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Letters You Wouldn’t Believe

Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

Our Waterways: FWC Website Maps Derelict Boats; Riviera Beach Case on Vessel Definition Reaches the Supreme Court

Boatowner’s Boat Review: Catalina 320 By Diane Fowler

St. Petersburg Boat Show Preview and Seminars

TrawlerTalk: Trawlers in a Sailing Magazine? By Chris and Alyse Caldwell

Carolina Sailing: Six Degrees of Benefits Regattas By Dan Dickison

Origin of the Optimist Pram By Clifford A. McKay, Jr.

Small Boat Review: Laser Bahia By Peter Eduardo

Dunedin Cup By Tony Miro

Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day Regatta By Donna Hillmyer with photos by Rachel Harvey

Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, Regional Race Calendars

Why Tampa Bay? By Greg Herschell

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Origin of the Optimist Pram. Page 40. Photo courtesy Clifford A. McKay, Jr.

Laser Bahia boat review. Page 44. Photo courtesy Laser Performance. COVER PHOTO: Alexandra Igoe of the Naples Sailing Center standing up in her boat Beach Bound as she sails in close quarters among other Green fleet Optimists at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day Regatta. Photo by Rachel Harvey.

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Trawlers in a Sailing Magazine? This month we start a new section on trawlers. I was recently contacted by Chris and Alyse Caldwell, a couple who have lived aboard their trawler for over 12 years and currently instruct boaters on trawler living. They also give seminars around the country at different boat shows and TrawlerFests. When they contacted me, they told me that half their students are sailors who are moving over to what they call “the dark side”—because they’re getting older, or for some other reason. I asked them if they were interested in doing a monthly article on trawler living and we came to an agreement. We’re calling it “TrawlerTalk,” and it starts with this issue. I personally have one treasured memory of trawlers. With the help of a friend, I was moving my 38-foot sailboat from Charleston, SC, to Tampa Bay in 2002. We were just leaving Charleston, going down the ICW. It was about 8 a.m., and it was raining so hard that you could barely see the bow from the helm. We both had foul weather gear on, and I went forward to stand on the bow to see the markers, best I could, so that I could direct my friend at the helm. Even with foul weather gear, when it’s raining that hard, you get a bit wet. As I am standing there, looking forward, trying to keep the rain out of my eyes, a trawler passed us on our starboard side. I could see a couple at their helm, inside, both drinking coffee. We all waved at each other and smiled. As much as I love inclement weather—the cold, the heavy rains and the elements (and I really do)—I said to myself, as I looked at those people in their trawler, drinking coffee inside, all nice and warm, “There’s something to be said for that.”

Ohio Boaters Could Outlaw all Unwarranted Boardings Information on this was taken from TradeOnlyToday.com It seems that in Florida, the FWC can stop and inspect your boat on a whim—even if they just don’t like how someone looks. But in Ohio they’re proposing a law which Floridians would love to have.

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It appears that there is great resentment brewing over a recent increase in random boardings of pleasure boats in Ohio’s waters. TradeOnlyToday reported that boardings have become so frequent that some boaters say they get stopped multiple times in one summer, and sometimes it happens more than once on the same day. Boaters have called for a law that prevents such boardings. Ohio boaters are citing a law in Michigan, which goes into effect in November, that prevents any random stopping or boarding of a pleasure boat displaying a safety inspection decal unless there is a clear, documented indication of an ongoing illegal act. Ohio boaters want the same law in their state, and a law was recently proposed in Ohio that goes even further than Michigan’s. The proposed law would allow law enforcement to stop a boater only upon reasonable suspicion of illegal activities or as a part of an authorized checkpoint. But Ohio’s law would not even require the issuance or display of any decal. There is strong support throughout the state, and I am hoping that this law would spread throughout the nation. Wow! If that happened in Florida, Florida boaters would throw the biggest party in the state’s history, and the cheers would be heard throughout the South. How the FWC and many local water police would react is another thing. I know this much: Many FWC officers and local police would not be very happy, and some would probably call it a communist conspiracy and the end of civilization as we know it—although I don’t call being allowed to stop a boater whenever they want, “civilization.” Three cheers for Ohio boaters. May this law pass with flying colors. Next we need a movement in Florida along the same lines.

Marco Island Changes Anchor Law After six years, the City Council of Marco Island finally got rid of its controversial anchoring limit law that was defeated in court and raised a stir around the state—and ended many local municipalities’ efforts to limit anchoring. Read about it in our “Letters” section.

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WHEN A GREAT CRUISING SAILOR IS A WORLD-CLASS BOAT BUM David T. Bickel, the owner of the Shipwright Shop, the center of Michael Sinnema’s “Kids Learn Shipwright Skills at Boatbuilding Festival” in the September SOUTHWINDS, is also a great cruising sailor and a world-class boat bum. The latter is a title that Sandy and I apply to people who handle their boats well and use them to cruise the seas. We first met David when Utopia Too was anchored at Pipe Cay in the Exumas in 2005. We were impressed when a neat 30-footer, Anhinga, sailed through the pass from the deep water of the Bahama Sound with a boat bum standing on the cockpit seat steering with his foot on the tiller. He smoothly anchored, dropped his sails and jumped in his personally made dinghy to come visit. We spent about a week getting to know each other, as boat bums worldwide do, and playing a lot of cribbage. David said he tries to close the Shipwright Shop for a month or so every year for a little single-handed cruising. In 2006, while on the buoys at Estero Sound, we visited again, with more cribbage, of course. All of this was BS (before Sharon). During a 2010 cruise, we met his soon-to-be wife. We liked her a lot, with the exception that she destroyed me in cribbage, my bad cribbage day, as David did it, too. See LETTERS continued on page 10 News & Views for Southern Sailors

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Jack, I like your definition of a world-class boat bum. Perhaps Bickel will again teach his shipwright skills to kids this coming year. If so, we hope to get another report on the project. Editor MOORING BALLS IN BOOT KEY HARBOR NOT AVAILABLE FOR ONE-NIGHT STANDS IN STORMS I just wanted to update you on the latest happenings here in Boot Key Harbor, Marathon. On Wednesday, July 22, with Isaac approaching, I called the City Marina here in Marathon to discuss my options. I’m currently on the hook in the harbor, as I’m unemployed and only drawing unemployment. They currently offer daily rates of $22/day for a mooring ball. I thought I would be safer to pick up a ball at the last minute, if needed. As a 15-year veteran living aboard, and almost eight years here in Marathon, I’ve seen many storms come and go and change course at the last minute. The mooring field here is probably 80 percent empty. That means there are about 200 or more empty balls, some of which are only 250 yards from where I’m anchored. I was informed by a long-term City Marina employee, whom I’ve known for many years that the current policy involving incoming storms is that a one-week ball rental was required! I was asked if I thought an exception should be made just for me. That is a fee of $118. The daily rate doesn’t apply. In my opinion, maybe stupid at that, the City Marina would offer FREE balls in the event of an impending storm if they are empty. It would be no loss of income on their part, as the balls are EMPTY anyway ! It would actually be a nice gesture to the many men and women who live in the anchorage who are just trying to survive. I will probably suffer retaliation from this email to you but so be it. Maybe it’s just time to sail on. Kevin Wilkinson S/V Imma-Nu-EL Boot Key Harbor, Marathon Kevin, Marina management told me the one-week policy is to minimize their work in storm preparation and to ensure that people pay for a mooring. Forty-eight hours before a named storm is to hit, they begin preparations, including inspecting every boat’s status. They want people to pay for the week in advance, so they don’t just come in and leave without paying. They are actually asking for five days payment, since that adds up to the same as a week. They believe that anyone who comes in for one night will stay longer, otherwise they will be leaving in the middle of a storm, and no one would really do that. Plus, in the past, many have come and left without paying, so they started the one-week policy. Editor

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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures and Gulf Stream Currents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; November For live buoy water and weather data, go to the National Data Buoy Center at www.ndbc.noaa.gov

WIND ROSES: Each wind rose shows the strength and direction of the prevailing winds in the area and month. These have been recorded over a long period of time. In general, the lengths of the arrows indicate how often the winds came from that direction. The longer the arrow, the more often the winds came from that direction. When the arrow is too long to be printed in a practical manner, a number is indicated.

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Educational/Training Marine Systems Certification, Gulf Shores, AL, Nov. 13-16 Saunders Yacht Works. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 Marine Radar, St. Petersburg, FL, Nov. 14 Sponsored by the St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, this seminar covers how radar functions, radar selection, operation under various conditions, using the settings and controls, display interpretation, basic navigation and collision avoidance. Seminar materials include The Radar Book and copies of slides for students taking notes. The seminar is at 79 p.m. at the St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg, FL. Instruction free, materials $35 per family. Maximum 20 students per seminar, preregistration required. Contact www.boating-stpete.org. Composite Boat Builder Certification, Miramar, FL, Dec. 17-19 Broward Trades Training Center, Broward College, Miramar. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460 North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC Ongoing adult sailing programs. Family sailing.

Ongoing traditional boat building classes. www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317. About Boating Safely Courses—Required in Florida and Other Southern States Effective Jan. 1, 2010, anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1, 1988, must take a boating safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more. Other states require boaters to have boater safety education if they were born after a certain date, meaning boaters of all ages will eventually be required to have taken a course. To learn about the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com. The course name “About Boating Safely,” begun by the Coast Guard Auxiliary, satisfies the education requirement in Florida and most southern states and also gives boaters of all ages a solid grounding (no pun intended) in boating safety. Other organizations offer other courses which will satisfy the Florida requirements. The About Boating Safely (ABS) covers subjects including boat handling, weather, charts, navigation rules, trailering, federal regulations, personal watercraft, hypothermia and more. Many insurance companies also give discounts for having taken the boater safety education course. Completion of courses qualifies attendees for Florida’s Boater Safety Card. The following are ABS courses (with asterisks **): **Basic Boating, West Melbourne, FL, Nov. 3, 10 Topics covered: Types of boats, hulls, propulsion methods, rules of the road, required safety equipment, navigation aids, lights, sounds, anchoring, communications afloat, adverse conditions, water sports safety, trailering and personal water craft (PWC) safety. An on-the-water session will also be held demonstrating trailer launching and retrieval, and hands-on basic boat handling, anchoring and docking. Banana River Sail and Power Squadron. One course on

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BOAT SHOWS Nov. 8-11. 40th Fort Myers Boat Show. Harborside Convention Complex and City Yacht Basin, Fort Myers, FL.

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4th Annual Martin County Nautical Flea Market and Seafood Festival, Stuart, FL, Nov. 2-4 Marine flea market, seafood festival, new and used boat show. Live music. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Martin County Fairgrounds, 2616 SE Dixie Hwy, Stuart, FL. (954) 205-7813. www.flnauticalfleamarket.com.

13th Annual Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Conference, Charleston, SC, Nov. 13-14 The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association will hold its 13th annual conference at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC. Interested parties and Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) advocates are urged to attend. The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association is an alliance of recreational boating and commercial maritime interests. This year’s conference theme is “Keep America’s Promise: Restore the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.” “As the country looks to create jobs and grow the economy, lessen environmental impacts, and invest in infrastructure projects to move us into the 21st century, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway should be a priority,” says AIWA Chairman Stephen Furlough. “This is an underuti-

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lized resource that meets these objectives, and has served the nation for over 70 years. But, it’s in trouble now.” A particular feature of this year’s conference will be engaging all levels of government with the commercial maritime industry and the recreational interests that depend on the waterway. Other sessions will address the current situation for navigation along the 1,100mile route, updates on problem shoaling areas and long-term solutions to chronic federal funding shortages. Tourism interests, the academic community and state and local governments are beginning to recognize the waterway as an asset to the region. Sadly, however, funding for dredging and maintenance have dried up, much like the ICW’s sun-baked shoals at low tide. Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatUS) is a charter member of the association. More information and conference registration is available at: www.atlanticintracoastal.org/2012-annual-conference. Sponsorship inquiries are also welcome.

Jimmy Cornell to Speak at 37th Annual Seven Seas Cruising Association Gam, Melbourne, FL, Dec. 7-9 SSCA will be holding their biggest party of the year when cruising enthusiasts meet on Florida’s Space Coast Dec. 79. Longtime SSCA Member Jimmy Cornell is this year’s keynote speaker. He will be joined by his daughter, Doina. Attendees will enjoy two full days of seminars and can visit marine vendor booths on Friday and Saturday from 95, where they will find a variety of vendors displaying their wares, answering questions and offering “boat show” prices. On Sunday, cruisers can attend the huge indoor nautical flea market, as well as the intimate Cruising Destination Roundtables where experienced cruisers will answer questions about popular destinations. Admission is $25 for SSCA members, or $40 for nonmembers (or $30/$45 after Nov. 28). Those who pay the non-member price, but decide to join SSCA will have the extra $15 applied to their membership fee. The Melbourne Gam will offer over a dozen seminars on Friday and

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Saturday on a variety of topics. Jimmy Cornell will be presenting several seminars including “Planning Your Dream Voyage” and “Pilot Charts, Every Cruiser’s Friend.” Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and mingle and experience the renowned SSCA camaraderie at the Vendor Appreciation and Camaraderie Cocktail Party on Friday evening ($10 per person includes two drink tickets and cold hors d’oeuvres) and at the gourmet buffet on Saturday evening. Saturday night’s dinner will be followed by Jimmy Cornell’s presentation, “Highlights of a Sailing Life.” All activities will take place at the Eau Gallie Civic Center in Melbourne, FL (1551 Highland Ave.), located on the ICW with plenty of room for anchoring and a free dinghy dock just steps from the Civic Center. For more information, or to register, go to www.ssca.org and click on SSCA Events, or call (954) 771-5660.

15.77 feet above sea level, rising about a foot since July from recent seasonal rains. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 9.71 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 7.91 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 49.39 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Opera tions/Lake OWaterways.htm (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com.

