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Editor’s Log Heads-Up Out There! I was planning to write about the exciting conclusion of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 for this month’s Editor’s Log, but felt compelled to instead throw out a public service message. Here we are in the middle of a wonderful summer sailing season in the Northeast, but several occurrences, both locally and elsewhere in the boating world, have had an impact on me. I, as with all of you, enjoy ‘letting it all go’ when I step aboard the boat. It is a place I am comfortable and capable. It is this that I have been thinking about. The experts say that most automobile accidents happen within a few miles of our homes. It’s believed that because we develop a comfort level with our closest surroundings, we are less likely to remain vigilant once in that ‘zone.’ Our boats, in many ways, are like our cars. We are intimate with them. We know their power, maneuverability, and even quirks. So it stands to reason that even with such familiarity with our boats, accidents can happen – and likely will in areas we are most familiar. In our Checking In section, you will read about a new Connecticut boating law that honors the memory of 16-year-old Emily Fedorko, whose life was cut short while having fun on the water last summer. From what I have heard and read of this young lady, she had sufficient boating knowledge and experience, but in a moment tragedy struck. It can happen to any of us. While reading about the Volvo Ocean Race leg start from Lorient, France, I learned of a Maxi trimaran collision with an official VOR RIB that injured four people, one seriously. It’s likely that professional drivers were aboard both boats, but there was a lot of commotion in the area. Just the other day, while sitting with my family having lunch, I looked up to see a powerboat sinking, haven been driven onto the opposite shore of the harbor. The boat had struck rocks outside the channel, and was disabled and taking on water – all with a family and kids aboard. All of these incidents crossed my path one way or another in one afternoon. Although all of these incidents are unique, they have a simple and central theme. Aside from the inherent dangers of being on the water, such as unpredictable weather, we often place ourselves (most often unknowingly) in harm’s way with the decisions we make. Ever pick up your cell phone while motoring down the channel, or even pulling into your slip? What about having just one more beer ‘cause it’s extra muggy out there? Or handing the wheel to an inexperienced guest so that he or she could feel the thrill of being Captain? There are literally hundreds of simple decisions that can turn a beautiful day into a bad one. So, my public service message is this: Slow down, take it easy, and keep a sharp eye. Don’t be a danger to yourself or others, and be on the lookout for people and situations that can put you in harm’s way. Allow yourself time to get where you’re going, to have a look around and to take that extra moment to ensure that everything’s as it should be. Even though you may know your boat and surroundings, there are always those out there who don’t and besides, a split second of complacency can have a lasting effect. For Pete’s sake, have fun out there. Don’t forget why we sail! But, pick your head up and look around. Stay safe – there is plenty more summer to enjoy. See you on the water.
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Contents
Editor’s Log 6
Checking In 10
From the Log of Persevere 22
SUNY Maritime Community Sailing 24
The Boating Barrister 28
Book Review: Wreck of the 29 Whaleship Essex
Calendar of Events 30
Tide Tables 38
Captain of the Port 40
Comic 44
Yale Bulldogs are Collegiate Champs 45
Robie Pierce One-Design Regattas 46
The Wickford Regatta 48
Cedar Point ONEDesign Regatta 49
Gotham Multihull Series 50
Annapolis to Newport Race 52
Coop’s Corner 58
Roton Point Multihull Regatta Preview 59
Mount Gay Rum Around 60 Jamestown Record
Lighthouse Regatta 60
J World Performance Tip 61
A Tale of Two Sixes 62
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 Update 64
Brokerage 66
Classifieds 68
Classified Form 72
Subscription Form 72
Advertisers Index 73
On Watch: Joe Berkeley 74
20 Belize’s Performance in Bart’s Bash Leads to a New Sailing School Held last year to honor the memory of a fallen America’s Cup sailor, Bart’s Bash is recognized by the Guinness Book Of World Records as the largest sailing regatta in history. A strong showing by the San Pedro Sailing Club (“possibly the best sailing club in the world”) inspired the creation of a learnto-sail venue in the beautiful western Caribbean. Forrest Jones has a dispatch from paradise. 26 Hello Ocean Longtime shorthanded cruisers, award-winning filmmakers and ocean activists Ben & Teresa Carey have teamed up with The Ocean Foundation for a new citizen science project. Aboard their vessel, Rocinante, they’re on a scientific odyssey to document the state of the world’s oceans. 42 MudRatz Do the Volvo! Perhaps more than anything we’ve seen, the sheer enthusiasm of young sailors at the Newport Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 makes us feel good about the future of our sport. The MudRatz ECSA Opti Race Team enrolled in VOR Academy, met the teams and sailed on a superfast cat, and Megan Gimple stayed up late to welcome her favorite team home. 53 The Great Spirit of Comanche She was built to shatter records, and this 100-footer’s super-crew are gunning for a new benchmark in the Transatlantic Race 2015. Joe Berkeley, whose on-board photography nicely complements Onne Van der Wal’s stunning aerials, reports from the helm. 56 A Bermuda Race Look Back: Tom Day and the First “Thrash to the Onion Patch” The 50th Newport Bermuda Race is less than a year away, and the organizers are planning to celebrate the anniversary in style by hosting a big fleet. In the first installment of a series, John Rousmaniere, author of A Berth To Bermuda, recounts the genesis of offshore racing aboard small boats.
On the cover: Stephen Cloutier captured MudRatz sailor Kristen Healy’s game face during a VOR Academy team race at the Newport Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. © Stephen Cloutier/Photogroup.us
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Checking In... Brooklyn Boatworks Launch Day On Wednesday, June 10, Brooklyn Boatworks students launched their hand-built Optimist prams from New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge Park. Launch day was a celebration of accomplishment for these students who built the boats during the 2014/’15 school year. Participants came from three New York City middle schools: Launch (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn), Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (Forest Hills, Queens), and Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies (Carroll Gardens/Red Hook, Brooklyn). Thirteen-year-old participant Nia said of her first sailing experience, “It was pretty cool because I was sitting in a boat
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Brewer Bermuda Race Seminars The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has named Brewer Yacht Yard Group as the Official Boat Preparation Resource for the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race. The first of Brewer’s Newport Bermuda Race Seminars will be held Saturday, August 22, 2015, at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court clubhouse in Newport, RI. Speakers will include Rives Potts, owner-skipper of the 2010 and 2012 St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy winner Carina, Michael Keyworth, VP and GM of Brewer Cove Haven Marina, and Newport Bermuda Race Chief Inspector James Phyfe. The panel will discuss elements of the most commonly used offshore safety standards, including ISAF Offshore Special Regulations and US Sailing Special Equipment Requirements. Presenters will discuss the intent behind each requirement and straightforward methods of compliance that won’t break the bank. While particular emphasis will be placed on the requirements for the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, common provisions of all offshore racing requirements will be discussed and ample time will be allowed for questions and answers. Topics will include hull construction & stability, rigging & sail selection (including storm sails), safety & emergency equipment, training & Safety at Sea credentials, and navigation & communications devices. Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of The US Safety Equipment Requirements and ISAF Offshore Special Regulations, published by US Sailing. The cost of $125 per boat entitles all crewmembers to attend. Proceeds will be donated to the Cruising Club of America’s Bonnell Cove Foundation to further safety at sea research and education. For more information and to register, visit byy.com/NBR or contact Lynn Oliver at loliver@byy.com. F
New Connecticut Tow Law Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy recently signed into law tow age restrictions that will require boat operators to be at least 16 years old when towing a person. The new law will also require operators to have completed a safe boating course and received education in safe towing procedures. The bill grandfathers in those people who are under the age of 16 and have already obtained a safe boating certificate. Connecticut’s boater operator age will remain at 12 years and older with education. This law will go into effect October 1, 2015. F
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Checking In... Local Sailor Aims to Shoot your Boat! Peter Tilton, a resident of Groton Long Point, CT who has sailed Fishers Island Sound and beyond for over 25 years, has combined his love for sailing with his passion for photography to launch his new business, New England Boat Portraits. With an eye for the perfect light, be it sunrise or sunset, Tilton can get a shot of your boat under sail or power or at rest, during a race or reeling in a trophy-worthy fish. An active member of the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association, Tilton’s knowledge of racing gives him an edge in capturing the action. If you are thinking of selling your boat, he can help you stage it for a portrait to show potential buyers. To schedule a viewing of Tilton’s extensive portfolio or commission a photo session, contact Tilton via email at neboatportraits@ gmail.com. F © neboatportraits.com
Maeve Ryan Joins NESS New England Science & Sailing (NESS) in Stonington, CT welcomes Maeve Ryan of Middletown, CT, as their new Director of Marketing and Major Gifts Officer. Ryan is the former director of marketing at Suffield Academy in Suffield, CT, and previously worked as a marketing manager for Mount Holyoke College and as an instructional developer for the University of Connecticut. Ryan has over 16 years of experience in the field of education. She received her B.A. from Bates College, M.A. from Middlebury College, and Ed.M. from Harvard University. She anticipates utilizing her knowledge of Spanish, educational technology, and marketing at NESS, an ocean adventure non-profit foundation currently serving communities in southern New England. “I’m grateful for the wide range of educational experiences and practices I gained while at Suffield Academy, Mount Holyoke College, and UCONN,” said Ryan. “I hope to implement some of these at NESS as we charge ahead to become a top
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Mystic Marine Services Named Boatsetter Preferred Affiliate
Boatsetter is an innovative chartering app that allows boat owners to offset ownership costs by chartering their boats by the day, hour or week, and charterers to enjoy the boating experience without the time and financial commitment of owning a boat. Captains make the experience possible by running the charters and keeping the boat and charterers safe. The company has appointed Mystic Marine Services in Mystic, CT as a preferred affiliate. Owned and operated by Captain Robert Carocari, Mystic Marine specializes in vessel delivery, salvage, and crew training. Carocari’s 30 years of maritime experience includes everything from dinner cruise captain to marine salvage specialist. In addition to being a USCG Licensed Master, he is a commercial diver and dive instructor with advanced training in deep water, mixed gas dives. “We are thrilled to make this announcement as our affiliates are some of our most valued partners in our mission to innovate the boating industry,” said Boatsetter CEO Andy Sturner. “A boat owner can contact Mystic Marine and go through a short application process on Boatsetter.com where they list the specifics of their boat, decide on the price they would like, and list it on the site.” Every boat on Boatsetter.com has multiple captains available, but they are not required on all boats. “Mystic Marine can help with captains or the owner can recommend their own licensed captain,” said Carocari. “Owners approve all captains before the first charter. Boatsetter provides hull and liability insurance for the duration of the charter. It is an idea whose time has come, particularly in New England with its short boating season and high cost of ownership.” For more information, visit Boatsetter.com or contact Carocari at 860-912-5453 or at mysticmarineservices.com. F
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Checking In... McMichael Yacht Brokers Now Representing Release Boats McMichael Yacht Brokers Ltd. are now dealers for Release Boats. Headquartered in Homestead, FL, Release manufactures center console powerboats from 18 to 30 feet. “The addition of the Release line of new boats is important to us,” said Howard McMichael, President of McMichael Yacht Brokers and Yards. “As a local dealership and service yard, we strive to offer people quality options for enjoying the water. McMichael will have two of the four Release center console models in stock and on display in July: the 180RX and the 208RX. With a team of seven brokers operating out of offices in Mamaroneck, NY, Essex, CT, and Newport, RI, McMichael is representing Release in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. McMichael
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Snowbird Rally Starts October 23 Southbound cruisers interested in experiencing the Intracoastal Waterway are invited to participate in SAIL’s Snowbird Rally. Led by cruising guide authors Mark & Diana Doyle and mechanical systems expert Tom Hale, the Snowbird Rally departs Hampton, VA on Friday, October 23, and ends in St. Augustine, FL on Tuesday, December 1 for the Festival of Lights. The schedule has been tailored to allow plenty of time for sightseeing, while keeping long transits to a minimum. Participants will enjoy regular navigational, weather and safety briefings, along with mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and advice, parties, potluck dinners, shoreside outings, dockage and fuel discounts, and lead-boat guidance through trouble spots. Visit icw.sailmagazine.com/rally for more information. F windcheckmagazine.com
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best and diving and snorkeling at their best, too. Indeed they are the water sports Belize is best known for. Nevertheless, dotted all along 130 miles of a reef teeming with richly colorful sea life are literally hundreds of tropical cayes (pronounced ‘keys’) to choose from for exploration or a protected anchorage. And for an experi-
By Forrest Jones And as we say down here: A very pleasant good day and tropical greetings to you Northeasterners from warm, sunny and balmy Belize. Yes, there is a new Caribbean sailing school, and it is here on the island of Ambergris Caye. The Belize Sailing School’s (belizesailngschool.com) home is the beach it shares with Caribbean Villas Hotel in San Pedro Town, a mere 1/2 mile inside the world’s second longest barrier reef. The sunny weather, steady trade winds, and crystal clear warm waters behind the reef and stilled by it render this venue, in the opinion of those who have experienced it, one of the most idyllic small boat sailing venues in the world, particularly for training. Now, I know that WindCheck’s readers are primarily sailors cruising aboard their own boats and may be interested in chartering a boat in Belize, and I will get to that. But many of you started in small boats, and I know many a cruiser who still enjoys taking a small boat out for a spin. True, we have yet to have a caye-hopping private yacht or some wonderful chartered-live aboard catamaran from Belize or elsewhere arrive at our pier and offload sailors eager to sail or train for a day or so in our Optimists, Lasers or Hobie Cats, but we are brand new and fully expect that day to come. This is your invitation. As for cruising in Belize, it is an adventure in paradise. At its best, liveaboard sailing here may uniquely encompass fishing at its The Belize Sailing School’s fleet includes Hobies, Lasers and Optimists. © belizesailingschool.com
Optimist lessons are available for novices learning to sail and club racers seeking to improve their skills over the winter. © belizesailingschool.com
ence that is definitely unique, yours is most likely to be the only boat there. All but a few of the cayes are completely uninhabited. For guided liveaboard cruises, choose a crewed catamaran. It is hard to beat Belize Sailing Vacations (belizesailingvacations. com), located in Cucumber Beach Marina in Belize City and owned and operated by a wonderfully affable family. Captain Cliff Wilson, his wife Sherry and son Cliff charter crewed catamarans ranging in size from 42 to 50 feet. Your cruising itinerary is not pre-set, it will be tailor-made according to where you want to go and what you want to see and do. This includes diving and snorkeling and exploring attractions on the mainland that appeal to you, including those in Guatemala. This outfit is renowned for serving especially scrumptious meals. Highly experienced sailors praise the crews’ skills and navigational expertise, and veterans of many boat charters the world over say the following: “Everyone we talked to consistently said it was the best yacht charter experience they ever had. Onboard accommodations, hospitality, gourmet cuisine and extra touches were beyond our expectations. The Rio Dulce experience was beyond words to describe! Our experienced charter group awarded Belize Sailing Vacations a 5-Star rating for best in yacht charter adventures.” San Pedro, Ambergris Caye is home to Tortola Marine Management (TMM) Yacht Charters Belize
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(sailtmm.com/Belize). TMM charters catamarans without crews, unless the clients wish to go outside the reef. As manager Simon Beckley points out, “If you are familiar with the Bahamas or the Virgin Islands, Belize will seem vast and untouched. No crowded anchorages, no competing for access to moorings, and no making reservations to hole up in a protected bay.” TMM is renowned for professionalism and especially for the quality of the briefings and charts it provides to bareboat clients. Dead reckoning among the cayes, while easy, is just challenging enough to be interesting. Aside from complete familiarization with the boat chartered, those going it alone will be made completely familiar with the best anchorages behind the cayes on the reef and the best approaches to them. Previous TMM voyagers who have discovered chart omissions – perhaps new or shifted sand bars – will have also triangulated them and measured the new depth. This information will be on your chart, and you may also discover and chart some deviation from what was previously known, and debrief TMM about it upon your return. Then, perhaps a wander down the beach to the Belize Sailing School and spin on a small boat will be in order. The school was inspired by a sailing club’s participation in the First Annual Bart’s Bash International Regatta on September 21, 2014. The event honors the memory of British sailor Andrew “Bart” Simpson, who lost his life in San Francisco Bay while training for the America’s Cup. Prior to Bart’s Bash, common knowledge about Belize was limited to its superior fishing and diving and its wealth of wildlife and Mayan ruins. While some sailors have discovered the country’s several fine charter opportunities, Belize has never been widely known as a sailing destination. Bart’s Bash may have changed all that. The San Pedro Sailing Club (sanpedrosailingclub.com) on Ambergris Caye has been teaching island kids to sail – for free – since 2010. The club entered Bart’s Bash and rounded up 28 local boats of all sizes and skippers of all ages. The majority of the skippers were the San Pedro Sailing Club’s youth members. Most of them sailed Optimists, but a few skippered Hobie Cats. Two or three of the Belizean boats that raced are, well, a bit odd and could not be handicapped, although all the rest finished among the top 15% in the regatta’s worldwide field of 16,780 participants, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest sailing regatta in history. The young Belizean Opti skippers all finished in the top 8% in the Kiteboarding lessons, Belize style. © belizesailingschool.com
The school also has a fleet of kayaks and paddleboards. © belizesailingschool.com
1,179-boat fleet for that class. The performance of Belize in that historic regatta took the international sailing community by total surprise, and began to establish Belize in the eyes of sailors around the globe as a sailing venue for them to respect, admire and perhaps envy, and to visit and experience. After Bart’s Bash, the San Pedro Sailing Club’s inbox was flooded with emails asking “How’d you do it?” and “What’s it like there, really?” This gave club members confidence that a commercial small boat rental and training venture would succeed as a destination location beckoning to foreign sailors. Hence, the Belize Sailing Center and its Belize Sailing School were born late last year. In January, the San Pedro Sailing Club acquired a fleet of 10 new race-ready XD Laser Radials. The Center hired a charismatic young professional coach from Argentina, who was his country’s National Optimist Champion and had trained Argentinians for success in Youth World Championship Laser racing. He is now the Belize Sailing School’s chief instructor. He leads professional sailing lessons – not just the typical hourly, half-day- or day-long lessons, but 5-day clinics for beginners, intermediate and advanced individuals and groups. The Center partnered with Kite Explorer to bring a professional windsurfing and kiteboard instructor on board, and purchased the necessary equipment, along with several kayaks and paddleboards. Thus staffed and inventoried, the San Pedro Sailing School is now open for business and filling up clinics. Recently, a few families vacationing together enrolled their children in a 5-day Opti clinic. Those kids went home smiling, armed with new tactics to use to advantage in regattas up north. Our typical customers, however, are yacht club Laser sailors who want to gain a competitive edge while their clubs are shut down for winter. Whatever the reason, any time of year in Belize is a good time for sailing. So come on down! F Forrest Jones is a 71-year-old retiree whose passion for small boat sailing was ignited in Maine at age 10, only to be thwarted by circumstance. After retiring to Belize a few years ago, he’s fulfilling that dream and enjoying an introduction to cruising in the tropics. “I hate cold water!’ he says.
