SOUTHERN RACING24-25 Biscayne Bay Match Racing Championship (J/24s) FlatEarth Racing31-Jun1 Shake A Leg Midwinters - SAL/Flat Earth Racing31 J/24 Biscayne Bay Series - Flat Earth RacingBBYCBBYRACGSCCRYCKBYCMYCSCABiscayne Bay Yacht ClubBiscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association.www.bbyra.netCoconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.orgCoral Reef Yacht Club. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.Key Biscayne Yacht Club. www.kbyc.org.Miami Yacht Club. www.miamiyachtclub.net.Sailfish ClubKey West Sailing Club. Every Saturday – Open House at the KeyWest Sailing Club. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (305) 292-5993.www.keywestsailingclub.org. Sailboat Lane off Palm Avenue inKey West. Come by the club to sail. Non-members and memberswelcome. Wednesday night racing has begun for the summer season.Skippers meet at the clubhouse by 5:00 p.m. and boats startracing at 6:00 p.m. in the seaplane basin near the mooring field.Dinner and drinks afterward.Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC). www.keywestsailingclub.org.Regular club racing open to all.APRIL1 Mystery Mark Race5 TIB Regatta / Spring Series #2 - Portsmouth - bayside6 TIB Regatta - PHRF - bayside12 Miami to Key Largo13 Annual Racers Meeting19 President’s Cup - PHRF - bayside26-27 Hank Gartner Youth Sailing ChampionshipSOUTHWINDS Annual Online West Florida Race CalendarPosted Sept. 1SOUTHWINDS magazine posts the annual race schedule/calendar(9/1/07 — 8/31/08) on its Web site for all racing in the centralwest Florida area from just north of Tampa Bay south to MarcoIsland. The calendar includes all scheduled races of the WestFlorida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org), plus clubraces in the area and any others that boaters in the area would liketo post. The Boat of the Year races are listed for all the areas of theWest Florida PHRF organization. Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.comto list your race, although we cannot list every singleweekly club race.The race calendar can be accessed through the racing pageslink at www.southwindsmagazine.com. It is also the race calendarlink at the West Florida PHRF organization (www.westfloridaphrf.org)and many other sailing associations and yacht clubs inthe area.Limited banner advertising is available on the race calendarpage at very low monthly rates. Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.comor call (941) 795-8704.Club RacingBradenton YC. Winter Races starting in October until April.Sunday Races at 1:30 p.m. PHRF racing on ManateeRiver. For info, call Susan Tibbits at (941) 723-6560.Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The center holds regularweekend club races. For dates and more information, goto www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org.Dunedin Boat Club. Monthly club racing. For more information,contact saraherb@aol.com.Edison Sailing Center, Fort. Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racingonce a month, year-round john@johnkremski.comPort Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round.pbgvtrax@aol.com.Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Fall Series Sundayafternoon racing begins Sept. 9 through Nov. 18.www.pgscweb.com.Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Friday evening races start in April.www.sarasotasailingsquad.com.Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of eachmonth, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet.www.venice-sailing-squadron.orgAPRIL4-6 Bradenton YC, DIYC, SPYC, TIYC. Suncoast Raceweek,PHRF. (SuncoastBOTY)5-6 Mount Dora Yacht Club. Annual Mt. Dora Regatta,All dinghies10-13 St. Petersburg YC. Rolex Match Racing, Women’smatches, Sonars11 Treasure Island Tennis and YC. Suncoast Raceweekawards12 Terra Ceia Regatta. Manatee Sailing Assoc.www.manateesailingassociation.org.12 St. Pete Sailing Assoc. PHRF12-13 Davis Island YC. Spring Regatta, PHRF & J/2412-13 Sailing Association of Marco Island. Bud Light Regatta,PHRF (SWFBOTY)16-19 