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RACINGLegendBBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.netBBYC Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. www.bbyra.netCGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.orgMYC Miami Yacht Club. www.miamiyachtclub.net.RACINGKey West Sailing Club. Every Saturday – Open House atthe Key West Sailing Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305)292-5993. www.keywestsailingclub.org. Sailboat Lane offPalm Avenue in Key West. Come by the club to sail. Nonmembersand members welcome. Wednesday night racinghas begun for the summer season. Skippers meet at theclubhouse by 5:00 p.m. and boats start racing at 6:00 p.m. inthe seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner anddrinks afterward.Upper Keys Sailing Club.www.upperkeyssailingclub.com.RACING30th Annual Crow’s Nest Regatta,Venice, FL, Sept. 30, Oct. 4 and 7The 30th Annual Crow’s Nest Regatta is scheduled for Sept.30, Oct. 4 and Oct 7. The regatta is composed of three events.On Saturday, Sept. 30, the Venice Youth Boating Association(VYBA) will race IODs and Portsmouth Division onVenice’s Roberts Bay. On Wednesday Oct. 4, the VeniceWomen’s Sailing Squadron (VWSS), a.k.a. “The BitterEnds,” will race Pram and Sunfish on Roberts Bay. The regatta’smain events will be on Saturday, Oct. 7 and will be oncourses in the Gulf off the Venice Jetties. There will be threeraces for West Florida PHRF classes: spinnaker, non spinnaker,true cruising, and multihull. There will also be a racefor those “once-a-year racers” to enjoy the fun of the day.(This race will be handicapped by the race committee.) Theregatta is also a participating event in the Sarasota Bay Boatof the Year series.The Crow’s Nest Regatta is a charity event for theCommunity Foundation of Sarasota County, which benefitsVenice youth activities.Free overnight dockage is available for race entrants.For entry information, contact Brad LaRoche, Crow’s Nestdockmaster, at (941) 484-7661.West Florida Race CalendarThe 0nline West Florida Race Calendar which goes fromSept.1, 2006 thru August 31, 2007 is available on theSOUTHWINDS Web site with hyperlinks to sponsoringclubs. It covers racing in West Florida from Marco Island insouthwest Florida north, up to and including Clearwater.www.southwindsmagazine.com. Accessed on the racingpages from the home page.Club RacingBradenton YC. Evening Races Daylight Savings time ofyear. Races at 6:30 p.m. PHRF racing on Manatee River. Forinfo call Larry Lecuyer, (941) 729-5401.Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghyracing once a month, year-round.john@johnkremski.comPort Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round.pbgvtrax@aol.comSarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday Series PHRF / multihull.Every friday through to Sept. 15. 6:30 p.m. start.Motley Sunday Cruisers Pursuit Race. Free pursuit raceevery Sunday, 12 a.m. skippers briefing, BBQ after the race.www.sarasotasailingsquad.com.Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday ofeach month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet.www.venice-sailing-squadron.orgOCTOBER1 Tampa Sailing Squadron. Women’s Fall Regatta, PHRF.4 Crows Nest Regatta. Venice Women’s Sailing Saquadron.Pram & Sunfish in Robert Bay7 Dunedin Boat Club, Dunedin Cup Race, PHRF, Tampa BayCatamaran Society. Dunedin Causeway. Dinghies, Cats,Ensigns, Sea Pearls, Sunfish, Prams, PHRF. Contact RodCollman (727) 734-37497 St. Petersburg Sailing Association, Race #2,3. PHRF7 Venice Sailing Squadron. Venice Yacht Club. Crows NestRegatta. Main event, PHRF.(SBBOTY) NOR7-8 Clearwater YC. Clearwater Championship. Optimist, Laser,Radial, 4.7, C420.7-9 Columbus Day Regatta, Miami. www.columbusdayregatta.net/2006.13-14 Naples YC. Boca Offshore Regatta, PHRF. (SWFBOTY)NOR on home page.13-15 St. Petersburg YC. Distance Classic PHRF toVenice.(SBOTY) NOR14-15 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society. South Seas/Kayusa Cup, PHRF14-15 Edison Sailing Center. River Romp Regatta. Dinghies19-22 St. Petersburg YC. Rolex Osprey Cup Women’s match racinginvitational, Sonars. NOR20 Naples YC. Offshore Regatta, PHRF. (SWFBOTY) NOR onhome page.21-22 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Sunfish Women’s Regatta21-22 Lake Eustis Sailing Club. Florida Inland LakeChampionship Regatta. Laser, Optimist, Club 42021-22 Tampa Bay Catamaran Society. Cedar Key Cat Regatta,Beach Cats. Confirm this date62 October 2006 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
