September 2024 SPSA Update

Hello Sailors,

Some quick notes on upcoming events this month:

 

  • SPSA Fall Series Races 1&2: –The first race is this weekend Saturday 9/14 with a 1100 start on the bay.   Please sign up on the scratch sheet to make the job easy for the Race Committee and for scoring the races. Regatta info & click the links to enter https://spsa.us/racing/regattas/

 

  • Special Notice : There is NO Parking in the Sailing Center on 9/14-9/15.  The SPYC Green Fleet Regatta will also be happening.  They are expecting 300 Opti’s! Please consider parking at other parking locations (Al Lang Stadium, or South Core Garage and others.

 

  • Post Race event at Localz one of our new Directory sponsors.  Come hang out with SPSA membership and support our sponsor.  If you can't race,  you can still come to the afterparty.  LOCALZ , 1 Beach Dr SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

  •  King of the Bay – August’s KOB winner is Charles Archer sailing Sprite, a Frers 30. The winning time was sailed on August 10th with a corrected time of 0:49:06. Congratulations Sprite Captain and Crew! https://spsa.us/racing/king-of-the-bay/

  • Upcoming Events: There’s more sailing to be had in Tampa Bay!
  • SPSA/Dolphins Cruising Happy Hour : 9/18, 
    6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  at Doc Ford's Bay Pines
  • 8790 Bay Pines Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33709. 
    This is an all-sailing-clubs social, so please spread the word. Food and drinks are on your own.

 

See you all out on the Bay!


Brian Conlin

SPSA Commodore

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SPSA is a member of the United States Sailing Association (US Sailing). We are a dedicated group of sailors who race throughout the year on Tampa Bay. Founded in 1972, our mission reads, “The St. Petersburg Sailing Association has been formed to encourage participation in the noble art of sailing and to organize such events to further that end.”