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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.
Upcoming Regattas
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.
www.charlotteharborregatta.com
News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS January 2013 55