ssue 42 AmericAn cAnoe AssociAtion August 2013

s su e 4 2 august 2013
2. calendar,
3. National Championships in
september
American Canoe Association
NationaL Sailing Committee
8. City Island Canoe and Yacht Club Fay
Jordaens
10. ACA Nat’l Sail committee
5. Announcements
11. race results
6. leeboard thwart Jack Hazzard
13. finger lakes sailing
7. historical photos
14. in memoriam of legends
15. FOR SALE
16. san francisco canoe sailing
calendar 2013
Aug. 10-11, ADK Trophy - Cruising Class - Two sailors to a boat, 10 am first race
ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350
Aug. 17-18 John Komp Trophy - Cruising Class 10 am first race
ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350
Aug. 24 Divisional Championships C Class (5 meter) 10 am first race
ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350
Aug. 25 ACA Class Divisional Championships 10 am first race
ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350
Aug 31, Sept 1: Wilkinson Trophy - National Cruising Class Championships
Saturday, Aug. 31 10 am and 2 pm; and Sunday, Sept. 1 at 11 am.
ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY, off Seven Lakes Drive. Enter at Group Camp SB2. For more information about the ACA Camp or about the ACA Atlantic Division go to the website http://aca-atlanticdivisionblog.com/
Contacts for more information: Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350 Sherrie Winkworth at [email protected] or
973-252-3484
Sept 14, Brooklyn, NY, Sebago Canoe Club, Jamaica Bay Annual Sebago Cup race
an 8 mile or so race around the islands in Jamaica Bay with a powerboat and race committee support. Sail with
laser, sunfish, and vanguard 15. Sebago Canoe Club www.sebagocanoeclub.org . The race was written up last year
in Sailing World Magazine, http://www.sebagocanoeclub.org/pdfs/SailingWorldArticle.pdf and pictures from 2012
at https://plus.google.com/photos/103052344985402195212/albums/5791378609573522577?banner=pwa contact:
Jim Luton [email protected] Telephone: 917 971 7544. SC Club is in Canarsie near the Belt Parkway in
Paerdegat Basin.
September 28-29, 9 a.m. 5 meter Class and ACA Class National Championships will be held at the Union
Lake Sail and Tennis Club, Millville, NJ. Union Lake – http://www.ulstc.org/
Cost about $35. Contact Bill Covert: 215.340.4681 or [email protected]
Race Rules from
US Sailing, membership,
15 Maritime Drive,
PO Box 1260,
Portsmouth, RI 02871
www.ussailing.org
Leeboard thwart bracket
attachment by Jim Luton of
Brooklyn, NY.
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National Championships 2013
The Delaware Valley Division Sailing Committee of the ACA invites you to our 5 meter Class and ACA Class
National Championships at Union Lake, in Millville, NJ.
5 meter Class and ACA Class will be held on September 28-29, at the Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club, Millville, NJ
Union Lake – http://www.ulstc.org/
Cost about $35.
Sept 28-29, 2013 Union Lake, Millville, NJ
Trophies to be awarded are the C CLASS -5 METER Mallison Trophy and the ACA CLASS – Tom Zuk Trophy.
Tentative Schedule (depending on the weather) (subject to change).
Friday afternoon: practice sailing ..
Saturday: 5 meter Class National Championship Races.
9 a.m. Registration
9:30 - 10 a.m. Skippers Meeting .
11:00 start - 3 Races
Annual meeting of the ACA National Sailing Committee
Dinner at a restaurant
Trophy Presentation
Sunday: ACA Class National Championship Races.
9 a.m. registration .
Skippers Meeting.
10:00 start - 3 Races
Trophy Presentation
notice: Participants need to sign a waiver in order to compete. The decision to race is up to the sailor. USCG (type 1, 2,
or 3) lifejackets must be worn when sailing. Races will be in accordance with the latest US Sailing Assn. and ACA Rules
of Racing. Sailors must be current members of the American Canoe Assn. Due to changes by the Club or in weather
conditions, the schedules may be altered.
ACA and US Sailing Rules are in effect. Low point scoring system is in effect.
Bring lunch and beverages. Some snacks will be available.
Union Lake
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Directions to Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club, Millville, NJ
Our ULT&S Club hosts are Tom Shephard and Commodore Harold Bernard.
Millville is west of Cape May, NJ. http://maps.google.com/maps for overview of location in south Jersey
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/Millville+NJ/ close up view
From Philadelphia it is accessible from the Commodore Barry Bridge via Route 322 east.
