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SOUTHWINDS 

NEWS & VIEWS FOR SOUTHERN SAILORS 

6 Editorial: It’s Boat Show Season Again 

By Steve Morrell 

9 Letters You Wouldn’t Believe 

11 Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures 

12 Bubba: The Boat Parade Falters Yet Again 

By Morgan Stinemetz 

14 Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South 

32 Our Waterways: FWC Approves Ordinance for Anchoring/ 

Mooring Pilot Program in Martin County 

33 America’s Great Loop by Sailboat 

By Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell 

36 Miami Boat Show Preview and Seminars 

39 TrawlerTalk: TrawlerFest- Not Your Father’s Boat Show 


42 Carolina Sailing: Invasion of the Moths 

By Dan Dickison 

43 St. Petersburg Boat Show: Bigger and Better 


No mast is handy on America’s Great Loop. Page 33. Photo 

by Chris and Alyse Caldwell. 

44 Boatowner’s Boat Review: Cal 2-29 

By Bridget Lussier 

47 J/24 North Americans 

By Jabbo Gordon 

48 Melges 32 Gold Cup 

By Mary Catherine Finnerty and Joy Dunigan 

50 World O’Pen Cup 

By Nevin Sayre 

51 Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, 

Regional Race Calendars 

70 Realizing the Dream 

By Brenda Brinn 

18 Southern Marinas Pages 

23 Books for Sale 

26 Marine Marketplace 

38 Southern Sailing Schools Section 

57 Boat Brokerage Section 

62 Classifieds 

68 Alphabetical Index of Advertisers 

69 Advertisers’ List by Category 

Cal 2-29 Boatowner’s Boat Review. Page 44. Photo by 

Bridget Lussier. 

COVER PHOTO: 

A Cal 2-29 anchored near Almost Paradise 

in Beaufort, NC. Photo by Bridget Lussier. 

See the Cal 2-29 boat review on page 44. 

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News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS January 2013 5

FROM THE HELM 

STEVE MORRELL, EDITOR 

It’s Boat Show Season Again! 

As I write this, it has only been a little over a week since 

the St. Pete Power and Sailboat Show ended, where 

SOUTHWINDS had a booth. It was one of the best shows in 

years—and the biggest—with great weather and lots of 

exhibitors and visitors (see page 43 for some photos and 

more info). We distributed an extra 2000 copies at the 

show from our booth and at various racks spread around 

the grounds. They were picked up fairly quickly, to the 

point where I had to not replenish some racks near the 

end, so we would always have some at the booth. And it’s 

always nice to have people come by our booth and say 

good words about the magazine. SOUTHWINDS has been 

promoting sailing in the Southeast since its debut by 

Doran Cushing at the 1993 sailboat show (I have owned it 

for 11-plus years since July 2002)—and enjoyed good success 

ever since. 

Every year, I enjoy this show, as I get to meet a lot of 

people whom I only see at the show, and others whom I 

know only via phone call or email. It is the people that make 

this show—and their interest in boating and sailing. It is a 

chance for small exhibitors to show their wares in real 

time—for customers to pick up a product, touch it and see 

what it is like—since so many small companies in this business 

are small, home-based operations that know customers 

only through their website, word of mouth, a printed ad or 

a review. Most of them don’t get their products on a shelf at 

the local West Marine or other marine store, or if they do, 

they are often lost among the thousands of items found in a 

big store. Exhibitors will spend a lot of money on these 

shows, paying for a booth, hotel, restaurants, etc.—besides 

the travel costs in time and money. Many will get no immediate 

sale and return on their show costs, but all hope to 

increase the presence of their product on the boating public. 

Then there’s the boats. Many boat-buyers feel more 

comfortable looking at boats at a boat show—without the 

one-on-one presence of a salesman promoting the product 

as they tour a boat. They get to roam around more freely 

and poke into the nooks and crannies of boats of all sizes 

and types—and see how the latest innovation has been 

incorporated into the latest model. Even if they aren’t serious 

buyers, they look at boats like a big advertisement 

where they put it in the back of their minds, hoping—and 

often making it a reality—they will someday buy from this 

broker or that manufacturer, because of how they were 

treated, or the quality and feel of the boat. 

Since boating is recreation—and because so many who 

are in the business are in it, not solely to make money, but 

because they love boating—both the buyer and sellers in 

this business have a different attitude about the boats and 

all the gear; it’s all for fun and adventure. 

Next up is the Miami Boat Show—which includes the 

Strictly Sail section—Feb. 14-18. SOUTHWINDS has been distributed 

(also an extra 2000 copies) at the show entry for all 

the 11-plus years I’ve owned it, but last year was the first 

year time I delivered the magazine myself—and the first 

time I’d been to the show in more years than that. It was 

such a great experiencethat I will go again this year, and 

probably every year from now on. With the tropical blue 

waters of Miami—in the dead of winter—and the beautiful 

weather, this show is really a joy, besides all the gear and 

boats you get to see. And if you really want to see a ton— 

well, many tons—of gear and boating stuff, go to the main 

convention center at the show, but plan on more than one 

day to tour it. It’s not big; it’s huge. 

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LETTERS 

“Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.” 

A.J. Liebling 

In its continuing endeavor to share its press, SOUTHWINDS 

invites readers to write in with experiences & opinions. 

E-mail your letters to editor@southwindsmagazine.com 

VESSEL IN DISTRESS INFORMATION NEEDED 

A friend suggested I write you. I’m a foreign-flagged vessel 

here in Florida, now wanting to declare “Vessel in Distress” 

to obtain time to make repairs—rebuild my injection pump 

and straighten a bent prop shaft before I move along. 

Where could I look up on the Internet to find where it 

says “Vessel in Distress” is allowed to make repairs—then 

leave after those repairs have been made 

Is it necessary to bring in a lawyer Since I’m going to 

the islands, should it occur there, it would be useful to 

know—Admiralty Law, Law of the Sea, etc. 

Glenn Strazds 

Anchored in Florida 

Glenn –You should be able to anchor almost anywhere that is 

safe—and not in a channel—as a vessel in distress, and do your 

repairs. The law allows that. The only problem is that there are 

some bad police officers out there who are ignorant of your rights. 

But they are in the minority. Otherwise, just do your repairs and 

be polite to the police, but don’t count on them all being polite to 

you. You might have to “grin and bear it” and be polite to them 

regardless how they treat you. Otherwise, you could end up in jail 

for having done nothing wrong. 

You should have the same rights in all countries, which I 

believe is international law, but be cautious. 

Editor 

PUMP-OUT BOATS INFORMATION 

WANTED IN FLORIDA 

I wish Punta Gorda had a pump-out boat. There have been 

some discussions about it by the City Council, but it seems 

we won’t have a pump-out boat anytime soon. Fishermen’s 

Village Marina has a pump-out, but we never use it. Since 

construction after Hurricane Charley, the pump-out station 

is difficult to get to, and we don’t like to scratch our boat. 

We can’t use Laishley Marina because our sailboat won’t go 

under the bridge. So, we stop at Burnt Store Marina to 

pump out when we are out cruising, since it is easier to get 

to their pump-out, even though the marina is out of our 

way most of the time. Their turnaround basin is big enough 

for our boat. I wonder how many boaters just dump in the 

harbor rather than go to the trouble of going into a marina. 

I like the convenience of pump-out boats so much that I created 

a blog that lists pump-out boats in Florida. It is 

http://flpumpout.blogspot.com. If anyone knows of other 

FL pump-out boats, I would like to know about them. 

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MOORING BALLS IN BOOT KEY HARBOR 

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Marathon before and after Isaac. I was in the designated 

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anchorage area without a mooring ball, but with all the 

other benefits of the mooring field. Basically, it saves you 

about $75 dollars. I was not trying to save the $75. I had to 

move off the “state moorings” after six months. The option 

of city moorings was not desirable; too close to condos and 

channel, no sea breeze, etc. 

When Isaac decided to head our way, I decided that my 

boat would be safer back on a mooring ball than among 

other anchored boats. I was surprised (shocked) when I was 

told I would have to pay the difference between the anchorage 

area and the mooring ball for a weekly rate. Also a friend 

of mine who was in a slip at a marina, decided it would be 

safer to leave the slip and get on one of the 80 or so state 

mooring balls which were mostly empty. He stopped by my 

boat after checking in and thought it was price-gouging to 

charge a weekly rate when he might be there just a couple of 

days. I told him, “Welcome to Boot Key Harbor.” 

So, fellow boaters, if you are tired of Marathon Boot 

Key DRAMA, come on up to the Fort Myers Beach Mooring 

field. The price is better; the people are friendly, and you 

can dock your dinghy at several places, even near a grocery 

story. The locals do not greet you with their hand out for 

money, but to welcome you. By the way, when a storm is 

declared, the mooring field welcomes you to grab a mooring 

FOR FREE—just call them and tell them what mooring 

ball you are on. They want you to be safe. NO CHARGE. 

So, Kevin, come on up, and your odds of staying unemployed 

will decrease dramatically. No worries about retaliation. 

I will moor “no more” in Boot Key, one of the most 

depressing places I have stayed in the last 10-plus years. 

Capt. Doug Mensing, 

Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field 

Doug–That’s exactly what I have heard about Fort Myers Beach 

mooring field; friendly and boaters are welcome. 

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OPTIMIST PRAMS IN ENGLEWOOD IN THE 1950S 

Your nice feature by Clifford McKay on the origin of the 

Optimist Pram in the November issue brought back sweet 

memories. Some miles south of Clearwater in the mid-1950s, 

my father, Haste Hoadley, started a pram fleet in Englewood 

that grew to 12 boats and about 60 kids—boys and girls. I 

have a feeling he may have known McKay’s father. 

My dad did it through the local Lions Club, with members 

paying for each boat. My father and another man 

helped us kids build and paint the boats. During much of 

the year, every Saturday from our dock on Lemon Bay, we 

raced and raced. My twin sister Sherry and I were especially 

fierce competitors. One time, we took a few of our boats 

to a large regatta in Clearwater and got trounced. We 

learned a lot about how smooth bottoms and better sails 

could affect performance. 

On shallow Lemon Bay, my father would tell us to sail 

as far as we liked so long as we could still see the dock. If 

we capsized and couldn’t bail out, he said simply, “Wade 

over to shore and walk back. We’ll pick up the Pram later.” 

My father’s program ran from about 1953-59, when our 

family moved aboard a 48-foot ketch and left the Englewood 

area. It was the beginning of my lifelong love of sailing. 

Russell Hoadley 

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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures 

and Gulf Stream Currents – January 

For live buoy water and weather data, 

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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. 

The number in the center of the circle shows the percentage 

of the time that the winds were calm. The lengths of the 

arrows plus the calms number in the center add up to 100 

percent. The number of feathers on the arrow indicates the 

strength of the wind on the Beaufort scale (one feather is 

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The Boat Parade Falters Yet Again 

As newspaper articles go, the one I 

read in the Sarasota 

Herald-Tribune dealing 

with the 2012 disruption of 

the Sarasota Christmas Boat 

Parade of Lights was long 

on descriptions of what 

people thought they saw 

and also diverse opinions 

as to the reasons for the 

debacle, but short on 

factual material. 

I can assert with 

sincere conviction that 

there have been continuing 

problems at the boat 

parade, with one exception, since 1997. In the year 2002, a 

full decade back from the 2012 parade, Bubba Whartz was 

unable to join in the Sarasota Christmas Boat Parade of 

Lights because Right Guard, all decked out to participate, 

with lights burning and flags flying, unfortunately ran hard 

aground on the way to the event. Trixie LaMonte, an exotic 

dancer of local renown was onboard, and she was talked 

into doing a lap dance for Whartz after he came out of the 

head. The helm of Right Guard was abandoned by the crew 

in the cockpit so the guys could get a look at Trixie’s exotic 

moves, and that is when the boat, under power, grounded 

and was not able to get off until the tide came in. By that 

time, the boat parade was over. 

One does not have to be a forensic scientist to figure out 

that when Sarasota’s Christmas Boat Parade of Lights gets 

fouled up in some way, it is when Right Guard is part of the 

milieu. However, when everything goes as planned, Right 

Guard isn’t there. No one has yet, officially, been able to 

actually pinpoint the culprit. There is some local footage 

shot by a local TV outlet detailing boat parade difficulties, 

but the light was poor and the shooter—a local high school 

kid working as an intern for no pay—had not had much 

experience with the camera, so the pictures were both badly 

lit and camera movement—it looked as if Sarasota was in 

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the middle of an 

earthquake— 

made it impossible 

to determine, 

beyond 

doubt, what had 

gone wrong and 

what vessel was 

responsible. 

Fortunately for 

me, I happened to 

stop in The Blue Moon 

Bar not long after the most 

recent story appeared in the local 

newspaper. Bubba Whartz was there 

when I came in. He was wearing his red baseball 

cap, the one with the Peterbilt emblem on it, and nursing 

a beer. As an aside to what I have just written, how can a 

baby nurse one way at a mother’s breast and a grown man 

nurse a beer in a completely different way No wonder the 

English language confuses people from other countries. 

I immediately asked Bubba if he’d had anything to do 

with the problems that adhered to the 2012 Sarasota 

Christmas Boat Parade of Lights. The story had said that the 

VIP float, the one with all the judges and dignitaries on it, 

the one all the boats participating in the parade had to pass 

by in order to receive a score, had been upset when a phalanx 

of Sarasota police officers had rushed to the edge of the 

float in order to grab hold of a passing sailboat. Their combined 

weight—though the story did not mention it, there 

may have been some serious donut eaters in the group— 

overcame the stability of the float and dumped all the 

judges, VIPs and the cops into the water. In the resulting 

confusion, the story stated, the purportedly offending sailboat 

got away. 

Bubba instantly responded to my question. His answer 

was direct and to the point. “Yeah, it was Right Guard all the 

cops were excited about, so I guess, in some oblique way, 

we were responsible for what happened,” he admitted. 

“How did that come about” I wanted to know. 

“You know how Sarasota feels that it is the cultural hub 

of the entire state of Florida. Even though a redneck event, 

the Offshore Grand Prix boat races bring more tourists and 

money to town than anything else” Bubba asked. 

“I’ve heard that, yes,” I said. 

“We decided to poke a little fun at Sarasota this year,” 

Bubba continued. “The town attracts a lot of senior citizens. 

So, we got hold of people who have had some theatrical 

experience and combined them with some of the 

guys you know from this bar. They were all on the boat. 

But you couldn’t recognize any of them. They were all 

made up like real old people. Lots of makeup, white wigs, 

canes, wheelchairs, crutches and fake IV bags and IV tubes 

completed the illusion. They were positioned in various 

places on the boat so they could wave, weakly, to the 

judges. The IV bags, which were not in any way connect- 


By Morgan Stinemetz 

ed, had big letters on them that anyone 

could see. One of the bags had 

LSD printed on it. Another bag had 

ROXANOL printed on it.” 

“What’s Roxanol” 

“Morphine sulfate,” 

replied Bubba. “Strong 

stuff. Stops pain immediately. 

In addition to the IV 

bags, we had the actors 

and my friends on the 

boat pass around what 

was actually a cigarette 

butt that had 

been altered to look like a roach. 

They all faked smoking it.” 

“They faked smoking a cockroach” 

“Where have you been all your life” Bubba responded 

with a guffaw. “It was a different kind of roach.” 

I finally understood his remark. Sometimes my 

parochial, puritanical, church-going way of life simply lets 

me down. I need to be more hip. 

“Then what happened” I asked. 

“There’s usually a police presence in the Christmas 

Boat Parade of Lights. Most of the time the chief of the 

Sarasota police is on the VIP float, in full uniform. When the 

chief is on display, there are a lot of uniformed cops around, 

too. I don’t know if it’s policy or just circumstance, 

“However, I heard, above the recorded sound of Jingle 

Bells, someone shout, ‘There are drugs on that boat!’ and all 

of a sudden about 25 uniformed cops appeared out of 

nowhere and stormed the VIP float with all the dignitaries, 

judges and politicians on it. They went to the 

edge of the float to attempt to grab hold of 

Right Guard, and when they did so they 

upset the float, and all the people on 

the float, including the 25 or so police 

officers, were dumped unceremoniously 

into the water of 

Sarasota Bay. There 

was mass confusion. 

We couldn’t stop to 

help them out because 

there was another boat 

right on our stern. We did, 

however, rescue a college 

cheerleader who was wearing a 

white cotton unitard and brought 

her on board. Did you know that white cotton, 

when it gets wet, is almost transparent” 

“I didn’t know that,” I affirmed. 

“Well, you do now,” Bubba said. “Having that girl 

onboard after she had been plucked out of the cold waters 

of Sarasota Bay was a treat, I can tell you. I immediately got 

her below and got her some hot cocoa with a liberal shot of 

rum in it. She started to warm up. So I gave her several 

more. Before she dried out completely, she was dancing 

down in the cabin. Sometimes it is a reward all of its own to 

rescue people in distress.” 

Personally, I think that Bubba’s selfless act of rescuing 

the college cheerleader in the white cotton unitard and 

helping her get warm with hot cocoa and rum should qualify 

him for the George Hanson Rescue Medal from US 

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■ RACING EVENTS 

For racing schedules, news and events see the racing section. 

■ UPCOMING SOUTHERN EVENTS 

Youth Sailing Programs 

Go to our annual list at www.southwindsmagazine.com/ 

southern-youth-sailing-programs.php. 

Educational/Training 

EVENTS & NEWS OF INTEREST TO SOUTHERN SAILORS 

To have your news or event in this section, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send us information by the 5th of the 

month preceding publication. Contact us if later. We will print your event the month of the event and the month before. 

Rendezvous we print for three months. 

North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC 

Ongoing adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. Ongoing 

traditional boatbuilding classes. 

www.ncmm-friends.org, maritime@ncmail.net, 

(252) 728-7317. 

Boat Rental, Charter Company, 

Sailing Club Information Wanted 

Beach Cats, Sunfish, etc. – Small Boat Rental Companies 

Bareboats and Captained Charter Companies 

SOUTHWINDS is compiling a list for our website of all the 

charter and boat rental companies, including sailing 

clubs in the Bahamas and in the Southeast U.S.—in the 

Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 

Louisiana and Texas. 

For small boat rentals, this includes beach cats, sunfish, 

trimarans, windsurfers, kite sailing, sailing 

kayaks—any small sailboat rental in a private business, 

sailing club or community organization. 

For charter companies, this includes bareboat and 

captained charter companies and sailing clubs, including 

for the day and overnight, whether long-term or shortterm, 

and for any size boat. 

