They are trailerable and frequently used by offshore fishermen who are interested in a reliable way to get back to shore in case the motor fails.

Learn about these unusual boats at www.macgregor26.com and see the video of the MacGregor 26 in rough sea and high winds! Not as seen on Lower Sarasota Bay below Point Crisp! No way!

Week 2 has started off with three days cancelled.
Then, one good race was held before the final day was cancelled. That gave us 3 total races for the November Series.<;> That is less than typical for this time of year.

October 23rd SKSC Meeting attended by 5 Skippers, Anna Lenck and 2 Crew Members

Bill Hoffman sold his Precision 23 Second Wind and is available for crewing as is Milton Thrasher when not sailing with Ted Jennings.

Pete Buros will bring Coda to the area either Monday or early Tuesday from the Sailing Squadron where he reports that the Yahama motor started on the 2nd pull. Commodore Kilbourne reports his outboard is a little shakey. Milton Thrasher suggested that he consider mooring his boat at the dock opposite the Siesta Bungalos where he kept the Classy Lady. In that way, he can be assured of being able to get to the SKSC course in time for the starts each day.

The October-Novermber Series Handicaps were distributed. Ted Jennings will be the Starter initially.

The handicap (HC) of a boat is determined by using the average time of a fleet boat over the coursein winds at 8 thru 14 mph. This average time is then subtracted from the average time of the first boat to start. Handicap determination can be checked using the HC Determination Chart found on our websites.

This first newsletter of the season is in email format with hard copy mailings being sent to members who do not have the availability of a computer. Newsletters to follow should be hardcopy mailings.

Welcome to a new season and our 26th year as a sailing club. As the chart above shows, our fleet is fairly well intact. There are always some changes.

Veteran skipper Paul Baehr joined us last season, and he should be with us in mid-November with his Shark, Sudden Penury. Over the summer, this Canadian-based sailor was the Regatta Chairman for the 46th Shark World Championship which was held at his home club (Beaconsfield YC). He finished about in the middle of the Shark fleet. A few weeks later, he finished 3rd in his own Beaconsfield YC Annual Regatta.

Paul finished 2nd at the Ishkoodah Cup, the longest continuously run race in Canada. More races followed, and, In all, he had a very successful summer.

Pete Buros was active sailing with 3 offshore trips including BVI-Cheseapeke, NYC-Maine, and East-to West on L. Ontario. He sailed with Bob Miller on Bob's Pearson 32 on L. Ontario. He had buoy races on L. Sunapee in NH as well.

Bill Hoffman may be leaving Pelican Cove, and he is concerned about finding a berth for his Second Wind.

Ted and Burr Jennings have moved Liberty from Siesta Key Marina. She now has a slip at the same dock area as Dick Fox and his Dad's Therapy.

Fleet Captain Bob Miller is having a fine summer, saying "It has been an excellent sailing season here on Lake Ontario. Sailing almost daily and have had two cruises so far this season." Due to travel, Bob and his Mz. Manatee will miss the Nov. Series Races..

Fleet Recorder Anna Lenck has recently returned from a cruise to Nova Scotia. Along with her record keeping for the club, she shares Webmaster entries duty for our Web Site 1 and is the Webmaster for the Bay Front Community Assoc. As crew for Nina, she helps with lay lines and with keeping Charlie K. off the bay's sand bars.

Alberto DiMillo has been on the West Coast. He spent a day sailing a 37' J47 on San Francisco Bay.

Milton Thrasher has gotten active again with the Sarasota Model Yacht Club that races Soling One Meter r/c models at the Meadows Community pond near their new Community Center. He committed to crew on Liberty on a space available basis. He will be available for crew on days he is not sailing with Liberty. We look forward to his SKSC racing comments on his SKSC Website 2.

Frank VonAllmen is ready for the season, saying: "Ace High is in ship shape and ready to take on all- comers!"

Hans Wockenfuss is in the process of acquiring new sails for his Freedom, Neptunita.

