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FROM THE HELMHalf-BacksIthought a halfback was the guy inthe backfield who could run, catchor block and get lots of glory. Not so,in this case. I learned a new definitionrecently while reading the Septembereditorial, titled “the Opposite ofFlorida,” in Spinsheet, a well-puttogetherfree sailing rag out ofAnnapolis, MD.Turns out a “half-back,” a termnow being made famous by TheEconomist, is someone who spendsmuch of his life up North—particularlythe Northeast—dreaming ofescaping to warm and wateryFlorida. This “half-back” eventuallygets his wish and moves south to theSunshine State. Time moves on, andafter experiencing the high propertytaxes, hurricanes, hurricane homeinsurance, traffic and—shuffleboardcourts, this transplant from the Northmoves back. But he doesn’t move allthe way back; he moves “half back.”Hence, the name. He moves, not allthe way back to maybe New York orBoston, but just part way, that is,halfway—like to the Carolinas orVirginia, or, as the case may be for theSpinsheet editor—to the Annapolisand Cheasapeake area.So, it’s the “opposite of Florida,”although I would have guessed thatstate to be Colorado where it’s high,dry, cold and unpopulated, at least ineastern Colorado. (It’s also the mostfit state and has the least number ofsmokers—also the opposite ofFlorida.) What David Gendell (theSpinsheet editor) is commenting on isthat a lot of these people are movingto his area and becoming sailors orcontributing to the sailing community.If that’s the case, then I say theyowe us. Can we sum this all up bysaying that Florida is now supplyingAnnapolis with sailors?Well, we, too, are benefiting. WhenI first came to Florida in 1979 andbought a sailboat, sailors—includingliveaboards and cruisers—were treatedwith envy, kindness and respect. I firstlanded in Fort Lauderdale. It was thena major sailing mecca and jumping-offpoint for points south. Today, it’s ahaven for megayachts, and sailboatsare rare. The Keys were cheap, andhouses there and in Key West could bebought for under $100,000—waterfront.Today, after 30 years of Northernersmigrating south and raising the propertyprices, jamming the roads,crowding the marinas and filling thecondos, we have suffered from thisswelling. If they all went halfwayback, maybe the Ol’ Florida can comeback to life, and it could then be thesleepy, watery and unknown havenfor cruisers it once was.I would even settle for somequarterbacks, who maybe only go aquarter of the way—maybe to justGeorgia or South Carolina. Fullbackswould be acceptable, too.Are the people in Annapolis surethis population increase is a goodthing? If a lot of people are movingin, it’s not the opposite of Florida.Steve MorrellEditor6 October 2006 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
SOUTHWINDSNews & Views For Southern SailorsSOUTHWINDS Media, Inc.P.O. Box 1175, Holmes Beach, Florida 34218-1175(941) 795-8704 (877) 372-7245 (941) 795-8705 Faxwww.southwindsmagazine.coe-mail: editor@southwindsmagazine.comVolume 14 Number 10 October 2006Copyright 2006, Southwinds Media, Inc.Founded in 1993 Doran Cushing, Publisher 1993-2002Publisher/EditorSteve Morrell editor@southwindsmagazine.com (941) 795-8704AdvertisingGo to www.southwindsmagazine.com for information aboutthe magazine, distribution and advertising rates.Steve Morrell editor@southwindsmagazine.com (941) 795-8704David Curry davidcurry@southwindsmagazine.com (941) 761-0048Jerry Baily jerry@southwindsmagazine.com (941) 586-8638Regional EditorsEAST FLORIDARoy Laughlin mhw1@earthlink.net (321) 690-0137\SOUTHEAST FLORIDA RACINGArt Perez miamiyachtracing@bellsouth.net (305) 380-0106Production Proofreading ArtworkHeather Nicoll Kathy Elliott Rebecca Burgangel@artoffshore.comContributing WritersLetters from our readers Rebecca Burg Julie ConnerleyDave Cross Kim Kaminski Mike KirkRoy Laughlin Walt McFarlane Betsy MorrisArt Perez Joleen Rasmussen Steve RomaineHone Scunook Morgan Stinemetz Scott WeltyrContributing Photographers/ArtRebecca Burg (& Artwork) Dave CrossGary HuffordGary Jensen Kim Kaminski Mike KirkRoy Laughlin Bob Maher Ron MitchelletteBetsy Morris Mary Naylor Valerie NiemanJohn Nora Bubba Whartz Scott WeltyEDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: ARTICLES & PHOTOGRAPHY:SOUTHWINDS encourages readers, writers, photographers, cartoonists, jokers,magicians, philosophers and whoever else is out there, includingsailors, to send in their material. Just make it about the water world andgenerally about sailing and about sailing in the South, the Bahamas or theCaribbean, or general sailing interest, or sailboats, or sailing in some faroffand far-out place.SOUTHWINDS welcomes contributions in writing and photography, storiesabout sailing, racing, cruising, maintenance and other technical articlesand other sailing-related topics. Please submit all articles electronicallyby e-mail (mailed-in discs also accepted), and with photographs, if possible.We also accept photographs alone, for cover shots, racing, cruisingand just funny entertaining shots. Please take them at a high resolution ifdigital, or scan at 300 dpi if photos, or mail them to us for scanning.Contact the editor with questions.Subscriptions to SOUTHWINDS are available at $19.95/year, or $37/2years for third class, and $24/year for first class. Checks and credit card numbersmay be mailed with name and address to SOUTHWINDS Subscriptions,PO Box 1175, Holmes Beach FL, 34218-1175, or call (941) 795-8704.Subscriptions are also available with a credit card through a secure server onour Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com. SOUTHWINDS is distributed toover 500 locations throughout 10 Southern states. If you would like to distributeSOUTHWINDS at your location, please contact the editor.Read SOUTHWINDS on our Web site, www.southwindsmagazine.com.News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS October 2006 7
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