Rte 322 east in Mullica Hill, NJ to highway to 55 South, see beow..
or From Philadelphia - the Walt Whitman Bridge at the south side of Philadelphia toward Atlantic city to route 42 to rte
55, see beow.
From the north:
Route 55 South, exit 27 (Vineland-Millville)
Take a right onto Rte 47 south.
At the second traffic light, turn right onto High St.
At the Y in the road turn right onto Sharp Street.
At the second road on the right turn right onto Glenside Drive.
Travel 1/4 mile, and just after the sign “Woodland Shores”, turn at the 3rd left onto Starling Drive (sign is in the tree).
Travel to the end of this residential street. At the dead-end, the entrance is on
the right for the Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club. PRIVATE: ULSTC Sign.
From Delaware:
Take the Delaware Memorial Bridge, Rte 295 to NJ Route 40 to Rte 55 south
see directions above
From New England
Route 95 south - the NJ Turnpike south to exit 3. Take the RT-168 N exit, EXIT 3, toward CAMDEN/
PHILADELPHIA. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto S BLACK HORSE PIKE/NJ-168 a few blocks.
Merge onto I-295 South toward WALT WHITMAN BR/DEL MEM BR. via EXIT 26
Merge onto I-76 E/I-295 South toward DEL. MEM. BR./ Rte 42 south- Atlantic City
I-76 E/I-295 S becomes NJ-42 S. about one exit to via EXIT 13
Merge onto NJ-55 South toward DEPTFORD/GLASSBORO/VINELAND
Take the RT-47 S exit, EXIT 27, toward MILLVILLE.
See above.
Hotel Accommodations Millville, Vineland, NJ
Best Western, 856.327.3300 South Delsea Drive or 1.800.528.1234
1701 North 2 St., Millville, NJ 08332 closest to the lake.
Holiday Inn Express, 856.293.8888 at the Cumberland Mall,
off Rt 47 near 55, 398 Smith St., Vineland, NJ 08360
In Vineland on Landis Ave.are Comfort Inn, Fairfield, Wingate, Ramada and Days Inn
and other hotels.
Camping: Accommodations are at Parvin State Park. - 701 Almond Rd. Pittsgrove, NJ 08318
(856) 358-8616
Camping is $20 per night. Telephone: (856).358.8616, Park office friday 8 am- 8 pm.
You can rent cabins for the weekend after Labor Day -$55 per night. Park is located north of Millville in Salem
County, Rte 540. Directions: From Rte 55 south take exit 35B, (north is exit 35) Garden Rd, Brotmanville. Take
Garden Rd to second full cross road, to Crow Pond Rd., go left on Crow Pond Road, go to the end. Right on rte 540
which is Almond Rd, go 2.5 mi. If the entrance is closed after 8pm goto the bliinker and turn left on Parvin Mill Rd.
Pay in the morning at the main entrance or pay in advance.
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Announcements
National Sail Committee Meeting
September 28, 2013 after the races
Agenda:
Officer reports
Old Business
New Business
Election of officers
Any member who wishes to propose a change to the Racing Rules or By-Laws should provide the Secretary with the
proposal in writing and the current wording that would be changed.
a new trophy at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY is for women’s competitive canoe sailing. It is dedicated to Kay Ryan by daughter, Joan Krilla and to be raced for the first time in 2013.
Kay Ryan, a dedicated canoe sailor, at Lake Sebago, NY and Sugar Island on the St. Lawrence River,
taught other women, including Sherrie Winkworth, Marilyn Vogel and Joan Ryan Krilla, that racing a
canoe under sail was fun and a sport in which women could compete. Kay served as Sailing Chairperson at
Lake Sebago for four years.
above: Roger Corinth in 2009 at the 5 meter
National Championships, Quakertown, PA. right:
Roger with the stripper sail canoe he built. Photos by his wife Beverly Corinth
Roger Corinth, Sailing Chair of the ACA MidWest Division, passed away July 1, 2013. Roger was a professional
engineer who used to sail with Bob Halsey at Pymatuning, Ohio. He built a sail canoe and raced with us at Union
Lake in NJ, and Quakertown, PA, as well as at his home port in Pymatuning, Ohio before he retired to upper
Michigrn. He was always a thoughtful gentleman who loved sailing, camping, traveling, and working on sail rigs.
He is survived by a loving family and many friends.
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leeboard thwart attachment.
Drawing by Jack Hazzard, writer for Yachting, Popular Science and other magazines in the 1930’s.
