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SOUTHWINDS
NEWS & VIEWS FOR SOUTHERN SAILORS
8 Editorial: The Big Game:
The Miami Boat Show vs. The Super Bowl
By Steve Morrell
12 Letters You Wouldn’t Believe
14 Bubba’s Opinions Reach the Top
By Morgan Stinemetz
16 Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures
18 Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South
36 Miami Boat Show Preview and Seminars
38 Southeastern U.S. to the Caribbean:
Weather Patterns to Know and When to Go
By Mike Stockwell
41 Boatowner’s Boat Review: Catalina 36
By Hal Smith
46 Carolina Sailing: American Sail, Quietly Closing on 40
By Dan Dickison
48 TrawlerTalk: Trawler Propulsion Designs
By Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell
Catalina 36 Boatowner’s Boat Review. Page 41. Photo
by Hal Smith.
51 Cruise to Darien, Georgia
By James H. Newsome
54 Seven Seas Cruising Association Annual Gam
By Roy Laughlin
56 Is it Better to buy a Northern Boat for Florida—
and Truck it Down
By Diane Fowler
58 Bareboating North Carolina
By Mike Alyea
62 Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports,
Regional Race Calendars
86 Surviving Boatyard Burnout
By Lindsy Blazej
21 Books for Sale
25 Southern Sailing Schools Section
30 Marine Marketplace
44 Southern Marinas Pages
72 Boat Brokerage Section
77 Classifieds
84 Alphabetical Index of Advertisers
85 Advertisers’ List by Category
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FROM THE HELM
STEVE MORRELL, EDITOR
The Big Game: The Miami Boat Show vs. the Super Bowl
Miami Boat Show vs. the Super Bowl What’s up with that If
that game is played, the boat show doesn’t stand a chance.
A few years ago, the NFL began asking potential Super
Bowl host cities, like Miami, to reserve that weekend in case
they ever wanted to move the Super Bowl into mid-February.
In my opinion, they are already planning on it.
The first Super Bowl was on Jan. 15, 1967, and this year it’s
Feb. 3. It keeps getting later, and I bet that the NFL started
thinking of how they can make it bigger—and then thought
about a three-day weekend. So what’s available Not Martin
Luther King’s birthday—that’s in January and too early. That
leaves President’s Day, always the third Monday in February.
Perfect. Late enough to really promote the game after the holidays,
yet early enough to still be part of the football season.
In 2016, it’s Super Bowl L (50th) and the NFL would like
to bring the game to Miami to celebrate 50 years. Problem is,
the Miami Boat Show has been held on President’s Day
weekend for decades, and some of the local tourist powers
that be down in Miami say, “You can’t hold the Super Bowl
the same weekend as the boat show—there aren’t enough
hotel rooms.” But others, who see that the Super Bowl
equals dollars, say, “That’s no problem. Miami can handle
both events.”
Hotel rooms This is about more than just hotel rooms.
Several years ago, when the St. Petersburg Sailboat Show
was held in November, I remember one year when there was
an NFL game during the show, with the local team playing.
The show died that Sunday. A small crowd showed up in the
morning, then the place seemed deserted the rest of the day.
They should have just ended the show on Saturday.
Just recently, the Houston Boat Show, held Jan. 9-13,
closed its doors on Saturday, Jan. 12, because of the Houston
Texans’ NFL playoff game that was to be played that day at the
show site, Reliant Stadium. That’s a little different since the
game was played at the show site, but it should give us all an
idea of priorities and who we were dealing with; the NFL. They
are like the military-industrial complex—there’s no stopping
them. They should be called the “football-industrial complex.”
The Miami show is held Thursday through Monday. If the
Super Bowl gets moved to that weekend, how many people
will show up on Sunday even if the game was held in another
city that day Hotel rooms Ha! Yeah—they’ll be a problem.
They’ll be more expensive. And how many boat dealers, brokers
and exhibitors want to show up, pay big bucks to bring
boats in, pay for transportation, expensive hotel rooms, food
(and more expensive food)—besides the traffic—when no one
will show up on Sunday—one of the two big show days
If that happens, the Miami Boat Show can only make one
decision that is financially viable: They will have to move the
show to another weekend, whether the Super Bowl is held in
Miami or elsewhere. And once the NFL gets hold of
President’s Day weekend, they’ll keep it, and the Miami Boat
Show will lose it. It’s millionaires who play for billionaires vs.
boaters. Who do you think will win
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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
SHOULD MOORING FIELDS BE AVAILABLE
JUST FOR STORM REFUGE
Re: “Mooring Balls in Boot Key Harbor,” “Letters”
November, 2012
While I enjoy your magazine and feel the waterways
should remain forever free for all, I feel there has been a bit
too much emphasis on the extreme cases of a few individuals.
It should be noted that it is these individuals’ choice to
live aboard, and perhaps the relatively expensive realities
of maintaining a seaworthy vessel is not the best choice for
certain people’s economic constraints.
My specific point is the use of moorings for hurricane
refuge. I understand a safe harbor argument and that one
week might be excessive as a minimum, but boaters already
at anchor in Boot Key are not seeking safe harbor when looking
to use a mooring for a hurricane. These boaters are seeking
to transfer the risk and potential damage to their own
tackle onto that of the city of Marathon, while refusing to
participate in the mooring field under fair-weather conditions.
Something like being able to buy health insurance on
the way to the hospital if no individual mandate was in
place. I’m as conflicted as anyone regarding the proper role
of government—and more specifically, the heavy hand of
state and local authorities on the waterways—but it ultimately
is a reaction to others’ lack of personal responsibility.
Jeff Goff
St. Augustine, FL
Jeff – This is not a simple issue (what issues are), and I see you are
not so certain yourself as to what are the answers. But first, I would
like to know what are “the extreme cases of a few individuals”
Sweeping statements like that always bug me, as I like to hear
which cases you are talking about. To some, it might be an extreme
and rare case, but to the person things are happening to, it can be
the biggest event of his or her life, like being wrongly convicted and
sent to jail in a situation that only happens once in a hundred million
arrests. It could be rare and extreme, but it’s hardly something
that’s not worth making a fuss about. I am not saying you are doing
that, but I like to hear examples when someone says too much
emphasis is put on something—not just generalities.
As for using a mooring field only in a storm, I, too, see the
problem with Kevin Wilkinson seeking a mooring at Boot Key
Harbor just for that storm, but he could also be a responsible
boater, who is careful with his anchoring and his gear, and is just
seeking the best way to protect his boat at that time. We don’t
know. Setting the policy is difficult, because we don’t want to create
a situation that encourages irresponsible boaters to use the
moorings only during storms. But then again, in the January
issue, Doug Mensing wrote a letter that Fort Myers Beach readily
accepts boaters who want to use its mooring field for just a
storm. Is Boot Key Harbor run by a bunch of meanies Or is the
Fort Myers field run by a bunch of fools I say no to both questions.
Let’s see how they all progress over time. Mooring fields
and storms haven’t had that much experience in Florida. (I hope
they don’t get a lot of experience.) Let’s give it time.
Editor
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PARKING IN SARASOTA
I crewed in the Sarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta in
November, and questions about going around one mark
have been going around and around in my mind ever since.
The mark was set in light winds, with a very long rode
that angled out from it at a very shallow angle. John Lynch
on Summertime was protested for hitting the mark, but the
protest was dropped when John said he hit the rode but not
the mark. Is the rode a part of the mark, and should he have
been penalized
Then Mauro Harto on MOJO hit the mark. He didn’t
just hit it; he parked on it while they untangled the rode from
their rudder. Should he have had that “parking time”
reduced from his race time because getting “chock blocked”
wasn’t his fault And then along came John Proctor on
Baringa, and he caught and dragged the mark for some distance.
He was a true Corinthian and dropped out of the race
to return the mark to its original position. Should he have
suffered a DNF for repairing the RC’s faux pas And, in the
interim, other protest flags flew up against boats which didn’t
round the mark but instead made their turn where the
mark should have been.
Could the race committee be protested against because
it seemingly caused all of the incidents that disrupted placings
in the race
I don’t know. I’m not a scholar on the rules, but I am
considered a scholar on the new Sarasota Bayfront Mooring
Field, and I see a similarity. The city spent over $1,000,000
and has 35 moorings in a 114-acre area; most municipal
moorings cost less than $7,000 each and take only about a
quarter of an acre. So...I’m thinking: Maybe the Sarasota
City Commission was used as the race committee
If so, there could be good news for the citizens of
Sarasota. The Commission could see fit to have all of the
parking meters that were installed and quickly uninstalled
downtown—at a another huge expense to the taxpayers—
placed on the mooring balls. Then, if the mooring field
doesn’t fill to 98 percent capacity, pay its way and the private
management agreement is terminated, it could be managed
by the police officers of the city’s marine patrol, or
meter maids in dinghies rowing around issuing parking
tickets. And the Sarasota YC Race Commission could install
meters on the turning marks and collect quarters from boats
like MOJO who park there.
If they do that I’ll rename my boat, Cool Hand Luke.
Harmon Heed
Sarasota, FL
Harmon –
I am sure your story about the boats’ hitting, dragging and parking
on the mark during the regatta is true, but the story about the
City Commission ordering parking meters and then removing
them, I find hard to believe. Some other person spreading this
unbelievable rumor told me they cost about $1000 apiece, and
there were 553 of them. There is no way they would spend half a
million on parking meters and then get rid of them less than a year
later. You made that up.
And then spend thousands more to remove them Cool Hand
Luke would have done it for free. He went to jail for just removing
a few.
What’s the world coming to
Editor
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Bubba’s Opinions Reach the Top
Acouple of weeks after New Year’s, it’s
my guess, was when I ventured into
The Blue Moon Bar. I remember
that it was a cold day for
Florida. I also recall that interminable
and totally unimportant
post-season football games had
stopped. There was no football on
the bar’s TV, a relief.
If you look closely at a postseason
game, you can tell when
a television executive has
booked a stinker. The announcers
may sound enthusiastic, but the
crowd is not. The reason No crowd. So few people came to
the game that the TV cameras never show the dearth of fans.
It would be embarrassing.
As I said, it was a cold day for Florida. Actually, had I
been living in Aspen again, I would have considered it time
to get in the lee of a warm building and let the radiated
warmth of the sunlight off the building keep me comfortable
while I took off my parka, sweater, turtleneck and T-
shirt to get a tan on my upper body.
Back in the old days, some of us who lived in that Rocky
Mountain town got prescriptions for a drug called Meloxin,
something I think is no longer manufactured. Meloxin stimulated
the production of melanin, the pigment agent in the
skin, and it was possible to have an end-of-summer tan in
about three or four days.
The prescriptions were easy to get. There was a doctor
in town, who later became the mayor, who would write
anything you asked for. Meloxin was small potatoes for
him. Dexedrine No problem. No one had heard of
Percodan back then. Maybe it hadn’t been invented yet.
On cold days like the one I mentioned above, Doobie
sometimes served up a concoction that totally took the chill
off. She heated up apple cider in her microwave in individual
Styrofoam cups until it was steaming, pulled the cup
out, added a shot of rum and a pat of butter and then dusted
the melting butter with cinnamon. When you sipped it,
the hot cider and rum and melting butter slid down one’s
esophagus and warmed the cockles of one’s heart. One’s
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As I sat down at the
bar, I told Doobie I needed
an apple-buttered rum to
take the chill off. She nodded
her head, pulled out a
jug of cider and went to
work. I was sitting next to
Bubba Whartz, live-aboard, livealone
sailor who was builder, skipper and
owner of the ferro-cement sloop Right Guard,
constructed a number of years ago. Whartz was drinking
beer. I am not certain if his choice of a cold beer on a cold day
was just to prove he was man enough to take it, or whether
he was so deep into a beer groove he couldn’t climb out.
“Hey, Bubba,” I said.
“Hey,” replied Bubba. And he added, “Nice job.”
“Nice job for what”
“For publicizing my intelligent and reasonably articulated
opinions about how kiteboarding in the Olympics
sucked and was totally unmanageable as an Olympic sailing
event,” Whartz replied, tugging on the bill of his red baseball
cap, the one with the Peterbilt emblem on it.
“I did that”
“Yes, you did,” said Whartz. “It appeared in that magazine
you write for, Winds of the South, last July.”
“You mean SOUTHWINDS” I corrected him.
“Whatever.”
About this time Doobie put a steaming cup of rumlaced
cider down in front of me, and I immediately took a
sip. The chill I had carried inside with me from outside
evaporated like expectations of passion do when one meets
a blind date who weighs 300 pounds and doesn’t shave
under her arms.
“Bubba, I am having trouble placing the story in my
mind’s eye,” I admitted.
“In the story you quoted a lot of the objections I had to
admitting kiteboarding to the Olympics. They were all wellreasoned,
logical objections,” Bubba said. “Boardsailing was
getting tossed as a result, after being an Olympic sailing
class for decades. However, someone in the hierarchy of the
Olympic organization had to have read your article,
thought that my comments had real weight, showed the
story to others who reached the same conclusion, and kiteboarding
was abandoned for the 2016 summer Olympics, in
Brazil, I think, and boardsailing was reinstated. And it was
all because of what I said to you and what you wrote in
Winds of the South.”
“SOUTHWINDS, Bubba,” I said with more emphasis.
“Isn’t that what I just said”
“No, it was not.”
“Sorry,” Whartz apologized. “I had a long night last
night. But aren’t you proud that people way up in the higher
echelons of the competitive sailing world read what you
write and pay attention to what I say I mean, here we are just
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By Morgan Stinemetz
two guys in a bar in Sarasota, Florida, and
we managed to get something that was
totally wrong for Olympic sailing thrown
out and boardsailing reinstated. It’s
incredible!”
As I sipped my drink I thought
about what Bubba had said. In
my heart I knew that the chances
of people from the Olympics
or the ISAF reading what I
had written in July for
SOUTHWINDS were slight.
The chances of them acting
forcibly upon suggestions made
by a ferro-cement boat aficionado in Florida
who chewed tobacco and wore a Peterbilt cap were
even slimmer than a teenage girl with anorexia.
When I finished my hot rum drink, I ordered another. I
knew I had to go outside some time and I didn’t want
another chill. Bubba and I talked about the story that
appeared last July in SOUTHWINDS, the power of the press
and the obvious mistakes made by the people at the
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) who determine
what classes will sail in the summer Olympics. The second
drink felt just right, so I ordered another. There’s something
about hot cider and rum and melting butter and the taste of
cinnamon that makes one think more clearly.
When I thought about it more, I realized that the higher-ups
in the sailing world, particularly at the ISAF, which,
I believe, is based in the United Kingdom, the same people
we look to for guidance and leadership, had made a rather
big mistake when it voted boardsailing off the list of disciplines
for the 2016 Olympic games. Bubba, as far as I know,
is the only person who caught it as early as last July, though
the error occurred in May. I now know for a fact that the
ISAF general assembly reversed the decision in
November of last year and reinstated the Pryde
RS:X boardsailer. Kiteboarding was 86-ed.
They did the right thing.
That means that they probably
had time to consider Bubba’s arguments
that appeared in my story in the
July issue of SOUTHWINDS. I
was so elated by this thought
that I had Doobie fix me
another rum and hot cider. I
wasn’t feeling cold anymore. I
was feeling good.
Bubba was celebrating, too. He
ordered Doobie to bring him several more
beers and put them on my check. It was okay with me. It
isn’t often that a small-time writer, in cahoots with an
expert on ferro-cement sailboats, chewing tobacco and
messing up Christmas Boat Parades of Lights gets to break
a story that changes the way people at the very pinnacle of
sailing look at the sport they are supposed to govern, and
then also do the right thing.
The two of us celebrated through the afternoon, and
then I took a little nap at the bar. I don’t know when I woke
up exactly. It was dark outside, I could tell. Doobie gave me
the bill. Bubba wasn’t there. The bill came to $74.39, without
the tip. I think I must have fainted, because the next thing I
knew I woke up in the emergency room at Sarasota
Memorial Hospital.
The table next to my gurney had a thermos of hot, black
coffee on it. That’s all. A few days later I got a bill at home
for ER treatment and an ambulance ride. That came to
another $1,128.22, combined.
Sometimes it’s cool to be a writer. This was not one of
those times.
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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures
and Gulf Stream Currents – February
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
Force 1, etc.). Wind Roses are taken from Pilot Charts.
28th Annual
The Tampa Bay Hospice Cup
Presented by the Davis Island Yacht Club
Welcoming all Morgan Boats for Morgan Invasion classes and
to Benefit Suncoast Hospice & LifePath Hospice non-Morgan Boats for PHRF, Multihull and “Just-for-Fun” Classes
April 20 Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction, Davis Island Yacht Club
May 3 Skipper’s Meeting and Pavilion Chat with Charlie Morgan
May 4 Racing: 28th Annual Morgan Invasion & Open Classes
for PHRF, Multihull and Just-for-Fun
May 5 Breakfast Available
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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.
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YOUTH SAILING PROGRAMS
2013 NEEDED
Send us your information on southern youth sailing
programs (including summer programs) in NC, SC,
GA, FL, AL, LA, and TX, for our April issue. Needed by
March 1. Go to the Youth Sailing Programs page at
www.southwindsmagazine.com for details on what’s
needed and where to send the information.
n RACING EVENTS
For racing schedules, news and events see the racing section.
n UPCOMING SOUTHERN EVENTS
Youth Sailing Programs
Go to our annual list at www.southwindsmagazine.com/
southern-youth-sailing-programs.php.
Educational/Training
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.
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 p.m. 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.
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ABYC Marine Electrical Certification,
Gulf Shores, AL, March 5-8
Saunders Yachtworks. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460
ABYC Diesel Engine Certification, St. Petersburg, FL,
March 19-22
Mastry Engine Center. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460
Anchoring Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, March 20
This is a two-hour class presented in one evening and is
available to anyone 12 or older. The seminar explains how
to select the appropriate anchor, rode and components and
their use depending on sea and bottom conditions. Tables
are used to determine the sizing of your anchor and its components
based on the size of your boat. Materials include
USPS’s Anchoring Quick Guide and Student’s Notes with
copies of the presentation slides. St. Petersburg Sail and
Power Squadron, Wednesday, March 20, 7-9 p.m. St.
Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens
Landing, St. Petersburg. Instruction is free, materials $25
per family. Maximum of 20 students. Pre-registration
required. Register at www.boating-stpete.org.
Using VHF and VHF/DSC Marine Radio,
St. Petersburg Sail & Power Squadron, March 27
This seminar explains basic VHF operation and Digital
Selective Calling (DSC). A CD is included with a DSC
Simulator that allows you to practice on your computer at
home. The handy waterproof McGraw-Hill Captains’ Quick
Guide Using VHF is included with essential information that
you should have aboard.
Wednesday, March 27, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing
Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg.
Instruction is free, materials $30 per family. Maximum 20
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.
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students; Pre-registration required. Contact the squadron at
www.boating-stpete.org. (727) 525-0968.
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
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
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Have you made changes What changes would you like
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specifics and specs on photos needed. Articles must be
sent by e-mail or disc. We pay for the reviews, too.
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 **):
**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
bi-monthly. Entry into the course allows participants to
attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354.
**St. Augustine, FL. Ongoing. About Boating Safely.
Sponsored by the Coast Guard Auxiliary of St. Augustine,
FL, the eight-hour course is held at the St. Augustine campus
of St. Johns River State College, 2900 College Drive (off
State Road 16), St. Augustine. Preregistration required by
contacting Vic Aquino at (904) 460-0243. The course is
offered 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, March 2, May 4,
August 3, Sept. 7, and Nov. 2. A course called “Suddenly in
Command” is a boating safety primer designed for those
not generally at the helm to help them to be prepared with
the basics in the event of an emergency, such as the captain
becoming incapacitated. This course is offered from 1:00
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 6 and June 1.
For more information on all courses, go to
wow.uscgaux.info/content.phpunit=070-14-07.
US SAILING COURSES IN THE SOUTHEAST
(NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX)
For more on course locations, contact information, course
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or call (401) 683-0800, ext.
644. Check the website, since courses are often added late
and after press date.
US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course,
Florida, February and March
The US SAILING Small Boat Sailing Level 1 Instructor
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on how to teach more safely, effectively and creatively.
