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From the Carolinas to Cuba…From Atlanta to
the Abacos…Southwinds Covers Southern Sailing
TABLE OF CONTENTS
From the Helm
6
Letters
8
Racing Calendar
10
Right Guard’s Crew Shocks Race Officials
Morgan Stinemetz
18
The Regata Del Sol Al Sol
Brandi Bell
14
Boatek: Underachieving Alternator – Part 2
Stephen Sommer
18
Southwinds Maintenance Tips
Stephen Fishman
20
Florida Boat Goes on The Rocks in Mexico
Ellen Sanpere
22
On the Hook in Southeast Florida
Karen Hermanson
26
CSY Gam: CSY Boatowners Rendezvous
Cindy Goebel
31
Southern Sailing: The Sailor’s Wind – Part 2
By Dave Ellis
32
Racing and Regattas
Mississippi Racing, Charleston Race Week,
South Carolina Racing, Jacksonville’s 50th
Annual Mug Race, West Florida Racing
33
Sailing and Racing in the BVI
Carol Bareuther
41
Short Tacks
Around Alone Race, Newport to Ensenada
Race, Florida Regional Sunfish, Business Briefs
45
Classifieds
50
Index of Advertisers
53
Subscription Form
The Regata del Sol Al Sol. Brandi Bell Photo.
Page 14
Florida boat goes on the rocks in Mexico.
Annie Duhalme Photo.
Page 22
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COVER:
Boats get off to a windy start in the Regata del Sol Al Sol
Steve Morrell photo.
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FROM THE HELM
Southwinds on the World Wide Web
T
he June issue marks my 12th issue of the magazine since I purchased it one year ago. I can definitely say that having the deadline
to go to press every month keeps me and our excellent graphics designer, Heather Nicoll, busy the week preceding. Otherwise, it
has been an interesting year. I didn’t get in as much sailing as I wanted, but I have met some interesting people in the sailing community. I think I even saw Bubba Whartz, but I can’t be sure.
In May, we put the entire issue of Southwinds, on the World Wide Web. After much thought about whether this was the right
decision, we decided to give it a shot. It is in a PDF format and every page is available for viewing. The question was why put it up
there if you can pick it up at the store for free anyway? Being a free magazine was probably the main reason that we did put it on the
Web. We found so many of our advertisers, and potential advertisers, do so much business on the Internet, that it would be beneficial
for everyone if you could read the magazine there. We have established links directly from the pages of all e-mail and Web site
addresses in both advertisements and editorial content.
In editorial, we have found that almost every article needs to be accompanied by a Web site address or an e-mail address for the
reader to get further information. This will make it very easy for those reading an article or news item to click directly on the link and
go straight to the Web site noted or send an e-mail to someone referred to in the magazine.
For advertisers, a reader will be able to link directly to the advertisers’ addresses and Web sites immediately. We have found by
talking to many of our advertisers who do much of their business on the Internet, that many of them find that people read about their
business, its services and/or its products in print and then go visit their Web site to find out more.
In a sense, the World Wide Web is one huge free magazine composed of editorial content and advertising. We all use it to research
a subject, and we all use it to look and research products and services. Although there are many sites that charge for access, the Web
is mainly free, that is, it is presented at no monetary cost to the viewer (beyond the service provider). I hope everyone out there enjoys
it. Please write to us and give us your reaction.
GIVE US YOUR OPINIONS
When I first took over ownership of Southwinds magazine, I started a campaign to get more readers to write letters to the editor. At the
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offers its press to those who write in. We can’t print everything, and we do have some restrictions, but I would like to hear what people
are thinking out there. We would also like some feedback on coverage of the magazine—what would you like to read about, and what do
you like or dislike about what we have been covering? We would also like to hear about people’s personal experiences with sailing—
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LETTERS
“Freedom of the press is limited to those
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In its continuing endeavor to share its press, Southwinds
invites readers to write in with experiences & opinions.
MORE ON UNDERACHIEVING ALTERNATORS
Steve at Boatek,
I read an article that you wrote about underachieving alternators.
I have two such beasts. I have done all the tests you mention and all seems well, except I never get a good charge, i.e., no
more than 12.5 volts. We anchor out a lot and power is important to us for lights and fridge, etc.
You mention the problem can be my battery isolator that
makes the regulator sense a voltage that is less than my sense
voltage. This seems plausible in my case because I get a better
charge if I bypass the isolator with a jumper between an alternator and battery terminals. I have two alternators and three battery banks.
