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editor's log Many Memorable Moments Last month, I wrote about a defining event in my sailing life. That article (‘Thanks, ACWS’ at windcheckmagazine.com, if you missed it) echoed with a lot of people, not only from the perspective of father and son sharing a memorable experience, but also because it seems every sailor has their share of those moments that they hold dear. It’s why sailing is such a special sport. Recently, there have been numerous stories of young people making memories for a lifetime – just look at the cover of this magazine. High Noon, a donated boat sailed mostly by teenagers, made an enviable ‘dash to the Onion Patch,’ coming home heavy with silver from this year’s Newport Bermuda Race. No doubt these kids – and their parents – will remember that amazing triumph for the rest of their lives, and I’m sure that each of them had their special, private moments that will continue to resonate. Although I am in a different stage of life than the young sailors you’ll read about in Coop’s Corner or the two girls from The Prout School on page 50, we have a lot in common – as do all sailors. Young or old, new to sailing or old salt, most people I know who spend time on the water are most definitely eager to be there. Sailing is filled with special moments for all of us. Really, why would we go through all the hard work to get out there if a big payoff weren’t on each horizon? Look at the feature articles on page 6: we have two about the joys of cruising (in both cases to destinations in Maine), one about the healing power of sailing, a report on an intense professional match racing series, and a piece about the athletes who will represent the United States in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio. In addition to those features, nearly every article in this issue illustrates a person or group’s passion for sailing, or recounts a memorable moment on the water. The crew of Colin Rath’s Hanse 545 Persevere (his wife, three daughters and various pets) have been sailing the world for more than a year, and catching up with their latest adventures on board and on shore in foreign ports always reveals memorable moments experienced –the considerable rewards of a decision to cut the cord with ‘normal’ life and create an extraordinary one. And on page 74, you’ll meet a man who has shared his passion for the sport with tens of thousands of people. I was amazed and intrigued by this month’s Sound Environment article. Unless we have the good fortune of witnessing the beauty of phosphorescence in our wake, it’s easy to overlook something as miniscule as a marine microbe, yet it’s fascinating to consider that these ‘Tiny Giants’ constitute the very essence of the hydrosphere on which and in which we play. Henceforth, when I go out to the shore or board a boat, I will regard the littlest of things as well as try to look at the big picture. On page 35, we review a remarkable new book. When most of us navigate, we string a line from cursor point to cursor point to create a route then watch as the miles tick off and the computer updates itself. I think that we place a large amount of trust and faith in our thinking machines and rarely consider the innate sense of how we find our way around out there – in the moment, without the glowing screen. This is going to be an interesting read, and I can’t wait to wrap my hands around Finding North. As I sail, I will try to take it all in – absorbing those moments as an opportunity to reconnect with the big, the small, the tangible and the ethereal. As the cover subjects suggest, I am – and most boaters I know are – stoked on sailing. Drop me a note (or perhaps an article…) about some of your most memorable moments. I’d love to hear what makes sailing special for you. See you on the water.
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contents
Editor’s Log 4
Letters 8
Checking In 10
Crew Connection 23
From the Log of Persevere 28
Sound Environment 30
Captain of the Port 32
The Boating Barrister 34
Book Review: Finding North 35
Calendar of Events 36
Tide Tables 46
Coop’s Corner 48
Tufts Wins Priddy Trophy 52
Tales II Wins the Atlantic Cup 56 presented by 11th Hour Racing
Pauline Dowell Wins the 58 Robie Pierce Regatta
CPYC OneDesign Regatta 59
Gotham Multihulls Series 60
Southeastern Connecticut Sailors 61 Race for Hospice
Olympic & Paralympic Preview 62
Sea Stories and Cockpit Rum 64 Punch: The Buzzards Bay Regatta
Shennecossett YC Lighthouse Tour 65
Comic 66
Brokerage 67
Classified advertisements 69
Advertisers Index 73
On Watch: John Kantor 74
16 Voyaging in Maine
In this month’s installment of their serialized account of a long awaited cruise from their home on Narragansett Bay, RI to Maine, Nancy G. Kaull and Dr. Paul F. Jacobs describe the anchorages between Isles of Shoals and Camden Harbor. Molly Mulhern, who sails and races her Tanzer 22 Ripple out of Rockland, shares ten reasons to sail into that beautiful harbor this summer.
26 Healing & Strengthening
Co-founded by Paralympic silver medalist Jen French and America’s Cup veteran and USMMA Sailing Foundation President Ralf Steitz with a mission of helping disabled military veterans find new heights on the water, the Warrior Sailing Program teaches new skills and provides a community. Warrior Sailors have enjoyed success in several major events, and this month they’re competing in the inaugural Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race in Oyster Bay, New York.
50 That Moment in Sailing Time
When the World Match Racing Tour visited Newport, Rhode Island last month, a pair of enthusiastic members of the sailing team at The Prout School had the opportunity to race on a high performance M32 catamaran with twotime Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Sally Barkow’s Team Magenta 32. Payton Canavan and Mikaela Kimpton recount their thrilling experiences.
54 US One Victorious at World Match Racing Tour Newport
Newport, Rhode Island has a earned a worldwide reputation as a fantastic venue for fast-paced stadium-style yacht racing, and 20 teams of the world’s best match racers delivered plenty of excitement for the crowds lining the shore at Fort Adams State Park. When the finish gun sounded, the USVI’s Taylor Canfield and his US One team emerged victorious.
On the cover: The collective game face on the rail of the Young American Junior Big Boat Sailing Team’s Tripp 41 High Noon at the start of the Newport Bermuda Race says it all: these kids were in it to win it. Representing American Yacht Club in Rye, New York and racing a boat on loan from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Sailing Foundation, these sailors, ages 15 to 18 (plus three adult safety officers) won their class. © Allen Clark/PhotoBoat.com
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It was all smiles at the dock. From left to right next to Leatrice Oatley, Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, are Collin Alexander, Richard O›Leary, Hector McKemey, William McKeige, Madelyn Ploch, Carina Becker and Brooks Daley. © Barry Pickthall/PPL
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Letters Let’s go sailing! Shoreline Sailing Club sounds like a great idea. So glad you published this piece. Is there anything like that in other regional areas in Connecticut such as Stamford? Holly Griffith, via email Holly – Check out Singles Under Sail. Founded in 1987, this friendly club’s mission is to bring single people with an interest in boating and sailing together and provide opportunities to share those activities. The club’s next meeting is a Thursday Social starting at 6:00 pm at Ponus Yacht Club in Stamford, CT. To learn more, visit singlesundersail.org.
The C&C Northeast Rendezvous is September 10 - 12 Owners and admirers of C&C Yachts are cordially invited to the 2016 C&C Northeast Rendezvous, which will be held September 10 - 12 at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT. It’s our fifth year in a row pulling this off and so far it’s been a big hit. Mystic Seaport is prepared to accept early arrivals on Friday, September 9, with overnight dockage available for an additional fee. Saturday’s activities include a trip to the Mohegan Sun casino (with sufficient interest); and a dockside BYOB gathering at 5:00 pm. Sunday’s agenda kicks off with reveille and calisthenics at 7:00 am (just kidding); followed by informal tours of C&Cs for interested enthusiasts at 11:00 am; a dockside meeting led by Don Sweeney to introduce Greenport, NY, the 2017 Rendezvous Destination at 1:00 pm; a private (C&C only) guided tour of the Mystic Seaport Collection Resources Center (Exhibits that are not on Exhibit) at 3:00 pm; light dockside dinner (deli platters, sandwiches, etc., BYOB) at 5:00 pm; a private planetarium show and night sky viewing at 7:00 pm; and dockside farewells, cocktails, cigars, etc. at 9:00 pm. We hope to donate some Rendezvous proceeds to the Mystic Seaport youth sailing program. To register, log onto cncnortheast.com. For more information, contact me at 860389-6900 or trysail@gmail.com. Rob Gallagher, via email ■
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SSV Oliver Hazard Perry Looking to Fill Crew Spots
Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) is seeking to hire licensed deckhands for its brand new 200-foot SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, which is based in Newport, RI and scheduled to sail throughout New England this summer. The Tall Ship is the first full-rigged ocean-going ship to be built in the USA in over 100 years and requires that crew applying hold an Able Seaman license or Masters license (any tonnage) with auxiliary sail endorsement or international equivalent.
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Women’s Sailing Conference instructor Capt. Nancy Erley (holding sign) with students learning how to heave a line. © BoatUS.com
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“Anyone who has been watching the project and wanting to get aboard and be part of our first operational crew: now is the time to make a move!” said OHPRI Executive Director Jess Wurzbacher. “We’ve got an exciting summer ahead with lots of sailing and some adult trips coming up in the Fall.” Wurzbacher pointed out that SSV Oliver Hazard Perry has everything crews love about Tall Ships, but none of the things they don’t. “There’s a 130-foot rig to climb and seven miles of line to haul at the start of the day, but there are hot showers and climate controlled spacious accommodations to retreat to at the end of the day.” Other amenities include an environmental science lab, state-of-the art classroom technology, wheelchair accessibility, and climate-controlled learning spaces. OHPRI will run programs for students of all ages during year-round operation, initially along the East Coast. The ship’s programs this summer include one- to two-week voyages in partnership with academic institutions as well as teen summer programs and adult voyages in the fall. Deck crew members work the ship both on deck and aloft, and lead trainee crew members (youth and adult) in all aspects of shipboard operations. Applicants must be comfortable working aloft; willing to live by the rules and regulations aboard the ship; and suited for the duties and responsibilities outlined at ohpri.org/employment Positions are full-time and live-aboard. (Room and board provided.) To be paid, candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. For more information, email jess@ohpri.org. ■
With a roster of new instructors and increasing interest in technical subjects, the 15th Annual Women’s Sailing Conference drew over 100 women to the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA on Saturday, June 4. The event was sponsored by the Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) and Black Rock Sailing School. “I just bought a boat last Friday,” said attendee Stephanie Muto, who is in her 20s and bought a Sabre 30. “I have been sailing for eight years and although it is quite intimidating buying a boat and living on it, I feel more confident now that I have come to this conference.” “Women are very much the face of the new boat owner,” said Conference organizer Joan Thayer. “They are into more technical skills, moving beyond daysailing, so we’ve responded with more courses like Heaving To, Diesel Engine Preventative Maintenance, and Marine Electrical Wiring. Sailing around the world or racing offshore is no longer just for men.” Courses were led by accomplished women instructors including Captain Nancy Erley, a two-time circumnavigator who led four different standing-room-only workshops. “I believe men often go brashly out and try stuff, and women don’t like to try and then fail,” said Erley. “It is my hope that women absorb more of the skill so they can become partners on the boat and stop depending on the man and become more self-referenced, so women can rely on their own experience.” The featured speaker, Donna Lange, completed her second solo circumnavigation in her 28-foot sailboat just one week before the conference. As well prepared as Lange was she still experienced the unexpected, yet she made repairs and continued forward. “Events like the Women’s Sailing Conference provide the confidence to push beyond one’s comfort zone,” said Lange. A silent auction also raised funds to benefit the Women’s Sailing Foundation, which funds the AdventureSail program for underserved girls ages 9 to 14 and provides scholarships for community learn-tosail programs. For more information, visit womensailing.org. ■ D. Scott Croft at BoatUS contributed to this report.
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Shoreline Sailing Club Members Prepping for Marion Bermuda Race
York Expedition Cruise Week August 6-14. Shoreline Sailing Club’s regular meetings for July will be on the 7th and 21st at 7:30 pm at the Westbrook Elks Lodge, 142 Seaside Avenue, Westbrook, CT. Non-members may attend SSC’s regular meetings for a fee of $10 per meeting. For more information, visit shorelinesailingclub.com. ■
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New Venue for the Mystic Blues Festival
The next Marion to Bermuda Race is not until June 2017, but members of the Shoreline Sailing Club are preparing for it by learning about racing this summer from those who participated in the 2015 event.
A crew of Shoreline Sailing Club members sailed Ted Geiger’s Hans Christian Christina Que Sera Sera in the 2015 Marion Bermuda Race.
A team of six club members prepared Ted Geiger’s Hans Christian Christina 40 Que Sera Sera for the race, meeting weekly and all becoming certified in First Aid and CPR. Unfortunately, crewman Ron Luich was injured and couldn’t go but the other five crew sailors departed Harry’s Marine in Westbrook, CT on June 13, 2015, reaching Marion, MA the next day. The race to Bermuda started June 19. Geiger’s crew included Bob Lattanzio, Brian Geiger, Barbara Kleefeld, and Sandy Nelson. Despite bad weather and injuries, Que Sera Sera finished eighth out of nine boats in Class D, and 37th of 39 boats overall. Another member of the club raced single-handed. “We look forward to next year and want to encourage other single sailboat owners to join the club now and learn about racing so they can enter the 2017 race,” said Shoreline Sailing Club Commodore Pat Holinka. “We expect many more of our fleet to participate.” In general, members of the club are doing more racing, including boat skipper and past president Lois Glazer. “We’re growing the art of sailing,” she said. “Club members are welcome to learn from me on my Tuesday night races.” The club has a busy summer schedule, including sails to various destinations during Independence Day weekend July 2-4; racing and fireworks at Sailfest in New London July 8-10; a New Members Day Sail on July 18; a trip to Montauk July 22-24; various Rhode Island destinations July 30-31; and a New
Tickets are now on sale for the Fourth Annual Mystic Blues Festival, which will be held August 12 - 14 at a new location for 2016. North Stonington Fairgrounds in North Stonington, CT is the venue for this popular family event, which showcases an array of Blues legends including Grammy winners, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Blues Artist of the Year award winners. This year’s powerhouse lineup includes Dr. John & the Nite Trippers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, Roomful of Blues, Paul Gabriel, Jay Stollman with special guest Debbie Davies, and many more. Education is an integral part of the Mystic Blues Festival, and the organizers are scheduling performances by talented students including adults and children, as well as a variety of performances and interactive workshops presented by professional educators and performer/instructors. Ticket holder will be able to enjoy these programs at no additional cost. The Mystic Blues Festival benefits the Center For Hospice Care (CFHC). CFHC works with patients on controlling pain and symptoms, addressing emotional and spiritual needs, enhancing the quality of life for all involved, and comprehensively meeting the needs surrounding end of life. For more information including volunteer opportunities and to purchase tickets, visit mysticbluesfestival.com. ■ The legendary Dr. John is Saturday night’s headliner. © nitetripper.com
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Jay Perrotta Joins Mack Boring Jay Perrotta has joined the team at Mack Boring & Parts Company, one of America’s leading distributors of marine diesel engines. In his role as New England Marine Sales Representative, Perrotta will be responsible for all marine sales in the area. Perrotta’s career started in the Marine Corps where he was a Sergeant, then took him to the helm of his own company, Black Lab Marine, an aluminum boat company that he founded and ran for 10 years. Perrotta will be based out of Freeport, ME but covering all of New England, allowing Mack Boring to deliver more reliable, high quality value to its network. His addition to the team will also allow David Winskowicz to fully transition into the role of Product Specialist for the Recreational Marine Group. Perrotta can be reached at jay@mackboring.com or 207-233-6516. To learn more about Mack Boring’s recreational and commercial marine diesel and transmission services, log onto mackboring.com. ■
Rob Brooks Joins Offshore Sailing School Offshore Sailing School has announced that Robert (Rob) Brooks has joined the company’s executive team as Director of Operations. “His background and successful career in sailing education and racing makes Rob the ideal leader in developing new programs, faculty, branch and resource management as we continue to grow our business,” said Offshore Chairman and Founder Steve Colgate. Brooks has over 32 years of professional sailing instruction and coaching experience. He holds many racing honors including numerous world and national championships, and has coached the past six Offshore/North U. Race Weeks and several top-level Women’s Rolex and Women’s Keelboat Championship teams. His onshore talents include sailmaking, rigging and new boat commissioning. He recently relocated to Offshore’s headquarters in Fort Myers, FL with his wife and daughter. For more information, visit offshoresailing.com. ■
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A Voyage to Maine and Back, Part 3
Isles of Shoals to Camden Harbor, ME By Nancy G. Kaull & Dr. Paul F. Jacobs Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a serialized account of the authors’ first journey from their home in Rhode Island to Maine aboard their Catalina 34 Pleiades. If you missed the earlier chapters, you can find them at windcheckmagazine.com. Look for more in upcoming issues. Authors’ note: The following is based on Nancy’s detailed log entries and photographs. Where these are used directly they are shown in italics. General comments and discussions written by Paul are shown in regular font. The reader can thus directly discern our slightly different perspectives.
out wet clothes, wet towels, and wet boat rags on most of the lifelines to dry; limited only by the number of available clothespins. We also made a feeble and short-lived attempt to sail. At least it was a respite from the continuous throb of the engine. About 4-6 knots of wind finally arrived around 11 AM. We broad reached for the next three hours. Sailing inside buoy R-2 and between Washman Rock and Dansbury Reef, we left Gooseberry Island to port and Wood Island to starboard just after 2 PM. Threading our way through the passage south of the island and past numerous lobster pots, we finally entered Wood Island Harbor, and picked up a rather scuzzy mooring that had clearly not been used for quite some time. With only 5 knots of wind, even this would suffice until we determined the lay of the land in a location that neither of us had ever visited before. Our first impression was that Wood Island Harbor was surprisingly lovely and quite well protected from all but northerly winds.
Thursday, July 17, 2014 (Day 9) Isles of Shoals to Wood Island Harbor, ME A few months earlier I had read Hank & Jan Taft’s excellent and nearly indispensable A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast (International Marine Publishing Company, Camden, ME, 1988). It soon became evident that when sailing to Maine from southern New England, there are myriad wonderful and very beautiful harbors once you basically “get there.” However, from the New Hampshire border, for the first 50 nautical miles or so there are actually very few good harbors until one reaches Casco Bay. Thankfully the sole exception is Woods Island Harbor, which is about 33 NM north of the Isles of Shoals, along the great Bigelow Bight. The morning in Gosport Harbor finally became a bit sunnier, with perhaps 5-7 knots of wind. Paul was ready to go at 7:07 AM. Once we powered outside Gosport Harbor, we belatedly noticed that the dinghy contained much rainwater. What a surprise after all that rain! Paul bailed it out, wearing his sea boots to carefully keep his feet out of the very cold water. We settled in for a gentle reach, which lasted for half an hour. Then, unfortunately the wind died by 8 AM. It was coffee time, but sadly the burners on the stove wouldn’t light. Maybe 15 minutes later, after multiple “on-offs” at the switch, the burners finally started. Why? Perhaps the propane solenoid was sticking, or there was excess contact resistance at either the electrical panel switch or the solenoid contact itself, so the resulting voltage drop was reducing the current flow, and hence the solenoid was not generating a strong enough magnetic field to open properly. Pleiades’ wiring behind her electrical panel was now 24 years old and could well do with an upgrade including all new clean spade connectors, new sub-panels with LED lights to readily indicate those switches that are actually turned “on,” and circuit breakers, which are much more convenient than fuses. By about 11 AM, the sun had finally made something of a serious appearance. Pleiades looked like a laundry ship as we hung
Wood Island lighthouse © Nancy G. Kaull
After lunch on Pleiades, we called the Biddeford Pool YC, which lies inside Wood Island Harbor, via cell phone but got no answer. So, we then called on VHF and the launch driver said the BPYC did not have any moorings available and that we probably should not stay on #91, which was private and uninspected. However, since the wind was very light, was forecast to stay that way overnight, and as the owner had clearly not used the mooring in a long time, we decided to remain on mooring #91 as opposed to anchoring. Also, Taft noted that there are many mosquitoes in Biddeford Pool, and from long experience that would be exasperating for Paul. We then decided to take the dinghy in to check out the surrounding area. The tide was high and thus the interior harbor looked quite ample, although at low tide it might not. We went ashore at the BPYC and strolled a short distance to “The Store” which had a reasonable supply of a broad range of food, the most interesting of which for us at the moment was ice cream!! Paul got one with blueberries and I got a Maine “something” (raspberry ripple with chocolate pieces). Both were excellent. We ate them outside overlooking the harbor channel. There we met a very nice couple, Alan & Ronnie, and exchanged stories and interests. They have been residents of Maine for 40 years and know the coast well. Alan generously said to call if we needed any help or advice along the way.