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Marco Island, FL, Feb. 2-10. Two consecutive weekends
(Feb. 2-3 and Feb. 9-10). Marco Island Yacht Club. Jabbo
Gordon instructor. For information, contact Jabbo Gordon
Articles Wanted About Southern Yacht Clubs,
Sailing Associations and Youth Sailing Groups
SOUTHWINDS magazine is looking for articles on individual
yacht clubs, sailing associations and youth sailing
groups throughout the Southern states (NC, SC,
GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX (east Texas). Articles wanted
are about a club’s history, facilities, major events and
general information about the club. The clubs and associations
must be well established and have been
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Sarasota, FL. March 10-13. Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Jabbo
Gordon instructor. For information, contact Jabbo Gordon
at anavssbn619@gmail.com.
Fort Myers Beach, FL. March 16-24. Two consecutive weekends
(March 16-17 and March 23-24). Edison Sailing Center.
Margie Graham instructor. For information, contact
Stephanie Webb at rpsc1983@aol.com.
US SAILING Powerboat Instructor Course,
Best Boat Club and Rentals, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Feb. 18-20
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.
US SAILING/POWERBOATING
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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 onthe-water
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.
Feb. 2-3, March 2-3 (separate two-day courses). Feb. 16
(accelerated one-day courses). Best Boat Club and Rentals,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Dean Sealey. dean@goboatingnow.com.
(954) 523-0033
BOAT SHOWS
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.
11th Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show. March 1-3
Savannah International Trade and Convention Center.
Friday, 12-6. Sat., 10-6. Sunday, 11-5. Adults $8 ($5 on Friday).
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New Orleans Boat Show, March 7-10
Held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Show features
boats and exhibitors of marine products and services.
$8 admission. Under 12 free. Hours to be announced.
www.boatshowneworleans.com
28th Annual Palm Beach Boat Show, March 21-24
Flagler Drive on the water in downtown West Palm
Beach and also at the County Convention Center,
Palm Beach, FL. Thurs. 12-7, Fri. and Sat. 10-7,
Sun. 10-6. $16, $14 online. Children 6-15 $7, $5
online. Children under 6 free. (800) 940-7642.
www.showmanagement.com.
5th Annual Southwest International In-Water Boat Show,
Houston, TX, March 21-24
Largest in-water boat show in Texas. Sail America has partnered
with the show to create a Sail America Village and
will be selling space, managing seminars and running a
Discover Sailing program. South Shore Harbour Marina,
Houston. Thursday, 12-7; Friday 12-7; Saturday 10-7;
Sunday, 10-6. www.southwestinternationalboatshow.com.
Gulf Coast Yacht & Boat Super Show, Gulfport, MS,
April 4-7
The Gulfcoast Yacht and Boat Show is the largest Boat Show
on the Gulf Coast. Previously held in Orange Beach, AL, the
show has been moved to the brand-new $40-million-renovated
Jones Park and Gulfport Small Craft Harbor in
Gulfport, MS. Boats up to 60 feet, fishing boats, ski boats,
offshore boats, runabouts, personal watercraft and others.
New for 2013 is the Sailboat Row with over 40 boats,
both new and brokered, along with vendors and suppliers
of sailing gear. Another 150 boats are on land,
along with demonstrations, seminars on cruising the
Southeast, Florida, the Keys and the Great Loop. $10
admission ($8 online), children under 12 free. VIP
Thursday 1-7. Friday 10-7 pm. Sunday 10-5. Free
parking. www.gulfcoastyachtandboatshow.com.
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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
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and visitors are invited and welcome. It is known
as the “anything-but-serious 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 barbecue 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.
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.
3rd Annual Palm Beach Marine
Flea Market and Seafood Festival,
Feb. 16-17
Marine bargains, new and used boat showcase, marine art
and crafts festival, fishing supplies auction, public boat and
vehicle auction, seafood. South Florida Fairgrounds, West
Palm Beach, FL. (954) 205-7813. 9 am to 6 pm. 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.
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The Everglades Challenge,
Tampa Bay, March 2
The Everglades Challenge is an unsupported, expeditionstyle
adventure race for kayaks, canoes and small sailboats
that starts above the high tide mark on the east beach of Fort
DeSoto Park in St. Petersburg, FL, and ends in Key Largo. It
is run by the Watertribe, whose fearless leader, Steve Issac,
conceived of the race in 2000.
This year’s event starts at dawn on March 2, although if
you want a good look at the boats, go on Friday, March 1,
when the competitors will be going through inspection and
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mile course, competitors are required to sail, row, or paddle
into three checkpoints, but not required to stay there. The
checkpoints going south along the coast are Placida,
Chokoloskee, and Flamingo before the boats head to the
Bay Cove Motel in Key Largo at the finish.
For more on the Everglades Challenge, go to
www.watertribe.com and go to the Events page. You can
also read a short history of the Challenge in the February
2012 issue of SOUTHWINDS at www.southwindsmaga
zine.com. Go to Back Issues.
33rd Annual George Town
Cruising Regatta, Exumas, Bahamas,
Feb. 25-March 8
This is a cruisers regatta that builds up over several
months. This 12-day regatta attracts 350-400 cruising
boats. Most boats start arriving from around the U.S.,
Canada and other countries in November and stay
through March. When the actual regatta days start, the
schedule includes sailboat races held in Elizabeth Harbor,
around Stocking Island, and to neighboring Long Island.
There is a variety of on-water and on-the-beach events to
capture the interest of non-racing cruisers, as well as racers.
These include volleyball tournaments, softball,
coconut harvest, bridge, Texas Hold’em poker, beach golf
and much more. Opening night of the regatta is a very big
event held Feb. 25. All cruisers are welcome.
For more information, contact Charlie Forsdick, regatta
chairman, at (860) 563-1736, or ctf@cox.net. Or visit the
website at www.georgetowncruisingregatta.com (go to
“Schedule” for 2013 schedule).
Fort Myers Spring Boat Show &
Southwest Florida Boat Building
Festival, Fort Myers, FL, March 7-10
Lee County Civic Center, 11831 Bayshore Road, Ft. Myers,
FL 33917. Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m..
Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.leeciviccenter.com.
JSI 17th Annual Nautical Flea
Market, St. Petersburg, March 16
Spaces available for sellers. Shop for bargains, sell your old
stuff or just browse. JSI parking lot at 2233 3rd Ave S., St.
Petersburg. Call to reserve space at (727) 577-3220 or (800)
652-4914. Bill Wright. bill@newjsi.com.
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35th Annual Dania Marine Flea
Market, Dania Jai Alai Fronton,
Dania Beach, FL, March 14-17
The world’s largest marine flea market is held at the parking
lot of the Dania Jai Alai Fronton, Dania Beach, FL.
Private individuals and corporate vendors sell marine
equipment, coral-encrusted antiques, used boats, fishing
tackle, diving gear, marine artwork and other boating-related
items.
The event was originally started in 1979 by a small
group of marine businesses selling used equipment in the
parking lot of the Dania Jai Alai. It has grown to be the
largest marine flea market in the world, selling used, new
and overstock items—by both businesses and private individuals.
Items sold besides boating gear are fishing gear,
new and used boats, marine antiques, diving gear and artwork—plus
anything else related.
This year, special events and festivities will mark the
35th anniversary. Food and drink are also available at the
flea market.
Thursday-Saturday. 9-6 p.m. Sunday 9-4 p.m. Thursday
$12. Friday, Saturday, Sunday $10. Children under 12 free.
Free parking. Al Behrendt Enterprises, (954) 920-7877.
www.daniamarinefleamarket.com.
Fort Myers Beach 6th Annual
Cruiser’s Appreciation Day,
March 23
Fort Myers Beach will once again show its appreciation for
the cruising community with its 6th Annual Cruisers’
Appreciation Day on March 23. Held in the Matanzas Inn
parking lot (next to the dinghy docks), there will be a barbecue,
live entertainment, drinks, door prizes (even though
it’s outside) and giveaways. Free to boaters renting a mooring
ball on the day of the event with a nominal fee to others.
People are encouraged to bring lawn chairs since seating
will be limited. Everyone is welcome. The event will be
from noon to 3 p.m.
n 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 U.S. 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
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Pressure Wash Rate:
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24-HOUR, 7 DAYS A WEEK
WORK YARD ACCESSIBILITY
• Owner-operated by boaters for boaters
• 8’ deep channel off the Waterway in
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• 40-ton lift — boats up to 16’ 6” beam
• Dry storage at $4.50/foot per month
• Crane Service
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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 3-5
See News section in the Racing section.
Wharram Catamaran Rendezvous,
Islamorada, Florida Keys, May 17-19
Wharram catamaran owners will be holding their sixth
summer rendezvous in the Florida Keys on May 17-19 in
Islamorada, FL. They will be anchoring behind the Lorelei
Restaurant at MM 82 Bayside (approximately N24.55.5;
W80.38). Lorelei will allow them to bring dinghies ashore,
and the restaurant is a great meeting area. Check out the
Lorelei at www.loreleicabanabar.com. Call Dan at (305) 664-
0190 and leave a message with a phone number, or send an
e-mail to floridawharramrendezvous@hotmail.com and
you will get very detailed information by return email.
Catalina Rendezvous, Fernandina
Beach, FL, June 14-16
Hosted by Catalina owner’s group in northeast Florida, this
rendezvous will be June 14 -16 in Fernandina Beach, FL.
Contact catalinarendezvous@gmail.com, or call (800) 282-
1411. More information will be posted in SOUTHWINDS in the
coming months.
n NEWS AND BUSINESS BRIEFS
New Marina to Be Built in
Wilmington, NC, with 204 Slips
A new marina, to be named Port City Marina, is being built
in Wilmington, NC, on the Cape Fear River. Located in the
downtown area, the marina will have 204 state-of-the-art
slips, accommodating boats up to 130 feet and 25-foot draft.
Scheduled to open this coming summer, the marina will
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and company rules. Some counties not available.
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have pump-out services, high-speed wireless Internet, all
modern marina services, and an on-site restaurant. It will be
within walking distance of downtown near locally owned
shops and restaurants, a thriving art and cultural scene, the
Riverwalk and the historic district.
Custom Boatbuilder BoatSmith
Opens New Facility in West Palm
Beach, Builds New 47-foot Wharram
Catamaran
BoatSmith has moved to a new 22,000 square-foot facility in
West Palm Beach, FL, from its previous location in Jupiter,
FL. The new and larger facility is to accommodate the company’s
growing boatbuilding, marine carpentry, and millwork
operations. Its new shop significantly increases their
production capacity and range, and it now employ a team
of 28 carpenters and technicians for very high-end projects
on and off site.
It also recently completed an array of molds for two
performance cruising catamarans: a Wharram Ariki 47 and
the Eclipse 32. These molds enable BoatSmith to build the
Ariki and the Eclipse in an efficient and cost-effective manner
and still customize them to suit individual cruising preferences.
Two Arikis and one Eclipse are nearing completion
and BoatSmith is taking orders for the next set of builds.
BoatSmith is hoping to display the Ariki 47 at the Miami
Strictly Sail Boat Show, Feb. 14-18, if the boat has reached a
sufficient stage of completion by the time the show opens.
BoatSmith is the only builder in the United States authorized
by designer James Wharram to build his designs.
Established in 2000, BoatSmith has grown on its reputation for
precision craftsmanship, rigorous quality control, and creative
solutions for unique and complex projects. More about
BoatSmith, at www.BoatSmithFL.com, or call (561) 632-2628.
Okeechobee Water Level Essentially
the Same Since December
As of press date in early January, Lake Okeechobee is at
15.00 feet above sea level, decreasing a negligible amount
since December. This makes the navigational depth for
Route 1, which crosses the lake, 8.94 feet, and the navigational
depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern
coast of the lake, 7.14 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was
at 49.06 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height
of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance,
go to http://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml
(copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower
cases). This link is also available on our website,
www.southwindsmagazine.com.
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Strictly Sail Miami
at Bayside
72nd Annual Miami International
Boat Show & Strictly Sail Miami
FEBRUARY 14-18
One of the largest boat shows in the world, this event
combines the main show at the Miami Convention
Center, the annual Strictly Sail Miami Show at the
Miamarina at Bayside Marketplace (see sidebar location
and directions) and the Yacht and Brokerage Show on the
5000 block of Collins Avenue with in-water displays of
powerboats at the Sea Isle Marina and Yachting Center at
1635 North Bayshore Dr., Miami.
Although many monohulls are at the show, the Strictly
Sail Miami Show is also the largest Catamaran show in the
world. Sailboats of all sizes, monohulls and multihulls, are
on display along with numerous vendors and exhibitors.
Boating and sailing seminars are held daily.
Children 15 and under free (must be accompanied by
an adult to get in free). $20 for adults for a one-day pass, $35
for a two-day pass (any two days), Friday through Monday.
Premier Thursday costs $35. Hours are 10-6 Thursday and
Find us at the Miami Strictly Sail Boat
Show & Charlotte Harbor Regatta
• Hobie Cats
• Compac*
• RS Sailboats*
• Hunter Trailer Sailboats
• Triak Trimarans
• SUP ATX Paddle Boards
• Future Beach Kayaks
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Monday, 10-8 Friday through Sunday. Sea Isle Marina is 9-
6 daily. Strictly Sail is 10-6 daily. E-tickets can be purchased
in advance at www.miamiboatshow.com, or www.strictlysailmiami.com.
Group tickets are available for groups of 20
or more (purchase 20 tickets at the regular price and receive
five free tickets). All tickets include entry to all show sites, no
matter where you purchase them. If you go to the convention
center, a shuttle or water taxi will take you to the sailboat
show and vice versa. Shuttle buses and water taxis run back
and forth between the show locations (10 a.m.-6 p.m).
Sailing Seminar Series
Hone your skills and receive tips for enhancing your sailing
experience through a daily series of free seminars (included
with the purchase of a ticket) led by renowned experts. See
a partial list of the upcoming seminars on the next page.
Approximately 80 seminars will be presented. Full seminar
schedule will be in the February issue.
Discover Boating Center Puts You at the Helm
Visitors can now experience the thrill of sailing under the
supervision and direction of an experienced ASA-certified
captain through the Discover Sailing program, located
on the floating dock at the end of Pier B at Miamarina.
These 90-minute lessons will teach non-sailors the pleasure
and joy of the sport while remaining in a controlled environment.
More experienced sailors should choose the
course suited to their skill level. Pre-registration required.
Go to www.strictlysailingmiami.com to register. Advanced
3 1/2 hour courses are also available.
DIRECTIONS TO STRICTLY SAIL
Miamarina at Bayside Marketplace,
401 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
From the North: I-95 South to exit 395/Miami Beach East,
exit at Biscayne Blvd. Turn right; follow Biscayne to Port
Blvd. (NE 5th Street). Turn left; follow right hand lane into
the Bayside Garage.
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94381 Overseas Hwy.
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Two South Florida Locations:
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From the South: I-95 North. Exit at Biscayne Blvd. Stay in
left-hand lane until the stop sign at Biscayne. Turn left on
NE 3rd Street. Follow the left side of the road into
the Bayside Garage. Additional Parking if Bayside is Full:
Shuttle from park-and-ride facility at the American
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STRICTLY SAIL SEMINAR SCHEDULE
FREE Seminars. This list is also available at www.strictlysailmiami.com.
Check schedules, as some seminars require registration. “A”, “B” and “C” are the seminar
tent locations at the show. *FEE seminars: See website for locations and details.
THURSDAY
11:45 AM Nigel Calder A Lessons Learned Along the Way
11:45 AM Travis Blain B Short Handed Sail Handling
11:45 AM Candice Clough C Caribbean Charters
1:00 PM Bob Sweet A Confident Navigation with Charts
1:00 PM Bob Williams B Solar and Wind Power Technologies
1:00 PM Jeff & Jean Grossman C The 5 Step Plan to your Cruising Dreams
2:00 PM Nigel Calder * Anchoring, Docking, Kedging Off (3.5 hours) FEE
2:15 PM John Kretschmer A Sailboats For A Serious Ocean - 25 Great Sailboats
For World Voyaging
2:15 PM Liza Copeland B Mediterranean Magic
2:15 PM Steven Bowden C Communications for Cruisers
3:30 PM Kathy Parsons A Cruising the French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean
3:30 PM Gino Morrelli B Catamaran Cruising
3:30 PM Kevin Carlan C Basic Diesel Maintenance
4:45 PM Emily Penn A Ocean Racer Turns Ocean Saviour
4:45 PM Pam Wall B Cruising the Bahamas
4:45 PM Lee Chesneau C The Weather Briefing: Self Reliant Weather
Interpretation Skills
FRIDAY
9:00 AM Nigel Calder * DC Systems (3.5 hrs) FEE
10:30 AM Liza Copeland A The Caribbean Circuit
10:30 AM Jimmy Cornell A Voyage Planning in the Age of Electronic Charts
10:30 AM Gerry Douglas C Modern Sailboat Design
11:45 AM Craig Setzer A When to Heave To and When to Leave To –
Sailing in Extreme Weather
11:45 AM Phillip Berman B Fourteen Biggest Mistakes when Purchasing a
used Catamaran or any Boat
11:45 AM Mike Moriarty C LED Lighting
1:00 PM John Kretschmer A Exploring the Galapagos
1:00 PM George Day A What Does it Cost to Go Cruising Three Budgets
1:00 PM Jeff Thomassen C Satellite Communications at sea with Q&A
2:00 PM Nigel Calder * Diesel Engines (3.5 hrs) FEE
2:15 PM Gino Morrelli A Catamaran Cruising
2:15 PM Bob Williams B Offshore Energy Management
2:15 PM Jimmy Cornell B World Cruising Today
3:30 PM Kathy Parsons A Bahamas to the Caribbean: Successfully Sailing South
3:30 PM George Day B Fifteen Up Grades for Your Boat
3:30 PM Tony Wall C Gulfstream Crossings: Wind and Wave Considerations
4:45 PM Jimmy Cornell A Voyage Planning: Open Session with Jimmy Cornell
4:45 PM Derek Escher B Restoring, Refitting, and Project Boats
4:45 PM Matt Fries C An Introduction to Sailing with Instruments
SATURDAY
8:00 AM Jeff & Jean Grossman * Couples Cruising (8 hours) FEE
COUPLES CRUISING SEMINARS
AT MIAMI BOAT SHOW
For couples considering
the cruising life style
COUPLES CRUISING
Saturday Feb.16 8:00am – 5:30pm $295/Couple
Presented by Captains Jeff Grossman & Jean Levine, Couples
Cruising Instructors. Some of the topics covered include: Picking
the Right Boat for Two; Fear Factor; He’s Thinking/She’s Thinking;
Cruising Budgets; and Couples Panel Discussion
WEATHER FOR CRUISERS
Sunday February 17 8:00am – 5:00pm $198/Couple
Presented by Lee Chesneau – Marine Weather Expert
Provides the foundation for self-reliant weather forecasting and
planning so important to enjoying the cruising lifestyle.