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From the Log of Persevere: Havana – The Tale of Two Cities By Colin Rath Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in a series of dispatches from the Rath family (Colin & Pam, daughters Breana, Meriel and Nerina, dog Aspen and cat Wasabi), who departed Stamford, CT last fall for a worldwide cruise aboard their Hanse 545 Persevere. You’ll find previous articles at windcheckmagazine.com. The sail from Dominican Republic to Havana was a long one. It was mostly motor sailing with the winds only picking up around 3 pm daily and lasting until 2 am. The rest was motoring. Since there was little or no wind, we hugged the Bahama island shelf and trolled at a depth less than 20 feet along the sea floor edge with our cedar plug. It turns out Barracuda loves cedar plugs and we caught a 4-footer. That was dinner for three nights of our six-night journey. We arrived in Hemingway Marina midday, which is not a good time to do Cuban customs. Because you have to wait until they finish their lunch hour. But, to our surprise they did get us through the six inspections and on our way to the docks within two hours. A vast improvement over Santiago de Cuba, where we stopped earlier on this cruise. Hemingway Marina is a full service marina with a deep harbor, 15 miles outside Havana. Foreign pleasure boats are not allowed to sail into Havana Harbor at all, so The girls loved the ’54 Buick. Hemingway is the only real © persevere60545.com option. Now I know I didn’t give a great recommendation of Cuba on our last visit, but… Havana is from a different era than Santiago de Cuba. It is a modern city by comparison; a thriving city that is slowly being restored to showcase its architecture and history to the world. All the old casinos and mansions of the pre-revolution era have been restored to their grandeur and are used as foreign embassies or government buildings. The streets are well-kept and well patrolled. The main avenue to Havana (called Avenue of Americas, prior to the revolution) has a minimum speed limit. If you are not going faster than 60 km you get pulled over for causing traffic. Old Havana is full of history. There are multiple forts and every building has a story. We got a great local guide to show us
around for 20 cook ($23). A cannon is fired every night at 9 pm at Fortress de San Carlos de la Cabana to signal the closing of the city. Back in the 18th century, Havana would close its gates each evening and put a heavy chain across the harbor to keep pirates out and the populace in. They continue the ritual to this day. Ernest Hemingway, “Papa”, is represented at every hotel and bar by a statue, plaque, or at minimum a picture. The story of how Hemingway ended up in Cuba is one every boater can understand. He had engine trouble aboard his cabin cruiser Pilar while fishing far out from Key West. He flagged down a Cuban freighter that Every building in Havana has a story. towed him to © persevere60545.com Havana. He was not wealthy then and had to stay for several years. He eventually took residence outside town. We hired a 1954 Buick convertible, hot pink with white leather trim, for a few days to tour old Havana. The kids loved the car, and we were driven out to Hemingway’s home. It is a modest house by today’s standards, although it has a baseball field and swimming pool, and Pilar is displayed on the estate. There is a tower attached to the house where he wrote some of his best works, and a second bedroom for his mistress. He definitely lived a full life. Along the coast of Havana is a huge six-lane avenue called the Malecon, which was built on land reclaimed from the sea. The interesting thing is that all the residents of Havana that live along that road come out and have parties and get-togethers on the sea side of the avenue every night. Most of the high-rise apartments in the area do not have air conditioning (electricity is extremely expensive), and are mostly walk-ups, so every evening they get together with friends for a dinner picnic, guitar playing and drinking until 1 am, when they go back to a cooler apartment. The Malecon is crowded with a couple thousand people just enjoying life with friends every night – amazing. An interesting side note: Back in the ‘60s, the Russians came in and decided to help the Cuban people. They built a 17-story walk-up apartment building, but after much uproar from the public they didn’t build any others. Imagine moving into a 17th
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Pilar was towed to Havana when Hemingway had engine trouble, and she’s on display at his estate. © persevere60545.com
floor apartment without an elevator? Like I said, every building in Havana has a story. In Cuba, music is everywhere. The older girls wanted to go salsa dancing in Havana, and I had promised to take my daughter Breana and Mette. (We met her in Dominican Republic and she’s home schooling our daughters as we sail toward her native Germany.) Although the only salsa dancing is in nightclubs, Breana is getting taller by the day and can pass for an 18-year-old when dressed up. Casa du Musica opens at 11pm and doesn’t start to swing until 1 am, so the three of us went out dancing. Casa du Musica had a live band and later members of other bands went on stage and did a huge Cuban jam session. It was fun to see different music played at its best and musicians enjoying themselves. When the club was closing, we talked to the band members and learned about after-hours dance clubs. So, off we went to private house parties in the suburbs. It was too much fun – Mette and Breana danced the night away and before we knew it was morning and time to take it home. Great time, friendly people, a lot of great music. I would suggest to anybody to go to Havana and just befriend locals. You will have the time of your life. As I said before, try to get there before the American businesses come. Andrew Cuomo has already brought representatives to Havana to invest, and Walmart, Piggly Wiggly and CVS have bought land. The United States is transforming their cultural relations building into an embassy, so the clock is ticking. Persevere had just started the Transatlantic Race 2015 as this issue of WindCheck hit the streets. Next up are the Rolex Fastnet Race in August, the Rolex Middle Sea Race in October, and the RORC Transatlantic Race (Lanzarote, Canary Islands to Grenada, West Indies) in November. Look for updates on Persevere’s journey in future issues of WindCheck, and track their progress at Persevere60545.com and their Facebook page, “Persevere60545.” F Colin Rath’s new book, It Is What It Is, is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Connect with Colin on Twitter @Colin_Rath and visit colinrath.com.
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SUNY Maritime College Connects Community to the East River Drive down any street in a coastal community and even before you smell the salt water or notice sea gulls circling overhead, the boats in the driveways and side yards let you know residents are connected to the nearby waters. Thanks to the growth of SUNY Maritime College’s Waterfront Community Programs, the quiet Throggs Neck community – long disconnected from the muchmaligned East River – is becoming one of these communities. And yes, this is the Bronx. On any given day, tucked underneath the Throggs Neck Bridge, where Long Island Sound meets the East River, folks who never even dreamed of sailing are getting out on the water. What started out as a way for SUNY Maritime students and professors to sail together has grown into a full-fledged US Sailing-recognized Community Sailing Center serving local residents, summer camp participants, and even nuns from the local monastery. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 pm through the end of this month, the public is invited to get out on the water. Participants can learn to sail, improve their skills, make new friends or just enjoy the scenery in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. No experience necessary. It is truly community sailing in that new sailors are matched with SUNY Maritime College Waterfront students, staff, or more experienced sailors in the program until they are comfortable sail a keelboat on their own. The community sailing fleet currently includes one of each of
SUNY Maritime’s Community Sailing program is introducing New York City residents to a sport they’d previously only seen from afar. © sunymaritime.edu
the most popular one-design keelboats including a Colgate 26, Sonar, and J/24. Sunfish and kayaks are also available. The program’s core audience is local residents who may have always wanted to try sailing or those that never thought it would be possible to try the sport right in their own backyard. From faculty and staff learning what many of their students already appreciate to local residents, camp participants and even nuns from the local monastery, Maritime’s Community Sailing
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programs attracts a diverse, enthusiastic audience. In addition to its community sailing program, SUNY Maritime College is capitalizing on its outstanding location and hands-on training expertise to offer Safety at Sea (in partnership with the Storm TrySail Foundation), Maritime Adventure Boat Camp (featuring sailing, powerboating, kayaking, SCUBA diving and marine science), Safe Powerboat Handling courses and the first United States Coast Guard Launch Tender course in the country requiring on-the-water skills. “If anyone had told me ten years ago I would be teaching junior sailing instructors from Connecticut, hipsters from Brooklyn, moms from Westchester and jet skiers from the Bronx how to safely operate boats on the East River I would have thought they were crazy,” said SUNY Maritime’s Assistant Waterfront Director Captain Joseph Sullivan, who teaches many of the courses. “Yet here we are with sold out classes throughout the season. It’s great!” SUNY Maritime College’s enthusiasm for community sailing is catching too. Rocking the Boat, a local non-profit just down the river from Maritime in Hunts Point, is expanding its youth development programs to include a community sailing program that will provide opportunities to train 100 students. “The support of SUNY Maritime College’s administration for expanding community programs, combined with Waterfront staff who are passionate about getting people out on the water, is incredible,” said Maritime’s Waterfront Director Rob Crafa. “I am thrilled that we are taking advantage of the investments in our local water quality which have resulted in dramatic improve-
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ments. Connecting more residents to their waters will ensure even more stewards to continue the positive trend of protecting and beautifying our waterways,” What does the future hold for Maritime’s community sailing and its other waterfront programs? SUNY Maritime is currently looking to expand its keelboats into a uniform fleet of at least six boats that will enable expansion of the community sailing and camp programs. Through the continued support of boat donors, the administration, alumni and of course the local residents it seems Maritime will continue to have a positive impact on the Throggs Neck community. SUNY Maritime College is the oldest and largest of the seven maritime academies in the nation. Founded in 1874 by the Marine Society of the City of New York, SUNY Maritime is a four-year college, which offers a solid academic program coupled with a structured cadet life in the regiment for both men and women, or a civilian program. Maritime offers undergraduate and graduate degrees with the option of either US Coast Guard license or intern programs, summer training cruises abroad, ROTC options, and 15 varsity athletic teams. The College is located at historic Fort Schuyler. Its beautiful 55-acre campus offers some of the best views of the New York skyline, the East River, and Long Island Sound. This year the College celebrates its 140th anniversary. For more information about SUNY Maritime College’s Community Sailing or other waterfront programs, visit sunymaritime.edu/Waterfront/index or call 718-409-2447. F
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Sound Environment... Hello Ocean Filmmakers embark on a scientific odyssey to document ocean acidification Award winning sailors and filmmakers Ben & Teresa Carey are taking the lead in an exciting new cooperative venture between the sailing and scientific communities. They are partnering with The Ocean Foundation, Dr. Nina Bednarsek and Swift Engineering to create a citizen science project in which oceangoing vessels can collect vital data that will help document the state of the world’s oceans. Their project, called Hello Ocean, launches this summer. Ocean acidification was recently cited among the top five research interests of ocean scientists worldwide. Ocean acidification is the continuous decrease in the water’s pH, caused by carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It is believed to have a range of harmful consequences that include coral bleaching, killing algae, and harming other animal life. Ocean acidification is a topic of interest to Teresa & Ben, so it was a logical next step for them to team up with Swift Engineering, a California-based firm that designed sensors for their Norseman 447 Rocinante.* Hello Ocean is a project of The Ocean Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, and has two critical parts. It’s a multimedia outreach series with the goal of bringing ocean science into the mainstream conversation. Second, it is a citizen science ocean acidification study in which recreational boaters serve as volunteer citizen scientists. The oceans are the last truly wild frontier on Earth. Much of them are unexplored and undocumented. Often, the expense of hiring a research vessel to conduct data collection is too costly to be beneficial. Therefore, scientists are increasingly relying on volunteers to collect data. Citizen science is scientific research that utilizes volunteer, amateur scientists to collect data in the real world. Sailors participate in citizen science studies for a variety of reasons. Many of them find that their vacations or daily lives are enriched by participating in real scientific research that could lead to better protection or management of our natural resources. “The media and the research go hand-in-hand,” said Ben. “Scientists who study the ocean need more ways to collect data. What better resource is there than recreational boaters? Our goal is to create media (videos and podcasts) that will appeal to boaters and fuel their interest in ocean conservation and science. I’m confident we can find plenty of sailors who want to participate in the ocean acidification research project.” Teresa & Ben are teaming up with biological oceanographer Dr. Nina Bednarsek to do a baseline study of ocean acidification’s effects on biomass. This fall and winter they are conducting the pilot study where they will test the equipment and methods. Once they refine the study, their goal is to expand this into an opportunity for recreational boaters, who will be provided the technology with which to collect data. These citizen scientists will also be in contact with Teresa & Ben and Dr. Bednarsek via Google Hangouts, blogs, and videos. “Citizen scientist projects are a great way to learn about the
Teresa and a friend, somewhere in the Atlantic © sailingsimplicity.com
natural world,” said Teresa. “We need a waterfront of knowledgeable people who can see changes in our ocean. This ‘Sailor Scientist’ project will develop that while simultaneously contributing to the scientific understanding of ocean acidification, a critical and timely topic in ocean research.” Teresa & Ben are longtime cruising sailors. Even though they return to many of the same places, their outlook on sailing has changed. “When I first started sailing I did so to escape the so-called real world and live life at a different pace,” Teresa explained. “Now I want to engage in the world in a meaningful way. We try to plan each voyage with a specific purpose other than just sailing.” Teresa & Ben divide their cruising time between providing sail training opportunities aboard Rocinante and creating ocean conservation media. Last winter, while in Panama preparing their boat for crossing the Caribbean Sea, they filmed at an indigenous Kuna village that’s home to one of the largest nesting populations of leatherback sea turtles, a critically endangered species. They also went to Armila, to learn from a local scientist and community leaders about the leatherbacks and the local culture. From Panama, Teresa & Ben sailed to Maine. During that passage they collected seawater samples, which they delivered via sailboat to Dr. Abby Borrows, a research scientist in Stonington, ME. Dr. Borrows is studying the extent of micro-plastic in the ocean. Most of her data collection comes from citizen scientist volunteers like Ben and Teresa. Recent research shows that micro-plastic is present in every ocean and every body of water on the planet. The extent to which it pollutes our oceans and waterways is a growing concern for ocean scientists since plastic can have severe environmental consequences as it carries toxic chemicals and can never break down. Spreading the word about critical ocean issues is a passion for Teresa & Ben that began with a 2011 voyage where their plan was to sail north until they saw an iceberg. “I simply wanted to see an iceberg because I had never seen one before,” said Teresa. “We ended up seeing a piece of the Petermann Ice Island, a record-setting Greenland iceberg. In the process, I learned more than I expected about polar ice, climate, and my
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screenings nationwide. Teresa & Ben have launched a crowd-funding campaign to help them jump-start the Hello Ocean project. Sailors and scientists alike, as well as anyone concerned about the future of our oceans, are asked to help support this project. Hello Ocean will notify all interested parties of progress toward the ultimate goal of getting recreational boaters the equipment and instruction they need to take part and make a difference. To make a contribution or find out more about the campaign, visit helloocean.org. For more information about One Simple Question including how you can host a screening, visit simplequestionmovie.com. F Longtime cruisers Ben & Teresa Carey have teamed up with The Ocean Foundation to study the acidification of the sea. © sailingsimplicity.com
relationship to it all.” That voyage turned into a feature film called One Simple Question, produced in partnership with Doctrine Creative, a Florida production company. The film premiered at the Blue Ocean Film Festival in November and was released in March for
* Contrary to what you might think, the namesake of Teresa & Ben’s boat is not the protagonist’s horse in Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Rocinante is also the name of a spaceship in the “Cygnus X-1” song cycle by one of Ben’s favorite bands, Rush. To learn more, visit Teresa’s excellent blog, Sailing Simplicity & The Pursuit of Happiness, at sailingsimplicity.com. For more information about Teresa & Ben’s Morse Alpha expedition-style sailing school, visit morsealpha.com.
