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NEMA Newsletter
Spring 2013 NEMA Annual Dinner: America’s Cup, Multihull Olymics, and 2012 Season Racing Awards by Andy Houlding Photos by Tom Cox nnie Gardner headlined the NEMA annual dinner February 2, 2013, at the Venezia Restaurant in Dorchester, Mass, with a multimedia presentation on the America’s Cup challenge and a preview of the 2016 Olympics multihull challenge. Almost 100 NEMA folks attended the dinner, which was chaired this year by newly-elected Commodore Tom Cox. As Tom noted, the occasion marked NEMA’s 48th year, and Tom asked some of the “old timers” in attendance to take a bow. The association is in good financial shape, with money in the bank that needs to be spent to encourage and A facilitate cruising and racing multihulls, said Season Trophy 1st Place (Jay & Lisa Spalding - Blue Moon) Tom. Tom has taken over 2012 Buzzards Bay Regatta, one of the as Commodore after Bob Gleason favorite regattas for the multihull racing completed his four-year term. As past fleet. Commodore, Bob is now taking on the continued on page 3 duties of Cruise Committee Chair. Bob’s Next NEMA Meeting outline of proposed cruising venues and schedule is found elsewhere in this Thursday, April 4, 2013 issue. Bob received an award in appreci7 PM (Pizza, drinks, social) ation for his years of service to NEMA. 8 PM (Presentation) Bob Gleason, in turn, honored Don Savin Hill Yacht Club Watson for his service as Race Director, 400 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester, MA presenting Don with framed photographs Speakers: by Deb Druan of Don’s Swamp Fox at the Ted and Zach Warren: Warren Lightcraft Small Trimarans (see page 2) In This Issue Offshore Racing Circuit (Steve Parks, Bill Koffler, Don Watson) 2013 NEMA Annual Dinner . . . . . . . . . . 1 Next NEMA General Meeting . . . . . . . .2 Sailing in Casco Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Cruising is Amusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2013 NEMA Racing Schedule . . . . . . . .7 Western Long Island Sound Report . . .8 2013 Corsair Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Banque Populaire World Record . . . .10 NEMA Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 NEMA News The New England Multihull Association is a non-profit organization for the promotion of the art, science, and enjoyment of multihull yacht design and construction, racing, cruising, and socializing. The NEMA Newsletter is published at no additional charge for NEMA members. The editor apologizes in advance for any errors. Please submit articles to Andy Houlding email: [email protected] mail: 101 Rogers Rd., Hamden, CT 06517 Warren Lightcraft Presentation at General Meeting April 4, 2013 EMA will have a general meeting at the Savin Hill Yacht Club at 7 PM on Thursday, April 4th featuring Ted and Zach Warren of Warren Lightcraft. They will present a very interesting program about their trimaran designs which they manufac- N 4th meeting, assembled in the meeting space. Ted and Zac will talk about the boat and their adventures in developing extreme light weight trimarans. Warren Light Craft is also the manufacturer of the Motive25 Trimaran and they will talk about building this very Elected Officers Commodore Vice Commodore Race Chair Cruising Chair Tom Cox 978-828-2181 [email protected] Peter Vakhutinsky 781-718-0373 [email protected] Steve Parks 401-529-5243 [email protected] Bob Gleason 508-863-6760 [email protected] Treasurer Michael Lipton 978-281-1389 [email protected] Secretary Ira Heller 617-288-8223 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Andy Houlding 203-668-6415 [email protected] Appointees Fleet Captains Jesse Deupree [email protected], 207-232-2295 Mike Divon [email protected], 917-288-5348 Directors at Large Phil Babcock [email protected], 978-392-0455 Richard Bluestein [email protected], 617-734-2414 Syd Miller [email protected], 508-496-8309 Photographer Tom Cox 978-828-2181 Historian Life Members NEMA Web Site Dick Newick Walter and Joan Greene Les Moore Spencer Merz Bill Doelger www.nemasail.org See the website for membership application and meeting information. 