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SOUTHWINDS
News & Views for Southern Sailors
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36' 1999 Sabre 362 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SOLD
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SOUTHWINDS
NEWS & VIEWS
FOR
SOUTHERN SAILORS
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Editorial: Tremolino – The Hybrid Trimaran
By Steve Morrell
8
Letters You Should Believe
9
Southern Regional Monthly Weather and
Water Temperatures
10
Calendar — Upcoming Events in the Southeast (Non-Race)
15
Short Tacks:
Sailing News from Around the South and
the World of Sailing
26
Bone Island Regatta Goes to Cuba
By Alice Petrat
27
Cuba. Finally!
By Celeste Dorage
31
The New Orleans Lightship Race Tragedy
By Troy Gilbert
36
Carolina Sailing: A Lowcountry Milestone —
125 Years of the Rockville Regatta
By Dan Dickison
38
Cal Cruising 36 Boat Review
By Barbara Bates
42
Southern Race Report: Navy Cup in Pensacola;
Flying Scot North American Championship
44
Southern Regional Racing Calendar
62
Smooth Operators — in Paradise
By Monika Olejnik
16
Southern Sailing Schools Section
20
Marine Marketplace
34
Southern Marinas Pages
49
Boat Brokerage Section
54
Classifieds
60
Alphabetical Index of Advertisers
61
Advertisers’ List by Category
Fusterland, a ceramic paradise in Havana, Cuba.
Page 27. Photo by Celeste Dorage.
The Cal Cruising 36 boat review. Page 38.
Photo by Barbara Bates.
COVER PHOTO:
Kids learning to sail at Bimini Bay Sailing off
Anna Maria Island, FL. Photo by Bruce Matlack.
www.BiminiBaySailing.com.
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FROM THE HELM
STEVE MORRELL,
Tremolimo
Photo from
www.smalltrimarans.com,
the Small Tri Guy
A Hybrid Trimaran
I
n the May issue, I put a call out
for information on a hybrid trimaran a friend of mine photographed in the Bahamas. The
boat used a Macgregor 26 main
hull with two Hobie 16 hulls as the amas. I thought it was
ingenious.
In June, I received a call from a reader in North Carolina
who mentioned the Tremolino to me. It’s a Dick Newickdesigned 23-foot trimaran that used a newly designed main
hull with Hobie 16 hulls as the amas, along with using the
Hobie 16’s sailing rig. Another ingenious idea, but no big
surprise coming from Dick Newick, well-known trimaran
designer (Newick died in 2013).
I remembered the name Tremolino, but only vaguely.
That’s no surprise; it came out in the 70s. So I started poking
around the internet and found out that the boat was quite
popular, sailed well and had few problems (they say the
amas weren’t buoyant enough), but people loved them—
and many are still out there with faithful owners. I also
found out that someone else addressed the problems of the
Tremolino in a new design they created using Hobie 18
EDITOR
hulls. Then I found out that using
catamaran hulls for trimaran
amas was done many times,
including using Inter 20 hulls,
Tornado hulls and Nacra hulls, to
name a few. Seems to be a popular idea.
Of course all this makes perfect sense, because all you
need is the center hull to create a trimaran since the amas are
already out there. In the 90s, Newick solved the problems
that came with the older Tremolino and designed a new one
using custom-designed amas. The Tremolino Boat
Company built these boats for a while—both the old design
and the new one. The company was in business from 1976
to 2009, so the only way you can get a new one today is to
get plans and build it yourself. Plans can be purchased from
private parties who have plans they purchased, or you can
possibly buy a set of plans from Dick Newick’s widow, Pat
Newick, although I am not sure how to get hold of her. Your
best bet is to go to www.smalltrimarans.com, which has lots
of info on small tris, including the Tremolino.
If anyone out there owns one, I’d love to get a boat
review on it. Contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com.
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Barbara Bates
Fred Braman
Charlie Clifton
Celeste Dorage
Roy Laughlin
Hone Scunook
Julie B. Connerley
Troy Gilbert
Monika Olejnik
Dan Dickison
Kim Kaminski
Alice Petrat
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Fred Braman
Rebecca Burg (& Artwork)
Cindy Clifton
Julie B. Connerley
Celeste Dorage
Kim Kaminski
Bruce Matlack
Priscilla Parker
Alice Petrat
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LETTERS
BOATYARD CHARGES UNEXPLAINED
I promised myself that when my sailboat turned 40 that I
would have the boat painted and the bottom stripped of 20
years of paint and all running gear and standing rigging
thoroughly gone over. I chose the yard, located in west
Florida, where I had the work done, because the painter
there had done a sister boat whose owner is a friend. Based
on his recommendation, I chose this painter and the yard
came by default. I visited the yard’s office and thoroughly
went over all the charges I might incur. I agreed and
signed the contract. The plan called for the boat to have the
bottom stripped first and then the hull to be painted. As an
option I would be charged $150 to have the boat moved
undercover if requested by the painter. As it turned out, it
was not necessary to move the boat. When I checked out
before launching, I was charged a $150 fee for not moving
my boat because it had inconvenienced the yard owner!
Never did the management ask me to move the boat or
mentioned to me that he had a problem in the two months
the boat was there. At this point he had the upper hand,
and if I wanted my boat launched, I had to pay in cash,
which the yard demanded, and I did. I wondered why a
nearby boatyard is so crowded and why so few boats stop
here. I think I know why. As one of the reviewers stated
about the owner, “It is his way or the highway." And if you
want your boat, it is his way.
Norman Meissner
Punta Gorda, FL
AN ALMOST ENCOUNTER WITH A BRIDGE
I thought you may like to hear of our almost encounter with
a bridge. In the March 2010 edition of Sailing World magazine, there was an article titled, “Bridge Encounter.” The
article described the encounter of a 35-foot sloop, name
Lokahi, and a bridge. I read with great interest of the events,
because my wife and I, while sailing our 36-foot Heritage
West Indies sloop, Prelude, had a similar encounter with a
bridge. As with Lokahi, we were circling in front of a bridge
waiting for the bridge to open. Our bridge was also on the
ICW in Fort Lauderdale. As with Lokahi, when we put the
engine into forward gear, it did not respond. And again, as
with Lokahi, we were pushed toward the bridge by the wind
and current. Here, however, is where our story departs
from the events that found Lokahi against the bridge where
it sustained damage and required a tow. We considered
dropping the anchor for a few seconds, as Lokahi did, but
decided to unfurl the 140 Genoa and sail out of the impending crash with the bridge. In retrospect, this was a good
decision. As the sail filled, we had control of Prelude, and
according to the dock master at the Fort Lauderdale Marina,
became the first boat to sail up to and pick up one of the
mooring buoys put out by the city marina at Los Olas Blvd.
We called a mechanic who found the problem, and repaired
it. The next day, we were on our way home to our slip at
Waterline Marina in Melbourne, FL
Richard A. Bruning
Melbourne, FL
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Southeastern U.S. Air & Water Temperatures
and Gulf Stream Currents – August
For live buoy water and weather data,
go to the National Data Buoy Center at
www.ndbc.noaa.gov
WIND ROSES: Each wind rose shows the strength and direction of the prevailing winds in the area and month. These have
been recorded over a long period of time. In general, the
lengths of the arrows indicate how often the winds came from
that direction. The longer the arrow, the more often the winds
came from that direction. When the arrow is too long to be
printed in a practical manner, a number is indicated.
The number in the center of the circle shows the percentage
of the time that the winds were calm. The lengths of the
arrows plus the calms number in the center add up to 100
percent. The number of feathers on the arrow indicates the
strength of the wind on the Beaufort scale (one feather is
Force 1, etc.). Wind Roses are taken from Pilot Charts.
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CALENDAR
Upcoming Events in the Southeast
(Non-Race)
Go to the Racing Calendar for regattas,
local races and racing news
• Educational/Training
• Boat Shows
• Seafood Festivals
• Sailboat & Trawler Rendezvous
• Other Events
LISTING YOUR EVENT
To have your event listed, contact editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Email us the information by the 1st of
the month preceding publication. Contact us if a little
later (it most likely will get in, but not certain). We will
print your public event the month of the event and the
month before. Rendezvous we print for three months.
Events must be free, very low cost, or not for profit.
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary organizations throughout the
country hold hundreds of regular boating courses on the
various subjects. To find a course near you, go to
www.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder.
North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC
On-going adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. Ongoing
traditional boat building classes. www.ncmm-friends.org,
maritime@ncmail.net, (252) 728-7317.
Boating Safety Courses—
Required in Florida and Other Southern States
Anyone in Florida born after Jan. 1, 1988, must take a boating
safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more.
Other states require safety education if born after a certain
date. To see the laws in each state, go to www.aboutboatingsafely.com.
The course named “About Boating Safely” and
“America’s Boating Course (ABC)” both satisfy the requirements.They are marked below with two asterisks (**):
**Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. (904) 5029154. mchristnacht@comcast.net. www.uscgajaxbeach.com/
pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25
including materials.
**New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing.
New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06
First Saturday of the month. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 Marine
Parkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht Club
Parking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info
**St. Augustine, FL, August 1, September 5. Coast Guard
Auxiliary of St. Augustine. One-day course. St. Augustine
Campus of St. Johns River State College, 2900 College Drive
(off SR-16), St. Augustine. 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Early registration recommended. Contact Vic Aquino at (904) 460-0243.
**Punta Gorda, FL, Sept. 5 and 12 (two, 4-hour days).
Peace River Sail and Power Squadron, Punta Gorda Boat
Club, 802 W. Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda. www.puntagorda-boating.org.
IBEX — 2015 International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition
& Conference, Louisville, KY, Sept. 15-17
Owned and produced by Professional BoatBuilder magazine
and the National Marine Manufacturers Association
(NMMA), IBEX is the marine industry’s largest technical
trade event. For boatbuilders, marine industry dealers,
aftermarket suppliers and buyers, designers, repairers, surveyors, and boatyard/marine operators, IBEX is where better boats begin. Nearly 6,000 boatbuilders, boatyard/mari-
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Using GPS Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 23
Principals of waypoint navigation and shows you how to
relate the GPS to your charts. The seminar also shows you
how to operate your GPS—what the buttons do, what the
screens show and how to access the functions you need.
You will also get some tips for choosing a GPS if you do not
currently own one. Materials include the waterproof
Captain’s Quick Guide to Using GPS to take aboard your boat
and remind you of the basic steps while underway. Bring
your handheld GPS if you have one. Instruction is Free,
materials $35 per family. 7-9 p.m., St. Petersburg Sailing
Center, 250 2nd Ave. SE. Preregistration required at
www.boating-stpete.org. Maximum 20 students.
Anchoring Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, September 30
This is a two-hour class presented in one evening and is available to anyone 12 or older. The seminar explains how to select
the appropriate anchor, rode and components and their use
depending on sea and bottom conditions. Tables are used to
determine the sizing of your anchor and its components
based on the size of your boat. Materials include USPS’s
Anchoring Quick Guide and student’s notes with copies of the
presentation slides. St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron,
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center,
250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Instruction
is free, materials $35 per family. Pre-registration required at
www.boating-stpete.org.
US SAILING INSTRUCTOR AND COACH COURSES
IN THE SOUTHEAST (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX)
For more on course locations, contact information, course
descriptions and prerequisites, go to www.ussailing.org
/education/teach-sailing, or call (401) 683-0800, ext. 644.
Check the website, since courses are often added late and
after press date. For learning-to-sail and powerboat handling courses, go to www.ussailing.org/education.
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“Tides and Currents” will be presented by the
St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. The seminar
deals with how the sun and moon create tidal patterns,
sources of information about tides and tidal currents, simple ways to predict height of tide and current flow and
how to use both printed and electronic tide tables.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing
Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing. FREE. Materials
are $30 per family, maximum 20 students, pre-registration
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The IBEX Education Conference offers technical seminars, Super Sessions offered on Monday, September 14, and
an additional number of exhibitor workshops being offered
throughout the show on the exhibit floor. IBEX will host
over 500 exhibitors on a show floor encompassing over
100,000 square feet of exhibit space, dock space, and on-thewater demonstrations, three pavilions, and special feature
areas including The Connected Boat and Material
ConneXion. For more information on these events, go to
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Small Boat Instructor Course Level 2
Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 1-2.
Contact Julia Melton at julia.melton@lyc.org. Instructor
Allison Jolly. Small Boat Coach Level 3
Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 29-30.
Contact Julia Melton at julia.melton@lyc.org. Instructor
Allison Jolly. BOAT SHOWS
6th Annual Southport Wooden
Boat Show, Southport, NC, Sept. 26
The Southport Wooden Boat Show purpose is to promote
interest in and disseminate knowledge of the craft and art of
wooden boat construction, to support efforts to preserve
wooden boat construction and skills, and to celebrate the
region’s maritime and boatbuilding history. Held downtown on the waterfront at the Old Yacht Basin, wooden
boats—both in the water and on land—will be on display
and with awards given to Best Powered Boat, Best NonPowered Boat - Row/Paddle, and Best Non-Powered Boat Sail. An awards ceremony and dinner for exhibitors, guests
and vendors will be at 5 p.m. There will also be a Seafood
Chowder Cook-off with tasting and voting for best chowder. Live music. Event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Go to
www.southportwoodenboatshow.com. (910) 477-2787
ities, inflatable slide, bungee obstacle, face painting, games,
gumbo championship, continuous live entertainment
throughout the weekend, and more. Point Cadet Plaza,
Biloxi. Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Go to
www.biloxi.org and click on Events. Admission charged.