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The Boating Barrister What You Didn’t Know About Maneuvering A Sailboat By John K. Fulweiler In a yesteryear, I learned to pirouette an overpowered single screw like nobody’s business. I graduated to twin screws, where with clutch and throttle I’d parallel park towering sportfish hulls in spaces so tight owners would smudge the brightwork with sweaty palms. There’s nothing with an engine, I’ve prided myself, I can’t wrangle, or so I thought. You see, I bought thirtyfive feet of fiberglass molded into a lovely line and planted with a towering aluminum stick. And now, I look like a yahoo. Indeed, I’m living the cliché with the wild-eyed spouse on the sailboat’s bow while the helmsman flails at the engine controls all while the dock slips away or, worse, comes rearing into view. I can sail her just fine; it’s the motoring that leaves me flummoxed. As best I can divine, the problem is there’s no forgiveness. Like the sea-friendly character of a deep-keeled sailing steed, most every powerboat has enough horses to let you bully it into position. A wayward bow can be goosed back into line with rip-roar of engine and a single springline will spin the largest yacht clear of a dock. Not so with my newest craft. I’m left to feel as I suspect pilots of mammoth oil carriers do when creeping inland, where a navigational decision made ten minutes before is set in stone. Like the pilot’s lumbering charge, the two thin blades of my so-called sailing propeller are too small, with too little pitch to move much water. With the diesel whining loud like a vacuum cleaner, I’ll crane overboard at a placid surface mistakenly expecting to see a swirl of whitefoamed seawater. I fear a set of oars and a properly positioned chair placed amidships might prove a more effective means of propulsion.
es, a maritime lawyer needs to compose initial pleadings that attempt to navigate the admiralty law’s pitfalls. Whether it’s the rip-rap bulkhead of the economic loss rule or the jurisdictional pilings of proving admiralty jurisdiction, they’re numerous maritime hazards awaiting the unwary maritime practitioner. Once deep into the litigation and with a trial date bobbing on the horizon, the carelessly composed pleading or a witness’ wayward word can leave you feeling like the successful docking maneuver you’d planned is quickly heading south. The experienced maritime practitioner is a weathered salt behind the helm of your judicial vessel. He or she knows when to press forward hard, how to steer upwind knowing the legal currents will set your position sideways and when, importantly, to forego the slip space you’d planned on and settle, instead, for a space at the fuel dock. The lawyer that rushes headlong into a maritime claim may suffer the fate of the winter warrior who purchases too much boat and careens from hazard to hazard, always reacting and rarely planning. You, as a prudent maritime litigant, should seek out an admiralty attorney with the mindset of a pilot thoughtfully pacing the bridge of a tanker. Time and a running gear refit next spring will, I’m sure, allow me to burnish my boat handling skills for seasons to come. Remember though, litigation always seems short on time and there’s very rarely much opportunity for a refit, making your choice of admiralty counsel important. 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. F
The way my sailboat handles under power (and she’s really lovely in every other respect) is abysmal, but reminds me a little of litigation. Litigation where two parties jockey to unfold a claim and its defenses and bring them forward to trial can be similarly unforgiving. Decisions made early on in a litigation can be set in stone and may lead to your position crashing into the wharf or being subjected to dismissal by way of motion practice. That is, it’s very important your maritime attorney understand the handling characteristics of marine claims and defenses. Like breaking out fenders and docklines as the harbor approach-
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Admiralty attorney John K. Fulweiler, Esq. practices maritime law on the East and Gulf Coasts. As a former partner of a Manhattan maritime firm, John now helms his own practice located in Newport, Rhode Island where he helps individuals and businesses navigate the choppy waters of the maritime law. John can be reached anytime at 1-800-383-MAYDAY (6293) or via e-mail at john@fulweilerlaw.com.
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Book Review... Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex The Extraordinary and Distressing Memoir That Inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick By Owen Chase Introduction by Gilbert King, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Published by Zenith Press 224 pages printed laminated cover $35 Reviewed by Larry Kelly Many will be familiar with this account of a whale attacking and sinking the whaleship Essex. One of my favorite books is the bestseller In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, an account of the wreck of the Essex. So there was no question about reading Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex. This is the first-person account by Owen Chase, age 23, the first mate on the Essex. The voyage began on August 12, 1819, from Nantucket. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean on November 20, 1820, while many of the crew had answered the call, “There she blows,” and were in pursuit of whales in their small whaleboats, Mr. Chase’s boat took a hit from a whale’s tale and returned to the ship. While repairing the boat, he saw a sperm whale swimming toward the ship at about three knots and the whale struck before they could take action to avoid the collision. “The ship brought up as suddenly and violently as if she had struck a rock.” After a second strike, the ship was done for and started sinking. Having obtained what provisions and tools could be taken from the doomed ship, 20 men were divided amongst three whaleboats, more than 1,500 miles from the nearest land. Owen Chase speaks to what happened while in the whaleboats with minimal food and water for three months, with one stop on an island. I am moved by his telling of the suffering
these men endured. Only eight men, who resorted to cannibalism, survived the heat, hunger, and dehydration. What makes this book special is that it is more than just Chase’s incredible tale. Interspersed in the gripping narrative are more than 200 illustrations, as well as informative historical and novel excerpts. There are impressive paintings of whale ships and whaling, photos of whales, charts of the Pacific Ocean, and accounts of other ships lost to the whales they hunted. Writings from Thomas Nickerson (another Essex survivor), Richard Henry Dana, Frank T. Bullen, Captain William Scoresby, Alexander Starbuck, Herman Melville, and Jack London add historical and cultural context. Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex will be a very nice addition to have prior to seeing In the Heart of Sea, the movie, a Ron Howard production scheduled for release in December. In fact, Howard visited Mystic Seaport and spent time on the Museum’s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan. One more note about the impact of this experience. The entire text of In the Heart of the Sea is etched in glass at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The art, photographs, and period accounts in Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex greatly add to the impact of Chase’s account and further transport the reader to that long ago time. F Larry Kelly is the manager of the Maritime Bookstore at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT. Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex is available at the bookstore and online at bookstore.mysticseaport.org.
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Calendar 2015 JULY Daily through 9/19 From Shore to Shore: Boatbuilders and Boatyards of Long Island - This celebration of Long Island’s great tradition of boatbuilding includes rarely seen 19th century maritime photographs by Hal. B. Fullerton, as well as a magnificent marine art exhibit curated by J. Russell Jinishian and Fred Polhemus. Suffolk County Historical Society Museum, Riverhead, NY; suffolkcountyhistoricalsociety.org Daily 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 2 Singles Under Sail meeting - SUS is a sailing club for adults who are also single. Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at various locations in Fairfield County, CT; 203-847-3456; visit SinglesUnderSail.org for cruises, lectures and other special events. 2 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 3 “Homeport Rhode
Island” Gala to benefit Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island - With Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel, the 200-foot SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, setting sail this summer, this evening honors the impact that this $16 million economic development project has had on hundreds of jobs in the Rhode Island marine industry, as well as OHPRI Board Chairman Bart Dunbar for his unfailing devotion to the non-profit organization behind the building of the ship. Cocktails, tours of the ship, a catered sit-down dinner with dessert, music, dancing and a live auction; 6 - 11pm; Newport Shipyard, Newport, RI; tickets, starting at $200, must be purchased in advance and are not available at the door. Contact Kelly Crawford at 401841-0080 or visit ohpri.org 3 38th 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 3&4 9th 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 4 Hermione - Lafayette Parade - Open to all private and public vessels, this New York Harbor event honors the Marquis de Lafayette, the French “Boy General” who sailed to America in 1777 to fight on our side in the Revolutionary War. Lafayette’s flagship, L’Hermione, was part of the naval blockade at Yorktown that led to the British surrender. New York, NY; Michael Fortenbaugh: 917-8163799; mike@myc.org; register your vessel at remem
berlafayette.com; more info at herione2015.com 4 54th Annual Bradbury Memorial Long Distance Race - Thames Yacht Club, New London, CT; thamesyc.org 4 Rough Rider Classic - Oyster Bay’s first ever SUP competition includes an elite 6-mile race, an open 3-mile race and a 1-mile kids race. Trophies and prizes will be awarded to top three finishers in all divisions. Oyster Bay, NY; paddleguru.com/races/ RoughRiderClassic2015 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 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 5 SSYC Independence Day Regatta - This event is open to Optimists, C420s, Comets, Flying Scots, Lasers, Laser Radials, Sanderlings & Woodpussys. Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club, Little Silver, NJ; ssyc.us 5 Hands-On Powerboat Training - Participants in this one-day, on-the-water course will actually drive powerboats, including backing, hovering, docking, anchoring, high speed, MOB recovery and many other skills. Powerboats are provided. Pettipaug Sailing Academy, Essex, CT; Paul Risseeuw: 860-7671995; prisseeuw@aol.com; register at pettipaug.com Also offered 7/19, 8/2, 8/17, 8/19 & 9/5
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6-8 McIntyre Team Race Champs - This event will be sailed in C420s. SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck, NY; jsalis.org 8 Cape to Cape Paddle This inaugural 16 Mile SUP/ Prone Paddle race from Lewes, DE to Cape May NJ benefits the DESATNICK Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed to help those living with spinal cord injury. paddleguru.com/races/ CapetoCapePaddle2015 10 Sid Clark Race - Bristol Yacht Club, Bristol, RI; bristolyc.com 10 - 12 Vineyard Cup - This multiclass regatta to support Sail Martha’s Vineyard has PHRF, IRC, Classic, Catboat and Foiling Kiteboard divisions.Vineyard Haven, MA; vineyardcup.com 10 - 12 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 10 - 26 47th Newport Music Festival - This classical music event comprises more than 60 concerts in Newport mansions. Newport, RI; newportmusic.org 11 JSA Girls Champs - This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event will be hosted by American Yacht Club and sailed in Lasers. Rye, NY; Clemmie Everett: clemmie.everett@gmail.com; jsalis.org 11 54th Annual Branford Invitational - This ECSA points event is hosted by Branford Yacht Club. Branford, CT; Don O’Brien: 203-430-0212; branfordyc.org
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JULY Continued 11 47th Annual Friends & Neighbors Race - Noroton Yacht Club, Darien, CT; norotonyc.org 11 Terrell E. Cobb Memorial Cuttyhunk Race - This Twenty Hundred Club event is open to all yachts with a current PHRF-NB rating. twentyhundredclub.org 11 Horton PHRF Race & Horton One Design Race Watch Hill Yacht Club, Watch Hill, RI; whyc.net 11 Sprite Island Yacht Club Catboat Rendezvous Norwalk, CT; Robin Varian: bwvarian@mac.com; catboats.org 11 Wickford Catboat Rendezvous - Wickford, RI; Peter Galster: Slothead@hotmail.com; catboats.org 11 Hole in the Wall Gang fundraising paddle - Hosted by Downunder, this event for SUPs and kayaks supports the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp’s mission of providing “a different kind of healing” for seriously ill children and their families. Ascension Beach, Norwalk, CT; downunderct.com
of The Antique and Classic Boat Society, this event showcases boats built by Chris Craft, Century, Lyman, Gar Wood, Elco and many more. 9am - 4:30pm; free; Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; ctrivermuseum.org 11 18th Annual IYRS Summer Gala - This fundraising event for the IYRS School of Technology & Trades features entertainment by The Beach Boys! Newport, RI; iyrs.edu 11 & 12 69th Annual Red Grant Regatta - Honoring Adolph “Red” Grant, an avid racer who died in World War II, this event comprises a one-day cruising race and a two days of ‘roundthe-buoys racing to benefit Easter Seals of New Jersey. Raritan Yacht Club, Perth Amboy, NJ; yachtscoring.com 11 & 12 Expressly for Fun - Hosted by Huguenot Yacht Club, this family-oriented regatta has a pursuit race format. New Rochelle, NY; huguenotyc.com 12 Pine Orchard Invitational This ECSA points event is hosted by Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club. Branford, CT; poycc.org 12 Barnegat Bay Catboat Rendezvous - David Beaton and Sons Boatyard, Brick, NJ; Henry Colie: 201-401-0292; catboats.org 12 & 13 Tiedemann Classics Regatta - New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org/yachting/racing/2015tiedemann-classics-regatta
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12 - 18 3rd 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
13 - 15 Larchmont Junior Race Week - Optimist, Blue Jay, Pixel, Laser, Radial & 420; Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; larchmontyc.org 15 TYC Annual Benefit Regatta - This Wednesday night event is open to PHRF boats, 420s & Optimists, and all sailors are welcome. Proceeds benefit Hospice Southeastern Connecticut. Thames Yacht Club, New London, CT; Judy Gibbs: 860-444-7227; jgibbs@snet.net; thamesyc.org 16 TYC Force 5 Regatta for Hospice - Hosted by Thames Yacht Club and open to all Force 5ers, this Thursday night event supports the Center for Hospice Care Southeastern Connecticut. New London, CT; Judy Gibbs: 860-444-7227; jgibbs@snet.net; thamesyc.org 16 - 18 92nd Annual EYC Regatta “The Regatta” is a multi-class one-design event for adults and juniors. Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown, MA; edgartownyc.org 16 - 19 Swan 42 Nationals & IRC East Coast Championship - New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; swan42.org; nyyc.org 17 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 Club, Larchmont, NY; Barry Gold: barrygold@gmail.com;
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© stormtrysailfoundation.org 17 & 18 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 6th Annual Racer’s Jam at Mystic Shipyard on Friday, 7/17: bring your instruments, voices and dancin’ shoes. Racing is Saturday (bring your sailin’ shoes), followed by the Mega Party at Mystic Shipyard. Mystic, CT; George Brys: gebrys@comcast.net; mudhead.org 17 - 19 Lake Champlain Mariner Rendezvous - Burton Island State Park, St. Albans,VT; usmariner.org 18 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. Pleon Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; Clarke Smith: clarkesmith@norman-spencer. com; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ safety-at-sea.htm 18 43rd Annual Edward S. WindCheck Magazine
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JULY Continued Dole Memorial Stratford Shoal Race - Hosted by Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club and honoring 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 18 14th Sail Park City Regatta - Hosted by Fayerweather Yacht Club and cosponsored by Black Rock Yacht Club and Housatonic Boat Club, this ECSA points event supports SWIM Across the Sound, Connecticut’s largest cancer charity. Fayerweather Yacht Club, Black Rock, CT; Mike Cooleen: mcooleen@sbcglobal.net; give. stvincents.org/sailparkcity 18 Atlantic City Leukemia Cup Regatta - 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 18 7th Annual EGYC Regatta A fundraiser for Westbay Community Action, this event has Spinnaker, Non-spinnaker and Family Class/Cruising Canvas divisions. East Greenwich Yacht Club, East Greenwich, RI; egycregatta.com 18 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
18 SYC Distance Sprint - This race, part of the SYC Distance Race Series, has divisions for Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Double-handed and (with sufficient interest) One-Design & Multihulls. Seatauket Yacht Club, Port Jefferson, NY; Jason Richter: 631-312-7140; Paladin32575@ yahoo.com; setauketyc.com 18 Mystic Seaport America’s Cup Regatta - Sail aboard a classic 12 Metre as crew or spectator with America’s Cup Charter’s professional crew. You’ll practice trimming, jibing and coming about prior to racing.Victories and defeats will be celebrated at a reception immediately following the races at the Newport Harbor Inn. Racers should be age 13 or older. 12 - 6:30pm; $425 for Museum members ($450 non-members); Newport, RI; register at 860572-5331 or mysticseaport.org/ event/mystic-seaport-americascup-regatta. 18 Vineyard Haven Catboat Rendezvous - Vineyard Haven, MA; Mark Alan Lovewell: mark@markalanlovewell.com; catboats.org 18 North of the Cape Catboat Race & Rendezvous Duxbury, MA; Shauna Stone: 21sestone@comcast.net; catboats.org 18 Paddle Battle LI - This event for SUPs, kayaks and canoes raises money for United Way of Long Island’s Military Family Assistance Project, the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the East End Tourism Alliance. Riverhead, NY; paddleguru.com/races/ PaddleBattleLI 18 & 19 117th 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 19 Black Rock Invitational This ECSA points event is cohosted by Black Rock Yacht Club and Fayerweather Yacht Club. Black Rock, CT; fycct.org 20 - 22 Marblehead Junior Race Week - Pleon Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; pleon.org 20 - 24 Laser Class US Nationals and U.S. Singlehanded Championships - Brant Beach Yacht Club, Brant Beach, NJ; Beth Reitinger: bar14325@comcast.net; bbyc.net 22 Onne van der Wal Photography Workshop on the Water: Nautical Newport - The award-winning photographer will give a guided photographic tour aboard the M/V Gansett, including wharves, lighthouses, Shields racing under the Bridge, and many boats and ships on Narragansett Bay. 3 - 7:30pm; $595 fee 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 22 - 8/12 Learn to Sail…on the Hudson! - Presented by SEAS (Society for the Education of American Sailors) and taught by Red Cross certified instructors, this Introduction to Sailing course comprises 12 classroom hours and 14 hours on the water in Sunfish, Phantoms, Lasers and sloops. $195 fee includes book and a 1-year SEAS membership. Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow NY; 914631-4161 also offered at other times during the summer; visit sailseas.com/westchester for full schedule.