2 N E M A Spring 2013 ture in their new facility in Georgetown, MA. Zac and Ted Warren develop and manufacture some of the lightest hightech kayaks and trimarans in the US. They have three trimaran models, a 15.5 foot, 68 lb solo trimaran, a 115 lb tandem trimaran and a 175 lb 20 foot beach trimaran. The UltraLight20 is 20 feet long, 15 feet wide and has a Bruce number of over 2.0 making it one of the fastest beach multihulls to ever hit the water. It is carbon/CoreCell(r)/epoxy construction and it can be car topped or towed and launched from a very small trailer. The Ultralight20 will be at the April fast carbon fiber day-sailor. You can check out the videos of the trimarans at http://www.warrenlightcraft.com. Join us for a pizza social from 7 -8 pm followed by the presentation. Cash bar. Guests and non members are welcome. Tom Cox NEMA Commodore NEMA News NEMA Dinner (continued from page 1) Don was also the recipient of the Elapsed Time Trophy, an award to the fastest boat around the various race courses. Steve Parks, as the new Race Committee chair, also awarded the Off Shore Trophy to Three Little Birds, for its performance on the NEMA long distance races. Mike Divon’s Milk & Honey was awarded the Mileage Trophy, having sailed the most miles through the 2012 race season. And Jay Spalding in Blue Moon took home the NEMA Season trophy, edging out Don Watson’s Swamp Fox in second and Bob Gleason’s Tri Me in third. And all NEMA sailors are now rewarded as the earth has tilted once again toward the sun, spring is in the air and another sailing season arrives. Season Trophy 2nd Place (Don Watson, Swampfox) Mileage Trophy (Mike Divon-Milk & Honey) Season Trophy 3rd Place (Bob Gleason, Tri-Me) The Annie Gardner Show NEMA 2013 Annual Dinner by Andy Houlding Photos by Tom Cox EMA’s 2013 annual dinner featured a presentation by Annie Gardner, one of the country’s first female professional sailors, on the emergence of multihulls in America’s Cup racing, with a brief preview of the N NACRA 17 as the multihull chosen for the 2016 Summer Olympic sailing competition. Annie, who served as a television commentator for the AC 45 series races in Plymouth, England, and in her home port of San Diego, California, presented a multimedia show with footage from those venues and several continued on page 4 Editor’s Note pring is here, at least that’s what the calendar says, even if the temperature doesn’t. Now’s the time to tell us what you’ve done to your boat this winter. Your editor is adding a spinnaker furler and a daggerboard S rudder to his formerly stock Corsair 28R. We’d like to hear about your innovations for our next issue. What’s new on your boat? We also want to hear about your favorite day sails. Just send photographs and a short description of your sail. It’s your newsletter, so let us get you in it. --Andy Houlding Spring 2013 N E M A 3 NEMA News Annie Gardner the race-prepped boats are extreme, and the strength and agility needed to keep the full-race boats going fast is phenomenal. (continued from page 3) of the America’s Cup preliminary rounds. She outlined the development of the hard winged catamarans as the teams prepare for the Louis Vuitton Cup competition leading to the America’s Cup races in San Francisco Bay. Annie reminded NEMA members that this will be the third time that a wingsailed multihull will compete for the cup. In 1988, Dennis Conner successfully fended off Michael Fay’s 90-foot “super sloop” monohull challenge with a 60-foot wing sailed catamaran that sailed rings around the mono. That was the precursor to Oracle-BMW’s successful challenge to the Alinghi catamaran in 2010, with the monstrous “Godzilla” trimaran carrying a Boeing 757-sized vertical wing. And now we have the AC72s literally flying over the water on foils as they practice for the America’s Cup later this year. Annie recalled that she was on the “family and friends” spectator boat for the 2010 AC competition in Valencia, Spain, and showed off some of her own 4 N E M A Spring 2013 Olympics Annie Gardner and Bob Gleason photographs of the action there, before fast forwarding to the AC45 competition, a sort of boatbreaking crash-andburn precursor to the real deal in 72 foot boats that are expected to race at 40 knots. As the multihulls have demonstrated speed and spectacle in events close to shore where thousands of spectators have turned out to watch, “the best sailors in the world have been converted to multihulls,” said Gardner. She also showed videos of the young sailors selected for the Red Bull teams sailing the AC45s and developing the skills for graduation to the 72s. While the Red Bull “kids” looked fit and strong in the