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8 Editorial: The Optimist and Kids SailingBy Steve Morrell

10 Letters You Wouldn’t Believe

13 Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures

14 Bubba: Doobie Speaks of RiskBy Morgan Stinemetz

16 Short Tacks: Sailing News and Events Around the South

24 Florida Commodore’s Association Chooses a New Commodore

25 Product Review: Night Vision Cap

32 The St. Petersburg Sailboat Show, Dec. 1-4

35 The Annapolis Sailboat ShowBy Roy Laughlin

38 The OptimistBy Dave Ellis

42 “I sailed the first Optimist”By Clifford A. McKay, Jr.

46 Carolina Sailing: Creative Thinking in the Sailing WorldBy Dan Dickison

48 Our Waterways: Florida Mooring Field & Anchoring Public Meetings

51 Why Kids Don’t Want to SailBy Jabbo Gordon

55 Cooking Onboard: Holiday DrinksBy Robbie Johnson

56 Use of the Anchor AlarmBy Chris May

58 Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, Regional Race Calendars

86 Boat Repairs in a Slow EconomyBy Larry Annen

26 Marine Marketplace34 Southern Sailing Schools Section54 Florida Marinas Page70 Boat Brokerage Section 76 Classifieds84 Alphabetical Index of Advertisers85 Advertisers’ List by Category

The Optimist. Page 38. Photo by Charlie Clifton.

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Why Kids Don’t Want to Sail. Page 51. Photo by JinDietrich.

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FROM THE HELM STEVE MORRELL, EDITOR

The Optimist and Kids SailingLast summer, I was reading somewhere about the firstOptimist and came across the name Cliff McKay. A CliffMcKay from Fort Myers had written several articles for usin the last year or two, and I knew there must be some con-nection. I had gotten to know Cliff a bit over the phone andcontacted him about it. When he told me that he had sailedthe first Optimist and that his dad had been instrumentalin getting the first one designed and built, I asked him if hewould write an article about it. He did so, and it turned outto be a fascinating story. He included some great old pho-tos along with it. At the same time, we had been doing aseries of small boat reviews the last few years, and wetimed the Optimist review to run along with Cliff’s story inthis issue. It’s a great read with the two articles—and wefound a great photo of Optimists by Jin Dietrich for ourcover. A couple of my favorite covers are by Jin of kids andOptimists (January 2008 and May 2008—see online at BackIssues at www.southwindsmagazine.com). Jin has alwaysasked that I send the cover payment to the Venice YouthBoating Association as a donation.

About the same time as this Optimist story was devel-oping, I read an online Scuttlebutt piece (SailingScuttlebutt is a very popular and well-done online dailynewsletter of sailing discussion at www.sailingscuttle-butt.com) that brought up the question, “Why kids don’twant to sail.” I asked Jabbo Gordon, who was running theVenice Youth Sailing Association—and who has writtenmany great small boat reviews and other articles for us—ifhe was interested in writing an article on this topic. Overthe years, I have heard rumblings from many that kidstoday don’t find sailing to be as much fun as in earliertimes and don’t stick with it. Sailing seems to have gonethe way of all sorts of sports today where it’s not so muchplaying and having fun at the “game,” as it is competing init (where the “game” is sailing or one of the more tradi-

tional school sports with a ball involved). I had heard thatsome yacht clubs don’t have “fun” sailing schools any-more, as much as they have highly paid “coaches” whoteach kids how to race.

Jabbo put together a great article in this issue aboutthese different views on why kids don’t want to sail. Nextmonth, we’ll have his article about possible solutions to theproblem. If anyone wants to send in their two cents’ worth,send your comments to editor@southwindsmagazine.com,and I’ll make sure Jabbo gets them. We are looking for inputon the subject.

With these articles, we have authors Dave Ellis, JabboGordon and Cliff Mckay. As it turns out, they were all in thearea around the time the Optimist got started and kneweach other to different degrees. They all sailed in the TampaBay area in those early days. Dave ran the St. Pete SailingCenter for many years and is still active in the sailing com-munity. Jabbo recently retired from the VYBA and nowworks for SailLaser in St. Pete part time as an instructor.Cliff lives in Fort Myers and he and his wife spend much oftheir time sailing their Pearson 323 (see Cliff’s boat reviewin SOUTHWINDS, January 2011). There’s a wealth of sailingexperience and knowledge in these three, and we have a lotof it printed in this issue.

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THE OVER-INSPECTION MENTALITYMy wife just read me your article “The Over-InspectionMentality” in the September issue. We want to thank youand applaud you for publishing your opinion and let youknow we wholeheartedly agree with your stance againstFlorida law enforcement agencies regarding these “inspec-tions.” We have been boarded numerous times by overlyaggressive law enforcement officers and firmly believe ourrights as U.S. citizens have been violated. I nearly got arrest-ed and was threatened to have our sailing vessel impound-ed by a Volusia County sheriff’s deputy when I resisted an“attack” on our boat while cruising south in the AICW. Twoofficers passed our boat heading the other way when theysuddenly made a U-turn, and one of them jumped on ourboat without warning or any notification whatsoever. Mywife was at the helm, and I was below making breakfast.Startled, she yelled that someone had jumped on our boat,and I came up out of the galley ready for a confrontation. Iwould not let the deputy into our cockpit until he threat-ened me with arrest and vessel confiscation. All he wasinterested in was checking our heads, which we eventuallydid. When he found us to be in compliance, he wanted toknow what we were so upset about. Are you kidding? I toldhim that we were legally armed and that the way he board-ed our vessel, I could have easily come up from below witha weapon, which would have surely complicated matters.Now mind you, I do not have an anti-law enforcement men-tality. I am a retired chief fire rescue officer, and most of myfamily members are police officers and firefighters. I dohowever draw the line when it comes to Gestapo-like lawenforcement tactics such as those demonstrated by theVolusia County Sheriff’s Office. Has anyone consideredcontacting the ACLU about filing charges against these wit-less morons?

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Norman,Thanks for your letter and support. It is hard to believe that apolice officer in this country would board a boat in the manneryou described. But I am afraid it’s becoming more believable. I amshocked, though, when I think that it is all for the sake of inspect-ing a toilet.

Your comments about possibly coming up top with a gun andthe possible consequences of such a confrontation make the issueall the more alarming. I can see it; your wife yells that the boat isbeing boarded; you grab the gun, run up top; the officer is alreadyon the bow, sees the gun, draws his and anything can happen.One shot and someone could get killed. And all to see the toilet.

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ARE WE IN A PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY?I see you continue to be unrelenting in your SOUTHWINDSeditorial comments about abuses by water cops (Septemberissue, “Our Waterways,” “New Yorkers Complain AboutToo Many Boat Inspections”). Good. That last one whereyou cite a law enforcement spokesperson as saying abusesshould decline with budget reductions may be a nomineefor an ACLU Academy Award.

Part of the problem is that huge amounts of federalmoney have been thrown at public safety in the name ofhomeland security. And in my county in Florida (Charlotte)the sheriff has refused to make any meaningful budget cuts,unlike all other units in the county which have cut back a lotin the face of falling property tax revenues. The CountyCommissioners have no real control of this, as the state hasthe last word on the sheriff’s budget, and he threatens toappeal to the state when pressed for cuts. Frankly, in myopinion, we are way over-policed. And I think this is the casewith water cops, too; they make up stuff to do to look busyand violate our rights in the process.

I’m basically conservative and supportive of lawenforcement, but we the public are letting them get out ofcontrol in some cases. Just as I was musing on the subject ofhow we reclaim our liberties, I saw this:

“An ACLU report released to coincide with the 10thanniversary of 9/11 warns that a decade after the attacks,the United States is at risk of enshrining a permanent stateof emergency in which core values must be subordinated toever-expanding claims of national security.”

That hit a responsive chord with me, and may do so withyou, too. Have a look. This ACLU report is really good. It’stitled “A Call to Courage: Reclaiming Our Liberties TenYears After 9/11.”www.aclu.org/national-security/report-call-courage-reclaiming-our-liberties-ten-years-after-911

Len Krauss

Len,I checked out your article reference and I advise everyone to readthat report. I think the “permanent state of emergency” is heavento many police. Many don’t like being saddled with restrictionsand would prefer to have absolute power over the citizenry. Sincethey seem to believe they have the right to stop any boater on thewater whenever they want and inspect them for their papers, toi-let and more, I am sure many feel they are already there when itcomes to being on the water. If they have power over the toilet, wecould all be in big trouble.

I would also like to take this opportunity to again call on allboaters who get boarded in what they consider unjust and disre-spectful conditions to send me the information as to what hap-pened, and we will continue to publicize it. Publicity is whatmany police who aren’t respectful of our privacy and rights don’twant. One of the problems is witnesses. It is the boater’s wordversus the police’s, and the police can say whatever they want andnine times out of ten, their fellow police will back them up with-out question—as will the judge. But if we document and publi-cize as much as possible, we can shine a little light on all this andperhaps effect some change. So take notes and send them to me.We will protect your privacy as needed.

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WIND ROSES: Each wind rose shows the strength and direc-tion of the prevailing winds in the area and month. Thesehave been recorded over a long period of time. In general,the lengths of the arrows indicate how often the winds camefrom that direction. The longer the arrow, the more often thewinds came from that direction. When the arrow is too longto be printed in a practical manner, a number is indicated.

The number in the center of the circle shows the percentageof the time that the winds were calm. The lengths of thearrows plus the calms number in the center add up to 100percent. The number of feathers on the arrow indicates thestrength of the wind on the Beaufort scale (one feather isForce 1, etc.). Wind Roses are taken from Pilot Charts.

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The sailing world was, well,not shocked, but more orless, saddened, when two

sailors, social friends with atight bond, died in this sum-mer’s Mackinac Race onLake Michigan. MarkMorely, 51, and SuzanneBickel, 40, of Saginaw, MI,were both drownedwhen the boat they wereracing, a 1984 Kiwi-35,WingNuts, that had been sexed upsome from its original configuration, flipped overin the race after being hit by a Great Lakes squall that hadthe same impact of Sonny Liston, at the height of his power,decking a high school bully.

The boat had foldable wings that the crew could sit on,getting more crew weight farther out to keep the boat level.Thirty years back it was a novel idea.

Both victims were trapped under the boat after itflipped. They may have gotten ensnared in their tethers, pos-sibly hit by the boom under water, and they were, anyway,immersed in 66-degree water. It amounted to The PerfectStorm of real bad stuff and happened off Charlevoix, MI.

Suzanne Bickel was no wallflower; she had foresight.She carried two titanium knives, one of which she wore ona lanyard around her neck while racing, the first time Ihave ever heard of that being done. When her body wasrecovered, the knife was gone.

This whole tragedy was the subject of a widely rangingconversation at The Blue Moon Bar when I stopped in oneevening. All the regulars were there and participants in thedebate, of which Bubba Whartz, wearing a red baseball capwith a Peterbilt emblem on it, seemed to be the moderator.The discussion involved others in the bar, guys I did notknow. It seemed that everyone had an opinion, a theoryand often they crashed together in a California freewaypileup of conflicting sound bites.

Bruno Velvetier’s fluttery voice was overridden by a

harsh comment from somestranger, and that wasmixed in with Shorty’sinterminable stuttering,while Tripwire tried to gethis point across whilesounding like a Marine DIchewing out some haplessrecruit. This cacophony

went on for some time untilDoobie, apparently tired of the

unreasonable noise, said, loudly, “Thebar is closed.” Maybe it was the sound of a

woman’s voice that cut through the testosterone-fuelledargument like an SR-71 going through the sound barrier thefirst time. Maybe it was what she said that got everyone’sattention. I am not entirely certain what it was, exactly. ButThe Blue Moon Bar became as quiet as a cathedral full ofTrappist monks with laryngitis.

“The ba-ba-ba-bar is wa-wa-wa-what?” Shorty intoned.“That’s simply ghastly,” said Bruno Velvetier, ASID,

who had just finished his cream drink plus all the fruit in itand was hoping for a refill.

What Tripwire said is not printable in a sailing maga-zine of this stature. But suffice it to say there were manywords of four letters and one syllable that did not end in avowel.

Bubba Whartz, licensed Coast Guard Captain (six-pack), said nothing.

“What’s this all about?” asked the stranger.“Reality,” Doobie announced. “You are all grown men.

Some of you know something about sailing. Some of you arepretty macho about it. You’ve been in races. You’ve comeback in here and bragged how tough it was out on SarasotaBay or the Gulf of Mexico. This place reeked of testosteronefor days, even after you left.”

“I just adore that smell,” gushed Bruno Velvetier, inter-rupting.

“And yet,” Doobie continued, “when some people arelost doing what it is that they like to do, you act like theRomans had just nailed Jesus Christ to the cross all overagain.”

“It wasn’t in the game plan,” Bubba piped up. “No oneexpected something like that to happen.”

“Well, of course not,” Doobie replied. “If someonecould have forecast that a radical boat with wings wouldflip over in a squall—it was a squall, wasn’t it?—on one ofthe Great Lakes and that two people would get drowned,then the boat wouldn’t have left the dock. But I know youguys, particularly you, Bubba. You go sailing partly becauseit’s fun. But you also go because there is an element of dan-ger in it. I know and you know that the variables that sailorsare faced with change by the second. That’s part of the fixyou guys get, figuring out a puzzle as complicated asRubik’s Cube that is constantly changing. If you are racingand you are smarter than the other guys in your class, you

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finish first.”“Bubba has pulled off some really

nefarious deeds out on the racecourse,”Bruno recalled. “He dropped a lot oftrash over the side and won because theother competitors in his class stopped topick up his garbage. Then he had afake committee boat put up fakesignals and won a race thatway. There were otherthings, too, but I can’tremember them all.”

“Hearsay,” snapped Bubba. “Heresy, too.”“Face it, guys,” said Doobie, “those of you who sail do

it for the fun, and some of you may be good at it. Sailing isnot a sport or a pastime that one learns in an afternoon. It isthe complexity of sailing that makes it interesting. What is itthey say about sailing?”

“It-it-it-it’s a sp-sp-sp-sp-sp-sport for a li-li-li-li-lifetime,” Shorty sputtered.

“That’s it,” Doobie agreed. “But it takes a long time toget good. Some people race and concentrate on going fastand winning. Others like long cruises and sail across oceans.They are on their own out there. Alone. If they run intostorms, they have nothing to call on, save their own skills,which need to be sharp. There are people who have sailedaround the world more than once. Don’t tell me that thereisn’t danger in that. I know that pirates operate out ofSomalia now, so sailing in that part of the world is doublydangerous. Weather you can predict with some accuracy.Pirates you can never predict. Pirates kill people.”

Bubba apparently felt compelled to speak.“When people die, Doobie, the whole sailing world feels

it. Death is so foreign to what people envision. When youstart a race you are thinking about a podium finish, the con-gratulations of friends and fellow competitors, a silver bowlon the mantle with the name of your boat on it and of thegreat party after the finish,” the ferro-cement guru stated.

“Bubba, the reason the whole sailing world even knowsabout the deaths this summer is because the press covers

races, especially big races like the MackinacRace. Deaths get reported; committees get

formed; investigations get started andconclusions are reached. But the truth

of the matter is that all sailing has anelement of danger to it. The dan-ger decreases with experience;I’ll give you that. People with lit-tle experience in boating, anyboating, are the ones who make

the biggest, most costly mistakes.Here in Sarasota some years back, a

newly minted skipper turned his mil-lion-dollar yacht into salvage trash on his

second trip out of the marina. Maybe he thought hismoney would make him bulletproof. But it didn’t. He did-n’t know enough yet to consider danger as part of the equa-tion of yachting.

“On the other hand, people who race sailboats long dis-tances on cold water like Lake Michigan’s throw the dicewith every decision they make. They have to know that. Ittakes both knowledge and preparation to race long distancesin uncertain conditions. Well, if they have knowledge and theorganizational skills to prepare a yacht to race more than 100miles, they must have also considered that there is an elementof danger involved. In the case of the people who died thisyear, the danger was in the weather, as it is in most cases. Ibelieve that good sailors, particularly good sailors have a lot ofconfidence in their skills. Maybe they have a little too muchconfidence in their skills. Maybe they are more likely to sailon the razor’s edge that separates reasoned skill from deadlyerror. If you roll the dice against the house, there are a lot ofpeople who are betting the ‘don’t pass’ line. Sailors need toremember that.”

And then Doobie said, because it was quiet as tomb inthe place, “The bar’s open again.”

For a while, no one said a word. Then Bubba spoke qui-etly, “I’ll have a beer,” he said, adding, as he hooked athumb toward me, “and put it on his tab.”

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North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NCOngoing adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. On-goingtraditional boatbuilding classes. (252) 728-7317.www.ncmm-friends.org,maritime@ncmail. net,

Marine Electrical Certification, Broward College, Miramar FL, FL, Dec. 6-9American Boat and Yacht Council.www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460

Basic Marine Electrical, Broward College, Miramar, FL, Jan. 10-12

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Marine Systems Certification, Mastry Training Center,Tampa, FL, Jan. 17-20American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410)990-4460

Gasoline Engine & Support Systems Certification,Broward College, Miramar, FL, Jan. 31-Feb. 3American Boat and Yacht Council. www.abycinc.org. (410) 990-4460

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EVENTS & NEWS OF INTEREST TO SOUTHERN SAILORSTo have your news or event in this section, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send us information by the 5th of themonth preceding publication. Contact us if later. We will print your event the month of the event and the month before.

Hurricane Irene Relief FundsNeeded for the Bahamas

Hurricane Irene made a direct hit on the Bahamas, result-ing in considerable damage. The areas hit particularlyhard are Cat Island and the Family Islands. Things asbasic as water are needed. Funds have been set up forrelief. Two that a boater sent to SOUTHWINDS arewww.catislandhelp.blogspot.com and www.remoteis-land.org.

Mariners Compass Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Jan. 18Mariner’s Compass, a two-hour class presentedin one evening by the St, Petersburg Sailand Power Squadron, is available toanyone 12 or older. This seminarexplains how to select, install, calibrateand use a boat compass. You will learnwhich features are most important foryou, how to deal with variation between trueand magnetic north, and how to adjust your compass toremove most of the deviation caused by local magnetic influ-ences. 7-10 p.m. Instruction fee, materials $25. Maximum 20students. Pre-registration required. St. Petersburg SailingCenter, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg.Register at www.boating-stpete.org.

About Boating Safely CoursesRequired in Florida and Other Southern StatesEffective Jan. 1, 2010, anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1,1988, must take a boating safety course in order to operate aboat of 10 hp or more. Other states require boaters to haveboater safety education if they were born after a certaindate, meaning boaters of all ages will eventually be requiredto have taken a course. To learn about the laws in each state,go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com.

The course name “About Boating Safely,” begun by

the Coast Guard Auxiliary, satisfies the educationrequirement in Florida and most Southern statesand also gives boaters of all ages a solid ground-ing (no pun intended) in boating safety. Otherorganizations offer other courses which willsatisfy the Florida requirements.

The About Boating Safely (ABS) coverssubjects including boat handling, weather,charts, navigation rules, trailering, federal reg-

ulations, personal watercraft, hypothermia andmore. Many insurance companies also give discounts forhaving taken the boater safety education course.

The following are ABS courses (with asterisks **):

**Monthly Boating Safely Courses 2011 Schedule in FortPierce, FL/ Go to http://a0700508.uscgaux.info/ (click onClasses) for class information and schedule for 2012 (notposted by press date). Classes are usually very full. Call andreserve space on the preferred program date. $36 (+ $10 foreach additional family member). Classes held monthly.Eight-hour class at 8 a.m. Flotilla 58 Coast Guard AuxiliaryBuilding 1400 Seaway Dr., Fort Pierce FL, (772) 418-1142.

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the boat ramp area. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pre-register atwww.verobeachps.com. Check the website for otherclasses on other topics TBA.

**America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg Sailand Power Squadron, Jan. 9. Available to anyone12 or older. Free. Materials cost $35 perfamily. Classes held once a week (two hourseach Monday) for seven weeks. Completion ofthis course will enable the student to skippera boat with confidence. 7-9 p.m. St.Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE,Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Pre-regis-tration required at www.boating-stpete.org, or call(727) 498-4001. Other member courses on navigation, sea-manship, maintenance, electrical, etc., regularly scheduled.Go to the website for more information.

**Ongoing — Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 22. Safe BoatingSaturdays. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $25 including materials.Captains Club, 13363 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. MikeChristnacht. (904) 419-8113. Generally held once monthly onSaturdays. Go to www.uscgajaxbeach.com for the scheduleand to register.

**Ongoing — Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course. Each month.

The flotilla has found that many boaters do not have thetime to attend the courses, so they are now also offeringa home study course at $30. Additional family memberswill be charged $10 each for testing and certificates.Tests held bi-monthly. Entry into the course allowsparticipants to attend the classes. To apply, call (813)677-2354.

US SAILING Courses in the Southeast(NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX)For more on course locations, contact informa-

tion, course descriptions and prerequisites, go tohttp://training.ussailing.org/Course_Calendars.htm,

or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644. Check the website, sincecourses are sometimes added late—after the SOUTH-WINDS press date.

US SAILING Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Course US SAILING Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, FL,Dec. 27-30The US SAILING Small Boat Sailing Level 1 InstructorCourse is designed to provide sailing instructors with infor-mation on how to teach more safely, effectively and cre-atively. The goal of the program is to produce highly quali-fied instructors, thereby reducing risk exposure for sailingprograms. Topics covered in the course include: classroom

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and on-the-water teaching techniques, risk management,safety issues, lesson planning, creative activities, ethicalconcerns, and sports physiology and psychology.

Prerequisites for the 40-hour course include being 16-years old and successful completion of a NASBLA safe boat-ing course. Holding current CPR and First Aid cards isstrongly suggested.

Alan Jenkinson (alan@usscmc.org). Instructor TrainerAllison Jolly.

BOAT SHOWS

St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail, Dec. 1-4. Go topage 33 for complete information and seminar schedule.

56th Houston International Boat Show. Jan. 6-15, ReliantCenter, Houston. www.houstonboatshows.com. (713) 526-6361

50th Atlanta Boat Show. Jan 12-15. Georgia World CongressCenter, Atlanta, GA. NMMA. www.atlantaboatshow.com.

38th Stuart Boat Show. Jan 13-15. Waterway Marina, ApexMarine. Stuart harbor, Half Mile off State Road 707. Stuart,FL. AllSports Productions. www.allsportsproductions.net/boat_shows.html. (305) 868-9224.