38th Annual Pensacola Seafood
Festival, Pensacola, FL, Sept. 25-27
Sample a variety of mouth-watering seafood dishes and
enjoy continuous entertainment. Over 150 arts and crafts
vendors on display. A children’s area is filled with activities
for all ages. The Fiesta Seafood Grille offers cooking demonstrations where you can watch area chefs prepare regional
delicacies. Enjoy foods such as grilled conch, seafood gumbo,
oyster croquettes, soft shell crab, coconut shrimp, Caribbean
crab cakes, and more. Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 10
a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission.
Downtown Pensacola at Seville Square, Fountain Park and
Bartram Park. (850) 433-6512. www.fiestaoffiveflags.com.
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Tampa Boat Show. Oct. 2-4
Tampa Bay’s oldest and longest running boat show. Tampa
Convention Center, Tampa, FL. NMMA. Basically a powerboat show. (954) 441-3220. www.tampaboatshow.com. 10-8
p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10-6 on Sunday. $12. Ages 15 and
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OTHER EVENTS
2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Begins, June 1-November 30
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Windlasses New Member Coffee
and Pram Sailing Lessons, August,
Clearwater and Dunedin, FL,
August 8-9, August 27
The Windlasses is a women’s sailing association open to
sailing enthusiasts in the Tampa Bay area. Windlasses sail
on Thursday mornings during the school year from the
Dunedin Marina. The new-member coffee and orientation
will be held on August 27 from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at the
First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin. Membership is
open only during August and September each year. In
addition, the Clearwater Community Sailing Center is
offering a “learn to sail a pram” course for prospective
new Windlasses on August 8-9 at a significantly reduced
fee. The Windlasses’ website is www.windlasses.org. If
interested, email captain@windlasses.org, or call Janet
Shellenberger at (727) 797-4375.
Pensacola Dragon Boat Festival,
Sept. 12
Dragon boating simply put, is a boat of 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steer person paddling to cross the finish faster
than their competition. It is a team sport in its purest form
that encompasses the elements of power, speed, synchronization and endurance. Bayview Park, E. Lloyd St.,
Pensacola. (850) 723-0800
W.A.V.E. “A Day on the Bay,”
Pensacola, FL Sept. 19
WAVE is an all-volunteer initiative organized and co-hosted by Navy Yacht Club Pensacola and Pensacola Yacht
Club to honor disabled and combat-wounded veterans. “A
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Day on the Bay” features a ride on a private sailboat or
powerboat for wounded veterans and an adult guest of
their choice. Activities include an opening ceremony with
color guard, live entertainment, and complimentary lunch
and beverages. Free memento to registered veterans.
Check website for weather related advisories and updates.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Plaza de Luna Park, 900 South Palafox
Place, Pensacola. (850) 261-2062. www. flcommodores.org,
go to WAVE link, then Northwest Florida link. Rain date
Sept. 20.
Seven Seas Cruising Association
(SSCA) St. Pete Gam,
St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 19
Speakers will be covering topics, which will include:
• Reefing, how & when by Bruce Bingham
• Weather by Chris Parker
• How to provision, store and cook on a cruise
• Sailboat design
• Outboard care and maintenance
• Tips from a marine surveyor
• Dealing with medical issues on board
• Crossing the Gulf Stream
• Search and rescue, what to expect
• Wind and solar power
• Skipper saver, what to do if the skipper becomes
medically unable to command
• Emergency communications aboard
• Offshore sailing
• Cruising the Bahamas
Held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, this gam will be a full
day of nautical presentations, plus lite breakfast & buffet
lunch from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Happy hour with a cash bar and
raffle will be at 5 p.m., then at 6 p.m., will be dinner ($25)
with a presentation about cruising Cuba on a sailboat.
Vendors will be on site throughout the day.
Gam Registration is $35 for SSCA members and $45 for nonmembers. Non-members who join at the Gam will have the
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Send us news, including business press releases, to editor@southwindsmagazine.com. We need to receive them by the 1st of
the month preceding publication. Contact us if later (it most likely will get in, but not certain).
Pensacola Yacht Club Rally and
Race to Cuba, Oct. 31
The Pensacola Yacht Club is organizing an offshore rally
and race from Pensacola, FL, to the Hemingway
International Yacht Club near Havana, Cuba, with a start on
Okeechobee Water Level Goes Down Five Inches
Since June
As of press date in early July, Lake Okeechobee was at
12.21 feet above sea level, about five inches lower since
early June. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1,
which crosses the lake, 6.15 feet, and the navigational
depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast
of the lake, 4.35 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at
49.71 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of
the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go
to http://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml
(copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and
lower cases). This link is also available on our website,
www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.
Oct 31. The event is intended for experienced sailors and
seaworthy cruising sailboats.
The race management will be biased towards cruiser
sailboats with the objective of doing an initial “trial balloon”
race to Cuba to consider the feasibility of a recurring series,
encouraging cruiser-type sailboat participation, and controlling participant costs. To accomplish these ends the organizing committee has planned the rally and race to include:
• Wording in the NOR that places the full responsibility on
the participating skippers to ensure the seaworthiness of
their vessels, recommended compliance with the US
Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements (www.ussailing.org/safety/equipment-and-requirements) and to
assure the competency of their crews. Some equipment
will be mandated by the committee, and this will include
offshore communication (SSB or Sat phone) and a vessel
tracking system.
• A starting window of up to three days to avoid poor
weather at the discretion of either the race committee or
participating skippers.
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• Classes of Classic Cruisers (older than 25 years, with a
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specific exceptions if warranted and necessary.
• Handicap adjustments for size, material, and age of sails;
cruising equipment adding weight (dinghy, davits,
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Review Your Boat
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We found readers like to read reviews by boat owners. If
you like to write, we want your review. It can be long or
short (the boat, that is), a racer, a cruiser, new or old, on a
trailer or in the water. Photos essential. If it’s a liveaboard,
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FWC Derelict Vessel Meeting
FWC Headquarters, Tallahassee,
Florida, July 15
By Fred Braman
A FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission) workshop concerning derelict vessels (DVs)
and those vessels that authorities believe are “at risk” of
becoming derelict, was held in Tallahassee in July. The
FWC is currently tracking over 300 derelict vessels
throughout the state and another 44 that are considered
“at risk” of falling into that category. The overarching goal
of the workshop was to identify several impediments local
authorities have in effectively dealing with the DV problem and determine what actions might be taken. About 50
people attended the all-day event, representing all areas of
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staff, law enforcement, legal counsel, marine industry
advocates, local marine safety and waterway coordinators,
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anchoring issues.
Four major problem groupings were identified, relating to:
• Vessel registration and ownership. This problem area
concerns the difficulty in determining DV ownership
and responsibility avoidance loopholes which often
impede prosecution.
• Vessel condition and operability, including those in private marinas, but using state waters. Every DV case
requires an investigation, and every one is different.
• DV management and removal funding.
• Enforcement capabilities; budget, staffing, etc.
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Following considerable discussion, 49 possible actions were
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most important (in order of support):
• Revoke the rights of DV owners/responsible parties to
register vessels and vehicles.
• Require the transfer of title to occur with both buyer and
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owner of record, and potentially responsible for a future
DV, if the buyer does not register the vessel. According
to present law, sellers are required to notify their DMV
when a boat is sold. Few do so, nor is it widely known to
be a requirement.
Change regulations to allow the prosecution of responsible parties for DVs and not just vessel owners. People living aboard DVs and responsible for the condition are frequently not the owner.
Elevate having a registration expired greater than six
months to a criminal offense, just like automobiles. Long
overdue expirations are considered the first indicator of
a future problem boat.
Freeze title transfers for DVs, and those vessels undergoing
DV investigation, preventing the transfer of responsibility.
FWC should have a funding request for DVs in their
budget.
Institute time limits on vessels stored in the water and
prohibit long term rafting of vessels. Rafted vessels often
become a DV “neighborhood.”
This problem was discussed during the last legislative
session, and, although no action was taken, there remains
considerable interest and DVs are again likely to be an issue.
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NC Legislators Looking to Charge
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Boats in the U.S.
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As of the SOUTHWINDS press date in early July, the
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this bill.
Information on this article from BoatUS
Stanton Murray Announced as New
Owner of SailTime Tampa Bay
As part of the current North Carolina budget debate, the
state General Assembly was considering in June legislation
that would impose a significant new user fee on all recreational boats 24 feet and longer that are used in coastal
waters. For example, the costs proposed for the new North
Carolina “Coastal Waterways User Identification Fee” for a
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In June, SailTime Group LLC announced that Stanton
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and sailing vessels 30-60 feet in length. His company is the
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In Cuba. Group shot showing 18 of the 19 crewmembers who went on the “race” to Cuba.
Only regatta organizer Alice Petrat (the photographer) is not in this photo.
Bone Island Regatta Sails to Cuba
May 27
By Alice Petrat, Regatta Organizer
F
our boats sailing in the Cuba Leg of
the 2015 6th Annual Bone Island
Regatta* returned to Key West on
May 27, enjoying brisk sailing conditions
in the Straits of Florida. This was one of
the first regatta events with a Cuban destination port fully sanctioned by the U.S.
government since the imposition of the
embargo in the 1960s.
The Bone Island Regatta is an annual race to Key West with starts in Tampa,
Sarasota and Naples. The Cuba leg of the
regatta from Key West was optional and
was limited to a small number of boats in
order to test the concept, Cuba logistics
and the relative ease with which government requirements on both sides of the Florida Straits can
be negotiated. After obtaining a temporary export license
for each of the vessels from the U. S. Department of
Commerce, making arrangements to be compliant under
the people-to-people guidelines and then obtaining crew
approval from the U.S. Coast Guard, we were ready to go.
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tion in both the U.S. and Cuba.
The small but enthusiastic fleet departed Key West on May 20 with a float plan
endorsed by the U.S. Coast Guard. The
sail to Cuba was a motor sail under
benign conditions. During a gracious
welcome reception hosted by Jose Miguel
Diaz Escrich, commodore of the Club
Nautico Internacional Hemingway de
Cuba, the commodore and Alice Petrat,
the founder and organizer of the Bone
Island Regatta, presented awards to the
boats that made the trip: Spring Fever of
Cortez, H20 of Naples, Shearwater of
Sarasota and White Hawk of Sarasota. All
boats have Florida homeports.
Three days of organized tours were arranged by Cuba
Tour Travel to be in compliance with the people-to-people
license. These tours, with local guides, allowed the sailors
to sample the history, architecture, art, cuisine and mystique of a small part of this 600-mile long island nation.
While the fleet was prepared to be self-sufficient during
the visit, we discovered ample local availability of diesel
fuel, water, groceries and Havana Club. The Cuban people
were affable and keen to engage, and the entire experience
was a sheer delight.
The Cuban people were welcoming, gracious and eager
to establish friendships with Americans; it felt like old
friends seeing each other again after a long separation.
Although the politicians on both sides of the Florida Straits
still have matters to resolve, it was clear to all of us that on
a person-to-person basis, there is already in place a warm
and substantial bond of friendship and mutual respect.
With a moderately challenging passage added to the mix,
The Cuba leg of the Bone Island Regatta is an enticing
option to consider.
*See the article on the Bone Island Regatta to Key West in the July
issue in Back Issues at www.southwindsmagazine.com.
Cuba, Finally!
By Celeste Dorage
Photos by Celeste Dorage
Club Nautico Internacional Hemingway de La Habana.
I
was fortunate enough to be in the Cuba leg of the Bone
Island Regatta in May. I crewed on board a Catalina 34,
Spring Fever, owned and captained by Pat Roberts. Alice
Petrat of the Sarasota Yacht Club had worked on this regatta for the last two years. Finally, the pieces fell together with
the changes in the Cuba policy that began last fall.
Departure from Key West was scheduled to be at 2
p.m., on May 20. Four sailboats, H2O, White Hawk (Alice
Petrat and husband’s boat), Shearwater and Spring Fever and
their crews made the trip—19 people.
The day before, the wind forecast for the start was dismal. By morning, we all agreed that we would not be able
to race. Our priority was to get to Cuba on schedule! So we
would motor sail. In spite of that forecast, a light sea breeze
picked up as we were making our mock crossing at the
starting line out by Tank Island, just off Key West. With
great hope and enthusiasm, we sailed gently out the
Southwest Channel with a tangerine sun setting against an
awesome canary sky as I gazed off the starboard rail in the
heat of the late afternoon.
Into the night, all was calm. The wind would not pick
up for hours to come. Crossing the lumpy gulfstream sometime after midnight, we snagged a wad of crab trap line.
Wrapping itself around the prop and shaft pretty well, it
shut down the engine. We were dead in the water in the
Florida Straits. Crewmember Steve bucked up and dove overboard to
see how bad it was. He had cut a few pieces away, when we
all decided it was too dangerous in the dark and the chop.
We radioed to the regatta with our dilemma, and one of the
other boats came back to toss a line and tow us out of the
Stream and into the morning light.
The second attempt in daylight to clear the prop went
much better. The line was cut, and with no damage to the
shaft or prop, off we went turning west along the coast of
Cuba to make up for being set so far east overnight. Six
hours late, about noon on the second day, we hit the
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1950s-era cars on a Cuban Street.
Entering Cuba
Proceeding to customs as directed, we were boarded and
inspected. Cuban customs looked for firearms, raw food
products, checked all our passports and stamped a separate
visa. A little dog sniffed for drugs. They issued the vessel an
importation permit for 55 CUC (Cuban Convertible
Currency) that will be good for one year from the stamp date.
Lucy, another crewmember aboard who speaks perfect
Spanish, translated for us. Our experience with Cuban
Customs was flawless.
The marina dockhands took care to tie our boats along
Celeste Dorage (center) with family members of the Bed
and Breakfast she stayed at while in Havana.
a seawall where electric hook-ups were available in any
configuration that was needed. The marina facility is part of
a resort with a hotel and other accommodations. We were
right near the clubhouse, the pool, the showers and the
main hotel lobby. Here we could exchange money and get
internet cards to use on the hotel computers.