Is there any way you know of to leave the isolator connected
but get more charge?
I have thought of a bulb as a resistor in the sense circuit
(that would also work as an engine room light when the motors
are running) that would fool the regulator just like the isolator is
by giving a false lower voltage reading and cause the alternator
to charge.
If you think this might work, any suggestion as to bulb wattage?
Thanks.
Ted Wood
Ted,
Very often battery isolators are the problem, but they don’t have to be.
The way to deal with the voltage loss of battery isolators (and
cabling) is to use a regulator with a voltage sense input. Some alternators that have internal regulators have sense wires, too. The sense wire
that comes out of a regulator that is built in to an alternator is often
connected directly to the output terminal. If you have a separate regulator, look at the data sheet that came with it and find the sense wire.
Very often, for installation simplicity, the sense wire is directly
connected to the nearest +12volt source. If this +12volt source is near
the alternator, it is probably at a slightly higher voltage than the batteries. As soon as the sense wire gets to the “set” voltage, the regulator
will reduce the field voltage (which reduces the output amps). Even
heavy wires with high currents going through them, will have significant voltage losses. The isolator will have nearly one volt of loss! One
volt of difference between the sense voltage and the battery voltage will
cripple an otherwise good charging system.
For charging purposes, you should connect the sense wire directly
to the batteries. For practical purposes, you should connect the sense
wire to the battery cutoff switch on the boat (not battery) side of the
switch. You should never allow the sense wire to be disconnected from
the output of the alternator by opening a battery switch.
If your alternators have internal regulators without voltage sense
input wires, you can’t tolerate the loss of conventional battery isola8
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tors. A more modern way of providing battery isolation is to use battery combiners. These are devices that sense battery voltage to determine if any charging source is on and then make a very low loss connection between battery banks.
This allows you to connect your alternator to your biggest battery bank directly and also charge other batteries at the same time,
through the combiner. You should also look carefully at the gauge of
your battery wiring. Without remote sense every millivolt of wire loss
shows up in lower battery voltage. Use the rule of thumb: You lose 1
millivolt for every 1 amp, and 1 foot, using 10-gauge wire. You get
one- quarter of this loss for every six gauges heavier wire or one-tenth
of this loss for every 10 gauges.
Try applying this rule: If you have a 10-foot run of 4-gauge wire
with 100 amps running through it, then you would have 10 feet x 100
amps = 1000 millivolts = 1 volt. This is if you were using 10-gauge
wire. But you are using four gauge, which means you have one-quarter the loss, which is 1/4 of a volt. That’s not too bad, until you consider
that you may have the same loss in the negative side! A one-half volt
loss can cause your alternator to reduce its output when the batteries
are less than one-half charged.
Don’t forget the negative side! I’ve been thinking about writing a
complete article on the pitfalls of forgetting the negative side. Losses in
the negative path can make nonsense out of your diagnostic measurements because many of the measurements are with reference to ground
as if it was some great universal constant. This way of thinking may
have come from all-metal boats and vehicles where this might be true.
Don’t let the presence of lots of metal fool you either. Don’t think that
connecting to anywhere on the block of your engine is a good ground.
Run your black wire all the way to the frame, or ground terminal of the
alternator. If you are using remote voltage sense, the losses in the positive wires are compensated for with higher alternator output voltage.
This is not normally true for the losses on the negative side. This means
that your negative wiring is more important than the positive!
Write with specific details, and I would be glad to offer my opinion.
Steve Sommer
Boatek
BUBBA’S AD GETS AN INQUIRY
To the personal classifieds addressed to
[email protected]
I can only hope for one of two things-you have a great
George Carlin or Carl Hiassen sense of humor, or your ad was
misaddressed and was intended for the new publication, Dumb
Mates and Other Personality Insecurities, Inc., which will be out
of circulation shortly. Subscriptions are way down. Sewing machine—is that the same as a danforth? Now the fishing I get into
but would prefer to shoot vodka down their throats to numbify
rather than Cribari, so your vintage stock is safe. I am Desdemona
still out there looking for her rocket ship, but she is from Timmins,
Ontario—close to Keokuk. However, they sell razors there. Good
luck.
An admirer.
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UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR
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Simply fax or e-mail us by the 10th of each month to ensure that your racing and regatta schedule will be included.