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23 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. Raritan Yacht Club, Perth Amboy, NJ; Kelly Robinson: krobins@rutgers.edu; stormtrysailfoundation.org/safety-at-sea. htm 23 The Larry White Junior Regatta - Hosted by Niantic Bay Yacht Club, this USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival event is open to Optimist, C420, Laser, Laser Radial & Blue Jay sailors. Registration at 8:30am; Skipper’s Meeting 10am; Niantic, CT; Diane Rothman: nbyc.org dprothman@comcast.net; 23 & 24 JSA Pixel/Blue Jay Race Week - Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; Beth Danilek: danileks@optonline.net; manhassetbayyc.org 23 - 26 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 (7/25). Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; sailingworld. com/nood-regattas/marblehead 24 New England Solo/Twin Championships - Sponsored by the Rhode Island State Yachting Committee, Goat Island Yacht Club and Newport Yacht Club, this single- and doublehanded event is open to monohulls and multihulls. Newport, RI; newportyachtclub.org; nemasail.org windcheckmagazine.com
25 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 2015 ECSA PHRF certificate. Essex, CT; essexyc.com 25 28th 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! Visit SwimAcrossTheSound.org.
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25 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
25 & 26 40th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous This popular event features the introduction of the Mystic Seaport Centennial Society for 100-year-old vessels, dozens of classics dressed and on display along the waterfront, and a boat parade on the Mystic River. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; 860-5725322; mysticseaport.org 25 - 27 Newport Folk Festival Artists performing this year include Brandi Carlile, Joe Pug, Calexico, Angel Olsen, Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell, The Decemberists, First Aid Kit, Heartless Bastards, Haunt the House, and many more. Fort
Adams State Park, Newport, RI; newportfolk.org 26 Outer Light Classic - This ECSA points event is hosted by North Cove Yacht Club. Old Saybrook, CT; northcoveyc.com 27 & 28 JSA Race Week - This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event is hosted by Cedar Point Yacht Club and sailed in Lasers & 420s. Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org; jsalis.org 27 & 28 Pequot Invitational - This regatta is open to C420, Laser & Pixel sailors. Pequot Yacht Club, Southport, CT; pequotyc.com 29 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. Annapolis Yacht Club, Annapolis, MD; Bill Sandberg: William.l.Sandberg@gmail.com; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ safety-at-sea.htm 30 - 8/2 39th Annual Around Long Island Regatta - Trophies for this 190-mile circumnavigation of Long Island are awarded to the top three finishers in each division: IRC, PHRF Spinnaker & Non-spinnaker, Multihull, Double-handed, Collegiate, Junior, Team Racing & One-Design (5 or more boats). Sea Cliff Yacht Club, Sea Cliff, NY; alir.org 31 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
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JULY Continued 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. New England Science & Sailing, Stonington, CT; Peter Rugg: Ruglet@peterrugg.com; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ safety-at-sea.htm 31 - 8/2 73rd 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 31 - 8/2 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management Performers include Cassandra Wilson celebrates Billie Holiday, Chris Botti, Jamie Cullum, Arturo Sandoval, Dr. John and The Nite Trippers, Mike Stern/Bill Evans Band, Jack DeJohnette’s Made in Chicago, and many more. International Tennis Hall of Fame (Friday) and Fort Adams State Park (Saturday & Sunday), Newport, RI; newportjazzfest.net
AUGUST 1 Boardman Cup Invitational - This ECSA points event is hosted by Milford Yacht Club. Milford, CT; milfordyachtclub.com 1 SYC Lighthouse Regatta This navigator’s race on Fishers Island Sound is a fundraiser for the New London Maritime Society Lighthouse Fund. The course encompasses three lighthouses with views of six more, and it’s
an ECSA points event. Shennecossett Yacht Club, Groton, CT; syc-ct.com
© syc-ct.com 1&2 YRA Championship Regatta - Sponsored by Thomson Reuters and co-hosted by Riverside, Indian Harbor & American Yacht Clubs, this event is open to dinghies, inshore & offshore one-designs, and PHRF & IRC boats. Greenwich, CT & Rye, NY;Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound: office@yralis.org; yralis.org 1&2 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 2 Special Olympics CT Unified Sailing Regatta - Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org 2 SIYC PHRF Anniversary Races - Shelter Island Yacht Club, Shelter Island Heights, NY; siyc.com 2-4 Mariner Class Association Rendezvous - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD; usmariner.org 3 Northport Make-A-Wish Junior Sailors Regatta Hosted by Northport Yacht Club in partnership with Centerport Yacht Club, the Head of the Bay Club, Huntington Yacht Club, Cold Spring Harbor Beach
Club and the Huntington YMCA, this event helps children with life-threatening illnesses have a wish granted by the MakeA-Wish Foundation of Suffolk County. Check-in 8 - 9am; Skippers meeting 10am; Harbor start 10:45am; last race off before 2:30pm; Pool party & DJ 3pm; Awards & prizes 4pm; Barbecue 4:30pm; Northport Yacht Club, Northport, NY; Bob Doherty: 631757-3174; pbkd223@optonline.net; northportyachtclub.com 3 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. Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME; Bob Scott: ati@aerotropic.com; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ safety-at-sea.htm 5-9 33rd Annual Manhasset Bay Match Race for the Knickerbocker Cup Hosted by Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, this ISAF Grade 2 match race series is sailed in Swedish Match 40s. Port Washington, NY; manhassetbayyc.org 5-9 C. Raymond Hunt National Championship - This International 210 Class regatta is hosted by Cohasset Yacht Club. Cohasset, MA; 210class.com 7-9 43rd Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta - 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.
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© Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon 7-9 22nd Annual EYC 12 Metre Regatta - Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown, MA; 12mrclass.com 8 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. Community Boating, Inc., Boston, MA; Kelly Robinson: krobins@rutgers.edu; stormtrysailfoundation.org/safety-at-sea. htm 8 45th Annual World’s Longest Sunfish Race Around Shelter Island, 28th Annual Catamaran Race Around Shelter Island & 5th Annual Laser Race Around Shelter Island Southold Yacht Club, Southold, NY; southoldyachtclub.com 8 24th Annual Greenwich Propane Women’s Cup Race - Sprite Island Yacht Club, Norwalk, CT; spriteisland.com 8 New Haven Mayor’s Cup - This ECSA points event is hosted by New Haven Yacht windcheckmagazine.com
AUGUST Continued Club. New Haven, CT; newhavenyc.org 8 Women Skippers’ Race City Island Yacht Club, City Island, NY; cityislandyc.org 8 GSBYRA Invitational Regatta - This Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association event is hosted by the Westhampton Yacht Squadron. Remsemburg NY; gsbyra.org 8&9 Atlantic City Race Week/ Leukemia Cup Regatta This event to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to cure blood cancers is hosted by Ocean City Yacht Club. Ocean City, NJ; leukemiacup.org 8&9 Marblehead Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta
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This event opens the North American Circuit of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; corinthianclassic.org 8 & 10 Twenty Hundred Club Block Island Race - This PHRF event comprises races from Newport, RI to Block and back. twentyhundredclub.org 8 - 16 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 9 62nd Annual CIYC Day Race - City Island Yacht Club, City Island, NY; cityislandyc.org
10 48th 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 11 JSA Marlinspike Seamanship Contest - This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event precedes the Beach Point Overnight Race. Beach Point Yacht Club, Mamaroneck, NY; jsalis.org 11 59th Annual Beach Point Overnight Race - This race is for the Junior Distance Sailing Championship of Long Island Sound. Beach Point Club, Mamaroneck, NY; jsalis.org 12 - 16 Nantucket Opera House Cup - This Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge event is hosted by Nantucket Community Sailing. Nantucket, MA; paneraiclassicyachtschallenge.com
13 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. Sail Newport, Newport, RI; Joe Cooper: cooper-ndn@cox.net; stormtrysailfoundation.org/safety-at-sea. htm 13 6th Annual Zywiec Regatta - This clockwise circumnavigation of Long Island is presented by the Polski Klub Zeglarski w Nowym Jorku (Polish Sailing Club of New York). Brooklyn, NY; zeglarzeny.org
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14 & 15 2015 Stone Horse Builder’s Cup - This one-design race is limited to 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 14 - 16 13th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show Maine’s only in-water boat and home show, where “Tradition Shapes Innovation,” features the state’s finest artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftspeople, designers, furniture makers, marine gear vendors, chefs & musicians. There’ll be live music, a Just For Kids activities area, fine Maine food, and the Annual World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials (Sunday at 10:30). Gates open at 10am daily. $12 adults; under 12 free (no pets allowed). Harbor and Buoy Parks, Rockland, ME; showinfo@maineboats. com; 800-565-4951; maineboats.com
13 & 14 Nantucket Yacht Club 12 Metre Regatta - Nantucket, MA; 12mrclass.com 14 11th Annual Ida Lewis Distance Race - Depending on conditions, the organizers of this “just right” overnighter can choose to send IRC, PHRF, OneDesign, Multihull and DoubleHanded boats of 28 feet LOA or longer on one of four coastal courses between 104 nm and 177 nm. “The Ida” is a qualifier for the New England Lighthouse Series (PHRF), Northern and DoubleHanded Ocean Racing Trophies (IRC) and US-IRC Gulf Stream Series, and there are special Youth Challenge and Collegiate Challenge trophies. Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Newport, RI; info@ ildistancerace; ildistancerace.org
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 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 15 11th 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; Diane Kropfl: 732-872-9190; ahyc. ms.race@gmail.com; ahyc.net/ msrace.htm
14 The Stamford Overnight Race - This race, approximately 47 nm from Stamford, around Stratford Shoal and back, 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 14 2nd 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;
© Debra Bell/Bell’s Furry Friends Photography 14 - 16 Long Island Sound Beneteau Owners Rendezvous This event is presented by Prestige Yacht Sales. Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club, Westport, CT; Maureen Mazan: Maureen@ PrestigeYachtSales.net; 203-3530373 15 34th Annual American
15 41st 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 Gin Blossoms, Fastball, The Rembrandts, Jimmy and the Parrots and other artists, Main Street USA, a food court, lots of oysters and much more. Milford, CT; milfordoysterfestival.org 15 Cow Harbor Paddlefest This event has something for everyone, with elite races, SUP and kayak demonstrations, vendors, music and food. Northport, NY; paddleguru.com/races/ CowHarborPaddleFest2015 15 & 16 Howard C. Hoxsie Regatta - The trophy deeded to Harlem Yacht Club in 1938 to encourage the racing of small yachts in Eastchester Bay has been rededicated to be raced in J/24s. Harlem Yacht Club, City Island, NY; race@hyc.org; hyc.org
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15 HYC Mayor’s Cup Regatta - Huguenot Yacht Club, New Rochelle, NY; huguenotyc.com
15 Long Island Leukemia Cup Regatta - This event to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to cure blood cancers, and all PHRF, J/22, J/24, J/70, Sunfish, 420, Optimist and dinghy sailors are encouraged to enter. Sayville Yacht Club, Blue Point, NY; leukemiacup.org 15 Mason’s Island Regatta This ECSA points event is hosted by Mason’s Island Yacht Club. Mystic, CT; masonsislandyachtclub.com 15 EBYRA Day Race - Eastchester Bay Yacht Racing Association; City Island, NY; ebyra.org
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16 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 16 43rd Annual Opera House Cup Regatta - The first all-wooden, 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; diana@nantucketsailing.org; operahousecup.org
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16 Stamford Sail & Power Squadron Race - Halloween Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; hyc.net 16 2nd Annual Providence Paddle Battle - This SUP race benefits Clean Ocean Access. Providence, RI; paddleguru. com/races/2ndAnnualProvidenc ePaddleBattle 19 & 20 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 21 Sam Wetherill Trophy Overnight Race - This ECSA double points race around Block Island, in memory of EYC’s ardent blue-water sailor, was established to encourage long distance overnight racing for cruising sailboats. Essex Yacht Club, Essex, CT; essexyc.com 21 - 23 Hinman Masters Team Race - New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org 22 38th 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 Rain date 8/23 22 First Annual Western Long Island Sound Governor’s Cup Day Race & 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 & Non-Spinnaker) and IRC boats, plus an additional windcheckmagazine.com
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 new Walter Cronkite Perpetual Trophy. City Island, NY; cityislandyc.org; yachtscoring.com 22 Newport Unlimited Regatta - This event is open to all multihulls with a New England Multihull Association handicap rating. Newport Yacht Club, Newport, RI; nemasail.org newportyachtclub.org; 22 Complying with Offshore Safety Requirements Whether you’re considering the 2016 Newport Bermuda race or a cruising passage to another continent, this seminar will provide essential information from a panel of experts assembled by Brewer Yacht Yard Group, the Official Boat Preparation resources of the Newport Bermuda Race. New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; byy.com/NBRSeminar 23 WSC Single/Double Handed Invitational - This Windjammers Sailing Club event is the best-kept secret in shorthanded racing. Milford, CT; Sue Ratkiewich: 203-530-4146; saildrmr1127@hotmail.com; windjammers.org 22 & 23 Herreshoff Classic Rendezvous & Regatta - Part of the WoodenBoat Regatta Series, this event is 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
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July 2015
These tide tables are predictions and are to be used as a reference only. The times of high and low are approximations and are affected, in part by onshore and offshore winds, full and new moons as well as changes in currents. Always use caution when entering or leaving any harbor and navigate in areas that are well marked. WindCheck assumes no liability due to the use of these tables.
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These tide tables are predictions and are to be used as a reference only. The times of high and low are approximations and are affected, in part by onshore and offshore winds, full and new moons as well as changes in currents. Always use caution when entering or leaving any harbor and navigate in areas that are well marked. WindCheck assumes no liability due to the use of these tables.