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10:30 AM Jimmy Cornell A Voyage Planning in the Age of Electronic Charts
10:30 AM Liza Copeland B Cruising for Couples
10:30 AM Zuzana Prochazka C Exploring the Grenadines
11:45 AM Craig Setzer A When to Heave To and When to Leave To –
Sailing in Extreme Weather
11:45 AM Kathy Parsons B Proper Provisioning
11:45 AM Etienne Giroire C How to Fly and Retrieve the Spinnaker
1:00 PM George Day A Bahamas Adventure: Exploring the Exumas
1:00 PM Pam Wall B Outfitting for Blue Water Cruising
1:00 PM Zack Smith C Para-Anchors & Storm Drogues
2:15 PM Bob Williams A Cruising the Florida Keys
2:15 PM Gino Morrelli B 2013 America’s Cup 72ft Cats and
2016 Olympic Racing Cats! What’s Happening!!
2:15 PM Lee Chesneau C The Weather Briefing: Self Reliant Weather
Interpretation Skills
3:30 PM John Kretschmer A Force 10 - Storm Sailing Strategies
3:30 PM Steven & Bonnie Carroll B From Land to Live Aboard
3:30 PM Brenda Wempner C Sailing Made Easy: Beginning Sailing Techniques
4:45 PM Bob Bitchin A How to keep a Starboard Attitude While Cruising
4:45 PM Jimmy Cornell B Blue Planet Odyssey
4:45 PM Robin Coles C Keeping it Fun
SUNDAY
8:00 AM Lee Chesneau * Marine Weather (8 hrs) FEE
8:30 AM Jimmy Cornell * Long Distance Cruising (9 hrs) FEE
10:30 AM Zuzana Prochazka A 20 Classic and Affordable Sailboats for
Blue Water Cruising
10:30 AM Marti Brown B Safety At Sea with Marine SSB
10:30 AM Gardner Lloyd C Successful Docking Techniques
11:45 AM Craig Setzer A When to Heave To and When to Leave To –
Sailing in Extreme Weather
11:45 AM Phillip Berman B Finding the Right Catamaran
11:45 AM Jeff & Jean Grossman C Couples Cruising to The Caribbean
1:00 PM Colin Mack A Rigging
1:00 PM Coconut Grove Sailing Club B Sailboat Buying 101
1:00 PM Brenda Wempner C Bareboat Chartering in Exotic Destinations
2:15 PM George Day A The 10 Things They Never Tell you about the
Cruising Life
2:15 PM Kathy Parsons & Pam Wall B Women and Cruising
2:15 PM Isabelle Blainey C Charter Yacht Ownership 101
3:30 PM Gino Morrelli A 2013 America’s Cup 72ft Cats and 2016
Olympic Racing Cats! What’s Happening!!
3:30 PM Liza Copeland B Preparations for Offshore Cruising
3:30 PM Charles Daneko C LifeRaft Survival and Rescue at Sea
4:45 PM Coconut Grove Sailing Club A Cruising Secrets of Biscayne Bay
4:45 PM Michael Cosgrove B Imperfect Passage. A Sailing Story of Vision,
Terror and Redemption
4:45 PM Pam Wall C A Family Sails Around the World
MONDAY
10:30 AM Bob Williams A Offshore Energy Management
10:30 AM Carolynn Box B Voyages with 5 Byres Institute
10:30 AM Jean De Keyser C Sailing and Learning to Sail on Charlotte Harbor
in Southwest Florida
11:45 AM Bob Williams A Cruising the Florida Keys
11:45 AM Liza Copeland B The Cruising Countdown –
Preparations for Coastal and Offshore
11:45 AM Candice Clough C Mediterranean Charters
1:00 PM George Day A Bahamas Adventure: Exploring the Exumas
1:00 PM Robin Coles B On Board Emergencies
1:00 PM Patrik Swanljung C Solar Power on Boats: Facts, Myths and Hype
2:15 PM Gino Morrelli A Catamaran Cruising
2:15 PM Kathy Parsons & Pam Wall B What Works: Tips and Techniques for
Long-Distance Cruising
2:15 PM Liza Copeland C Cruising for Couples
3:30 PM John Kretschmer A Force 10 - Storm Sailing Strategies
3:30 PM Kathy Parsons & Pam Wall B What Works: Tips and Techniques for
Long-Distance Cruising
3:30 PM Chris Kreitlein C An Overview of Celestial Navigation
TO BE ANNOUNCED:
Zack Smith * Storm Tactics FEE
News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS February 2013 37

Making the Dream Transit:
Southeastern U.S. to the Caribbean
Weather Patterns to Know and When to Go
By Mike Stockwell
Meteorologist
Photo by NOAA
Ah, the Caribbean. Who
wouldn’t want the
opportunity to cruise to or
vacation in this part of the
world, and enjoy what it
has to offer: surf, sun, sand,
trade winds and warm
weather Well, before you
make your travel plans, be
mindful of the weather
“pitfalls” that may lie
ahead when you are heading
to and in this area.
We will examine the various year-round weather patterns
across the area from the Southeastern U.S. to the
Caribbean. There is much more to this region than one
might think. From cold fronts to tropical cyclones and
everything in between; we will look at the array of weather
features in play and the typical weather that they bring. We
hope this article will prove insightful in knowing the best
times to travel, allowing for a safe and enjoyable trip that
will be remembered for years to come.
December Through March
The weather is erratic and volatile during this period. Cold
fronts are stronger, extend farther south, and are more frequent
than at any other point in the year. Gusty winds will
veer from SW to NW in the vicinity of fronts from the
Carolinas to Florida, and “surges” of higher N-NE-E winds
and seas are well pronounced south of the front; where
interaction with high pressure ridging occurs.
Cold fronts will sweep across much of the Eastern U. S.
about every three days (on average). Upon clearing this
area, fronts continue east to southeastward, often passing
through the Bahamas and passing north of the Greater and
Lesser Antilles, where a reduction in forward speed and
weakening finally occurs.
With the passage of cold fronts, large and “cold” continental
high pressure ridges will emerge from South Central
Canada and the Central and Eastern U.S. These ridges will
build over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Southeast U.S.,
the Bahamas, and adjacent waters of the Western and
Central Atlantic, eventually merging with a larger, more
stationary maritime high pressure over the Western
Atlantic.
Stronger winds occur offshore the Southeastern U.S.
and over the northern Bahamas when low pressure systems
develop along the southern extent of cold fronts. Upon
development, these lows will rapidly intensify and track
north to northeastward toward the Northeastern U.S. and
the Canadian Maritimes.
Interaction between these
lows and high pressure
ridges building either
behind the front to the
west, or with an already
established ridge to the
south, will generate these
strongest events. Winds as
high as gale force have
been known to occur during
severe wind surges in
this region. Swells become large, as high as 15 feet, off the
southeast coast of Florida, east of the Bahamas and north of
the Eastern Caribbean.
Otherwise, a ridge of high pressure dominates much
of the Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Bahamas. NE-E
winds on the south side of this feature are most prevalent
throughout these areas, tending higher when the ridge is
“reinforced” and intensifies as it merges with weakening
transitory (continental) high pressure ridges farther west.
As a rule, winds will tend higher the farther south one
travels, through the Central and Southern Caribbean; a
result of pressure gradients tightening between the ridge
and a persistent “thermal trough” (low pressure) over
northern Colombia and the Southwestern Caribbean. Gale
to storm force trade winds can occur across the
Southwestern Caribbean when the ridge intensifies and
greater interaction between the ridge and thermal trough
occurs. Trade winds produced from high pressure over
the Western Atlantic will also generate clouds and scattered
showers and squalls. These squalls can bring about
locally higher winds and seas.
April and May
This tends to be one of the better times of year to travel,
especially as we get into May. We are in a transition phase,
leaving winter behind us and moving into a calmer, more
serene weather pattern. Tropical cyclone season is in the
back of our minds, but rest assured … any development of
a tropical cyclone is quite rare for this time of year.
Cold fronts are weaker, but post-frontal passage surges
of higher winds and seas are still of concern. Furthermore,
we still see periods of stronger NE-E trades across the
Caribbean, especially in earlier weeks.
Cold fronts will traverse east to southeastward across
much of the Eastern U.S. about every three to four days, but
only get about as far south as the Florida Panhandle before
stalling and eventually weakening. Cut-off low pressure
systems can track erratically between the Southeastern U.S.
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and Bermuda during April,
but become less of an issue
into May. Continental high
pressure ridges moving out of
South Central Canada becoming
far less frequent, and the
cold air mass associated with
such highs modifies more
readily. All of this means a
reduced likelihood of encountering
strong winds across the
Western Atlantic.
As fronts become weaker,
following high pressure
ridges become less frequent.
The Western Atlantic high
that becomes situated near
Bermuda this time of year in
the Western Atlantic and the
Caribbean becomes a bit stronger, as ridging extends farther
south, into the Western Atlantic (west of 60W). This results
in general NE-E-SE trade winds from offshore of eastern
Florida and the Bahamas to the Greater Antilles. Trade
winds ease and become more from the E-SE-S across the
Virgin/Northern Leeward Islands and points west, normally
for about 1-2 days at a time, as cold fronts slow/stall and
weaken farther north and west. As with winter months,
waters south of 15N tend to see higher NE-E trade winds,
though not quite as severe when reinforcement of the high
pressure ridging is less likely to occur.
June through September
Now our focus turns toward the tropics with the official
start to the Atlantic tropical season beginning on June 1st.
During this time, tropical cyclones are likely to develop in
the Western Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico. Once development
occurs, the track of tropical cyclones will be either to
the west toward the coasts of Central America and northeastern
Mexico, or northwestward, into/across the Gulf of
Mexico toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Otherwise, cold fronts are typically much weaker and
reach only as far south as the
Carolinas. The Bermuda high
is the main weather feature
in the North Atlantic and
much of the Northern and
Central Caribbean. The ridge
covers much of the Western
Atlantic, often reaching as far
west as the Bahamas and the
southeast coast of the U.S.,
and is about as strong as one
would expect at any point
during the year. Tropical
waves (low pressure systems
lacking a closed surface circulation)
move westward
Hurricane Irene entering the Bahamas on the morning of August across the tropical Atlantic
24th, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA/NOAA GOES Project. and reach the Caribbean,
every three days. These
waves bring periods of heavy rain, with squalls enhancing
winds and seas, as well as reduced visibility. Interaction
between the tropical waves (to the south) and the high pressure
ridge further north enhances trades through the
Caribbean.
Tropical cyclone activity increases from late July into
September, reaching its peak by mid-September. Tropical
cyclone development occurs farther east over the Eastern
Atlantic. Once these tropical disturbances/cyclones develop,
these tropical cyclones generally march west or westnorthwest
from the tropical Eastern Atlantic, into the
Caribbean. From there tropical cyclones will then turn
northwest or northward towards land masses and cooler
waters farther north, then weakening occurs and they eventually
lose their tropical characteristics.
The general weather pattern in late summer and early
autumn is still relatively benign. Ridging from the Bermuda
high becomes progressively weaker from late August into
September, allowing for an increased east to southeastward
advance of cold fronts. By September, cold fronts begin to
track as far south as the northern Florida peninsula, reaching
about as far east as 60W-65W before weakening. Trades
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are prevalent in the Caribbean but are
weaker due to the Bermuda high having
less interaction with the thermal
trough over northern South America.
October and November
Changes abound during this period.
Tropical cyclone frequency is declining
as the season moves toward its conclusion
(the season officially ends on
November 30th). The main focus for
development during these months is in
the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
(often on the southern extent of cold
fronts). Much like their early season
(June/early July) counterparts, tropical
cyclones that form in this region this
time of year will either track west or
northwestward, in the general direction
of Central America or into the Gulf
of Mexico. At times, these areas of disturbed weather can
move more northeastward ahead of cold fronts across the
Bahamas and offshore the U.S. East Coast.
In October, we can still see tropical development in the
tropical Atlantic, but it is less frequent. Tropical cyclones
will “re-curve” and turn northwestward as cold fronts
tracking from the East Coast steer these systems northeastward
from the Eastern and Central Atlantic. Additionally,
cut-off low pressure systems reappear between the
Southeastern U.S. and Bermuda, becoming major threats to
sailors regardless of tropical development. The tracks of
these cut-off low pressure systems can become erratic, and
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Tropical cyclones typically take one of two
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they often become stationary for a period
of time, generating a broad area of
large swells in their vicinity. In addition,
NE-E-SE winds will be enhanced
on the east and south side of the low.
Interaction between cut-off gales and
high pressure ridges farther north often
produce widespread gale force NE-E
winds on the north side of cut-off gales.
By November, tropical cyclone activity
in the North Atlantic has diminished
further. Cold fronts are also farther
south than in October and
stronger while moving across Florida
and the Bahamas. High pressure
ridges return in the wake of cold
fronts, which helps develop N-NE
wind surges to these areas, especially
during the latter half of November.
When to Go
The best time of year to travel to the Caribbean is from late
April through May. Cold fronts moving off the U.S. East
Coast are less frequent during that time, and are weaker
and won’t extend much farther south than the Carolinas.
This greatly limits the threat of strong NE-E surges along a
direct route; while allowing sailors to take advantage of the
available, omnipresent trades down near and in the
Caribbean. Tropics are not yet of a concern either.
October through early November offer good sailing
conditions as well, as the frequency/threat of tropical systems
is much lower than in the summer months. Although
cold fronts do begin to affect more southern waters by this
time, especially into November, they are not as potent as
from December to March. The main threat during the
spring and fall months will be cut-off lows/gales that track
between the Southeast U.S. and Bermuda. The movements
of these cut-off low pressure systems can be erratic and
extreme caution is to be warranted. These systems are much
stronger during the transitional times of year, and generic
or automated forecasts can underestimate the strength of
these developing storms. Therefore, caution is warranted
when observing these type of weather patterns in the fall
and spring. Cut-off lows/gales can also become stationary
for several days, generating large swells and a broad area of
high winds in their vicinity and well to the north and east.
The summer offers light winds near the Bermuda high,
along the coasts of North Carolina to Florida. The winter
offers the most challenging conditions with prolonged
uncomfortable conditions across the open Atlantic and the
Caribbean Sea. For these reasons, these times of year are
usually not recommended for making this transit.
Awareness is key, regardless of where you are and
when you will be traveling. It is important to confirm the
weather from a reliable source. Whether it be short island
hops or lengthier crossings from the Carolinas/Florida to
the South Caribbean, knowing what is happening now and
what lies ahead allows any sailor to prevent potential disasters
and properly plan for a successful trip!
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meteorological consultation for mariners worldwide since 1961.
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Weather Routing and their services, go to www.wriwx.com.
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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW
Catalina 36
Test-Driving the First Catalina 36
By Hal Smith
Everyone who sails a Catalina 36 remarks about how
sweet she sails and how responsive she is. There is a
reason for this. Catalina took a unique approach to
designing the Catalina 36. In 1981, they built a prototype
boat, and invited a variety of people to sail it and provide
critiques for improvements before production began. We
were one of those who had this opportunity to test the
new C-36.
It was a perfect boating day in Long Beach, CA. The
new C-36 was easy to find floating sweetly on the first
dock and ready for our sail. Our first peek inside was a
shock. It had no interior! Instead of settees and a galley,
there was a pile of sandbags with ballast to simulate the
weight of an interior. Lifting the cockpit locker hatch
revealed the engine controls down in the cavity. After
throwing off the dock lines, we motored out of the marina,
and I stood on my head to manage the engine controls as
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my wife and daughter hailed steering directions.
When we unfurled the genoa, we realized that we had
not been provided with a winch handle. This was quickly
solved by heading the boat into the wind, pulling in the
genoa sheet as hard as possible, and bearing away to a
course to match the close-hauled trim. It was nimble like a
smaller boat but was riding smoothly like a much larger
boat. The mainsail was sheeted in, and we were under sail.
The helm was light and responsive. The new boat
moved with a graceful motion but drove forward with that
wonderful sound of water being sliced and rolled into little
waves. I tightened the wheel lock, released the wheel
and left the helm to walk about the boat. We remained on
course for over 10 minutes without any attention paid to
the wheel. She handled easily with great manners, including
docking. This was a remarkable boat.
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BOATOWNER’S BOAT REVIEW
Looking forward in the Catalina 36. To starboard is a berth/settee
which converts to two facing seats with a table between—a signature
item of the Catalina 36.
Looking aft shows the main settee and galley on port side. To your
left you can see the cabin door opening to the aft cabin.
but has always had a forward stateroom forward of a single
head at the forward bulkhead. A second full stateroom
is aft under the cockpit. The U-shaped galley has always
been to port just as you enter the companionway. The galley
has a double stainless steel sink, drainable icebox,
propane stove and oven, and multiple storage cabinets for
dishes, food, etc. The cabins are full of teak trim, as well as
cabinets and drawers with plenty of general storage.
Portside seating in the main saloon is either an L-shaped
sofa with a bulkhead-mounted dining table, or a U-shaped
sofa with a pedestal table. The starboard side has a long
sofa that is convertible to two seats with a small table
between. This is convenient for cruising couples who only
need this smaller table and have the open floor space
instead of the larger table to port. The seating is all proportioned
to be very comfortable for leisurely reading or
watching TV or for taking a nap. Having only one head
allowed it to be built large and fully functional with a
shower, vanity and marine head while leaving plenty of
living space in the main cabin. There are plenty of hatches
for excellent cabin ventilation. The engine compartment is
easily accessed through a main cabin cover under the companionway
ladder and aft hatches in the aft cabin. Every
part of the engine is accessible for service.
The balanced spade rudder is hung just aft of a short
skeg, providing responsive steering, while also making
straight-line tracking easy. The keel is fiberglass-encased
lead available as a fin (5’-10”) or shoal draft wing (4’-8”).
The 11’-10” beam carries a bit forward, allowing for generous
cabin space while helping the hull rise over waves
rather than plowing. The T-shaped cockpit is long for
lounging and convenient crewing under sail. The MK II
version was first offered in 1995. The beam was increased
at the deck in the stern, allowing for increased cockpit
space. The waterline dimensions did not change. As the C-
36 evolved, an open transom was added; exterior teak was
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The T-shaped cockpit is long for lounging and convenient crewing
under sail.
The MK II version was first offered in 1995. The beam was
increased at the deck in the stern, allowing for increased cockpit
space. As the C-36 evolved, an open transom was added; exterior
teak was replaced by stainless steel.
making it the Boat of the Year in its class.
Perhaps everyone should experience a sailboat for the
first time without an interior. Instead of stroking varnished
teak below and bouncing on thick cushioned seats,
we stayed on deck of the test boat examining her deck
access fore and aft, discovering many comfortable sitting
places, and imagining ourselves on a forever beam reach
with barely discernible palm trees on a distant island. To
feel the helm and feel the power in the sails through the
sheets is to get to know a boat. Is she sweet, or is she awkward
There is plenty of room on the side decks for walking
fore and aft past the standing rigging and house sides.
The forward anchor locker is generous, often containing a
windlass to make anchoring easy and inviting. It has been
said that 90 percent of new boats are bought at a show
while in the cabin, and that is a shame. A lot of boats will
have very nice interiors, but most boats will not sail like
this, like the Catalina 36. Outside in the cockpit and on
deck is the place to be.
We have had our 1994 model since 1999 and have
cruised the Carolina and Georgia coasts extensively.
Offshore sailing is easy and comfortable with just the two
of us. The C-36 has properly sized winches, hardware, and
running rigging, all conveniently placed. The engine is
large enough to power the boat through challenging current
and awkward docking situations. This makes it possible
for the boat to be managed in heavy conditions and be
comfortable at the same time even though shorthanded.
However, there is plenty of room for a bunch of friends to
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CAROLINA SAILING
American Sail,
Quietly Closing on 40
By Dan Dickison
Winter, for most sailors in the Southeast, means the
off-season. And for the majority of boat owners,
this is a time for indoor projects and deferred maintenance.
For some in the Carolina Low Country, it’s a
chance to attend the annual Charleston Boat Show at the
end of January. Though this is largely a gathering for
powerboaters, a few sailing-oriented companies still exhibit
their products and services. Among them, you’ll find
American Sail—a family-owned firm from Charleston that
has been building and selling small sailboats to the recreational
market for the better part of four decades.
Since its establishment in 1976, American Sail has been
creating what its founder, Dave Stanton, calls “fun family
sailboats from 8 to 18 feet.” Back in that era, Stanton was a
management consultant with General Recreation
Corporation, a group of sporting goods companies. In 1971,
the company transferred him to Charleston to head up its
sailboat division, the American Fiberglass Corporation.
Stanton says that he grew to enjoy the sport so much that he
purchased the Aqua Cat line of products from the company
in 1976 and struck out on his own to build and sell these
boats under the name American Sail.
“I had never stepped foot on a sailboat before they
asked me to take the helm at American Fiberglass,” admits
Stanton, but he jumped in with both feet. He phoned the
Annapolis Sailing School and arranged for a week’s worth
of private lessons in Florida. “I wanted to know everything
that I could about sailboats right away.”
That determination has been pivotal to the success of
the company he subsequently started. According to
Stanton, American Sail has built over 30,000 sailboats in 36
years of operation. Initially, the majority of those products
were Aqua Cats, a cat-rigged catamaran that company literature
claims has introduced thousands of people to the joys
Dave Stanton of American Sail with the Aqua Finn hull. Photo by
Dan Dickison.
of recreational sailing on two hulls. Among those folks,
reportedly are King Hussein of Jordan and Bobby Kennedy.
