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PUNTA GORDA SAILING CLUB 
                                             


Our Club meets at 7:00 PM, the second Wednesday of every month 
   at the Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association at 2001 Shreve St. Punta Gorda. 
-Visitors are always welcome, so please drop in and see what we're all about! 


Click HERE to view the March 2010 Jib Sheet   March  1
 





You be needin' some Crew ? or maybe you wantin' to be Crew ? 
 Get Signed Up HERE   See the Spring Series Crew List   HERE    Mar 6



New entry - Conquistador Cup Regatta 2011 ?
Maybe it's just next year's Committee Boat


Many thanks to Bob Knowles the Regatta Chairman

There are no results for Sunday because
Sunday's race went over the time limit and
was abandoned with no boats finishing.

The Sunday Winner of the Conquistador Helmet & 
next year's T Shirt Photo Honor is Alan & Dor Capellin
on their S2 7.9 that is unnamed.  A photo of their
boat will be potsted here when it's available.

Click HERE to see Saturday's Race Results
Mar 10





ATTENTION PGSC MEMBER VOLUNTEERS
- PGSC Cleanup - 
Saturday, March 13
9 am at Bayshore Live Oaks Park
Meet at 2 story Building with Restrooms
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So hard to even comprehend...
Despite the First Place winner crossing the finish line in Antigua quite a
while ago,the second place finisher arrived last Friday after 59 days,
16 hours and 17 minutes of rowing. That's TWO Months of rowing !
And the real mind boggler is there are a many rowers still at sea.

Here are a few of them :                                   
    * Karukera   12 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish
    * Vivaldi  58 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish
    * Roberto Coin 157 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish
            with 17 more rowers all the way down to
    * Tess   1498 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish

Check it out HERE






Gear failure puts finish to a close
Kiwi vs Italian encounter
American-based Kiwi Gavin Brady and his largely international team of Latin
Rascals took the fight to host Emirates Team New Zealand in their Louis Vuitton
Trophy race today, only to lose after a halyard Clip failed.
  Read more HERE.

Watch the video HERE




Eat and make a difference !
Gregg Marrapodi ( owner of Gregg's Auto in Punta Gorda ) is a well known supporter of the Conquistador cup and is a participant in the Relay For Life, the American
Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event.  Now, Gregg is asking for your help. 

This year Gregg has set a goal to walk 60 miles in this 18 hour walk, to help
support the American Cancer Society. He is asking for support of his efforts
with donations to the American Cancer Society. You can help by making
your tax-deductible donation payable to the American Cancer Society.

Another way you can support Gregg is really easy - EAT !
Sterling House at the corner of Marion and Bal Harbor in Punta Gorda is putting
on a pancake breakfast benefit to pledge money for Gregg's walk this year. 
It will be Saturday March 20 from 9-to 11 am. Just go there and enjoy the food.

 

Sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts hints
at retirement from America's Cup racing
The four-time winner of yachting's top trophy yesterday said he was taking time
in the next two months to decide his future. Coutts was in New Zealand to talk to
the teams in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland on Waitemata Harbour, was
reluctant to commit to the 34th America's Cup. When pressed as to whether
that might mean leaving Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing team before 
defending the trophy won in Valencia, Coutts said "I'm really not sure".



Sunday, March 14, 6 Pm, After Race Picnic
Click HERE for Info



America's Cup 33 is history
In case you missed it all or just want to see it again -

Watch AC33 Race 1  HERE

Watch AC33 Race 2  HERE

Cup Presentation Ceremony is HERE  
 
The Latest on the Legal Action -

After the Alinghi team lost the match, their club - Société Nautique De Genève’s (SNG) - has been asking for all litigation to end.

The new defender of the Cup, Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), may still seek to pursue their breach of fiduciary duty action against (SNG), which in short means that SNG had been bad trustees of the America's Cup, and should possibly not have a right in the future to become a trustee again. This would mean SNG could no longer compete for the Cup.

The NY Supreme Court was set to welcome the parties on March 10th, but this has been postponed by the Court at the request of both parties as settlement talks continue.  We'll tell you more when ther's more to tell.

Mar 10
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7 Day Forecast from NBC-2


  
Coming Soon ...

 
- Mar 10 Monthly Meeting
- Mar 13 Great American Cleanup  
- Mar 14 Spring Series #5   After Race Picnic - 6 PM 
- Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day  - Check Back HERE
- Mar 20 IYC Leukemia Cup Small Boat Regatta
- Mar 19 - 22  Englewood Cruise
- Mar 27 - 28 IYC Leukemia Cup Regatta   Info

 
- April 4 Easter
- April 11 Spring Series #6
- April 14 Monthly Meeting
- April 17 Punta Gorda Block Party
- April 17 3 Week Spring Cruise Starts
- April 25 Spring Series #7


- May 9 Mother's Day
- May 12 Monthly Meeting - Steak Dinner
- May 16 Summer Series #1
- May 19 - 24 Conch Quest Regatta - Key West
- May 19 - 31 Memorial Weekend Pelican Bay Cruise


 

 
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Sail Flow Wind Forecast

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Click on one of the following Buttons for information about the Club's activities.

  2010 PGSC Board  Click HERE to see Our Club's 2010 Flag Officers 
Click HERE to see Our Club's Bylaws  
       Mar 1

Racing  
    Mar 1
                          Click the RACING Button to get Spring Series Entry Forms and Sailing Instructions from the RACING page.
                                           

    Conquistador Cup Results March 6


          
Mar 1

    

  
             Small boat Sailing every Wednesday - Ready at Noon, Frst gun at 1pm.   Also, every 2nd and 3rd Saturday - 10am  to ?

   
   Jan 5

   

      
   
2006-2007 Charlotte Harbor Boat of the Year   2009-2010 BOTY Notice of Series  Sep 16    2009-2010 BOTY Interim Results   Jan 24

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The Punta Gorda Sailing Club promotes all forms of Sailing on Charlotte 
Harbor in SW Florida. Racing, Cruising, Small Boat Sailing - We do it  ALL! 

Our next Club Meeting is on April 14th at  7 PM at
PG Isles Civic Association
 2001 Shreve St, Punta Gorda
 


 

Three Sheets to the Wind -                                
A sheet is a rope line which controls the tension on the downwind side of a square sail.
If, on a three Amsted fully rigged ship, the sheets of the three lower course
sails are loose, the sails will flap and flutter and are said to be “in the wind”.
A ship in this condition would stagger and wander aimlessly downwind.




          
     Photo Credit - Tom Ray

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