4th Cruiser Expo 2012 at the Stuart Boat Show, Jan. 13-15Cruiser Expo 2012 is a compilation of 26 seminars on cruis-ing over a three-day weekend. The event will cover subjectsthat are designed for both the novice and the seasoned skip-per. Attendees will have VIP access to the Cruiser ExpoTent. Between seminars, attendees can relax in the CruiserCafe, visit with other cruisers or relax while exploring theStuart Boat Show. The expo tent will house all the seminarsbeginning with coffee and pastries every morning at 8 a.m.Each day the seminar series starts at 9 a.m., a full hourbefore the Stuart Boat Show opens to the general public. On

Articles Wanted About Southern Yacht Clubs,Sailing Associations and Youth Sailing Groups

SOUTHWINDS magazine is looking for articles on indi-vidual yacht clubs, sailing associations and youth sail-ing groups throughout the Southern states (NC, SC,GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX (east Texas). Articles wantedare about a club’s history, facilities, major events andgeneral information about the club. The clubs and asso-ciations must be well established and have beenaround for at least five years. Contact editor@Southwindsmagazine.com for information about arti-cle length, photo requirements and other questions.

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Friday and Saturday afternoons, organizers will host a get-to-know-each-other cocktail hour just before the show closes.

For more information, go to www.cruiserexpo.com.

Austin Boat Show. Jan. 19-22. Austin Convention Center.www.austinboatshow.com

Charleston Boat Show. Jan. 27-29. Charleston ConventionCenter, Charleston, SC. (864) 250-9713. www.thecharleston-boatshow.com.

New Orleans Boat Show. Jan 26-29. Ernest MorialConvention Center. New Orleans. NMMA. (504) 582-3023.www.neworleansboatshow.com.

San Antonio Boat Show. Jan. 26-29 at the Alamodome.Thursday and Friday, 12 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-9p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. www.sanantonioboatshow.com

� OTHER EVENTS

29th Annual National SailingPrograms Symposium, Long Beach,CA, Jan. 11-14Presented by US SAILING and LaserPerformance, the NSPS

is the premier event for sailing education in the UnitedStates, bringing together the very best people and resourcesin instruction, program operation, equipment and more.From pros to beginners, the symposium offers networkingat its best. Anyone involved with a sailing program canlearn and have fun at this event.

This symposium will have a schedule that addressesalmost every facet of sailing, from fundraising and budgetsto match racing and regattas. Volunteers and professionalsas well as neophytes and old salts should be able to takehome a bag full of ideas.

US SAILING, the national governing body for the sportin America, created the symposium as a means to increase

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Tampa Nautical Flea Market &Seafood Festival, Tampa, FL,Jan 13-15East Bay Speedway, Tampa. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Marinevendors, new and used boats, live music, beer and wine garden, seafood, fishing and boating fest. www.flnauticalfleamarket.com.

3rd Annual Indian River NauticalFlea Market & Seafood Festival,Vero Beach, FL, Jan. 21-22Over 300 vendor booths, new and used boats, music,seafood, free boating and fishing seminars. Arts and craftsshow, featuring nautical, marine and tropical arts and crafts.Held at the Indian River Fairgrounds in Vero Beach at 795558th Ave. $7 admission, children under 12 free. (954) 205-7813. www.flnauticalfleamarket.com.

International Marina and BoatyardConference, Lake Buena Vista, FL,Feb. 1-3

Professional development seminars. Disney’sCoronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista.International Marina Institute/Association ofMarina Industries. (401) 682-7334. www.marinaas-sociation.org.

Trawler Fest, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Feb. 2-4

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Message in a Bottle Travels 2,000 Miles In 2010, on his way to South Africa from the race start in

France, South Carolina resident Brad Van Liew, winnerof the latest round-the-world race—the Velux 5 OceansRace—dropped a bottle with a message in it whilecrossing the equator off the coast of Brazil. His eight-year-old daughter Tate requested it be done so shecould see how long it took and where it went.

It went about 2250 miles and took nine months toland on the beach of Guana Bay on St. Maarten islandin the Caribbean. Seven-year-old Michael Raczynski,a second-grader from Poland, found the bottle withTate’s message on the beach on the island’s Atlanticside.

Michael wrote a letter to Tate, who recently received it,along with photos of the bottle, the message and the beach.Michael and his father, who helped write the letter, werevisiting the island when they discovered the bottle, by thencovered with barnacles and sea grass.

Van Liew filmed the dropping of the bottle when hecrossed the equator. It can be viewed online atwww.youtube.com. Type in “Brad Van Liew bottle.”

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October, NOAA released some statistics on Irene, whichhit the Northeast on August 28, after doing some damageon its way up the coast from North Carolina—showingthat it’s not just the South which can be damaged byhurricanes.

Here are some of the highlights:• Irene was the first hurricane to hit the United

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• Irene was the first storm to threaten the NewYork City area since Hurricane Gloria in September1985.

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Matthews, a retired Army officer, hasboth racing and cruising experience at thehelm of his 40-foot Hunter Legend, DeAdelaar, which means “The Eagle” inDutch. His wife, Nancy, is of Dutch descent.

He also has experience as a flag officer.He served in two positions at the NavyYacht Club Pensacola. At the PensacolaYacht Club, Matthews has worn the insignia of director, fleetcaptain, rear, vice, and commodore, while serving onnumerous standing committees for several years, and mostnotably, race committee.

He also immersed himself in the Gulf YachtingAssociation, serving as chair, GYA Trophy Committee forseveral years and progressing through the executive boardto his current position as GYA commodore.

As a past commodore, he joined the International Orderof the Blue Gavel and helped form the Pensacola YC Chapterof IOBG. The association comprises past commodores.

In 2008, however, Matthews met with past commodoresrepresenting seven yacht clubs across the state to discussestablishing an alternative organization to replace theFlorida Chapters of the IOBG.

That same year, the Florida Com-modores’ Association was formed. Its mis-sion is to promote Florida and internation-al yachting customs and traditionsthrough awareness, educational, charita-ble, and social programs.

“The FCA,” began Matthews, “serves asa greatly needed link among Florida yachtclubs. It provides for the exchange ofinformation among clubs on a statewidebasis.” This link supports present andfuture commodores.

“And, through our affiliation with theInternational Commodores’ Association,

we maintain active relationships with past commodoresthroughout the world.”

Although membership is by invitation only, the organiza-tion currently has 16 chapters with 175 full members (pastcommodores) and 84 associate members.

The motto heard frequently around FCA is that they are“Keepers of the Flame” and as such, the organization is astrong supporter of Olympic sailors from Florida. Currentlythat includes Brad Kendall, a Paralympics sailor onTeamAlphaGraphics from Tampa and Zack Railey fromClearwater, a silver medalist from the Beijing Olympics whois vying for the next Summer Olympics.

Matthews is only the second person known to haveworn three different commodore hats, that of an individualyacht club, the GYA, and the FCA.

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This cap is not only well-built and comfortable, buthas three very good light choices. On the underside of thebrim of the cap, there are four lights in two locations. Theseare all very low profile. Each location has two very tiny LEDlights next to each other, one red and one white. The smallpush switch, next to these lights, turns on the red lights orthe white lights, which point down from the brim and slight-ly forward. Another push switch turns on another small LEDthat is mounted on the very front edge of the brim and pointsstraight ahead (an option has two brim edge lights).

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DIRECTIONS:Take Interstate 275 into St. Petersburg. Exit on Interstate175-Exit 22 and continue to its end at the traffic light.Proceed forward four traffic lights. The fourth light is FirstStreet. Turn left on First Street. The Mahaffey Theater andthe show grounds will be on your right-hand side. Plenty ofon-site parking is available at the municipal parkinggarages and airport surrounding show grounds. The park-ing fee is $5.

Visitors can also ride the Downtown Looper Trolley withconvenient stops on First Street alongside the MahaffeyTheater. Visit www.loopertrolley.com for schedules.

Visitors can also come by boat and dock for free at theshow’s “Come by Boat Dock.”

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Adults $10Children 15 and under free admission$2 off each ticket purchased online

GENERAL SHOW INFORMATIONThe St. Petersburg Boat show and Strictly Sail merged in2008 to create one large show for all power and sailboats indowntown St. Petersburg. Show Management puts on thisshow and has been doing so for many years—along withmany other boat shows throughout the South. There will bedocks dedicated to sailboats only, and Latitudes and Attitudesmagazine will be putting on their traditional Cruisers Bashon Saturday evening after the show at 7 p.m.

In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50-plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This isbesides the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with theseboats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land.

Over 200 exhibitors will be in the main tent, and onesection will be devoted to sailing exhibitors, although manyexhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers.

There will be a large section for outside exhibitorsshowing both sailing products and services and traileredboats. This is besides the dozens of trailered powerboatsthat will also be on display outside in the powerboat area.

Sailing seminars, run by Sail America, in the same for-mat as the ones at the previous Strictly Sail Boat shows, willbe held in Mahaffey Theater at the show site. A seminarschedule (see next page) will be available at www.strictly-sail.com at the St. Pete web page and through the ShowManagement website, www.showmanagement.com. Therewill also be an author’s tent area outside.

For kids, there are free fishing clinics Saturday and Sun-day, with free fishing gear given away as long as supplies last.

Discover Sailing will also be offering free sailboat rideson a variety of boats in Tampa Bay.

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THURSDAY11:45 A Jeff & Jean Grossman Take the Drama out of your Dream11:45 B Bob Williams Offshore Energy Management11:45 C Steven Bowden Communications for Cruisers1:00 A Kathy Parsons Proper Provisioning1:00 B Bob Williams Marine Refrigeration1:00 C Chris Kreitlein An Overview of Celestial Navigation2:15 A Liza Copeland Getting started – Is Cruising for You?2:15 B Charles Kanter Yacht Surveying2:15 C Randy Deering Cruising Florida’s Suncoast3:30 A Liza Copeland The Cruising Countdown:

Preparations for Coastal & Offshore3:30 B Travis Mack Sail Handling3:30 C Sergio Atanes Cold Water Fishing Techniques:4:45 A Kathy Parsons Bahamas to the Caribbean:

Successfully Sailing South4:45 B John De Keyser ASA Sailing Flotillas in Croatia &

Chartering in Croatia4:45 C Allyn Cutts Medical Preparedness

FRIDAY10:30 A Brook Fowler Yacht Financing & Insurance in the

New Economy10:30 B Randy Deering A Beginner’s Guide to Planning

a Cruise10:30 C Sergio Atanes Winter Fishing Rigging11:45 A Gwen Hamlin/Kathy Parsons Women & Cruising11:45 B John De Keyser Chartering & Learning to Sail in

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11:45 C Charles Daneko Life Raft Survival & Rescue at Sea1:00 A Gwen Hamlin/Kathy Parsons What Works: Tips &

Techniques for Long-Distance Cruising1:00 B Rick Rhodes Exploring Florida’s Big Bend Coast1:00 C Bob Williams Solar & Wind Power Technologies2:15 A Liza Copeland The Caribbean Circuit 2:15 B Brenda Wempner Sailing Made Easy2:15 C Charles Kanter The Most Important Skill: Anchoring3:30 A Bob Bitchin Cruising the Big Blue Ball Called Earth3:30 B Marti Brown Safety At Sea with Marine SSB3:30 C Corinne Kanter Galley Secrets A-Z4:45 A Jeff & Jean Grossman Couples Cruising to the Caribbean4:45 B Randy Deering A Sailor Looks at Leadership4:45 C Kim Hess Healthy Cruising with Yoga Onboard

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Today’s Customers11:45 A Gwen Hamlin/Kathy Parsons Women & Cruising11:45 B Steven Bowden Communications for Cruisers11:45 C Chris Kreitlein An Overview of Celestial Navigation1:00 A Liza Copeland Voyaging Realities, Arrival Procedures

& Travel Tips Ashore1:00 B Travis Mack Sail Handling1:00 C Sergio Atanes Cold Water Fishing Techniques:2:15 A John Kretschmer Force 10 - Storm Sailing Strategies2:15 B Kathy Parsons Bahamas to the Caribbean:

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Weather Interpretation Skills3:30 C Jeff & Jean Grossman Take the Drama out of your Dream4:45 A Bob Williams Marine Air Conditioning4:45 B Randy Deering Cruising Florida’s Suncoast4:45 C Brenda Wempner Flotillas-A Great Way to Explore

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The U.S. Sailboat Show is the place to see sailboats intro-duced to the U.S. market, and usually lots of them. Lastyear’s ambitious model introduction by major produc-

tion boatbuilders slacked a bit this year. But still, there wereplenty of new boats to see. Shannon, Jeanneau and Beneteauall introduced new models. For these cruising monohulls, itis size that matters in the new models. The Beneteau 41 isthe prime example. The new offerings are a foot or twolonger, and apparently, have higher freeboard that give theboats more volume inside.

Bavaria Yachts was a “find” at the show this year, withthree models in the 36- to 45-foot range. This Europeanmonohull manufacturer, distinguished by monohulls whose“drop transoms” hinge horizontally to form a platformwhen down, is not a new company. But it recently made anagreement with an Annapolis Yacht brokerage to representit in the United States, and so were more than just visiblethis year. Farr Yacht Group designs Bavaria’s sailboats. Withinterior designs by BMW DesignworksU.S.A, BavariaYachts display a fit and finish a cut or two above charteryachts. The Dufour 445, the Delphia 40.3 and the Mystery 35joined Bavaria Yachts as new offerings by atelier boat-builders. Hunter, our own Florida-based monohull builder,introduced its 33e at the show, a cruising boat whose

redesign includes making sailing easier with new sail andrig designs.

Sport model sailboat builders receive their fair share ofattention at the show, too. The new Farr 400, a 40-foot onedesign racer, was on display and got a lot of attention. TheAquila RP 45, a cruiser-racer, is an example that some sailorsstill would rather go fast while cruising rather than enjoythe feeling of being moored at a dock in blue water.

If five days of the show can give a valid impression,then the middle-class sport sailor is clearly more interestedin smaller boats—down to the 14- to 16-foot range.Improvements in this class have been incremental duringthe past couple of years, as sailors expect for class racing.Lasers introduced a new generation to performance dinghysailing, but the U.S. Sailboat Show’s collection includedmore than six other one-design sailing dinghies, many quiteaffordable but still including the full complement of con-temporary construction materials, sail laminates and othergo-fast features.

Multihulls IntroducedThe Annapolis show, along with the Miami Boat Show, isone of the United States’ two “multihull shows.” It lived upto its reputation in 2011. The RT 11 is a new high-tech 11-meter racing trimaran made in Rhode Island. It is the firstnew large trimaran to enter the American market in severalyears. Its lines make stark contrast between arching gull-wing crossbars, and very angular hull and deck shapes. Forthose who prefer smaller, trailerable trimarans, Corsair tri-marans, now owned by Australia’s catamaran builder,SeaWind, introduced the Sprint 750 MK, a day sailer withcoastal cruising capability. The Sprint 750 MK includes themore buoyant amas and hull of the Dash 750. Another evensmaller trimaran new to the show this year was the LittleWing Tandem, a 16-foot day sailer the builder describes as akayak trimaran. (The Little Wing comes in a one-seat andtwo-seat model; the builder had the two-seater on display inAnnapolis). For those who like their sailing ultra-simple, theLittle Wing should get a look. It can be carried on the top ofthe car, a trailer not being necessary.

Last year was notable for the number of new cruisingcatamaran introductions. The pace continues, althoughmore slowly. The Moorings introduced its 3900, a boatdescribed as both practical and easy to use. The Sunsail 444is a larger catamaran, also intended for the charter trade

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Sport model sailboat builders received their fair share of attention at the show, too. The new Farr 400, a 40-foot, one-design racer, was on display and got a lot of attention.

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describes it as “a serious ocean expedition adventure cata-maran.” “Expedition” and “adventure” bring back memo-ries of some of the original allure of multihulls.

SailTime leads the United States in fractional yachtownership. Its big entry a few years ago has been followedby steady growth. The company announced at theAnnapolis show that it has two new agreements withHunter Marine. It will jointly offer a Hunter 39 LimitedEdition as a sailboat for the program’s North AmericanSailTime bases. In addition, the Gemini Catamaran, alsofabricated by Hunter, will become part of the SailTime’sfleet. If fractional yacht ownership is financially appeal-ing, SailTime makes possible ownership of either mono ormultihulls.

More New Gear on DisplayShows are a place where people get “stuff” for boats if theyalready have boats. A lot of the most desired “stuff” needsto be plugged in. This year, it seemed as if there was finallya tent full of exhibitors selling electrical products. Therewere devices to generate electrical power, store it, monitorit, economize and control its use, and of course, to consumeit. Need for power is so pervasive on sailboats that Aurincooffers solar generating panels so flat, thin and tough thatthey withstand being walked on. While solar power panelsare now expected to be bulletproof, sailors can buy all kindsof enclosures and additions to the boat to protect the appli-ances and electronics fed by the solar panels. It almostseems as if the need to cradle electronics is reversing twodecades of making cockpits sparse and roomy.

How many old readers remember boat shows fromdecades past as a place to buy charts? Representatives fromthe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, thesource of accurate chart information, were always at boatshows. Publishers of charts of all kinds (waterproof, large,small, and regional) were all in their tow. No longer is thatthe case. To this writer’s knowledge, only Maptech, alwaysat boat shows, still offers printed charts. (At the show butthey would rather sell you electronic substitutes, and most

Cornell’s Ocean Atlas Available in JanuaryThe buzz at the show, especially around the Seven SeasCruising Association’s booth, was all about JimmyCornell’s Cornell’s Ocean Atlas, to be available in theUnited States in January. In this effort, Mr. Cornell hasanalyzed meteorological data from the past twodecades. It updates climatological data in light of cli-mate change and includes a broader global coverage ofareas that formerly had scant or no records. The newAtlas is not just a reprint of Mr. Cornell’s landmarkWorld Cruising Routes, published 20 years ago. Like thelatter work, the Atlas is intended for cruising sailors, toshow them “prevailing direction of winds and currentsalong the most commonly sailed transocean routes.”Mr. Cornell will be a featured speaker at Strictly Sail, atthe Miami Boat Show, Feb 16-20.

Corsair trimarans, now owned by Australia’s catamaran builder,SeaWind, introduced the Sprint 750 MK, a day sailer with coastalcruising capability.

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buyers would rather take thatadvice, it seems.) “Charts” is nolonger even a category in theshow’s index of products. Thebrave new world of modern ori-entation is here, and it is mostlyelectrically powered.

For those interested in sails, acouple of sails, neither particular-ly new—but worth a secondlook—were prominent atAnnapolis. The FinDelta anchor-ing sail is a three-part sail thatclaims to be 26 percent moreeffective at controlling swingingat anchor. If one or two pieces ofcanvas aren’t working for you,maybe FinDelta’s three-pieceanchoring sail is the answer.Istec’s parasailer, part spinnakerand part wing sail, was beingmarketed aggressively at theAnnapolis show for those whowant a sail to move the boat. Butmore of interest to Florida sailorsis that the U.S. loft is located in St.Petersburg. The rep claims thissail is better built and more ver-satile than traditional spinnakerdesigns. For either a mono or

multihull sailor interested inexploring novelty in sail design,this is a big opportunity. The U.S.sail loft contact information is onthe web (www.istec.ag/ )

How was the response to theshow, after a summer in whichmost of the economic news wasbad and getting worse most of thetime? The U.S. Sailboat Show wasbusy in 2011, but not overwhelm-ing. Attendance was well-pacedthroughout a weekend of perfectweather. Some of the visitors cameto buy boats, an attitude that con-tinues to set this boat show apartfrom many others along the EastCoast. If the U.S. Sailboat Show isthe harbinger of U.S. sailing’sfuture, then the sport and lifestyleis alive and kicking. The economyis affecting sailors’ plans, choice ofboat, and lifestyle choices, espe-cially for those cruisers. The hope(often not the conviction) is thateconomic conditions will improvesufficiently within current life-times, so that sailors can buy thatbigger boat, or have those lifeexperiences on an extended cruise.

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Although there was a lot of gear that was electrical, “stuff”of all sorts for boaters was on sail, including these custom,made-while-you-wait dog leashes, although only guidedogs are allowed at the show.

About eight years after the first Optimist Pram wasbuilt by Clark Mills and sailed by young Clifford AMcKay, Jr. (see the following accompanying article), a

Danish sea captain visited Clearwater and was intrigued bythe Prams he saw sailing. With permission, he took theplans back to Denmark, where they were modified a bit andboats started to be built. By 1960, it was introduced intoEngland, and the plans were standardized. It was called theOptimist Dinghy. In 1965 it officially became anInternational class.

Meanwhile, in Florida, we were sailing the originalPram. My first wood Pram had sail number 327, a used sailfrom Don Krippendorf’s champion Pram, Sharky, with teethpainted on the sides and bow and a crack on one side. Atrick of the day was to remove the dagger board from thewell and set it up across the boat at the mast for more sailarea downwind. Oh—and nobody sat on the deck andhiked. We sat on the windward side inside the boat withlegs drawn in. Really learned to handle the boat in a blow.

Times change and young sailors learned. But in the late1980s there were still as many original Prams sailing inFlorida as there were Optimist Dinghies. It was not until1993 that the St. Petersburg Yacht Club bought Optis toreplace the 20-boat fleet of old Prams for the summerLearn to Sail program and Introduction to Racing.Regattas had two fleets: one for original Prams, one forOptimist Dinghies. But the Prams got older, racing becamemore prevalent and soon there were Optimist Dinghieseverywhere in this country. Today, even the bastion of ElToros in Southern California and Sabots in Northern Cal,long the junior training boat of those areas, have large Optifleets racing.

While original Prams hung on in Florida, the rest of the

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There are perhaps 150,000 Optimist dinghies out therebuilt by registered builders, but there are numerous boatson earth that were home-built or bootlegged. The Optimisthas become the beginner’s boat for kids. This photo showsOptimists at the shed at the Venice [Florida] Youth BoatingAssociation. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

InternationalOptimistDinghyBy Dave Ellis

Cover: Kids sailing in an Optimist regatta at the Venice [Florida] Youth Boating Association. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

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country quickly adopted the “new”Optimist Dinghy. The first WorldChampionship held in the UnitedStates was in 1966, and in 1970,fiberglass construction was permit-ted for racing. The first ’glass boatswere not competitive with woodenones until about 1976, and therewere wood boats at the WorldChampionships until 1981.

