6 July 2021

Hey Sailor,

My email blast of 4 July was loaded with 2 King of the Bay result omissions.  

• It wasn’t my math, it was an omission of results.  Libèlula actually ran the KoB course 4 times on June 20th.  I had reported only the first 3.  The fourth run was actually her best of the day.  Libèlula now owns 4 of the top ten KoB performances.
• For omission no. 2 I totally missed the run posted by Cayennita III on June 15th.  It was there in my email.  I had even read it since the blue dot was gone.  It was also an outstanding performance.  Good enough to be the June 2021 KoB winner as well as the 4th fastest corrected time ever.  Nicely done Cayennita III.
• See the corrected results posted on the SPSA web page.  Look for the time stamp of 6 July 2021 after you click RACING / KING OF THE BAY – RESULTS.  If it’s still 4 July 2021 come back later.  http://spsa.us/

My 4th of July was not a total disaster.  Angela and I had a great view of the fireworks from the deck of Last Tango with Dan and Noreen.

4 July 2021

Even though it’s hot and humid we do have a few things to report.

• Our King of the Bay Flag winner for June 2021 is Libèlula.  She ran the course 3 times on June 20th in great wind conditions.  Two of her three corrected times also placed Libèlula in 5th and 8th top ten of all King of the Bay corrected times.  Her other run was not quite good enough but did come in as the 11th best of all time.  Here’s a link to the KoB results.  Look for the 4 July 2021 version.
• The proposed Slate of Officers for our 2021-22 Season is:  Commodore Rich Treinen, Vice Commodore Penny Simone, Rear Commodore(s) Dan and Noreen Dawson, Secretary Jean Charles-Marks, Treasurer Richard Boler, Race Committee Chairman Gerard Gaudry, Rating Committee Chairman Charles Archer, Membership Chairman Brian Conlin and Marketing and Mass Communications Chairman Raúl Calzada.
• The door is now open for additional nominees for any of the officer positions.  If you are even remotely considering or even feeling guilty about not taking your turn as an SPSA officer, you might want to sit in on our next board meeting to see experience all the fun we have.  If you are interested please send me an email by August 1st.   TreinenRich@aol.com
• Our July Board Meeting will be held on July 7th at 6 PM.  This is planned to be our last Zoom meeting unless things change.  If you’d like to sit in, please send me an email message and I will get you the Zoom connection information.
• Please renew your SPSA Membership.  Thanks to all those who have already done so.
• Please take a look at the link for our Classic Regatta scheduled for September 11th.  We are looking for boats, sponsors, and a few people to help. Get your crew together and make a run at the Good Neighbor Award.  https://neighborly.org/st-petersburg-classic-regatta/

25 June 2020

Here’s the first friendly reminder to renew your SPSA Membership.  

• Our calendar year year runs from July 1st through June 30th.  
• If you can’t remember if you are paid up through June 30th 2022, logon to your SPSA account, under the  My Profile  tab on the bar click Profile.  The expiration date tells you everything you need to know.  
• Under the My Profile tab you’ll find the Renew Membership button.

Our plans are underway to have our Annual Meeting in the Yacht Club.  It will be a fun evening and quite a bit more upscale than last year’s under the tree event.  The date is September 17th with the night kicking off at 5:30.

Our first event of the 2021-22 season is scheduled for Sept 11th.  It’s the 12th running of the Classic Regatta which we run in partnership with the St Petersburg Yacht Club.  This is a wonderful day on the bay benefitting the Pinellas County Meals on Wheels program.  Registration is open through the Yacht Club.

One more thing.  Does anyone know where our white course board is located?  No questions will be asked.  If it happens to be right where it’s suppose to be, please forgive me.

Hey Sailor,

10 May 2021

With the completion of the Couples / Double Handed Regatta this past Saturday we have finished up our 2020-21 SPSA Racing Season.  Read on for the results and more information about what’s ahead in the summer months.  For those of you are relative new to the SPSA, our year runs July 1st through June 30th.  We are pretty much dormant during June through August because it’s just too hot. During this time there are other ways to get out on the bay.

• Couples / Double Handed Results:  The day could have had a bit more wind.  It was a G3 – G1 – Lil” J – G3 triangle.  We had nine boats cross the starting line in light air with the last bit of a flood tide.  Five boats made it around and escaped from G1 taking the wind with them.  It didn’t totally die, but the 4 of us left behind were on life support.  Slack tide saved us from double dispare.  Thanks to the leaders for waiting for us at the 5 PM after party.  We arrived just before 6.  Taking the day’s trophies:  Couples: 1st Tack Tick, 2nd Silver Surfer and 3rd Sonar Lewis; Double Handed: 1st Cayennita III.
• Thanks to Dan and Noreen Dawson for pulling together the post party feed; hot calzones, salad and dessert.  There was a low humidity cool breeze flowing under the tree and it was really nice. 
• Vice Commodore Penny reports we have a good group of cruisers pulling together plans for the coming year.  Get involved and stay tuned if you’d like sailing somewhere besides around the marks.
• The King of the Bay winner for April was Surge.  Her run on the 17th, with a corrected time of 45:26 was also the 3rd fasted corrected time in the history of the KoB.  Look for updated results with a 10 May 2021 date.  On the SPSA Home Page click the King of the Bay – Results line on the Racing drop down.
• Our 2021-22 dates have been submitted for the Tampa Bay Yachting master Calendar.  You can expect our first event to be the Classic Regatta on September 11th followed shortly with our annual meeting on Sept 17th and the kick off of the SPSA Series on Sept 25th.  We have 13 racing events planned over our 9 month sailing season. 
• In the meantime, the SPYC’s Twilight Series runs every Friday evening and the King of the Bay.  This is a great event that runs all summer.  You can also pull a crew together and run the King of the Bay course.  We award KoB flags for the best corrected time every month.
• You will also be hearing about membership dues and opportunities to get involved in the year ahead.
• Thanks to all SPSA members for keeping the SPSA alive this year, making our 2020-21 events a success and helping the SPSA grow.  Even in a tough year, it was nice to be a part of the St Petersburg Sailing Association.