All above includes inland and on the coast. Email 

your information to editor@southwindsmagazine. com. 

Emergencies on Board Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 16 

This is a two-hour class presented in one evening by the 

St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. It is available to anyone 

12 or older. This seminar deals with both preparing for 

and managing emergencies like: accident prevention; emergency 

calls and signals; running aground; man overboard; 

fire; loss of power; medical conditions; steering failure and 

getting lost. Gather your crew to build your prevention and 

response team. 7-9 p.m. Instruction free, materials $30 per 

family. Maximum 20 students. Pre-registration required. St. 

Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, 

St. Petersburg. Register at www.boating-stpete.org. 

Mariners Compass Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 23 

Mariner’s Compass, a two-hour class presented in one 

evening by the St, Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron, is 

available to anyone 12 or older. This seminar explains how 

to select, install, calibrate and use a boat compass. You will 

learn which features are most important for you, how to 

deal with variation between true and magnetic north, and 

how to adjust your compass to remove most of the deviation 

caused by local magnetic influences. 7-9 p.m. 

Instruction free, materials $25 per family. Maximum 20 students. 

Pre-registration required. St. Petersburg Sailing 

Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. 

Register at www.boating-stpete.org. 

Safe Boating Seminar on GPS, St. Petersburg, FL, Feb. 20 

This is a two-hour class presented in one evening and is 

available to anyone 12 or older. Principles of way-point 

navigation, how to relate the GPS to your charts, how to 

use the GPS and how to purchase one. Bring your handheld 

GPS if you have one. St. Petersburg Sail and Power 

Squadron, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7-9 pm. St. Petersburg 

Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St 

Petersburg. Instruction is free, materials $30 per 

family. Maximum of 20 students. Pre-registration 

required. Register at www.boating-stpete.org. 

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 **): 

**America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg Sail and 

Power Squadron, January 7. Available to anyone 12 or 

older. Free. Materials cost $35 per family. Classes held once a 

week (two hours each Monday) for seven weeks. Completion 

of this course will enable the student to skipper a boat with 

confidence. 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd 

Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Maximum 20 students. 

Pre-registration required at www.boating-stpete.org, 

or call (727) 498-4001. Other member courses on navigation, 

seamanship, maintenance, electrical, etc., regularly scheduled. 

Go to the website for more information. 

**Basic Boating. Banana River Sail and Power 

Squadron, West Melbourne, FL. One course on 

two consecutive Saturdays: Feb. 16 and 23, 8:45 a.m. 

to 3:00 p.m. at West Marine, 1001 W New Haven Ave (US 

192), West Melbourne, FL 32904. Course Fee is $50.00. 

Bring lunch, refreshments will be served. Additionally, an 

on-the-water session will also be held on trailer launching 

and retrieval; and hands-on basic boat handling, anchoring 

and docking. Contact Ernst Hofmann at 

hofmanneg@juno.com, (321) 220-7776. 

**Ongoing — Jacksonville, FL. Mike Christnacht. (904) 

502-9154. Generally held once monthly on Saturdays. Go to 

www.uscgajaxbeach.com for the schedule, location and to 

register. 

**Ongoing — Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 

75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course. Each month. 

The flotilla has found that many boaters do not have the 

time to attend the courses, so they are now also offering a 

home study course at $30. Additional family members will 

be charged $10 each for testing and certificates. Tests held 

bimonthly. Entry into the course allows participants to 

attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354. 


US SAILING COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST 

(NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX) 

For more on course locations, contact information, course 

descriptions and prerequisites, go to http://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm, 

or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 

644. Check the website, since courses are often added late 

and after press date. 

30th Annual National Sailing Programs Symposium, 

Clearwater, FL, Jan. 23-26 See “Other Events” below. 

Review Your Boat 

SOUTHWINDS is looking for boaters to review their own 

boat. We found readers like to read reviews by boat owners. 

If you like to write, we want your review. It can be 

long or short (the boat, that is), a racer, a cruiser, new or 

old, on a trailer or in the water. Photos essential. If it’s a 

liveaboard, tell us how that works out. Or—is it fast 

Have you made changes What changes would you like 

Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com for more 

specifics and specs on photos needed. Articles must be 

sent by e-mail or disc. We pay for the reviews, too. 

REGATTA POINTE MARINA 

On the South Side of Tampa Bay 

US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course, 

Florida and Georgia, January 

The US SAILING Small Boat Sailing Level 1 Instructor 

Course is designed to provide sailing instructors with information 

on how to teach more safely, effectively and creatively. 

The goal of the program is to produce highly qualified 

instructors, thereby reducing risk exposure for sailing 

programs. Topics covered in the course include: classroom 

and on-the-water teaching techniques, risk management, 

safety issues, lesson planning, creative activities, ethical 

concerns, and sports physiology and psychology. 

Prerequisites for the 40-hour course include being 16- 

years old and successful completion of a NASBLA safe boating 

course. Holding current CPR and First Aid cards is strongly 

suggested. Register at www.ussailing.org under training. 

Jensen Beach, FL, Jan. 2-5. US Sailing Center of Martin 

County. Allison Jolly instructor. For information, contact 

Alan Jenkinson, alan@usscmc.org. 

Savannah, GA, Jan. 3-6. Savannah Sailing Center. Lisa 

Downey instructor. For information, contact Carrie Rhode 

at carrierhode@msn.com. 

US SAILING Powerboat Instructor Course, 

Clearwater Community Sailing Center, Jan. 27-29 

This course will prepare candidates to safely powerboat in 

the US SAILING instructor courses and teach race support 

and powerboat operators precision boat handling and sailboat 

rescue and towing techniques. It is recommended that 

candidates have a Safe Powerboat Handling certification. 

Candidates must also have CPR and first aid, be at least 18, 

and able to swim 50 yards with and without a PFD. Contact 

Katie Ouellette at katieouellette@ussailing.org. 

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US SAILING Basic Keelboat Instructor 

Evaluative Course, Offshore Sailing School, 

Fort Myers, FL, Jan. 7-9 

Must have a NASBLA Safe Boating card to attend. 

Instructor Joe Hanko. Contact Karen Davidson at 

KarenDavidsson@ussailing.org. 

US SAILING Windsurfing Level 1 

Instructor, Clearwater Community 

Sailing Center, Jan. 27-30 

Britt Viehman instructor. Contact Gretchen 

Baum at gretchenbaum@ussailing.org. 

US SAILING/POWERBOATING 

Safe Powerboat Handling 

A great course for those who operate whalers and similar 

single-screw powerboats including recreational boaters, sailing 

instructors, race committee and other on-the-water volunteers 

with some boating experience who want to learn the 

safe handling of small powerboats, or improve their on-thewater 

boat handling skills. A US SAILING Small Powerboat 

Certification is available upon successful completion of the 

course and satisfies the requirement for instructors seeking a 

US SAILING Level 1 certification. This is a two-day course 

with two full days; or a three-day course, part time each day; 

or the accelerated one full-day course. 

Jan. 5-6, Feb. 2-3 (separate two-day courses). Best Boat 

Club and Rentals, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dean Sealey. 

dean@goboatingnow.com. (954) 523-0033 

BOAT SHOWS 

57th Houston International Boat Show. Jan. 4-13. 

Reliant Center, Houston. www.houstonboatshows.com. 

(713) 526-6361 

51st Atlanta Boat Show. Jan 10-13. Georgia World Congress 

Center, Atlanta, GA. NMMA. www.atlantaboatshow.com. 

39th Stuart Boat Show, Stuart, FL. Jan 11-13. Waterway 

Marina, Apex Marine. Stuart harbor, half mile off State 

Road 707. Stuart, FL. AllSports Productions. 

www.allsportsproductions.net. (305) 868-9224. 

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info@betamarinenc.com • www.betamarinenc.com 

5th Cruiser Expo 2013 at the Stuart Boat Show. 

Jan. 13-15. Cruiser Expo 2013 is a compilation of 26 seminars 

on cruising over a three-day weekend. The event will 

cover subjects that are designed for both the novice and 

the seasoned skipper. Attendees will have VIP access to 

the Cruiser Expo Tent. Between seminars, attendees 

can relax in the Cruiser Cafe, visit with other cruisers 

or relax while exploring the Stuart Boat Show. The 

expo tent will house all the seminars beginning with 

coffee and pastries every morning at 8 a.m. Each day 

the seminar series starts at 9 a.m, a full hour before the 

Stuart Boat Show opens to the general public. On Friday and 

Saturday afternoons, organizers will host a get-to-knoweach-other 

cocktail hour just before the show closes. For more 

information, go to www.cruiserexpo.com. 

Austin Boat Show. Jan. 17-20. Austin Convention Center. 

www.austinboatshow.com 

San Antonio Boat Show. Jan. 24-27 at the Alamodome. 

Thursday and Friday, 12 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. 

Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.sanantonioboatshow.com 

Charleston Boat Show. Jan. 25-27. Charleston Convention 

Center, Charleston, SC. (864) 250-9713. www.thecharlestonboatshow.com. 

Trawler Fest, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jan. 29-Feb. 2 

This event is sponsored by PassageMaker magazine and will 

be held at the Bahia Mar Resort & Yachting Center in Fort 

Lauderdale. Attendees come by boat and stay at the marina, 

or by land, staying at one of the local hotels or the resort. 

Seminars, on a wide range of topics, include the following: 

how to select the right boat, single screw versus twin, custom 

boats, steel versus fiberglass, engine maintenance, electrical, 

anchoring, electronics, medical, safety, communications, living 

aboard, and local and long-distance cruising. 

For more information, go to www.trawlerfest.com. 

Mid-Atlantic Boat Show. Feb. 7-10. Charlotte Convention 

Center, Charlotte, NC. www.ncboatshows.com. 

Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail, 

Miamarina at Bayside, Miami, FL, Feb. 14-18. See pages 36- 

37 for show information and seminar schedule. 


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■ OTHER EVENTS 

Wrecker’s Cup Race, Key West, 

January, February, March, April 

This race, if you could call it that, is sponsored by the 

Schooner Wharf Bar on the waterfront in downtown Key 

West. This Sunday afternoon race commemorates the race 

to a wreck that signified the old days when Key West’s main 

business was wreck salvage. Boats race seven miles out to 

Sand Key from the Key West waterfront and back. The race 

has five classes: Classic, Schooner, Multihull, Monohull 

over 30 feet and Monohull under 30 feet. Locals and visitors 

are invited and welcome. It is known as the “anything-butserious 

race.” First boat back wins. No protests allowed. 

Sailing/boating rules and rules of seamanship always 

apply. Four races are held over four months. The race is 

videotaped and the awards ceremony after the race at the 

bar serves a BBQ dinner while guests watch the race on a 

big screen TV. Beer drinking is very common. 

Race dates are Jan. 27, Feb. 24, March 31, April 28. There 

is a captain’s meeting the day before the race at the bar at 7 

p.m., where “captains and crew contemplate strategy while 

reviewing course and race rules.” Race awards, booty, 

music and barbecue are after the race at the bar at 7 p.m. 

www.schoonerwharf.com. 

30th Annual National Sailing 

Programs Symposium, 

Clearwater, FL, Jan. 23-26 

Presented by US SAILING, the NSPS is the premier event 

for sailing education in the United States, bringing together 

the very best people and resources in instruction, program 

operation, equipment and more. From pros to beginners, 

the symposium offers networking at its best. Anyone 

involved with a sailing program can learn and have 

fun at this event. 

This symposium will have a schedule that addresses 

almost every facet of sailing, from fundraising and 

budgets to match racing and regattas. Volunteers and 

professionals as well as neophytes and old salts should be 

able to take home a bag full of ideas. 

US SAILING, the national governing body for the sport 

in America, created the symposium as a means to increase 

professional development among the programs scattered 

around the nation. Some 200 program directors, school 

owners, instructors and industry professionals are expected 

to attend. 

For more information, go to 

http://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm. 

7th Annual Port Salerno Seafood 

Festival, Port Salerno, FL, Jan. 26 

Live music, arts and crafts vendors, a kid’s fun zone, mermaids, 

pirates and seafood. Adults $5, children 12 and under 

free. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. www.portsalernoseafoodfestival.org. 

4th Annual Good Old Boat Regatta, 

St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 26 

More than just a race. See the write-up at the beginning of 

the Racing section. 

International Marina and Boatyard 

Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 

Jan. 30-Feb. 1 

Professional development seminars. Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward 

County Convention Center. International 

Marina Institute/Association of Marina Industries. (401) 

682-7334. www.marinaassociation.org. 

Palm Beach Marine Flea Market and 

Seafood Festival, Feb. 16-17 

Marine bargains, new and used boat showcase, marine arts 

and crafts festival, fishing supplies auction, public boat and 

vehicle auction, seafood. South Florida Fairgrounds, West 

Palm Beach, FL. (954) 205-7813. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.flnauticalfleamarket.com. 

18th Annual Gigantic Nautical Flea 

Market, Islamorada, Florida Keys, 

Feb. 23-24 

Sponsored by the Upper Keys Rotary Club. Held at 

Founders Park on Islamorada, MM 87, Bayside. New and 


used boats, marine gear, dive gear, products, clothing, electronics, 

antiques, fishing, nautical arts and crafts. Sat 8-5, 

Sun 9-3. (305) 712-1818. www.facebook.com/pages/Upper- 

Keys-Rotary-Nautical-Flea-Market/123141536974 

33rd Annual George Town 

Cruising Regatta, 

Exumas, Bahamas, 

Feb. 25-March 8 

This is a cruisers regatta that builds up over several months. 

Most boats start arriving from around the United States, 

Canada and other countries in November and stay till 

March. When regatta days start, sailboat races are held in 

the harbor and around Stocking Island with volleyball tournaments 

and other beach events in between. Opening night 

of the regatta is a very big event held Feb. 25. The first event 

is the “Pass in Review” of the fleet. There also is Softball, 

tennis, coconut harvest, bridge, Texas hold’em poker, beach 

golf and much more. All cruisers are welcome. 

For more information, contact Bill Sandelin, regatta 

chairman, at (305) 496-9553, or sandelin1@yahoo.com. 

www.georgetowncruising.com (go to Regatta Information 

for 2012 schedule). 

Gulfport Municipal Marina 

Your Gateway to the Gulf & 

Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserve 

■ SAILBOAT AND TRAWLER 

RENDEZVOUS 

Promote and List Your Boat Rendezvous 

SOUTHWINDS will list your Rendezvous for three months 

(other events listed for only two months)—to give boaters 

lots of time to think about and plan their attending the 

event. This is for rendezvous held in the Southeast United 

States or Bahamas. Send information to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. 

2013 Key Largo Catboat 

Rendezvous, Feb. 15-17 

The 2nd annual Key Largo Catboat Rendezvous will be held 

at the Upper Keys Sailing Club on Feb. 15-17. All makes of 

Catboats, as well as all Nonsuch, are invited. Come with or 

without your boat. The weekend includes two days of cruising 

the turquoise waters of Buttonwood Bay and the nearby 

Everglades, a sunset celebration, a happy hour each 

evening, a rendezvous dinner Saturday night, informal racing 

and awards on Sunday. Come early and stay late. For 

registration and area info, contact David (Wavy Davy) 

Adamusko at (703) 850-6654, or email ahoydavy@gmail. 

com. www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. The UKSC has 

ample dock facilities, clubhouse and full bar. 

Morgan Invasion Moves to Davis 

Island Yacht Club, Merging with 

New Tampa Bay Hospice Cup, 

May 4-6 

See News section in the Racing section. 

Well Protected Basin 

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Okeechobee Water Level 

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US SAILING Regional Sailing 

Symposium, Clearwater, FL, Nov. 2 


US SAILING has discovered over the years that its annual 

National Sailing Programs Symposium is so popular 

that it decided recently to add regional symposiums. 

Five were held throughout the nation during 

the fall, and the first Southeastern event was in 

Clearwater on Nov. 2. 

Most of the regional meetings have been 

serving as previews of the 2013 National Sailing 

Symposium, which will be in Clearwater on 

Jan. 23-26. The national session returns to 

Clearwater, site of the 2011 event, after holding 

the meeting in Long Beach, CA, last January. 

The regional event was set in a roundtable format 

designed for productive exchanges among participants. 

Stephanie Webb of the Edison Sailing Center in Fort Myers 

was the facilitator, and Caitlin Niemic came down from 

Portsmouth, RI, to represent the national governing body of 

the sport. Rich White, program director of the Clearwater 

Community Sailing Center, served as host. 

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instructors, generating repeat customers, multitasking your 

equipment and creating charter fleets. 

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virtually indestructible. On the other hand, IODs remain 

as the class of choice, especially for programs that participate 

in racing. 

Along those lines, there was a discussion about putting 

less emphasis on racing and more on recreational sailing. 

Some suggested expanding summer camp programs 

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The temperature hovered around 60 degrees and the winds 

were 18 mph or above with gusts to 29 mph. 

Facing those conditions, most canceled. However, 20 

veterans and one service dog did participate. 

NYCP members were everywhere—setting up registration, 

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everything he or she needed. Their members also provided 

the custom-designed flags depicting the six yacht clubs’ 

burgees and special W.A.V.E. logo given to all participants. 

Organizers deemed the waves and wind too strong for 

special guests on sailboats, so Fort Walton YC members volunteered 

their powerboats, and extra hands were provided 

on deck. 

Seven Seas Cruising Association 

Recognizes Jerry and Gaila Brandon 

of St. Marys, Georgia as the 2012 

Cruising Station of the Year 

From SSCA 

Gaila and Jerry Brandon. Photo courtesy SSCA. 

Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA), the largest organization 

of voyaging cruisers in the world, announced in 

October that Jerry and Gaila Brandon of St. Marys, GA, are 

the 2012 recipients of the Bateman Cruising Station of the 

Year award. 

The award is presented to a volunteer Cruising Station 

host who has assisted visiting cruisers, and particularly 

SSCA members, in a significant capacity, and who has made 

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The Brandons started assisting mariners over 30 years 

ago when they hosted families for the Ocean Classroom’s 

Semester at Sea program. Gaila’s son participated in the 

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arranging laundry and other services for those on board. 

When this program ended, the Brandons continued to welcome 

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In 2001, the now famous “St. Marys Thanksgiving” got 

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townsfolk did that, and the Brandons 

offered their hotel/restaurant for the feast. 

Each year, the gathering has grown, and the 

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In reflecting on their role as a Cruising Station, Gaila 

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worldwide for cruising.” 