21-22 Davis Island YC. Classic to Clearwater, PHRF. (SBOTY)28 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Great Pumpkin Regatta.28-29 Clearwater Yacht Club. Clearwater Challenge Regatta,PHRF. (SBOTY) NOR28-29 Davis Island YC. Sunfish Regional Championship.29 Daylight Savings Time ends, and Standard Time begins29 Cortez YC. Halloween Race PHRF in the Bay. Call 941-792-9100 to confirm.30 Clearwater Yacht Club. Single-hand/double handClearwater to Egmont, PHRF.NOVEMBER2-5 Strictly Sail Boat Show &Trawler Show, Vinoy Basin, St.Petersburg, 20064 Venice Sailing Squadron. Venice Yacht Club. Buoy Race,PHRF4 St. Petersburg Sailing Assoc. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF.4 Sarasota Yacht Club. Invitational Regatta. PHRF. (SBBOTY)4-5 Gulfport Yacht Club. Alter Cup Area D South Qualifier,Catamarans4-5 Venice Sailing & Yacht Club. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF5 St. Petersburg Sailing Assoc. Women’s Fall Race11-12 Lake Eustis Sailing Club. MC Scow Championship. NOR11-12 Davis Island YC. Egmont Key Race, PHRF.11-12 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Flying Scot Regatta.17-19 St. Petersburg YC. Snipe Florida States. NOR18 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Drumstick Regatta.18-19 Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Carlisle Classic inthe gulf and on the bay.18-19 Marco Island YC Fall Regatta Buoy Races PHRF,(SWFBOTY).18-19 St. Petersburg YC. Fall Bay Race PHRF. (SBOTY) NOR23 Thanksgiving.24 Davis Island YC. Old Shoe Race.25-26 Davis Island YC. Thanksgiving All Class Regatta.30-Dec 3 St. Petersburg YC. America’s Disabled Open RegattaWest Florida Ocean Racing Circuit(WFORC), Pensacola Yacht Club, Oct. 12By Kim KaminskiThis year marks the 32nd Anniversary of the West FloridaOcean Racing Circuit (WFORC) Regatta hosted by thePensacola Yacht Club. For the 2006 competition the racingfleet will be made up of monohull PHRF Spinnaker classboats as well as separate Melges 24 and 32 classes.Starting on Thursday, October 12, competitors will beable to check in during the skipper’s briefing, which will beheld at the Pensacola Yacht Club for the PHRF and Melges32 classes. (Skipper’s briefing for the Melges 24 class will beheld the following day.) Racing will begin on Friday,October 13, on Pensacola Bay, ending with an awards partysponsored by Mount Gay Rum and the GYA OffshoreCouncil.For the PHRF Fleet and the Melges 32 class, six races arescheduled with five races planned for the Melges 24 class.Each contestant will compete for the coveted Dr. LindsayRiddle Trophy, a special award given to the winning boat inthe most competitive class. Class awards will also be givento first, second, and third-place finishers in class and series.Entry forms are available along with additional informationat the Pensacola Yacht Club Web site, www.pensacolayachtclub.orgRACE CALENDARWednesday Evening Fun Races –Pensacola Yacht Club – 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of theMonth - April thru OctoberFort Walton Yacht Club – April thru OctoberOCTOBER 20067 Commodore’s Regatta. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola,FL7-8 GYA Multihull. Ocean Springs Yacht Club, Ocean Springs,MS7-8 Hospitality Regatta. Jackson Yacht Club, Jackson, MS13-15 WFORC. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL14 Gumbo Regatta. Lake Arthur Yacht Club, Lake Arthur, LA14-15 Fish Class Worlds. Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL21 Schreck Regatta (Capdevielle). Pensacola Yacht Club,Pensacola, FL21 Fish Class Regatta. Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL21 Charity Regatta. Pensacola Beach Yacht Club, PensacolaBeach, FL21 New Orleans Closing Regatta. New Orleans Yacht Club,New Orleans, LA22 Southern Yacht Club Closing Regatta. Southern YachtClub, New Orleans, LA28-29 LPRC (Lake Pontchartrain Racing Circuit). New OrleansYacht Club, Southern Yacht Club, Tammany Yacht Club,New Orleans, LA28 Anniversary Broken Triangle Regatta. Mobile Yacht Club,Mobile, ALNOVEMBER4 PYC Championship Race #4. Pensacola Yacht Club,Pensacola, FL4 Monk Smith Regatta. Bay Waveland Yacht Club, Bay St.Louis, MS4 Mississippi State Optimist Championship. Bay WavelandYacht Club, Bay St. Louis, MS4-5 LPRC (Lake Pontchartrain Racing Circuit). New OrleansYacht Club, Southern Yacht Club, Tammany Yacht Club,New Orleans, LA11 Double-Handed Regatta. Fairhope Yacht Club, Fairhope,AL11 Rondinella Regatta. Bay Waveland Yacht Club, Bay St.Louis, MS11 Cruising Raft-Up. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL11-12 Jubilee Regatta GYA Individual Flying ScotChampionship. Pensacola Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL12,19 Fall #1,#2. Corinthian Sailing Association. New Orleans,LA18 Cruising Couples Regatta. Pensacola Yacht Club,Pensacola, FL18 J-Fest. New Orleans Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA18 FSSA Cajun Country Championship. Lake Arthur YachtClub, Lake Arthur, LA19 Turkey Regatta. Jackson Yacht Club, Jackson, MS25-26 USODA MidWinters. Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans,LANews & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS October 2006 63
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