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A lovely home in Wood Island Harbor, ME © Nancy G. Kaull
Friday, July 18 (Day 10) Wood Island Harbor to Jewel Island Harbor, ME We awoke early to a beautiful but windless morning. After Paul put washers and secure locknuts on the brackets that hold the cockpit table, I discovered condensation had seeped down my side of the V-berth bunk so I brought the bottom sheet out to dry. We then also re-bedded the port shroud bolts. It turned out to be quite a project because I didn’t know how to use a ratchet socket wrench and the acorn nuts had dead-ended without tightening the bolt. Finally, I held the interior acorn nut with a conventional box wrench while Paul used the socket wrench to tighten the exterior bolt. I now understand a bit more about wrenches. Such is the way of the sea. We were soon sailing in very light winds at 10:30 AM. Lack of wind in the morning has been a recurrent theme on this voyage so far, but thankfully we have not yet encountered any of Maine’s notorious pea soup fog. After 11 AM a SW breeze finally arrived and we were able to sail on a lovely beam reach with full mainsail and 135% Genoa for 4.5 hours, taking us past Cape Elizabeth, Portland, and well into Casco Bay. As we approached Jewel Island, we sailed wing and wing for two NM in 15 knots of SW wind, which Pleiades does with surprising stability. Finally, we furled the sails and started the engine in a stiff SW breeze (18 - 22 knots), powered around some rocks and shallow places, and entered the long and rather skinny Jewel Island Harbor at high tide (10’ above low) amid seven sailboats and five powerboats. Anchoring was tight.
Wood Island Harbor © Nancy G. Kaull
Back on Pleiades, just as we started cocktails and a snack before dinner, we heard the enchanting sound of a distant carillon. With no church in sight, the carillon could nonetheless be heard playing familiar hymns including “Nearer My God to Thee,” the hymn the orchestra played as the Titanic tragically went down. We will always remember the carillon when we think of Wood Island Harbor. We left a cell phone message with our friends John & Donna, who have a summer home near Bar Harbor, that we were running a day behind schedule due to the weather. Our other good friends from East Greenwich, RI, Tom & Lauren, had been thinking about driving up for a daysail with us, but called to say that Grandma was home from the hospital and needed some attention. Perhaps we could connect with them on the way back. We asked about world news. Russian separatists had apparently shot down a passenger airplane over the Ukraine and Israel had invaded Gaza, all just since we left RI. We were glad we were away. Paul was in the bunk at 9 PM and I soon followed. We both liked the look and feel of our first harbor in Maine!
Near the entrance to Jewel Island Harbor, Casco Bay © Nancy G. Kaull
We were settled in for a couple of hours, but when dinner started to cook the tide was rapidly going out and an extremely rocky shoreline was quickly approaching our position! Prudence dictated that we move rather than find the keel aground in a few hours. A small powerboat came in and searched about for a good spot, which they eventually found. There was a little drama when another small powerboat broke free. It belonged to a group camping on the shore. Many other small boats – dinghies, kayaks, rowboats, etc. – came to the rescue. Jewel Island Harbor is quite lovely, with pines and birch trees coming down almost to the water’s edge, but a bit too nar-
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row for my taste. The tide kept going out prior to our moving Pleiades and re-anchoring in deeper water. The good news was that we found a nice spot with adequate room in the event of a wind shift. The bad news was that Jewel Island Harbor must have the blackest, stickiest, most viscous mud bottom of any anchorage we have ever experienced anywhere! The mud stuck aggressively to the anchor. It also stuck to the chain. It stuck to the rode and the deck, and it even stuck to my hands and my clothes. Sloshing it off took six buckets of very cold Maine seawater, and even then all of it did not come out of my clothes. Yuck!
The shore approaching at low tide in Jewel Island Harbor © Nancy G. Kaull
Tonight it unfortunately took about 30 minutes – and at least a dozen or so “flip-flops” of the panel switch – to finally get the stove started. In spite of that, and the commotion associated with reanchoring, dinner was great (sautéed chicken, Near East rice, thin haricot verts and a lovely crisp Riesling). I love the refrigeration, the fact that we can make a tray of ice in 24 hours (of course being in Maine helps that!), the solar panel which keeps the ship’s batteries charged, the new VHF with lat/long, COG and SOG, so Paul can do paper-chart navigation while down below, without me having to yell down latitude and longitude numbers from the GPS chartplotter at the helm, plus AIS…that we have yet to figure out. The true beauty of this harbor is the tall pines, white birches, granite shore, and the remoteness. The water temp was 60 degrees. No swimming here, but interestingly it was five degrees warmer than the water in Scituate, MA!
Saturday, July 19 (Day 11) Jewel Island Harbor to Boothbay Harbor, ME We were up at 6:30, finding that Pleiades’ bow was now only about 15 feet from the stern of another boat, Brilliant. Fortunately both boats were similarly aligned and in no danger. The air temp was 63° F, with no wind, and the outgoing tide would continue until 11 AM. We had our coffee and juice while chatting with Pete Peterson of Brilliant. He and his wife had been cruising for 12 years! I made a new batch of ice using chilled water and hoped for the splendid benefits of the solar panel. I then took a much needed windcheckmagazine.com
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warm water shower and shampoo in the cockpit. At 9 AM, Paul hauled up the muddiest rode and chain you can imagine. He washed it all down while we slowly powered out. The depth was 9.3 feet when the anchor came up (it had been 18 feet earlier) and the tide was still going out! At 10:30, we were motoring out of Jewel Harbor with no wind. A light SSE breeze of 5-7 knots finally came up and we sailed mostly on a beam reach at 5-6 knots for about five hours past Cape Small and The Sisters. Then the wind utterly died and the tide and Pleiades’ diesel pushed us at 4 knots past the mouth of the Kennebec River. We motored into the Carousel Marina dock in Boothbay Harbor for fuel (10 gallons after 25 hours on the engine), water for tank #2, and of course, ice. At the dockmaster’s request, we picked up mooring #1. We later took our dinghy ashore, walked to the chandlery and purchased a spare boathook. It would be quite sad should we lose our only hook. At the head of the dock, we met some friends from the Corinthian YC cruise that had come up from Marblehead. It is a small world up in Maine! We had dinner at the Whale’s Tale restaurant, sharing steak, lobster claws, lobster bisque sauce, potatoes, and carrots. Dinner was good but not great. A light rain fell during the night.
This is the U.S. Coast Guard Station & Light on the Cuckolds, near Boothbay, ME. Remember this spot; it will be pertinent on our return to RI. © Nancy G. Kaull
Sunday, July 20 (Day 12) Boothbay Harbor to Maple Juice Cove In the morning Nancy and I went ashore in a light drizzle to the Red Cup Coffee Shop where they also provided free Internet service. We were anxiously awaiting word from Sunsail regarding the details of our 2009 Jeanneau 36i Sandpiper’s phase-out from their charter program in Tortola, BVI due to occur within 35 days, before entering her into Horizon’s charter program in Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten. Unfortunately, there was no message from Sunsail. We took a brief stroll and purchased really nice water resistant windbreakers for only $20 each! I love mine in bright pink! Paul’s is navy and tan with a fleece lining. They both have “Boothbay Harbor” embroidered on the front, so we looked like tourists. We dropped the mooring at 11:30 AM and motored until 20 July 2016 WindCheck Magazine
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we were out of the narrow east passage, then sailed for a few hours. It was a very cool, damp breeze. Nancy wore multiple layers: 1) t-shirt, 2) long sleeve Doyle shirt, 3) purple vest, 4) tan fleece, and 5) her new pink Boothbay Harbor jacket. She actually wished she had her winter parka in July! I wore a rugby shirt and a fleece. The wind got lighter and we motored three miles up the St. George River to Maple Juice Cove. One had to be very careful to avoid each and every one of the many lobster pots in the river, lest the line from a single unseen pot foul the propeller. Swimming to free a prop wrap in this cold water would most definitely not be fun. We have never seen so many lobster pots so close together! Maple Juice Cove not only has a wonderful name, it is also very lovely and quite peaceful, with only a handful of other sailboats and a few powerboats in a harbor that is easily large enough to accommodate three or four times as many boats at anchor. There was a long gradual hill ahead and to starboard (i.e. NNE), with a weathered old gray house on the top of the hill. For those of you who are familiar with the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, this spot might look curiously familiar; it was the background for perhaps Wyeth’s most famous painting: “Christina’s World.” We anchored in 22 feet of water with 150 feet of rode and 45 feet of chain out in anticipation of 10-foot tides. Where is Wilson? (Wilson is our fond name for the soccer ball in a net attached by a line to the anchor so we always know where the anchor is located). He was temporarily underwater since his tether is only 20 feet long. I hope he can hold his breath for six hours! We were quite chilled and wanted some hot tea, but the burner wouldn’t start (again!). Paul finally decided to open the electrical panel and jiggle the positive contact to the solenoid, at which point the burner started. Is this the answer? Today I photographed lighthouses at White Island and Pemaquid Point. Dinner was salad with leftover barbecue chicken and rice (not much!) Paul is losing weight! He checked the engine oil and added ½ quart. He also checked the water in the house and engine batteries. Recently they were only charging to 12.5 volts. We were surprised that they needed a lot of water. Paul topped off all three Group 31 house batteries and the one Group 31 engine battery with distilled water and then ran the engine for an hour to charge them back to 13 volts. It was an exquisitely calm, starry-starry night. We turned off the refrigeration for the night, although I normally hate doing that. In the morning the freezer was at 31° F when the engine went on at 8:10 AM. By 9 it was down to 22° F. The refrigeration runs all the time when turned on. Perhaps the refrigerant charge is getting a bit low. We should check that.
Monday, July 21 (Day 13) Maple Juice Cove to Camden, ME It was a beautiful sunny and relatively warm day. We re-bedded the starboard shroud bolts with fresh butyl rubber. Determined to actually swim in Maine at least once, Paul took a dip (not really a swim) in the 64° F water. I documented his single swimming stroke for posterity. windcheckmagazine.com
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A nippy dip in Maple Juice Cove © Nancy G. Kaull
The anchor came up easily, and fortunately this time there was only sand – and no mud! – attached to the Mantus spade, which was easily washed off. At 11 AM we carefully motored down the St. George River dodging myriad lobster pots, and then made our way out into the well-marked east passage. Winds were ESE at 4-6 knots providing Pleiades a gentle reach at about 4-5 knots. Not being in any sort of hurry, the elegant near-silence of sailing was splendid. Lunch today was BLT sandwiches with Swiss cheese, which were very good. Fruit was canned fruit cocktail. Not great, but okay. About 5 NM south of Rockland the wind utterly died, so we powered the rest of the way to Camden. There we picked up a numbered mooring in the north cove with no other boats nearby. Furthermore, no one came out to collect a mooring fee, and in fact nobody seemed to care. The sunset over the hills was lovely. We called the Zehrings and since tomorrow promised to be a good day, they agreed to meet us here, bringing fresh Italian grinders! Yum! Dinner was chicken, carrots, and rice. With gentle rocking on our mooring, we both slept like logs. ■ Nancy G. Kaull and Dr. Paul F. Jacobs are the co-authors of Voyages: Stories of ten Sunsail owner cruises. This excellent book is available at Amazon.com, and you’ll find several excerpts at windcheckmagazine. com.
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Ten Reasons to Sail Into Rockland, Maine This Summer By Molly Mulhern 1. We all like a nice, easy approach to a harbor, and Rockland provides just that. The piloting is simple. The Owls Head Lighthouse marks the outer entry point on the south, and the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse provides the north-side mark. Once past the breakwater lighthouse, you have plenty of choices for where to land. You can sail in directly from the breakwater to the eastern side of the mooring field and drop your hook there (Anchorage C on Chart 13307_1), or if you want more privacy, head south toward the Owls Head shore (Anchorage A). If you prefer to grab a mooring closer to the heart of Rockland, contact the Rockland Harbormaster (207-594-0312). There is a launch service aboard the Ginny T, [named after the club’s first female commodore] 8 am to 8 pm in summer, VHF Channel 9 or 207-233-2800) run by the Rockland Yacht Club that will grab you off your boat and deliver you just about anywhere in the harbor for a nominal fee.
There is ample dockage at the Rockland Public Landing on nonfestival weekends and most weeknights. © Molly Mulhern
If you need marine services you can find them (and fuel) at Journey’s End Marina (207-594-0400), nestled over by the Coast Guard station. Yachting Solutions (207-596-0082) – located in what is known as the Trident Marine Basin, which you pass on port as you head west to the public landing – also provides dockage and other amenities. Knight’s Marine (207596-7216) is over on the northern side of the Maine State Ferry terminals (Lermond Cove on the chart). 2. Showers, washers/dryers, ice, WiFi, and garbage disposal can all be found at the Rockland Public Landing for a nominal fee. The landing building, home to the harbormaster and staff, is also home of the Rockland Yacht Club, an 80+ member strong group that would love to have you visit, or join.
Big smiles from partner Jim as he sails our J/34C past the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse on a June evening. © Molly Mulhern
See # 9, below. There is a farmer’s market at the park here on Thursday mornings in the summer. 3. Elvis can be seen, and terrific brunches, lunches and dinners can be enjoyed at Cafe Miranda, a fiery, funky eating venue a short walk from the town landing. In business for over 20 years, this eatery has the wildest menu you can imagine, and consistently outshines all the other Rockland eateries for a fun, festive experience. Their wood-fired oven churns out lobster pizzas galore, but don’t let that make you think the menu is laden with such fare. If you venture there – dinner reservations are usually a must (207-594-2034), although the summer garden seating improves your chances – you can choose anything from sizzling steaks nestled in a sauce you will wonder about for days, to greens galore, and my all-time, favorite, the never-been-disappointed, Unnachos: pan-seared black beans with chilis and a ton of stringy cheese, chips and salsa served on the side. As for Elvis, he’s there in spades but I won’t tell you where…some things you just have to find out for yourself. 4. You can dock for free while you dine at The Landings, another fine lunch or dinner venue right on the harbor. Let’s face it, getting in the dinghy and rowing a long way into the harbor – or even taking the launch – is not nearly as elegant as docking where you dine. Hell, play your cards right and you might even be invited to stay at the dock overnight. 5. You will get inspired by a Neil Welliver painting at the The Farnsworth Art Museum. OK, this world-class museum is also home to Wyeths, but Welliver’s bold colors and huge canvases inspire my creative side a great deal more than Andrew Wyeth’s brown-toned egg temperas. If paintings don’t inspire you, they also host a house museum and a sculpture garden. If all else leaves you uninspired, have a seat in their book-lined library and lose yourself in any number of the treasures there. It is a perfect rainy-day solution for the cruiser. The museum is a short walk up from the harbor, open daily in the summer. 6. You can be the first from your fleet to visit the brand new digs of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Rockland has a bustling art scene that includes a popular First Friday Art Walk hosted by the dozens of galleries and shops along the main street, and this summer there’s a new, big attraction on
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Looking east from the edge of Mooring Field C back toward the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse. © Molly Mulhern
Friday nights. The Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s grand opening, designed by internationally acclaimed architect Toshiko Mori, took place in June. If you missed the June celebration, you can enjoy the inaugural exhibits all summer. Alex Katz, who has maintained a Lincolnville, Maine, studio for over 60 years, is one of the featured artists. Works by sculptor Jonathan Borofsky and photographer Rollin Leonard will be on display on the new campus until mid-August. If you don’t fancy contemporary art, a stroll around the unique new buildings, just a short walk from the harbor – and on the way to the Atlantic Bakery on Main Street – will be worth it. The museum is closed on Mondays. 7. Rockland offers easy exercise options. Walking and running venues abound. Choose a nice long walk (1.5 miles out and back) on the Rockland Breakwater, or row ashore to run along the harbor boardwalk. If harborside isn’t a long enough workout, Rockland has quiet backstreets and interesting neighborhoods that you can investigate. You might just come across the new house museum celebrating Edna St. Vincent Millay. In addition, there is now a YMCA right on the harbor boardwalk, so you can grab a few reps on the weights while you watch your boat float on its mooring. 8. After your early morning workout and shower you’ll want to refuel at the Home Kitchen Cafe, just a short walk north of the ferry terminal. Cruising is great fun, but let’s agree that eating out to break your galley rut is part of the fun. And where else can you feast on Eggs Benedict until 3 in the afternoon? The menu boasts at least seven ways you can enjoy lobster, and yes, there is even a Bennie version. Alas, they are closed Tuesdays. (As you walk up to the café, you will pass these owner’s other marvelous and brand-new ventures, a bakery called Home Sweet Home, A Sub/Burrito Shop/Close to Home, and their Cone Home, offering your weekly dish of ice cream. Who says you can’t go home again?) 9. Dust off your starts and mark roundings at the Tuesday Night Pickup Racing with the Rockland Yacht Club (rocklandyachtclub.org). The club organizes a fun, mixed fleet race with starting gun at 5 pm, using marks set inside the breakwater so that all shapes and sizes of boats participate. You can get in three nights of racing before they will ask you to contribute to the Rockland Yacht Club, so if you are visiting on a Tuesday you windcheckmagazine.com
can check it out for free. The committee boat will be amply visible and audible – it uses VHF Channel 68. Afterwards, you can join in a barbecue at the clubhouse, enjoying great camaraderie and a chance to meet local sailors. 10. Penobscot Bay lies at your doorstep. OK, I am biased, but the islands and bays you can access from Rockland are the finest in the world. If you doubt me, why not challenge yourself to go for a cruise, seeing if you can find the moorings at Hurricane Island, the soaring ledges at Winter Harbor, the neat little store (and showers) at the Dark Harbor Boatyard, or the pristine hiking trails on Isle au Haut? Oh, so many more reasons: the make-and-break diesels you can see at Captain Jim Sharp’s museum over by Snow Marine Park; Peter Johanson’s charter boat fleet that will quietly and completely take care of all your boat rental needs (207-5967060); Hamilton Marine chandlery a 5-minute walk; a chance to really understand the U.S. political system when you take a
If you prefer to come ashore via your dinghy instead of taking the Rockland Yacht Club launch, you will find ample tie up space at the Rockland Public Landing. © Molly Mulhern
ride with George Marks on his Two Toots launch; full weekends of activity from the Blues Festival to the Friendship Sloop Days to the Lobster Festival (held on the first weekend of August, and which you may want to avoid because of its tackiness and noise), not to mention the Lobster Boat Races, traditionally held on Father’s Day. Just go. ■ Molly Mulhern is a nautical publisher, editor, writer, and champion of all things book- and sailing-related. As past editorial director at International Marine, Molly’s aim has always been to publish books that improve the quality of life for sailors and outdoorspeople, helping them achieve their dreams. She is now consulting and acquiring books for a New York trade publisher. Molly sails and races her Tanzer 22 Ripple out of Rockland, and her J/34C Astraea out of Camden, Maine. Molly is helping the Rockland Yacht Club set up a sailing mentor exchange, volunteering her services as Women’s Sailing Mentor.
