau First 35.7. New 135 Genoa, 8D Trojan house battery, bottom job, & lots more. GREAT condition & ready to sail for $65,900. Call Kim (850) 445-8733 for more info & pics, or email sumaps2@hotmail.com.

56' Custom Wood Schooner ’07 . . . . .$800,000 45' Jeanneau 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,000 40' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,900 39' Corbin PH 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,900 37' Tartan 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$44,900 31' Mariner Ketch 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,900 30' Catalina 1987 MKII . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$26,500 25' Catalina 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7900 POWER

44' Targa 1989 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,900 34' Sea Ray 1984 Twin Diesel . . . . . . .$34,500 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Gas . . . . . . . . .$19,900 29' Proline Walkaround 1999 . . . . . . . . .$31,900

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Bristol 35 1973. Good boat for a serious sailor. 6 ft. full keel, sea-friendly. Yanmar diesel. Dinghy w/OB. Autopilot, chartplotter, roller furling and all required equipment. Boat and all equipment in good condition. Ready to cruise. Location Jacksonville. $22,000. dporter@unf.edu. (7/12)

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2002 Beneteau 361. $95,000. Air Conditioning, In Mast Furling, Bimini & Dodger, Refrig, Microwave, Huge Head, Big Cockpit St. Petersburg, FL 727-214-1590, ext 3. Full Specs & Pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

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37’ TARTAN Centerboard Sloop. 1977 w/ Westerbeke diesel, Harken RF, Jib, Genoa, Main, Storm Sail, Sea Anchor, Spinnaker, Autopilot, 2 X VHFs, SSB, Wind, Depth, GPS Navigator, Stove, Ice Box, Pressure Water, Dinghy w/OB, lots of gear and spares. Asking $44,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

37’ Hunter, 1984. Lightly used, in turn-key condition! Two new 12v house batteries, new engine start, bottom paint 2/12 and new Garmin 4208 chart plotter and depth sounder! $39,900, Call Mark @ 813-5231717, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

1983 & 1986 Sabre 38 Centerboard. Shoal draft. Performance Cruising on a budget. Starting at $59,900. See both boats at www.grandslamyachtsales.com, or call Alan at 941-350-1559, or alangsys@gmail.com.

40’ Freedom Ketch 1979. 60 hp. diesel, 4’ 3” draft with board up, A/C, custom “hard” dodger & “hardtop” over center cockpit with side curtains, radar. $69,900. Andy Gillis andy@RossYachtSales.com. (239) 292-1915.

39’ Corbin Pilothouse 1981, 64 hp Pathfinder diesel 200 hrs, blue water cruiser, Gen Set, All Roller furling, solar, wind gen, radar, auto pilot, GPS, electric windlass, full galley + more. $99,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100

Schucker 40, 1980. Asking $99,500. Perkins 65hp, generator, AC/Heat, refrig, 200-gallon fuel/water, 100 gallon-holding, 14’ beam 3’ 2” draft. Call Bob for details. Located Cape Coral, FL. (239) 560-0664. Bring offers. (6/12)

1982 40’ Hughes Columbia Center Cockpit. Loaded and Cruise ready. Wind, Solar and more. Reduced $109,900. Alan 941-350559. AlanGSYS@gmail.com. www.grandslam yachtsales.com

38’ Irwin Center Cockpit, 1984, a lot of upgrades and in good shape! Air conditioning and generator with low hours, compass, radar, GPS, $49,700, Call Butch @ 850-6248893, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

BROKERS: 38’ Hunter – 2 staterooms layout, very good condition, fresh water boat. Reduced to $124,500! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

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40’ Jeanneau Sun Fizz 1983. Reduced $72,900. Proven Passagemaker. Radar, GPS, Perkins Diesel, Fridge and freezer, Solar panel and includes dinghy and life raft and lots more. Call Nic Ware (305) 510-7081. Email; nicgsys@gmail.com www.grandslamyachtsales.com

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2002 Beneteau First 40.7 $110,000. One Owner. AC, Full Racing Inventory, Full Electronics, Extremely Well Maintained, Race/Cruise Ready. (727) 214-1590 ext. 3. Full Specs/Pics : www.MurrayYachtSales.com

42’ Catalina MK II. 2 staterooms, 2-head layout, very good condition. Reduced to $135,000! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

42’ Integrity/Halvorsen Design Sedan Trawler ‘05, T/John Deere 265 HP Ea. Mint condition, Loaded, Incredible turnkey cruiser, $259,000. St. Augustine Yacht Sales. 904829-1589. www.sayachtsales.com.

