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SOUTHWINDSNEWS & VIEWS FOR SOUTHERN SAILORS8 Editorial: Dinghy Fees and Plastic BoatsBy Steve Morrell9 Letters You Wouldn’t Believe11 Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures12 Bubba Clears Up Youth Sailing ConundrumBy Morgan Stinemetz14 Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South21 Ethanol and Outboards28 Our Waterways:Homeowner and Boaters Clash in Miami Beach AnchorageBoot Key Harbor UpdateSt. Petersburg Considers Limiting Free Anchoring31 Hampton Small Boat ReviewBy Jabbo Gordon36 Englewood Sailing Association Celebrates 10 YearsBy Lynn PaulSeaPearl Boatowner’s Boat Review. Page 37. Photoby Ron Hoddinott.37 Boatowner’s Boat Review: SeaPearl 21By Ron Hoddinott40 Carolina Sailing: Class 40 Boats Come to CharlestonBy Dan Dickison42 Useppa Island Catboat RendezvousBy Gretchen Coyle44 An Interview with Allison JollyBy Jabbo Gordon46 Clark Mills — Designer of the Optimist PramBy Clifford A McKay, Jr.49 Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports,Regional Race Calendars70 The Barefoot DentistBy Steven Bowden17 Southern Sailing Schools Section22 Marine Marketplace34-35 Southern Marinas Pages56 Boat Brokerage Section61 Classifieds68 Alphabetical Index of Advertisers69 Advertisers’ List by CategoryCOVER PHOTO: The SeaPearl 21. Review on page 37. Photo by Ron Hoddinott.Clark Mills, Designer of the Optimist Pram. Page 46.Courtesy photo.Each issue of SOUTHWINDS (and back issues since 5/03) is available online atwww.southwindsmagazine.com4 May 2012 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
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