SARW 2023 – ABOUT

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WARM OCEAN, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, HOT COMPETITION

March 18th – 25th 2023

Eight Great Days • Multiple Sailing Events

Ocean Racing • River Racing
Bayfront Racing • Youth Sailing Regatta

Private Events for
Registered Racers, Crew & Family include:

Awards Ceremonies • Parties • Live Music

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A City-Wide Sailing Celebration

Seven Days of Racing along the city’s Bayfront, in the Tolomato River and on the Atlantic Ocean. Free Live Music for Registered Racers, Crew & Family in the Meehan’s Big Party Tent located Downtown at the St Augustine Municipal Marina.
Our awesome Food and Beverage Vendors will serve up tasty treats to keep the Party going. Sailors, Spectators, and Party People can join us on Land, in the Bay, or on the High Seas!
Party Tent events are OPEN to the public.

Events

Cruisers • Racers • Big Boats
Small Boats • Youth Sailing Regatta

2023 Race Schedule

Parties • Live Music • Great Food & Drink

2023 Party Details

Proceeds to support the John Daniel Meehan (JDM) Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund.

Thursday & Friday

Awards Ceremonies and Parties

will be held in

The Meehan’s Big Party Tent

Downtown at the St Augustine Municipal Marina.

Food, Fun, Drinking & Live Music.   Party like a Sailor!

(Notice: The Party Tent is OPEN to the Public)

Racing Formats for Everyone

Offshore Racing
• Performance Spinnaker
• Performance Non-Spinnaker
• Cruiser Spinnaker
• Cruiser Non-Spinnaker
Inshore Racing
• Performance Spinnaker
• Cruiser Spinnaker
Youth Sailing Regatta
• One-Design 420 Dinghy

Proceeds to Benefit Kids

St. Augustine Race Week raises funds to send underprivileged children to local sailing camps every summer as part of our JDM Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund, named in honor of the late John Meehan, a strong supporter of St Augustine Race Week.
In 2022, our generous Sponsors made it possible for us to send nearly 40 underprivileged kids to summer sailing camps free of charge.

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Sailing Instructions will be available at the Competitors & Skippers Meetings.

A Perfect Event for St. Augustine and You

Once again the First Coast Sailing Association and its associated yacht clubs are proud to bring to St. Augustine the premiere sailing event of the spring season. It’s an eight-day celebration of all types of sailing set in America’s oldest seaport city. In 2023 we’ll continue that great combination of competition and entertainment with Spectator Events, Parties, Live Music and Awards Ceremonies. As always, St Augustine Race Week offers Challenging Offshore Yacht Racing, Exciting Inshore Yacht Racing and Inspiring Bayfront Youth Sailboat Racing for sailors from 12 – 92 arriving from up and down the Atlantic coast. Sailers will race their yachts on the Ocean in the River and on the Bay! WARM OCEAN, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, HOT COMPETITION events for Sailors, Spectators and Party People on the Water and on the Land for a full week in St Augustine, Florida. This year, Parties & Live Music Events in the Meehan’s Big Party Tent are OPEN to the public. It’s the world-famous St Augustine Race Week, March 18th – March 25th 2023.

Race Week 2023 includes all the features everyone loves including the best live local bands, great food, delicious rum drinks and convivial socializing with all your sailing friends. This year’s Parties will be held in the Meehan’s Big Party Tent Downtown at the St Augustine Municipal Marina2023 SARW Logo and are OPEN to the public. Private Ceremonies and Events will be held at the St Augustine Yacht Club. 2023 SARW shirts, hats, sail bags and other paraphernalia will be available for sale at each of the Awards Ceremonies.  And, like our 2022 event, hundreds of spectators will see the delightful spectacle of youngsters racing right off the Bayfront in their One-Design 420’s. We might even have a Dragon Boat demonstration on the Bayfront, too!
Something for Every Boat. You don’t have to own an ocean-going boat to participate. Slightly smaller yachts and even trailerable sailing boats are invited to race in the popular Inshore Series in the Tolomato River just North of the Vilano Bridge. The Offshore Series is for serious racers who like lots of traditional round-the-buoys, upwind-downwind racing. The Tactical Challenge Series presents a set of coordinates to be reached by any route sailors choose.
Kids – The Best Thing About Our Regatta: In the summer of 2022 proceeds from St. Augustine Race Week enabled us to send nearly 40 underprivleged kids to various summer sailing camps around the area free of charge! That’s what we’re all about – giving less fortunate children a great summer experience and training the next generation of sailors. We’re looking forward to increasing that amount in 2023 and giving even more kids their first experience at the helm of a real sailboat. The 2023 SARW One-Design 420 Youth Sailing Regatta sails in the Matanzas Bay on its own special weekend, March 18th & 19th 2023.