Source: noaa.gov
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From the Captain of the Port Ahoy, Skipper! Prepare To Be Boarded By Vincent Pica Commodore, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Unlike any other law enforcement arm, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) may board your boat at their discretion — they need no search warrant, no provocation, and no reason other than ensuring your boat is in full compliance with all applicable federal laws and regulations. Do you know what to do and say (besides “Yikes!”) if you see a USCG vessel in the vicinity and hear their voice on VHF channel 16 (or across the water) hailing your vessel and ordering you to bring your boat to a full stop? You have been stopped by highly trained federal officers who will soon impress you with their professionalism. Before they even step off their vessel onto yours, the very first question they will ask you is, “Without reaching for them or touching them, do you have any weapons on board?” Subtly but powerfully, the tone is set: “I am polite. I am professional. And I mean business.” Let’s assume (and hope) that the answer to that question is “no,” since an affirmative answer sets up a scenario outside the scope of this article. Of note to boaters in the First Coast Guard District, which is us, the USCG has a new program called the Responsible Boater program, which can make your time on the water much more pleasant – and safer. Read on! Once your boat is boarded, the officers will be seeking compliance with regulations, starting with those applicable to all boat sizes: • Your actual registration needs to be aboard and current. If you just have a copy, that’s a problem. If you have no registration, that’s a much bigger problem. • The Hull Identification Number needs to be the same on your registration and on your boat (embossed into the transom, low on the starboard side). If they don’t match, you’ve got a lot of explaining to do. • The registration numbers must be at least three inches, appear as a contrasting color to your hull, and be the most forward of any numbering or lettering on the boat. • If you have a Marine Sanitation Device (aka head or toilet), it must conform to regulations. As most waters in the Northeast are “No Discharge Zones,” an over-board, throughhull holding tank must be in the locked/closed position and the key must under the control of the captain (no exceptions unless it can be seized closed or the handle can be removed in the closed position). • Other applicable laws and regulations are dictated by the size of your vessel: • Is there at least one readily available life jacket in good
The U.S. Coast Guard boards vessels to conduct safety inspections to identify any obvious safety hazards and ensure the seaworthiness of the vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle © northeast.coastguard.dodlive.mil
working order for every person aboard? To be readily available, the jackets must be out of the wrapper and not buried under other gear or in a cupboard (think of your children or grandchildren having to put them on in hurry). • The number of fire extinguishers depends on boat size, but all must be in working order. • The amount of required flares varies by boat size, but all must be unexpired. Now that sounds like a lot, and it is – and it should be. And the list gets longer as boat size increases. However, if you already have a valid Vessel Safety Check sticker (see below) on your windshield, you are eligible for an “Abbreviated Boarding.” An abbreviated boarding means that the Coast Guard will check for appropriate life jackets for all aboard, that you have a sound-producing device (horn), flares, registration and fire extinguisher (if required for the vessel of your size) aboard. That’s it. After the vessel is checked for compliance, there are three outcomes. The first (and best) results in receipt of a Report of Boarding marked “No Violations.” You are likely good to go for the season because, if the USCG comes alongside again and you show them your clean boarding report, they will likely pass on. Your Report of Boarding could be marked “Written Warning” due to some violation that has not risen to an actionable level. However, if the officer returns to the station and finds that you were already given a warning for the same issue, the notice becomes a violation. A “Notice of Violation” may be issued on the boat, resulting in one of two general outcomes. If the boarding officer believes that the nature of the violation is inherently unsafe (some aspect of your boat may lead to serious injury or death to you, your crew and passengers, or other boaters), you will be directed to follow the Coast Guard vessel back to the dock. If the violation is benign enough to allow your voyage to continue, it takes on
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the aspect of a driving violation. Outside the new Responsible Boater program, the notice is mailed to the USCG hearing office where the boarding report will be reviewed by a case officer who issues fines, further letters of violations, or takes other actions. You will be notified by mail and be given an opportunity to appeal. However, under the new Responsible Boater program, the boarding officer will tell you to contact us, get the violation fixed and recorded as such on the Vessel Safety Check form (that the Vessel Examiner will give you), mail them both in (Report of Boarding and VSC form) and, very likely, the Hearing Officer will note that and no fine will be levied. Fines can run high, so this is free insurance! Of course, if a search of the vessel and the persons aboard turns up anything deemed illegal, the USCG will take appropriate and immediate action. So, how do you get a (free!) Vessel Safety Check? Captains can avail themselves of free Vessel Safety Checks provided by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the U.S. Power Squadrons (safetyseal.net/GetVSC/). Remember – a check is not an enforcement event — if your boat fails, you get a report that details the deficiency and the inspector’s phone number. He or she will tell you, “When you have this addressed, call me. I will come down and re-run the inspection.” This results in a Vessel Safety Check sticker of compliance being affixed to your vessel. Once there, you are considered a Responsible Boater, with all attendant benefits to you, your crew, your vessel and the USCG. F The author invites those interested in being part of the U.S. Coast Guard forces to email him at JoinUSCGAux@aol.com or go direct to d1south.org/StaffPages/DSO-HR.php. 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, 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.
Editor’s note: Weekly updates for the waters from Eastport, ME to Shrewsbury, NJ including discrepancies in Aids to Navigation, chart corrections and waterway projects are listed in the USCG Local Notice to Mariners. Log onto navcen.uscg.gov, scroll to “Current Operational/Safety Information,” click on “Local Notice to Mariners” then “LNMs by CG District,” and click on “First District.” windcheckmagazine.com
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MudRatz Do the Volvo! By Megan Gimple Editor’s note: The MudRatz ECSA Opti Race Team was created with the support of the Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association (ECSA) and the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association to help enthusiastic Optimist sailors in eastern Connecticut develop and improve their sailing and racing skills. In May, the team traveled to Newport, RI for the stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. MudRatz Megan Gimple, Lily Flack, Kristen Healy and Stewart Gurnell fleet raced and team raced in the VOR Academy, met the race teams and toured their Volvo Ocean 65s, and went for a ride on a high performance Marstrom 32 catamaran. Inspired by the creation of the all-women’s Team SCA, Megan Gimple has followed the race since before it started, and she spent six days in the Race Village at Fort Adams State Park. Having met the young guns of Rhode Island’s own team, Team Alvimedica, when they visited Newport last summer, she wasn’t about to miss their homecoming. Going to the Newport Race Village was like the Super Bowl for sailing, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. During the week the boats arrived I visited six times, from skype calling with Team Alvimedica Skipper Charlie Enright at the IYAC to sailing in the Volvo Ocean Race Academy and finally a MudRatz visit
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with Team Alvimedica. It was an experience I had been dreaming about since the Volvo Ocean Race started in the fall. One Wednesday, I got a text from my mom during the last block of school that read, “The boats are coming in tonight. Get home and pack a bag, it might be a late night.” She was at the village volunteering, and the buzz was that the first boats (Dongfeng
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her little brother and I walked around the Village, a small mass of orange excitement. Soon the sun was setting and we had found the perfect place to hang out. What we didn’t know was that it was the announcer’s platform. Using Musto flags as blankets and our backpacks as pillows, we dozed off. We woke when a roar of cheers came from the crowd and the announcers asked us to scoot over a little. Dongfeng came into view, with Abu Dhabi close behind. We raced from the finish line to the dock as soon as they crossed the line to get a good spot to watch them. By about midnight, Lily had to go home; she had school in the morning. But not me. I was infected with Volvo Fever and I was going to be there when Alvi arrived! The last two miles of the leg took more than two hours to sail. It was 3:36 am but I was there, cheering and waving an orange foam finger. I did not care about where they placed – only that they were back home in Newport. F
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Bulldogs Win Collegiate Triple Crown! The Yale University Varsity Sailing Team swept all three InterCollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) National Championship regattas, winning the Sperry Women’s Nationals, the LaserPerformance Team Race Nationals, and the Gill Coed Dinghy Nationals. Not since 1991 has a single team won all three ICSA spring championships, which were hosted by New York Yacht Club, Brown University and Salve Regina University and sailed in Narragansett Bay off Newport, RI from May 25 to June 4.
Graham Landy and Kate Gaumond excelled in the breezy conditions. Photo by Robert Migliaccio
won the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy. Skipper Graham Landy and crews Kate Gaumond, Charlotte Belling, Chris Champa, skipper Ian Barrows and crews Meredith Megarry, Clara Robertson, Natalya Doris, and substitutes Mitchell Kiss and Malcolm Lamphere also claimed the Robert Allan, Sr. and the Robert Allan, Jr. trophies for the low-point A- and B-division teams. Leading the Bulldogs to victory were Head Coach Zack Leonard and Assistant Coaches Bill Healy and Zeke Horowitz. “We had the same skippers last year and then got to practice with this team, including the women’s team, all year – and had great, great practices,” said Healy. “It’s been an amazing year.” For complete results, visit collegesailing.org. F
The Yale University Bulldogs (pictured at the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship) won all three ICSA spring championships. Photo by Robert Migliaccio
Going into the final day of competition at the Sperry Women’s National Championship, Boston College, Brown University and Yale University were each separated by a single point. The BC Eagles led the standings until race 14, when the Bulldogs took the lead and held it through the final race. The winners of the Gerald C. Miller Trophy are Morgan Kiss, Claire Huebner, Emily Johnson, Natalya Doris, Casey Klingler, and Isabelle Rossi de Leon. Due to the competitiveness of each team in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship, no one went through undefeated. Yale finished the top eight round with three losses, Boston College with two, Stanford University with four and College of Charleston with two. Everyone took a hit in the final four, but Yale sailors Ian Barrows and Graham Landy, Malcolm Lamphere, Clara Robertson, Natalya Doris, Christopher Champa, Katherine Gaumond, Charlotte Belling and Meredith Megarry prevailed, winning the Walter C. Wood Trophy for the third consecutive year. In the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship, the Bulldogs finished 69 points ahead of second place overall and windcheckmagazine.com
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Duane Farrar First Blind Sailor to Win Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta Over the May 29-31 weekend, 17 crews of sailors with disabilities sailed specially adapted Ideal 18s in the seventh annual Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta. Hosted jointly by the American and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, the Robie continues to be the only major adaptive regatta on western Long Island Sound. This year, Duane Farrar (Watertown, MA) and Amy Bower (Falmouth, MA), blind sailors sailing with Sol Marini as their sighted guide, bested the fleet with a final points total of 18 points after ten races. The trio, striving to compete in the next Blind Sailing World
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Championship in Chicago, IL, beat out last year’s Robie Pierce winning combination of Mike Hersey (Hyannis, MA) and 2008 Paralympic Gold Medalist Maureen McKinnon (Marblehead, MA) with Hersey’s son Matt reprieving his role as AB (able-body sailor). Rounding out the top three was Craig Wilson (Holden, MA) and Charles McClure (Brookline, MA) sailing with Paula Schaefer and Roger King sharing the AB duties. The Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta was started in 2009 with the objective of expanding the footprint of adaptive sailing in western Long Island Sound. The Robie strives to be as inclusive as possible including sailors with physical disabilities, neuro muscular diseases, visual impairments, and other disabilities. It is also one of the few adaptive events that has 17-20 one-design boats starting at the same time. From the beginning, Heineken has been the lead sponsor for the Robie Pierce Regatta providing generous financial support for adaptive sailing along with Heineken beverages onshore. Dolf van de Brink, Heineken CEO of the Americas, was out on the water with his family to cheer on the competitors. For the second year, Burke Rehabilitation and Research, the area’s major rehabilitation hospital, was a sponsor of the Robie. Burke has been a source for new participants, many who serve as crew for experienced disabled skippers. Catherine Evins, a Burke outpatient, sailed with skipper Tracy Schmitt (Toronto, ON), Cathy’s first time on the water ever. In the second race they finished second and she was beside herself with joy. After meeting
2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist Jen French (St. Petersburg, FL) and Betsy Alison, U.S. Sailing’s Paralympic Coach, Evans said “Today was my day of miracles!” And she wasn’t the only first-time sailor thanks to Burke. Of the 40 disabled sailors participating, and the numerous accompanying family members and aides, one in five were new to the Robie. This statistic shows how the regatta has established its place as a favorite adaptive sailing regatta—with so many repeat participants—while also attracting new people from the area and across the country and Canada. This year, the crop of first time Robie sailors included five members of the Warrior Sailing Program, all disabled veterans who are pursuing sailing as a part of their post-service life. This program is underwritten by the Kings Point Foundation and benefits from the leadership of both Jen French and Betsy Allison. These five individuals traveled to the Robie from five different states as far away as Michigan. This year’s Robie was sailed out of American Yacht Club in Rye, NY, with AYC’s Siobhan Reilly as the lead chairperson with AYC’s Bill Sandberg and Larchmont Yacht Club’s Buttons Padin as Co-Chairs. Together, the three manage all aspects of recruitment, registration, crew composition, race management, and provision of adapted Ideal 18 sailboats to be raced. While these three do much of the work, were it not for the ongoing support of the Robie underwriting sponsors the event would not be possible. Heineken USA has been the Robie’s lead sponsor since its inception, for the past four years the Keurig Green Mountain community outreach foundation has supported the event. Subaru was also a repeat sponsor as was Burke, Magnum Bars, Gill North America, and the Sailing Foundation of New York. After receiving the perpetual trophy presented by AYC Commodore Peter Duncan, top skipper Farrar commented that his “regatta haircut had done the trick.” As a blind sailor, Farrar looks aft when sailing downwind and keeps his hair short to “sense the wind” as he steers. Apparently he was right. The 2016 Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta will be held at Larchmont Yacht Club from Friday, June 3 – Sunday, June 5, with the Robie Pierce Women’s Invitational returning on Thursday, June 2. F
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One-Design Fun at the Wickford Regatta Report and photos by Cate Brown After reestablishment in 2009, the Wickford Regatta has been hosted annually by Wickford Yacht Club of North Kingstown, Rhode Island as a premier early season one-design event for the Northeast. Classes invited to this year’s event, on June 6 & 7, included 5O5, F-18, International Canoe, I-420, Laser and Laser Radial. The largest fleets were Lasers with 21 boats, and F-18 catamarans with 14. The newest addition, the venerable yet exotic I-Canoe, had five boats competing on Sunday. Sailors came from across Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, with a few venturing to little Wickford from New York, New Hampshire, Florida, and even Ireland and Switzerland. The majority of the International 420 fleet was from Team LISOT (Long Island Sound Youth Sailing Team), a year-round world-class training program for junior sailors. Day one dawned with overcast skies and a strong Northeasterly that kicked up to a steady 20+ knots by 11am. Alpha Circle hosted the Lasers and 420s, while the F-18s, Five-Os and Canoes raced on Bravo Circle. The latter had the stiffer breeze and a 2-foot wind swell to contend with, and saw a few early equipment failures and capsizes as competitors adjusted to the conditions. Alpha Circle conditions were slightly gentler with light chop sailors raced around a trapezoid course, a popular course choice at this event. After a long day of racing in heavy, sailors enjoyed dinner and drinks at Wickford Yacht Club with A few of the 11 boats in the 5O5 class © Cate Brown 2015