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Healing & Strengthening Warrior Sailing helps disabled veterans find new heights on the water
aspects of sailing is key. Equally important, Poucher maintains, is how well an activity like sailing helps fill a void for soldiers, marines and airmen in need of help recovering from the physical and/or emotional injuries they’ve sustained, often through their service. “The biggest thing is getting people who may be having a tough time getting off the couch, teaching them a skill and giving them a community, like what they knew in the military,” Poucher says. Highly motivated graduates with competitive drive don’t just want to participate – they want to compete, and at a high level. Enter the Warrior Sailing Team, comprised of select program graduates. These men and women commit to training, competition and to each other to hit the big time in terms of both disabled and mainstream sailing. This year, the Warrior Sailing Team competed in the Sonar class at the NOOD regatta in St. Petersburg, FL and the J/22 class at Sperry Charleston
It’s no secret that sailing can be a fun, thrilling and engaging sport. But it can also be a tool for therapy, reintegration and camaraderie among military veterans with disabilities, both mental and physical. This philosophy led to the creation of the Warrior Sailing Program, an official program of the USMMA Sailing Foundation in Kings Point, NY. Co-founded by Paralympic silver medalist Jen French and America’s Cup veteran and USMMA Sailing Foundation President Ralf Steitz, Warrior Sailing focuses on serving wounded and ill military service members including those who served our country in such places as Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The activities of the Warrior Sailing Program are focused on teaching participants the skills of sailing and maritime tactics. The core programming includes Basic Training clinics that introduce the concepts of sailing in a Ten Warrior Sailors sailed Metolius to third place overall in the Pursuit Race-Non-Spinnaker division at Sperry hands-on and fun Charleston Race Week. © Peter Slack experience. Participants in these 3-day camps come from all parts of the Race Week. They have had unique experiences like sailing on U.S. with a variety of disabilities like traumatic brain injuries, a sponsored boat at the New York City stopover of this year’s post-traumatic stress and amputations, and many are cancer Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. Last month, the survivors. San Diego Yacht Club hosted a Basic Training camp team competed in the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic in June, and Warrior Sailing is recruiting participants for camps & Regatta in Newport, RI. They’re currently training with the at the Annapolis Yacht Club in September and the St. Petersburg J/22 fleet at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA in Yacht Club in November. Graduates can then elevate their skills preparation for the 2016 J/22 World Championship in Kingsat Level Two Advanced Training clinics, sailing higher performton, Ontario this August. ing boats like the J/22 and J/70. Additionally, ten Warrior Sailors had the unique experience “What we found from the camps is that a lot of people of competing on the USMMA Sailing Foundation’s Frers Huiswanted to keep sailing,” says Program Director Ben Poucher, man 84-footer Metolius in the distance race at Sperry Charleston who is also the Assistant Director of the USMMA Sailing FounRace Week and claiming a third place podium finish. dation. “It isn’t very fair to teach people to sail and not give them The Warrior Sailing Program also supports other adaptive an opportunity.” Poucher notes that an impressive 76 percent of sailing events, including the Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race this Basic Training graduates have said they want to continue with month. Hosted by The WaterFront Center in Oyster Bay, NY the sport. with support from The Clagett, Oakcliff Sailing and Seawanhaka Exposing the participants in the program to the different Corinthian Yacht Club, this inaugural event (which is open to 26 July 2016 WindCheck Magazine
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The Warrior Sailing Team, with skipper Sammy Lugo at the helm, competed in the J/22 class at Sperry Charleston Race Week. © Peter Slack
both adaptive and able-bodied sailors) will be sailed in Sonars. Five-time and current US Match Racing Champion Dave Perry will be on hand to provide coaching in boat handling, boat speed, and match racing techniques. Warrior Sailing will have a team competing in that event, including Co-Founder Jen French, who also serves as the USMMA Sailing Foundation’s Development Officer. Central to Warrior Sailing’s mission is the fact the costs of
providing these experiences for ill or wounded service members (both active and retired) are covered by the program. “The funds raised to help support these programs make it financially possible for our participants,” Poucher explains. “Without the support, we could not make the impact that we have.” To date, more than 150 participants have graduated from the Basic Training camps, with nearly 90% having a first time experience on a sailboat. To this end, Warrior Sailing relies on funding and support from sponsors, foundations and grants to be able to provide these life-changing experiences. However, Poucher says Warrior Sailing has barely scratched the surface in terms of the many service members in need of help – by some estimates, over a half a million – and as such the program is looking to grow not only in the number of people served, but in locations around the country and unique experiences for the graduates, which means it’s also in need of additional financial support. Those interested in taking part or helping out with a program that truly represents sailing at its finest are invited to visit warriorsailing.org. ■
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From the Log of Persevere: Central America By Colin Rath Editor’s note: This is the fourteenth installment in a series of dispatches from the Rath family (Colin & Pam, daughters Breana, Meriel and Nerina), who departed Stamford, CT in the fall of 2014 for a worldwide cruise aboard their Hanse 545 Persevere. You’ll find previous articles at windcheckmagazine.com. I know everyone thought that we left the states in October 2014 with a windfall of cash, sailing off into the sunset, but that was the Disney version of our exit. At the time I penned my book It Is What It Is, it looked like our fortune had finally changed with the condo under contact for sale coupled with a legally dismissed 2.7 million dollar mortgage. We thought that after a decade, we had successfully escaped our construction saga. Unfortunately, real life didn’t work out as it does in the movies. The American legal system is not designed to resolve anything permanently, as exemplified in the movie Thank You for Smoking. There’s a scene that says it all. The main character’s son has a homework assignment to write an essay on why the American government is the greatest in the world. He asks his father for help. The father quickly responds, “Because of the endless appeal system.” The American legal system can indeed appeal anything forever if you can afford it. After three years of having our mortgage legally dismissed, eight years of living under foreclosure to get it dismissed under statute of limitations, three months of due diligence under contract to sell the condo, Bank of America motioned to appeal the decision to dismiss the mortgage and every title company in Manhattan refused to provide title for the sale. The buyer could not get a mortgage no matter what, killing the sale and opening another five years of litigation for us. Believe me, we tried every title company in the Tri-state area. Just the appeal – not a legal decision against us – and all the title insurance companies went south. Makes you wonder what title insurance is for, if a title is only issued when there is no risk at all on the property, since all the due diligence is done by attorneys on both sides of the sale and the title company redundantly. You are paying a company for a no-risk insurance policy mandated by the government that
your legal team has already checked completely and charged you for the service on the same transaction. Maybe that’s why the insurance and banking industries are the two biggest lobbyists of government. It makes you wonder who the U.S. government is really working for? But, that’s a whole other consideration; I hope all of you bear that in mind when you vote in this corporate sponsored election this fall. Obviously we left over a year ago as you have been reading as planned regardless, but continued to persevere though our legal problems from afloat, launching motions, and new actions with our legal team as we sail around the world. But, I digress, that’s not what you want to hear about. This is a family sailing
Breana Rath checks out the Battery Baird fortification near the Panama Canal. © persevere60545.com
adventure story, and we will eventually get that cheerful ending one way or another. There was no reason to delay our departure waiting, so we decided to go out and make it happen. After getting a lot of intel from the local cruisers on Bonaire, Colombia, Panama and beyond, we departed Grenada and set sail for Bonaire, an uneventful reach of 400 miles or so, although we caught a nice 40-pound tuna along the way. We have logged over 17,000 miles since we started this endeavor, and my family is well seasoned aboard Persevere and get into the flow at sea very quickly. When you enter Bonaire, the first thing you notice is massive hills of white along the shore and no, it’s not snow. It takes a few minutes to realize that these are 300- to 400-foot tall mounds are actually huge piles of salt. Bonaire’s second largest industry behind tourism is salt production. About 1/3 of the island is salt flats for making salt. The diving there is exceptional. Bonaire provides moorings for $10 a day. Put on your
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tanks right from the mooring or rent a car and drive to the sites marked all around the island. The whole island is a dive site. The island edge is a massive reef with huge schools of fish. The shore is 20 feet deep out to about 50 yards, and then a cliff goes down 400 feet. It’s extraordinary – some of the best diving I have seen. Meriel and Breana loved it. We saw schools of topical fish numbering in the dozens, not like BVI these days when you see three or five of the same fish together. We stayed for two weeks, dove and explored the island. We came upon an interesting establishment called Cadushy. They make vodka from cactus and anyone who knows me knows my deposition with that spirit. This little distillery offers several natural flavors, and only makes 2,000 bottles a year – each by hand bottling that does only two at a
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time. We liked it so much we got a case of various flavors. It was a quick sail from Bonaire to Santa Marta, Colombia. We arrived at 2 am and tied to up the gas dock and checked in in the morning. Our cats Wasabi and Pusha quickly jumped ship, since they had not been on land for several weeks. Wasabi came back early the next morning, but Pusha was MIA for two days. We didn’t think anything about it until we started to see her put on weight. It turns out our British cat (who was too young to be neutered when she got her shots in Gibraltar) had a fling with a Colombian tomcat. Eight weeks later, we had our first birth aboard Persevere. At 3 am (everything always happens at 3 am aboard a boat), three kittens were born. Santa Marta was jumping for Easter break with the bars playing loud disco until the early morning hours. Also, Colombia was in the running in soccer in two different leagues, so there was a lot to celebrate. We enjoyed exploring the town and getting provisions. Santa Marta has first class supermarkets, and we provisioned up for our next stop, the San Blas Islands off Panama. ■ As a competitive sailor, Colin Rath has owned and captained several racing yachts. Colin’s book, It Is What It Is, can be purchased on ColinRath.com or at any major bookstore or Amazon. com. Colin’s next book is coming out in the fall of 2017. Look for updates on Persevere’s journey in future issues of WindCheck, and track their progress on their Facebook page, “Persevere60545.”
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sound environment.
Tiny Giants of the Sea
Tiny Giant #3: Bioengineering a solar panel
By Jaime Blair, Communications Consultant at Bigelow Laboratory Stories of mysterious creatures lurking deep in the sea have long captivated our imaginations and stirred our curiosity. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, ME is on a mission to show that truth is stranger than fictin – in a big way. Tiny Giants: Marine Microbes Revealed on a Grand Scale is a photographic adventure featuring colorized and enlarged images of nearly invisible plants and animals that dominate the ocean. Their beauty will leave you awestruck.
Making the Invisible Visible “Our idea behind the Tiny Giants images was to pique people’s imaginations about the invisible creatures that we study that are vital to our very existence,” says Dr. Benjamin Twining, director of research and education at Bigelow Laboratory. But how do you stir up interest and raise awareness about organisms so small that hundreds of thousands can live in just a single drop of seawater? You make the invisible visible. Dr. Peter Countway, Laura Lubelczyk, and other Bigelow Laboratory researchers used three types of microscopes – compoundlight, confocal, and scanning electron – to capture 18 incredible images of marine microbes. Each of the high-powered microscopes provides a unique perspective and allows us to peer into this invisible world, but it takes a skilled and practiced hand to create the magical images seen in Tiny Giants. The incredible magnifications – some of the images are as big as four feet wide by five feet tall – offer a unique glimpse at the intricacies of these marine-dwelling microbes; their exquisite shapes and patterns appear otherworldly.
Marine Microbes Matter Marine microbes are the foundation of life on Earth: They produce half of the oxygen we breathe and are the base of the food chain. In fact, 98 percent of the ocean’s biomass is made up of microbial life. Given their vital role in planetary processes and balance, it is important that we understand how ocean health issues such as ocean acidification and rising sea temperatures affect these organisms. In addition, marine microbes may lead to new advances in pharmaceuticals, fuel sources, and nutritional supplements. Bigelow Laboratory is the only independent basic research institution in the world that focuses on microbial oceanography – and its researchers want to spread the word about the world-class discoveries taking place at their state-of-the-art campus.
Marine microbes aren’t all business – they also do some pretty neat stuff Diatoms – single-celled algae – are giants of the microbial world; some are even visible to the naked eye. The cylindrical diatom Coscinodiscus has a skeleton made out of silica, a type of glass. This
silica skeleton is remarkably efficient at harvesting energy from the Sun; so much in fact, that engineers are copying their complex architecture to optimize solar panel designs. Tiny Giant #5: Last flight of the sea butterfly Pteropods may sound like a type of dinosaur, but they are actually sea snails. The species Limacina helicina uses wing-like feet to swim, and their graceful fluttering movements have earned them the nickname “sea butterflies.” Pteropods’ coiled shells are beautiful but vulnerable. They are in danger as increased ocean acidity is dissolving their shells made from the calcium carbonate mineral aragonite. This could affect the marine food chain because pteropods are a major food source for small fish and krill, which go on to feed large fish, whales, and sea birds. Copepod may not be a household name, but their numbers are impressive—they are the most abundant group of animals on Earth and make up over 21,000 species. These mini-crustaceans have no boundaries: They are found everywhere, from puddles on mountain peaks to trenches on the ocean floor. They even hang out in carnivorous pitcher plants. Copepods are an important part of the North Atlantic right whale’s diet; during their feeding season, a 140,000-pound right whale will eat over 2,500 pounds of copepods per day.
Think Outside the Box To promote unique, exciting ways to teach and learn, the Tiny Giants exhibit resided at Colby College in Waterville, ME throughout the 2015 fall semester. Educators used the exhibit to connect concepts of invisible marine microbes to their coursework. “We were excited to show the images in the Tiny Giants exhibition on campus last fall,” said Lori G. Kletzer, Colby Provost and Dean of Faculty. “Colby’s strategic partnership with Bigelow Laboratory provides world-class opportunities in marine science and climate science for our students.” The wonders of the microscopic world aren’t reserved for scientists. With Tiny Giants, Bigelow Laboratory is making the mysterious marine underworld accessible to everybody. ■ This Sailors for the Sea Ocean Watch Essay is reprinted with permission. For more information, visit sailorsforthesea.org.
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from the captain of the port “Hello? Hello? Can You Hear Me Now?” Cell Phones and Boats By Vincent Pica Commodore, First District, Southern Region (D1SR) United States Coast Guard Auxiliary When I wrote in the past about the need and use of a VHF radio, I noted that if you didn’t have a radio aboard that you were risking your life over a couple of hundred dollars – it was “nutty” not to have a radio aboard. Nonetheless, many don’t! And those skippers rely on their cell phone for emergency assistance. OK, I guess you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. Here is the “scuttlebutt” on cell phones on the water…
*CG - Gone Starting in the early ‘90s, many cell phone service providers offered a special telephone number that would give you direct access, via your cell phone, to a U.S. Coast Guard Operations Center. However, as many cell systems were upgraded, the feature didn’t migrate to the new system and the Coast Guard found that coverage was thus very spotty and could create dangerous delays in dispatching USCG resources to an emergency situation. As a consequence, in October 2006, the Coast Guard requested that all cellular phone service providers discontinue the “*CG” service, except in Alaska, and any such calls be routed to the 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) nearest to where the call originated. Even when that system worked, mariners didn’t always know where they were and the USCG had no ready mechanism to determining where they were. Now, with Rescue 21, this problem has been dramatically reduced and often eliminated, if you are using a VHF radio. Lastly, even when you did reach the USCG, they were the only one aware of your predicament. VHF-16 is required by federal law to be monitored by all vessels equipped with a VHF radio. Another private boater could be much closer to you than the nearest USCG station – and getting the “rescue clock starts now” sequence going may be the difference between life and death…
But I Want My Cell Phone! OK, skipper, here is the scuttlebutt. First, there is no – none – reliable way to be definitive about cell phone coverage at sea. Is it better the closer you are to land? Yes, compared to being far away. But cell phone systems are designed for land-based use and the associated physics of how objects absorb and reflect signals. Water is an entirely different kettle of fish, no pun intended.
Another agonizing puzzle is when you can see “5 bars” on your cell phone but still can’t connect a call. Why..? Here is a likely scenario – there is a cell phone tower high up on a hill somewhere and it, with its higher-powered signal, can see you. But your cell phone isn’t strong enough to transmit all the way back to the cell tower! So, if you are intent on using your cell phone at sea, start looking into external antennas and signal boosters. Some boosters claim, when attached to an external 8-foot antenna, that the signal range can extend up to 50 miles. Now, if you are ready to spring for the cost of the external antenna, may I suggest again that you attach a VHF radio to it?
The Technology The worldwide cellular system depends on two things – low power transmission and continual reuse of a limited number of frequencies. This is where the term “cell phone” comes from – you travel from cell to cell, bounded by low-power transmission, and are handed off automatically from one radio frequency to another. The cell tower is transmitting, usually, at just a few watts and your cell phone is transmitting back at even lower power – as low as 1/1,000th of a watt. It is always lower than 1 watt. (By the way, a handheld VHF radio is transmitting at 5 watts and the “desktop” VHF radio is transmitting at 25 watts.) As you travel towards the edges of adjacent cells, the cell phone tower’s software coordinates the hand-off from cell-a to cell-b. If your boat is disabled and bobbing in the waves, there is no way to move closer to an adjacent cell like your car naturally does…
To Take Or Not To Take? Take it, by all means! When it does work, there is no better way to have a private, non-emergency conversation and most USCG and USCGAux vessels are equipped with cell phones for this reason. But, when it comes to an emergency, your VHF radio is the best and fastest way to being rescued! If you are interested in being part of the USCG Forces, email me at JoinUSCGAux@aol.com or go direct to the D1SR Human Resources department, who are in charge of new members matters, at d1south.org/StaffPages/DSO-HR.php and we will help you “get in this thing.” ■ Captain Ed Cubanski is the Captain of the Port and Sector Commander for US Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound. Captain Cubanski is responsible for all active-duty, reservist and auxiliary Coast Guard personnel within the Sector. As Commodore of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary First District, Southern Region, Vin Pica works closely with Captain Cubanski and his staff to promote boating safety in the waters between Connecticut, Long Island and 200 nautical miles offshore. Sector Long Island Sound Command Center can be reached 24 hours a day at 203-468-4401.