videos, Annie explained that their boats are equipped with soft headsails that are substantially smaller than those used in the ACT race series; the loads on Annie is a former Olympic sailor herself, and gave a brief preview of the multihull competition to come. Catamarans were first included in Olympic racing in 1976 on the Tornado. That 20’ X 10’ trapeze-rigged boat was the official Olympic multihull one-design for 30 years until the Olympic race committee dropped catamarans from the Svetlana Vakhutinsky Providing Video Coverage competition in 2012. Cats are coming back for 2016, however, and the Olympic boat will be the NACRA 17, sailed by mixed (male/female) crews. By Annie’s account, the new boat has had teething problems in production and delivery—the Olympic committee chose a boat that had not been in production-- and it will be a challenge to sail well and fast, but promises plenty of excitement. Annie concluded her presentation with the observation that “We all love to go fast and have fun on the water.” Amen to that! NEMA Cruising Sailing in Casco Bay and Portland Maine Article and Photo by Jesse Deupree fter Cape Ann on the north shore above Boston, the Atlantic coast is essentially one long beach broken by harbors at the mouths of rivers big and small. There are a few rocky points until you reach Cape Elizabeth in Maine, but it is at Cape Elizabeth that the geology of the coast completely changes to the rocky island filled bays that characterize the Maine coast all the way to Canada. Casco Bay, then, is the first of Maine's major bays. By reputation it is filled with the Calendar Islands, meaning one for each day of the year. Indeed, there are dozens of major islands, at least 200 smaller ones and numerous deep bays to explore. Portland is located on the back side of Cape Elizabeth and is a great base for sailing in Southern Maine. It is a major commercial port and a yacht friendly harbor, and is Maine's largest city. It has easy access to highway, bus and rail networks and a wealth of restaurants, hotels and sights. For cruisers, there are a number of marinas directly adjacent to the Old Port area of the city. Dimillo's Marina is right in the heart of the Old Port, but is expensive and their docks are not particularly multihull friendly. Portland Yacht Service (PYS) is just a five minute A walk to the Old Port area and offers both dock space and moorings. Call them (207-774-1067 or channel 9). When you enter Portland Harbor and approach Ft. Gorges on your starboard side, PYS will be directly in front of you on the north shore, just to starboard of the large marine terminal. Be aware that the steady marine traffic and urban lighting can make this a less than calm spot. One option is to tie up at the marina and enjoy the facilities, have a great meal at one of Portland’s gourmet restaurants, and then motor across to Cushing's Island, where there is a nice quiet mooring area where you could anchor. In fact the whole passage between Peaks Sorn at Damariscove Island Island and the Diamond Islands has plenty of places to anchor among moored boats and spend a quiet night. Anchoring on the edge or in a large gap in a mooring field will not attract the attention of a protective harbormaster anywhere in Casco Bay, based on my experience. Stay out of obvious channels or harbor passages (usually marked by small channel buoys) and you should be fine. You could also motor around what is marked as Fish Point and Pomroy Rock to East End Beach, a large mooring field with places where you can anchor. Heading further up the channel towards Back Cove will bring you to the Maine Yacht Center, where participants in the Downeast 180 tie up and rest after the race. If the weather is calm you can tie up on the outside face of their docks, and they are planning an expansion that will offer more room. Contact them for space availability (207-842-9000 or channel 9) From here it is a short taxi ride into town or a 20 minute walk. If you are trailer-sailing, East End Beach has a public ramp with limited continued on page 6 Spring 2013 N E M A 5 NEMA Cruising (continued from page 5) parking for a fee. PYS and MYC both have ramps they can make available, and parking by prior arrangement. Both will charge a fee. Much of the season I'm based in Portland, generally at MYC, and love this area for daysailing and short cruises. Often when it is foggy outside, the inner bay will be