By the 1990s, there were severalboatbuilders producing Optis. For

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Some books on sailing the Opti say to set the outhaul to be just loose. Put the sprit up so thatthere is a crease in the direction of the sprit, and when the sail is pulled in and the crease justdisappears, it is set correctly for that wind. Since the boats go pretty much the same speed, itis up to the skipper to sail the boat around the racecourse. Photo by Charlie Clifton.

several years, there was a veritable war to produce hullsthat were perceived to be faster. “You don’t have a Mark 5?”a kid would say. “Oh, you’re going to be slow.”

Prices went up and up. Rudders and dagger boardsbecame high-priced items, and sails were many shades ofshapes with requisite price. Add a trailer, covers, fancy tillerand extension, contemporary sailing clothes and travelexpenses and this became one expensive sport for a family.

This was not lost on the parents who were volunteeringtheir time to help run the class. Finally, partly due to theefforts of Florida’s Bill Douglas, a concerted effort was madeto get the “hull wars” under control. In 1992, the IYRU, theninternational governing body of sailing, challenged theInternational Optimist Dinghy Association to do somethingabout the cost. A marketing firm was hired to get thingsstarted. It reported that it was a perceived advantage, likeadding aroma to bleach to make it much more expensive ornaming aspirin something that sounds more interesting andjacking up the price.

The solution was to make the specifications quite strict.It still could be built to those specs by a competent builder,but the specs could not be tweaked here and there to makethe boat, or seem to make the boat faster. Back in the day, EdSherman of St. Petersburg built a Pram to the edges of thethen-loose specs that was so fast that it was banned fromFlorida Women’s Sailing Association events. It is still storedhigh up at the St. Pete Sailing Center. But that was not thegoal of the Optimist Dinghy.

To the end of tightening up the class, a stringent meas-uring system was implemented. At first, builders balked.Then one or two started building the “new” boat. Since theywere the only new boats legal to sail, they were more expen-sive! But it did not take long for other builders to comealong to fill the pent-up demand. Today there are nearly 30builders in 23 countries. No longer is it necessary to importa boat to win a regatta. The price finally came down for thehull. Oh, you can still spend on other things, but the overall

price is better. With the class rules tightened and the boatsmore nearly alike, trade-in value went way up compared tothe “boat of the month” days.

Just as in the days of yore, an Opti is the kid’s boat. It isnot Dad’s or Mom’s that the child gets to use. This is theirboat. Many kids never get the sense of freedom that an Optisailor gets when sailing alone. The boat is responsiveenough to give ready feedback to whatever the skipperdoes, good or bad. For example, the first thing most sailingclasses using Optis do after the swim test is take the newkids for a ride with an old experienced nine- or ten-year-oldat the helm to show them the ropes. Then a capsize drill isstaged. At first, many kids are scared to flip the boat. Butonce they do it, whoa, that’s what they want to do in lightair. (I never flipped my pram in six years of nearly daily sail-ing. Boy, did I miss out.)

Imagine getting to a local regatta to find 30 other kidswith their boats ready to race. And 90 parents; never couldfigure that out. Imagine driving to a regional regatta andfinding a hundred Optis ready to sail. Imagine going to aninternational event and finding 300 little white Optis bob-bing on the water. Together. All at the same time. Starts insuch large fleets can be daunting for a very young, newsailor. Coaches will tell them that they only have to worryabout the boat on this side of them and the one on the otherside of them. The others are not a problem.

There are several books and numerous articles on sail-ing and racing Optimist Dinghies. Some are quite techni-cal. Others simply give the basics on the sail, saying to setthe outhaul to be just loose, put the sprit up so that there isa crease in the direction of the sprit, and when the sail ispulled in and the crease just disappears, it is set correctlyfor that wind. Since the boats go pretty much the samespeed, it is up to the skipper to sail the boat around theracecourse.

A majority of top sailors in other classes got their startin sailing with the Opti. How many Optimist Dinghies are

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An international event may have 300 little white Optis bobbing on the water. Together. All at the same time. Starts in such large fleetscan be daunting for a very young, new sailor. Coaches will tell them that they only have to worry about the boat on this side of them andthe one on the other side of them. Photo by Steve Morrell.

there? Perhaps 150,000 by registered builders, but thereare numerous boats on earth that were home-built orbootlegged.

It has become the beginner’s boat for kids. There maybe other craft that claim to be more modern or faster, even

cheaper. But it will be a long time before the little square-nosed boat built by Clark Mills in 1947 is supplanted.

For more on the Optimist and the Optimist class, go towww.optiworld.org, or usoda@usoda.org.

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An Opti is the kid’s boat. It is not Dad’s or Mom’s that the child gets to use. This is their boat. Many kids never get the sense of freedomthat an Opti sailor gets when sailing alone. The boat is responsive enough to give ready feedback to whatever the skipper does, good orbad. Photo by Alan Capellin.

An Idea is BornSoldiers returning home fromWorld War II were ready torebuild their lives and to make adifference in their communities.In April 1947, a group of enthusi-astic veterans organized theClearwater Optimist Club withthe motto “The Friend of the Boy.”Before the ink dried on their char-ter, they voted to sponsor a soapbox derby down the only hill inClearwater. Sponsors covered thecost of materials for the gravity-driven cars. Each boy designed,built and drove his own. After asummer of sawing, drilling andhammering, I raced down the hillthree times—and that was it. Thehill was given back to real cars,and mine was parked by the shed.My dad, Maj. Clifford McKay, sawmy frustration. He thought: Why

not race small boats instead ofcars? Florida is short on hills, butlong on water. They could raceand sail all year long onClearwater Bay. He was knownfor his concern for young peopleand was invited to speak to theOptimist Club’s August 14thmeeting. He suggested 11 youthprojects for the club’s considera-tion—one of them, an “orangecrate derby.” Like the soap boxderby model, merchants wouldsponsor a boat for $50. The boywould build it and sail it. The“derby” could race every Sundayafternoon, and the boys could sailany time they wanted. TheOptimist Club liked the idea, andbefore the meeting adjourned,asked McKay to follow up.

Dad met with local boatbuilderClark Mills the following week,telling him, “We need a designthat can be built for $50, built with

two sheets of 4 x 8 plywood, uses a bed-sheet as a sail, andis safe and fun.”

Clark said, “I had a little knockabout that I’d beenthinking about. It was longer than 8 feet, so I lopped off thebow. It’s snub-nosed and looks a little funny, but it sailspretty good. I talked him out of the bed-sheet, though thesprit sail is pretty close in size.” In less than a week, Clarkbuilt a prototype, painted it red, and brought it to the HavenStreet Dock for a sail. He sailed it briefly and then turned itover to me. It was lively and accelerated smartly as the sailfilled. It turned sharply when I put the tiller over. The bowdidn’t dig in. It lifted and skipped across the water. The lowsprit rig and generous beam gave it good stability. It was funand easy to sail. I thought, “Wow! This is neat.”

The boat was displayed the next Thursday at theOptimist Club meeting. They were ecstatic. Within a week,McKay and the newly formed pram committee of W.Watson, Art Lee, Ben Magrew and Maynard Barney hadsecured sponsors to cover expenses for 28 boats, and ClarkMills was put to work building them.

Clark built a jig to hold the transom, the bow, and amid-ship thwart. He joined them together with narrowcypress stringers; then he glued and nailed quarter-inchplywood over the frame. Clark said, “I hammered it togeth-er in a day and a half with ridged nails, slapped on a coat ofpaint and called her an Optimist Pram.”

We boys never built the hull. Amateur designs weren’tfeasible for boats, and even Clark’s straightforward designwasn’t easy for amateur builders. I know. I built four withmy son. This change was never discussed. Clark producedthe basic hull, and we boys took it from there; fastening the

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“I Sailed the First Optimist Pram” By Clifford A. McKay, Jr.

Photos courtesy Clifford A. McKay, Jr. Photos were scanned from old brochures, magazines and photographs.Cover: Kids sailing Optimists at the Venice Youth Boating Association. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

The iconic picture taken on the first day’s sail off theHaven Street dock. Cliff McKay, Jr. is at the helm.

corner caps, installing the bowthwart and mast step, scraping offthe glue that dripped down, sand-ing, painting, shaping the rudderand dagger board edges, bendingthe rudder fittings from galva-nized sheet metal in the vise at theschool woodworking shop, andtying the sail to the mast withvenetian blind cord from the hard-ware store.

A local sailmaker built a sailfrom common duck. The mast wasa 1 ½” dowel from the lumber-yard. At first, the sheet ran fromthe boom, through a block on thetop of the tiller. You could hold thetiller and sheet in one hand. Therewas no cleat, no traveler. Thesecame later. When you mountedthe rudder fittings on the boat andon the rudder, you had to makesure to get it right, or the sheet would lift the rudder up andoff. This mistake produced some exciting moments as theboat sailed off with no means to steer it. We painted spon-sors’ names on the boats. My sponsor was WTAN, the localradio station.

The First Optimist RacesThe Optimist committee held races every Sunday afternoon.We raced off the end of Baymont Street near the Old Fish

House where theprams were stored.It was a steep learn-ing curve for thecommittee and boysalike, but everyonewas having fun.Sunday afternoonswe’d race. Afterschool and on Satur-days, we’d launchour boats and ex-plore Clearwater Bayand its mangroveislands on our own.The only rule was“Do not sail in theGulf.” We’d helpeach other carry theboats to the waterand make sail. Ofcourse, when two ormore boats sail together, it’s a race. In addition to basic sail-ing skills, I learned that the wind dies in the late afternoon,and it’s a long paddle home. I learned to sail in six inchesof water over the shallow mud flats by heeling to lift therudder almost entirely out of the water. I discovered thatmy pram would stand up nicely in 30 knots; the only prob-lem was bailing out the spray that splashed in. Dad’s planwas dead-on. It provided inexpensive boats sponsored bymerchants for every boy to spend hours and hours on thewater, with no time to think about getting into trouble.

One hot day, between races, I capsized to cool off witha brief swim. I pulled the boat up on the beach, dumped outthe water, and returned in time for the next start. I wonhandily. Before the next race, two others capsized. The threeof us outdistanced the field with ease. The wet sail kept airfrom passing through the duck cloth and created a betterairfoil. We learned by experimenting. (Sorry, guys, yourmodern Dacron sails are already airtight, so this trick won’twork nowadays.) I never capsized a pram by accident. Itwas always on purpose.

Boys from Dunedin heard us talking at school and saw

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Three steps of building the originalwooden pram, taken from a magazineback in the day. The title at the top cap-tion reads: “A Sailboat You Can Makefor $65.”

“My initial lesson, after some onshore instruction, wasto be put in a boat and pushed away from the dock."

to it that they got some prams. TheFlorida Sailing Associationapproved the Optimist Pram inApril of ’49. Ernie Green, nowhead of the Optimist committee,offered his moving van to trans-port the fleet to FSA regattas. Wecreated quite a stir when the hugeGreen Moving and Storage vanpulled up at the launch site anddisgorged boat after boat ontoSarasota Bay. Older sailors mar-veled at these little “water bugs”scooting around. My uncle, a sea-soned sailor and boatbuilder,offered me his shoelace to replacethe line that held my sail to themast. The humor and disdain ofveteran sailors quickly turned torespect when they saw the skill andthe passion of the young skippers.In less than a year, girls wereincluded. The prams drew attention wherever they sailed.Optimist clubs in surrounding cities sponsored fleets. Yachtclubs from around Florida adopted them. Winter visitors sawthe prams and took the plans north with them.

By 1948, medals were given for weekly races. Scoreswere totaled each month and a trophy awarded for the bestscore. In December, an “International Pram Regatta” was heldwith Peter Duvoisin taking first place. Pete and I were tiedgoing into the last race. The entire last leg, we were so closewe could have reached across and shaken hands. He’d catcha wave and surge forward. Then I’d catch one. He caught thelast one and beat me by 18 inches. It was good competitionand great fun. Boats came from Clearwater, Dunedin, Pass-a-Grille and St. Petersburg. It was hardly international, but thedreams and expectations for the Optimist Pram were always

large—as large as the boat wassmall.The FireOn April 20, 1949, Dad shook meawake about midnight. “Thepram shed’s on fire.” We drove insilence the half mile down thebeach. My only comment was,“Can’t you drive faster?” Thenight sky glowed like daylight asthe orange flames lept into the air.The Old Fish House, built by theWPA during the depression,housed a Sea Scout troop, thePower Squadron and the pramfleet. Its beams were dry tinder. Itwas totally engulfed in flames.Nothing inside could be saved. Sowe helped cast boats loose fromnearby yacht club slips andpushed them away from harm.We pulled snipes on trailers from

a shed close by, some with completely flat tires. We helpedthe hose crews who were tiring. By dawn, the Fish Housewas smoldering embers and the ashes of 29 prams. Theonly ones saved were a few that boys had taken home. Atschool the next day, it was hard to think of anything otherthan the fire. The fun and excitement of the last year and ahalf had gone up in smoke. When the ashes cooled, Ipoked around for metal fittings from my boat. All I foundwere melted blobs.

Dad, the general manager of WTAN, called news com-mentator Howard Hartley. Mr. Hartley went on the air, toldthe story of the fire, and of the dismayed, heartbrokenyoungsters. He asked listeners to sponsor boats to rebuildthe fleet. The phones began to ring, and in less than twohours, generous merchants and friends contributed funds

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The iconic picture of Clark, Dad and Ernie, the three menwho launched the Optimist Pram, each with their specialroles and talents.

for 43 new boats to replace the 29 lost, as well as $6,000 inbuilding materials for a new shed. I was in the station thatnight and helped answer all the phone calls.

Clark burned the midnight oil building new boats. Thestory of the community’s generosity spread, carrying withit the story of the amazing Optimist Pram and the boys andgirls that sailed them. The fire became a springboard thatlaunched the Pram on its worldwide journey.

The Optimist Spreads Around the WorldFor me, an Optimist Pram was the start of a life time sailing,racing, and cruising. It was the beginning of “a lifelongapprenticeship” in the finest sport there is. Everywhere I go,there are Optis. I’ve sailed past Coconut Grove, FL—thewestern horizon white with pram sails. I was awakened inMarion, MA, to the squeals of pram sailors practicing cap-sizing. I rescued a beginning skipper who’d been blownaway from her race at Nantucket. I’ve watched prams racein Interlocken, Switzerland, and Oxford, MD. I’ve seen theprams stowed on the quay in Funchal, Madeira Islands, andin Copenhagen, Denmark. I watched with pride the TV cov-erage of Munich as a fleet of 400 prams swarmed aroundthe Tall Ships entering the harbor.

The beginnings of the Optimist Pram were a labor oflove. Clark Mills designed it, built most of the first hulls,and donated the copyright to the Clearwater Optimist Club.Dad conceived a plan so all kids could sail and promotedthe Pram around the state. In seven years, there were morethan a thousand of them racing in Florida alone. TheClearwater Optimist Club under Ernie Green’s tireless lead-ership spent countless hours with the program, supervisingraces, working with the boys and girls, and transportingthem to regattas. No one received royalties or any remuner-ation. They did it so boys and girls could have fun sailing,and grow up to be good citizens.

Clark’s skills could have built anything he chose, but heexplained his passion for boats—a passion that breathesthrough every fiber of his Optimist Pram: “A house is ahouse. But a boat, it’s just a gleamin’ beautiful creation. Andwhen you pull the sail up on a boat, you’ve got a little bit ofsomething God-given. Man, it goes bleatin’ off like a birdwing, you know, and there’s nothing else like it.” Millionsof boys and girls on six continents have “flown on thosebird wings” in Clark’s amazing little boat, and it haschanged their lives.

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Scene of an early skipper’s meeting. Note the low numbers (num-bers of boats burned in the fire were reused when the prams werere-sponsored). This picture was taken after the fire, since it showsthe new pram shed built. The caption reads: “On the Beach —and waiting for the skipper’s meeting that precedes each race.The course and any special instructions are given to the skippersat this time.”

A race of the Clearwater fleet after the fire.

By now, almost all have had their fill of remembrancesabout Steve Jobs—the visionary co-founder of Applewho passed away in early October. Jobs not only rev-

olutionized the personal computer industry, but his workhad a profound impact in the fields of music, animationand mobile communications as well. This column is cer-tainly not another elegy to the man. Still, it’s hard to dismissthe phenomenal success that Jobs had, success that isalmost universally credited to his unconventional outlook.That’s why it’s useful to keep in mind the wisdom behindthat definitive maxim he made famous in one of Apple’s

late-‘90s television ads—“think different.” When it comes to sailing, whether you’re tacking up

the leg of a racecourse, exploring new cruising grounds orperhaps considering how sailors might foster greater envi-ronmental protections, different is by no means better.Sometimes, the tried-and-true conventional approach is theonly way to go. But, if you want to explore new avenues forenhancing whatever it is you’re doing—racing perform-ance, recreational enjoyment, or advocacy within thesport—different is the only way to go.

Take the case of David Raison, the French solo sailor andyacht designer, who recently prevailed in the 4,200-mile, sin-gle-handed race from France to Brazil known as the MiniTransAt. In 2010, Raison launched a very unusual 21-footcraft that he designed and built to compete in the variousMini 6.50 races. The boat had a decidedly blunted bow thatresembled a bathtub toy as much as it did a serious racingvessel. At the time, Raison described that look to the press asa “U.S. scow bow.”

Initially, this design suffered steering problems, andRaison didn’t fare well in his first competition. His designwas also derided by many who closely follow the Miniscene. But, with more than 20,000 solo sailing miles beneathhis belt, Raison coupled that experience with his designexpertise and made the right adjustments. By the end of theMini TransAt race in late October this year, this innovativeFrenchman had wowed race followers by finishing the3,100-mile second leg from Madeira to Bahia, Brazil, nearly150 miles ahead of his closest competition. In the process,he not only set a new course record on board TeamWorkEvolution 747, he also prompted many in this game to beginrethinking hull design. Said Raison shortly after the finish:“My boat is like a kick to the beehive of naval designers.”

New Thinking in On-the-Water Cell Phone AppsCloser to home, there are others who understand the valueof occasionally aiming a kick at the metaphorical beehive.Meet Dylan Murphy, an unassuming graduate student inCharleston, SC, who describes himself as “someone very con-cerned with the state of our waterways.” Murphy grew up inBeaufort, SC, and has lived on the coast his entire life. “I’mvery invested in the quality of our waterways.”

Murphy’s kick—albeit a more subtle one—was thedevelopment of a new app for the Android smart phonecrowd. In September, he introduced a free app that allows

Sailor and yacht designer David Raison sailing TeamWorkEvolution 747, which beat his competitors hands-down in theMini TransAt this year. Raison designed the boat with the broad,scow-like bow, which was at first ridiculed by many. This photowas taken in Brazil after sailing it from France. He set a newcourse record, prompting others to start rethinking boat design.Photo by Christophe Breshi, MaxxComm-Media.

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users to streamline the process of reporting largedebris in local waterways. He dubbed the appli-cation Clean Marine.

“Reporting debris, like abandoned vesselsor oil barrels, is absolutely critical,” explainsMurphy, a master’s candidate in environmentalscience. “When debris goes unreported, there isno way of knowing how much is out there, andlawmakers are unlikely to allocate fundingwithout knowing the extent of the problem. Justreporting the debris to the appropriate agency isan easy way for the average sailor or boater tohelp keep our waterways clean.”

Murphy explains that during the 2010 boat-ing season, only six reports of large abandonedmarine items were collected in South Carolina. In2011, that grew to 35, and the issue of abandoned boats wasdeemed critical enough to receive a two-minute segment onFox News, which aired nationally in August. He points outthat, formerly, boaters were required to fill out a paper formwith GPS coordinates and a picture attached—requirementsthat can be difficult onboard a boat and likely served as adeterrent for reporting. Now, his app has transferred thatform onto something more and more people carry withthem—a smart phone.

And Murphy says the process couldn’t be simpler. Onceyou activate the app, Clean Marine walks users through thereporting process. They can take a picture to include with the

report, and the app automatically collects their GPScoordinates. In less than a minute, the user hasrecorded all the necessary information and can thensubmit that to the appropriate authorities with oneclick. If an Internet connection isn’t available on-site,the data will be saved and sent when the phone isback online.

Clean Marine is also the basis of Murphy’s mas-ter’s thesis, which he has entitled “Adoption of NewTechnology for the Improvement of a Citizen ScienceProject.” He says he designed the app with just theLowcountry waterways in mind, but has sinceexpanded its capabilities to include all U.S. coastalareas. “Now, people in Florida or anywhere can sub-mit reports of marine debris. I’m really hoping thatthis tool gets used nationally. I try to do everything I

can for the environment, and I know others feel similarly. I feltthat making this app would allow people to do more toimprove the waters they spend their lives in and around.”

Clean Marine is available via the Android Market aswell as Amazon’s Appstore. In addition, you can find outmore about it at Murphy’s website: www.mob-sci.bell-strike.com. A similar app for the iPhone was developed overa year ago by Warmwinds Software. That, too, is availablefor free, either through the Charleston Waterkeeper(www.charlestonwaterkeeper.org) or the iTunes App Store.“Citizen science” supported by mobile technology.Somehow, you just know Steve Jobs would have loved that.

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Florida Communities HoldMeetings on the FWC Pilot Program on Anchoring

In 2009, the FWC began work on a program that would helpestablish rules that would protect boaters’ rights, local com-munity rights, the environment and reduce the number ofderelict boats. This was in response to many Florida com-munities being concerned about these problems and manycommunities began to establish mooring fields. But anchor-ing outside these fields became a big question. The FWCwanted to resolve the situation, so in 2009, the FWC beganwork on a program that would choose five locations (two onthe east coast, two on the west coast and one in the FloridaKeys) in Florida as pilot programs to help establish regula-tions for anchoring outside those mooring fields.

Last February, the FWC chose the following cities aspart of the pilot program where local municipalities wereestablishing mooring fields.

St. AugustineStuart/Martin CountySt. PetersburgSarasotaMonroe County/Marathon/Key West

After the locations were chosen, the program was to dealwith the problem of non-liveaboards anchoring outside of themooring fields. Meetings were to be held in each locale to getpublic input on the subject. The local municipalities wouldthen decide on rules for anchoring and the FWC wouldreview them, and if accepted, they were made into law. Thelaws would be put in place for several years, and then theFWC would report, by Jan. 1, 2014, to the governor and leg-islature with recommendations on effective and workablelaws that could be used uniformly throughout the state. Thelocal laws would become void at that time until final laws

were passed. (For a more complete explanation of this pro-gram, see the April 2011 issue, “Our Waterways” section.)