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Boaters Overstaying Their Welcome Could Find Themselves in Hot Water with the Tax Man in Some States — States Go After Visiting Cruisers Staying too long in one place can ruin a good thing. At least that’s the case with boaters making lengthy journeys, who are finding themselves targets of cash-hungry states when they stay too long and are subject to various taxes. But how

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can boaters prevent overstaying their welcome? Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatUS) has online state tax information at www.BoatUS.com/ gov/states that will help keep them on the right side of the law and out of hot water with the tax man. In most states, a privately-owned recreational boat must be registered in the state where it is principally used, and any sales and use taxes paid to that state. A problem arises when the boat leaves this principal-use state and enters a new one, for a long visit, extended cruise or lengthy repairs. This could include “snowbirds”—boaters who head south each winter in search of warmer climates. BoatUS says boaters may be subject to various sales, use, excise, or property taxes when they remain in one location for a consecutive number of days, or overstay their visit for a certain number of aggregate days per year. This “grace period” is often 60 to 90 days but as little as 30 days in two states (CO, NH). Also, if the principal state’s sales and use tax is not comparable to the tax in the state the boat is visiting, the second state can levy their own tax making the boat owner liable for the difference. To help boaters understand this issue, BoatUS’ online map at www.BoatUS.com/gov/states highlights state sales and property tax rates with links to state tax departments, as well as registration information and “grace periods.” In the past, BoatUS has heard about tax authorities walking the docks, inspecting marina records and aggressively enforcing tax codes. “We believe boaters should pay their fair share of taxes, and travel to other states with their eyes open about time lines and potential tax assessments,” said BoatUS President Margaret Podlich. “Boaters should keep record-keeping, such as log entries, marina and fuel receipts or repair contracts, while traveling. These documents are critical for boaters to keep, and are often the only way to fight an unjust tax bill, added Podlich. Note: SOUTHWINDS reviewed the BoatUS website for the

time limits in the eight Southern states the magazine is distributed to and found these results: Florida: 90 days North Carolina: 90 days South Carolina: 60 days Georgia: 60 days Alabama: 90 days Mississippi: 60 days Louisiana: 90 days Texas: 90 days

Mustang Survival HIT Inflatable PFD Safety Alert In keeping with Mustang Survival’s commitment to the highest levels of quality and safety, we are notifying the public of an urgent advisory for specific Hydrostatic (H.I.T.) inflatable PFDs manufactured during April and May of 2012. A portion of these PFDs may be subject to delayed or non-inflations. To determine if you are impacted by this precautionary advisory please reference the instructions below. The following Mustang Survival products are affected: MA7214 HIT inflatable re-arm kit MA7218 HIT inflatable re-arm kit for LIFT MD0450 Inflatable Vest PFD with LIFT MD0451 Inflatable Vest PFD with LIFT (no harness) MD3183 Deluxe Inflatable PFD with HIT MD3184 Deluxe Inflatable PFD with HIT (with harness) MD3188 Inflatable Work Vest with HIT The Mustang website has instructions on determining if your PFD is in the lot that the alert pertains to. For further assistance, information, user manuals and instructions, go to www.mustangsurvival.com/HIT, or call customer service at 1-800-526-0532.

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Boating and Drinking From IBEX The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) partnered with two well-known Louisville-based distilleries to stage the first “IBEX Bourbon Experience” All-Industry Party during the last hour of the show on Oct. 3. Bourbon bars were set up at strategic locations throughout the IBEX exhibit hall. Attendees sampled a variety of bourbons for only 50 cents and talked with bourbon experts from Wild Turkey and Brown & Forman, two well-known national bourbon distilleries that were on hand to share their knowledge of the bourbon-making craft at each location. “The IBEX Bourbon Experience celebrates our connection with Louisville and its well-known ‘Bourbon Trail’,” Carl Cramer, IBEX co-director and publisher of Professional BoatBuilder magazine, said in a statement. “A party in the exhibit hall during the last hour of the show is an excellent networking opportunity and an IBEX tradition. This is just one of the networking events we have in store at this year’s IBEX. The Tuesday night Fourth Street Live outdoor concert and party will take place in the heart of Louisville’s premier entertainment and nightlife district. And your IBEX badge is your ticket to discounts and special offers at scores of Louisville’s finest restaurants, night spots and attractions during the three days of the show.” IBEX was held Oct. 2-4 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY.

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World Record as Message in Bottle Found After 98 Years Near Shetland, Scotland From TradeOnlyToday.com Andrew Leaper, a Scottish skipper, has set a new world record after finding a message in a bottle 98 years after it was released. Leaper’s discovery beat the previous record for the longest time a bottle has been adrift at sea by more than five years. And he found the bottle while skippering the same fishing boat which had set the previous record, the Shetland-based vessel Copious. Leaper said: “It was an amazing coincidence.” The find has been confirmed as a new record by Guinness World Records. The drift bottle—containing a postcard which promised a reward of six pence to the finder— was released in June 1914 by Capt. CH Brown of the Glasgow School of Navigation. It was in a batch of 1,890 scientific research bottles which were specially designed to sink to help map the currents of the seas around Scotland when they were returned. Only 315 of them have been found. Capt. Leaper, 43, who found the bottle east of Shetland, explained: “As we hauled in the nets, I spotted the bottle neck sticking out, and I quickly grabbed it before it fell back in the sea.” He said his friend Mark Anderson, who had set the previous record in 2006 on board the same vessel, was “very unhappy that I have topped his record.“ A spokesperson for Guinness World Records said: “We are pleased to hear that the same vessel helped to break the Guinness World Record for oldest message in a bottle twice.” Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead stated, “It’s amazing that nearly 98 years and bottles are still being returned to the Marine Laboratory—and in such fantastic condition. With many bottles still unreturned there is always the chance in the coming years that a Scottish drift bottle will once again break the record.” The bottle and Leaper’s Guinness World Records certificate have been donated to the Fetlar Interpretative Centre in Shetland.

Island Packet Launches New Line Island Packet Yachts recently announced the launch of a new line of performance cruising sailboats called Blue Jacket Yachts. The Blue Jacket 40 is the first in a series and has been designed by Tim Jackett (ex-president and chief designer at Tartan and C&C) in collaboration with Bob Johnson (CEO and chief designer at Island Packet). With more than 30 industry awards between the two designers, including 15 Boat of the Year awards, the new Blue Jacket 40 embodies the creativity and broad-based experience these noted designers have displayed over the past 30-plus years, melding the performance prowess of Jackett with the cruising focus and manufacturing acumen of Johnson and Island Packet. For more, go to www.ipy.com, or www.bluejacketyachts.com. 18

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OUR WATERWAYS Riviera Beach Case on Vessel Definition Reaches the Supreme Court By Steve Morrell When is a houseboat a boat, and when is a boat a houseboat? When the government decides it’s in its best interest and not that of its citizens.

On the first day of the U. S. Supreme Court’s 2012 term, the justices heard the case of Lozman v. The City of Riviera Beach. It was a case that is so unusual, it surprises many that it made it to the highest court in the land. But, in reality, it goes to the core of some very significant legal questions. The Palm Beach Post reported that the American Bar Association stated, “This case is the latest in a long line that asks whether admiralty law must be applied to everything that floats.” But it’s not quite that simple. The case involves a houseboat and whether or not a houseboat can be defined as a vessel. The city wants it defined as a vessel and subject to federal maritime law, but the plaintiff, Lozman, doesn’t. Two floating homes associations, one in Seattle and another in Sausalito, CA, filed the suit on behalf of Lozman, arguing that calling a houseboat a vessel means the vessel is defined by federal maritime law, and that involves all sorts of sticky issues, because an employee working on a houseboat would be treated as a seaman with all sorts of benefits not otherwise allowed to those working on a house. Lozman and the floating homes associations want the states to define what kind of structure it is. The case originally started when Lozman had his houseboat towed over 200 miles to be docked at the Riviera Beach marina. He was a resident there like a liveaboard on any boat. Then the city wanted to develop the marina and

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turn it over to private developers (we should have known, since it involves a $2.4 billion plan) to do the job. Lozman sued the city to stop the development, which then floundered and collapsed, not making the city very happy with Lozman. The city then tried to evict Lozman, who went to court, defending himself. Lozman claimed he was being targeted in retaliation. The jury decided in Lozman’s favor. Next, the city amended some marina rules and said all vessels must comply with the Clean Vessel Act and follow certain requirements. Lozman did not follow these new rules, and city officials directed U.S. marshalls to arrest his houseboat under maritime law, calling his boat a vessel. That’s when the fireworks really started. The city won in a federal court, confiscated the houseboat, calling it a vessel, and had it destroyed. Lozman and others sued and made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. It all comes down to the city doing everything it could to get rid of Lozman, but it also implies all sorts of legal implications if houseboats and other similar floating structures are called vessels. The American Gaming Association agrees with Lozman’s side and sees a potential problem if there was a ruling that legally called dockside casinos vessels—because there have been past rulings not labeling them as such. Blackjack dealers could become seamen and gain seamen’s rights. Also concerned are the interests of floating restaurants and hotels, which could be potentially labeled as vessels. So the fight comes down to the definition of what is a vessel. But the Supreme Court is looking at this as more than just a fight over whether houseboats are vessels. And that’s where the real rub is, and probably what intrigues the Supreme Court enough to take the case. A respected professor of law at Cornell, Michael Dorf, has written an explanation about the real underlying concerns of this suit, stating that they go to the very heart of some heavily contested legal theories. These questions have to do with whether a ruling is interpreting the law versus rewriting the law. The issue gets much more complicated than just that, but the point is that Dorf sees this case as one that goes to the very heart of how judges interpret and make rulings on law depending on the intentions of the lawmakers. It brings in the question whether judges should think about the implications of a judge’s decision (read more at www.verdict.justia.com and search for “lozman). Such a situation has arisen in Lozman’s case in defining what a vessel is and isn’t. We shall see in 2013 when the case is ruled upon. Editor’s note: It’s ironic that a few years ago, in June 2008, the

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FWC and county sheriffs in Sanford, FL, went to a marina and attempted to call some sail and powerboats, which had people living on them, “houseboats” so they could enforce laws that pertain only to houseboats. It’s ironic that for that purpose, the government police wanted to call some boats “houseboats” and now, for another purpose, they want to call a houseboat, a boat. All this, just to get their way, and it appears they are unconcerned about the implications of distorting the law just to fit their needs at the time. Read about the case at www.southwindsmagazine.com, in Back Issues, August 2008 issue, in the “Our Waterways” section

FWC Website Maps and Lists Derelict and At-Risk Vessels The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has created an online interactive map of Florida that identifies all the boats the FWC has identified as derelicts and possible derelicts. They have three categories mapped: “Derelict and Hazard to Navigation”; “Derelict but Not Hazard to Navigation”; and “Identified as At Risk Vessel.” Got to www.myfwc.com/boating, then click on “Derelict Vessels.” You will then find a link to the statewide

map of the vessels. The map is a Google map, and you can do inquiries by type of boat, county or region (like southwest Florida). The map will zoom into the area you have selected and type of boat (commercial, residential, power, sail), and it will bring up the boat and its Lat/Long location as you hold the cursor over the boat symbol on the map. Moving the cursor over the vessel, it brings up a window describing the vessel, giving information such as type boat, length, registration number, submerged, etc. It also gives a case number and agency for contact. The map takes a little poking around to figure out, but it really is quite easy after a short introduction. The help button is unusual, because it actually is simple and to the point, unlike many help menus on the Internet. The map and system are quite good and allow the public to get information about a local boat one might consider a problem and see if anything is being done about it, or one can add a boat that is not known as a problem. The main Web page that you are on before you go to the map has descriptions and information about derelict vessels. The website is also being used to help FWC officers communicate with boat owners of derelict vessels or those boats that are considered a potential hazard. Because the cost of removing a derelict vessel is quite high, the FWC is working to get boat owners to take care of their problem boats at the owner’s expense.

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n 2002, we ordered a brand-new Catalina 36 from California. She arrived in April, and we loved that boat and all the luxury features of Catalinas in general (see my review on the Catalina 36 at: www.southwindsmagazine.com, Back Issues, May 2010). In 2010, we sold the Catalina 36 and bought a 2008 Gemini 34 catamaran, but I craved the heeling of a monohull again and needed to feel the wind in my face (see Back Issues, June 2011 for my article “Making the Switch from Heeling to ‘Flat’ Cat” in the June 2011 issue). We decided to switch boats again, sold the Gemini, and this time, we chose the Catalina 320. Known in Catalina circles as THE racing model, the 320 main sail area (249 square feet) is almost the same as the 36! The mast is farther forward, and double spreaders give her superior pointing ability. Her LOA is 32’ 6” with a LWL of 29’. The beam is 11’9” (WOW!), and our wing keel draws just 4’4”. Displacement is 11,700 pounds. It’s perfect for river races, too. This model was first produced in 1993, with the final one built in 2011—hull #1175. In October, 2006, the MK II was introduced. The original brochure points out the contemporary design that “combines modern features and construction with comfort and value.” Our favorite feature is the HUGE cockpit! It feels like the same size as the 36 and is twice as large as most boats we looked at in the 30- to 34foot range. After all, we live in Florida. And where do guests “hang out”? In the cockpit! Very little time is spent below decks—especially sitting at the large table. My husband, Ray Gherardini, made a smaller table for “just us two.” This gives you much more room to walk around down below, and it holds two plates and two drinks. The rigging and spar systems are engineered for performance, including a ball-bearing mainsheet traveler system and adjustable boom vang. An anchor windlass is standard equipment, too. Features we particularly like include: 5.8 cubic-foot Adler Barbour refrig/freezer; true queen-size aft berth with plenty of light and ventilation; wide side decks which make for easy walking; a 22-gallon holding tank; “princess seats” on the two quarter stern cockpit railings (sure missed those www.southwindsmagazine.com

Our favorite feature is the HUGE cockpit! It feels like the same size as the 36 and is twice as large as most boats we looked at in the 30- to 34-foot range.

We installed a much smaller table at the settee—for “just us two.” This gives you much more room to walk around down below, and it holds two plates and two drinks.