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FLORIDA EAST COAST
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Local club’s evening
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JUNE 7 - 8
KBYC Annual Regatta
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FLORIDA WEST COAST
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Local clubs’ evening
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JUNE 11 - 14
Bradenton to Key West
“Corinthian” Regatta
Race/cruise
[email protected]
JUNE 21
Sunworshippers’ Ladies
Day Races
CMCS
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JULY 12
Firecracker Night Race
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Memorial Day Team Race
FWYC
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Race to the Coast
PHRF SYC/GYC/PYC
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JUNE 14 - 15
Redneck Snipe Regatta
District 4 Champs
Jackson, MS
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JUNE 23 - 27
Daysailer North Americans
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JUNE 27 - 28
Gulfport to Pensacola
PHRF SYC/GYA/PYC
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JULY 1 - 5
Ensign Nationals
Houston
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JULY 26 - 27
J-22 GYA Champs
PCYC
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MAY 31 - JUNE 1
Lightning Districts
Carolina Yacht Club
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JUNE 1 - 2
Lightning Districts
Lake Lanier Sailing Club
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JUNE 21 - 22
Lowcountry Regatta
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One Design, Lightning,
Snipe, JY15, Force 5, Laser, Laser Radial, Sunfish,
Junior Sunfish
Beaufort Yacht & Sailing
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(843) 522-3320
JUNE 21-23
Reggae Regatta
Lake Lanier, GA
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JUNE 21 - 24
2.4 meter Nationals
Lake Norman YC
[email protected]
JULY 5 - 6
Independence Day
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PHRF and Dinghy
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Beaufort Water Festival
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JULY 18 - 26
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Lake Norman, Charlotte,
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JULY 20
Small Boat Long Distance
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Lake Lanier Sailing Club
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JUNIOR REGATTAS
MAY 31 - JUNE 1
School’s Out
Pontchartrain YC
New Orleans
JUNE 8
Summer in the City
Regatta
Miami Yacht Club
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JUNE 14 - 15
Hill Regatta
St. ABYC
Panama City, FL
(850) 769-2453
JULY 19 - 26
Texas Youth Race Week
Houston
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REGATA DEL SOL
Regata Del Sol Al Sol:
“It Was The Best Of Times,
It Was The Worst Of Times.”
By Brandi Bell
The 35th annual
Regata del Sol al Sol
was a rough sail, but
ended with sunshine
in a beautiful, exotic
island.
Boats on the beach in Isla Mujeres. Brandi Bell photo.
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Regata del Sol Al Sol
St. Petersburg, FL, to
Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
April 25, 2003
By Dave Ellis
Regata de Amigos. Brandi Bell photo.
T
he racetook place on Friday, April 25, and included 38
multihull, spinnaker, non-spinnaker, and cruising vessels.
Each year, sailors from all over race from St. Petersburg,
FL, to Isla Mujeres, a small island off Cancun, Mexico.
Unfortunately, because of difficult weather conditions only
32 of the boats made it to Mexico, and only 18 of those finished
under sail.
I was fortunate enough to join the crew of the Mirage, a 47foot Gulfstar, on their exhilarating journey to Mexico. Our crew,
along with every other sailboat in the race, endured many challenging obstacles. The regatta was delayed at the start because of
unusual 15+ knot winds in Tampa Bay. Most years the race’s start
is off The St. Petersburg Pier. However, the start line was moved
to south of Pinellas Point at almost 4:30 p.m. The Mirage’s challenges began immediately after crossing the start line. We encountered a large tear in the leech of the head sail, which forced
us to change sails before even crossing under the Skyway Bridge.
By dusk, we were under way, but unaware we were charging
into a long night of 40-knot winds, 12-foot seas, hail, and horizontal rain. The violent weather followed most of the boats well
into Sunday and left the Mirage with another torn headsail. At
that point, we made a crew decision to be disqualified and turned
on the motor. After spending most of Monday sewing sails, by
evening the Mirage had a repaired headsail, and the crew was
filled with hopes of tacos and margaritas by daybreak the following day. However, that ended up not to be the case because
unbeknownst to us the storm had shook the battery terminals
loose, and we were forced to complete the rest of the race without a generator. Also, we began encountering the five-knot current pushing us away from Mexico, which continued throughout the night. By morning, you could probably hear the crew’s
hearts pound with the anticipation of seeing land. And as soon
as we did, about eight miles from the finish, the engine began
cutting out because of assumed water in the line, and we stammered to the end.
Overcoming all barriers, the Mirage and its great crew crossed
the finish line around noon on Tuesday, and we were welcomed
with open arms. Isla Mujeres’ navy sent a naval vessel to greet
every Regata del Sol al Sol member with cannon shots and another boat to guide each sailboat to its docks. On arrival at the
docks, each boat was met with gifts of shirts for each crewmate
and much appreciated Modelo, Coca-Cola, and Mexican Bacardi.