The following is a summarized report on some of thosemeetings around the state. All communities are continuingto hold these meetings as they finalize their proposals,which will be reviewed by the FWC. SOUTHWINDS did nothave information on other meetings to report on them.

St. Augustine Puts Forth Proposalsfor Anchoring in City Waters

In October, after holding public meetings, the city of St.Augustine proposed anchoring rules that would affect therights of boaters to anchor outside of the mooring fields inthe city. The main rule would limit anchoring outside thefield, within city limits, to no more than 10 consecutive daysin a 30-day period. A boater would then have to leave for aminimum of one day (at least one overnight) and go outsidethe city limits, to a marina, to the mooring field, or someother accepted location (we assume a private home dockwould be acceptable). They could then return to anchor foranother 10-day period.

Another proposed rule would be directed to all boatsthat are “stored” on the water. Any boat stored would berequired to get underway twice a year and travel to the citymarina where it’s ability to move is verified. The marinapersonnel would also collect contact information on theboat to ensure that the boat can be moved in case of a stormor other event. This is a rule intended to minimize the pos-sibility of derelict vessels in the city limits—vessels whichcan become navigation hazards and dangerous to propertyand others in tropical storm conditions.

Anchoring would also be limited to no closer than 100feet from the mooring field.

The proposed ordinances are “proposed” because allrules must be submitted to the FWC for review and finalapproval before they can become law. The proposed rulesmet with a mixture of acceptance and rejection by the cruis-ing community. Many boaters are under the understandingthat a 2006 Florida state law prohibited communities fromrestricting anchoring. Local communities and local city rep-resentatives believe that the $20 nightly and $120 weeklymooring field fee is reasonable.

For more on the St. Augustine issue and boaters andcommunity responses, go to this article: http://staugutine.com/news/local-news/2011-10-24/boaters-angryover-mooring-field-fees-call-boycott-st-augustine-harbor.

St. Petersburg Waterfront BoatAnchoring and Mooring Summit,St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 19By Larry Annen

On October 19, a meeting was held in downtown St.Petersburg, the purpose of which (according to the meetinghandout) “was to collect public input on a proposed pilot

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OUR WATERWAYS By Steve Morrell

program to explore potential options for regulating theanchoring or mooring of vessels outside the marked bound-aries of public mooring fields.”

The meeting in October was the first meeting in St.Petersburg about the mooring field and anchoring regulations.

David Metz from the city of St. Petersburg was presentalong with Capt. Tom Shipp from the Florida Fish andWildlife Commission. Walt Miller, marina and port manag-er, city of St. Petersburg, and St. Petersburg Police OfficersMiller and Robertson spoke as well.

Although the handout stated that the meeting’s pur-pose was about the anchoring regulations, the meetingbegan with a slide show demonstrating how some vessels,when left unattended, eventually sink and become a prob-

lem for the city. The slides also depicted how some derelictvessels were being utilized as a residence by the local home-less population. It was apparent that the city was interestedin ridding the local waters of their derelict vessels as thiswas the main focus of conversation. The city furtherbelieves that regulating anchoring by the implementation ofa mooring field will solve this problem.

The north Vinoy basin was selected as the mooring fieldlocation for the city of St. Petersburg and is expected to bein place by January. The original plan by the city called forthe field to be operational as of October 2011, but that hasnot happened to date.

Officer Robertson stated that the key components ofthis project are to:

• Limit the length of time a vessel can be anchored• Require the vessel to remain in operable

condition by inspection• Establish a “buffer zone” around the Vinoy Basin

mooring fieldThirteen mooring balls will be installed initially, with a

possible future expansion to 26. Vessels up to 40 feet willpay $15 per night. Vessels over 40 feet will pay $18 pernight. There will be a “buffer zone” established to furtherregulate anchoring, or the prohibition of anchoring, withundetermined limits at this time. Officer Robertson statedthat they were considering an anchoring time limitationsomewhere in the 30- to 60-day range.

St. Augustine established its buffer zone by drawing thebuffer zone line along the present city limit lines. They arerestricting anchoring outside of the established mooringfield, within the city limits, to no more than 10 consecutivedays within a 30-day period.

A question was brought forth asking where St. Pete’sbuffer zone will be established.

The St. Petersburg police officers pointed out that abroad area of water surrounding the city of St. Petersburghas seen its share of derelict vessel and is identified as prob-lematic. The specific locations of boundary lines have notyet been established. Additional follow-up meetings will beheld to solicit comments and input from the public.

Some comments were presented concerning the St.Augustine mooring field guidelines and how they mightcoincide with any decisions made pertaining to the St.Petersburg mooring field.

St. Augustine’s pending regulation within ordinance2011-10, amending section 7-93 of the city code, states inpart: “No vessel unoccupied by persons shall anchor at anylocation within the municipal boundaries of the City butoutside of a designated mooring field unless the vessel getsunderway on at least one (1) occasion during each calendaryear during the month of February using its own propul-sion system and travels to the City marina.”

St. Augustine has successfully established a means toforce vessel inspections by contractor personnel, andinstituted a vessel inspection sticker program. Here iswhat it says:

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The Vinoy Basin, location of the St. Petersburg mooring field. Theoriginal plan called for the field to be operational by October 2011,but now it is expected to be open in 2012. Photo by Steve Morrell.

vessel to get underway and will collect and verify contactinformation for the owner and/or authorized representa-tive of the owner of the vessel for use in emergency andstorm events.”

“The issuance of a medallion shall not be consideredproof that between the date of issuance and the one-yearanniversary of the date of issuance the vessel remains sea-worthy and able to get underway.”

The question was brought forth numerous times fromthe audience as to how controlling anchoring will preventderelict vessels from occurring, which was the main themeand goal of the summit presenters. Either nobody knows oris willing to say at this point exactly how a mooring fieldstops people from abandoning vessels.

The St. Pete police did say that it is extremely difficult toidentify a derelict vessel. They have to be sunk, or close to it.One audience member pointed out that the city of Gulfport,FL, is having success in dealing with derelict vessels underthe Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Program organized by thestate. This program is funded by the Florida CoastalProtection Trust Fund, and is already in place.

It was mentioned during the summit that anchoringregulations were out of control in Florida until just recently.Every jurisdiction had its own unique set of rules and regu-lations. It was impossible to keep up with all of them, oreven know where city limits began and ended on the water.The problem was solved by the Florida Supreme Court. The

cities simply didn’t have the right to make up their ownrules and continue on with what they were doing.

One audience member gave his concerns that ananchorage which so many boaters had enjoyed over theyears is now gone. He would now be unable to visit down-town St. Petersburg as there was no more free anchorage.He also expressed concern that the mooring field limited thenumber of boats able to moor in the Vinoy Basin, leaving noroom for anchoring transient boaters. Walt Miller advisedthat he has plenty of slips open at the city marina. Boaterscan tie up in there (for a fee) should they want to visit down-town Saint Petersburg.

This program has a sunset clause and is scheduled toend on July 1, 2014. The question was put forth asking whatwill happen regarding the mooring field after this date. Thismeeting gave no clear answer.

St. Augustine had partially answered this within itsordinance, stating in part:

“Section 5. Expiration of Ordinance. Pursuant to therequirements of Section 327.4105, Florida Statutes, this ordi-nance shall expire concurrently with the statutory pilot pro-gram on July 1, 2014, unless Section 327.4105, FloridaStatutes, is reenacted by the Florida Legislature.”

It is unclear at this time as to the continuing status of themooring fields after the termination of this program, shouldthis program be in fact terminated. This question, along withmany more, may be answered in future summit meetings.

OUR WATERWAYS By Steve Morrell

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On Nov. 3, the city of Sarasota,FL, hosted a public meeting toobtain people’s input on whatshould be in the new ordinanceregulating anchoring outside ofits proposed mooring field. Theordinance is required by theFlorida Fish and Wildlife Con-servation Commission (FWC) toparticipate in the pilot program.

With little notice or time,approximately 75 people attend-ed the meeting chaired by CityEngineer Alexandrea Davis-Shaw. She was assisted by the mooring field project manag-er, Tony Russo, who has been with the city for six months.The meeting began with a Power Point presentation by Capt.Tom Shipp of the FWC. Twenty-five people went forward tospeak. They were adamant in their consensus:

1. No new laws are needed. There are already laws atcity, county and state level to eliminate/control the problemsof derelict boats and pollution if those laws are enforced.

2. There should be no time limits on anchoring for prop-erly registered and attended boats.

3. Non-anchoring buffer zones around the mooringfield, ICW navigation lane and marine structures should bekept to the minimum and established for safety reasons only.

This public input is very similarto that expressed at other cities’pilot program public meetings.Yet other cities are writing newlaws with time and locationlimits on anchoring.

David Cassidy of BoatUS,by far the largest boaters’organization in the UnitedStates, flew down fromVirginia. He explained thatboaters want and needoptions, whether to take aberth, tether onto a ball or drop

an anchor, depending on their cruising plans, finances andthe weather. And whether moored or anchored, they need aplace close to a beach or dock. He offered BoatUS’ expertiseand services to help write the ordinance.

Russo said that the Sarasota city staff will draft an ordi-nance and present it to the City Council at an informationmeeting in December. The staff will then develop the ordinanceand present it to the Council at a public meeting in January.

The city has chosen a contractor to design and build themooring field and, if the City Council agrees to the expendi-ture (which is more than three times the amount of the bidfor the previous failed installation), the mooring field isexpected to be completed in March.

Florida Anchoring Pilot Program Public Meeting, Sarasota, FL, Nov. 3By Harmon Heed

The anchorage off downtown Sarasota where the mooring fieldis expected to be completed by spring. Sarasota has been dis-cussing and planning for a mooring field in this area since theearly ‘80s. Photo by Steve Morrell.

Acouple of months ago,Scuttlebutt (an online sailingnewsletter at www.sailingscut-

tlebutt.com) posed the question ofwhy kids don’t want to sail. The topicdiscussed, written by Bill Sandberg,originally appeared in WindCheck mag-azine (a free monthly magazine devot-ed to sailors and boaters in the North-east, www.windcheckmagazine.com),and he offered various reasons why.

Why, indeed?Basically, Sandberg says sailing

isn’t fun for kids anymore. Hestepped back in time to his own youthactivities, such as baseball and sailing,and discussed “the way we were.” He r ecalled his early sail-ing days when he and his friends went from harbor to har-bor and did overnights on the shores of Long Island Sound.

Yes, he was part of a junior sailing program, and yes,members of the group raced. But Sandberg hastened to add:They did not become burned out because sailing was more fun.

Ed Baird of St. Petersburg—and winning helmsman inthe 2008 America’s Cup—once bragged to a US SAILINGaudience that he could sail all over Tampa Bay long beforethe state of Florida said that he could drive on its highways.

When I was young and sailing in the Tampa Bay area,my buddies and I would sail from Dunedin over to the flatson the east side of Caladesi Island at low tide to round upsome scallops. It was not unusual to sail clear toClearwater—all of three miles—or to Clearwater Beach tocompete in the Pram races there—before Dunedin’sOptimist fleet was launched. And frankly, we didn’t wearlife jackets or sun block, let alone gloves. Many sailors woreold hats that would cover a person’s nose and ears—favorite targets for the sun’s rays.

Has Intense Competition Taken the Fun Out of Sailing?Sandberg suggests that intense competition has taken thefun out of sailing. He has a point when you realize that thereis a lot of parental and peer pressure to win at any cost.Coaches teach youngsters various tricks and ways to bendthe regulations, and, unfortunately, some kids who don’tthink the rules apply to them are happy to push the enve-lope. But they are the first to complain when they are caughtbeing over the starting line at the start of a race. What hap-pened to sportsmanship?

On an interscholastic level, high schools have tried touse ineligible sailors. That sort of sportsmanship wouldresult in the school’s football team forfeiting an entire sea-son. Is this what we want to teach kids?

Some kids start too young. They are not as ready as theirparents may think. They don’t have the mental maturity, the

hand-eye coordination or the weight to hold a boat downwhen there are whitecaps on a bay or a lake. They becomefrustrated, and even if they stick with it for a year or two, theyoften burn out. Rare is the youngster who starts at age 7, forexample, and continues sailing even through college.

Some summer learn-to-sail camps and small grass rootsprograms have become training grounds for year-roundrace teams. Instead of simply teaching a youngster how tosail with an eye toward how much fun it is, some summerinstructors become race team recruiters.

L.K. Bradley of Palm Harbor, who has taught sailing inthe Tampa Bay area for years, used to joke about scoping outthe summer camp parking lot for SUVs with trailer hitch-es. Some sailing teachers become coaches during the schoolyear, and they are looking for parents who can pull the raceteam’s boats.

The Growing Formality of SailingSandberg also views with alarm the growing formality ofthe sport, especially on the racing side, and blames suchitems as the Notice of Race (NOR), Sailing Instructions (SIs),

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Why Kids Don’t Want to SailBy Jabbo Gordon

Has intense competition taken the fun out of sailing? Photo by Roy Laughlin.

rules, costs, trophies and even end-of-season banquets.

Admittedly, a Notice of Race isnecessary if for no other reason thanto tell folks that a regatta is coming.However, one page is quite suffi-cient; a four-pager is overkill, espe-cially for kids.

Unless officials are planning amajor regatta, a key suggestion forwriting Sailing Instructions is to“keep it simple, stupid.” Kids whocan’t or won’t read them are theones who ask dumb questions at theskipper’s meeting.

And yes, there are dumb ques-tions, particularly if the answer ison the instructions, which a kidmay be holding in his or her hand. Iknow one race officer who willpointedly answer a sailor’s questionable question with,“Read your Sailing Instructions.”

The rules are a separate can of worms and worthy of adifferent column. I recall a state Optimist Regatta about adozen years ago when the principal race officer hoisted ablack flag (meaning instant DSQ if a sailor is over early) forthe Green Fleet, a division ostensibly for first year competi-tors. Give me a break.

Is the Cost of Sailing Prohibitive for the Young?Costs have been prohibitive for many young people whowould like to sail. Although community sailing programsabound, many folks still consider yachting a rich man’ssport. Yachting may very well be a little pricey, but sailingfor youngsters certainly doesn’t have to be costly. A prob-lem arises because all this formality that Sandberg itemizesis becoming more and more costly.

Keeping costs down is similar to shoveling sand againstan incoming tide. First, there are association, club orsquadron fees. Secondly, a sailor must be attired in the latestand greatest sunglasses, wet suits, boots and, of course,gloves. Next time you go to a youth regatta, check it out.Ninety percent will have gloves. Only 10 percent will bewearing something they really need—a watch.

For sailors who compete out of town, there are trans-portation costs, room and board—probably for an entirefamily—and regatta registration costs, possibly includinglate fees. Since a kid is not paying the freight, costs maynot be a direct reason why a youngster does not want tosail, but it is a definite factor as far as parents encouraginga child to participate.

Racing and KidsTrophies or other types of awards can be costly, too, but theydo serve as a means of recognizing youngsters who havedone well. However, the way they are distributed can becontroversial. Some people complain that the same kidskeep winning a majority of honors. One hears cries similarto the old saying, “Break up the Yankees.”

Even when young sailors compete in a racing handi-capped division, the cream is going to rise to the top. Itdoesn’t make any difference what class boat he or she isskippering.

The United States Optimist Dinghy Association used tohave a policy that if a sailor finished in the top three in three

major Green Fleet regattas during a year, that skipper wasrequired to move up to a more advanced fleet. Then theUSODA changed the rules. Kids can race in Green Fleet aslong as they want. One coach jokes about some sailors driv-ing to Green Fleet regattas. That’s pretty difficult, since themaximum Opti age is 15, but the point is well-taken,and some programs encourage sailors to continue compet-ing in a fleet supposedly reserved for neophytes.

Another idea was not to give out the top three or firstfive awards, but to give all competitors an award—usuallya medallion with a green ribbon—“because they are all win-ners.” Many regattas will recognize an entire Green Fleeteven if it is 70 or 80 sailors strong, but officials will still rec-ognize the top three or so.

All that business is part of what makes Johnny orSusie become disenchanted with sailing. I have knownskippers who would purposely not do well in a regatta ifit meant they would be promoted to another fleet andaway from their friends if they placed well. How’s that forpeer pressure?

Virtually every sailing program will agree with parentsthat grades have to come first. After all, sailing requires acouple of brains to rub together if a kid is going to be good.

Sailing Competes with Other School Activities and Social LifeAnd there is hardly a child in school who is not going to beinvolved in at least one school activity whether it is the debatesociety or the robotics club. Participating in student govern-ment or being on the yearbook staff are popular ideas, buttime-consuming. Other sports and activities attract manyprospective sailors. The Venice Youth Boating Associationtaught many young people how to sail long before theybecame high school athletes in everything from football to ten-nis.

Some high schools have sailing teams, but they are con-sidered club sports and are not part of the school’s athleticdepartment and may not be considered as “cool” as basketballor track. And not every school, by a long shot, has sailing.

Off campus, sports like crew, Little League baseball andPop Warner football lure potential year-round sailors withpromises of collegiate scholarships some day. Sailing cannotcompete with that sort of money motivation. A n ddon’t forget the dance studios and Tai Kwon Do classes.Kids have only so much time. Computers, television andother electronic devices may offer more popular challenges,

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Kids who sailed in the Jabbo Gordon Regatta in 2009 at the Venice Youth Boating Association.Article author Jabbo Gordon is holding the scissors. Photo by Jin Dietrich.

especially with today’s youth.As young people grow older, many become more

social. They may not want to sail by themselves anymore.That is one way high school teams, with their 420s and FJs,have recruited members, appealing to the social aspect. Onedrawback to double-handed boats comes when Jack doesn’twant to sail with Malcolm, and nobody wants to sail withGretchen. Coming up with consistent teams can be a bigchallenge for a coach.

Older sailors may have discovered the “fumes”—gasfumes and perfume. Cars and trucks along with the oppositesex can be a terrible deterrent in growing a sailing program.

But the bottom line goes back to the fact that a majorityof young folks may not want to race, and most year-roundprograms stress racing and going to regattas. Many ayoung sailor may love being on the water, but may nothave a competitive bone in his or her body. Some sufferthrough the races and the agony of defeat just for theopportunity to go sailing.

If they want to sit in the back of the boat and watchclouds while dipping a hand in the water, so be it. That’s funfor them. In fact it is probably more fun to them than tryingto beat a best new-found friend or even a person they hadnot met before the regatta.

Some youngsters are like that. They may truly enjoy abirthday party, although they manage to avoid all thosecompetitive games such as pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey.Admittedly there are other kids who do not want to puttheir boats in the water unless there is a race afoot. Theymay not even participate in a practice or a practice race. Butthey are the minority, and a small minority at that.

Remember, we are talking about why kids don’t wantto sail. In next month’s issue, we will discuss a couple ofother complaints and make a few suggestions as a way tosolve the situation.

Have an opinion on why kids want to, or don’t want to sail? Emaileditor@southwindsmagazine.com.

A native of San Diego, CA, Jabbo Gordon, 74, grew up in NorthCarolina and Florida where he learned to sail at age 11. He is retiredfrom the Navy and is a US SAILING-certified instructor and

instructor trainer as well as club race officer. Gordon holds aOPUV license with the Coast Guard. He started as a summerinstructor with the Venice Youth Boating Association in 1995,became chief instructor in 1997 and administrator in 2006. Herecently retired from that position and now works part time as aninstructor at SailLaser St. Petersburg. Many of his articles, includ-ing many small boat reviews, have been printed in SOUTHWINDS.

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Few sailors of my acquaintance need much in the way ofencouragement to partake of a bit of the hair of the dog, as

they say. With the holidays upon us, there will most likely bea fair run of opportunities to consume all manner of alcoholicdrinks. I thought it might be helpful to my sailing friends if Iprovided recipes for a few outstanding holiday drinks notcommonly served. But just to keep my karma clean, I’ll startwith a non-alcoholic coffee drink that might be the mostimportant one of the list when it comes time to jump intoyour dinghy in the dark of night to find your boat.

Spiced Mocha Drink (serves 4)6 oz. milk chocolate1/2 cup light cream3 cups (1 1/4 pints) black coffee (Columbian or Jamaican Blue Mountain)1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamonWhipped cream or ice to serve

Preparation1) Cut chocolate in small pieces to speed up melting. Putchocolate in double saucepan over a pan of simmering water.Base of bowl should not touch water.2) Add light cream to melting chocolate, stir together, heat gently.3) Remove bowl from heat, add coffee and cinnamon, whisktogether until foamy. Divide among 4 cups, then serve with aspoonful of cream, or cool and chill and serve over ice.

Puka Punch (makes 1 cocktail)This recipe comes straight out of the Tiki-era of the 1930s.Smashing!2 oz. white rum 1 oz. fresh lime juice3/4 oz. dark Jamaican rum 3/4 oz. fresh orange juice3/4 oz. pineapple juice 3/4 oz. passion fruit syrup1 dash Angostura bitters2 teaspoons honey mixed w/2 tsp. hot water3/4 oz. 151-proof rum Garnish w/fruit slices

Preparation1) Put 1 1/2 cups ice cubes into a blender and crush. Add first9 ingredients and blend on high speed. Pour into a tall glass.2) Slowly pour 151-proof rum over back of a spoon into cock-tail. Garnish with pineapple, orange and cherry fruit.

Chico CocktailAn old Texas cantina favorite2 oz. silver tequila 2 oz. blackberry liqueur1 oz. simple syrup 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juiceClub soda to taste

PreparationFill a highball glass with ice. Add the tequila, liqueur, simplesyrup and lemon juice. Top the drink off with club soda andgently stir to combine.

Sailor’s Bloody MaryMade with the Old Bay seasoning that every sailor has in the galley.Served for years in the Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, DC2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning1 lime wedge

1 1/2 oz. vodka (pepper-flavored)1 oz. beef broth3 oz. tomato juice1 1/4 fresh lemon juice1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper1 large, tail-on shrimp, peeled, boiled, chilled

Michelada Cocktail (makes 1 drink)If there’s no more liquor in the cabinet, but a few bottles of beerleft in the cooler, then you’re still in the game. This is a long-timefavorite south of the border down Mexico way.1 lime wedge1 oz. fresh lime juiceKosher salt to taste1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper5 dashes of Tabasco1 12-oz. bottle or can of Mexican beer,

preferably Tecate or Pacifico

PreparationRub lime wedge around the rim of a pint glass and dip the rimin salt. Add lime juice, Worcestershire, pepper and Tabasco. Fillthe glass with ice and beer.