This is a marina facility that hosts a constant flow of international boating events. All kinds of vessels, large and small,
are arriving from all over the world almost every day. Our
four sailing yachts were small peanuts compared to the 65th
Annual Hemingway International Fishing tournament that
came in right as our group was leaving to go back to the U.S.
Cuban Guide Service
As soon as we were tied off to the seawall, we were welcomed by David Oberting and his staff, Antonio (Tony) and
Jose, of Travel Guide Cuba (TravelGuideCuba.com).
For the next four days, they would be our U.S.-licensed
and mandated travel agents, certified to guide us through
Habana on our sanctioned “people-to-people cultural
exchange” itinerary. There is a per/person fee for this service. Each group’s cost will differ depending on the amenities
included in the package that is designed for that group’s
needs. It also includes the tour company’s overhead. For
instance, internet and phone calls are substantially higher in
Cuba than here. Travel to Cuba is not included in this fee.
Included in this guide service are:
• Required group leader with Cuba experience.
• Air-conditioned transportation, including driver who
takes the group to and from the daily activities
• Expert English-speaking Cuban tour guide who is with
the group from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m., educating and entertaining the group
• Entrance fees to cultural and important sites
• Speaking fees to experts, historians or artists like the
cigar expert at the Partagas Cigar factory or the art aficionado Adolfo at the Museum of Fine Arts.
• Lunch each day at the finest handpicked Habana
Paladares, including two alcoholic beverages.
Tony, Jose and David were on call to help with any nighttime activities guests would like to do. David refers to it as
“our Cuban Concierge service.” They can arrange tickets or
transportation to any events, like shows or clubs etc. They
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A street in Havana. Notice no cars on this street.
are also available to consult with the clients before the trip
to prepare for the tour and will provide documents to the
passengers so they know what to expect in Cuba.
Without the travel guide and the “people to people”
documentation, we are still technically open to federal laws
prohibiting commerce with an unsanctioned foreign nation.
But you get awesome tour guides who have already
searched out the best restaurants, bars and places of interest
for you ahead of time, and they know where you can get
your money exchanged.
They will also help you with changes you may need
with your travel itinerary. For example, the day we were
scheduled to sail back, the weather turned bad, with the
winds blowing 30 knots, gusting to 40 knots. At that time,
the outlook was sustained for the next few days. I had a
tight schedule with no time to wait up to three days. I needed to be back in Florida in time to maintain my calendar.
I merely asked if it would be possible to fly back, if it
would be an inconvenience to the group. David and
Antonio jumped on this request with the most urgency.
Keep in mind, there is very little internet in Cuba and cell
phone service is not what we are accustomed to. Our
phones do not work there. So, if need be, these guys will
actually jump in a car and go talk to people when they need
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Bone Island Regatta boats on a seawall in Cuba. On the far right
is Shearwater. In front of Shearwater is Greg and Alice Petrat’s
schooner White Hawk.
Hemingway International Yacht Club
Commodore José Miguel Díaz Escrich of the Hemingway
International Yacht Club of Cuba was also very instrumental to the success of the regatta. He was more than welcoming to the American arrivals, and his hospitality during
their stay was unrivaled. The commodore has been trying to
recruit U.S. vessels to come to Cuba for the last 23 years and
this event just happened to land on the Yacht Club’s 23rd
Anniversary. This was a very special moment for him as we
could see the tears fall from his eyes at the arrival-night
cocktail reception, which he graciously hosted. His speech
was energetic and impassioned. He spoke about the value
of perseverance and making the world a better place by
coming together through activities like this one. He presented each boat with a burgee, and in return, Bone Island
Regatta honored him with one of our T-shirts that read
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boat names printed across it.
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Touring Cuba
The hotel was booked by then, so
The next three days were filled with the
Antonio found me a Bed and
required “people to people” events. In
Breakfast in the nearby Mira Mar disthe morning, a shiny, new air-conditrict for 45 CUC a night. I got to expetioned bus was waiting for us in front
rience a taste of living with a Cuban
of the marina hotel. There were many
family. My room was air conditioned
highlights but here are just a few.
and very comfortable. Filled with
Our activities began with a memoantiques that my host Margarita colrable tour of Old Havana. Our profeslected over the years. She was wonsional tour guide, Andrees—known as
derful. We spoke broken English and
“El Teacher” who earned that nickSpanish together over the delicious
name while being a teacher of English
breakfast she prepared each morning.
in Cuba—led the tour. He filled it with
Then she invited me to join her family
history, comedy, pride in his country
for dinner one night. I learned so
and many Cuban anecdotes so we
much about day-to-day life in Cuba
could better understand the island. We
from them. We are not so different.
had a wonderful stop at Fusterland and
were able to meet the world-renowned
The Return Flight
Jose Fuster, who created this wonderful
The flight back was just like flying out
ceramic paradise. Some of us purof anywhere else; I had to buy a tickchased his works of art at the gift shop. et, I had to go through customs, etc. I
We dined at many restaurants
asked the customs officer specifically
during our stay, including Star Bien
to stamp my passport. She said, in
and Vedado, eating mouthwatering
English with a darted look at me,
Fusterland, one of stops on the tour of Havana,
fried pork chops, ropa vieja and fresh is an art center of ceramic art created by Jose “Are you sure?” I said yes, I am sure.
red snapper—topped off with
When we landed in Miami,
Fuster.
flan and ice cream. There was a
the customs officer asked me
trip to the Partagas Cigar factofor my passport and my decry. We watched workers roll
laration page of what I was
Cohiba, Romeo and Juliet,
bringing into the country. I
Monti Cristo, etc. Another trip
was in compliance, so he
went to the Havana Rum factostamped my passport and let
ry. I missed that one. That’s
me through. It took longer to
another story that involves a
walk through the airport and
ride in a bright orange vintage
get a rental car! You have to
‘53 Chevy convertible taxicab.
declare what you bring back
Lots of fun! Vintage cars are
in, but the limit is high
everywhere in Cuba.
enough to allow you to purAnother trip took us to the
chase items to bring back.
San Jose Arts and Crafts
The entire trip and
Market, where we were able to
process of entering Cuba,
interact with the Cuban peoleaving Cuba and returning to
ple. Everyone purchased a
the U.S. was very uneventful.
treasure trove of magnificent The swimming pool is part of the resort that includes the Club From the Cuban perspective,
Cuban art, crafts and sou- Hemingway. The pool is right next to the seawall where the boats as long as we are not doing
venirs, while doing their best were docked. Notice the mast of one of the boats on the left.
anything illegal, we are welto haggle the prices lower.
come to travel around Cuba
On day three, the tour went to the Museum of Fine Arts
freely. From the U.S. perspective, our government requires
Cuban collection with a private tour by Adolfo, whose intithat we follow the embargo rules. They can change daily
mate knowledge of art and politics was very enlightening.
and that is where the tour guide company and the fees
The tour ended at the famous fortress known as “El Morro,”
attached come into play. They are on top of all the changes.
which is located at the entrance of the Bay of Havana and
They take care of all that for us.
protected Cuba from the Spanish and pirates for centuries.
Most Cubans, even officials, are not that aware of how
After the scheduled events each day we were on our
our embargo rules are changing. They are just going to work
own to do whatever we liked. Some went to see cabaret
everyday to make a living, just like us. They are not that
shows in town at the Café Parissian. Some checked out the
concerned with our problems. There are tourists from all
music at the Buena Vista Social Club. Others partook in a
over the world in Cuba everyday.
barbecue at Club Nautico one evening. Some just floated in
the pool at the hotel with a glass of rum.
CaptainCeleste, LLC/Captain Celeste Sailing is planning another
trip in October with Travel Guide Cuba and the Hemingway
Staying at a Cuban Bed and Breakfast
Marina. She hopes to incorporate the trip into a collaboration with
Some of the boaters rented a room at the marina hotel to
Commodore Escrich to help build their youth sailing program. If you
stretch out a bit from the tight quarters on board. On Spring
would like more information about this trip and how you can particFever, my bunk was a settee in the salon. I opted for a room.
ipate, go to CaptainCeleste.com and contact Celeste through the site.
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The New Orleans Lightship Race
By Troy Gilbert
In light of the horrific and tragic
events that fell on the 57th running
of the Dauphin Island Race this past
April, it is important to remember
that the spring is a glorious month
for sailing on the northern Gulf
Coast, but it can also be dangerous.
As reinforcing cool fronts make their
way down towards the Gulf of
Mexico they begin to run into
unstable tropical air which can
cause violent and explosive weather
patterns. The five sailors who lost
their lives on Mobile Bay are a cautionary tale to sailors everywhere as
is the following harrowing and littleknown story that took place offshore the barrier islands in 1983—
neither of which was under any
weather watches or warnings.
“N
ext thing I know, I’m disoriented and on my
back on the cabin floor in salt and bilge water. I
look up and Harvey has got his front teeth
knocked out and I scramble out on deck and see in the lightning that we’re close to a breaker line, but worse—there’s no
one in the cockpit. I thought...hell of a @#%&#@! situation.”
Legendary sailor and eventual Commodore of Southern
Yacht Club, Hjalmer Breit was onboard Big H, a Charlie
Morgan-designed Heritage One-Ton,
racing in the deadly 1983 New Orleans
Lightship Race in the Gulf of Mexico.
Only six boats would finish the
race out of the 38 that started, and no
one would dispute that the U.S. Coast
Guard had earned their pay that
weekend. Once part of the Gulf
Ocean Racing Circuit (GORC), the 180-mile Lightship Race
ran a triangular ocean course outside the protection of the
barrier islands of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Forming the boundary between the Gulf of Mexico and the
shallows of the Mississippi Sound, these barrier islands are
uninhabited long spits of narrow sand dunes peppered
with pine and oak trees that parallel the coast and mark the
rapid rise of the seafloor from deepwater to less than 12 feet.
Late March is an ideal weather window before the Gulf
Coast’s hot summer doldrums, but reinforcing cool highpressure systems diving south and colliding with warm
Gulf moisture can raise atmospheric havoc including serious sustained winds. However, predictions were reasonable that weekend with nothing higher than 25 knots.
Conditions Worsen Right After the Start
The 38-boat PHRF start was in a strong wind and building
southerly with heavily overcast and threatening skies and
only a few boats opted to DNS and stay in the marinas.
Conditions started worsening quickly throughout the race
as the cold front approached from the north and several
boats had serious issues in the first few miles and didn’t
make it past the mark at Ship Island Pass, let alone into the
open waters of the Gulf.
Guy Brierre who crewed with Breit on the Heritage
One-Ton describes the first few hours of conditions where
some of the boats were in “survival“ mode before the first
mark, “It was a shallow beat to the Ship Island Pass and we
started with a #2. Almost immediately we went to a #3, and by the
time we hit the pass, we were going
to a #4, and then we reefed the main.
Remember; many of these were old,
heavy boats.”
These were still the days of Gulf
Coast sailing legends like Tommy
Dreyfus and Buddy Friedrichs, and where LORAN and
dead reckoning were king, crews were spoiled if they had
enough water or dry crackers onboard, let alone life jackets.
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ditions around Petit Bois
sustained 40 knots with
Island. On Slot Machine,
gusts as high as 65 and
most of the crew was
seas over 15 feet, it was
puking below as they
too much, and catastronow pounded through
phes started occurring
the still chilly Gulf water
on the water.
under maximum reef on
Several hours into
the main and a storm jib,
the race and nearing the
and with every fourth or
first mark, a C&C 40 had
fifth wave completely
a small electrical fire and
pooping the cockpit.
lost most of her electronThompson continues, “I
ics. Along with a Hobie
would like to say that
33 who lost her port
we were great seamen
spreader, both immediand all of that, but most
ately retired from the
of us puked around the
race. Upon docking in
course and just did the
Gulfport marina, their
work that we had to do
crews were not surto try and get back.”
prised to hear that several other boats had
Surf Increases
already returned to the
Closer to Shore
marina or were motorAs the boats came into
ing back to New Orleans
contact with the shalthrough the protected
lowing waters along the
MRGO Channel without
southern shores of the
their masts. A crewbarrier islands, the erratmember on the retired
ic rollers were forced
C&C recalls, “I crashed
higher and higher. Guy
in Gulfport that afterBrierre onboard the Herinoon and by early the
next morning, I remem- Slot Machine, a Lindenberg 30, being recovered off Petit Bois Island. The crew tage One-Ton describes
the fitful last minutes
ber the hotel was shak- abandoned the boat in the surf off the island.
where Big H was cratering. I went to check it out
ing down in troughs between the waves so that to see the
and the wind was easily howling at over 60 knots out of the
sky you had to look straight up. “Our forestay tang
southeast. I left and went over to the yacht club and joined
sheered with a loud bang and the only thing holding the
everyone quietly listening to the mayday calls and the
mast forward was a baby stay and the jib luff. We quickly
efforts by the Coast Guard to rescue them.”
ran halyards forward to the surviving jib-tack horns and
The majority of the fleet was offshore and now rolling
cinched them tight, saving the mast. No longer able to sail,
in the steadily worsening conditions, and by the next afterwe began motoring north, with huge help from the now
noon, the weather
following seas to try to find the pass and put in at
had truly turned.
Pascagoula. It was the middle of the night now, and you
Many of the smallcouldn’t see a thing, but you could hear each wave as it
er boats still in the
approached like a freight train. I went below off shift and
race, such as a J/29
it’s amazing how attuned and accurate your ears become
and a S 27.9, were
at moments like this. We heard the next wave coming.
surfing around the course at 15-plus knots with a blade and
Instead of it being behind us, it was above us. The wave
no main. By all accounts, turning past the Mobile Sea Buoy
broke over the first set of spreaders and the boat pitchand heading back to the west is when everything really
poled into a fully inverted position.”
started to hit the fan. The combination of the cold front carTopper Thompson onboard Slot Machine, the Lindenberg
rying with it 50-plus sustained winds and the shallower
30, explains their eventual forced removal from the regatta
waters near the Gulf Islands were creating an irresistible
and their mayday calls, rogue waves started coming in
formula for disaster.
