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Editorial: Affordable Sailing By Steve Morrell
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Letters You Wouldn’t Believe
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Bubba Responsible For Changes By Morgan Stinemetz
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Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures
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Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South
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Marine Radar Course By By Harold Hurwitz
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Our Waterways: Save the Working Waterfronts Legislation; New Florida Boating Laws; Fernandina Considers Privatizing City Marina
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Working Your Way Through the Annapolis Boat Show By Dave Terry
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St. Pete Boat Show Preview
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How to Avoid Sales at the Boat Show By Norman A. Schultz
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Cooking Onboard: Conch Fritters By Capt. Ron Butler
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Westerly Centaur 26 Boat Review By Jack Mooney
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Buying a Trailerable Sailboat Part II By Will McLendon
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Searching for Thanksgiving Along a Hurricane-Damaged ICW By Sharon Kratz
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Boatwork: Blisters Part I By Tom Kennedy
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Carolina Sailing — The Midlands Regatta By Dan Dickison
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Travels With Angel: Cruising the ICW in Southeast Florida By Rebecca Burg
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Build Your Own Mainsail Stacking System Part I By Linda Moore
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Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, Regional Race Calendars
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COVER: The Midlands Regatta on Lake Murray, SC, 1958. Photo by John Wrisley.
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wealthy and can hire someone else to do it. This holds true for day sailing or cruising. How do you want to spend your spare time while anchored in the Bahamas, diving for lobster or maintenance? In today’s economy—and in recent years—we see middle-class Americans getting squeezed out of the cruising market, with everyone always thinking of larger boats. Maybe it’s time to rethink this bigger boat issue and get out on the water. The biggest boat I ever owned was a 38-footer, although I have chartered boats up to 44 feet (which was fun with all that room for two couples), but the most fun boat I ever owned was the good ’ol Catalina 30—small, manageable and roomy. Not an ocean cruiser, but a great fun boat for short trips, day sailing, etc. Quick to clean, too. Many will say, as they get older, that they like that extra size and comfort. You’ll have to read Jack’s boat review to see how he looks at the age issue.
his month we have a boatowner’s boat review on a Westerly Centaur 26—and I have to admit, I am impressed with this couple and their boat. Here is how boatowner Jack Mooney begins his boat review: “Many readers of SOUTHWINDS are cruising wanna-bees, who can’t see their way clear to spend tons of money for a “cruisable” boat. Then, there are others, like Sandy and I, who are willing to make compromises that allow us to enjoy the cruising life on a limited budget.” This boat review brought me back to the late ’60s and early ’70s, when I first started reading about cruisers, I remember the average boat length chosen for long-distance cruising was in the low 30s—meaning 30- to 35-feet long. Worldfamous cruisers and authors Eric and Susan Hiscock sailed their 30-footer, Wanderer III, around the world in 1952. They eventually moved up to a 47-footer when they could afford it, but they thought the boat too big. I also remember that Lyn and Larry Pardey cruised extensively on their 24-footer for many years, eventually moving up nine years later to a boat barely under 30 feet. This is to name only two of the many early cruisers in those days who sailed small boats, and most chose that length so they could get out on the water sooner rather than later. Later meaning when they had a lot more money and could afford a bigger boat. But small boats also have lots of other advantages. Compare cleaning a 30-foot sailboat compared to a 40-footer. It’s two to three times the work—a geometric increase in time for just 10 more feet. The cost of maintenance makes a similar jump. There’s also sailing and motoring advantages. Sail or motor a 30-footer into a dock and then try it with a 40-footer. Big difference. But the one that bugs me the most is the idea of scrubbing the decks on your hands and knees on a 40-foot boat—unless you are
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Paula, I am glad you like the online version. This month, we are introducing a similar—and even better—online version. Plus—you will be able to do a word search on all past issues since we put the magazine online in May 2003. Bubba is much happier to be online, too, since he lost his wireless connection when he dropped his laptop in the water one night recently. Editor CORRECTIONS ON SAILING SCHOOLS IN CHARLESTON/MT. PLEASANT AREA Your October article, “New Sailing Center in Charleston Area Hits Snag” had some good points, but when it denied my existence I had to protest. The article quoted a Mt. Pleasant councilman who is spearheading a million-dollar taxpayer- funded town sailing facility as saying, “The problem in our community right now is, if you want to learn to sail, you have to belong to a yacht club.”
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That might be a good rationale for spending taxpayer money in a lean economy if it were true. But we in the local sailing community know Councilman Santos, and he knows there are two sailing schools, one non-profit youth sailing program, several organizations that offer learn-to-sail programs for the youth of non-members, and a college program that for $400/year offers unlimited sailing and sailboats to the general public. If an elected official chooses to skew information for publication (would elected officials do that?) who’s surprised? Reporters, however, are expected to research the facts. Any time your writers are doing a piece on Charleston waters, invite them to call us. We’ve been in business for 13 years. Happy to help. Anne Goold Ocean Sailing Academy Mt. Pleasant, SC (843) 971-0700 Anne, Thank you for the correction. I understand your response, but I am not as cynical as you (cynical meaning believing someone is acting out of self-serving motives) about someone who is basically helping to promote community sailing instruction, which, I am sure, you and I both support, even though they would be competing with you. Councilman Santos might have misspoken, perhaps even in the heat of the moment, but I cannot believe his intentions
were devious and that he intentionally skewed information for publication, because I really cannot say without knowing him personally. He does stand corrected with your letter. As for research by the article’s author, I wish he had looked into this, but we can’t research every word an individual says. We often trust what someone says, and sometimes, that doesn’t work, although here we just quoted someone and it is up to reader’s like you to set the record straight. I personally have not researched out whether the Ocean Sailing Academy really does exist in Mt. Pleasant. I am taking your word for it, but I believe you and am concluding that it does exist, that you are there in Mt. Pleasant and that your statement about other sailing programs in the area are correct. Editor SEEKING INFORMATION ON MARINAS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA I currently live in Minnesota and have longed and dreamed about owning a sailboat in Florida to escape the harsh winters. I am looking to house a boat in a 100-mile stretch on the Gulf Coast of Florida, between Sarasota on the north and Naples on the south. What is the best way to learn about all the marinas within this search zone? Between online and personal resources, I’m having a hard time finding a “definitive guide” to all things marinas. Sam Graber Minnesota See LETTERS continued on page 12
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LETTERS Sam, There are many guides that will help in this search, but no “one” particular guide. Unfortunately, you might have to purchase several guides and read information on each one, but just do so one at a time. There are several guides to cruising the ICW in this region, and they all mention the marinas along the way. Those books are easily found through the Internet, West Marina, Bluewater Books (in Fort Lauderdale), Amazon.com and other book sources. There are also more general cruising guides for East Florida, which will have information. One is Claiborne Young’s Cruising Guide to Western Florida. Another is Tom Lenfestey’s A Gunkholer’s Cruising Guide to Florida’s West Coast, although that is really about anchorages and cruising. You will also learn a lot by Googling west Florida Marinas. Editor PLASTIC BAGS IN THE SEA In reading the September 2009 issue, on page 51, there is a statement made about a mother whale dying because of a plastic trash bag in her stomach. It states that a NOAA spokesman said it probably came from a boat. Well now, how did this mental giant determine that? It could have come from a number of sources. I found it in poor taste to just take his/her word as gospel. Then it went on to say that because the NOAA spokesman said it was most likely from a boat, it becomes a boating issue! Folks, I agree that we as boaters need to not throw plastic bags in the water. I just don’t like hearing that just because a government official says something is so that it is taken as so! As my dear old boss used to say...”Do better” in your reporting! Jack Hart Hickory, NC
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Jack, I can see how the NOAA official made a leap by stating the plastic bag probably came from a boat, and the writer made a leap by stating that this now became a boating issue. But they were justifiable leaps, I believe, and I strongly take issue with your assertions—and your giant leaps. This trash issue I take very seriously. I am even considering advocating that boaters who leave trash like that shown in the photo be sent to prison for life without a trial. You state that the writer took the comment as gospel. Now that is one seriously huge leap on your part. I personally don’t take much as gospel including the Gospels themselves. About the only thing I take as pure truth is if I experience it myself, and that I often wonder about, but I am pretty certain we did land on the moon and that was not a staged event—even though I wasn’t there to witness it myself. But I do trust some things and some people in this world, because I can’t verify everything myself. I make judgments based on who says what. That being said, I think you would have been more accurate to say, “I just don’t like hearing that just because a spokesperson for the NOAA’s National Oceanographic Service says this bag was most likely discarded from a boat that it is taken as so!” That was quite a leap you made from “a spokesperson for the NOAA’s National Oceanographic Service” to “a government official” —as though it was just any government official. You also made another giant leap from his comment that the plastic bag in the whale’s stomach “was most likely discarded from a boat” to “just because a government official says something is so www.southwindsmagazine.com
that it is taken as so.” This just wasn’t any government official, like someone who just happened to work at the post office or the Weights and Measures Bureau. This was someone who at least worked in the NOAA and not just any NOAA official—like someone in the satellite division or weather division at NOAA—but at least someone who worked in the National Oceanographic Service. There is a good chance he knows more than just “a” government official. Methinks you protest too much, and perhaps distrust all government officials. If so, then ignore those hurricane forecasts as the storm approaches. Personally, I work on probabilities and live my life largely on them. As mentioned above, I wasn’t at the moon landing, but my general experience tells me it probably wasn’t a staged event, as some claim. I don’t take as gospel whatever “a” government official says, but I do judge, based on probability, whether what he says is true or not, or has some basis in truth—somewhat based on which government official spoke and what he/she said. And when I take that comment along with other knowledge, I make a judgment. That NOAA spokesperson probably knew about the 2009 report (by the UN and the Ocean Conservancy), “Marine Litter: A Global Challenge.” In the report, this was stated: “Plastic, especially plastic bags and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, is the most pervasive type of marine litter around the world, accounting for over 80 percent of all litter collected in several of the regional seas assessed.” Of course, where that marine trash came from, is at issue here. It is a well-known fact that many seagoing ships, very often cruise ships, frequently dump plastic trash bags—full of trash, of course—into the open sea. Sometimes they get caught and fined, including American cruise lines. Since ships are boats, there is a damn good chance that it came from a boat, and perhaps saying it most likely came from a vessel would have been more accurate, but not perfect, even still. But from the photos of the beach trash in the article—which showed plastic bags—I wouldn’t put it past those boaters to throw anything into the sea. This is an assumption, of course, so don’t take it as gospel. I am also not really sure that the writer took it as gospel—nor do I believe most readers did either. He probably made a judgment that this NOAA spokesperson had some legitimacy in what he says about ocean trash. And I bet anything he didn’t totally believe it as the absolute truth. But he knows he has to trust someone and make judgments about trusting people depending on who they are. PLUS—the NOAA spokesperson did say that the trash bag was “most likely discarded from a boat.” That doesn’t sound like gospel to me. I agree he made a bit of a leap by stating it became a boating issue when the NOAA person said it most likely came from a boat, and I wonder if he wasn’t thinking a ship—which is a boat. But when I see all those trash bags in that photo, I wonder if there weren’t dozens, if not a hundred, bags on that beach, as it was over a thousand pounds of trash removed, and there are three trash bags clearly visible in the photo—probably weighing less than 10 pounds between them, meaning those three bags were probably a small percentage of the total number of bags there. I also bet that this isn’t the only spot in the United States (or the world) where bags of boaters’ trash are left in great quantities on beaches (on the contrary). I also would bet that many a trash bag discarded by boaters has found its way into the belly of a whale somewhere and killed that whale, although I am not so sure it was that whale that the NOAA person was talking about. But the point was made, and boaters discard a lot of trash in this world See LETTERS continued on page 14 News & Views for Southern Sailors
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LETTERS that has killed many an animal. Around the United States, I would not doubt that this scene was a similar one at hundreds of beaches where boaters partied—and there were literally thousands of plastic bags discarded, many of which probably did make it into the sea and eventually will make it into some animal’s stomach. All in all, those boaters left a ton of trash. Of course, the photo could have been doctored, so don’t take it as gospel. And it might not have been a “ton,” as they only said it was over a thousand pounds. That could be a ton or a helluva lot more. All in all, I’d say it’s a pretty good chance the plastic bag in the whale’s stomach did come from a boater who didn’t care, and it is an issue for the boating community at large. In fact, it’s a shame, and I am sure it’s a thousand times worse than what was featured in this article. When it comes right down to it, I agree with you to be cautious about words from government officials. I am more skeptical than most and rarely believe what certain government officals say (not just any). I remember one case where I didn’t believe one word they said. It was about WMDs. Editor REMINISCING ABOUT THE SHARK RIVER The article by Peggy St. James about the Shark River brought back memories of my visit to the river in 1998. I was living in Big Pine Key until I sold my home in August of that year and moved onto my 39-foot trimaran, Red Dragon, that I had just finished building. Later in September, as I was finishing up last minute business and travel plans, I had a premonition that Hurricane Georges was going to hit Big Pine Key. I firmly believed that there was not secure harbor for us to stay there and made plans to go to the Little Shark River. My first mate and I were finally able to leave on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 23, around 2 p.m. and headed west into a foul current with a slipping clutch. I should mention that this was the first time that we had either sailed or motored the boat. The instruction booklet was a great help. Instruction number one: “The Indent must be indented.” Number two: “Turn the four nuts one sixth of a turn”...right or left? Three: “Or turn only two of the nuts.” After a failed third attempt, I kicked the clutch lever and it indented. I lashed it down so it would stay so (this was a Saab diesel with a fully feathered prop). We made it almost to the end of the out islands by dark and hauled anchor at first light. As we passed the sea marker, we turned northeast and arrived at the mouth of the Little Shark River around 4 p.m. There were other boats coming in from the north, west and south. A park ranger later told us that over 80 boats had come into the river. After a short ride up the river, we found a very nice tidal creek into which we fit quite nicely and had eight feet under the hull. We were joined later by a 55-foot trawler, which I believe was Cool Change, whose crew were very helpful in helping us spider off to the mangroves. Ms. St. James was correct about the no-see-ums, except that at this time of the year you could see-um. I had installed no-see-um screens on all of the opening hatches as well as side screens on the pilothouse, so we were pretty well protected. However, when you ventured outside of the boat, there was an instant halo around your head. On Wednesday evening, the wind gradually picked up. We kept trying to get weather from Marco Island, Miami, or anyone, but the only station that we could hear was US 1 14
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from Big Pine Key. They stayed on the air until Hurricane Georges had left the area, in spite of over 100-mile-per-hour winds and having their station flooded. During the early morning hours, I could hear the wind howling in the trees but only feel a slight rocking of the boat. When we awoke in the morning, I immediately knew that something was awry. I looked out of the back hatch and saw birds walking across the bottom of the creek. We were dead on bottom. I heard later that some of the keelboats were on their sides. The storm had blown out at least eight feet of water from the river, leaving the creek dry. The winds continued during the day, and some feared that there would be a tidal wave coming in to fill the river back up to normal levels. Nothing happened during the day, and we went to sleep as usual—with one exception. Since we were a trimaran, we were level abeam, but had a five-degree slope forward. Consequently, we slept with our heads aft. Around three o’clock in the morning, we both woke up and reversed positions. Floating again felt wonderful. On Friday, everyone was scurrying around untying their boats and heading out to the center of the river to escape the bugs and clean all of the debris off their boats. Cool Change’s crew was gracious enough to hold an after-hurricane party on their yacht that afternoon for all of the boaters. I think everyone enjoyed the change. I certainly wish that I could have enjoyed the Little Shark as Ms. St. James did, and if I still had the Red Dragon,
that would be a destination that I would visit. Unfortunately, Hurricane Jean took the Red Dragon while in Stuart, FL, on Sept. 25, 2004. I should point out that Hurricane Georges came through the Little Shark River on Sept. 25, 1998. That was six years to the day! Fair winds and calm seas. Bailey Magruder Bailey, That is quite a story—especially for your maiden voyage. It speaks up in favor of the advantage a trimaran has when the river runs dry. I sure wish you had taken a photo of the Shark like that, because that must have been a sight to see, and I would have like to have seen what it was like. I had a friend who was living on the bay side in Tavernier in the Florida Keys when Georges struck. He said he walked out to the shore, and the bay was empty of water. Boats anchored off the shore were sitting on their hulls in the sand. That’s another sight I would have liked to have seen. Since the Red Dragon had a date with destiny on two September 25ths, you could say the boat came in with Georges and left with Jean. Kind of like a returning comet. Maybe the Red Dragon will come back. By the way, that article was actually written by Peggy’s partner, Joe Corey. The bylines got mixed up, as they both write articles periodically for SOUTHWINDS. Editor
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he Sarasota Squadron has, for years, sponsored a sailboat race on Thanksgiving Day for people who would rather sail than consume a huge dinner of turkey with all the trimmings and then belch a few times and sit back in their Lazy Boys and watch the NFL football game. I know that it may come as a shock to you to learn that there are people who do not pig out first and veg out afterward. Not participating in an American tradition so ingrained into our culture seems almost, well, un-American. The Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s annual Thanksgiving postprandial sailboat race has traditionally been referred to as the Drumstick Regatta for as long as I can remember. And the 2008 version of the Drumstick Regatta was won, I recently found out, by none other than Capt. Bubba Whartz, sailing his ferro-cement sloop Right Guard. It surprises me that Bubba Whartz occasionally wins sailboat races. He doesn’t race much, to tell the truth, but when he does, he seems to fare quite well. One would think that Right Guard’s foul bottom—Whartz hasn’t cleaned the bottom, I believe, since he put the boat in the water about 15 years ago—would make the boat a real stone. I know that there’s a fierce growth of oysters, barnacles, marine slime and other stuff too diverse to mention and too gross to examine extant on underwater parts of his boat. There had been talk that Mote Marine Laboratory was contemplating declaring Whartz’s boat’s bottom a protected marine sanctuary, but I am not certain if that was the truth or just a nasty rumor. I found out about Bubba’s 2008 win when I was in The Blue Moon Bar having a sweet tea. Sometimes—not often, just sometimes—a glass of iced tea hits the spot. My mother used to drink it from time to time and I had some, too, when I was a kid. I remember iced coffee better, though.
That was more fun. When one poured the cream into the iced coffee, it twisted about and made random white patterns in the dark coffee, reminiscent of the swirls found in marble. While it may take millions of years and intense pressure and heat to create the metamorphic rock we know today as marble, cream poured into iced coffee allows us to visualize the entire process in seconds. It was Doobie who brought the subject up to me as I drank my sweet tea, something that she obviously didn’t like selling as much as she liked serving beer, there being more profit in beer. Though the receding undulations of her firm buttocks encased in tight leather pants have, doubtless, fueled many pubescent fantasies in the grown men who frequent The Blue Moon Bar, Doobie is a businesswoman. Her own visions are focused on the bottom line. “You know, sport,” Doobie said to me, “that the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s annual Thanksgiving race, the Drumstick Regatta, has been re-named this year after Bubba won the event last year. But do you know why?” “Gee, Doobie, I didn’t know that Bubba was even in the race last year, much less that he actually won it,” I replied. “Are they re-naming the race after Bubba or Bubba’s boat?” “Not hardly.” “So, what’s the deal?” “To tell the truth, I had something to do with Bubba’s winning last year’s race,” Doobie proffered. “That’s impossible, Doobie,” I said. “I can’t recall an instance when you have ever set foot on Bubba’s boat. I am not sure if it’s the cockroaches or the general dinginess on the boat that appalls you more, but I know you have expressed reservations in the past about getting within 50 feet of Right Guard.” “I didn’t actually get on the boat,” Doobie said.