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The Boating Barrister Preaching About a Wharfinger’s Duties By John K. Fulweiler I’m leery of religion. Whether organized or not, it gives the human animal an all too easily reached box of excuses for whatever whim of horrificness might float in with the tide. Even if your religion is all about a buried rail and a jib that’s pulling hard, you should be leery as well. Sailing shouldn’t be about hotrodding around a course hell bent to boast your boat is the best. They’re moments and sunsets, wisps of wave and sun dappled harbors that deserve your time, too. And speaking of harbors, the maritime law has its own ecclesiastical-like teachings when it comes to the duties owed by a dock owner to a vessel. I sometimes envy the medical profession. For the most part, under a doctor’s care you’re healed or you die within a relatively short time, and the doctor moves on to his next dance partner. With the legal profession, well, litigation takes a long time and so a single lawsuit may outlive an attorney or two. Thus, it wasn’t surprising to read a somewhat recent decision from Pennsylvania and realize it related to something that happened years ago. Sometimes the facts are so many and the issues so weighty it takes a long time to unfold things. What had happened to give rise to the lawsuit was that a tanker was docking at a New Jersey refinery when it struck something and punctured its hull. The normal sort of things that happen in this situation occurred including oil being spilled, the government launching an investigation, and the vessel owner filing a petition to limit its liability. Ultimately, the vessel owners and the government reached a resolution and then turned against those companies associated with the refinery. Among other things, the refinery, they argued, allegedly fail to survey for obstructions and allegedly failed to notify the vessel of a change in the refinery’s maximum draft. Those arguments failed. The court pointed to “well settled” maritime law that a terminal operator such as the refinery does not guarantee the safety of vessels coming to its docks. While a duty exists to furnish a safe berth including identifying hidden hazards, the court explained, that duty does not extend to the surroundings. In other words, this Court understands a wharfinger’s duty as limited to an area immediately adjacent the berth. In rejecting the vessel owners’ arguments, the Court observed that the vessel was holed at a location in the anchorage open for the passage of all ships. The Court expressed concern that to accept the vessel owner’s assertion would overly expand the area for which a wharfinger would be responsible. The Court made similarly swift business of the vessel owners’ assertion that the refinery somehow misrepresented the ter-
minal’s maximum depth. Concluding from the record evidence that there was no misrepresentation, the Court then circled the ring, climbed atop the turnbuckle and executed a diving knee drop on this particular assertion. This occurs when a court hypothetically accepts all of your assertions as true and then points out some underlying flaw in your reasoning. Here, the Court noted that this hullabaloo over the draft was irrelevant because the area where the ship was holed had nothing to do with the draft at the berth. There were other issues, but these were to my eye the most interesting. Whatever the outcome, this maritime decision sounds of good lawyering with interesting arguments and a lot at stake (I’ve read as much as $177 million). The takeaway for the recreational sailor leaving the starting line behind and embracing a weekend as a transient is that while a dock owner doesn’t guarantee the safety of vessels using its dock, it does have certain obligations. A dock owner must use reasonable diligence to determine the condition of the berth and remove any dangerous obstructions. There may also be an obligation to keep the berth dredged to a certain depth, to keep and maintain adequate dock fittings and to warn of hidden hazards or deficiencies. In some instances, the owner of a dock may have an obligation to periodically check a vessel’s mooring lines, but that’s in limited situations and doesn’t take away from a vessel owner’s obligation to safely moor his or her vessel. So go forth, I say, and visit other waters, berth at new docks and sample the seawater of some foreign locales. You don’t need religion to soak up a good boating experience; a belief in yourself will work just fine. This article is provided for your general information, is not legal opinion and should not be relied upon. Always seek legal counsel to understand your rights and remedies. Underway and making way. ■
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John K. Fulweiler, Esq. is a licensed captain and a Proctor-In-Admiralty. His legal practice is devoted to maritime law and he represents individuals and marine businesses throughout the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. He does not represent insurance companies. He may be reached anytime at 1-800-383-MAYDAY (6293), or at his Newport, Rhode Island desk at 401-667-0977 or john@saltwaterlaw.com.
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Calendar 2016 JULY Ongoing through October River Cruises Aboard Schooner Mary E Enjoy a river excursion (1.5 hours) or a sunset cruise (2 hours) aboard a 108-year-old, 75-foot gaff-rigged schooner. Fee includes museum admission. Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; Reservations: 860-767-8269; schoonermarye.com; ctrivermuseum.org 1 Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island Summer Party This annual event supports OHPRI and Rhode Island’s Tall Ship. The evening begins with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and raw bar with the Oliver Hazard Perry dockside and open to board, and continues with a silent auction, dinner, dessert & dancing. 6 - 11pm; Newport Shipyard, Newport, RI; tickets are available at ohpri.org. 1 NESS Dock Party New England Science & Sailing’s casual summer party features live music by Will Evans, a food truck from Rocket Street Food, and cocktails. 7- 10pm; tickets (available at nessf.org/dockparty) are $20 per person and include two drink tickets. This event is 21+. Stonington, CT; nessf.org 1 39th Annual SCYC Junior Commodores Regatta This event is open to Optimists, C420s, Laser 4.7s, Laser Radials & Sunfish. Surf City Yacht Club, Surf City, NJ; scyc-nj.org 2&3 91st Annual BYC Invitational Regatta One-Design & PHRF; Babylon Yacht Club, Babylon, NY; babylonyachtclub. org 4 Independence Day Hey baby, it’s the 4th of July!
4 55th Annual Francis T. Bradbury Memorial Long Distance Race Thames Yacht Club, New London, CT; thamesyc.org 4 Independence Day Celebration Celebrate America’s birthday circa 1876 with boat races on the Mystic River, military exercises with the 27th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on the Village Green, a parade, a concert by the Mystic Silver Cornet Band and more. 9am 5pm; Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; 860-572-5322; mysticseaport.org
for purchase. 6pm; Ponus Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; Check out SUS on Meetup, Facebook and singlesundersail.org. For more information, message or call 203-847-3456. 8 - 10 Vineyard Cup With PHRF, IRC, Classic, Catboat and Foiling Kiteboard divisions, this multiclass regatta supports Sail Martha’s Vineyard.Vineyard Haven, MA; vineyardcup.com
5-7 SIYC PHRF Anniversary Regatta Shelter Island Yacht Club, Shelter Island Heights, NY; siyc.com 5-7 Mariner Class Association Mystic Seaport Rendezvous Mystic, CT; usmariner.org 7 Shoreline Sailing Club meeting If you’re an active single over 35, this club’s activities include sailing, fishing, kayaking, dances, dockside parties, golfing, skiing and more. Meetings are held the first & third Thursdays of each month (lite bites/cash bar available); 7:30pm; Westbrook Elks Lodge, Westbrook, CT; shorelinesailingclub.com 7 Singles Under Sail Thursday Social Prospective members are invited to come and mingle. Dinner is available
9 Horton PHRF Race Watch Hill Yacht Club, Watch Hill, RI; whyc.net 9 Sprite Island Yacht Club Catboat Rendezvous Sprite Island Yacht Club, Norwalk, CT; Robin Varian: bwvarian@mac.com; catboats.org
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4 Bristol 4th of July Established in 1785, Bristol’s Independence Day Celebration is the oldest continuous event of its kind in the USA. Bristol, RI; july4thbristolri.com
9 JSA Girls Champs This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event is hosted by American Yacht Club and sailed in Lasers. Rye, NY; Clemmie Everett: clemmie.everett@gmail. com; jsalis.org
8 - 10 32nd Annual Mahogany Memories Presented by the Southern New England Chapter of The Antique and Classic Boat Society, this event showcases boats built by Chris Craft, Century, Lyman, Gar Wood, Elco and many more. The actual boat show is Saturday, 7/9 from 9am 4:30pm; free; Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; acbs.org 8 - 10 Sailfest This 3-day festival includes live entertainment on three stages, tours of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, arts & crafts, free kids’ activities, fireworks and more. New London, CT; sailfestnl.org 9 55th Annual Branford Invitational This ECSA points event is hosted by Branford Yacht Club. Branford, CT; Don O’Brien: 203-430-0212; branfordyc.org 9 52nd Annual Friends & Neighbors Race This event is open to monohulls 22 feet LOA and over. Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT; norotonyc.org
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9 19th Annual IYRS Summer Gala This is a fundraising event for the IYRS School of Technology & Trades. 6 - 11pm; Newport, RI; iyrs.edu 9 About Boating Safety Completion of this 8-hour class, presented by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 24-3, satisfies the Connecticut licensing requirements for a Safe Boating Certificate and PWC Certificate. Family participation is encouraged. 8am; Flotilla 24-3 Training Center, Milford, CT; pre-register at http://a0142403. uscgaux.info/. Walk-ins are welcome on the day of the class. 860-663-5505; skperrone@ hotmail.com; cgaux.org *All students must obtain a State of CT Conservation ID number before taking the course.Visit ct.outdoorcentral.net/InternetSales/Sales to register for a free ID number. 9 & 10 Newport Regatta Participating classes include 5O5, 29er, 49er, A-Class Cat, RS Aero, C&C 30, Ensign, Etchells (Narragansett Bay Championship), F-18, I420, J/24, J/70 (New England Championship), Laser Full & Radial, Audi Melges 20, Swan 42, Thistle (East Coast Championship) and VX One (New England Championship). Sail Newport, Newport, RI; sailnewport.org
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9 & 10 70th Annual Red Grant Regatta Honoring Adolph “Red” Grant, an avid racer who died in World War II and supporting Easter Seals of New Jersey, this event comprises a one-day cruising race and a two days of ‘round-the-buoys racing. Raritan Yacht Club, Perth Amboy, NJ; yachtscoring.com 9 & 10 Expressly for Fun Hosted by Huguenot Yacht Club, this family-oriented regatta has a pursuit race format. New Rochelle, NY; huguenotyc.com 9 & 10 NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, Part I (Classics & Gunboats) New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org 9 & 10 Wickford Catboat Rendezvous Wickford, RI; Eric Collins/Rex Brewer: pswinc@ verizon.net; catboats.org 10 Horton One Design Race Watch Hill Yacht Club, Watch Hill, RI; whyc.net
11 YRALIS Sears Cup This regatta is hosted by The WaterFront Center and sailed in Sonars. Oyster Bay, NY; Dave Waldo: DWaldo@thewaterfrontcenter.org 13 Hospice Regatta Series Hosted by three different clubs, this Wednesday night event for PHRF, one-design & dinghy sailors raises funds and awareness for Hospice Southeastern Connecticut. Niantic Bay Yacht Club, Niantic, CT; Stonington Dinghy Club, Stonington, CT; and Thames Yacht Club, New London, CT; hospicesect.org/ events/what/regatta-series 13 - 15 McIntyre Team Race Champs This event will be sailed in C420s. SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck, NY; jsalis.org 13 - 16 Swan 42 U.S. Nationals New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org; swan42.org
10 Pine Orchard Invitational This ECSA points event is hosted by Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club. Branford, CT; poycc.org 10 Opti Girls Clinic & Regatta Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT; norotonyc.org 10 FYC/BRYC Double Handed Series Race #2 This series is hosted by Fayerweather Yacht Club & Black Rock Yacht Club. Bridgeport, CT; fycct.org; blackrockyc.org 10 2nd Annual Barnegat Bay Catboat Rendezvous Beaton and Sons Boatyard, Brick, NJ; Henry Colie: 201-401-0292; catboats.org windcheckmagazine.com
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13 - 16 NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, Part II (One-Design & Handicap Classes) New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org 14 Larry White Youth Regatta This USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival event is open to Optimist, C420, Laser, Laser Radial & Blue Jay sailors. Niantic Bay Yacht Club, Niantic, CT; Diane Rothman: dprothman@ comcast.net; nbyc.org WindCheck Magazine
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JULY Continued 14 - 16 93rd Annual EYC Regatta “The Regatta” is a multi-class one-design event for adults and juniors. Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown, MA; edgartownyc. org 14 - 17 10th Annual Great South Bay Music Festival Performers at this celebration of music, family and community include Graham Nash, Umphrey’s McGee, Blues Traveler, Railroad Earth, NRBQ, Aztec Two-Step, Colin Hay, and many more. Shorefront Park, Patchogue, NY; greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com 15 & 16 Mudhead Benefit Cup for the Center for Hospice Care Hosted by the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association and open to all PHRF and One-Design classes, this event kicks off with the 7th Annual Racer’s Jam (celebrating 40 years of Mudhead mania!) at Mystic Shipyard on Friday, 7/15: bring your instruments, voices and dancin’ shoes. Racing is Saturday, followed by the Mega Party at Mystic Shipyard. Mystic, CT; George Brys: gebrys@comcast. net; mudhead.org
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15 & 16 Sid Clark Overnight Race With Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker & Double-handed divisions, this race (along with the Ida Lewis Distance Race) is part of the Rhode Island Offshore Challenge. Bristol Yacht Club, Bristol, RI; bristolyc.com
15 - 17 Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race A collaborative effort of the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic & Regatta and Oakcliff Sailing, the world’s first match racing event for adaptive sailors will be hosted by The WaterFront Center with support from SailAhead, the Warrior Sailing Program and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, and sailed in Sonars. Oyster Bay, NY; conta. cc/1YWiWgk 15 - 17 33rd Annual Black Ships Festival This event commemorates the historic achievements of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, USN of Newport, who in 1854 negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa, the first treaty between the USA and Japan. Newport, RI; newportevents. com/Blackships 16 44th Annual Edward S. Dole Memorial Stratford Shoal Race Hosted by Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club in honor of the memory of a very enthusiastic sailor who co-founded the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound, this race supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation Suffolk County Chapter’s mission of granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Huntington, NY; lhyc.org 16 8th Annual EGYC Regatta This fundraiser for Community Boating in Providence has Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, J/22 One-Design, and Family Cruising (pursuit) classes, followed by a deck party with music, food, beverages and awards. East Greenwich Yacht Club, East Greenwich, RI; egycregatta.com 16 4th Annual Alzheimer’s Regatta & Awards Dinner Sponsored by Sagamore Yacht Club, Oakcliff Sailing and the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center, this event includes PHRF racing (skippers can enhance their rating based on the donations their boats collect), a Row-
er’s Relay Race, and the Paddling for Poker event for rowers, kayakers & paddle boarders. There is no entry fee for any of the day’s events. Participants are asked to secure sponsors, and those raising $100 or more will be admitted to the Awards Dinner with no fee. Sagamore Yacht Club and Beekman Beach, Oyster Bay, NY; 855-732-4500 ext. 306; adrcinc.org 16 PJYC Distance Sprint This race has divisions for Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Double-handed and (with sufficient interest) One-Design & Multihulls. Port Jefferson Yacht Club, Port Jefferson, NY; Jason Richter: 631312-7140; Paladin32575@yahoo. com; ptjeffyc.com
week prior to the class. Read ABC Chapters 1 through 4 and 2016 CT Boaters Guide. Students must obtain a free CT Conservation ID prior to class; log onto ct.wildlifelicense.com/ internetsales 16 - 24 118th Annual Larchmont Race Week This venerable event has divisions for Racer/ Cruiser (IRC & PHRF), NonSpinnaker, Classic Yacht, J/70, J/80, J/105, Etchells, IOD, Shields, S-Boat, Ideal 18,Viper, RS K6, 5O5 and other one-designs with sufficient entries. Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; larchmontyc.org
16 PYC Opti Rumble This Optimist regatta is hosted by Pequot Yacht Club. Southport, CT; pequotyc.com 16 Vineyard Haven Catboat Rendezvous Vineyard Haven, MA; Mark Alan Lovewell: mark@ markalanlovewell.com; catboats.org 16 CT Safe Boating Course Offered by the Penfield Sail & Power Squadron, this oneday class covers the Boating Basics including Required Safety Equipment, Navigation Rules, Federal, State & Local Rules, Safe Towing (water skiing & tubing) plus much more. Licensing exam administered after class; successful completion qualifies you for CT Safe Boating Certificate (including PWC/ Jet Ski certificate). Students passing course can apply for a U.S. Power Squadron six-month trial membership. 8am - 6pm; $50 per person fee includes book, exam & pizza lunch (family discount available). Fairfield Police Department Training Room, Fairfield, CT; register online by 7/9 at tinyurl.com/ pspsabcjul2016; Joan Pappas: 203-380-0011; dfp1061@ gmail.com *Materials must be picked up at least one
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17 - 21 Flying Scot North American Championship Sail Newport, Newport, RI; sailnewport.org; fssa.com 18 4th Annual NESS Fest Hosted by New England Science & Sailing, this event is free and open to the public. Activities include a live radio broadcast, food, sailing, kayaking & stand up paddle boarding. Participants are welcome to enjoy ocean adventure activities and giveaways, tour the facilities, meet the staff, and learn more about NESS’s summer programs. No watersports experience is necessary – participants will be supervised by trained & experienced NESS staff members. 11am - 3pm; Stonington, CT; nessf.org/events. 18 - 20 Larchmont Junior Race Week Optimist, Blue Jay, Pixel, Laser, Radial & 420; Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; larchmontyc.org
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18 - 24 4th Annual Race the Cape This unique event features seven days of sailing the waters of Cape Breton Island on a 175-nautical mile course and exhilarating entertainment and warm hospitality each evening. Cape Breton, NS; racethecape.ca
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20 HYC Junior Regatta Hosted by Huguenot Yacht Club, this event for Optimist, Feva & Laser Radial sailors is a very informal series of races with a focus on fun and education by the coaches. New Rochelle, NY; Iris Vogel: irisvogel@gmail.com; juniorsailingclubhouse.com
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21 & 22 JSA Pixel/Blue Jay Race Week Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; Beth Danilek: danileks@optonline.net; manhassetbayyc.org
Club, Larchmont, NY; Lisa Schinella: Lisa@stormtrysailfoundation.org; stormtrysailfoundation. org/safety-at-sea.htm
22 - 24 Newport Folk Festival This year’s lineup includes Norah Jones, Del & Dawg, Ray LaMontagne, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Amy Helm, and many more. Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI; newportfolk.org
21 & 22 LHYC Overnight Junior Big Boat Rendezvous Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club and The WaterFront Center, Oyster Bay, NY; lhyc.org; thewaterfrontcenter.org 22 Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar Presented by the Storm Trysail Foundation and sponsored by the Jamie Boeckel Fund for Safety at Sea and Sailing World, this hands-on workshop includes presentations covering safety procedures, particularly man overboard recovery and big-boat organization & crew work, in-the-water demonstration of inflatable PFDs and the inflation of a six-man canopied life raft, and sail handling & man overboard drills, both upwind with jibs and downwind with spinnakers. Larchmont Yacht
New England Championship This Narragansett Bay Yachting Association event is hosted by Newport Yacht Club and IYAC. Newport, RI; nbya.org
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22 - 24 Atlantic City Leukemia Cup Race Week Co-hosted by Ocean City Yacht Club, Avalon Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May, Brigantine Yacht Club and Metedeconk River Yacht Club, this regatta supports the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to cure blood cancers. Atlantic City, NJ; leukemiacup.org 22 - 24 NBYA PHRF Southern
23 15th Annual Sail Park City Regatta Hosted by Fayerweather Yacht Club with support from Black Rock Yacht Club, this event supports SWIM Across the Sound, Connecticut’s largest cancer charity. Racing divisions will be PHRF Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and One-Design, under YRALIS ratings. New for 2016 is a Navigator Division for any boat, with or without a PHRF certificate, for sailors that are new to racing. The postrace party features live music, food, drinks, auctions & awards.