Gradually, Stanton expanded the company’s array of
products. In the 1980s, American Sail introduced its Dink
line of tenders, as well as the Sunfish-like Aqua Finn, which
he developed with the Boy Scouts of America, and later the
American 14.6 daysailer. In the ‘90s, American Sail introduced
a 10-foot, sloop-rigged daysailer with a main and jib
and dubbed it the Pennant. This was intended as a family
training boat, but it did double duty as a yacht tender after
a motor mount and oarlock sockets were added to the package.
Later that decade, the company expanded its design of
the American 14.6 to offer an 18-foot version.
American Sail, which is now run by Stanton’s son
Chris, builds seven different models at its 4.5-acre facility,
including two versions of the Aqua Cat. None of these sells
for more than $10,000. For 2013 he says, “We’re very optimistic.
We’re growing and we’re developing new products,
and we’re profitable. This year, we are targeting production
in the 600-boat range.”
Stanton ascribes his company’s success to three key
strategies. “No. 1, we strive to build products that last,” he
says, pointing out in particular the use of vinylester resin in
the hull skins to prevent blistering and the fact that every
product is laid up by hand. “We don’t own a chopper gun,
and we glass aluminum backing plates in every place that
we mount hardware. Every piece we make is engineered to
stand up to the rigors of the learn-to-sail market, which
tends to be exceptionally tough on boats.”
No. 2, says Stanton, “Customer service is key. We back
our products up so that if a replacement part is needed,
there’s no waiting. We have the inventory and the capability
to overnight a new rudder assembly to someone in, say,
Indiana, so that customer spends the minimum amount of
time without the use of their boat. Even if it’s a small part
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American Sail’s cat-rigged Aqua Cat.
Courtesy photo.
and we’re not apt to make much of a
profit, keeping the customer happy
leads to more business down the road.”
And No. 3, he says, “We sell direct
to the customer at wholesale pricing—
we don’t have a dealer network.”
American Sail has always focused
on the entry level end of the market,
and in particular, learn-to-sail programs.
“It’s no secret that the boat you
learn on is very often the first boat you
want to buy,” explains Stanton. He
structured the company’s product line
to take advantage of this, and has
worked hard at allying American Sail
with instructional and recreational programs
around the country. “Our plan
is to become a major supplier to the
learn-to-sail market.”
A more recent strategy on
Stanton’s part is providing replacement
parts to the recreational market.
He wants American Sail to be seen as a
resource for sailors who own boats that
are no longer in production. To that
end, he has amassed an ample library
of boatbuilders’ specifications, drawings
and photographs. Hundreds of
boats are represented. “I’ve always collected
the information on my competitors’
products, and now, if someone
needs a sail for, say, a Phantom, a boat
that’s no longer built, I’ve got the patterns
and I can make that for them. We
think this is something that benefits the
sailing market because there are so
many boats in existence whose builders
have gone out of business. We see this
as a major service.”
The adaptability that Stanton
describes explains a lot about why
American Sail remains one of only a
handful of boatbuilders that are still in
operation decades after they were
founded. “Now, we’re trying to develop
a strategy that will see us through
another 50 years,” he says. “I mean, I’m
77 years old, so I suppose I could retire,
or we could sell the business and do
something else, but the fact is, I don’t
want to do anything else. This is what I
love doing.” And that’s why Stanton
will be at the boat show this month.
www.americansail.com
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TRAWLERTALK
Wing engine in a 48 foot Selene Trawler. A well-positioned handrail
surrounds the engine, making engine room checks in rough weather
a little safer.
Trawler
Propulsion
Designs
By Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell
Today’s trawlers have some innovative ideas for
propulsion, but these propulsion concepts started long
before the powered commercial fishing trawler was
born. In the early days of engine propulsion, owners of sailing
vessels wanted to add engines but had no practical
below-deck space to install a large machine, so they did the
next best thing and added a yawl boat with an engine. This
looked very much like an over-powered dinghy hanging on
davits while not in use. When the yawl boat was needed to
motor into a harbor or dock, it was lowered to propel the
sailboat. Some say that the name yawl boat was derived
because it was behind the rudder post. Much like the yawl
boat concept, today’s ideas for trawler propulsion are functional
and very creative.
Remember that pleasure trawlers are designed after the
first rugged, yet economical, single-engine fishing trawlers,
used for the last century to catch our dinner. These no-nonsense,
go-anywhere, all-weather vessels were excellent
models for the pleasure trawler of today, whether crossing
oceans or just cruising the ICW in comfort.
Single or Twin Engine
The age-old question starts with, “Should I buy a singleengine
trawler or look for a twin-engine trawler for the
safety factor” Many owners believe that if one engine is
good, then two should be better. In reality, the most efficient
vessel and engine design is a single-engine installation.
Look at the oceangoing container ships and tankers.
The engine is mid ship, low in the keel and provides
straight forward propulsion. Access is simple and easy
with a lot of space around the engine to add accessories
and perform owner-preventative maintenance. Since the
engine is in the keel, the drive system is protected from
impact with logs or sandbars. The propeller is above the
bottom line of the keel, giving it and the rudder terrific
protection in case of a grounding incident.
Have you heard about a right-hand or left-hand propeller
or engine rotation Most engines today have lefthand
rotation meaning the propeller also turns left or counterclockwise
when going forward. Now quick! Think which
direction the propeller turns when in reverse gear. If you
guessed that the propeller turns in the opposite of forward
then you would be correct. Go to the head of the class! Since
for most trawlers today that means right-hand or clockwise
rotation, then the boat will walk to the right or starboard
when traveling in reverse gear. Keep in mind that propellers
are also called screws, so think of screwing something
in or out, forward or reverse.
A true trawler has a full keel that acts as a guide or track
to help keep the boat straight when moving forward. There
is nothing to keep the vessel on track in slow reverse (not
even the rudder), so the boat will actually walk right to the
starboard side when in slow reverse. Pay attention to the
wide-body-design trawlers that have much more interior
salon space because the designers moved the cabin all the
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way to port gunwale. That
design only includes an
external walkway on the
starboard deck for docking.
This was no accident, since
the boat walks right or to
starboard, which is the
obvious place for the walkway
and your deckhand.
Many want to believe
twin-engine trawlers are
safer; in case one engine
fails you have a second.
This proud new owner sits between her twin Caterpillar engines while
learning basic maintenance.
This may be true, but few people consider that the most
common reason of engine failure is dirty fuel. If you understand
that dirty fuel may be why you lose propulsion, then
one engine or two may not be the solution, especially if they
both use the same fuel tank. (There are two easy solutions to
dirty fuel: first, keep it clean by monitoring the fuel filters
and polishing the fuel in storage, and second, purchase towing
insurance like TowBoatUS or SeaTow. These annual
plans are affordable and should be a part of your boating
safety plan.)
Twin-engine trawlers do offer a few advantages over
the single-engine trawler. Maneuverability in tight spaces
when docking is a lot easier with twin engines even without
a bow thruster. You can put one engine in forward and the
other in reverse, just like a lever-operated bulldozer or bobcat.
The boat will rotate giving you turning ability, often
turning within very tight thoroughfares, but a single-engine
vessel with a bow or stern thruster can also be quite maneuverable
with practice. Just use the thruster’s joy stick to
push the bow or stern over easily. Another advantage of
twin engines is that the trawler draft may be about one foot
shallower, because twin engines are outboard of the keel.
Their smaller propellers require less draft. When traveling
in the shallow waters of the ICW, less draft is a real bonus.
Additionally, because twin engines are usually less
horsepower than the single-engine trawler of the same
length, the fuel consumption for two engines may be the
same as the larger single engine. Some owners believe they
have creative ideas to save fuel when easing down the ICW.
They want to run one engine while the other engine is shut
down, thinking they can save on fuel expenses. I do not
have confidence that this is a real improvement, because of
a few factors. The twin-engine design has smaller engines
than its single-engine counterpart. When the twin-engine
trawler runs on only one engine, that engine must run at a
much higher RPM to maintain the same speed. This now
causes you to burn almost the same fuel as if you were running
both engines at cruise RPM.
Another important consideration to running only one
engine at a time is if you have a water-cooled dripless propeller
shaft seal. When the dead engine propeller shaft is freewheeling
or windmilling, then that shaft seal is not being
cooled or lubricated and may cause premature failure. If you
insist on running on one engine, then consider installation of
a crossover water-cooling hose between the port and starboard
propeller shaft seals. This will provide water-cooling
when either engine is not
running. Some owners
have purchased shaft locks
to lock the shaft on the
engine not running, so its
propeller is locked and will
not rotate. Now you have
dead prop drag and resistance,
which may make you
burn more fuel.
Wing Engines
Let’s get back to the single-engine trawler. How can you be
self-sustaining when you are hundreds of miles out on the
ocean or in exotic islands like Trinidad or Cuba and that single
engine starts to act up Uh-oh. The commercial towing
company you joined is back in the good ole USA. Hmmm.
Here is one design option for the global cruiser that includes
get-home ability: the get-home, or wing engine. Some
trawlers have an independent smaller horsepower wing
engine to meet this concern. This is similar to an auxiliary
engine in a sailboat that features a feathering prop. It is
there and ready to use when needed.
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TRAWLERTALK
engine, reduction gear, shaft seal and yes, the feathering
prop. Then you must consider the raw water cooling system
and impeller. Is the battery charged and ready to start the
engine We have been on trawlers that have 2,500 hours on
the main engine but only 8 hours on the wing engine. I can
assume most of those hours are from when the dealer commissioned
the boat before it was sold many years earlier. Not
the best practice for your get-home propulsion equipment.
The PTO
Another design features a hydraulic drive coupled to the
trawler’s generator via a PTO (power take off). The PTO is
an addition to the engine on a generator that can provide
hydraulic pressure to power a shaft propulsion system, but
just like the spare tire in the trunk of your car, is it ready for
use Is the spare flat or soft How often do you check it, and
where is the jack to change the tire Same principles apply
here. Your back-up propulsion systems must be used and
proved often. If it just sits there waiting for the day you
need it, then it may not work.
Another benefit of the hydraulic PTO is that you can
build in other accessories like a bow thruster, anchor windlass
and dinghy davit in addition to the get-home propulsion
drive system. These accessories also need to be used
often to stay familiar with how to use them. In the event that
Twin propulsion engines, two generators, stabilizers, air conditioner
compressors and many other pieces of equipment are in the holy
place of this Hatteras 58 LRC.
the main engine dies, then you need to start the generator.
The diesel engine on the generator is usually only powerful
enough to run one option at a time, either electrical output
or PTO hydraulics, but you can’t do both. If you have a full
load on the electrical generator and try to use the hydraulic
PTO, the engine will stall and die. Once you have eliminated
the electrical demand, the diesel engine can supply full
power to the PTO. This allows you to operate the hydraulic
shaft propulsion unit. While this feature may take you
home, you will not do it in air-conditioned comfort, because
there is no 110-volt electrical power. Also, this is a basic gethome
feature so there is no reverse on the hydraulic unit. It
is just meant to get you to safety.
Both the wing engine and PTO hydraulic drive system
have limited thrust or horsepower so the trawler may travel
at half of the normal cruising speed. The wing engine is
off centerline, so the boat will skew and the helmsman will
have to counter-steer a course to offset that feature. The
hydraulic drive system is connected directly to the only propeller
shaft, and the boat will go straight.
After you consider all of the above you still may not be
able to answer which is better—a single- or twin-engine
trawler. The discussion seems endless and may not actually
have a definitive answer. We always recommend that before
making any buying decisions, you should first establish your
vessel mission. Whether you plan to cruise your trawler in
the protection of the ICW in southern waters, or in the great
blue yonder, there are propulsion designs which will best
suit your needs and budget. Happy cruising!
Chris and Alyse Caldwell lived on their current boat, Sandy
Hook, a 44-foot Gulfstar Motor Cruiser—for many years. Both
are licensed captains and regularly do yacht deliveries. They teach
at Trawlerfest University around the country and offer onboard
instruction on their boat—or on your boat. They are based out of
Florida, but go anywhere. For more on Chris and Alyse, and their
business—and to contact them—go to www.captainchrisyachtservices.com.
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. A letter to the editor is
always appreciated.
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Darien, GA
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Destination
By James H. Newsome
Darien, the second oldest city in the
state of Georgia and county seat of
McIntosh County has been
described as the “hidden gem” of
Georgia’s Golden Isles. As the names
suggest, the area has a rich Scottish heritage.
Shortly after Gen. James
Oglethorpe founded Georgia as the 13th
colony in 1733, he set about establishing
outposts to the south of Savannah in
order to protect the American colonies
from the Spanish in Florida.
Oglethorpe recruited a band of Highlanders from the
Inverness area of Scotland and ordered them to establish a
fort at the mouth of the Altamaha River. The Highlanders
were specially trained soldiers and considered some of the
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After the Colonial era, Darien began to prosper as a
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Waterfront Park overlooking the Darien River features public docks,
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the South’s cotton and rice exports from Darien were surpassed
only by Savannah and Charleston. After the Civil
War, lumber would eventually replace cotton as the chief
export from the seaport.
Pine logs were rafted down the mighty Altamaha River
from the interior of the state, and by 1900 Darien was the
largest export location for timber along the southern coast.
Many countries from Europe and Asia established consulates
in Darien to manage their timber purchases. As timber
resources from the inland began to dwindle and the railroad
industry was developed, Darien’s stature as a major
port began to diminish once again.
By 1910, the timber export business was replaced by a
booming oyster business, which competed with the
Chesapeake Bay in volume. In 1908 a record harvest of over
8 million pounds of oysters was recorded. Just as cotton
production declined after the Civil War, and timber supplies
were later exhausted, now oyster fishing followed the
pattern of overharvesting. By 1978 only 38,000 pounds of
oysters were collected.
The seaport that had been resurrected time and again
was once again ready to usher in a new era as commercial
shrimping was developed. By the 1960s Darien and
McIntosh County claimed the largest shrimping fleet on the
Georgia coast that included several shrimp and oyster packing
houses.
Just as the tides along Georgia’s coast ebb and flow, so
have the fortunes of Darien. Although shrimping is still a
major business in McIntosh County, the increased expenses
of operating a shrimp business and competition from lowercost,
farm-raised shrimp has forced local fishermen into a
struggle for their survival. Georgia has successfully marketed
wild Georgia shrimp to distinguish their shrimp from the
farm-raised variety, and exports of blue crab have helped to
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An additional boardwalk on the west side of the Highway 17
Bridge was completed in 2008 with lights for night fishing and
benches situated for great views of the river. Complementary dockage
is offered here by Darien’s Downtown Development Authority.
sustain the ailing industry.
Darien has proven to be resilient and resourceful over
her 276-year history, and is currently marketing the town as
a tourist attraction as part of the Golden Isles of Georgia.
With the rich history and picturesque waterfront, Darien is
a great stopover for cruisers traveling the ICW. Rachael
Gresham, the executive director of the Darien Downtown
Development Authority, believes that you will find Darien
to be one of the most open and friendly stopovers to be
found along the coast of Georgia.
Restaurants and downtown shops are an easy walk
from the municipal docks. First Georgia Hardware and
Marine is located less than two blocks from the docks and
supports the local fishing industry with an excellent selection
of marine products.
Historical sites such as Fort King George, McIntosh Old
Jail Art Center & Museum, and the Hog Hammock Historic
District and Lighthouse on Sapelo Island are excursions easily
available from Darien. The town holds a First Saturday
festival each month with activities and events staged
throughout the Historic Downtown area.
The best part about a stopover in Darien is the cost:
FREE 48-hour dockage including 30-amp electrical service
on a first-come basis. The dock east of the Highway 17
Bridge is operated by the McIntosh County Industrial
Darien River House Restaurant and Wine Bar is located within
easy walking distance of the waterfront and offers visitors a fine
meal with excellent wine in a beautifully restored circa 1867
Victorian home nestled under the mossy maritime oaks of the
Darien River Bluff.
Development Authority. It is suggested that you contact the
Development Authority office at (912) 437-6659 to check
availability and register.
Waterfront park and docks on the west side of the
Highway 17 Bridge (vertical clearance 31 feet) are operated
by the city of Darien. For further information, email the
dockmaster at darien.docks@yahoo.com, or call (912) 223-
8855 or (912) 230-6648.
Boats traveling outside need to enter Doboy Sound at
RW “D” and pick up the ICW at marker R178. If traveling
the ICW, midway between ICW mile markers 650 and 655
near marker R184 is the entrance to Darien River.
Capt. Phillip Kempton serves on the Downtown
Development Authority and operates a commercial charter
business out of Darien. He offers local knowledge on navigating
the eight miles up the Darien River. From the ICW
turn west between ICW Markers Red #184 and Green #183.
The Darien River is well marked, and the lowest water will
be at Red #12. At first glance Red #12 seems too near the
shoreline, but follow the markers and you will be fine.
Many great anchorage spots are available nearby as close as
across the river from the docks.
Just take a turn off the ICW and learn why Darien is the
hidden gem of Georgia’s Golden Isles. For more information
visit www.seasidegeorgia.com and www.cityofdarienga.com.
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Seven Seas Cruising Association Annual Gam
Melbourne, FL, Dec. 7-9
By Roy Laughlin
Cruising guides in the vendors’ hall are a big draw at the SSCA
Gam. Joe Janson, Theresa Janson (Seaworthy Publications), Kathy
Parsons (Paradise Cay Publications) and an unidentified SSCA
attendee discuss the titles available at the show.
If you expected the annual meeting of a 60-year-old cruising
organization to be dominated by a bunch of old
yachties in club dress and reminiscing about past voyages,
the annual meeting (again being referred to as “the annual
gam”) of the Seven Seas Cruising Association, SSCA, would
be a bit disappointing. The gam again, held in the historic
Eau Gallie section of Melbourne, focuses on up-to-date
global cruising. It includes a blend of the old, (What are
good manners and requirements in cruise destinations and
The Annual Meeting is a Gam
For many years, the SSCA referred to its meetings as
gams. “Gam” is a rarely used term that means a meeting
at sea between sailing ships that rafted up for a while so
that they could have a social occasion. Several years ago,
the SSCA dropped use of “annual gam” and substituted
“annual meeting.” This year, “annual gam” is again
being used by SSCA.
how do I manage family obligations back home and on
board), and contemporary communication and navigation
tools onboard.
The gam is all about information, without so much
technology intervening. The daily face-to-face meetings are
perhaps the most important opportunities to get acquainted
with cruisers who have been, or may some day, be fellow
travelers to a distant anchorage. Few other opportunities
exist for such a large number of blue-water cruisers to meet
and talk with one another about cruising and related topics.
That’s the best part of the gam for most attendees.
Additional information is available in seminars, panel discussions,
roundtables and demonstrations.
An Abundance of Weather Seminars
This year, Jimmy Cornell was the featured seminar speaker.
Described as “cruising’s most influential writer,” Cornell
published, with his son, Ivan, Cornell’s Ocean Atlas in 2011,
and in 2012, published the accompanying volume, World
Voyage Planner. Both are integral aids to blue-water cruisers.
Cornell’s seminar, Voyage Planning in the Age of Electronic
Charts, focused on using pilot’s charts to take advantage of
the most advantageous seasonal weather patterns while
cruising, even for short passages. He also gave a second
seminar, Planning Your Dream Voyage.
This year, dealing with storms and bad weather was the
topic of several other presentations and discussions:
Surviving an Ordeal at Sea, by Betty and Dave Francis;
Mary and Christian Verlaque, and Dave and Sherry
McCampbell. David McCampbell also presented, separately,
Surviving Big Storms in Port. Zack Smith’s presented
Para-Anchors and Storm Drogues.
Hurricane Sandy, which struck the mid-Atlantic states
just a month before the annual gam, probably did not
directly influence inclusion of these talks. Bad weather
remains the major uncontrolled but expected event in cruising
itineraries and can be managed with preparation and an
effective plan. Experienced cruisers are the best source of
information for other cruisers.
