January 8-10, 2015

OFFSHORE SAILING SCHOOL’S 50th ANNIVERSARY
To Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
January 8-10, 2015
Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina
Fort Myers Beach, Florida
We Invite You to Join an Extraordinary
Sailing Weekend with a Profound Purpose
A Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance to Sail With Sailing Rock Stars
And Help Support Research and Cures for Blood Cancers
Lymphoma survivor, Gary Jobson, is at the helm above at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2013 Fantasy Sail Weekend. Gary
and Steve Colgate invite you to sign on to race with them and eight other celebrity sailors, in a special Florida winter event.
Celebrity Sailors participating – with snippets from their very impressive bios!
Ed Baird – America’s Cup winner Team New Zealand and Alinghi;
3-time Match Racing World Champion, 52 Super Series and 2012
Sardinia Cup champ; first in Audi MedCup TP-52 Series and World
Championship; first in iShares Extreme-40 Catamaran Series; ISAF
Rolex World Sailor of the Year; Rolex Yachtsman of the Year; J24
and Laser World Champion; Whitbread Round-the-World Race; only
American to reach #1 ISAF World Match Racing; TV commentator
2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup
Steve Benjamin – National College Sailor of the Year, 3-time
Fireball World Champion; U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist 470 Class; 505
World Champion; five Admiral’s Cups, 1st in class (Bravura); High
Performance Rule Founder; US Sailing Offshore Big Boat
Management Committee; Director Offshore Racing Association; Cochair Sailing Yacht Research Foundation; US Sailing delegate to Orc
Nomination; frequent helmsman/tactician offshore racing yachts
Steve Colgate – Multiple National, regional championships
Solings and 5.5 Metres; 1968 Olympian 5.5 Metre; two-time
America’s Cup trials tactician/co-helmsman; multiple wins as
principal helmsman on maxi-Nirvana; on own Frers 54 Sleuth, class
wins in 1979 Fastnet, SORC, Antigua Race Week; 20 Bermuda Race
competitions as helmsman (several class wins); 7 Transatlantic
Races; founder and Chairman Offshore Sailing School
Dave Curtis – Collegiate Sailing All-American, two-time Rolex
Yachtsman of the Year, US Olympic Athlete of the Year, multiple
firsts Etchells Worlds and North Americans; Soling Europeans,
Nationals, North Americans, Worlds; Gold medal Pan Am Games and
Olympics; J-24 North Americans, Worlds
Gary Jobson – Award-winning journalist, TV commentator,
author 18 sailing books, Editor at Large Sailing World and Cruising
World, VP International Sailing Federation; Chairman Leukemia Cup
Regattas; inducted National Sailing Hall of Fame and America’s Cup
Hall of Fame; multiple wins one design classes; won America’s Cup
with Ted Turner; 1979 Fastnet Race, and many world ocean races;
three-time All American Sailor at SUNY Maritime and College Sailor
of the Year; US Sailing Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy
Mark Reynolds – “Star of the Star Class” 4-time consecutive
Olympian, two World Championship titles, 3 Olympic Gold Medals;
7-time Bacardi Cup Champion, ISAF World Sailor of the Year, Rolex
Yachtsman of the Year; inducted National Sailing Hall of fame
Dawn Riley – First woman to manage entire America’s Cup
syndicate; first American (man or woman) to sail in three America’s
Cups and two Whitbread Round the World races; youngest CEO of
an AC team, at 32 founded America True; on board of US Sailing;
past president Woman’s Sports Foundation, motivational speaker;
executive director of Oakcliff Sailing Center in Oyster Bay, NY
Jud Smith – Head of Doyle One Design; Rolex Yachtsman of the
Year; Etchells Worlds and IOD Worlds Champion; two-time Mumm
30 World Champion; Rhodes 19 National Champion; Sonar North
American Champion; six-time Etchells North Americans Champion;
mainsail trimmer on 1995 AC Stars and Stripes campaign
Mike Toppa – Seven America’s Cup campaigns, two America’s
Cup wins (Dennis Conner, Bill Koch); competed in 1998 Whitbread
Race; multiple Bermuda, Fastnet, Jamaica Races; Worlds
championship wins in 12 meter and Swan classes; owner North Sails
Florida
Butch Ulmer – Intercollegiate Sailing Hall of Fame; 2-time winner
Storm Trysail Club Hugh Kilmer Trophy; awarded Alex Gest and
Donald B. King Trophies; member US Naval Academy Fales
Committee; raced 12’ dinghies to 84’ ocean racers; Tempest and
Mobjack National Champ; season champ frostbite dinghies; 17
Newport-Bermuda Races, 18 SORCs, 8 Annapolis-Newport races; 7
Marblehead-Halifax Races as sailing master, watch captain,
navigator, tactician, skipper; owned UK-Halsey Sailmakers
Outstanding Camaraderie, Revelry and Racing!