Unaware that behind them a 34-foot Ericson’s keel was
separating from the hull and had to be bailed continuously,
or that Breit’s Heritage One-Ton was ahead of them in similar trouble, Topper Thompson on Slot Machine, a
Lindenberg 30 custom light displacement, states, “After
rounding the Mobile Bay sea buoy, it was deemed safest to
earnest. On top of the 12-foot seas running at the time, occajust get home to Gulfport offshore rather than dropping out
sional monsters would come through and break on top. It
and risking threading it through one of the shallow narrow
was one of these waves in particular that came through and
passes in the islands.”
seems to have been the harbinger of disaster. The wave
Almost all of the remaining boats in the race opted for
broke, and flipped her stern over the bow. In the same
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motion, the rudder
was broken off. The
boat came up, rig
intact, but no steerage. A sea anchor
was deployed, but
it did not bring the bow into the wind. Slot Machine had no
control, and was broadside to the breaking waves. The crew
got below deck, wedged themselves into place with sails
and tried to stow all potential projectiles. A Mayday was
put out and the Coast Guard was contacted. In the middle
of communication with the Coast Guard, the boat rolled
again and this time the mast hit the bottom and communication with the Coast Guard ceased.
Only a few miles away, the Heritage One-Ton had
righted and Hjalmer Breit climbed through the debris in the
cabin and made his way into the empty cockpit. As the vessel bore down on the breaking shoreline, Breit immediately
scrambled and found the two crew hanging off the stern
attached via harnesses. He had an immediate choice to
make, one of the crew was a 350-pound linebacker who had
played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and the other, as Breit
explains, “Owed me money.” Choosing wisely he pulled in
the average weight man, and then along with two other
crewmembers who came from below, the four pulled the
linebacker in from the water.
Slot Machine
A few boats got lucky in the horrendous conditions and
miraculously snuck through the passes between the barrier
islands, but Slot Machine wasn’t so lucky. Within the next
hour, the boat started pounding on the beach of Petit Bois
Island and Thompson and his crew abandoned ship into the
heavy surf. He recounts, “We were eight souls aboard Slot
Machine during the Lightship Race. All survived the
foundering, suffering some degree of hypothermia after
having been exposed to rain and 42-degree temperatures on
Petit Bois Island. Luckily, our watch captain at the helm
during the pitchpole was harnessed to the rail and only suffered cracked ribs when he bent the stern pulpit and broke
through the lifelines.”
Having secured the crewmembers, Breit was amazed to
discover that the Heritage One-Ton’s engine had kept running while inverted. They now steered Big H away from the
board, which was
useless and only in
the water half the
time.
Hours later, the
crew of Slot Machine
was rescued from Petit Bois while planes and helicopters
continuously searched for Nelson Roltsch. Tragically he
was never found, nor was his body recovered. An accomplished Laser sailor, well-liked and with fiery red hair, he
had also won a national scow championship at age 16. He
had entered Tulane in 1981 and had spent the summer as
a charter captain, having earned his U.S. Coast Guard
Captain’s License at age 18. Today, Tulane University of
New Orleans continues to remember Nelson by holding a
well-attended and very competitive collegiate regatta in
his name.
Reflecting on the trials so many years ago onboard Slot
Machine, Topper Thompson states, “As I recall, we never
knew that Nelson was lost until Monday. I think we just
trudged off the Coast Guard boat and into the car, heading
for home. I remember that I fell asleep in the bathtub.
When we first heard that he had been lost, my initial
response was that that could not have happened on the
boat that I was on, but after thinking more carefully, it
began to dawn on me that it could have happened to anyone, on any of the boats, and that it was amazing that it
didn’t happen more often.”
breakers and were spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter.
Using their searchlight and determining the Big H was in
the least distress, the Coast Guard directed them through to
one of the passes and into the protected waters of the Sound
where the seas almost immediately dropped from 15 feet to
what seemed like one-foot waves.
Dealing with multiple mayday calls and making assessments on the fly, the Coast Guard helicopter then screamed
away to search for a 19-year-old Tulane student, Nelson
Roltsch, who had been washed off a J/29 along with their
helmsman by a rogue wave. The J/29 crew had successfully recovered the helmsman, but were unsuccessful in
attempting a recovery of Roltsch, sailing into the breaking
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CAROLINA SAILING
A Lowcountry Milestone
By Dan Dickison
A lot can happen in a century and
a quarter. But in the case of the Rockville
Regatta, which celebrates its 125th
edition this August, not much has—
and that’s just as it should be.
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ne hundred and twenty-five years of existence. Let’s
put that in perspective. The National Geographic
Society turned 125 two years ago. The Daughters of
the American Revolution is 125 years old this year. And 125
years is how long California’s Yosemite has been a national
park. It’s also how long the races at Rockville have been
going on.
As veteran participants know, the Rockville Regatta is a
unique event. These days, it’s customarily just three
around-the-buoys races played out over the span of a day
and a half, punctuated by two evenings of festivities and a
final awards ceremony. But it’s the setting, the history and
the context that set this event apart.
Imagine a broad, current-ridden river split lengthwise
by a series of buoys. One half is given over to sailboat racing by a small fleet of daysailing boats, while the other is
occupied by an enormous flotilla of spectator craft ranging
from single-person kayaks to 80-foot fishing boats with
nearly every other kind of vessel in between. Well over 250
boats cram into this space, their crews celebrating raucously with music, frivolity and copious libations. On the other
side of the river, at the Sea Island Yacht Club, the celebrations are a little more staid, befitting the host of this longstanding tradition.
The Races at Rockville, as this gathering used to be
known, were once a formal affair where participants and
onlookers arrived in coats and ties and dresses. Though the
early history of these races isn’t well documented, some
facts are known. The competition was born when Jenkins
Mikell of Edisto Island and John Sosnowski of Wadmalaw
Island met on the briny waters of the North Edisto River
during the summer of 1890 to settle a challenge regarding
who was the region’s superior waterman. No record exists
as to which one issued the challenge, nor who actually
crossed the finish line first, but it’s taken as fact that this
duel between two young Sea Island cousins set in motion a
tradition that has become one of the country’s longest-running maritime contests.
You can’t fully appreciate this event without knowing
something about the village of Rockville, which sits some 30
minutes southwest of Charleston near the tip of Wadmalaw
Island. Rockville is the quintessential southern hamlet where
historic homes and enormous live oak trees draped in
Spanish moss line the lone dirt street that stretches through
the village. Life here seems to move at a glacial pace, more
suggestive of the 19th century than the current era.
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An enormous flotilla of over 250 spectator craft ranging from single-person kayaks to 80-foot fishing boats—and nearly every other
kind of vessel in between—cram into one side of the river, their
crews celebrating raucously with music, frivolity and copious libations while they watch the race on the other side of the river. Photo
by Priscilla Parker.
But during the first weekend in August each year, the
village bristles with activity, most of that taking place out
on the aforementioned river (which is actually Bohicket
Creek). An estimated 2,000 people swarm the area, a great
many of them arriving by water. And for a day and a half,
Rockville becomes the epicenter of boating activity in the
South Carolina Lowcountry.
For generations, families connected with Rockville have
been congregating here during the summer and attending
these races. “It’s definitely a special event,” says Sea Island
Yacht Club commodore Capt. Brad Rumph. “A lot of the
folks who participate grew up around here and have been
going to the races since they were tiny. I’ve been doing this
ever since I could get into a life jacket. And what many of us
appreciate about Rockville and the club is that time really
does seem to stand still down here.”
Rumph, who is in his second year as commodore, will
be overseeing the regatta from the vantage point of his
center-console powerboat. He knows that race management is in the competent hands of Dick McGillvary, who
has been handling that role for nearly 20 years. Though
Rumph doesn’t mention it, he’s apt to be more concerned
about the dynamic that plays out between the racers and
the massive spectator fleet.
“Having been on both sides of the river, I can definitely appreciate the perspective of the spectator fleet. It’s true,
a lot of those folks don’t really understand that there’s a
regatta going on, they’re just out there to have a good time.
But we support that. In fact, we invite them to come to the
club on Saturday evening to enjoy the party. Ultimately, we
simply want to ensure that this is a fun and safe sailing
weekend. Over the years, that has meant a growing presence on the part of law enforcement agencies, but I think
having all of those agencies on the
scene keeps everything in balance.
And I have to say that the spectators
have been well behaved the past four
or five years.”
For Rumph—and nearly everyone associated with the Rockville
Regatta—a highlight is the presence
of the Sea Island One Design (SIOD)
fleet. These boxy, scow-like boats are
revered here, and with good reason.
Ernest Grimball’s Undine chases the James Island Yacht Club’s Cygnet downwind in Sea Island
Introduced in 1947, these craft trace One Design class action. Photo by Priscilla Parker.
their lineage to this part of WadAndrews, a longtime club member who wrote an article in
malaw Island and they’ve evolved to become emblems of
1986 praising the “tradition of the SIOD,” they were origithe tradition carried on by the regatta. Numerous local
nally built to last just five or six years. But that’s just the way
sailors grew up racing SIODs, as they’re called, vying for
it is with some traditions. You don’t know at the outset that
bragging rights. And it’s not lost on anyone that these boats
you’re establishing something lasting. Over time, it takes
bear a resemblance to the wooden bateaus that were long
root, and eventually you’re celebrating 125 years. The boats
ago used by farmers here to ferry their goods to market in
have evolved—somewhat—and the dress code is more
the days before bridges connected the Sea Islands to the
relaxed, but otherwise, little has changed down in
mainland.
Rockville.
Though the SIODs are much slower than the E-Scows—
the only other fleet that competes here in significant numFor a boat review on the Sea Island 20 one-design (SIOD), go to
bers—they hold a place of honor at this regatta. For locals,
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The review is one of over 100 sailboat reviews of boats from eight
their Sea Island forbearers, they also serve as a source of
to 90 feet on the site.
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Cal
Cruising
36
By Barbara Bates
“P
retty boat,” said the guy on the Jet Ski who stopped
to get a better look while we were recently at
anchor. “She sure is pretty,” we had said over
seven years ago about her pictures in the listing on eBay just
before buying her. (See “So You Bought a Boat on eBay,” in
Back Issues at www.SouthwindsMagazine.com, February
2009, page 54). We hear that so often, and it never gets old.
We are continually surprised at the number of people who
snap a picture of her. She is a pretty boat.
Buying a sailboat on eBay may seem like a rather rash
thing to do, but it is a decision we have never regretted.
She was relatively ready to go, but as with most boats,
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or desirable. Over the years, we have made her better fitted to our needs.
In the original sales brochure, the Cal Cruising 36 was
touted as an “all fiberglass sailing yacht for deep water
cruising with big diesel power.” If you can find one, you can
sail her as is or do modifications to make her your own.
These good old boats are great and can hold their own
against boats decades newer.
During the several months we spend on her each year,
Submit is our home. She needs to be safe and comfortable.
She is also our transportation and needs to be dependable
with and without wind. And, particularly for me, she needs
to be neat, attractive and appealing. She is all of the above.
The original design would sleep up to seven people: the
huge double V-berth (at 6’ 3”, Reggie can sleep either fore
and aft or athwartship), a double and a single in the lower
salon, and the dinette converted to a double. However, for
us, if there were seven people on board overnight, expect
middle of the night man overboard drills.
We subscribe to a recently heard description of the
“people capacity” of a boat: Parties six dines four, sleeps
two. As storage is more important than berths, we added a
storage locker behind the single berth and shortened the
dinette seats which made storage behind the seat backs. We
sleep in the lower salon double now after tiring of the nighttime “sit, spin, crawl and bump maneuvers” required for
egress from the V-berth. Besides, the lower salon berth has
a better ride. We use the V-berth as our garage for sails, etc.,
but can arrange to accommodate a guest or two.
The galley runs along the starboard side. A U-shaped
galley would be nice, but having a narrow beam, 10 feet 4
inches, makes that less important for safety. There is a twoburner propane stove with oven. Pressure water supplies the
sink. A previous owner installed refrigeration with a small
freezer compartment in the huge icebox, so I’m happy.
One of our favorite features is the large windows in the
galley and dinette. When we are below, it feels like we are
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Looking forward from the helm. Along with the wide companionway, the large port light on the left, like the large port lights on the
port and starboard sides of the cabin, is what helps give the feeling of openness to being down below in the upper salon.
The cockpit is long and narrow. Our steering pedestal has been
moved as far aft as possible to allow for seating while at the helm.
We installed a proper propane locker onto the aft cockpit seat and
it does dual purpose as a great helm seat.
outside. Maybe that is why I don’t mind doing dishes?
Along with the almost white ceilings and upper salon walls,
it makes the interior light and airy, even if staying inside
away from the rain. This comes in particularly handy when
bugs attack. Other boaters may have to withdraw to dark
and stuffy areas below decks. We deploy screens to our two
24x24 hatches and our open companionway, open the sliding window to the cockpit (which has its own built-in
screen), open several of the port lights with their screens,
and life becomes enjoyable again.
After spending a few nights when the thermometer
dropped into the 30s, we added a solid-fuel heater stove. It
does the trick and we enjoy watching the fire in our cozy
little home.
We recently spent five days at anchor, and our wind
generator supplied the four Trojan T-125 batteries with all
the power we needed for lights, refrigeration, computers,
recharging cell phones, and the occasional evening DVD
movie.
Who hasn’t run into problems with marine heads?
