Southwinds Sailing June 2004 - Southwinds Magazine

West MarineApollo Beach, 268 Apollo Beach Blvd., 813-645-6144,Start time 6 p.m.6/16/04 - To be announced, call store for detailsBradenton, 4569 14th Street W., 941-753-3585, Start time 7 p.m.6/9/04 - Splicing Basics, Fred6/23/04 - Intro. To GPS, GaryClearwater, 1231 Cleveland, 727-443-2280, Start time 7 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsClearwater, 18891 US Hwy 19 N., 727-536-4002, Start time 7 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsCrystal River, 160 SE Hwy 19 N., 352-563-0003, Start time 5 p.m.6/3/04 - Kayak Seminar, Capt. Gary HarrisHoliday, 3346 US Hwy 19 North, 727-846-1903, Start time 6 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsLargo, 10289 Ulmerton, 727-586-7040, Start time 7 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsSt. Petersburg, 3905 W Cypress St., Start time 7 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsSt. Petersburg, 5001 34th St. South, Start time 6 p.m.6/29/04 - Installing an Inverter/Charger Capt. CharlesJohnson, P.E.St. Petersburg, 119 1st Ave North. 727-822-6565 Start time 3 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsTampa, 3905 West Cypress, 813-348-0521, Start time 6 p.m.To be announced, call store for detailsWEST FLORIDA SAILINGWest Florida Race ReportJabbo Gordon Invitational Regatta,Englewood, FL, March 20By Mary GordonJohn Kremski of Fort Myers won four out of five races to capturethe adult Sunfish division at the Jabbo Gordon InvitationalRegatta on Englewood’s Lemon Bay on Mar. 20. Kremskiplaced second in the second race to Jack Scragg who finishedsecond overall. Mike Mierswa took third.The adult Sunfish skippers were competing in the PortsmouthHandicap division with junior Sunfish, Club 420 andLaser Radial sailors. In the final race, Kremski beat the entire15-boat fleet on corrected time. Because of a scoring foul-up,Kremski did not receive an award, but upon discovering theerror, officials said he would be rewarded handsomely.Sammy Waldron, representing the host Venice Youth BoatingAssociation, overcame a sixth place in the first race, sailedhis Laser Radial to two firsts and two seconds and garnered thetop Portsmouth division honor. Charlotte Sims, also of theVYBA, skippered her Sunfish to second.The VYBA’s Jackie Sims won the Opti class, while AbbyFeatherstone of Sarasota came in second in the 21-boat fleet,largest of the 73-boat regatta. Caroline Wallace of St. Petersburg,racked up first place in the Opti Green fleet, which is for firstyear competitors. J.P. Jaquith of Venice was second. ElizabethOrren of Englewood won the Walker Bay 10 class in a tie breakerover Matt Gamel.The regatta, formerly known as the Harriett Corrigan Regatta,attracted almost double the number of sailors as any prior year,including one from as far away as the Lake Eustis Sailing Club.The one-day event featured two races in the morning and threemore in the afternoon over a trapezoid course. Moderate easterlybreezes prevailed most of the day, and there were a few capsizes.NEWS & VIEWS FOR SOUTHERN SAILORS SOUTHWINDS June 2004 57