Milton Thrasher offers Genesis Wood Clock laser cut parts in addition to model boats

Click on the ClockVideo.mp4 image to see the Genesis Wood Clock in operation.

See my latest project - Genesis Wood Clock laser cut parts - as shown on Genesis Wood Clock my new PhotoShow.

The full instructions and ordering information for the Genesis Wood Clock are in the Spring 2011 issue of Scroll Saw Magazine which sells for only $6.99 plus shipping for about $10 total.

I sell the laser cut parts for the Genesis Wood Clock and others by Clayton Boyer. See his blog on www.lisaboyer.com for "Clocksters'" comments.

See how to build the Simplicity Wood Clock step by step.

April 2011 Series

The SKSC 2010 - 2011 Series Race Results show a tie between Nina and Dad's Therapy. It was a season full of surprises with 2 new boats, an exchange of boats and 2 new skippers with constantly changing race results. The weather allowed more races than most years and did not have the severe cold we experienced the year before.

Fleet Captain Bob Miller presented 1st place trophies to Commodore Kilbourne and Dick Fox who tied for 1st Place and the 3rd place to Hans Wockenfus.

April 7th and 8th Races

I was out of town for these two races and only heard about them.

Commodore Kilbourne had outboard motor problems which caused him to not be entered on April 7th.

The astounding time of 35 minutes by Liberty on April 8th was attributed to it being an all reaches race that was started in the wrong direction for the wind.

This is a perfect case to make the argument that an other coourse option could be with a Green over Red flag indicating a start to the north with all marks to port.

Conversey, a Red over Green signal could indict a start to the south with all marks to starboard. That should not be confusing because Red is the color for the port side lights and Green is the color for the starboard lights. This would give us 4 choices of courses with the same handicaps.

The record for the 4.2 mile course was set by Dave Farr in Second Wind of only 32 minutes. That will be a tough time to beat unless the wind is above 15 mph.

April 6th Race Cancelled Due to High Winds and Gusts over 20

As you know , race cancellation was unusually late this morn. This was because it was felt that with early weather reports, the wind appeared to be acceptable for race conditions. As the aftn. approached, however, wind velocity increased , and SRQ airport was issuing 22 mph peak gust reports.

It was at this time (between 11 and 1130 AM) calls were made to advise skippers of these conditions and to recommend individual cancellation. Some who were about to race changed their minds, and the race, of course,was eventually canceled.

Commodore Charles Kilbourne
Fleet Captain Bob Miller
Fleet Recorder Anna Lenck

Siesta Key Sailing Club Bulletin 4-5-2010

Racing is canceled since NOAA has posted a small craft advisory notice until 4 PM. They expect winds to be in the 17 to 25 mph range by this afternoon with possible thunderstorms as this cold front moves in.

Charlie Kilbourne, Commodore
Bob Miller, Fleet Captain

April 2011 Races

The April 1st Race was sailed in ideal conditions! Commodore Kilbourne and Fleet Captain Bob Millier's comments:

It is as though April First was living up to its name when we sailed this race yesterday. The finish line was crossed by 8 of our fleet boats within 5 min. of each other. This is a good sign our HC system is working well, but almost too well to be able to determine time and order of finish easily.

One boat was unsighted (Second Wind between Ace High and the east shore) and two boats had incidents on the course resulting in DQs. As a result, several sailors made phone calls to clarify the various situations.

PLEASE -- contact the Fleet Captain or Commodore IMMEDIATELY after the race to report any marker violations, collisions, etc., as they may affect the outcome of a race. Fortunately, yesterday's incidents did not involve awarding of points.

Charlie Kilbourne Commodore
Bob Miller, Fleet Captain

The March 29th race was started to the south in a light SSW breeze. It had enough punch to allow the Commodore to reach the south mark in 3.5 minutes. That indicated it would be a difficult race for those starting much later. That proved to be the case. Sudden Penury and Liberty were not able to do anything in those conditions. Liberty managed to catch Ace High at the last mark. The wind was so light that Ace High lost momentum while Liberty carried on around the West Mark. Liberty kept the breeze long enough to hold off Sudden Penury.