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“However I had a great deal to do with the win.” “In what way?” “A couple of days before the race, Bubba was hitting some of the patrons in here up for an entry fee. The fee was only $20, I think I remember, but at that time Bubba was a little short on cash. He blamed it on greedy bankers, unethical mortgage brokers and wildly speculative people who handled investment portfolios.” “If Bubba was influenced last year by the Alice-In-Wonderland dreams of people at the top of the financial food chain,” I observed, “then that represents the ne plus ultra of trickle-down economics.” Doobie agreed. She said: “Right.” “So tell me more, Doobie. How is it that you had a hand in Bubba’s win of the Drumstick Regatta? You’re not a sailor. I know that,” I stated. “The guys who kicked in to pay for Bubba’s entry fee— there were about 20 of them, lots of small change—wanted a guarantee for their investment. They wanted assurance from Bubba that he would finish in first place and that any trophy he won would be displayed here at The Blue Moon Bar. And Bubba, who was slightly desperate at this point, guaranteed a win,” Doobie explained. “Sailboat racing is a bottomless whirlpool of unknowns,” I postulated. “How could Bubba promise a win?” “That’s where I came in,” Doobie explained. “You?” “Yeah. It was simple really. I sent Bubba to the pharmacy down the road and had him buy about a pound of Ex Lax. Then he brought it back here, and we melted it down and poured it into candy molds. That got rid of the product ID on the original, made it look normal instead of suspi-
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cious and then we let the candy cool in the refrigerator overnight. The next day Bubba handed out the chocolate treats at the mandatory skippers meeting several hours before the race. He told me he made sure that all the skippers and their respective crew members got some. Most of the sailors thought that Bubba was being extra nice. “Anyway, once the race started, the Ex Lax started kicking in out in the fleet. That’s what Bubba said anyway. He said that he’d see several crew struggling to get down to the head at one time. There was a lot of shouting on board the other boats. Some pushing and shoving, too. Needless to say, the distraction caused by repeated and pressing calls of nature, fleet-wide, gave Bubba and his crew on Right Guard pretty much a clear run. They started last, as usual, but shortly they were in front, and that is where they finished. “Want to see the trophy he won, the trophy he got by guaranteeing a win to the people who staked him to the entry fee?” Doobie asked of me. “Of course,” I replied. “Follow me,” Doobie ordered. We marched down the hall to the Ladies Room. Doobie opened the door to the Ladies Room and then opened the door to the first stall. There, over the commode, hung the plaque commemorating Right Guard’s win of the 2008 running of the Drumstick Regatta at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. “How come it’s in here?” I asked, curiously. “Because I came up with the idea and this is my place,” Doobie said. “You also said earlier that the people at the Squadron have changed the name of the race after last year. What do they call it now?” I wanted to know. “The Turkey Trot,” Doobie responded.
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EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING Monthly Boating Safety Courses 2009 Schedule in Ft. Pierce, FL About Boating Safety—Boating Safety Course designed for the recreational boater, to encourage safety on the water. This one-day boating course emphasizes safety on the water to enhance the boating experience and to increase confidence on the water. The course is state of Floridaapproved for those 21 and under to obtain their Florida State boater’s license. Go to http://a0700508.uscgaux. info/ (click on Calendar) for class information and the next scheduled class. Classes are usually very full. Call and reserve space on the preferred program date. $36 (+ $10 for each additional family member). Courses are held from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Flotilla 58 Coast Guard Auxiliary Building 1400 Seaway Dr., Fort Pierce FL. (772) 579-3395 Stephanie, or (772) 321-3041 Gary, or e-mail stephcgaux@hotmail.com. Hudson, FL, Boating Safety Courses About Boating Safety (ABS) is a one-day course covering subjects including boat handling, weather, charts, naviga-
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tion rules, trailering, GPS, federal regs, personal watercraft, hypothermia and more. The course fulfills the Florida requirements for a boat operator under 21, and allows 14-year-olds and up to operate boats and PWC. Many Insurance companies also give discounts for attending. This course is scheduled every month on the second Saturday at 9 am. For reservations or questions, call Tom Wilson (727) 376-4298. See schedule at www.hudsonaux.com. USCG Auxiliary Hudson Flotilla 11-7. Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Courses, Jacksonville, FL Safe Boating Saturdays. Next class: November 14. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $25 including materials. Captains Club, 13363 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Meets Florida legal requirements for boater education. Most insurance companies offer discounts to program graduates. Mike Christnacht. (904) 502-9154. Generally held once monthly on Saturdays. Go to www.uscgajaxbeach.com for the schedule. Ongoing – Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs. St. Petersburg, FL Tuesday nights, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Satisfies the Florida boater safety education requirements. Eleven lessons, every Tuesday. Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 1300 Beach Dr. SE, St. Petersburg. Lessons include which boat for you, equipment, trailering, lines and knots, boat handling, signs, weather, rules, introduction to navigation, inland boating and radio. (727) 823-3753. Don’t wait until next summer to have your children qualify for a State of Florida boater safety ID, possibly lower your boater’s insurance premium or just hone your safe boating skills. Boating Safety Courses, St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. Six-week Public
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Boating Course. The course is usually held January, March, June and October. Next course starts Jan. 11 7-9 p.m. and held each Monday for another six weeks. Instruction is free. Materials are $25 per family. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave. SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg, FL. Other courses continuously offered. To find out more, go to www.boating-stpete.org, or call (727) 498-4001, or e-mail contact@boating-stpete.org. North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adults sailing programs. Family sailing. 2-6 people; 2-6 hours. Traditional skiffs or 30-foot keelboat. $50-$240. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317. Reservations/ information: call The Friends’ office (252) 728-1638 Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course The Ruskin flotilla each month offers a Boating Safety course in Ruskin, but has found that many boaters do not have the time to attend the courses, so they are now also offering a home study course at $30. Additional family members will be charged $10 each for testing and certificates. Tests will be held bimonthly. Entry into the course will also allow participants to attend the classes. To
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Seven Seas Cruising Association Melbourne Gam Nov. 13-15 Longtime SSCA member, circumnavigator, author and speaker Beth Leonard will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 Melbourne Gam. Beth is the author of The Voyager’s Handbook, Blue Horizons, and Following Seas, in addition to over 100 articles published in top sailing magazines. Beth and her husband, Evans Starzinger, have completed two circumnavigations and logged more than 110,000 nautical miles. Beth’s seminars at the SSCA gam will include Glacier Island: The Magic of South Georgia and Hands-On Weather. Attendees will enjoy two full days of seminars and can visit marine vendor booths on Friday and Saturday. In addition, there will be a vendor appreciation and camaraderie cocktail party on Friday evening. Saturday evening will feature an international buffet, raffles, prizes and the annual SSCA awards presentation. Early risers can join Kim Hess for Yoga in the Park on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 7:30. Ham exams will be offered on Saturday. On Sunday morning, the rain-or-shine Nautical Flea Market will be held in the gym. Concurrent with the flea market will be the popular “Cruising Destination” roundtable discussions hosted by experienced cruisers, as well as hands-on demos. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer will be explaining the Local Boater Option program
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The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association’s 10th Annual Conference, Savannah, GA, Nov. 19-20 The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) will hold its 10th annual conference in Savannah, GA, on Nov. 19-20 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Savannah. (912) 238-1234 (ask for special rates for the conference). Presentations will provide insight and analysis of the issues and challenges facing Waterway users. Learn what is being done to solve the dredge-disposal site problem in Georgia; the impact the Waterway has on the Georgia economy; how the federal stimulus money is being spent and will there be funding for maintenance in 2010? AIWA members include shippers, towing companies, marinas, local businesses, government representatives, organizations and recreational boaters. For more information and to register, go to www.atlintracoastal.org, call (877) 414-5397 or e-mail rosemary@atlintracoastal.org.
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Harborage Marina Hosts Demo Days, St. Petersburg, FL, Nov. 20-22 — FREE The Harborage Marina, located next to the Dali Museum on Third Street South in St. Petersburg, is hosting a Demo Days event Nov. 20-22. Entry is FREE. The Harborage is home to a wide variety of boats, and the Demo Days will have a wide variety of boating opportunities. “We are very happy with the level of participation in our first ever Demo Days,” said Marina Manager Kirby Cay Scheimann, CMM. “The variety we are bringing to the table will have something for just about everyone. Powerboats from family runabouts to cruisers, sailboats, trailerable boats, plus boat clubs and fractional ownership opportunities will all be on hand. The show falls right between Fort Lauderdale and the St. Pete Boat Show, so it’s an ideal time to get a great deal and beat the crowds. You also can’t beat the price as we are open and free to the public!” At press time, participating businesses include Yacht Sales Florida, Florida Yacht Brokers, Massey Yacht Sales, David Erdman Yachts, Thunder Marine, Freedom Boat Club and SailTime Tampa Bay. “We are anticipating mostly new, with some brokered boats as well. The sailboat inventory should be the best you’ll see anywhere. Depending on how the Fort Lauderdale show turns out, we will likely have some great cruisers on hand as well. This is a great chance to get boat show pricing without the boat show crowds. We are very pleased to have Freedom Boat Club and SailTime also on board, so visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about various entry points into boating. We’ll also have dollar hot dogs and drinks all weekend long at the poolside deli.” The Harborage is right off I-175 in St. Petersburg. From
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Ben Sawyer Bridge, MM 462.2, South Carolina, Closed on AICW, Nov. 13-23 From U.S Coast Guard Sector Charleston Due to the scheduled replacement of the swing span of the Ben Sawyer Bridge, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) will be closed to marine traffic from Friday, Nov. 13 at 12:00 a.m. to Monday, Nov. 23, at 11:59 p.m. A safety zone will be enforced around the Ben Sawyer
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Bridge during the entire 10-day closure. The safety zone will encompass the entire waterway from 180 yards northwest of the bridge and 220 yards southwest of the bridge. No one may enter the safety zone without prior authorization from the Captain of Port Charleston or his designated representative. Mariners are encouraged to listen to the broadcast notice to mariners for updates on VHF Channel 16. CG Sector Charleston will broadcast the closure, as well as the implementation and rescission of the corresponding safety zone for the bridge. Updates to the schedule are dependent on weather and will be made to this MSIB, as necessary. For questions regarding the bridge construction, call Julie Hussey with PCL at (843) 224-1096 or Kim Partenheimer with PB Americas at (843) 972-1775. For Coast Guard issues, please contact the Coast Guard’s 24 hour Command Center Line at (843) 740-7050.
Tampa Sea Scouts Seek Donations to Build Unique Racing Sailboats Sea Scout Ship 185 of the Tampa Sailing Squadron in Apollo Beach has a dream and a new goal for its organization. Over the past few years, these young sailors have made a name for themselves in the Tampa Bay area regat-
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tas with the development of their J/24 racing fleet. Like most teenagers, they desire something new and more challenging. They may have found just what they have been looking for in a new design boat from Australia. Don St. Amour, Scoutmaster of Ship 185, was on the Internet and came across a story about a 15-year boy in Australia who designed and built a unique racing boat. It is called the “i550,” designed by Christopher Beckwith. The boat, a “stitch and glue,” has a solid hull with an 18foot length, 8-foot beam and will accommodate a crew of three. For detailed information, log on to www.i550sportboat.com. The Sea Scouts have purchased two sets of plans and will begin construction in the near future. Any marine organization or individuals who would like to contribute to this project of helping young teenage sailors in the area or who would like to learn more about the i550 and/or the TSS Sea Scouts can contact Don St. Amour at (813) 9677718 or at seasmoke01@verizon.net.
Sarasota to Havana Regatta Moves Forward With Plans for 2010 Start The Sarasota Yacht Club, which plans a regatta from Sarasota to Havana in May of next year recently shortened its schedule in response to boaters’ concerns of too long a
schedule. The current schedule has regatta activities beginning on Friday, May 14, at the Sarasota Yacht Club. On Friday, there will be a continental breakfast, registration and clinic. A sponsors’ party will be held in the evening, along with a sailors’ reception and cookout. This will continue through Saturday, and the pre-race party will be held on Saturday evening. On Sunday, following a breakfast and the “First warning” launch party, the race to Havana will begin at 12:30 p.m. Boats are expected to finish the race two days later on Tuesday, May 18, with a cocktail party and dinner that evening in Havana. On Wednesday, there will be an Optimist sailing clinic and instruction, a PHRF sailing clinic and the skipper’s meeting and barbecue in the evening. On Thursday, there will be more Optimists events with the local Regatta Castillo del Morro, followed by an awards dinner that evening. On Friday, the race to Key West will begin, and boaters are expected to arrive in Key West later that day, at which time there will be a welcoming party. Regatta organizers received confirmation that their OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) application has been received by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Each vessel will need to acquire a temporary export license prior to leaving for Cuba. Organizers of the regatta are working to see if they can streamline the process to make it easier for participants. A proposed law, that would allow freedom to travel to
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Cuba, is currently making its way through Congress, and it is possible that this law could become effective before the regatta begins, eliminating the need to acquire export licenses and other permits required for the regatta. For more information, including details on entering, go to www.sarasotayachtclub.org.
Nina, Pinta Replicas to Visit Pensacola, FL, Dec. 23-Jan. 3 By Kim Kaminski On December 23 through January 3, the Columbus Foundation will bring two replica sailing ships, the Nina and the Pinta, to Palafox Harbor in downtown Pensacola as part of a sailing museum tour. Both ships will be open to self-guided tours from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and will be open on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. These two replica ships were fashioned after the caravel-style sailing vessel, a common trading boat that was produced for over 125 years due to its simple sculpture and honest design. The caravel ship was considered the best open water design for an explorer during the “age of discovery” because of its Scandinavian-style bow and midsection along with its combination square sails on the main and foremast for downwind sailing and the lateen rigging (triangular sails) on the mizzenmasts. The caravels were used as cargo ships, warships and corsairs (pirate ships). The Nina replica was built in 1988 by the Columbus Foundation with designer John Sarsfield and is considered the most historically accurate replica of the “Columbus” ships ever built. This replica boat was used in the 1992 Ridley Scott film “1492: Conquest of Paradise” made in honor of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage. The Nina was hailed as the favorite ship of Christopher Columbus who sailed the vessel over 25, 000 miles during his three voyages. The ship survived a hurricane, was captured by pirates and then reclaimed back by
its crew. Columbus himself purchased a half share in her. The Pinta replica was built in Valencia, Brazil (as was the Nina replica) using the same techniques, hand saws, chisels, and axes along with the natural timbers found in the area and was launched on February 25, 2005. This second vessel to the replica fleet is also used for private parties and functions in the evenings whenever it comes to port. The ship has a large main deck area and a 40-foot air-conditioned main salon with an open galley down below the deck. Each ship has a crew of six who will be available to answer questions and will present a slideshow showing the details on how each vessel was built. For more information, go to www.thenina.com.
Sunrise Sails, Plus, of Palmetto FL Sold to New Owner Sunrise Sails, Plus, in Palmetto, FL, was recently purchased by former employee Jimmy Hendon. Sunrise Sails was founded in 2002 by Ray Glover, who passed away in January 2008 after a battle with skin cancer. Ray’s widow, Joanne Glover, ran the business with Jimmy as manager since Ray’s death until the recent sale of the business. Jimmy worked as service manager for Ray for many years. Sunrise Sails, Plus, handles just about any installation, repair and alteration on sailboats and can put together a team of subcontractors and service personnel for larger projects. The company has a sail loft where custom sails are made, repaired and altered. They also can have sails cleaned. They are a Doyle sails affiliate, selling the Doyle sail line. Jimmy is also a licensed captain, certified sailing instructor and experienced sailor, having lived on his sailboat for 15 years. Sunrise Sails, Plus, is located at 604 10th St. West, Palmetto, FL 34220. They can be contacted at (941) 7214471, or Jimmy@sunrisesailsplus.com. For more information, go to www.sunrisesailsplus.com.
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Marine Radar Training Offered by the St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron By Harold Hurwitz monthly. While they must ollision avoidance, charge for materials, navigation support instruction is always free. and foul weather warning The skill of attendees are the reasons to considat a September course er marine radar as an ranged from folks preparintegral component in a ing themselves for their vessel’s electronics sysfirst radar purchase to tem. Radar is the only veteran users wanting to piece of equipment that see “what is new” and will show there “actually hone their techniques by is” something on the talking to others. water when a skipper’s As an extension of the vision is foiled by darkSenior Navigator Bill Eibach instructs 14 students at the September program, the class conness or fog. radar seminar. vened at HWH Electronics Not just for large in St. Pete Beach. Compships anymore, marine any representatives Kevin radar is available for virSherburne and Gary tually any size vessel. Serventi enhanced the Soon, even power output class’ awareness of what will not be a constraint. to (and not to) expect from With the introduction of their systems and providbroadband systems, radar ed actual radar images on is available for vessels their equipment simulawith limited power availtors. Students got a feel ability. Prices for this latfor how the image would est technology should look when integrated come down dramatically over those generated by in the next several years. chart plotter and GPS. Current technology allows Beyond the showchart plotter, GPS and room, HWH’s demonstraradar images to all be displayed on the same screen Senior Navigator Howard Rothstein, whose sailing range spans from tion vessel is rigged with a as overlays, maximizing Maine to Trinidad and who has sailed in darkness and fog utilizing full array of gear, from radar to satellite radio, usefulness for cross-check- the navigation capabilities of radar, assisted Eibach. which might be incorpoing relevant data. rated into a marine electronics system. HWH has been supThe St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron offers porting boaters’ marine electronics needs for over 50 years. marine radar as just one of 18 two-hour “Seminar Series” For more information about the full curriculum of the courses to the general public. Its 300+ members from the Public Safe Boating Courses offered by the St. Petersburg St. Petersburg area have dedicated themselves to promotSail and Power Squadron, go to www.boating-stpete.org, ing safe boating through education. The squadron’s certior call (727) 525-0968. fied instructors present a different relevant boating topic
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OUR WATERWAYS Boaters Can Help Save Their Own Working Waterfront— Working Waterfronts Act of 2009 Needs Co-Sponsors From BoatU.S.
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orking waterfronts are a dying breed. With developer’s eyes on waterfront parcels, water-dependent businesses like marinas, boatyards, commercial fishing operations, boatbuilders, and charter boat fleets are getting pushed out from the only place they can do business. A bill now in Congress would provide federal funding to coastal and Great Lakes states to help preserve and protect working waterfronts. The Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatU.S.) urges boaters and anglers to contact their members of Congress to co-sponsor and support H.R. 2548, the “Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2009.” Introduced in May by Rep. Chellie Pingree, (D-ME), and cosponsored by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), the legislation would allow local governments to use federal grant funds to purchase a threatened marina outright, or a non-profit group could obtain a grant to buy development rights in order to keep a working boatyard in business, rather than see it sold for residential development. In introducing her bill, Rep. Pingree said, “Waterdependent, coastal-related businesses are economically and culturally important places to many coastal communities, and working waterfronts are quickly disappearing under the tremendous pressures from incompatible uses,” she added. Passage of H.R. 2548 would be particularly timely in that it would amend the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, now up for congressional reauthorization. Grants made under the Pingree bill must “provide for expansion or improvement of public access to coastal waters” and be matched at 25 percent by non-federal funds. The act would authorize $25-million, $50-million and $75-million to
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the states over three successive years. To be eligible for grant funding, a state would have to develop a working waterfront plan and appoint an advisory committee to oversee the program. “That would put decision-making where it should be, closer to the people and the businesses that depend on the waterfront in a given state,” said BoatU.S. Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs Ryck Lydecker. For more information on the bill as well as suggestions for writing your member of Congress, go to www.BoatUS. com/workingwaterfronts .
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Puts Out Notice on New Boating Laws From the FWC
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ew laws aimed at boating safety and protecting natural resources are in effect. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and other law enforcement agencies throughout the state are out to alert Floridians to new laws and enhancements to existing laws that deal with boating under the influence, boating safety education, waterway markers, possession of gasoline on a vessel and destruction of coral. The enhanced penalty for boating under the influence (BUI) is the same as it is for driving under the influence. The blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.20 that was a violation in the past has changed to 0.15. Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, any boater born on or after Jan. 1, 1988, will be required to take an approved boating safety course and possess an FWC-issued boating safety identification card. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1988, who purchases a boat will have 90 days from the purchase date to obtain a boating safety identification card. Another prohibited activity is placement and use of a waterway marker that does not conform to the U.S. Aids to Navigation System and does not have an FWC permit. It’s also unlawful for boaters to moor to government-placed waterway markers or lawfully placed waterway markers except in emergency situations or with written consent of the marker’s owner. Also, it is illegal to possess or operate a vessel with nonconforming or unapproved gasoline containers or to transport gasoline in an unventilated or improperly ventilated compartment. Laws regarding titling, numbering and registration now apply to any vessel operated, used or stored on state waters except vessels lawfully stored at a dock or marina. Boaters who damage coral reefs are required to notify the Department of Environmental Protection. In addition, boaters who damage coral reefs are required to cooperate with that department to remove their vessels and to assess and restore the coral reef. To learn more about Florida’s boating requirements, visit MyFWC.com/Boating. www.southwindsmagazine.com
Fernandina Beach Considers Privatizing City Marina By Harry Knickerbocker
Note from the editor: Harry Knickerbocker, who has been living and cruising on sailboats for many years, wrote this letter to a local newspaper in Fernandina Beach, where he has spent many of his cruising days. Harry currently lives on board Victory of Burnham, a two-ton IOR boat designed by Ed Dubois in England in 1980. It was one of the first boats that had a carbon-fiber hull. Harry has had many interesting encounters in his travels, one of which was published in the March 2009 issue of SOUTHWINDS and is titled “The Trial—Dinghy Citation in Key West. Where do Our Tax Dollars Go?” It can be read in Back Issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com.
