Sarasota Sailing Squadron

1717 Ken Thompson Parkway, 941-388-2355

Mooring Field Application Denied

A Denial of our Application was issued on April 20th… Read full article, 2012.  As a matter of procedure we have requested an extension to the time period allowing us to put together an appeal.  This was done to give us time as a group to determine our next steps.
As I write this we are waiting for the State’s response anticipating it will give us 60 days (already counting) to determine an appeal strategy.

2011-12 Sailmonster Results

Series Summary, final
#8 13-May
#7 08-Apr
#6 11-Mar
#5 12-Feb
#4 22-Jan
#3 8-Jan
#2 11-Dec
#1 13-Nov… Read full article

2012 Friday Night ‘A’ Series Results

Results:
11-May #4
27-Apr #3
13-Apr #2
06-Apr #1… Read full article
The 2012 Friday Nights kicked off on Friday, April 6th. We had 8 boats register, 6 boats started the race and 3 finished. John Dowd and crew on Iguana finished the 4.68 mile course in 44:42 for a first in the Multi Hull Division.

Meet Your Board Members: Sara Allen, Fleet Captain

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Capt. Sara moved to Sarasota in the winter of 2002 from Taos, New Mexico. She was born and raised on the east coast in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. "I first started sailing along the Atlantic coast, in Long Island Sound, Barnegat Bay and the Atlantic Ocean." She extended her nation wide sailing experience when she spent some time on the west coast, in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego and sailed in those waters.

Craig’s Corner

Thing are starting to heat up around the club both figuratively and unfortunately literally. It appears that summer is upon us with windless hot mornings and Sea Breeze afternoons. Neither of which have slowed down the activity. The Friday night series is in full swing. 19 boats raced and returned to the club for the April Final Friday Docktail… Read full article party.

2012 YSP Sailfest Results

C420 Class Series Summary
F16 Class Series Summary
F18 Class Series Summary
Laser 4.7 Class Series Summary
Laser Radial Class Series Summary
Opti RWB All Boats Class Series Summary
Opti RWB Red Fleet Class Series Summary
Opti RWB White Fleet Class Series Summary
Opti RWB Blue Fleet Class Series Summary
Opti RWB Green Fleet Class Series Summary… Read full article

2012 “Jack Attack” Race Series Results

04-May #1… Read full article

2012 “Jack Attack” NOR and SI

The Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the 2012 "Jack Attack" Races Series are available here, together with the Time Allowance table for Pursuit Start.
The first race is this Friday, May 4th starting at IC-13 with the warning signal at 6:10pm… Read full article.

2012 Sunday Spring Series Results

29-Apr #4
15-Apr #3
01-Apr #2
18-Mar #1… Read full article

Meet Your Board Members: Laurel Kaiser, Education Coordinator

Laura Kaiser is one of those native Sarasotans (a distinct minority) who sort of gravitated to the Sailing Squadron by a kind of osmosis. She said, "My husband, George, sort of grew up here. His parents were members of the Squadron so I heard stories all the time about him and his friend Fred Lowe.… Read full article