SOUTHWINDS
News & Views For Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS Media, Inc. P.O. Box 1175, Holmes Beach, Florida 34218-1175 (941) 795-8704 (877) 372-7245 (941) 866-7597 Fax www.southwindsmagazine.com e-mail: editor@southwindsmagazine.com Volume 20
Number 11
November 2012
Copyright 2012, Southwinds Media, Inc. Founded in 1993
Doran Cushing, Publisher 11/1993-6/2002
Publisher/Editor 7/2002–Present Steve Morrell editor@southwindsmagazine.com (941) 795-8704 Assistant Editor Janet Patterson Verdeguer Advertising
“Marketing Drives Sales — Not the Other Way Around” Janet Verdeguer Steve Morrell
Janet@southwindsmagazine.com editor@southwindsmagazine.com
(941) 870-3422 (941) 795-8704
Contact Editor for classifieds & regatta advertising Go to www.southwindsmagazine.com for information about the magazine, distribution and advertising rates. Production Heather Nicoll
Proofreading Kathy Elliott
Artwork Rebecca Burg www.artoffshore.com
Printed by Sun Publications of Florida Robin Miller (863) 583-1202 ext 355 Contributing Writers Letters from our readers Peter Eduardo Donna Hillmyer Clifford A. McKay, Jr.
Chris and Alyse Caldwell Diane Fowler Kim Kaminski Tony Miro
Dan Dickison Greg Herschell Roy Laughlin Hone Scunook
Contributing Photographers/Art Rebecca Burg (& Artwork) Diane Fowler Laser Performance Lake Murray Sailing Club South Carolina Yacht Club
Chris and Alyse Caldwell Rachel Harvey Clifford A. McKay, Jr. Leukemia Cup Regatta Scunook Photography
Dan Dickison Greg Herschell Tony Miro
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: ARTICLES & PHOTOGRAPHY: SOUTHWINDS encourages readers, writers, photographers, cartoonists, jokers, magicians, philosophers and whoever else is out there, including sailors, to send in their material. Just make it about the water world and generally about sailing and about sailing in the South, the Bahamas or the Caribbean, or general sailing interest, or sailboats, or sailing. SOUTHWINDS welcomes contributions in writing and photography, stories about sailing, racing, cruising, maintenance and other technical articles and other sailing-related topics. Please submit all articles electronically by email (mailed-in discs also accepted), and with photographs, if possible. We also accept photographs alone, for cover shots, racing, cruising and just funny entertaining shots. Take or scan them at high resolution, or mail to us to scan. Call with questions. Third-class subscriptions at $24/year. First class at $30/year. Call 941-795-8704 or mail a check to address above or go to our website. SOUTHWINDS is distributed to over 500 locations in 8 southern coastal states from the Carolinas to Texas. Call if you want to distribute the magazine at your location.
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