wares, answering questions and offering “boat show” prices. On Sunday, cruisers can attend the huge indoor nautical flea market, as well as the intimate Cruising Destination Roundtables where experienced cruisers will answer questions about popular destinations. Admission is $25 for SSCA members, or $40 for nonmembers (or $30/$45 after Nov. 28). Those who pay the non-member price, but decide to join SSCA will have the extra $15 applied to their membership fee. The Melbourne Gam will offer over a dozen seminars on Friday and Saturday on a variety of topics. Jimmy Cornell will be presenting several seminars including “Planning Your Dream Voyage” and “Pilot Charts, Every Cruiser’s Friend.” Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and mingle and experience the renowned SSCA camaraderie at the Vendor Appreciation and Camaraderie Cocktail Party on Friday evening ($10 per person includes two drink tickets and cold hors d’oeuvres) and at the gourmet buffet on Saturday evening. Saturday night’s dinner will be followed by Jimmy Cornell’s presentation, “Highlights of a Sailing Life.” All activities will take place at the Eau Gallie Civic Center in Melbourne, FL (1551 Highland Ave.), located on the ICW with plenty of room for anchoring and a free dinghy dock just steps from the Civic Center. For more information, or to register, go to www.ssca.org and click on SSCA Events, or call (954) 771-5660.
30th Annual National Sailing Programs Symposium, Clearwater, FL, Jan. 23-26 Presented by US SAILING, the NSPS is the premier event for sailing education in the United States, bringing together the very best people and resources in instruction, program operation, equipment and more. From pros to beginners, the symposium offers networking at its best. Anyone involved with a sailing program can learn and have fun at this event. This symposium will have a schedule that addresses almost every facet of sailing, from fundraising and budgets to match racing and regattas. Volunteers and professionals as well as neophytes and old salts should be able to take home a bag full of ideas. US SAILING, the national governing body for the sport in America, created the symposium as a means to increase professional development among the programs scattered around the nation. Some 200 program directors, school owners, instructors and industry professionals are expected to attend. For more information, go to http://training.ussailing. org/Course_Calendars.htm.
See us at the St. Petersburg Boat Show Booth 102
News & Views for Southern Sailors
SOUTHWINDS
December 2012
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