Odors, finding pumpouts, clogged heads, leaks, you name
it. We eliminated all the plumbing and the holding tank and
the temperamental head over four years ago and installed a
Nature’s Head composting toilet and have been very
pleased. We don’t need to try to find pumpouts, which are
usually broken when you get there. A bonus is more storage
where the holding tank used to be.
Two 60-gallon water tanks supply fresh water. The old
steel fuel tank has been replaced with two aluminum tanks
holding 45-plus gallons of fuel. We generally cruise in
relaxed mode when motoring. Two thousand RPM on the
recently installed Beta Marine 38 diesel burns a little less than
three quarts of fuel per hour, giving us a motoring range of
about 400 miles. When we ordered our new engine, we asked
for two alternators, one dedicated to the house bank and one
to the start battery. In the event one alternator fails the
remaining one can be switched to feed both battery systems.
So, thanks to all the above conveniences, we can stay
out for a long time, which is our first choice. We rarely stay
in marinas. Anchoring out is generally quieter and the boat
rides more comfortably at anchor than when tied to a dock.
Because of frequent squalls, the second day of our first
outing on the boat gave Reggie cause to haul in five times,
by hand and back, the all-chain rode plus 35-pound CQR
anchor. Dropping anchor is easy now with the electric
windlass we added, and we’ve upgraded to a 45-pound
CQR. You just can’t have too large an anchor.
On the rare occasions when we do tie up to a dock with
AC power, AC outlets are available in the head and engine
compartment. An automatic battery charger maintains the
house battery bank and the start battery.
Like other Lapworth-designed Cals, sailing her is a real
treat, and she is not afraid of big winds. Our genoa is on a
roller furler. Mainsail control has been changed from end
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The galley runs along the starboard side. A U-shaped galley would
be nice, but having a narrow beam, 10 feet 4 inches, makes that
less important for safety.
The comfortable dinette opposite the galley is also a double berth.
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them all, and at least one we should not have been able to.
Of course, only I knew we were competing, but two sailboats on the water usually is a race.
There is at least 6’ 2” headroom throughout the standup interior, 6’ 4” in the lower salon and head. Standing
headroom was one of our shopping criteria. That headroom
is great for Reggie, but since we are a Mutt and Jeff couple,
I don’t see the big deal. However, that headroom is created
by a higher doghouse. Being altitude challenged, I had trouble seeing over the upper salon when at the helm. We
installed a proper propane locker onto the aft cockpit seat
and it does dual purpose as a great helm seat.
The cockpit is long and narrow. Our steering pedestal has
been moved as far aft as possible to allow for seating while at
the helm. Four people sit comfortably around our cockpit
table forward of the helm, and the seats are plenty long
enough for anyone to stretch out and sleep under the stars.
The hull has been described as over-built because of the
thickness of its fiberglass. Proper bedding of hardware on
deck will keep the interior dry and protect the thick wooden bulkheads.
We like her classic design. Remember, she is almost 50
years young. Other improvements and upgrades have
included: nine new opening port lights to replace the old,
corroded cast aluminum Perkos, which were breaking and
literally falling out; replacing the wooden handrails with
stainless; replacing the pulpit, stanchions and lifelines with
heavier duty units and adding gates at both sides of the
cockpit; new larger chain plates; replacing the delaminating
safety glass in the upper saloon with Lexan; adding Lexan
companionway drop boards in addition to the removable
café doors, and a drastically overdone fuel filter system,
plus ABYC standards exhaust system for the Beta. A switchoperated bilge pump will empty the bottom of the bilge and
an automatic bilge pump kicks in if the water gets too high
in the very deep bilge. Soon to be installed items include
rigid vang, cockpit VHF with GPS and AIS receiver, new
Raymarine wheel pilot to replace the old dead Simrad, and
upgraded lighting in the galley and lower salon double.
Another of our favorite additions has been our bimini. It
Looking forward on deck.
Specifications:
Fiberglass monohull
Masthead Sloop
Fin keel with spade rudder, encapsulated lead ballast
Same hull as the standard racing Cal 36
LOA:
35’ 6”
LWL:
27
Beam: 10’ 4”
Draft:
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Displacement: 12,000 pounds
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Sail Area/Displacement: 18.38
Displacement/Length: 272.17
Two 60-gallon water tanks
Originally 85 gallon steel fuel tank
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has been a work in progress for several years. We haven’t felt
the need for a dodger and couldn’t find a design that we felt
would compliment the boat’s lines. Our bimini covers the
entire cockpit and companionway. It can be zipped off in just
a couple minutes. It give’s Reggie full standing headroom
and doesn’t make us feel like monkeys when we maneuver
our old bones out of the cockpit to go forward. We’ll soon
have removable panels of screen-like material to be used to
protect us from the sun and bugs but still let air through.
What would we change if possible? It would be nice for
me to be able to retrieve food from the refrigerator without
doing a headstand. Engine access is abaft the companionway removable steps and down through the lazarettes to
each side. Reggie would prefer a walk-in engine room with
Looking forward. The lower salon begins at the step-down just
beyond the wood cabin sole. To port is the comfortable and ample
double berth. To the right is the remodeled quarter berth.
Quarter berth to starboard. We shortened the dinette seats to add
storage behind the berth and shortened it in length to accommodate a heater stove.
workshop, but it is not to be found in a 36-foot boat. That
leaves engine access being declared just adequate.
After perusing the new yachts at a recent boat show, we
were pleased to report that we preferred Submit to any of
them. They say a measure of how much you love your boat
is if you look back at her when you leave her. We look back.
And smile! Always.
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Navy Yacht Club Pensacola Claims Historic Navy Cup, June 13-14
Strategy triumphs for seventh time in half-century inter-club competition
By Julie B. Connerley
O
f the thousands of races sailed every weekend, some
inevitably become known locally, regionally or even
nationally as classic, historic, memorable regattas. For those
who compete on Pensacola Bay, one such regatta is Navy
Yacht Club Pensacola’s (NYCP) annual Navy Cup.
After strong winds in PHRF racing, and tough competition in small boat racing June 13-14, NYCP was declared
the winner of the Navy Cup for the seventh time in over half
a century of friendly rivalry.
In her earliest years, 10 clubs participated with 57 boats.
Pensacola Yacht Club (PYC) has won most often, though
Pensacola Beach Yacht Club and The Point Yacht Club have
garnered the top honor as well.
The Navy Cup began in 1962 soon after NYCP reorganized following the WWII and Korean Wars. However,
unlike typical regattas which pit sailors against each other
(and ultimately themselves), the Navy Cup is an inter-club
These Navy Yacht Club active-duty sailors were part of the second
day of racing on the one-design boats that were part of the Navy
Cup. Pictured left to right: Sam Ingham (Sunfish), Andrew Shea
(Hunter 18), Andrew Vann (Hunter 18) and Taylor Vann (Sunfish).
Photo by Kim Kaminski.
in the right classes, and the
skilled crews to make the
points add up.
NYCP Commodore John
Matthews explained, “Participating clubs are permitted to
enter as many boats as they
like in PHRF Spinnaker, NonSpinnaker and Cruising classes
on Day 1. On Day 2, competition is limited to two Sunfish,
one Laser and one Hunter with
a crew of two including the
skipper.
“Planning is essential for
each club to make a determination as to how they will enter
NYCP Commodore John Matthews, far left, joins some of the skippers and crew of the 2015 Navy Cup their boats in PHRF classes to
winning team, all members of Navy Yacht Club Pensacola. Photo by Julie B. Connerley.
maximize their scoring potential, as well as selecting experienced one-design sailors to produce winners in each type of
competition. Neighboring PYC graciously hosted the first
boat sailed.”
year’s event since the Naval Air Station Pensacola’s marina
Planning for the Navy Cup was challenging for both
was still under construction. The U.S. Navy donated a large
organizers and participants this year. Many sailors and
heavy silver-plated loving cup mounted on a wooden base
boats were participating in other events along the Gulf
as a perpetual trophy for NYCP in establishing the competiCoast, including the Gulf Yachting Association’s Challenge
tion. PYC won the inaugural event, and again the next year.
Cup which was to be held the following weekend (owners
With half a century of winning clubs engraved on her
and crews were delivering boats to Gulfport, MS.)
namesake, the Navy Cup has evolved from an original offThanks to NYCP members Dean Kirschner, and Jim
shore regatta and small-boat racing in Pensacola Bay and
Frazier and their committee, and especially to the many
Bayou Grande to the present format of PHRF racing
sponsors—vendors, merchants, businesses and individuals
Saturday in the bay, and dinghy racing in the bayou on
who supported this community-wide event, Navy Cup 2015
Sunday. (Hurricanes prevented racing a couple of years.)
was a success for the organizers and sailors. Here’s to the
But the one component that hasn’t changed is club strategy.
next half-century.
The key to winning the Navy Cup isn’t just a matter of who
For complete results, visit www.navypnsyc.org.
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Flying Scot North American Championship, Bay St. Louis, MS
June 20-26
By Charlie Clifton
Winners of the Women’s and Junior Flying
Scot Championships, L-R: Heidi Gough (TX),
Skipper Greta Mittman (TX), Mallory
Edwards (MS), 2nd place Women’s; Martha
Heaulser, (MS) skipper Shelly Caplan, (MS)
1st place Women’s; Andy Hayward, Skipper
12 yr old Drew Hayward, (FL) first place
Juniors; Cary Trapani, Skipper Andrew
Trapani, 2nd place Juniors (MS).
Photo by Cindy Clifton
B
rothers Andrew and Marcus Eagan of the BayWaveland Yacht Club eked out a come-from-behind victory at the 2015 Flying Scot North American Championship.
Forty-nine boats travelled to Bay Waveland Yacht Club in
Mississippi. Although the regular sea breeze failed to show
in the final races, there was wind.
Going into the last race, four crews were within two
points of each other. As evidence of the fluky conditions,
each one had scored a 12 or more for the five-race, no-discard series. Benz Faget of New Orleans jumped out to an
early lead in race five. A win would have earned him the
regatta title.
Leading after four races, Jay and Zeke Horowitz from
Sarasota were hurt badly on the first beat on the usually
favored right side and could never get back to the front.
Jeff and Amy Linton from Davis Islands passed Faget
halfway through the race. Ahead of the Eagans, the Lintons
were now in position to clinch the series. But the Eagans
were not to be denied. They passed the Lintons on the last
beat to take the race and the regatta.
Thirteen states were represented, with large contingents from Texas, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. The
trophy for the top three entrants from one club was won by
Davis Islands Yacht Club with family crews consisting of
the Lintons, Taylors and Hobbs.
The trophy for best finish by a couple was won by Amy
and Jeff Linton.
John and Susie Domagala from Houston won the
Challenger Division with a nice lead over Tom and Melissa
Miller from Dallas.
Nancy Claypool from New Orleans was the top woman
skipper. She and crew Frank Collins came eighth in the 22
boat Challenger Division.
The Silver Piper Award for the top Senior crew in the
Championship Fleet was won by Cindy and Charlie Clifton
from Sarasota.
The Women’s and Junior’s North American Championships were held just before the NACs.
Shelly Caplan from Bay Waveland won the eight-boat
Women’s fleet by three points. Also winning races in the
series were Greta Mittman with husband Mike from Dallas
Flying Scot Winners Drew Hayward and father Andy Hayward of
Davis Islands YC, FL. Photo by Cindy Clifton.
in second place, and Melanie Dunham with Harry
Carpenter from Deep Creek, MD, in third.
Drew Hayward, sailing with dad Andy, won the 11boat Junior Fleet by taking two out of the three races and
scoring a second in the other. Andrew Trapani of Bay
Waveland took second by one point over Nick Lovell of
Southern Yacht Club.
A highlight of the regatta was the Progressive
Commodore’s Dinner. This consisted of appetizers, dinner
and dessert, each served at a different house on a walking
tour along the road by the club. The tour was led by a golf
cart towing a Sunfish with a cockpit filled with ice and a
keg. Along the route, the sailors were entertained by a chorus singing sea chanties!
For full results, go to www.regattanetwork.com, then
go to Results Archive, then to the date, 6/20/15.
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Table of Contents
Regional Calendars (Including regular club racing)
Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA)
East Florida
Southeast Florida
Florida Keys
West Florida
Northern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)
5-6
11-12
12-13
12-13
11-13
19-20
26-27
26-27
26-27
Labor Day Regatta. Open Lake Norman YC (NC)
Leukemia Cup and Wassaw Cup Regattas.
Open Savannah YC (GA)
Old Goat. Thistle Regatta. Thistles Lake Lanier SC (GA)
Cat Fest Multihull. Lake Norman YC (NC)
Cape Fear Open Regatta. PHRF Cape Fear YC (NC)
Gone with the Wind. C22. Lake Lanier SC (GA)
Flying Scot-a-hoochee. Flying Scot. Lake Lanier SC
LMYRA Fall Classic. PHRF Lake Murray Yacht Racing
(SC)
Board Bash Dinghies. Adult and Youth. Lake Norman YC
(NC)
NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARS
Regattas and Club Racing—Open to Everyone Wanting to
Race
For the races listed here, no individual club membership is
required, although a regional PHRF rating, or membership
in US SAILING or other sailing association is often
required. To list an event, email editor@southwindsmagazine.com. Send the information. DO NOT just send a
link. Since race schedules and venues change, contact the
sponsoring organization to confirm. Contact information
for the sailing organizations listed here is listed in the southern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com.
Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races year
around open to everyone and new crew is generally invited
and sought. Contact the club for dates and information.
Individual club races are not listed here. We will list your
club races only if they happen on a regular schedule.
For a list of yacht clubs and sailing organizations in the
Southeast, go to www.southwindsmagazine.com.
Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC =
Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.
LAKE LANIER, GA. Lanier Auxiliary Race Committee.
http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php
See club website for local club racing.
