The 2011 Contender Midwinters: Fun in the sun of St. Petes

8:10 PM Wed 2 Mar 2011 GMT

'Chasing the Dane - 2011 Contender Midwinters' Ethan Bixby

For the fourth year in a row, Contender sailors from Denmark, California, Texas, Toronto, Florida, New Hampshire, and Ohio gathered on the sunny shores of St. Petersburg, Florida, for their midwinters regatta. The last three regattas had taken place in early January as part of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club?s multiclass regatta, but this year, Ethan Bixby (USA 2396), the midwinters (and 2012 Worlds) organizer and all around swell dude, had proposed a different date and a different venue ? the white sand beach at Pass-a-Grille, where SPYC has a satellite facility and where the 2012 Contender Worlds will take ...

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by Stephanie Mah