We saw Friend Ship pass the Commodore just at the end. Coda sailed close to the Commodore for most of the race but lost out near the end to about 3 boats that kept their momentum in the very light zephers.

February Series Week 2

Thursday 2-24

Today's race did not have enough umph in the wind to be used for handicaps but points were awarded for the top 3 finishs.

The start was to the south and just barely a beat as most layed the mark from the start. The fleet got strung out nicely per the handicaps. That made a great sight. Very early on we saw that Dad's Therapy was going to be hot again. Sure enough, she took a 1st for the second day in a row.

We saw how long the course times would be when it took the Commodore in Nina 7.5 minutes to get to the East Mark. He and a few others held on to the North which I contend is the way to play the south wind. Those who took a starboard tack to the middle were at great risk of finding the soft spots. That is the usual pattern.

I was on Liberty again. We started 20 minutes after Nina. We watched her rather quickly be overcome by Mz. Manatee, then Neptunita, and then Dad's Therpy. That was on the first lap!

The race was a challenge to your patience as the usual tack was immediately followed by a header which made you think you should have held on to the knock you were trying to escape! We had our eyes on Sudden Penury. We were surprised that we could hold her off after her 2 minute later start until the last turning mark! It seems we are a little faster on reaches and runs due to more sail area but she is significantly faster to windward.

I can only tell about the last 5 boats to finish as we were so far back that we only knew that Dad's Therapy had taken her 1st place in two days! And, Neptunita had her second 2nd in two days! You can imagine how disheartening it is to see most of the fleet at or near the second mark before our start when the wind is down in the 6 to 8 range with no way to catch the leaders. All we can do is wait for the next race to get back into the game!

On Friday, Burr Jennings and his father Ted will be racing Liberty. I will be at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron getting the Classy Lady ready for our son and his two sons and wife who arrive Sunday for a week. We hope to sail a few days before she might be sold. I have a potential buyer coming over from New Orleans who wants to take her to Lake Ponchatrain to day sail her! We keep our fingers crossed.

Wednesday 2-23

Today's race had 9 mhp spotty and variable winds that would be more appropriately called breezes. It was a north start which guaranteed windward work after the day before had mostly reaches. Sudden Penury returned to the apprehension of those in contention! She started with Mz. Manatee at 1:40 the day before and decimated the fleet. She obviously needed a start in the back of the pack. She was given a 1:52 handicap having bested Liberty by 2 minutes. She sailed with a smaller jib and still managed to finish ahead of Liberty but only by a nose.

This was a perfect opportunity to make the point that the high handicap boats suffer heavily when the winds are light! Pardon my taking a lot of ink while telling an interesting tactics case.

Due to the breeze going soft, our fastest boats - Sudden Penury (SUD) and Liberty (LIB) - were not able to catch what I call the early starters. But, they had a great race within the race. Here is how it played out:

LIB and ACE were both ahead of SUD and overlapped at the South Mark when turning for home. ACE had done a great reach and built an inside overlap as they rounded close together. They both hardened up and proceeded west until they could possibly lay the finish line which was badly skewed with the west end closest. ACE peeled off first and LIB held on a little longer to be sure to not have to make any tacks to finish. SUD was coming on strong. She had proven faster and closer winded. This shaped up to be a great three boat race to the finish!

The wind was possibly the strongest it had been giving LIB and ACE some hopes that they could hold off SUD to the end. That was not to be! Because the line was so skewed, ACE did not have a chance as SUD started her move as expected.

LIB had a difficult choice as we neared the finish. She could luff up SUD before getting within two lengths to the finish. That would be to prevent her from passing to windward and finish first or simply sail fast to be sure to beat out ACE. Quick thinking LIB Skipper Jennings realized that SUD was sailing a trial race and elected to beat out Ace High instead. Sud managed to put her bow over the line first by a nose taking LIB and ACE!

