3rd Annual Miami to Havana Race, Feb. 14 The Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC) is the organizer of this race. The race is hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club and the Hemingway International Yacht Club of Cuba. It will begin on Feb. 14 with boats racing down the Florida Keys and heading across the Gulf Stream to Havana wherever the racers decide the best point to do so is. There will then be a coastal race off Havana a few days later. www.HavanaRace.org.
St. Petersburg National Offshore One-Design (NOODS) Regatta, Feb. 16-18
The Midwinters will once again be hosted by the Upper Keys Sailing Club in Key Largo. Sailors arriving early will have use of the club facility to get in some practice racing. For more information go to www.upperkeyssailing club.com, or http://force5.us/main/.
Laser Midwinters, Clearwater, FL, Feb. 22-25 Clearwater Yacht Club. www.clearwateryachtclub.org
The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is host for this annual regatta. The NOOD regatta features several separate one-design classes, and PHRF racing with a combination of windward/leeward and distance racing courses. Entries from across the eastern half of the U.S. attend. Six NOOD Regattas are held around the country annually. Go to the Sailing World NOOD website for more information at www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas.
Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta, Charleston, SC, Feb. 17-18
2018 Force Five Midwinter Championship, Florida Keys, Feb. 19-24
St. Petersburg – Habana Race, Feb. 26 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s 284-nautical mile race to Havana, Cuba, will depart St. Petersburg at 10am on Feb. 26, headed for the finish at Morro Castle off Havana. Although this race was revived in 2016, it was originally staged from 1930 to 1959. Included in the schedule of events in Cuba are a welcome party March 1 and a race starting at the Havana Harbor entrance. A dinner and awards presentations party will be held afterward. For more information, go to www.spyc.org and click on Habana Regatta
Go to page 44 for more information on this event.
The 65th Annual
Mug Race SATURDAY MAY 5, 2018 Starting east of Crystal Cove, sail to Jacksonville on the St. John's River
Hosted by The Rudder Club of Jacksonville For more information, go to
www.rudderclub.com Come to the kickoff party at Crystal Cove Marina Friday night! ** NEW — all boats are welcome to launch and dock at Crystal Cove Marina ** News & Views for Southern Sailors
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