David Clark topped the 5-boat International Canoe class. © Cate Brown 2015
BBQ chicken and homemade ice cream sandwiches. Day two began with an hour’s postponement due to no breeze, but a gentle 5-knot easterly filled in by 11am, switching to a solid 12- to 15-knot southerly seabreeze by noon. Competition was fierce, as only a few points separated the top three sailors in just about every fleet. After a regatta total of about seven races per class, the scores were in. Peter Shope won the Lasers with bullets in almost every race for an 8-race total of 8 points, an improvement from his third place finish last year. One of the closest battles was in Laser Radials, but Christine Neville of Middletown prevailed with 11 points. Skipper Wiley Rogers and crew Jack Parkin (LISOT) posted a string of bullets in I-420s, their 7-point scoreline bettering their second place finish last year. Andrew Buttner and Tracy Smith won the 5O5 class handily, also finishing with 7 points and bettering last year’s third place. The F18s saw a tiebreaker, with Ravi Parent and Sam Arrington finishing first with 10 points and Bob Merrick and Tyler Burd in second, moving up from fifth in 2014. In the ICs, David Clark won a 10-point tiebreaker over Will Clark. Complete results are posted at wickford. sailspace.net, and you’ll find more photos at catebrownphoto.com. F
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Cedar Point Yacht Club ONEDesign Regatta On two weekends in May, Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT hosted one of the largest regattas on Long Island Sound. The CPYC ONEDesign Regatta is a joint effort of the club’s Cruising Class and Lightning and J/70 racing fleets. Light and variable winds prevailed over the weekend of May 16 & 17, but Principal Race Officer Dick Thackaberry found a way to conduct three good races for 25 Lightnings and J/70s. The regatta served as the first J/70 Long Island Sound Championship, and many boats raced with professionals in the crew. Joel Ronning’s Catapult (Minneapolis, MN) topped the 19-boat fleet, followed by Tim Healy’s Helly Hansen (Jamestown, RI) and Scott and Alex Furnary’s Any Colour (Rye, NY). The top three finishers in the J/70 Corinthian (no pros aboard) sub-class were Noel Clinard’s Loonatictu (Nantucket, MA) Carrie & Ed Austin’s Chinook (Ridgewood, NJ), and CPYC members Bill Walker and Allen Stern’s FAST4WD (Westport, CT). In the five-boat Lightning class, Stewart Nickerson’s FOB (Falmouth, ME) was the winner, followed by Ched Proctor’s Veggie Sub (Southport, CT; CPYC) and Tim Millhiser’s Catapult, skippered by Joel Ronning, won the inaugural J/70 Long Island Sound Championship. © Hank Sykes
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Otia (Madison, CT). On Saturday, May 30, 40 boats in the J/109, J/105, Beneteau First 36.7 and Soverel 33 classes sailed four races in southerly winds that built from 5 to 14 knots. Fickle winds and an approaching storm precluded racing on Sunday. Bill Sweetser drove Rush (Annapolis, MD) to victory in the 16-boat J/109 class, and was awarded the Rex Marine Trophy for Best Overall Performance in the regatta. Rick Lyall’s Storm (Wilton, CT; CPYC) finished second in class, with Carl Olsson’s Morning Glory (New Rochelle, NY) third. Next up for the 109s is their North American Championships at Block Island Race Week, from June 21-26. One dozen J/105s competed in the hardest-fought class. Harald Edegran and Jeremy Henderson’s Conundrum (Larchmont, NY) won a three-way tiebreaker, just edging Revelation, sailed by Cedar Point members George, Ann and Alex Wilbanks of Westport and Paul Beaudin’s lou lou (City Island, NY). The seven Beneteau First 36.7s were led by Lou Melillo’s Surface Tension (Middletown, NJ). One point back was William Purdy’s Whirlwind (New York, NY), who was only one point ahead of Alistair Duke’s Frequent Flyer, from Westport’s Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club. The five-boat Soverel 33 class, racing in its National Championship, was won by G. Mark McCarthy’s Slàinte (Westbrook, CT). Finishing second, third and fifth in class were Sabotage, Santana and Sting, each entered by the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY and skippered by Midshipmen Jake Andrew, Ethan Neubelt and Connor Sexton, respectively. Dozens of CPYC member volunteers afloat and ashore hosted the nearly 400 competitors. The 2015 ONEDesign Regatta was presented by Quantum Sail Design, Fairfield County Bank, and McMichael Yacht Brokers. Complete results are posted at yachtscoring.com. F Halsey Bullen contributed to this report. WindCheck Magazine
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Gotham Multihull Series NEMA Fleet Bested by Newcomer By Andy Houlding Photos by Laurent Apollon The New England Multihull Association (NEMA) held its second annual Gotham Multihull Series regatta in New York Harbor the last weekend of May in gorgeous weather that lasted just until the second day’s race was completed, followed by a major thunderstorm. Our list of competitors grew by one boat this year, the F-27 Entourage sailed by Ben Carver, a member of the Chesapeake Bay Multihull Association who trailered up from Reston, VA. Once again our racers met in Great Kills Harbor, hosted by the Richmond County Yacht Club. We had 11 trimarans: Steve Gross’ 44-foot Explorer Falcor, with a minus-50 rating; Glenn Reed’s Condor 40 Intruder, a large cruising tri; Laurent Apollon’s Dragonfly 800 Windsinger, the smallest in the fleet; Mike Divon’s Corsair 37 Milk & Honey; three Corsair 31s: John Sampson’s Flight Risk, Keith London’s Scooch Over, and Pat Harris’ Gypsy Heart; my Corsair 28R Skedaddle; and three Farrier F-27s: Entourage, Peter Vakhutinsky’s Tritium and Steve Parks’ Flying Fish. I delivered Skedaddle from Branford, CT sailing down to Norwalk on Thursday night, where I met Gypsy Heart. We motored and sailed down the East River together Friday on an ebb tide. Once we got below the Narrows, we flew down the shallow channel on the west side of the bay at 16 knots and grabbed moorings in Great Kills. My crew joined me Saturday morning. Having never sailed on Skedaddle, they needed a quick tour of the ropes and made sure we could get the spinnaker up and down before the race began. We had a good start but found ourselves seriously outpointed in Lining up for Sunday’s start © Laurent Apollon Images
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the first easterly upwind legs, and watched much of the fleet walk away from us. The course took us across the Lower Bay and then north with spinnakers flying to a mark just above the Verrazanno Bridge. But the wind around the bridge was confused and contrary, and we couldn’t keep the chute flying. With a huge tanker coming up the channel we dropped the chute and crept over to the eastern side of the bridge, eventually getting back into a bit of air and hoisting again. The leaders were far ahead by this time, but the wind built from the south and we picked up some speed as we moved north toward Governor’s Island and then across the harbor to the big green can “33” east of Liberty Island. That’s where traffic is heaviest with Liberty cruise boats, water taxis, sailing school J/24s, and multiple powerboats flocking around the Statue of Liberty. We then sailed northeast toward Manhattan with the kite pulling like crazy, my crew calling out boatspeeds of 15-16-17 knots before we hit the windshadow of the towers along the Manhattan waterfront. Back across the Hudson now to the New Jersey side, with a turn just outside Liberty Landing Marina followed by an upwind leg back toward the Statue. It was after this turn that we found ourselves about two boatlengths from one of the Liberty Cruise ships, whose captain delivered some choice words by loudspeaker. We tacked clear across his bow and beat our way back to “33.” The last leg got the spinnaker flying again. We finally caught our nearest competitor, Tritium, as they had to duck a ferryboat that came out from the Jersey shore at speed. The finish line was just off Pier 25, where we had reserved moorings for the night, and we could see that most of the boats were already tied up,
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the race over. No podium for us! We had a night in the city and convened Sunday morning for a skippers’ meeting graciously hosted by the Lilac, an old steampowered lighthouse tender that is under restoration on the north side of Pier 25. With forecasts of a light southerly breeze and early afternoon thunderstorms, we plotted a short course in the harbor south of Manhattan. The hottest competition was between the F-27s Flying Fish and Entourage. Both boats were sailed well, exchanging the lead as they fought for advantage. Entourage finished in first place both Saturday and Sunday. Flying Fish got the silver medal, with Intruder third. Gypsy Heart, meanwhile, had decided to skip the race and head back toward Norwalk Sunday morning despite the adverse tidal flow, and got home just before the thunderstorm arrived there. On Skedaddle, we dropped off crewmember Reilly Scull in Manhattan, and Casey Brown sailed with me back up the East River at slack tide, catching the beginning of the flood at Hell Gate. We got flushed into Long Island Sound as thunderclouds spread north and east behind us, and dropped sails after passing under the Whitestone as squalls and lightning strikes threatened. We pulled into Port Washington, tied up at Louie’s dock in drenching rain, and watched the storm roll through from the comfort of Louie’s Oyster Bar & Grille. It was a great race even if seen from the back of the fleet, and we’ll be back next year to try our luck again. Thanks to all competitors and crew, and a special thanks to race organizer, coordinator and photographer Laurent Apollon.
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The Gotham Multihulls Series supports Brooklyn Boatwork (brooklynboatworks.org), a unique program founded by naval architects Carl Persak and Jeremy Wurmfeld that provides middle school students with an opportunity to build and sail their own Optimist. For more information including sponsorship opportunities, visit gothammultihulls.com. For NEMA’s racing and cruising schedule, visit nemasail.org. F Andy Houlding is the editor of the excellent NEMA newsletter. Laurent Apollon is a freelance journalist.
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Annapolis-to-Newport Race Delivers Wide Range of Conditions Part of what makes the Annapolis-to-Newport Race unique is that it combines inshore and offshore elements that tend to provide a wide range of conditions. That was certainly the case during the 35th biennial edition, which featured everything from maddening light air to frightening squalls. On Saturday, Michael Hennessy’s Class40 Dragon (New York, NY) was knocked down and pinned for 15 minutes by sustained winds of 50-60 knots that gusted to 80 at one point. Oakcliff Racing-Bo Dream (Oyster Bay, NY), another Class40 skippered by Hobie Ponting, was caught in the same squall and forced to retire with mast damage. The rest of the fleet didn’t experience anything as harrowing, although the Thursday starters had to beat into strong winds and heavy seas for an extended stretch in the Atlantic. Pursuit, a custom 48-footer skippered by Norman Dawley (Lusby, MD), was first to finish, crossing the line off Castle Hill Lighthouse with an elapsed time of 3 days, 4 hours, 56 minutes and 46 seconds.
Pursuit, a custom 48 skippered by Norman Dawley (Lusby, MD), claimed line honors in the 35th Annapolis-to-Newport Race. © Stephen Cloutier/photogroup.us
A new starting format was implemented this year, with the smaller, slower boats starting at 1100 hours Thursday and bigger, faster boats at the same time Friday. That idea worked out well, as the entire fleet had finished by Tuesday morning. Bryon Ehrhart’s Reichel-Pugh 63 Lucky (Chicago, IL) posted the fastest elapsed time, completing the 475-nautical mile course in 2:10:4:56. Stephen Murray’s Carkeek 40 Decision (New Orleans, LA) won IRC 1 with a corrected time of 3:14:57:51. Rives Potts’ renowned McCurdy & Rhodes 48 Carina (Westbrook, CT) was the overall winner in IRC, posting a corrected time of 3:09:37:03. The U.S. Naval Academy’s Navy 44 Swift (Annapolis) won PHRF with a corrected time of 3:10:23:35. The race is the third and final leg of the new East Coast Ocean Series, which includes the Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race, the Ocean Race North (Charleston to Annapolis), and the A2N. For more information, visit annapolisnewportrace.com. F 52 July 2015 WindCheck Magazine
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The Great Spirit of Comanche By Joe Berkeley If sailing fans in Newport, RI are depressed by the departure of the Volvo Ocean Race boats, the presence of Comanche should cure what ails them. The 100-foot sailboat, built to be first to finish in every race she enters and break records when the weather cooperates, is preparing for the Transatlantic Race 2015, which starts in Newport on July 5 (for the fleet’s fastest boats in the IRC 1 and Open classes). To steer Comanche in breeze is to understand what it feels like to be a king. When I took the helm, I stood upon a canting platform that flattened out her sharp angle of heel. I had several digital readouts to provide me with information like velocity, heading, and degrees off the wind I was steering. A push button control changes the angle of the canting keel. For such a big yacht, Comanche has a light helm and I could change her course with very little effort. It would be possible
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Comanche’s crew hopes to break the record of 6 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 2 seconds for the 2,975 nautical mile course from Newport, RI to Lizard Point, set by Rambler 100 in 2011. © Onne Van der Wal/North Sails
to steer her with two fingers, but as the newcomer, I kept both hands upon the wheel, as I did not want to embarrass myself in front of her world-class crew. Casey Smith, the Aussie boat captain who relocated to Portsmouth, RI with his wife and kids, ducked below to grab a spray top, as the wind chill of going upwind at 13 knots is significant. Upon his return, Casey gently admonished me for pushing the bow down. “I know you want to go fast,” he said, “but keep her closer to the wind.” Behind me, Stan Honey fed data into his iPad and kept an eye on the depth of the water. Comanche draws 22 feet and no one wants to conduct a geological survey with her massive canting keel. One of the premier navigators in the world, Honey was the Director of Technology for the America’s Cup and the Chief Technology Officer of Sportvision, where he was responsible for the yellow down line on NFL games. His accomplishments are enough to fill a book, let alone a magazine. He is not alone. Everyone on this crew has sailed in the America’s Cup or the Volvo Ocean Race. They are the best of the best and they do their work with a cheery, businesslike demeanor. There are three bowmen suited up in harnesses that are not for show. WindCheck Magazine
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Even something as simple as hoisting the mainsail requires Juggy Clougher to go aloft and guide it up the mast. When sheets need to be trimmed, the crew does more grinding than a Dunkin’ Donuts on Monday morning. Twelve crewmembers grab the double handles at six grinding stations. One of them is Keats Keeley, a Newport resident who chose his words as carefully as he rigged Comanche’s 4,850 meters –three miles – of cordage. Keats, whose title is Rigging Manager, explained that he had no room for error when he created Comanche’s rigging. He said, “With the Volvo 70, you have a baseline. You can go back and check and cross-check against other colleagues. With a boat like Comanche, some theoretical numbers have been presented. You have to build in the safety margin. You’re going at it firsttime, fresh out of the box. You don’t have a second chance.” John von Schwarz is a grinder who also crews on Star boats and finished second at the Worlds in 2013. He is responsible for the maintenance of the winches, and he is pleased with the performance of the ceramic coating on the drums, which he said, “makes the winches grip the sheets better.” His favorite part of sailing on Comanche is “when we get the boat rumbling, you just look up after grinding for a minute and you’re cruising along at 20-plus knots, and you go, ‘Wow!’ Also the crew…being able to experience these world-class sailors, hear about their ideas, their vision, and just learning.” Everyone takes their turn grinding, but no one spins the handles with more speed or strength than Joe Fanelli, a powerhouse of a man who is light on his feet and quick to bust the chops of Westy Barlow, the Nipper, or young guy on the boat. When his teammates give him a ribbing, Barlow, who is from
Narragansett, just smiles, for being low man on the Comanche totem pole is still a lofty perch. Westy was recently featured in a glossy spread in Sailing World and he is grateful to be surrounded by the best sailors in the world. Kenny Read is the skipper of Comanche, and when he steps aboard he is not so much a sailor as he is a rock star of an internationally famous band. He chose the designer, Guillaume Verdie, and the project manager, Tim Hacket. An Australian who is now based in Portsmouth, Hacket is a wizard with carbon fiber who is responsible for turning the designer’s vision into a boat that can be pushed to the limits while remaining in one piece. Having supervised the build with Brandon Linton at Hodgdon Yachts, Hacket is pleased with Comanche’s performance. “The boat really lights up in the right conditions, that’s for sure,” he enthused. “It certainly shows potential for what it was originally built and designed for, transatlantic and 24-hour attempts.” Aside from being the skipper of Comanche, Read is also the President of North Sails. The logo of the company is a royal blue circle, but it may as well be a royal crest. North is the most advanced sail making company in the world, with more world champions than any other. North has lofts in North America, Europe, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, Australia, and New Zealand, so the sun never sets on her empire. Once just a maker of sails, North has evolved into a technology company, intimately involved in collaborating with the boat designers and builders at every phase of development. JB Braun of North’s Design Services played a huge role in placing Comanche’s mast so far aft, a position Read says is more traditional on a multihull.