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JULY Continued Fayerweather Yacht Club, Black Rock, CT; Rick Perret: sailparkcityregatta@gmail.com; give. stvincents.org/sailparkcity 23 15th Annual PWYC Junior Regatta Open to Blue Jay, C420, Laser, Laser Radial, Optimist, Pixel and O’Pen BIC sailors, this event supports Make-A-Wish® Metro New York. Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; George Catallo: PWYCJRSailing@gmail.com; pwyc.com 23 Essex Rum Challenge Hosted by Essex Yacht Club and sponsored by Gosling’s Rum, this ECSA points event is open to all boats with a valid ECSA PHRF certificate. Essex, CT; essexyc.com 23 Black Dog Dash Co-hosted by the New England Multihull
Association and The Black Dog, this 22-mile race from Vineyard Haven to Edgartown is open to all multihulls with a NEMA handicap rating. Martha’s Vineyard, MA; nemasail.org 23 & 24 41st Annual Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous This year’s rendezvous honors Noank-built vessels, with the Museum’s own Emma C. Berry as the featured vessel on the 150th anniversary of her launch. Sunday’s highlight is a boat parade on the Mystic River. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; 860-5725322; mysticseaport.org 24 Black Rock Invitational This event is co-hosted by Black Rock Yacht Club & Fayerweather Yacht Club. Black Rock, CT; blackrockyc.org; fycct.org 24 Outer Light Classic This ECSA points event is hosted by North Cove Yacht Club. Old Saybrook, CT; northcoveyc.com
25 - 28 Bridgefest Created by the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County to “bridge” the days between the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, this event includes free & ticketed concerts, music-related films, educational programs and other activities in and around Newport, RI; newportbridgefest.com
Shields racing, the Bridge, and many boats and ships on Narragansett Bay. 3 - 7:30pm; $595 includes a meal (lobster roll or turkey club), beer, wine, soft drinks, snacks & a swag bag ($50 discount for returning students). Limited to 15 photographers; reserve at 401-849-5556 or gallery@vanderwal.com; vanderwal.com
25 & 26 JSA Race Week This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event is sailed in Lasers & 420s. Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org; jsalis.org
28 Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar (See details 7/22 above.) Raritan Yacht Club, Perth Amboy, NJ; Lisa Schinella: Lisa@stormtrysailfoundation. org; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ safety-at-sea.htm
25 - 27 Marblehead Junior Race Week Pleon Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; pleon.org 27 Onne van der Wal Photography Workshop on the Water: Nautical Newport Onne will give a guided photographic tour aboard the M/V Gansett, including wharves, lighthouses,
28 & 29 EYC Race Weekend This ‘round-the-buoy regatta is an IRC Gulf Stream Series qualifier. Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown, MA; edgartownyc.org 28 - 31 40th Annual Around Long Island Regatta Trophies for this 190-mile circumnavigation of Long Island are awarded to
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28 - 31 126th Marblehead Race Week This venerable event incorporates the Helly Hansen Marblehead NOOD Regatta (organized by Sailing World and the Marblehead Racing Association) and the North Sails Rally. Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; sailingworld.com/noodregattas/marblehead
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29 Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar (See details 7/22 above.) New England Science & Sailing, Stonington, CT; Lisa Schinella: Lisa@stormtrysailfoundation.org; stormtrysailfoundation. org/safety-at-sea.htm 29 New England SOLO/ TWIN Championships Sponsored by the Rhode Island State Yachting Committee, Goat Island Yacht Club and Newport Yacht Club, this single- and double-handed event is open to monohulls and multihulls. Newport, RI; newportyachtclub. org; nemasail.org 29 PWYC Annual Team Race Optimist and O’Pen BIC; Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; George Catallo: PWYCJRSailing@gmail. com; pwyc.com 29 & 30 10th Annual Mudnite Madness Overnight This
circumnavigation of Block Island and Fishers Island is an ECSA double points event. Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association; mudhead.org 29 - 31 74th Annual Hyannis Yacht Club Regatta This Sailors for the Sea Gold Level Clean Regatta is open to Optimists, Beetle Cats, Lasers, Laser Radials, C420s, J/22s, J/70s & F18 catamarans. Hyannis Yacht Club, Hyannis, MA; hycregatta.org 29 - 31 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management Performers include Angélique Kidjo, Norah Jones, Chick Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride and Brian Blade, Kamasi Washington, Django Festival All-Stars, and many more. International Tennis Hall of Fame (Friday) and Fort Adams State Park (Saturday & Sunday), Newport, RI; newportjazzfest.net 30 Let’s Take a Veteran Sail-
ing The goal of this second annual event, presented by SailAhead and hosted by Centerport Yacht Club with support from Oakcliff Sailing, The WaterFront Center, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Northport Yacht Club, Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club and numerous volunteers, is to introduce 150 armed forces veterans to the healing benefits of sailing. Centerport, NY; sailahead.org 30 SYC Lighthouse Tour The course for this navigator’s race on Fishers Island Sound encompasses three lighthouses, with views of six more. It’s a fundraiser for the New London Maritime Society Lighthouse Fund and an ECSA points event. Trophies will be awarded to the top finisher in each class, and the Bruce Lockwood Trophy will be presented to the boat with best overall PHRF corrected time for the Spinnaker classes. Shennecossett Yacht Club, Groton, CT; Gene Fiese: fiese@ sbcglobal.net; syc-ct.com
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JULY Continued 30 Round-the-Island Race First sailed in 1938, this 52¼ nm circumnavigation of Martha’s Vineyard is open to all yachts with a valid PHRF or IRC certificate, and it’s a PHRF Lighthouse Series qualifier. Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown, MA; rtirace.org 30 29th Annual SWIM Across the Sound Marathon This 15.5-mile swim from Port Jefferson, NY to Bridgeport, CT is a fundraiser for SWIM Across the Sound, Connecticut’s largest cancer charity.Volunteer captains with boats are needed! give.stvincents.org/swimacrossthesound
AUGUST 1 Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar (See details 7/22 above.) Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME; Lisa Schinella: Lisa@stormtrysailfoundation. org; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ safety-at-sea.htm 1&2 JSA Pixel Invitational Regatta This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event is hosted by Cedar Point Yacht Club. Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org; jsalis.org
4-7 34th Annual Knickerbocker Cup Sailed in Swedish Match 40s, this match race regatta is the first event in the US Grade 2 Grand Slam Series. Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Port Washington, NY; manhassetbayyc.org; usmatchracing.com
5-7 Long Island Sound Beneteau Owners Rendezvous Presented by Prestige Yacht Sales, this event is hosted by Brewer Essex Island Marina. Essex, CT; Maureen Mazan: Maureen@PrestigeYachtSales. net; 203-353-0373
gatta Sponsored by Thomson Reuters and co-hosted by Riverside, Indian Harbor & American Yacht Clubs, this Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound event is open to dinghies, inshore & offshore one-designs, and PHRF & IRC boats. Greenwich, CT & Rye, NY; yralis.org
5 Fishers Island Junior Overnight Race In this race, presented by Fishers Island Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Foundation, each boat (27 - 45 feet) will be crewed by at least five sailors ages 13 - 18 and adult safety advisors. The course will be 80 to 100nm, depending on wind and conditions. Fishers Island, NY; fiyc.net
5-7 6th Annual Lighthouse Weekend Events include the 6th Annual Light Keeper’s Gala aboard the Cornucopia Destiny (8/5; 6:30pm boarding; 7pm departure); presentations, panel discussions, free tours and public events at the Museum site (8/6: free); and the Signature Lighthouse Boat Tour (8/7 at 11am); National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island, NY; 718-390-0040; info@lighthousemuseum.org; lighthousemuseum.org
6&7 AHYC Blue Water Regatta This event is open to J/24s, J/105s, PHRF Spinnaker & Non-spinnaker boats and Multihulls. Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club, Atlantic Highlands, NJ; ahyc.net
5 - 21 The Games of the XXXI Olympiad Fifteen members of the US Sailing Team Sperry are going for the gold! Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ussailing.org/ olympics
7 JSA Windsurfing Regatta American Yacht Club, Rye, NY; Kevin Broome: juniorayc@gmail. com; americanyc.org; jsalis.org
5 RYC Monkey Cup Regatta This event is open to Opti Green Fleet sailors. Riverside Yacht Club, Riverside, CT; riversideyc.org 5-7 44th Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta presented by Mozzone Lumber featuring Marvin Windows and Doors With classes for Lasers (including Radials & Masters), C420s, I420s,V15s, 5O5s, J/24s, J/80s, F-18s, R18s and PHRF Racing & Cruising boats, this is the largest multiclass regatta on the East Coast. Beverly Yacht Club, Marion, MA; buzzardsbayregatta.com
3-7 C. Raymond Hunt National Championship This International 210 Class regatta is hosted by Newport Yacht Club with support from Sail Newport. Newport, RI; 210class.com 4 3rd Annual Leukemia Cup Brigantine Junior Regatta This event to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to cure blood cancers is hosted by Brigantine Yacht Club. Brigantine, NJ; Emma Thornton: 908-956-6645; emma.thornton@lls.org; leukemiacup.org
6 Howard C. Hoxsie Regatta This event is sailed in J/24s. Harlem Yacht Club, City Island, NY; race@hyc.org; hyc.org 6 Special Olympics CT Unified Sailing Regatta Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org 6 GSBYRA Invitational Regatta at Westhampton Hosted by the Westhampton Yacht Squadron, this Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association event includes the ‘Tuck East Cup for the Narrasketuck Class. Remsemburg NY; gsbyra.org
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5-7 Buzzards Bay 420 Championship This event is open to C420 and I420 sailors. Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA; communityboating.org/2015/12/11/buzzardsbay-420-championship/
6 Boardman Cup Invitational This ECSA points event is hosted by Milford Yacht Club. Milford, CT; milfordyachtclub. com 6&7 YRA Championship Re-
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6&8 Twenty Hundred Club Block Island Race This PHRF event comprises races from Newport, RI to Block and back. twentyhundredclub.org
8&9 JSA Pixel Championship Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT; jsalis.org 9 Rye Rumble This event is open to O’Pen BIC and RS Feva sailors. American Yacht Club, Rye, NY; Kevin Broome: juniorayc@gmail.com; americanyc.org 9 & 10 Overnight Junior Big Boat Rendezvous This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event is hosted by The WaterFront Center. Oyster Bay, NY; jsalis.org 9 - 11 USODA New England Championship A qualifier for the 2017 Team Trials, this Optimist regatta is hosted by Sail Newport. Newport, RI; usoda.org 11 7th Annual Zywiec Regatta This clockwise circumnavigation of Long Island is presented by the Polski Klub windcheckmagazine.com
Zeglarski w Nowym Jorku (Polish Sailing Club of New York). Brooklyn, NY; zeglarzeny.org 11 HYC Junior Regatta This event for Optimist, Feva and Laser Radial sailors is a very informal series of races with a focus on fun and education by the coaches. Huguenot Yacht Club, New Rochelle, NY; Iris Vogel: irisvogel@gmail.com; juniorsailingclubhouse.com 11 - 14 Oakcliff Invitational Sailed in Swedish Match 40s, this match race regatta is the second event in the US Grade 2 Grand Slam Series. Oakcliff Sailing, Oyster Bay, NY; oakcliffsailing. org; usmatchracing.com 12 Sam Wetherill Trophy Overnight Race Honoring the memory of an ardent bluewater sailor, this ECSA double points race around Block Island was established to encourage long distance overnight racing
for cruising sailboats. Essex Yacht Club, Essex, CT; essexyc.com 12 NBYC Cocktail Party This fundraiser for the Center for Hospice Care includes elegant food, a silent auction and camaraderie on the shores of Long Island Sound. Niantic Bay Yacht Club, Niantic, CT; hospicesect. org/events/what/regatta-series 12 - 14 13th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show Maine’s only in-water boat and home show features the state’s finest artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftspeople, designers,
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furniture makers, marine gear vendors, chefs & musicians. Events include a Boston Whaler Rendezvous, live music, a Fun For Kids area, fine Maine food, and the Annual World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials. Gates open at 10am daily. Harbor and Buoy Parks, Rockland, ME; showinfo@maineboats. com; 800-565-4951; maineboats.com 12 & 13 2016 Stone Horse Builder’s Cup This one-design race is open to sailors of the 23-foot Stone Horse built by Edey & Duff, formerly of Aucoot Cove, Mattapoisett, MA. New Bedford Yacht Club, Padanaram Harbor, South Dartmouth, MA; Overnight moorings available through NBYC. For info or RSVP, contact Tom Kenney: 508-984-1820; tkenney@amp100.hbs.edu 12 - 14 Marblehead Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta This event opens the North American Circuit of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. Corin-
thian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; corinthianclassic.org 12 - 14 Mystic Blues Festival There’s a new venue for this popular family event, and a powerhouse lineup including Dr. John and the Nite Trippers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, Roomful of Blues, Jay Stollman with special guest Debbie Davies, Paul Gabriel, and many more. North Stonington Fairgrounds, North Stonington, CT; tickets are available at mysticbluesfestival.com. 12 - 14 J/Fest New England This regatta is open to all J/Boats. Bristol Yacht Club, Bristol, RI; jfestnewengland.com 13 35th Annual American Cancer Society Regatta Sponsored by the Mount Sinai Sailing Association, this is the second longest running charity regatta in the U.S. PHRF Spinnaker and Non-spinnaker
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boats (with Double-Handed & One-Design divisions based on entries) will sail a course of approximately 8 to 20 miles, followed by a party at Mount Sinai Yacht Club with live entertainment, food, refreshments, raffle & auction. Mount Sinai, NY; mssa.org
14 The Masthead Race Hosted by Masthead Cove Yacht Club since 2006 in memory of MCYC Past Commodore Carol Marcinuk, this novice-friendly race benefits the Marcinuk Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Huntington, NY; Dave Tuck: racing@mastheadcoveyc.org; mastheadcoveyc.org
13 Fuller Offshore Race This PHRF pursuit race is hosted by Watch Hill Yacht Club. Watch Hill, RI; whyc.net/Fuller.php
14 HYC Mayor’s Cup Regatta Huguenot Yacht Club, New Rochelle, NY; huguenotyc.com
13 Women Skippers’ Race City Island Yacht Club, City Island, NY; cityislandyc.org
14 63rd Annual CIYC Day Race City Island Yacht Club, City Island, NY; cityislandyc.org
13 New Haven Mayor’s Cup This ECSA points event is hosted by New Haven Yacht Club. New Haven, CT; newhavenyc.org
15 49th Annual Regatta for the Dorade Trophy Youth sailors race overnight on 29- to 44-foot PHRF boats. Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; stamfordyc.com; Ray Redniss: rredniss@optonline.net; jsalis.org
13 NYC Greens Ledge Trophy Race Norwalk Yacht Club, Norwalk, CT; norwalkyachtclub.com 13 39th Annual Fools’ Rules Regatta Competitors in this event, sponsored by Jamestown Yacht Club, must build a “sailboat” from non-marine materials and attempt to sail a 500-yard downwind course. Volunteers are needed! Town Beach at East Ferry, Jamestown, RI; Candy Powell: 401-423-1492; cpowell7@verizon.net; jyc.org 13 - 21 Nantucket Race Week Co-hosted by Nantucket Yacht Club and Great Harbor Yacht Club, this Sailors for the Sea Clean Regatta raises funds for Nantucket Community Sailing. Events include the 43rd Annual Opera House Cup for classic wooden boats, a 12 Metre regatta, PHRF racing, a youth regatta, an open sailboard regatta, women’s fun sail, paddlecraft races and more. Nantucket, MA; nantucketraceweek.org
16 & 17 60th Annual Beach Point Overnight Race This race for the Junior Distance Sailing Championship of Long Island Sound is hosted by the Beach Point Club. Mamaroneck, NY; jsalis.org 16 - 18 NBYA Junior Race Week/ US Sailing Junior Olympic Festival This Narragansett Bay Yachting Association event is open to Optimist, C420, Byte, Laser and O’Pen BIC sailors. Compass Rose Beach, North Kingstown, RI; nbya.org 18 Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar (See details 7/22 above.) Sail Newport, Newport, RI; Lisa Schinella: Lisa@stormtrysailfoundation.org; stormtrysailfoundation.org/safety-at-sea.htm 19 12th Annual Ida Lewis Distance Race “The Ida” is a part (along with the Sid Clark Offshore Race) of the Rhode
Island Offshore Challenge. Depending on conditions, the organizers of this “just right” overnighter may send IRC, PHRF, One-Design, Multihull and Double-Handed boats of 28 feet LOA or longer on one of four coastal courses between 104 nm and 177 nm. Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Newport, RI; info@ ildistancerace; ildistancerace.org
Diane Kropfl: 732-872-9190; ahyc.ms.race@gmail.com; ahyc. net/msrace.htm
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19 The Stamford Overnight Race With a course of approximately 47 nm from Stamford, around Stratford Shoal and back, this race is open to monohulls 24 feet LOA or over, owned or chartered by a YRALIS member and with a valid PHRF or IRC certificate. Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; stamfordyc.com 19 & 20 Sail Nantucket Regatta This Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge event is hosted by the Nantucket Yacht Club, Great Harbor Yacht Club and Nantucket Community Sailing. Nantucket, MA; nanntucketcommunitysailing.org; paneraiclassicyachtschallenge.com 19 - 21 Hinman Masters Team Race New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org 20 12th Annual Ms. Race Hosted by Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club, this PHRF nonspinnaker race for all-female crews benefits 180 Turning Lives Around, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault. Atlantic Highlands, NJ;
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20 2nd Annual Western Long Island Sound Governor’s Cup Charity Regatta Presented by City Island Yacht Club, Huguenot Yacht Club and Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, this inaugural benefit for Sails For Sustenance is a challenging event for PHRF (Spinnaker & NonSpinnaker) and IRC boats, plus an additional start for unrated cruising boats (PHRF ratings will be assigned). First, second and third place awards in all divisions with more than 7 starters. The overall winner will receive the Walter Cronkite Perpetual Trophy. City Island, NY; cityislandyc. org; yachtscoring.com 20 Mason’s Island Regatta This ECSA points event is hosted by Mason’s Island Yacht Club. Mystic, CT; masonsislandyachtclub.com 20 NSYC Moonlight Regatta North Shore Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; nsyc.net 20 42nd Annual Milford Oyster Festival Attractions include a canoe & kayak race, a schooner cruise, a boat decorating contest, a car & motorcycle show, kids’ activities, live music by Blue Öyster Cult and The Marshall Tucker Band, lots of oysters, and much more. 10am - 6pm; free; Milford, CT; milfordoysterfestival.org 20 & 21 PYC Corinthian Challenge windcheckmagazine.com
Cup Pequot Yacht Club, Southport, CT; pequotyc.com 21 44th Annual Opera House Cup Regatta The first allwooden, single-hulled classic boat regatta on the East Coast, this North American Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge event is co-hosted by Nantucket Yacht Club and Great Harbor Yacht Club. Nantucket, MA; operahousecup.org 22 & 23 USODA New Jersey State Championship A qualifier for the 2017 Team Trials, this Optimist regatta is hosted by Brant Beach Yacht Club. Brant Beach, NJ; usoda.org
26 - 27 Herreshoff Classic Regatta This event includes a weekend of racing on Narragansett Bay and social activities. Herreshoff Museum & America’s Cup Hall of Fame, Bristol, RI; regatta@herreshoff.org; herreshoff.org 26 & 27 Aeroyacht Demo Sail & Ownership Seminar Led by multihull expert Gregor Tarjan, this popular workshop is held aboard a brand new 2016 Bavaria-Nautitech 40 Open and at Aeroyacht’s office. Topics include an introduction to
24, 26 - 28 Manhasset Bay Race Week This event is open to Opti, Laser, Snipe, Ideal 18, Sonar and MBOD sailors. Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; manhassetbayyc.org © bavaria-yachtbau.com
this high performance cruising catamaran and an overview of a business charter-ownership program that will allow you to own this beautiful cat for substantially less. General subjects such as catamaran and option selection as well as tax savings will also be included. This event is free, but register early as spaces are limited. Port Jefferson, NY; also offered 9/2 & 3 and 9/23 & 24; sign up at aeroyacht.com. 27 Connecticut Leukemia Cup Regatta Hosted by North Cove Yacht Club, Duck Island Yacht Club, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club and Brewer Pilots Point Marina, this regatta supports the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to cure blood cancers. Westbrook, CT; leukemiacup.org/ct 27 First Annual Wind Jam Regatta Created by Windjammers Sailing Club to give new sailors, new boat own-
ers, families, junior sailors, and anyone looking to practice or simply go sailing an opportunity to learn and experience how a weekend regatta works, this inaugural event will have a long starting line and short triangle courses. Milford, CT; windjammers.org 27 EBYRA Day Race Eastchester Bay Yacht Racing Association; City Island, NY; ebyra.org 27 7th Annual Newport SUP Cup Proceeds from this paddle around historic Newport Harbor (with short and long courses) support Clean Ocean Access. Newport, RI; newportsupcup.coastalurge.com
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Young Sailors: Fueling the Passion By Joe Cooper When I started coaching the high school sailing team at The Prout School in Wakefield, Rhode Island seven years ago, I was astounded to learn the sailing season stopped at the end of May. Just when the kids were getting comfortable in the boats, camaraderie was building and I was remembering who was who, it all stopped. Over the course of the next couple of years as I gained my sea legs in this new, to me, arena, I also became involved with the Junior Safety at Sea Seminars presented by the Storm Trysail Foundation. Then the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport offered a Youth Challenge class in their Ida Lewis Distance Race every August. There was a persistent shift brewing here. I have great memories of sailing as a youngster and messing around in boats as a teenager and have subsequently learned a lot about everything, all from sailing. These memories got me onto the idea of trying to develop what I now refer to as ‘Cooper Kapers’ for the high school kids I know. My theory is if the kids learn to love sailing and have a great time, then continuing to sail will grow organically. This idea has been helped by the declining rates of qualified crews to man the local boats and those owners are not in the ‘hire a pro’ market, so they are fading out of the scene. Being on a boat, with at least one of their friends (very important), on a nice day with not too much pressure and having someone willing to take the time to explain things to them is a very good way to keep kids interested. But remember that doing this requires you as an owner (and your crew) to take an active role. In terms of what to instruct them in, US Sailing has a great Junior Big Boat curriculum – literally a playbook – and it’s printed on waterproof paper to boot. Just follow the instructions and make sure the kids are having fun. The following are some of the ideas and things I have done that fit this profile.