Most cruisers would rather avoid than encounter
weather events such as storms. Electronic communications
makes daily weather reports an advantage earlier generations
lacked. The usefulness of weather reports without
understanding weather conditions is limited. Lee Chesneau,
a perennial speaker at this and other sailing meetings, presented
Weather Beyond North America, while Chris Parker,
Cruiser’s Weather described atmospheric dynamics that
result in weather events cruisers may experience (and wish
to avoid experiencing).
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Jimmy Cornell was the
featured speaker at the 2012
SSCA Gam. Jimmy Cornell is
one of the most influential
writers about blue-water
cruising. He gave three
presentations to
SSCA attendees.
Power Topics Still Popular
Power for equipment onboard
continues to be
important for cruisers, and
the technology continues to
advance at a rate that challenges
even experienced cruisers to stay current. Computer
and communication electronics are as much a part of cruising
now as they are part of homes on land. While they do not
have to be major power consumers that galley appliances
often are, they will not operate without some power supply
that cruisers have to provide and maintain. John Gambill and
Libby Ellis discussed Wind and Solar Electrical Power for
Cruisers to inform cruisers of what’s new and most effective.
Most SSCA cruisers still have a preference for the simplest,
most economical electricity sources. That preference tilts consistently
in favor of solar and wind power.
Women’s Sessions
If stereotyping makes it possible to say gear and technique
talks are meant to appeal to men, it is equally fair to note that
SSCA gams have always included sessions of interest primarily
to women and organized by influential women of the
sailing community. This year, Kathy Parsons and Gwen
Hamlin and friends had a women’s session under the aegis of
Womanandcruising.com. The women’s discussions each year
are intended to encourage and reinforce enjoyment of sailing
by women, discuss cooking aboard, a traditional job many
Brian Rehwinkel, Boating
Safety Outreach
Coordinator for the FWC,
holds an inflatable life
preserver demonstrated
at the SSCA Annual
Gam. Users wear them
uninflated on a waist belt.
The inflated life preserver
fits over a wearer’s head
to keep the head out of
the water.
cruising women enjoy
and make an effort to
excel at. Dealing with
family matters such as
keeping children occupied
while cruising and
managing finances is
also a perennial topic for the women’s sessions. There are
several recognized online resources directed to women (but
still available to men) that cover these topics, and the women
behind them are typically at SSCA each year for a face-to-face
discussion, as well. 2012 was not different. (To be as accurate
as possible, the women’s sessions include substantial participation
by men even if the topics may fall into the traditional
women’s home economics roles.)
Other presentation topics focused on the day-to-day of
life aboard: Rich Boren’s Watermaker Demonstration and
Mark Doyle’s Mobile Apps for Mariners. There’s hardly
any aspect of cruising and its enjoyment that SSCA gam’s
seminars omit.
Annual Progress SSCA Reports
At each annual gam, SSCA Officers present long-term project
progress reports and new directions the organization is taking.
In the coming year, SSCA will redesign its website, and
that may be online by the time you read this. According to
Judith Mkam, SSCA managing director, the website will
cross-link with two other well-known cruising sites to give
SSCA members more convenient access to two other information
sources with a different focus from SSCA. The first is
Clairborne Young’s CruisersNet, www.cruisersnet.net. Posts
to the SSCA site will be shared with SSCA attribution. This
site focuses on the ICW, especially in the Southeast
United.States. The other is Active Captain, www.activecaptain.com,
an interactive cruising guide book. Content on this
site includes discussion of gear and repair instruction.
According to Mkam, adding substantial cross-referencing
with these other sailing sites will be a big benefit to SSCA
members and expand SSCA’s mission, which is, “All about
sailing...”—in her words.
The SSCA gam this year was a big success by many
measures. Registration at the event reached 300, up from
previous years, and Mkam said she expected perhaps 75
more locals—“walk-ins”—would attend over the weekend.
The good attendance news was in spite of Hurricane Sandy.
Mkam said that storm damage in New Jersey had definitely
delayed people from there and points farther north who
had intended to attend.
Vendor space sold out this year, suggesting the “Great
Recession” has eased somewhat., and vendors were selling.
The marine flea market was in the gym of the Community
Center Building on Sunday morning. It was busy as well.
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Is it Better to buy a Northern Boat for Florida—
and Truck it Down
By Diane Fowler
In the spring of 2011, we
began our search for the
perfect racing sailboat with
shallow draft to do river
races. We hoped to find one
locally—one that we could
sail home. However, after lots
of shopping in five different
states—and seeing many
“project” boats—we decided
we only wanted a Catalina
320 that draws 4’ 4” (most
320s built between 1997 and
2001 draw 4’ 10”). But as
September drew to an end, I
felt a growing panic that we
would not find the perfect
boat before winter.
Since most northern boats
come out of the water in October,
time was running out.
My husband, Ray, was on
an airplane flying to Midway
Airport in Chicago to celebrate
his Mom’s 92nd birthday
with her. Since I was now
addicted to Yachtworld.com (I
even knew how to search for
just new listings!), I kept hoping
to find a boat—and
behold; there was a new listing
for a 2003 Catalina 320 in
Winthrop Harbor, just north
of Chicago. Ray could rent a
car and be there in a little over
an hour. My voice mail was
urgent: YOU MUST CALL
TIM, the yacht broker, ASAP!
The boat turned out to be
perfect—barely used with
crisp, white sails, like-new
upholstery, A/C for our
Florida heat, and just 350
hours on her Yanmar diesel.
Just one thing: The broker
said that since the owner just
listed her, price was not negotiable.
Lucky for us—they
accepted $14,000 less. In our
minds, we justified that this
would compensate for the
shipping costs and putting
her back together in Florida.
In early October, Ray and
A sailboat being prepped for transport. SOUTHWINDS file photo.
Windy City being worked on at the yard in Florida.
The “princess seat” on the 320 that Diane enjoyed so much on
their Catalina 36 were also on the 320.
I flew back to Chicago and did
a sea trial with the yacht broker,
Tim, from The Sail Place
in Waukegan, IL. Tim and his
partner Fred—both very
experienced sailors—are one
of the largest Catalina dealers
in the country. We sailed on a
sunny day with breezes of 8 to
10 knots, and as soon as I
relaxed in the “princess seat,” I
knew I was home again (we
previously owned a 36-foot
Catalina, loved those stern
perch seats). We talked about a
folding or feathering prop for
racing, and Tim had an
Autostream feathering prop
from another Catalina 320 that
we bought for one-third its
new price. Tim and Fred even
installed it for us, plus took the
boat all apart and packed her
for her truck ride south.
I talked to three trucking
companies, and ended up
with Stray Cat Transport (800-
880-5831), because they guaranteed
the price. We paid
$4110 for a boat 32-feet long, a
12-foot beam and weight of
approximately 12,000 pounds.
Mileage was about 1300. The
other two companies I spoke
with were talking about route
diversions around large cities,
and estimates. This made me
uncomfortable. (Did you
know you cannot drive a
large truck like that through
Tennessee on a Sunday)
Scheduling delivery to
Charlotte Harbor Boat
Storage in Port Charlotte (941-
828-0216) was arranged. Only
certain riggers are allowed to
work there due to insurance
requirements. We used Chip
of Neptune Marine (at $50 per
hour), who was very knowledgeable
and reliable. But it
was a much larger project
“putting the puzzle” back
together than we anticipated.
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Even the Edson pedestal
was removed and lying
down in the cockpit
with the wheel beside it.
His bill was three times
what we estimated.
The owner’s (of
CHBS) Dad owns a boat
maintenance business,
so we hired them to
sand off the VC-17
freshwater bottom paint.
After reading Practical
Sailor’s reviews of bottom paint, we chose EPaint from
Massachusetts. The test showed that after 18 months in
Sarasota Bay, there was no growth. We ordered paint and
primer and had it shipped to our home.
The truck driver was great; He called me every day,
sometimes twice a day, which was nice to know the schedule.
Our five-to-six-day estimated visit to Charlotte Harbor
Boat Storage turned into 12 days—and I had to reschedule
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Windy City at its new waterfront home in Cape Coral, FL.
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model shown
all the workers three different
times. First, the
freshwater VC-17 bottom
paint had to come
off completely. The
sander showed up with
a special sander that has
a vacuum attached,
along with ear plugs,
goggles, and full “space
suit.” He had to bring
her down to “baby’s bottom.”
What we thought
would take five to six hours turned into a three-day project.
Then we had to wait for the primer to dry. Then it rained
hard for a whole day, and bottom paint couldn’t be applied.
No workers work on weekends (but you can do your own
work then). The $20 per day kept on ticking…
Our final yard bill was:
Hauling ($6 per foot): $192.00
Blocking: $ 30.00
Lay days ($20 per day): $240.00
Total (includes 7% tax): $494.34
We also took this opportunity to have a fiberglass specialist
repair a nasty scratch on the starboard side; replaced
most of the running rigging; bought a new anchor better
suited for our sandy bottoms; and my husband waxed the
hull five times.
The plus side Our boat looks brand-new! It was easier
to change her name while on stands (yes, we had the denaming
ceremony so she is not jinxed). We met some fascinating
folks in the yard, enjoyed the screened lunch room
with cooking facilities, and I sold a bunch of extra stuff off
her to folks in the yard. I even sold the heavy, wood cockpit
table to a racing competitor.
By placing free ads on Craigslist.com, the Catalina 320
association and Sailboatowners.com, I earned over $2500.
(As of May 2012, I only have the three-blade fixed prop still
for sale.)
So—is it better to buy north and truck south Maybe.
Some plusses: The standing rigging and fiberglass were
never exposed to harsh salt spray for the past eight years. In
Chicagoland, boats are out of the water October to May. She
was kept under cover the whole winter, and she was barely
ever cruised. Consequently, the boat is almost as good as
new. The downside: The puzzle pieces can be tough; timing
is hard to plan—double your estimated budget and time.
Our new Windy City actually came from the windy city
this time. HURRAH! We love her!
Read Diane’s boat review on their Catalina 320 in the November
2012 issue, available online at www.southwindsmagazine.com in
Back Issues, and/or on the Boat Review page.
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Ashore near Lookout Bight at Cape Lookout.
Bareboating North Carolina
In Search of Blackbeard’s Treasure
By Mike Alyea
As the plow bites into the soft bottom of Silver Lake, my
eyes wander along the Ocracoke waterfront, and I’m
quickly taken with its charm. We are securely
anchored 200 feet off the docks of the Jolly Roger Pub and
Marina, located in Ocracoke Village on the southern tip of
Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks. Cindy and I settle into
the cockpit to reflect on our first day sailing coastal North
Carolina. Our Saga 409, In Concert—chartered from
Carolina Wind Yachting Center out of Washington, NC—
performed well on our 60-mile dash southeast down the
Pamlico River and across Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke
Island. The boat now rests easily as the late September day
gives way to the cool of a near fall evening. We relax after a
day spent charging through four-foot seas—kicked up by a
20-knot breeze—on our trip here.
Music and laughter drift across the water while we
watch a lone fisherman coil his nets and ready his gear for
the next day’s fishing. While I sip rum, Cindy thumbs
through Claiborne Young’s Cruising Guide to Coastal North
Carolina. I coax her to read aloud some history of the area.
We are soon speculating about the fate of Blackbeard’s
hidden treasure from his days pirating these very waters—
leaving us with much to ponder as darkness creeps across
the harbor. Slipping below into the warm glow of the cabin
for dinner, we talk of our plans for the next several days. In
order to see as much as possible, we’ve developed a “dashand-drop”
itinerary. We plan to “dash” across lengthy
expanses of water, and then “drop” the hook in chosen locations
to spend at least 24 hours enjoying each anchorage.
Our plan was off to a great start with getting to Ocracoke on
the first day of this seven-day charter.
The next morning came bright and clear with a breeze
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hustling through the anchorage as we idled over to the
Anchorage Marina, where Mike, the dockmaster, took our
lines, checked us in and answered all our questions. We
were soon squared away and pedaling rental bikes to
Howard’s Pub for an early lunch of shrimp, oysters and
beer before a short ride to the beach.
After lunch, crest-ing the dunes on the beach to the north
of Ocracoke Village, we found ourselves wrapped in sea
oats, blue sky and crashing surf. A naturally beautiful
beach—and only a handful of people—we have it almost to
ourselves as we walked and sat and gazed. We would have
loved to linger for the day but wanted to spend some time
in the village.
To bicycle around Ocracoke is to return to a simpler
time, where life slows to a pace that is without hurry. The
sea is never far away, and the presence of the lighthouse, a
harbor and friendly folks makes even the newest comers
feel immediately at home. We bicycled to dinner at the Back
Porch Restaurant, followed by a nightcap in the cockpit,
closing out our visit in anticipation of the next day’s dash to
Beaufort to the south.
On to Town Creek Anchorage/Beaufort
The next morning, sounds of daily life came early to the harbor,
encouraging us to get up and get underway. The day’s
goal was to close the distance on Lookout Bight—more than
70 “water miles” to the southwest. So, with Cindy at the
helm, we dashed out Big Slough Channel, bound for “as far
as we can get before sunset.” With coffee in hand, I set a
westerly course across Pamlico Sound, en route to the
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The quiet evening calm of our Silver Lake anchorage—our first
night—soothes the soul after our 60-nautical mile dash from
Washington, NC, across Pamlico Sound.
Neuse River and the ICW.
A strong wind blew itself out, leaving behind an 8-
knot northeasterly breeze and a blue sky of puffy white
cumulus clouds. It was a day with a warm sun, yet cool
enough to believe fall was just a day or so away.
Motorsailing with full sails, we make better than six knots
as we cross these wide waters.
Entering the Neuse River, our mid-afternoon progress
makes it probable that we can make Beaufort by nightfall.
We make a beeline up the river and race a couple of
shrimpers into the mouth of Adams Creek to join the ICW
southbound. I’m hoping that my navigational math is correct,
since good overnight anchorages along this stretch
north of Beaufort are nonexistent with our draft.
Three hours later, we exit the ICW, following the side
channel into Town Creek, as long shadows fall about the
waterway. Rounding up into the anchorage, we drop the
hook just off Town Creek Marina, as the setting sun turns the
blue sky orange. Math made good! Today’s successful “dash”
allows us options tomorrow—up early and straight to
Lookout Bight, or idle over to Taylor Creek to linger about the
Beaufort waterfront. What’s a sailor to do In the end, it’s an
offshore sail and landfall at Lookout Bight that wins out.
Cape Lookout
No waking alarm in the morning as we linger a bit over
breakfast before contacting the Beaufort bridge tender on
Ch 13. We soon pass through, and, with a wave to the tender,
idle down Bulkhead Channel and on to the inlet. Out
we go on a slack tide to enjoy the gentle rolling ocean swell
under our feet. Sails are soon set and a heading is steered,
that, if held, could deliver us in four days’ time to the
Bahamas. Ah yes, the Bahamas…but not today.
Offshore it’s blue sky, blue water, fresh breeze and
warm sunshine. Cindy gives up the helm and begins to sunbathe,
as I quietly absorb an endless horizon. The slow, easy
movement of a boat under sail mesmerizes us both.
Eventually, my Bahamian daydreaming is broken when
Cindy spies Cape Lookout lighthouse several miles to port,
and I set a course that will deliver us to Lookout Bight.
Entering the bight we’re immediately transported to a
near tropical setting of clean, clear water ringed with white
sand, sea oats and sand dunes. We head over to where five
In Concert, our chartered Saga 409, lies quietly at anchor in
Lookout Bight as I make my way back after an afternoon of
shelling.
boats are anchored close to the southwest shore. A hundred
yards off the bight’s inner beach, we drop anchor in a
setting that is as near Bahamian as you’ll find north of
Nassau. This is “near Caribbean,” and we sit back to sun,
sip and admire while soaking it all in. Our “dash and
drop” has paid off, and we now have almost two days to
explore, relax and enjoy.
Soon, we are rowing the dink ashore to explore the
ocean side of the dunes. The beach is empty of people and
completely littered with more seashells per square foot than
any beach we’ve ever visited. Colored scallops, large
whelks, twirled needle shells and countless other varieties
lie about the beach. It’s a conchologist’s paradise!
Back in the dink, it’s a pleasure to stretch a few muscles
as we row back to enjoy the evening at anchor. The rising
moon reflects across the water, as the sweep of the lighthouse
briefly illuminates the shore of the bight. The setting
and the rum help carry us back to days of yore, when pirates
anchored in this very spot for a little R&R, making it easy to
count gold doubloons when we later drift off to sleep.
The next morning is like watching a real life series of
beautiful postcards slowly unfold before your eyes as we
enjoy the relaxed excitement of waking up in a beautiful
anchorage. Warmed by hot coffee and a light breakfast, we
row ashore for a morning “walk and wade” along the inner
shore of the bight.
Oysters, clams, whelk egg cases and blue crab all grab
our attention as we explore like children on a field trip to the
shore. Dolphin and loggerhead turtles feed about the bight.
We explore the old buildings of the abandoned Coast Guard
station, which adds a historical note, and it’s only an
appointment with another sunset that frames the day with
anything resembling a schedule.
Oriental
The next morning, a half hour before sunrise, I encourage
Cindy to sleep a bit longer, while I ready the boat to get
underway. The anchor chain comes up nice and clean as
the sun rises over the distant bank. Quietly idling out of
the anchorage with a wave to another early-rising skipper,
we begin our two-day, 90-mile dash back to Washington.
By mid-morning, we’re northbound on the ICW. By the
traffic, it’s evident a few sailors are getting an early start on
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Motoring northbound along the scenic Adams Creek section of the
ICW between Beaufort and the Neuse River—on our way to our
short stop in Oriental.
the weekend.
The thought of spending our last night anchored without
any wine prompts a quick provisioning stop in Oriental.
Famous as the “Sailing Capital of North Carolina,” the
waterfront town sits along the northern bank of the Neuse
River just off the ICW. Raising Oriental Harbor Marina on
VHF, we talk to Tom, the dockmaster, who directs us to a
convenient tie-up along the face dock for our quick stop.
We’re soon off the boat for a short stroll down Broad
Street before ducking into Nautical Wheelers in search of
“trinkets, baubles and wine,” all of which were wellstocked.
Proprietors Jim and Rainy greet us kindly and are
most helpful, even offering the use of their car to zip down
to the local grocery if needed. They are kind, friendly folks
who helped make our quick stop memorable and left us
wishing we could linger longer. With provisions in hand,
we dash back to the boat and are soon out the short channel
and back into the wide, deep Neuse River—happy to find
that the afternoon breeze has built nicely. In Concert’s electric
winches make easy work of setting sail, and in no time,
we’re enjoying a lively beam reach.
Sailing around Maw Point Shoal to head up Bay River,
it becomes evident that the southwest breeze—blowing
over a fetch of more than 15 miles—has made the exposed
coves a bit rolly for an overnight anchorage. Nearby Bonner
Bay presents a good alternative, and, as the setting sun
touches the tops of the tall pines, we drop anchor at the confluence
of Long and Spring creeks. The hum of salt marsh
mosquitoes soon drives us below, and luckily, they do not
follow as we cork the red and enjoy our last evening afloat.
Morning brings a cool, gray overcast with a dampness
that hangs about the boat as we navigate north along the
ICW, first entering Gale Creek, next up the Hobucken Cut,
and then out into Goose Creek. A steady breeze fills in dead
on the nose, delaying our entering the Pamlico River for the
last leg to Washington. By mid-day, it gives way to a light
breeze, and we barely ghost along past Indian Island. A
building rain drops the visibility enough to turn on the running
lights. It’s time to motor.
Warm and dry in spite of the weather, we sat and
reflected on our first coastal North Carolina charter. During
trip planning, I found that all the cruising guides contained
frequent cautions about shallow water, shifting shoals, and
The harbor at Oriental, “the Sailing Capital of North Carolina,”
provides all the amenities a cruising sailor may require. This was
our last stop for a bottle of wine for our last night out.
wind tides. At one point in the planning, I almost threw in
the towel and headed for the skipper-friendly BVIs. In the
end, the lure of exploring new waters won out—and we’re
so very glad it did!
We may not have found the gold that Blackbeard left
behind, but we certainly found other treasures that are the
Outer Banks today: pristine beaches, friendly folks, a
wealth of history, and gorgeous anchorages all connected
by beautiful sailing water that requires only basic nautical
sense to navigate completely at ease. There’s so much to
enjoy that for my money, coastal North Carolina may well
be the best cruising grounds anywhere along the East
Coast—gold or no gold!