Comanche Breaks Block Island Race Record Jim Clark & Kristy Hinze-Clark’s Verdier/VPLP Comanche was built to break records, and that’s what she did in the Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race. The event’s 70th edition started on May 22, and the 100-foot maxi completed the 185-nautical mile course from Stamford, CT, around Block Island and back to Stamford with an elapsed time of 11 hours, 25 minutes and 1 second. “Each year I ask the fastest boat in the fleet to give me a call when they are abeam of New Haven on the return,” said Event Chair Ray Redniss about Comanche’s call, which came in at 0024 Saturday morning. “This was the earliest one yet!” This year’s race was one mile shorter than the 2013 edition, in which George David’s 90-foot Rambler (Hartford, CT) set the old record of 13 hours, 15 minutes and 55 seconds. “After 15 years of being at the entrance to Stamford Harbor, the finish line was moved out to the The Cows (Red Bell “32”) in order to allow enough water depth for Comanche to compete,” Redniss explained. “With a draft of 22 feet, only a high tide would allow her to finish in the harbor.” Rambler completed the 186-mile course with an average time of four minutes, 17 seconds per mile. Comanche finished this year’s 185-mile course with an average time of three minutes, 42 seconds per mile. “Speed-wise, this translates to Comanche averaging 16.2 knots and Rambler averaging 14 knots,” said Redniss. With victory in her IRC 4 class, Comanche took home the Governors Race West Trophy for best elapsed time in the IRC fleet, the William Tripp, Jr. Memorial Trophy for best corrected time in IRC, and the Harvey Conover Memorial Overall Trophy. Barby MacGowan at Media Pro International contributed to this report. 54 July 2015 WindCheck Magazine
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The sails North builds for Comanche, called North 3Di, are nothing short of spectacular, each shaped to be as fast and light as possible. But even with modern technology, each sail requires the full strength of several crewmembers to move them about on Comanche’s sleek, smooth deck. If Kenny Read is the frontman of this rock band, Kimo Worthington is the Keith Richards, the glue that holds the group together. He was the general manager of Read’s Volvo Ocean Race PUMA campaign, and he is one of the few sailors who has worked on a winning America’s Cup team and sailed on a winning Volvo Ocean Race team. On this sail-testing day, Kimo is not on the boat because he broke a bone in his right foot, which is in a cast. Did this injury take place during a record-breaking crossing? Was he careening through speed barriers? Well, sort of. The incident involved a party aboard the 295-foot yacht Athena. Commander Kimo was enjoying the festivities when he attempted to surf down an inflatable slide while standing upon an inflatable mattress shaped like an alligator. He estimated his velocity at approximately 30 knots at the time of his wipeout. Read, who knows a thing or two about boat speed, was unable to confirm or deny Kimo’s velocity, as he was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. Despite the fact that Kimo has endured pain, emotional distress and the endless taunting of fellow crewmembers, he has not filed a lawsuit against the maker of the inflata-gator. With a broad grin, he said, “I have only my own stupidity to blame.” Kimo is excited about Comanche because “people follow the boat.” He believes that the incredible speeds that Comanche achieves are trickling down to other boats. As he pointed toward Comanche tied up to a dock at Newport Shipyard, the recordsetting trimaran phaedo3 bobbed in her berth, almost willing herself off the dock. Behind her, Elvis, the Peter Johnstone-created Gunboat, stood at the ready to spirit her owners around in high-speed luxury. With all due respect to the clipper ship era, perhaps this is the Golden Age of Sail. Kenny Read has called Comanche a “horse for a course” and Kimo believes that 20 knots of breeze is just right for her. When the breeze is less than 8 knots, Comanche drags her massive booty in the water and there is no pair of Spanx large enough to give it a lift. But light air is not the stuff of big dreams or transatlantic crossing records or stories that are told and retold until the end of time. The heavy air potential of Comanche is what inspires this crew. He has seen it all and done it all, but Kenny Read is windcheckmagazine.com
Supergroup: Comanche’s crew are the best of the best. © Onne Van der Wal/North Sails
still blown away by the limitless possibilities of Comanche. “A boat like this tells such a big story,” he said, “and hopefully that attracts more people to our sport.” F Joe Berkeley is a professional writer and an amateur sailor. His work is at joeberkeley.com.
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A Bermuda Race Look Back: Tom Day and the First “Thrash to the Onion Patch” By John Rousmaniere With the 50th Newport Bermuda Race coming up in 2016, I’ve been gathering stories of past “Thrashes to the Onion Patch”—a nickname inspired by the race’s frequent demanding conditions and Bermuda’s agricultural history. Here we go back to the first race, when the idea of amateur sailors going to sea in normal boats was widely considered insane.
1 3 “Deep sea racing was inevitable. It simply had to come.” So announced Bermuda Race founder Thomas Fleming Day soon before the first start, on May 26, 1906, off Brooklyn, NY. Three boats with 15 sailors beat into a stiff south wind, headed to Bermuda. One boat withdrew due to damage, but the other two crossed the finish line, the 38-foot yawl Tamerlane and the 28foot sloop Gauntlet. In their wake lay 700 miles of rough water and an even rougher controversy about the race itself. At that time in America, ocean racing was a sport for huge boats and professional sailors. A year
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ary notion that the ocean is a playground for amateurs in normal boats. Here are some of the blasts fired by this radical visionary from his editor’s chair at The Rudder magazine: “The danger of the sea for generations has been preached by the ignorant.” “A noble art makes noble men, and there is no nobler art than seamanship.” “Small vessels are safer than large, providing they are properly designed, strongly built, thoroughly equipped, and skillfully manned.” Day had harsh words for his critics: “carpet admirals,” “shore-skulkers, Central Park sailors, weaklings, and degenerates,” “gray-headed, rum-soaked piazza yachtsmen,” and “miserable old hulks who spend their days swigging booze on the front steps of a clubhouse.” A sailor who knew Day well described him this way: “Some thought him foolish, others downright crazy. But, despite the doleful howls and lugubrious prophecies, Skipper Day persisted. He knew that small craft, if properly designed, built, and handled, were just as safe at sea as large ones. So he preached, prayed, and cajoled and cussed a lot; organized his race, and
ran it to a successful conclusion, without damage or loss of a boat, or harm to an individual.” Day once said that “sailors wanted to get a smell of the sea and forget for the time-being that there is such a thing as God’s green earth in the universe.” Himself one of those escaping landsmen, he sailed in that first race as skipper of Tamerlane, whose crew, he said, consisted of “a telegrapher, an artist, an artisan, a gentleman-of-leisure, a school boy, and an editor.” Sailing in the other finisher, Gauntlet, was Thora Lund Robinson. Before the race she had been patronized as a lady “of the petite, frail type.” That description was not at all accurate. She stood watches and was at the helm at the finish. After reaching Bermuda, she and the other sailors were wined, dined, and presented with trophies at the first of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s many Bermuda Race prize ceremonies. Then it came time to sail home, and (as often happens) the return passage was more demanding than the race itself. One of the Tamerlane crew recalled, “By 6 a.m. we were clear of the Gulf Stream, which place, I am under the impression, might be improved upon.” He added, “I really enjoyed it, only I thought it would be kind of nice to be dry again for a change.” Tom Day noted the discomforts, but what he remembered best was the romance that comes when a sailor smells the sea. Here is his vivid description of a magical night of phosphorescence: “The bow waves broke away on either side a mass of fire just as if her stem was a plough being driven through a field of glowing sparks. The red and green side lights showed like the eyes of a dragon, the spray, like the breath from the monster’s nostrils, coloring as it drifted across the path of the beams. Except for the sound of the bow treading down the overtaken wave, nothing was audible save a faint rustle of the canvas—the song of the wind-satisfied © Stephen Cloutier/PhotoGroup.us sail.” Day went on: “Boys, I wish you had been with me that night. Such a night as puts into your being that life-love, that The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) is making a special effort to affection, nay, passion, for existence, that boost early interest in the 50th “Thrash to the Onion Patch,” which starts Friday, gives to earth an enchantment so that all June 17 in Newport, RI. Participation Committee Chairman Dick Holliday is things assume an aspect of immutability, organizing a series of gatherings about the race and its requirements, with an emwhen the soul in its longing to share cries phasis on providing first-timers with information for a successful, safe passage. out in ecstasy, ‘Let me live forever!’” F John Rousmaniere, author of A Berth to Bermuda, will give a talk, and BROC members will answer questions about the next race and the entry procedure. Fifty John Rousmaniere wrote the centennial history people attended the first of these gatherings, hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club in of the Newport Bermuda Race, A Berth to Larchmont, NY in February, and 75 were at Stonington Harbor Yacht Club in Bermuda, as well as Fastnet, Force 10 and Stonington, CT in April. The next scheduled gatherings are at New York Yacht The Annapolis Book of Seamanship. He Club’s Harbour Court in Newport, RI on November 14, and Mystic Seaport’s has done nine Bermuda races and many more Adventure Series in Mystic, CT on November 19. For more information, visit Bermuda deliveries. bermudarace.com.
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September 26, 1983, about 1700 on Rhode Island Sound. Unless you were sailing in the early 1980s or are an aficionado of international business capers gone south, there’s no reason why that time and location or the name Alan Bond ought to resonate. If either of the above criteria applies, the man universally known as Bondy needs no introduction. The fireball of a man who changed the course of sailing, at least the America’s Cup, died 02 June of complications following heart surgery. Bondy sits atop a long list of gentlemen and characters involved in the America’s Cup as the first winner to take it from the New York Yacht Club. He could be at times the former and was always the latter. I worked for him as the boat captain on Australia (NOT Australia 1) from July 1979 through October 1980, and his crossing the bar brought back some memories of this time with him and others who had known him. Many of the challengers for the oldest trophy in sport were dignified and gentlemanly and were challenging for The Sport. Sir Frank Packer, who mounted Australia’s first challenge in 1962 (In a portent of things to come, Gretel won a race), is reported to have said in response why he was challenging for the America’s Cup, “too much port and delusions of grandeur.” Bondy was not interested in The Sport; he challenged to avenge a slight. Bondy was not a sailor from youth, having come to like sailing later in life. He sailed, but I’m not certain he was a sailor in the sense you could turn him loose on your Laser and expect him to sail it across the bay and back. Anyway, he had had Bob Miller (aka Ben Lexcen) design a boat called Apollo. She was a 60-foot speedster that would not look out of place today. The lore on how Bondy got wind of the Cup has it as follows. In 1972 Bondy and Miller were in Derecktor’s yard in Mamaroneck, NY, en route to Newport for the Newport Bermuda Race, in which he had entered Apollo. They were wandering around looking at boats, taking in the scene and the current designs. As was perfectly normal in Australia at the time, they clambered aboard a yacht to have a look around. During the course of this inspection a reasonable-sized block of depleted uranium on two legs and further disguised as a human in the em-
ploy, it transpired, of the New York Yacht Club, came storming down the dock demanding to know what the (expletive deleted) they were doing and demanding their immediate disembarkation. Bondy, not one to slink from battle, responded in kind. As they ultimately left the DMZ, Bondy inquired of Bob what the guy was upset over. Bob introduced Bondy to the fact they’d been aboard one of the 12 Metres used in the America’s Cup. “What’s that?” Bondy asked. Bob described the Cup. “Design me a 12 Metre. I’m gonna win the America’s Cup and run it over with a road roller and make it the America’s Plate.” Thus began 11 years of Bondy’s Challenges. Bob designed what became Southern Cross. Stealth was a component of Bondy’s M.O. well before the invisible keel on Australia 2, as Southern Cross was built in a secure shed in Sydney and trucked across country to Yanchep Sun City. Where? Bondy’s real estate development project in the sand dunes of the same name, about an hour north of Perth, was about as close as you could get to a secure undisclosed location. Southern Cross and the 1970 challenger (another race winner, albeit tossed after losing a protest) Gretel 2 that Bondy purchased, trialed together. Sailing offshore in the Yanchep version of the Freo Doctor (i.e. blowing lobsters out of their traps on a daily basis), the longer Southern Cross showed great form against Gretel 2. Bondy got ahead of the curve with the PR, declaring the Cup as good as won. Southern Cross tanked 0-4 to Courageous. He immediately told the world this was just a warm-up regatta and he was coming back to win. Monty Python wrote a song about Bondy: “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.” In a related piece of Bondy lore, the 12 Metre that became Courageous was built also in metal because Southern Cross was (the first to be) built in aluminum and The Keepers of The Cup were nervous about this. This snippet is unknown as a fact, or at least unconfirmed, by prominent Newport Water Rat Andy McGowan, who was at Sparkman & Stephens at the time. At some point in this Southern Cross challenge there was sufficient infrastructure on the Yanchep waterfront for the boat to be hauled. As an indication of the rustic nature of not only Yanchep but Australian sailing in general and the America’s Cup Challenges in particular, Southern Cross had no dedicated full time tender. She was, as I recall (in a tale related by Jack Baxter – her navigator. and ours in 1980), towed out by any nearby lobster boat they could hail and on occasion sailed into the docks. Remember I said Bondy was not (really) a sailor…? On one occasion when he was on board – he had put himself in as a grinder – he took the helm for the sail in. The drill was to sail into the basin at a speed to give enough way to make it to the docks, while lowering the sails. Think about sailing a 12 Metre into, for instance, the inner basins at Newport Shipyard. Bondy, of course, came in too fast and managed to run into the head of the dock which was concrete and attached to the rest of Australia, crushing the bow of the boat for some distance aft and putting sailing on hold for a while. In the form that Bondy was then known for and was later exposed to the rest of the world, he got off the boat, looked over his shoulder and said, “Get it fixed” and
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walked away. During the time I was in Freo, Bondy lived in a mansion on the edge of the Swan River. It was a vast edifice with one whole floor for cars, of which there were many. This manor was known among the crew as Toad Hall. If you have never seen Bondy in full flight on something about which he was passionate, read Wind in the Willows. He was known as the giver of huge parties, one of which was themed around a Roman orgy. Pictures of Bondy in toga show a man who would’ve been right at home in the Imperial Roman senate and baths. There were a number of stories wafting around the Internet after Bondy’s passing, some fairly scathing about his business practices. He did in fact spend some time in prison for fraud, but on a grand scale, assuming just over a billion dollars is a grand scale for corporate fraud. windcheckmagazine.com
handicap numbers. We also run a separate one-design class for Hobie Getaways, of which Roton Point has its own fleet for member use. We typically have entrants from among the following classes: F20s, F18s, A-Class, Hobie 21s, Hobie 18s, Hobie 16s, Hobie Getaways, and ‘Other’.” “Long known as the ‘prettiest park on Long Island Sound,’ Roton Point’s greatest asset is its remarkable, 12-acre waterfront location,” Killeffer continued. “Our sailing bay is one of the best smallboat harbors on the Sound, with a wooden ramp and motorized winch above a sandy beach protected by two breakwaters. As those who’ve raced at Roton Point before know, we’ve plenty of space to store boats overnight, and ample parking for cars, trailers, and RVs. Tent camping is permitted free of charge in our beautiful Grove overlooking the Sound. In addition, this year, many Club members will open their homes to visiting competitors. And there are several nearby hotels for those who prefer their own accommodations. Our Bathhouse has showers for men and women, with plenty of hot water, and the ‘Hotel’ clubhouse has a large covered porch for our off-water festivities. Breakfast is served to racers on Saturday and Sunday mornings, with a variety of bag lunches and drinks available to take on board.” Registration opens at noon on Friday, September 18, with hors d’ouerves and an open Gosling’s Rum and beer bar at 2:00. Racing starts on Saturday, followed by a beach party with live music, a steak dinner and open bar. Sunday’s racing precedes the All Hands awards ceremony, corn chowder and another open bar. More information, Notice of Race, and online registration may be found at rpmr.org. F
The America’s Cup has never been a venue for the feint of heart or conformists. Ignoring the skullduggery Bondy got up to in the boardroom, “Our World” has lost a colorful and signature character, the man who liberated the America’s Cup from the New York Yacht Club. There could be only one man to do that, and it’s fitting that it was Bondy. Disclaimer: This column will be seen by some in Oz who were with Bondy a lot longer than I, and on Australia 2. To you I say, these stories I did hear and this essay is presented as a sketch of my exposure to Bondy and his lore. F 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. WindCheck Magazine
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Mount Gay Rum Around Jamestown Record Now Open Manuka Sports Event Management Newport, RI has announced that the 2015 Mount Gay Rum Around Jamestown Record is open through October 31. The presenting sponsor will again award any team who sets a new outright record the skipper’s weight in Mount Gay Rum. The outright record and time to beat was set October 26, 2014 by Jason Carroll’s GC 32, foiling catamaran Argo. Team Argo sailed around Jamestown with an elapsed time of 58 minutes and 31 seconds. The full list of categories and current record holders are listed below. “We are continually amazed at the speeds achieved from the teams attempting the Around Jamestown Record,” said Record Director Hugh Piggin. “Just when we think the time can’t get
Multihull 32’ and Above Argo GC 32 foiling cat 58:31 Multihull below 32’ Bazinga! F31 trimaran 1:33:53 Kiteboards & All Foiling Craft Cash & Burn Foiling Kiteboard 1:03:38 The 2015 record is open until October 31 during the hours of daylight. The craft that posts the fastest time or sets a new outright record will be awarded Mount Gay Rum equal to the skipper’s weight at the season-ending awards party at IYAC in Newport on Saturday, November 7 at 7pm. For more information, visit AroundJamestownRecord.com. F
Lighthouse Regatta is August 1 Shennecossett Yacht Club in Groton, CT is hosting the 2nd Annual Lighthouse Regatta on August 1, to benefit the New London Maritime Society’s Lighthouse Fund. The Society is a nonprofit organization showcasing maritime history and dedicated to the education about and preservation of local lighthouses. Once again, a course will be set in Fishers Island Sound that encompasses three lighthouses with views of several more for an exciting navigator’s race. The regatta is an Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association sanctioned circuit race, although all area sailors are encouraged to participate as there will be a fun cruising canvas class with PHRF ratings to be assigned by the race committee. A special perpetual trophy, the Bruce Lockwood Cup, will be awarded for the best corrected time in the spinnaker class.