Some of our other favorite features are the 5.8 cubic-foot Adler Barbour refrig/freezer, the hanging cup rack with Lucite pegs in the galley over the deep, double stainless steel sinks and solid surface countertops.

on the Gemini); hanging cup rack with Lucite pegs in galley over the deep, double stainless steel sinks and solid surface countertops. Below decks, the 6’ 3” headroom wins over tall friends, as well as the halogen lighting, cedar-paneled hanging locker, and rich combination of teak and hardwoods complimenting the durable laminate teak-’n-holly-looking floors. Hubby likes how easy it is to get to the engine, a Yanmar 3GM30F that burns just .52 gal/ hour at 2400 RPM. The other feature I couldn’t live without is the walkthrough transom so popular on Catalinas. With a husband with back issues, and a 42-pound dog, there is no way I could get them up and down into a dinghy on the stern of most racing boats. The hot and cold transom shower keeps sand off the boat and gives Breeze, our dog, her fresh look. The nav table is just a nook that is almost connected to the galley. This makes a lot of sense in this GPS world. Rarely did we ever sit at our old nav table, so why take up a lot of VISIT US AT THE ST. PETERSBURG BOAT SHOW NOV. 29-DEC. 2 BOOTH 132

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space? After being prior Catalina owners, it just felt like “coming home” again, with systems we knew and are comfortable with, bright finishes below that create airy spaces, and plenty of room to just “spread out.” We do not have a TV aboard yet. When my husband will cruise with me for a week or more, I will add one. A flat screen could easily be mounted on the wall to the V-berth, or it could just sit on the nav table. Until then, I enjoy music from our mountedbelow-the-princess-seat speakers. There are two additional speakers below. I call her a “racing boat for baby boomers!” Comfy, yet fast…it’s the recliner of sailboats. All lines are led to cockpit, and there are four self-tailing winches. Easy to operate! I sure wish I could release the jib sheet from the helm—but one cannot have everything, right? There are a few things I would change if I could redesign the hull mold, namely, the length of the cockpit seats is so long that it is difficult to walk around the 40-inch Destroyer wheel. Down below, it’s the same story where the starboard settee meets the aisle to the V-berth—very narrow, indeed. They could have cut off the curvy part and made it much easier to get in and out of the V berth. The V berth is “cozy,” and I miss the shelves on both sides as we had in the 36. The head is functional, but not much storage for towels. We do like the faucet that pulls out for the shower, and the separate sump pump, but you have to be really careful not to get water down the cabinet door. The mast is deck-stepped. We have not heard of any problems, but some folks don’t like this. When we are cruising, and the dodger and Bimini are both up, the boom bangs on the top of the Bimini when I trim the sail, and the winch handle rubs across the dodger glass window when grinding SOUTHWINDS

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The other feature I couldn’t live without is the walk-through transom so popular on Catalinas. With a husband with back issues, and a 42-pound dog, there is no way I could get them up and down into a dinghy on the stern of most racing boats. The hot and cold transom shower keeps sand off the boat and gives Breeze, our dog, her fresh look.

it…could use a bit of adjustment there. Since our boat was a Northern boat, she had the factory dodger, but no Bimini. We had our Bimini made locally by Tom of Jackie’s Canvas. It was fascinating to play with the angles of the stainless to see what worked best. If we lowered the Bimini frame to fit the boom, only short people could stand under the Bimini. So, life is a compromise, and so is our Bimini, I guess. Interestingly enough, we were shopping for 1998-2000 Catalina 320s, when our friends, Russell and Kathleen Vance, from our sailing club, mentioned that they once owned a 1997 Catalina 320 and that the broker told them it drew 4’ 4”. But when they had her hauled and measured, they found she really drew 4’ 10”. Now, in other parts of the world, that is not a big deal, but in southwest Florida, it can be a

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deal breaker. So, I joined the 320 association and started asking questions. I also called Catalina in their new headquarters in Largo, FL, and found out hulls produced in late 1995 thru 2001 really drew 4’10”, although the manufacturer’s brochures in the late ’90s say 4’ 4”. One broker in Sarasota had a beautiful 2000 for sale with teal ultra-leather interior cushions. I told him my discovery and he told me I was wrong. But, the 320 website confirmed the draft…we needed to buy a newer hull. We found #948 in Winthrop Harbor, IL, in September 2011. She was built in 2003. The winter was fast approaching, and I thought I would miss the racing season in Florida. But God was watching. Ray had just gotten on an airplane to Chicago to take his Mom out for dinner, when I found the new listing on Yachtworld.com. I left him a voice message to, “Rent a car; call Tim the yacht broker at The Sail Place in Waukegan, IL, and GO SEE IT NOW!” Everything fell into place! We bought her. Tim sold us a feathering prop and installed it for us. We arranged a truck and shipped her to Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage to be put back together (but, that’s a whole ‘nother story). We found another priceless bonus. For a mere $24 per year, you can join the 320 Association. Any time you have a question, you post it online, and three hours later, you have four answers from around the world. One active participant lives in Australia with his 320. Mainsheet magazine, the magazine for Catalina owners, has always been entertaining and educational. They even have tools you can borrow! When you need a part, just call Largo, FL, and have it shipped out. Production boats do have a lot going for them! Overall, for the money, we still believe Catalinas are the only choice. Could one live aboard? Sure. I love sleeping on the supercomfy mattress aft with the A/C blowing cold and steady. Once, racing in Marco Island, in February of 2012, I even used the heater function. The boat is easy to maintain with little teak (just the drop boards). I am totally in love again! www.southwindsmagazine.com

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Adults $10 Children 15 and under free admission $2 off each ticket purchased online General Show Information The St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail merged in 2008 to create one large show for both power and sail. This will be Show Management’s 35th year putting on this show. In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is in addition to the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with these boats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land. Over 200 exhibitors will be in the main tent, and the tent that visitors walk through to enter the show is devoted to sailing exhibitors, although many exhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers. Many exhibitors in the main tent serve both sail and power, also. There will be a large section for outside exhibitors showing both sailing products and services and trailered sailboats. This is in addition to the many trailered powerboats on display outside. Sailing seminars, run by Sail America, will be held in tents at the show site. A final seminar schedule will be available at www.strictlysail.com at the St. Pete Web page and through the Show Management website, www.showmanagement.com. There will also be an authors area outside. For kids, there will be free fishing clinics on Saturday and Sunday with drawings for prizes. Discover Sailing will also be offering free sailboat rides on Tampa Bay from docks at the show. Cruising Outpost, the new venture by Bob Bitchin, will be hosting the “Cruiser’s Party” at the show on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. New this year is the Sailboat Builders and Designers Pavilion. The new pavilion offers builders and designers of custom sailboats a unique setting to display their custom creations, even if they do not have a boat available to display at the show. www.southwindsmagazine.com

BOAT SHOW FREE SAILING SEMINARS Over 65 free seminars will be presented at the St. Pete Boat Show. The seminars, which span the four-day show, are taught by authors, technical experts and well-seasoned sailors and cover a wide range of topics. Sailors will find topics that expand their knowledge on general boating, cruising, living aboard, circumnavigation, exploring Florida’s coastline, learning how to get started— the list goes on. The seminars will be held every day in tents at the show site and are included in the show admission ticket. The final schedule is not yet complete (see the December SOUTHWINDS issue for the complete schedule, or go to www.showmanagement.com/st_petersburg/event), but here are some of the highlighted seminars: The 10 Things They Never Tell You About the Cruising Life. George Day, publisher of Blue Water Sailing magazine, opens doors to the real cruising life, what it entails, what are the rewards and what are the hardships. Fifteen Upgrades for Your Boat. From anchor systems to sails to the latest electronics, a well-found cruising boat will be equipped to face the challenges of going to sea safely and comfortably. Circumnavigator George Day knows what works and what doesn’t. Bahamas Adventure: Exploring the Exumas. Join George Day as he shares all the secrets of the Exumas. Discover the beauti-

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November 2012

TRAWLERTALK

REALLY? Trawlers in a

Sailing Magazine? Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell.

By Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell

f you are curious about living the dream aboard a trawler, then “TrawlerTalk” is just what you’ve been looking for! Come on over to the dark side with us. We are Chris and Alyse Caldwell, a husband and wife team of USCG-licensed captains—married forever—living aboard a 44-foot Gulfstar Motor Cruiser named Sandy Hook…and yet we still like each other. Amazing isn’t it? Must be something about the trawler lifestyle that makes it so easy. We tried sailing. We really did. In fact, Chris raced a Luders 16 in Lake Pontchartrain back in the day, and Alyse spent summers at the Jersey Sandy Hook, Alyse and Chris’ 44-foot Gulfstar Motor Cruiser. shore uprighting her Snark more times you’d like to learn more about trawlers, then stay tuned than is imaginable. We were even rail meat on a 41 Morgan each month for future topics, such as: “How to Choose a Out Island one racing season, but failed miserably, dropTrawler”; “How to Walk a Boat Show”; “Snowbirds In ping the time clock overboard on a particularly exciting Migration”; “What To Expect At A TrawlerFest”; and start. So, we settled into trawler life. “Below Deck Systems.” Let us hear from you and tell us the After years of cruising aboard our trawler, we began things you want to learn more about. training new trawler owners, offering tricks and tips for Here is how we’ve accumulated our history. Chris maneuvering, anchoring and basic owner maintenance. earned his first USCG captain’s license at age 18, working in Now, we invite those who are considering the lifestyle and charter and scuba boats, initially in the Gulf of Mexico and don’t yet have their own trawler to join us aboard Sandy more recently in the Florida Keys. Operating oilfield service Hook for liveaboard training. Instructing people on our boat vessels, Chris developed a strong marine background, in Florida, or on your boat anywhere, is a great way for us including maintenance and repair in some unique settings. to ease your learning curve. Plus, we give seminars on They say cruising is fixing your boat in exotic places—and trawler life at boat shows, TrawlerFests and boating renthey are right! Sometimes, Alyse is in awe that the simple act dezvous. About half our students are sailors who are movof having the right parts aboard keeps us away from the ing over to the “dark side”—or intrigued by the trawler dreaded boatyard, extending our cruising time. In addition community. Many boaters in the Southeast tell us that they to his marine know-how, Chris also enjoyed a successful read SOUTHWINDS, which led us to contact Steve Morrell, the professional sales career while living in New Orleans, LA. magazine’s editor. Knowing that many sailors migrate over Years of boating—and he’s got the gray beard to prove it! to trawlers, and that the trawler lifestyle has many similariAlyse worked in the nursing field as an administrative ties to the sailing world, Steve invited us to do a regular director. She still maintains her Louisiana RN license but hasmonthly column on trawlers. n’t really worked in medicine for a while. Since we’ve spent So, we will be bringing you an article each month in the so much time cruising, Alyse earned her captain’s license, coming year. We’ll share our experiences with those of you too. Although, we lived aboard our trawler since 1995, we who aren’t ready to commit to the stinkpots, but who just recently moved ashore as CLODS (Cruisers Living On Dirt) might want to keep an open mind, you know, for when you in Vero Beach, FL, and our full displacement trawler is now get older. But then some of us never really grow up. So if

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Chris and Alyse training onboard Sandy Hook with three couples. Chris and Alyse are on the far left.

docked in Fort Pierce, FL. Married over 28 years, this cruising couple learned how to work well together, understanding and supporting each other at what we do best. Please don’t call Alyse “the Admiral.” She is definitely more hands-on and wears more hats than any title describes, and neither of us is defined by pink or blue work, although Chris does like to cook. Just know that we have many tales to tell about our time on the water, and why it still works for us to travel together on our trawler. We planned a sabbatical to cruise for just one year—but you know what they say about plans! One year morphed into another, and before you knew it, we had too much salt in our veins to return to the real world. The J-O-B thing always gets in the way of time on the water, so we made strategic seasonal stops to fill our cruising kitty as we traveled the East Coast. We had one rule: If it wasn’t fun, we didn’t do it. Alyse waited tables, pumped fuel in a boatyard and encouraged good fitness at a ladies gym. Chris did yacht deliveries and engine maintenance and even spent time as a chef in a soul food restaurant. Coming from New Orleans, that gig wasn’t really a stretch. He even pushed a magic button working as a bridge tender in Jacksonville, FL. That occupied time more

than filled the cruising kitty, while we had a blister job done on our hull. (Oh—the stories he can tell about the big blue Main Street lift bridge on the St. Johns River, including why the bridge tender windows are made of bulletproof glass. But that’s a topic for another day.) We soon realized our avocation could include it all. As water taxi captains, we mentored the youth of Baltimore, training teens in safety requirements and basic boating skills. As delivery captains, we met so many new owners who were like sea sponges, absorbing all the information we could offer. Captain Chris Yacht Services evolved—and by golly, it’s still fun! In addition to our adventures aboard Sandy Hook, we have learned a lot about other brands and styles of boats, too. It is incredible how many different vessels and engine rooms we’ve encountered in our business of training and delivery. Pilot house, semi-displacement, coastal cruisers and ocean passagemakers—each offer unique and valued designs. From the ruggedness of a full-displacement, stabilized trawler slugging it out in the heavy seas east of Cape Hatteras, to the higher speeds and shallow drafts of a semiplaning hull gliding across Florida’s Big Bend, there is a trawler out there for you. We look at boat designs and features from a practical function—what works, and how we can help you deal with what doesn’t. More recently, we can be found teaching “Building Cruising Confidence as a Couple” at TrawlerFest University on both coasts. TrawlerFest University is two full days of immersion in a trawler topic such as our couples hands-on course, or learning basic navigation skills from the experts. We present seminars on various subjects from “Keeping Your Engine Cool” to “Confessions of a Galley Slave”—and everything in between. Go to our website, www.captainchrisyachtservices.com, and see what we do when we aren’t actually writing about what we do...training aboard our boat in Florida—or your boat anywhere! You will find us at sea all along the Eastern and Gulf Coasts of the United States—from New Orleans to New York, Miami to Maine, the Conch Republic of Key West to Canada, Charleston to the Chesapeake, Bahamas bound and back. See you on the water, Chris & Alyse (If you have any ideas for future topics, comments about this article, or comments about trawler coverage in SOUTHWINDS, email them to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.)

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November 2012

CAROLINA SAILING

Six Degrees

of Benefit Regattas By Dan Dickison Vipers, Catalinas, J/24s and more make up the nearly 70-boat fleet at the annual Outback Regatta on Lake Murray, which benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Photo courtesy Lake Murray Sailing Club.

aybe you’ve heard of the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (based loosely on the play Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare). It’s a social exercise where you mention a celebrity and then see how many steps

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it takes to connect that person to the actor Kevin Bacon. For example, if you say Glenn Close, well, she was in the film In & Out, which also included Matt Dillon, who also appeared in the film Wild Things, along with Kevin Bacon. See? Just two connecting steps. Well, roughly the same dynamic exists with serious diseases. Chances are that someone who is connected to you via a similar linkage has been affected by a disease like cancer or a condition such as multiple sclerosis. Thankfully, sailors around the country understand this, and they’ve stepped into the fray to establish a number of regattas that raise awareness and funds specifically to combat some of the worst of these maladies. In the Palmetto State, autumn seems to be the season for benefit regattas. Here’s a primer for some of the main events around South Carolina. Late September, smack in the center of the midlands, sailors on Lake Murray enjoy the annual Outback Regatta, a two-day competition staged by the Lake Murray Yacht Racing Association and hosted by the Lake Murray Sailing Club. With title sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse, there’s a decided emphasis on that verb “enjoy.” The Notice of Race makes that abundantly clear: “If your idea of a good time is a margarita party, eating steaks from down under, with a little sailboat racing thrown in for good measure, you need to come to the Outback Regatta.” The regatta characteristically draws 60 to 70 entries, and everyone pitches in to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association—specifically, those afflicted with Friederich’s ataxia. Over the past five years, the proceedings have produced more than $30,000. This year, the 13th anniversary of this event, was another success. According to Bruce Seiffert, a LMSC member and one of the regatta’s principal organizers, the 2012 regatta raised slightly more than $5,500. (www.columbiasailingclub.org.) Meanwhile, on the exact same weekend down in Charleston, the annual Leukemia Cup Regatta—one day of competition and an evening of socializing and celebrating—

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The crew on board Lacy and Don Terwilliger’s Beneteau 47.7 Dauntless at the Leukemia Cup Regatta in Charleston know how to put the fun in fundraising. Photo courtesy Leukemia Cup Regatta.