The Celebrity Pro-Am Regatta is limited to 40 participants
Crews of four will race with each Celebrity Sailor on 10 Colgate 26 sailboats
Package prices are $1000 per person double occupancy, $1380 single occupancy
due when you sign up with Offshore Sailing School, plus a donation made directly to
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).
We suggest a minimum donation of $500, per reservation, not per person, but any amount is appreciated.
Please register your donation directly with LLS at http://www.lls.org/pages/sfl/offshore50.
Your 4 day/3 night package includes:
 Three nights’ accommodations in a one-bedroom suite overlooking the Gulf of Mexico at the Pink Shell Beach
Resort & Marina
 Beach BBQ dinner Thursday (plan to arrive before 5 p.m.)
 Friday morning orientation and tune-up with the rock star celebrity sailors
 Friday afternoon Regatta
 Friday awards reception and dinner – trophies awarded
 Saturday free use of Colgate 26 sailboats
 Breakfast buffet Friday, Saturday and Sunday
 Box lunch Friday
 Commemorative Celebrity Pro-Am Regatta t-shirt and hat
Offshore Sailing School is a National Sponsor of The Leukemia Cup Regatta series, donating over $100,000 from course tuitions to
date. Your package covers direct expenses. By giving a donation to LLS when you sign up,
you are helping sailors raise funds to support research and cures for blood cancers. Offshore
Sailing School is providing all boats, services and personnel without compensation. Sponsors
will be solicited for each boat and special events. If you are interested in sponsorship, please
contact Beth Oliver, [email protected], 239-985-7516.
Sign up today! Complete this form, email [email protected] or call 800-221-4326!
Sign me/us up for the Celebrity Pro-Am Regatta January 8-10, 2015!
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We welcome crews of four so bring your buddies! If more than one signing up to sail, please provide
information below for other sailors in your party.
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Full payment is due with reservation. Below are packages costs for sailors and non-sailors sharing a room and attending all functions.
If using form, scan and email to [email protected] or mail to Offshore Sailing School, 16731 McGregor Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33908.
Per person package sailor rates:
Single sailor
Two sailors sharing
Three sailors sharing
Four sailors sharing
Non-sailor sharing with sailor
1-Bedroom Suite
$1380
$1000
$ 870
NA
$ 635
2-Bedroom Suite
NA
$1250
$1035
$ 930
$ 890
My Regatta package is $_________ for ___ sailors and ___ non-sailors (circle amounts above).
Charge my □50% deposit □full payment of $________ to □MasterCard □Visa □Amex card number:
___________________________________, expiration date _____________ (mm/dd/yyyy), SBN # _______
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I understand space is limited to just 40 participants, and the total cost of my participation package, due with my
reservation, is non-refundable unless you fill my spot with another participant paying the same amount.
I also will give a donation directly to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for participation in this event, by check or
paid directly online at http://www.lls.org/pages/sfl/offshore50, and agree to sign a waiver prior to boarding
Offshore Sailing School boats.
Please also sign here: _____________________________________