This second Thursday in January is a perfect Florida winter morning, the sort of weather the local chamber of commerce dials up regularly—a light easterly breeze barely ruffling the shallow, pristine ...
CITY ISLAND – The annual Rainbow Regatta marks a milestone for the 80 or so sailors set to slide across Sarasota Bay next week. This year’s two-day affair is a celebration of the 50th year for the ...
CITY ISLAND – Rita Steele’s first Rainbow Regatta did not go as planned. As a novice sailor in 1980, she had just purchased her first Sunfish, a personal-sized sailing dinghy, and wanted to challenge ...
SARASOTA -- The wind blew out of the northeast at 5 knots on a morning cold enough to send native Floridians looking for earmuffs. A low tide bared the sandy flats near the City Island shoreline. With ...