The following five days were filled with fiesta, ceremonies, and
dinners to embrace our friendship between St. Petersburg and
T
he Regata del Sol al Sol from St. Petersburg to Isla
Mujeres, Mexico, was a regatta that will not soon be forgotten by the competitors. The same weather system that
brought heavy rain and wind to the Suncoast buffeted the
fleet with upwards of 40 knots in numerous squalls.
“It was a mean wind,” said competitor Fred Bickley. “It
would blow 40 knots in a squall and then die completely with
high waves from every direction.”
Boats near the Mexican shore had extreme lightning
storms to worry about.
Boats were required to have ample safety equipment and
be seaworthy. Some did suffer significant damage, and the
Coast Guard was called by one family to search for a catamaran that was reported to be heading back to Key West but
took longer to get there than expected.
Several boats returned to Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Fort
Myers, or Key West, and fourteen of the thirty-eight boats
motored to the finish.
Rosebud, Roger Sturgeon’s San Francisco Transpac 52, reveled in the conditions, hitting 25 knots at one point. In true
race mode, changing sails with the conditions and pushing
the boat, they finished the race a little after midnight Sunday.
Twelve hours later Accumulator, Alex Ascencios’ J-120
from Houston, finished. But with a handicap rating of minus72, Rosebud finished second on corrected time in Spinnaker A
class to the Houston boat.
Allen Davidson sailed Jackal, a Morgan 30, to corrected
time honors in Spinnaker B. His was the smallest boat to finish the race, sliding by the Mexican navy ship at four in the
morning Wednesday.
In the Non-Spinnaker class, Escapade, a Catalina 42 sailed
by Mark Wesson of Lake May, FL, was the winner.
Fred Bickley of St. Pete Beach aced the True Cruising A
fleet, sailing his Irwin 54, a boat certainly more comfortable
than when he sailed on Charley Morgan’s America’s Cup 12Meter Heritage of yore.
Only one boat finished True Cruising B under sail. Yankee, a Dehler 9.8 sailed by Daniel Rouse, finished Thursday
night, a day after the previous boat to finish.
Dick Weaver set up a VHF, Sat-Nav and ham radio system that coordinated with George Pennington and Marydel
Weaver to track the reporting boats on the spyc.org Web site.
“Next year we will probably make checking in mandatory,” said George Crooke, one of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club
organizers of the annual event. “We had some sleepless nights
coordinating searches for those who chose not to report.”
Interestingly, the conditions this year caught the attention of several racing boats around the country. They want to
be part of the action next year.
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Isla Mujeres. As imagined, every event was filled with
story-swapping of each boat’s adventure to Mexico. The
stories included everything from crewmates falling overboard to masts snapping in two.
Between the scheduled events there was plenty of time
to experience the thick culture and beauty of the exotic island. On the south end of the island many visit the Mayan
ruins or snorkel to reefs right off the beach. The north end
has lots of shopping, restaurants, tiki swing bars, and gorgeous beaches. And if one was to want to venture further,
Cancun is only a short ferry ride away.
The festivities began Wednesday afternoon with a luncheon given by the founder of the island, Jose Jesus de Lima,
at his unique Casa de las Rocas (house of the rocks).
It is a beautiful house made completely out of coral,
The Mexican Navy greeted each boat with a cannon shot. Brandi Bell photo.
rock, and palm fronds and is filled with memorabilia of
Senor Lima’s extraordinary 92-year-old life. At the ceremony, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club presented the island
and coming in that morning,
with the promise of a new ambulance and fire truck. Unforthe Yankee took first place.
tunately, because of tax reasons, the arrival of the ambuTrue Cruising A’s first place
lance and fire truck was delayed a few weeks. Later on in
was awarded to Mango Latithe evening, the annual basketball game between the sailtudes, a 54-foot Irwin. Escaors and Isla Mujeres was held. And once again, Isla Mujeres
pade, a 42-foot Catalina, took
took the sailors down. Thursday evening the island put on
first in the Non-spinnaker
a ceremony at the city hall and the children of the island
category. The Spinnaker A
entertained with choreographed dances.
and B categories were won
The award ceremony was held on Friday night with an
by Accumulator and Jackal.
authentic Mexican dinner. In the Mirage’s category, True A fire truck will be presented to the town of Isla Sarah Jane, a 38-foot Lagoon,
Cruising B, only one sailboat made it to Mexico under sail, Mujeres from the City of St. Petersburg.
was the only one of the
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Award winners. Brandi Bell photo.
multihulls to finish under sail.