Hilton Head Island’s Harbor 20 fleet will be in evidence at the Rally for the Cure, part of the annual Carolina Ocean Challenge Regatta. Photo courtesy South Carolina Yacht Club.

raised an amazing amount of money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society—$138,000. In 2011, this event drew only 27 entries, yet participants collectively raised more than $130,000. The top fundraising crew then was the team on board Miles Martschink’s J/29, Mongo, which amassed $45,175 for the cause. At this year’s event, which included high school teams competing in 420s and a handful of Laser sailors amid the PHRF entries, Team Mongo out-performed themselves, raising in excess of $56,000. Having just completed its 16th edition, Charleston’s Leukemia Cup Regatta has been one of the most productive events in this nationwide series. Over the years, participants in this regatta have raised more than $1.6 million. (www.leukemiacup.org/sc.) At roughly the same time, the folks up on Lake Hartwell at the Western Carolina Sailing Club were making final preparations to stage their annual Hospice Regatta— two days of competition with numerous social occasions wedged into the schedule. Last year, this event drew 69 boats from 14 different states, including keelboats and centerboarders. When all the tabulations were completed, the participants had raised $44,644 for Hospice of the Upstate— a record amount for this event. According to John Kreidler, the event’s cochair, the club was anticipating a similar turnout for 2012, with a set goal of raising $50,000. “We’re almost 60 percent of the way there now, a couple of weeks out from the event, so we’re very optimistic,” said Kreidler. He explained that the club raises money in numerous ways, but nearly everything used to support the event—ice, food, beverages, etc.—is donated, so all the proceeds from registration fees and food and merchandise sales go directly to support the cause. And a true bonus is that each year, the names of the winners in every division are thrown into a hat, and one is drawn to determine which crew will represent the club at the National Hospice Regatta in St. Petersburg, FL. (www.hospiceregattas.org/south_carolina.shtml.) Among the newest benefit sailing events in the state is the Rally for the Cure in Hilton Head, which began just two years ago as a means to raise funds for and awareness about breast cancer. It was staged out of the South Carolina Yacht Club as part of the annual Mt. Gay Rum Carolina Ocean Challenge. That competition, which takes place during the final weekend of October, won’t include the Rally this year.

Instead, club members are focused on other means of raising money for this cause. And, according to the club’s Yachting Director David Wilson, a number of members support the Leukemia Cup in nearby Savannah through participation and fundraising. In a non sequitur that only a dedicated Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon fan might appreciate, Wilson mentioned a different project for which SCYC members and others in this area are raising funds. “We’re planning to build a sailing center—the Hilton Head Island Community Rowing and Sailing Center. The city has already purchased the land and most of the approvals are in place. Ideally, by this time next year, we’ll have some kind of facility up and running to offer public access to the water for sailing.” Of course, Hilton Head’s public sailing center won’t directly address society’s major diseases, but it will certainly give more individuals the opportunity to become sailors. And maybe some of them will one day become involved in benefit regattas that help to make inroads against such diseases. If so, there’s a chance you might find yourself connected to some of those folks—through a couple degrees of separation, of course.

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The Origin of the Optimist Pram By Clifford A. McKay, Jr.

The first Optimist pram.

he idea for the Optimist Pram, the forerunner of the Opti Dinghy—the largest one-design racing class in the world—was formed at my dining room table. It was 1947. My father, Maj. Clifford A. McKay, shaped the idea from three components: first—my experience building a Soap Box Derby car, racing it down the hill three times and putting it out to pasture; second—the fun and excitement I had experienced the past 18 months sailing and racing Snipes with the Clearwater Yacht Club Snipe Fleet; third—

the structure of the Soap Box Derby in which merchants sponsored the cars and paid the modest costs. Dad’s idea was—using the derby model of supporting merchants—small, safe and inexpensive sailboats could be widely available so every boy could sail. Instead of working hard to build a car and run it once or twice, each boy could sail his own small boat, week after week, learning independence, responsibility, and self-confidence. Here’s how it happened.

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Clarke Mills on the 18-foot Alden catboat he built. The first pram race.

Dad had a unique skill in analyzing a problem and pulling people together to solve it. Through the years, he had developed many creative plans to involve boys and girls in constructive activities. The newly-formed Optimist Club invited him to speak and to suggest programs to carry out their motto, “The Friend of the Boy.” I was 12 years old at the time and attended that meeting as part of the Optimist-sponsored scout troop. The Clearwater Sun reported on August 15, 1947: Maj. Clifford A. McKay, Air Corps Reserves, last night outlined to the Optimist Club a four-point program he advocates to help combat the rising tide of juvenile delinquency. Commenting on the Optimist Club’s activities in the youth recreation field, which include sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop 8 and the staging of the Orange Box Derby, Maj. McKay suggested: (1) a baseball diamond and playing field on the beach, (2) a Sunday school basketball league, (3) a swimming pool and family recreation center, and (4) a sailboat competition for juniors leading to national competition or a regatta in Clearwater. Speaking on the subject: Did You Ever Put Your Hand on the Shoulder of a Red-headed Boy? Maj. McKay’s talk dealt with the importance of parental influence and the home life activities of the boy. Dad’s idea for small sailboats was much more specific than the terse comments reported by the Sun. The Optimists liked Dad’s idea and asked him to follow up with a boat designer. The next day, Dad called Clarke Mills, a local designer and craftsman of small boats, telling him, “We need a small sailboat that boys can build. It must cost less than $50, and it should be built with two sheets of 4’ x 8’ plywood with a bed sheet for the sail.” Clarke tells the story this way: Maj. McKay “called me on the phone and asked me to come to his office that evening. He had been a guest speaker at the Optimist Club meeting the night before and said he really had them all fired up ready to pursue a junior sailing program, and he wanted me to draw him a plan for a simple little sailboat that a boy and his dad could build in their garage with simple hand tools. The boat was not to cost over $50, and his idea was to have some merchants and business companies News & Views for Southern Sailors

sponsor a kid in return for having a sign on the boat…I was the next couple of nights getting it done. I drew lots of sailboats every night. The problem was the price. Every time I had a nice little sailing skiff drawn, it figured out to too much cost. So I finally cut the bow off, making it a buttheaded pram...I finished a sample the following week. I hauled it down to Haven Street Dock in Clearwater and Cliff McKay, Jr., got in and took off in about a 20-mile breeze. He scooted out into the bay on the wind, off the wind, across and then reached back to the dock. He landed saying, ‘It was really great!’ ” I heard this same story told by Dad and by Clarke down through the years. It was always the same. Dad suggested a boat built with two sheets of 4 x 8 plywood, a bed sheet for a sail, and cost under $50. Dad was not a sailor. His specifics were an attempt to keep the costs down. Clarke said, slyly, “I talked him out of the bed sheet.” He said of his “buttheaded” pram design that brought the cost under $50: “It looked kinda funny, but it sailed real good.” Clarke continues: “The evening of the next Optimist Club meeting (Sept. 4), which was held in the Grey Moss Inn, I brought the number one pram down and put it right in the entrance foyer all rigged with sail. It caused a flurry of comment by the members as they came in, and they were most all in favor of proceeding with the promotion of the program.” (The Writings of Clark Wilbur Mills and Friends, privately published by Betty McGraw Perkins and David G. Perkins, Jr., 2002) The Clearwater Sun, on September 5, 1947, reported, “Optimist Club members meeting at the Gray Moss Inn last night heard a program on boats and boat building, presented by Team No. 1 of which Arthur Lee is captain.” “Guest speakers included Clark Mills, N. M. Faulds, W. Jardine, Commodore Guy Roberts of the yacht club, and Maj. Clifford McKay. Roberts commented on the wider scope of boats and boating and the possibility of a wellorganized plan to encourage interest in boating in Clearwater. McKay spoke on the originality of design and stressed the safety factor.” Dad arranged for persons needed to support the boys’ building and sailing the boats to attend this meeting; the designer, a sailor, and the Clearwater Junior High School wood shop instructor. The rather sketchy report of the meeting was elaboratSOUTHWINDS November 2012

The Origin of the Optimist Pram ed by the Clearwater Sun in its Sunday edition, two days later:

week, the pram will be on display in the windows of the Florida Power Corp., CleveThe Clearwater Optimist land Street. Fifteen sponsors Club last night announced as have been obtained and the its latest project the sponsorOptimist Pram Committee ship of the building of a fleet expects a fleet of not less than of “pram” boats for boys, 50 to be ready for the first and the staging of a pram full-scale regatta sometime in regatta in the bay here, to be the spring. followed possibly by a state The expanded article outlines and national competition. Maj. McKay’s plan in detail. The pram is a singleSince he began work as a newsmasted sailboat, seven feet, paper reporter, dad often wrote a two inches long (sic), 42 inchstory himself and offered it to the es beam, with a blunt nose newspaper, saving them work and with a rake to her keel and helping assure accuracy. I from abaft the center board can hear him speaking: “The The two Cliff McKays, father and son. well to her forward end. Soap Box Derby model included She is a safe, little, the $50 cost, and for the boys to marine-plywood sailing craft that is origibuild the boats.” Mr. Faulds and Mr. Jardine nal in design and was created by Clark were to direct that aspect of the program. Guy Mills of Clearwater…” Roberts drafted the class rules and the sailing Local merchants and individuals are rules. Dad’s dreams were large. From the first, to sponsor prams, retaining title subject to he expected a state and a national regatta. In rules and regulations of the Optimist Club December of 1948, the first large regatta was Pram Committee, composed of W. further inflated to an international regatta, Watson, chairman, Art Lee, Ben Magrew although the competitors came from nearby and Maynard Barney. towns of Dunedin, Pass-a-Grill, and St. An early Optimist race. The overall cost of the pram is estiPetersburg—only 25 miles.” mated at about $50 or less. Plans, specifications and The boys never built the boats. I received a raw hull. I construction procedures are completely detailed by installed the mast thwart, mast step, and other small parts. I printed instructions, pictures and blueprints available planed the edges on the dagger board and rudder, fashioned to boys through their sponsors. rudder fittings, rigged the sail, and painted the hull. After the Boys from 10 to 16 years of age are to be selected to fire in 1949 that destroyed the whole fleet, Clarke completed build their own boats from applicants who qualify for the entire hull. The first boats cost $50. Merchants stepped ability to do the job, selection to be made by a commitforward as sponsors. Fifteen signed up the first week. Clarke tee consisting of N. M. Faulds, principal, Clearwater began building prams, and on Nov. 16, 1947, a fleet of eight Junior High School, W. Jardine, head of manual training prams raced off the yacht club basin on Clearwater Bay. department, Clearwater Junior High School and Clarke Mills said in a handwritten letter to my sister in Optimist Clark Mills. Prams will be built at the boys’ 1996, after our father’s death, “I firmly believe that Major homes or at places provided by the sponsors. McKay was the main instigator of the very successful Commodore Guy Roberts of the Clearwater Yacht Optimist Pram program…I’m sure it was just as everyone Club and the seasoned sailors of that organization have said, a blockbuster of a talk that started the Pram program.” prepared rules and regulations covering use of the Dad’s creative imagination and persuasiveness, Clarke prams. The pram fleet will be divided into classes, the Mills’ design genius and boatbuilding skills, and the first being the novice class into which all the boys startOptimist Club’s energy and enthusiasm originated and ing to sail will fall. As they improve in proficiency they launched the Optimist Pram. stand for promotion from a holder of novice class papers up to the rating of senior mariner. NOTE 1: The language was about “Boys,”...which was typical of An annual regatta will be held in Clearwater Bay to the times. The Optimist motto was “The Friend of the Boy.” But select the national champion pram sailor. Plans are so the reality was that on March 4, 1948, The Clearwater Optimist set-up and copyrighted that use of the name, design of Club voted to include girls in the pram program. Susan Smith was boat, title to and use of craft, etc. is governed by the welcomed to the Clearwater Fleet, sailing the Palm Pavilion pram, Optimist Club of Clearwater. and the nearby Dunedin Fleet had girl skippers even earlier. Carol The first Optimist pram already built is to be sailed and Jackie Longstreet, Allison Delaney, and Barbara Skinner in the Yacht Club basin this afternoon. Boys and sponsailed shortly after the Dunedin fleet was organized in May of sors interested are invited, as well as the public. Next 1948.

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Laser Bahia By Peter Eduardo Photos courtesy LaserPerformance

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the water, chances are you don’t go out much. Setup time on the Bahia is minimal, and it can be launched by one person with ease. If you have concerns about carrying 150 square feet of sail upwind by yourself in an unballasted dinghy, fear not. A furling jib and single-line reefing mainsail make singlehanded sailing easy. As a sailing instructor, I used to take inexperienced people out in the Bahia on a daily basis. The boat was easy to handle. If there were concerns about the ability of the newbies, I would put a reef in before we went out. As people became more experienced, we would shake out the reef and unfurl the jib. Every once in a while, and if the conditions were right, we would use the spinnaker. The point is, the Bahia offers a lot of versatility. The Bahia is a plastic boat, and there is some debate about plastic versus fiberglass. Both construction materials have their pros and cons. Fiberglass is lighter, stiffer and less forgiving. Plastic is very forgiving, but heavier and not as stiff. In order to provide a stiffer hull, the Bahia hull is constructed with two layers of plastic with foam in between them. It makes the hull lighter and stiffer than plastic alone. The hull feels solid, and there is no need to cringe if you accidentally ram a seawall. At six feet wide, the cockpit is roomy and the boat feels stable at rest. Part of the pleasure of sailing a small boat is being able to explore areas inaccessible to larger boats, especially the numerous beaches here in the Southeast. I own a fiberglass dinghy, and pulling up onto a beach is almost out of the question. Having a durable plastic hull allows the Bahia to be pulled onto a beach without concern. A flat bottom and runners keep the boat stable when beached. You don’t have to worry about exploring shallow waters because the rudder and centerboard both have the ability to kick up on their own. A few features set the Bahia apart from similar dinghies on the market. If you want to spice things up a bit, you can play around with the spinnaker, which stores in a sock mounted on the deck forward and launches out of an opening at the bow. The whole setup is launched and retrieved with a single line that serves as halyard, retrieval and pole

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The Bahia is a plastic boat. Having a durable plastic hull allows the Bahia to be pulled onto a beach without concern. A flat bottom and runners keep the boat stable when beached. You can play around with the spinnaker, which stores in a sock mounted on the deck forward and launches out of an opening at the bow.

in/out. A gnav, or inverted vang, really clears up the cockpit and makes crossing the boat easier for the crew. A center boom mainsheet system is led to a stainless steel roll bar. If your crew finds themselves looking for something to grab on to, the rollbar is right there. A spinnaker comes standard. Optional features include a motor mount, stern-mounted storage box, collapsible oars and a masthead float. The entire package comes in just under $10,000, including everything you need to sail and a custom-welded dolly. The nice part about the dolly is a design that enables it to be pulled up onto a road-base trailer that can be purchased for an extra $1,000. I mentioned earlier, the Bahia combines comfort and performance. For comfort, the Bahia cockpit has molded seats that are quite comfortable to sit in. In fact, the molding goes all the way around the bow, creating a fun place for

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kids. I am just shy of six feet, and when sitting in the cockpit, the boom easily clears my head. Although it is rated for five, the Bahia is very comfortable with three adults, and four adults is easily manageable. There is also a semi-hard chine that really digs in Optional features include a motor mount, when you get the stern-mounted storage box, collapsible boat heeled over. oars and a masthead float. People that are new to sailing are not usually intimidated by the layout of the boat. On the performance side, the full-roach mainsail provides a lot of power. The spinnaker is fairly easy to launch and retrieve once practiced a few times, and with the trapeze, the Bahia easily planes upwind with 12 knots of wind. There is always a compromise when trying to get the best of both worlds out of a design. In the Bahia, this results in less stability and more complexity if you are looking at it as a day sailer. On the performance end, the Bahia weighs in around 350 pounds, and the hull seems as if it was designed more for beaching than cutting through the water. Something else for the performance-minded sailor to consider is that there is no established class for the Bahia, and neither US SAILING or RYA (Royal Yachting Association) has data to support a Portsmouth handicap at this time. The Bahia has not been around for a long time, and it would be a great one-design club boat, so I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised to see more of them on the water in the future. For more information on the Bahia, go to www.laserperformance.com/laser-bahia/home. SOUTHWINDS November 2012

Dunedin Boat Club Race Chairman Paul Auman, with the microphone, and some of the kids of Dunedin Youth Sailing. Robert Poladian’s Beneteau 42s7, Octofoil, took third in the Racer/Cruiser class.