Sailing a 156x30, 1920’s probably on the Hudson River near
Yonkers Canoe Club, the club
of H. Lansing Quick.
1928 Sugar Island Canoe Beach
1920’s sail canoe 16 x 30 “racing machine”
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City Island Canoe and Yacht Club
fay jordaens
In 1924, Reggie and Elizabeth Ratliff, built their boat club on pilings at West 515 City Island Ave. right off the
avenue; Bay water clearly visible from the City Island sidewalk, as it slapped up against bulkheading on high tide!
The large double decked boat club entrance fronted on City Island Ave., and had a large ‘Paul Butler’ clubroom
sign to its immediate left, then, as you entered the dark shed, racked, stored canoes and kayaks plus equipment, i.e.,
leeboards, masts, tillers, rudders etc., became visible. Once thru the shed you emerged on the other side, into brilliant
sunlight, you faced Reggie’s beautiful, freshly gray painted handball court to the left, with gangplanks leading to the
floats in front of you, and in the distance was Eastchester Bay. ‘Aunt Liz’ and Reggie lived in an apartment on the
second floor that fronted on C.I. Avenue. Also on the 2nd floor, customers often sat outside another clubroom, just to
enjoy the view, the magnificent, beautiful, panoramic view of the Harbor and New York City skyline.
The American Canoe Association [ACA], est. in 1880, scheduled official races at the C.I. Canoe & Yacht Club in the
mid 1920’s, when deck boat sailors raced ketch rigged 16x30’s [sixteen foot long, by 30 inches wide]. By the 1940’s,
we competed for national and international trophies, in decked canoes that were sloop rigged, 17 foot long, and as
much as 43 inches wide. The America’s Cup is the oldest sailing trophy in America, the New York International
Challenge Cup for Decked Canoes, is the second oldest American sailing trophy [1885], won in 2011 by American,
Chris Maas.
Official ACA races and elimination races for national and international trophies, were held on the west side of City
Island in Eastchester Bay, hosted by the C.I. Canoe and Yacht Club. Races consisted of 3 times around the course.
The ‘starting line’ was at the red marker off of the Morris Yacht Club, then boats sailed to the second ‘red can,’ about
1 mile in a westerly direction and completion of the triangular course, or finish line, was between a third marker and
the Committee boat. Internationally famous American sailors include the names of Friede, Armstrong, Whitman and
Clark.
While this article gives some idea of Decked Boat racing at the City Island C. and Y. Club, it’s impossible to give you
a snapshot of the wonder of the Club as it existed in the mid 1940’s. In our clubrooms we enjoyed the camaraderie
of friends and fellow competitors. During WW II, Mrs. Ratliff made a statement about the uniformed soldiers and
sailors regarding their racked boats. She said: “We will care for the boats of our boys till they come home from the
War.” My husband, Frank Jordaens, a national and international winning sailor, was one of the recipients of their
generosity. We were all so fortunate to belong to that club, during that time, shepherded by the Ratliffs, where we
forged lifetime friendships. Currently, the club is in the capable hands of their grandson, Bill Steiniger.
[email protected] May 30, 2013
American Canoe Association www.americancanoe.org
ACA, 108 Hanover St Fredericksburg, VA Telephone: 540.907.4460
22401
fax: 888.229.3792
Submit articles for the next issue of Canoe Sailor
to Marilyn Vogel, Editor , 2210 Finland Road,
Green Lane, PA 18054
or e-mail to [email protected]
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National Sailing Committee Officers 2013, American Canoe Association:
Chairperson:
Larry Haff, 15 Smith St., Westborough, MA 01581 E:mail: [email protected]
(508) 981-1302
Vice Chairperson: Secretary: John Depa, 124 East Schuylkill Road , Little Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 08087-1132 E-mail: [email protected], Tel: 609-294-2213
Marilyn Vogel, 2210 Finland Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054 (215) 453-9084
Treasurer: Charles Sutherland, 2210 Finland Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054 (215) 453-9084
Measurer-Master of Records: Larry Zuk, E-mail: [email protected], Longmont, Colorado 80503
Open Canoe Measurer: Historian: Larry Zuk, E-mail: [email protected], 720.684.6890
Larry Zuk, 1401 Elmhurst Dr., N305, Longmont, Colorado 80503
Your Division Chairpeople
New England Division: Northern New York: Larry Haff, 15 Smith St., Westborough, MA 01581
Delaware Valley Division: Bill Covert Doylestown, PA 18901 215-340-4681 E-mail:[email protected]
Joan Krilla, 141 Raintree, Mahwah NJ 07430
Tel: 201.825.9350 Atlantic Division: E:: [email protected]
Appeals: Charles Sutherland 2210 Finland Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054 (215) 453-9084
American Canoe Association Membership www.americancanoe.org
ACA, 108 Hanover St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Telephone: 540.907.4460
fax: 888.229.3792
Canoe Sailing Websites
ACA Canoe Sailor www.enter.net/~skimmer
American Canoe Association www.americancanoe.org
Lake Sebago canoe sailing
http://aca-atlanticdivisionblog.com/canoe-sailing/
Online Canoe Sailing Magazineskinnyhull.
