racing, spin and non-spin. (727) 423-6002. One-design, dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. March through October. Jim Masson at (727) 776-8833. www.sailbcyc.org. Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April. Races at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 hours beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF racing on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday of each month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com. Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend club races. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org. Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org. Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternate Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 6881631, or paulrauman@gmail.com. Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. pbgvtrax@aol.com. Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. www.pgscweb.com. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April. www.sarasotasailingsquad.com. St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug. 28. 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.venice-sailing-squadron.org Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org) Tampa Bay (also known as Suncoast BOTY: (SUNBOTY) Davis Island: (DIBOTY) Gulf Boat of the Year: (GBOTY) Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) FEBRUARY 1-3 SPYC Valentine’s Day Opti Regatta. St. Pete YC 2 Gasparilla Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron 9 Cherry Pie Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. (SBYA) 9-13 J/24 Midwinters. Davis Island YC 14-17 VX Midwinters. Davis Island YC 14-17 NOOD & Championship. (Suncoast 16-17 Valentine’s Short-Handed Race. Dunedin Boat Club 21 Full Moon Race. Davis Island YC 21-24 Laser Midwinters East. Clearwater YC 23 Edison Gulf Regatta. Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. (CHBOTY) 22-24 505 Midwinters. St. Pete YC (at Pass-a-Grille) 23 Full Moon Pursuit Race. St. Pete Sailing Assoc. 24 Windjammer to Venice. Sarasota Sailing Squadron News & Views for Southern Sailors
& Venice YC. (SBYA) 27-March 3 J/22 Midwinters. Davis Island YC MARCH Feb. 27-3 J/22 Midwinters. Davis Island YC 1-2 St. Pete YC Invitational (WFBOTY & SPORC) 2 Spring Regatta. Naples Sailing & YC 2-3 Conquistador Cup. Punta Gorda SC. (CHBOTY) 2-8 Thistle Midwinters. St. Pete YC 8-10 Fireball & Friends. Davis Island YC 9 Race Around Egmont. Bradenton YC 10 Ladies at the Helm. Bradenton YC 14-17 Lightning Winter Championship. St. Pete YC 15-17 Snipe Midwinters. Clearwater YC 16 Shrimp Festival Regatta. Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. 16 J/24 Pot O’Gold. Davis Island YC 16 Pot O’Gold. PHRF. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 16 Distance Classic. St. Pete YC 22-23 Crown Cars Regatta. (WFBOTY, SPORC, GULF BOTY). St. Pete YC @PAG 23-24 One-Design Midwinters. Sarasota Sailing Squadron.
Upcoming Regattas
Mardi Gras Race Week, New Orleans, LA, February 12-24 The New Orleans Yacht Club is holding its annual premier racing event with One-Design and PHRF. One-Design racing is Feb. 13-17 and PHRF (Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker divisions) is Feb. 23-24. With five boats constituting a class, the one-design classes expected are Finn, J/22, Hobie 33 NAs, Lightning, Lasers, Kiteboards, Club 420s, Optimist, Easterly 30 NAs, Open Flying Scot, Rhodes 19, Viper 640, VX One, V15, Moths. More information, as well as hotels and directions are posted on the website, www.mardigrasregatta.org. Limited free “college style” housing is available.
Maxine Sansom Series 2013, Pensacola, FL, March 2, 9, 23 The Maxine Sansom Regatta is a three-race series held on Pensacola Bay every March. The series honors Maxine Sansom for her work through the years on various race committees at the three Pensacola-area yacht clubs. The race format has three different competitions, each one held at one of the three clubs Sansom frequently worked with. Each of these races is held by the individual yacht club fleet captains but are combined for an overall SOUTHWINDS February 2013
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