clear, and the water is quite flat among the islands. I can sail up the inner bay on a beam reach all the way to South Freeport and return which makes for an effortless trip. South Freeport and the Harraseeket River is another fine anchorage. Contact South Freeport Marine (207-865-3181 or channel 9) for mooring availability if you don't wish to anchor. Also on this route is Falmouth Foreside, home to the Portland Yacht Club and Handy Boat Service, both of which provide moorings and launch service. Cruising is Amusing ob Gleason is NEMA’s new Cruise Chair, and with your help he is planning events for the 2013 season. “I am interested myself in doing more cruises than I have in a number of years for a few reasons. Not only are my boys grown and more on their own but I also expect to have a boat that is much more cruiser friendly. If I am holed up on a 32 footer for a few days, the boat will feel a little more luxurious than a 24 footer.” Bob is hoping to take delivery in June of the Corsair Cruze 970, a 32-footer that will, inevitably, be named Tri Me. Bob says his big concern is his architect wife Jane's schedule. “I hope she is not too busy with work!” Bob is an accomplished racer, but “Cruising is not like racing. There is no need to schedule a specific time for things like starts. If I am racing and I am not at the starting line early to get my bearings for the race, or if I start even a B 6 N E M A Spring 2011 Immediately after leaving Portland Harbor the commercial feel slips away and you will be among quiet homes or natural shoreline. There are endless variations to sail among the islands. Jewell Island, on the outer band, has a wonderful harbor, but it fills quickly on weekends. The island itself is a park and has lovely paths to the large World War II watch towers that you can climb and explore. Eagle Island, further up the bay at the mouth of Broad Sound, is where Admiral Perry made his home after his polar explorations. There is a nice small museum on the island devoted to him. You can anchor and row to the dock. The Goslings anchorage off Lower Goose Island is particularly beautiful. And, Luckse Sound is one of my favorite sails. You can pick your way among the mostly empty islands, and never sail the same route twice. Taft's Cruising Guide To Maine has a wealth of information about this area. I also use the Active Captain website (www.activecaptain.com), but of course this is only available if you can get online. This is just a taste of the western portion of Casco Bay. All the way to Cape Small, which is the eastern end of the bay, are numerous other deep sounds cut by the glaciers that formed this area. You can sail up each one, be it Middle Bay, Harpswell Sound, Quohog Bay or the New Meadows River and find more small harbors and pleasures. Often people think you have to travel to Penobscot Bay to enjoy real Maine Cruising, but the delights of my state are available right near Portland. Please contact me (207-232-2295or jdeupree@maine,rr.com) if you are thinking of coming up this way. I can help with logistics or offer more advice. few seconds late, I feel I have not given it my best effort. With cruising it is all about having fun and relaxing. The timing is much less important.” “I will purposefully not have an itinerary that is too set. I would prefer to go with Mother Nature and where she thinks I should go. If the weather or winds tell me I would have more fun going somewhere I had not planned, then I leave myself that option. I don't feel obliged just because I had already said I would do something that may not be as good as an alternate plan. “With a trailerable sailboat this really can make a huge difference. For instance if I have a weekend that I plan to go cruising to a specific location but the conditions look much better going inland to a lake, then I would most likely change my plans.” This may not work for people whose boats live on moorings and are not set up for trailer-sailing, but the basic premise is the same: adapt the cruise to the weather, wind and waves. As Bob said, “The feeling of exploring new places is much different from racing where the excitement is in the competition. For me cruising is more about exploring and having fun with Jesse sails Sorn, his Corsair 31, out of Portland, and serves as NEMA’s Northern fleet captain. Phil Babcock Photo Casco Bay people you love.” So sign up for a cruise with Bob, be ready for the