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RACINGSEPTEMBER2 J/24 Labor Day Weekend Challenge. Melbourne YC.3 Herb Elpnick Memorial Race (Mayport to Fernandina, oneway). North Florida Cruising Club4 Tommy Hall Memorial Race (Fernandina to Mayport, oneway). North Florida Cruising Club3-5 Labor Day Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville3-5 Labor Day Ft. Pierce Cruise. East Coast SA17 Predicted Log Regatta. Navy Jax YC24 HandsOnHelm Regatta. North Florida CC24-25 Mermaid Regatta. Melbourne YC30-Oct. 2 13th Wildcat Multihull Regatta.OCTOBER1 Crab Trap Roundup. Florida YC1-2 Fall Distance Race. Port Canaveral YC1-2 Sanford Fall Regatta. Lake Monroe SA15-16 Fall Small Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC15 Navy Day Regatta. Navy Jax YC16 Out and Back. St. Augustine YC22 Florida Interscholastic Club 420 Racing. Lake Eustis SC22-23 Fall Big Boat Regatta. Melbourne YC29 Fall River Race. North Florida Cruising Club29-30 6th Inland Lake Championship Regatta (Opti, Laser, Club420). Lake Eustis SCUpcoming RegattasLime Cup, Mango Cup and AvocadoCup, Miami to Fort Lauderdale,Sept. 24-25Race from Miami to Fort Lauderdale on Sept 24. After-raceparty on Sept. 25 with free Daiquirisand a lobster dinner for$24.95 (reservations required) at Biscayne Bay Yacht Club.Contact BBYC at (305) 858-6303. Go to www.bbyra.net forracing forms.7th Annual Castaways CupRegatta, Palm Beach Inlet toPort St. Lucie Inlet, Sept. 24-25This regatta, with a pursuit start, is a two-day, 24-nauticalmile race from Lake Worth Inlet (Palm Beach) north to PortSt. Lucie Inlet on Saturday, returning on Sunday. An afterracepool party is at the Hutcheson Island Marriott onSaturday. Reserved dockage and reserved rooms availableat reduced rates to race participants. The return race onSunday is a regular class start race.On Sunday, the dinner and awards banquet is held.Race classes are Spinnaker, Jib & Main Class (for the familyparticipants), and Multihull. The race is open to all seaworthyyachts. Go to http://castawayscup.com for completeinformation.57th Annual Columbus DayRegatta, Biscayne Bay, FL, Oct. 8-9The 57th annual Columbus Day Regatta will take place duringthe weekend of October 8-9 on Biscayne Bay.Attendance is expected to draw over 200 racing andcruising sailboats from around South Florida. The CoralReef Yacht Club will once again host the award ceremonieson Saturday, October 15. Organizers are looking for donationsfor raffle prizes.To sponsor, donate raffle prizes or for more information,go the event’s website at www.columbusdayregatta.net.Southeast Florida Race CalendarPalm Beach Sailing Club, www.pbsail.org. See club website forclub racing. Races on the ICW last Sunday of each month (Son of aBeach Regatta).Racing on Biscayne Bay: Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association.www.bbyra.netGo to the website for local club races.BBYC Biscayne Bay YCBBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.netCCS Cruising Club of America. www.cruisingclub.org.CGSC Coconut Grove SC. www.cgsc.orgCRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org.LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org.MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.net.PBSC Palm Beach SC. www.pbsail.orgSCF Sailfish Club of Florida. www.sailfishclub.comSTC Storm Trysail Club. www.stormtrysail.org.SEPTEMBER10 Full Moon Regatta10 Florida State Snipe Juniors. CGSC17 Conch Cup. MYC24-25 Avocado, Mango & Lime Cup. BBYCOCTOBERGo to the website for local club races.8 Columbus Day Regatta22 45th Round the Island Race. KBYC29-30 Halloween Howler Youth Regatta. CGSCUpcoming RegattasA-Cat North AmericanChampionship, Islander Hotel,Islamorada, FL, Oct 10-16The A-Cat 2011 North American Championships will beheld at the Islander Resort in Islamorada, Florida Keys.Registration will be held Monday, Oct 10, with a skippers48 September 2011 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