Fixation, Paul Auman’s Morgan 30, took second in Cruising B.

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First place in Cruising A was a tie in corrected time between Kokomo, a Beneteau 35 captained by David Morrow (on the far right), and Shadowfax, a Tartan 30 captained by Michael Baier (holding the award in the middle with some of his crew to his right). Paul Auman, Dunedin Boat Club race chairman, is holding the microphone.

Local sailor Rhythm Perry and Jen French, silver medalist with the US Paralympic Sailing Team.

inside on St. Joseph’s Sound, and the Cruising and Racer/Cruiser classes raced on a long-distance course in the Gulf of Mexico. Sailing conditions were challenging due to light and shifty east winds, ranging from a light breeze to no more than 8 knots, then changing to the northwest at about 5 knots. Back on land, after a long day on the water, everyone enjoyed a traditional Low Country boil, Caribbean steel drum music and cold beers, while watching the awards ceremony. Everyone had a blast talking with Jen French, U.S. Paralympic Sailing Team’s 2012 silver medalist in the SKUD-18, who attended the event and motivated everyone to keep sailing towards their dreams. This year, the Dunedin Cup went to two boats in Cruising A that battled it out in one close race. Kokomo, David Morrow’s Beneteau 35, and Shadowfax, Michael Baier’s Tartan 30, both finished the race in the exact corrected time of 3:16:39, making for a tie. For complete results, to become a member of the Dunedin Boat Club, or to make a donation for the Youth Sailing Association, contact Paul Auman at paulrauman @gmail.com, or www.dunedinboatclub.org.

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Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day Regatta, Sarasota, FL, Aug. 31- Sept. 2 With Pat Reichman at the helm of Skipper Mark Ploch’s J/70, Mark’s daughter Madelyn and his wife Mara work hard to tighten a halyard during Saturday’s big boat race.

By Donna Hillmyer, regatta director Photos by Rachel Harvey Cover photo: Alexandra Igoe of the Naples Sailing Center standing up in her boat Beach Bound as she sails in close quarters among other Green fleet Optimists.

Greiner Hobbs of the Sarasota Sailing Squadron works at righting his boat, as David Mendelblatt of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club sails by in the background.

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The Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosted over 300 sailors Labor Day weekend, representing 12 fleets on six racecourses. Many thanks to all the volunteers and sponsors: Intercoastal Medical Group, Southern Cross Contracting, Gulf Auto Clinic, Dave Wilson and crew of Solitude, Coffrin Jewelers on Osprey, Duncan Seawall, Burgess, Harrell, Mancuso, Olson & Colton, PA, and Knighton Sailmakers (who provided over 80 sail duffle bags as the trophies this year). We had sailors from as far away as Spain, and as close as our very own Sarasota Youth Sailing Program (SYSP). Clubs from all around Florida were well-represented at the regatta. Racers enjoyed a breeze throughout the weekend allowing most fleets to get in seven races. The OneDesign fleets included Melges 24, Flying Scot, Sunfish, Laser, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, 420s, Red, White and Blue Optis, and Green fleet Optis. The PHRF Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker fleets were able to get in four races on Saturday. On Sunday, the PHRF Spinnaker and OneDesign fleets continued their windward/leeward courses, while the PHRF Non-Spinnaker, Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser and Multihulls had a 12-mile pursuit race to finish off a great weekend of racing. The largest fleet was the Red, White and Blue Optimists with 74 boats. Matthew Keller from Naples placed first overall, followed closely by Kyle Dochoda from the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Louisa Armstrong from the Venice Youth Boating Association (VYBA) took third overall. All of these sailors represented the Red fleet. Hallie Schiffman from SYSP placed first in Blue fleet, and Sam Dreyfus of Naples took first in White fleet. The next largest fleet of 50 boats was the Green fleet led by www.southwindsmagazine.com

William Fox from St. Pete. Second and third places were taken by representatives from Naples Sailing Center, Danny Hughes and Zachariah Schemel respectively. The PHRF fleet came in with 27 boats: seven boats in the Spinnaker fleet; six in Non-Spinnaker fleet; six Cruisers; four Pocket Cruisers; and four Multihulls. In the Spinnaker fleet, Randy St. James, on Claire, took first place, followed by Travis Yates on Indigo and Craig Crossley’s Ten, sailed by Mark Plough. In Non-Spinnaker, Gregg Knighton on Pardon You led the fleet, with Doug Deardon, on In Tune, and Dave Wilson and the crew of Solitude closely behind. All three boats had a first place on Saturday, showing the competitiveness of the racing. In Cruiser, John Lynch on Summertime placed first, followed by Doug Hensley on Marguerite and John Proctor on Baringa. In Pocket Cruiser, John Huber on Green Flash won the day followed by Skimmer with Mike Collins. In Multihull, Consensus with Bob Neff took first place, followed by John Novak on Overdo. Twenty-five Laser Radials were represented on the bay. Conner Harding of Naples won the weekend with Eduardo Perez de Ascanio of the Canary Islands coming in a close second. Patrick Shanahan and Addison Hackstaff, representing St. Petersburg Yacht Club (SPYC) placed third and fourth respectively. The Sunfish fleet was well represented with 15 boats. Davis Island Yacht Club (DIYC) led the fleet with Joe Blouin taking first place, with Gail Hausler close behind. Fred Hutchinson of Fort Myers took third with our local Luffing Lassie, Ursula Olson, coming in fourth. In the 420s, the SYSP took the top four positions: Jason D’Agostino placed first, followed by Aaron Burnett, Jack Familglietti and Stephan VerHulst. Niko Lyons of Clearwater Community Sailing Center placed fifth out of 14 boats. In the Laser 4.7 fleet, Baily Carter of DIYC took first place with eight points, representing seven races with one drop. Bogan Whitehead of VYBA was second, with Martin Hood of SPYC taking third, followed by Garrett Lawlor with a fourth out of nine boats. In the Flying Scot division, Jim Eagan took first, with Rob Pletsch close behind. Don Perry and Dave Tonkin took third and fourth, respectively. A surprisingly strong showing of eight Laser Full Rigs saw Ed Baird from SPYC take first, and Curtis Woodworth of Lauderdale Yacht Club/Coral Reef Yacht Club in second. Third to finish was Ian Ikeda, while Jeff Olson and Dave Olson came in fourth and fifth. Six boats raced in the Melges 24 fleet with Steve Liebel placing first, while DIYC’s Rob Britts and George Haynie took second and third, respectively. A Portsmouth fleet was created to capture boats unable to make up a One-Design fleet. The fleet included two Windmills, a Vanguard 15, a Chesapeake Bay 20 and a Weta. Ted Weihe on the Chesapeake 20 took first, with the Windmills skippered by Lon Ethington and Colin Browning taking second and third. Scott Liebel and his son Matt gave them all a run for their money on the Vanguard 15, coming in fourth, followed by Richard Hitchcock in fifth. Complete results can be found at www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org, or www.regattanetwork.com. See all the regatta photos at www.thatsme.zenfolio.com. News & Views for Southern Sailors

The largest fleet was the Red, White and Blue Optimists with 74 boats. Shown here, from left to right, are Ciara Dorsey of Sarasota Youth Sailing, Nicole Shaffer of Davis Island Yacht Club, and Anna Milbourn of Sarasota Youth Sailing.

420s racing with, from left to right, Aaron Burnett and Audrey Scanlon on boat #8, Ben Kalish and Henry Wallace on #12 and, Sam Tobio and Liam Donoghue on #7.

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RACING 79th Nassau Cup Race, Miami to Nassau, Nov. 8 Running since 1934, this 176-nautical mile race crosses the Gulf Stream and is known for its share of great racers and dramatic weather. Competitors over the raceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history include race winner Ted Turner on Tenacious to the more recent four-time winner, Jim Bishop, on Gold Digger. Past contenders for the Cup include Dennis Conner, Dick Bertram, Ted Hood and Bobby Symonette. Monohull and multihull boats 30 feet and over are invited. SORC may also add a double-handed division (contact the organizers for more). The Notice of Race is posted at www.nassaucup race.org. The Coral Reef Yacht Club, Lauderdale Yacht Club, Nassau Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club combine to sponsor this race, which is managed by SORC for the collective group.

in US SAILING or other sailing association is often required. To list an event, e-mail editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send the information. DO NOT just send a link. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the sponsoring organization to confirm. Contact information for the sailing organizations listed here are listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com. Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races year around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited and sought. Contact the club for dates and information. Individual club races are not listed here. We will list your club races only if they happen on a regular schedule. For a list of yacht clubs and sailing organizations in the Southeast, go to www.southwindsmagazine.com. Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC = Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.

SOUTHERN REGIONAL RACING NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS Regattas and Club Racingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership is required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership

Southeast Coast Race Calendar The following organizations do not post their races beyond the current month: Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC See club website for local club race schedule Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. Lake Lanier, GA See club website for local club race schedule Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC See club website for local club race schedule NOVEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis) 3-4 Fall 48. Flying Scot. Lake Norman YC 3-4 Last Cat Regatta. Catamarans. Keowee SC 3-4 Miss Piggy. J22, J24. Lake Lanier SC 3-4 Midlands Regatta. Open. Carolina SC (SC) 10 Big Boat Regatta. PHRF. Charleston YC (SC) 10-11 Carolina Keelboat. PHRF. Lake Norman YC 10 White Caper/Oyster Roast. Open. Lake Lanier SC 10-1 No More Turkey Regatta. Lasers. Atlanta YC Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina See club website for local club race schedule 10 Double-handed Race. 24 Turkey Day Race. DECEMBER South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis) No regattas posted in December Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina. See club website for local club race schedule No regattas posted in December Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for local club race schedule No regattas posted in December

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The Sailing Club in Orlando. (www.thesailingclub.us) Dinghy club race series, second Sundays (3 exceptions) in the afternoon on Lake Baldwin, January through November.

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11th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta, Lake Monroe Sailing Association, Sanford, FL, Dec. 1-2 Lake Monroe Sailing Association is hosting the 11th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta benefiting the Salvation Army. Racing will be Saturday and Sunday. Registration will be held Friday night and Saturday morning with the skippers meeting following registration. Expected classes are Catalina, Force 5, San Juan 21, Sunfish and Portsmouth. Boat ramps, trailer parking and accommodations are available. For more information, go to www.flalmsa.org. All sailors welcome.

NOVEMBER 3 Fall River Race. North Florida CC 3-4 Pinedaville at Rotary Park Cruise. East Coast SA 10 Women on Water Regatta. Rudder Club 10-11 MC Scow Southeast Regional Championship. Lake Eustis SC 11 Commodore’s Cup. Florida Yacht Club 17 King’s Day Regatta. Epping Forest YC 14-17 J 24 North Americans. Florida YC 17-18 Sunfish No Frills Regatta. Melbourne YC 17-18 Turkey Trot Regatta (C22 event). Stuart, FL 24 River Challenge Fun Race. YC DECEMBER 1-2 Kettle Cup. Lake Monroe Sailing Association 1-2 Gator Bowl Regatta. Rudder Club 8-9 C22 Florida State Championship Regatta. Indian River Yacht Club 8-9 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, US SAILING Center, Martin County. Green Fleet, Optis, 420s, Windsurfers. www.usscmc.org 16 Race of Champions. Indian River YC

4th Annual Holiday Kickoff Regatta, Fort Pierce, FL, Dec. 7-8 Fort Pierce Yacht Club’s 3rd Annual Holiday Kickoff Regatta will be held Dec. 2-4. Skipper’s meeting Friday at 8:00 p.m. Saturday offshore PHRF racing, Class A and Class B, followed by after-race party and awards ceremony. For more information contact Race Captain Diane Korbey at (772) 460-6138. Race forms and info at http://ftpierceyachtclub.homestead.com.

Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, US SAILING Center, Martin County, FL, Dec. 8-9 Green Fleet, Optis, 420s, Windsurfers. www.usscmc.org. East & Central Florida Race Calendar

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56th Annual Wirth M. Munroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race, Sailfish Club, Dec. 7 This Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race and celebration will begin at the Lauderdale Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdale and finish just outside the Lake Worth inlet in Palm Beach. Hosted by the Sailfish Club of Florida in Palm Beach. For more information or to enter, call (561) 844-0206, or go to www.sailfishclub.com.

Club Racing (contact club or website for details): Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River. Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally; Wednesday evenings during daylight savings. Winter series begins Jan. 31. Spring/Summer series begins March 14. Wednesday evening races weekly. Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com): PHRF Rum Races on alternate summer Friday nights/winter Sunday afternoons, and small boat races on alternate Sunday afternoons. Dragon Point series: PHRF racing near the dragon on the Indian River; a co-ed series and a women’s series, each race monthly. Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races. Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; race series organized seasonally. Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Wednesdays and weekends. Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Weekend races twice monthly, September through May. News & Views for Southern Sailors

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RACING Sailfish Ocean Challenge, Sailfish Club, Dec. 8-9 The Sailfish Ocean Challenge is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8-9, with short offshore buoy races outside the Lake Worth inlet. The regatta is traditionally one day but the club added a second day this year. Open to IRC yachts with a rating of 1.25 or greater and the Farr 400 Class. Hosted by the Sailfish Club of Florida in Palm Beach. For more information or to enter, call (561) 844-0206, or go to www.sailfishclub.com.

Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, Miami, FL, Dec. 26-30 This is the largest youth sailing regatta in the United States. It is consistently rated the most fun and best in the United States for youth sailors and their families. Participants include representatives from over 25 countries and 20 states. The regatta includes four days of competition between Christmas and New Year’s and features dinners, raffles, forums, and bags full of merchandise for participants. Unique trophies are awarded up to 10 places and are given out by the mayor, head of the Orange Bowl Committee and Olympic medalists. Fleet racing is supported for Optimists, Lasers (Full, Radial and 4.7) and Club 420s. www.coralreefyachtclub.org/Waterfront/orangeBowl-Regatta.aspx. 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 GSC Gulfstream Sailing Club. Fort Lauderdale. www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com KBYC Key Biscayne Yacht Club. www.kbyc.org PBSC Palm Beach Sailing Club. www.pbsail.org SCF Sailfish Club. Palm Beach. www.sailfishclub.com

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15th Annual Wave National Championships, Islamorada, FL, Dec. 6-9 Founders Park Watersports, Founders Park, Islamorada. www.WaveClass.com, rick@catsailor.com.