Hot Buttered Rum (serves 16 sailors)1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks), softened1/4 teaspoon ground cloves1 cup, dark brown sugar, packed3 cups aged dark rum1/4 teaspoon freshly-grated nutmegKosher salt to taste1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation1) in large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until smooth,then add nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and a pinch of salt, andbeat again to combine. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chilluntil ready to serve.2) To make one hot buttered rum, place 2 heaping tablespoonsof the chilled butter mixture in an 8-oz. mug and fill with boilingwater. Stir to melt and mix ingredients, and serve immediately.

!Feliz Navidad, amigos! !Y prospero Año Nuevo!

Bottoms Up!COOKING ONBOARD By Robbie Johnson

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When I was in the Navy, our navigation team wouldhave their hands full upon coming in to anchor. Atthe instant the anchor was let go, a team of quarter-

masters would use gyroscope-stabilized compasses and tele-scopes to take bearings to multiple land objects and fix ourposition. Operations specialists would use their radar con-soles to confirm the position. The anchor position would beplotted, and then two circles would be drawn, centeredaround it: the swing circle, where the rear end of the shipcould possibly swing around the anchor, to make sure wedidn’t hit anything, and the drag circle, the circle where allour fixes should fall inside. A quartermaster stood watch 24hours a day, taking and plotting fixes. If a fix fell outside thedrag circle, it meant the anchor had dragged and we mightneed to re-anchor.

Cruising today in a sailboat with a displacement aroundone percent of the Navy ships, I’m still concerned about drag-ging the anchor and the need to re-anchor, even if the cir-cumstances are different. Typical of most double-handedcrews, when Troubadour, our 51-foot Beneteau, comes in toanchor, we are driving and manning the anchor windlass,which leaves us short-handed for the navigation duties todetermine exactly where the anchor went down. Instead, werely on the old standby, the anchor alarm. In principle, thiselectronic aid works the same way as the penciled drag circledrawn on the paper charts in the Navy.

Let’s say I am anchoring in 11 feet of water at high tide.A scope of 7:1 would be 77 feet; my anchor chain is markedat 80 feet, so I will attach the snubber at 80 feet and ease it tothe water’s edge. My GPS antenna, located on the radar archat the stern, is 50 feet from the anchor roller. That means if thewind/current is from the north, the antenna is located 130feet to the south of the anchor (80 feet of chain + 50 feet ofboat = 130 feet); reverse the wind/current, it will sit 130 feetto the north. So my electronic drag circle is 130+130=260 feetin diameter. On Troubadour, this also happens to be the swingcircle. The drag circle is calculated as the scope of chain plusthe distance from the hawsepipe (or anchor roller) to wherethe fix is calculated from (bearing compass, radar radome, orGPS antenna location). The swing circle is the scope of chainplus the distance from the hawsepipe to the stern. On a largeship, the difference between the two circles could be 500 feet

Use of the Anchor AlarmBy Chris May

or more. On a boat of 50 feet or less, the difference betweenthese two circles is usually below the resolution of the plotter,electronic or paper (unless your pencils are much sharperthan mine!) and can be neglected.

On my Raymarine chartplotter, the anchor alarm can beset in increments of a 0.01 nautical mile. But how many hun-dredths of a nautical mile should I set it for? I convert byremembering 2000 yards per nautical mile, so 0.01 nm = 20yards = 60 feet. The swing circle of 260 feet ÷ 60 feet = 4 and1/3. Since I can’t set the alarm for a 0.04333 nm, I have a deci-sion to make: round up or round down?

If I am nervous for any reason (first time in an anchorage,the holding ground isn’t good, or there are dangers nearby),then I would round down and set the anchor alarm for a 0.04nm. If I could drag slightly with no danger, including drag-ging into neighboring boats, then I set the alarm for a 0.05 nmto reduce false alarms, since I know there will always also besome error in the reported GPS position.

Even if I set the alarm for a 0.04 nm, this is still a bit gen-erous as the anchor alarm centers itself at the position where Iset it, not over the anchor. Setting (or resetting) the alarm whilealready stretched out in a blow could let me drag for 120 feetbefore alarming. Set to a smaller interval, the alarm could trig-ger falsely as the boat swings to the wind or current. Becauseof this, I use waypoints as a visual backup to the anchor alarm.

A waypoint plugged in at the original position gives a ref-erence. As the boat swings, additional waypoints give anapproximation of a true drag circle. After a tide or wind shift,it is quickly apparent if the boat has dragged outside the cir-cle of waypoints, even if the alarm has not sounded yet.Conversely, if a tightly set alarm sounds, it can be quicklyascertained whether the boat has moved to the other side ofthe drag circle, or dragged outside the waypoints.

After years of training and practice, visual bearings andradar ranges to charted objects will always be the definitivefix to me, but plotting bearings takes time. I also know a goodmariner will use all information available to determine hisposition and risk of grounding. By correctly setting theanchor alarm, and setting a few waypoints, I sleep moresoundly when at anchor, knowing I’m using my electronicaids in addition to the other references available.

Chris’ duties in the U.S. Navy started as a radar piloting officer, andhe finished active duty as navigator on USS Nassau (LHA 4). Heholds a USCG 100-ton masters license and is an ASA sailinginstructor. After years of bareboating in the Caribbean and racingon other people’s boats, he purchased and moved onto his currentboat, Troubadour. Read more about his boat projects and escapadesat www.sailblogs.com/member/troubadour52993/

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Charted stacks and water towers are goodobjects for visual fixes. The lighted stacks

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Table of ContentsNews and EventsUpcoming Regional RegattasRegional Racing (Race Reports, Club Racing, UpcomingRegattas, Regional Race Calendars)

Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA)East FloridaSoutheast FloridaFlorida KeysWest FloridaNorthern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)

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St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta Offers PHRF Racing New This Year, Feb. 17-19 The St. Petersburg Yacht Club is hosting the upcoming St.Petersburg NOOD (National Offshore One-Design) eventon Feb. 17-19. Several popular one-design classes will berepresented. Last year’s NOOD regatta featured nine sepa-rate classes with entries from across the eastern half of theUnited States.

New this year will be PHRF handicap class racing witha combination of windward/leeward and distance racingcourses. All entrants for the PHRF classes will need to applyfor a West Florida PHRF certificate at www.westflori-daphrf.org. Go to the Sailing World NOOD website for moreinformation at www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas.

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IFDS Worlds 2012, CharlotteHarbor, FL, Jan. 7-15Charlotte Harbor will be host to the InternationalAssociation for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World

Championships held Jan. 7-15. The IFDS is the world organ-izing body for disabled sailing. It conducts an annual worldchampionship regatta for Paralympic class boats, the 2.4mR,the SKUD-18 and the Sonar. The IFDS chose CharlotteHarbor Regatta, Inc., a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation, toserve as host organization of its world championship in 2012.The regatta will be staged at Laishley Park Municipal Marinain Punta Gorda, FL. More than 100 sailors on some 75 boatsfrom nearly 20 countries are expected to participate.

Go to www.ifdsworlds2012.com for more information.

Tampa Bay Good Old Boat Regatta,St. Petersburg, Jan. 21This regatta is sponsored and founded by the St. PetersburgSailing Association with the help of Good Old Boat magazine.It is the third annual regatta for St. Pete, although Good OldBoat magazine has been co-sponsoring “Good Old BoatRegattas” for many years in other locations, like Annapolis,MD. The first St. Pete regatta was in 2010 and the SPSAcalled for boats 20 years old and older. About 50 showed upto everyone’s surprise.

What’s a “Good Old Boat”? Karen Larson, one of thepublishers of Good Old Boat magazine, wrote in her reviewon the 2010 regatta in the February 2010 issue of SOUTH-WINDS: “To the sailors in Annapolis, it’s a boat designedbefore 1975, and in Tampa Bay, it was a boat built before1990. To the founders of the Tampa Bay Good Old BoatRegatta, it’s not the exact date the hull hit water, but the cel-ebration of good old boats and the sailors who appreciatethem. And to the founders of Good Old Boat magazine,which can’t help but sponsor races of the same name, it’sany well-loved sailboat at least 10 years old or older. Just asin the race, anything goes when it comes to good old boats.Their sailors just want to have fun.”

For more information and details, go to www.spsa.us.

25th Key West Race Week, Quantum Key West 2012, Jan. 15-20This is the largest regatta in the Western Hemisphere with one-design, IRC and PHRF fleets racing for five days in the watersaround Key West. This year the event marks its 25th anniver-sary. Winter winds are usually excellent and boats come fromall over the Southeast, the United States, Canada and Europe.

Classes include Farr 30s, Farr 40s, J/95s, J/80s, J/105s,K-650, Laser SB3, Audi Melges 20, Melges 24, Melges 32,Open 570, Open 650, Ultimate 20 and Viper 640. Newdesigns in 2012 include an R/P IRC 52, a J/V IRC 52, theFarr 400, a McConaghy 38 and a Carkeek HPR 40. While theGrand Prix boats may draw the headlines, the heart andsoul of race week is the one-design and handicap classesthat are present year after year. Another mainstay is thehuge PHRF fleet that competes annually.

This year includes the introduction of J/Boat specificclasses. A special handicap consortium headed by J/Boatfounder Rod Johnstone and PHRF consultant BruceBingman has created two classes for owners who want torace against boats of similar design and performance.

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main regatta anchor.Thousands of crew and spectators spend the week in

Key West and the town becomes one huge race event withafter-race partying occurring throughout the island. Theofficial regatta marina is the Historic Seaport Marina.Quantum Sail Design Group is the official sponsor, alongwith 27 industry partners who also support the event.

For more information, go to www.premiere-racing.com.

44th Regata del Sol al Sol Gears Upfor the 2011 Race, St. Petersburg toIsla Mujeres, Mexico, April 27The St. Petersburg Yacht Club’s Regata del Sol al Sol, MexicoRace, from St. Petersburg, FL, to Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo,Mexico, is getting prepared for the 2012 regatta with 12entries so far. There is a 50-boat limit.

There is special early entry fee if received before January31. There is still a lot of time for boats to get prepared andturn their entry in by April 07, which is the final entry dead-line. (See the section called Fees in Notice of Race.) Twenty-six boats set sail for Isla Mujeres last spring. Organizers arehoping to break the record of 43 entries this year.

Elizabeth (Beth) Pennington is the chairperson, with avery able staff, that can be contacted through the website atwww.regatadelsolalsol.org (click on Chairperson@regata

delsolalsol.org on the home page, or in the Notice of Race).The “Island Activities” committee has lined up some

very interesting extra curricular activities, which willinclude the ever popular Golf Cart Poker Run, miscella-neous parties, and the USA vs Mexico basketball game.Check the website often for updates.

Anyone interested in joining in the fun on the island,but not necessarily wanting to sail, can fly to Cancun. Then,it is a short taxi ride and ferry ride, to Isla Mujeres. In orderto keep track of the boats and others coming to the island,people can get their regatta hotel reservations and groundtransportation through the website using the “special”reservation logos that will soon appear on the website.There will be a special announcement when this occurs.

There is a secure website page for online entries, or mailthe entry in (address available on the website). The regattaalso now has a Facebook page. For more information, go tothe website.

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NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARSRegattas and Club Racing—Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership isrequired, although a regional PHRF rating, or membershipin US SAILING or other sailing association is often required.

To list an event, send the regatta/race name, type ofracing (PHRF, one-design and type boat), location, dates,sponsoring organization), e-mail and/or phone contactand/or website (if applicable) to editor@southwinds-magazine.com. DO NOT just send a link to this information.

Since race schedules and venues change, contact thesponsoring organization to confirm.

Contact information for the sailing organizations listedhere are listed in the southern yacht club directory atwww.southwindsmagazine.com.

Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races yeararound open to everyone and new crew is generally invitedand sought. Contact the club for dates and information.Individual club races are not listed here. We will list yourclub races if they happen on a regular schedule (eg, everySunday; every other Sunday, etc.).

Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC =Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.

Southeast Coast Race Calendar

DECEMBERSouth Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of theclubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com.(state in parenthesis)No regattas scheduled in December

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Charleston Ocean Racing Association.www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina.Regular local club racing—see club website for details.No regattas scheduled in December

Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC.Regular local club racing—see club website for details.Jan 1 Fred Latham Regatta, New BernJan 1 Instead of Football Regatta

Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. GARegular club racing—see website for details.No regattas scheduled in December

Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.comRegular local club racing—see club website for details.No regattas scheduled in December

JANUARYSouth Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of theclubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com.(state in parenthesis)2012 Calendar not posted as of press date

Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina Regular local club racing—see club website for details.2012 Calendar not posted as of press date

Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NCSee club website for local club race schedule2012 Calendar not posted as of press date

Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. Lake Lanier, GA No regattas scheduled for January. See club website for local clubrace schedule

Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.comSee club website for details.2012 Calendar not posted as of press date

Race Reports

Melbourne Yacht Club Fall DinghyRegatta, Melbourne, FL, Oct 15-16By Dave Ellis

Wind has been aplenty at this event, and this year was noexception. Fifty-one boats sailed in shifty, puffy winds vary-ing from 12 to nearly 20 knots, but with flat water. Thelargest fleet was the combined Lasers. There were 9 full rigs,8 Radials and a 4.7 rig starting together. Sunfish had 14boats and most reveled in the wind. Eight 420s enjoyedclose racing, while the six Catalina 22s sailed north of thebridge. The Portsmouth fleet was lacking this year with

only one keel boat and four dinghies racing. Competitors were happy to see the course configura-

tion not having the start/finish line in the middle this year,making for improved racing. Since the finish was at thewindward mark, not a separate mark, there were someinteresting interactions when some were finishing and oth-ers turning.

Full results at www.sail-race.com/myc/2011/FallSmallBoatRegattaResults.htm.

Upcoming Regattas

3rd Annual Holiday KickoffRegatta, Ft. Pierce, FL, Dec. 2-4Fort Pierce Yacht Club’s 3rd Annual Holiday KickoffRegatta will be held Dec. 2-4. Skipper’s meeting Friday at8:00 p.m. Saturday offshore PHRF racing, Class A and ClassB, followed by after-race party and awards ceremony. Formore information contact Race Captain Diane Korbey at(772) 460-6138. Race forms and info at http://ftpierceyacht-club.homestead.com.

Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, US SAILING Center, Martin County, FL, Dec. 3-4Green Fleet, Optis, 420s, Windsurfers. www.usscmc.org.

10th Annual Kettle Cup Regatta,Lake Monroe Sailing Association,Sanford, FL, Dec. 3-4Lake Monroe Sailing Association is hosting the 10th AnnualKettle Cup Regatta benefiting the Salvation Army. Racingwill be Saturday and Sunday. Registration will be held Fridaynight and Saturday morning with the skippers meeting fol-lowing registration. Expected classes are Catalina, Force 5,San Juan 21, Sunfish and Portsmouth. Boat ramps, trailerparking and accommodations are available. For more infor-mation, go to www.flalmsa.org. All sailors are welcome.

East & Central Florida Race CalendarClub Racing (contact club or website for details):Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend

races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns RiverIndian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organ-

ized seasonally; Wednesday evenings during daylight savings.Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com): Friday after-

noons; Small boat Sundays on alternate weekends throughoutthe year, sometimes suspended during regattas.

East Coast SA (www.ecsasail.com): a women’s series and a regu-lar series; At least one event each month.

Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup RacesHalifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; Race

series organized seasonally.Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Wednesdays and weekends.Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Weekend races

twice monthly, September through May

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The Sailing Club in Orlando. (www.thesailingclub.us) dinghyclub race series, second Sundays (3 Exceptions) in the afternoonon Lake Baldwin. January through November

DECEMBER3-4 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Green Fleet, Optis, 420s,

Windsurfers. US SAILING Center, Martin County3-4 Sanford Kettle Cup Regatta. Lake Monroe SA3-4 Gator Bowl Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville10 Single Hand Regatta. Bull Bay Cruising Club10-11 Catalina 22 State Championship Regatta. Indian River YC18 Race of Champions. Indian River YC

JANUARY1 Hangover Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville

Race Reports

Tunnicliffe and Crew Win Olympic Match Racing Qualifier,Miami, FL, Oct. 30By Marylinda Ramos

From left to right, Molly Vandemoer, Debbie Capozzi, and skipperAnna Tunnicliffe. Photo by Marylinda Ramos, www.mlramos.photoshelter.com.

On the quest for Olympic gold, skipper Anna Tunnicliffe ofPlantation, FL, with crew Molly Vandemoer and DebbieCapozzi, won the Olympic Women’s Match Rac-ingQualifiers on Biscayne Bay. The win qualifies the team torace in the second trials in Weymouth, England, in May 2012where Olympic sailing events will be held in August. Follow

the team at www.teammaclaren.com.For results, go to http://sailingteams.us

sailing.org/Events/2011WMRTrials.htm.

Upcoming Regattas

55th Annual Wirth M. Munroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race,Sailfish Club, Dec. 2This Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Race and celebrationwill begin at the Lauderdale Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdaleand finish just outside the Lake Worth inlet in Palm Beach.The Sailfish Offshore Challenge is scheduled for Saturday,Dec. 3, with short offshore buoy races outside the LakeWorth inlet. For more information or to enter, call (561) 844-0206, or go to www.sailfishclub.com.

Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, Miami, FL, Dec. 27-30This is the largest youth sailing regatta in the UnitedStates. It is consistently rated the most fun and best in theUnited States for youth sailors and their fam-ilies. Participants include representatives from over 25countries and 20 states. The regatta includes four days ofcompetition between Christmas and New Year’s and fea-tures dinners, raffles, forums, and bags full of merchandisefor participants. Unique trophies are awarded up to tenplaces and are given out by the mayor, head of the OrangeBowl Committee and Olympic medalists. Fleet racing issupported for Optimists, Lasers (Full, Radial and 4.7) andClub 420s. www.coralreefyachtclub.org/ Waterfront/orange-Bowl Regatta.aspx.

37th Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race, Jan. 11-13A 160-nautical-mile sprint down the Florida Keys. This willstart off from Port Everglades on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at1300 hours, and will run along the Florida Keys to KeyWest. Boats are expected to begin finishing the racethroughout the day of January 12. Fleets include IRC,PHRF, Multihull and One-Design.

The Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race is sponsored byLauderdale Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club and host-ed by the SORC race management group.

A skippers meeting and cocktail party takes placeJanuary 10 at Lauderdale Yacht Club, race headquarters.Awards are scheduled for January 13 in Key West and host-ed by Kelly’s Caribbean Bar & Grill. For information andonline registration, go to www.keywestrace.org. Entry dead-line is Jan. 6.

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US SAILING’S Rolex Miami OCR,Coconut Grove, FL, Jan. 22-28US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR will bring together theworld’s top sailors for elite-level competition in the classesselected for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Held onBiscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, this event is the second stopon the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) SailingWorld Cup 2011-12 circuit.

Established in 1990 by US SAILING, the Rolex MiamiOCR annually draws elite sailors, including Olympic andParalympic medalists and hopefuls from around the world.In non-Olympic/Paralympic years, the regatta is especiallyimportant as a ranking regatta for sailors hoping to qualifyfor the US SAILING Team AlphaGraphics, which annuallydistinguishes the top three sailors in each Olympic andParalympic class.

For information and registration, go to www.RolexMiamiOCR.org.

Southeast Florida Race Calendar

Palm Beach Sailing Club, www.pbsail.org. See club website for clubracing. Races on the ICW last Sunday of each month (Son of a BeachRegatta).

Racing on Biscayne Bay: Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association.www.bbyra.net

Go 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. HISC Hillsboro Inlet SC. www.hisc.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.

DECEMBER2 Wirth Munroe Palm Beach Race. SCF, CCS3 Star Commodore Cup. CRYC

JANUARY6 BBYRA Annual Meeting & Registration. MYC7 Etchells Sidney Doren Memorial. BBYC7 Moth Regatta. CGSC11 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race. LYC/STC13 Alex Caviglia Bluewater Classic13 International 470 NA Championships. CGSC14 BBYRA OD #1. BBYC14 Levin Memorial Stars. CRYC15 BBYRA PHRF #1. BBYC16 Premiere Racing Key West Race Week20 2.4 mR Midwinters.22 Olympic Classes Regatta.30 Sonar Midwinters.

Upcoming Regattas

14th Annual Wave NationalChampionships, Islamorada, FL,Dec. 1-4Founders Park Watersports, Founders Park, Islamorada.www.WaveClass.com, rick@catsailor.com.

27th Annual Key LargoSteeplechase, Key Largo, FL, Dec. 11-12A 110-mile trek around Key Largo for beach catamarans.The race is always scheduled for the second weekend inDecember and draws top world-class sailors from aroundthe country and world. The race is sponsored by CatamaranSailor magazine www.Catsailor.com and www.OnLineMarineStore.com

NAMSA North AmericanChampionships and 2012Tradewinds Midwinter Open Cat Nationals, Islamorada, Florida Keys, Jan. 13-15This is also the NA F18 Midwinters, F16 Midwinters, SharkMidwinters, Wave National Series Regatta, Harken BuoySeries (1st for 2010 and Awards for 2009). Three days of rac-ing and two courses; One for faster boats (with spinnakers),another for regular beach cats (H16, Wave, etc.). For NOR andinformation, go to www.catsailor.com/Tradewinds.htm.

This regatta is held at Founders Park, Islamorada, andhosted by Founders Park Waterspouts, and the CABB(Catamaran Assn. Of Biscayne Bay). The event is sponsoredby Catamaran Sailor magazine, Rick White’s SailingSeminars, www.OnLineMarineStore.com and Calvert Sails.rick@catsailor.com. (305) 451-3287

25th Key West Race Week, Jan. 15-20 See the beginning of the Racing Section.

Florida Keys Race CalendarKey West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West SailingClub). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305)292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane offPalm Avenue in Key West. Come by the center to sail. Non-mem-bers and members welcome. Small-boat Wednesday night racing

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during Daylight Savings season. Small-boat Sunday racing yeararound at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available. Race in the seaplane basinnear the mooring field. Dinner and drinks afterward.

Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC).www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regu-lar club racing open to all.