At the earlier end of the race, Dad's Thearpy found the groove and passed about 4 boats before getting to the East Mark. Neptunita was also getting hot and moved up fast. Coda was sailing well and looked good for most of the race. Friend Ship was holding back as she does before doing something amazing the next day. We have to watch her closely.

Tuesday 2-22

February 22 promised to be a light air day and that turned out to be true.
The wind was from the SWS allowing the fleet to almost lay the South Mark in winds of from 6 to 10 mph with lots of lulls and a few stronger puffs with some variability.

I sailed on Liberty again and saw the fleet divide up. Four came in fairly closely and five came in later, more strung out.

The excitement for the day was the presence of a new boat - the Shark 24 307 from the Beaconsfield Yacht Club near Montreal, Canada. She is named Sudden Penury is reported as SUD in the results. SUD means South in French. You can find photos of her in races at the Beaconsfield Y C. She is shown with spinnaker and a large genoa against other Sharks and larger boats.

Sudden Penury has a low freeboard and a small cabin. She has a fin and bulb keel and a fin rudder. Needless to say this boat is a rocket compared to our typical mini-cruiser. She finished at 2:24. Naturally, she sailed a trial race so she cannot be counted in the standings.

Per SKSC Website 1, Dad's Therapy sailed an excellent race and came in 1st followed closely by Mz. Manatee, then Netunita by 1 minute followed by Liberty at 2:31. It was the first time that Neptunita completed the course in less time than Liberty proving the advantages of a clean bottom.

Shark 24 Information

The Shark 24' (7.34 m) was first built in 1960 in Canada. It was in continuous production until the early 1990s. It is the largest and most successful Canadian one-design keelboat class with Shark fleets in Canada, USA, and Europe. Although the Shark 24 may not have all the characteristics of the latest go-fast designs, it allows sailors to get involved in serious one-design competition up to the World level for a fraction of the cost of other keelboat designs. From Wikipedia:

Specifications:
LOA 24 ft (7.3 m), LWL 20 ft (6.1 m), Draft 3 ft 2 in (1.0 m),Beam 6 ft 10 in (2.1 m)
Hull weight (with fittings) 2,100 lb (950 kg), Keel weight 675 lb (306 kg) Cast Iron
Sail area with 100% foretriangle 190 sq ft (17.7 m2)

The Shark 24 has earned itself a reputation of extraordinary reliability and longevity among sailors both in North America and Central Europe. Having been designed by George Hinterhoeller back in 1959 to cope well even with the harshest conditions found in the Great Lakes region, the vessel has proven to be well suited for extended leisure trips as well as for tough racing.

Because the Shark has not lost any of its popularity over the decades, and there is a large international racing community carrying out countless regattas every year, the Shark has recently been awarded the title "Classic Yacht" by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).

One of the many SKSC mysteries

How can the Liberty, a standard Freedom 21 with class legal sails be so fast? Can it be the sails? They are 20 years old by Shore Sails who is now doing business as Shore Internations and runs sailing camps and other events.

Liberty's mainsail roach appears to have a much larger arc and the hoist may be about 1' shorter to compensate. The Liberty roller reefing Genoa is new and looks very good to my eyes. Those two points may make a big difference.

Neptunita's bottom has reportedly been cleaned recently. We think she was faster today as she came in behind Dad's Therapy less than a minute later as the wind was softening late in race.

Liberty seems to have about 2x more area in the roach than Neptunita. Friend Ship seems to have two thirds as much in the roach area. This may account for Liberty's better performance, particularly off the wind.

In checking the handicap charts, you can see that thay are arrived at strictly by taking the average of the times over the course compared to Nina's.

There are a few adjustments in the times over the course having to do with penalties. For instance, Friend Ship had 2 minutes subtracted for not observing the right of way of a starboard tack boat in one race.