28th Annual Key Largo Steeplechase, Key Largo, FL, Dec. 15-16 A 110-mile trek around Key Largo for beach catamarans. The race is always scheduled for the second weekend in December and draws top world-class sailors from around the country and world. The race is sponsored by Catamaran Sailor, www.Catsailor.com/registration. 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 p.m. Boat ramp available. Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward. Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all. NOVEMBER- DECEMBER No regattas posted as of press date

NOVEMBER 9 Miami to Nassau Race. CRYC 17 Star Schoonmaker Cup. CRYC 17 PHRF SE Florida PHRF Championships. 17 Florida State Snipe Championship. SPYC 22 29er Clinic. CRYC DECEMBER 1 Star Commodore Cup. CRYC 7 Melges 20 Gold Cup. CGSC 7 Wirth M. Munroe Palm Beach Race. SCF/CCA 8 Etchells Louis Piana Cup. Etchells. BBYC 15 Moth Regatta. CGSC 26 Orange Bowl Regatta. CGSC/CRYC

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36th Clearwater Challenge, Clearwater Yacht Club, Nov. 3 This is a keelboat race in the Gulf of Mexico off Clearwater. www.southwindsmagazine.com

Competitors are usually invited to the club to use the bar and dining facilities the previous week with free dockage provided for this period. Many sailors compete in the Davis Island regatta to Clearwater the weekend before and leave their boats there for the Challenge. In the past, they usually have two days of buoy racing with the Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker boats racing windward-leeward on one course north of Clearwater Pass and the Racer/Cruisers, True Cruisers and Multihulls race various courses with reaching legs south of Clearwater Pass. But this year, they are considering alternatives. Contact the club for details. For more information, and to register online, go to www.clwyc.org, or call (727) 447-6000.

Pass-A-Grille Run, Clearwater, FL, Nov. 4 Clearwater to Pass-A-Grille race sponsored by St. Petersburg Yacht Club and Dunedin Boat Club. First annual race. Part of the new West Florida PHRF “Gulf” Boat of the Year series. Goes to the St. Petersburg Yacht Club Pass-A-Grille location. Race is the day after the Clearwater Challenge above. Go to www.spyc.org for NOR and to register

12th Annual Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta, Nov. 10-11 This regatta will be a 12-mile pursuit race in the Gulf of Mexico west of Big Sarasota Pass. Open to all Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, True Cruising, Racer Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser, Multihull and One-Design boats. Five or more boats may make a class. The random leg course rating will be utilized. Skippers’ meeting will be held Thursday evening and a party Friday evening. A continental complimentary breakfast will be available Saturday morning, and racing will begin around noon. An after-race party with dinner and awards presentations will be held Saturday evening. This is a Sarasota Bay Boat-of -the-Year event. For the NOR and online registration, go to www.sarasotayachtclub.org. (941) 365-4191. regatta2012@sarasotayachtclub.org.

Turkey Run Regatta, Palmetto, FL, Dec 1 This regatta is sponsored and hosted by Regatta Pointe Marina on the Manatee River in Palmetto, located on the south side of Tampa Bay. Racing is on the river and the rewards and party are at the marina afterwards. Skippers’ meeting is on Friday evening. The regatta is a Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year race. Go to www.regattapointemarina.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. News & Views for Southern Sailors

Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third Friday of each month. Skippers’ 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 Assoication at www.wfyra.org) Tampa Bay (also known as West Florida BOTY: (SuncoastBOTY) Gulf Boat of the Year: (GBOTY) Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY) Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) NOVEMBER 3 Clearwater Challenge. (Suncoast BOTY) (GBOTY). Clearwater YC 4 Pass-A-Grille Run. (GBOTY). Dunedin Boat Club. St. Petersburg YC 5-9 Rolex Osprey Cup. St. Petersburg YC 10 12th Sarasota Invitational Regatta. Sarasota YC (SBBOTY) 17-18 Snipe State Championship. 17-18 AVOW Hospice Fall Regatta. Marco Island YC 17 Commodore’s Cup. St. Petersburg SA 17 Drumstick Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 17 Carlisle Classic. Clearwater YC 24-25 Thanksgiving Regatta. Davis Island YC 30-Dec. 2 Disabled America’s Regatta. St. Petersburg YC DECEMBER 1 Turkey Run Regatta. Regatta Pointe Marina. (SBBOTY) 7-8 Naples Offshore Regatta. Naples YC 8 Commodore’s Cup. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 8-9 Holiday Regatta. Punta Gorda SC (CHBOTY) 15 Winter Couples. Davis Island YC 27 Full Moon Race. Davis Island YC See RACING continued on page 56 SOUTHWINDS

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37' Hunter 376 1997 Proven Caribbean, Bahamas and FL cruiser. Shoal Draft, 3-cabin layout, Quantum Sails, Autopilot, GPS, RIB Dinghy and much more. New 2011: central A/C, batteries. charger. Ready to cruise! $74,900. Call Tony Miro 787.349.6211

Jeanneau 36i Sun Odyssey. 2007. In-mast mainsail furling, roller furling genoa, shoal draft model, A/C, dodger w/ bimini, Raymarine E80, Autopilot, Original owners. Reduced to $124,900. Contact Andy Gillis. 239.292.1915. SISTER SHIP

34’ Gemini 105C 2004. 27 HP Westerbeke diesel, 12,000 BTU A/C, Raymarine ST Tridata series w/ wind, Autopilot, Garmin GPS, 150 RF genoa, F/B main, davits, solar panel. January 2012 bottom paint. much more. Call Andy Gillis 239.292.1915 or 239.461.9191.

34' Endeavourcat 1997 Twin 19HP Volvo diesels, 3.5KW Kubota diesel genset, full batten Main, colorful cruising chute w/ sock, bimini w/ curtains, 6'4" headroom, very clean. Radar, autohelm, wind, GPS, depth, dinghy. $112,000. Call Andy Gillis 239.292.1915

1998 Island Packet 350. This 350 was purchased in 1999 by her second owner has been very well maintained and equipped. Quality built, capable offshore cruiser and comfortable underway, anchored or dockside. $120,000. Contact Tom D’Amato. 727-480-7143

2009 Schock Harbor 25. Original owner, 5' draft, dry-sailed, like new condition, inboard Yanmar diesel, asymmetrical spinnaker, shore power, self-tending jib, great all-round day sailor, asking $79,900. Ritch Riddle. 727.424.4232

65' Macgregor 6' keel, recent re-fit at Snead Island Boat Works . . .$235,000 53' Custom Herreshoff Ketch 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$225,000 41' Morgan Classic OI MKll 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bring offers 41' Bristol 41.1 Center Cockpit 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$147,500 40' Freedom Ketch 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 37' Hunter 376 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$74,900 37' Fairway Marine 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,900 37' Tayana Cutter 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,500 36' Jeanneau 36i Sun Odyssey 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$124,900 35' Island Packet 350 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$120,000 34' Endeavourcat 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$112,000 33' Abbott 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 32' Beneteau Oceanis 321 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$56,500 32' C&C 99 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 30' Baba 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,000 25' Schock Harbor 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,900

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66' 2004 NOVATEC ISLANDER .......................................REDUCED $449,900 55' FLEMING PILOTHOUSE 1994................................................................$695,000 54’ 2006 HYLAS RAISED SALON CC ...............................................................SOLD 54' 1988 CROWTHER CAT, AUSTRAL, NZ ...............................REDUCED $199,900 53’ 2002 BRUCE ROBERTS CUSTOM 53 CENTER COCKPIT ..REDUCED $299,900 52' 2006 CUSTOM ALUMINUM CATAMARAN .............................................$549,900 51' 2006 PASSPORT 515 VISTA CENTER COCKPIT ..................................$895,000 50' 2003 SYMBOL PILOTHOUSE ........................................MAKE OFFER $329,900 45' MORGAN NELSON MAREK 1983 ............................................................$99,900 45' 1978 MORGAN 452................................................................REDUCED $69,900 44' 2006 MANTA POWER CAT .....................................................................$439,900 43' 2004 MENORQUIN 130 TRAWLER .....................................REDUCED $199,900 43' 1986 ALBIN TRAWLER CLASSIC DC .........................................................SOLD 42' 1983 BENETEAU FIRST ...........................................................................$78,900 42' SABRE 426 2004.....................................................................................$325,000 40' 2009 ENDEAVOUR TRAWLER CAT .......................................................$499,500 40' 2009 ENDEAVOR TRAWLER CAT SKYLOUNGE .................................$499,000 40' 1983 JEANNEAU SUN FIZZ.....................................................REDUCED 72,900 40' 1956 HINCKLEY....................................................................SACRIFICE $19,900 40' 1982 HUGHES COLUMBIA CENTER COCKPIT.................REDUCED $104,900 38’ 1979 CABO RICO CUTTER .........................................................................SOLD 38' 1983-1986 SABRE CENTERBOARD .....................................STARTING $59,900 38' SABRE 386 2010..........................................................................................SOLD 31' 2001 ALBIN TOURNAMENT EXPRESS .................................................$119,900

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60’ Gulfstar MK II ,1986, $150K Refit in 2010, New Electronics, Repainted, teak decks removed. This is a turnkey show piece! $325,000, Kevin @ 321-693-1642

50’ Neel Trimaran, 2009, Cruising multihull that moves at over 20 knots! State of the art construction. $799,000, Tom @ 904-377-9446

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42’ Endeavour CC, 1990, Gorgeous teak interior totally refinished. Hull Shines! Genset, A/C, This is a turn key, must see vessel! $129,000 Tom @ 904-377-9446

45’ Jeanneau Sun Odessey, 2008, Twin helms, Bow Thruster, Full Electronics, Fill enclosure, Turnkey and show room condition, $264,000, Clark @ 561-676-8445

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40’ Manta Catamaran, 1990, New Genset, New Watermaker, Genset, Solar panels, $269,000, Tom @ 904-377-9446

38’ Krogen Cutter 1980, New 43 HP Diesel, Solar, Wind gen, Many upgrades, $95,000 Kevin @ 321-693-1642

36’ Fountain Pajot Mahe, 2007, 2 cabin/2 heads, genset, 2 A/C units, Watermaker. Nice boat ! $259,900, Kevin @ 321-693-1642

33’ Hunter 2008,29 HP Yanmar, Excellent Condition!, Auto, Chart plotter, Davits, Windlass, A/C, In-mast furling, Currently dry stored, $95,000. Clark @ 561-676-8445

30’ Baba Cutter, 1981, New Yanmar in 2008, New fuel and water tanks, A/C, just back from Central America and ready to go again. $44,900, Kevin @ 321-693-1642

30’ Cape Dory MK II, 1987, Westerbeke, A/C, New Bimini and Dodger, Autopilot, Chartplotter, radar, Excellent shape! $55,000, Capt Wendy @ 941-916-0660

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STEVENS 47, Déjà vu 1981, Renown Sparkman & Stephens designed liveaboard cruiser, 3 staterooms, 2 heads, easily sailed by a couple. Schaefer boom furler system w/Andersen electric winch, interior refit at BBY, new upholstery, Force 10 three burner stove/oven, Corian counters, flat panel monitor at nav station, Marineair, SSB radio, Furuno GPS, radar, wind gen, solar panels and more. Asking $180,000. MORGAN 43 SLOOP, Hark the Sound 1985. Sloop rigged, center cockpit liveaboard cruising sail boat. Two AC units, 5.5Kw genset, new battery banks, and current Garmin and Raymarine instruments. Master cabin w/ensuite head, off-set double berth, galley w/LP stove and Adler Barber fridge, chart table, u-shaped saloon w/dinette table, forward v-berth and guest head. Asking $90,000. BENETEAU OCEANIS 390 CLASSIC, Seldom Seen II 1991. Two cabin owners version, wing keel, 4’ 6” shoal draft, light and airy interior. UK main, drifter and genoa, halyards led to cockpit. Raymarine instruments. Many new pumps, engine starter, electrical panels and Frigoboat fridge/freezer. Ready to sail away today! Asking $72,500.

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Hunters Galore! New 22' - 27' and mint condition late model 30' - 36'; Hunters - 7 available. See for yourself at St. Petersburg Municipal Marina. Call for pricing. Simple Sailing Boat Sales. (727) 362-4732.

Ranger 23. Tall Rig, 7 sails, 4 Hp 4-stroke, lift chain, Porta Potti, swim ladder. All interior cushions, dinette, ready to sail, Mobile, AL. Tom Davis (251) 343-9520 or tdavis@mitternight.com. $3300. (12/12)

2005 Catalina 22 MKII. 4-stroke Merc 4 HP outboard, furling system, transom swim ladder, shoal-draft wing keel, self tailing winches, cabin sleeps 4, pop-top. $12,371. New trailer available. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises (800) 783-6953, or (727) 327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com. (11/12)

2002 Pacific Seacraft Dana 24. $81,500 Fresh water, R/F, Lazy Jacks, Autopilot, AGM batts, dripless stuffing gland, canvas 2010/11, Carry-On AC. 727-214-1590, ext 3. Full specs/pics at: www.MurrayYachtSales.com

Canadian couple with extensive southern cruising experience, wish to exchange their Ontario home, close to skiing and Georgian Bay, for a cruising sloop, located in the Southeast U.S. from January to March 2013. Please see www.homeexchange.com, ID 331497 for details. (12/12)

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Telstar 26 1979 Trimaran. New standing rigging, new roller furling. New 9.9 hp OB 4stroke, electric start. Tilting mast to get under bridges. Good condition. New Upholstery, radio, Porta-potti, etc. $18,500. (305) 8936061 (1/13)

1992 Catalina Capri 26. $14,000. Pocket cruiser w/big boat appeal. Oversized bimini, wheel, wing keel, Harken roller furler, full batten main. 155 and 135 genoas. Yamaha fourstroke 8hp, high-thrust, extra long shaft motor, electric start. Autohelm, battery charger. Call Julie at (850) 293-4031. Pensacola Beach, FL. (12/12)

’80 PEARSON 424 KETCH.......................$84,900 ’70 CAL 40 (RESTORED) .........................$65,000 ’85 C&C 37................................................$40,000 '85 CALIBER 35 ........................................$59,000 ’85 CAL 35 ................................................$35,500 '86 C&C 35 MK III......................................$47,500 '70 PEARSON 33 ........................................$8,900 '80 CAL 31.................................................$23,000 '01 HUNTER 240.......................................$16,500 '84 COM-PAC 23 .........................................$7,900

$19,500 - PRICE REDUCED, needs to be hauled. 30’ custom-built, aft cabin, cutterrigged ketch. The hull and Volvo engine and transmission were completely re-conditioned in 2007. Built in Sweden in 1980. Contact by email for further details. Boat lies in Cortez, FL. Contact Tom O’Brien. (941) 518-0613. jtoaia@verizon.net. (1/13)

1992 Albemarle, Express 27’, Twin Volvo 570L gas engines w/jack shafts. Volvo Penta outdrives. Twin controls upper and lower helm. Navstar GPS, Si-Tex Radar, Norcold 12V Refrig, Electric head. Asking $25,500. Contact Terry Rose at (910) 772-9277.

