St. Petersburg Sailing Association
Please join SPSA at the sailing center Friday 2/23 @ 6:00pm for a talk about sail trim from Sail Technologies and SPSA member Tom Barry. Afterwards, we will meet up at Courigan’s for dinner and drinks.
Please rsvp to downwindan@gmail.com as the secretary is out of the country at the moment.
Steve Shortt Commodore
Category Archives: News
sail.seminar.flyer_.pdfHow to get involved in Sailing!
Sailors:
We wanted to post a resource here for anyone looking to get out on the race course, either as crew or a boat owner that has not raced before. Please download the attached PDF file to learn more about how to get involved in your local sailing scene, or share it with someone you know who is looking to get involved!
SPSA Secretary
SPSA Series Race #5 Results
Sailors:
Please see attached for the race results for the Spinnaker, Cruising and Ideal-18 fleets. Despite some light winds, it was another fun day on the water with a great level of participation.
Congrats to J-Hawk for winning in the Spinnaker Division, Freelance for winning in the cruising division, and No Straws for winning in the Ideal-18 division!
Additionally, the winner of the Chili cook-off (for the second year in a row!) was Alicia McManaman.
Our next race is scheduled for Saturday, February 24th @ 11:00AM. We hope to see everybody out there for another fun day of racing.
SPSA Secretary
Fwd: SPSA Series Race #5 Tomorrow
Sailors:
We are looking forward to our 5th SPSA Series race of the season tomorrow! We wanted to remind everybody that there will be a lot of boat traffic out there, as the J-Fest regatta hosted by SPYC will going on, so please keep an eye out. Additionally, we wanted to remind everybody that after the race (around 3:00pm) we will be hosting a chili cook-off at the Sailing Center, and we invite all members out to this event, even if you are unable to sail with us. There will be a table setup in the morning to drop crock-pots off.
Lastly, we have invited the Ideal 18’s out to join us this coming Saturday, and have setup a separate score sheet for this class. If anybody who has access to use these boats wants to join us, please sign up on the SPSA website under “Regattas”. The boats will be available from the Sailing Center on a first come, first sail basis, and we will hold a skippers meeting for Ideal 18 sailors at 9:30AM to review the (shorter) course they will sail. This will be a separate start from the Spinnaker & Cruising fleets.
SPSA Secretary
SPSA Series Race Sat 1/20 @ 11:00AM
Reminder – The next SPSA Race is this coming Saturday (1/20) at 11:00AM! After the race (around 3:00pm) there will be a chili cook-off at the Sailing Center. This event is BYOB and there will be a table setup in the morning if anybody would like to drop crockpots off before hand. All members are welcome to join, even if you are unable to make it out to the race!
Additionally, we would like to provide a reminder about our next Moonlight Cruise that will take place next Friday, January 26th. All members and a guest are welcome, and we plan to meet at the Sailing Center by 5:30PM where we will match everybody up with boats. This is a great way for non-boat owners to get out on the water!
Lastly, as SPSA grows their membership we want to welcome our two newest members that have both joined in January:
– Chris Tucker
– Mary Moosbrugger
Please join us in welcome these new members, and we look forward to seeing everybody out on the water this weekend!