unexpected, and see if you can beat him to the destination. Bob Gleason can be reached at The Multihull Source, 508-295--0095 (207) 232-2295 (508) 858-7320 (917) 922-3791 (401) 529-5243 (401) 529-5243 (401) 529-5243 (917) 288-5348 (978) 828-2181 Jesse Dupree Dave Koshiol Keith London Steve Parks Steve Parks Steve Parks Mike Divon Tom Cox Portland Yacht Club Dave Koshiol Sea Cliff Yacht Club Newport Yacht Club www.buzzardsbayregatta.com Ida Lewis Yacht Club NEMA www.offsoundings.org Vineyard Haven, MA Long Island, NY Newport,RI South Dartmouth, MA Newport, RI Newport, RI Stamford, CT to Vineyard Haven, MA Stamford Yacht Club Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Falmouth, Maine Gloucester, MA New London, CT-Greenport, NY Monhegan Island Race Black Dog Dash Around Long Island New England Solo Twin Buzzards Bay Regatta Ida Lewis Distance Race Newport Unlimited Vineyard Race Schooner Festival Race Fall Off Soundings 12-Jul 20-Jul 25-Jul 26-Jul 2-Aug 16-Aug 25-Aug 30-Aug 1-Sep 13-Sep Possible additions if events are run Stonington, CT 28-Sep Race Rock Regatta Rockport, Maine 14-Sep Maine Rocks Race 14-Sep Stonington Yacht Club Rockport Boat Club www.nbyc.com New Bedford MA Whalers Race www.rcyachtclub.org Staten Island NY 28-Sep Poco Loco Bay Race Sail Newport Newport, RI 12-Oct Sail for Hope Any of the listed races counts toward the NEMA season trophy with 3 participants (508) 863-6760 Bob Gleason Multihull Source Wareham, MA Buzzards Bay Blast (401) 225-8463 (917) 922-3791 (401) 683-7649 Peter Vakhutinsky (781) 718-0373 Jesse Dupree (207) 232-2295 Don Watson Keith London Dave Lussier Peter Vakhutinsky (781) 718-0373 Peter Vakhutinsky (781) 718-0373 (781) 718-0373 22-Jun Peter Vakhutinsky www.offsoundings.org Watch Hill - Block Island RI (401) 225-8463 Contact's Phone Spring Off Soundings Dave Lussier NEMA Contact 14-Jun NEMA ORC www.newportyachtclub.org Event Contact Newport to Block Island RI Location Owen Mitchell Regatta RACE 25-May DATE NEMA 2013 Racing Schedule NEMA Racing Spring 2013 N E M A 7 Racing and Cruising A Report From Western Long Island Sound Article and Photos by Pat Harris ou will find beach cats, cruising and racing catamarans and trimarans in most every harbor and yacht club in the Western reaches of Long Island Sound, but there is little organized activity among us. We would like to change that and are hoping this report on our waters will generate more local racing and cruising opportunities through better communication. Y years at the Norwalk Maritime Museum. (http://www.spriteisland.com). A major regatta in our area is the Northport YC on the New York side of LIS Stamford Denmark Cup in September. has included multihulls in their Stratford MULTIHULL RACING: They have a start for multihulls. Shoal distance race (http://www.northEven with the limited racing (http://www.stamfordyc.cynergynetportyachtclub.com. program for multihulls in western LIS, works.net/racing/denmark-race) . This there is an interesting history, and there CRUISING: regatta draws hundreds of boats from are some good events to put on your Cruising in western LIS has unlimmaxis to beach cats, all with separate calendar. One of the oldest and longest ited opportunities. Whether you want to starts. We start last and enjoy reeling in running multihull regattas in the country sail two hours or many days there is the fleet and mixing it up at the somewhere to go. This chart shows marks with the uni-hullers. The several easy day trips from Norwalk. All Stamford Yacht Club also sponsors destinations offer marinas, yacht clubs the Stamford-Vineyard Race which and town moorings and all have great includes a multihull class, running attractions ashore. all the way up the Sound, dipping Assuming you include the Norwalk below Block Island, and turning Islands in your cruise, you can search back at the Buzzards Bay light Google Images for “Norwalk Islands” to tower, about 238 miles. Shorter give you a look at our local waters and courses are also recognized with attractions. turning markers in Fishers Island If you need more information on Sound. multihull sailing in this area contact Pat Several area yacht clubs have Greens Ledge Light Approaching from the West via email at [email protected] races during the season with multihull classes. The Norwalk YC will is hosted each September at Roton Point Pat sails the yellow Gypsy Heart, his start multihulls in any of their races in