45’ Hunter Deck Salon 2012. DIVORCE SALE. Here’s your chance to own a like-new 45’ cruiser at an unheard of price. ASKING price is $100k under retail. Shoal draft, heat & air, color plotter. $269,000. Call Kelly Bickford CPYB at (727) 599-1718, or kellyb@masseyyacht.com

45’ JEANNEAU 45.1 Sun Odyssey 1996, Volvo Diesel, Twin Steering, 4 separate cabins, two heads w/shower, roller furling main, electric windlass, auto-pilot, Tri-Data, full galley, Rib w/ OB. Excellent performance. $109,000. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

1978 45’ Morgan 452 Center Cockpit. Twin stateroom, twin head, generator, Perkins diesel, Ketch rig. Reduced $69,900. Alan 941-350-1559. AlanGSYS@gmail.com www.grandslamyachtsales.com

2005 Hunter 466. $199,000. Fully Loaded, Air Conditioning, Generator, Full Electronics, In Mast Furling, Full Canvas New Orleans, LA 504-283-2507. Full Specs & Pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

1986 - 47-foot offshore cruising/racer. Total refit- Yanmar, mast/rigging/sails (7), electric winches, monitor amp air/solar, electronics, SSB, radar etc, 2 staterooms, 6-person life raft, dinghy w/10-hp OB. $129,900 inventory call (401) 782-0555. (6/12)

51’ Little Harbor – Performance cruiser in very good condition. Reduced to $449,000! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

2006 51’ Passport 515 Vista Center Cockpit. Loaded and immaculate. Ready to cruise. $895,000. See full details and pix at www.grandslamyachtsales.com, or call Alan at 941-350-1559, or email alangsys@gmail.com.

53’ Hatteras Motoryacht ‘69. 8V71 Naturals, Great Motoryacht/Trawler, very anxious. $69,000. St. Augustine Yacht Sales. 904-8291589. www.sayachtsales.com.

2006 54’ Hylas Raised Salon Center Cockpit. Loaded and just back from Antigua. Full details at www.grandslamyachtsales.com, or call Alan at 941-350-1559, or alangsys@gmail.com. Major Price Reduction! $875,000.

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BOYE BOAT KNIVES. Cobalt blades, extreme cutting power. No rust, ever. Handcrafted quality, lightweight, great everyday and safety carry, stays sharp. Super reviews. Made in USA since 1971. www.boyeknives.com. (800) 853-1617. (7/12)

56’ Schooner. Custom built in 2008 by Rollins in Maine. A masterpiece from American craftsman. White Oak framing with Douglas Fir planking. Black Locust, Teak, and Cherry used throughout. Aluminum spars and custom cast bronze fittings. A beautiful “Alden” style schooner capable of passages with elegance and American pride. Asking $800,000. www.CortezYachts.com. (941) 792-9100

65’ Breaux Bay Craft Custom Aluminum Yacht Conversion ‘70. 12V71s-naturals. Excellent long range cruising boat. Turn key, Loaded. St Augustine Yacht Sales 904-8291589. www.sayachtsales.com.

Marine Flea Market and Clearance—New & Used blocks, cleats, line, fenders, boat hooks, electrical, trailer parts, marine BBQ, portable A/C, furling units, anchors, winches & odd parts. Masthead Enterprises. 4500 28th St. N., St. Petersburg, (727) 327-5361

Automatic Race Committee Timer / Starter. Loud pumpdriven horn, display timer, three selectable sequences: Rule 26, Dinghy, Recall and more. Self contained, delivered ready to start races! (813) 758-1307. www.RCFlag.com (6/12) Shadetree fabric shelter for 25-foot sailboat. Sun, rain, self-supported, flexible frame, marine grade, waterproof. Stows in two 10” x 36” bags. Like new/used twice. New cost $700. Sell for $350. (210) 872-6294. dancing_frog42@yahoo.com. (6/12) _________________________________________ Davis Sextant, Mark 25, with case in excellent condition. This is the top of the line plastic sextant with a full horizon mirror and coating on high quality optical lens to allow user to see through the mirror yet still pick up lowlight stars. Great for cruisers or beginners taking celestial classes. Includes user’s guide/instruction book and Warren Norville’s book, Celestial Navigation, Step by Step. Retails on-line for $240; asking $100. Photos available. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (8/12) _________________________________________ 36” Helm, destroyer style with 1” shaft. Used but in excellent condition. Great upgrade for 30’-40’ racers or cruisers. New costs $560; asking $250 or will trade for 28” wheel. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (8/12) _________________________________________ Fore deck/ Steaming Light with wooden base. Can be used with or without base depending on mast circumference. It isn’t beautiful but it goes way up the mast, it works and it’s cheap! Photos available. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (8/12)