In 2001, the St. Marys Thanksgiving served 15 people. In 

2006 it was 150, and in 2007, it was up to 270 (which 

required 17 turkeys, 4 hams, 26 pies and dozens of side 

dishes and other desserts). The event continued to grow, 

and by 2011, well over 300 cruisers came to dinner. The 

activities now span an entire week with cocktail parties, 

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more. The Brandons are already preparing for this year’s 

Thanksgiving week festivities. 

The award is named in honor of George and Dorothy 

Bateman—who were appointed as one of the first SSCA 

Cruising Station hosts in 1984—who have welcomed and 

assisted thousands of world cruisers visiting Opua, New 

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SOUTHWINDS runs this section to cover issues concerning the 

waters we boat and sail on, including: boaters’ rights on 

liveaboards, anchoring, cruising, privacy, boardings; water 

pollution; sanitation systems, MSDs and pump-outs; and 

other related issues. SOUTHWINDS invites boaters and readers 

to report on these issues and write us their opinions and 

experiences. Send all correspondence to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. 

FWC Approves Ordinance for 

Anchoring/Mooring Pilot Program 

in Martin County 

From the FWC 

In early December, at a meeting in Apalachicola, the Florida 

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) 

approved, with contingencies, the city of Stuart/Martin 

County’s proposed ordinance for the anchoring and mooring 

pilot program coordinated by the FWC. 

The ordinance is in response to the Florida statute 

allowing a specific number of local governments to adopt 

regulations on anchoring and mooring vessels in their jurisdiction. 

This pilot program provides an opportunity for the 

FWC and the Florida Legislature to evaluate the subject 

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“The goal of the anchoring and mooring pilot program 

is to explore potential options for regulating the anchoring 

or mooring of non-live-aboard vessels outside the boundaries 

of public mooring fields,” said Maj. Jack Daugherty, 

leader of the FWC’s Boating and Waterways Section. “The 

FWC’s role is to provide consultation and technical assistance 

on the issues.” 

Local governments for the five communities participating 

in the pilot program are responsible for soliciting public 

input and adopting local ordinances within their jurisdictions. 

These ordinances must be approved by the FWC and 

will continue to be evaluated by the FWC and the 

Legislature. FWC staff members have been attending the 

sites’ public-input meetings to provide information on the 

pilot program. Two meetings were held in Martin County 

on the topic. 

Rather than writing an ordinance that was countywide, 

city of Stuart/Martin County participants established four 

areas in the county in which the ordinance would be effective. 

They selected one in the Indian River, two in the St. 

Lucie River, and one in the area referred to as Manatee 

Pocket in Stuart. 

In the St. Lucie and Indian River locations, the ordinance 

prohibits anchoring and mooring within 300 feet of 

the mooring field and other maritime infrastructure. In the 

Manatee Pocket location, the prohibition applies to the 

whole area except within provided anchoring areas. 

“There is a ‘safe harbor’ exception in all areas for vessels 

anchored temporarily due to severe weather or 

mechanical issues,” Daugherty said. 

For vessels that have been anchored in any of the areas 

for 10 consecutive days, the ordinance requires vessel operators 

to document that they can successfully navigate under 

their own power by visiting designated locations. After that 

first documentation of operability, they must also demonstrate 

compliance every six months. 

“This will ensure that boats can operate safely and will 

also deter abandoned or derelict vessels,” Daugherty said. 

“This protects the marine environment and keeps waterways 

safe for all to use.” 

A final part of the ordinance is a requirement to demonstrate 

compliance with marine sanitation laws by providing 

proof that marine sanitation devices have been pumped out 

within the 10 previous days. 

Commissioners discussed the ordinance, asked questions 

and heard public comment, ultimately approving it 

with a few contingencies, including reducing the buffer distances 

in the St. Lucie River areas to 150 feet while still 

restricting anchoring between the Stuart mooring field and 

eastern shoreline. Commissioners also required the removal 

of the Indian River location until the associated mooring 

field is constructed. 

With this approval, the county can adopt the ordinance 

to make it effective. All ordinances adopted under the pilot 

program expire on July 1, 2014, unless re-enacted by the 

Legislature. 

The ordinances for St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, 

Sarasota and Monroe County have already been approved. 

For more information on the anchoring and mooring 

pilot program, visit www.MyFWC.com/Boating, or call 

(850) 488-5600. 


Cruising America’s Great Loop 

in a Sailboat 


Looping in a sailboat is an incredible journey not to 

be missed. For those Southern sailors who have 

never heard about America’s Great Loop, allow 

us to describe this bucket list adventure. The Great 

Loop is a term used to describe the course taken when 

cruising in a circle around the eastern half of North 

America—looping. Your starting point can be anywhere 

along the route, but in honor of SOUTHWINDS, 

let’s begin our loop in a southern location. 

Casting off from the west coast of Florida, we’ll first cross 

the Okeechobee Waterway, then head north up the Atlantic 

Seaboard through New York City. Then this wonderful 

cruise continues on the Hudson River toward the Erie Canal. 

The Erie then takes you westward up and over the Alleghany 

Mountains and into the Great Lakes. An alternate route may 

be the Oswego Canal, leading you toward Lake Ontario, the 

Canadian provinces and a summer in Georgian Bay. Imagine 

spending a month or more sailing on the Great Lakes, both in 

Canadian waters as well as in the United States. Then 

autumn approaches so you begin your southbound journey 

through Chicago and into the river system. Sailing into 

Mobile Bay, then the Gulf of Mexico, your loop is completed 

when you arrive at your starting point in south Florida. The 

loop can take you back in time to experience how North 

America was first explored by the Europeans. Because the 

waterways were an early means of transportation and commerce, 

you can easily imagine how small outposts grew into 

today’s towns and cities. 

A small fly in the ointment is the height restriction 

along the route of no more than 19.1 feet caused by a fixed 

bridge in Chicago. What magic will we work that allows a 

masted vessel to continue on It may be easy on a trawler to 

Although a sailboat looks naked without a mast, it sure makes it easier to do 

the Great Loop. 

lower radar mast, dinghy boom and radio antennas, but a 

sailboat crew must think ahead to know when and where to 

remove the mast to clear all fixed bridges. Where are these 

obstacles and what other must-have information would 

entice a boater to attempt this trip The AGLCA, America’s 

Great Loop Cruisers Association, is a wealth of knowledge 

for planning and pursuing this cruising dream. 

We recently attended the fall looper rendezvous, held 

just off the Tennessee-Tom Bigbee Waterway in Rogersville, 

AL, at Joe Wheeler State Park. There we met loopers who are 

currently in progress as well as wannabe loopers, some who 

don’t even have a boat yet. This group is all about sharing 

information, and like your teachers always say, “No question 

is dumb.” During the rendezvous, presentations on upcoming 

sections of the loop—both hints for smooth sailing and 

what to see while in port—were offered by seasoned loopers 

each morning, followed by looper crawls each afternoon. 

Members of this cruising association enjoy an online forum 

where you can find archives of questions and answers from 

cruisers and wannabes planning their adventure of a lifetime. 

While at this southbound gathering, we spied an Island 

Packet 440 sailboat anchored in a lagoon near the entrance 

to the park. We noticed this boat was without a mast and 

then saw the AGLCA burgee so we knew they must be 

Pa 


Loopers pose for a photo at a recent Fall AGLCA rendezvous held 

just off the Tennessee-Tom Bigbee Waterway in Rogersville, AL, at 

Joe Wheeler State Park. 

loopers. After motoring into Joe Wheeler Marina for the rendezvous, 

Bob and Donnell from Grand Haven, MI, spoke 

with us about their mast, or lack of one, and how they have 

managed throughout their time on the loop. 

Because these sailors are members of AGLCA and participate 

in the daily digest web forum, they were well aware 

of the need to step their mast to complete the next leg of the 

loop. They decided to have the mast trucked to a destination 

further south. I asked why truck instead of carrying the mast 

in an X frame on deck. They chuckled and said their mast 

height is 62 feet above the water, is keel-stepped and may be 

65 feet or longer. That would cause a lengthy overhang on 

both the bow and stern of their 44-foot sailboat, over 10 feet 

at each end of the boat! Keep in mind that a mast in a frame 

will come straight down the center of the boat, across the 

cabin and cockpit, making helm duty more fun than usual. So 

Bob and Donnell coordinated with nine other members of 

AGLCA through email and telephone and agreed to be a part 

of a group pricing to remove and truck their masts. 

Throughout the first third of their loop, they have met or spoken 

with over 20 other sailboats looping who agree; shipping 

their mast is the best method of dealing with the low bridges, 

locks and marinas. So before heading to Chicago, they met 

the other sailors in Holland, MI, to remove their mast and 

poof! They’re a flotilla of low-profile powerboats. 

Of course, I asked how many boat units are needed to 

accomplish this surgery of sorts. The large group of nine 

boats sharing in the expenses of the truck reduced that fee 

significantly. Their boatyard expense was also lessened 

because Bob and Donnell were comfortable disconnecting 

all the electrical connections, saving in that labor cost. The 

boatyard price to remove the mast and load onto the truck 

was about $450 and their partial expense of the truck transportation 

was $420 to Mobile, AL. Add the cost of a boatyard 

in Mobile to step the mast, and Bob and Donnell plan 

to tune the rigging themselves. 

What about the running lights, radio antenna and 

anchor light once the mast is gone Simple cruiser engineering 

provided a cabin mounted VHF antenna while the 

masthead and anchor light now reside atop a PVC pipe 

mast. The radar was kept aboard to protect it instead of 

trucking it on the mast and risking damage along the way. 

So, without a mast they now have a sleek low-profile 

trawler that can ease under almost any bridge without 

radioing for an opening. They rely purely on their single 

diesel engine for propulsion. Their Island Packet has tankage 

for 250 gallons of water and 160 gallons of diesel. Their 

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Bob and Donnell from Grand Haven, MI, on their Island Packet 440 

at the rendezvous. Notice the VHF antennae and the PVC pipe 

mast for their anchor light behind them. 

cruising speed of about 6 knots and 3 miles per gallon will 

get them a long way down the river system, back to their 

mast waiting for them in Mobile. 

One question often heard is what is the best type of boat 

to loop in Online forums are filled with lengthy discussions 

of widely varying answers. For many of us, the 

answer is: The best boat to loop in is the one you have now. We 

met one such couple at the fall rendezvous who agree with 

this philosophy. Jerry and LuAnn own a 26-foot McGregor 

sailboat, and they decided to go for it! Aboard this less than 

traditional sailboat, they enjoy the pure pleasure of sailing 

combined with a 70 HP outboard to get somewhere quick 

when the wind is not cooperating. Their mast can easily be 

raised and lowered while the boat is in the water and they 

can do it themselves. No boatyard or truck transport needed. 

Their boat holds 24 gallons of gasoline and they often 

carry four five-gallon jugs of gas on deck. They get between 

three and five miles per gallon cruising under power at 

eight to ten MPH, so they can make even the longest stretch 

on the rivers between fuel docks. 

This looping couple plans a marina stop every evening 

whenever possible to shower and eat out. They do have a 

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Both power and sail make up the boats doing the Great Loop. 

Almost the entire marina at Joe Wheeler State Park was reserved 

by loopers. 

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comforts of home in a compact 26 feet. Their method of dealing 

with the low bridges is to arrive just before the bridge and 

drift while they lower the mast. This process takes about 15 

minutes now that they have their learning curve complete. 

Once they are through the bridge they slowly drift while raising 

the mast and continue on. Easy as pie! 

Jerry and LuAnn started their loop on July 11th in 

Perrysburg, OH, and plan to take about a year to do the full 

circle. They follow the weather south for three to four weeks, 

then rent a car and go home for a few weeks. Because the boat 

does not have air-conditioning, the idea of following the 

weather is working fine for them. Some nights may be a little 

stuffy, so a few fans solve that problem. They plan to continue 

this pattern for their northerly trek in the spring, too. 

Watch the waterways and marinas for this parade of 

looping boats as they come through your neighborhood. 

You can tell the first-timers by their white AGLCA burgee, 

or if they have completed the circle, their bow will proudly 

sport a gold burgee. Sure, most of these boats will be 

trawlers, but a few special sailboats will have a story to tell 

including the magic of their mast and how they did the 

limbo under the 19.1-foot bridge. 

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Catamaran Cruising by Gino Morrelli. Catamaran Cruising: Is 

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TRAWLERTALK 

TrawlerFest — 

Not Your Father’s 

Boat Show 

By Capt. Chris and Alyse Caldwell 

Capt. Henry Marx of Landfall Navigation demonstrates correct use 

of an immersion suit, sometimes known as a Gumby Suit, in an 

abandon ship demonstration at Trawlerfest. 

Did you ever not know what you didn’t know T hen, you 

find yourself listening to an authority on a specific 

subject, and you have that AH-HA! moment. Pieces 

of the puzzle start to materialize, and suddenly, you realize 

which key sections are needed to complete the picture. 

Well, for most of us trawlerites, that is what TrawlerFest is 

all about. AH-HAs aplenty, this trawler event is a place to 

discover not just what you didn’t know, but it is also a central 

location to acquire trawler-specific information from 

marine industry experts…and it’s a blast! All this is within 

your reach no matter where you live in the country. 

TrawlerFest is so much more than your average boat show. 

Most of us have been to a boat show at some point in 

our lives. Maybe you and a buddy make plans to attend 

your favorite boating event every year and take a trip to 

Miami, Fort Lauderdale or New Orleans. It is also possible 

that your first show was a bit overwhelming with so much 

to see, too much to do and definitely not enough days to do 

it all. It can be tiresome feeling like a face in the crowd all 

milling about in a huge assortment of boats, from trailerable 

to megayachts. Well, if trawlers are your new-found passion, 

or if you are just trying to decide what all the fuss is 

about, then TrawlerFest is a niche show and a must-attend 

experience. But what do you DO at Trawlerfest, and how is 

it different than all other boat shows 

Over a period of a few jam-packed days, TrawlerFest 

provides the determined learner many opportunities. You 

will find no tire-kickers here. At this more focused boat 

show you have choices on how you want to learn about 

new and used trawlers and all the supporting equipment 

that makes cruising fun. Let’s face it: We aren’t in grade 

school anymore, and we all learn in different ways. Alyse is 

much more of a hands-on learner and wants to practice, 

practice, practice, while Chris would die if he didn’t read all 

the latest marine-related journals, then talk about the articles 

with everyone on the docks. We both like to see and 

touch the latest and greatest trawler-specific equipment at 

the vendors’ booths and take every opportunity to chat with 

the on-site experts at each show. 

courses that always occur the immediate two days prior to 

each TrawlerFest and are hands-on programs that can open 

your eyes to the cruising experience in a more intimate setting. 

Before you step foot aboard a trawler at the actual show, 

you can preregister for two eight-hour days of TrawlerFest 

University courses at www.passagemaker.com. Click on 

event series. 

As an example is our course, “Building Cruising 

Confidence as a Couple,” which is about tricks and tips for 

boat-handling with an emphasis on teamwork. It allows 

students—usually four couples—one-on-one time with us 

aboard a cruising trawler, where everyone gets a turn at the 

Trawlerfest University 

If you have the time, plan to arrive two days before 

TrawlerFest begins and start your education with 

TrawlerFest University. Trawlerfest University consists of 


TrawlerFest University graduation class aboard a Beneteau Swift 

Trawler 52. Alyse Caldwell is left front and Chris Caldwell is on the 

right front. 

Boats on display at TrawlerFest Fort Lauderdale at Bahia Mar Hotel 

and Marina. 

wheel, a tour of the engine room and line-handling on deck. 

Regardless of which university course you select, the 

two eight-hour days of learning at TrawlerFest University 

immerse you in trawler-specific topics which can be real 

eye-openers. Because you and your mate may be at different 

experience levels, you may want to attend different university 

courses. As captain, you may want to attend 

“Troubleshooting Diesel Engines” with Bob Smith, while 

your mate may be more interested in two days with Steve 

D’Antonio, who is presenting “Your Vessel’s Critical 

Systems.” Surely, you’ve amassed a gazillion questions you 

would love to have answered after reading magazine articles 

and surfing the Internet. Here is your opportunity to 

ask, “Just how do we do… 

Roaming TrawlerFest 

After the university students’ graduation, the show trawlers 

start to arrive at the dock, and the three days of TrawlerFest 

is officially in session. It’s time to compare and contrast. 

Then for the auditory and visual learner, there is the 

classroom experience of TrawlerFest. First gather the details 

on trawler-specific topics at your choice of 90-minute seminars 

each morning before you head out to the docks to 

check out the boats. Trawlers have many more systems than 

the typical sailing vessel, and these seminars can help 

demystify things. Active fin versus passive stabilizers is a 

well-debated topic, but maybe you are still at the question: 

What does a stabilizer really do that a sail can’t How much 

does it cost to add later Everyone from the greenhorn to 

the expert can pick up some great pointers. 

Fuel management could be a foreign concept to those of 

you who rarely purchase more than 10 gallons of gasoline 

each season. If long-range cruising aboard a trawler is in 

your future, then consider a one-thousand gallon diesel 

capacity (that’s right—three zeros follow that one!). Some 

trawlers have two or more fuel tanks and polishing systems 

to keep the fuel clean and ready when you need it. 

Getting the perspective of experts can help you when 

making buying decisions on your trawler, things you may 

not have considered because you didn’t know, like auxiliary 

hydraulic systems for stabilizers, thrusters, anchor windlass 

and the dinghy boom. What about single engine versus 

twin and get home/wing engine Generators: large 

output for full house load, PTO (power take off) for 

hydraulic accessories, or smaller output gennies for low 

load (like air-conditioning)...arggggh! This is starting to 

sound like a foreign language! 

Before you hyperventilate from all the strange and 

wonderful trawler terms, take a moment to breathe deeply, 

close your eyes and imagine another type of seminar. One 

that conjures up relaxation, like “Yoga on the Beach.” This 

will have you calm in no time, dreaming of swinging on the 

anchor, all stretched out in the pilothouse with a good book, 

sipping a frozen beverage (because you have an icemaker). 

There, that’s better, isn’t it But if you don’t know what type 

of anchor will hold that 35-ton vessel with a higher bow, 

come to TrawlerFest and you can talk about, touch and even 

practice with a variety of these massive creations of iron, 

steel and even some composite materials. 

