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RACINGDunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf ofMexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternateWednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com.Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racingonce a month, year-roundjohn@johnkremski.comPlatinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing onMondays starting at 1 p.m. on CharlotteHarbor. www.ppycbsm.comPort Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round.pbgvtrax@aol.com.Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing.www.pgscweb.com.Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April.www.sarasotasailingsquad.com.St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) throughAug. 28. 16:30 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org.Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of eachmonth, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.orgBoat of the Year Races (BOTY) (not yet confirmed - please checkwith West Florida PHRF -www.westfloridaphrf.org)Tampa Bay: (SuncoastBOTY)Caloosahatchee (Fort Myers area): (CBOTY)Sarasota Bay: (SBBOTY)Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY)JUNE2 Commodore’s Regatta. Tampa Sailing SquadronJULY - No regattas scheduled for JulyHot Chocolate Steams at GYAWomen’s Championship—Stir Two Firsts with a Third for aSmooth and Easy CupBy Julie B. ConnerleyThe Gulf Yachting Association’s Women’s PHRFChampionship returned to Lake Pontchartrain for the thirdtime since it was established in 2001. This year’s womenonlyevent was held in conjunction with the annual Fleur DeLis, March 31-April 1. It was won by Southern Yacht Club’sElaine Boos aboard a J/30 named Hot Chocolate owned byDebby and Casey Grimm.Sponsored by Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans YachtClub and Lake Pontchartrain Women’s Sailing Association,Regatta Chair Mamsie Manard of SYC was pleased toannounce “for the first time, multiple crew members fromoutside the lake area participated.”PBYC skipper, Margo Zern, chartered a Beneteau First7.5 from Murray Yacht Sales for the regatta, along with acrew of five. Louise Bienvenu, of NOYC/LPWSA, raced herJ/22, Lola, with two Ft. Walton Yacht Club members as crew.Maynard, sailing SYC’s Soveral 26, Bruja, included twoPensacola Yacht Club and one PBYC member aboard.PRO George Hero was faced with light winds forSaturday’s two races, beginning with six knots and endingwith four knots by the time the second windward-leewardrace began.Although a small field, racing was extremely competitive.Just four seconds separated Boos and second-place finisherBienvenu after race one. Boos increased the gapbetween her and Bienvenu by winning race two almost fourminutes ahead of the J/22.Jockeying for third place were Lynn Gildersleeve onGood Groceries and Maynard on Bruja. They traded third andfourth positions by approximately four minutes each onSaturday, leaving them tied for the final race on Sunday.For Elaine Boos, the victory was sweet, having crewed,skippered, and won many races on another borrowed J/30for years until Hurricanes Katrina and Rita snatched itbefore she could helm it to a championship victory.She won her first Women’s Championship on a borrowedWavelength 24 in 2004. And for 2012, her experiencedcrew was split between her and former crew memberGildersleeve, “so that more women could race,” Elaine said,adding, “but we managed to get the job done!”Results for the 2012 Fleur De Lis: 1. Kokopelli, AmyTrepagnier; 2. La Jolie Vie, Chesney Loeb; 3. Muse, EllieMcCulloch; 4. Final Finale II, Regan NortonNOTE: At the GYA’s Opening Regatta Board of Directors meetingat Buccaneer Yacht Club, Mobile, AL, May 5, the board votedon two changes to the current GYA Women’s PHRFChampionship as follows:2012 GYA Women’s PHRF championteam Hot Chocolate. Fromleft, Regatta Chair MamsieManard, Suzanne Baird, BeccaDenny, Skipper Elaine Boos,Debbie Griffin, Ashley Sukalski,Denise Avelina, Fiona Inglis andLake Pontchartrain Women’sSailing Assn. Commodore EllieMcCulloch. Photo by Julie B.Connerley.52 June 2012 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com