Just go sailing. If you are going for a sail, checking new sails, moving the boat to
or from a regatta, boatyard, cruising grounds, etc., bring a couple of the kids from your club along. There are myriad opportunities for mentoring, technical explanations and sail-trim instruction: anything to do with sailing. I brought half a dozen of the Prout sailors on a trip from Fishers Island to Newport a few years ago. As we sailed into Newport, the America’s Cup World Series 45-footers were out practicing. My crew of teenagers was so excited by being in the thick of this that they were still buzzing a couple of days later.
Volunteer at a Storm Trysail Foundation Junior Safety at Sea Seminar. There are many of these one-day seminars in the Northeast, and one in Newport Beach, CA. Find the local event chairman and volunteer your boat and a day of your time – you’ll be surprised by how much you learn. Print and post the flier in your club or marina. This is a great way to meet some dead-keen high school sailors in your area.
Go cruising. ‘Cruising’ is how the vast majority of sailboat owners use our boats, so set up a day with a few like-minded owners and invite a bunch of young sailors. Sail, say, 10 miles across the bay and anchor, have lunch, swim, chill out and sail home. Bring the Dyer Dhow, Laser, windsurfers and SUPs, and make it fun.
Apprentice racing If you have a collection of pretty skilled dinghy sailors locally, get a couple of their leaders to organize a youth big boat team. Don’t do the actual organizing yourself (sailing is mainly mentoring accompanied by time on the boat), but show them how to do it. For reference, the American Yacht Club in Rye, NY has been mentoring and coaching local high school sailors for several years now. They started out on members’ boats, and then some members pooled funds and purchased a dedicated junior big boat, a J/105. This roster of perhaps 30 or so teenage sailors has won class regattas, weeknight races, and the Vineyard Race on their first outing in this Northeast classic. They just won their class, on a 20-year old Tripp 41, in the Block Island Race as part of their preparation for this year’s Newport Bermuda Race in the same boat. The crews are all teenagers, with two adults aboard.
Dedicated junior big boat races The template here in the Northeast is the Dorade and the Beach Point Overnight. These are middle distance races on Long Island Sound and attendance at a Storm Trysail Foundation Junior Safety at Sea Seminar is mandatory for all crew. The skill developed by the young sailors in these seminars and races is invaluable. In the 1996 Dorade Race, that year a day race, one of the kids fell off a 40-footer in hard weather, seas and 25 knots true. The kids crewing the boat pulled off the classic MOB drill, returning and picking up the swimmer, and still finished third.
Sailing industry tours If you have a sailing boat, you know, or know someone who
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knows sailmakers, marinas, boatyards, electronics and rigging guys, maybe boat builders, and so on. Organize a road trip to a few of the guys that are in the business of boats. The idea is to make it fun, but also to let young sailors see what’s behind the 420s sitting on the docks at the yacht club.
The Cool Boat tour Granted, Newport is an extreme location with respect to Cool Boats, but in many areas a 50-foot race boat is a big deal. Get a hold of the owner/boat captain and set up some time for the kids to go and have a look at the boat – the dollar tour, if you will. My experience is that they will be all too happy to talk about their boat. A variation on this was the scene in New York City in May at the finish of The Transat bakerly, a solo race across the Atlantic. Entrants included two 100-foot trimarans, 15 or so IMOCA 60s, and about 10 Class40s. These exotics were berthed at One°15 Brooklyn Marina while the AC45F foiling catamarans in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series were doing battle in New York Harbor. After the Transat, a number of the IMOCA 60s were racing back to France, one of the tris was setting up for a solo record attempt across the Atlantic, and there was a French guy lining up for the same thing but for his size class, a Mini Transat 650, 21 feet long – that would get the attention of any teenager. In early June, several other Class40s visited Brooklyn as part of The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, which started in Charleston, South Carolina and finished in Portland, Maine.
anytime there is a ladies’ event, or better yet, a regular event with a dedicated women’s boat, team or crew, contact the team’s leading ladies and ask if you can bring some junior sailors, the girls, over to meet the team and have them spend time with each other. Last month, the World Match Racing Tour was in Newport and with a lot of local help I was able to get two young ladies from the Prout Team to spend time with Sally Barkow (former Olympian, Volvo Ocean Race veteran and two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year) and some of her crew. This morphed into the two young sailors getting to do two races on an M32 catamaran with Sally and the Team Magenta women in the Pro Am in the middle of the regatta (see page 50). Talk about excitement! There are plenty of opportunities for scoping out cool boats and getting teenage sailors more involved in sailing than doing laps around the bay in a dinghy. What is needed is the willingness of a few mentors to take it on. I can guarantee from my own experience the effort is well worth it. ■ Australian born, Joe ‘Coop’ Cooper stayed in the US after the 1980 America’s Cup where he was the boat captain and sailed as Grinder/ Sewer-man on Australia. His whole career has focused on sailing, especially the short-handed aspects of it. He lives in Middletown, RI where he coaches, consults and writes on his blog, joecoopersailing.com, when not paying attention to his wife, teenage son, dog, two cats and several, mainly small, boats.
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That Moment in Sailing Time By Mikaela Kimpton & Payton Canavan Editor’s note: Last month, two enthusiastic members of the Prout School Sailing Team (Wakefield, RI) had an exceptional opportunity to share their love of sailing. A meeting with two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Sally Barkow, whose Team Magenta 32 was competing in the World Match Racing Tour Newport, led to an invitation to sail with Barkow’s team on the Pro-Am day. Mikaela Kimpton (first essay) and Payton Canavan recount their experiences. There are a few moments in this existence that change our lives. Sometimes these are sad, sometimes beautiful, sometimes serious, sometimes inspirational. But each one is filled with inexplicable and powerful emotion. They can set you on the astounding path of a new dream, bringing experiences you could never possibly fathom. That’s what sailing has done for me. I joined the sailing team at my high school and fell in love. I have always been infatuated with the ocean and spent as much time as possible on the shore and among the waves, but being out on the boat was breathtaking. The wind in the sail and my hair, the salty spray glistening on my face and hands, the sun sparkling on the water – I don’t think I’ve ever felt more free. So I stuck with it, literally “learning the ropes” of this new skill. My newfound friends and sailing coach, Coop, were by my side the entire time, teaching me not only about the sport itself but proper seamanship, teamwork, responsibility, and giving back, among countless other things. Sailing has opened so many doors for me. I recently attended the World Match Racing Tour Newport and sailed with Team Magenta in the Pro-Am racing. It started with meeting Sally Barkow and her crew to learn about their sailing experiences, and soon progressed to my friend Payton and I actually racing with these incredible sailors. Simply meeting Sally was extraordinary. She discussed Project Magenta and its aim to promote women, not only in sailing but in society as a whole. I strongly support everything Project Magenta stands for and hope to become more involved. She also shared her unbelievable experiences in the Volvo Ocean Race on Team SCA, which I also had the opportunity to see firsthand when it stopped in Newport last year. Just watching the enormous boats sail into the finish that first night was captivating. Sally and the other strong women in her crew are true role models to me and I will never forget our meeting. The most phenomenal part arrived on Thursday. The sun
was shining and the breeze blowing at a good speed. Payton and I were excused from school, arriving at Sail Newport early to grab our gear and learn the schedule. We met the broadcasting crew and a cameraman, Adam, was assigned to follow us around the entire day. We became more invigorated as the day progressed, meeting many new people and watching the boats racing. Knowing that I would soon be on one can only be described as electrifying! As we suited up and proceeded down to the docks to be transported to the boat, the reality of the situation began to sink in. I had never sailed on anything like an M32 catamaran before. I was a little nervous, but that was overcome by my over-
Prout School sailors Payton Canavan and Mikaela Kimpton sailed with Sally Barkow’s Team Magenta 32 in the World Match Racing Tour Newport. © Rod Harris
whelming exhilaration. This was actually happening! I couldn’t stop smiling. The joy in my parents’ and Coop’s eyes said more than enough about what I was feeling. And we were off. Payton and I climbed aboard the Team Magenta boat and were debriefed on what to do and how to help. The team was so welcoming that we quickly relaxed, although I vividly remember the sensation of my heart beating wildly in my chest from the brilliance of all that was occurring. I was soon pulling lines and crossing the trampoline with much more ease than I initially possessed. Then Sally offered me a chance of steering. I accepted, and was handed the tiller. Listening to Sally’s guidance, I directed the boat to the finish. Just holding the tiller was absolutely riveting. I decided there was no feeling quite like that of the boat rising out of the water. As I mentioned in an interview later that day, it literally felt like we were flying because, essentially, we were. If I ever felt free while racing 420s – a lthough I still love it so – it was nothing compared to soaring over the waves. We were allowed to sail another race, and by this time I felt much more comfortable on the boat. The entire time Sally and
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her crew were so positive, patient and encouraging, but too soon was the ride over. I was so stunned from the surreal trip that I felt as in a daze the whole ride back to the docks. We were interviewed once again about what it was like racing on the boats. All I can say was it was beyond words. So, what does this translate into for my life? How did it impact my future? Well, I came home that night exhausted and happy, and with a new dream. And that dream is sailing. I definitely want to sail on a competitive team in college, but I aim to take sailing even further. Someday, incorporated with my career, I hope to be involved in large international competitions such as the World Match Racing Tour, and maybe, just maybe, the once-in-a-lifetime chance of participating in the Volvo Ocean Race. However it all turns out, I know sailing will always be a part of my life. So, what are the specific points of our lives that permanently change them – those moments that set them spinning onto a radically different track? That first step on the docks, that first ride on the boat, those first words and laughs with my teammates – that’s what did it for me. Shaking the hand of Sally Barkow. Catching the contagious enthusiasm of Coach Coop. The people I’ve met and the friends I’ve made. The promise of
Geared up and ready to go: Payton (left) and Mikaela receive pre-race instructions from World Match Racing Tour officials. © Jan Harley/Media Pro International
the future that sailing holds. That’s what sent me careening into this new dream. At that moment I knew with certainty that I will hear the wind in the sails and feel the salty spray on my face forever. – Mikaela Kimpton Having the opportunity to be on a boat with one of the most accomplished female sailors in the world seemed like a dream to me. Sally Barkow, who was on the all-women’s Team SCA during the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, is now one of the lead organizers for The Magenta Project, which helps advance windcheckmagazine.com
women in the sport of professional sailing. My family and I had followed Sally and her team very closely during the Volvo Ocean Race, but I never imagined that I would be given the opportunity to sail with her. Our coach, Joe Cooper, had offered the girls on our high school sailing team at The Prout School the opportunity to meet with Sally and her crew to discuss her career and women in sailing. Two of us from the Prout Sailing Team sat down with Sally and several of her teammates and talked about all things sailing. They were all so patient with our numerous questions and were very nice to be around. This already incredible opportunity became even more amazing when Coach Coop found a way to get us on an M32 catamaran with them for the Pro-Am race. I couldn’t believe I was actually going to sail with them, and I was so eager for the event on the days leading up to the Pro-Am. Once the big day arrived, I got to leave school early to go get geared up. Sally came by to talk to us before we headed out. I soon realized that I was not going to be along for just a ride but that I was there to work. I was surprised when I was handed a helmet because I have never had to sail with one before. As we geared up to go out, I realized how big a deal this really was and that it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Getting on the boat was a bit more challenging than I initially thought it was going to be, due to the fact that you had to jump up on the side with all your might. Sally and her team welcomed us aboard. They all showed us the basics of the boat, gave us positions, and told us what to do. Pretty soon after, the first race rolled around and we took off like a shot, soaring several feet over the waves. I had never been on a sailboat that could go that fast, and never thought in my wildest dreams that I’d get a chance to steer the boat. Sally shared with us the racing skills unique to the M32 as well as many other tactics. After two races, we said goodbye to the girls on the M32 and headed back to the dock for a few exciting press interviews. As the day began to wrap up, I thought to myself that this could be me in a decade or so. I came away inspired by the Magenta Project. Giving back is a big part of The Prout School community, so I wondered what I could do to give back from this incredible experience. At that moment I began to think about how I could help to get more girls out on the water sailing in my community, and realized I could do this by inviting younger female sailors at my yacht club to race with me in my 420 this summer. I am so grateful that I was able to have a part in this event and meeting the women of the Magenta Project Team. I appreciate how many people worked to make this happen. This experience has made me realize that if you set your mind to something and work hard at it, anything is possible. – Payton Canavan ■ WindCheck Magazine
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Tufts Jumbos Win the Priddy Trophy
Tufts sailors Christopher Keller (helm) and Ian Morgan (pictured during a practice session) won the 2016 Priddy Trophy regatta. ©Ken Legler
The Priddy Trophy, the prestigious freshman championship trophy for the 43 New England college sailing teams, including nationally top ranked Yale, Boston College, Brown, Tufts, Coast Guard, Dartmouth and Boston University, was sailed off St. Mary’s Point at the mouth of Black Rock Harbor on Long Island Sound on Saturday, April 23. The regatta was hosted by Sail Black Rock and Sacred Heart University, and sailed in FJs out of Captain’s Cove Seaport in Black Rock, CT. The Priddy Trophy has over a four-decade legacy in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association. The trophy level regatta is named after Allen L. Priddy, Dartmouth ’43, who was an avid sailor who distinguished himself by many years of giving back to collegiate sailing as graduate secretary of the InterCollegiate Sailing Association. Racing began at about 1100 hours with a steady breeze out of the northwest at 14-16 knots with occasional higher gusts, and 1- to 2-foot waves. The windward-leeward courses were mostly W4s with a few W6s and the last race of the day, an atypical “get your money’s worth” W8. The first races were quick, so the course was lengthened and due to only seven teams sailing, the subsequent races were 23-25 minutes in length. Due to the 1.5-mile distance from the Sail Black Rock docks, rotations were off the newly acquired mini-barge. The mini-barge has a small cuddy cabin with head and a console with water station for refilling sailors’ water bottles. After the third race, rotation efforts were abandoned due to rough conditions. Several teams capsized, some multiple times, one boat had a breakdown and Sacred Heart withdrew after the third race. Racing concluded at 0230 hours. It was a full day of athletic sailing in strong breezes and rough chop. “This was one of the most exciting and exhausting days racing I’ve had all year,” said Lily Vincens, Fairfield ’19. “The strong breeze and chance to surf
on Long Island Sound waves made the sailing thrilling and highly competitive.” Principal Race Officer Jamie Fales, with able assistance from Sacred Heart students, provided superb Race Committee work. Coaches Ginny Perry Worcester, Jill Fattibene and Dave White rounded out the race committee. Tufts took first place at 12 points, with Christopher Keller ’19 skippering and Ian Morgan ’19 (pictured during a practice session) crewing. Mass. Maritime, with Frank Reeg ’19 skippering and Matthew Schaefer crewing, finished a close second with 13 points. Taking third place with 17 points was URI with skipper Sam Rush ’19 and Ryan Geib ’18. Sail Black Rock hosts the intercollegiate sailing teams of Fairfield and Sacred Heart Universities at Captain’s Cove Seaport. Regatta Ginger Beer is the beverage sponsor for Sail Black Rock’s seven college and two high school regatta hostings during 2016. ■
In an interesting side note, the Tufts mascot hails from Bridgeport, Connecticut, of which Black Rock is a borough. The Tufts Jumbos, as they are known, are named after the elephant that became synonymous with the word “jumbo.” Circus impresario P.T. Barnum was a Bridgeport citizen, its mayor, state legislator, and one of the world’s greatest showmen. A founding trustee and benefactor of Tufts, Barnum donated the stuffed hide of Jumbo to the university in 1885. For 86 years, Jumbo stood in Barnum Hall as a veritable mecca. Students, parents and campus visitors would hide pennies in his trunk or tug his tail for good luck in an upcoming exam or sports competition. Barnum Hall and the beloved mascot were consumed by fire in 1975, but Jumbo’s spirit lives on! In 2015, a life-size bronze statue of the eponymous mascot, measuring 11 feet high by 18 feet long, was erected on campus.
