RACING St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta Offers PHRF Racing New This Year, Feb. 15-17 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is hosting the upcoming St. Petersburg NOOD (National Offshore One-Design) event on Feb. 15-17. Several popular one-design classes will be represented. Last year’s NOOD regatta featured nine separate classes with entries from across the eastern half of the U.S. Following its debut last year, there will be PHRF handicap class racing with a combination of windward/leeward and distance racing courses. All entrants for the PHRF classes will need to apply for a West Florida PHRF certificate at www.westfloridaphrf.org. Go to the Sailing World NOOD website at www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas.
Gasparilla Regatta, Tampa Sailing Squadron, Apollo Beach, FL, Feb. 2-3 Tampa Sailing Squadron will host the 49th annual Gasparilla Regatta. This regatta ties in with the annual Gasparilla celebrations, parades and pirate festivals in the Tampa Bay area. It also includes a shoot-out challenge to the Davis Island Yacht Club Racer/Cruisers for the coveted Pirate Musketoon. Racing will include both Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker classes, as well as Racer/Cruiser, Multihull, True Cruising and Mother Lode. One-design fleets are encouraged to attend. Go to www.tampasailing.org for more information.
4th Annual Good Old Boat Regatta, St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 26 See the write-up at the beginning of the Racing section.
31st Annual Golden Conch Regatta, Platinum Point Yacht Club, Punta Gorda, FL, Jan. 19-20 This two-day race series will be conducted outside Burnt Store Marina entrance on Charlotte Harbor. Two races on Saturday and one on Sunday. This regatta qualifies for Southwest Florida Boat of the Year title. Thirty to 35 boats are expected in the five classes offered. Both buoy and windward-leeward races will be conducted. A mandatory skipper meeting will be held on Saturday morning along with a complimentary continental breakfast. A barbecue social is planned after the Saturday races. The awards ceremony will be held following racing on Sunday. More details, NOR, and entry form will be posted by in December, on www.ppycbsm.com.
19th Annual Conquistador Cup, Charlotte Harbor, March 3-4 Historically the largest regatta in southwest Florida, this event is run by the Punta Gorda Sailing Club and the Royal Order of Ponce de Leon Conquistadors. The regatta begins with registration on Friday evening, March 1, at the Punta Gorda Boat Club at 802 West Retta Esplanade. Two buoy56 January 2013
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course races are planned for Saturday with Spinnaker, NonSpinnaker, Cruising, and Multihull divisions. A gettogether is planned with a buffet dinner for Saturday evening at the adjacent YMCA Bayfront Center. On Sunday, the reverse-start long distance Conquistador’s Cup will be held. In excess of 100 boats is expected for this event. The winner will be awarded the coveted Ponce de Leon Conquistador Helmet and gets his boat pictured on next year’s regatta T-shirt. An awards ceremony will follow the completion of Sunday’s race at the Punta Gorda Boat Club. For NOR and entry forms, go to www.pgscweb.com. West Florida Race Calendar The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org. Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third Friday of each month. Skipper’s meeting at 10 a.m., PHRF 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) 688-1631, 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) JANUARY 1 Hangover Cure. St. Pete YC 1 Hangover Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 1 Bloody Mary Regatta. Bradenton YC 1 Hangover Bowl. Davis Island YC 5 New Year’s Cup. Naples Sailing & YC 5 Egmont Key Race. Davis Island YC. (SUNBOTY) (DIBOTY) www.southwindsmagazine.com