The boats with higher masts have been known to do better in some winds when the breeze is stronger aloft. This may be mostly in days when the water is warmer than other days.

Do those who start earlier than others have an advantage?

Often the breeze is stronger at the 1:30 start and dies off later. That means that those who are started earlier may have an advantage over the later starters. We have seen Nina get mid-way from the West to the East marks before the next boat starts! And, conversely we have seen the wind pick up later in the race when the bigger boats with more sail area gain significantly.

I propose that the starting time be advanced to 1:15 to take advantage of the sea breeze and the possibility of the breeze lasting long enough for the late starters to have enough wind to catch the early starters. This is based on my observations for several years that the sea breeze, when it comes, most often fills in by 1:15 in sufficent strength to know the direction for the start and give the ealier starters a jump on the later starters. I believe it would be fairer for all concerned.

Today, with the new handicaps, we will be watching closely how the new starting sequence works out.

Your observations are welcome for this discussion.

Be sure to check the new Handicap Charts shown below. Week 2 and Week 1 Handicaps are shown for comparison.

Friend Ship and Mz. Manatee now start ahead of Ace High. Second Wind now starts ahead of Dad's Therapy.

Ace High and Liberty earned their 5 minute higher handicaps by excellent sailing!

February 15 - 18, 2011 Race Days

Tuesday 2/15
Commodore Kilbourne missed a great opportunity to continue his string of firsts for this year due to motor troubles. This was Coda's kind of wind! The wind was a good 8 to 10 from the WNW with only a few adverse shifts for Coda. Coda had a spectacular race today, taking 1st in only 50 minutes!

We saw many boats had troubles at the West mark. We worried a lot about Ace High and Neptunita as they moved up fast on the East to South Mark leg. Fortunately, the wind held on the final leg and Coda got the win with Ace High and Neptunita coming on very strong.

Consider that Coda started at 1:35 followed 1 minute later by Ace High and three minutes later by Neptunita! Given that Ace High and Neptunita came in within several minutes, the handicap system did a good job!

Wednesday 2/16
Liberty took 1st while Neptunita and Friend Ship came in tied for second. Hans gratiously asked that Alberto DeMilio be awarded points for 2nd while he would take pts for 3rd.day

It continues to amaze how Alberto can be hot one day and the next will be the opposite!

Thursday 2/17
Thursday was a remarkably nice day with another 9 mph breeze but it was very variable. Ace High was terrific. The smaller boats suffered, possibly because the breezes were up higher. Those with taller masts seemed to have a distinct advantage.

See the write up below the photos from the Wednesday races.

Friday 2/18
Friday was another remarkably nice day with an 8 mph brease but not so variable as Thursday. Ace High was again terrific and took another first.

See the write up below the photos from the Thursday race day.

Click on each photo for a larger image.

Thursday - 2-17
I sailed with Ted Jennings on his Freedom 21 Liberty today. The light breeze was from the NWN allowing the fleet to lay the West mark initially. It shifted more to the north later requiring the playing of the shifts which always separates the men from the boys.

Liberty started last at 1:45 on the north bound course. Ace High started 9 minutes earlier, with Leaf Wanless at the helm. He took off on all of us and flew up to the West Mark in a flash!. He was almost able to lay the mark while those of us who came along later had to tack to make it. I think he rounded the West Mark first and probably was to the East Mark before any others rounded the West Mark!

On Liberty we thought we could cut off the remainder of the fleet as we tacked for the West Mark on starboard tack. Unfortunately, we took a big header while Second Wind, Mz. Manatee and Neptunita were enjoying a big lift with some real punch in it. We rounded a little behind Second Wind and by then, Neptunita and Mz. Manatee were about 150 yards ahead. As we approached the East Mark, we saw that Neptunita had an inside overlap before two boat lengths from the mark. That required Mz. Manatee to round on the outside of the "wheel".

