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Page 36. 48 Carolina Sailing: The Upcoming Charleston Race Week Photo by Mike Alyea. By Dan Dickison 50 TrawlerTalk: Dinghies and Stowing Options for Trawlers By Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell 52 A Cruise to Carabelle and Apalachicola Bay By Cyndi Perkins 56 Southern Racing: News, Upcoming Races, Race Reports, Regional Race Calendars 78 Always the Same Dream By Jeff Silcock 19 Books for Sale 24 Southern Sailing Schools Section 28 Marine Marketplace 41 Southern Marinas Pages 64 Boat Brokerage Section 69 Classifieds Everglades Challenge. Page 44. Photo by Steve Morrell. 76 Alphabetical Index of Advertisers 77 Advertisers’ List by Category COVER PHOTO: The Everglades Challenge 2013. Miss Marie, a Hobie Getaway, crewed by Eddie Mack and Joshua Murphy, about an hour after the start as they head out of Tampa Bay in the Gulf for the trek south to Key Largo. Photo by Steve Morrell. Story page 44. Each issue of SOUTHWINDS (and back issues since 5/03) is available online at www.southwindsmagazine.com 4 April 2013 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com FROM THE HELM STEVE MORRELL, EDITOR New Interactive Online Southern Youth New Interactive Online Sailing Programs Directory Southern Yacht Club Directory For the last five years, SOUTHWINDS has published in the SOUTHWINDS has always had an online Southern yacht club April issue a list of the youth sailing programs in the south- directory. It has only listed the name, city, state, website link east United States. We published them in April each year so and phone number. Along with our new youth programs that young sailors and parents had ample time to prepare directory, we will be expanding the club directory to make it for summer sailing camps. We originally started listing just interactive so that clubs can update changes and increase the summer programs. Then we expanded it to include their listings to describe their club at length and upload youth programs for the entire year, but we found it difficult logos and/or photos. Each club will also get its own page for to get the listings updated by March 1 for printing in April expanded information. Clubs will be allowed to create an since programs weren’t always finalized by then. This year, account and upload and change information as they see fit. I decided to create an interactive online directory. We will post the current club information on the site and The advantage of the online directory is that organiza- clubs will be able to “claim” an existing listing. The directo- tions can create their own account and upload and edit it year- ry will be FREE. It will cover the same areas as the youth round, as seasons change and as programs change, plus list a directory (see above). You will be able to access the directo- lot more information. This service will be FREE to all non-prof- ry by April 1 on our website. We will also be looking or sug- it organizations, with a small fee to all for-profit companies. gestions for improvement. The service will be up and running before April 1. We will email the organizations from last year and put their 2012 pro- North Carolina Charter Mini grams on the directory (marking them as 2012), allowing those organizations to “claim” their listing by registering an account. Cruising Guide in This Issue They will then be able to update their listing anytime. Every We published part I of “Bareboating in North Carolina” in organization will also get its own page to expand its listing. the February issue, and at the end of the article stated that They can run a small listing or a long one, even upload a logo we would be publishing part II, a mini-guide to chartering and/or photos. These listings can be edited anytime. in the state in March. Because of an error on my part, we did Organizations offering youth programs not printed in 2012 not get that in the March issue, so it is in this issue. Mike will be able to create a new account and post new programs. Alyea wrote both articles and did a great job on writing a The area covered will be the southeast states where guide to bareboating in North Carolina on page 36. SOUTHWINDS is distributed: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. We will also allow listings of programs in Tennessee, Boatyard Burnout Arkansas, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. After publishing a story on boatyard experiences in the The directory will be accessed by going to our website February issue (“Surviving Boatyard Burnout” — available and clicking the Youth Sailing Programs link. We will pro- online in Back Issues), and then writing about my boatyard mote and advertise the directory monthly in the magazine. experience in the March issue, I am inviting others to send We will be looking for suggestions on developing and us their stories about boatyards. Send to editor@south- improving the directory. windsmagazine.com. Tired of trying to market your book? Want to concentrate on writing or need help promoting book sales? WE CAN HELP — Why Publish With SOUTHWINDS? 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Production Proofreading Artwork Heather Nicoll Kathy Elliott Rebecca Burg www.artoffshore.com Printed by Sun Publications of Florida Robin Miller (863) 583-1202 ext 355 Contributing Writers Letters from our readers Mike Alyea Chris & Alyse Caldwell Dan Dickison Troy Gilbert Ron Hoddinott Kim Kaminski Roy Laughlin Cyndi Perkins Hone Scunook Morgan Stinemetz Contributing Photographers/Art Mike Alyea Meredith Block Rebecca Burg (& Artwork) Chris & Alyse Caldwell Dana Clark/Breathe Magazine Dan Dickison J/Boats Ron Hoddinott Roy Laughlin Bruce Matlack Jules Norwood Cyndi Perkins Scunook Photography Jeff Silcock Richard Smith EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: ARTICLES & PHOTOGRAPHY: SOUTHWINDS encourages readers, writers, photographers, cartoonists, jok- ers, magicians, philosophers and whoever else is out there, including sailors, to send in their material. Just make it about the water world and generally about sailing and about sailing in the South, the Bahamas or the Caribbean, or general sailing interest, or sailboats, or sailing. SOUTHWINDS welcomes contributions in writing and photography, sto- ries about sailing, racing, cruising, maintenance and other technical articles and other sailing-related topics. Please submit all articles electronically by e- mail (mailed-in discs also accepted), and with photographs, if possible.