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FREE ADS Free ads in boat gear for all gear under $200 per item. Privately owned items only. Editor@southwindsmagazine.com. (941-795-8704) Teleflex control cables, Red-Jacket 15’ CC33215 and 10’ CC33210, still in boxes. This is the most popular boat cable in the world. 3” travel, 10-32 SAE threads with nuts and rubber grommets on both ends, 15’ retails for $40; asking $20. 10’ retails for $36; asking $18. Both for only $35. Photos available. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (8/12)

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_________________________________________ Perkins/Westerbeke 4-108 diesel engine. Low hours, inspected, test run, no trans., come see it run. Free delivery 500 miles from Pensacola w/full price $3,995 (850) 5721225. (6/12)

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

R EAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT _________________________________________ Sailing Instructors wanted for SW Florida (St Pete/Ft Myers) & British Virgin Islands. If you have a strong racing and/or cruising background, have excellent teaching ability, US Sailing certifications and have a USCG license (Or the necessary sea time) and interested in joining a world-class organization. Send resume to Kevin@offshoresailing.com. (8/12) Sailing couple to run small sailing resort in the Florida Keys. Work one day a week with pay. Free dockage and/or apartment. No smokers or pets. Call Tom at (305) 743-8454. (7/12) _________________________________________ Edwards Yacht Sales is Expanding! We have several openings for Yacht Brokers in Florida. Looking for experienced broker or will train the right individual. Must have boating background and be a salesman. Aggressive advertising program. 37% sales increase in 2010, Come join the EYS team! Call in confidence, Roy Edwards (727) 507-8222 www.EdwardsYachtSales.com, Yachts@ EdwardsYachtSales.com. ______________________________

Boating, fishing, relaxing on 20k acre lake in Northeast “Old Florida” in small, quiet, lakefront adult mobile home park. Conveniently located, reasonable lot rent. Homes from $3500 to $14,000. (386) 698-3648 or www.lakecrescentflorida.com (6/12A)

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DOCK SPACE off SARASOTA BAY!! Slips start at $117 a Month on 6-Month Lease. Sheltered Marina accommodates up to 28’ sail or power boats. Boat ramp. Utilities included. Call Office: (941) 755-1912. (6/12A) WET and DRY SLIPS AVAILABLE. Very reasonable rates. Gulfport Yacht Club, Florida. Wet slips for boats up to 26 feet, shoal draft. Dry spaces up to 22 feet, mast up, multihulls welcomed. Next door to Gulfport Municipal Marina. www.Gulfportyachtclub.com. Pull down menu for rates. Contact davesailellis @aol.com. (7/12) _________________________________________

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Live on the New River in Fort Lauderdale. 4plex with Docks. Zoned for Liveaboards. Let rents pay the Mortgage. Deep water/Ocean Access. www.argyledrive.com for details or (360) 390-4168. (8/12)

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1990 Catalina Capri 26. Wing Keel. New 15 hp Honda electric start, completely refurbished in 2010/2011. New Mast, rigging, furler. Everything is either new or in excellent condition. $22,687. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises (800) 783-6953, or (727) 3275361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com.

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OPTIS continued from page 70 third race is also significantly smaller than before. Yet, much to the committee’s surprise, one starter is the girl who had such a discouraging morning. She’d dropped out of the second but is now back. She doesn’t cross the start out front. And she doesn’t finish there, either. But she does finish, and the big smile on her face when she crosses the line is one of pure triumph.

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As for the boy who crossed the start bailing, he’s still bailing when he crosses the finish. And he finishes high enough to end the day with silverware. Finally, just for the record, the everenthusiastic number 4974 also finishes much better than mid-fleet. When it comes to starts, it turns out he’s something of an artiste. Especially once he’s figured out which fleet to start with.