DECEMBERGo to the website for local club races. 2-3 Wave Nationals10-12 Key Largo Steeplechase. www.catsailor.com18 Flail and Sail Racing

JANUARY1 New Year’s Day Hangover Regatta13-15 Tradewinds Regatta. www.catsailor.com. 21 Commodore’s Regatta Portsmouth22 Commodore’s Regatta PHRF

Southwinds Annual Online West Florida Race CalendarPosted Sept. 1For the past six years, Southwinds magazine has posted therace schedule/calendar on its Web site 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.west-floridaphrf.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 only list club races that are reg-ularly scheduled (for example: every Thursday evening at 6p.m.) plus the contact to enter the race.

Do not just send us a link, but send: The regatta/racename, type of racing (PHRF, one-design and type boat, or ?),race location, dates, sponsoring organization, e-mail and/orphone contact and website (if applicable). All pre-race write-ups that get a short paragraph in the “Upcoming Regattas”section of each region are for significant regattas in the area(decided by the editor as to what merits that) and must bekept in the 100- to 125-word range.

The race calendar can be accessed through the racingpages link at www.southwindsmagazine.com.

Race Reports

46th Summerset Regatta, Fort Myers Beach, Oct. 7-9By Steve Romaine

Fifty-seven boats registered to compete or cruise in this

year’s Summerset Regatta held off Fort Myers Beach inOctober. Threatening skies and heavy wind predictions didnot deter the almost 40 racing boats from competing. Tworacing circles (Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker) enabled therace committee to complete three races on each course in theOffshore Sailing School Buoy Races. Sunday’s spirited, over17-nautical mile, West Marine-sponsored distance race sawthe slowest competitors start first, making for a thrilling fin-ish in 20 knots of breeze off the Pink Shell Resort.

Scanlon Lexus of Fort Myers sponsored the very well-attended skippers’ meeting, hosting over 120 sailors atBonita Bill’s of Fort Myers Beach. Olsen Marine supplied thebeer, and with Bonita Bill’s supplying the room, it more thanoffset the cost of the dozens of pizzas consumed by the skip-pers and crews. Door prizes were given to the cruisers, andregatta shirt and cap sales were brisk, eventually resultingin sales of over 250.

Saturday’s poolside cocktail party had to be movedindoors because of heavy rain. This development did notdeter the over 200 guests, including many of the 40 GoldSponsors attending. They enjoyed the beer donated by thePink Shell Resort, tasted Slavianskaya Vodka samples servedby the “Slavi Girls,” enjoyed the steel drum music of DaveLapio, and munched on hors d’oeuvres—including 75 poundsof shrimp donated by the Beach Seafood Market. Each racingboat was then presented a door prize by drawing.

Racing awards were presented at Sunday’s banquetdinner at the beautiful Captiva dining room overlooking theGulf at the Pink Shell Resort. A special thanks goes out toMorgan Stanley Smith Barney, for sponsoring a portion ofthe cost of the dinner.

Over 165 sponsors (logo, corporate, yacht and doorprize contributors) combined to make the 46th SummersetRegatta a great success. This high level of support isenabling the Caloosahatchee Marching and ChowderSociety, the sponsoring authority, to contribute over $10,000to sailing grants and donations to youth sailing programsup and down Florida’s west coast. With this record level ofsupport, sailors hope to continue to aid young people whowant to get out on the water, learn to sail, and help the“sport of a lifetime” grow.

Highlights of the regatta include the class winners:

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On the right is Desperado, an O’Day 26, which took first in theNon-Spinnaker B Fleet in the Summerset Regatta in Fort MyersBeach on Oct. 7-9. Photo by Bonnie Dinger.

Paul Perisho’s Aquilla in Multi-hull, Forrest Banks’ MidniteRider in Spinnaker A, Jacek Wierzbick’s Blew Byu II inSpinnaker B, Jerry Poquette’s Fancy Free in Non-SpinnakerA, Cecil Hazen’s Desperado in Non-Spinnaker B, Rex Good’sJabu in Cruising A, and Arnie Pfalz’s Laura Li in Cruising B.

For a complete listing of all the results go to www.sum-mersetregatta.com.

28th Rumgatta, Tampa SailingSquadron, Oct. 15By Magalie Laniel

On Oct. 15, Tampa Sailing Squadron held the 28th FallRumgatta under sunny Florida skies and terrific easterliesthat topped out at 20-25 knots. Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker boats, along with a J/24 class, were sent out on adrop mark, windward/leeward course, completing at leastthree races. True Cruising and Mother Lode classes weregiven a “no pressure” pursuit start over a 15 nautical mile,random leg course across Tampa Bay. In addition, two con-fused Racer/Cruisers raced on different starts and differentcourses, without ever seeing each other. (Let’s pretend theonly purpose was to give a little more work to the dedicat-ed race committee that worked very hard all day!)

The race was followed by a social degustation of rumdrinks and a fabulous dinner party. There were entertainingraffle prizes and race trophies handed out, and to add to theawesomeness, all were blessed by a gorgeous sunset on thebay. How much better could it get?

The event was made possible by the hard work of manyTSS members and the support of the sponsors: Ron Diaz/Johnson Brothers Distributing, Apollo Beach West Marine,song writer Ed Verner and Banks Sails.

Results (place, captain, boat name, boat type, club):Spinnaker (3 boats): 1st, John Martini, Wings, S2 7.9, TSS; 2nd, GeneDiNisio, Shrew, Creekmore 23, TSS; 3rd, Ed Plotts, Slippery When Wet,San Juan 28, TSS. Non-Spinnaker (2 boats): 1st, Susan Bishop, Joyride,Ranger 23, TSS; 2nd, Larry Lowe, Lowe Tide, Tartan 26, TSS. J/24 Class(5 boats): 1st, Brian Malone, Supernatural Fishslapper, DIYC; 2nd, JohnPoulson, Long Shot, DIYC; 3rd, Robby Brown, USA 799, DIYC; 4th, DanKresge, Ragged Edge, TSS; DNF, Rob Wetmore, Hot Wheels, SPYC.

Racer/Cruiser (2 Boats): 1st, Magalie Laniel, Salsa Verde, J/30, TSS;2nd, Steve Honour, Shady Lady, BCYC. True Cruising (4 boats): 1st,Mike Doyle, Wing-It, Irwin 39, DIYC; 2nd, Bill Cullen, Triumph, Catalina34, TSS; 3rd, John Gardner, Irwin 38, SPYC; DNF, Matthew Blaine,Lucille, Irwin 34, SPYC. Mother Lode (6 boats): 1st, Bob Bettinger,Whitecap, C&C 27, TSS; 2nd, Andy Tucker, Synchronicity, Tartan 34,TSS; 3rd, Bob Varney, Mac 16, Hunter 28, TSS; 4th, Rick Flynn,Anticipation, Irwin 40, TSS; DNF, Greg Herschell, Panacea, Pearson 28,TSS; DNF, Robbie Robinson, Sofa King, Morgan 440, DIYC.

Knighton, Collins, Roberts, Wheeler and Cleall are Winners atthe Cortez Cup, Cortez, FL, Oct. 15By Charlie Clifton

A breezy easterly provided ideal conditions for the 5thAnnual Cortez Cup, hosted by Cortez Yacht Club. Twenty-four boats sailed in the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Pass.

The third stop on the Sarasota Boat of the Year Seriesfeatured Greg Knighton’s first racing event since undergo-ing major surgery. He certainly came back with a bang. InNon-Spinnaker class race one, Greg’s boat, Pardon You fin-ished first, boat-for-boat. The Morgan 27 led four boats whoowed time, including one that owed over a minute a mile.The crew also won the next two races to take that class.Dave Wilson on Solitude did well after he got his boat off thebottom in time for the last race. Solitude’s second-place fin-ish in race three was the closest anyone in Non-Spin got tocorrecting on Pardon You all day.

Mike Collins and crew on the Cape Dory, Skimmer, havesailed more Boat of the Year races than anyone in the last threeyears. The little Cape Dory—that always shows up—showedher heels to the Pocket Cruiser class, winning both races.

Pat Roberts and crew on the Catalina 34, Spring Fever,closed the gap on John Lynch’s C&C 36, Summertime, in theSBOTY standings. Spring Fever’s 2-1 finishes won them theCruising class by one point over Charles Josswig’s Gemini105, Cat O Hullic. A slim .57 points separates Spring Feverand Summertime in the BOTY standings.

The Spinnaker class was a battle between David andGoliath. Jerry Wheeler’s SR 21, Demon, and Jeff Walden’sBeneteau 36.7, Crescendo, each won a race. Demon won thethird race. A ten-second, corrected-time bullet for Demon inthe first race proved to be the deciding factor.

Dean Cleall and crew on his Stiletto 27, Catastrophie,won a sparse multihull class with sails Dean built himself.

The Cortez Cup has become famous for the seafooddinner put on by Karen Bell and her crew of Cortez fisherfolk. This year was just as expected with plates of foodheaped with bounty from the sea in a dockside setting over-looking the bay at Cortez.

5th Annual Buzzelli MultihullRendezvous and 32nd StilettoNationals, Sarasota, FL, Oct. 20-23By Nana Bosma, Regatta Organizer

Seventy-four multihulls converged at the Sarasota SailingSquadron for this annual event, making it the largest of its

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Capt. Susan Bishop and her all-female crew onboard Joy Ride,which took first in Non-Spinnaker in the Tampa Sailing Squadron’sRumgatta on Oct. 15. Photo by Bill Fishbourne.

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John Casey and crew Dalton Tebo onboardtheir Formula 16 catamaran which took firstplace in the Portsmouth A class. Photo byNana Bosma.

Seventy-four multihulls sailed in the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s 5th Annual BuzzelliMultihull Rendezvous in October. Two hundred sailors drove from as far as California,Canada, and Rhode Island—and two intrepid sailors sailed from the Dominican Republic.The fall weather and winds were superb conditions for the regatta. Photo by Nana Bosma.

kind in the United States this year. The regatta evolved fromthe Stiletto Nationals, which was expanded in 2007 to inviteall multihull sailboats. This year, the Hobie Wave NationalChampionships also became a part of the regatta.

Two hundred sailors drove from as far as California,Canada, and Rhode Island—and two intrepid sailors sailedfrom the Dominican Republic.

The fall weather was crisp with sunny skies and goodbreezes to 15 knots. The Friday long distance race on theGulf of Mexico sent the Stilettos—and all who wanted tojoin in—reaching from New Pass at Sarasota to SouthwestPass at the mouth of Tampa Bay and back. Olympic cham-pion Randy Smyth, in his custom radical trimaran, was thefirst to cross the finish line of the 35 nautical-mile race in justover 2 hours and 35 minutes. He was closely followed bythe first Stiletto to finish, Ron Nicol with Team Stiletto, whowent on to win this year’s Stiletto National Championship.

Saturday and Sunday races were held on Sarasota Bayon three separate courses with multiple starts. The HobieWaves and Wetas shared one course; another course was setfor the WindRiders and Portsmouth B, while the “big-boat”course featured the Stilettos, Corsair/Farriers, PortsmouthA, and a Formula 30.

The top finishers of the Weta class were all from NewYork, and the Wave North Americans top finishers took tro-phies back to Ohio and Indiana. The other classes weredominated by Florida sailors except for the second-placepositions: WindRider went to Georgia; PHRF went to Texas;Portsmouth A went to Rhode Island, and Portsmouth B toMinnesota. All the Stilettos were local boats.

This year’s participants were treated to interesting andfun presentations by two icons in the multihull world. JimBrown, famous trimaran designer and designer of theWindRider, spoke about the early development of the mod-ern multihull. Meade Gougeon, the developer of WestSystem’s epoxy, spoke about the use of epoxy in multihullconstruction and the company’s involvement in the con-struction of numerous multihulls including Adrenalin andRogue Wave.

Missing as a competitor this year was last year’s StilettoNational Champion Peter Wormwood. He did show up,however, to present the Robert Buzzelli Perpetual Trophy to

Eric Macklin who was recognized for his excellent crewwork on several different boats over many years of sailingthe Stiletto Nationals.

This year’s event brought out a fleet of 22 WindRidertrimarans from various parts of the country. Many of theWindRider sailors were not racers, and a clinic on Fridayafternoon introduced them to the starting sequence. Theclinic included a talk on the porch and then on-the-watertraining with 16 simulated starts. Other non-racing activi-ties of the WindRiders included an excursion across the bayto the Tiki Bar at O’Leary’s and a sailing scavenger hunt onSaturday.

A good time was had by all, and many participants arealready planning events for next year’s Buzzelli MultihullRendezvous, which will be held over the third weekend ofOctober, Oct. 18-21, 2012.

For more details, complete results and photos, go towww.BuzzelliMR.com.

Results (top three):Stiletto Nationals 2011: 1, Champion Ron Nicol, Team Stiletto, 2, JonDowd, Iguana, and 3, Mike Speth, Swim Mart; PHRF: 1, Don Wigston,2, John Novak, Overdo, 3, Larry Geller, Third Tri; Portsmouth A: 1, JohnCasey, 2, Sandra Tartaglino, 3, Randy Smyth, Sizzor; Hobie Waves: 1,Doug Seib, 2, John Sherry, 3, Skip Kaub; Portsmouth B: 1, PeterBogacz, 2, Robert Sanberg, 3, Rich Honish; WindRiders: 1, GlenSteinke, 2, Max Woodburn, 3, Evan Bolton; Wetas: 1, RichardStephens, 2, Ben Arthur, 3, Keith Rice.

Clearwater Challenge, Clearwater, FL, Oct. 22-23By Harmon Heed

Most of the South was shivering from a cold front on theweekend of Oct. 22-23, but it cooled down Clearwater, FL,just enough to provide great fall sailing for the yacht club’sannual Challenge regatta.

On Saturday morning, the winds were brisker than pre-dicted, and the start had to be postponed, while the racecommittee set the marks. The Spin and Non-Spin boats didthe usual windward/leeward courses and the cruisingclasses sailed a random leg, distance course. Although thewind remained unpredictably fresh all day, the 20-mile

cruising class races were shortened mid-race. This causedsome confusion among racers. First, they didn’t read thesailing instructions and didn’t know the #4 mark markingmeant change of course; or, second they didn’t realize thehorn at the #4 mark meant that they had finished; or third,the sailing instructions weren’t clear about thechange/shortened course. Most of the boats kept racingafter the shortened finish, but it could have been becausethey were having too much fun sailing fast!

The Sunday afternoon winds diminished, as predicted,when they also changed from onshore to offshore. This hap-pened, unfortunately, just as the cruising class was about tofetch the windward mark way up at Anclote Key. That’swhen quiet, but brutal, light-wind sailing skills were need-ed to nurse the boats around the mark to let the currentcarry them back south till the offshore winds filled in.Unfortunately, those winds never filled in, and two-thirds ofthe Cruisers did not finish.

Results:Overall Spin (8 boats): 1, Semper Fi, J/boat, Ray Mannix; 2, Wired, Farr395, Allen Thomas; 3, Warrior, Tripp 38, Grant Dumas. Non-Spin (3boats): 1, Eclipse, Chrysler 27, Ron Kinney; 2, See Ya, Stephen Grote,Capri 30; 3, Sazerac, Ranger 26, Peter Watts. Racer/Cruiser (6 boats):1, Prime Plus, Beneteau 440, Frank Hanna; 2, Relativity, Beneteau First53f5, Hall Palmer; 3, Shady Lady, Cal 34, Steve Honour. Cruiser (9boats): 1, Valhalla, Beneteau First 345, Ed Proefke; 2, Octofoil, Beneteau42S7, Robert Poladian; 3, Chances R, Endeavor, Tim Roberts.

Dunedin Cup Regatta, Dunedin, FL,Oct. 29By Dave Ellis

The morning started off with a bit of rain and a breeze in themid-teens. This was to change. By early afternoon, the windhad churned the Gulf and Intracoastal Waterway areas intoa milky white, and boats were hard pressed to continue inrace mode. The Portsmouth event inshore was cancelledbefore the first race, when too many boats were in troublefor the race committee to safely control.

Offshore, the racing was excellent and then challenging.One race was held for Cruising and Non-Spinnaker, two—with a third abandoned—for the Spinnaker class. A Tartan30, Shadow Fax, lost its rig in the wind, but great seamanshipby the crew got them back through the pass, within twoslips of their own berth—despite losing the engine and hav-ing to sail under jury rig.

For results, go to www.dunedincup.org/races.html.

Knighton, Eckel, Lynch and Liebel win at SYC Invitational,Sarasota, FL, Nov. 5-6By Charlie Clifton

A blustery easterly provided challenging conditions for theSarasota Yacht Club Invitational Regatta Nov. 5-6. Three buoyraces were sailed in Sarasota Bay on Saturday followed by areverse handicap pursuit race in the Gulf on Sunday.

The Pardon You Knighton Sails crew on Jess Knighton’sMorgan 27 continued the win streak begun last month at theCortez Cup. It was the only boat in the regatta to win all

races in its class. Doug Dearden’s In Tune and Dave Wilson’sSolitude tied for second with In Tune winning the tiebreaker.Solitude narrowly leads In Tune in Boat of the Year standings,but Pardon You is closing fast.

Joyce Eckel put together a top notch Ullman Sails crewon her J/95 Encore. They won all races but one on the wayto first in Spinnaker class. Craig Bridges drove the O’Day40, Mother Ocean, to the other Spinnaker bullet. Consistencypaid off for Tim Miller and crew on the borrowed SR-21Sally O. High school junior Jason D’Agostino drove Sally Oto second place in Sunday’s windy Gulf race, whichclinched for them second in class.

John Lynch’s Summertime crew won Cruising class by 7points over runner-up Pat Roberts on Spring Fever.Summertime’s victory moved them ahead of Spring Fever inthe Boat of the Year series.

Although all classes were scored separately, Sunday’spursuit race had all the boats racing together. That 12-mileodyssey featured Encore beating Pardon You in a photo finishafter making up 21 minutes in start time difference.

The Melges 24 fleet staged an Occupy Sarasota Bayprotest Sunday as they elected to run several short buoycourses inside rather than going out in the Gulf. Theirefforts at “self race committee” were a success, but no placeschanged from the previous day’s racing. Gary Schwarting’screw closed the gap but not enough to catch the Steve Liebelcrew. After driving Steve Liebel’s boat to three straight bul-lets the first day, Marty Kuhlman and Liebel sailed on otherboats exchanging tips.

Next stops on the Boat of the Year circuit are the CherryPie Regatta at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron on February 11,and the Squadron Windjammer to Venice on Feb. 25- 26. Fullresults and schedules are at www.sarasotabayyachting.org.

Taylor/Hayward take the JeffPenfield Memorial Flying ScotRegatta, Sarasota, FL, Nov. 5-6By Cindy and Charlie Clifton

Mark Taylor and Lisa Hayward bested a field of 27 FlyingScots on Sarasota Bay, Nov. 5-6. The puffy shifty, easterlyreally cut loose Sunday when two boats dumped; one ofthose caught his shroud on the rescue boat stern, and themast came down.

One competitor credited the winning crew with being“extremely competent tactically.” Perhaps the most compe-tent tactically was 10th-place Andy Hayward, who sailedwith children Drew, 10, and Amy, 8, earning 5,000 husbandbonus points in the process.

In second place, Jim Egan and Richard Elsishan gavethe winners a run for the money. They had two bullets to thevictor’s one, but a sixth in the third race proved fatal.

Jeff and Amy Linton had their share of gear failure onthe way to their third-place finish. They fell back to 13th onerace after breaking an outhaul. Jeff managed to fix it despitefalling in the water in the process.

Dave Tonkin also sailed with his family, wife Ellen, andyoungsters Zachery and Ava. They unfortunately (or fortu-nately) headed in early on Saturday, only to have their mastfall down just as they reached the dock, due to the failure of

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a shroud. Boats were eager at the start, with Henry Pico and Don

Taylor taking two OCSs on Sunday, and a few others return-ing to the line to undo their OCS. An extreme gust duringthe last race resulted in a shortened course, and most didnot raise their spinnaker on the downwind leg.

Although Flying Scots do not use throw-outs in thisseries, it is interesting to note that if there had been one, thetop three teams would have finished tied.

The First Annual Jeff Penfield Regatta is dedicated tothe Sarasota sailor who passed away earlier this year. He isheld in high regard for his gentlemanliness, sportsmanship,and to his propensity for top finishes. An inauguralLeadership award presented by the Penfield family wasgiven to Dave and Kim Thinel.

Teams participated from around the state in this circuit,which goes to Jacksonville in January.

Upcoming Regattas

30th Annual Golden Conch Regatta,Platinum Point Yacht Club, Punta Gorda, FL, Jan. 21-22 This two-day race series will be conducted outside BurntStore Marina entrance on Charlotte Harbor. Two races onSaturday and one on Sunday. This regatta qualifies forSouthwest Florida Boat of the Year title. Thirty to 35 boatsare expected in the five classes offered. Both buoy andwindward-leeward races will be conducted. A mandatoryskipper’s meeting will be held on Saturday morning alongwith a complimentary continental breakfast. A barbecuesocial is planned after the Saturday races. The awards cere-mony will be held following racing on Sunday.

More details, NOR, and entry form will be posted byMonday, Dec. 5, on www.ppycbsm.com, or call TomFleming, PPYC PRO, at (941) 276-0264.

8th Annual Hospice Regatta, Avow Hospice, Naples, FL, Jan. 28This regatta benefits Avow Hospice, a non-profit organiza-tion that has served patients and families facing end-of-lifeissues in Collier County for more than 25 years. The regattais sanctioned by the National Hospice Regatta Alliance and

will take place in the Gulf of Mexico near the Naples Pier. The skipper of the boat raising the most funds will be

recognized as the winner of the 2012 Winds of HospicePerpetual Trophy. This trophy was dedicated in 2004 inmemory of Joan R. Day for fundraising excellence. The win-ner of the regatta will represent Avow Hospice in theHospice Regattas National Championship in New York.

All regatta forms and information are available atwww.hospiceregattas.org/florida.