Next month: A mini-cruising guide to cruising/bareboating
North Carolina. The article will present cruising guide
information with a detailed and accurate list of bareboat
charter companies in the area: basically, how to get there,
what companies service the area, what you will find there,
what conditions will be like, what activities are available,
and useful local area knowledge.
Mike and Cindy Alyea sail their Hunter 30 ‘Bout Time on Lake
Allatoona, GA, and charter whenever schedules allow. They’ve
sailed the Chesapeake, Puget Sound, Florida, Southern California,
the BVI, offshore and North Carolina. They’re available for questions,
comment and discussion at mikealyea@hotmail.com.
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n 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)
n NEWS
New Racing Rules
Of Sailing
By Dave Ellis
Every four years, after the Olympics, there is a
new book of rules for racing put into effect. The
Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013 – 2016 Including US
SAILING Prescriptions comes in your mail box if you are a
member. If not, and you do any racing, order one.
Not too many changes this time around. If you are
responsible for running events, you can now have a buoy
hanging off the side/stern of your race committee boat that
is legally written into the Sailing Instructions and it is part
of the boat. Previously, if you had a buoy out there and
someone hit it, it is not considered that you hit the boat.
Now if you hit the buoy, it is the same as
officially hitting the boat, and you will
have to do a 360. This would keep those
pesky bargers farther away from your
floating pride and joy.
There is no option on the “zone”
around marks now. It is three boat
lengths without option to change that. A
few tweaks were introduced to keep at
bay the sea lawyers who found loopholes
in the mark rounding rules.
The biggest change is that the
“Definitions” are at the front of the
book—where they belong. They are part
of the “Rules,” incidentally.
Don’t be intimidated by the 184-
page size of the rule book. Most of us
only are concerned with the first 27
pages, including the “Definitions.” The
rest of the book covers protesting, race
committee matters, windsurfing, kite
sailing and model boat racing rules.
Since the book has to last four years, spring for the new
waterproof edition. It seems much more robust than the
usual paper copy. To order, go to www.ussailing.org.
Morgan Invasion Moves to Davis
Island Yacht Club, Merging with
New Tampa Bay Hospice Cup,
May 3-5
“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, 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, held May 3-5.
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.
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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.
n UPCOMING REGIONAL
REGATTAS
33rd Annual George Town
Cruising Regatta, Exumas, Bahamas,
Feb. 25-March 8
See Short Tacks section, “Other Events,” for more
information.
Wrecker’s Cup Race, Key West,
January 27, February 24,
March 31, April 28
See Short Tacks section, “Other Events,” for more
information.
2013 Lightning Class Southern
Circuit Gears Up, Savannah,
Miami, St. Petersburg,
March 9-17
For nearly 40 years, the annual Lightning Southern Circuit
has been sending a fleet of 50 or so boats on a combination
road rally and regatta that includes three stops in the South.
The series kicks off at the annual Deep South Regatta, held
March 9-10 at the Savannah YC. On March 11-13, the
Lightning Midwinter Regatta will be hosted at the Coral Reef
YC in Miami. The Lightning Winter Championship in St.
Petersburg will take place on March 14-17. Competitors from
South America, Europe, and North America will be on hand,
as well as former and current world champions and Olympic
sailors. For more information, go to www.lightningclass.org.
Sperry Top-Sider Charleston
Race Week, April 18
Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week is firmly on the
radar for racing sailors. Now the largest regatta of its kind
in the Western Hemisphere, the event attracts one-design,
offshore, and PHRF sailors from around the U.S. and parts
of the world, in boats from 20 to 80 feet long. As of New
Year’s Eve, the entry list had surpassed 100 and was continuing
to grow toward last year’s record of 258 boats.
In addition to three days of fun, competitive racing, this
event offers superb Southern hospitality for four nights at
the regatta’s beachside venue, the Charleston Harbor Resort
& Marina. Social highlights from 2012 include a presentation
on the America’s Cup, with the Cup itself on display, a
Mardi Gras-like parade with cheerleaders preceding a
Dixieland band, and custom-sculpted trophies from local
artist and sailor Fred Moore.
For the coming edition (April 18-21), the event’s organizers
have continued to ratchet up their game in almost
every facet. They’ll be importing top race committee talent
to ensure the most fair–and-fun action on the water.
They’ve also arranged for a local boatyard–Pierside
Boatworks–to offer free storage of boats on trailers from late
January until the event begins and have expanded entries to
include IRC and High Performance Rule boats, and will
accommodate cruisers with a special pursuit format.
Proceeds from the regatta help support local sailing
non-profits in Charleston and other initiatives that directly
promote the sport. For additional information, log on to
www.charlestonraceweek.com. You can also follow Sperry
Top-Sider Charleston Race Week on Facebook and Twitter.
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
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26. There is a 50-boat limit. Entrants are already signing up
for the race.
There is still a lot of time for boats to get prepared and
turn their entry in by April ’07, 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.regatadelsol
alsol.org (click on Chairperson@regatadelsolalsol.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 USA 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 monthly
newsletter, available on the website, always has interesting
information and one recent posting is an interview
with Tom Hails who has sailed the race many times, the
first being in 1980. Tom has many interesting comments
about the race and Isla Mujeres. It is a good read. The
regatta also now has a Facebook page. For more information,
go to the website.
For information, e-mail chairman@regatadelsolalsol.org.
n 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 (go to their websites for schedule):
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
See club website for local club race schedule
Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org.
New Bern, NC See club website for local club race schedule
Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com
See club website for local club race schedule
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
MARCH
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)
1-3 Y Flyer Midwinters. Carolina SC (SC)
16-17 Keelboat Midwinters. Lake Norman YC. (NC)
29-31 Spring Fever Regatta. Catamarans. Eastern
Multihull SA (www.emsasailing.org)
Charleston Ocean Racing Association.
www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina
See club website for local club race schedule. Club races
all winter.
23 Sheriff’s Cup. PHRF racing to Bohicket.
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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.
2013 First Coast Offshore
Challenge, St. Augustine, FL,
April 3-7
First Coast Offshore Challenge, the premiere offshore sailing
event of the spring season in Northeast Florida kicking
off the north Florida offshore season, is set for April 3-7.
Last year, FCOC started a new format year with all events
starting and finishing in St. Augustine.
Three offshore races will be held. Race one and two are
on April 3 and 4, and are held offshore St. Augustine. The
third race is on April 5 and will race from St. Augustine to
Jacksonville and back. The regatta is co-sponsored by the
North Florida Cruising Club and the St. Augustine Yacht
Club. Participants come from throughout the southeast.
Classes invited are Spinnaker, Non-Spin, Cruiser and One-
Design. More information is available at
www.sayc2000.com.
60th Annual Mount Dora Sailing
Regatta, Mount Dora, FL, April 6-7
The 60th Annual Regatta is open to all classes from Opti to
Sunfish to Hobie to Wayfarer to Catalinas and Mutineers.
Organizers hope to have up to seven races, weather permitting.
Four boats will be required for a design class. Mount
Dora is inland sailing at its best, with outstanding food on
Saturday night with music on the dock.
For more information and registration form, go to
www.mountdorayachtclub.com, or call (352) 383-3188.
organized seasonally. The Indian River Yacht Club’s
Sunday Winter Sailing Series began Jan. 13. Races are held
every two to three weeks. Wednesday evening club races:
Spring-Summer series begins on March 13, the first
Wednesday after daylight savings time begins. Wednesday
Evening races occur weekly.
Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com): PHRF
Rum Races are on Sunday afternoons, biweekly. The first
2013 race occurred Jan. 6 with small boat Sundays on alternate
weekends throughout the year. MYC also sponsors a
Dragon Point Racing Series that occurs approximately twice
monthly
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): This increasingly
active sailing association sails on Lake Monroe, a segment
of the St. Johns River. In 2013, they will conduct the Tequila
Sunday Racing and Jager Cup Race series. The series will
alternate every two weeks, with one race in the series held
monthly. March through October, the club holds the
Wednesday Night Rum Race series most weeks. The association
also sponsors seasonal race series that race on
Saturdays once each month. The Winter Series began on
Jan. 19. Races 3-4-5 are scheduled for Feb 9.
Manatee Cove Marina (Stuart area) sponsors monthly races.
The first races were on Jan. 5 and 12. The next race is scheduled
for Feb. 9.
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.
FEBRUARY
1 14th Wayfarer Midwinter Championships.
Lake Eustis SC
16 43rd George Washington Birthday Regatta.
Lake Eustis SC
23-24 Catalina 22 Midwinter Regatta. Indian River YC
MARCH
2 Trans Monroe Regatta. Lake Monroe SC.
12-13 Zenda U for MC Scow. MC Scow Midwinters.
Lake Eustis SC
14-16 41st MC Scow Association
Midwinters Championship
16-17 River City Regatta. Rudder Club.
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
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16-17 C-22 Regatta. Titusville
Sailing Center
22-24 Orange Peel Regatta. Florida
YC
30 Crescent City Regatta.
Crescent City YC
Race Reports
Wirth M. Munroe
Memorial Yacht Race
and Ocean Challenge,
Fort Lauderdale to
Palm Beach, FL,
Dec. 7-9
Hap Fauth’s IRC-class Bella Mente
won First to Finish honors in the
Sailfish Club of Florida/Cruising Club of America’s 2012
Wirth M. Munroe Memorial Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach
Yacht Race, held Dec. 7 with an elapsed time of 4h 9m 22s
over the 50-nautical mile course. Race conditions were ideal
with 8- to 12-knot winds from the southeast. This year, the
Gulf Stream was located farther offshore and was less of a
factor in navigating the course.
The Sailfish Club Ocean Challenge follows the Wirth
Munroe Race on the following two days. Winds were from
the southeast 5-8 knots.
IceFire sailing in the Wirth M. Munroe Memorial Yacht Race and Ocean Challenge.
Photo by Florida Yacht Photography & Video.
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.RolexMiamiOCR.org.
Wirth Munroe Results:
IRC Class: 1st, Catapult (Ker 40), Marc Glimcher; 2nd, Decision
(Carkeek HP40), Stephen Murray; 3rd, Spookie (Carkeek HP40), Steve
and Heidi Benjamin. PHRF A: 1st, Santarella (Peterson 38), James P.
Scalise; 2nd, Awesome Pumpkin (J/35), Andy Flack; 3rd, Rim Shot
(Beneteau First 36.7), Russell Dunn. PHRF B: 1st, Vendaval (Dufour 34),
Oscar Valdes; 2nd, Ragtime (Jackett 35), Robert Gebbia; 3rd, Grand Cru
(Beneteau 393), Danny Escobar. First to Finish: Bella Mente (Hap
Fauth); Navigator of First Yacht to Finish: Ian Moore; First CCA Yacht
to Finish: Racing 4 (George J. Collins); First PHRF Yacht on Corrected
Time: Vendaval (Oscar Valdes); First Sailfish Club Yacht to Finish:
White Gold (James D. Bishop); First Sailfish Club Yacht, Corrected
Time: Ringle (Matt Fifield).
Ocean Challenge Results:
1, Shockwave (Mini Maxi), George Sakellaris; 2nd, Bella Mente (Judel-
Vrolijk Mini Maxi), Hap Fauth; 3rd, Interlodge (IRC 52), Austin and
Gwen Fragomen.
Upcoming Regattas
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
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 2013-13 circuit.
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, gaff-rigs, 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.
Bacardi Miami Sailing Week,
Miami, FL, March 3-9
An annual multi-class regatta in Miami with teams from
countries around the world racing on Biscayne Bay, competing
to win the Bacardi Cup and the BMSW regatta trophy.
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The Star Class—the original Olympic class boat—will
compete for the 86th time for the Bacardi Cup. Also racing
is the Viper 640, which will be competing for their EFG
Bank Pan-American Championship, Melges 24s and J/80s.
New this year is the J/70 racing. For more information, go
to www.miamisailingweek.com.
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
Gulfstream Sailing Club. Fort Lauderdale.
www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org
LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org
MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com
KBYC Key BiscayneYC. www.kbyc.org
PBSC Palm Beach Sailing Club. www.pbsail.org
SALM Shake-A-Leg Miami. www.shakealegmiami.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
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
9-10 Florida Laser Masters. PBSC
23 Barnacle’s George Washington’s Birthday
Regatta. CGSC
MARCH
1 Etchells Midwinters East Regatta. BBYC
4 Bacardi Miami Sail Week. BBYc, CGSC, CRYC,
SALM, USSC
7 Bacardi Sail Week. Audi Melges 20s. CGSC
12 Lightning Southern Circuit. CRYC
15 46th Annual Don Q Snipe Regatta. CGSC
20 Nassau Snipe Series.
22 Etchells Coral Reef Cup. CRYC
28 Rotary Youth Regatta. CGSC
29 42nd Annual SE Dinghy. KBYC
Race Reports
Local Sailors Win Hobie Wave
National Championship,
Islamorada, Florida Keys, Dec. 6-9
By Rick White
Key Largo’s Leah White and husband Dave White took first
and third places respectively for the 15th Annual Hobie
Wave National Championships held in Islamorada.
There has only been one triple winner of the Hobie
Wave Nationals since its existence—until this weekend.
Leah White of Key Largo, only the second woman to win
overall, sailed very consistently, winning four first-place
finishes out of the 11 races sailed, with her worst race being
a sixth. She was pushed hard by this year’s North American
champion from Pensacola Beach, Tom Whitehurst.
Going into the last day of racing, Whitehurst was only
four points behind White, but in the last three races on
Dave White leading the pack at the Hobie Wave championships in Islamorada.

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Sunday, White finished ahead of Whitehurst in every race,
taking the victory by nine points overall.
Leah’s husband, Dave White, was in the hunt the entire
weekend as well. At the start of the last race, he only needed
three positions to tie and beat Whitehurst. As it turned
out, the last race was his worst race and he had to settle for
third place overall.
The Wave National Championships were hosted by
Islander Watersports (www.islanderwatersports.com) and
the Islander Resort over the weekend of Dec. 6 through 9.
The event was sponsored by Catamaran Sailor magazine
(www.catsailor.com), OnLineMarineStore.com and CABB
(Catamaran Assn. of Biscayne Bay).
Winds were 8-12 mph on Friday and Saturday, which
made for some excellent sailing off the beach of the resort on
the ocean side of the Keys. Sunday eased off quite a bit, but
the race committee was able to get in three good, fair races
to round out the weekend
John Sherry of Miami worked his way into the trophies,
taking fifth place overall and second place in the Masters
division, for ages 60 and over.
The Wave is a roto-molded catamaran whose class has
been growing rapidly in the United States and is considered
one of the most active fleets in the country, with a very
active fleet at the Upper Keys Sailing Club in Key Largo.
The boat is 13 feet in length, has only one sail and is sailed
by one person.
This national event has been held in the Florida Keys
area on the first weekend of December for 15 years, bringing
lots of sailors and their friends to this great sailing
venue during the off-season time
for the Keys. The visitors always
enjoy the great sailing in the
warm and clear waters of the
Keys.
Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.upperkeyssailingclub.com.
Go to the club website for regular club racing
open to all.
FEBRUARY
Go to club website for weekly club racing schedule.
9-10 Buccaneer Blast. Youth Sailing Program Regatta
15-18 Cat Boat Rendezvous Regatta
21-23 Force 5 Midwinters
MARCH
9 Race Over to Oceanside
16-17 Glander Cup Regatta.
Race Reports
2013 Egmont Key Race,
Davis Island, Tampa Bay, FL, Jan. 5
By Bobby Crawford
Upcoming Regattas
Wrecker’s Cup
Race, Key West,
January 27,
February 24, March
31, April 28
See Short Tacks section, “Other
Events,” for information.
Florida Keys Race Calendar
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.keywestsailingsailingcenter.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 afterward.
Jeff and Susan Russo’s J/40, Intrepid, sailing in the Egmont Key
race on one of the few cold days in January in Florida. Courtesy
photo.
The 74th edition of Davis Island Yacht Club’s Egmont Key
Race took off down the Bay in approximately 12 knots of
breeze on Jan. 5. It was a broad reach at the 10 a.m. start for
the spinnaker boats to fly chutes across the line. This year’s
race included 29 competitors in five classes. The Spinnaker
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and Racer/Cruiser fleets sailed a 50-nautical mile course
out to Egmont Key and back, while Non-Spinnaker and
Cruising sailed a somewhat shorter course of 34 miles.
The breeze was light but steady. Most of the boats stayed
in close proximity during the day. The first boat to round the
final mark at Egmont Key before heading back to DIYC was
O.H. Rodgers and crew on Catraption. The rest of the boats
rounded in daylight in a cool, but sunny day. All of the boats
were finished and enjoying chili and live music by 2130.
Results:
Spinnaker A: 1, Robert Hobbs and Neal Burn‘s No Limit; 2, Al
Thomas’ Wired; 3, Dave German and Ed Ruark’s Mad Cow 2; Spinnaker
B: 1, Ray Mannix’ Semper Fi; 2, John Brennan’s Bay Wolf; 3, Mike
Kayusa’s Celebration; Racer/Cruiser: 1, Martin Zonnenberg’s Cool
Change; 2, Standa Svoboda’s Antea; 3, Jim Mallory’s Reflection; Non-
Spinnaker: 1, Ron Kinney’s Eclipse; 2, Chris Toro’s Rock On; Cruising: 1,
Art Cupp’s First Wind, 2, Steve Grote’s Mistress.
Upcoming Regattas
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
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 for information 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.
SPYC Invitational Pusser’s Rum
Cup (formerly Michelob/Evander
Cup), March 1-2
This will be the 32nd anniversary of this regatta, which is
hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. It is west Florida’s
largest one-day sailboat race. All classes are invited and racing
is in Tampa Bay. Courses will be around government
marks. Pusser’s hats, great food and Pusser’s Rum parties.
This is a Suncoast Boat of the Year and St. Petersburg Yacht
Club’s Ocean Racing Challenge event. Notice of Race and
Entry Forms can be found on the SPYC website at
www.spyc.org, and the West Coast Florida Yacht Racing
Associations website at www.wfyra.org. You can enter
these three races for one combined, reduced rate: Pusser’s
Rum Cup, Crown Cars, and Suncoast Race Week. See below
for information on these race and the websites above for
more information.
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. This year the Royal
Order is commemorating the 500th anniversary of the discovery
of Florida and Charlotte Harbor in 1513 by Juan
Ponce de Leon. This regatta is just one of several events
scheduled locally and throughout the state under the secretary
of state’s Viva Florida 500 program which commemorates
this significant milestone.
The regatta begins with registration on Friday evening,
March 1, at the Punta Gorda Boat Club at 802 West Retta
Esplanade. Two buoy-course races are planned for Saturday
with Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Cruising, and Multihull
divisions. A get-together 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 the NOR,entry forms amd information, go to
www.pgscweb.com.
Eighth Annual Around Egmont Key
Regatta, Bradenton, FL, March 9
Bradenton Yacht Club’s eighth annual Around Egmont Key
Regatta offers a unique twist on the typical yacht racing
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RACING
venue. In this event, competitors decide in which direction
they will attack the race course. The decision to round
Egmont Key clockwise or counterclockwise can make the
difference between a first-place win or limping home at the
back of the fleet.
This is the eighth event in the eleven regattas of the
Sarastoa Bay Yachting Association Boat of the Year series.
This low cost ($22 entry fee) event offers no cap, no T-shirt,
no skipper bag, no free beer, but guarantees lots of fun—and
free coffee on the morning of the race. Classes competing are
Spinnaker, Non-Spin, Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser and Multihull.
For dockage reservations, contact the BYC dockmaster
at (941) 374-2310. For more information go to www.
bradentonyachtclub.com. For social activities and sailing
fleet info, contact John Izmirlian at (941) 587-7758, or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com
37th Southwest Florida Regatta,
Melges 24 Florida Cup Regatta
and the Porsche Cup of Naples,
Naples, FL, March 15-17
Held by the Gulf Coast Sailing Club, the regatta will begin
on Saturday, March 16, and conclude on March 17 with a
party afterwards. The Porsche Cup of Naples will highlight
the regatta and will be held at the new Hamilton Harbor
Yacht Club in Naples.