meeting on Tuesday and the first race on Wednesday, continuingthrough Sunday. Two races each day will be onWednesday and Sunday, with three races each Thursday,Friday and Saturday. There will be two practice races onTuesday, Oct. 11. http://usaca.infoFlorida Keys Race CalendarKey West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key WestSailing Club). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center.10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour openhouse at 5 p.m. (305) 292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com.Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue in Key West.Come by the center to sail. Non-members and memberswelcome. Small-boat Wednesday night racing duringDaylight Savings season. Small-boat Sunday racing yeararound at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available. Race in the seaplanebasin near the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward.Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC).www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regularclub racing open to all. No regattas on club website in Octoberby press date.SEPTEMBER1 Labor Day Regatta. Portsmouth2 Labor Day Regatta. PHRFOCTOBERGo to the website for local club races.West Florida Race Calendar <strong>Southwinds</strong> Annual OnlineWest Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1For the past six years, <strong>Southwinds</strong> magazine has posted therace schedule/calendar on its website for all racing in thecentral west Florida area from just north of Tampa Baysouth to Marco Island. The calendar includes all scheduledraces of the West Florida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org),plus club races in the area and any othersthat boaters in the area would like to post. The schedule isfrom Sept. 1 through Aug. 31 each year.Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com to list yourrace. Although all yacht clubs that are part of West FloridaPHRF will already be included, regular local club races mustbe sent to us separately. We do not have space to list all theclub race dates, but we will list any club race that is regularlyscheduled (for example: every Thursday evening at 6p.m.) plus the contact to enter the race. We do not list racesthat are not open to the general public and that are limitedto club members only. (We list club races that require a clubmembership or US SAILING membership.) We will list anyother races, even if not sanctioned by a PHRF organization.Contact the editor with those races.We ask that you not just send us a link (we will notaccept them), but send the following information: The regatta/racename, type of racing (PHRF, one-design and typeboat, or ?), race location, dates, sponsoring organization(club, sailing association, etc.), e-mail and/or phone contactand website (if applicable). All pre-race write-ups that get ashort paragraph in the “Upcoming Regattas” section of eachregion are for significant regattas in the area (decided by theeditor as to what merits that) and must be kept in the 100- to125-word range.The race calendar can be accessed through the racingpages link at www.southwindsmagazine.com.Limited banner advertising is available on the race calendarpage at very low monthly rates. Contacteditor@southwindsmagazine.com or call (941) 795-8704.Upcoming RegattasSarasota Sailing Squadron 65thAnnual Labor Day Regatta, Sept. 3-5The Sarasota Sailing Squadron is hosting its 65th Labor DayRegatta, Sept. 2-4. With five courses on Sarasota Bay andPHRF racing in the Gulf, this regatta attracts sailors from allover the country. Courses will be set up hosting Opti Red,White, & Blue fleets, Opti Green fleet, Laser, 420, Sunfish,Melges, SR Max, one-design, multihulls and PHRF fleets.In 2010, there were almost 300 boats racing. Free dockageand limited camping are available. Food and entertainmentwill be provided throughout the weekend. Contact theSSS at (941) 388-2355 for further information. www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org29th Bradenton Yacht Club FallKickoff Regatta, Bradenton, FL,Sept. 23-25This regatta, held at the Bradenton Yacht Club, is the “kickoff”event for the Tampa Bay/Sarasota Bay area winter racingseason. It is two days of racing in Tampa Bay. Six classes,spinnaker, non-spinnaker, true cruising, racer cruiser,multihull and one-design, will make up the three-race regatta.Free dockage at the yacht club. Upwards of 70 boats haveraced in the past, most of which raft up at the yacht club.Partying for the event begins on Friday night as boats gatherat the club, continuing Saturday afternoon after racing.Register at www.bradenton-yacht-club.org, or call (941) 981-3891. For dock reservations, call (941) 722-5936, ext. 212, orthe dockmaster cell at (941) 374-2310.Fall Bay Race, St. Petersburg YachtClub, Oct. 8-9This is a Suncoast Boat of the Year and St. Petersburg OceanRacing Challenge event. The two-day race features challengingcourses on Tampa Bay to include windward/leewardsand “around-the-government marks” navigation.Perpetual trophies are awarded to the best finisher inSpinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Racer/Cruiser, and CruisingNews & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS September 2011 49
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