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SOUTHWINDS
News & Views For Southern Sailors
SOUTHWINDS Media, Inc.
P.O. Box 1175, Holmes Beach, Florida 34218-1175
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The St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Hosts and Sponsors three prestigious
Tampa Bay & Gulf Races 2013
All three regattas qualify for the SPORC Trophy
(The St. Petersburg Ocean Racing Challenge)
and the Suncoast Boat of the Year
Special one-time entry fee if entering all three regattas at the same time —
Pusser’s Rum Cup, Suncoast Race Week and Crown Cars Regatta
Go to the SPYC Web Site Regatta Page for Details
32nd Annual
SPYC Invitational
Pusser’s Rum Cup
March 2
Originates at & returns to SPYC downtown location.
2013
29th Annual
Crown Cars Regatta
March 23
Location will be the SPYC at Pass-a-Grille location
Racing in the Gulf of Mexico.
35th Annual Suncoast Race Week
Presented by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in cooperation
with Bradenton Yacht Club & Davis Island Yacht Club
April 4-7
Venue to be announced in the Notice of Race.
All NORs will be on the
St. Petersburg Yacht Club Website at www.spyc.org and
West Florida Yacht Racing Association
at www.wfyra.org
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Volume 21 Number 1 January 2013
Copyright 2012, Southwinds Media, Inc.
Founded in 1993 Doran Cushing, Publisher 11/1993-6/2002
Publisher/Editor
7/2002–Present
Steve Morrell
editor@southwindsmagazine.com
(941) 795-8704
Assistant Editor
Janet Patterson Verdeguer
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Contributing Writers
Letters from our readers Brenda Brinn Chris and Alyse Caldwell
Julie B. Connerley Dan Dickison Joy Dunigan
Mary Catherine Finnerty Jabbo Gordon Harmon Heed
Kim Kaminski Roy Laughlin Bridget Lussier
Nevin Sayre Hone Scunook Morgan Stinemetz
Contributing Photographers/Art
Holly Ashton Randi Baird Brenda Brinn
Rebecca Burg (& Artwork) Chris and Alyse Caldwell Liz Davies
Dan Dickison Deb Fewell Roy Laughlin
Bridget Lussier Scunook Photography Morgan Stinemetz
Ben Wagner
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