US Sailing
Sugar Island Misty Isles Lodge Finland Canoe sailing
International Decked Sailors
England OpenCanoeSailGr http://issuu.com/skinnyhull/docs/
www.ussailing.org
http://sugar.islandertalk.com
www.mistyisles.ca
http://www.canoesailing.fi/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMSFYwkUwc&NR=1
http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/search/label/International%20Canoe
http://sailinganarchy.com/
http://www.ocsg.uk.
ACA September 2011 Canoe Sailing at Lake Nockamixon on-line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Spq_kNKCg9k
www.youtube.com search for ACA canoe sailing Nockamixon Sail Club 91811
And search there for International Canoe, 2009 Round Sugar Island Race Thousand Islands.
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race results: delaware valley division june 8-9, 2013
union lake, millville, nj
delaware valley division
aCa Class Championships
Saturday
ACA Class overcast
Chuck Sutherland
Marilyn Vogel
Larry Haff
John Depa
Bill Covert
David Breinig
Race 1
3
2
1
4
5
6
Race 2
1
2
5
4
3
6
5knots
Race 3
2
4
3
1
6
5
Points
6
8
9
9
14
17
Finish
1
2
3
4
5
6
delaware valley division
5 meter Class Championships
Sunday
Larry Haff
John Depa
Bill Covert
Marilyn Vogel
Chuck Sutherland
5 meter class
sunny
1-2 knots
Race 1
1
3
2
DNF
DNF
Race 2
2
1
4
3
5
Points
3
4
6
9
11
left to right: Bill Covert, Chuck Sutherland,
Marilyn Vogel, Larry Haff, John Depa
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left to right: Chuck Sutherland, Larry Haff
Finish
1
2
3
4
5
5 meter Championship series
sunny, 5 - 10 knots
5 meter Championships Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
points
Finish
Dave Breinig
1
1
1
3
1
Mike Pirot
4
2
2
8
2
Larry Haff
2
3
3
8
3
John Depa
3
4
4
11
4
Marilyn Vogel
6
5
5
16
5
Tom Uebel
5
6
DNS
19
6
Chuck Sutherland
7
7
6
20
7
race results
- sugar island
july 2013
aca Class Championship series
ACA Class
Championships
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
points
Finish
Dave Breinig
7
1
1
9
1
Tom Uebel
1
3
5
9
2
John Depa
3
6
2
11
3
Marilyn Vogel
4
5
3
12
4
Larry Haff
5
4
4
13
5
Chuck Sutherland
2
7
6
15
6
Mike Pirot
6
2
DNS
16
7
5 meter twice around
sugar island
Twice Around Sugar
below: trophy winners
Mike Pirot and David Breinig
Finish
5 meter, 2-5 knots
Mike Pirot
1
Tom Uebel
2
Dave Breinig
3
Marilyn Vogel
4
John Depa
5
Larry Haff
6
aca class twice
around sugar island
Twice Around Sugar
Finish
ACA Class, 2-5 knots
Marilyn Vogel
1
Mike Pirot
2
Larry Haff
3
Tom Uebel
4
John Depa
DNF
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left to right: Depa, Vogel, Sutherland, Haff, Breinig
Canandaaigua,NY
in the Finger Lakes
sail canoe cruising
above: Canandaigua Lake small craft boat launch
right: John from the Rochester, NY area. John sails all
year in the Finger Lakes.