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just returned to Fernandina Beach after sailing singlehanded around Florida, including two trips along the coast in the Gulf of Mexico from south to north and then back again. This voyage gave me an opportunity to see the current economic state of the marine environment in Florida. I think it’s fair to say that every marina in the state is in trouble. All of the marinas are losing customers. The city marinas at West Palm, Key West Harbor and St. Pete are all experiencing a dramatic rise in vacancy rates. Transient docks are mostly empty. Couple the high price of marina services with the increasing price for fuel, and you have a double whammy. Many boaters have decided that the cost of being on the water is just too high. As a result, some marinas
have lowered their rates to increase demand, while others have raised them in a belated attempt to prop up their sagging revenue and recoup their losses. There seems to be a lot of confusion over what should be done, but one thing is very clear: If there are no boaters on the demand side of the equation, the supply side is bound to suffer, regardless of what strategy is chosen. You cannot do business with non-existent customers. There is no sound in the marketplace worse than the sound of one hand clapping. When I first passed through Fernandina Beach in May of 2003, on my way north to the Chesapeake, the place was booming. Customers were everywhere. The harbor was filled with boats from all over the world. Cruise ships were calling; the charter fishing fleet was going strong and the
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transient dock was full. Voyager, Jay Scott’s wooden schooner, was usually packed to the gunnels with people who wanted to go for a day sail; the local sailing school was in full swing; the marina had a thriving live aboard community, and people by the hundreds were being drawn to the marina’s docks because it was fun to look at all the boats, dream about sailing away, and maybe spend some time and money. This environment was good for the entire community, not just the city’s coffers. Then the city decided to renovate the marina and to double the rates for moorage. This ongoing process began about three years ago. First, the liveaboard community was evicted. Then the cruise ships left, and as word of the price
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hike made its way through the cruising community, more and more sailors decided to cruise elsewhere. When the mooring field was installed several years ago in the most convenient section of the harbor, this put another nail in the coffin. Cruisers do not, (on average), like mooring fields. Then the high price of moorage and fuel began to drive the charter fishing fleet onto the rocks; and finally—so I discovered on my recent return—you no longer have a pirate ship to go with your annual Pirate Festival. (For pirate fans, this must be a bit demoralizing.) Voyager, that lovely old schooner, which was so much a part of the waterfront, and such a great attraction, is now anchored out in the salt marsh and up for sale. High rent coupled with high fuel costs have just about ruined the community’s public marina. What pie-in-the-sky vision inspired this economic disaster? And where have all the people gone? While the recession has no doubt intensified the downward slide, the decline of the marina began well before the economy went into a nosedive. Now the city wants to wash its hands of the matter by leasing the public marina to one of two competing firms, one of which says that it intends to raise prices even higher (by 10 percent). They are also promising future profits that are unrealistic given the current set of economic conditions. (More pie in the sky? Say whatever is necessary to get the lease?) Nevertheless, one firm says it can make $50,000 a year off the mooring field alone. This number, at the rate of $15 dollars per day per mooring buoy, (which is 33 percent higher than the monthly rate), would require the use of nine buoys out of 20 through 365 days. When I visited the harbor during the last Shrimp Festival, which is one of the busiest days of the year for boaters, I counted a total of eight boats tied to the buoys. The usual number is fewer than five, and many of these boats are on the lower monthly rate. And what about the one million in profit over five years that one of these firms is promising? If the marina at its current monthly moorage rate of around $15 per foot, is mostly vacant, what do you suppose will happen when the price goes up by 10 percent to $16.50 a foot? I believe the law of demand tells us that a rise in price will decrease the quantity demanded. If there are currently about 15 boats in the marina, which is a liberal estimate, after the price increase I suspect there will only be five or six. The consequences of raising the price during a severe recession should be obvious. What is not so obvious is why the city needs a private firm to turn things around. What does the city manager expect these firms to do for the marina that the city cannot do for itself? If the marina needs a new game plan, then why not make the change and adjust to the economic climate? Why is the city so helpless in this matter? It should also be obvious that turning the public marina over to a private firm will probably create a new set of problems that will compound the old, at even greater public expense. The best solution, given the current economy, is to maintain public ownership and simply change the current price policy to make renting a slip more attractive. High prices drove everyone away and turned the boom into a bust, which accelerated with the recession. And what good is a public marina if the public cannot afford to use it—especially in the midst of a bad recession? Privatizing the city marina is a lame strategy inspired by desperation—not foresight or leadership. www.southwindsmagazine.com
Working Your Way Through the Annapolis Boat Show By Dave Terry
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bleached hair show you million-dolhe Annapolis Boat Show is lar sailboats. the largest sailboat show in Wear slip-on comfortable shoes America,” my good friend Howard with a unique design. You’ll board told me. “You should go. You hundreds of boats along with thoumight find that boat you’re looking sands of people—and twice that for, to sail around the world.” number in feet. You’ll be required to “You and Helen should come remove your shoes before you step to the show, also!” I said. off the dock. If those shoes are dockHe shook his head, “Helen and siders, you’ll be wondering which I are going to see the great grandpair is yours when you return. kids.” Getting down on your hands and I thought I might feel a bit lost knees to sniff out which pair is yours if I went alone. “I need to get a lady would be embarrassing. friend.” The standard New England Howard smiled. He knew uniform is Docksiders, tan khaki what I was thinking, “Get a boat, pants with cuffs and a button-down Dave. She’ll keep you busy as any short-sleeved shirt with a sweater woman.” thrown over your shoulders. I wore The weather provided the final my yellow foul-weather gear, mirpush I needed to pack my bags. rored sunglasses, bright green foldSeptember in northwest Florida ing hat and bright yellow plastic was so hot and humid the idea of clogs, so people could see me on the going north had the appeal of ice docks instead of bumping me off cream. Attending the United States into the harbor—again. Sailboat Show, as the Annapolis New England weather is as show is officially called, in October fickle as a 13-year-old daughter. would be a soulful journey to the Thursday was the best weather I’d mecca of the U.S. sailing world. seen in three months. It was perfect. First of all, secure a room at That day was windy, 73 degrees least six months in advance. If you Beware of losing your Docksiders and hardly a cloud in the sky. On try to locate a room when you at the boat show. Friday the temperature climbed to arrive, your entire family will be 85 degrees with not much wind. living in one room amid the slums Saturday it rained and dropped 20 degrees in about an of Washington D.C., 25 miles away from the event with hour. Sunday morning was 45 degrees and crystal-clear. Internet service slower than dial-up during a hurricane. Prepare for the worst with layers, which can be stuffed in If you’re planning to drive, get a portable GPS. It a daypack. I carried a large duffle bag, an inflatable life should be quick and responsive like your mother-in-law. vest and a major attitude about not going swimming, Roads in Maryland are built on top of older roads. Most again, with my three cameras and lenses. of the historic areas were designed for horses pulling On your tour of the boats, you’ll discover a huge array buggies. With GPS, you’ll be wondering why you’re of exciting new sailing gadgets. The list of exciting new being directed to enter a freeway instead of just turning items discovered on my four-day tour will be my next left over to the street your mother-in-law can “clearly see book. To help your dwindling memory, bring a tape you need to be on.” Trust the GPS. It has more knowledge recorder and a daypack to carry literature. Take extra tapes about the situation and only speaks occasionally. The and batteries. By the time you get done with each day, freeway may have been built on top of that road you can you’ll have more crap in your bag than a Liberian sewer. see, but can’t get to. The GPS can calculate the “one-way” Back in the hotel, as soon as you take a shower and streets, traffic and ancient labyrinths faster than your relax, you’ll dump 50 pounds of flyers and forget almost wife and mother-in-law with that crumpled up old map, everything in order to make room for the next morning. which neither can figure out how to fold. There will also If you have a tape recorder, you can make notes about be a smooth tone to the GPS’ voice compared to the hyswho gave you what card, what they looked like and terical voices from the back seat. some kind of a sketch about each item, or person, for Leave the kids at home. Three kids knocked me into later memory loss. the harbor while playing chase. Without the kids, falling in As you rush from one boat to another, you’ll the water, untying dock lines or purposefully losing their encounter bands, parties and thousands of wonderful parents in the crowd, will be avoided. Or, you can bring people just like yourself who honestly love sailing—but the kids and send them with your family on all-day tours don’t forget to relax and enjoy the show. The best sailor of Washington, D.C. Then, you can drool on the plush caris the one who is most relaxed in the eye of the storm. pet of 72-footers, while large-breasted eye candies with News & Views for Southern Sailors
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The St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show DEC. 3-7 Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park 400 First St. South, St. Petersburg A few blocks south of downtown St. Petersburg (Mahaffey Theater is located at what is formerly known as the Bayfront Center complex)
Directions: Take Interstate 275 into St. Petersburg. Exit on Interstate 175-Exit 22 and continue to its end at the traffic light. Proceed forward four traffic lights. The fourth light is First Street. Turn left on First Street. The Mahaffey Theater and the show grounds will be on your right-hand side. Plenty of on-site parking is available at the municipal parking garages and airport surrounding show grounds. The parking fee is $5. Visitors can also ride the Downtown Looper Trolley with convenient stops on First Street alongside the Mahaffey Theater. Visit www.loopertrolley.com for schedules. Visitors can also come by boat and dock for free at the show’s “Come by Boat Dock”
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Event Web site: www.showmanagement.com Thurs. Dec. 3 — 12 noon-6 p.m. Fri. Dec. 4 — 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 5 — 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun. Dec. 6 — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults $10 Children (6-15) $5 Under 6 FREE $2 off each ticket purchased online General Show Information The St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail merged in 2008 to create one large show for all power and sailboats in downtown St. Petersburg. Show Management puts on this show and has been doing so for many years—along with many other boat shows throughout the South. There will be docks dedicated to sailboats only, and Latitudes and Attitudes magazine will be putting on their traditional Cruisers Bash on Saturday evening after the show at 7 p.m. In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is besides the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with these boats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land. Over 200 exhibitors will be in the main tent, and one section will be devoted to sailing exhibitors, although many exhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers. There will be a large section for outside exhibitors showing both sailing products and services and trailered boats. This is besides the dozens of trailered powerboats that will also be on display outside in the powerboat area. Sailing seminars, run by Sail America, in the same format as the ones at the previous Strictly Sail Boat shows, will be held in air-conditioned seminar tents. A seminar schedule (not available at SOUTHWINDS press time, but it will be in the December issue) will be available at www.strictly sail.com at the St. Pete Web page and through the Show Management Web site, www.showmanagement.com. There will also be an authors tent area outside. For kids, there will be free fishing clinics on Saturday and Sunday with free fishing gear to be given away as long as supplies last. Discover Sailing will also be offering free sailboat rides on a variety of boats in Tampa Bay. www.southwindsmagazine.com
How to Avoid Sales at the Boat Show By Norman A. Schultz (Reprinted with permission from Soundings Trade Only)
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o, you say, you don’t really have any expectation that you’ll sell boats at your upcoming in-water show. Believe that and you can make it your reality. But it will take some effort to avoid making sales. So, here are some sales avoidance techniques you can use: Don’t Exhibit at All Yes, it’s certain sales will be made at the fall shows. And, while shows won’t create a market that doesn’t exist, they will still draw in those prospects that are actively looking. So, even if attendance won’t be quantity, it’s guaranteed to be quality and the best way to avoid that is to be absent from the show. Make it Tough for People to Find You. In my experience, dealers do a good job of identifying themselves at indoor shows. But, at in-water shows, they often fail to make themselves stand out. Think about it— hundreds of docks all look pretty much the same. Moreover, most show managers do a poor job of identifying the docks by directional or information signs. I know…looking back, I didn’t do it well, either. So, the prospects looking for you will have a hard time finding you, and you can avoid sales if you make your display blend in with all the others. Board by Appointment Only This is a winning strategy to successfully keep people off your boats. Surveys show most people are offended by this requirement. So, if you want to avoid sales, this should do it. But, if you don’t want to be so obvious, the next suggestion can work well, too. No Shoes! Sure, many boaters will remove their shoes to board, but many others simply won’t. Perhaps it’s because they once had their shoes “walk off” at a show or someone accidentally kicked one into the water! But it’s a good technique to keep prospects off your boats. The no-shoes sign also sends a message that you won’t take the time to put runners over the carpet inside the boat or that shoes will scuff up the deck. But I know a dealer who successfully turns the no-shoes mentality to his favor by inviting people aboard his boats with their shoes on while telling them, “You can’t hurt a Tiara!” Of course, don’t copy that if you’re trying to avoid sales! Sit Down in the Cabin Don’t be in the cockpit to greet people. Make sure people
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on the dock can see you lounging inside. They’re likely not going to disturb you. To make certain they won’t, hold your cell phone to your ear and lip sync something! No one will feel comfortable interrupting you. Don’t like the cell phone trick? Then, get another member of your sales team and hold a deep conversation. Looking totally absorbed with another employee is a sure-fire way to avoid a possible sale. Make Boarding Difficult Forget creating a safe ramp or other method, complete with a handle or handrail so prospects feel confident they can get from the dock to the boat. Women are particularly sensitive to boarding methods, even more so if kids are along. So, keep those wives and kids off the boat and you won’t be bothered by a sale. Don’t Put General Info Where Prospects Can See It. That means, don’t put a good, readable sign on the boat that gives basic info like make, model and price so people can easily read it from the dock. That way, they’ll have to ask you for basic facts, and you’ll be on the cell phone and unavailable to answer, of course. The Bottom Line The atmosphere at in-water shows is less “formal” than at the winter indoor shows, and it should be. But that also seems to lead us to a more laid-back attitude toward the show’s potential. In-water shows are equally important and as powerful as indoor shows, and the displays of boats dockside need to be presented as effectively and worked just as hard if sales are to be made. The fall shows, even in this recession, will produce sales for those exhibitors who are seriously up to the task. Norman A. Schultz has been in the marine industry for 39 years, including five on the manufacturing side with OMC and 33 years as president of the dealer-organized Lake Erie Marine Trades Association. He is an author and speaker and considered by many to be the “dean” of association executives in the marine industry today. Norm writes the twice-weekly “Dealer Outlook” blog for Soundings Trade Only, which appears in the magazine’s daily e-newsletter and on its Web site. SOUTHWINDS November 2009
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COOKING ONBOARD By Captain Ron Butler
Conch Fritters INGREDIENTS 4-6 cleaned conch 1 bell pepper (any color will do) 1 medium onion ½ tsp. celery salt Dash black pepper ½ tsp. Matouk’s or your favorite hot pepper sauce (or substitute 1 chopped Jalapeno pepper sans seeds) 2 eggs 1 ½ cups Bisquick Water as needed
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kay, cruisers, here it is, the secret of the Bahamas—the real thing. We love our conch fritters. You have to go some to beat watching the sunset over the banks while you sip a cold one and chow down on these babies. Also it helps to remember that conch is pronounced conk; don’t be a noob. Start by catching and cleaning a conch—or maybe two—although one large conch certainly provides enough meat for two people. This recipe easily makes enough for four to six people for dinner, and feeds more served as an appetizer. Adjust quantities to suit the amount of meat. Chop, grind or mince the conch finely. In Marsh Harbor we used to be able to buy minced and even ground conch at Long’s Seafood. When in Marsh Harbor, stock up. Conch freezes great. We have also bought whole conch at Atlantic Seafood on Long Island. Treat the peppers and onions the same way by finely chopping them. If you have a food processor on board it certainly speeds the process. We use one of those handheld blenders that I refer to as an outboard motor, which works very well for chopping the conch and veggies. Our inverter is wired into the boat’s outlets so we have 120-volt AC power wherever we are. If you like ‘em hot, you can chop a jalapeno or two into the mix. Mix the conch and veggies together with the Bisquick, eggs, spices and enough water to make droppable dough. If the dough needs to be thicker, add more Bisquick. Thinner, add water. The dough should be moist but doughy, maybe even a bit thicker than you would make it for dumplings. Drop golfball-sized globs into a fry pan with 2 or 3 inches of hot cooking oil. Deep fry until golden brown on the bottom and then gently roll them over and toast the other side. Remove from the oil with your slotted spoon when browned on both sides and drain in a brown paper bag. Sprinkle with salt while hot. I like mine hot and spicy, but the admiral doesn’t, so we often leave out the Matouk’s and just serve it on the side for dunking. Pop the top on a cold Kalik or two and kick back. It’s easy to imagine that you’re on the veranda at Chat ‘N Chill or Peace & Plenty or maybe Cabbage Key. Even when we’re home in the states, we can get a taste of the islands by mixing up a batch from our stock of frozen conch. Speaking of which, I think I better be going down to the Abacos again; we’re out of conch. www.southwindsmagazine.com
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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW
Westerly Centaur 26 By Jack Mooney The Westerly Centaur 26 and her current owners.
any readers of SOUTHWINDS are cruising wanabees, who can’t see their way clear to spend tons of money for a “cruisable” boat. Then, there are others, like Sandy and I, who are willing to make compromises that allow us to enjoy the cruising life on a limited budget. We began our cruising life in 1993 in a Challenger 32, named Utopia, in which we cruised from San Francisco to Florida. Then Sandy got the nesting urge, and we bought a home in Hudson, the skinny-water capitol of Florida about 30 miles north of Tampa Bay. With our 4’10” draft, we could get out only on the high-water day of the month. So we were limited to cruising without day sailing. A new boat was in order. It was goodbye to our beloved Utopia and hello to Utopia Too. Our requirements were: strength and stability, threefoot draft, six-foot headroom, comfortable sleeping space, a decent head, an adequate galley, a comfortable cockpit, and enough comfort for a six-month cruise. Because of our age and limited income, we would restrict ourselves to the United States and the Bahamas. Therefore, many blue water cruising goodies were not needed. We found that the Westerly Centaur 26 fit these requirements. It has bilge keels that give it a three-foot draft, with 2,800 pounds of ballast. Each boat carries a Lloyds molding certificate. It was designed and built in England, so it is strong enough to han-
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dle the North Sea. Some Centaurs have been delivered across the Atlantic—“on their own bottoms.” In 2001, we found a 1970 model in St. Petersburg for $7500. It did need some modifications to increase comfort and other needed features. It had a two-cylinder Volvo diesel and fair sails. We painted it inside, top and bottom. We added an outboard motor bracket for our 9.9 HP dinghy motor that serves as a backup for the 30-year-old diesel. We added a six-inch foam mattress to provide sleeping comfort. The mainsheet was moved from the end of the boom to midboom to provide more cockpit space. A bridge was built over the companionway to carry the mainsheet track. The two-burner alcohol stove is adequate for cooking. Sandy uses a pressure cooker for many meals and has used it as a Dutch oven to bake bread. I built a fiberglass dodgerBimini that gives six-foot headroom and has a window for viewing the mainsail. A 110-watt solar panel is mounted on the Bimini behind the backstay. Sandy sewed isinglass curtains that roll right down, and bug screens for the cockpit. We eventually added an Engle freezer/refrigerator, which we usually have in the freezer mode to store food and make ice for sundowners. Every morning, we swap a water bottle for the frozen one in the freezer and put it into the camping cooler that serves as an icebox.
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SPECIFICATIONS: Length, overall 26.0 ft. Length, waterline 21.4 ft. Beam 8.5 ft. Draft 3.0 ft. Displacement 6700 lbs. Ballast weight 2800 lbs. Sail area main 161 sq. ft. Sail area jib 133 sq. ft.