Norwalk. This regatta has been run F31R, out of Norwalk, Connecticut. (including continuously for 52 years! While Wednesday primarily a beach cat event, a one day night Norwalk big boat class has been added as a Island Sailing distance race. It is low key racing and an Association) if excuse to attend one of the best beach we have three or parties you will find at a regatta more boats (http://www.rotonpoint.org). Roton Point (http://www.noralso was host to the Little America’s Cup walkyc.com). for many years and is home of the There are also famous “Patient Lady” C-class catamaopportunities at rans. The first AquaCat was built in Sprite Island YC Norwalk, and Patient Lady V, winner of the “old” Little America’s Cup in 1980 and 1892 (one of the first wing-sailed Norwalk Yacht Club Welcomes Multihullers catamarans) was on display for many 8 N E M A Spring 2013 Multihull News orsair Marine is sponsoring the United States Corsair Nationals this year in San Francisco. Can the Corsair lineup keep pace with the foiling AC72s? The Nationals this year will see the trimaran fleet dodging AC boats practicing for the America’s Cup scheduled to ror September. The Corsair Nationals will include races on four consecutive days and cruises for those who just want to relax. The specific racing/cruising schedule is available from the Corsair Marine website. The racing will be headquartered in Alameda at the Ballenas Bay Yacht Club. Here are some of the high points (stolen straight from the Corsair site): C continue downwind to North side of Treasure Island. Tie up or anchor in TI Cove. Visit TIYC. Multihulls West The 2013 Corsair Nationals Will Be Held In San Francisco June 13 - 16 Thursday, 6/13/13: Cruisers: Visit the America Cup Pens and then Walk to Pier 39. Visit Fishermans Wharf, then return to Alameda to watch Corsair trimarans on a practice fleet race sailing on the city front. Evening: Welcome party from 17:30 at the Friday, 6/14/13: Cruisers: Leave BBYC at 12:00 noon, motor sail towards the Oak/Alameda Estuary and then sail to Encinal Yacht Club for lunch. At 13:30, leave East, raise bridges of Park Street, Fruitvale and High Street. Tie up at Aeolian YC for drinks. At 15:00, raise Otis (Bay Farm Island) Bridge, carefully navigate the channel under power. Once clear of shallow water sail to BBYC (rising tide 5.5 ft. @ 5:30PM) BBYC BBQ. Racers: A quick race Up & Down wind of about 1h, followed by a triangle course expected to last 1.5h and finally a short triangle lasting about 1h. Evening: BBYC BBQ at 18:00. Saturday, 6/15/13: Cruisers: Leave BBYC at 10:00, motor sail to San Francisco City Face. Sail passed Pier 39, pass Alcatraz to Starboard, and Evening: Cocktails at 17:30 followed by the Nationals Party sponsored by Corsair at 19:00. Sunday, 6/16/13: Cruisers: Picnic at Crown Beach at 12:00 noon. Kite board, Windsurf, wade on the shore Beach games, beach food and drink. Racers: Long distance race where the high MPHRF start first. BBYC to Alcatraz, Little Harding and back to BBYC. This should be about 4 hours. Evening: Evening: Award Ceremony from 16:00. We know some NEMA sailors are heading West for this event, and it is promising to be a major F-27 gathering. Good luck and good sailing to all who join the Nationals this year. Bring it back East soon! Peter McGowan Photo Racers: First race at 12:00 noon, Up & Down wind lasting about 1h. Second race, distance run to Blossom Rock and back, approx 2.5h. Back to BBYC. Ballenas Bay YC. Racers: Quick Up & Down wind race of an hour, followed by a triangle course of 1.5h and a smaller one of 1h! Racing at the 2008 Corsair Nationals held in Buzzards Bay, MA Spring 2013 N E M A 9 Multihull News Banque Populaire Sets New Jules Verne Around-the-World Record 45 Days, 13 Hours, 42 Minutes, 53 Seconds! by Bob Gleason anque Populaire, the 130-foot trimaran launched in 2008, was built in France and designed by VPLP, she is the world’s largest, most powerful, purpose built, racing trimaran. She has continued to set records that will be tough to beat, inclding the around-the-world record, which she set in January 2012. The only way some of these records will most likely be broken is to build a new, bigger boat or have new technology put to use. Of the boats currently taking on the world's passage records the one that would most likely beat any of Banque Populaire's records is Banque Populaire herself! In 2011 we had Stan Honey talk to