Opening of the ACA Encampment 2013
at Sugar Island
Sugar Island Internationals Canoe sailors Dave
clark, new guy, Willy Clark, John Kells,
missing Del Olsen, Dave Gillaland
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the good old days
-
in memoriam
J
ohn Bull passed away 16th April 2013.He was the founder of the United Kingdom’s Open Canoe
Sailing Group (OCSG) and leader in British canoe-sailing since 1990. He and his fellow sailors
came to Maine to sail with us in 1995 and we visited his OCSG at beautiful Lake Windermere in
England’s Lake District in 1996. It was exciting and special to meet and sailing with all of them. Bull
designed rigs and developed a group of fine canoe sailors who carry the torch today. He wrote a book
on canoe sailing, started the newsletter for OCSG which is online now. He had a special International
Trophy made for our international racing program in 1995-96.
John Bull
1996 Lake Windemere, England
Ralph Friese passed away Dec 10, 2012
His legacy of mentoring canoeists, setting high standards for canoeing, the outdoors, and fostering the history of
the Voyageurs are legendary. He won the ACA first Legend of Paddling Award and was an inductee into the Illinois
Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2006. Around Chicago he was known for his conservation endeavors.
A Grumman specialist who loved paddling, Ralph Friese founded and operated the famous Chicagoland Canoe
Base. Canoe sailors knew him for help with their sailing skills, getting hard to find parts to rig a Grumman sail
canoe, and setting up a rig for canoe sailing. Friese also manufactured composite re-creations of Voyageur canoes
and designed a series of modern tripping canoes. He was a serious historian of his sport, with a collection of 4,000
book titles and over 100 canoes. Mr. Friese’s collection of molds, jigs and patterns for canoes have been
preserved. Friese was active with the Chicago Maritime Museum, an unfinished work in progress.
The legendary Jan Gougeon of Bay City, Michigan, and West SYSTEM Epoxies for boat construction and repair died
in Dec. 2012: see Messing About In Boats article by Kay Harley, June 2013, page 8.
He was a boat designer, builder, a world champion competitive sailor, and innovator who shared his knowledge,
technical advice and offered EPOXY WORKS magazine as a free subscription. He worked with Hugh Horton on
Hugh’s sailing canoe design.
Jan and his brothers Meade and Joel founded Gougeon Brothers. They pioneered bonding wood and developed
techniques for metal-to-wood bonds. His work with epoxy and lightweight composites revolutionized modern
amateur boatbuilding. His 2004 PRO-SET epoxy was used on the NASA space vehicle and also the launch vehicle.
Racing iceboats and multihull sailboats were Jan’s passions
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for sale
Hardware Parts -- You can use parts for
a Sunfish and a Laser for the gooseneck,
blocks, rudder and other fittings. dealer
locations from
APS (Annapolis Performance Sailing)
www.apsLtd.com
ACA SAIL: 44 sq. ft. lateen
The price is now
plus postage.
$328 US.
Includes free rig plans, Canoe Sailor newsletter
for 1 year and other information.
from and pay to: M. Vogel,
2210 Finland Road,
Green Lane, PA 18054
Revised Sailing Canoe Announcement: April 7, 2012 For Sale:
Canoe for sailing rigged by Lou Whitman. Mohawk Canoe Co. fiberglass canoe. Guide Model with sail and
spars. Needs rudder & tiller. Located in Greenville, Ill., 45 miles east of St. Louis, MO. Email jhopkins4616@
sbcglobal.net if interested or to see photos. Asking $545.00.
Additional details: Wooden fore & aft bulkheads, with decks and wide gunwales. Leeboard thwart is fitted
with a heavy duty aluminum angle. Stern fitted with pintels to accommodate rudder. Trap door bailer. Ends cut
down to reduce windage. Aluminum mast and boom: Mast by Lou Whitman; boom by Blue [ ]Strip of Miami,
Fla. (Ed Kattel, prop). Sail: Dacron Class C size (55 sq. meters) made by Breman Sail Co. (Miami, Fla.). Hull
meets American Canoe Association standards for both Class C (5 sq. M) and ACA Class. Robert Clausen and Jane Hopkins [email protected]
5 meter sails available from
Hathaway, Reiser & Raymond.
John has our 5 meter
canoe sail on file.
184 Selleck St., Stamford CT 06902
www.hathaways.com
203.324.9581
Canoe Sailor Subscriptions:
$5 year
pay to Charles Sutherland
2210 Finland Road,
Green Lane, PA 18054 USA
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San Francisco, CA sailors
Not the America’s Cup but our
Bill, Don Jarrell and Cody before
Cody rigged his new ACA sail.
Don Jarrell of San Francisco,
CA has a fiberglass sail canoe
rigged with a 5 Meter sail for
sale. Contact Don at
E-mail: [email protected]