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US One Victorious at World Match Racing Tour Newport After six days of intense racing, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Taylor Canfield and his US One team won the World Match Racing Tour Newport event, which was sailed in M32 catamarans in the waters off Newport, RI from May 30 to June 4. Sail Newport served as the Official Host, with support from Event Partners Cox Business and Heineken and Television Partner Channel 10. The final race, a dramatic match between US One and WAKA Racing, skippered by New Zealand’s Phil Robertson, finished with the victorious champagne spray aboard US One in
front of the crowd lining the shore at Fort Adams State Park. Canfield’s team includes New Zealanders Haydon Goodrick and Chris Main and Australian Ricky McGarvie. The event started on Monday, May 30, with 20 teams from 10 countries. By the end of the elimination rounds, however, only four teams remained to compete in the Semi-finals. The world’s top match racers fought tooth-and-nail around the racecourse, eliciting gasps of excitement and sometimes shock from the crowds assembled around the stadium-style racecourse. If there were any doubts about the World Match Racing Tour’s switch from monohulls to the carbon fiber M32s, they were dispelled by this week’s incredibly competitive, thrilling action. “It has been brilliant,” said Håkan Svensson, owner of the World Match Racing Tour. “There has been everything for sailors and for spectators: a fantastic and enjoyable week.” Brad Read, Executive Director of Sail Newport, added, “After this week’s success in Newport, the teams, the organizers and the sponsors realize Newport is a perfect venue for stadium-style racing for spectators.” Canfield and his team finished 3-1 in the first-to-three Finals match, but not without drama by the boatloads. Having now won Taylor Canfield’s US One (blue bows and luff) squares off against Phil Robertson’s WAKA Racing (red) in the Finals. © Stephen Cloutier/photogroup.us
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The US One team celebrates a well-deserved victory. © Stephen Cloutier/photogroup.us
two M32 events in succession on the World Match Racing Tour as well as dominating the M32 Scandinavian Series last season, US One team surely now represents the benchmark among M32 campaigns. “We have put the time in,” Canfield explained. “We’ve been pushing hard and making sure that we are learning throughout all of this, including all the qualifying events, to make sure that we continually grow as a team, which is important to us.” In the Final, Robertson claimed the first match, but Canfield then won the next three to clinch first prize. While Canfield ultimately prevailed, there were many occasions when it could have gone the opposite way. In the last, deciding fourth race, Canfield had aggressively and repeatedly luffed Robertson out of the start.
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Finally, as both boats ran back downwind, attention focused on Canfield as, incredibly, for a second time in the finals, he hooked a mooring buoy. What many failed to notice was that while this was happening, Robertson had passed the wrong side of the first reaching mark of the course. The Kiwi skipper led around the course, unaware of this until he was about to head to the finish line. “We obviously missed the first mark, so technically we never sailed the first lap, so they were still waiting for us to do that... which was a little bit interesting,” said Robertson. “In the heat of the moment people were making mistakes like that and the courses are a bit new and different to everyone, but that was a big, costly mistake.” Equally eye-opening was the second race, which Canfield managed to win despite picking up two penalties and there being two collisions along the way. The first-, second- and third-place finishers in the World Match Racing Tour Newport won $33,000, $23,000 and $18,000, respectively. All eyes are now on the WMRT Finals in Marstrand, a picturesque island on Sweden’s west coast, from July 4 - 9. This event has a winner-takes-all first prize of a cool $1 million. “There will be more on for the finals in Marstrand,” warns Canfield. “Everyone is going to want it that much more when that much money comes into play. But if we can do what we’ve done for the last couple of events, then we’ll have a good shot at it.” Results and live-streamed racing, including the Finals, are posted at wmrt.com. ■ Barby MacGowan at Media Pro International contributed to this report.
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Tales II Wins The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing This year, The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, the longest offshore sailing race in the Western Atlantic and the most environmentally sustainable sailing race in the U.S., featured an international field of nine teams from the USA, Spain, France, U.K., Sweden and Canada. Nine teams started the race and seven finished; with two forced to retire. The first all-female team in Atlantic Cup history competed in leg one of this year’s competition. The fleet set sail from Charleston, SC on Saturday, May 28, stopped in Brooklyn, NY for the second leg of the competition and a Pro-Am event (May 31-June 3), before departing on June 4 for the final leg of competition in Portland, ME, June 6-11.
Spanish co-skippers Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde sailed #123 Tales II to victory in this year’s Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. © Billy Black
The Spanish team aboard #123 Tales II, skippered by Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde, was victorious, having dominated the offshore legs and also fared well in the inshore series. #145 Eärendil, skippered by French duo Catherine Pourre and Antoine Carpentier, finished in second place and #118 Oakcliff, skippered by USA’s Liz Shaw and Libby Greenhalgh (leg one) and Hobie Ponting and Andrew O’Donnell (leg two) placed third. The pair from Santander, Spain was impressive in both offshore and inshore competitions, besting the field during the first offshore leg (Charleston to Brooklyn and the second leg (Brooklyn to Portland). During the inshore series, they won two out of five races, winning the series with a total of 69 points. “We are really thrilled about winning the Atlantic Cup,”
Participants in the Atlantic Cup Kids Days learned about the basics of sailboats and offshore racing, as well as the importance of protecting our oceans. © Billy Black
said Botín. “The combination of offshore and inshore racing made it exciting and challenging, but we are really happy with the end result. The Cup is a great event and it is very important for the Class40 to be successful all over the world, especially in America.” For the first time in its five-year history, the race finished in Portland. Spectators watched the inshore races at the Eastern Promenade and enjoyed the Atlantic Cup Race Village, which featured a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer garden, kids’ activity zone, food trucks, local merchants and live music. Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling was on hand to award the trophies to this year’s top finishers. “It was great to have the Atlantic Cup in Portland this year,” he said. “The buzz around town was very strong, and it was amazing to see how beautiful our harbor is and how effective it can be as an attraction for professional events. We hope that the Atlantic Cup returns to Portland in 2018!” For more information on The Atlantic Cup Presented by 11th Hour Racing, teams, environmental initiatives and future dates, go to WindCheckMagazine.com/AtlanticCup. ■ Julianna Barbieri at Manuka Sports Event management contributed to this report.
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Pauline Dowell Wins Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta Pauline Dowell, a blind sailor who lives aboard a boat in Boston Harbor, won the 2016 Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta for sailors with disabilities. The event was sailed June 3-5 at Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY and co-hosted by American Yacht Club in Rye, NY. Dowell’s success was shared with her allBoston crew comprised of Christian Thaxton and sighted guide Kay Van Valkenburgh. After winning three of the of six races and taking a second in another, Dowell finished with a threepoint lead over 2014 Blind Sailing World Champion and fellow Bostonian Matt Chao, who sailed with Larchmont YC’s Bill Blanchard and able-bodied sailor (AB) Bud Heerde. In third was Ted King (Brentwood, NH) with crew Jim Scott (Portsmouth, NH) and AB Bill Sandberg (Annapolis, MD). The three-day event found 16 specially adapted Ideal 18s sailing six races on Long Island Sound off Larchmont Harbor. Despite the competition and the sailors’ spirit being high, the weather didn’t cooperate. On Friday, sailing was postponed on shore for over an hour until a light southeasterly wind arrived. LYC PRO Cynthia Parthemos and her race committee managed to run three races, with Chao taking the opener and Dowell the next two. Saturday’s sailing was again postponed on shore awaiting wind, with another pair of heats run before the breeze ultimately died. Of note, on Saturday first-time Robie skipper, 14 year-old Tilghman Powers (New York, NY/Oxford, MD), sailing with Owen Zimmerman (New Rochelle, NY) and Tilghman’s father Philip, made his first mark on adaptive sailing. As the wind was dying, Tilghman held off the competition to win the fifth race. Severe thunderstorms were predicted on Sunday, yet a final race was completed before the heavens opened up.
More than 50 tireless volunteers from Larchmont YC and American YC make The Robie the great event that it is. © John May
From left are LYC Co-Chairs Buttons Padin and Siobhan Reilly, sighted guide Kay Van Valkenburgh, winning skipper Pauline Dowell, crew Mark Boss, and AYC Co-Chair Bill Sandberg. © John May
This year marked the eighth Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta, named after one of the founding fathers of adaptive sailing. Over the years, the Robie has become one of the country’s foremost regattas for sailors with disabilities. This year, with the inclusion of the Robie Pierce Women’s Invitational Regatta, over 50 sailors with disabilities were on the water over the weekend. Add to that headcount the volunteers from Larchmont and American Yacht Clubs plus community supporters, and this represents one of North America’s largest adaptive regattas. The Women’s Invitational, sailed Thursday June 2, included five races sailed stadium style inside Larchmont Harbor. Tracy Schmitt (Toronto, ON) and crew MiKayla Briere and LYC AB Alison Puleo bested the 6-boat fleet with a near perfect scoreline. As with all seven previous Robie Pierce regattas, the turnout of LYC and AYC volunteers is inspiring. Led by LYC Co-Chair Buttons Padin and AYC Co-Chairs Siobhan Reilly and Bill Sandberg, over 50 LYC and AYC members were involved in the event with roles ranging from boat adaptation set-up and housing to registration and safety patrol. “The Robie team is a force with which to contend,” said Padin, “and the selfless hours donated to the event by our Club volunteers is keenly appreciated by the disabled sailors, their caregivers, and families.” The sailors, committee, volunteers and supporters would like to acknowledge the support of Heineken USA, Mercedes-Benz of New Rochelle, Keurig Green Mountain, and Burke Rehabilitation and Research. For results and more information about the Robie Pierce One-Design and Women’s Invitational Regattas, log onto larchmontyc.org/ Yachting/Regatta_Schedule/Robie-Pierce-Regatta.aspx. ■
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Champions Crowned at Cedar Point YC OneDesign Regatta By William Adler Almost 500 sailors on 83 boats from Maine to Texas finished strong across eight class competitions in the 2016 Cedar Point Yacht Club OneDesign Regatta, held June 4 & 5 in the waters off Westport, CT. Allan Stern and Bill Walker of Westport, skippering Victura, won the J/70 Long Island Sound Championship, defeating Melissa & Andrew Fisher’s Button Fly (Greenwich, CT) which came in second. The Soverel 33 National Championship was won by G. Mark McCarthy’s Sláinte (Westbrook, CT), besting Tom Griffin’s Mischief (Darien, CT) as well as three U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipmen racing out of Kings Point, NY – skippers Stephen Webster, Scott Johnston and Ethan Neubelt and their crews. Westport residents took two of the top three spots in the Atlantic class, a fleet that has been a mainstay at CPYC for more than half a century. Scott Reichhelm and Ron Marsilio and crews sailed Shucks and Patriot to first and third, respectively, with Mark Foster’s Thistle (Southport, CT) second. In the Etchells class, international competitor Ched Proctor, a CPYC member from Southport, and his son Charlie were victorious, followed by Kevin Grainger’s Gumption3 (Rye, NY) in a tiebreaker over Michael Gavin’s Clean Execution (Westport). Paul Beaudin’s loulou (New York, NY) won the 16-boat J/105 class, followed by David Willis’ Solution (Huntington, NY). Libby & Za Jelliffe’s Arete (Riverside, CT) took third. David Rosow’s Loki (Southport) finished first in the J/109s, followed by Bill Sweetser’s Rush (Annapolis, MD) and Carl Olsson’s Morning Glory (New Rochelle, NY). Iris Vogel’s Deviation (New Rochelle, NY) won the J/88 class, edging Mike Bruno’s Wings (Armonk, NY) by one point. Ken & Drew Hall’s Nevermore (Riverside, CT) took third. William Purdy’s Whirlwind (New York, NY) topped the Beneteau First 36.7 division, followed by Alistair Duke’s Frequent Flyer (Wilton, CT) and Brian Williams’ Crocodile (Milford, CT). With a 3-3-1-1 scoreline, Whirlwind won the Rex Marine Trophy for the Best Overall Performance. CPYC encourages amateur sailors and awards a special Corinthian Team honor to those who race without professional crew. Nine of the 17 J/70 teams qualified as Corinthian, and the winners were Melissa & Andrew Fisher’s Button Fly, followed by CPYC member Trevor Roach’s Semi Charmed (Darien, CT) and Carrie & Ed Austin’s Chinook (Ridgewood, NJ). Sailors for the Sea attended to help CPYC run a “clean regatta.” Clean Regattas is a certification system that enables sailors to protect local waters with 25 Best Practices that make sustainability approachable and easy. The CPYC OneDesign Regatta was presented by Title Sponsor North Sails, as well as Fairfield County Bank, Dragone’s Auctions, Stew Leonard’s, Coral Reef Sailing Apparel, Landfall, Gill, McMichael Yacht Brokers, and Black Rock Yacht & Athletic Club. windcheckmagazine.com
Solution, skippered by David Willis of Huntington NY, finished second in the J/105 class. Giving chase is Kieran Glackin’s Shakedown/ Team NOT, also of Huntington. © Richard Gordon
Support is also provided by Community Partners Rex & Cove Marine, Save the Sound, David’s Cookies, Arthur Schuman, Gowrie Group, and Harken. “Despite storms on Sunday, we had two full days of racing, a tribute to the skills of our Principal Race Officers Dick Thackaberry and Rich Gold and scores of other volunteers and supporters,” said John Cooke, CPYC’s 2016 Race Chairman. “Thank you to all who helped make this regatta a success.” Complete results are posted at yachtscoring.com. ■ An enthusiastic CPYC member and volunteer, William Adler works on club communications and social media.
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The 2016 Gotham Multihull Race By Andy Houlding The predictions were all wrong. • We predicted we’d have a race series, not just a race. Wrong. • We predicted that our Saturday distance race would take us to a mark just off the Statue of Liberty. Wrong. • We predicted that the 2016 Gotham Multihull racers would all get moorings after Saturday’s race at the new marina in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Wrong. • We predicted that if that plan didn’t work we’d all get moorings at Pier 25 in Manhattan. Wrong. • We predicted that we’d have one or two Sunday races. Wrong again. Instead, we tacked, gybed, changed courses, changed marinas, changed schedules, and had a great race in the bay below the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Saturday, June 4. The Gotham Multihull Series has now completed its third year, this time with a demonstration of flexibility and adaptation—skills that all sailors need to cultivate. In the first two years we organized races from Great Kills outside Staten Island up to the Statue of Liberty, with a finish in the Hudson River just off the West Side of Manhattan. But this year the Saturday forecast called for very light air – just one or two knots – and
The author’s F-28R Skedaddle claimed second place. © Laurent Apollon Images
an ebbing tide that would push the boats away from the Statue, and probably keep us from getting under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, if we included our traditional mark. And the Sunday forecast called for major thunderstorms arriving in the morning. So at the skippers’ meeting Saturday morning at the Richmond County Yacht Club in Staten Island, we agreed on a 20-mile course that would take the fleet northeast to Rockaway Point and return us to a start just outside Great Kills Harbor, and confirmed that our Sunday race was canceled. The zero-to-light air prediction held true for about the first hour after the gun, but as the fleet crept over to the east side of the harbor the breeze filled in from the southeast and filled all eight spinnakers. Milk & Honey, the big Corsair 37 trimaran, was first to catch the breeze and pulled away from the rest of the fleet and held on to her lead. Three F-31s, the F-27 Formula Flying Fish, the stock F-27 Three Squirrels, the Dragonfly 800 Windsinger, and my F-28R Skedaddle followed around a course that sprawled across the bay, first heading northeast and then southwest. Skedaddle corrected out in second behind Milk & Honey, with Windsinger capturing third. Our plan for Saturday night called for an overnight at the new One°15 Brooklyn Marina with a party nearby in Brooklyn, but the marina could not open on schedule, and we had to make other arrangements. This, plus the threat of thunderstorms on Sunday, led a few racers to back out. No one wanted to risk sailing through lightning bolts. But our fears of a drifter Saturday were happily unfounded, and we had spectacular weather as the breeze picked up and we reached across the bay flying rooster tails of spray. Our plans and predictions required flexibility and change, but we had a successful race, and next year we’ll make fixed and definite plans for two full days of multihull racing—and adapt as needed to conditions. ■ The annual Gotham Multihull Series is organized by Laurent Apollon and sponsored by the New England Multihull Association (NEMA). Visit gothammultihulls.com for more information. Andy Houlding is the editor of the excellent NEMA newsletter.
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Southeastern Connecticut Sailors Race for Hospice
Since 1990, sailors in southeastern Connecticut have enthusiastically raced and raised funds to support Center for Hospice Care.