The 6th Annual Melges 24 Florida Cup Regatta will also
be a part of this regatta. It will be one of six regattas in the
southeast circuit of the US Melges 24 Class Association,
southeast district.
For more information and to register for the regatta, go
to www.gulfcoastsailingclub.org, or call (239) 263-7254.
SPYC Distance Classic, St.
Petersburg, FL, March 16-17
This is event is a fairly new regatta designed for the larger
ocean racing vessels. It is hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht
Club @ Pass-a-Grille. The course will be an overnight event
between 110 to 140 nautical miles, depending on the prevailing
winds and forecast at the time of the start. Start and finish
will be in the same general vicinity. This is a great tuneup
for those who are entering the SPYC Regata del Sol al Sol.
This race is a West Florida Performance Handicap Racing
Fleet (WFPHRF) Category #2. It is also a St. Petersburg Yacht
Club Ocean Racing Challenge event for PHRF Spinnaker,
Non-Spinnaker, Racer/Cruiser, and Cruiser classes. Notice
of Race and entry forms can be found on the SPYC website at
www.spyc.org and the West Coast Florida Yacht Racing
Associations website at www.wfyra.org
Crown Cars Regatta, Gulf of Mexico,
Tampa Bay, March 22-23
This event is now in its 29th year and continues to give participants
a great time on the Gulf of Mexico. There is a change
in venue this year. All classes will be sailing distance races
around government and drop marks. This regatta is a
Suncoast Boat of the Year and SPYC Ocean Racing Challenge
event. Crown Cars will again provide transportation to and
from the remote parking area. NOR and entry forms can be
found on the St. Petersburg Yacht club website at
www.spyc.org and the West Coast Florida Yacht Racing
associations website at www.wfyra.org. Entrants for
Suncoast Race Week can make arrangements to keep their
vessels at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club downtown marina by
making reservations with the dockmaster at
dockmaster@spyc.org. You can enter these three races for one
combined, reduced rate: Pusser’s Rum Cup, Crown Cars, and
Suncoast Race Week. See below for information on those race
and the websites above for more information.
Sarasota One-Design Midwinters,
March 23-24
The Sarasota Sailing Squadron is hosting its annual One-
Design Midwinter Regatta March 23-24 for fleets of five or
more boats. Anticipated fleets include E Scow, Daysailer,
Albacore, I-20, S2 7.9 and Flying Scot, with invitations to all
One-Design fleets with boats of five or more including
Windmill, Laser, SR Max 21 and Melges 24. For NOR, fees
and schedule, go to www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org, or
www.regattanetwork.com.
Suncoast Race Week, Tampa Bay,
April 4-7
Hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in cooperation with
the Davis Island Yacht Club and Bradenton Yacht Club.
A long-standing tradition among regattas on Tampa
Bay, this will be the 35th year of this event. There will be three
days of racing, beginning with registration and start at Davis
Island Yacht Club, then racing to the St. Petersburg Yacht
Club, then to the Bradenton Yacht Club. The third day will
be a distance race in lower Tampa Bay and finishing at a
mutual point facilitating vessels’ return to home ports. The
awards will be at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club on April 12.
This is a qualifier for both Suncoast Boat of the Year and
St. Pete’s Ocean Racing Challenge. Notice of Race and entry
forms can be found on the SPYC website at www.spyc.org,
and the West Coast Florida Yacht Racing Associations website
at www.wfyra.org. You can enter these three races for
one combined, reduced rate: Pusser’s Rum Cup, Crown
Cars, and Suncoast Race Week. See below for information
on those races and the websites above for more information.
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
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acing, 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)
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-March 3 J/22 Midwinters. Davis Island YC
MARCH
Feb. 27-3 J/22 Midwinters. Davis Island YC
1-2 St. Pete YC Invitational (WFBOTY & SPORC)
2 Spring Regatta. Naples Sailing & YC
2-3 Conquistador Cup. Punta Gorda SC. (CHBOTY)
2-8 Thistle Midwinters. St. Pete YC
8-10 Fireball & Friends. Davis Island YC
9 Race Around Egmont. Bradenton YC
10 Ladies at the Helm. Bradenton YC
14-17 Lightning Winter Championship. St. Pete YC
15-17 Snipe Midwinters. Clearwater YC
16 Shrimp Festival Regatta. Caloosahatchee Marching
& Chowder Society.
16 J/24 Pot O’Gold. Davis Island YC
16 Pot O’Gold. PHRF. Sarasota Sailing Squadron
16 Distance Classic. St. Pete YC
22-23 Crown Cars Regatta. (WFBOTY, SPORC, GULF
BOTY). St. Pete YC @PAG
23-24 One-Design Midwinters. Sarasota Sailing Squadron.
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.
More information, as well as hotels and directions are
posted on the website, www.mardigrasregatta.org. Limited
free “college style” housing is available.
Maxine Sansom Series 2013,
Pensacola, FL, March 2, 9, 23
The Maxine Sansom Regatta is a three-race series held on
Pensacola Bay every March. The series honors Maxine
Sansom for her work through the years on various race
committees at the three Pensacola-area yacht clubs.
The race format has three different competitions, each
one held at one of the three clubs Sansom frequently
worked with. Each of these races is held by the individual
yacht club fleet captains but are combined for an overall
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series trophy. The first race, on March 2, is held at the
Navy Yacht Club of Pensacola in conjunction with its first
race of the season, the Commodore’s Cup Race #1. The
second race, on March 9, is held at the Pensacola Beach
Yacht Club in conjunction with its springtime race, the
Rites of Spring Regatta, and the final race, on March 23 of
the series is held at the Pensacola Yacht Club (which was
Maxine’s home club) and is known as the Maxine Sansom
Series Final. The awards ceremony is held right after the
race at the PYC.
For registration and more information, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.
Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar
See local club websites for club races.
LEGEND
BucYC Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL
BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS
CSA Corinthian SA, New Orleans, LA
FYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, AL
GYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS
HYC Houston YC, Houston, TX
JYC Jackson YC, Jackson, MS
LFYC Lake Forest YC, Daphne, AL
LPWSA Lake Pontchartrain Women’s SA, New Orleans, LA
NOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans, LA
PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL
PontYCPontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA
PYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL
StABYC St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FL
SYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA
TYC Lake Tammany YC, Slidell, LA
FEBRUARY
2 Superbowl Regatta. PYC
2 Superbowl Regatta. BWYC
9 Mardi Gras Regatta. PYC
16 Valentine’s Regatta. PBYC
17 Billy Goat Regatta. BucYC
23-24 Mardi Gras Regatta. NOYC
MARCH
2 Maxine Sansom #1/Commodore’s Cup #1. NYC
2-3 H.S. Sailing Regatta. PontYC
9 Maxine Sansom #2. PBYC
9-10 New Orleans to Mandevielle & Return. SYC,
PontYC, CSA, NOYC
16 Twister - StABYC
16-17 Women on the Water Boating Forum. PYC
23 Maxine Sansom #3. PYC
16-17 Alfonso Sutter Laser D14 Championship. GYC
23-24 Intergalatic Keel Boat Round-up. PYC
23-24 Dogwood Regatta. FYC
23-24 Spring Fling/Jane England. JYC
23-24 Leukemia Cup. SYC
23-24 Elissa Regatta. HYC
30 Rag Top Regatta. LFYC
30 Two Against the Lake. TYC
30-31 Fleur d’Lis. LPWSA
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35' Fortuna Catamaran 1995 $ 85,000 Sarasota Joe
35' Island Packet Cat 1993 $144,900 Tampa Mark
34' Endeavour Catamaran 1997 $119,500 Ft. Myers Leo
34' Prout Catamaran 1990 $ 69,900 New Port Richey Dean
28' Telstar Trimaran 2006 $ 71,500 St. Augustine Tom
Sailboats
76' Viking Ship 2007 $205,000 Trinidad Clark
74' Ortholan Motorsailor 1939 $240,000 Argentina Kirk
63' Gulfstar Motorsailor 1987 $339,000 Ft. Lauderdale Tom H
60' Gulfstar 1986 $325,000 Melbourne Kevin
53' Pearson 1981 $189,000 St. Augustine Tom
51' Morgan Out Island 1976 $100,000 Treasure Island Jane
51' Beneteau Idyllic 15.5 1986 $134,000 West Palm Beach Jane
47' Vagabond 1979 $120,000 Sarasota Joe
47' Vagabond 1993 $150,000 France Harry
47' Wauquiez Centurion 1986 $188,900 Florida Jane
46' Beneteau 461 2000 $174,900 Stuart Clark
46' Morgan 1979 $ 79,900 Cruising Jane
45’ Gulfstar 1987 $ 79,900 Panama City Butch
45' Hunter Legend 1987 $ 88,900 Crystal River Jane
45' Hunter 2008 $250,000 Grenada Kevin
44' CSY Walk over 1979 $124,900 Port Charlotte Jane
44' Wellington 1980 $174,500 Sarasota Joe
44' Beneteau Oceanis 2001 $230,000 Titusville Dean
43' Irwin 1988 $ 99,500 St. Petersburg Jane
43' Elan 1990 $110,000 Israel Kirk
42’ Cheoy Lee Clipper 1970 $ 75,000 Green Cove Springs Tom
42' Sabre 1989 $158,500 St. Petersburg Joe
42' Hunter 1990 $ 94,900 Clearwater Dean
42' Catalina 1990 $113,850 Panama Kevin
42’ Endeavour 1990 $129,900 Jacksonville Beach Tom
42' Catalina 1991 $ 85,000 Titusville Kevin
42' Brewer 1984 $100,000 Sarasota Joe
42’ Tayana CC 1984 $138,000 St. Petersburg Dean
41' Hunter 410 2002 $132,900 Satellite Beach Kevin
38' Freedom 1992 $ 89,900 BVI Kevin
38' Island Packet 1988 $119,900 Green Cove Springs Tom
38' Morgan 383 1982 $ 51,900 Ft. Lauderdale Kirk
38' Korgen Cutter 1980 $ 89,000 Satellite Beach Kevin
37' Pearson Sloop 1983 $ 47,000 Venice Joe
37' Gulfstar 1979 $ 44,750 Hudson Jane
36' Beneteau Oceanis 1998 $ 84,900 Ft. Lauderdale Kirk
35' Pearson 1981 $ 29,900 St. Augustine Tom
34' Morgan 1968 $ 16,900 Ft. Lauderdale Kirk
33' Hunter 2008 $ 95,000 Indian Town Clark
33’ Hunter 2005 $ 82,500 Panama City Butch
32' Beneteau 1984 $ 37,000 Ft. Lauderdale Kirk
32' Bayfield 1987 $ 42,500 Melbourne Kevin
32' C & C 1980 $ 25,900 Maderia Beach Dean
31' Hunter 1986 $ 23,000 Punta Gorda Calvin
30' Baba 1981 $ 44,900 Melbourne Kevin
30' Cape Dory 1987 $ 50,000 Venice Wendy
29' Watkins 1987 $ 14,500 Panama City Butch
26' Alerion 2003 $ 73,000 Satellite Beach Kevin S
25' Irwin 1969 $ 3,600 St. Petersburg Roy
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 (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 . . . . . . . .$75,000 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$149,000 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$152,500 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$82,000 (S)
Catalina 320 MKII 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$108,000 (P)
Taylor 32 “Danger Zone” 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,000 (N)
Beneteau Antares 980 32 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$129,000 (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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SEAWOLF INFLATABLE CATAMARANS.
Made in USA! Two 2007, 10’ near new
demos, deeply reduced prices, free delivery in
FL. Check out WWW.SeaWolf.biz, then call
us. (727) 543-1995. (3-13)
O’Day Daysailor II, 17ft. fiberglass, new
main & jib, recently upgraded standing rigging,
centerboard, kick-up rudder, self bailing,
tabernacle-mounted aluminum mast,
anchor and rode, galvanized trailer. $1500.
Cape Coral, FL. (239) 549 2264. wltodd@centurylink.net.
(4/13)
New WindRider 17. $8995. Call Brian at
Bimini Bay Sailing. (941) 685-1400
2007 Catalina 22 Sport. 5hp Outboard,
Trailer, Large Cockpit, Low draft, Sleeps 4.
Furling headsail, Porta Potti, cockpit cushions,
boarding ladder, Self-tail winches. Great
shape and always dry-sailed. $16,341. Call
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6953, or (727) 327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com
Classic Beetlecat Sailboat 12.5’. Completely
refinished in 2009 by professional boat
builder and rarely used. Boat show condition.
Wood hull, new sails. Fun and safe to sail
$8500. (970) 481-7546. (4/13)
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)
Hunters Galore! New 22' - 27' and mint condition
late model 30' - 36'; Hunters - 7 available.
See for yourself at St. Petersburg
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CLASSIFIED ADS
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)
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
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
sales@dunbaryachts.com
Sailboat S2, 30 ft 9.2 A (aft cockpit). Perfect
Florida cruiser, 4’ 9” draft, Volvo diesel, 70
watts solar, H/C pressure water, propane
stove/oven, 12v fridge, gas barbecue, stereo,
GPS, cockpit cushions, extra thick berth cushions,
inflatable/outboard. New standing rigging
2012, new VHF 2012, new water heater
2010, new canvas 2012. $24,900. Cortez, FL.
More details, photos at https://sites.google.
com/site/s2winsomesmile/home. (4/13)
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. $17,000. (305) 893-
6061 (4/13)
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)
CORTEZ YACHT SALES
SAIL
56' Custom Wood Schooner ’07 . . . . .$800,000
45' Jeanneau 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,000
40' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,900
39' Corbin 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$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
27' Sea Ray 268 w/Trailer . . . . . . . . . . .$11,900
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CORTEZ YACHT SALES
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
$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. (4/13)
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)
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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 (2/13)
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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.
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,
www.SailboatsinFlorida.com
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)
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.
33’ Custom Motor Sailer 1967. 40HP Diesel
Isuzu 1050 hrs. LWL 30’, draft 4 1/2, beam
11’, 12-ton displacement. Heavy one-off fiberglass-cored
construction. Fresh bottom needs
deck cosmetics. 1 gal per hr at 6 knots.
Cruising SW Florida January + February. Call
or email us at vivisv08@hotmail.com for more
information. (631) 603-8970. Insurance value
$35,000. Asking $17,500 (3/13)
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.
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)
2002 Beneteau Oceanis 331. New bottom
paint and cutlass bearing Dec 2012. Includes
windlass, autopilot, chartplotter, fridge/freezer,
and stern shower. Very clean cruiser-liveaboard
in great condition. Larger wheel and
bulb keel provides excellent performance for
blue water sailing. $73,000. Call John at (954)
253-7479, or Jim at (954) 303-5310. (4/13)
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.
Reduced to $25,000. Pensacola, FL.
Rich (850) 450-9018, rgcobler@gmail.com
32-ft 2001 Beneteau 311 Oceanis . FRESH
WATER. Great shape. Yanmar 18hp w/427
hours, refrigeration, A/C Heat. Both Sails reconditioned
late 2012 – Genoa new green
sail cover, fin keel 4.8-ft draft,
speed/depth/autopilot/perfect teak with covers.
Reduced to $65,000. Leslie (901) 606-
7077.
34’ Endeavour Sail Cat, 1997. High quality
with excellent space utilization! Sail plan and
rig is easily handled, and all controls lead aft
to cockpit. Great Shape! $119,500, Call Leo @
941-504-6754. www.SailboatsinFlorida.com.
Edwards Yacht Sales
35’ C&C – Turn-key cruiser, great sail inventory.
Reduced to $24,500! Contact Curtis Stokes
at (954) 684-0218 or
curtis@curtisstokes.net.
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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 (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.
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.
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’ Freedom Sloop, 1992. Well-equipped for
open ocean sailing! New Yanmar 3YM30 in
2011, new upholstery 2005, new canvas
2009, and more! $89,900 Call Kevin @ 321-
693-1642. www.SailboatsinFlorida.com.
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41’ Beneteau 411 2001. Beautifully maintained,
shoal draft, aft cockpit sloop. One of
the most popular Beneteaus ever. Below deck
AP, life raft and more. Recently surveyed and
all the small items noted were taken care
of. $139,000. Call Kelly at (727) 599-1718.
Kelly Bickford CPYB Massey Yacht Sales, St
Petersburg, FL.
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
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Irwin Citation 39, 1979, w/ 30 hp Yanmar, 41'
9" LOA, custom scoop transom, fin keel, roller
furling head sails, Dutchman main, ST-60
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volt DC fridge, ST winches, Bimini. Asking
$34,900. Cortez Yacht Sales 941-792-9100.
42’ Sabre, 1989. Exceptional condition and
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A must see! $158,500 Call Joe @ 941-
224-9661. www.SailboatsinFlorida.com.
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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.
39’ Corbin Pilothouse 1981. 64 hp
Pathfinder diesel 200 hours, blue water cruiser,
Gen Set, all roller furling, solar, wind gen,
radar, autopilot, GPS, electric windlass, full
galley and more. $89,900. Cortez Yacht Sales.
(941) 792-9100
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.
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2000 Dufour 43 Classic. Cruise fast with four
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refrigeration, autopilot and more.
$114,900. Alan (941) 350-1559.
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45’ Morgan, 1983. Best liveaboard layout.
Facing settees with clear sight lines across
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cruiser. Some work needed. $27,500. Stewart
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www.CortezYachts.com. (941) 792-9100
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
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45’ Hunter CC, 2008. lively performance and
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2002 53’ Bruce Roberts. Custom Aluminum.