Okay—back to some of the less technical, but oh-soimportant 

trawler topics for the uninitiated: Attendees of 

“The Perfect Tender” review the numerous dinghy options 

for a variety of trawler types. Because the above-board 

decks of a trawler are so differently designed than those of 

a sailboat, the options for dinghies are considerable. One of 

our clients had a 10-page list for her dream trawler, then 

created a separate four-page list of must-haves after attending 

a class on dinghies. “Confessions of a Galley Slave” 

addresses the galley up or down dilemma in addition to 

working within the confines of a small work space. “Hull 

Forms” and “Boat Buying Basics” are a few more seminars 

that can also help point the trawler neophyte in the right 

direction when searching for the perfect cruiser. So much to 

choose from but all are trawler-specific and will keep you 

on track in your research. 

Then there’s the on-the-docks demonstrations where 

you can try out the latest life raft, test your hand at a throwing 

line or watch how to recue someone in a float suit using 

a davit from the flybridge. Don’t forget the roundtable 

“Ladies Only,” which offers some private conversation 

between those who are thinking about the trawler lifestyle 

and those who are actually doing it. Sorry, guys, you aren’t 

privy to these discussions. What happens at TrawlerFest 

stays at TrawlerFest! 

TrawlerPort 

We recently received an email from a couple who wanted 

to learn more about a specific brand of trawler, the 

American Tug. We first met this couple at TrawlerPort in 

Palm Beach last year. TrawlerPort is a mini version of 


TRAWLERTALK 

Upcoming TrawlerFest Universities, 

TrawlerFests and TrawlerPorts 

in 2013: 

TrawlerFest University Baltimore graduation class aboard a Kadey 

Krogen 58. Look at all the room on the side deck. 

TrawlerFest occurring within a larger traditional boat 

show, like the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, 

the Miami Boat Show, the Seattle Boat Show and the Palm 

Beach Boat Show. TrawlerPort offers shorter, 45-minute 

seminars that are included in the general show admission 

price. No separate registration is required. Just show up 

and come to the TrawlerPort tent ready to learn. 

Surrounding this tent is a number of cruising trawlers on 

display for your convenience. 

For many, TrawlerPort is like a tasty morsel of information 

that leaves you craving more. This couple left Palm 

Beach with plans to attend TrawlerFest in Baltimore later in 

the fall. The American Tug grabbed ahold of their cruising 

spirit and kept pulling at their heart strings, so they 

scoured the Internet and gobbled up every boating magazine 

to read more about this brand. Now they are on the 

hunt to charter an American Tug before making their final 

decision. When becoming enlightened to the trawler 

lifestyle, it really pays to do your research, and a trawlerspecific 

show is a terrific way to start. 

And besides all the education, TrawlerFest is FUN! 

Stinkpot or blow boat, we all love to gather around the 

docks and tell sea stories. Often you’ll find boat clubs having 

a rendezvous at the show. MTOA (Marine Trawler 

Owners Association) is an all-inclusive group which has 

gathered at TrawlerFests on both coasts, Atlantic and the 

Pacific Northwest. Here’s a great link to MTOA and a 

number of different trawler groups that may help you 

along in your journey for the perfect boat: www.passagemaker.com/resources/owners-associations. 

The camaraderie 

of cruisers is incredible, regardless of what powers 

the propulsion. 

Because we are long-time educators and lifelong learners, 

we are fortunate to meet TrawlerFest groupies who 

come back to these events time and again. Sometimes, even 

after they’ve purchased their perfect boat, they return to 

outfit it with the latest in safety or electronic equipment, 

but for those of you who can’t fit another activity in your 

schedule this year, please stay tuned to the next few articles 

here in SOUTHWINDS where we will explore in detail some of 

the systems that we believe help make a trawler give you a 

much more pleasurable boating experience. 

(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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March 21-25 

May 14-15 

May 16-19 

Sept. 24-25 

Sept. 26-30 

TrawlerPort, Seattle, WA 

University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

TrawlerFest, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

TrawlerPort at the Miami Boat Show 

TrawlerPort at the Palm Beach 

Boat Show 

University, Anacortes, WA 

TrawlerFest, Anacortes, WA 

University, Baltimore, MD 

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CAROLINA SAILING 

INVASION OF THE MOTHS 

Small, winged and wicked fast, here come the Moths 

By Dan Dickison 

In the heady days of the ‘60s, a series of 

Japanese sci-fi films featured a gigantic 

insect called Mothra. This fierce creature 

wrought havoc on cities in that island 

nation and ultimately went mano a mano 

with the famed Godzilla. For a brief period, 

Mothra was the feared creature in sci-fi cinema, 

but the supersized insect disappeared 

for a few decades, and then resurfaced in 

the ‘90s in a trilogy of films entitled “Rebirth 

of Mothra.” Coincidentally, that same narrative 

pattern holds for the Moth Class, a single-handed 

development dinghy that dates 

to the late 1920s. 

For decades hence, Moth class activity 

thrived in venues across four continents, 

including North America. Different versions 

of this 11-foot dinghy evolved and different 

classes took root. In Asia, class history 

asserts that the king of Siam built and sailed 

several different Moths for nearly two 

decades. In the United States, sailors raced 

these little boats until the mid ‘70s, and then 

activity waned, not igniting again until 1989. Since 2006, the 

advent of a new hydrofoiling version of the Moth has 

sparked a marked resurgence of activity in this class. Once 

foil-borne, the new International Moth can achieve speeds 

over 30 knots, which makes for spectacular action on the 

racecourse. This winter, a good bit of that action will take 

place in Charleston, SC, under the official guise of the 

Gorilla Rigging Charleston Moth Winter Series. 

On January 11, when that series begins, the organizers 

expect roughly 15 vessels to compose the fleet at each of the 

three events in the series. “We’ve got roughly 22 sailors 

interested in attending,” said Matt Knowles, president of 

the class in the United States and one of the event’s key 

organizers, “but we think 15 to 18 will be a realistic 

turnout.” Knowles says he expects Moth sailors from various 

countries around the world to participate, among them 

some of the top racers in the class. 

“You’ve got people like Charlie McKee coming—a former 

America’s Cup sailor and two-time Olympic medalist. 

And pros such as J/24 world champ, Anthony Kotoun, and 

former Moth world champ, Bora Gulari, who are apt to 

show up. John Harris is another former Moth world champion 

who will be racing. It will definitely be a competitive 

fleet with some of the best Moth racers in the world. We’ll 

have at least two former world champs and five guys who 

have placed in the top six at the worlds.” 

Despite Knowles’ acknowledgement that professional 

sailors make up a significant segment of the class, he says: 

“There are definitely amateurs involved, like myself. And 

everyone helps each other out. That’s really what our class 

is all about. We absolutely welcome anyone who wants to 

participate. We’re hoping some of the homebuilt Moths will 

Matt Knowles, one of the chief 

Moth Class organizers in the 

United States, flies along on full 

foils. Photo by Liz Davies. 

attend as well as people new to the boat. I 

think you’ll see the full spectrum of abilities 

at these events. We’re simply looking to 

stage a fun, informal series that offers highquality 

racing.” 

One of the highlights during this series 

(January 11-13; February 15-17; and April 

12-14) should be the Friday of each event 

when the competition will feature a slalom 

course. Knowles, who has been sailing these 

boats since 2009, says: “The slalom racing is 

really fun because we always start the boats 

on a reach, and then you hit the first mark 

and start jibing your way down through the 

course. Up to six boats will start at one time, 

with flights starting just a few minutes 

apart. It’s pretty cool to be out there flying 

over the water at 22 to 26 knots dodging 

boats and slamming through jibes. And each 

heat lasts only about four or five minutes, so 

it’s fast-paced action with a tightly packed 

group out there.” 

Saturday and Sunday during each regatta 

will feature fleet racing. Among those in the fleet will be 

Charleston sailors Mark Volkmann and Ned Goss, who 

both bought Mach 2 Moths after test-driving them during 

an informal Moth “camp” last spring on Charleston Harbor. 

“I put a deposit down less than two weeks later,” 

explained Goss, “and got my boat at the end of June.” Goss, 

who works as the dockmaster for the College Charleston’s 

sailing program, likens the experience of sailing a Moth to 

that of a 49er. “They’re both very weight sensitive, and both 

have wings attached to the hull, but I found the Moth 

remarkably satisfying compared to other boats. There’s so little 

resistance once you’re foiling. If I were sailing that fast in 

a Laser, I’d be fighting the boat for control, but with the Moth, 

it’s all about finesse and moving gracefully. What’s weird is 

that when you’re foiling, there’s very little noise, too.” 

Euphoric is the word that Goss chooses to describe how 

sailing a foiling Moth feels. In fact, that’s what he named his 

boat—U4IK. “I’ve been sailing since I was three, racing since 

I was 10 and have taught sailing since I was 13. I’ve done an 

Olympic campaign and lots of racing, and I also work with 

boats every day. I was burned out on sailing for a little bit, 

but I’ve never been as excited about the sport as I am now 

and it’s because of this Moth. I’ve really never had so much 

fun sailing. It’s very addictive.” 

Despite the price tag (roughly $20K for a new Mach 2), 

that addiction is likely to spread. Goss names four other 

Charleston area sailors who are contemplating a purchase. 

There’s little doubt that those guys—and others—will be on 

hand at the James Island Yacht Club when the Charleston 

Moth Winter Series gets underway in mid-January. If you 

want to see what an invasion of Moths looks like, be there 

and check it out. 


All the slips were sold out at this year’s show with 41 sailboats— 

an increase of 17 boats over last year. 

Catalina’s new 355 was at the show—part of its “5” series which 

has developed on its own with several boats in the last few years 

that have been innovative in design, comfort and sailing ability. 

One of the larger boats at the show was the 70-foot Garbo, an 

appropriately named boat considering its graceful and traditional 

lines that brought back memories of an earlier era. 

Tartan displayed its new Fantail 26 at the show—the smallest inwater 

monohull and one showing graceful, traditional lines with 

beautiful wood accents. This was a real break from the other boats 

on display, which were mainly cruisers. 

ST. PETERSBURG 

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Nov. 29-Dec. 2 

Largest Show in Many 

Years and Great Weather 

Attracts Crowds 


This was the biggest show since 2008, when the St. 

Petersburg Sailboat Show and the St. Petersburg 

Powerboat Show joined together for one big show, after 

many years apart (since 1992). The show footprint—held on 

the waterfront and bordered on three inland sides by the 

Mahaffey Theater, the Dali Museum and the runway of the 

Albert Whitted airport—was a bit larger this year, and it 

was reported that all the slips were sold out. Land displays 

were crowded with boats and other exhibits, and the show 

extended to the water with a food court to the east. 

Although Thursday and Friday were slow days as 

usual, most exhibitors whom I talked to had great sales on 

the first day, some reporting better sales on the first day 

than all four show days of last year. But Saturday brought 

huge crowds and most exhibitors were pleased. Show 

organizers, Show Management, reported a 5.2 percent 

attendance increase over last year, but they don’t track sales 

and visitor interest. That I tracked by general conversation 

with exhibitors. 

Boats at the show ranged from 10 feet to 80 feet (a 

powerboat), with a total of 153 boats over last year’s 135. 

The increase was mainly attributed to more sailboats, for a 

total of 41 boats—17 more than last year. Over 240 

exhibitors were present—a 10 percent increase over 2011. 

All the major boat companies, both and sail and power, 

were present, with a few debuting their new models. 

Perfect weather helped make the show a success both in 

attendance and mood. The show’s beautiful location is certainly 

a plus each year that makes the show fun and a great 

day to be out looking at boats and gear. 

The sail exhibitor’s tent, which all visitors must pass through to 

enter the show. Most exhibitors had good sales—many beating 

last year’s figures in the first day—and the number of exhibitors 

was up 10 percent over 2011. 


BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW 

Cal 2-29 

By Bridget Lussier 

Caliente, the author’s first Cal 2-29 

CAL 2-29 SPECS 

LOA: 29’ 

Beam: 9’ 3” 

LWL: 24’ 

Maximum Draft: 4’ 6” 

Displacement: 8,000 pounds 

Ballast: 

3,300 pounds 

Rig: 

Sloop 

Cover: Almost Paradise, the author’s first Cal 2-29, anchored in 

Beaufort, NC. While the author and her husband were anchored 

nearby in their current Cal 2-29, Mistral, the husband went to ask 

the boat’s owners about their Cal—then realized it was their old 

Cal that they’d sold to these new owners. 

If you’re looking for speed, comfort, maneuverability, and 

economy, try the Cal 2-29. You might recognize them by 

the racy proportions, four-sided ports and windows, distinct 

cabin trunk, sloop rig, flat transom, and hatch just forward 

of the mast. We like them so much we have had two 

Cal 2-29s in 10 years, both of which were made in 1976. (The 

“2” is the second design of the 29, and once Jensen started 

making them, they stopped making the 29.) 

We sailed ours mostly in Charleston Harbor, lived 

aboard for years, and cruised from Oriental, NC, down the 

coast, and then to Georgetown in the Bahamas and back, on 

three cruises. 

You will not find a sweeter sailing boat. The modified 

fin keel, light weight and long waterline give it speed and 

maneuverability. If you drop a fender or a guest, she circles 

like a ballroom dancer. She is shoal draft, yet makes 

progress at five degrees off the wind. In big seas, she surfs 

and surges with the swells, but stays in control. They are 

fun boats to sail in all but huge breaking seas. 

Speed is good even in light winds, if you carry a large 

genoa. We have cruised in the company of larger boats and 

multihulls, while keeping a brisk pace yet you can sail over 

coral heads and shallows and follow trimarans through 

tricky cuts, thanks to the 4’ 6” draft. The ICW is easy to do, 

as the shallow draft allows her to tuck into small creek 

anchorages. The shoal draft lets you dodge channel-hogging 

kayakers without running aground. 

The sloop is easy to rig, sail, anchor, and handle in tight 

quarters due to the narrow beam. They are so simple that 

the boat’s instruction manual, available online on the 

owner’s group, is just three pages long. The forward deck 

has enough space for eight-foot dinghy stowage, and small 

dinghies can be stored behind the mast. 

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main salon (drop down) full bed, and two full-sized quarter 

berths. Comforts include a full galley to port, roomy head, 

and two pressure sinks. The twin-sized quarter berths can 

accommodate children, or provide accessible large storage 

for hundreds of pounds of food and gear. The linear galley 

is away from the companionway, so you don’t trample your 

meals coming and going. The onboard shower, roomy head, 

and spacious cockpit provide all the comforts necessary. 

Spacious headroom and teak woodwork below decks 

makes it feel like a larger boat. The companionway opening 

is large, allowing for easy in-and-out tasks, and the step to 

go below can be raised to make extra seating around the 

table. We lived aboard with dogs, kids, and herb gardens, 

and had enough room to invite up to 18 for dock cocktails 

and eight for dinner. 

Every rose has its thorns, and Cals do have limitations. 

They are sometimes referred to as “around the world” 

boats, but anyone who has been in heavy seas in one can 

attest that they were not built for that purpose. It is fun for 

a day or two, but handling the Cal in large seas for day after 

day gets old. Famous 16-year-old circumnavigator Robin 

Graham may have partially inspired the round-the-world 

myth. (Graham’s boat, Dove, was a California (Cal) 24 

designed by Bill Lapworth, who designed the Cals and had 

them built by Jack Jensen. Cals have taken the credit for circumnavigation 

ever since.) 

Other distance limitations include the measly tankage 

and provisioning storage. They have a lot of headroom and 

interior space for a boat that size and weight, but the additional 

living space limits storage volume. It’s a trade-off, but 

we like to get off the boat often, anyway, and carried a folding 

bike in the V-berth for provisioning. So she’s roomy 

enough for two adults, two children, and a bicycle to fit 

inside! Having a shelf board in the V-berth allows for 

greater storage, and there are 11 access points under the 

cushions to fill. 

Some Cal 2-29 flaws relate less to design and more to 

decades of sailing. Some of them have been abused by racers, 

the scoundrels. Almost all unrestored ones suffer from worn 

decks. The strut holding the prop on can be a weak point if 

electrolysis goes unchecked. While we have not experienced 

this problem, we have heard that rust of the post that supports 

the mast can be a lurking invisible issue. Keel-to-hull 

connection problems and blistering issues were non-existent 

Mistral, the author’s latest Cal, at the dock. 

Along with a roomy cockpit, If you’re looking for speed, comfort, 

maneuverability, and economy, try the Cal 2-29. 

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Spacious headroom and teak woodwork below decks makes it feel 

like a larger boat. The companionway opening is large, allowing 

for easy in-and-out tasks, and the step to go below can be raised 

to make extra seating around the table. 

The two twin-sized quarter berths can accommodate children, or 

provide accessible large storage for hundreds of pounds of food and 

gear. 

Minimizing safety issues on deck are the nice wide sides 

and trunk walkways forward. 

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in ours, so the comparisons to Catalinas or Hunters seem 

unfair, because Cals have a stouter integral keel. 

In the salon, the drop-down table is great to make a 

breezy double sleeping space. However, after years of being 

wiggled in and out, the female end of the support post 

becomes enlarged or warped. The table wobbles if not properly 

shimmed or wedged. This can be very dangerous. The 

table was wiggly on our second Cal, so we left it down as a 

lounging area, and ate cross-legged at the dropped table, 

leaning over it. The cushions suffered, but it’s better than eating 

soup off a tipsy table. The port side bookshelves should 

be covered by bungee cargo netting, wooden slats, or canvas 

covers. Otherwise, anything stored on them will go airborne 

in rough seas. For cooking or washing up in the galley in 

rough seas, a strap to hold you in front of the preparation 

area is nice. Another below-deck comfort and safety issue is 

that the curved floor, designed for being heeled over, can be 

hard on the feet after long periods. 

Minimizing safety issues on deck are the nice wide sides 

and trunk walkways forward. We had diesels in both Cals, 

but if you get one with an Atomic 4, watch for all the explosive 

fumes that gasoline brings. On the design side, ventilation 

in the V-berth comes through the head, so this space is 

hard to use on hot, humid nights. The two opening ports in 

the head create decent ventilation, but it can be improved 

with solar vents and a wind scoop in the forward hatch. 

The hulls of many Cal 2-29s for sale look chalky. This 

cosmetic issue is easily fixed. The stock plastic rub rail deteriorates 

over the years, and then the chalk runs down the 

boat, leaving the stripe and hulls dull and faded. Fading 

paint is not the problem; it’s the chalk running down the 

side! Replacing the rail involves the seal for the hull-to-deck 

joint. We decided this was not worth the cosmetic improvements, 

and instead, regularly wiped the chalky parts with 

Penetrol for a six-month shine. 