West Florida Race Calendar

Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. Every Sunday following the thirdFriday of each month. Skippers meeting at 10am, PHRF racing,spin and non-spin. (727) 423-6002. One-design, dinghy racingevery Tuesday at 5:30 pm. March through October. Jim Masson at(727) 776-8833. www.sailbcyc.org.Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April.Races at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830hours beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRFracing on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturdayof each month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com. Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend clubraces. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org. Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org. Dunedin 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.venice-sailing-squadron.org

Boat 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)

DECEMBER3 Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society,

Commodore’s Cup (CBOTY) 3-4 St. Petersburg YC, America’s Disabled Open Regatta 3-4 St. Petersburg YC. J/24 Greenbench Regatta 10-11 Naples YC, Naples Offshore (N/MBOTY) 10-11 Lake Eustis SC, Laser District 13 Championship Regatta. 10-11 Punta Gorda SC, Holiday Regatta. (CHBOTY)11 Davis Island YC, Hoochie Koochie Regatta11 Davis Island YC, Dore Drake Regatta

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Flying Scots sailing in the first annual Jeff Penfield Memorial FlyingScot Regatta in Sarasota, FL, on Nov. 5-6. The regatta is dedicat-ed to Sarasota sailor Jeff Penfield who passed away earlier thisyear. Photo by Cindy Clifton.

JANUARY7 Davis Island YC, Egmont Key Race (WFBOTY)7-15 Charlotte Harbor, IFDS World Championship.www.ifdsworlds2012.com13-15 St. Petersburg YC, Gaspar (Snipe) Regatta14-15 Davis Island YC, Commodores Cup (WFPHRF-BOTY)21 St. Petersburg SA, Good Old Boat Regatta21-22 Punta Gorda Sailing Club, Golden Conch Regatta28 AVOW Hospice Regatta. Naples29 Master Driver Team Race

NORTHERN GULF COAST

Race Reports

24th Annual Lost Bay Regatta,Perdido Bay, Gulf Shores, AL, Oct. 8 By Dick Dixon

The 24th annual Lost Bay Regatta proved to be anything butsmooth sailing as Mother Nature reminded sailors of herpower over wind and waves. Although clear skies andwarm temperatures lured competitors onto the normallytranquil waters of Perdido Bay, conditions were anythingbut normal as 25-plus knot winds and choppy whitecapsroared from the east.

Sponsored through the years by the Point Yacht Club ofJosephine, AL, the Lost Bay Regatta enjoys a rich history ofcompetitive PHRF racing. The Friday night race registrationand Saturday morning skipper’s meeting were held atPirate’s Cove, a sailor’s hangout known for weatheredwooden floors, live music by local artists, beachside porch-

es, juicy cheeseburgers, and rum-laced bushwhackers.Following the race, the trophy presentation and party wereheld at Barber’s Marina, a modern facility located a mile orso to the west on the ICW.

Race officials struggled briefly to establish the 7.4-miletriangle racecourse in the rough conditions on the bay. Firstto start was the Spinnaker fleet, which consisted of 10 com-petitors in three. The Non-Spinnaker class had 28 boats inseven classes.

Given the rough sailing conditions, several boats chosenot to start, while others attempted to sail the course butlater dropped out, wisely demonstrating safety for theircrew and boat. One strong competitor in the Class ASpinnaker fleet, Mark Lockard’s Henderson 30, suffered abadly torn mainsail at the start, forcing the team to abandonhope of adding another possible win to its successful record.

Although one might think larger boats with longerwaterlines and heavier displacements would perform betterin the rough windy conditions, it was Cherry Baby, a Melges24 owned and skippered by Wes Stanley of Ocean Springs,MS, that immediately took the lead and never looked back.The five crew, including Lee Creekmore, a successful sail-boat designer, builder, and winning skipper of countlessevents, contributed to the boat’s performance as they sailedahead of the entire fleet. Stanley later shared his strategy forwinning, saying, “We knew the wind and waves were up,but we came out prepared to win.”

Demonstrating this strategy, Cherry Baby continued tolead as she braved the conditions, many times surfingwaves on the three downwind legs. On the last downwindleg, with the spinnaker pulling the lightweight vessel atmore than hull speed, the Melges broached, causing oneinexperienced crew member to tumble overboard. Theexperienced captain and crew doused the spinnaker, tackedthe boat, and picked up the excited and wet crewmember,all in just a few minutes. Recovering, Cherry Baby sailed onto win first in class and fleet, as well as receiving the PaulSchreck Award, a perpetual award presented by the PointYacht Club.

Although the Lost Bay Regatta had its share of high-tech sleek racing hulls, one of the rewards of participatingwas the competition offered by many older sailboats. A not-so-well-known competitor in this year’s race was the Mullquarter-ton, Espresso, owned and skippered by Mike Smithof Mobile, AL. Originally built in Europe and brought to theUnited States for a specific one-design racing event manyyears ago, this particular sailboat has enjoyed a rich historyalong the northern Gulf coast, having been previouslyowned by Tee Portas and the late Andy Boykin, two locallyknown sailors. The current owner, who is a member ofBuccaneer Yacht Club, continues the tradition as he cam-paigns the boat regularly on Mobile Bay. Espresso finishedthird in this race.

Despite rough sailing conditions, this year’s Lost BayRegatta demonstrated tenacity by club officials and sailorsto meet the challenge of carrying on the tradition of consis-tent PHRF competition on the northern Gulf coast. Asthey’ve done for 24 years with the Lost Bay Regatta, thePoint Yacht Club continues to provide camaraderie to anarea that has repeatedly been battered by hurricanes andman-made catastrophes.

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Cherry Baby, the Melges 24 that took first in Class A, Spinnakerfleet. Cherry Baby broached under the spinnaker in the highwinds, losing a crewmember overboard. After dousing the spin-naker and tacking, captain and crew picked up the wet crewmem-ber, all in just a few minutes. Recovering, they sailed on to win firstin class and fleet. Photo by Dick Dixon.

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25th Harvest Moon Regatta,Galveston, TX, Oct. 13From the Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, TX

This Texas regatta is a race from Galveston to Port Aransas,150 miles south across the Gulf of Mexico. Musica, a 38-footAerodyne owned by Cliff Haddox of Crosby, TX, claimed thecoveted Bacardi Cup Trophy at the Oct. 15 awards ceremony.

One hundred and eighty-six boats started off GalvestonIsland. With light winds, all but 23 completed the race.When asked what the main ingredient was that allowed hisboat to capture first place, Haddox replied, “A lot of boatpreparation! In fact, the boat was in the shipyard up to twodays before the race start. I had a very clean bottom, and therig was fully tuned. Another important factor was usingCommander Weather which is a forecasting software. It pre-dicts the wind based upon your vessel design.”

Haddox has been sailing the Harvest Moon Regatta since1989, when he started racing with Lakewood Yacht Clubmembers Jim Bradley and Don Kugle, but this is the first timehe has won the Bacardi Cup. “Out of all the Harvest MoonRegattas I have raced, this was the most magical run everwith the weather and harvest moon right over our mast in theGulf. Everyone was just in awe of the event! It was just a clas-sic run—something you always hope for. It was even betterthan winning the Bacardi Cup!” he exclaimed.

PYC’s Finesse Wins at WFORC,Pensacola, FL, Oct. 14-16By Julie B. Connerley

The 37th annual West Florida Ocean Racing Circuit, heldOct. 14-16, once again provided competitors with challeng-ing wind conditions, stiff competition, and a new perpetualtrophy for which to vie.

Sponsored by the Gulf Yachting Association and hostedby Pensacola Yacht Club, this year’s event attracted 25 boats.

PYC Commodore Alan McMillan’s Evelyn 32-2, Finesse,won class B, and the Dr. Lindsay Riddle Cup, awarded tothe winner of the closest and most competitive class.

The Riddle Cup was created in honor of Dr. Riddle, one

of the WFORC founders. Its winner is calculated using a for-mula including the least amount of corrected time differ-ences between the first- and third-place finishes over thecourse series for each class.

Uncharacteristically light winds dominated the week-end. The typical afternoon sea breezes never filled in. Sixraces were planned, but only five completed.

First-time Regatta Chairman Bert Rice Jr. said, “I con-sider this one of the best fall events for top (big-boat) raceson the Gulf Coast. The principal race officer, GYACommodore John Matthews, and I, planned several coursesto cover any racing condition. The wind was so light; wedidn’t get in as many as desired.”

Sunday’s final race began in a promising morningbreeze. But the winds began to soften, and the race commit-tee switched gears once again. The result was an upwind7.9-nm finish for class A and a 6.65-nm downwind finish forclasses B and C.

Just eight minutes separated the uncorrected finishtimes between the last boats in classes A and C—underscor-ing the seasoned race management team at PYC that hasenjoyed kudos from sailors for years.

Flying Tigers dominated class A with Greg Smith’s Olsen40, White Trash, chasing them throughout the weekend.

Doug Kessler of Atlanta, GA, skippering his FlyingTiger Liberty, took first and captured the newest GYA per-petual trophy.

Donated by Innes Richards, wife of the late PYC, GYA,and FCA commodore, Ron Richards, the CommodoreRonald F. Richards Trophy will be awarded to the winningskipper (corrected time) in class A at WFORC annually.

“During all the years of my association with PYC, it hasbeen a class operation, and having known Ron Richards, itis truly an honor to be the recipient of the first trophy in hismemory,” Kessler smiled.

A roundtable discussion regarding future WFORC for-mats was held. Suggestions included long distance racing(feeder races) and standard versus asymmetrical spinnakerclasses. Sailors are invited to email comments toalan.c.mcmillan@gmail.com or buziakj@cpmechanics.com,PYC’s fleet captain.

For complete race results, visit www.pensacolayacht-club.org

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WFORC Dr. Lindsay Riddle Cup winners. From left: Scott Raines,Neil McMillan, Leroy McMillan, William Caulfield, skipper AlanMcMillan, Dave Richards, trophy presenter Hunter Riddle (son ofDr. Riddle), Charles Harp, Lorrie Collier Berry, and Brandon Hall.Photo by Julie B. Connerley.Cliff Haddox, skipper of Musica, the overall winner of PHRF

Spinnaker fleet and the Bacardi Cup, drinking from the Bacardi Cuptrophy. Pictured along with crew are Harvest Moon Co-Founder and2011 Co-Chair John Broderick (far left), Jerry Therrian and MiguelRodriguez of Bacardi Rum U.S.A., and Lakewood Yacht ClubCommodore Tom Taylor (behind Haddox). Photo courtesy LakewoodYacht Club.

2011 Fish Class WorldsChampionship, Mobile, AL, Oct. 15By Dave Jefcoat

The Fish Class Worlds are held every year on Mobile Bayand hosted by the Buccaneer Yacht Club. This year, theweather seemed as if it was going to be wonderful for theraces. On Saturday, Oct. 15, the races were to begin at 1:00p.m. and there was a very nice north wind blowing. Therace committee had planned to get three races in that dayand finish up the regatta on Sunday. Unfortunately, thewind began to lay, the course had to be shortened to onlythree legs and all the boats had to be towed back to theyacht club. It was decided to start the races much earlier at9:30 a.m. on Sunday.

As the boats went out on Sunday morning, it wasanother nice north wind blowing and the committee wasable to get four more races in until the wind died again. Theregatta was won by Lars Ingeberg, a gentleman fromNorway who has raced in the Fish class regattas before.Going into the fifth race, Lars, Denny Blume of Pensacolaand Louise Douglas of Mobile were all tied for first place.As the wind began to die in that final race, the committeehad to shorten the course again. It was a close finish in thatrace by those three boats and Lars just beat Denny by a fewseconds. Lars Ingeberg was happy to receive the first placetrophy and said that he would always return to BuccaneerYacht Club to race Fish boats. Denny Blume and crew tooksecond, while Mark Caraher and crew took third. LouiseDouglas and crew finished fourth.

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LEGENDMYC Mobile Yacht Club, Mobile, ALPBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FLPYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FLSYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LADECEMBER3-4 Super Bowl Regatta. SYC3-4 Super Bowl Regatta HS. SYC10 Santa Claus Regatta. PYC17-18 Race of Champions. SYC17-18 Sugar Bowl. SYC31-1 Sugar Bowl Collegiate. SYCJANUARY1 Frostbite Regatta. PBYC7-8 Annual GYA Winter Meeting. BYC22 Super Bowl Regatta. PYC

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Fish Class World Championships. From left to right is Race Officer Dr.Jim Hunter, Fish Class Champion Lars Ingeberg, BYC CommodoreRon Foster and Stuart McMillan. Photo by Dave Jefcoat.

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Hyundai 53 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$175,000 (N)Catalina 470 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$221,000 (N)Jefferson Sun Deck Motor Yacht 46’ 1987 . . . . . . . . . .$143,900 (N)Hunter 466 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$199,000 (N)Wellcraft 4600 MY 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$159,000 (P)Beneteau 43 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$219,000 (S)Beneteau 423 ’04 & ’07 starting at . . . . . .$181,950 (S)Grand Banks Classic 42 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$205,800 (N)Island Packet 420 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$295,000 (N)Beneteau 411 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$149,000 (N)Beneteau First 40.7 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$127,000 (N)Beneteau 393 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$135,000 (S)Island Pilot 395 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$230,000 (S)Rampage 38 Express 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$160,000 (N)Beneteau M38 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$51,900 (N)Beneteau First 375 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$62,000 (P)Hunter 375 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 (S)Jeanneau SO 37 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$92,000 (N)Beneteau 361 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 (S)Beneteau 36 Center Cockpit 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$98,500 (N)Grand Banks 36 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 (P)Pearson 36s ’79 & ‘82 starting at . . . . . . . . .$38,950 (N)Hunter Legend 35 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,500 (N)Jeanneau SO 35 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,900 (N)Californian 34 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 (N)Catalina 34 Mark I 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 (N)Mainship 34 Trawler 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189,000 (N)Beneteau 34 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$156,000 (S)Hunter 340 1998, ’99 & ’01 starting at . . . . . .$55,000 (N)Beneteau 331 2’11 draft 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$90,000 (S)Beneteau 331 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,900 (S)CS 33 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,000 (S)Nauticat 33 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$77,000 (N)Beneteau 323 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$64,900 (P)Beneteau 323 31” Draft 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$82,000 (P)Catalina 320 MKII 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$112,900 (P)Hunter Vision 32 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 (P)Taylor 32 “Danger Zone” 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 (N)C&C 99 (32’) 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,500 (S)Fuji 32 Ketch 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,800 (N)Gulf 32 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,500 (N)Beneteau Antares 980 32 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$158,000 (N)Beneteau 31 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$119,000 (N)Catalina 310 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,900 (S)Sea Sprite 30 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31,500 N)Endeavourcat 30 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,500 (N)Fairways Marine Fisher 30 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$66,000 (N)Mainship 30 Pilot 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 (S)Nonsuch 30 Ultra 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50,000 (P)Alerion AE 28 ’04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,900 (N)

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8-foot Fiberglass rowing dinghy—can beused with a small outboard. $275. Sarasota(941) 870-7473. _________________________________________Laser Sailboat. $1875. New Gelcoat on thehull and deck, new sail, all parts included, orig-inal sail bag, trailer. (727) 417-9476 Jon. (1/12)_________________________________________2007 West Marine dinghy Model HP2. A lit-tle used. 9’ 2” inflatable, weighs 88 poundswith a capacity of 885 pounds. Doesn’t fit onmy davits, so want to sell. $900. (941) 927-3373. Sarasota, FL. (2/12) _________________________________________New WindRider 17. $8995. Call Brian atBimini Bay Sailing. (941) 685-1400_________________________________________

2007 Com-Pac Horizon Cat 20’. Yanmardiesel, w/trailer, Bimini top, cockpit cushions,dual battery w/built-in battery charger andmuch more. $31,671. Call Paul at MastheadEnterprises (800) 783-6953, or (727) 327-5361. www.mastheadsailinggear.com

1981 US Yacht 25’. Good condition. Fiberglassin great condition. New bottom paint. Sailsgood, Bimini, sail cover. Toilet w/holding tank.VHF, depth and more. No engine. $1500.(727) 534-9947. (1/12)

1985 S2 9.1. Two Mains, 3 chutes, Harken RF,multiple headsails, cruising chute. GPS/ChartPlotter, Nexus instruments, Auto tiller, LifeSling, folding prop, Bimini. Bcoated. 5’ 6”draft. $17,200 OBO. (352) 746-1329, (352)445-6359. (12/11)

J/29 for sale. Racing yacht. 1983 mast-head/outboard version. Large inventory ofracing sails. Almost new 2 1/2hp Tohatsu.Interior recently refurbished. Well cared for byskipper until his recent passing. Located atFort Walton Beach, FL. Asking $14,900. CallGeorge at (850-585-1028, or Rick at 850-261-4129.

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$25,000 - 30’ custom built, aft cabin, cutterrigged ketch. Hull & Volvo engine & trans-mission were completely re-conditioned in2007. Hand laid up fiberglass hull. Built inSweden in 1980. Main cabin has 6-foot set-tee/berths each side and a semi-enclosedforward V-berth. Boat lies in Cortez, FL.Contact Tom O’Brien (941) 518-0613 tomob@obrienarchitects.com. (12/11)

31’ Mariner Ketch 1970. 44 HP rebuilt PerkinsDiesel. Complete retro. Full keel. 2 mains, 2mizzens, cruising chute w/sock, windlass,Bimini, dinghy, S/S propane stove, GPSw/charts. A must see at our docks. Asking$29,900. Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100

31’ Beneteau First 310 1993. $41,000.Shoal Draft, wheel steering, Volvo dieselpower, refrigeration, excellent sail inventoryincluding full batten main and spinnaker. CallNic Ware (305) 510-7081. Email;nicgsys@gmail.com.

2004 Catalina 310. $59,900. AC, AP, GPS,Refrig, R/F Genoa, Electric windlass, Bimini,4’10’’ shoal draft. St. Petersburg, FL. 727-214-1590. Full Specs & pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

31’ Catalina 309 2007. Super clean, one-owner beauty. Only 98 hours. Day-sailed onlyon Tampa Bay. Fully loaded, including factoryA/C and heat. A Must See. $89,900. Locatedin St. Petersburg, FL. (863) 648-5218, owner.(12/11)

1947 Luders 31.5 Classic sloop, Own a pieceof history. Completely rebuilt, sail her hometoday. Solid mahogany (hot molded) hull.1999 Volvo 28hp diesel. Call or email for DVDof the rebuilding and a list of equipment. Shewas built by Luders Marine (who also built forTed Turner) in Stamford, CT. Asking $28,000OBO. Call Tony (561) 271-3344 or krazetony@comcast.net. Boca Raton, FL. (12/11)

32’ Catalina 320 2000. Yanmar 27hpw/485hrs, wing keel, new Raymarine elec-tronics 2009 incl. C70 GPS/Plotter, full battenmain w/Dutchman, 135% r/f genoa, mostrunning rigging replaced 2011, dinghy &O/B, electric windlass, and more. Excellentcondition, lightly sailed. Asking $75,900.Scott Pursell, Massey Yacht Sales, (941) 720-4503, Scottp@masseyyacht.com.

1995 Endeavourcat 32. Two double state-rooms, comfortable bathroom with largeshower, propane oven and stove, sizableAC/DC. Refrigerator, efficient galley with lotsof storage, two inboard Beta diesel engines. 3foot draft—perfect for west coast of Florida,Keys and Bahamas. $98,000. (941) 383-1178. (12/11)

32’ Renaissance Catamaran ‘94. Built by AMI,Twin Westerbekes, 806 hrs., lots of ugrades,everything you are looking for in a cruising cat,beautiful and spacious layout, great headroom.www.sayachtsales.com for full details, or call(904) 829-1589

1970 Pearson 33. Good sails. Full battenmain. Profurl head sail. Westerbeke diesel.Many upgrades. $12,700. Will consider tradeof small boat on its trailer towards payment.Call Jesse (813) 363-3172. (2/12)

33’ Trimaran Crowther Buccaneer. Ready tocruise/race. Solar panels, 15hp Honda O/B,head, holding tank, pressure water. 5 sails.Asking $20,000. (954) 537-4996. (1/12)

33 CSY 1980. Beautiful liveaboard cruiser,Cutter rig, Deep Draft, 50 HP Perkins, A/C,Wind & Solar power, Inverter-Charger,Watermaker, ST5000 Autopilot, LofransWindlass, GPIRB, much more. $48,000. RivieraBeach, FL. (305) 942-3167. Email svsy-barite@aol.com for specs and equipment list.(1/12)

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34’ Gemini 105MC 2003, Westerbeke 27 HP,3 Staterooms, Microwave, Ice Maker, Fullelectronics, Flat Screen TV, Custom Sail Packw/Lazy Jacks, Solar Panels, Cockpit full enclo-sure, Custom Sunbrella Covers, Electric wind-lass. Boat set up by true cruisers, a must see,asking $129,000. www.sayachtsales.com.(904) 829-1589

34 Catalina 1993. Exceptional quality andequipped like new, but at half the price.Raymarine plotter, GPS, Autopilot, wind,depth, speed, ICOM M-504 VHF with RAMmike, reconditioned main and genoa sails,electric windless, custom Bimini and sailcover. Clearwater, FL. $64,900. New bottompaint Aug. 2011. (303) 522-3580. (12/11)

2011 Beneteau 34. $156,000. Commissioned12/2010, AC, Refrig, AP, A90 Chartplotter, 4’6shoal draft, In mast furling, r/f genoa, ST70electronics, NEW Condition. St. Petersburg,FL. (727) 214-1590. Full Specs & pics atwww.MurrayYachtSales.com.

34’ Hunter, 1984. Excellent condition. Manyupgrades and refits. New standing rigging &running rigging, new dodger & bimini, justAwlgriped. $40,900, Call Joe @ 941-224-9661, Edwards Yacht Sales, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

35’ Anstey Strider Sloop 1969. $21,000.New sails,spinnaker, Kevlar Main and Genoa.Dacron main, 120, 150, 180 Genoa andstorm sail. ‘94 Yanmar diesel low hrs. Wind,knot, depth, VHF, autopilot and GPS. Lots ofgo-fast gear, Jim Booth 904-652-8401, jo

35’ Catalina 350 Sloop 2006. In-mast main-sail furling, 135% roller-furling genoa, dodgerw/Bimini, A/C, Raymarine E80, ST series, &autopilot. Dinghy w/ outboard, $127,900Raymarine E80, ST series, autopilot. AndyGillis in Fort Myers. (239) 292-1915. (12/11)

2006 Hunter 36 trade in. We sold it new andtook it in trade. Very well equipped and main-tained, GPS, AP, A/C, canvas etc. Priced to sellat $111,000. Call Frank Hamilton at (941)704-3300 or e-mail frankh@masseyyacht.com

36 Cheoy Lee 1970. Cutter Yawl. Completelyrebuilt inside and out—mast, sails, boom, rig-ging, both 12-volt & 110-volt, plumbing.Asking $66,900. Go anywhere. Jim Booth,(904) 652-8401.

