CALENDAR
Upcoming Events in the Southeast (Non-Race) Go to the Racing Calendar for regattas and local races. Go to Racing News for national and international regattas in the Southeast. • Educational/Training • Boat Shows • Seafood Festivals & Nautical Flea Markets • Sailboat & Trawler Rendezvous •Other Evrents
LIST YOUR EVENT ON OUR WEBSITE
Educational/Training U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary organizations throughout the country hold hundreds of regular boating courses on the various subjects. To find a course near you, go to www.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder.
With our new website you can list your event yourself on our online calendar. Go to swindsmag.com, and click on EVENTS. No charge for the following: (1) You have advertised the event with a print ad in SOUTHWINDS; (2) Public events, non-profit events, free events; (3) Club regattas, local marine flea markets and other similar events. Contact editor@swindsmag.com, or call 941-7958704, for other for-profit events.
LISTING YOUR EVENT
US Sailing Leadership Forum, St. Pete Beach, FL, Feb. 1-3 This forum, first held in 2014, gathers leaders from sail training, education, yacht clubs, sailing organizations, race officials and industry professionals to discuss and exchange ideas and trends in all aspects of sail. Keynote speakers and group sessions work on growing the sport and developing programs to help it grow to keep sailing “vibrant and strong for future generations of sailors.” The event is held at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL. Late registration is available at the door, or earlier online. For information and costs, go to www.sailingleadership.org.
To have your non-race event listed, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Email us the information (not just a link) by the first of the month preceding publication. Contact us if a little later (it most likely will get in). We will print your public event the month of the event and the month before. Rendezvous we print for three months. Events must be public events that are free, or nominal low cost. Other for-profit events can be listed for $35/month up to 150 words (text and title) for first month, $25 for second month. (If your for-profit event has a quarter page ad or larger, 200 word notice in this calendar is included.)
Catamaran and Couples Cruising Seminars, Miami, FL, Feb. 16-17 These seminars are held in conjunction with the Miami Boat Show but are located at the Holiday Inn on the mainland (not at the main boat show on Virginia Key). The seminars are presented by long-time sailing and cruising instructors Jeff and Jean Grossman. Jeff and Jean have been presenting couples cruising
seminars and instruction for many years about sailing together in harmony, choosing a boat and cruising. The Couples Seminar will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17. The Catamaran Seminar, held on Friday, Feb. 16, is about choosing the right catamaran, budgeting, purchase, design and handling. Those who sign up for the seminars receive boat show tickets. For more information, go to www.twocansail.com (see their ad on page 34).
News & Views for Southern Sailors
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