LLSC. Lake Lanier SC. www.llsc.com
BFSC. Barefoot SC. www.barefootsailing.org
AISC. Atlanta Inland SC. www.aiscracing.com
SSC. Southern SC. www.southernsailing.org
Race Calendar
Major Upcoming Regattas
Club Racing: Go to the local association and club websites for club
racing.
The following organizations do not post their races beyond the current month and are not listed in the below calendars:
Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC
Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com
South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the
clubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com.
(state in parenthesis, eg, SC=South Carolina). (* = see “Major
Upcoming Regattas” this section)
AUGUST
1-2
Carolina Open. Carolina YC (NC)
1-2
Rockville Regatta. Sullivan Island YC (SC)
8
Mt. Pleasant Youth Regatta. Hobcaw YC (SC)
21-23 Rocket Regatta. PHRF. Cape Fear YC (NC)
SEPTEMBER
5-6
Labor Day Regatta. PHRF ASC
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CHARLESTON OCEAN RACING ASSOCIATION (CORA).
www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
No regattas scheduled. Go to CORA website for local club racing.
AUGUST
29-30 Vern Pickering Commodores Cup. Lake Lanier SC (GA)
SEPTEMBER
7
Junior Commodores Cup. Lake Lanier SC (GA)
11-13 Open Regatta. Southern SC (GA)
12-13 Old Goat. Thistle Regatta. Thistles Lake Lanier SC (GA)
19-20 Catalina 22. Lake Lanier SC (GA)
26-27 Flying Scot Regatta. Lake Lanier SC (GA)
Sanford Fall Regatta, Lake Monroe,
Sanford, FL, Sept. 26-27
The Lake Monroe Sailing Association, founded in 1985,
hosts this annual regatta on Lake Monroe. Early registration
ends Sept 16. Walk-in registration 8-10 a.m. Sept. 26. Race
starting times: Sept. 26 – noon; Sept. 27 – 10 a.m. Open to all
boats. One-Design classes expected in Sunfish, San Juan 21,
Catalina 22, Force 5. Registration at www.flalmsa.org.
Race Calendar
Club Racing (contact club or website for details):
Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekend
races organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River.
Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organized seasonally. Spring-Summer series begins the first Wednesday
after daylight savings begins. Wednesday Evening races weekly.
The catamaran section of the club has fun sails on the third weekwww.southwindsmagazine.com
end each month at Kelly Park on Merritt Island.
Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com) holds reverse
handicap races on alternating weekends; Sunday afternoons in the
winter and Friday nights from April to Oct. Small boat Sundays on
alternate weekends year around. MYC sponsors a Dragon Point
Race Series for Co-ed racers and a monthly all-female DP series.
Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races.
Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; race
series organized seasonally.
Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Sailing on Lake Monroe, a
segment of the St. Johns River. Tequila Sunday Racing and Jager
Cup Race series, alternating every two weeks, with one race in the
series held monthly. March through October, Wednesday Night
Rum Races. Seasonal race series on Saturdays once a month.
Manatee Cove Marina (at Patrick AFB, Satellite Beach) sponsors
monthly races. www.gopatrickfl.com/marina.html.
Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Saturday and
Sunday races MC Scows. Flying Scots, Wayfarers, Lasers—twice a
month, September through May. Laser races every two weeks during the summer.
Port Canaveral YC Sunday Funday PHRF ocean races second
Sunday of each month. www.pcyc-fl.org.
AUGUST
1
Moonlight Race. Rudder Club of Jacksonville
1
Full Moon Race. St. AugustineYC
15
Double-Handed River Race. Melbourne YC
22
Double-Handed River Race. Melbourne YC
23
Hope There Isn’t a Hurricane Race. Ft. Pierce YC
Melbourne YC
SEPTEMBER (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)
4-5
St. Augustine Dash Night Race. Halifax River YC
5
Labor Day Regatta. First Coast Sailing Association
5-7
Labor Day Regatta. Rudder Club of Jacksonville
5
Herb Elphick Memorial Race. North Florida YC
6
Tommy Hall Memorial Race. North Florida Cruising Club
12-13 Mermaid Regatta. Melbourne YC
20
Old Timers Race. Halifax River YC
26
Fastest in the Forest. Epping Forest YC
26
Moonrise Race. St. Augustine YC.
26-27 Fall Regatta. Lake Monroe Sailing Assoc.*
29-30 Labor Day Series. Lake Eustis SC
11th Annual Castaways Cup
Regatta, Palm Beach, FL, Sept. 19-20
Southeast Florida Race Calendar
Regional Sailing Organizations:
US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.com
BBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net
Clubs (go to clubs for local club racing schedules)
BBYC Biscayne Bay YC. www.biscaynebayyachtclub.com
CGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.org
CRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org.
CSC Castaways SC of N. Palm Beach.
www.castawayssailing.com
KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.org
LYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.org
MYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com.
USSC US Sailing Center
AUGUST
8
Single-Handed Race. CGSC
9
Double-Handed Race. CGSC
12-13 Florida State Snipe Junior Championship. CGSC
19
BBYRA PHRF #1. BBYC
19-20 Castaways Cup. CSC*
20
BBYRA OD #1. BBYC
26
Junior Commodore’s Cup. CGSC
26-27 Lime Cup Regatta. BBYC
Florida Keys Race Calendar
Key West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West Sailing
Club). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305)
292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane off
Palm Avenue in Key West. Non-members welcome. Small-boat
Wednesday night racing during Daylight Savings season. Smallboat Sunday racing year around at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available.
Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner and
drinks afterward.
Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC).
www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regular club racing open to all.
AUGUST- SEPTEMBER
No regattas scheduled in August and September. Go to the website for club racing.
This regatta is sponsored by the Castaways Sailing Club of
North Palm Beach and is a two-day point-to-point regatta
from Palm Beach Inlet to St. Lucie Inlet and return. The
regatta is open to all sailing yachts “ready for sea” in all
aspects by meeting open ocean PHRF-4P standards. There
will be a Saturday morning start off Lake Worth Inlet. A
skippers meeting will be held Friday evening. On Sunday
morning, another start will be set off the St. Lucie Inlet. For
more information, go to www.castawayssailing.com.
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Joey Meyer Regatta, Apollo Beach,
Tampa Bay, FL, August 29
The Tampa Sailing Squadron hosts this regatta for kids and
teens. Graduates of TSS Youth Sailing’s sailing and racing
classes, and sailors recommended by the Youth Sailing
coaches are eligible to race. The regatta is free but there are only a limited number
of race boats, so an RSVP is required for race boat assignments. Some spectator boats are available—RSVP requested. To RSVP, leave message at (813) 645-2262 with your
phone number, name, age, and when you took TSS Youth
Sailing’s sailing or racing classes. For spectator boats and
awards party, please leave the number of family members
attending. TSS Youth Sailing’s Joey Meyer Regatta memorializes a
young sailor who grew up at the Tampa Sailing Squadron
in Apollo Beach to join the US Coast Guard. For more information, go to TSS Youth Sailing’s website, www.youthsailingapollobeach.org, or Facebook, TSS
Youth Sailing. TSS Youth Sailing, Inc., is a Florida nonprofit and federal 501(c)(3) educational organization. Sarasota Sailing Squadron
69th Annual Labor Day Regatta,
Sept. 4-6
The Sarasota Sailing Squadron will be hosting its 69th Labor
Day Regatta. With six courses on Sarasota Bay and PHRF
racing in the Gulf, this regatta attracts sailors from all over
the country. Courses will be set up hosting Opti Red, White,
& Blue fleets, Opti Green Fleet, Laser, 420, Sunfish, Melges,
SR Max, one-design, multihulls and PHRF fleets. This is a
Sarasota Bay Boat of the Year Event. Camping is available
on the club grounds.
About 300 boats generally race in this regatta. Free
dockage and limited camping are available. Food and entertainment will be provided throughout the weekend.
Contact the SSS at (941) 388-2355 for further information.
The NOR and online registration is available at www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org
33rd Bradenton Yacht Club Fall
Kickoff Regatta, Bradenton, FL,
Sept. 18-20
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es, spinnaker, non-spinnaker, true cruising, racer cruiser,
multihull and one-design, will make up the three-race
regatta. Free dockage at the yacht club. Upwards of 70 boats
have raced in the past, most of which raft up at the yacht
club. Partying for the event begins on Friday night as boats
gather at the club, continuing Saturday afternoon after racing. Register at www.bradenton-yacht-club.org, or call (941)
981-3891. For dock reservations, call (941) 722-5936, ext. 212,
or the dockmaster cell at (941) 374-2310.
31st Dunedin Cup Week Regatta,
Dunedin, FL, Sept. 18-27, Regatta
Auction Fund Raiser Sept. 12
A week of youth, high school one-design and PHRF racing.
The Dunedin Cup will be held on Sept. 26, with the 5th
Annual DYSA Green Gleet (Kids) Invitational Regatta, sailing on St. Joseph’s Sound, on Sept 27. The skippers meeting
for the Dunedin Cup will be held at the Dunedin Boat Club
on Friday, Sept. 25. This one day of racing on Sept. 26 on St.
Joseph Sound and in the Gulf is a recognized Suncoast Boat
of the Year event. The regatta fund raiser will be held on
Sept. 12 at the Dunedin Boat Club. All proceeds from the
fund raiser and regatta go to support the Dunedin Youth
Sailing Association program. Gary Jobson will be speaking
on Sept. 19 at the Dunedin Boat Club. For more information
on Dunedin Cup Week and the regatta, go to
www.DunedinCupRegatta.org, or call (727) 733-3498.
West Florida Race Calendar
The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in West
Florida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. For
regatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the West
Florida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org.
Club Racing
Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. PHRF racing, spin and non-spin every
third Sunday at 1 p.m. Skippers meeting at 10 a.m. (727) 4236002. Dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. during daylight
savings season. www.sailbcyc.org.
Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April. Races
at 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 hours
beginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF racing
on Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday of each
month. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or fishermensheadquarters@yahoo.com.
Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend club
races. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org.
Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org.
Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf of
Mexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternate
Wednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or paulrauman@gmail.com.
Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing
once a month, year-round
john@johnkremski.com
Platinum Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on
Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor. www.ppycbsm.com
Port Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, year-round.
pbgvtrax@aol.com.
Punta Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing.
www.pgscweb.com.
Safety Harbor Boat Club. Saturday races year around, usually
twice a month, once a month during summer. Wednesday evening
races organized seasonally. For the current schedule, go to
www.safetyharborboatclub.com.
Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Sunday series, year around with skippers meeting at noon. April through September Friday evening
racing. 5:45 skippers meeting. www.sarasotasailingsquad.org.
St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug.
28. 1630 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org.
St. Pete Sailing Association. Weekly club racing. www.spsa.us
Venice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of each
month, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venicesailing-squadron.org
Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West Florida
Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org). For complete details,
go to www.wfyra.org and click on the regional associations in
Southwest Florida pertaining each area below:
Tampa Bay/Suncoast (also known as West Florida BOTY:
(SCBOTY)
Davis Island YC Boat of the: (DIBOTY)
Gulf Boat of the Year: (WFPHRF Gulf BOTY) (SPORC)
Caloosahatchee Boat of the Year: (CaBOTY)
Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY)
Sarasota Bay: (SBYABOTY)
Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY)
AUGUST (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)
Aug. 29 Joey Meyer Regatta. Youth sailing.
Tampa Sailing Squadron*
Sept. 4-6 69th Labor Day Regatta.
Sarasota Sailing Squadron (SBYABOTY) *
12
Kayusa Cup. Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society
(
CaBOTY)
13
Open Portsmouth Regatta. Tampa Sailing Squadron
18-19 Bruce Watters Regatta. St. Petersburg YC
18-20 33rd Bradenton Yacht Club Fall Kickoff Regatta.
(SCBOTY) (SBYABOTY) *
18-27 Dunedin Cup Week and 31st Dunedin Cup.
Dunedin Youth Sailing Benefit (WFPHRF Gulf BOTY)*
(The Tampa Bay Master Calendar and other southwest Florida race
calendars were not all completed by press date.)
Women’s Trilogy Races,
July and August
www.pointyachtclub.org. Awards will be at each regatta.
At the last regatta, there will be a special Trilogy Trophy for
the contestant who enters all three races and earns the most
combined points.
GYA Women’s PHRF
Championship, Pensacola, FL,
Aug. 8-9
This championship is hosted by the Pensacola Beach Yacht
Club and is open to all spinnaker boats with a valid GYA
PHRF rating and skippers must be members of a GYA-affiliated yacht club. The one-day competition will begin at
10:00 am with no race starting after 1:30 pm. Registration
will be held from 5-7 pm on Friday, August 1, at the
Pensacola Beach Yacht Club. For more information, go to
www.pensacolabeach-yc.org
95th Annual Lipton Cup,
Bay St. Louis, MS, Sept. 5-6
The Bay Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, MS, will
host the 95th Annual Sir Thomas Lipton Cup on Labor Day
Weekend. The regatta is an inter-club competition between
the 33 member clubs of the Gulf Yachting Association.
Competitors sail the 19-foot one-design, the Flying Scot, in
five races held over three days. The winning club hosts next
year’s Lipton Cup. www.baywavelandyachtclub.org.
Northern Gulf Coast Race Calendar
See local club websites for club races.