MULTIPLE RACING FORMATS

CRUISERS

Conquistador’s Corner – You’ll be given a prescribed latitude and longitude. Sail out to touch each line at any point and return to the finish.
Menendez’s Meander – Just like Pedro Menendez de Aviles, you’ll sail up and down the coastline to prescribed North latitude, a Southern latitude and back to finish.

SPIN and NON-SPIN
PERFORMANCE BOATS

Mariners Triangles – No imaginary points to find. It’s traditional round-the-buoys racing action with upwind, downwind, reaching legs and back to the finish line. We’ll do as many races as we can each day depending on time and wind conditions.

SMALLER YACHTS

The Inshore Series – The course will be set up in the Intracoastal Waterway North of the Vilano Bridge with tight racing between the banks. On the final day we hope to have you race downtown for spectators along the Bayfront.

THE YOUTH SAILING REGATTA

This year, our Youth Sailors will compete in the 2023 SARW One-Design 420 Youth Sailing Regatta on the Opening Weekend of Race Week. The Youth Sailing Regatta is an entirely separate regatta with its own set of trophy winners to be awarded Sunday at the St Augustine Yacht Club.

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REGISTRATION
Are you ready for 2023 SARW?

Sign up NOW for the 2023 SARW Yacht Races.
You know you want to!
Did I mention, “There will be Rum?”
And Hot Chocolate for the Youth Sailors!

2023 SARW Offshore & Inshore Registration is CLOSED

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Click here to register for 2023 SARW Youth Sailing Regatta

2023 Youth Sailing Regatta Registration

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Offshore / Inshore Entries         Youth Regatta Entries

St Augustine Race Week VIPs

Chairman: Dan Floryan
(904) 687-5145     dfloryan1@comcast.net
Co-Chairman: Guy Anderson
(904) 396-6382     guykanderson@att.net
Offshore Race Management: Pat Lambert Inshore Race Management: David Patrick
(904) 687-4197     davidpatrick81@gmail.com
Youth Sailing Regatta Chairman: John Grannis
(904)-571-2227     jgfla1@gmail.com
Dave Montgomery
(904) 252-2195     dave-writes@comcast.net

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Sponsored by

First Coast Sailing Association is a 5013c Organization
Justin Muller, President
4446 Hendricks Ave, #227         Jacksonville FL 32207

JDM Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund

All excess funds generated by SARW sponsorships and entry fees go to support our John Daniel Meehan Youth Sailing Scholarship Program. Each summer we send kids aged 8-18 to summer sailing camps in the Northeast Florida area where they learn the basics of sailing and water safety while also having loads of fun. In the summer of 2022 proceeds from St. Augustine Race Week enabled us to send nearly 40 underprivleged kids to various summer sailing camps around the area. All at no charge!

Our partners in this program are St. Augustine Yacht Club, North Florida Cruising Club, Epping Forest Yacht Club, Florida Yacht Club, Halifax River Yacht Club, Halifax Youth Sailing, The Rudder Club of Jacksonville, Queens Harbour Yacht Club, St Augustine Sailing, St Augustine Sailing Sisters, and Smyrna Yacht Club. We look forward to another fun year in 2023.

St Augustine Race Week 2017
30-second Recap – Jeremy Garza

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WARM OCEAN, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, HOT COMPETITION


2023 St Augustine Race Week

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March 18th - March 25th 2023

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IT'S OFFICIAL
2023 SARW has sailed into the sunset. Congratulations to all Captains & Crew.
• 11 Performance Yachts and 11 Cruisers competed in multiple races Offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 4 Performance Yachts raced in the Tolomato River for the 6 races of the Inshore Series.
• 36 Sailers navigated the bouys in the St Augustine Bay for an exciting Youth Sailing Regatta
• After racing, everyone celebrated with Live Music, Great Food and Awards Ceremonies in the Meehan's Big Party Tent downtown at the St Augustine Municipal Marina.

2023 SARW Race Results

We'll see you again next year on the Atlantic Ocean, in the Tolomato River and in the St Augustine Bay for the 2024 St Augustine Race Week.

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Welcome to our Newest Sponsors:
A1A Ale Works
Adobe Express
All Points Yacht Sales
Clear Blue Sea Services
Cooper’s Canvas
Flagler Health + Orthopedic Specialists
Keep It Clean
The Multihull Company
PFG - Performance Food Group
St. Augustine Sailing
Sunshine Cruising Yachts & Cats
UBS

Sponsorship Opportunities

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The 2023 Yacht Races, Ceremonies & Parties were held in and around St Augustine, Florida.
OffShore Yacht Racing in the Atlantic Ocean, InShore Yacht Racing in the Tolomato River and Youth Sailing in the St Augustine Bay.
Parties with Live Music were held in the Meehan's Big Party Tent, downtown at the St Augustine Municipal Marina. Private Events were hosted at the St Augustine Yacht Club.
Go ahead and clean up, dry off
and get ready for 2024 SARW!