The Westerly Centaur 26 has double fin keels, giving her only 3 feet of draft.
cooler that serves as an icebox. The combination of the solar panel and three deep-cycle batteries have the capacity to run the freezer, single-tube fluorescent lights in the salon, cockpit and the V-berth, and an LED anchor light—so on sunny days, we don’t have to run the engine to charge the batteries. We have a 30-pound Bruce anchor on 50 feet of 5/16-chain and 150 feet of line in the chain locker. We added a hawse pipe to a second locker under the V-berth for a rail-mounted FX16 Fortress with 50 feet of ¼-inch chain and 150 feet of line. We also have a FX11 on 25 feet of chain and 100 feet of line as a stern anchor. With this ground tackle, we sat in comfort in our dry cockpit during a tropical storm in St. Michaels, MD. The boat came with a roller furler jib. We have reefing lines and The stern view, showing the cockpit with helm seat on halyards run to the cockpit as well as the starboard side and the solar panels over the Bimini.
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boom vang control. We added a tiller pilot and a helm seat on the starboard cockpit bench so we could see over the cabin with its six-foot headroom. We spend a lot of time in the ICW, so we need a comfortable helm seat from which we can see the markers. We added a holding tank and macerator pump. I put shelves in the hanging locker where we store food in plastic boxes. Boat bums don’t need hangable clothing. The folded clothes are stored under the V-berth and in sacks hanging along the sides. The quarter berths are full of tools and such, so it is real tight if we have overnight guests. Twenty gallons of fresh water usually lasts a week or more, and we carry a jerry can as a back-up and for ferrying water. We have an 11-gallon fuel tank and carry 12 gallons in jerry
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BOATOWNERS’S BOAT REVIEW a new tiller to replace sailing downwind. the fancy one that broke Now we have a when we were in strong and safe cruising Eleuthera. Sandy found motor sailer with a a wheelbarrow handle comfortable bed, a in the hardware store. It head, a galley, a salon fits and seems to say and a living room in the something about our cockpit. We use a sun working class roots. shower in the cockpit During our second when we can’t get one Bahamas cruise, the ashore. With all of the Volvo engine began to above, this boat is liveleak oil. We stopped in able. I estimate the Fort Lauderdale to usable volume is about repower. We now have a 750 cubic feet. Since I three-cylinder diesel, am about six feet tall, Down below, looking forward, with the dinette on the port side, which gives us more two feet wide and a to starboard and a double V-berth up forward. than 5.5 knots when foot thick, I occupy motoring with 0.6 gallons per hour fuel usage. The extra about 12 cubic feet. Sandy does about the same, and wetted surface provided by the two keels makes the boat Poquita, our boat kitty, about one. This totals 25 cubic feet, slower under power or sail, and slightly degrades pointing or 1/30th of the space, which is enough for our crew of two ability. That is a price we pay for 3-foot draft in a stable boat. and a 1/12. For those who are keeping track of our costs, we Designers, L. Chiles and Partners, made this and other have spent about $15,000 above our $7500 purchase price. trade-offs, one of which is the position of the lower shrouds Most of that is for the motor and its installation. There is at the cabin top edge. I moved the shrouds to chain plates also a lot of sweat equity, but we have gotten a lot of travel attached to the hull, which slightly restricts the main when for our money. Besides, if this motor lasts the 30 years the
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Besides, if this motor of 2008, we took the lasts the 30 years the mast off and motored Volvo did, I will be up to New York, over 100 and that through the Erie and should be enough. Oswego Canals, across Many of our Lake Ontario, through friends insist on “creathe Rideau Canal to ture comforts” when Ottawa. We returned cruising. We think home by the Ottawa looking for what is River, St. Lawrence over the next wave is Seaway, and Richelieu what is important. If Canal to Lake Chamwe are safe, can sleep plain, down the well, eat well, and are Champlain Canal then not damaging the envidown the Hudson and, ronment; life is just after picking up the The Westerly in it’s slip, showing the ample Bimini top plain good. Besides mast, on home by almost enclosing the cockpit. Ernest K. Gann said he Thanksgiving. So we prefers a boat that drinks six, feeds four and sleeps two. have spent 24 months of the past seven years on Utopia That sounds about right to us. Too as well as several short trips around West Florida and We have taken our Centaur to the Bahamas twice for the Keys. four months each. In 2005, we could not get a southerly And we ain’t done yet. wind to cross the Gulf Stream so we motored to I should add that I am 83 and stay young by keeping Jacksonville, FL, and back to Hudson. We spent seven the boat going. Otherwise, I would only be another old months on a trip up the ICW to the Chesapeake for the sailor sitting in front of the TV dreaming of what might summer where we left it on the hard for the winter. In May have been instead of what will be.
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When it’s Time to Buy a Trailerable Sailboat PART II By Will McLendon whether or not hen my wife this serious probMelanie and I lem exists. Also, backed our the Starwind 19 (a 1986 Starwind 19 into product of an ’80s our carport in Fort sailboat venture Lauderdale for the first that started with time, we knew our the Wellcraft lives were about to Corporation and change. The months of ended with Rebel searching for a traileraMarine) is ble sailboat were now equipped with a over, and the void that centerboard that once existed in our we were unable to front yard was now test while the boat filled from concrete to sat on its trailer. rafters with 19 feet of Not only could fiberglass. We were the mechanism boat owners. fail to engage, but Fortunately, our also the bolts that The Starwind gets a new paint job. family was not without hold the centerexperience. Melanie, board’s pivot to the keel could be compromised. To say the who is a daughter of the well-known Neale family, has lived least, we were anxious to get our boat in the water to see aboard most of her life, both on her parents’ Gulfstar 47 and what was in store for us. a Columbia 28 that she owned while in graduate school. The trailer had seen better days, but after towing it from Her expertise gave us an edge while we scoured the West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale (without functioning Sunshine State for our new trailerable, and now we would trailer lights as we later discovered), we felt it was safe to need to rely on it again for the post-mortem of our purchase. use for the distances we would be traveling in the near The list of renovation ideas was long, and through our future. The tires would need to be replaced at some point, savings and purchase negotiation, we were able to carve out and the considerable rust along the wheel wells would have a rough budget that would hopefully see us through to the to be addressed, but for now, we would concentrate on reend. We both wanted a dark blue hull, which meant we creating the boat itself. would need to purchase a sander and several gallons of the Our new vessel also needed a new name. We spent as more exorbitant nautical paint. The non-skid and bottom much time debating a name for our boat as we did searchpaint needed a new coat as well and the teak would have to ing for her, and though we considered the cutesy double be sanded and refinished. We also wanted to equip the inteentendres and the hackneyed Jimmy Buffet references, in the rior with a cabin light and a fan since our plan was to take end we decided it had to be personal and meaningful. We our new-to-us trailerable on weekend trips around Florida. chose Annabel Lee, the name of the Edgar Allan Poe poem To do so, we would have to tinker with our boat’s 12-volt about two young lovers who live “in a kingdom by the sea.” wiring, a potential Pandora’s box. Melanie and I are both from Virginia, as was Poe, and we We had been thorough in the inspection of our new sailboth are admirers of his work. The name was perfect. boat, but we still maintained a twinge of doubt about our purchase. The previous owner agreed to accept our reduced The First Sea Trial and Leak Test offer on the condition that we waive the sea trial. After a weekend of practicing the mast-stepping and replacReluctantly, we went along with his request, having no eviing the defunct trailer lights, we decided to follow the dence of the boat’s seaworthiness. Captain Ron mantra of “if anything’s going to happen, it’s There were several factors that were of great concern. going to happen out there” and take our boat for our own Leaks are one of the most common problems in older sailsea trial. On the eve of our first launching, we ceremoniousboats, and without a sea trial, there is no way of knowing
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ly stripped her former down, causing water name, Tranquilo, off her to be pushed up into hull with a hair dryer the bilge. This was a and a spatula, and tried major issue with the to mentally prepare only correction being a ourselves for what total replacement of might come the next the centerboard brackday. et. We knew, based on We tested everyprevious communicathing we could on that tion with the Starwind Removing the old name from the Starwind. gusty March day in 19 designer Jim Taylor South Florida and yield(now designer of the ed the answers we Precision line), that our needed about where boat was plenty stable this boat rated on the without the centerscale of seaworthiness. board being engaged, We were satisfied that but what we didn’t she could sail, but what know was whether or reared its ugly head was not we could sail with the one thing we could the centerboard up and not truly test for on not worry about a land. She leaked. flood in the bilge. We In the Dania Cutwould need to take her Off canal, the bilges to a boatyard and have stayed dry, but as soon her lifted off the trailer as we got into the chopto replace the centerpier ICW, the water board bracket, but started coming in at a given the costly renosteady rate and vations we had already increased when we put planned to undertake, The Annabel Lee gets her new name. the centerboard down. there was no room left There was no way to in the budget for this. isolate where the water was coming from, and since the bilge So we doused the bolts with Life Caulk and crossed our finpump was on the verge of its first test, we decided to turn gers. It would be some time before we would know if our around and cut our losses. patch job had worked. We drove home in utter silence. Our worst fears had come true and now we were facing the reality that we might A New Paint Job—and Painting Lessons have made a huge mistake buying this boat. After arriving With the caulking behind us, it was time to focus on painthome, we began to regroup and decided to make these leaks ing the hull, which was going to be the largest and most our persona non grata. They would need to be tackled first costly cosmetic job we would undertake. Neither of us had before any of the cosmetic work could be done, so we devised ever painted the hull of a boat, so we sought advice from a simple test to check for where the water was coming from. With Melanie on the garden hose and me, armed with a flashlight, staring into the bilge, we systematically sprayed MARINE water over all 19 feet of her until we could pinpoint where EQUIPMENT the water was getting in. The worst of the culprits were the RESALE cockpit drains, but it appeared water was encroaching from everywhere. There were going to be no shortcuts. We sealed • CONSIGNMENT her from bow to stern with marine-grade caulking and left • BUY • SELL • TRADE no crack unfilled. The stanchions, the portholes, the cleats, OPEN: the winches, the pulleys, the hatches, the drains, the hull-toWed.-Fri. 9-5 / Sat. 9-1 deck joint and anything else that we could find that involved a hole through the hull or deck—they all needed 850-434-1770 caulking, and we retested them until they were sealed. scurvydog@worldnet.att.net And then there were the through-bolts of the center103 Myrick St. board bracket. While we were on the ICW, we noticed that Pensacola, FL 32505 one of the bolts was moving while the centerboard was News & Views for Southern Sailors
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everyone who wanted we began to notice that to throw in their two the finish was getting cents. worse and we became Before painting worried that a third coat could begin, we would was going to undo all of need to remove the our previous work. Plus, boot stripes and other in the humid air, the sticky paraphernalia paint was taking nearly from the hull and then two days to dry and sand down every though we toiled in the square inch from the evenings after work and hull-to-deck joint to the on the weekends, it felt bottom paint, first like we would never get The finished product with new blue paint. using a coarse grit of past this point. sandpaper and then The third coat confollowing up with successive sandings with finer grits. All firmed our fears and after much reflection, we decided to go would then need to be wiped down with acetone before a with one more coat, but this time abandon the “Roll and single drop of paint could hit the hull. Tip” and go with the “Criss-Cross.” It worked, and though Typically, boat painting is done under controlled condiit didn’t look like a professional spray job, we were reasontions, and sprayers are used to avoid showing brush ably pleased with the results. We followed up with a coat of strokes, but we had neither of these options. We were going non-skid paint on the deck, a coat of bottom paint below the to be using paintbrushes under a carport and would have to waterline, and a new layer of Cetol wood finish on the small do the best we could to make it work. amounts of teak. Even though it was a potential budget buster, we decided not to skimp on the type of paint. It’s possible to buy Interior Upgrades and Another Sea Trial cheaper paint that is an off-brand or has sat on store shelves With the exterior of the boat nearly complete, we turned our a little too long, but since this was such a large, visible area, focus to the interior, the final phase of our renovation we wanted to do it right the first time. We bought a gallon of efforts. Initially, the modifications were limited to the instaldark blue Interlux 4316, several wide paint brushes, a roller, lation of a fan and a cabin light, but a closer inspection of brushing liquid to thin out the paint, acetone, Marine-Tex to our boat’s wiring showed that we were in for a little more fill in any imperfections in the fiberglass, a 1/4 sheet pad than a quick fix. There was a spaghetti bowl of wires in the sander, masks, and plenty of sandpaper in varying grits. bilges, and the electrical panels themselves were past their As was expected, the sanding was not the most pleasprime and needed to be replaced. ant experience in the humidity of South Florida, but thankTwelve-volt wiring is not as complicated as the electrifully, a 19-foot boat does not take too long to sand. After a cal systems on larger boats, but it’s every bit as important, few times over with the sander and a wipe-down with aceespecially when you are relying on it to run your VHF and tone, it was finally time to paint. your bilge pump. After procuring two new panels, we Based on the paint can instructions, it would take three replaced and reconnected nearly all the electrical work coats of paint to finish the job with interspersed sandings within our boat and mounted the fan and cabin light. using a fine grit paper. We went in bullheaded for the first Dripping with sweat, we emerged from the cramped cabin coat, painting like we would paint a house. The immediate with smiles on our faces. We were done. results were impressive, but as the paint settled, a patchIt had been two months since we started our renovation work of stroke marks began to emerge. Befuddled, we work, and we decided to end it the same way it began. In a searched the Internet, and eventually we found a painting naming ceremony, we officially christened the Annabel Lee guide on yachtpaint.com (Interlux’s Web site) that offered by placing her name on her hull and running champagne sound painting advice and a glimmer of hope that we might down her bow. The next day, we took her out for her maidbe able to pull it off. en cruise and spent the night anchored in Lake Sylvia in Fort Lauderdale. (www.yachtpaint.com/usa/boat_painting_guide/pdf/topThe Annabel Lee now looked and felt like our boat, and sides/paint_pro.pdf). it was satisfying to see all of our hard work pay off. The topsides caulking was keeping errant seawater from infiltrating The Web site suggested two painting methods: one called our bilge, and the new electrical work added comfort and the “Criss-Cross” method that uses several crossing patsecurity to our cozy cabin. Even the patch job around the terns to hide brush strokes, and the other called the “Roll centerboard bolts had curbed the influx of water, but we and Tip” method that uses a hand brush and a roller to knew that someday we would have to bite the bullet and achieve the same outcome. We chose the “Roll and Tip.” replace the bracket. But that was another project for anothThe plan did not go as expected. After the second coat, er day. 48
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Searching for Thanksgiving Along a Hurricane-Damaged ICW By Sharon Kratz Algiers Lock in New Orleans.
In 2004, my husband Joe and I left Texas in our Westerly Corsair, Rose of Sharon, and motored the ICW from Corpus Christi, TX, to Florida. This was the first leg of our passage to Central America and the beginning of our new life as Caribbean cruisers. Se
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here are many excellent ICW cruising guides in and out of print, and we used several on our journey. Current references include Dozier’s Waterway Guide Atlantic ICW 2009 and Waterway Guide Southern Edition: Florida, the Keys and Gulf Coast. We reached Louisiana by November. Joe and I had been cruising the ICW for over two months, and we wanted to spend Thanksgiving with my family in DeFuniak Springs, FL. It seemed like an easy idea at the time. Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? It’s a city I loved to visit as a child, and nothing will ever equal the thrill of crossing the Mississippi River in my own boat! In 2004, the Big Easy was easy in every way because no one could have predicted the devastation Hurricane Katrina would cause one year later. We spent a week at the Orleans Marina, where some boats had suffered storm damage, but the marina itself was 100 percent operational. 2004 was the first time in recorded history that four hurricanes caused damage in Florida in one season. Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne pounded the Sunshine State, and marinas took it tough that year. It was when I began contacting marinas near DeFuniak Springs that I realized the impact these storms had on boaters and boating. I began by calling the Destin/Fort Walton Beach marinas for availability and rates. Paulette and Steve Peterson own the Shalimar Yacht Basin in Destin, and at that time, they had only one damaged dock. The marina offered a good rate per night, so Paulette and I began reserving the slip and chatting about the cold weather and Thanksgiving and then, “How tall is your boat?” she asked. I told her we were 51 feet. “Uh-oh,” she said. “You can’t get under the Brooks Bridge to get to us. In fact…”—she began consulting something I couldn’t see— www.southwindsmagazine.com
“You can’t get in here to Fort Joe and I continued our Walton or Destin at all because passage through Gulfport, MS, of a bridge. We would have and into Alabama, where we loved to have you with us,” she Gulfport, MS, showed little signs of damage, but as we head- saw the first signs of property ed into Alabama, we saw the first signs of property injury and added. injury and loss from the 2004 loss from the 2004 hurricane season near Gulf Shores. “I could almost smell the hurricane season near Gulf turkey,” I replied. Shores. Waterfront homes with “Don’t give up on Pensacola withdamaged roofs, downed trees, and out trying,” Joe urged. “Call there, toppled docks and decks were activetoo.” So I contacted a few marinas, all ly under repair. We saw many blue of which were closed. “They just roofs; all structures with damage had opened the waterway, and boats can roofs covered by sturdy blue plastic to get in and out now,” offered one mariprevent additional water damage na, “But, no . . . there really isn’t any from rain. good dockage.” On the south side of the ICW, I called the Brown Marina, and the lovely designer homes with manicured office gave me the then-manager’s cell lawns attested to the comfortable phone. Billy Brooks was eager to help, lifestyle afforded by many residents of but could offer nothing. “I’ve got boats Gulf Shores. The proud evergreens lying on a hill,” he said. “I’m afraid to dotting the south bank pointed directeven tell you that you can get in here ly to the sky, and even the telephone for sure, because you might hit somepoles near the local vehicular roadway thing.” He told me 42 boats were still were state-of-the-art. unaccounted for, and even though the I began calling marinas in the waterway leading in from Pensacola Gulf Shores area and discovered none Bay was open, no one could say for of them were open. We thought the sure what was shifting under the Orange Beach Marina might have water. slips, but dockage for transients was I thanked him and expressed our not available at that time. sympathy at the storm damage the Joe and I did the math and realarea had suffered. Since we didn’t ized we could get a haul-out and a need water or electricity, tying up in a power wash for the cost of three nights protected site (for free or darn-near At anchor in Ingram Bayou, AL. Finding an at a marina, so I even called some local free!) was tempting, but we were open marina was almost impossible along the boatyards. If a marina wasn’t an unwilling to risk our boat. option, perhaps a few nights on the damaged waterway.