Cal sailboats have a good reputation, and a welldeserved 

following. If you have caviar dreams on a corn 

chip budget, take note: the average cost of these boats in 

2012 was less than $11,000. Their age makes them bargains, 

and they have a lot of good years left on them. They are an 

economical, easy-to-handle, and well-made coastal cruiser 

suitable for taking along the U.S. coast, the Bahamas, and 

beyond, for very little money. This leaves more money and 

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J/24s at the start of the North American Championships sailed on the St. Johns River north of the hosting club, the Florida Yacht Club. 

Prospective competitors from New England had their boat damaged during Hurricane Sandy and could not make the trip. 

J/24 North Americans, Jacksonville, FL, Nov. 15-17 


John Mollicone’s Sail Newport team came from behind to 

capture the Merrill Lynch-Bank of America J/24 North 

American Championships at the Florida Yacht Club in 

Jacksonville on Nov. 15-17. 

Mollicone, who has been the Brown University sailing 

coach for 14 years, had won the first and fifth races, but he 

took a ninth in the sixth race to close out the second day and 

still trailed local skipper Peter Bream going into the final day. 

“I’ve got to admit that we were happy with the forecast, 

which called for more wind than we had the first two days,” 

Mollicone said. “We like more wind, and Peter is tough to 

beat, especially in light air.” 

Mollicone called it correctly. Not only was he able to 

hold his own in the breezes that built to near 20 knots during 

the final three races, but Bream blew out his spinnaker 

on the second leg of Saturday’s first race. 

“We were over early in that seventh race, but still got a 

sixth,” Mollicone commented. “Then we match-raced with 

Peter in the eighth and got a second. That was vital.” 

The Newport, RI, resident threw out that ninth place 

and finished with 30 points. Bream, who had two firsts and 

two seconds in the first four races was able to toss the disastrous 

seventh race when he tallied 30 markers, but he 

came in seventh and ninth in the remaining two races for 35, 

good for third place. 

Calling tactics for the Sail Newport vessel, named 11th 

Hour Racing, was former World Champion Tim Healy of 

Quantum Sails. Other members of the winning crew were 

Geoff Becker, Gordon Borgas and Collin Leon. 

Defending champion Rossi Milev, the only Canadian in 

this year’s event, captured three races but had taken a 15th 

and 12th in two of the second day’s four races. However, he 

Photos by Deb Fewell 

outscored everyone during the final day and placed second 

with 34 points. 

“We did okay,” Milev said, while waiting for the 

awards dinner to begin. 

“Second is just okay” 

“Yeah, well, I won it in Halifax last year,” he replied. 

Asked why he was the only Canadian in this year’s 

regatta, Milev said the J/24 class is going through some 

changes north of the border. Another factor may have been 

the distance to Florida. 

The regatta wound up with 29 competitors this year. 

More than 30 had registered but chose not to race for one 

reason or another. 

Prospective competitors from New England had their 

boat damaged during Hurricane Sandy and could not make 

the trip. It’s pretty tough to head south to go sailing when 

your home has a blue tarp over it and the power has been 

off for weeks. 

Principal Race Officer Jim Tichenor of Houston set up a 

windward-leeward course with an offset buoy off the windward 

mark and a gate on the leeward end. All of the races 

were sailed on the St. Johns River north of The Florida Yacht 

Club and the Naval Air Station. 

Tichenor ran a practice race on Wednesday afternoon, 

but many boats were still arriving, registering and rigging 

and only four ventured out into the moderate to fresh 

northerly wind. Then the breeze dropped considerably and 

he was able to have only two starts on the first day of official 

racing. The next two days were breezier, if chilly, much 

to Mollicone’s delight. 

Tim Monahan, a local J/24 skipper, stepped out of his 

boat to serve as regatta chairman. 

Defending champion, who placed second this year, was Canadian 

Rossi Milev, shown here approaching a mark. 

Winner of the championships was John Mollicone and crew. 

Mollicone, from Newport, RI, has been the sailing coach at Brown 

University for the last 14 years. 


Three Days, Eight Races, One Champion: 

2012 MELGES 32 GOLD CUP 

Fort Lauderdale, FL, Nov 30-Dec. 2 

By Mary Catherine Finnerty and Joy Dunigan 

Photo Credit: ©2012 JOY | IM32CA 

Jason Carrol’s Argo, with tactician Cameron Appleton, winner of 

the Gold Cup, with 22 points. 

The Lauderdale Yacht Club set the stage for the fifth 

official running of the Melges 32 Gold Cup in Fort 

Lauderdale, FL. Fifteen teams, representing six countries 

assembled for an amazing regatta, packed with the 

sport of sailing’s brightest and biggest stars, accompanied 

by high winds and massive seas throughout the highly competitive 

three-day event. 

The first day was heightened with the presence of a 

steady 15-20 knots of breeze and monster seas with waves 

reaching nine feet, allowing for great downwind rides 

throughout the day. After three races, Italy’s Roberto 

Tomasini Grinover’s Robertissima 1, with Vasco Vascotto on 

tactics, held the overall championship lead after acquiring 

an impressive daily 2-2-1 score line. Eleven points behind 

and in second place, was Jason Carroll’s Argo, with tactician 

Cameron Appleton. Andrea Pozzi’s Bombarda, with Lorenzo 

Bressani as tactician, completed the top three, one slim point 

behind Carroll. 

On day one, winner of the first race Joel Ronning, on 

Catapult, stunned the competition by taking the lead at the 

first top mark, then extending for the win. Tomasini 

Grinover grabbed a close second, while Carroll settled for 

third. Race two winner, Lanfranco Cirillo, on Fantastica, 

came on strong for the win, with Tomasini Grinover in second, 

and Joe Woods’ Red in third. Race three, the last and 

final heat for day one, seemed to come easy to Tomasini 

Grinover as he stood steadfast and strong to win. Steve 

Howe’s Warpath finished second, and Pozzi came in third. 

The second day began with a beautiful 15-20 knots, 

moderate seas, warm temperatures and lots of sunshine. 

Tomasini Grinover continued his lead overall. Carroll’s 

Argo also kept his second-place position, yet closed the 

points gap substantially, putting him within striking distance 

of the trophy. Pozzi’s Bombarda stood firm in third. 

It took the overly aggressive fleet three attempts at a 

start to get things going with Pozzi sneaking in ahead of 

Alex Jackson’s Leenabarca at the top mark to lead, followed 

by Carroll and Tomasini Grinover. Pozzi laid down a strong 

performance to win race four. Jackson persevered to finish 

second, while Howe’s Warpath made great strides on the 

final downwind run to finish third. Carroll and Tomasini 

Grinover rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth places. 

The last two races of the day witnessed Tomasini 

Grinover and Carroll waging a fierce war. Tomasini Grinover 

took his worst score of the event in race five, while Carroll 

and his spirited Argo team triumphed with a double-bullet in 

the afternoon, winning race five and six of the series. 

In race five, Carroll, along with Dalton DeVos on Delta 

and Cirillo on Fantastica kept to the right for pressure, working 

it back to the middle for the rounding. DeVos grabbed 

the initial lead with Carroll hot on his heels, followed by 

new-boat owner Richard Goransson on Inga From Sweden in 


Robertissima, with Roberto Tomasini Grinover and tactician Vasco 

Vascotto, took 2nd with 26 points. From the Lugano Yacht Club, 

Switzerland. 

third. Downwind, Cirillo overtook Goransson, while DeVos 

and Carroll maintained the top two spots. On the last beat, 

Carroll got ahead of DeVos, taking the lead at the final 

weather mark rounding ahead by at least a boat length. 

Carroll launched his Melges 32 to take the win. Cirillo accelerated 

past the young DeVos on the final run to take second. 

DeVos settled for third. 

The start of race six began with a little more breeze and 

a slight course adjustment with added extra fuel to the 

Tomasini Grinover/Carroll fire. Ultimately, it was Carroll 

who had speed and positioning when it mattered most. 

Carroll led Tomasini Grinover around the track for a second 

time, scoring another major win. Tomasini Grinover came in 

second, and Pozzi finished third. Cirillo’s Fantastica and 

Howe finished fourth and fifth respectively. 

At the end of the second day, the competition was 

extremely tight. Tomasini Grinover lead by one point, Pozzi 

was behind Carroll by three, and Cirillo and Howe were 

tied with 21 points each. 

The third and final day was nothing short of spectacular. 

Big breeze conditions and moderate-to-monster wave 

action gave Carroll and his Argo team, comprising tactician 

Cameron Appleton and crew members Scott Norris, 

Anthony Kotoun, Mark Towill, Erik Aakhus, Lindsay Bartel 

and Peter Crawford, their very first Gold Cup victory. 

Grinover on Robertissima 1, with Vascotto on tactics, fell 

to finish second overall after leading the event for two days. 

Pozzi, with tactician Lorenzo Bressani, finished third overall. 

Races seven and eight were held on Sunday, with 

Ronning on Catapult winning the first, while Jackson on 

Leenabarca proudly took top honors in race eight of the day. 

Overall, the International Melges 32 Class Association 

(IM32CA) was extremely grateful for the incredible event 

organization and management of the Gold Cup by the 

Lauderdale Yacht Club. Once again, Gold Cup was an 

impeccable event made possible by an incredible staff and, 

of course, a strong and dedicated Melges 32 fleet! 

Top Ten Results 

(after 8 races, one discard - final) (crew, boat name, total points): 

1) Jason Carroll/Cameron Appleton, Argo; 22; 2) Roberto Tomasini 

Grinover/Vasco Vascotto, Robertissima 1; 26; 3) Andrea Pozzi/Lorenzo 

Bressani, Bombarda; 28; 4) Lanfranco Cirillo/Michele Paoletti, 

Fantastica; 30; 5) Steve Howe/Charlie Ogletree, Warpath; 33; 6) Richard 

Goransson/Hamish Pepper, Inga From Sweden; 48; 7) Dalton 

DeVos/Jonathan McKee, Delta; 52; 8) Joe Woods/Rob Greenhalgh, Red; 

55; 9) Joel Ronning/Steve Hunt, Catapult; 58; 10) William Douglass/ 

Chris Larson, Goombay Smash; 6. 

The crew of Argo. All are from the United States except tactician 

Cameron Appleton, who is from New Zealand. Argo hails from the 

Larchmont Yacht Club of New York. 

Andrea Pozzi from Genoa, Italy, with tactician Lorenzo Bressani, 

took third with 28 points, on Bombarda. 

Stephen Howe, representing Fort Lauderdale, took fifth with 33 

points. On board was tactician Charlie Ogletree. 

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World O’Pen Cup, 

Miami Yacht Club 

Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 

More Than Just Racing 

From Nevin Sayre, O’Pen Bic 

Photos by Randi Baird 

One hundred racers from 14 countries and five continents 

enjoyed amazing Miami Yacht Club hospitality at the 

World O’Pen Cup, Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Unfortunately, many 

sailors could not travel to the event on account of Hurricane 

Sandy. Lighter winds prevailed during the 11 races, but 

sailors made the most of the unique courses and required 

moves characteristic of O’Pen BIC events. The variety of 

courses was popular with the competitors, starting the first 

day with the Spiderman course and ending the event with 

an Adventure Race around North Biscayne Bay. 

Showing the growing international diversity of the 

O’Pen BIC Class, nine different countries reached the podium 

in the five classes. The winners were Sean Herbert from 

New Zealand (U13 Boys), Kristen Wadley from Australia 

(U13 Girls), Geronimo Nores from Miami, USA (U15 Boys), 

Cecilia Wollman from Bermuda (U15 Girls), and Nic Muller 

from Fort Pierce, USA (Open). Muller recently placed ninth 

in the Optimist World Championships. 

Everyone left the event anxious to renew friendships at 

the 2013 World O’Pen Cup in Lake Garda, Italy, where more 

than 200 O’Pen BICs are expected. 

See results and photos www.worldopenbicmiami.com. 

Results (top three): U13 Combined: 1, Sean Herbert (New Zealand), 

2, Mikey Wolman, (Bermuda), 3, Kristen Wadley, (Australia); U13, 

Female:1, Kristen Wadley (Australia), 2, Jill Paland, (Germany); 3, 

Olivia Larder, (USA); U15 Combined: 1, Geronimo Nores, (USA), 2, 

Peter Dill (Bermuda), 3, Koji Kiuchi, (Japan); U15 Female:1, Cecilia 

Wolman, (Bermuda), 2, Camila Cordero Di, Montezemolo, (Italy), 3, 

Jessica Grimes, (Australia); Open: 1, Nic Muller, (USA), 2, Andre 

Reguero, (Puerto Rico), 3, Hugo Stubler, (France). 

Girls racing O’pen BICS. 

Pool party O’pen BIC style. 

The O’pen BIC Regatta is for exercise, too. 

Team Bermuda. Photo by Holly Ashton. 

Over 100 racers from 14 countries sailed in the regatta.

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■ SOUTHERN REGIONAL RACING 

Table of Contents 

NEWS 

Upcoming Regional Regattas 

Regional Racing (Race Reports, Club Racing, Upcoming 

Regattas, Regional Race Calendars) 

Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA) 

East Florida 

Southeast Florida 

Florida Keys 

West Florida 

Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX) 

■ NEWS 

Morgan Invasion Moves to Davis 

Island Yacht Club, Merging with 

New Tampa Bay Hospice Cup, 

May 4-6 

“Davis Island Yacht Club is proud to partner with Charley 

Morgan to create an exciting new event around the longrunning 

Morgan Invasion,” said Commodore Bob 

Crawford. “Everyone knows the great work done by 

Hospice and how important it is to Tampa Bay. We are dedicated 

to supporting this great cause and making this a 

‘can’t miss’ event on the Tampa Bay sailing calendar.” 

Plans for the 2013 Tampa Bay Hospice Cup, scheduled 

for May 4-6, started coming together after Morgan Invasion 

organizers recently approached DIYC with the idea, said 

Hospice Cup regatta steering committee chairman and 

DIYC member Kevin Fouche. They wanted to expand the 

popular Morgan regatta, which has benefitted Suncoast 

Hospice since the Invasion’s 25th anniversary in 2010. This 

year will be the 28th Morgan Invasion. 

The Hospice Cup steering committee comprises representatives 

from the Davis Island Yacht Club, the Morgan 

Invasion, West Florida Yacht Racing Association and the Bay 

Area Hospice organizations. Charley Morgan, who is serving 

on the committee, is enthusiastic about the new format. 

Similar to the traditions of the Morgan Invasion, the 

Tampa Bay Hospice Cup will appeal to both cruisers and 

racers. With a strong focus on informal sailing and camaraderie, 

the event will cater to cruising enthusiasts who just 

want to come out and be part of the fun. The regatta will 

also feature open fleets for PHRF, one-designs, and youth 

sailing. The committee is also planning landside activities 

for supporters who’d like to be a part of the event but who 

don’t care to race. 

It’s all to raise money for the Tampa Bay area Hospice 

organizations. Hospice organizations are committed to 

serving persons who are living with chronic and/or terminal 

illnesses, nearing the end of life, or experiencing grief. 

They offer comprehensive hospice and palliative care, caregiver 

education, individual and group counseling, spiritual 

support and many other programs to those it serves regardless 

of race, age, faith, diagnosis or financial circumstances. 

Additional details on the 2013 Tampa Bay Hospice Cup 

will be available soon. In the meantime, if you’d like to volunteer 

to help, send an email to TBHospiceCup@gmail.com. 

Titusville, FL, Match Racing 

Center Offers Training 

The Titusville Match Racing Center, a business operating 

out of the Titusville Municipal Marina, has become a world 

class match racing venue with the construction of a new 

bridge and the addition of a new mooring field. 

Competitive match racing events are held with a fleet of 

Geary 18 keelboats. 

The center holds match racing events on a regular 

schedule. For more information, go to www.ussailing.org; 

click on calendar, then click on Match Racing for the 

Titusville Match Racing Center’s upcoming events. 

The schedule includes: 

January: Entry Level Women’s Match Race 

January: Entry Level Open Match Race 

March: Varsity Spring Break Match Race Week 1-4 each 

Thursday, Friday and Saturday in March. 

April: US Match Racing Championships Qualifier for 

the Southeastern USA (US Sailing Area D&F) 

For more information on other match racing centers, check 

out the Chicago Match Racing Center, Oakcliff Match 

Racing Center and the World Match Racing Tour on the 

Internet. 

For more information, contact Larry Landrigan at the 

Titusville Match Racing Center at (407) 467-8787, or 

matchracingtitusville@hotmail. 

■ UPCOMING REGIONAL REGATTAS 

26th Key West Race Week, 

Quantum Key West 2013, Jan. 20-25 

This is the largest regatta in the Western Hemisphere with 

one-design, IRC and PHRF fleets racing for five days in the 

waters around Key West. Winter winds are usually excellent 

and boats come from all over the Southeast, the United 

States, Canada and Europe. 

Classes include Farr 30s, Farr 40s, J/95s,J/70s, J/80s, 

J/105s, K-650, Laser SB3, Audi Melges 20, Melges 24, 

Melges 32, Swan 42, Open 570, Open 650, Ultimate 20 and 

Viper 640. New designs that started in 2012 include an R/P 

IRC 52, a J/V IRC 52, the Farr 400, a McConaghy 38 and a 

Carkeek HPR 40. New this year is the J/70 fleet—a new 

class with over 25 boats racing. Also new, but returning 

form previous years, is the Swan 42 Class, with 7 Swans registered 

as of early December. The Melges 32 fleet has international 

entries from Italy, Japan, Switzerland and Russia— 

besides the newly crowned world champion from 


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California. While the Grand Prix boats may draw the headlines, 

the heart and soul of race week is the one-design and 

handicap classes that are present year after year. Another 

mainstay is the huge PHRF fleet that competes annually. 

Last year J/Boat specific classes were introduced. A 

special handicap consortium headed by J/Boat founder Rod 

Johnstone and PHRF consultant Bruce Bingman has created 

two classes for owners who want to race against boats of 

similar design and performance. 

Kelly’s Caribbean Bar, Grill & Brewery serves as the 

main regatta anchor. Thousands of crew and spectators 

spend the week in Key West and the town becomes one 

huge race event with after-race partying occurring throughout 

the island. The official regatta marina is the Historic 

Seaport Marina. Quantum Sail Design Group is the official 

sponsor, along with 27 industry partners who also support 

the event. 

Regatta headquarters, where sailors and sailing aficionados 

can mingle, is to be on Caroline Street between 

Duval and Whitehead streets. 

To view the racing action, fans can book seats on spectator 

boats ranging from excursion catamarans to historic 

tall ships. Prime land-based viewing spots include Key 

West’s Atlantic-front restaurants, resorts and beaches. 

For more information, go to www.premiereracing.com. 