30' Catalina MkII. 1987 with Universal Diesel, Harken Roller Furling, Mainsail, Data Marine Speed and Depth, Wheel Steering with instrument Pods, Bimini, Solar Vents. Fast, Easy Sailing. Go to www.cortezyachts.com. Great Chance for a Great Sailing Vessel. Available at our Docks. Asking $24,500. Cortez Yacht Sales. (941) 792-9100

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32’ Beneteau Oceanis 321 1998. 27 HP Yanmar diesel, in-mast main furling, New Doyle mainsail, Profurl genoa furling, Autohelm depth/speed/autopilot, Raymarine ST series wind, 12VDC refrigeration, two private cabins, bimini/dodger. $56,500. Andy Gillis (239) 292-1915. andy@RossYachtSales.com.

2007 Beneteau First 10R. 33’. $115,000. Full race inventory, very well maintained, race ready, full electronics. 727-214-1590, ext 3. Full specs/pics at: www.MurrayYachtSales.com

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31’ Mariner Ketch 1970. 44 HP rebuilt Perkins Diesel. Complete retro. Full keel. 2 mains, 2 mizzens, cruising chute w/sock, windlass, Bimini, dinghy, S/S propane stove, GPS w/charts. A must see at our docks. Asking $16,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

34’ Endeavour Endeavourcat 1997. Twin 19HP Volvo diesels, 3.5KW Kubota diesel genset, Full batten Main, colorful cruising chute w/sock, bimini w/curtains, 6’4” headroom, very clean, Radar, autohelm, wind, GPS, depth, dinghy. $112,000. Andy Gillis, 239.292.1915. andy@RossYachtSales.com www.southwindsmagazine.com

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34’ Gemini 105C 2004. 27 HP Westerbeke diesel, 12K BTU A/C, Raymarine ST tridata series w/ wind. Autopilot, Garmin GPS, 150 RF genoa, F/B main, davits, solar panel. January 2012 bottom paint & much more. $129,500. Call Andy Gillis 239.292.1915. andy@RossYachtSales.com

34’ Catalina 1990. 4’ 3” draft, arch/davits, solar & wind generator, 16K BTU A/C, inverter/charger, windless chartplotter, wind, depth, autopilot, VHF stereo, Mackpack, RF genoa & lots more. Asking $55,000. Call Joe at (954) 682-3973. (11/12)

Formosa 35 Ketch 1976. Cruiser or bay boat. New YM30 Yanmar, (105hr), Garmin GPS, Radar, Autopilot, 30 amp Air X Wind gen, New canvas, 2 yr paint, 140 water, 45 fuel, Teak-Holly davits, Avon inflatable, 3.5 outboard. $27,500. Pensacola, FL. Rich (850) 450-9018, rgcobler@gmail.com

35’ C&C – Turn-key cruiser, great sail inventory. Reduced to $27,000! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

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36’ Beneteau Oceanis CC, 1998. Lightly used model in immaculate condition! Well equipped for cruising, extremely spacious interior, large galley, extensively renovated and lots of electronics! $89,900, Call Kirk @ 818-371-6499, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

Allied Princess Ketch 1979 36’. Proven blue water cruiser. Classic A. Edmunds design. 4’ 5” draft/11’ beam. Well-maintained, AC, Adler-Barbour frig, LectraSan head, 4-108 Perkins diesel, 70 gals water/40 gals fuel. Asking $54,900. Located Jacksonville. Linda Reynolds (904) 759-2413. lreynoldsyb@bellsouth.net

Wharram Tangaroa Sail Catamaran 36’ MKIV, 2002. Sail the world in safety and comfort or enjoy the tradewinds. She handles beautifully. Well equipped and has great long sea legs. Can be single-handed. Sail flat and fast. What more can you ask from a lady! Purr-fect for voyagers/cruisers/liveaboards or day charter. Asking $55,000. Details: svforeveryoung@hotmail.com. (12/12)

37 Searunner Trimaran. All sails and standing rigging in good condition. Self-tailing winches, auto pilot. Yanmar 2 GM, A/C. Refrigerator in custom box. $28,000. For Details, Contact Dave Pond. captpondo@ yahoo.com. (985) 966-3504. (1/13)

37’ TARTAN Centerboard Sloop. 1977 w/ Westerbeke diesel, Harken RF, Jib, Genoa, Main, Storm Sail, Spinnaker, Autopilot, 2 X VHFs, SSB, Wind, Depth, GPS Navigator, Stove, Ice Box, Pressure Water, lots of gear and spares. Asking $35,000. Needs work. Estate sale. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

38’ Hunter – 2 staterooms layout, very good condition, freshwater boat. Reduced to $124,500! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

1986 Sabre 38. 4’ 3” draft. in-mainsail furling, ‘96 Yanmar, autopilot, GPS, SSS radio, refrigeration, AC, cutter rig. Ready to cruise $89,900. Also 1983 Sabre at $59,900. AlanGSYS@gmail.com, or call Alan at (941) 350-1559. www.grandslamyachtsales.com 2002 Beneteau 361. $95,000. Air Conditioning, In Mast Furling, Bimini & Dodger, Refrig, Microwave, Huge Head, Big Cockpit St. Petersburg, FL (727) 214-1590, ext 3. Full Specs & Pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

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38’ Kadey Krogen, 1980. Recently installed a new Beta Marine (Kubota) diesel, a fuel filtering and a routing system. Two Kyocera 135W Solar Panels and wind generator. $95,000, Call Kevin @ 321-693-1642, www. SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

Beneteau Oceanis 390 Classic, Seldom Seen II, 1991, Two cabin owners version, shoal draft, light and airy interior. Raymarine instrument suite, Frigoboat fridge/freeze. Volvo 43HP aux. Clean and ready to sail away. Asking $72,500. Contact Terry Rose at (910) 772-9277.

IRWIN Citation 39, 1979, w/ 30 hp Yanmar, 41' 9" LOA, custom scoop transom, fin keel, roller furling head sails, Dutchman main, ST-60 instruments, Garmin GPS, VHF, S/S Stove, 12volt DC Refrig, ST winches, Bimini. Asking $37,500. Cortez Yacht Sales 941-792-9100.

1982 40’ Hughes Columbia Center Cockpit. Loaded and Cruise ready. Wind, Solar, watermaker and more. Reduced. $104,900. Alan 941-350-559. AlanGSYS@gmail.com. www.grandslam yachtsales.com

42’ Catalina MK II. 2 staterooms, 2-head layout, very good condition. Reduced to $135,000! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

43’ Wauquiez Ketch, 1983. Perfect layout, weatherly cruiser. Recent Perkins 65hp, Northern Lights 5.5kw, 26000 BTU air conditioning. Fresh Awlgrip, canvas, all new electronics. $159,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com.

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56' Custom Wood Schooner ’07 . . . . .$800,000 45' Jeanneau 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,000 40' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,900 39' Irwin Citation 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$37,500 39' Corbin PH 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,900 37' Tartan 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 31' Mariner Ketch 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,900 30' Catalina 1987 MKII . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$24,500

39’ Corbin Pilothouse 1981, 64 hp Pathfinder diesel 200 hrs, blue water cruiser, Gen Set, All Roller furling, solar, wind gen, radar, auto pilot, GPS, electric windlass, full galley + more. $99,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100 Trimaran, 39’ Piver Lodestar. Equipped and ready to cruise, 3.5’ draft, fun and responsive, perfect for Bahamas & Keys, 9’ inflatable w/6hp 4-stroke, wind, solar, autopilot, EPIRB, etc. $16,900, Nokomis, FL, argolo@aol.com. (10/12)

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44' Targa 1989 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,900 36' Sea Ray Aft Cabin 1985 . . . . . . . . .$39,900 34' Sea Ray 1984 Twin Diesel . . . . . . .$29,900 29' Proline Walkaround 1999 . . . . . . . . .$31,900 26' Robalo Twin 250 OBs 2007 . . . . . . .$69,000

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Morgan 43’ Sloop. Hark the Sound, 1985 Center cockpit. AC, genset, new batteries and nav instruments. Master cabin w/ensuite head, LP stove, Adler Barber fridge, chart table, v-berth w/guest head. Perkin 4.108 aux. Asking $90,000. Contact Terry Rose at (910) 772-9277.

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44’ Privilege Easy Cruise, 2002. Well cared for and extensively cruised by current and original owners. 4 double cabins all with queen sized berths. Westerbeke 7.6kw, 110VAC generator. Good electronics and sail inventory. $349,000, Call Tom @ 904-3779446, www.CatamaransFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

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1983 Morgan/Marek 454 Performance Racer/Cruiser. Big, Fast, Beautiful, Strong, Seakindly. Shoal draft, air conditioner, diesel engine & generator, radar, autopilot, Spinnaker. Huge aft stateroom. $99,900. Alangsys@gmail. com. (941) 350-1559. www.grandslamyachtsales.com.

45’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, 2008. In perfect condition and loaded with equipment, bright and spacious interior, comfortable contemporary design with serious sailing performance! $264,000. Call Clark @ 561676-8445, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht Sales

1987 45’ Morgan 452 Ketch. Center cockpit, aft stateroom, two heads refrigeration, generator GPS. Electric windlass. Great Liveaboard or cruiser. $69,900. AlanGSYS@gmail.com, or call Alan at 941-350-1559. www.grandslamyachtsales.com

45’ JEANNEAU 45.1 Sun Odyssey 1996, Volvo Diesel, Twin Steering, 4 separate cabins, two heads w/shower, roller furling main, electric windlass, auto-pilot, Tri-Data, full galley, Rib w/ OB. Excellent performance. $109,000. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

1986 - 47-foot offshore cruising/racer. Total refit- Yanmar, mast/rigging/sails (7), electric winches, monitor amp air/solar, electronics, SSB, radar etc, 2 staterooms, 6-person life raft, dinghy w/10-hp OB. $109,900 inventory call (401) 782-0555. (12/12)

Tayana 48’. Montana Sky, 2011, Center cockpit, Cutter rigged, Two staterooms w/ensuite heads. Electric winches, windlass, bow thruster, Leisurefurl boom w/fully battened main sail, genset, watermaker and much more. Asking $640,000. Contact Terry Rose at (910) 772-9277.

51’ Little Harbor – Performance cruiser in very good condition. Reduced to $449,000! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net.

2002 53’ Bruce Roberts. Custom Aluminum Center Cockpit. Quality Construction and Loaded. Twin headsails, incredible owners’ stateroom. Reduced $299,900. Alan at (941) 350-1559. AlanGSYS@gmail.com. Go for details to www.grandslamyachtsales.com

1988 54’ Crowther Hi Performance Cruising Catamaran. Cruise fast, sail anywhere. Daggerboards, new electronics, great sail inventory, generator and more. $199,900. AlanGSYS@gmail.com, or Call Alan at. 941350-1559. www.grandslamyachtsales.com

2” Display Ads Starting $38/mo. 45’ Hunter Deck Salon 2012. DIVORCE SALE. Here’s your chance to own a like-new 45’ cruiser at an unheard of price. ASKING price is $100k under retail. Shoal draft, heat & air, color plotter. $256,000. Call Kelly Bickford CPYB at (727) 599-1718, or kellyb@masseyyacht.com

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2007 Beneteau 49 $298,000 Genset, AC Bow thruster, Electric winches, Full electronics, Bimini, Cockpit cushions, shows like new. 727-214-1590, ext 3. Full specs/pics at: www.MurrayYachtSales.com

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CLASSIFIED ADS Wanted: Lewmar 16 two-speed self-tailing winch — or similar make and model. Will consider standard, non-self-tailing model. (941) 792-9100. _________________________________________ 36” Helm, destroyer style with 1” shaft. Used but in excellent condition. Great upgrade for 30’-40’ racers or cruisers. New costs $560; asking $250 or will trade for 28” wheel. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (1/13) _________________________________________

56’ Schooner. Custom built in 2008 by Rollins in Maine. A masterpiece from American craftsmen. White Oak framing with Douglas Fir planking. Black Locust, Teak, and Cherry used throughout. Aluminum spars and custom cast bronze fittings. A beautiful “Alden” style schooner capable of passages with elegance and American pride. Asking $800,000. www.CortezYachts.com. (941) 792-9100

Teleflex control cables, Red-Jacket 15’ CC33215 and 10’ CC33210, still in boxes. This is the most popular boat cable in the world. 3” travel, 10-32 SAE threads with nuts and rubber grommets on both ends, 15’ retails for $40; asking $20. 10’ retails for $36; asking $18. Both for only $35. Photos available. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (1/13) _________________________________________ 30# Aluminum Vertical Propane cylinder (Current inspection and proper fill valve) $125. 20# Steel Propane cylinder (Current inspection and proper fill valve.) No exchange needed $18. Algonac Propeller Puller. Mfg by Minderman Marine Mfg., Port Clinton, OH. $125. Stuart, Fl. (772) 285-4858 (1/13)

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_________________________________________ Perkins 4.107, 4.108 & 4.154 diesel engines, rebuilds or re-mans. Long blocks or complete. Velvet Drives & Paragons trans available. Universal Atomic Fours & parts. Email oldflathead@bshmarine.com (12/12) _________________________________________ Perkins/Westerbeke 4-108 diesel engine. Low hours, inspected, test run, no trans., come see it run. Free delivery 500 miles from Pensacola w/full price $3,995 (850) 5721225. (12/12)

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Clark Mills 59’ Custom 3 Masted Schooner 1974. Operating daily in charter in Clearwater. Sails great. Hauled surveyed and bottom-painted Sept. 2011. Owner retiring and motivated to sell. Call (727) 581-4662. (12/12)

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36” Helm, destroyer style with 1” shaft. Used but in excellent condition. Great upgrade for 30’-40’ racers or cruisers. New costs $560; asking $250 or will trade for 28” wheel. Sarasota, FL. (941) 342-1246. (1/13) _________________________________________ VHF Antenna cable: 40’ of Anchor Marine RG-8X coaxial cable. Never used/installed. Retails at West Marine for $2.09/ft. Asking $40. (941) 342-1246. Sarasota, FL. 66