Ted Jennings knows the vagaries of the East Mark. Upon rounding, he hardened up to get away from that shore. It did not take long to pass Neptunita and Mz. Manatee by being further out in the stream. We saw that Ace High had already rounded the South Mark! Ace High was too far ahead to catch on the second round. So we settled in and watched the struggles of the remaining seven boats.

My assessment is that the wind was stronger higher up so the boats with taller rigs benefited. Ace High, having the tallest rig may have had a lot of air that the smaller boats did not receive. And Second Wind with a taller mast lead Dad's Therapy for some of the time, probably due to her higher mast. We noted that Ace High has an asterisk, meaning her handicap can change daily. We wished it was a T for Trial Race to establish a new handicap with her lighter keel. That would have given us a three point first instead of a two point second place.

Unfortunately, I did not have the camera set up properly today. So, I only have three photos even though I snapped quite a few. They show how light the breeze was as we prepared to start.

Dad's Therapy and Coda await the start of the Thursday race.

Friday 2-18
Because the course was started to the south, I had a very good view of the last lap of the race. Ace High was leading again on the 4th leg from South to East by a big margin.

Even though she went south after rounding the East mark, she had enough lead to not be really challenged by others.The fleet was lined up nicely on the close reach from the south with about 30 - 40 yard between each boat. It was a great sight.

Unfortunately, I was not able to take photos again because the card was full. It stored 8 new photos on it the internal memory stored. But,I don't know how to transfer from internal memory to a card. So, I won't be able to post them unless Peter Buros can tell me a way to do that.

The wind appeared to be 8 mph or less with an occasional gust. Most of the boats rounded the East Mark and started off on the starboard tack. That took most of them down toward the west of the finish line where one house juts out.

There appeared to be some strong puffs for those who then port tacked for the West Mark. But, Commodore Kilbourne, Second Wind and possibly two others held on to the North at the East Mark which is what I advise. The breeze to the north of the East - West course seems to be a little stonger when the wind is from the south even though it must lift over the houses.

I saw that Liberty was easily over taking boat after boat. She almost caught Ace High on the last leg. Alberto in Friend Ship did a fine job again and came in 3rd followed by Neptunita. Dad's Therapy overtook Neptunita and Mz. Manatee. Ace High appears to be sailing much better with her new steel centerboard that is about 150 lbs lighter. Liberty is clearly the fastest boat of the fleet. Alberto continues to amaze with his ability to come in strong after each set back. Coda needs winds over 10 to keep up as does Nina.

It was a great week for racing with decent winds, no rain and not too hot. Getting 4 races in during the first week takes the pressure off trying to get all 4 races in next week. Let's hope for stronger winds so that the smaller boats get a break! After watching the racing for several seasons, I have the audacity to offer the Course Chart with comments. Feel free to offer your views as it is intended to tighten up the racing by letting the new comers get the benefit of your experience and not have to learn the hard way.

Ace High Skipper, Frank VonAllmen's response:

Dear Milton,
The Ace High keel is only 150 lbs lighter than the old cast iron keel. It is constructed of steel plate with extra plate welded on the top and bottom. This allows better weight distribution and should have the same righting abilities as the old keel due to more weight on the bottom. The keel is smoother than the old one and has tighter clearance in the well which prevents the keel from flopping as the 35 year old keel did. It was constructed exactly according to the original McGregor specs. Stanley Abshier sailed with me Friday. Yours, Frank

SKSC Skippers Meeting Prior to the February 2011 Series

All skippers were present at the February 2011 Meeting except John Grondahl. Life Member Mel Hurwitz joined us for the meeting.

Skippers Bob Miller and Alberto DiMillo received 1st Place Award Certificates for being tied in the December 2010 Series. It is quite remarkable that Skipper DiMillo was able to finish first twice in a new boat for him.