Gulf Yachting Association. www.gya.org
Galveston Bay Cruising Association. www.byca.org
New Orleans Yacht Club. www.noyc.org
Southern Yacht Club. www.southernyachtclub.org
Clubs with regattas listed this month
BSC
Birmingham SC, Birmingham, AL
BucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, AL
BWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MS
CSA
Corinthian SA, New Orleans, LA
GYA
Gulf Yachting Association
GYC
Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MS
HYC
Houston YC, Houston, TX
MYC
Mobile YC, Mobile,AL
NOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans,LA
OSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MS
PBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FL
PCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS
PtYC
Point YC, Josephine, AL
PYC
Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FL
PontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LA
SSYC
South Shore Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA
SYC
Southern YC, New Orleans, LA
The Women’s Trilogy Series is typically held every July and
August. The first race, the Bikini Regatta, was held at the
Navy Yacht Club in Pensacola on July 18. The second race,
the Race for the Roses, was held on July 25 at the Pensacola
Beach Yacht Club. The third race, the Fast Women Regatta,
is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be held
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AUGUST (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)
1
Fast Women Regatta. PtYC*
1
CSA Around the Lake. CSA North Shore Fleet
1-2
GYA J/22. PCYC
1-2
GYA Junior Lipton’s. GYC
1-2
GYA Lightning Championship. PCYC
1-2
Summer in the Pass. PCYC
8
Round the Rig. MYC
8
Little Salts n’ Old Salts. PYC
8-9
GYA Women’s PHRF Championship. PCYC*
15-16
GYA Flying Scot Knost Regatta. PCYC
22
Big Mouth Regatta. PBYC
22-23
Galloway GYA Sunfish/Laser Championship. GYC
29
Katrina Memorial Regatta. OSYC
29-30
Rock, Paper Scissors Regatta. BSC
4-7
Sir Thomas Lipton Cup. BWYC*
5
Pensacola Beach Pier Race. PBYC
12
Middle Bay. BucYC
12
Goose Point Race. CSA North Shore Fleet
12-13
Back to School Regatta. PontYC
19
Goose Point Race (Make-up Date). CSA North
Shore Fleet
19
Invitational Regatta. CYC
19
Leukemia Cup Regatta. BucYC
19-20
HOOD. HYC
19-20
Leukemia Cup. BSC
19-20
Race Week. BSC
20-25
Hobie 16 NA Championship. PYC
26-27
Great Lake Race. NOYC / CSA / SSYC
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Beneteau Sense 50 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $449,000
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CAL 48 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000
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Beneteau 473 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$203,500
Beneteau 461 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$125,900
Nelson Marek 46 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$97,000
Sea Master 46 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$119,000
Gulfstar 44 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,000
Pearson 424 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$94,500
Jeanneau 42 Deck Salon 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$205,000
Catalina 42 MkII 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$86,500
Beneteau ST42 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$245,000
Beneteau 411 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000
Beneteau 400 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$90,000
Beneteau 393 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$111,900
Beneteau 381 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$81,000
Island Packet 38 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$139,900
Catalina 380 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$110,000
Catalina 380 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$83,500
Cabo Rico 38 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,500
X Yacht 372 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60,000
Beneteau Idylle 11.50 (37') 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$51,000
J/Boats J/111 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275,000
Dufour 36 Classic 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$85,000
Wauquiez Pretorien 35 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$63,000
Beneteau 343 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000
Beneteau 311 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000
Beneteau 31 Centerboard 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$103,000
Catalina 309 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$74,000
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1990 65' Striker 580 Sportfish .........................................Reduced $139,000
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2008 52' Symbol Pilothourse ...........................................................$599,000
1980 Morgan 512 OI Sloop..............................................................$129,000
2003 Novatec 48 Fast Trawler, Bristol ..................................................SOLD
2002 48' Sea Ray Sedan Bridge...........................................................SOLD
2011 47' Sea Ray Sundance ...........................................Reduced $559,900
1999 45' Sea Ray Express Bridge ........................................................SOLD
2006 44' Manta Powercat ................................................................$459,000
2003 43' Silverton ACMY .................................................................$199,000
1982 44' Gallart Motor Sailer .............................................................$59,900
1989 44' Nova Targa ACMY ..............................................Reduced $59,900
2002 42' Carver Mariner ..................................................................$163,000
2005 41' Luhrs Convertible ...................................................................SOLD
2008 38' Hunter Sloop loaded .........................................................$129,900
1993 37' ' Najad CC Sloop - Bristol and Loaded .............................$179,000
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1981 36' Island Gypsy Trawler...........................................................$64,900
1986 36' Grand Banks Classic, Bristol.............................................$119,000
1997 32' Luhrs Convertible diesel ....................................Reduced $59,900
1977 31' Pacific Seacraft Mariah Sloop .............................................$19,000
1987 30' Catalina Sloop MKII Shoal Draft .........................................$16,900
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Demo RS 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9999
2016 Catalina 12.5 Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5488
2016 Catalina 14.2 Sloop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7029
2015 Catalina 14.2 Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7236
2015 Used Picnic Cat 14’ w/trlr & motor . .$12,572
2016 Compac Picnic Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,295
2015 Compac Legacy 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,500
2008 Catalina 16.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5779
2016 Catalina 16.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9180
2013 Compac Suncat/trlr . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,931
2003 Catalina 18 w/trlr . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PENDING
2016 Compac SundayCat . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,345
2016 Compac Eclipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$26,595
2009 Compac Eclipse w/trlr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA
2016 Capri 22 Wing Keel . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,865
2007 Catalina 22 Sport w/trlr . . . . . . . . . .$14,736
2016 Catalina 22 Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$21,529
2016 Catalina 275 Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,559
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50' Rainier Catamaran, 2001 Refit in 2011, Solar,
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46' Hunter 460, 2001, New Electronics 2013, 76
HP Yanmar diesel, 6 KW genset, A/C watermaker, Washer/dryer, $176,000, Kevin B @ 850-9820983
45' Voyage 450 Catamaran, 2007, New Genset,
New A/C, New Saildrives, oversize watertanks, 4
cabin/4 heads, Loaded for cruising. $339,000,
Tom @ 904-377-9446
44' Morgan CC, 1988, Centerline Queen, Roller
furling main and genoa, Solar, Wind Generator,
Watermaker, A/C, $119,000 Steve @ 813-9171175
43' Cheoy Lee Pilothouse, 1983, Awlgrip paint,
bow thruster, new sails and rigging, Fiberglass
decks, A all weather bluewater cruiser,
$149,000, Kevin @ 321-693-1642
40' Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi, 2004, 4 cabins/2
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38' Catalina 380, 1996, A/C, Solar panels, New sails
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36' Bayfield, 1987, $150K in upgrades in the last
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72' Cooper Maple Leaf Pilothouse Ketch, 1986,
The ultimate bluewater cruiser, Professionally
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51' Bristol CC, 1988, 100 HP Yanmar, Centerboard, Heavy construction, In mast furling,
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45' VOYAGE CATAMARAN
45’ VOYAGE 450
44’ LAGOON 440
44' LAGOON CATAMARAN
44’ ST. FRANCIS
42’ CHRIS WHITE
42’ OSBORN CROWTHER
40’ FOUNTAINE PAJOT LAVEZZI
38’ KIT KAT
38’ SEAWIND 1160
37’ ISLAND HOPPER
36’ PDQ CAPELLA CUSTOM
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72’ AUCOOP-BOOTSWERFT
72’ COOPER MAPLE LEAF
65' HERMANSON PILOTHOUSE
60’ CUSTOM GEORGE BUEHLER
60’ AUZEPY BRENNEUR
60’ BERNARD FERDINAND
56’ NAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT
54’ GULFSTAR SAILCRUISER
53’ HINCKLEY CUTTER
51' BENETEAU IDYLLIC 15.5
50’ REINKE SUPER SECURA
50’ KANTER ATLANTIC PH
49’ JEANNEAU DS 49
47’ GULFSTAR SAILMASTER
46’ HUNTER 466
46’ HUNTER 460
46’ HUNTER 460
46’ MORGAN HERITAGE
46’ MORGAN 462 CC
45’ CATALINA M45
45' HUNTER LEGEND
44’ HUNTER 460
44’ MORGAN CC
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TITUSVILLE
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TOM O
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42’ CATALINA MKII
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41’ HUNTER 410
41’ GULFSTAR CC KETCH
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40’ SCHUCKER TRAWLER
40’ BRISTOL YAWL
39’ GULFSTAR SAILMASTER
39’ GRAND SOLEIL
39’ BENETEAU 393
38’ SHANNON
38’ CHIAPPINI SCHOONER
38’ KADEY KROGEN CUTTER
38’ HUNTER 386
38’ DURBECK CUTTER
38’ BENETEAU IDYLLE
38’ CATALINA 380
37’ SEAFARER SLOOP
37' PEARSON SLOOP
37’ HUNTER
37’ HUNTER
37’ O’DAY
37’ TAYANA
37’ WHITBY ALBERG MKII
36’ ALLIED PRINCESS SCHOONER
36’ BENETEAU 361
36’ BAYFIELD
35’ CATALINA
35’ ISLAND PACKET CUTTER
34’ CATALINA
34’ HUNTER 340
33’ NAUTICAT PILOTHOUSE
33’ HUNTER
32’ PEARSON 323
32’ VANCOUVER
32’ BENETEAU FIRST
32’ SEAWARD 32RK
31’ ALLMAND
31’ PACIFIC SEACRAFT
31’ HUNTER
31’ SOUTHERN CROSS
30’ C&C
28’ LIBERTY PIED PIPER
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2009 DYER DHOW. 8 feet. Very good condition, oars w/leather, engine mount, embedded serial numbers, perfect towing, three persons plus equipment. 4-cycle Yamaha 2.5
engine. $1000 for boat. Engine $500. Richard
Edson (727) 940-2695. (8/15)
Luders 16, 1952. Current owner since 1965
(named Windrider, previously Thunder). Won
Columbus regatta Miami three times. 24-feet
on deck. Appears totally original and tight
with main and jib. Hull #570, racing number
33. Epoxy glass over wood. Elderly owner
wishing to sell. $9995. Located Anna Maria
Island, FL. (941) 778-9435 (9/15)
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17’ Com-Pac Suncat 2013. Excellent condition, trailer, unique hinged mast system, shoal
draft keel, outboard brackets, bimini, lazy
jack, portable head, transom ladder, sleeps 2.
$19,831. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises,
800-783-6953, or (727) 327-5361.
1985 Wilkinson 22 ft Cat Boat. Gaff Rig, 8HP
Yanmar Diesel rebuilt 2012, Hull refinished
2014, V-berth, enclosed head, galley sink,
large storage areas. Call (813) 447-1989.
Lauderdale area, make offer. (10/15)
24’ Bahama Sandpiper. Gaff-rigged Cat
Ketch, 1978, with trailer. Pocket cruiser is a
head turner in any fleet, by Chuck Paine. 18”
draft, 1500# lead ballast. Now $3,000. Stewart
Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com. bstewart_yachts@msn.com
Seaforth 24, 1981. Full keel, 2.5 ft draft.
NEW: stern rail, Lewmar hatch, rigging, sails,
roller furling, canvas, Seadeck non-skid, more.
Must see. New bottom job. Cockpit well,
2011 Suzuki 6 LS, trailer available. $8,500.
Call Tony at (941) 545-1179. (9/15)
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Merit 25, 1985. Good Condition. Race ready!
Standard Main & Jib, like new UK Tape-Drive,
Mylar Racing Main, 155 & 130 Mylar Genoa,
Spinnaker, 6 HP Tohatsu 4-stroke, Autopilot.
Great cruiser, sleeps 4, largest berths in boats
under 35 feet. Fast & easy to sail. $6300 OBO. Lake Hartwell, SC. Fred (864) 630-1223
(10/15)
26’ Seaward 26RK 2012 w/Trailer, 1’3 to 6’
draft, electric retractable keel, mast lowering/raising system, 8 S/S ports, roller furling
genoa, $69,900. (800) 826-2807. Pics &
specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
Restored 1976 27-foot O’day Performance
Sloop. New sails .75 spinnaker, Profurl, A-4
Inboard, Sleeps 5, 78x36” 1/4 Berth.
Race/Cruise. 6 winches. Fort Myers Beach
$7800. (239) 560-9656. No text messages,
please. (9/15)
1984 27’ Albin Family Cruiser. Trawler cruising on a budget. Diesel engine, wind and
solar power, air conditioning, inverter, refrigeration, center cockpit with forward and private aft stateroom. Alan (941) 350-1559.
AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at;
www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $25,000
27’ Island Packet 1988. Yanmar 18hp,
Cutter-rigged, foresails & main very good
condition, NEW isinglass in Sunbrella canvas,
2012 solar panel, AC/heat, MORE UPGRADES!
$39,900, Call Tom Olive @ (256) 710-4419,
www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edw
SAILORS, THINKING ABOUT A POWERBOAT? Will Trade. I am thinking about a 24’
to 28’ cruising sailboat, similar value and/or
possible cash difference. 30’ Luhrs
Downeaster 1987, displacement hull, single
270hp, gas, includes bow thruster, a/c, full
electronics, 7 large batteries with inverter for
overnite/fishing, many upgrades in last 5
years. $14,500. Negotiable. Cell (239) 8391884. (9/15)
H-28 by Parkins Marine, Fort Lauderdale.
Fiberglass. 1982 cutter rig, Yanmar 2GM
diesel. Impeccably maintained by professional
yacht captain owner. Many upgrades. Asking
$49,500. Negotiable. Located St. Augustine.
For details, call Bill at (239) 246-1777. (8/15)
1976 28’ Sabre - $20,000 - Curtis Stokes (954) 684-0218 curtis@curtisstokes.net
1987 30’ Catalina MKII. 3’10” Shoal-draft
wing keel, one-owner boat with roller furling
head sail, Universal diesel, propane SS cooktop w/oven, microwave, shore power, all original except for custom hard bimini top and in
good condition. $16,900. Call George (941)
792-9100 Grand Slam Yacht Sales
2006 Columbia 30’ Sportboat. Great around
the buoys or offshore. Shallow canal no problem. Lift Keel Draft-up: 3’, down: 7’. Original
owner, Ullman Sails, Trailer, Dry Storage,
Yanmar Diesel. Beam 9’ 6”. $55,000. Contact
Thomas @ (813) 324-7424 or darcytj@gmail.
com. (9/15)
31’ Pacific Seacraft Mariah 1977. Yanmar
diesel, project boat, needs starboard side cap
rail, electrical and interior clean up. Please call
George for details and appointment for
inspection. Asking $19,900 with offers
encouraged. (941) 792-9100. Grand Slam
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Classic Bayfield 32C tall mast cutter, 1987.
