A sure cure for the winter blues and a chance to warm up. February 13-20 at Lake Havasu Arizona. The organizers would love to have you take a look at what they’ve got going on at the Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention 2012. Many new seminars and activities are being added daily.

Cost? FREE!! That’s right. NO registration fee. They want you to come. Great group resort and slip rates. Over 115 trailer sailor crews signed up already! Where will it go this year? They hope to top 150?? Don’t know … but one thing is for sure … they want you to join them!

Shirley and I will be there with our West Wight Potter 15, Junco, we attended last year and it was a blast. The Lake is 50 miles long and several miles wide, so this is not just sailing on a pond. The weather is variable, 55 to 75 degrees in temperature and the wind varies from dead calm to 15 knots. The only costs are launch fees, slip fees, awards banquet, if you elect to go, and what ever you spend in the local watering holes. Camping is available at a private campground or the state park where launching is included. A remarkable feature is that this is a one man show put on by Sean, a city firefighter.

• Small boat adventurer Howard Rice is flying in all the way from Micronesia to present and also spend the week interacting with our group! Howard is the driving force behind the Small Craft Skills Academy and recently presented his Cape Horn Solo to standing room only at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat show.
• Karen Larsen and Jerry Powlas of Good Old Boat Magazine will also be presenting a seminar on trailer sailing Lake Superior.
• Jerry Montgomery will present a basic racing primer prior to the fun races. Dave Bacon will present a Sail Trim around the Race Course seminar.
• Dennis O’Hanlon will show his incredible trip in his Spindrift 22 up the Inside Passage.
• Richard Woods, multi-hull designer, will give you the 10 reasons that he says multi-hull sailors have more fun!
• Dr. Bruce Heath will do a seminar on the research he’s been involved in to determine if we are over fishing our oceans.
• Pete McCardle The Outboard Doctor will show you how to maintain and trouble shoot that outboard
• Mark Wilson will host a seminar put on by our own attendees showcasing 6 of their favorite trailer sailor cruising locations!
• John Owens of J O Woodworks will be constructing a John Welsford designed Sherpa dinghy right here at the show!!!
• Mike and Jackie Monies will be here with the famous SCAMP from the Eveglades Challenge!

Add to all that, the friendships, the evening social events, the sailing, fun racing, and more … and this year is shaping up to be the best ever! Hope you’ll stop by their web site and check it out. Then make plans on attending.

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Gary and Shirley Ray, Magical Island, Junco