St. Petersburg Sailing Association
Hello Sailors,
The dog days of summer are almost over, and regatta season is almost here!
Your Board of Directors are busy planning for next season. Check out the current schedule for the racing season here. The links on the regatta page will take you to the events, where you can enter. You can also add the SPSA to your calendar.
Speaking of racing, a reminder that all certifications expired on July 1.
It’s time to renew https://www.westfloridaphrf.org. Renew now and be ready for the new sailing season. If you need an SPSA provisional rating email Rating.Chair@spsa.us
Do you want to be more involved in the St. Petersburg Sailing Association? Now is the time to find out how you can help out. Attend our next board meeting at the Sailing Center or send an email to commodore@spsa.us and we can discuss opportunities for you to be involved. Here are some ways you can be involved:
- Board Member – we do have a couple of board position open for our upcoming season (Cruising Chair & Marketing and Mass Communications Chair)
- Race Committee – we are seeking to establish a group of members to learn the skills needed to assist with the Race Committee for our races. Not for every race necessarily, but when needed.
- Event volunteer – work with our Rear Commodores to assist with SPSA event planning and set-up.
SPSA, established in 1972 has only been successful because of its volunteers. Let’s keep the tradition going to continue being a strong sailing club.
Summer Sailing Recap:
SPSA Sailors can be seen all over the bay sailing and beyond. Some are traveling north for cooler weather. The Tuesday sailing group continues sailing at the Sailing Center, and folks are still getting out to the SPYC Friday Twilights, and Davis Island Thursday night races. You can see some of the photos etc. on the SPSA FB page
King of the Bay:
August is the last chance to sail the KOB for the 2024-25 season. Our June King of the bay is the dynamic duo Greg Burney and Wendy Reeve with the Sonar. All hail the KOB! More info here. Who will be the August King?
Upcoming Events:
End of year awards parties are coming up soon. More details to follow. Save the dates:
SPYC Twilight awards are after the last race August 29th at the Sailing Center.
The SPYC Annual Awards party is September 6th.
The SPSA Annual Awards Banquet is Friday September 12th. With the first Fall Series race on the following day, September 13th. Note the Start time for this race is 2pm. All other series races are at the regular time, 1100.
2025 Classic Regatta: Start swabbing the decks and polishing the stainless of your good old boat to be ready for the 2025 Classic Regatta benefiting Neighborly Senior Services Meal on Wheels program. The event takes place on Saturday October 11th. More info on the regatta page and you can register your boat at Yacht Scoring .
Yes you can sail more. BOTY series notices are getting updated. See here , here, and here.
See all regattas on the Tampa Bay Master calendar updates here.
And don’t forget your SPSA merchandise at this link: https://spsa.us/spsa-merchandise/
See you all out on the Bay!
Brian Conlin
SPSA Commodore