Alberto asked if it was acceptable to hoist a spinnaker. Commodore Kilbourne said that it is permissible and your handicap will suffer in the future based on your finishing time as always. So, over time, it will change your handicap significantly if you use your spinnaker often. Hans addvised that the legs of the course are so short that you don't have much time for the spinnaker to be effective.

Frank VanAllmen reported that his lost centerboard has been replaced by a custom made steel plate one. The new handicaps were distributed by Commodore Kilbourne. Weather for the remainder of the week looks good for the entire week. Tuesday will have a high of 74 and winds NE 11. That will be just right for Nina and Coda.

Peter Fegen, Milton's Crew on the Classy Lady may be available during the 2nd week of the February Series. His cell phone number is 440 781-5693.

Fleet Captain Miller took a poll to see if the SKSC Fleet Members would like to participate in a Picnic Type Gathering with The Pelican Cove Fleet Members in April this year. The vote was unanimusly for it!

SKSC Officers and Contact Information

Commodore Charlie Kilbourne - 941 346-2241 - crk14706@aol.com
Fleet Captain Bob Miller - 941 966-7080 - bob2121mpc@aol.com -
Fleet Recorder Anna Lenck - 941 953-5162 - alenck@aol.com

SKSC Website 1

SKSC History

SKSC was started in 1986 by Charles Kilbourne, Commodore

The Siesta Key Sailing Club is a small group of retired sailors who, for 22 years,
have enjoyed camaraderie and competition on the waters of Little Sarasota
Bay. SKSC welcomes new members. If you own a small sailboat 14' or larger and are
interested, please contact Commodore Charlie Kilbourne at crk14706@aol.com

Click SKSC for our main web site maintained by Anna Lenck and SKSC Viewpoints photos and
SKSC Newsletters with additional details maintained by Milton Thrasher.
Send news,photos and comments to him at mthrasher@verizon.net.

Siesta Key Sailing Club History From the SKSC Web Site:

Date	Event
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Jun 11, 1986	Siesta Kay Sailing Club started. Charter members: Dick Hidy, Me Hurwitz, Chuck Crawford, Paul Meares, James Kirk, Bob Peebles, and Charlie Kilbourne
Nov 3, 1986	First Meeting at 9000 Midnight Pass Rd #4, Siesta Key, Sarasota
Jan 1987	The SKSC burgee was designed and made available
Mar 28, 1988	First Club Banquet at Holiday Inn on Manatee River Member James Kirk played the harp
Mar 20, 1989	Charlie Kilbourne was elected Commodore
Mar 21, 1989	First Seven Mile Race sailed on Little Sarasota Bay and Blackburn Bay
Mar 28, 1989	Club Banquet at Bradenton Yacht Club
Feb 8, 1990	First trial SKSC races. First use of time and placement for racing
Mar 29, 1990	Chuck Crawford awarded first championship for the North-South Race Course
Jun 13, 1990	The first Triangle Course Race winners: 1st WHISPER (Chuck Crawford) 2nd TRUDY II (Bob Peebles) 3rd PINTA (Dick Hidy)
Aug 3, 1990	Horn signals used for the first time by Chuck Crawford
Feb 11, 1991	A point system was developed to determine placement in racing
Feb 17, 1992	Aborted race in which three boats were disabled and SHEARWATER (Paul Meares) capsized
Feb 1992	Members must participate in 40% of races to be considered for a certificate
Nov 2, 1992	Handicapping determined automatically by past performance statistics
Jun 12, 1993	SKSC appeared in Morgan Stinemetz's column in the Sarasota Herald Tribune
Dec 11, 1995	The first time a race was canceled due to severe low tide. NINA, the marker flag boat was unable to reach course
Dec 12, 1995	A new course speed record of 36 minutes was set by SECOND WIND (Dave Farr)
1996	Fleet Recorder position created - Anna Lenck serves
Apr 3, 1997	A record high number of 12 boats sailed an official race
Nov 10, 1997	Start/Finish flags set out for the first time. Made and set out by Stan Lowe
Dec 19, 1997	First and only single round race was sailed due to light winds
Jan 30, 1998	Certificates for Series Races were issued for the first time
Nov 1998	Handicapping is now based on weekly changes in addition to accumulating averages
Apr 1, 1999	The Cup Medallion was introduced to honor all past Cup winners.
Oct 29, 2001	Dave Farr became Fleet Captain
Dec 5, 2005	December race series not held due to inclement weather
Jan 2006	First Newsletter in email format. Snail mailed to non-Internet members
Feb 2006	Diane Weiner becomes first club female skipper with Spindrift 22 (DIVINA)
2006 - 2007	All 8 races for November and February series were sailed
2009	Mel Hurwitz was made an SKSC Honorary Life Member
2009 - 2010	The Talisman Award was established by Frank VonAllman, Cmdr Kilboune was the 1st recipient
2009 - 2010	Fleet Captain Dave Farr retired after 9 years and received an SKSC Proclamation for his fine service
2008	Bob Miller became Fleet Captain upon Dave Farr's retirement from racing
2010 - 2011	The Talisman Award was presented to Dick Fox as the 2nd recipient by Frank VonAllman