New sails, electronics, radar, autopilot, 7
winches, A/C, galley, refer, sleeps 5, Yanmar
3GM30F diesel, New dodger & bimini, dingy
& motor. More. Located Apollo Beach, FL.
$39,000. Contact Jack at (863) 944-7972. jlwsail@tampabay.rr.com. (9/15)
32’ CATALINA 320 1999. Well kept
racer/cruiser. Roller furling jib. Flaking system
on main. Yanmar 27hp recently maintained.
Wing keel. Lots of electronics with portable air
conditioner and flat screen TV included. Full
cockpit bimini. Clean and smells like new.
Motivated seller. $62,500 obo. Call Dave at
(941) 685-5755. (8/15)
33 C&C 1975. Yanmar 30hp, Diesel, solid performing racer/cruiser. Excellent racing/cruising
sails, Garmin chart-plotter, speed/depth,
AM/FM CD Stereo, VHF. Bimini top that covers
cockpit. Asking $16,999. Contact Mike @
(727) 510-4167 mrt1548@yahoo.com. (10/15)
33’ Tartan, 1981. Speed by S&S, tough by
Tartan, 3 sails, 24hp diesel, 4’5” Scheel keel.
$23,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 8152607. www.marinesource.com.
bstewart_yachts@msn.com
34’ Beneteau 343 2008. 4’9 draft, in-mast
furling, AC, Electronics, Bimini/Dodger,
Refrig/Freezer. $95,000. (727) 214-1590. Pics
& Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
1984 34’ Sabre Classic. A rare opportunity to
purchase a classic boat that needs a little
“sweat equity”. Centerboard; 4’ draft, sails,
canvas, diesel, new batteries. See our website
for details on what she needs for restoration.
www.windsweptyachtsales.com. Alan (941)
350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. $13,000.
34’ Hook Kelly Custom. 1982. Diesel runs
perfect. Excellent condition. Price cut to
$12,500 OBO. Owner retired and anxious to
sell. Proven PHRF winner. Contact Terry at
(941) 723-6560. (9/15)
1992 34’ Sabre Classic. Diesel, radar, GPS,
Exc sail inventory including spinnaker.
Refrigeration, 4’6” Wing keel. Bimini/Dodger
and more. Alan (941) 350-1559.
AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at;
www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $94,500.
36’ Presto Ketch 1982. Fiberglass, shoal
draft, tanbark sails, Yanmar 30 diesel. Perfect
for Bahamas, Florida Keys and Chesapeake.
$24,800. Located in NC. Specs and pictures
at www.beaufortyachtsales.com
1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $74,500 – Curtis
Stokes – (954) 684-0218 – curtis@curtisstokes.net – www.curtisstokes.net
37’ X Yacht 372 1988. Turn Key Race or
Cruise, shoal draft, tall rig, air conditioning,
refrigeration, varnished interior in excellent
condition, full race sail inventory, electronics
new in 2014, race bottom. $60,000 (504)
283-2507 Pictures & specs at www.Murray
YachtSales.com
37’ Island Hopper 2005. 20hp electric start
Yamaha outboards, GREAT sail plan & dagger
boards, open Cockpit, hard top bimini, 2 solar
panels,FAST! LOTS OF UPGRADES!MUST SEE!
$175,000, Call Cal @ (561) 312-0010,
www.CatamaransinFlorida.com,
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Several like new, one-owner Catalina 350s &
Catalina 375s available! Dunbar Sales, Inc.,
www.dunbaryachts.com. (800) 282-1411.
1993 NAJAD 370 from Sweden. Volvo
Diesel, New Generator, Bow Thruster, Air
Conditioning, In-Mast Furling, Roller Furling
Head Sail, New Teak Decks, Beautiful Center
Cockpit Performance Cruiser in excellent condition. Call for appointment (941) 792-9100
Note: vessel is currently restricted from sale in
US waters-$179,000. Grand Slam Yacht Sales.
1984 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Classic Layout.
4’3” draft. In mast furling, Diesel, stainless
ports, GPS, VHF, Xantrex inverter, refrigeration, Gori prop, and more. Alan (941) 3501559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at;
www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $59,900
1983 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Aft Cabin
Layout. 4’3” draft, stackpack mainsail, GPS,
VHF, numerous updates and beautiful teak
interior. Alan (941) 350-1559. AlanWYS@
gmail.com. Details at; www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $49,900
41’ Beneteau 411, 2001. Dream Weaver is
stunning. New Radar/GPS/Chart Plotter, new
air conditioning, in-mast roller furling, cruising chute, new cockpit enclosure, 2011
dinghy, 2 cabin layout, dinghy davits with
solar. $119k. Call Kelly at Massey Yacht Sales,
St Pete. (727) 599-1718
1982 42’ Pearson - $83,500 – Barbara burke –
(904) 310-5110 – barbara@curtisstokes.net –
www.curtisstokes.net
42’ Endeavour 1987. Center Cockpit, two cabins, aft cabin w/centerline Queen, two heads
w/shower, Marine Air, Full Galley, Tall mast, RF
main and RF head sail, Full Canvas, Chart
Plotter, Radar, Autopilot, Electric Windlass,
Wind Gen, AB Dinghy w/ OB, Davits. Many
Upgrades and New Equipment. A must see at
our docks. $79,000. Call George. Grand Slam
Yacht Sales. (941) 792-9100.
2008 38’ Hunter. Loaded, Factory Mariner’s
Package, Bristol, shoal draft, genset, AC,
watermaker, satellite TV, tender, must see.
$129,900. Grand Slam Yacht Sales.Call Jim
(904) 652-8401.
39’ Irwin, 1978. “Everything works, No leaks”
400-watt solar charger mounted on arch.
30hp. Yanmar, carefully rebuilt. 4’3”
draft. Now $25,000. Stewart Marine, Miami
(305) 815-2607. www.marinesource.com
bstewart_yachts@msn.com
38’ Catalina 380 ‘97 & ‘00 models to choose
from, shoal & deep draft, in-mast furling &
standard, air conditioning, cushions and more
starting at $84,900. (800) 826-2807. Pics &
specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
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42’ Jeanneau 42 DS 2007. In-Mast Furling,
Shoal Keel, Genset, AC, Full Electronics, Bow
Thruster, Windlass, Electric Winch, Full
Canvas, Very Clean & True Turn Key.
$205,000. (504) 283-2507. Pics & Specs at
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Catalina 42s. Two available – one owner,
loaded, low hours. Call (800) 282-1411 for
detailed list
Lagoon Catamaran 440, 2006 — Me and The
Sea. GREAT opportunity to obtain a very successful Lagoon 440! She has all the bells and
whistles...a full suite of AC, electric winches,
hard top bimini, two refrigerators and a freezer! Call for more information. (281) 3341993. www.theyachtsalescompany.com
43’ Fountaine Pajot Belize. Owners edition
2006 vintage with all options plus. $449,500.
Please contact Ed at Punta Gorda Yacht
Brokers in South Florida at (941) 833-0099.
2002 46’ Ray Creekmore Custom Built
Center Cockpit. Aft owner’s stateroom, Cutter
rigged, diesel, solid construction. Alan (941)
350-1559. AlanWYS@gmail.com. Details at;
www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $49,900.
44' Gallart Motor Sailor, 1982. With Twin 65
hp Volvo Diesel Straight Drives, Diesel
Generator, 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, 2 Helm
Stations, GPS, Radar, SSB, Solar, VHF, Stereo,
TV, Dinghy w/OB, RF Main, RF Jib. Needs
some TLC. $59,900. At our docks in Cortez,
FL. Call George (941) 792-9100
46’ Morgan CC 1980. 2008 Motor! NEW:
Standing Rigging, Sails, Running Rigging,
Stainless Steel Railings! Great Electronics
NEW since 2008! Hard Top w/ full Enclosure
& MORE! $109,900, Call Leo @ 941-5046754, www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards
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49’ Beneteau 49 2008. $290,000. Generator,
AC, Bow Thruster, 4 electric winches, in-mast
furling, shoal draft, canvas, full electronics
package & more. (727) 214-1590. Specs &
pics at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
1996 51’ Little Harbor Tara Chase –
$299,500 (772) 202-0676, or tara@curtisstokes.net www.curtisstokes.net
51’ Bristol CC 1988. 100hp Yanmar,
Westerbeke 8kw genset, 3 zone AC/heat, bow
thruster, rebuilt 2013 electric mainsail furling
system, 2010 mainsail & jib, 150% genoa,&
MORE! $179,000, Call Bob @ 239-877-4094,
www.SailboatsinFlorida.com, Edwards Yacht
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MORGAN O.I. 512 Ketch 1980. 130hp
Perkins and Kohler Gen Set. Spacious center
cockpit and below. Hood Sails on Furling.
Two-cabin owners version. Upgraded equipment. Ready for extended cruising and living
aboard. Asking $129,000. Grand Slam Yacht
Sales (941) 792-9100
49’ Hunter 2007. Tall rig and SHOAL DRAFT,
bow thruster, great electronics, cutter rig,
watermaker, cabin heater, Genset, full
reverse-cycle heat and air, and the best value
on the market today. Call Kelly Bickford
CPYB @ (727) 599-1718
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engine, or $500 core charge. Plus shipping
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Growth Possibilities. Downtown Slip, Perfect
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Sailboat CAPTAINS needed in Miami. P/T
day charter operation in Miami, FL. Must have
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Smooth Operators—In Paradise
By Monika Olejnik
M
arigot Bay in St. Lucia greeted
us and our boat, Rodeo, and our
companion vessel, Saltwhistle, in a
spectacle of lush hillsides decorated
with vibrant tropical flowers and
posh homes. At the back of the bay
lay an upscale marina complex with
all imaginable amenities. From what
we read, the country in general can
be rough, unwelcoming, and
instances of burglary are common.
We approached it wary and with hesitation, but calm waters, serene surroundings and the presence of many
other boats in the bay put us at ease
about being in St. Lucia.
Injected with this feeling of confidence and security, we and
Saltwhistle moved anchor on our second day to Anse la Raye, a small fishing bay just south of Marigot. It was
Friday, the day of Fish Fest, a townwide street fair that showcases local
cuisine and music. This small fishing
village was nothing like the neighboring bay we came from. It was
shabby and grey, its residents clearly
not the well-to-do folk of Marigot.
We felt a bit uneasy when we first got
to shore, but after we chatted with a
couple of locals and guzzled a few
glasses of rum punch we started to
relax and really enjoy ourselves. My
husband and I carried this feeling of
relaxation with us back to the boat
and well into the late evening, as we
lounged carefree down below.
Carefree, until we heard thumping
along the hull. We paused the movie
we were watching and listened.
Another thump and voices came in
from outside, heightening all of our
senses. We sprang up and flew
through the companion way and into
the cockpit where we saw two dark
figures bobbing at the side of Rodeo.
We freaked. One of them had his
hands on the rail and was about to
pull himself up on deck. They startled us and we startled them. I don’t
think they were expecting us to be on
board. We started to scream at them,
me in English, Gabe in his native
Brazilian Portuguese. With a confused tone in his voice, one of them
exclaimed that they’re just looking,
but it was too late for explanations.
Gabe had already called out for me to
bring out the “gun” and was promising to kill them for the invasion. The
intruders scurried off at the point of
our spear gun, and it was then we
noticed that there were four of them
in total, two on each side of the boat.
In just a few blurry seconds, we had
the motor going and were weighing
anchor to get out of Anse la Raye.
With his voice already hoarse and
strained, Gabe continued to scream
and point the spear gun at the lot of
them as we turned around and
pulled out of the bay.
While under way, back to
Marigot Bay, we called the coast
guard and made a report of what just
happened. They promptly sent a
police boat out to check on us and
then to check on our friend Gerard on
Saltwhistle who stayed behind in Anse
la Raye. By the time the coastal police
made it to Anse la Raye, the four curious Georges must have fled back to
shore with any ideas of pulling off
another heist, hopefully, erased from
their minds by the sharp point of our
spear gun and our relentless howling.
We reunited with Saltwhistle the
following morning and were happy to
find that he had a peaceful night of
rest in the same anchorage we
escaped from. Our good impression
of St. Lucia was now marred by our
brush with the shark burglars and we
wanted to get away from the island as
fast as we could. We sailed south
along the coast to the town of
Soufriere, where we cleared out at
customs, then barricaded ourselves
inside our boats at anchor, waiting to
depart in the morning. It is heartbreaking to have to take such precautions, but we continued to lock the
boat up at night until we got to
Grenada. We didn’t enjoy much of St.
Lucia, which is a shame, because the
island really is beautiful. We set sail
from there just as the sun slipped out
from behind Gros and Petit Piton,
sending golden streaks of light
through chalky morning haze. Heat
would burn through it later in the
day, but at the time, everything was
hushed and soft, wrapped in cotton. It
looked innocent and alluring and it
was hard not to admire it, but we
were happy to press on for Bequia in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
St. Lucia is not the first and not
the last place we visited that comes
with a warning and a stigma of being
unsafe. Cautionary tales from all corners of the cruising community blemish the reputation of many anchorages, but that has never deterred us
from exploring them for ourselves.
We have met many a sailor who had
positive experiences in St. Lucia; who
were captivated by her beauty and
enjoyed the warmth and hospitality of
her people. It is impossible and unreasonable to judge any one country and
its people by singular, isolated offensSee SMOOTH continued on page 60
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