For 27 years, over 700 sailors in southeastern Connecticut have been sailing to raise money to support Center for Hospice Care (formerly Hospice of South Eastern Connecticut). This unique type of fundraising helps Center for Hospice Care provide hospice and bereavement services to patients and their families. The mission of Center for Hospice Care is to provide quality care to people with life-limiting illness and support loved ones before and after death. This care includes unique services like Pet Therapy, Sentimental Journeys, the We Honor Veterans program, Expressive Arts for children, and many other services. The regatta fundraising got its start in 1990 at Niantic Bay Yacht Club (MBYC) in Niantic, CT. Libbie Miceli, a prominent fundraiser from the New London area, approached NBYC members Nancy Healy and Larry White, a former Coast Guard Captain who had been involved in the first Hospice Regatta in Annapolis, MD during the 1980s. Mary Ellen Miller from NBYC initiated the regatta with Nancy and Larry as co-chairmen, and it was off and running. This made southeastern Connecticut the second area in the U.S. to support Hospice through regatta fundraising. Niantic Bay Yacht Club still carries on this tradition, along with a cocktail party open to all. In the early 2000s, efforts grew to increase participation, and representatives from other area yacht clubs joined the Center for Hospice Care regatta committee. At this point, the format changed to having other area clubs host their own races in conjunction with their usual Wednesday night racing. This included NBYC, Thames Yacht Club in New London, and other clubs in the Mystic and Stonington areas. This format grew and still continues for PHRF boats, Ensigns, Force 5s, Optimists and 420s for junior sailors, and any other class. 2008 brought an additional regatta, The Mudhead Benefit Cup. The Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association chose windcheckmagazine.com
Center for Hospice Care as their charity of choice. This regatta doubled fundraising efforts and provides competitive racing (usually 60 or more boats in multiple classes) and a Mega Party at Mystic Shipyard in Mystic for sailors and supporters to enjoy. The Benefit Cup has become one of the best events on Long Island Sound and is a “must do” race for all area sailors. The NBYC Cocktail Party, this year on Friday, August 12, has grown into a very elegant, not to be missed event on the shores of Long Island Sound. The evening includes elegant food, a silent auction and the camaraderie of sailors and landlubbers alike. This fundraising event is a spectacular way for NBYC to continue their generous support of Center for Hospice Care. Sailing to support Center for Hospice Care continues to grow. Upcoming events include Wednesday Night Racing at Niantic Bay Yacht Club, Thames Yacht Club, and Stonington Dinghy Club in Stonington on July 13; the Mudhead Benefit Cup and Mega Party on Saturday, July 16; and the NBYC Cocktail Party on Friday, August 12.To start a fundraising page, enter a race or donate, please visit hospicesect.org/events/what/ regatta-series. Please support this worthy cause! See you on the water. ■ This report is a collaboration by Judy Gibbs, Mary Ellen Smith and Jennifer Wheelehon.
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U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Sailors Ready to Rock in Rio With the selection series completed, US Sailing has confirmed the names of the 15 sailors who will represent the United States at the Olympic Games in August, and the six who will represent the United States at the Paralympic Games in September. The team hails from 11 U.S. states and territories including Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, California, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The finalization of the Olympic Team and the Paralympic Team is the culmination of three and a half years of intense training and racing by dozens of America’s best sailors. “An impressive effort was submitted by the entire fleet of U.S. sailors who competed in the Olympic Sailing Team Selection Series,” said Josh Adams, Managing Director of U.S. Olympic Sailing. “It was an objective test of talent in a highly competitive field, and the athletes who ultimately won selection to the team had to earn it. The athletes selected to the team not only proved they belong in Rio, but this is a team of Olympic sailors Americans can be proud of.” The US Sailing Team Sperry, the annually selected national sailing team in the Olympic classes, was one of the first teams to set up an extensive training operation at the 2016 sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In addition to competing at events around the world, USSTS athletes have collectively logged hundreds of days of training in Rio since London 2012. With the Opening Ceremony just a few weeks away, the team is in an even more focused phase of their training, overseen by twotime Olympic medalist and High Performance Director Charlie McKee (Bend, OR) and an experienced staff of coaches. “U.S. sailors have been preparing for the Rio racecourses since early in the Olympic quad,” said Adams. “Our team of athletes, coaches, technical experts and support staff are making every day count between now and the Olympic Games by focus-
ing a comprehensive training effort on the field of play in Rio.” The Games of the XXXI Olympiad will be held August 5 - 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the sailing events based at Marina da Gloria on the city’s harborfront. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be held September 7 - 18, with the sailing events at the same venue.
The 2016 US Olympic Sailing Team 49er (Men’s Two-Person High Performance Skiff) Thomas Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) & Joe Morris (Annapolis, MD) For Barrows, this will be a second shot at the Olympic podium, having represented the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Laser in 2008. Five-time U.S. National Champion and collegiate standout Morris is competing in his first Olympics. 49erFX (Women’s Two-Person High Performance Skiff) Paris Henken (Coronado, CA) & Helena Scutt (Kirkland, WA) Rio 2016 will be the first Olympics appearances for both Henken and Scutt, who won bronze at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Nacra 17 (Mixed Two-Person Multihull) Bora Gulari (Detroit, MI) & Louisa Chafee (Warwick, RI) Two-time Moth World Champion and 2009 US Sailing Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Gulari and collegiate All-American Chafee are competing in their first Olympics. Laser Radial (Women’s One-Person Dinghy) Paige Railey (Clearwater, FL) Rio 2016 will be the second consecutive Olympics for Railey, a World Champion, Rolex World Sailor of the Year, three-time Pan American Games medalist and US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. Finn (Men’s One-Person Heavyweight Dinghy) Caleb Paine (San Diego, CA) Paine, a Sailing World Cup Series Champion, has been the top-ranked American Finn sailor since 2012 and is competing in his first Olympics. Laser (Men’s One-Person Dinghy) Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, CA) The Laser North American Champion, two-time College Sailor of the Year and Toronto 2015 Pan American Games representative is sailing in his first Olympics. Stu McNay (helm) & Dave Hughes are strong contenders in the Men’s 470. © Will Ricketson/US Sailing Team Sperry
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Women’s RS:X (Women’s Board) Marion Lepert (Belmont, CA) This is the first Olympics for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games bronze medalist, who made the podium at the 2015 RS:X U21 European Championship and won the medal race at the 2016 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta. Men’s RS:X (Men’s Board) Pedro Pascual (Miami, FL) Pascual won the RS:ONE European Championship before making the gold fleet at the 2016 RS:X Worlds. He’s sailing in his first Olympics. Women’s 470 (Two-Person Dinghy) Annie Haeger (East Troy, WI) & Briana Provancha (San Diego, CA) Winners of the 2015 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro, 2015 US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Haeger and Youth World Champion Provancha are making their first Olympics appearances. Men’s 470 (Two-Person Dinghy) Stu McNay (Providence, RI) & Dave Hughes (Miami, FL) This is the third consecutive Olympics for McNay but his first with Hughes. Since teaming up in 2013, the veteran pair has compiled an impressive list of podium finishes at many of the world’s toughest dinghy regattas.
The 2016 US Paralympic Sailing Team 2.4mR (One-Person Keelboat; Open) Dee Smith (Annapolis, MD) A veteran of the America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Maxi competition and many other high-level racing programs over the course of his professional sailing career, Smith, 63, is competing in his first Paralympic Games.
Rick Doerr (helm), Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund are a serious medal threat in the Sonar. © Jen Edney/US Sailing Team Sperry windcheckmagazine.com
Ryan Porteous & Maureen McKinnon will be tough to beat in the SKUD-18. © Teri Dodds/US Sailing Team Sperry
SKUD-18 (Two-Person Keelboat; Mixed) Ryan Porteous (San Diego, CA) & Maureen McKinnon (Marblehead, MA) Rio 2016 will be the second Paralympic Games for McKinnon, who won gold in the SKUD-18 at Beijing 2008 with the late Nick Scandone, and the first for Porteous, a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Sonar (Three-Person Keelboat; Open) Rick Doerr (Clifton, NJ), Brad Kendell (Tampa, FL) & Hugh Freund (South Freeport, ME) The winners of the 2016 Para World Sailing Championships in May, Doerr (a Beijing 2008 Paralympian), Kendell and Freund are a strong medal threat at the Rio 2016 Paralympic regatta. The US Sailing Team Sperry is managed by US Sailing. The top boats in each Olympic and Paralympic class are selected annually to be members of the US Sailing Team Sperry. US Sailing helps these elite athletes with financial, logistical, coaching, technical, fitness, marketing and communications support. In addition to title sponsor Sperry, the US Sailing Team Sperry is sponsored by Gold Level sponsor Sunbrella and Silver level sponsors Harken, Team McLube and Groupe Beneteau. Yale Cordage is a team supplier. The US Sailing Center Miami in Miami, FL is an Olympic training site, and Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, NY and Clearwater Community Sailing Center in Clearwater, FL are US Sailing Team Sperry Training Centers. The National Team Tour, a nationwide presentation program for USSTS athletes, is sponsored by Chubb Personal Insurance and Gowrie Group. For more information, visit ussailing.org/olympics. ■ US Sailing Team Sperry Communications Manager Will Ricketson contributed to this story. WindCheck Magazine
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Sea Stories and Cockpit Rum Punch Buzzards Bay Regatta is August 5-7 By Barrett Levenson, 2016 Buzzards Bay Regatta Chair Are racing stories like fish stories? One thing is for sure, just as you can’t tell the tall tale of the giant tuna if you never leave the dock, if you don’t compete it’s hard to tell the story. So register now for the Buzzards Bay Regatta (BBR) and a chance to create new sea stories. It seems that the chaos at the windward mark, the size of the waves, and the strength of the wind grows as fast as the length of the tuna that you almost landed six years ago…it most certainly would have sunk the boat. Many sailors from New England can tell stories of their days racing in the BBR, whether from the racecourse or the tent party, and that history is woven into the fabric of the event. Do you have stories from the racecourse, lifelong friendships fostered at the tent parties, and other moments that give BBR a special place in your heart? BBR has been the venue of thousands of sea stories, countless friendships, and certainly some strong rivalries, passed down by generations. I’ve heard stories of racing glory, the tale of the incredible tactical call to bring home the final race, breakdowns from the relentless Buzzards Bay sou’westers, and tales of cockpit rum punch, the result of a trash can, an outboard motor, ice, juice, and of course rum! I’m told the key was to fill your cup below the surface to avoid skimming any of the oil from the old two-stroke engine-turned-blender. Starting new traditions is hard, but maintaining them can be even harder – how do you maintain the intent, the vision, and the momentum while changing with the times? It’s a question that regatta organizers across the country are grappling with each year. BBR is co-hosted by Beverly Yacht Club (BYC) and New Bedford Yacht Club (NBYC) and was born out of an idea sketched on a bar napkin more than 40 years ago. What started as an idea to foster stronger racing and competition has grown into the fabric of the yacht clubs on Buzzards Bay, and continues to have a strong
One of the author’s fondest BBR memories was made in a scene similar to this one. © Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon
The 44th Buzzards Bay Regatta presented by Mozzone Lumber featuring Marvin Windows and Doors has a renewed focus on PHRF keelboat racing. © Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon
following, a loyal contingent of stewards who work hard to pull the event together, and name recognition among sailors far beyond Buzzards Bay. One of my fondest BBR memories was the feeling of getting to join the “big leagues” as an Opti racer making the transition to the 420 fleet. Sure it was exhilarating to sail with the big kids, but it was what I learned on the racecourse that keeps the memory alive every time I approach the starting line – Start in the Front Row. In typical BBR fashion, that year we had one day of a strong sou’wester, complete with the steep chop produced by an ebbing tide in the afternoon. Keeping the boat upright was becoming a real challenge for those two youngsters. At the start of the day’s last race, with the tide pushing the fleet over the line, the dreaded Black Flag came out. Cold, tired, and discouraged, we rationalized that there was no disgrace in getting Black Flagged and heading for shore, so we set out to be just a little too aggressive. As the gun went off, we waited for the individual recall flag and our ticket home that never came. Looking around, we realized we were in the top 10 of this competitive 100+ boat fleet. Sure, it makes sense on the whiteboard that starting in the front row is key to a successful race, but until you get that feeling of seeing the fleet below you, it’s nothing more than a theory. BBR 2016 will be a special event and mark the start of a renewed era of competition on Buzzards Bay, ascribing to the mission statement of the “Friendliest Regatta on the East Coast.” It was about two years ago that the current stewards of the event began sketching ideas on napkins and working hard to design a sustainable, competitive, and fun model to take BBR into the future. With a renewed focus on adult keelboat racing and the fleets that are local to Buzzards Bay, BBR looks to continue the tradition of attracting top-level competitors and race committee officials to our area while allowing Buzzards Bay clubs to come together and compete at a single venue. BBR 2016 is a great opportunity to enjoy fantastic camaraderie, top-notch racing and unparalleled hospitality, while creating some stories of your own. Join us on the starting line Friday, August 5, and help create some new BBR memories to shape the event for the generations to come. Visit buzzardsbayregatta.com for details and registration. ■
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SYC Lighthouse Tour is July 30 Shennecossett Yacht Club in Groton, CT is once again sponsoring its annual unique regatta on Saturday, July 30. The SYC Lighthouse Tour is an Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association (ECSA) sanctioned race. The starting line will be set in the immediate vicinity of Vixen Ledge. Weather permitting, the plan is to send participating yachts on a 15-mile race up and down Fishers Island Sound. This course encompasses three lighthouses, with views of several more, for an exciting navigator’s race. A “fun class” race on a separate course is also planned, with PHRF numbers assigned by the race committee. SYC will donate any profits to the New London Maritime Society’s Lighthouse Fund. The New London Maritime Society is a group dedicated to the education and preservation of local lighthouses. An illustrated brochure about the nine Fishers Island Sound lighthouses will be presented to every racer. In addition to trophies for the top finishers in each class, the Bruce Lockwood Cup, a perpetual trophy, will be awarded to the top finisher in the sanctioned racing classes, based on corrected time. The late Bruce Lockwood is known to many Long Island Sound racers for his decades of success on the racing circuit in a series of boats, all named Arrow. Be sure to mark your calendars and join SYC for this unique event, which will be followed by a fantastic party. Interested sailors may contact Race Committee Chairman Gene Fiese at fiese@sbcglobal.net. Applications are also available in the ECSA yearbook and online at syc-ct.com (click on the “Yachting” tab to find the Lighthouse Tour page). For dockage, call SYC Dock Master Chris Dadiskos at 860-445-8211. The SYC launch monitors VHF channel 68A. Dockage and/or moorings are limited, and particpants are advised to make reservations as soon as possible. ■
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July 2016 73
on watch. John Kantor
John Kantor, or ‘JK’ as nearly everyone but his mother refers to him, has sailed as long as he can remember. “I grew up in a beachfront house on Long Island Sound, and we always had boats: sail, power, row, and paddle,” recalls JK, who lives in Westport, CT. “My first sail was on my father’s Snipe. I got to steer at age 4. We then got one of the earliest Sailfish. I went on to Beetle Cats and Super Sprites in the Cedar Point Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program. I got a Blue Jay at around 12, and started campaigning it around Long Island Sound. I became fascinated by multihulls along the way, before they were fashionable.” JK went on to win a catamaran national championship in his late teens. JK crewed regularly on his father’s Atlantic while growing up. “At age 9 or 10, I attended a dinner party during the Atlantic Nationals at Pequot Yacht Club. I was by far the youngest guest, and uncomfortable in the sea of blue-blazered yachtsmen and their wives. It was held at the waterfront estate of Briggs Cunningham, the defending national champion. He was a kind, talented and generous man of means and had successfully defended the America’s Cup, skippering the 12 Metre Columbia. He spotted me in the crowd, introduced himself and said, “C’mon son, let me show you something.” He led me into the mansion and across the expansive foyer, He opened a heavy oak door, switched on the lights, and before me was a cavernous room filled with sail bags. Among them were the giant mainsails from Columbia. That personal tour of Briggs’ sail room was, to me, a humbling privilege, and an example of giving back which stuck with me ever since.” “My heart has always been in small boats, but I rarely passed up opportunities to cruise and/or race on larger boats. I was very curious, wanting to see and learn everything. I crewed in countless offshore regattas on anything from stock boats to custom Grand Prix ocean racers. After college, I was a charter boat captain for a season in the Caribbean, sailing a cutterrigged catamaran the size of a tennis court to the islands around St. Maarten. I didn’t wear shoes for months, and came back with stories for a lifetime.” JK has owned Longshore Sailing School since 1975 (he ran it for 10 years prior), having rescued the program from a fiscally troubled town. “It was one of the pioneer community sailing programs in the country,” he says, “but we didn’t know it at the time.” JK reckons that 70,000 people have learned to sail at Longshore since 1960, and there are approximately 2,000 staff alumni! “They are a very active and loyal group. We have a private Facebook page just for staff alums. Five families have had multiple generations work at Longshore, and four married couples met while working here.”
Over the years, Longshore Sailing School has purchased about 2,250 boats, all new. “We turn the fleet over regularly, selling about half the boats every fall and buying new ones in the spring,” JK explains. “We have well over 200 boats in season. It’s a lot to manage. That’s why we have nearly 90 employees.” Longshore offers a variety of choices, with monohulls, catamarans, centerboard sloops, daggerboard beach boats, double and single kayaks, canoes and, most recently, stand-up paddleboards. “It’s not just sailing,” says JK. “It’s fun on the water. We try to make people safe, competent, and responsible boaters first, then the road forks in many directions. We offer students lifetime rental discounts, and they have longstanding loyalty.” Longshore’s curriculum is likewise varied and progressive, and kids never spend more than a week or two in the same type of boat. No two days are the same, and students can progress from a kayak to a Laser or Hobie Getaway in a single season. The emphasis is on safety, fun and learning and there’s little racing (unless you sign up for the Racing Techniques class – about 1% of Longshore’s sailors push into racing), so there’s no losing. Kids are rewarded for keeping their boats shipshape and achieving high test scores, not for winning races, and they receive a fancy diploma after each course. Students can choose from a variety of multihull and paddling courses, although the best option for learning the fundamentals of the sport is Longshore’s Core Curriculum. “It is our time-honored sequence of four 2-week courses: Sailing 1, Sailing 2, Sailing 3 and Sailing 4,” says JK. “We have an in-house manual for each course. Everything in the manual is in the course, and everything in the course is in the manual. It starts with ‘What is a sailboat?’ and progresses methodically up to advanced handling techniques. It is thorough and demanding. There are strict prerequisites, with written and practical tests at each level. The final exam in Sailing 4 can stump even lifelong sailors. ‘Advanced Certified’ is a high honor only a handful of students achieve.” “Over the years I have developed very specific criteria for the perfect sail trainer, and there’s currently nothing available which meets all the criteria,” JK asserts. “If the sailing industry wants more sailors, they need to come up with the right firsttime-on-the-water trainer. Designers need [to create] beginnerfriendly boats – not tippy, scary high performers, prone to capsize. Also, it’s time to move beyond fiberglass. Cross-linked roto-molded polyethylene is vastly more resilient.” “I’ll probably never fully retire, but I’d love to downshift from President to Instructor and let some new rising star take the tiller,” JK enthuses. “I also have one more book left in me. I have ghost-written many, including a lot of the US Sailing instructor and student training books, but perhaps most broadly recognized is the Boy Scout sailing badge manual. My ‘work in progress’ has a working title of ‘Sailing School,’ but it has little to do with sailing. It will be about the lessons I have learned over half a century in running a small business – which just happens to be a sailing school. Stay tuned.” ■
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