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Fortress FX 11 $80. Hardly used anchor. 65’
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Absolute Tank Cleaning ..........................30
Advanced Sails ........................................34
Ahoy Captain..........................................31
All American Covered Boat Storage ........31
Allstate Insurance....................................29
Alpen Glow...............................................8
Amelia Island Marina ..............................45
American Rope & Tar.........................32,51
Aqua Graphics ........................................30
Atlantic Sail Traders.................................34
Aurinco ..............................................32,51
Bacon Sails..............................................34
Bahamas Guide/Seaworthy .....................21
Beaver Flags............................................32
Beneteau Sailboats .................................BC
Beta Marine ............................................42
Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals ................20,25
Blenker Boatworks & Marina...................44
Bluewater Boats Charter..........................31
Bluewater Sailing School....................18,25
Boating Secrets .......................................21
BoatNames.net .......................................30
Boatsmith ...............................................23
BoatUS....................................................19
Borel .......................................................32
Bo'sun Supplies.......................................61
Cajun Trading Rigging ............................34
Calvert Sails ............................................34
Cape Coral Yacht Basin ...........................44
Capt Marti's Books/Seminars...................21
Capt. Chris Yacht Services..................31,83
Capt. Jagger ...........................................31
Capt. Larry Nelson..................................31
Capt. Rick Meyer ....................................31
Captains License Class ............................82
Catalina ..................................................36
Catamaran Boatyard ..........................26,30
Charleston Race Week............................IFC
C-Head Compost Toilets ....................32,57
Clear Air Systems ...............................32,48
Clearwater Municipal Marina ..................44
Compac Sailboats ...................................36
Coolnet Hammocks ................................82
CopperCoat ............................................39
Cortez Yacht Brokerage...........................78
Couples Sailing School............................25
CPT Autopilot .........................................82
Cruising Solutions ..............................39,41
Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage .................75
Dania Flea Market...................................11
Davis Island Yacht Club...........................16
Dockside Radio .......................................46
Doyle/Ploch Sails.....................................34
Dr. LED ...................................................40
Dunbar Sales...........................................73
Dunbar Sales Sailing School....................25
Dwyer mast ............................................82
Eastern Yachts/Beneteau .........................BC
Edwards Yacht Sales................................74
EisenShine...............................................30
Elco Electric Boats ...................................17
Ellies Sailing Shop ...................................30
Emerald Coast Yachts School ..................25
Fair Winds Boat Repairs...........................33
First Patriot Insurance.........................28,29
Fishermen's Headquarters .......................32
Flagship Sailing.......................................25
Florida Keys Cottage/Charter ..................31
Florida Yacht Group................................BC
Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field .............49
Froli Sleep...............................................32
Garhauer...................................................5
Glades Boat Storage...........................27,45
Grand Slam Yacht Sales...........................73
Gulf Coast Boat Show..........................7,44
Gulfport City Marina...............................26
Hand-ee-Cleat.........................................32
Harborage Marina .................................IBC
Hidden Harbor Marina............................45
Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack .........................22
Hobie Cats/Tiki Watersports ....................36
Hotwire/Fans & other products .............32
Hunter ....................................................36
Indiantown Marina .................................45
Innovative Marine Services.................30,34
Irish Sail Lady..........................................35
J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales....................76
JSI Flea Market ........................................15
Kelly Bickford, Broker ..............................72
Key Lime Sailing......................................33
Key West Charter ....................................31
Knighton Sails.........................................35
Laser .......................................................22
Mack Sails...............................................52
Madeira Beach Municipal Marina............24
Mainsheet Partners .................................42
Maptech .................................................50
Margarita Cat-Bruce Van Sant .................21
Martin Belben Insurance Adjuster ...........26
Masthead Enterprises ....................33,35,72
Mastmate ..............................................33
Matthews Point Marina...........................45
Miami Boat Show .....................................3
Moor Electronics .....................................33
Morehead City Yacht Basin .....................45
Morgan Invasion.....................................16
Mt. Dora Yacht Club ...............................29
Mug Race .................................................9
Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau.............76,BC
National Sail Supply................................35
Nature's Head ....................................33,54
Nautical Trader .......................................14
Nautos Sailing hardware .........................55
New JSI Flea Market................................15
Nickle Atlantic.........................................32
North Sails .............................................62
NV-Charts ...............................................31
Optimist .................................................22
Palm Coast Marina..................................44
Pasadena Marina.....................................44
Porpoise Used Sails .................................35
Portland Pudgy ..................................24,30
Precision ............................................22,36
Regata del Sol al Sol .................................4
Regatta Pointe Marina ..............................9
Rigging Only...........................................34
RS Sailboats ............................................36
Rudder Club .............................................9
Safe Cove Boat Storage...........................31
Sail Repair...............................................35
Sail Technologies ....................................83
Sailboat Lessons ......................................21
Sailing Florida Charters ...........................25
Sailing Florida Sailing School...................25
SailKote..............................................35,59
Sands Harbor Marina ..............................45
Sarasota Sailing Squadron.......................10
Schurr Sails .............................................63
Sea Lake Yacht Sales ...............................BC
Sea School ..............................................53
Sea Tech .................................................82
Seaworthy Goods...............................33,47
Simple Sailing ....................................25,73
Soft Deck ................................................43
Sparman USA..........................................43
Sport Yak ................................................30
Spotless Stainless ...............................33,58
Squalls and Rainbows .............................21
St. Barts/Beneteau ..................................BC
St. Petersburg Yacht Club ....................4,13
Star Marine Outboards ...........................34
Strictly Sail Miami .....................................3
Sunfish....................................................22
Sunrise Sails, Plus ....................................34
Tackle Shack ...........................................22
Tailing Hook............................................33
Tampa Bay Hospice Cup .........................16
Teak Guard .............................................41
Tempest Driven Book..............................21
Tiki Water Sports.....................................36
Treasure Harbor Marine ..........................45
Turner Marina .........................................44
Turner Marine & Boatyard ......................44
Two Can Sail...........................................37
UK Sailmakers .........................................35
Ullman sails........................................30,35
US Spars .................................................53
Weather Routing Inc. ..............................40
Wells Marine ...........................................52
West Marine ...........................................12
Yachtman's Guide to Bahamas ................21
BURNOUT continued from page 86
the next morning, there we were, back
in the sling, only three days after the
momentous splash-in.
I really don’t blame him for the
next part either, because really it was
inevitable. While we were in the sling
(again!), he thought he would at least
take advantage of the stern’s positioning
and give the motor an innocent little
look-see. Innocent until proven
guilty, that is. He had added too much
oil at the last oil change and ended up
blowing the seal (at least it was only
the second worst thing he could have
done to the motor). So good old
Yammy (our Yamaha 9.9 four-stroke
outboard—our tried and true power
when the winds fail us) had to be sent
away to the professionals, lest Jay
destroyed something else.
As they say, “This too shall pass.”
Now it’s a new year and we’re back on
track. After countless hours of labor,
more trips to West Marine than I can
count, and a couple of expensive
mishaps, Bird looks beautiful and is
finally ready to sail us to warmer climates
for the winter. And as for the
crew, we have learned some invaluable
lessons about how critical
patience and a healthy resolve are to
surviving the boatyard with your vessel
and your sanity still intact. We are
finally ready to reap the benefits of our
hard work, as we relax and let Bird do
all the work for a change.
Lindsy Blazej and Jay Bonneville, along with
their cat, Nola, live aboard s/v Bird, a 1974
Grampian 26. They hail out of the Outer
Banks, NC. They have been cruising together
along the eastern seaboard since 2009.
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SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGE
BENETEAU ............................................................................................................................BC
BOATSMITH ..........................................................................................................................23
COMPAC SAILBOATS ............................................................................................................36
CORTEZ YACHT BROKERAGE ................................................................................................78
CURTIS STOKES YACHT BROKERAGE.....................................................................................75
DUNBAR SALES .....................................................................................................................73
EDWARDS YACHT SALES .......................................................................................................74
ELCO ELECTRIC BOATS .........................................................................................................17
FLORIDA YACHT GROUP.......................................................................................................BC
GRAND SLAM YACHT SALES .................................................................................................73
HOBIE CATS/TACKLE SHACK .................................................................................................22
HOBIE CATS/TIKI WATERSPORTS...........................................................................................36
KELLY BICKFORD, BROKER ....................................................................................................72
LASER....................................................................................................................................22
MASTHEAD YACHT SALES/CATALINA ..........................................................................33,35,72
MURRAY YACHT SALES/BENETEAU...................................................................................76,BC
OPTIMIST..............................................................................................................................22
PORTLAND PUDGY ..........................................................................................................24,30
PRECISION .......................................................................................................................22,36
RS SAILBOATS .......................................................................................................................36
SEA LAKE YACHT SALES ........................................................................................................BC
SIMPLE SAILING...............................................................................................................25,73
SPORT YAK............................................................................................................................30
ST. BARTS/BENETEAU............................................................................................................BC
SUNFISH ...............................................................................................................................22
TACKLE SHACK/HOBIE/SUNFISH, ST. PETERSBURG ...............................................................22
TIKI WATER SPORTS ..............................................................................................................36
GEAR, HARDWARE, ACCESSORIES, CLOTHING
AHOY CAPTAIN.....................................................................................................................31
ALPEN GLOW..........................................................................................................................8
AURINCO.........................................................................................................................32,51
BEAVER FLAGS.......................................................................................................................32
BOREL...................................................................................................................................32
BO'SUN SUPPLIES/HARDWARE ..............................................................................................61
CAJUN TRADING RIGGING ...................................................................................................34
C-HEAD COMPOST TOILETS............................................................................................32,57
CLEAR AIR SYSTEMS.........................................................................................................32,48
COOLNET HAMMOCKS........................................................................................................82
COPPERCOAT .......................................................................................................................39
CPT AUTOPILOT ...................................................................................................................82
CRUISING SOLUTIONS ....................................................................................................39,41
DOCKSIDE RADIO.................................................................................................................46
DR. LED ................................................................................................................................40
ELLIES SAILING SHOP............................................................................................................30
FISHERMEN'S HEADQUARTERS..............................................................................................32
FROLI SLEEP ..........................................................................................................................32
GARHAUER..............................................................................................................................5
HAND-EE-CLEAT....................................................................................................................32
HOTWIRE/FANS & OTHER PRODUCTS .................................................................................32
MAINSHEET PARTNERS .........................................................................................................42
MAPTECH .............................................................................................................................50
MASTHEAD ENTERPRISES............................................................................................33,35,72
MASTMATE MAST CLIMBER..................................................................................................33
NATURE'S HEAD...............................................................................................................33,54
NAUTICAL TRADER ...............................................................................................................14
NAUTOS SAILING HARDWARE ..............................................................................................55
NICKLE ATLANTIC.................................................................................................................32
NV-CHARTS...........................................................................................................................31
SEAWORTHY GOODS.......................................................................................................33,47
SOFT DECK ...........................................................................................................................43
SPARMAN USA ......................................................................................................................43
SPOTLESS STAINLESS .......................................................................................................33,58
TACKLE SHACK/HOBIE/SUNFISH, PRECISION........................................................................22
TAILING HOOK .....................................................................................................................33
TEAK GUARD ........................................................................................................................41
US SPARS ..............................................................................................................................53
WELLS MARINE .....................................................................................................................52
WEST MARINE.......................................................................................................................12
SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES
ADVANCED SAILS .................................................................................................................34
ATLANTIC SAIL TRADERS.......................................................................................................34
BACON SAILS........................................................................................................................34
CAJUN TRADING RIGGING ...................................................................................................34
CALVERT SAILS......................................................................................................................34
DOYLE PLOCH ......................................................................................................................34
DWYER MAST/SPARS, HARDWARE, RIGGING ........................................................................82
INNOVATIVE MARINE SERVICES .......................................................................................30,34
KNIGHTON SAILS .................................................................................................................35
MACK ...................................................................................................................................52
MASTHEAD/USED SAILS AND SERVICE........................................................................33,35,72
NATIONAL SAIL SUPPLY, NEW&USED ONLINE......................................................................35
NORTH SAILS........................................................................................................................62
PORPOISE USED SAILS ..........................................................................................................35
RIGGING ONLY ....................................................................................................................34
SAIL REPAIR ...........................................................................................................................35
SAIL TECHNOLOGIES............................................................................................................83
SCHURR SAILS, PENSACOLA FL.............................................................................................63
SUNRISE SAILS, PLUS ...........................................................................................................34
UK SAILMAKERS ....................................................................................................................35
ULLMAN SAILS.................................................................................................................30,35
CANVAS, STAINLESS STEEL
KNIGHTON SAILS .................................................................................................................35
SAILING SCHOOLS, CAPTAIN'S LICENSE INSTRUCTION
BIMINI BAY SAILING SCHOOL .........................................................................................20,25
BLUEWATER SAILING SCHOOL.........................................................................................18,25
CAPT. CHRIS YACHT SERVICES .........................................................................................31,83
CAPTAINS LICENSE CLASS ....................................................................................................82
COUPLES SAILING SCHOOL..................................................................................................25
DUNBAR SALES SAILING SCHOOL ........................................................................................25
EMERALD COAST YACHTS SCHOOL .....................................................................................25
FLAGSHIP SAILING ................................................................................................................25
SAILING FLORIDA CHARTERS & SCHOOL .............................................................................25
SEA SCHOOL/CAPTAIN'S LICENSE .......................................................................................53
SIMPLE SAILING...............................................................................................................25,73
TWO CAN SAIL .....................................................................................................................37
MARINE ENGINES AND ACCESSORIES
BETA MARINE........................................................................................................................42
STAR MARINE OUTBOARDS ..................................................................................................34
MARINAS, MOORING FIELDS, BOAT YARDS
ALL AMERICAN COVERED BOAT STORAGE ...........................................................................31
AMELIA ISLAND MARINA ......................................................................................................45
BLENKER BOATWORKS/MARINA ...........................................................................................44
CAPE CORAL YACHT BASIN...................................................................................................44
CATAMARAN BOATYARD..................................................................................................26,30
CLEARWATER MUNICIPAL MARINA .......................................................................................44
FORT MYERS BEACH MOORING FIELD..................................................................................49
GLADES BOAT STORAGE..................................................................................................27,45
GULFPORT CITY MARINA......................................................................................................26
HARBORAGE MARINA..........................................................................................................IBC
HIDDEN HARBOR MARINA....................................................................................................45
INDIANTOWN MARINA ........................................................................................................45
MADEIRA BEACH MUNICIPAL MARINA .................................................................................24
MATTHEWS POINT MARINA .................................................................................................45
MOREHEAD CITY YACHT BASIN ......................................................................................A FIVE
PALM COAST MARINA ..........................................................................................................44
PASADENA MARINA ..............................................................................................................44
REGATTA POINTE MARINA......................................................................................................9
SAFE COVE BOAT STORAGE..................................................................................................31
SANDS HARBOR MARINA .....................................................................................................45
TREASURE HARBOR MARINE .................................................................................................45
TURNER MARINA ..................................................................................................................44
TURNER MARINE & BOATYARD.............................................................................................44
CHARTERS, RENTALS, FRACTIONAL
BIMINI BAY SAILBOAT RENTALS .......................................................................................20,25
BLUEWATER BOATS CHARTER ...............................................................................................31
FLAGSHIP SAILING ................................................................................................................25
FLORIDA KEYS COATTAGE/CHARTER.....................................................................................31
KEY LIME SAILING.................................................................................................................33
SAILING FLORIDA CHARTERS ................................................................................................25
SIMPLE SAILING...............................................................................................................25,73
MARINE SERVICES, SURVEYORS, DIVE SERVICES, INSURANCE, TOWING, BOAT LETTER-
ING, REAL ESTATE, ETC.
ABSOLUTE TANK CLEANING.................................................................................................30
ALLSTATE INSURANCE...........................................................................................................29
AQUA GRAPHICS ..................................................................................................................30
BOATNAMES.NET .................................................................................................................30
BOATUS ................................................................................................................................19
EISENSHINE ..........................................................................................................................30
FAIR WINDS BOAT REPAIRS/SALES.........................................................................................33
FIRST PATRIOT INSURANCE..............................................................................................28,29
INNOVATIVE MARINE SERVICES .......................................................................................30,34
MARTIN BELBEN INSURANCE ADJUSTER...............................................................................26
WEATHER ROUTING INC.......................................................................................................40
CAPTAIN SERVICES
CAPT. JAGGER .......................................................................................................................31
CAPT. LARRY NELSON...........................................................................................................31
CAPT. RICK MEYER ................................................................................................................31
MARINE ELECTRONICS
MOOR ELECTRONICS ...........................................................................................................33
SEA TECH/NAVIGATION/COMMUNICATION ........................................................................82
SAILING WEB SITES, VIDEOS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES
BAHAMAS GUIDE/SEAWORTHY.............................................................................................21
BOATING SECRETS................................................................................................................21
BOATNAMES.NET .................................................................................................................30
CAPT MARTI'S BOOKS/SEMINARS.........................................................................................21
MARGARITA CAT-BRUCE VAN SANT ......................................................................................21
SAILBOAT LESSONS ..............................................................................................................21
SQUALLS AND RAINBOWS....................................................................................................21
TEMPEST DRIVEN..................................................................................................................21
YACHTMAN'S GUIDE TO BAHAMAS......................................................................................21
REGATTAS, BOAT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS
CHARLESTON RACE WEEK ...................................................................................................IFC
DANIA FLEA MARKET ............................................................................................................11
DAVIS ISLAND YACHT CLUB .................................................................................................16
GULF COAST BOAT SHOW ................................................................................................7,44
JSI FLEA MARKET...................................................................................................................15
MIAMI BOAT SHOW ...............................................................................................................3
MORGAN INVASION.............................................................................................................16
MT. DORA YACHT CLUB .......................................................................................................29
MUG RACE..............................................................................................................................9
NEW JSI FLEA MARKET ..........................................................................................................15
REGATA DEL SOL AL SOL ........................................................................................................4
RUDDER CLUB ........................................................................................................................9
SARASOTA SAILING SQUADRON ..........................................................................................10
ST. PETERSBURG YACHT CLUB ...........................................................................................4,13
STRICTLY SAIL MIAMI..............................................................................................................3
TAMPA BAY HOSPICE CUP ....................................................................................................16
News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS February 2013 85

Surviving Boatyard Burnout
By Lindsy Blazej
For many months Jay and I
had been discussing doing
some renovations on our liveaboard
Grampian 26 sloop,
Bird. While she was in good
shape, she needed some updates.
I desperately wanted
new shelves and a table in the
salon, a new coat of paint in the
cockpit and on the cabin top,
and most important, I wanted
Jay to remove his makeshift
workshop in the V-berth—a
relic of his bachelorhood—and
replace it with new V-berth
cushions and a real, permanent
sleeping place for the two of
us. In addition to my (admittedly
aesthetic) desires, Jay
planned on tackling some more
practical renovations: new
standing rigging, a new chain
plate for the forestay, a new bow pulpit
that needed custom stainless steel
fittings, a re-fit of our hard dodger and
new hatch boards; the list went on. I
was excited! A few weeks on the hard
and Bird would look, sail, and operate
better than ever!
It started off easy enough. We
knew we wanted to cruise to the
Bahamas for the winter months, so we
relaxed and enjoyed summer in the
Outer Banks, planning to get to work in
earnest just before the fall chill set in. As
the long summer wore on, time seemed
endless. While we played on the beach
and frolicked in the beautiful ocean
surf, Bird rested in a salty little boatyard
awaiting renovations when the season
ended. We had all of September and
October to work on Bird.
But, when fall came around, so
did Ms. Irene. Hurricane Irene, that is.
While she was only a Category 1, she
was more devastating to the Outer
Banks than any other storm in the past
80 years. After two days huddled
together in a friend’s house one island
over from the boatyard, we were thankful
for reports that Bird had stood her
ground and made it through without
any damage. But the washed-out roads
and lack of transportation options
meant another six weeks before we
could see her with our own eyes and
begin our projects. The best-laid plans
of captains and their mates… We were
now severely behind schedule before
we had even started.
When we finally hit the grindstone,
it immediately became evident
to me how poorly I was prepared for
this kind of work. Frankly, I had no
idea the painstakingly slow pace at
which these projects would progress. I
am an avid list-maker, and while Jay is
not, I planned to surreptitiously make
a list here and there and then secretly
cross things off for my own satisfaction.
In my fantasy, we would follow a
schedule of sorts: Monday, sand hull;
Tuesday, clean and prep hull;
Wednesday, paint; etc.—complete one
project, revel in the satisfaction of
crossing it off the list, move on to the
next project. If we could only live in a
fantasy world. The reality looked
more like this: Monday, start sanding
hull, run out of sandpaper. Tuesday,
go buy more sandpaper, keep sanding.
Wednesday, still sanding. Thursday,
anxiously wait out the rain. Friday,
start prepping for paint, realize hull
needs to be fared. Saturday, start faring
hull. Sunday, keep faring.
Monday, sand the faring. Projects I
anticipated checking off after a few
days of work ended up taking weeks
or longer, and meanwhile our cruising
budget was flying out of our wallets as
if it had wings, and our weather window
was rapidly closing on us.
November ticked on by with plenty
of work to keep us busy and
many small steps of progress,
but hardly any projects were
fully completed and crossed
off the list. I think I actually
started adding already-completed
tasks to the list just to
feel like we had accomplished
something.
Then December hit. We
started feeling the pressure of
heading south before the
weather got too cold and
inconsistent. We frantically
worked at finishing up the last
of the projects: bottom paint,
centerboard cable, outboard
maintenance, and putting our
lives and our home back
together again. As the days got
shorter and colder, so did our
patience and our energy. As
we slugged through the final
projects, only the promise of a warm
winter in the southern latitudes kept
us going. As I thought back to my
excitement before hauling out, I could
have slapped my pre-boatyard self.
Excited Try exhausted, frustrated,
bordering on insane, and teetering ohso-close
to giving up completely.
We finally and with enormous
relief splashed in on Christmas Eve
and gleefully celebrated a Christmas
afloat. But what we thought was the
end of our tribulations ended up being
just the beginning.
I don’t blame Jay for making the
following mistakes, for he was
exhausted and suffering from the
worst kind of boatyard burnout. Plus,
he was trying to install the new floorboard
just to appease my incessant
reminders (okay, nagging). But when
he kept drilling that three-inch screw
into the floorboard even after the fiberglass
hull balked—trying to tell him to
stop—he must have started a downward
spiral of misfortune. The screw
went all the way through the hull and
opened a geyser of water spurting into
the cabin. In retrospect, it was almost
humorous, like something out of a cartoon,
but at the time, it was anything
but. He plugged it up sufficiently to
keep the boat afloat for the night, but
See BURNOUT continued on page 84
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