NEMA members at our annual dinner about his Jules Verne Record sail on Groupama 3. Groupama 3 had an amazing time of just over 48 days which broke the 50 day mark, which some thought to be impossible. Stan was B 10 N E M A Spring 2013 convinced at the time that Banque Populaire was a faster boat than Groupama 3. Banque Populaire took more than three days off Groupama 3’s record a little more than a year later. Stan felt that perhaps we will see the day that foil born boats will lower the mark, but for now it seems as if bigger is better. To set things in perspective Banque Populaire has set some amazing records, including: 24 hours under sail, covering 908.2 nm for an average of 37.2 knots (max 47.16 knots) Transatlantic 3 day 15 hr 25 min. 48 sec for an average of 32.94 knots Other records include around Great Briton, Across the Mediteranean, the Fastnet and more. It is not only the truly awe inspiring technology that allows boats like this to perform the way they do, but it is also the crew that sail them. When Stan spoke to us about his record passage on Groupama 3, it was interesting to hear how he was the only none Frenchman on board. Likewise, Loick Peyron's Banque Populaire crew was all French, except Brian Thompson, a Brit. The French have for years dominated in many of the sailing records around the world. Hats off to the French again with this most recent Jules Verne Record! NEMA Classified FOR SALE / RENT More details on these items can be found at nemasail.org/memberspage.html#sale 1995 F-31 Aft Cockpit Freebird: This boat is a 1995 fixed mast aft cockpit, long cabin model which has been adapted for extended cruising. It has recently updated Dodger/ Bimini, tramps, standing rigging, tiller pilot, Pentex jib,Honda 9.9 outboard, Engel refrigerator run by 2 solar panels. The boat and all equipment are in excellent condition. On the hard in Wareham, MA, $79,000. For more info and pictures please look at yachtworld.com, or contact Bob Gleason or Ira Heller at The Multihull Source, at 508-295-0095. 2001 Outremer 45, Aldora: Well maintained and equipped circumnavigator, ready to go again. $369,000. Contact John Spier for details. 401-207-4203 or [email protected]. Corsair F31-1D ZOOM Corsair F31-1D #153, formerly known as RutRow. Zoom began life as a F31R open cockpit, but has a reinforced daggerboard trunk and custom carbon daggerboard and rudder. She was rated as a 31-1D in the Corsair Nationals and is equipped to Race ORC Category 2. Her NEMA PHRF Rating is -40. Contact Harry Whittelsey at [email protected] for specs and full range of photos with different sails. 2007, 37' Granger Custom: Current Price: US$ 250,000 Located: Somerset, MA / Moored: East Greenwich, RI YW# 50186-2241761 For additional photos and specs go to http://www.davidwaltersyachts.net. If you are serious about comfortable cruising, you should see this boat. This is the popular 3 cabin arrangement with the galley down but open to the main saloon. Bob and Chris Kozak S/V Masquerade [email protected]. 38ft Tri SEA SWAN TOO Want to prepare for a year or more sailing your own trimaran yacht in the Caribbean? We did! Consider our 38 ft. Harris cutter: foam sandwich/glass; center cockpit, hard top, plus Bimini. Both jibs roller furling, wheel steering auto pilot 20hp Buhk diesel. Fiberglass dinghy with 5hp outboard. Located Swansea, MA. More info: 508-678-0816. Free Depth Sounder Kenyon Marine, Model DS-300, SN 29638 BB, 12 Volts, #3 Transdocer. It is in the original box. Free to anyone who wants it. Call Wayne Allen 781-665-7295. Contour50 Trimaran, 2001 Full recent refit and extensive sailing. She is 100% ready to go. Get all the details with recent travels, refit, survey, pictures and price at Contour50forsalebyowner.com. Boat is presently being sailed out of St Maarten. 1999 F31R Aft cabin, carbon interior, all cushions, electronics, multiple sails, rebuilt trailer in 2011 has not seen salt water since. Winner of many NEMA Season Trophies, and 2012 Chicago-Mackinaw race. Currently in inside storage in Michigan. Contact Jonathan Alvord, 603-306-2969 Doyle Mainsail and Jib Built about 1993, kevlar based cloth, in good serviceable shape. Jib: luff 23', leech 22' 2", weight 13.5 lbs.; Main: luff 36' 10", foot 10' 10 1/2 ", weight 42 lbs. Main has 3 reefing points, 7 batten pockets, might have a few battens. Pictures available upon request. 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