Wharram Tangaroa MKIV+, 2002 36 ’x19’. Beams lashed on top of deck, singlemast with gaff wing sail, jib, large Bimini,unique cockpit, 6+’ standing headroom inextended cabins, 230w solar with large bat-teries, two 8hp Yamahas, inflatable with out-board, solid boat to liveaboard or cruise theislands, $65K. Dan (305) 664-0190. (12/11)

36’ Jeanneau 36i Sun Odyssey 2007. In-mastmainsail furling, roller-furling genoa, shoaldraft, A/C, dodger w/Bimini, Raymarine E80,ST series, & autopilot. $137,900. Andy Gillisin Fort Myers. (239) 292-1915. (12/11)

CAL 36. Classic racer/cruiser. Fast,Strong. 2005 diesel. Newer mast/boom/rig-ging. A/C and Heat. 7 sails. Fullyequipped. Sailed regularly. $23,500. (727)821-0949. St. Petersburg (12/11a)

37’ Soverel Sloop ‘75. 3’6” draft. 2005Westerbeke diesel 35 hp. Everything on thisboat except the mast, boom and stanchionsis 2000 or newer. It is clean, clean and readyfor new owners. Asking $19,500. Checkwww.sayachtsales.com for all info and pic-tures (904) 829-1589

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2008 Tartan 3700. Lightly used as a day sailorsince new. Only 50 hours on the dieselengine, 5-foot draft, BLUE Hull, teak toerail,stainless steel hand rails, dorades. Generator,Air Conditioning, Autopilot, Chartplotter,Bow Thruster, Bimini, Cockpit Cushions andRemote Electric Anchor Windlass Control. Thisboat has never been slept on so electric head,stall shower and beds are nearly new. Call Billat Massey (727) 492-7044

37’ Endeavour 1979, with 50hp Perkinsdiesel. Traditional “B” Plan layout with for-ward V-berth. Harken RF, GPS Chart Plotter,Radar, Auto-Pilot, Manual Windlass, S/SDavits, Marine Air, Propane Stove. Beautifulinterior. At our docks. Asking $29,900.Cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100

37’ Tayana Cutter 1985. “Pullman” berth lay-out, 33 HP Yanmar diesel, dual Harken furlers,Awlgripped topsides and deck, wind generator,watermaker. Asking $86,500. “ASK ANDY!”Andy Gillis (239) 292-1915 andy@rossyacht-sales.com.

38’ Irwin Center Cockpit Sloop 1983. Rollerfurling main and genoa, 4 1/2 ft draft, 16000BTU A/C, autopilot, radar, wind generator,12v refrigeration. Roomy interior with aftcabin. Reduced $39,900. Bill Browning YachtSales, St. Petersburg. www.floridaboats.net.(727) 323-5300

Premium Island Packet 380 2003 Out-standing equipment, proven blue water readyto sail away for extended cruising. The ownershave taken excellent care of this vessel, nothingleft undone. For the serious buyer that knowswhat they want. Recently NEW EquipmentAuto Pilot, Radar, Chart Plotter, Inverter,Windlass, JBL Stereo System, Wind, Speed, andDepth, VHF, and Flat Screen TV. Located inIndiantown, Florida. Details: John McNally(561) 262-3672 john@masseyyacht.com.Massey Stuart FL location

38’ Sabre 386 2010. New Boat with full war-ranties, equipped the way you want it. 40 hpengine, flag blue hull, shoal draft, autopilot,electric windlass, electric main halyard winch,and much more. Ready for rigging. AlanPressman 941-350-1559.AlanGSYS@gmail.com

39’ Corbin Pilothouse 1981, 64 hpPathfinder diesel 200 hrs, blue water cruiser,Gen Set, All Roller furling, solar, wind gen,radar, auto pilot, GPS, electric windlass, fullgalley + more. $99,900. Cortez Yacht Sales(941) 792-9100

39’ Corbin Center Cockpit Cutter located inTarpon Springs. Proven circumnavigator isready to go again. Call the central agent, KellyBickford CPYB, for high definition photos andcomplete specs. REDUCED to $82,500. (727)599-1718 or, kelly@kellybickfordcpyb.com

39’ Island Spirit 400, 2004. This is an owner’sversion, 3-cabin boat that has never been char-tered and is in immaculate condition. Fullyequipped for cruising with Yanmar diesels,Northern Lights Genset, watermaker, solarpanels, SSB, etc. This boat is “turnkey” & readyto go cruising! Asking only $289,000, which is1/2 of what a new boat will cost! Located inKey West. For more details call (305) 747-9279or e-mail caribtraveller@yahoo.com (12/11)

39’ Lindsey Motorsailer, 1973. Thick fiber-glass, aft cabin, walk-in engine room, Perkins85 diesel. Bertha is versatile in all conditions,3 1/2” draft, wind gen, 3 anchors, windlass,HBI. Reduced to $15,000. Stewart Marine,Miami, since 1972. (305) 815-2607, orwww.marinesource.com.

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56' Custom Wood Schooner ’07 $950,00045' Jeanneau 1996 . . . . . . . . . . .$125,00040' Bayfield 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,900 40' Condor Trimaran . . . . . . . . . .$59,90039' Corbin PH 1984 . . . . . . . . . . .$99,90037' Endeavour 1979 . . . . . . . . . . .$29,90031' Mariner Ketch 1970 . . . . . . . .$29,900

POWER42' Express Bridge 1988 Diesel . .$92,00034' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Gas . . . . .$24,90034' Sea Ray 1983 Twin Diesels . .$29,90029' Prairie 1978 Trawler Diesel . . . .SOLD28' Diesel Charter Boat Business . .Offers20' Shamrock 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SOLD

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39’ Beneteau 393 Sloop 2002. 140% genoaroller furler, full batten main, cruising spin-naker, 56HP Yanmar, Dodger and fly,Raymarine electronics w/radar, more. Asking$117,500. “ASK ANDY!” Andy Gillis (239) 292-1915. andy@rossyachtsales.com.

Schucker 40, 1980. Asking $99,500. Perkins65hp, generator, AC/Heat, refrig, 200-gallonfuel/water, 100 gallon-holding, 14’ beam 3’2” draft. Call Bob for details. Located CapeCoral, FL. (239) 560-0664. Bring offers.(12/11)

40’ Jeanneau Sun Fizz 1983. $81,000.Proven Passagemaker. Radar, GPS, PerkinsDiesel, Fridge and freezer, Solar panel andincludes dinghy and liferaft and lots more.Call Nic Ware (305) 510-7081. Email;nicgsys@gmail.com.

40’ Condor Trimaran 1987. USCG-Docu-mented Vessel with unrestricted CoastwiseEndorsement. LEX-SEA was previously ownedby Ted Turner Jr. as Troika. Fast, fun and capa-ble of ocean racing. Great sail inventory,recent Yanmar 29, Maxi Prop, New Dodger,Stack Pack, Hood RF, Custom Helm Seats.RayMarine Electronics. Key Largo. $59,900.Cortezyachts.com. (941) 792-9100

41’ Concordia Sloop 1953, Yanmar diesel.Own a classic piece of yachting history, Actaeawas the flagship for the New York Yacht Cluband also has a winning racing history.Completely restored and the most beautifulyacht. Last haul 4-11. Check our website forall info and lots of pictures. www.sayacht-sales.com. (904) 829-1589

42 Beneteau First 1983. Rated ”World’s BestSailboat.” Many upgrades. New paint on deckand cockpit. Price reduction to $78,900. JimBooth, (904) 652-8401.

42 Irwin Ketch, 1977. In-mast Roller Main,New rig in ’99. 60hp. Westerbeke, air condi-tioning, generator, 4‘6” board up. Stout29,000-pound cruiser. All new opening ports.$39,900. Stewart Marine, Miami, since 1972.(305) 815-2607, bstewart_yachts@msn.com.www.marinesource.com.

43’ Morgan Nelson/Marek, 1984, A truecruiser/racer to take you anywhere with speedAND comfort. Meticulously cared for by own-ers, great electronics and extensive upgrades!$119,000, Call Tom @ 904-377-9446, EdwardsYacht Sales, Quality Listings, ProfessionalBrokers, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

43’ Bristol, 1986, Pristine condition$129,000. Super Deal. Yacht Brokers, LLC,Palm Coast, FL. Contact Meg Goncalves at(386) 447-1977. Email ybipc@bellsouth.net

2008 Beneteau 43. Air Conditioning,Generator, Radar, GPS, Autopilot, In MastFurling $224,900. St. Petersburg, FL. (727)(214) 1590. Full specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com.

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44’ CSY Shoal Draft Walkover 1979. A bul-letproof, comfortable cruiser. Everything onthe boat is in great shape and she is fullyequipped! Upgraded substantially! $105,000,Call Harry @ 941-400-7942, Edwards YachtSales, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

45’ JEANNEAU 45.1 Sun Odyssey 1996,Volvo Diesel, Twin Steering, 4 separate cabins,two heads w/shower, roller furling main, elec-tric windlass, auto-pilot, Tri-Data, full galley,Rib w/ OB. Excellent performance. $125,000.Cortez Yacht Sales (941) 792-9100.

45’ Hunter 456 Center Cockpit, 2004, Inbeautiful condition, 2010 bottom paint, spa-cious interior, large salon and galley. Yanmardiesel, Kohler 8kw generator, full Raymarinenavigation electronics. $209,500, Call Wendy@ 941-916-0660, Edwards Yacht Sales,www.SailboatsinFlorida.com

47’ Catalina 470 Sloop 2001. $234,900. Inmast furling, electric winch, GPS chartlplotter,bowthruster, full canvas package, generator,electric windlass, wind generator, refrigera-tion, freeze. Alan Pressman 941-350-1559,AlanGSYS@gmail.com

1999 Catalina 470. Bowthruster, Genset, 3AC, Windlass upgrade, custom arch anddavits, and a lot more. $224,000. NewOrleans, LA. (727) 214-1590. www.murrayy-achtsales.com.

54’ Hylas Raised Salon 2006. $990,000.Proven transatlantic passagemaker. She isloaded and immaculate. Too much to list. Seethe extensive inventory list at www.grand-slamyachtsales.com. Call Alan Pressman(941) 350-1559. Email; AlanGSYS@gmail.com

60’ Custom Aluminum Motorsailer 2003,Detroit Diesel w/600 hrs., Structurally over-built, Autopilot, Depth, Compass, SSB, GPS,Avon Dinghy, Electric dinghy davits, Washer,Dryer, Electric Windlass, AC, Crash Bulkhead,59’ mast height, 5’ draft, 3 staterooms, SidePower bow thruster, Great Cruising boat.Asking $249,000. www.sayachtsales.com.(904) 829-1589

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Cape Cod Sailor - Boatowner (experienced &well qualified) would like to rent a sloop,approx. 30 ft.—give or take—for 1 or 2months, for cruising in the Ft. Myers/Bradenton area. Flexible on most aspects.Please contact Tony Volk, tel. (508) 420-8834,or email TonyVolk@comcast.net. (2/12)

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Used Leg Savers by Hutchinson Sports—tohike on padded lifelines comfortably all daylong. Low Cut, Black, Large. Retails for $150.Asking $75. (314) 915-3301. (12/11)_________________________________________New Bomar white aluminum portlitew/screen, 17”x 7”. $100. New Whale Gusher10 aluminum bilge pump $125. Perkins 4107diesel injectors, new $100. Garmin GPS 50,older model but new in box $100. Forestay1/4”x 39ft. with Stayloks on ends, make yourboat a cutter, $125. Call Tom, (954) 560-3919. _________________________________________Standard Horizon Remote AccessMicrophone (RAM). New, in box, RAM3CMP30. Enables skippers to remotely controlall radio, DSC, PA/Fog functions of StandardHorizon VHF to helm. Intercom betweenhelm and VHF below, full LCD display. Has 23’of routing cable. IPX 7, submersible to 3’ for30 minutes. Retails for $104; asking$60. (941) 342-1246. _________________________________________Beckson Opening Port, new in box, PO-714-WC-10. 7” h x 14” w, white frame, clear lens,trim ring, gasket and screen included. Retailsfor $155. Asking $75. (941) 342-1246. _________________________________________Johnson 2 cycle outboards: Short shaft 6hp,15hp, 35hp. Pull & electric start. '80s models.Prices sarting at $250. (941) 870-7473_________________________________________

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Boating, fishing, relaxing on 20k acre lakein Northeast “Old Florida” in small, quiet,lakefront adult mobile home park.Conveniently located, reasonable lotrent. Homes from $3500 to $14,000. (386)698-3648 or www.lakecrescentflorida.com(12/11a)

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WET and DRY SLIPS AVAILABLE. Very reason-able rates. Gulfport Yacht Club, Florida. Wetslips for boats up to 26 feet, shoal draft. Dryspaces up to 22 feet, mast up, multihulls wel-comed. Next door to Gulfport MunicipalMarina. www.Gulfportyachtclub.com. Pulldown menu for rates. Contactdavesailellis@aol.com. (1/12)

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Absolute Tank Cleaning . . . . . . . .26Advanced Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Adventure Marina . . . . . . . . . . . .54All American Boat Storage . . . . . .26Alpen Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24American Rope & Tar . . . . . . .27,37Aqua Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Atlantic Sail Traders . . . . . . . . . . .30Aurinco Solar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Bacon Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,42Beach Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Beaver Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Beneteau Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . .BCBeta Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Bill Browning Yacht Sales . . . . . .73Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals . . . . .38Bluewater Insurance . . . . . . . . . .45Bluewater Sailing School . . . .11,34Boaters’ Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . .9BoatNames.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Borel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Bo’sun Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Bradenton Yacht Club Regatta . . .6Buzzelli Multihull Regatta . . . . . .19Cajun Trading Rigging . . . . . . . .29Capt. George Schott . . . . . . . . . .27Capt. Marti Brown . . . . . . . . .26,35Capt. Rick Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . .27Captains License Class . . . . . . . .82Catalina Yachts . . . . . . . . . . .IFC,11Catamaran Boatyard . . . . . . .17,26Charleston Sailing School . . . .34,46Clear Air Systems . . . . . . . . . . . .44Clearwater Municipal Marina . . .54Coolnet Hammocks . . . . . . . . . . .57CopperCoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Cortez Yacht Brokerage . . . . . . . .80Couples Sailing School . . . . . . . .34CPT Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Cruising Solutions . . . . . . . . .34,48Defender Industries . . . . . . . . . . .13Dockside Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Doyle/Ploch Sails . . . . . . . . . . . .30Dr. LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,27Dunbar Sales . . . . . . . . .IFC,9,34,73Dunbar Sales Sailing School . . . .34Dwyer mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Eastern Yachts/Beneteau . . . . . . .BCEdwards Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . .72

Ellies Sailing Shop . . . . . . . . . . . .26E-Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Fair Winds Boat Repairs . . . . . . . .29Fishermen’s Village Marina . . . . .10Flagship Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Flying Scot Sailboats . . . . . . . . . .79Ft. Myers Beach Mooring Field . .22Garhauer Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . .7Glades Boat Storage . . . . . . . . . .12Gourmet Underway Cookbook . .47Grand Slam Yacht Sales . . . . . . . .74Gulfcoast Sailing &

Cruising School . . . . . . . . . . . .34Gulfport City Marina . . . . . . . . . .49Gypsy Wind Solar . . . . . . . . . . . .45Harborage Marina . . . . . . . . . . .IBCHobie Cats/Tackle Shack . . . . . . .41Hotwire/Fans & other products .27Innovative Marine Services . . .26,30Irish Sail Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Island Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales . . . .75JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Kelly Bickford,Broker . . . . . . . . . .70Key Lime Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Knighton Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Leather Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Mack Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Madeira Beach Municipal Marina 20Maptech Cruising Guide . . . . . . .47Marine Supply Warehouse . . . . . .28Massey Yacht Sales . . . . . . . .IFC,71Masthead Enterprises . .11,28,31,70Mastmate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Miami Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Miami Mooring Field . . . . . . . . .36Moor Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Mrs. G Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Mt. Dora Yacht Club Regatta . . .53Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau .75,BCNational Sail Supply . . . . . . . . . .31Nature’s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Nautos Sailboat Hardware . . . . . .28New JSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Nickle Atlantic Bedding Systems .56North Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59North Sails Direct . . . . . . . . . . . .33North Sails Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . .22North Sails Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Offshore Sailing School . . . . . . . .34Palm Coast Marina . . . . . . . . . . .54Pasadena Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Pelican’s Perch Marina . . . . . .22,54Porpoise Used Sails . . . . . . . . . . .31Regata del Sol Al Sol Regatta . . . .3Regatta Pointe Marina . . . . . . . . .21Rigging Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Rivertown Marina & Boatyard . . .54Riviera Dunes Marina . . . . . . . . .23Ross Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Sail Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Sailing Florida Charters . . . . . . . .34Sailing Florida Sailing School . . . .34SailKote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16,31Sailtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Sarasota Yacht Club Regatta . . . .18Savon De Mer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Schurr Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Sea School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Sea Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Seafarer Marine Supply . . . . . . . .29Seaworthy Goods . . . . . . . . . .28,32Sew Tec Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Shadetree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Simply Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Snug Harbor Boats & Co. . . . . . . .9Sparman USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Spotless Stainless . . . . . . . . . .10,29SSB Radio Books . . . . . . . . . .26,35St. Augustine Sailing Enterprises .34St. Barts/Beneteau . . . . . . . . . . .BCStar Marine Outboards . . . . . . . .30Strictly Sail Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Sunrise Sails,Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Tackle Shack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Tiki Water Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Titusville Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Turner Marine Yacht Sales . . . . .IFCTwin Dolphin Marina . . . . . . . . .54Ullman sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,31Welmax Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . .29West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Windrider Trimarans . . . . . . . . . .43Wooden Boat Repair Book . . . . . .26Yachting Gourmet . . . . . . . . . . . .27Yachting Vacations . . . . . . . . . . .34Zarcor Boating Gear . . . . . . . . . . .8

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SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGEBeneteau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BCBill Browning Yacht Sales . . . . . . . .73Boaters Exchanges/Catalina . . . . . . .9Catalina Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC,11Cortez Yacht Brokerage . . . . . . . . .80Dunbar Sales . . . . . . . . . .IFC,9,34,73Edwards Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . .72Flying Scot Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . .79Grand Slam Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . .74Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack . . . . . . . . .41Island Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Kelly Bickford,Broker . . . . . . . . . . . .70Massey Yacht Sales/Catalina/Hunter/

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Shadetree Awning Systems . . . . . . .17Simply Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Sparman USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Spotless Stainless . . . . . . . . . . . .10,29Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish,

Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Welmax Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Yachting Gourmet . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Zarcor Boating Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . .8SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING,SPARS, RIGGING SERVICESAdvanced Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Atlantic Sail Traders . . . . . . . . . . . .30Bacon Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,42Cajun Trading Rigging . . . . . . . . . .29Doyle Ploch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Dwyer Mast/spars,hardware,rigging 81Innovative Marine Services . . . .26,30Knighton Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Masthead/Used Sails and

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Dear Capt. Bilgeplug,We are the proud new owners of a 35-footCatalina. We scrimped and saved, butfinally had enough cash to buy the boat.She needs a lot of work, though—hadn’teven left the slip for a while. This is ourfirst boat, and I need to know where to findsome good help and advice? We don’t havea lot of money left, which presents some-what of a budget problem with hiring pro-fessionals.

Thanks, Bill and SueS/V Mullet Over

Dear Bill & Sue,Congratulations are certainly in orderfor your newest family member! Youwill absolutely love the boatinglifestyle. The friends you will makewill last a lifetime, and the adventureswill be fantastic. I see you have a slip,which means you are in a marina.GREAT! Most of your problems havebeen solved already. You didn’t men-tion which parts need fixing, but hey,it’s a boat, and she’s a used boat, so I’mnot leaning too far out on the yardarmhere guessing that pretty much every-thing needs some attention.

First though, I would suggest thatyou start with the bilge pumps as theyare pretty important. A new pumpwould run you about a quarter of aboat dollar. Oh—since you’re new toboating, a boat dollar is derived by thefollowing equation; Break Out

Another Thousand—B.O.A.T. Since you don’t have lots of

“boat” dollars to spend, here is ahandy tip on how to accomplish allthis—and many more tasks.

Remove the bilge pump, auto-pilot, winch drum, or any other itemneeding attention and set it on thedock box. Lay out a few tools, andmaybe some spare parts and stuff nextto it, like oversized bolts, the wrongsize gasket, a non-stainless steel hoseclamp—that sort of stuff.

I would suggest setting this outearly in the morning just before theliveaboard crews arise for the morn-ing stroll to the showers. Have your-self a couple of cups of coffee and anice relaxing breakfast, but staybelow decks.

You need to let the word spreadthrough the marina that the new guyhasn’t got a clue as to what he’sdoing. Like any good trap, the baitneeds time to ferment.

When you’re ready, just beforenoon, place a small cooler of beer nextto the dock box, and move a few partsaround. You will notice more folks tak-ing interest in your parts. They willcasually walk by at first, pretendingnot to notice what’s on the dock box.Each time they walk by they will slowdown a bit and pay a little more atten-tion to your project—until finally, oneof them can’t stand it any longer andpicks up the pump for a closer look.

The trap has been sprung. By thetime you are finished with your after-

noon nap, you should have gathered asmall crowd of local experts. Keepsome tools and legitimate spare partshandy—you will need them shortly.

As the experts begin to debate themerits of the repair, say things like,“How would that go on there?”“That’ll never fit,” and, “I don’t thinkanyone could ever make it workagain.” Offer another beer or two andsay more things like, “Wow, you musthave sailed around the world a coupleof times,” and, “Have you alwaysknown this much about sailing?”

As you continue to bring up bro-ken items with new parts and beerover the next few weeks, you will dis-cover that the experts are now work-ing on parts and drinking the beer lefton the dock box before you finish yourbreakfast and morning paper.

For bigger jobs you should leave abologna sandwich and some chips.The size of the food reward and quali-ty of beer supplied should be directlyproportional to the complexity of thepart you left on the box. After all, youdon’t want to seem cheap.

Now then, I know what you’rethinking: once everything is fixed, how doI get them to stop drinking my beer andeating my bologna?

This is easily solved. Simply leavea companionway hatch or other pieceof teak on the dock box along with acan of spar varnish and a brush.

Ahoy,Capt. Bilgeplug

Boat Repairs in a Slow EcomonyBy Larry Annen