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hard would provide points south, and to babysitting for our get there, we would vessel during Thanksneed to leave the giving, but we discovcomfortable ICW. At ered the area boatthat time, the Navarre yards were full and Bridge at Mile 207 backed up at least a was often 48-feet month out. clearance due to tides, As we eased into despite the 50 feet our Ingram Bayou, shown on the chart. AL, anchorage for the We discussed using night, I knew addiweight to tilt the boat tional research would (“We could put you be needed to leave our out on the boom,” boat and go to mused Joe), and we DeFuniak Springs, FL, even discussed payfor Thanksgiving. I ing a company to put had already forward- We found dockage at the Holiday Harbor Marina in Perdido Key, FL, but severe dam- water-filled balloons ed our mail there and age was evident. Workmen laid planks down on the damaged docks after we on our starboard made motel reserva- arrived, so we could get to shore. side. We could watch tions! Joe and I were the tides and try to eagerly looking forward to seeing my parents, the aunts, scoot under at low tide. uncles and cousins galore, to say nothing of a bath and bed The bridges seemed like too much of a hassle, so we and turkey and dressing and cranberries! decided to make a short offshore run from Pensacola to We lucked out when we reached a sympathetic managPanama City, and the next day after a heavy rainfall, Joe saw er at Perdido Key’s Holiday Harbor Marina. The manager the weather window. “We’re going to follow today’s front assured us the services were limited and what dockage they and beat the next one,” he said. “We’re leaving today.” had was not good, but our boat would be safe if we left her I went into spin, bungeeing cabinets, securing hatches there for a few days. and latches, stowing, stuffing, and trying to anticipate what You know what? The Holiday Harbor Marina Web site would or would not fly inside the boat. We got the offshore boasts, “World-class service with Southern hospitality,” jackets out, deflated the dinghy and tied her to the deck. I since they remodeled, but that’s exactly what we found durgot the Ditch (abandon ship, not ICW) Bag, harnesses and ing their traumatic remodeling phase. Perdido Key was vests. Joe ran one jack line and we were off! Back into the hard-hit by the hurricane and had suffered loss of life in Gulf of Mexico—the witchiest woman I know. addition to much structural damage. We made the short ICW trip from Perdido Key to The harbormaster had told me to “keep to the land Pensacola and sailed out the Caucus Channel. It felt good to side” upon entry, but I made the turn south too soon and be able to shake the cobwebs out of the mainsail, but here’s once again got us into run-aground trouble. I backed off and my experience with the Gulf of Mexico: She teases and tried again, this time hugging the side of the channel closest taunts you, whisperingly encourages you to experience her to the slips. We pulled into a newly-dredged slip and tied soothing magic, then as soon as you are nestled comfortably up to its piling. While Joe was securing the boat, a team of in her bosom, wham! She boxes you on the ear and laughs workmen came over and constructed a pier on the spot by at you. Our winds increased, our waves became confused nailing planks together from the rocky shore to the first piland higher, and that’s just how it is in the Gulf of Mexico. ing. Joe then strung a rope from the first piling to the shore Take the NOAA weather forecast and add 5-10 to everyto use for balance when walking the planks. thing, and you’ll be fine. We were home! Or at least, home for the holidays. Panama City Marina is fabulous but Appalachicola, FL, The workmen left our site and returned to reconstructwas the first place I said, “THIS is where I want to retire!” ing a basic pier for the marina; their next phase would be to Since then, I have said those words at several ports in reconstruct the slips. Joe and I stepped off our planks onto Mexico; Caye Caulker, Belize; Rio Dulce, Guatemala; French large rocks then made our way through sand and debris to Harbor, Honduras; Providencia, Colombia; and Bocas Del the concrete portion of the marina. Holiday Harbor was a Toro, Panama. frenzy of activity, as its employees and contractors hauled S/V Rose of Sharon is not ready to retire, I discovered, supplies and construction materials. They were working but when it comes to Thanksgiving, there’s no place like 24/7 to get it fully operational. The large storage building home. We return by land to DeFuniak Springs, FL, for for small powerboats had been hard-hit in one place, and Thanksgiving 2010, while our boat waits patiently near the we were later told that prior to the storm, a huge forklift had Panama Canal. She’s our home and our heart; everything been wedged in the storage building’s front door. They else is just . . . a thankful memory. attributed that forklift-hold to being the reason the building sustained minimal damage. Sharon and Joe Kratz continue to cruise the Western Caribbean and Following a very thanks-filled Thanksgiving celebraPanama’s San Blas Islands in S/V Rose of Sharon, a 1987 tion, we were eager to leave Holiday Harbor Marina for Westerly Corsair. They have two daughters and five grandchildren. 54
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BY TOM KENNEDY
Hull Blisters PART I OF II When to Repair & When to Wait
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uch has been said and written about blister formation in fiberglass hulls. There are many opinions out there and much speculation as to the severity of blisters and their impact on the strength of the hull itself. Depending on whom you talk to, blister formation can be seen as simply a cosmetic issue with little impact on hull strength to “thesky-is-falling” attitude that all blisters are indications that you have a defective hull and that delamination and hull separation is in the future. The majority of blisters that I see fall in the cosmetic end of the spectrum. I say this because blister formation is a completely different occurrence than hull laminate separation. The latter is a serious situation that is very uncommon and is caused when the hull is actually built. Improper application of resins, environmental conditions, high moisture content in the roving and/or mat can all lead to pockets or voids forming within the laminate structure of the hull. The resin itself is pretty impervious to water, but if the matting is not fully saturated with resin, then voids will be present and delamination will occur. A hull does not have to have blisters for this to occur. In fact, blisters are not an indication of anything structurally wrong with the hull. They are a result of a chemical reaction that takes place between the salt water and the styrenes and other chemicals used in FRP hull construction. The gel coat on your hull is not a water barrier. It is there for cosmetic purposes. Its intent is to make the hull smooth and to hide the cloth roving and mat “shadow” that appears through the resin. While it looks nice, gel coat is porous and allows water to pass through it. Most boatbuilders use a water barrier coating to help prevent the water from coming in contact with the underlying resins, but water can still enter from above the waterline and through the inner hull. A very good reason to always keep your bilge as dry as possible. Have you ever seen a boat that has been on the hard for a couple of months? Within the first couple of days, you see some weeping from spots on the hull, and some of the blisters actually start to shrink. This shows you the porous properties of gel coat. Most trailered boats do not have blister problems for the very reason that they dry out when they are on the trailer. Boats that are in slips for extended periods of time are most prone to blister formation because of their constant immersion in water. So how does a hull blister form? Gel coat is an osmotic barrier. It allows water molecules to pass through. As the water penetrates through the gel coat, it comes into contact with the resin, which binds the hull materials. A chemical reaction takes place creating an acidic compound byproduct. This byproduct has a much larger molecule and cannot pass back through the gel coat and remains trapped behind. Over time, the buildup accumulates and creates pressure, which in turn presses out on the softer gel coat and creates
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A blister. Air pockets can form creating voids where water can accumulate and create blisters.
the telltale bump indicating a blister. As the pressure increases, the blister enlarges and will eventually crack or break open much like a pimple. In some cases, it takes only a light sanding or a poke with a sharp object to open the blister and then the byproduct starts to weep out of the hole. How does one determine if the blister should be repaired? In my opinion, blisters over 2 1/2 inches across should be popped and the compound flushed out. This is not for structural reasons, but simply for cosmetics. I like the look of a smooth hull. If you are concerned about structural problems, blisters are not the indicator, and you should think of them purely as cosmetic issues. There has never been a boat recorded by the USCG and safety investigations that has sunk as a result of blisters. Delamination, on the other hand, has been a causal factor and been attributed to faulty hull manufacturing and core saturations. Some boatbuilders are using balsa cores and other materials when laminating the hull. These materials do not fare well if exposed to water. If water is allowed to penetrate the outer resin layer and penetrate these types of cores, a serious delamination can occur. For this reason, I recommend to owners with this type of hull to pay special attention to their hull and eliminate blisters quickly. So, unless you have a balsa-cored hull, the answer to the question of when you should repair blisters lies between the owner’s cosmetic preference in maintaining a smooth unblemished hull shape to the opposite extreme of “leave it alone—it won’t sink my boat.” The choice is really up to the individual owner, and the repair should be left up to your professional marine repair technician experienced in fiberglass repairs. If you want to learn more about repairing hull blisters, I will cover that in next month’s article. Got a Question or Topic You Want Covered? Tom Kennedy owns Patriot Yacht Services in Pensacola, FL. The company specializes in paint, fiberglass, gel coat and brightwork restorations. He has been an active sailing and boating enthusiast for over 40 years, and his repair expertise and customer satisfaction levels have earned him a loyal client base. Questions and ideas for future articles can be sent to tom@patriotyachtservices.com. Your question may be answered in a future article. You can also go to www.patriotyachtservices.com for more information. SOUTHWINDS
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A Tradition in the Midlands By Dan Dickison Cover Photo: The Midlands Regatta in 1958. Photo by John Wrisley The Midlands Regatta in 1958 on Lake Murray in South Carolina. Photo by John Wrisley.
There’s an old adage that goes something like this: from humble origins, great things are born. In the case of the Midlands Regatta on Lake Murray in the center of South Carolina, the claim is entirely true. This event, which will turn 50 on the second weekend in November when sailors from around the Southeast arrive for two days of racing and fun, definitely sprang from humble origins. So modest, in fact, were its beginnings that the first edition of this regatta experienced only sparse racing due to a pronounced lack of wind.
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he Midlands Regatta dates back to 1957 when members of the newly formed Columbia Sailing Club sought to establish an annual event that fall. But according to club historian John Wrisley—who participated in that inaugural competition though he didn’t formally join the club until the following year—Mother Nature refused to cooperate. “Weather-wise, it was a disaster, an absolute drifter.” Undeterred, the event’s organizers reprised the competition the following year, and the club has staged it successfully every year since (apart from 1962 when the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association’s annual championship was held at the club instead). According to Wrisley, who crewed in that seminal event on board a catamaran with sails made from Egyptian cotton, the Midlands Regatta has always been a multi-class competition. In those early years, the classes included Sailfish, YFlyers, Moths and Lightnings, among others. The inaugural event, he recalls, drew about 25 boats. This year, the Notice of Race for the regatta identifies 10 separate one-design classes ranging from Optimists to E-Scows, as well as a couple of PHRF classes (spinnaker and non-spinnaker) and even a catamaran group. “We usually attract a few multihulls,” explains the event’s chair, Andrew Clarkson. Though he isn’t certain that the regatta will ultimately see all of those classes materialize, he and his fellow organizers are working hard to make the most of this commemorative occasion. Last year, the Midlands Regatta attracted 75 entries, mostly from North and South Carolina and Georgia, says Clarkson. “We hope to have at least as many boats as last year, and we’re pushing really hard to have more junior sailors on the water.” In order to accommodate juniors of various skill levels, Clarkson, who grew up sailing on Lake Murray, mentions that the regatta will offer four different categories for Optimist sailors, two for Sunfish racers (13 and under and 14 and older), and two for Laser classes (Radial and full rig). It’s that sense of accommodation that really defines this event. Says Clarkson: “There is an aggressive attempt on our part to include all kinds of boats in this regatta. We’re open to all kinds of sailors, too; young and old, expert and novice, you name it. With the boats, whether they have one hull or two, whether they’re big or small, and whether or www.southwindsmagazine.com
The first two editions of the Midlands Regatta were held on borrowed property in 1958, since the sailing club existed only on paper at the time. Photo by John Wrisley.
not they fit into a particular class, we want them. If we don’t get enough boats in a class, the skippers can determine where they want to be in the fleet. As long as we can figure out a reasonable rating for a boat, we’ll accept anyone who comes along. We really make every effort in the world to accept participants.” When you ask Clarkson what’s behind this open, accepting attitude, he cites the club’s official charter. “That’s what the club was founded for, to ‘further interest and activities in sailing in central South Carolina,’” he quotes, “and that’s what we continue to be about…There are a handful of clubs on the lake and we reach out to all of them and say ‘please come and sail.’ Really, anything we can do to promote sailing on the lake, we do it.” To wit, Clarkson says that the club may offer a pursuit race format for some competitors at the Midlands Regatta. “We’re considering a reverse start (in which boats start according to their PHRF rating from slowest to fastest) for more of our Sunday sailors, so that anyone who might be intimidated by a crowd at the starting line will feel more comfortable.” This accommodating outlook that he describes seems to have been in the club’s character since the outset. As club historian Wrisley recalls, the founders considered calling
the organization the Columbia Yacht Club, but they rejected that name, he says, because they wanted to explicitly emphasize sailing, and they didn’t want what he calls “the country club element” to become a defining aspect of the club. Wrisley is fond of dredging up anecdotes from the club’s earlier years. He recalls stringing signal flags from the trees to set a festive atmosphere on the borrowed property where the first few editions of the Midlands Regatta were staged. He recalls that members used to set trot lines out in front of the club’s property to tie up the boats because there were no docks, and “little kids in bateaus would taxi the skippers and crew back and forth.” And he remembers that the club initially leased the seven-acre site that it now owns for a dollar a year after the first commodore spied the uninhabited property while sailing with his daughter. A lot has changed since that time five decades ago. The CSC now has a new clubhouse and a good system of docks. It has almost 200 members and runs a number of big regattas throughout the year. But on the first weekend in November, along the banks of Lake Murray, there will be fun on the water and celebrations on shore not unlike those of decades past. And you can be sure, more than a few tales of the old days will be shared as the Columbia Sailing Club commemorates the 50th anniversary of this unique event— the Midlands Regatta.
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TRAVELS WITH ANGEL
Southeast Florida’s ICW:
Anchored in Lake Sylvia, Fort Lauderdale. Kids were racing and playing, using Bill’s boat, Defiant, as a marker.
Riviera Beach to Miami By Rebecca Burg Inside Le Tub’s oasis, where the walls are made of plants.
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ast month, single-handed cruisers Angel and Defiant reviewed the technical matters of Florida’s southeastern ICW: opening bridges, local VHF channels, traffic, and currents. In the know and on the move, it was time to have some fun. Heading south from Jupiter, the canal-like ICW broadens into Lake Worth along the shores of Riviera Beach and West Palm Beach farther south. Its northern end is shallow, and we stayed in the marked channel. This area is full of quality marinas, yards, and nautical services. North of Peanut Island, which lies just west of Lake Worth Inlet, the ICW skirts past a sad clutter of permanently anchored live aboards, a few partially sunk. Care must be taken when navigating west of Peanut Island where a fuel stop, marina and the waterfront Tiki restaurant are located. South of Peanut Island, the area expands, presenting abundant anchoring room that’s frequented by traveling vessels.With river-like tidal currents, a Bahamian moor is useful. Before heading ashore for lunch, I set one hook in calm weather. When I returned, Angel’s bowsprit was mischievously jabbing at Defiant’s davit-hung inflatable. The faint breeze and strong currents wound the chain around Angel’s anchor, pulling it out and resetting it. The unlucky streak continued when the outboard on Defiant’s dinghy failed and we couldn’t row against the tide. A Sea Tow boat, already facing a full day, went out of his way to tow us to safety. Our relief and gratitude were beyond words. Peanut Island is a beautifully tended park with footpaths and exhibits that are part of the Palm Beach Maritime Museum. A water taxi shuttles people from Sailfish Marina to Peanut Island and provides tours. Continuing south, after Boynton Inlet, the ICW narrows again and is bordered by concrete. After seeing an anchored sailboat with her bowsprit bent skyward from some traumatic impact, my claustrophobic feelings returned, and Angel’s long nose was given extra
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Angel, the yellow boat on the left, tied up to the bulkhead at Le Tub, on the far right.
sniffing room. Farther south, Delray Beach offers numerous marinas with transient spaces, boat-in restaurants and abundant activities ashore. The next two cities, Boca Raton and Pompano Beach, also offer vibrant cultural scenes. Merging into Fort Lauderdale, a maze of canals branched from the ICW, and traffic was thick even on an off-season weekday. To secure space at a local marina, advanced reservations are recommended. Too tired to hunt down marina slips, Angel and Defiant anchored in Lake Sylvia, just north of Port Everglades. Deep all around, the tiny lake was dredged. For brief respites, daytime traffic is frequent, and holding is questionable. “They’re swarming me,” Defiant radioed. A flock of small, excitable sailboats, herded by two inflatable dinghies, commandeered the lake’s corner. It was a local youth sailing group. Fun to watch, the giggling kids sparred in races and dunked themselves in capsize drills. To Bill’s chagrin, and my amusement, they were using Defiant as an unofficial mark. By early evening, it quieted down and we resumed traveling the next day. Fort Lauderdale soon blended into Hollywood. A cruising friend was in the area, and we convened at the boat-in restaurant, Le Tub. Angel tied to Le Tub’s sea wall, a courtesy for boater patrons. Defiant anchored nearby in the six-foot deep mouth of North Lake. North Lake’s water was dark brown, its unseen bottom mushy. I felt safer secured to the eatery. Open daily from noon to 4:00 a.m., Le Tub is a social oasis with lush greenery in lieu of walls. Found nautical objects served as décor, along with painted porcelain toilet bowels as whimsical planters. The hand-written menu offered a simple, reasonably priced selection. Adjacent to Le Tub was a pizza place, liquor store, Greek restaurant, bakery and bistro, and a food mart; all boat-in. Just across the street was public beach access. Enjoying our friend’s company and Le Tub’s rustic bar, we stayed the night. Next morning, we planned to spend the day shopping in town. I was moving Angel when a police boat idled up. “Is he with you?” The officer gruffly queried, indicating the anchored Defiant. “Uh, yeah,” I said, struggling with Angel’s muddy ground tackle. The frowning cop asked how long we were staying and eagerly wanted to know if we would leave. “So you’re hauling anchor and leaving today then—” he urged, idling away. It was more of a demand than a query. The officer’s subtly antagonistic approach clearly indicated that we weren’t welcome. Our vessels were silent, ship-shape and unobtrusive, and we were spending money ashore, so the offensive reception was puzzling. When I visit via rent-a-car, the city’s always welcoming; no one in their right mind would pull up and demand that I hurry up and leave. Apparently no longer viewed as valid tourists because of our transportation choice, we weren’t good enough for Hollywood. After pounding through storms, remote islands and open seas for hundreds of miles, we were in no mood to be treated with such unmerited crassness. Disgusted, we shopped elsewhere and hastily left the next morning. Stretching southward, the great city of Miami is News & Views for Southern Sailors
renowned for its South Beach and profusion of cultural diversity. North of the Rickenbacker Causeway, passing cruisers will anchor in Miami Marine Stadium, a sheltered spot not far from Government Cut. Holding varies and boats occasionally drag anchor in strong blows. Shoreside is noisy all night long on weekends, and there are no safe dinghy landings. If you attempt to patronize the nearby Rickenbacker Marina, forget it; you’ll be rudely chased off. South of the causeway, sheltered in a cove on Key Biscayne, Crandon Marina was quite helpful, offering transient slips and moorings. It was just in the process of completing new showers and facilities. The big-city zone of Florida’s ICW was a fascinating journey. Activities are abundant, and the communities are more friendly than not. The occasional indiscreet marine officer and pockets of unseamanly permanent liveaboards are unfortunate urban particulars but shouldn’t deter the cruiser from experiencing this gold mine of Florida culture. Biscayne Bay’s natural expanse beckoned beyond Rickenbacker Causeway’s southern face. Like restless horses cramped in a stable for too long, Angel and Defiant unhitched their sails and bounded over the glittering waters.
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Make Your Own Mainsail Stacking System, PART I OF PART II By Linda L. Moore
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any sail companies have sail stacking systems that have become very popular in recent years. Two examples are Doyle Sails, which makes its StackPack, and Mack Sails, which makes its Mack Pack. I decided that I would make my own system, and the whole project proved to be a rewarding, besides useful, experience. Assuming your sewing machine is up to the task, all you will need to build a sail stacking system is the courage to get started and a little patience. Our sailboat, Troubadour, is a 1986 Beneteau Idylle 15.50 (meters). Our sail pack—which I often called my “Linda Pack”—was my first sewing project after purchasing a Sailrite LSZ-1 sewing machine. The last time I used a sewing machine was in 1979 to make a high school prom dress (you do the math). I did have some help: Internet research on the popular sail pack companies’ products; a plethora of online help from Sailrite.com; and three books—The Complete Canvas
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Worker’s Guide, by Jim Grant, The Big Book of Boat Canvas, by Karen S. Lipe, and This Old Boat, Second Edition, by Don Casey. The books don’t describe how to make a sail pack, but they do contain invaluable sewing guidelines and techniques (although Casey does provide generic instructions). Read any one of them, and you will be well on your way to getting started on your own projects. Troubadour’s sail pack has five sections: Two triangularshaped pieces (one for starboard and port each); two oblong-shaped pieces for the center zipper section, which includes a batten sleeve; and a mast wrap that is zippered to the starboard and port sides with a 6-inch-wide collar that closes with Velcro. There were four steps to making the sail pack: 1) measure; 2) calculate yardage and purchase the fabric and sewing supplies; 3) cut and sew; 4) install the sail pack. Measuring For A Custom Sail Pack I used the five measurements as described below. It’s a good idea to take the measurements at least twice. (Measure twice, cut once!) Get someone to help you and confirm them. • To get the length of the sail pack, I measured the length of the boom from gooseneck to aft end. • With the mainsail furled in its usual way, I measured its tallest part at the mast. The best way I found to do this was to use a cloth tape measure and guide it in an arc from the top of the boom and up around the folded sail to the top of the luff. In this way, I was able to include the bagginess of the lowered sail in the measurements. • I now needed the shortest measurement: the height of the aft end of the sail pack. We have a rigid vang and purchased a device from Mack Sails (which makes the Mack Pack, www.macksails.com) to fasten to the end of our boom to hold up the back end of the sail pack. It was the only hardware we added to the boom. Others tie their sail pack off at the topping lift. I measured this height from the top of the boom (aft end) to the top of the device. (If you have a topping lift, consider where you would tie the sail pack and www.southwindsmagazine.com
Roll fabric, secure to the floor, measure, mark and cut.
measure from the boom to this point. It will probably be 10 to 12 inches in height.) • Finally, I measured the diagonal from the head of the sail (measurement “B” above) to the top of the topping lift attachment point (measurement “C” above). This is an important measurement because it will be used to determine the length of the zipper. (Note: I added 12 inches to this length when I ordered the zipper.) I measured the width of the flaked sail at its widest point for the center zipper section. We did not have lazy jack lines installed when I took this measurement, but if we did, I would just measure the distance between parallel lines across the boom. If you choose to make a wrap-around section, you will need to measure for that. With the exception of sewing on zippers, I waited until I completed the sail pack before measuring and sewing the wrap-around section. Planning For Fabric and Sewing Supplies In addition to common sewing supplies, such as scissors, seam ripper, etc., I used V-92 polyester black UV thread in a four-ounce cone (1000 yards), #18 needles used for canvas, and the one item I would not do without, and strongly recommend, is Sailrite’s product #129—Seamstick 3/8” basting tape for canvas ($7.95 for 60 yards). This allowed me to baste seams together before sewing and saved hours of frustration. It even kept seams together overnight when I needed a break for my sundowner! I used one roll for this project. I also used regular kid’s chalk for making markings on the fabric. I used 1-inch polyester webbing to tie the sail pack to the lazy jack lines, and 2-inch polyester seat belt webbing to connect the two sides of the sail pack, both from www.strapworks.com. Troubadour’s mainsail is secured to the boom News & Views for Southern Sailors
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with sail slides. Our idea was to secure the sail pack under the sail by alternating the webbing between the slides. In this way, we avoided adding more hardware to the boom! I purchased three RIRI zippers. I used one 264-inch white single non-locking slider zipper for the center zipper section (measurement D); and two 60-inch black single-pull locking slider zippers for the mast wrap section (measurement B). I also purchased fabric Velcro for the collar enclosure on the mast wrap section. Item Use Sunbrella Cover Long Zipper Cover Short Zippers Cover Thread Cover 2” Webbing Cover Seamstick Cover 1” Webbing Cover Needles Cover Velcro Cover 1/2” PVC Pipe with end caps Cover Mack Sails holding device Optional topping lift hardware for cover
Cost $168.00 $36.60 $21.90 $13.00 $12.00 $7.75 $3.80 $1.95 $0.55 $6.00 $84.00
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Cut the second side panel, carefully using first one as your pattern.