4th Annual Tampa Bay Good Old 

Boat Regatta, St. Petersburg, FL, 

Jan. 26 

This regatta is sponsored and founded by the St. Petersburg 

Sailing Association with the help of Good Old Boat magazine. 

It is the fourth annual regatta for St. Pete, although 

Good Old Boat magazine has been co-sponsoring “Good Old 

Boat Regattas” for many years in other locations, like 

Annapolis, MD. The first St. Pete regatta was in 2010 and 

the SPSA called for boats 20 years old and older. About 50 

showed up to everyone’s surprise. 

What’s a “Good Old Boat” Karen Larson, one of the 

publishers of Good Old Boat magazine, wrote in her review 

on the 2010 regatta in the February 2010 issue of SOUTH- 

WINDS: “To the sailors in Annapolis, it’s a boat designed 

before 1975, and in Tampa Bay, it was a boat built before 

1990. To the founders of the Tampa Bay Good Old Boat 

Regatta, it’s not the exact date the hull hit water, but the celebration 

of good old boats and the sailors who appreciate 

them. And to the founders of Good Old Boat magazine, 

which can’t help but sponsor races of the same name, it’s 

any well-loved sailboat at least 10 years old or older. Just as 

in the race, anything goes when it comes to good old boats. 

Their sailors just want to have fun.” 

For more information and details, go to www.spsa.us. 


January 27, February 24, March 31, 

April 28 

See Short Tacks section, “Other Events,” for more information. 

45th Regata del Sol al Sol Set 

for April 26 

Racers are Already Signing Up for the 

2013 Race from St. Petersburg, FL, to Isla 

Mujeres, Mexico 

The St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s Regata del Sol al Sol—the 

race, from St. Petersburg, FL, to Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, 

Mexico— will be setting out for Mexico on April 26. There is 

a 50-boat limit. Entrants are already signing up for the race. 

The special early entry fee ($900) deadline of January 31 

is fast approaching. After that date, the entry goes up to $1000. 

There is still a lot of time for boats to get prepared and turn 

their entry in by April 7, which is the final entry deadline. (See 

the section called Fees in Notice of Race). Organizers are hoping 

to break the record of 43 entries this year. 

Elizabeth (Beth) Pennington, the chairperson, can be 

contacted through the website at www. regatadelsolal 

sol.org (click on Chairperson@regata delsolalsol.org on the 

home page, or in the Notice of Race). 

The “Island Activities” committee has lined up some 

very interesting extracurricular activities, which will 

include the ever popular Golf Cart Poker Run, miscellaneous 

parties, and the United States vs Mexico basketball 

game. Check the website often for updates. 

Anyone interested in joining in the fun on the island, 

but not necessarily wanting to sail, can fly to Cancun. Then, 

it is a short taxi ride and ferry ride, to Isla Mujeres. In order 

to keep track of the boats and others coming to the island, 

people can get their regatta hotel reservations and ground 

transportation through the website using the “special” 

reservation logos that will soon appear on the website. 

There will be a special announcement when this occurs. 

There is a secure website page for online entries, or mail 

the entry in (address available on the website). The regatta 

also now has a Facebook page. For more information, go to 

the website. 

For information, e-mail chairman@regatadelsolalsol.org. 

■ SOUTHERN REGIONAL RACING 

NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS 

Regattas and Club Racing—Open to Everyone Wanting to Race 

For the races listed here, no individual club membership is 

required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership 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. 

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 


Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC 


JANUARY 

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 for January as of press date. 

Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. 

South Carolina 

See club website for local club race schedule. Club races all winter. 

1 Hangover Race 

FEBRUARY 

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 for February. Annual 

SAYRA meeting in Mt. Pleasant, SC, Feb. 1-3 

Charleston Ocean Racing Association. 

www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina. See club website 

for local club race schedule. No regattas posted for February 

Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com See club website for 

local club race schedule. No regattas posted for February 

Upcoming Regattas 

Catalina 22 Midwinters, Cocoa, FL, 

Feb. 23-24 

The Indian River Yacht Club will again host the Catalina 22 

Midwinters. Windward/Leeward races will be held on the 

Indian River in the vicinity of government marks 77 and 79. 

Exact distance and course are weather-dependent and will 

be announced at the skippers’ meeting on race day. For 

more information, go to www.iryc.org. 

East & Central Florida Race Calendar 

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. The catamaran section 

(formerly Space Coast Catamaran Association) has fun sails 

on the third weekend each month at Kelly Park on Merritt Island. 

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 coed 

series and a women’s series, each race monthly. J/24 race series. 

East Coast SA has a regular women’s racing series. 

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, Sept through May. 

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. 

JANUARY 

1 Hangover Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville 

1 New Year’s Day Race. Titusville Sailing Center 

1 Hangover Race. Melbourne Yacht Club 

FEBRUARY 

1 14th Wayfarer Midwinter Championships. Lake Eustis 

Sailing Club 

16 43rd George Washington Birthday Regatta. Lake Eustis 

Sailing Club 

23 Catalina 22 Midwinter Regatta. Indian River Yacht Club 


38th Fort Lauderdale to 

Key West Race, Jan. 16 

A 160-nautical-mile sprint down the Florida Keys. This will 

start off from Port Everglades on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 1300 

hours, and will run along the Florida Keys to Key West. 

Boats are expected to begin finishing the race throughout 

the day of January 17. Fleets include IRC, PHRF, Multihull 

and One-Design. 

The Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race is sponsored by 

Lauderdale Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club and 

hosted by the SORC race management group. 

A skippers’ meeting and cocktail party takes place 

January 15 at Lauderdale Yacht Club, race headquarters. 

Awards are scheduled for January 18 in Key West and hosted 

by Kelly’s Caribbean Bar & Grill. For more information 

and online registration, go to www.keywestrace.org. Entry 

deadline is Jan. 11. 

US SAILING’S Rolex Miami OCR, 

Coconut Grove, FL, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 

US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR will bring together the 

world’s top sailors for elite-level competition in the classes 


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selected for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Held on 

Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, this event is the second 

stop on the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) Sailing 

World Cup 2012-13 circuit. 

Established in 1990 by US SAILING, the Rolex Miami 

OCR annually draws elite sailors, including Olympic and 

Paralympic medalists and hopefuls from around the world. 

In non-Olympic/Paralympic years, the regatta is especially 

important as a ranking regatta for sailors hoping to qualify 

for the US SAILING Team AlphaGraphics, which annually 

distinguishes the top three sailors in each Olympic and 

Paralympic class. 

For information and registration, go to www.Rolex 

MiamiOCR.org. 

Washington’s Birthday Regatta, 

Barnacle Historic State Park, 

Biscayne Bay, FL, Feb. 23 

The 18th annual revival of this regatta takes place on Biscayne 

Bay just off shore of Barnacle Historic State Park at 3485 Main 

Highway in downtown Coconut Grove. The regatta was first 

organized in 1887 by Commodore Ralph Munroe, founder of 

the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and Coconut Grove pioneer. The 

race is open to traditional-style sailboats (eg, mudhens, seapearls, 

bullseyes, sharpies, Bahama dinghies, cat boats, gaffrigs, 

etc.). It is a great spectator event by land or sea. Award 

ceremony follows the race at the park. 

The entry fee is a suggested donation of $15 per boat, 

made payable to The Barnacle Society, a not-for-profit volunteer 

organization whose mission is to support the state park. 

For more information and the NOR, go to www.floridastateparks.org/thebarnacle/Events.cfm, 

or call (305) 442-6866. 

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 

LYC Lauderdale YC. 

MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com 

KBYC Key BiscayneYC. www.kbyc.org 

PBSC Palm Beach Sailing Club. www.pbsail.org 

SCF Sailfish Club. Palm Beach. www.sailfishclub.com 

SORC Southern Ocean Racing Circuit. www.sorcsailing.org 

STC Storm Trysail Club. www.stormtrysail.org 

USSC US SAILING Center, Miami. www.usscmiami.org 

JANUARY 

5 Etchells Sidney Doren Memorial. BBYC 

5 Levin Memorial Stars. CRYC 

10 Star Midwinters. CRYC 

11 International 470 NA Championship. CGSC 

12 29er Regatta. CRYC 

16 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West. LYC/STC/SORC 

26 Rolex Miami Olympics Classes Regatta 

FEBRUARY 

2 Comodoro Rasco Snipes. CGSC 

2 Etchells Florida State Championship. BBYC 

2 Zagarino Masters Regatta Stars. CRYC 

9 29er XX Class Regatta. CGSC 

9 Viper 640/J80 Valentine Regatta. USSC Miami 

9 Walker Cup Stars. CRYC 

23 Barnacle’s George Washington’s Birthday Regatta. CGSC 




April 28 

See Short Tacks section, “Other Events,” for more information. 

NAMSA North American 

Championships and 2013 

Tradewinds Midwinter Open Cat 

Nationals, Islamorada, Florida Keys, 

Jan. 19-21 

This is also the NA F18 Midwinters, F16 Midwinters, Wave 

National Series Regatta. Three days of racing and two 

courses; one for faster boats (with spinnakers), another for 

regular beach cats (H16, Wave, etc.). For NOR and information, 

go to www.catsailor.com/Tradewinds.htm. 

This regatta is held at Founders Park, Islamorada, and 

hosted by Founders Park Waterspouts, and the CABB 

(Catamaran Assn. of Biscayne Bay). The event is sponsored 

by Catamaran Sailor magazine, Rick White’s Sailing 

Seminars, www.OnLineMarineStore.com and Calvert Sails. 

rick@catsailor.com. (305) 451-3287 

26th Key West Race Week, Jan. 20-25 

See the beginning of the racing section for more information. 

Florida Keys Race Calendar 



April 28 

See Short Tacks Section “Other Events” for more information. 

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.keywestsailingsailing- 


center.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 after. 

Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). 

www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular 

club racing open to all. 

JANUARY 

Go to club website for weekly club racing schedule. 

12-13 Commodore’s Regatta 

18-20 DDTW Regatta 

26 Community Bank Regatta. Portsmouth 

26 Community Bank Regatta. PHRF 

FEBRUARY 

9-10 Buccaneer Blast. Youth Sailing Program Regatta 

15-18 Cat Boat Rendezvous Regatta 

21-23 Force 5 Midwinters 

Race Reports 

Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational, 

Sarasota, FL, Nov. 10, Gulf of 

Mexico 

Harmon Heed 

This long-running regatta is a Boat of the Year event for the 

Sarasota Bay Yachting Association, which consists of 12 

yacht clubs, squadrons and clubs. 

The gorgeous day of bright, blue sky, light winds and 

calm water was further enhanced by the sight of Gregg and 

Alice Petrat’s 48’ Cherubini schooner, White Hawk, flying 

seldom-seen sails, a mule and gollywobbler. 

This year, 38 boats raced in seven classes. Spinnaker 

and E Scow boats raced four windward/leeward races in 

the bay and all others raced a single random leg course in 

the Gulf of Mexico. Sarasota PHRF racing is peculiar for 

using the “pursuit start” where the handicap is taken at the 

start. The boat with the highest rating starts first and the 

others follow, crossing the start line at a time according to 

their rating. Theoretically, if all boats raced a perfect race, 

they would all cross the finish line at the same time with the 

tactics, maneuvering, cramming, barging, yelling and 

excitement that are normal for normal starts. Unfortunately, 

the finishes take as long as the starts do. 

Protests were lodged against three boats for not rounding 

a mark that had been dragged by other boats, which had 

caught the long mark rode and moved the mark. The protests 

were denied because those boats made their turns where the 

mark should have been. Mauro Harto on MOJO may have 

been given a parking citation for parking overtime on the 

mark while he disentangled his boat from the rode. John 

Proctor on Baringa should have been rewarded (instead of 

having to DNF) for returning the mark to its original position 

The Petrats’ 48-schooner, White Hawk, reaches with a “mule” up 

between the masts at the Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational on Nov. 

10. Photo by Ben Wagner. 

after he dragged it for a considerable distance. 

Results: Spinnaker (6 boats): 1, Rita B, David Hillmyer, Sarasota Sailing 

Squadron; 2, Indigo, Travis Yates, SSS; 3, Clair, Randy St. James, Davis 

Island YC. E Scows (4 boats): 1, E Ticket, Jim Barr, SSS; 2, Ego, Robert 

Blomquist, SSS; 3, Rev It Up, Doug Kresge, SSS. Non-Spin (6 boats): 1, 

Hot Tuna, Rudy Reinecke, SSS; 2, Solitude, David Wilson, SSS; 3, Raegan 

E, Rolf Hahn, Venice YC; Pocket Cruising (4 boats): 1, Green Flash, John 

Huber, SSS; 2, Skimmer, Mike Collins, SSS; 3, Galadriel, Lawsom Mitchell, 

NA. Cruising (11 boats): 1, Summertime, John Lynch, Venice Sailing 

Squadron; 2, Marguerite, John Hensley, SSS; 3, Impetuous, Lou Fusilli, Bird 

Key Yacht Club. Racer Cruiser (2 boats): 1, Mother Ocean, Mark Requa, 

Sarasota YC, (also awarded the SYC Perpetual Trophy for line honors in 

winning the pursuit race across all classes); 2, Windcaller, Joe McClash, 

Bradenton YC. Multihulls (3 boats): 1, Catabella, Dean Cleal, SYC; 2, 

Iguana, John Dowd, SSS; 3, Two Sexy, Bill Fisher, Bayshore Gardens YC. 


Egmont Key Race, Davis Island to 

Egmont, Tampa Bay, FL, Jan. 5 

This is the longest running regatta in the Tampa Bay area. 

Since 1935, this distance race from Davis Island Yacht Club 

to Egmont Key and back has attracted top sailors in the area 

and is now a DIYC and WFPHRF Boat-of-the-Year event. In 

keeping with long-standing tradition, chili will be served to 

competitors upon their return to the club—no matter how 

late! Classes include Spinnaker, Non-Spin, Cruising, and 

Racer-Cruiser. One-design categories are possible with sufficient 

participation. For the NOR and on-line registration, 

go to www.diyc.org, or call (813) 251-1158. Free docking for 

the week is available at DIYC for those racing in the 

Commodore’s Cup the following weekend. 

4th Annual Charlotte Harbor 

Regatta and Laser Masters 

Midwinters, Jan. 31-Feb. 4 

The 2013 Charlotte Harbor Regatta will feature more than 

100 boats in possibly 11 classes. Expected classes are the 

Viper 640, S2 7.9, Hobie 16, Hobie Wave, Weta, F16, F18, 

Flying Scot, Laser, 2.4 mR Sunfish and Precision 15 classes. 

First time this year is the Charlotte Harbor Pusser’s Rum 

Beach Party at Port Charlotte Beach Park (which is the staging 

area for multihulls) on Feb. 2. For information about 

sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, contact Brian 

Gleason at (941) 206-1133 or gleason@charlotteharborregatta.com. 

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RACING 

St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta Offers 

PHRF Racing New This Year, Feb. 15-17 

The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is hosting the upcoming St. 

Petersburg NOOD (National Offshore One-Design) event on 

Feb. 15-17. Several popular one-design classes will be represented. 

Last year’s NOOD regatta featured nine separate 

classes with entries from across the eastern half of the U.S. 

Following its debut last year, there will be PHRF handicap 

class racing with a combination of windward/leeward 

and distance racing courses. All entrants for the PHRF classes 

will need to apply for a West Florida PHRF certificate at 

www.westfloridaphrf.org. Go to the Sailing World NOOD 

website at www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas. 

Gasparilla Regatta, Tampa Sailing 

Squadron, Apollo Beach, FL, Feb. 2-3 

Tampa Sailing Squadron will host the 49th annual 

Gasparilla Regatta. This regatta ties in with the annual 

Gasparilla celebrations, parades and pirate festivals in the 

Tampa Bay area. It also includes a shoot-out challenge to 

the Davis Island Yacht Club Racer/Cruisers for the coveted 

Pirate Musketoon. 

Racing will include both Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker 

classes, as well as Racer/Cruiser, Multihull, True Cruising and 

Mother Lode. One-design fleets are encouraged to attend. 

Go to www.tampasailing.org for more information. 

4th Annual Good Old Boat Regatta, 

St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 26 

See the write-up at the beginning of the Racing section. 

31st Annual Golden Conch Regatta, 

Platinum Point Yacht Club, 

Punta Gorda, FL, Jan. 19-20 

This two-day race series will be conducted outside Burnt 

Store Marina entrance on Charlotte Harbor. Two races on 

Saturday and one on Sunday. This regatta qualifies for 

Southwest Florida Boat of the Year title. Thirty to 35 boats 

are expected in the five classes offered. Both buoy and 

windward-leeward races will be conducted. A mandatory 

skipper meeting will be held on Saturday morning along 

with a complimentary continental breakfast. A barbecue 

social is planned after the Saturday races. The awards ceremony 

will be held following racing on Sunday. 

More details, NOR, and entry form will be posted by in 

December, on www.ppycbsm.com. 

19th Annual Conquistador Cup, 

Charlotte Harbor, March 3-4 

Historically the largest regatta in southwest Florida, this 

event is run by the Punta Gorda Sailing Club and the Royal 

Order of Ponce de Leon Conquistadors. The regatta begins 

with registration on Friday evening, March 1, at the Punta 

Gorda Boat Club at 802 West Retta Esplanade. Two buoycourse 

races are planned for Saturday with Spinnaker, Non- 

Spinnaker, Cruising, and Multihull divisions. A gettogether 

is planned with a buffet dinner for Saturday evening at the 

adjacent YMCA Bayfront Center. 

On Sunday, the reverse-start long distance Conquistador’s 

Cup will be held. In excess of 100 boats is expected for 

this event. The winner will be awarded the coveted Ponce de 

Leon Conquistador Helmet and gets his boat pictured on next 

year’s regatta T-shirt. An awards ceremony will follow the 

completion of Sunday’s race at the Punta Gorda Boat Club. 

For NOR and entry forms, go to www.pgscweb.com. 

West Florida Race Calendar 

The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West 

Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For 

regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West 

Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org. 

Club Racing 

Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the third 

Friday of each month. Skipper’s meeting at 10 a.m., PHRF racing, 

spin and non-spin. (727) 423-6002. One-design, dinghy racing 

every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. March through October. Jim Masson 

at (727) 776-8833. www.sailbcyc.org. 

Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April. 

Races at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 

hours beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF 

racing on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday 

of each month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com. 

Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend club 

races. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org. 

Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org. 

Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of 

Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternate 

Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com. 

Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing 

once a month, year-round john@johnkremski.com 

Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on 

Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. 

www.ppycbsm.com 

Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round. 

pbgvtrax@aol.com. 

Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. 

www.pgscweb.com. 

Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April. 

www.sarasotasailingsquad.com. 

St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through 

Aug. 28. 1630 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org. 

Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each 

month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. 

www.venice-sailing-squadron.org 

Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West Florida 

Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org) 

Tampa Bay (also known as Suncoast BOTY: (SUNBOTY) 

Davis Island: (DIBOTY) 

Gulf Boat of the Year: (GBOTY) 

Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY) 

Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY) 

Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY) 

JANUARY 

1 Hangover Cure. St. Pete YC 

1 Hangover Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 

1 Bloody Mary Regatta. Bradenton YC 

1 Hangover Bowl. Davis Island YC 

5 New Year’s Cup. Naples Sailing & YC 

5 Egmont Key Race. Davis Island YC. (SUNBOTY) (DIBOTY) 


12 Chili Cook-off Regatta. Caloosahatchee Marching & 

Chowder Society. 

12-13 Gaspar Regatta. St. Pete YC 

12-13 Commodore’s Cup. Davis Island YC. (SUNBOTY) (DIBOTY) 

18-20 Master Driver team race. St. Pete YC 

19 Snowbird Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron 

19-20 Golden Conch Regatta. Platinum Point YC. (CHBOTY) 

24 Full Moon Race. Davis Island YC 

26 Good Old Boat Regatta. St. Pete Sailing Assoc. 

31-Feb. 4 Charlotte Harbor Regatta and Laser Masters 

Midwinters. www.charlotteharborregatta.com 

FEBRUARY 

1-3 SPYC Valentine’s Day Opti Regatta. St. Pete YC 

2 Gasparilla Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron 

9 Cherry Pie Regatta. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. (SBYA) 

9-13 J/24 Midwinters. Davis Island YC 

14-17 VX Midwinters. Davis Island YC 

14-17 NOOD & Championship. (Suncoast 

16-17 Valentine’s Short-Handed Race. Dunedin Boat Club 

21 Full Moon Race. Davis Island YC 

21-24 Laser Midwinters East. Clearwater YC 

23 Edison Gulf Regatta. Caloosahatchee Marching & 

Chowder Society. (CHBOTY) 

22-24 505 Midwinters. St. Pete YC (at Pass-a-Grille) 

23 Full Moon Pursuit Race. St. Pete Sailing Assoc. 

24 Windjammer to Venice. Sarasota Sailing Squadron & 

Venice YC. (SBYA) 

27-28 J/22 Midwinters. Davis Island YC 

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92nd Sir Thomas Lipton Inter-Club 

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Nov. 17-18 

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Hurricane Isaac caused havoc over the Labor Day Weekend 

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Bay Waveland Commodore Taylor and Race 

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38 2002 Voyage 380 Catamaran .....................................................$239,000 

38 1986 Sabre 38 Centerboard .........................................................$89,900 

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48’ Nautitech Catamaran 1998 $349,000 Punta Gorda Leo 

47’ Conser Catamaran 2001 $249,000 St. Augustine Tom 

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43’ Priviledge 435 2001 $447,206 Italy Tom 

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Alden 56 Flybridge Express 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$505,000 (N) 

Hyundai 53 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$149,900 (N) 

Beneteau 49 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$325,000 (N) 

Beneteau 49 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$298,000 (S) 

Hatteras 46 Fly Bridge 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$85,000 (N) 

PT 46 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,000 (N) 

Wellcraft 4600 MY 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,000 (P) 

Lancer 45 CC 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$48,000 (N) 

Beneteau 423 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000 (S) 

Sea Ray 400 42 DB 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$98,000 (N) 

Grand Banks Classic 42 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$191,800 (N) 

Beneteau Oceanis 381 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 (S) 

Ocean Alexander 38 Double Cabin 1984 . . . . . . . .$76,000 (N) 

Rampage 38 Express 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$124,000 (N) 

Beneteau First 375 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$37,900 (P) 

Beneteau 373 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$135,000 (S) 

Beneteau 37 LE 2013 IN STOCK CALL for PACKAGE (S) 

Bavaria 37 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$94,500 (P) 

S2 11.0A 36 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$41,500 (S) 

Beneteau 361 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 (N) 

Beneteau 361 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,900 (S) 

Grand Banks 36 Classic 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,000 (N) 

Grand Banks 36 Classic 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$165,000 (N) 

Grand Banks 36 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 (P) 

Pearson 36s ’79, ‘80 & ’82 starting at . . . . . . . . . . . .$36,500 (N) 

Beneteau 343 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 (S) 

Beneteau First 10R (34’) 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 (N) 

Beneteau Oceanis 34 2012 IN STOCK CALL for PACKAGE (S) 

Catalina 34 Mark I 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 (N) 

Mainship 34 Trawler 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$154,500 (N) 

Hunter 340 1998, ’99 & ’01 starting at . . . . . . . . . . .$49,900 (N) 

Beneteau M332 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,000 (S) 

Beneteau 331 2003 Keel Centerboard . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 (S) 

Beneteau 331 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,900 (S) 

Beneteau 323 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$83,000 (S) 

Catalina 320 MKII 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$108,000 (P) 

Taylor 32 “Danger Zone” 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,000 (N) 

Beneteau Antares 980 32 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$139,000 (N) 

Island Packet 31 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,900 (N) 

Beneteau 31 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$118,000 (N) 

Catalina 30 MKIII 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,500 (S) 

Sea Sprite 30 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31,500 (N) 

Endeavourcat 30 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,500 (N) 

Nonsuch 30 Ultra 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$48,000 (P) 

Performance Cruising Telstar 28 2006 . . . . . . . . . . .$81,500 (N) 

Alerion AE 28 ’04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$74,900 (N) 

Beneteau First Class 7.5 (26’) 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$28,500 (N) 

Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,900 (N) 

J/Boats J/70 (22') 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IN STOCK 

Sylvana Yachts Rocket 22 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$29,500 (N) 

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1969 Morgan 22. Flash. Refit in 2000. Great 

day sailer and club racer. Two sets of sail, 

Dacron and Carbon fiber. 9.5 Johnson. $3300 

or best offer. Docked Palmetto, FL. (941) 962- 

5039. (3/13) 

2010 Catalina 250, Wing Keel. Honda 9.9 

Elec. Start, Great weekender - sleeps 4 - queen 

& v-berths, galley, enclosed head. Furling, 

wheel steering, auto pilot, VHF, Depth, Bimini, 

Lazy Jacks, Pop Top w/ enclosure. $35,641. 

Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises (800) 783- 

6953, or (727) 327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com 

Trimaran 21 feet folding day sailor. Brand new. 

Natural mahogany finish makes this an eyecatcher. 

Johnson engine. Custom aluminum 

trailer. $6500 OBO. Call (954) 316-8342. 

(3/13) 

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 

S2-7.9 26’ 1987. Race ready or go weekending. 

Rigging and hardware all top notch. 

Three sets of sails, 5 HP Merc. outboard, trailer, 

many extras. Excellent condition. Punta 

Gorda, FL. $18,490. (941) 505-4583. (3/13) 



Telstar 26 1979 Trimaran. New standing rigging, 

new roller furling. New 9.9 hp OB 4- 

stroke, electric start. Tilting mast to get under 

bridges. Good condition. New Upholstery, 

radio, Porta-potti, etc. $18,500. (305) 893- 

6061 (1/13) 

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 

1989 Catalina 30. Excellent Condition. GPS, 

Autopilot, New A/C, 600 Hours. Will put up 

against any ’89 model on the market. Can be 

seen in Tarpon Springs, FL. $32,000 Call 

(337) 984-9400 

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. (3-13) 

$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) 

31’ Mariner Ketch 1970. 44 HP rebuilt Perkins 

Diesel. Complete retro. Full keel. 2 mains, 2 

mizzens, cruising chute w/sock, windlass, 

Bimini, S/S propane stove, GPS w/charts. A 

must see at our docks. Asking $16,900. Cortez 

Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100. 

1992 Capri 26 in very nice condition with 

outboard. 1974 C&C 27, lots of upgrades in 

2010, outboard, and new bottom antifouling 

paint. For more details, contact Capt. Barney 

D. Riley, Jr. at 1 (800) 282-1411, or email 


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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$34,900 

37' Tartan 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,900 

31' Mariner Ketch 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,900 

31' Island Packet 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31,500 

30' Catalina 1987 MKII . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$24,500 

POWER 

44' Targa 1989 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,900 

36' Sea Ray Aft Cabin 1985 . . . . . . . . .$34,900 

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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CORTEZ YACHT SALES 

2006 Gemini 105Mc. Lily Pad $129,000 

Should sell quickly. Loaded coastal cruiser. 

Modified for aerial photography. Located on 

the St Johns River. Full information, go 

to: www.c-head.com/LilyPad.html, or call 

(407) 592-1207. (3/13) 

1984 Catalina 30. Good condition. 22HP 

diesel low hours. GPS, depth, compass, 

stereo. 2 VHF radios. Dinghy. Roller furling. At 

St. Pete marina - slip transferable with boat. 

$22k. tomt@tampabay.rr.com. (813) 504- 

0414. (2/13) 

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33’ Hunter, 2005. Wonderful condition, new 

bottom paint in September 2012. In mast 

furling system and head sail roller furling for 

ease of sailing. $82,500. Call Butch @ 850- 

624-8893, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality 

Listings, Professional Brokers, 

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34 Catalina 1990. Mark 1.5, shoal draft, wing 

keel, walk-thru transom. Best-equipped 34 

you’ll ever see. Well set up for cruising with 

arch/ davits, solar panels, wind generator, air 

conditioner, inverter/charger, windlass, 10’3” 

RIB w/ 15 HP, chart plotter, wind/depth, custom 

bimini & windshield, Mackpack, RF genoa. 

Lots more. $50,500. (954) 581-0819, cell 

(954) 682-3973. (2-13) 

Frers 36 F-3 1982. Fast Racer/Cruiser. Full batten 

main, 155, 110, Reaching Spinnaker w/ 

sock. 5’-6” draft with custom wing/bulb keel. 

Full interior, Electra-San head, recent bottom 

paint. $36,000. Matt (813) 645-4423. m.dalton@leaptampa.com 

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) 

34’ Beneteau 343 2008. Trade In. Air 

Conditioning, In-Mast Furling, Bimini/ 

Dodger, Cushions, Full Electronics, Very Clean 

& True. Turn Key. $115,000 (727) 214-1590 

x3. Full specs & pics at www.Murray 

YachtSales.com. 

Allied Princess Ketch 1979 36’. Proven blue 

water cruiser. Classic A. Edmunds design. 4’ 5” 

draft/11’ beam. Well-maintained, AC, Adler- 

Barbour fridge, 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 

37’ TARTAN Centerboard Sloop. 1977 w/ 

Westerbeke diesel, Harken RF, Jib, Genoa, Main, 

Storm Sail, Spinnaker, Autopilot, 2 X VHFs, SSB, 

GPS Navigator, Stove, Ice Box, Pressure Water, 

lots of gear and spares. $29,900. Needs work. 

Estate sale. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100. 

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 

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! Purrfect 

for voyagers/cruisers/liveaboards or day 

charter. Asking $55,000. Details: svforeveryoung@hotmail.com. 

(3/13) 

38’ Hunter – 2 staterooms layout, very good 

condition, freshwater boat. Reduced to 

$119,500! Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 

684-0218 or curtis@curtisstokes.net. 

35’ C&C – Turn-key cruiser, great sail inventory. 

Reduced to $24,500! Contact Curtis Stokes 

at (954) 684-0218 or 

curtis@curtisstokes.net. 

2002 Beneteau 361 $99,900. Air 

Conditioning, In-Mast Furling, Davits, Dinghy, 

OB, Bimini, Windlass, Fridge & freezer, 

Microwave, Full Electronics. St. Petersburg, FL. 

(727) 214-1590 ext. 3. Full specs & pics at 

www.MurrayYachtSales.com 

2002 Voyage 380 Catamaran. Fast and 

strong! Yanmar Diesel 1800 hours. 

Refrigerator/freezer, autopilot, chartplotter, 

new RIB dinghy and OB are just the beginning. 

$239,900. Alan (941) 350-1559. 

alangsys@gmail.com. www.grandslamyachtsales.com 



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, 12- 

volt DC fridge, ST winches, Bimini. Asking 

$34,900. Cortez Yacht Sales 941-792-9100. 

42’ Cheoy Lee Clipper, 1970. Classic head 

turner with major refit that included a new 

engine, rigging, sails and an extensive interior 

makeover! $75,000. Call Tom @ 904-377- 

9446, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, 

Professional Brokers, 


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 

CAL 40, Secumptual III, 1964. Restored by 

knowledgeable owner, no fastener left 

untouched, paint inside and out, re-powered 

w/Perkins 4-107. Eight sails, many new deck 

fittings, new electrics and batteries. Head and 

holding tank new 2012. Standard Horizon 

CPV 7” plotter, VHF. Loud hailer combo. 

Asking $59,000. Contact Terry Rose at (910) 

772-9277 or terry@bbyachts.com. 

42’ Lagoon Owner’s Version, 2008. Twin 

Yanmar diesel engines, Onan genset, 44k btu 

air-conditioning, washer/dryer and Solar 

Panels. $480,000. Call Kevin @ 321-693- 

1642, Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, 


www.CatamaransFlorida.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 @ 561- 

676-8445, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, 

Edwards Yacht Sales 

42’ Catalina MK II. 2 staterooms, 2-head layout, 

very good condition. Reduced to 

$129,500! 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. 

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. 

SABRE 42, Evergreen. 1989. Classic Sabre 

designed and finished sloop meticulously 

maintained w/centerboard. Equipped for 

world cruising. Radar, AIS, XM weather, Wind 

gen., Watermaker, Garmin GPS, 12-volt DC 

Generator, SSB, Skymate-ocean internet, Auto 

Pilot, bottom epoxy-treated, 2 staterooms, 

spacious salon and galley, 6’ 5” headroom, 

ensuite heads. Asking $170,000. Contact 

Terry Rose at (910) 772-9277. 

2000 Dufour 43 Classic. Cruise fast with four 

staterooms. Well-equipped and new bottom 

paint. Volvo diesel 980 hours. Air conditioning, 

refrigeration, autopilot and more. 

$114,900. Alan (941) 350-1559. 

alangsys@gmail.com. 

www.grandslamyachtsales.com 

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. 



51’ Little Harbor – Performance cruiser in 

very good condition. Reduced to $425,000! 

Contact Curtis Stokes at (954) 684-0218 or 

curtis@curtisstokes.net. 

55’ Bruce Bingham Cutter 1994. Large center 

cockpit, excellent seating, metal dodger 

hardtop with new paint work on complete 

exterior. $175,000. Call Jim @ 386-898-2729, 

Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, 



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. 

(3/13) 

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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) 

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GPS Chartplotter (941) 792-9100. 

VHF Antenna cable: 40’ of Anchor Marine 

RG-8X coaxial cable. Never used/installed. 

Retails at West Marine for $2.09/ft. Asking 

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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) 

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30# Aluminum Vertical Propane cylinder 

(Current inspection and proper fill valve) 

$125. 

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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) 

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 

$50 – 3 mo. Ad & Photo 

941-795-8704 

ENGINES FOR SALE 

_________________________________________ 

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 

(3/13) 



HELP WANTED 

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LODGING FOR SAILORS 

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SAILS & CANVAS 

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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. (3/13) 

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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) 

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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. 

INSTRUCTION 

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Ponce de Leon Hotel 

Historic downtown 

hotel at the bay, across 

from St. Petersburg 

YC. 95 Central Ave., 

St. Petersburg, FL 

33701 

(727) 550-9300 

www.poncedeleon 

hotel.com 

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT 

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SLIPS FOR RENT/SALE 

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Trawler Training with 

Captains 

Chris & Alyse Caldwell 

Boating, fishing, relaxing on 20k acre lake in 

Northeast “Old Florida” in small, quiet, lakefront 

adult mobile home park. Conveniently 

located, reasonable lot rent. Homes from 

$3500 to $14,000. (386) 698-3648 or 

www.lakecrescentflorida.com (3/13A) 

DOCK SPACE off SARASOTA BAY!! Slips start 

at $117 a Month on 6-Month Lease. Sheltered 

Marina accommodates up to 28’ sail or power 

boats. Boat ramp. Utilities included. Call Office: 

(941) 755-1912. (3/13A) 

Live and learn aboar d our 

44-ft trawler in Florida 

or your boat anywhere! 

772-205-1859 

www.CaptainChrisYachtServices.com 

OWN YOUR OWN SLIP (deepwater) beside 

the ICW and your secluded weekend getaway 

home. Scenic setting with westward views for 

great sunsets. Launch your outings from this 

protected site. Englewood, FL. $260,000. 

Pam Neer, Realtor (941) 830-0999. Michael 

Saunders & Co. (3/13) 

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 

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SAILING COMPANION WANTED 

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This new section is at a special rate. Our 

standard rate for a 3-month ad up to 30 

words is $25. In this section the words 

allowed is up to 50 words for $25. Add 

$25 if you want to add a photo. Contact 

editor@southwindsmagazine.com. 

Sailboat Captain seeks Co-Captain. 57 yr 

old sailor seeks female sailing partner. I’ve 

lived aboard 15 yrs now. Currenty residing 

Boot Key Harbor, Marathon. Email me at 

saltykevin@yahoo.com. Chat soon! (1/13) 

31' Island Packet 1984. Sloop w/ 22hp 

Yanmar, Shaefer RF, RayMarine Auto Pilot, GPS, 

VHF, Nav Station, Bimini, S/S Propane Stove, 

Refrigeration, Hull #1. Needs TLC. 

$31,500...make offer. Cortez Yacht Sales 941- 

792-9100. 

Used FORESPAR Motor Mate Lifting Crane. 

100 lb lift capacity, great for outboard motors, 

scuba gear etc. Complete unit in good condition 

with new line and added cam cleat. $200 

or Best Offer. Bradenton, FL. Call Jay (941) 538- 

8345 (3/13) 


ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

TELL THEM YOU SAW IT IN SOUTHWINDS! SOUTHWINDS provides these lists as a courtesy 

and asks our readers to support our advertisers. The lists includes all display advertising. 

