RACING 2 Spring River Race. North Florida Cruising Club. 12-13 Zenda U for MC Scow 14-16 41st MC Scow Assoc. Midwinters Championship 16-17 River City Regatta. Rudder Club. 16-17 C-22 Regatta. Titusville Sailing Center 22-24 4th Annual Regatta. Ft. Pierce YC 22-24 Orange Peel Regatta. Florida YC 23 Women’s Dragon Point Race. Melbourne YC 30 Crescent City Regatta. Crescent City YC APRIL 2-6 First Coast Offshore Challenge. St. Augustine YC 6-7 Mt. Dora Regatta. Mt. Dora YC. 13-14 Lipton Cup Regatta. New Smyrna YC. 13-14 Cowford Cup Regatta, Florida YC 20 Blue Max Race. North Florida Cruising Club. 19-21 Lake Weir Invitational & Harpoon Nationals. Ocala SC 20-21 Spring Big Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC. 27-28 Ocean Race. Port Canaveral YC/Melbourne YC 27 DuPont Cup. Epping Forest YC MAY 4 Mug Race. Rudder Club Jacksonville
Upcoming Regattas
Bacardi Miami Sailing Week, Miami, FL, March 3-9 An annual multi-class regatta in Miami with teams from countries around the world racing on Biscayne Bay, competing to win the Bacardi Cup and the BMSW regatta trophy. The Star Class—the original Olympic class boat—will compete for the 86th time for the Bacardi Cup. Also racing is the Viper 640, which will be competing for their EFG Bank Pan-American Championship, Melges 24s and J/80s. New this year is the J/70 racing. For more information, go to www.miamisailingweek.com.
Miami to Key Largo Race, Miami Yacht Club Youth Sailing Foundation, April 20 First held in 1956, this annual race has grown from 33 entrants to as many as over 200. Everyone starts at once, just south of the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami and proceeds 43 nautical miles through Biscayne National Park to the Jewfish Creek area of Key Largo. The new 65-foot permanent bridge will provide future finishers with easy access to the resorts and parties at the end. Monohulls and multihulls race in various classes. Proceeds go to the Miami Yacht Club Youth Sailing Foundation, a non-profit corporation that supports youth education and safety in sailing. Racers range from teens to sailors in their 90s. For more information, go to www.miamiyachtclub.net. 60 March 2013
SOUTHWINDS
Southeast Florida Race Calendar Regional Sailing Organizations: US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net Clubs (go to clubs for local club racing schedules) BBYC Biscayne Bay YC CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org CRYC Coral Reef YC. Miami. www.coralreefyachtclub.org Gulfstream Sailing Club. Fort Lauderdale. www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com KBYC Key BiscayneYC. www.kbyc.org PBSC Palm Beach Sailing Club. www.pbsail.org SALM Shake-A-Leg Miami. www.shakealegmiami.org SCF Sailfish Club. Palm Beach. www.sailfishclub.com SORC Southern Ocean Racing Circuit. www.sorcsailing.org STC Storm Trysail Club. www.stormtrysail.org USSC US SAILING Center, Miami. www.usscmiami.org MARCH 1 Etchells Midwinters East Regatta. BBYC 4 Bacardi Miami Sail Week. BBYC, CGSC, CRYC, SALM, USSC 7 Bacardi Sail Week. Audi Melges 20s. CGSC 12 Lightning Southern Circuit. CRYC 15 46th Annual Don Q Snipe Regatta. CGSC 20 Nassau Snipe Series. 22 Etchells Coral Reef Cup. CRYC 28 Rotary Youth Regatta. CGSC 29 42nd Annual SE Dinghy. KBYC APRIL 6 BBYC Annual Sunburn Regatta. One-design. 7 BBYC Annual Sunburn Regatta. PHRF 20 Miami to Key Largo. Miami YC 26 Full Moon Regatta.
Upcoming Regattas
Wrecker’s Cup Race, Key West, March 31, April 28 See Short Tacks section, “Other Events,” for information. Florida Keys Race Calendar Key West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West Sailing Club). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West. Non-members welcome. Small-boat Wednesday night racing during Daylight Savings season. Small-boat Sunday racing year around at 1
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