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any faster, a new team, a new boat gets out there and slashes minutes off the outright record.” The Around Jamestown Record, presented by Mount Gay Rum in association with Café Zelda and IYAC, is a perpetual all-out record for sailing around Conanicut Island (also known as Jamestown) in lower Narragansett Bay. Similar to other outright speed records, contenders decide when to make a record attempt and the direction in which they will sail around Jamestown. This means contenders can choose the most advantageous weather conditions and tidal flow for their record attempt. Five categories of sailing boats will be recognized to vie for divisional honors with the overall perpetual trophy going to the boat with the outright fastest time. The entry fee is $150 per attempt for any vessel 32 feet LOA and over, and $70 for vessels under 32 feet. A portion of each entry fee will support Sail Newport. The current benchmarks are: Monohull 32’ and Above: Bella Mente 72-foot mini-maxi Monohull below 32’ Manic Shaw 6.50
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When is a Wind Shift Worth Tacking On? From a series of email racing tips from J World, The Performance Sailing School When is it better to play the shifts versus going for stronger wind? To answer questions like these, it’s helpful to know how much you’ll gain in a shift. If you can quantify your decisions, they are often easier to make. Here are some rules of thumb regarding distance gained/lost in a wind shift: If your boat’s tacking (or gybing) angle is 90 degrees, then you’ll gain 12% of the distance between boats in a 5-degree shift, 25% in a 10-degree shift, 37% in a 15-degree shift, and 48% in a 20-degree shift. For example, if you get a 15-degree shift and you’re 1/4 mile (1,320 feet) away from a competitor, then you’ll gain or lose 488 feet. If you’re sailing in a J/80, this equates to about 19 boatlengths. That’s a lot! If the tacking angle is larger, then the percentage gain/loss is also larger. Keep this in mind in light air, when angles are greater. A big component of the final figure is the separation between boats. This separation is often called “leverage.” Leverage can be good or bad, depending on which way the shift goes. Tacticians should always run the “what if ” numbers ahead of time. This is especially helpful when considering hitting one side of a leg due to an expected geographic shift caused by land.
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Whether the breeze is light or heavy, there are big gains to be made by tacking or jibing on wind shifts. © Allen Clark/PhotoBoat.com
If you’re not the “numbers” type, consider this rule of thumb: In a shifting breeze, consider tacking when the compass shows you below your median heading AND when you can cross more boats than you’ll have to duck. Avoid the temptation to wait until you get enough of a shift to cross the majority of boats. Stay in phase, stay in a clear lane of air, and don’t be greedy! For information on any of J World’s racing, cruising or learn-to-sail courses in Newport, RI, San Diego CA, San Francisco, CA, Annapolis, MD or Key West, FL, contact them at 800-343-2255 or visit jworldschool.com. F
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A Tale of Two Sixes By Tom Darling How many know that the venerable International One Design, the oldest one-design keelboat still racing, the queen of the Long Island Sound elite sailors beginning in the late 1930s when Larchmont Yacht Club’s Cornelius Shields commissioned the first order, was in fact a one-design Six Metre? A Norwegian boat builder named Bjarne Aas is credited as the designer, and he built them out of oak and cedar beginning in 1936. I learned that at the 75th Anniversary of the IOD in Marblehead in 2011. We have been sailing IODs since 1999 in the fleet of 15 all-fiberglass IODs built near Boston and owned by the Nantucket Island IOD Racing Association. A group of
Topaz (#4) crosses the original IOD #1, Aileen, which was Corny Shields’ personal boat, at Larchmont Race Week. © Maureen C. Koeppel
almost 100 sailors organized into syndicates sail identical white IODs with green boot-top and copper bottoms from the Fourth of July to Labor Day. With red and white striped spinnakers, they make for a stunning sight in the prevailing brisk sea breezes of midsummer. This year, the Nantucket fleet is hosting the IOD Worlds for the second time, the first being in 2007. Back in Western Long Island Sound where the IOD was born, we sail the last remaining “woodie” among Long Island
Sound IODs, #5, Topaz, skippered and owned by Jennifer Miller, a New York City investment manager. Jennifer took over the boat after years of being the foredeck crew when her father passed on. The original owner, John F. Dorsey, had Topaz built in Norway, cost unknown. To our knowledge she was one of the last woodies built, as the original plug for fiberglass IODs was built in 1970. Jennifer’s father, Robert Miller, crewed for Dorsey and inherited the boat when the owner moved on to a powerboat. From 1974 to 2001, Topaz was among the shrinking number of wooden IODs campaigned on the Sound. With new frames, a fiberglass bottom and a new high-capacity bilge pump, she remains a fast boat that Jennifer has campaigned hard since 2004. A group of Manhattan sailors work every spring to launch Topaz in May for the season that stretches from Memorial Day to
Columbus Day. Last year, we were second in an uncharacteristically breezy Larchmont Race Week. We qualified second for the season, and will represent Long Island Sound in the 2015 North Americans, which will be hosted by Larchmont YC September 18-20. When we arrived this year on a warm April day to start our three weekends of sanding, filling, varnishing and painting, we were surprised to find a neighbor, a similarly sized, all white, modern-rigged alter ego, a real vintage 6 Metre named Elizabeth X. This “modern” 6 Metre featured a full aluminum-sparred masthead rig with running backstays, a long graceful bow but a very similar pinched teeny transom too small to carry the name.
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On the side midships reads “Helsinki 1952-2011” with the Olympic rings. Elizabeth X has the traditional twocockpit design, the skipper in the aft cockpit with the mainsheet winches separating his footwell from the main raised-floor cockpit for the genoa and spinnaker trimmers. No toerails must make the foredeck crew’s job a formidable one. We circled the ghostlike hull up on the cradle, like car connoisseurs checking out a classic Model A Ford roadster or vintage Ferrari. A quick Internet search by our foredeck man, Dan Keating, told us the following: Launched in 1966, Topaz is one of the last IODs to be “Elizabeth X won the silver medal in built in wood. © Tom Darling both the 1948 and 1952 Olympics under Argentina and Norway, respectively, and the designer was also Bjarne Aas, designer and builder of the International One Design, shortened by most to “IOD.” After the Helsinski 1952 Games, she was bought by 6 Metre enthusiast Bryan Newkirk of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto, where the Six Metre and the Eight Metre have long been a passion. Anyone viewing the model room of the RCYC can see a long progression of these two Metre designs going back into the 19th century. A search of the 6 Metre class files listed the boat as Norway 80, formerly Elizabeth X was designed and built by Bjarne Aas in owned under the name Bibis – named 1947. © Tom Darling after Newkirk’s granddaughter and sailed in Toronto from 1952 to the mid 1990s, after which her location was lost. Lake Ontario was a hotbed of Metre boat sailing in the 1950s, with a fleet of over 20 6s and 8s competing among five local yacht clubs. We see the 8 Meter Quest, a 1913 Fife design, come down to Nantucket every year and compete in the Opera House Cup for classic wooden yachts. On the RCYC website, the story of Elizabeth X is continued by Hans Oen, a Larchmont Yacht Club sailor who purchased the boat from Norway in 1999 and restored her with his local One-design keelboats may have gotten faster in the boat partner, Peter Hoffman, also of last seven decades, but not better looking. Larchmont. © Tom Darling Designed and built by Bjarne Aas in 1947, she was christened as sail #N 80. Commissioned by a Royal Norweigan YC syndicate in 1947 and owned originally windcheckmagazine.com
under the name Cutter, Elizabeth X was sailed by a famous Finn skipper, Christian Ferner, for Norway in two Scandanavian Gold Cups in 1951 and ‘52. Sailing for Norway, she was edged out in the last race of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics by the US Llaronoria, helmed by perpetual Olympic 6 Metre skipper Herman Whiton. This was the last Olympics for the 6 Metre, as the 5.5 Metre was introduced for that event, with Britton Chance winning the Gold in 1952. Said Oen in an online interview quoted on the 6 Metre Association website: “I knew about her whereabouts but not her condition … when I bought her with my partner Charlie Hoffman. We towed her to Larchmont in the early spring of 1999 and won a silver medal at the Europeans in Ruggna, Denmark in 2002 – 50 years, almost to the day, from when she won the silver medal in Helsinki. Then in 2003, she won the Baron’s Perpetual Award at Svendborg Classic Week in Sweden.” The rest of this story is told in the pictures, the bows, the sterns, the rigs, the overall grace of the two boats, even out of the water. The IOD was designed in 1936 from an S&S design, Ghost, admired by Corny Shields. Her 1947 constructed descendent, portrayed in green topsides and red bottom in the RCYC website photo as Bibis, has been on the water almost 20 years longer than the 1966-built Topaz. Now painted solid white, Elizabeth X will be out on Long Island Sound again this summer. In early May, when we went out to rig Topaz, there was Hans Oen chugging out under the power of a vintage British Seagull one-lunger outboard strapped to a bracket on the port side, headed for a new berth for a classic beauty. She’s 68 years young, as Topaz heads for her Jubilee next year in 2016. F Tom Darling races IODs in the Western Long Island Sound and Nantucket fleets and crews on a classic wooden Alerion sloop in Nantucket Harbor. WindCheck Magazine
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Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Wins the Volvo Ocean Race Team Alvimedica Victorious in the Final Leg With a fifth place finish in the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing secured first place in the 12th edition of the 38,739 nautical mile ‘roundthe-world race. Abu Dhabi Skipper Ian Walker is the first British skipper to win the overall trophy. “I said at the start of the race that I was confident, but there are 100 ways to lose this race but only one way to win it,” a jubilant Walker Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing is the told reporters dockside. “And winner of the Volvo Ocean Race it just all came together for us 2014-15. © Ainhoa Sanchez/ perfectly.” Volvo Ocean Race Team Alvimedica, Rhode Island’s home team in the race, claimed their first leg victory at the conclusion of Leg 9, from Lorient, France to Gothenburg, Sweden. The 960 nautical mile leg made a “pit-stop” in The Hague, Netherlands. Watch Captain Mark Towill said the team’s never-give-up attitude paid off on this final sprint to the finish: “We built up a pretty nice lead coming into The Hague. During the re-start it compressed based on the weather and we always knew there would be a big compression off the coast of Denmark. Luckily, the breeze filled in from the east a little quicker than we were expecting. We held on and protected our lead to the finish. It was a little bit crazy coming up the river, but we are happy to be here with the win.”
Team Alvimedica Skipper Charlie Enright looks pleased with the team’s victory in Leg 9. © Ricardo Pinto/Volvo Ocean Race
Team SCA celebrates their victory in the 647-nautical mile Leg 8 from Lisbon, Portugal to Lorient, France. © Marc Bow/Volvo Ocean Race
“It’s a real testament to our team about how far we’ve come,” Towill said. “We started off in Alicante with no real expectation being the underdogs. We proved we can hang with the best and it says a lot about our future in this race.” For more information, visit volvooceanrace.com. F Final standings 1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 2. Team Brunel 3. Dongfeng Race Team 4. Team Alvimedica 5. MAPFRE 6. Team SCA 7. Team Vestas Wind
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On Watch Joe Berkeley A talented writer and keen amateur sailor, Joe Berkeley penned the excellent Team Comanche story on page 53 of this issue, as well as some terrific Volvo Ocean Race stories in recent issues of Newport This Week. “I grew up in Hingham, Massachusetts and started sailing at the Lincoln Sailing Club when I was in 6th grade,” says Joe, who lives in Hull. “I never would have learned to sail if it wasn’t for the people at Lincoln. From there I went to the Hull Yacht Club and crewed in 420s. When I was 14 I bought my first boat, an International 110, with my paper route money. She was 110 #291, named Irish Mist. She was a cool-looking boat, and I knew I wanted her instead of a 420.” “My parents didn’t know how to sail, which in some ways was a blessing,” Joe recalls. “When other kids were getting yelled at for not starting at the pin or missing the first shift, they’d say, ‘I’m glad you had a nice time.’ In hindsight I didn’t have the right boat, the right campaign or the right equipment, but I really loved it!” Joe advanced his racing at St. George’s School in Middletown, RI. “St. George’s had a phenomenal team. I have a distinct memory of looking at the roster on the bulletin board and thinking, ‘Oh, God, I hope I don’t get cut.’ In those days we had future Hall of Famers Peter Johnstone, Hannah Swett, Brad Swett and Bill Shoemaker on the Varsity squad, and it was great to make the JV team and sail with those amazing athletes. Coach Steve Leslie was very encouraging, and after I graduated from Tufts he got me a job as senior instructor at Wianno Yacht Club.” “I enjoyed being on that team, and it was a tremendous privilege to sail in Newport Harbor as the 12 Metres were coming in from practice. I was there when we lost the Cup, and it was a moment when Newport changed forever. Many people thought it was the end of sailing in Newport, but in many ways it was a new beginning. Look at the great turnout for the Volvo Ocean Race – I don’t think Brad Read and the Sail Newport team could have done a better job.” “I made the team at Tufts as a freshman, the year after Billy Lynn and his teammates had won Nationals, and to stand in that boathouse where so many legends had come before was like being in a dream. Coach Ken Legler was such a stern disciplinarian that you couldn’t help but learn a lot. I was elected captain in my sophomore year, and it was one of the great honors of my life.” “I’ve had a long-term love affair with the International 110. When I was a kid there were a lot of great sailors in the class, but because of what I’d learned from Coach Leslie and Coach Legler I went from dead last to winning the 1992 Nationals in Boston Harbor with Dave McGrath. It was the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition. Eventually, I fell in love with bicycle riding and sold the boat. I did the Tour de France route as a fundraiser, and the Mt. Washington Hillclimb. My coach said I didn’t have what it takes to get to the next level, so I bought my 110 back and restored her. My friend Will Craig, who originally rebuilt her, named her
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retread. When people asked, ‘Is that a new boat?’ he’d say, ‘No, it’s a retread.’ Last year, Linda Epstein and I won the Nationals in Marblehead on the 75th anniversary of the class. Linda is amazing – she’s a PhD who’s looking for a cure for cancer, and as a sailor she’s almost a pro.” Joe’s company, Joe Berkeley Creative, specializes in creative direction, and his clients include Nike, Fox Film Studio, Goodyear, Liberty Mutual, Harvard Medical School and 30 others. “I received ‘an invitation to become a freelancer’ in 2013, so I decided to rebuild my life on my terms,” he says. “I joined Laser Fleet 413 in Newport and started writing about regattas. There are some great sailors in the fleet including Scott Ferguson, Peter Shope, Mark Bear and Ed Baird. I wanted to document what was happening, and the stories were picked up by Newport This Week and Sailing World.” Joe created an advertising campaign for Courageous Sailing, a non-profit community sailing center in Boston. “I enjoyed working with Executive Director Dave DiLorenzo, and it was an honor to meet Paralympian Hugh Freund,” he says. “I’ve done a couple videos for Sail Newport, and a fundraising brochure for the US Olympic Sailing Team that helped Executive Director Josh Adams procure a sponsor.” “I worked with Onne Van der Wal on the Sail Newport project, and he called recently and said, ‘I have some video footage of Comanche. Do you want to work on a video including an interview with Ken Read?’ I made that video with Onne and Ken, which led to a story idea: “Ken Read and Jerry Kirby: Longtime Friends, Part-Time Rivals.” Jerry said, ‘I’ll take you sailing on Rambler and we can talk,’ so I asked Ken about sailing on Comanche. Two days later, I was steering her upwind at 13 knots – and downwind at 23 – happier than a pig in mud!” Joe competed in the Audi Laser Masters’ World Championships in Hyeres, France last year. “My wife, Lisa Borden, had been there as a child and she came with me. We had a great time, and it was a thrill to return as a sailor to where I’d ridden the Tour de France route. The best thing about sailing is the stories that come from being with an amazing group of people: Sitting in the IYAC after Laser sailing and talking to Ted Hood while his dog sat on a barstool taking a sip of his Bass Ale, or Jerry Kirby jumping off the Newport Bridge to meet his boat when he was late for a start. You can’t make this stuff up!” You’ll find Joe’s work at joeberkeley.com. F
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