Lay the first cut side panel over the fabric and cut the second side panel.
To make the sail pack I used 21 yards of Sunbrella outdoor marine fabric. I bought the fabric in three 7-yard lengths because it was easier to cut the fabric knowing that I had a premeasured length (the boom is 18 feet). I also bought 60-inch width because with hems I needed 60 inches for the height. When determining how much fabric to purchase, you will need to include hem measurements. I used two-inch double rubbed hems, rolling 3/4 inch of the raw edge under and finishing with a 1 ¼-inch hem. You should also include measurements for needle pucker. In my opinion when working with canvas, it is a good rule of thumb to add one inch of length for every one yard of fabric. This is to account for a general shortening of fabric once sewn—known as needle pucker. If you want to test this on your machine, a simple test would be to sew a hem in a 36inch length of fabric and re-measure. Do you still have 36 inches? Cut the Fabric I rolled out the fabric on the floor at the Inlet Cove Marina where we were docked, and cut the large triangle-shaped side panels first. (Don’t worry about getting it dirty, it’s going to hang outside and get pooped on by birds, anyway). Using the factory finished edge of the fabric for the bottom (boom side), I marked the height for both ends adding in two-inch hems. I stretched a 25-foot tape measure from the aft end to the forward end of the height measurements using painters tape to secure it to the cloth, and drew a cutting line with chalk. (It helped to have painters tape and two scuba weights to hold the tape measure in a straight line and keep the fabric flat, since it tended to roll up.) Sunbrella is stiff and relatively 62
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easy to work with, and there is no right or wrong side. Just pick a side and be sure to mark which side you are working with, such as port, starboard, inside, outside, top, bottom, etc. It’s best to create a shorthand and write it on the “wrong” side of the fabric. I liked working with chalk because it easily wiped off. I had both white chalk and colored. Pick one that is easy to read on your fabric. Once the port panel was cut, it became the pattern for cutting the starboard panel. Writing on the insides, “port” and “star,” I laid the port side onto the next roll of fabric, which was going to be the starboard side, and cut it. (Mark and check often to be sure you are sewing the side you intend. I made a few errors and with 18 feet of fabric, it’s no fun taking out stitches. ) Before sewing any hems, I took one of the panels to the boat, and Chris and I held it up along the boom to make sure the size was what I planned. Next, I hemmed the bottom, top and sides, using the basting tape to hold the hems in place before stitching. Don’t cheat on hemming unless cutting with a hot knife because Sunbrella will fray. (Tip: I used the back side of a regular kitchen knife to crease the Sunbrella before using the basting tape and sewing hems. Don’t use an iron because you will melt it!) In Part II, I will detail how I connected the two side panels under the sail, and how I created the center zipper closure and batten sleeves. I will also review how I made the wraparound section for the mast. I’d like to say I dreamed up all the ideas for my “Linda Pack,” but I really do need to credit Matt and Jim Grant, Dan Smith and all the folks at Sailrite who answered questions online, even on weekends! Equal credit goes to Karin Nason, my comrade in sewing, who lives in New Brunswick, Canada, and was “there” for me. Through her e-mail words of encouragement, advice and “been there, done that” suggestions, my project came to life. Also,“Thanks!” Bob and Marge from DevOcean. You can contact Linda with questions at fairwinds 4linda@gmail.com. You can view more of Linda’s photos of her sail pack project by going to http://picasaweb.google.com/fairwinds4linda and viewing her album “Troubadour’s StackPack.” www.southwindsmagazine.com
SOUTHERN RACING UPCOMING MAJOR REGATTAS
33rd Clearwater Challenge, Clearwater Yacht Club, Oct. 31-Nov.1 This will be the 33rd year of the Clearwater Challenge, a keelboat competition in the Gulf of Mexico off Clearwater. Competitors are invited to the club to use the bar and dining facilities from October 24 to November 7. Free dockage will be provided for this period. Many sailors compete in the Davis Island Regatta to Clearwater the weekend before and leave their boats there for the Challenge. There will be two days of buoy racing. The Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker boats race windward-leeward on one course north of Clearwater Pass and the Racer-Cruisers, True Cruisers and Multihulls race various courses with reaching legs south of Clearwater Pass. For more information, and to register online, go to www.clwyc.org, or call (727) 447-6000.
9th Annual Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta, Nov. 5-7 This regatta will be a 12-mile pursuit race in the Gulf of Mexico west of Big Sarasota Pass. The SYC Invitational Regatta is open to all Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Racer/ Cruiser, True Cruising, Pocket Cruiser and Multihull boats holding a current West Florida PHRF handicap rating. Five or more boats may make a class. The random leg course rating will be utilized. The early registration fee is $55 for completed applications received by Oct. 31, and $70 after that date. The registration fee includes one dinner tickets, one regatta cap, and one regatta T-shirt. Additional tickets for the awards banquet may be purchased. Registration, a pre-race party and skippers meeting will be held Thursday evening, Nov. 6. A party will be held Friday evening. A continental complimentary breakfast will be available Saturday morning, and racing will begin around noon (see NOR). An after-race party with dinner and awards presentations will be held Saturday evening. The NOR is available online at www.sarasotayachtclub.org and online registration is available. For more information, call (941) 954-6923, or cindy.swan@verizon.net.
Regatta Pointe Marina Turkey Run Regatta, Palmetto, FL, Nov. 27-28 Racing on the Manatee River and organized by Regatta Pointe Marina. This is a Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year race. Expected classes are Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, True Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser, Racer Cruiser and Multihull. Check-in, registration and skippers meeting on Friday evening, Nov. 27 with complimentary food and beer. Saturday racing at 11:30 am with awards and party afterwards with complimentary beer and entertainment. Free dockage for entry boats. Boat ramp next door to the marina. Contact Nana Bosma at (941) 3067776, or at sail@RegattaPointeMarina.com. NOR and entry form online at www.regattapointemarina.com.
53rd Annual Wirth M. Munroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race, Sailfish Club, Dec. 4
This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 53rd Annual Wirth M. Munroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race and celebration is scheduled for Friday, December 4. The race will begin at the Lauderdale Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdale and finish just outside the Lake Worth inlet in Palm Beach. The Sailfish Offshore Challenge is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5 with short offshore buoy races outside the Lake Worth inlet. For more information or to enter, call (561) 844-0206, or go to www.sailfishclub.com.
3rd Annual Decanter Challenger, Rat Island Yacht Club, Palatka, FL, Nov. 14 On Nov. 14, the Rat Island Yacht Club of Palatka, FL, will host the 3rd Annual Decanter Challenge, a 22-mile distance race that runs from the north side of Memorial Bridge to the Outback Crab Shack on Six Mile Creek. This is for monohulls only Boats of all sizes are welcome. There will be an awards party at the Outback Crab Shack after the race. Free overnight docking is available. Camping nearby is also available. For more information, contact info@ratisland.com, or robert_judym@yahoo.com, or call (386) 325-8139. www.ratisland.com. News & Views for Southern Sailors
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SOUTHERN RACING 8th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta, Lake Monroe Sailing Association, Sanford, FL, Dec. 4-6 Lake Monroe Sailing Association is hosting The Eighth Annual Kettle Cup Regatta benefiting the Salvation Army. Racing will be Saturday and Sunday. Registration will be held Friday night and Saturday morning with the skippers meeting following registration. Regatta activities include a chili dinner, a raffle and silent auction, Sanford’s Christmas Parade on Saturday evening and the awards ceremony after racing on Sunday. Boat ramps, trailer parking and accommodations are available. For more information, go to www.flalmsa.org. All sailors are welcome.
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19th Annual Juana Good Time Regatta, Navarre Beach, FL, Sept. 11-13 By Juana Rudzki Colorful sails painted the Santa Rosa Sound just outside Juana’s Pagodas in Navarre Beach, FL, for the 19th Annual Juana Good Time Regatta. And a good time it surely was! We knew it would be a record-breaking turnout when we received 45 pre-registrants before Sept. 1—and we were not disappointed. Over 70 multihulls, including plenty of Hobie 16s, 18s, 20s, Nacras, Prindles, a couple of large Piver trimarans, and a half-dozen cruising cats showed up for the fun. We added a windsurf group again this year, and a handful of windsurfers partied along, enjoying the surfing and camaraderie. Smells of coffee and freshly baked Sailors’ Grill sticky buns and cinnamon rolls permeated the air as the racers packed into the big pagoda for the 10 a.m. skippers’ meeting Saturday. After the race committee finished with the general course info, the safety boat captains were introduced and were informed to keep the sailors safe and happy but to keep their distance from all racers unless invited. Coolers filled with icy beers and waters were, as usual, on hand for the safety boat captains to disperse to the racers if desired. Safety is priority—just before FUN! Weekend weather forecasts predicted high percentages of
Multihulls on the beach at the 19th Annual Juana Good Time Regatta. Photo by Marie Rudzki.
rain and lots of thunderstorms, but the gods were once again on our side, and the sailing was great! Saturday, although gloomy and drizzly, was warm and quite breezy. Windsurfs and multihulls filled the waterway as far as the eye could see between Juana’s and Pensacola Beach, masts sharply leaning, hulls flying, and not a lightning spark to be seen! While a live band warmed up for Saturday evening’s revelry, hungry sailors savored Sailors’ Grill’s chicken and ribs masterpiece spread. Timing was perfect, as just upon dispersing the final door prize (and I don’t think anyone left without walking away with something!) Mother Nature let her rip! The band gave their one, two, three taps on the drum as a start-up, and the pagoda had a captured audience! Torrential rain cooled the air and added to the over-all festive mood of the weekend. The breezes were lighter Sunday, but the sun shone brightly, and the racers were ready for a dry-out day after Saturday’s excitement. Shorter courses in sunny weather led to a higher demand for cold beverages from the safety boats. After Saturday’s demanding job of helping needy sailors right boats, etc…the safety boat captains were happy to oblige. Videos of the weekend race rolled continuously as subs from our local favorite sub shop were devoured Sunday afternoon. The one-man-island-band gave up the stage to the race committee, while hand-crafted pottery mugs were awarded to those so deserving. Then, some silly announcements and a promise to do it all over again next year, the weekend after Labor Day, as usual, for the 20th Juana Good Time Regatta! Be there or don’t call yourself a multihull sailor!
Bradenton Yacht Club Kick Off Regatta, Tampa Bay, FL, Sept. 25-27 By Charlie Clifton The Bradenton Yacht Club Kick Off Regatta featured one fluky race Saturday in a squirmy sea breeze and one race Sunday race in a nice, building westerly. The “North of the Skyway” fleet and the “South of the Skyway” fleet each won five of the 10 classes. “North of Skyway” boats swept the Spinnaker divisions. Grant Dumas (SPYC) on the Tripp 38, Wired, won Spin A with two bullets that included a six-minute horizon job in the last race. Ray Mannix (SPSA) on the J/29, Semper Fi, held onto first place in Spin B after winning the first race. In the second race, the first five boats were within 1:23 of each other. Mannix saved his class victory by 1:04.
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Mannix saved his class victory by 1:04. Three classic vessels showed they still had legs in a three-way tie for first place in Spin C. James Bostic and Daphne Ullman’s (DIYC) 1981 Pearson Flyer, W.T. Flyer, won the tiebreaker over Ron Kinny’s 1980 Chrysler 27, Eclipse, and Mike Twining’s 1975 C&C 33, Vim. “South of the Skyway” boats dominated NonSpinnaker and Racer/Cruiser classes. In Non-Spin A, Doug Dearden (SSS) in the Impulse 26, In Tune, picked up right where he left off last year as he won that class with two bullets. That gives Dearden a big jump toward the Boat of the Year trophy since he now has five aces in the first five races. Bob and Kathy Willard (BYC) on Flash won both races in Non-Spin B, although Dave Wilson on Solitude closed to within 30 seconds of them in the last race. In Racer/Cruiser class, Bill Dooley (FC) put a giant whomping on the rest of the fleet. Critical Path won the first race by over 18 minutes and the second by almost 5 minutes. “North” and “South” fleets each had a champion in the Cruiser and One-Design classes. In Cruiser A, Ron Greenberg (SYC) on Forever Young recovered from a disastrous first race in which he finished over 22 minutes behind Pat Roberts’ Spring Fever. Greenberg’s crew knuckled down to win the second race giving them class honors in a three-way tiebreaker over Roberts and James Masson’s Calypso. In Cruiser B, Bruce Bingham’s (BCYC) Cape Dory 28, Nikki, won the first race by over six minutes. A second place
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in the next secured that class victory. Doug Fisher (SSS) and Mark Liebel (DIYC) put on virtual clinics as they won both races in the Melges 24 and J/24 classes respectively...and handily. Fisher showed a prowess in both light and medium conditions as he won both races by over two minutes. Liebel’s crew attributed their win in the first race to a competitor overstanding the windward mark. That may not have been the whole story as they showed they had plenty of speed when they won the second race by over six minutes. Complete results at www.sarasotabayyachting.org.
GYA Multihull Championships, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Sept. 25-27 By Kim Kaminski On Sept. 25-27, the Fort Walton Yacht Club hosted the Gulf Yachting Association Multihull Championships. Thirty multihulls (23 catamarans and seven trimarans) of various classes raced on Choctawhatchee Bay. On Saturday, the first race day, sunny skies and moderate temperatures with steady winds at 13 to 15 knots provided a double-trapeze opportunity for the catamaran sailors. On Sunday, winds were extremely light early in the day, causing a postponement. However, the winds did eventually fill in later with the afternoon sea breeze (12 to 14 knots), allowing the final two races to be held. Bob Curry and crew on his F-17 captured first place in
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SOUTHERN RACING the Spinnaker class with four first-place finishes and one second, ending with a total of six points. In the Non-Spinnaker class, first place was earned by Kevin Smith and crew who had an impressive overall fivepoint total completing the championship with five firstplace finishes. Another first in the Non-Spinnaker class occurred when first-time competitor, Kriss Ridgeway, and her crewmember, Kevin Redja-Kriss, had the distinction of being the only female skipper in the Hobie 16 class. Kriss usually competes in monohull racing but enjoyed the opportunity for a new sailing challenge. Kriss and Kevin’s team efforts got progressively better throughout the championship. But on the last race on the last day, the rudder pin broke on their Hobie 16, preventing the team from sailing. Prior to this last race, the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and the Fort Walton Yacht Club were tied for the overall Lewis B. Pollack Trophy, which is awarded to the best overall GYA member club in the competition. If Kriss and Kevin’s team had sailed, they would have broken the tie between the two yachts clubs in favor of the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club. However, the winning yacht club that surged ahead of the field, based on the NonSpinnaker, Spinnaker and PHRF Fleet status, was the Fort Walton Yacht Club, which earned the GYA Multihull Championship Trophy.
In Tune Crew Sweeps Cortez Cup and Solidifies Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year Lead, Cortez, FL. Oct. 10 By Charlie Clifton The Sarasota Sailing Squadron crew of Doug Dearden, Tom Turner and Tom Fugina sailed the Impulse 25, In Tune, to an unprecedented ninth consecutive victory in the Sarasota Boat of the Year series in the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Pass Oct. 10. The Cortez Yacht Club hosted the event, which featured a confused chop with a shifty breeze. Thunderstorms passed on all sides but never moved onto the racecourse. Twenty-five boats raced. Dearden’s class, NonSpinnaker, with eight boats, was the largest as has been the case throughout the SBBOTY series so far. Dearden won both races by over three-and-a-half minutes corrected. Speaking about his crew, he said, “Those guys make all the calls, and they are not afraid to yell at me when my attention wanders.” Rudy Reinecke’s Ohh Zone and Bob Willard’s Flash each posted a second in the two-race regatta. Reinecke came out ahead by virtue of a four, versus Willard’s six in the other race. True Cruisers were the next largest class with seven boats. Ron Greenberg on Forever Young won one race by six and the other by nine minutes corrected time. Doug Fisher of Ullman Sails was aboard lending a hand. Greenberg’s good showing tightens up the SBBOTY True Cruiser series considerably. Leading the series going into the Cortez Cup, Pat Roberts’ Spring Fever finished third behind John Lynch’s Summertime. Multihull and Pocket Cruiser classes each had three boats. Kathryn and Paul Garlick on Evolution won the Multihull class over a Sarasota Youth Sailing team chaperoned 66
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John Lynch and his crew on Summertime sail in the Cortez Cup. Photo by Laura Ritter.
by Knighton Sails’ Greg Knighton on the Stiletto 27, Legacy. Bob Hindle on Treo will move up near the lead in the SBBOTY series thanks to his two bullets at Cortez. Although a little weak with only two boats, the Spinnaker class had an interesting match-up on the crews. John Steele trimmed on his Melges 24, Rita B, while daughter Donna did bow on Randy St. James’ J/80 Claire. Donna’s crew took the first race, but Dad’s crew came back to win the tiebreaking last race. The Cortez Yacht Club is a homeless organization. This may seem like a disadvantage, but actually, it allows the club to stage events at a variety of interesting sites. Cortez Cove Marina, where this event was headquartered, is a classic Old Florida venue. The whole village of Cortez gets behind this event. At what other yacht club would you be served by the owner of the local fish plant? Don’t miss the Cortez Cup next year. Full results at www.sarasotabayyachting.org
REGIONAL RACING 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, contact to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send in the name of the event, date, location, contact info, possibly a short description. Do not just send a link to this information. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm.
NOVEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com 7-8 Carolina Keelboat. Lake Norman YC. 7-8 Midlands Regatta. Carolina SC (SC) 7-8 Ocean Challenge. South Carolina YC. www.southwindsmagazine.com
1998 Catalina 28 MK II Charleston Ocean Racing Assoc.. www.charlestonoceanracing.org Winter weekend club racing 7 Double-handed race. 14 Big Boat Regatta. Charleston YC. 28 Turkey Regatta. Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org Winter weekend club racing 14 Winter Race 2. 21 Turkey Trot. Fleet 8. NC Championship. Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com See web site for club race schedule 7-8 Missy Piggy Regatta. J/22, J/24. Lake Lanier SC 14 Whitecapper & Small Boat Distance Race. Lake Lanier SC 14-15 No More Turkey. Lasers. Lanier YC. Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See Web site for local club races DECEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com Charleston Ocean Racing Assoc.. www.charlestonoceanracing.org Winter weekend club racing. See Web site for schedule. Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org Winter weekend club racing. See Web site for schedule. Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com Winter weekend club racing. See Web site for schedule. Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See Web site for local club races
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Located Palmetto, FL, in Tampa Bay 941-795-8704 editor@southwindsmagazine.com NOVEMBER 1 Fall Sunday Race #5. Indian River YC 1 Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne YC 6 Howl at the Moon. Halifax SA 7 Kings Day Regatta. Effingham Forest YC 7 Boat of the Year #3. Florida YC 8 Big Boy’s Race. Halifax SA 7-8 Distance Race. Port Canaveral YC 7-8 Cocoa Match Racing. Indian River YC 7-8 Club Races. Lake Eustis SC 8 Tequila Race. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 8 Fall Rum Race Make Up (if needed) Melbourne YC 8 Fall Series #4. Rudder Club 14 Women’s Fall Race #5 East Coast SA. 14 Women on Water Regatta. Rudder Club. 14 Turkey Trot Regatta. Halifax SA 15 Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne YC 15. Commodore’s Cup – Offshore. St. Augustine YC 14-15 16th Annual MC Scow & Second Melges 17 Southeast Regional Championship Regatta. Lake Eustis SC 15 Race of Champions. Indian River YC 21 Fall Race #4. East Coast SA 21-22 Club Races. Lake Eustis SC 21-22 Kings Day Regatta. Florida YC 22 Winter Rum Race #1. Melbourne YC 28-29 Fleet 669 No Frills Sunfish Regatta. Melbourne YC DECEMBER 4 Howl at the Moon. Halifax Sailing Association 5 Port Canaveral Boat Parade. Port Canaveral Yacht Club 5 Singlehanded Race. East Coast Sailing Association 6 Big Boy’s Race. Halifax Sailing Association 6 Winter Rum Race #2. Melbourne YC 5-6 Kettle Cup. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 5-6 Club Races. Lake Eustis Sailing Club 5-6 Gator Bowl Regatta. Rudder Club See RACING CALENDAR continued on page 75 News & Views for Southern Sailors
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Your Authorized Dealer for SELECTED LISTINGS Marine Trader 50 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199,000 (N) Wellcraft 4600 MY 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159,000 (P) Marine Trader 44 SD 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129,000 (P) Hatteras 43 DC 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128,500 (S) Swift Trawler 42 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call for Special Hinckley Talaria 40 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575,000 (N) Island Pilot 39 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265,000 (S) Heritage 38 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67,000 (S) Carver 36M 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199,000 (S) Lien Hwa 36 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69,900 (S) Mainship Pilot 34 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94,500 (S) Knight Bros. Custom 28 2003 new listing . . .85,500 (P) Irwin 52 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125,000 (S) Beneteau 46 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call for Special Beneteau First 47.7 2002 price reduced . . . .289,000 (S) Beneteau M432 1988 price reduced . . . .78,000 (S) Beneteau 42CC 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179,000 (N Hunter Passage 42 1995 price reduced . . .140,000 (S) J/Boats J 42 2004 new listing . . . .319,000 (N) Privilege 42 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299,000 (N) Tayana 42 VAC 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119,000 (N) Hunter 41 AC 2005 new listing . . . .77,900 (N) Morgan Classic 41 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185,000 (N) Block Island 40 1958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46,900 (N) Beneteau O393 2003 new listing . . . .144,500 (P) Hunter 380 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105,000 (S) C&C110 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75,000 (P) Hunter 37.5 1994 price reduced . . .69,000 (S) Beneteau 361 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95,000 (N B&H Syndey 36 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109,000 (P) Beneteau O351 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72,000 (P) Hunter 35.5 1993 new listing . . . .58,000 (P) Beneteau 34 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call for Special Beneteau O331 2001 price reduced . . .75,000 (N) Beneteau 311 ‘00 & ‘03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65,000 (P) Catalina 30 ‘88 & ‘90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,900 (N) Alerion Express 28 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83,900 (N) Hunter 28 1990 price reduced . . .22,000 (N) J Boats J/80 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29,900 (N) Beneteau FC 7.5 ‘06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39,900 (N) Details & Pictures Go to www.MurrayYachtSales.com
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_________________________________________ Wanted. Sailboat with trailer. 18-24 feet. Fixed keel. Cape Dory, Sea Sprite, Seafarer, Compac, Hurley, Precision, etc. (228) 3246504. (11/09a) _________________________________________ Sunfish and Sunfish Rigs Wanted. TSS Youth Sailing, Inc., Tampa Youth Sailing, an organization to which donations are tax deductible, is in great need of sailing rigs for Sunfish sailboats. If you have a Sunfish rig (mast, sail and spars.) which you are not using, please consider a gift to us. Go to www.tssyouthsailing.org and click on Contact Us. _________________________________________ SEA SCOUTS of St. Pete need donated Sunfish and a 26- to 27-ft sailboat to hold youth sailing classes on Boca Ciega Bay in Tampa Bay area. All donations are fully taxdeductible. See our Web site www.seascoutstpete.org, or call (727) 345-9837. (12/09)
Catalina 28 MKII. 1998. Excellent condition. Dodger, Bimini. Huge cockpit and comfortable. Low hours on original diesel. Radar, GPS, Chartplotter, VHF, Autopilot, VHF. Anchors, line, Gear. Cushions excellent down below and in cockpit. Rebuilt roller furling. Whisker pole. 135 and 155 headsails (both like new). New Bottom job, Jan. 2009. $42,900. Located Palmetto, FL, in Tampa Bay. (941) 730-8200. www.cortezyachts.com 10’ inflatable dinghy. Wood transom and floor. Three air chambers including inflatable keel. All hold air great. Made by SevyMarine in France. Floor needs to be reglued with inflatable 2-part glue (West Marine sells it). Title ready to be signed over for $60. (941) 321-0184. Grrrrrr2@aol.com. (11/09) _________________________________________ Wanted. Sailboat with trailer. 20-23 feet. fixed keel. Cape Dory, Sea Sprite, Seafarer, Compac, etc. (228) 324-6504. (11/09a)
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1983 C&C 29. $19,500 OBO. Beam:9’7”, Draft:5’3” fin keel, Displ:6700; Yanmar Diesel; RF, lazy jacks; GPS/Chart Plotter, VHF/remote, speed, depth, CD/AM/FM, Alcohol stove. Contact David Mickelson (813) 685-3831. Email daveandsandy04@gmail.com. (11/09) 1973 Bristol 29.9. Featured in the August SOUTHWINDS. Best offer. (508) 728-6594. (11/09) _________________________________________
Sabre 30 MkIII. Clean and well kept, tremendously upgraded 2006-2009 (sails, electronics, and much more), brightwork done. Located Savannah, GA. $46,500 negotiable. Call (912) 352-3583 or email jumichels@att.net. (1/10) SOUTHWINDS
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Nonsuch 30 Ultra 1989, Great Condition Many Recent Upgrades. 30hp Universal diesel, Max prop, Reverse cycle heat and air, anchor windlass with 2 anchors, top loading DC refrigeration, full galley with propane stove/oven, propane hot water heater, propane cabin heater, new Lifeline AGM batteries, custom dodger and Bimini, new interior cushions, new autopilot, VHF, GPS, depth/speed, AM/FM/CD, HD flatscreen TV/DVD $59,000 OBO (813) 244-3050. (1/10)
30’ Catalina 1988. Tall Rig w/Bowsprit. Rigging, electronics, wiring, fixtures, bulbs, gauges and three batteries, replaced. Diesel. LPG stove/oven, DC refrigeration. Autohelm, new Hood Furler, 135 Genoa, Cruising Spinnaker w/sock, stereo w/4 speakers, dinghy davits, Bimini, dodger, side curtains, boom cover, wheel cover—all like new. All desirable options, too much to list, must see. $27,500/Best Offer. (352) 397-7331. (11/09)
30’ Hunter Cherubini 1982 with Yanmar diesel, Bimini, dodger, Harken roller furling, new Genoa, Autohelm 3000 autopilot, marine air conditioning, hot and cold pressure water, bow sprit w/anchor roller, Imron green top sides, very well maintained.. Asking $19,500. Cortez Yacht Sales. (941) 730-8200. Hunter 30, 1978. Very good condition. 3 jibs, spinnaker, asymmetrical—all in great condition. New cushions, dodger, portlights. Chartplotter. 4-foot draft, standard rig. Rebuilt engine. Extremely wellmaintained. New Bottom Paint. $16,500. Palmetto, FL. (941) 7205750. (9/09)
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Nassau 34 by President Marine, 1983. Project boat, fiberglass, diesel, double ended, full keel, aluminum spars, davits, teak decks, refrig, Marine Air, propane. $15,900 OBO www.Cortezyachts.com. (941) 730-8200 1974 Morgan 35 Sloop. $13,000. (305) 5092431. (11/09)
Brand-New — Professionally Built Go to www.tiki30.blogspot.com to view an online journal documenting the step-by-step building of this boat. Built by Boatsmith, Inc., Jupiter, FL www.boatsmithFL.com. (561)744-0855
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1977 Cheoy Lee Offshore 33 Ketch with Perkins 4-108. Loaded with new upgraded equipment. Only 3' 8" draft. Recent Awl-Grip, Wind Gen, Solar, Windlass, Refrig, Propane, GPS, H&C Pressure water, Head with Shower and more. A classic beauty asking $34,900. www.CortezYachts.com or (941) 730-8200
Hans Christian 33T Bluewater cruiser 1981. Updated w/50hp Yanmar diesel (new 17hrs), New Electronics: Raymarine S1 autopilot, Garmin 4208 radar/GPS/map plotter. Air Marine wind generator, Harken roller furlers, Genoa and Jib sails. Classic teak interior, queen-sized bed Captain’s berth, A/C, heater; stand-up shower, marble sink. Galley complete with new refrigeration system, alcohol stove/oven. Docked Fairhope, Alabama. $122,800 Inquiries contact (228)332-0554, 2rightal@gmail.com. (12/09)
2002 Hunter 356. JUST REDUCED. To $99,900. Bring all offers. Well equipped – AC, Generator, Full Electronics, Bimini. SouthEast Sailing & Yachts, Inc. (904) 824-5770.
Never titled Hunter 36 2007. Dealer Inventory. JUST REDUCED to $139,000, Sailaway Ready. Includes Roller Furling Main, AC, Leather Interior & Bimini. SouthEast Sailing & Yachts, Inc. (904) 824-5770.
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37’ Endeavour 1980 Tall Rig. Popular B plan. Complete refit, new everything, hard dodger. Too much to list. 350 hours on Perkins 4-108. “Must see.” Reduced to $39,500. (352) 5974912. (12/09)
Formosa 1974, 41’. St Petersburg, FL. Very attractive price $29,000. New Yanmar diesel 20 hrs, New transmission, shaft & bearing by Embree Marine. New SS Water tanks, New Decks no teak, New Mizzen mast still at JSI in photo. Sails are good, New rig, New wiring and panel, New steering, rudder,& hydraulic auto pilot. Call J Wood (727) 709-0611. Call Bob (727) 423-0232. (1/10)
1976 Mason 48. Center Cockpit liveaboard full keel blue water cruiser. 120 HP Perkins, ketch rig with all roller furling and self-tailing winches for shorthanded sailing. Walk-thru aft cabin, two heads, Bimini, dodger, electric anchor, windlass, autopilot. Asking $79K. Owner must sell so bring your offer. www.CortezYachts.com or (941) 730-8200.
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_________________________________________ Never Titled Hunter 38 2007. Dealer Inventory. JUST REDUCED To $169,000. Sailaway Ready. Includes Roller Furling Main, AC & Bimini. SouthEast Sailing & Yachts, Inc. (904) 824-5770
FREE ADS 45 Leopard Cat 2000.Will trade equity (130K) for smaller boat. Excellent condition! New sails, Genset, canvas. Many other updates. This boat is ready to go! (727) 4123744. ross1920@earthlink.net. (11/09)
CORTEZ YACHT SALES SAIL 48' Mason 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 40' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,500
1996 MANTA CAT 40. 3 bed/2 bath. Hard top with davits. 3210 Garmin with radar, GPS, sonar, chartplotter and weather. Invertor, autopilot, 3 depthfinders, VHF, 2-speed electric winch, windlass with CQR and Danforth. 2 marine A/Cs, large fridge and freezer, TV, 2 - 40hp diesels. 12’ CC Caribe dinghy w/40hp. Sell $249K or trade for 40’ Mainship w/2 diesels. Located in Marathon, Florida Keys. (305) 743-9629. (12/09a)
39’ Corbin PH 1984 . . . . . . . . . .$110,000 34' Nassau 1983 . . . . . . . .Project – Offers 33' Cheoy Lee 1977 . . . . . . . . . . .$34,900 30' Hunter 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,500 28' Catalina 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$42,900 POWER 34' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Diesels . . . .$39,900 30' Silverton 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,000
Free ads in boat gear for all gear under $200 per item. Privately owned items only. Editor@southwindsmagazine.com. (941-795-8704) Teak ship’s wheel. Wooden outer diameter 22”. 1” shaft. Cost over $400. Priced at $175. Good condition. (228) 326-7486. Gulfport, MS. (1/10) _________________________________________ Force 10 Cozy Cabin propane heater. 6500 BTUs. $150. (228) 326-7486. Gulfport, MS. (1/10) _________________________________________ Anchor shade white $50. Palm Harbor, FL. Tom (727) 947-7480. (12/09) _________________________________________ CUBAN ODYSSEA by Chuck Jones. In “The Hardy Little Ship That Could” S/V America makes 16 voyages to Cuba. Email sailmykeys@gmail.com for the book review. (12/09)
28’ Luhrs Twin Gas 1972 . . . . . . .$15,900 28' Sheffield Diesel Charter Biz . .$44,900 26' Pacemaker 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,900
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Bayfield 40 Hull # 34 full keel 5’ draft, cutter ketch designed by H.T.Gozzard built in 1984. Exceptional condition with lots of new gear. Harken roller furling on all sails. Marine air, WS, WD, depth, VHF w/remote, SSB, cd/radio, autopilot, chartplotter, radar, dinghy, life raft. $109,500 Call Major Carter or visit www.Cortezyachts.com.(941) 730-8200.
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CLASSIFIED AD 110 ft of NEW 5/16 inch BBB chain for only $150 ($365 retail). (727) 319-9080. (12/09) _________________________________________ WANTED: Good used boat gear from Anchors to Zincs and about anything else. Sell outright or place on consignment. Scurvy Dog Boat Works, Pensacola, FL. Call (850) 434-1770 or email Scurvydog@worldnet.att.net. _________________________________________ Whisker pole, line controlled. 11-20 feet. $250. (941) 730-8200.
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_________________________________________ Mast-up storage for small sailboats, 20 feet or less. $60 a month. Stuart, St. Lucie River, South Fork. www.stluciesailingclub.org. Includes social activities, weekly informal regattas and more. Membership $60 a year. Experienced sailors ready to teach young and the not so young. Call Alex for more details: (772) 220-1366. (11/09)
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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
Hunter 35.5, 1990: Bareboat charter for reasonable rates - weekly $1675, Location: Rickenbacker Marina, Miami. Equipment: refrigerator, upgraded batteries, dinghy, new furler, More Information: www.americasailingclub.com or Rene Aston (705) 426-5998, rene.aston@sympatico.ca (1/10)
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_________________________________________ Sponsor Wanted. Business to sponsor our Crew web pages online and get an ad in the magazine and on our web site in return for regular monthly payment to us to keep the crew web pages going and regularly updated. Could be ideal for a racing-related company. editor@southwindsmagazine.com. (941) 795-8704 _________________________________________ Yacht Broker. Island Yachting Centre, West Coast Florida. Experience desired but will train the right person. 75% Sail. 25% Power. Aggressive commission plan. Confidential interview. (941) 729-4511. Ted@islandyachtingcentre.com.
Sailor’s Paradise “Old Florida“ Lakefront mobile home cottage with dock on 20K acre Lake Crescent in Crescent City. Small, quiet, adult park with reasonable lot rent. $7500 (386) 698-3648 or www.LakeCrescentFlorida.com. (1/10)
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Women’s Fall Race #6. East Coast Sailing Association 12 Single Handed Race. Bull Bay Cruising Club. (This is a fictitious name for the organizing efforts, but the race is real. www.sailjax.com for more information.) 12-13Catalina 22 Florida State Championships. Indian River YC 12-13Club Races. Lake Eustis Sailing Club 19 Doublehanded Race. East Coast Sailing Association 20 Winter Rum Race #3. Melbourne YC 27 Small Boat Sunday. Melbourne YC Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Go to the Web site for local club races BBYC Biscayne Bay YC BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net CGSC Coconut Grove SC. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org. KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org. LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org. MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.net. PBSC Palm Beach SC. www.pbsail.org SCF Sailfish Club of Florida. www.sailfishclub.com
NOVEMBER 7 CRYC Annual BBYRA PHRF #11 8 CRYC Annual BBYRA One-design #11 13 CRYC Dockwallopers. 14 BB Series Fall #3. Flat Earth Society. 14-15 Star Schoonmaker Cup. CRYC 21-22 PHRF SEF Championships. CGSC 21-22 High School South Points Regatta. Lauderdale YC, Hollywood’s Holland Park 23-29 US Sailing Mid Winters. MYC. 29ers, 420s, and 470s youth event DECEMBER 4 Wirth Munroe Palm Beach Race. SCF/CCS 4-6 Lauderdale YC. Melges 32 Gold Cup. 5 Full Moon Regatta 6 Star Commodore Cup. CRYC 6 Etchells Piana Cup. BBYC 12 BBYRA OD #12. BBYC 13 BBYRA PHRF #12, KBYC 19 J/24 BB Series Fall4. Flat Earth 26-31 Orange Bowl Regatta. CGSC/CRY
Key West Sailing Club. Every Saturday – Open House at the Key West Sailing News & Views for Southern Sailors
Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingclub.org. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Come by the club to sail. Non-members and members welcome. Wednesday night racing has begun for the summer season. Skippers meet at the clubhouse by 5:00 p.m. and boats start racing at 6:00 p.m. in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward. Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Web site for regular club racing open to all. NOVEMBER 14 Dockmasters Portsmouth/Fall #4 15 Dockmasters Portsmouth and PHRF DECEMBER 6 Flail & Sail
Southwinds Annual Online West Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1 Southwinds magazine posts the annual race schedule/calendar (9/1-8/31) on its Web site for all racing in the central west Florida area from just north of Tampa Bay south to Marco Island. The calendar includes all scheduled races of the West Florida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org), plus club races in the area and any others that boaters in the area would like to post. The Boat of the Year races are listed for all the areas of the West Florida PHRF organization. The race calendar can be accessed through the racing pages link at www.southwindsmagazine.com. It is also the race calendar link at the West Florida PHRF organization and other sailing associations and yacht clubs in the area. Contact editor@southwindsmagazine. com to list your race, or changes. Sorry - we cannot list every single weekly club race. 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 or www.sailbcyc.org. One-design, dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. March through September (727) 458-7274. Guests welcome for all races. Bradenton YC. Races November thru March. Sunday races at 1:30 p.m. PHRF racing on Manatee River. For info, call Susan Tibbits at (941) 723-6560. Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The center holds regular weekend club races. For dates and more information, go to www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org. Dunedin Boat Club. Monthly club racing. For more information, contact saraherb@aol.com.
Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com. Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Fall Series Sunday afternoon racing begins Sept. 13 through Nov. 22. www.pgscweb.com. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April. www.sarasotasailingsquad.com. St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug. 28. 1630 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org. Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org NOVEMBER 1 St. Petersburg Sailing Center Snipe Fleet 801 racing 1-6 Edison Sailing Center. 2.4-Meter World Championship 7 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. Festival of the Islands 7 St. Pete Sailing Assoc. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF 7 Sarasota YC. Invitational, PHRF (SBBOTY) 7-8 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Flying Scot Regatta 10-14 Gulfport YC. Formula 16 Multihull Global Challenge Championship 14-15 Davis Island YC.. US SAILING advanced race management training course 14-15 St. Petersburg YC. Snipe Florida State Championship 14-15 Lake Eustis Sailing Club. MC Scow SE & M-17 Championship 14-15 Marco Island YC. Fall Regatta, PHRF (SWFBOTY) 14-15 Naples Community Sailing Center. Naples Cup 18-22 St. Petersburg YC. US SAILING Match Racing Championship 17-18 Davis Island YC. Egmont Key Race, PHRF. (SuncoastBOTY) 21-22 Clearwater YC.. Carlisle Classic, PHRF, Dinghies 21-22 Clearwater YC.US Multihull Champ’s 2010 area qualifier regatta 21-22 Davis Island YC. J/24 ACC’s 21 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Drumstick Regatta & Laser Regatta 27 Davis Island YC. Old Shoe, PHRF 28 Regatta Pointe Marina Turkey Run Regatta, (SBBOTY) 28-29 Davis Island YC. Thanksgiving Regatta, All classes DECEMBER 3-6 St. Petersburg YC. America’s Disabled Sailors Regatta 5 Davis Island YC. Couple’s Race, PHRF 5 St. Pete Sailing Assoc. Races 5 & 6 5 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society Commodore’s Cup. (CBOTY) 5-6 Edison Sailing Center. Sunfish Challenge Cup Regatta See RACING CALENDAR continued on page 76 SOUTHWINDS
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ADVANCED BOAT REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ADVANCED SAILS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ADVENTURE YACHT HARBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ALBEMARLE PLANTATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ALPENGLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ANCHORAGE RESORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ANNAPOLIS PERFORMANCE SAILING . . . . . . . . . 65 ANTIGUA SAILING SCHOOL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 AQUA GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ATLANTIC SAIL TRADERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 BACON SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 BATH HARBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 BAY RIGGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 BEACH MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 BENETEAU SAILBOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC BETA MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 BLUEWATER SAILING SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 41 BOATERS’ EXCHANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 BOATNAMES.NET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 BOATPEELING.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 BOATSMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 BOREL MFG.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 BO’SUN SUPPLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 BRIDGE POINTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 CAPT. & FIRST MATE YACHT DELIVERY. . . . . . . . . 31 CAPT. BILL ROBINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CAPT. JIMMY HENDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 CAPT. MARTI BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 CAPT. RICK MEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CATALINA YACHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC,27 CHARLESTON CITY MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CLEARWATER MUNICIPAL MARINA. . . . . . . . . . . . 42 CLEARWATER YACHT CLUB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 COPPERCOAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 COQUINA YACHT CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CORTEZ FLEA MARKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CORTEZ YACHT BROKERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 CPT AUTOPILOT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 CRUISING SOLUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 DANCING WITH THE WIND VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . 32 DEFENDER INDUSTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 DOCKSIDE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 DOCTOR LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 45, 74 DOYLE/PLOCH SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 DUNBAR SALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC DWYER MAST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 EASTERN YACHTS/BENETEAU. . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC,BC E-MARINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 FAIRWINDS BOAT REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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FAIRWINDS YACHT SALES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 FIRST PATRIOT INSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 FLAGSHIP SAILING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 FLORIDA SAILING AND CRUISING SCHOOL. . . . . 41 FLYING SCOT SAILBOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 FORT MYERS BEACH MOORING FIELD. . . . . . . . . 29 FT. PIERCE CITY MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 GARHAUER HARDWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC GULFPORT CITY MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 HARBORAGE MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 23, 35 HAWKS CAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 HOBIE CATS/TACKLE SHACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 HOGAN’S MARINA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 HOLLAND BOATYARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 HOTWIRE/FANS & OTHER PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . 31 INNOVATIVE MARINE SERVICES . . . . . . . . 20, 30, 32 INTERNATIONAL SAILING SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . 41 ISLAND PACKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 J/BOATS - MURRAY YACHT SALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 KELLY BICKFORD, YACHT BROKER . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 KLAUS ROEHRICH SURVEYOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 LANIER SAILING ACADEMY/CHARTER . . . . . . . . . 41 LEATHER WHEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 LEGACY HARBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 LIGHTKEEPERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 MACK SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 MARINE CANVAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 MARINE FUEL CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 MASSEY YACHT SALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC,21, 68 MASTHEAD ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . . 27,31, 69, 33 MASTMATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 MURRAY YACHT SALES/BENETEAU . . . . . . . . . BC,70 MYRTLE BEACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 NATIONAL SAIL SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 NATURE’S HEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 NEW BERN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 NORTH SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 NORTH SAILS DIRECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 NORTH SAILS OUTLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 OCEAN RIGGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ONLINE MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PALM COAST MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PATRICIA KNOLL, REALTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PATRIOT YACHT SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 PELICAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PIER 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PORPOISE USED SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PORT ROYAL LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 PROFURL WICHARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PROPGLOP MOBY-COOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 QUALITY MARITIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 QUANTUM SAILS FLORIDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 RB GROVE/UNIVERSAL AND WESTERBEKE . . . . . . 57 REGATTA POINTE MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 RIGGING ONLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 RPARTS REFRIGERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 RS SAILBOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SAIL HARBOR MARINA & BOATYARD . . . . . . . . . . 50 SAIL REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SAILING FLORIDA CHARTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SAILING FLORIDA SAILING SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . 41 SANDS HARBOR RESORT & MARINA . . . . . . . . . . 51 SCHURR SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 SCUBA CLEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 SCURVY DOG USED MARINE STORE . . . . . . . . . . 47 SEA SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SEA TECH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 SEA WORTHY GOODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SHADETREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SHINEY HINEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 SKULL CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 SMARTERSAIL CHARTER & SCHOOL. . . . . . . . . . . 41 SNUG HARBOR BOATS & CO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SOUTHEAST SAILING & YACHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SSB RADIO BOOKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 SSMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 32 ST. AUGUSTINE SAILING ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . 41 ST. BARTS/BENETEAU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC ST. PETE BOAT SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SUNCOAST INFLATABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SUNRISE SAILS, PLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 TACKLE SHACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TAMPA SAILING SQUADRON YOUTH PROGRAM . 19 TIDEMINDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 TOWN CREEK MARINA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 TREASURE HARBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 TURNER MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC TWIN DOLPHIN MARINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ULLMAN SAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 33 WAG BAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 WATERBORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 WEST MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WICHARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 WILMINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 YACHT AUTHORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 56 YACHTING VACATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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SAILBOATS - NEW & BROKERAGE BENETEAU....................................................................................................BC BOATERS EXCHANGES/CATALINA ................................................................27 BOATSMITH/WHARRAM CATAMARANS........................................................24 CATALINA YACHTS .................................................................................IFC,27 CORTEZ YACHT BROKERAGE ........................................................................73 DUNBAR SALES ......................................................................................IFC,27 EASTERN YACHTS..................................................................................IFC,IBC FAIRWINDS YACHT SALES.............................................................................69 FLYING SCOT SAILBOATS .............................................................................72 HOBIE CATS/TACKLE SHACK ........................................................................26 ISLAND PACKET............................................................................................68 KELLY BICKFORD YACHT BROKER .................................................................69 MASSEY YACHT SALES/CATALINA/HUNTER/ISLAND PACKET/EASTERN/MARINER........................................................IFC,21, 68 MASTHEAD YACHT SALES/CATALINA ..........................................27,31, 69, 33 MURRAY YACHT SALES/BENETEAU ..........................................................BC,70 RS SAILBOATS.................................................................................................6 SNUG HARBOR BOATS & CO.......................................................................27 SOUTHEAST SAILING & YACHTS ....................................................................9 ST. BARTS/BENETEAU ...................................................................................BC SUNCOAST INFLATABLES/ WEST FLORIDA ...................................................18 TACKLE SHACK/HOBIE/SUNFISH, ST. PETERSBURG.......................................26 TAMPA SAILING SQUADRON YOUTH PROGRAM .........................................19 TURNER MARINE .........................................................................................IFC GEAR, HARDWARE, ACCESSORIES, CLOTHING ALPENGLOW ................................................................................................25 ANNAPOLIS PERFORMANCE SAILING...........................................................65 BOATPEELING.COM .....................................................................................30 BOREL MFG..................................................................................................31 BO’SUN SUPPLIES/HARDWARE .....................................................................43 COPPERCOAT...............................................................................................34 CPT AUTOPILOT...........................................................................................74 CRUISING SOLUTIONS.................................................................................16 DANCING WITH THE WIND VIDEO ..............................................................32 DEFENDER INDUSTRIES ................................................................................38 DOCTOR LED...................................................................................31, 45, 74 E-MARINE.....................................................................................................31 GARHAUER HARDWARE...............................................................................IBC HOTWIRE/FANS & OTHER PRODUCTS ........................................................31 LEATHER WHEEL ...........................................................................................31 MASTHEAD ENTERPRISES ............................................................27,31, 69, 33 MASTMATE MAST CLIMBER .........................................................................31 NATURE’S HEAD ...........................................................................................32 ONLINE MARINE ..........................................................................................14 PROFURL WICHARD .....................................................................................12 PROPGLOP MOBY-COOL..............................................................................40 RPARTS REFRIGERATION ...............................................................................28 SCURVY DOG USED MARINE STORE ............................................................47 SEAWORTHY GOODS ...................................................................................32 SHADETREE AWNING SYSTEMS......................................................................8 SSMR .....................................................................................................14, 32 TACKLE SHACK/HOBIE/SUNFISH, PRECISION ...............................................26 TIDEMINDERS ..............................................................................................44 WAG BAGS ...................................................................................................36 WEST MARINE ................................................................................................3 WICHARD.....................................................................................................12 SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES ADVANCED SAILS.........................................................................................32 ATLANTIC SAIL TRADERS ..............................................................................43 BACON SAILS ...............................................................................................32 BAY RIGGING ...............................................................................................32 DOYLE PLOCH..............................................................................................33 DWYER MAST/SPARS, HARDWARE, RIGGING................................................74 INNOVATIVE MARINE SERVICES .......................................................20, 30, 32 MACK SAILS .................................................................................................52 MASTHEAD/USED SAILS AND SERVICE........................................27,31, 69, 33 NATIONAL SAIL SUPPLY, NEW&USED ONLINE .............................................33 NORTH SAILS DIRECT/SAILS ONLINE BY NORTH .........................................58 NORTH SAILS, NEW AND USED .............................................................63, 74 OCEAN RIGGING .........................................................................................32 PORPOISE USED SAILS..................................................................................33 QUANTUM SAILS FLORIDA...........................................................................15 RIGGING ONLY ...........................................................................................32 SAIL REPAIR ..................................................................................................33 SCHURR SAILS, PENSACOLA FL ....................................................................64 SSMR .....................................................................................................14, 32 SUNRISE SAILS, PLUS ...................................................................................33 ULLMAN SAILS .......................................................................................30, 33 CANVAS MARINE CANVAS..........................................................................................33 SHADETREE AWNING SYSTEMS......................................................................8 SAILING SCHOOLS/CAPTAIN’S LICENSE INSTRUCTION ANTIGUA SAILING SCHOOL.........................................................................41 BLUEWATER SAILING SCHOOL ...............................................................22, 41 FLAGSHIP SAILING .......................................................................................59 FLORIDA SAILING & CRUISING SCHOOL .....................................................41 INTERNATIONAL SAILING SCHOOL..............................................................41 LANIER SAILING ACADEMY/CHARTER ..........................................................41 QUALITY MARITIME CAPTAIN INSTRUCTION ...............................................16 SAILING FLORIDA CHARTERS & SCHOOL.....................................................41 SEA SCHOOL/CAPTAIN’S LICENSE ...............................................................42 SMARTERSAIL CHARTER & SCHOOL.............................................................41 ST. AUGUSTINE SAILING ENTERPRISES .........................................................41 YACHTING VACATIONS ................................................................................20 MARINE ENGINES AND ACCESSORIES BETA MARINE ...............................................................................................53 RB GROVE/UNIVERSAL AND WESTERBEKE ....................................................57
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MARINAS, MOORING FIELDS, BOAT YARDS CLEARWATER MUNICIPAL MARINA...............................................................42 FORT MYERS BEACH MOORING FIELD .........................................................29 REGATTA POINTE MARINA .............................................................................7 HARBORAGE MARINA ......................................................................10, 23, 35 HOLLAND BOAT YARD .................................................................................30 TOWN CREEK MARINA.................................................................................17 BOATUS COOPERATING MARINAS, NC ALBEMARLE PLANTATION.............................................................................49 BATH HARBOR..............................................................................................49 BRIDGE POINTE............................................................................................49 NEW BERN ...................................................................................................49 PELICAN .......................................................................................................49 TOWN CREEK MARINA.................................................................................49 WILMINGTON..............................................................................................49 BOATUS COOPERATING MARINAS, SC CHARLESTON CITY MARINA ........................................................................50 COQUINA YACHT CLUB ...............................................................................50 LIGHTKEEPERS ..............................................................................................50 MYRTLE BEACH ............................................................................................50 PORT ROYAL LANDING ................................................................................50 SKULL CREEK ...............................................................................................50 BOATUS COOPERATING MARINAS, GA HOGAN’S MARINA.......................................................................................50 SAIL HARBOR MARINA & BOATYARD ...........................................................50 BOATUS COOPERATING MARINAS, FL ADVANCED BOAT REPAIR .............................................................................51 ANCHORAGE RESORT ..................................................................................51 HAWKS CAY .................................................................................................51 LEGACY HARBOR..........................................................................................51 TREASURE HARBOR ......................................................................................51 ADVENTURE YACHT HARBOR .......................................................................51 BEACH MARINE ............................................................................................51 FT. PIERCE CITY MARINA ..............................................................................51 PALM COAST MARINA .................................................................................51 SANDS HARBOR RESORT & MARINA............................................................51 TWIN DOLPHIN MARINA .............................................................................51 CHARTERS, RENTALS, FRACTIONAL FLAGSHIP SAILING .......................................................................................59 SAILING FLORIDA CHARTERS .......................................................................41 YACHTING VACATIONS ................................................................................20 MARINE SERVICES, SURVEYORS, INSURANCE, TOWING, BOAT LETTERING, ETC. AQUA GRAPHICS..........................................................................................30 BOAT PEELING ............................................................................................30 BOATNAMES.NET.........................................................................................30 FAIRWINDS BOAT REPAIRS/SALES .................................................................32 FIRST PATRIOT INSURANCE ............................................................................8 INNOVATIVE MARINE SERVICES .......................................................20, 30, 32 KLAUS ROEHRICH SURVEYOR .......................................................................33 MARINE FUEL CLEANING .............................................................................30 PATRIOT YACHT SERVICES ............................................................................53 PIER 88 DIVING SERVICES ............................................................................29 SCUBA CLEAN YACHT SERVICES...................................................................30 SHINEY HINEY ..............................................................................................30 CAPTAIN SERVICES CAPT. & FIRST MATE YACHT DELIVERY .........................................................31 CAPT. BILL ROBINSON .................................................................................31 CAPT. JIMMY HENDON ................................................................................30 CAPT. RICK MEYER .......................................................................................31 MARINE ELECTRONICS DOCKSIDE RADIO ........................................................................................19 SEA TECH/NAVIGATION/COMMUNICATION ...............................................73 REAL ESTATE BROKERS PATRICIA KNOLL, REALTOR...........................................................................13 SAILING WEB SITES, VIDEOS, BOOKS BOATNAMES.NET.........................................................................................30 CAPT. MARTI BROWN ..................................................................................30 DANCING WITH THE WIND VIDEO..............................................................32 SSB RADIO BOOKS.......................................................................................30 REGATTA ADVERTISEMENTS, BOAT SHOWS ................................................. CLEARWATER YACHT CLUB...........................................................................11 ST. PETE BOAT SHOW ....................................................................................5 DEMO DAYS AT THE HARBORAGE....................................................10, 23, 35
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any days, my friend Bill Dearstyne and I sail his Catalina 34 out into the Gulf of Mexico from Cove Sound Marina in Cortez, FL, which is between the bridges on the ICW adjacent to Anna Maria Island just south of Tampa Bay. Sometimes we’ll head straight west for about half a day until we reach ten fathoms on the depth sounder and, at that point, we toast with a cool one, turn around and wander back to Long Boat Pass and then up the Intracoastal to the marina. But mostly, we just sail for the heck of it with no particular direction in mind other than that allowed by the wind. Other than plot and record our position and watch the dolphins race the boat, there’s not much to do out there, so our conversations drift toward solving all the national and world problems. We’ve come up with a number of novel solutions; and some would say they’re controversial, but no one seems to listen, so there’s little chance of stirring up much debate. There’s Willie Nelson, Phantom of the Opera and the Jimmy Buffet CDs to listen to, and those generally lead to another favorite sailing activity, a short nap while stretched out on a cockpit cushion. One day we were discussing how much fun it would be to take a longer sail, something like a week or so, and we thought we should have a destination. I think it was during Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville” that we hit on the idea of inviting the girls on a sail down to Key West, perhaps with a side trip to the Dry Tortugas. The more Jimmy sang, the more we discussed the trip and the better it sounded. Bill said that before we invited the girls, we should test-drive part of the trip, that being the first leg down to Boca Grande Pass just off Fort Myers, including anchoring overnight inside the pass in Pelican Bay. The next day we’d wander south to Marco Island, hang around there for a bit and then head back north. We picked a departure date, gathered a few provisions—two bananas, a box of cereal, milk, water, a few beers and sandwiches—and departed Cove Sound Marina at 6:30 a.m. It had to be an early departure so we’d have some daylight left when we arrived late in the day at our planned anchorage in Pelican Bay. Soon after clearing the Cortez Bridge on the short 20-minute run south to Long Boat Pass, Bill noticed the engine temperature was higher than normal. After fussing with a variety of 78 November 2009
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engine RPMs and discussing what-if scenarios, we decided to drop anchor by Long Boat Pass to troubleshoot the problem. Once at anchor and with the engine off, we removed the engine-cooling water strainer and found the usual suspect, sea grass. But there wasn’t enough of it in the strainer to cause a problem. Then the question was: Is the problem the water pump impeller or a blocked thru-hull? With the strainer cap off and the thru-hull valve open, there was a little water flowing out of the assembly, but not the mini geyser you’d expect. That meant there was a blockage below the strainer assembly in the thru-hull fitting, so we decided to poke something down through the strainer body to dislodge the blockage. On this 1993 Catalina 34, the engine-cooling water strainer is directly above a thru-hull that is accessible through a small access door in the head. There is a hose on the exit side of the strainer unit that leads through a bulkhead and into the engine compartment where it connects with the water pump. And speaking of heads, the ability to stand on yours to service the strainer is a good skill to have. We tried numerous times to force a piece of a coat hanger wire down through the strainer unit and
into the thru-hull to dislodge the blockage, but no luck. The wire would only go so far before it hit something, and whatever it was, it wouldn’t budge. So, there we sat, less than an hour into our planned three-day sailing adventure, and we had an engine with a cooling problem. We considered going for it anyway; after all, this is a sailboat and we’ve sailed it before when the engine wouldn’t start but, when considering the need for a working engine to get us in and out of several unknown anchorages versus being only 20 minutes from the marina, all of our John Wayne bravado turned to common sense, so back to the marina we went. In the slip, we continued the efforts of poking wires down through the strainer unit in hopes of clearing the thru-hull. After an hour or so of frustration, we were about to give up when we realized that the hose from the strainer assembly to the engine was about the same size as a garden hose. As luck would have it, there was a 3-foot section of garden hose in one of the storage bins that had a standard female hose connection on one end, and it was cut off at the other end. That eureka moment was deafening. We loosened the hose clamp and pulled off the engine supply hose and with a bit of twisting got the garden hose to fit tightly on the strainer exit nipple. We connected the freshwater hose from the dock to the 3-foot hose, put the strainer cap back on, opened the thru-hull and turned on the water. You could hear the blockage release almost immediately, kind of a muffled pop. We let the water run for a bit, then shut it off, closed the thru-hull, reconnecting the engine hose, and then opened the thru-hull and started and ran the engine for about 15 minutes. The temperatures remained dead center normal. It was late morning, but the event prompted a toast with a cool one. By then we had eaten up our daylight arrival margin at Pelican Bay, so we decided to abandon that trip and sailed back out into the Gulf. We headed west, solved a few more of the world’s problems and listened to CDs and of course, catching a nap or two. Not what we had planned, but the experience with troubleshooting and fixing the problem was a great lesson learned. Okay, enough of what many of you may have already known about the care and feeding of strainers. It’s time for Willie and a nap. www.southwindsmagazine.com