Absolute Tank Cleaning ..........................26 

Advanced Sails ........................................30 

All American Covered Boat Storage ........26 

Amelia Island Marina ..............................19 

American Rope & Tar..............................27 

Anchorage Resort Marina........................19 

Aqua Graphics ........................................26 

Atlantic Sail Traders.................................30 

Aurinco ...................................................27 

Bacon Sails..............................................30 

Bahamas Guide/Seaworthy .....................23 

Beaver Flags............................................28 

Beneteau Sailboats .................................BC 

Beta Marine ............................................17 

Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals ................20,38 

Blenker Boatworks & Marina...................18 

Bluewater Sailing School....................15,38 

BoatNames.net .......................................26 

Boatsmith .................................................7 

Borel .......................................................28 

Bo’sun Supplies.......................................17 

Cajun Trading Rigging ............................30 

Calvert Sails ............................................30 

Cape Coral Yacht Basin ...........................18 

Capt Marti’s Books/Seminars...................23 

Capt. Chris Yacht Services..................27,67 

Capt. Jagger ...........................................27 

Capt. Larry Nelson..................................27 

Capt. Rick Meyer ....................................26 

Capt. Tom Mackin ..................................27 

Captains License Class ............................67 

Catalina ..................................................32 

Catamaran Boatyard ...............................26 

Charleston Race Week...............................3 

C-Head Compost Toilets .........................28 

Clear Air Systems ....................................28 

Clearwater Municipal Marina ..................18 

Compac Sailboats ...................................32 

Compleat Fabrication..............................45 

Conquistador Regatta ...............................9 

CopperCoat ............................................14 

Cortez Yacht Brokerage...........................63 

Couples Sailing School............................38 

CPT Autopilot .........................................66 

Cruising Guide Florida’s Suncoast ...........23 

Cruising Solutions ..............................35,36 

Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage .................60 

Davis Island Yacht Club...........................11 

Dockside Radio .......................................43 

Doyle/Ploch Sails.....................................30 

Dunbar Sales...........................................58 

Dunbar Sales Sailing School....................38 

Dwyer mast ............................................66 

Eastern Yachts/Beneteau .........................BC 

Edwards Yacht Sales................................59 

EisenShine...............................................26 

Ellies Sailing Shop ...................................26 

Emerald Coast Yachts School ..................38 

Fair Winds Boat Repairs...........................29 

Fishermen’s Headquarters .......................28 

Flagship Sailing.......................................38 

Florida Keys Cottage/Charter ..................27 

Florida Yacht Group................................BC 

Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field .............22 

Glades Boat Storage...........................10,19 

Grand Slam Yacht Sales...........................57 

Gulf Coast Boat Show.............................18 

Gulfport City Marina...............................21 

Hand-ee-Cleat.........................................28 

Harborage Marina .................................IBC 

Hidden Harbor Marina............................19 

Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack ...........................7 

Hobie Cats/Tiki Watersports ....................32 

Hotwire/Solar & other products .............28 

Hunter ....................................................32 

Indiantown Marina .................................19 

Innovative Marine Services.................26,30 

Irish Sail Lady..........................................31 

J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales....................61 

Kelly Bickford, Broker ..............................58 

Key Lime Sailing......................................29 

Key West Charter ....................................27 

Knighton Sails.........................................31 

Laser .........................................................7 

Mack Sails...............................................34 

Madeira Beach Municipal Marina............24 

Mainsheet Partners .................................12 

Maptech .................................................41 

Margarita Cat-Bruce Van Sant .................23 

Masthead Enterprises ....................28,31,58 

Mastmate ..............................................28 

Matthews Point Marina...........................19 

Miami Boat Show .....................................5 

Moor Electronics .....................................29 

Morehead City Yacht Basin .....................19 

Morgan Invasion.....................................11 

Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau.............61,BC 

National Sail Supply................................31 

Nature’s Head.........................................29 

Nautical Trader .......................................45 

Nautos Sailing hardware .........................21 

Non-Local Flow.......................................23 

North Sails .............................................48 

North Sails Outlet ...................................67 

NV-Charts ...............................................27 

Optimist ...................................................7 

Pasadena Marina.....................................18 

Passagemaker Magazine .........................39 

Porpoise Used Sails .................................31 

Portland Pudgy .......................................26 

Precision .................................................32 

Punta Gorda Sailing Club..........................9 

Regata del Sol al Sol ..............................IFC 

Regatta Pointe Marina ............................16 

Rigging Only...........................................30 

RS Sailboats ............................................32 

Sail Repair...............................................31 

Sailboat Lessons ......................................23 

Sailing Florida Charters ...........................38 

Sailing Florida Sailing School...................38 

SailKote..............................................31,33 

Sands Harbor Marina ..............................19 

Schurr Sails .............................................49 

Sea Lake Yacht Sales ...............................BC 

Sea School ..............................................44 

Sea Tech .................................................66 

Seaworthy Goods...............................29,34 

Simple Sailing ....................................38,58 

Soft Deck ...........................................38,58 

Southeastern Marine Power ....................35 

Sparman USA..........................................44 

Spotless Stainless ....................................29 

Squalls and Rainbows .............................23 

St. Barts/Beneteau ..................................BC 

St. Petersburg Yacht Club .........................8 

Star Marine Outboards ...........................30 

Strictly Sail Miami .....................................5 

Sunfish......................................................7 

Sunrise Sails, Plus ....................................30 

Tackle Shack .............................................7 

Tailing Hook............................................29 

Tampa Bay Hospice Cup .........................11 

Teak Guard .............................................37 

Tiki Water Sports.....................................32 

Turner Marina .........................................18 

Turner Marine & Boatyard ......................18 

UK Sailmakers .........................................31 

Ullman sails........................................26,31 

US Spars .................................................25 

Yachtman’s Guide to Bahamas ................23 

RACING continued from page 57 

Northern Gulf Upcoming Regattas 

Mardi Gras Race Week, 

New Orleans, LA, 

February 12-24 

The New Orleans Yacht Club is holding 

its annual premier racing event 

with One-Design and PHRF. One- 

Design racing is Feb. 13-17 and PHRF 

(Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker divisions) 

is Feb. 23-24. With five boats 

constituting a class, the one-design 

classes expected are Finn, J/22, Hobie 

33 NAs, Lightning, Lasers, Kiteboards, 

Club 420s, Optimist, Easterly 30 NAs, 

Open Flying Scot, Rhodes 19, Viper 

640, VX One, V15, Moths. 

For more information, as well as 

hotels and directions, go to www. 

mardigrasregatta.org. Limited free 

“college style” housing is available. 

Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar 

See local club websites for club races. 

LEGEND 

BucYC Buccaneer Yacht Club, 

Mobile, AL 

FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL 

PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, 

Pensacola Beach, FL 

PYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL 

NOYC New Orleans YC, 

New Orleans, LA 

JANUARY 

12-13 GYA Winter Meeting. FYC 

19 Frostbite Regatta. PBYC 

(tentative date) 

26 Super Bowl Regatta. PYC 


FEBRUARY 

9 Mardi Gras Regatta. PYC 


12-24 Mardi Gras Regatta. NOYC 


16 Valentine’s Regatta. PBYC 


16 Billy Goat Regatta. BucYC 



ADVERTISER’S CATEGORIES 

TELL THEM YOU SAW IT IN SOUTHWINDS! SOUTHWINDS provides these lists as a 

courtesy and asks our readers to support our advertisers. The lists includes all display advertising. 

SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGE 

Beneteau..........................................................................................................BC 

Boatsmith...........................................................................................................7 

Compac Sailboats.............................................................................................32 

Cortez Yacht Brokerage ....................................................................................63 

Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage ..........................................................................60 

Dunbar Sales ....................................................................................................58 

Edwards Yacht Sales .........................................................................................59 

Florida Yacht Group .........................................................................................BC 

Grand Slam Yacht Sales....................................................................................57 

Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack.....................................................................................7 

Hobie Cats/Tiki Watersports ...............................................................................7 

Kelly Bickford, Broker .......................................................................................58 

Laser ..................................................................................................................7 

Masthead Yacht Sales/Catalina ...............................................................28,31,58 

Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau ...........................................................................BC 

Optimist.............................................................................................................7 

Portland Pudgy ................................................................................................26 

Precision...........................................................................................................32 

RS Sailboats......................................................................................................32 

Sea Lake Yacht Sales ........................................................................................BC 

Simple Sailing..............................................................................................38,58 

St. Barts/Beneteau............................................................................................BC 

Sunfish ...............................................................................................................7 

Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish................................................................................7 

Tiki Water Sports ..............................................................................................32 

GEAR, HARDWARE, ACCESSORIES, CLOTHING 

Aurinco ............................................................................................................27 

Beaver Flags .....................................................................................................28 

Borel ................................................................................................................28 

Bo’sun Supplies/Hardware ................................................................................17 

Cajun Trading Rigging......................................................................................30 

C-Head Compost Toilets...................................................................................28 

Clear Air Systems..............................................................................................28 

CopperCoat .....................................................................................................14 

CPT Autopilot...................................................................................................66 

Cruising Solutions .......................................................................................35,36 

Dockside Radio.................................................................................................43 

Ellies Sailing Shop.............................................................................................26 

Fishermen’s Headquarters.................................................................................28 

Hand-ee-Cleat ..................................................................................................28 

Hotwire/Solar & other products ......................................................................28 

Mainsheet Partners...........................................................................................12 

Maptech ..........................................................................................................41 

Masthead Enterprises .............................................................................28,31,58 

Mastmate Mast Climber...................................................................................28 

Nature’s Head ..................................................................................................29 

Nautical Trader.................................................................................................45 

Nautos Sailing hardware ..................................................................................21 

NV-Charts.........................................................................................................27 

Seaworthy Goods........................................................................................29,34 

Soft Deck ....................................................................................................38,58 

Southeastern Marine Power..............................................................................35 

Sparman USA ...................................................................................................44 

Spotless Stainless..............................................................................................29 

Tackle Shack Hobie/Sunfish/Precision .................................................................7 

Tailing Hook .....................................................................................................29 

Teak Guard.......................................................................................................37 

US Spars...........................................................................................................25 

SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES 

Advanced Sails .................................................................................................30 

Atlantic Sail Traders ..........................................................................................30 

Bacon Sails .......................................................................................................30 

Cajun Trading Rigging......................................................................................30 

Calvert Sails......................................................................................................30 

Doyle Ploch......................................................................................................30 

Dwyer Mast/spars, hardware, rigging...............................................................66 

Innovative Marine Services ..........................................................................26,30 

Knighton Sails ..................................................................................................31 

Mack................................................................................................................34 

Masthead/Used Sails and Service............................................................28,31,58 

National Sail Supply .........................................................................................31 

North Sails, new and used...........................................................................48,67 

Porpoise Used Sails...........................................................................................31 

Rigging Only ...................................................................................................30 

Sail Repair ........................................................................................................31 

Schurr Sails.......................................................................................................49 

Sunrise Sails, Plus ............................................................................................30 

UK Sailmakers...................................................................................................31 

Ullman Sails.................................................................................................26,31 

CANVAS, STAINLESS STEEL 

Compleat Fabrication .......................................................................................45 

Knighton Sails ..................................................................................................31 

SAILING SCHOOLS, CAPTAIN’S LICENSE INSTRUCTION 

Bimini Bay Sailing School ............................................................................20,38 

Bluewater sailing school ..............................................................................15,38 

Capt. Chris Yacht Services ...........................................................................27,67 

Captains License Class......................................................................................67 

Couples Sailing School .....................................................................................38 

Dunbar Sales Sailing School .............................................................................38 

Emerald Coast Yachts School............................................................................38 

Flagship Sailing ................................................................................................38 

Sailing Florida Charters & School .....................................................................38 

Sea School/Captain’s License ...........................................................................44 


MARINE ENGINES AND ACCESSORIES 

Beta Marine......................................................................................................17 

Star Marine Outboards.....................................................................................30 

MARINAS, MOORING FIELDS, BOAT YARDS 

All American Covered Boat Storage..................................................................26 

Amelia Island Marina........................................................................................19 

Anchorage Resort Marina .................................................................................19 

Blenker Boatworks/marina................................................................................18 

Cape Coral Yacht Basin ....................................................................................18 

Catamaran Boatyard.........................................................................................26 

Clearwater Municipal Marina ...........................................................................18 

Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field.......................................................................22 

Glades Boat Storage ....................................................................................10,19 

Gulfport City Marina ........................................................................................21 

Harborage Marina...........................................................................................IBC 

Hidden Harbor Marina .....................................................................................19 

Indiantown Marina...........................................................................................19 

Madeira Beach Municipal Marina .....................................................................24 

Matthews Point Marina ....................................................................................19 

Morehead City Yacht Basin...............................................................................19 

Pasadena Marina ..............................................................................................18 

Regatta Pointe Marina......................................................................................16 

Sail Harbor Marina ...........................................................................................31 

Sands Harbor Marina........................................................................................19 

Turner Marina ..................................................................................................18 

Turner Marine & Boatyard................................................................................18 

CHARTERS, RENTALS, FRACTIONAL 

Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals..........................................................................20,38 

Flagship Sailing ................................................................................................38 

Florida Keys Cottage/Charter ...........................................................................27 

Key Lime Sailing...............................................................................................29 

Sailing Florida Charters.....................................................................................38 


MARINE SERVICES, SURVEYORS, DIVE SERVICES, INSURANCE, TOWING, 

BOAT LETTERING, REAL ESTATE, ETC. 

Absolute Tank Cleaning....................................................................................26 

Aqua Graphics..................................................................................................26 

BoatNames.net.................................................................................................26 

EisenShine ........................................................................................................26 

Fair Winds Boat Repairs/Sales ...........................................................................29 

Innovative Marine Services ..........................................................................26,30 

CAPTAIN SERVICES 

Capt. Jagger.....................................................................................................27 

Capt. Larry Nelson ...........................................................................................27 

Capt. Rick Meyer..............................................................................................26 

Capt. Tom Mackin............................................................................................27 

MARINE ELECTRONICS 

Moor Electronics ..............................................................................................29 

Sea Tech/Navigation/Communication ..............................................................66 

SAILING WEB SITES, VIDEOS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES 

Bahamas Guide/Seaworthy...............................................................................23 

BoatNames.net.................................................................................................23 

Capt Marti’s Books/Seminars ............................................................................23 

Cruising Guide Florida’s Suncoast.....................................................................23 

Margarita Cat-Bruce Van Sant ..........................................................................23 

Non-Local Flow ................................................................................................23 

Passagemaker Magazine...................................................................................39 

Sailboat Lessons ...............................................................................................23 

Yachtman’s Guide to Bahamas .........................................................................23 

Squalls and Rainbows.......................................................................................23 

REGATTAS, BOAT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS 

Charleston Race Week ........................................................................................3 

Conquistador Regatta.........................................................................................9 

Davis Island Yacht Club ....................................................................................11 

Gulf Coast Boat Show ......................................................................................18 

Miami Boat Show...............................................................................................5 

Morgan Invasion ..............................................................................................11 

Punta Gorda Sailing Club ...................................................................................9 

Regata del Sol al Sol........................................................................................IFC 

St. Petersburg Yacht Club.............................................................................IFC,8 

Strictly Sail Miami...............................................................................................5 

Tampa Bay Hospice Cup ..................................................................................11 


Realizing the Dream 

By Brenda Brinn 

It took us about 10 years to make our 

dream of cruising full time actually 

happen. Well, it wasn’t so much “our” 

dream as my husband’s. But, he was 

very good to me and my daughter, 

and since this is what would make him 

happy, I embraced the dream and 

focused on my planning, organizing, 

and jack-of-all-trades apprentice skills 

to help make this happen. You see, my 

husband is a man who loves 

to design and build with his 

own two hands. I really 

admire that. He had already 

tackled building a house, 

restoring a sports car where 

he had to buy three other 

junkers in order to have the 

parts to complete one, and 

motorcycles. 

Then came the chance to 

improve a sailboat. Over 

three years, he completely 

restored a 36-foot Morgan 

Out Island monohull, which 

in retrospect was the handson 

experience he gained 

prior to being mesmerized 

by this diamond-in-therough 

catamaran that he 

came to work on next. Okay, 

so this would be another project. Little 

did either of us realize how extensive 

and all-consuming a project it would 

become. 

There were many times during 

this eight year, slow-motion, 

rebuild/renovation of our 50-foot 

catamaran, Sea Spirit, that I questioned 

my sanity of allowing my husband to 

spend every penny we had, the heat 

exhaustion of working in a boatyard in 

the middle of summer in Florida, 

being covered with sweat, paint, 

epoxy, fiberglass, dust, mold and who 

knows what else. Because, yes, we did 

the vast majority of the work ourselves...every 

square inch...sometimes 

more than once. 

Then there were the looks we got 

from servers and patrons at local 

restaurants when we would take a 

break and treat ourselves to lunch in 

an air-conditioned diner or fast food 

joint. There we were in old grimy 

work clothes, disheveled hair, no 

makeup, a 5 o’clock shadow on my 

The dream, later named Sea Spirit, being realized. 

husband’s face and my legs. I wanted 

to explain that we were not homeless. 

We did shower every day. We had all 

the material objects almost everyone 

else had—a furnished house, cars, and 

a business. We were just working on 

our boat. Were they judging me or was 

I judging me 

I can remember one time feeling 

especially discouraged while I was in 

the department store buying towels 

for each cabin’s head. The sales clerk 

sensed I was not as excited as I could 

have been when I told her we were 

renovating a boat for cruising. She told 

me her husband realized the same 

dream, and that she was really glad 

she went along with it, because he 

unexpectedly passed away after just 

several months of cruising. With tears 

in both our eyes, my resistance to this 

life-altering endeavor gently washed 

away like a piece of seaweed on the 

Atlantic. Even now, when I use my 

towels, I silently thank that angel-indisguise 

for saying just what I needed 

to hear to jolt me out of my 

self-induced turmoil. 

I’m keeping it in the 

back of my mind that when I 

die I should like to ask God 

exactly how many decisions 

did my husband make from 

the moment he decided to 

buy this boat until we left 

the dock to cruise. Could it 

be over a hundred thousand 

How ‘bout a million 

Sometimes, I could swear I 

saw steam rising from his 

brain (just like when the 

impeller disintegrated and 

the port engine overheated)—and 

at the same time, 

he was exhilarated, focused, 

triumphant when his idea of 

how to stretch the ammas 

and raise the roof came to fruition 

flawlessly, and commiserated over the 

failures, as when it took three tries to 

install the salon windows without 

Frankenstein bolts so they did not leak 

or crack. 

Yet, there we were—side by side, 

day after day, week after week, month 

after month, year after year, until one 

day, our “baby” was finally ready to 

put her beautifully painted black bottom 

back in the water. Now, as we 

cruise in our solid, comfortable, bluewater 

boat, I am grateful beyond 

words that we had the perseverance to 

realize this dream.

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