HISTORY OF PLACEMENTS & BANQUET LOCATIONS

Year	Season Championship	Second Place	Third Place	Location
1991	LEE LANI - Paul Meares	Crawford	Hidy & Kilbourne	Bird Key Yacht Club
1992	TRUDY II - Bob Peebles	Kilbourne	Hurwitz	Turtles Restaurant
1993	THERAPY - Mel Hurwitz	Kirk	Crawford	Bay Village
1994	FOLLY - Terry Pritchard	Meares	Crawford & Hurwitz	Bay Village
1995	WHISPER - Charles Crawford	Pritchard	Wockenfuss	Bay Village
1996	SECOND WIND - Dave Farr	Hurwitz	Lowe	Turtles Restaurant
1997	SECOND WIND - Dave Farr	Wockenfuss	Crawford	Turtles Restaurant
1998	ACE HIGH - Frank Von Allmen	Kilbourne	Lowe	Turtles Retaurant
1999	RED DOG - Bill Condos	Hurwitz	Kilbourne	Turtles Restaurant
2000	DAD'S THERAPY - Dick Fox	Farr	Hurwitz	Turtles Restaurant
2001	DAD'S THERAPY - Dick Fox	Kilbourne	Wockenfuss	Turtles Restaurant
2002	ACE HIGH - Frank Von Allmen	Fox	Wockenfuss	Turtles Restaurant
2003	SECOND WIND - Dave Farr	Kilbourne	Wockenfuss	Turtles Restaurant
2004	NEPTUNITA - Hans Wockenfuss	Farr	Kilbourne	Turtles Restaurant
2005	BOBO - Dick Fox	Farr	Kilbourne	Turtles Restaurant
2006	NEPTUNITA - Hans Wockenfuss	Kilbourne	Von Allmen	Turtles Restaurant
2007	NINA - Kilbourne	Farr	Hurwitz	Turtles Restaurant
2008	GOOMAR - Ted Jennings	Kilbourne	Fox	Turtles Restaurant
2009	ACE HIGH - Frank VonAllmen	Fox	Hoffman	Turtles Restaurant
2010	NINA - Charles Kilbourne	Bill Hoffman	Hans Wockenfuss	Turtles Restaurant
2011	NINA - Charles Kilbourne tied for 1st	Dad's Therapy - Dick Fox tied for 1st	Neptunita - Hans Wockenfuss 3rd

Special Mention

2010 NINA - Charles Kilbourne - Won the February 2010 4 Race Series with 3 horizon jobs and a 2nd place!
2010 NINA - Charles Kilbourne - Won the 2009 - 2010 Season Championship, his 2nd one!
2010 NINA - Charles Kilbourne - Won the October/November and November/December 2010 Series
2011 NINA - Charles Kilbourne - Tied for 2010-2011 Season Championship with Dick Fox

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