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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 Southwinds Annual OnlineWest Florida Race Calendar Posted Sept. 1For the past six years, Southwinds 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