Welcome to the Venice Women's Sailing Squadron Website! Bitter Ends 2012 Rainbow Team, Racers & Helpers at Sarasota Home Interclub 3-21-12 with Dinghy Dames and Salty Sisters 2nd Annual Denis Hill Memorial Regatta Held March 15, 2012 St. Patrick's Day GREEN! FWSA Five left to right:  Penny Washburn, Sylvia Turner, Nancy Marik, Mardi Skoegard, and Lynn Paul. On our first "Good Weather" sailing day this year, Wednesday, the 18th, five represent Bitter Ends at FWSA Meeting! Proposed "Top Club" Award defeated! Spirit Award points modified to award points even though no opponent shows up! Bitter Ends show Rainbow T-shirt plan! VWSS Captain Helen Gokbudak presented our $700 donation check to Susan Erhart (center) on behalf of Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) at our Annual Holiday Party.   View Party Photos! Presented for the children at the center was a large sack filled with new stuffed animals collected over the past year by Garry DeLea at right. Also being donated was a hand knitted sweater made by Garry's wife and sailor Bettine (not pictured). Venice Youth Boating Association (VYBA) holds Annual Jim Pique Regatta. Bitter Ends serves lunch of Hot Dogs and Goodies. Long time supporter and chief cook Sylvia Turner presents awards. View more photos! Santa Sail Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Home Interclub held Wednesday November 16th.  Four clubs competed, lower left photo:  Luffing Lassies (Sarasota), Mainsheet Mamas (Tampa), TI Tackers (Treasure Island), and Bitter Ends (Venice). View many more pictures and read the story! Winners above, Front l-r in Prams: 1st PJ, MM; 2nd Judy, BE; 3rd Trish, TI and back r-l in Sunfish 1st Ursula, LL; 2nd Beth, BE; 3rd Linda, LL tied w/Gillian, LL (officially 4th) Bitter Ends Fall Regatta Held on October 26th for PRAMs and IODs and held on November 2nd for SUNFISH. Awards were presented on November 9th as follows:   IOD PRAM Ann Carrol PRAM Wendy Murray (4 years in a row winner)   SUNFISH Beth Anderson (also winner 1st year).      Halloween Sail, View more pics! Bitter Ends in the 2011 Sun Fiesta Parade(Oct. 15th) theme "Wild Sea Animals"!                     Learn to Sail 2011 Graduates! SUMMERTIME FUN PHOTOS!   Graduates left to right, Class Organizer Judy Karr, far right!

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