Swift Solo dinghy & Musto Skiff regatta, Ft. Desoto,southeast beach davesailellis@aol.com19 Treasure Island Tennis and YC. Morgan Invasion,All boats Morgan19-20 St. Petersburg YC. Sunfish State Champs19 Venice YC, Venice Sailing Squadron. Shark ToothRegatta, PHRF (SBBOTY)22-26 Gulfport YC. US SAILING Alter Cup Catamaran USAFinals, ussailing.org25- St. Petersburg YC. Regata del Sol al Sol, to Isla Mujeres,Mexico. (SuncoastBOTY Racer/Cruiser Class)26-27 Davis Island YC. J/24 Rodeo Regatta26-27 Naples Sailing & YC. Messmer Cup, PHRF (SWFBOTY)MAY2 Treasure Island Tennis and YC. Twilight Racing begins,PHRF2 Florida Women’s Sailing Association.Championship Regatta3 St. Petersburg YC. Darlene Clark Women’s Regatta,PHRF3 Tampa Sailing Squadron. Commodore’s Cup, PHRF3-4 Sarasota Sailing Squadron. SYSP Sailfest Regatta,Dinghies4 Tampa Sailing Squadron, Women’s Commodore’s Cup,PHRF9 St. Petersburg YC. Twilight Racing begins, PHRF62 April 2008 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
10 Bird Key YC. Sarasota Bay Cup, PHRF (SBBOTY)(SuncoastBOTY Racer/Cruiser Class)10 St. Pete Sailing Assoc. 21st Annual Couples Race, PHRF10 Treasure Island Tennis and YC. . Spring #3, PHRF17-18 Jabbo Gordon Invitational Regatta, Englewood, FL.Sunfish, etc. gordonjhb35@yahoo.comFor northern Gulf coast race calendars and more information, gothe Gulf Yachting Association Web site, at www.gya.org.Wednesday Evening Fun RacesPYC. Every Wednesday of the Month, April thru OctoberFort Walton Yacht Club. April thru OctoberBay St. Louis, MS10 Double-Handed Regatta – Ft. Walton YC, 10-11 GYAMatch Racing Championship (Schweppes) -Southern YC, New Orleans, LA10-11 POW Quarter Finals (Schweppes) - Southern YC,New Orleans, LA11 Summer Series Race # 3 – Ft. Walton YC14-15 Regatta al Sol XXV - Pensacola YC & Southern YC, FL17 Jane England Regatta - Jackson YC, Jackson, MS17 Multihull Shootout - New Orleans YC17-18 Navy Cup Regatta (PHRF & One Design) - Navy YC,Pensacola, FL17-18 Spring Regatta (Capdevielle) - Bucanneer YC,Mobile, AL18 Small Boat Challenge 2 – Ft. Walton YC, FL24 Memorial Day Regatta - Pensacola Beach YC, FL24 Juby Winn One Design - Southern YC, New Orleans, LA24-25 Great Circle Regatta - Mobile YC, Mobile, AL24-25 Slip to Ship Regatta - Ocean Springs YC, MS24-25 Regional Small Boat Challenge – Pensacola, Choctaw,St. Andrews YCs, Ft. Walton YC, FL31-1 Candler Regatta (Capdevielle) - St. Andrews Bay YC,Panama City, FLAPRIL4-6 GORC, Biloxi Yacht Club/Mobile Yacht Club, Biloxi,MS/Mobile, AL5-6 Finn Gulf Coast Championships, TCYC5-6 Vanguard 15 Invitational, Southern Yacht Club,New Orleans, LA5-6 Wet & Cool Regatta, Fairhope Yacht Club, Fairhope, AL6 Pensacola Yacht Club Opening Day Ceremonies,Pensacola, FL12 Bay Waveland Yacht Club Opening, Bay St. Louis, MS12 Southern Yacht Club Opening, New Orleans, LA12 Commodore’s Cup #2, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL12 Mobile Bay Youth Championship, Buccaneer Yacht Club,Mobile, AL12-13 Pat Gilliland (Capdevielle), Jackson Yacht Club,Jackson, MS19 Cruising Couples #1, Pensacola Yacht Club,Pensacola, FL19-20 Dauphin Island Warm-up, Fairhope Yacht Club,Fairhope, AL23-27 Trimaran Showdown, Ft. Walton Yacht Club,Ft. Walton Beach, FL26 50th Annual Dauphin Island Race, Fairhope Yacht Club,Fairhope, AL26 Preemie Cup, Pensacola Beach Yacht Club,Pensacola Beach, FL26 S. C. Smith Regatta, Apalachee Bay Yacht Club,Shell Point, FL26 Laser District 14, Gulfport Yacht Club, Gulfport, MS26 Alfonso/Sutter (youth), Gulfport Yacht Club,Gulfport, MS26 Opti Spring Fling, Ft. Walton Yacht Club,Ft. Walton Beach, FL26 MS Finn Championship, Gulfport Yacht Club,Gulfport, MS27 Dauphin Island Return, Fairhope Yacht Club,Fairhope, ALMAY3 Spring Series Race #6 - St. Andrews Bay YC,Panama City, FL3-4 GYA Opening Day Regatta(Capdevielle)/Fish BoatRededication - Pensacola YC3-4 GYA Masters Regatta - Pensacola YC10 Sea Buoy Race (PHRF & Mulithull) -Pensacola Beach YC10 Jourdan River Regatta - Bay Waveland YC,News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS April 2008 63