Bill Schaill has published six nautical thrillers and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles on all subjects; sailed aboard a square-rigged school ship; majored in Spanish and studied in Colombia; served as a naval salvage diving officer (a “Bubblehead”); devoted 20 years to educational publishing; started several other business ventures and raised two daughters. He continues to sail and dive and wonder where the money went. www.wsschaill.com www.southwindsmagazine.com

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Here Come the Optis By William S. Schaill

ere come the Optimists, the little prams widely used for entry level kids’ sailing programs. During the week you’ll see them sailing around an instructor’s boat or practicing capsizing. On weekends you’ll find them at regattas. Wherever the Optis go, you’ll find action. And drama. Imagine yourself aboard the committee boat at an Opti regatta. There’s a light, but building wind, a slight swell and everywhere you look you see Optis. Today, 112. The Optis are divided into three fleets—Red, Blue and White—based on age. While they wait for the start, they scoot madly in all directions like little water bugs. There are collisions galore but little damage because Optis tend to bounce. A horn sounds. “Five minutes,” bellows a member of the race committee. “That’s the five-minute warning, Red fleet.” The racers are supposed to know the signals, but many committees help out a little, especially at the beginning of the season and with younger skippers. The kids with red streamers at their mastheads check their watches and start to jockey for position. “Number 4974,” bellows the committee member, “this is a start for the Red fleet. You’re in the White fleet, so stand clear of the starting line!” Number 4974 continues to glide along the starting line. He may not have heard. Or he may not recognize his own number. Or he may not be sure what exactly to do. “4974, this is a Red start. You are White. Please stand clear of the starting line!” 4974 continues on, oblivious. Then he reverses course and heads right back along the line again. “4974, Get off the starting line!” The message finally gets through, and 4974 turns out of the way. The countdown continues. By the last minute of the sequence most of the 70

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Red fleet is “running the line.” The shouts of “Starboard!” and “Get out of there!” and “Oh, hi! I didn’t know you were going to be here,” are almost continuous. As are the collisions, near and otherwise. A gun fires. The entire Red fleet turns up into the wind, almost as one, and heads for the first mark. It’s time for the Blues, the next younger fleet. This start goes exceptionally well. Much to everybody’s surprise, the start of the White fleet, the youngest and biggest, is almost as orderly, although a number of boats cross the line about five minutes after the gun. The committee, exhausted, takes a few minutes to rummage through the cooler while an armada of safety boats watch over the racers. Half an hour later, the gun fires as the first boat of the Red fleet crosses the line. The winner swings by the committee boat to receive a spent shotgun shell, the informal prize for the winner of individual races. As the Blue fleet is finishing, one of the instructors notices a White fleet Opti which has wandered far off the course and is sailing very erratically. She realizes she’s the closest safety boat so she goes to investigate. She finds a girl of about 10—soaked in sweat and reduced to tears of frustration— screaming “I hate it! I hate it! I hate all of this!” as the Opti tries to sail itself. Oh, God, thinks the instructor as she pulls alongside and grabs the Opti’s gunnel. This kid wasn’t ready. “Not a great day, huh?” asks the instructor. The girl looks at her, not scream-

ing anymore but still muttering “I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.” “Listen, I’ve got the Opti and everything’s okay so let go of the sheet—just let the sail flap—and sit down in the bottom of the boat. Then take five real deep breaths for me. Real deep.” The girl’s face is still swollen and teary, but she nods her agreement. “I’ve got some sodas here,” continues the instructor while still holding the Opti. “Coke, orange, ginger ale or root beer?” While the kid sips the soda, and becomes calmer, the instructor reports to the committee and asks that an instructor from the girl’s program come and take charge. By now most of the Red and Blue fleets, and about half of the White fleet, have finished. The wind has filled in, but the second set of starts goes even better than the first. At the third Red fleet start, it’s clear that many boats have withdrawn. Among the starters is a boy who insists, for some neverexplained reason, on wearing his PFD inside his windbreaker. A powerful gust hits the boy shortly before the start. As his Opti heels more and more, he hikes out farther and farther, fighting to hold the boat down. Then he’s totally out of the boat, lying on its high side. Is that a grin or a grimace on his face? If anybody ever deserved to win this skirmish with the elements, he does. But despite his efforts, the boat lurches again and continues on over. You can almost hear the sound of solid water pouring over the lee rail! But this kid’s not going to be stopped by a little water. He slithers back into the boat and starts bailing like a demon. Two minutes later, he sloshes across the starting line, his bailer flashing and water flying in all directions. The White fleet that starts that See OPTIS continued on page 68 www.southwindsmagazine.com