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can’t make the mooring field compliant, it can’t manage it,
and if it can’t manage it, it can’t make it compliant.”
Squadron Seeks Twenty-Year Lease
Unfortunately, the management of the mooring field has
become bundled with the Squadron‘s lease renewal, two
months away. The Squadron is requesting that the two
issues be separated, and the city return to the “perpetual”
$1 a year with a 20-year lease. It is Commodore Pressman’s
understanding that its nonprofit neighbors, the Mote
Marine Lab and Save Our Seabirds both receive that benefit.
Tampa just renewed the Davis Island Yacht Club for $1
a year for 50 years. The for-profit Marina Jack got a 40-year
lease extension. The benefits the Sailing Squadron and the
Sarasota Youth Sailing Program provide the city, county
and region cannot be argued.
The Sarasota Sailing Squadron has been referred to as
“a poor man’s yacht club.” It certainly has kept its membership
and activity costs very low and allowed those who
cannot afford to join a pricey yacht club to enjoy sailing.
The 850 members pay very low annual dues. For city residents
the first year is $330 and only $130 a year thereafter.
Non-city residents pay $450 for the first year and only $195
a year thereafter.
If you’re a cruiser, this is a very hospitable and inexpensive
place to dock for a few days. There’s fuel, eateries
and mechanics within easy walking distance on the island.
If you’re a racer with a boat, membership allows you
entrance into any of the 15-club Sarasota Bay Yachting
Association’s regattas. If you want to beer-can race, it’s free.
Just call ahead for a schedule and show up Friday evenings
or Sunday afternoons for good buoy races. If you want to
race and don’t have a boat, just show up on the dock and
holler, “Who needs crew”
If you’re not interested in boating but want to throw a
party in a nice, old Florida, under-the-oaks venue, this is the
place. If you or your daughter is getting married and you
want a sand-and-sandal wedding, this is the place. If you’re
an adult and want to learn how to sail, the Red Cross sailing
instruction makes this the place. They also teach CPR here. If
you’re a woman and you want to learn how to sail, the
Luffing Lassies make this the place. If your child wants to
learn to sail, the SYSP definitely makes this the place.
If you want to see a yacht club in action, go to a yacht
club. If you want to see a sailing club in action, go to the
Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day weekend. The
Squadron has hosted a Labor Day Regatta every year since
1946. There will be races both days, Saturday and Sunday,
one-design and PHRF, boats from under 8-foot Optis up to
over 40-foot yachts. You can get a burger, beer and chips at
the bar for under four bucks. Please park outside the gate
on the grass; it will be crowded inside.
Sarasota Sailing Squadron, a friendly haven of old
Florida right in the middle of the glitch and rich and
famous. If you’re cruising in, the lat/long is 27“20.224’N
82“34.426‘ W. If you’re driving in, it’s out at the end of the
Ken Thompson Parkway; 1717 is the number. Phone number
is (941) 388-2355. Web site is www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org
and e-mail is manager@sarasotasailingsquadron.org.
Bradenton Yacht Club
2010 Fall Kickoff Regatta
Three-Race Regatta
September 24-26, 2010
Spinnaker - Non-Spinnaker
Multihull - True Cruising
Racer/Cruiser
One-Design (on separate course)
Four or more boats will make a class
This is the Premier Kickoff Event
for 2010 - 2011
Boat of the Year Award
Free Dockage Available
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
Entry Fee Includes :
2 T-Shirts • Cap • Captain’s Dinner • Drink Tickets
Party with Live Music Saturday Night
Continental Breakfast Sat. & Sun.
Register Online @
www. Bradenton-yacht-club.org
Or call (941) 981-3891
Dock Reservations : (941) 722-5936, ext. 212
or Dockmaster Cell: (941) 374-2310
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