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_________________________________________ International Fortune 500 web business seeking team members who desire passive income. Commitment and motivation necessary now to enjoy long term financial reward. Excellent opportunity in a growth industry. (727) 204 6063. (12/12) _________________________________________ Wanted: An experienced canvas person and an experienced rigger for subcontract work. Work area is greater Tampa Bay to Sarasota. Located in Palmetto. Email jimmy@sunrisesailsplus.com. (1/13) _________________________________________ Edwards Yacht Sales is Expanding! We have several openings for yacht brokers in Florida. Looking for experienced broker or will train the right individual. Must have boating background and be a salesman. Aggressive advertising program. Come join the EYS team! Call in confidence, Roy Edwards (727) 507-8222 www.EdwardsYachtSales.com, Yachts@ EdwardsYachtSales.com. _________________________________________ Researcher wanted to search the Internet and other sources for lists of southern sailing businesses. Must be good with Google and have Excel (but no need to be an Excel expert, just know the basics to enter data). Work on your own at any location. Subcontractor payment by the hour. Good pay. SOUTHWINDS Magazine. editor@southwindsmagazine.com

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Absolute Tank Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Advanced Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Adventure Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Ahoy Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 All American Covered Boat Storage . . . .77 Alpen Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Amelia Island Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 American Rope & Tar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Aqua Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Atlantic Sail Traders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bacon Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bahamas Guide/Seaworthy . . . . . . . . . . .19 Beach Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Beaver Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Beneteau Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC Bennet Bros. Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32,60 Beta Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals . . . . . . . .43,45 Bluewater Sailing School . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 BoatNames.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Borel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Bo’sun Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Cajun Trading Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Calvert Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Capt Marti’s Books/Seminars . . . . . . . . .19 Capt. Chris Yacht Services . . . . . . . . .21,67 Capt. Jagger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Capt. Larry Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Capt. Rick Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Captains License Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Catamaran Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 C-Head Compost Toilets . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Clear Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Clearwater Municipal Marina . . . . . .31,47 Compac Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Compleat Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 CopperCoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Coquina Yacht Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Cortez Yacht Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Couples Sailing School . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 CPT Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Cruising Guide Florida’s Suncoast . . . . . .19 Cruising Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage . . . . . . . .54 Defender Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Dockside Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Doyle/Ploch Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Dr. LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,22 Dunbar Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Dunbar Sales Sailing School . . . . . . . . . .43 Dwyer mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Eastern Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC Eastern Yachts/Beneteau . . . . . . . . . . . .BC Eco-Clad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Edwards Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 EisenShine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Ellies Sailing Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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Fair Winds Boat Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Fishermen’s Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Flagship Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Florida Keys Cottage/Charter . . . . . . . . .21 Florida Yacht Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC Flying Scot Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field . . . . . . .10 Glades Boat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,33 Grand Slam Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Gulfport City Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Hand-ee-Cleat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Harborage Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC Hidden Harbor Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Hobie Cats/Tiki Watersports . . . . . . . . . .44 Hotwire/Fans & other products . . . . . . .22 Innovative Marine Services . . . . . . . .20,24 Irish Sail Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . .57 Kelly Bickford, Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Key Lime Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Key West Race Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC Knighton Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Laser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Lightkeepers Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Mack Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Madeira Beach Municipal Marina . . . . . .46 Maptech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Margarita Cat-Bruce Van Sant . . . . . . . .19 Masthead Enterprises . . . . . . . . . .22,25,55 Mastmate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Matthews Point Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Miami Mooring Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Moor Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Morehead City Yacht Basin . . . . . . . . . . .32 Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau . . . . . . . . .57 Myrtle Beach Yacht Club . . . . . . . . . . . .32 National Sail Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Nature’s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Nickle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Non-Local Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 North Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,50 North Sails Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 North Sails Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 NV-Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Optimist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Palm Coast Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Pasadena Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Passagemaker Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Pelican’s Perch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Porpoise Used Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Portland Pudgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Premiere Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC Regatta Pointe Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Rigging Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Rivertown Marina & Boatyard . . . . . . . .31

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Dolphin Marina, or Regatta Pointe Marina, up the Manatee River, or to Moore’s Crab shack on Longboat Key…and the list goes on. I’m grateful that Tampa Bay is my year-around sailing destination with activities to match the seasons. Now if I could only talk the wife into living aboard.

Ross Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 RS Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Sail Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Sail Harbor Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Sail Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Sailboat Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Sailing Florida Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Sailing Florida Sailing School . . . . . . . . .43 SailKote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Sailrite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Sands Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Schurr Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Sea School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Sea Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Seaworthy Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,23 Shadetree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Simple Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Southeastern Marine Power . . . . . . . . . .26 Sparman USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Spotless Stainless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Squalls and Rainbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 St. Barts/Beneteau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC St. Petersburg Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Star Marine Outboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 StrictlySailing.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Sunfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Sunrise Sails, Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Tackle Shack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Tailing Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Teak Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Tiki Water Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Titusville Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Turner Marine & Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . .31 UK Sailmakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Ullman sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,25 US Spars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Wells Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGE Beneteau .......................................................................................................BC Bennet Bros. Yachts...................................................................................32,60 Compac Sailboats ..........................................................................................44 Cortez Yacht Brokerage ..................................................................................64 Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage ........................................................................54 Dunbar Sales..................................................................................................56 Eastern Yachts................................................................................................BC Edwards Yacht Sales .......................................................................................59 Florida Yacht Group.......................................................................................BC Flying Scot Sailboats ......................................................................................62 Grand Slam Yacht Sales..................................................................................58 Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack ................................................................................40 Hobie Cats/Tiki Watersports ...........................................................................44 Kelly Bickford, Broker .....................................................................................56 Laser ..............................................................................................................40 Masthead Yacht Sales/Catalina .............................................................22,25,55 Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau .........................................................................57 Optimist.........................................................................................................40 Portland Pudgy ..............................................................................................20 Precision ........................................................................................................40 Ross Yacht Sales .............................................................................................55 RS Sailboats....................................................................................................44 Simple Sailing ................................................................................................55 St. Barts/Beneteau .........................................................................................BC Strictly Sailing.com ........................................................................................62 Sunfish ...........................................................................................................40 Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, St. Petersburg ....................................................40 Tiki Water Sports ............................................................................................44 GEAR,HARDWARE,ACCESSORIES,CLOTHING Ahoy Captain .................................................................................................21 Alpen Glow ....................................................................................................17 Beaver Flags ...................................................................................................21 Borel ..............................................................................................................21 Bo’sun Supplies/Hardware..............................................................................15 Cajun Trading Rigging ...................................................................................24 C-Head Compost Toilets ................................................................................21 Clear Air.........................................................................................................22 CopperCoat ...................................................................................................17 CPT Autopilot ................................................................................................66 Cruising Solutions ..........................................................................................39 Defender Industries ........................................................................................11 Dockside Radio ..............................................................................................14 Doctor LED .................................................................................................7,22 Eco-Clad ..........................................................................................................2 Ellies Sailing Shop ..........................................................................................20 Fishermen’s Headquarters ..............................................................................22 Hand-ee-Cleat ................................................................................................22 Hotwire/Fans & other products .....................................................................22 Maptech ........................................................................................................38 Masthead Enterprises ...........................................................................22,25,55 Mastmate Mast Climber.................................................................................22 Nature’s Head ................................................................................................23 Nickle Atlantic................................................................................................15 NV-Charts ......................................................................................................21 Sailrite..............................................................................................................7 Seaworthy Goods......................................................................................10,23 Shadetree Awning Systems ............................................................................28 Southeastern Marine Power ...........................................................................26 Sparman USA.................................................................................................29 Spotless Stainless............................................................................................23 Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, Precision ............................................................40 Tailing Hook...................................................................................................23 Teak Guard ....................................................................................................27 US Spars ........................................................................................................16 Wells Marine ..................................................................................................14 West Marine.....................................................................................................6 SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES Advanced Sails ...............................................................................................24 Atlantic Sail Traders ........................................................................................24 Bacon Sails .....................................................................................................24 Cajun Trading Rigging ...................................................................................24 Calvert Sails ...................................................................................................24 Doyle Ploch....................................................................................................24 Dwyer Mast/spars, hardware, rigging ............................................................66 Innovative Marine Services ........................................................................20,24 Knighton Sails ................................................................................................25 Mack..............................................................................................................16 Masthead/Used Sails and Service .........................................................22,25,55 National Sail Supply, new&used online ..........................................................25 North Sails Direct/sails online by North..........................................................35 North Sails, new and used .....................................................................7,50,67 Porpoise Used Sails.........................................................................................25 Rigging Only .................................................................................................23 Sail Care.........................................................................................................25 Sail Repair ......................................................................................................25

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Schurr Sails, Pensacola FL...............................................................................51 Sunrise Sails, Plus ..........................................................................................24 UK Sailmakers ................................................................................................25 Ullman Sails ..............................................................................................20,25 CANVAS, STAINLESS STEEL Compleat Fabrication.....................................................................................12 Knighton Sails ................................................................................................25 Shadetree Awning Systems ............................................................................28 Bacon Sails .....................................................................................................24 Bimini Bay Sailing School ..........................................................................43,45 Bluewater sailing school ...................................................................................5 Captains License Class....................................................................................67 Capt. Chris Yacht Services .........................................................................21,67 Couples Sailing School ...................................................................................43 Dunbar Sales Sailing School ...........................................................................43 Flagship Sailing ..............................................................................................43 Sailing Florida Charters & School ...................................................................43 Sea School/Captain’s License ........................................................................18 Simple Sailing ................................................................................................43 MARINE ENGINES AND ACCESSORIES Beta Marine ...................................................................................................12 Star Marine Outboards...................................................................................24 MARINAS, MOORING FIELDS, BOAT YARDS Adventure Marina ..........................................................................................33 All American Covered Boat Storage................................................................77 Amelia Island Marina......................................................................................33 Beach Marine.................................................................................................33 Bennet Bros. Yachts...................................................................................32,60 Catamaran Boatyard ......................................................................................20 Clearwater Municipal Marina ....................................................................31,47 Coquina Yacht Club .......................................................................................32 Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field ....................................................................10 Glades Boat Storage....................................................................................9,33 Gulfport City Marina ......................................................................................34 Harborage Marina.........................................................................................IBC Hidden Harbor Marina ...................................................................................33 Lightkeepers Marina.......................................................................................32 Madeira Beach Municipal Marina...................................................................46 Matthews Point Marina..................................................................................32 Miami Mooring Field .....................................................................................13 Morehead City Yacht Basin ............................................................................32 Myrtle Beach Yacht Club ................................................................................32 Palm Coast Marina.........................................................................................33 Pasadena Marina............................................................................................31 Pelican’s Perch ...............................................................................................31 Regatta Pointe Marina......................................................................................5 Rivertown Marina & Boatyard ........................................................................31 Sail Harbor Marina .........................................................................................32 Sands Harbor .................................................................................................33 Titusville Marina .............................................................................................33 Turner Marine & Boatyard .............................................................................31 CHARTERS, RENTALS, FRACTIONAL Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals .......................................................................43,45 Flagship Sailing ..............................................................................................43 Florida Keys Coattage/Charter .......................................................................21 Key Lime Sailing.............................................................................................23 Sailing Florida Charters ..................................................................................43 Simple Sailing ................................................................................................43 MARINE SERVICES, SURVEYORS, DIVE SERVICES, INSURANCE, TOWING, BOAT LETTERING, REAL ESTATE, ETC. Absolute Tank Cleaning..................................................................................20 Aqua Graphics ...............................................................................................20 BoatNames.net ..............................................................................................20 EisenShine......................................................................................................20 Fair Winds Boat Repairs/Sales .........................................................................23 Innovative Marine Services ........................................................................20,24 CAPTAIN SERVICES Capt. Larry Nelson .........................................................................................20 Capt. Jagger...................................................................................................20 Capt. Rick Meyer............................................................................................20 MARINE ELECTRONICS Moor Electronics ............................................................................................22 Sea Tech/Navigation/Communication ............................................................66 SAILING WEB SITES, VIDEOS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES Bahamas Guide/Seaworthy ............................................................................19 BoatNames.net ..............................................................................................20 Capt Marti’s Books/Seminars..........................................................................19 Cruising Guide Florida’s Suncoast ..................................................................19 Margarita Cat-Bruce Van Sant ........................................................................19 Non-Local Flow..............................................................................................19 Passagemaker Magazine ................................................................................37 Sailboat Lessons .............................................................................................19 Squalls and Rainbows.....................................................................................19 REGATTAS, BOAT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS St.Petersburg Boat Show..................................................................................3

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Greg Herschell and his wife aboard their Pearson 28, Panacea.

Why Tampa Bay? By Greg Herschell

think my wife and I were very fortunate to move to Tampa in 2009. I found sailing shortly afterwards, along with a local sailing club to complete the metamorphosis from country guy with a shop to someone who can’t get out on the water enough. It’s not just the water that makes it special; it is Tampa Bay, the people, and the boating activities this area provides. So what’s special about Tampa Bay? Several reasons, including easy access to sailboat racing, social wateroriented clubs, places to go to that aren’t days away, and waterborne activities. One of the first activities that sealed my sailboat fate was Davis Island Yacht Club Wednesday night races. It’s not advertised, but if you ask around, there’s probably someone who works or lives near you who knows someone who participates. Don’t own a boat? That’s the best part. DIYC Wednesday night races are open to public crew. By crew I mean, you can show up, race with the rocket sailboats wet and wild or the cheese and crackers (maybe beer and wine) folks. There’s a boat on the course that will suit what you’re expecting. This was my introduction into Tampa Bay sail70

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ing. This included a memorial weekend on a 48-foot ketch that didn’t have an engine, but that’s another story entirely (and it included a shark). Then there are clubs around that a new sailor (with or without a boat) can join to fill that need of getting out on the water. Davis Island Yacht Club, Tampa Sailing Squadron, Saint Petersburg Yacht Club, and even Boca Ciega Yacht Club are all nearby clubs that afford various degrees of economic access to Tampa Bay sailing. I’m grateful to DIYC, but partial to Tampa Sailing Squadron in that I became a member here. From social dinners, racing events, cruising events, to the camaraderie found by being with likeminded folks who love the water, the club experience allows access to the bay, even if you have no intention of ever owning a boat. In hindsight, I probably should have worn a shirt that stated, “Will wash your boat for a ride,” but I guess folks at the clubs could see it in my eyes, because I was able to sail on lots of different-size boats just by becoming involved. After a year or so of sailing the cheapest way (on other people’s boats), my wife and I purchased Panacea. She’s

a 1980 Pearson 28 (reviewed in SOUTHWINDS February 2010. Read online at www.southwindsmagazine.com). Now the fun began as we learned of all the different opportunities that Tampa Bay area has to offer. Just within Tampa Bay, we’ve anchored by Fantasy Island, off the Magnuson Inn (dinghy in for dinner and drinks), over in the Vinoy Basin (for a night on the town in Saint Pete), and off Beer Can Island (to people watch). We’ve visited the hourly docks of Saint Pete (only $1 per hour) in order to walk The Pier, eat dinner, and then cruise home in the moonlight back across the bay to Apollo Beach. We were welcomed at West Shore Yacht Club to spend the night (beautiful facility and wonderful meal). There’s a little harbor and the restaurant there that beckoned a visit. Just check out Active Captain’s interactive cruising guide to see plenty of marinas, anchorages, and places to go. Our club runs up to the convention center docks for hockey games and concerts. The Vinoy marina will take pampering the missus to a whole new level. Don’t See WHY continued on page 68