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FL 34215 on Saturday, October 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Freeto the public with lots of free parking. There is a $10.00 perspace (equal to a car parking space) charge for sellers only.Bring your own table.Lots of used boat stuff, some new boat stuff too, buy ortrade. You might even see some boat stuff you wouldn’t letyour dog chew on. Guaranteed you will meet a lot of boaters(or interesting people) and have a good time. So dig out anddust off all that old boat stuff, and bring it on down (or youcould just keep it until you can’t remember what it was evergoing to be used for). Take the whole family (or leave the kidshome to play some more video games) and join us.Come out and find a great deal or just look around andhave a good time. For more information, call (941) 792-9100.Seven Seas Cruising AssociationAnnual Meetingin Melbourne, FL. Nov 10 - 12.By Roy LaughlinThe Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) will again hostits annual convention and general meeting (formerly calleda “gam”), in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne, FL,November 10-12. The association has held its meeting inEau Gallie for several years and has a winning formula forThe flea market at the annual SSCA convention.Photo by Gary Jensen.it. This includes an extensive seminar schedule on Fridaymorning, a mariner’s flea market on Saturday morning andan annual meeting on Sunday morning. There will also be avendor’s show and sale in the main hall of the conventioncenter where businesses offer everything from books toelectronics. A social/cocktail party is held at the meetingsite on Friday, and a barbecue on Saturday evening will bea few miles away at Wickham Park. Best of all, the meetingsite, the Eau Gallie Civic Center, is just across the road fromthe Indian River.A flotilla of cruisers moors off the meeting site for thislong weekend just for cruisers. It’s such a great vista to seeso many cruisers in one spot. Nancy Birmbaum of SSCA’shome office also notes, “I’m still putting together a fabulouslist of raffle items. This year will include some ‘Big Ticket’items like a Sailrite Sewing Machine and a $500 certificatetowards a course from Blue Water Sailing School.”Last year, SSCA initiated a series of seminars on weatherforecasting for mariners just after its annual meeting.This year, the weather course will be held in FortLauderdale the weekend after the annual meeting. Thiscourse is not part of the annual meeting and requires separateregistration (see more information in this sectionabove). Cruisers will find it a short cruise from Melbourneto Fort Lauderdale for the weather seminar.The SSCA web site includes a registration form for theNews & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS October 2006 21