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ENTRIES
Click the button to see who raced in the 2023 SARW. And some Fun Facts, too!

2023 Offshore/Inshore Entries


2023 Youth Regatta Entries


2023 SARW Race Results

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2024 SARW - Coming Next Year
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2023 SARW – Timeline

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2023 SARW – Registration

REGISTRATION for 2023 SARW
Offshore & Inshore Yacht Racing is CLOSED.

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2023 Offshore/Inshore Registration

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REGISTRATION for the 2023 SARW Youth Sailing Regatta is CLOSED.

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2023 Youth Regatta Registration

2023 SARW Offshore / Inshore Entries

2023 YACHTS & CAPTAINS:

Ariel - Daniel Floryan
Blade Runner - Jay Greenbaum
Celadon - Ray Spellerberg
Cheetah - Bubba Futch
Copperhead - Todd Stebleton
Dragonfly - David Gay
Eagle's Wings - Richard Amerling
Fantasea - Henry Baker
Fireball - Tim Tucker
Flamingo 2 - Jill Kennon
Girl Dog - Paul Hellings
Henry R - Richard Amerling
Hillbilly - David Nesbitt
Monkey's Uncle - Carter Quillen
Mystic - John Grannis
Naut-on-Call - Eddie Evans
Obsession - Norman L Church Jr
OGRADY - Zachary OGrady
Paloma - Georges Boyazis
Rapid Transit - Tom Davis
Rendezvous with Destiny - Florentino Santana
Rockstar - Timothy Tucker
Snowgoose - Missie Simcoe
Spraylash - David Noble
SWIM UP TIKI BAR - Barbara Sperbeck
Trouble - Piper Blackford
Veria - Brianne Muller

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2023 CREW:

OGRADY
Vince Genovese
Chris Gruel
Boris Kautsky
Zachary OGrady
Orien Osborne
Scott Sunday
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Paloma
Georges Boyazis - Skipper
Erna Boyazis - Co-Skipper
Robert Beringer - Tactician
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Veria
Jen Janzen - Headsail Trimmer
Lyn McClelland - Main Trimmer
Brianne Muller - Helm
Justin Muller - Primary Speed Guy
Sarah Ponce - Headsail Trimmer
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2023 YACHT CLUBS:

Amelia Island Sailing Club
Charleston Ocean Racing Assoc
Charleston Yacht Club
Eau Gallie Yacht Club
Epping Forest Yacht Club
First Coast Sailing Association
Florida Yacht Club
Halifax River Yacht Club
Halifax Sailing Association
Halifax Youth Sailing
Harbour Sailing Club
Lake Eustis Sailing Club
Lake Eustis Youth Sailing Foundation
Melbourne Yacht Club
North Florida Cruising Club
Port Canaveral Yacht Club
Rat Island Yacht Club
Rudder Club of Jacksonville
St Augustine Sailing
St Augustine Sailing Sisters
St Augustine Yacht Club
St Augustine Yacht Club Sailing Center
Smyrna Yacht Club
Storm Trysail

2023 Offshore/Inshore Entries

2023 SARW Youth Sailing Regatta

420 One-Design Racers

Annabelle Hucke, SAYC
Cailey Clancy, FYC
Cassiel Chaluja, FYC
Cheyenne Dooley, EGYC
Colin O Brien, SAYC
Cyra Morano, EGYC
Dakota Moores, SAYC
Desmond Valdes, SAYC
Dylan Cook, SAYC
Ella Smith, SAYC
Ethan Snyder, SAYC
Gaby Becerra, FYC
Grace Jones, EGTCYS
Jack Allen, EGTCYS
Jaclyn Grannis, SAYCSC
John Hoyos, FYC
Kara Murphy, FYC
Lily Simmer, SAYC
Logan Downey, EGYC
Logan Ellzey, FYC
Lucien Lawson, SAYC
Luke Jacobs, SAYC
Maddie Feretti, SAYC
Mae Elizabeth Allen, EGYC
Margaux Hooks, SAYCSC
Mason Valdes, SAYC
Max Morano, EGYC
Nadia Paulson, LESC
Rachel Weiss, LESC
Riley Johnson, SAYC
Robert Sellers, FYC
Rowan Baty, FYC
Taylor Pelchat, SAYCSC
Tig Williams, FYC
Troy Smith, SAYC
Walker Richards, FYC
William Stricklan, EGYC
Xander Lisowski, FYC
Zachary Mason, SAYC

2023 YACHT CLUBS:

EGYC - Eau Gallie Yacht Club
EGTC Youth Sailing
LESC - Lake Eustis Sailing Club
SAYC - St Augustine Yacht Club
St Augustine Yacht Club Sailing Center

2023 Youth Regatta Entries

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WARM OCEAN, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, HOT COMPETITION
March 18th - March 25th 2023

Ocean Racing • River Racing
Bayfront Racing • Youth Regatta