The last afternoon of the festivities included the much anticipated Regata de Amigos, a short race off the island in which
many of Isla Mujeres’ children ride along with the crews. The
race is always a great time for everyone and has developed
more into a big water balloon fight between boats at sea. The
Mirage provided yellow Regata de Amigos shirts to their extended crew, which ended up helping us become a big target.
That night was another huge dinner and awards ceremony
given by the island for the Regata de Amigos. The Mirage surprisingly ended up placing third and was awarded three stunning awards.
On Saturday night the roller coaster ride came to a close,
and this year’s Regata del Sol al Sol ended with all in smiles
and looking forward to telling the landlovers back home the
adventures of the week and how much they are anticipating
next year. I would like to give cheers to Capt. John Bell, George
Post, Jim Lauttenbauch, Ron Christ, and Danny Charles of the
Mirage, and I am also looking forward to next year!
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BOATEK
SOLUTIONS TO ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION AND OTHER YACHT SYSTEMS
Underachieving Alternator – Chapter 2
Steve – I read your Boatek article in the March issue, where you recommended several remedies for
Underachieving Alternators. I found that I needed to connect the regulator remote sense wire to the
battery instead of the output terminal of the alternator. This greatly improved the output amps, but
now I have another problem. The belt is wearing out after just a few hours of operation. You warned
against using an automotive alternator, so I have to admit that I am using a 100 amp automotive
alternator. Should I give up and pay the big price of a marine after-market alternator?
I
normally don’t recommend using au
tomotive alternators, but in your case,
don’t give up just yet. You have already
gotten past many of the most common
problems with automotive alternators
such as:
Over-rated output: You are satisfied with
the output of the alternator, and it hasn’t
burned itself up in several hours of high
output operation. Many will burn out in
less than an hour if presented with a big
battery bank to charge and a regulator that
demands full output.
Integrated voltage regulator: Many auto-
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motive alternators have built-in regulators
that do not allow you to use remote voltage sense or otherwise control the output.
Mounting problems: It is often difficult to
find a mounting bracket for any engine/
alternator combination.
Your problem with belts wearing out
is common in the case of using only one
belt with a 100-amp alternator. You can run
a 100-amp alternator with only one belt,
but only if you do everything right. You
certainly need dual belts with an alternator that is any larger. Several things can
cause your problem:
Low belt tension: Your belt should be
rather tight, because of the high load. If you
can turn the alternator by hand using the
cooling fins, it’s too loose. If you notice a
reduction in output after the belt starts to
wear or even break in, it’s probably due to
slipping, which will destroy a belt very
quickly.
Wrong belt: You probably had to hunt for
a belt that worked, in an auto parts store.
Make sure that the belt you are using is
filling up the entire space available in the
engine and alternator sheaves. It’s best if
BY STEPHEN SOMMER
you can avoid using belts that are under
1/2 inch wide. If the alternator sheave is
narrower than the engine sheave, take the
alternator to an alternator shop and ask
them to swap sheaves for a wider one.
Then get a belt that fills both sheaves.
There is a surprising amount of difference between a run-of-the-mill belt and
a heavy duty or industrial grade belt. Buy
the best belt that you can. Some belts last
five times longer than others!
Wrong ratio: A larger diameter sheave on
your engine will allow a given belt to deliver more horsepower. Try to get a larger
sheave for your engine. This will increase
the speed of the belt, allowing you to transmit more power. If the sheave you are using is a bolt-on extra, look anywhere for a
larger one. If you are using the OEM pulley/damper, don’t replace it with anything
but an OEM supplied part.
Poor Alignment: Excess belt wear can be
caused by poor alignment. Hold a straight
edge against the flat side of each sheave
and extend it toward the other sheave(s).
It should point to the same part of the other
sheaves. I don’t have a good rule of thumb
for how close it has to be, so aim for righton. Some brackets can be loosened, adjusted and then tightened to make them
line up.
Rusted sheaves: Rust on the working surface of a sheave looks harmless enough.
In fact, it looks like it might help with
added friction. I have seen rust accumulate on an unused sheave in a couple of
months that caused dramatic belt wear.
Hopefully, you have found your
problem in this list. If so, pat yourself on
the back for getting an automotive alternator to work on a boat. Each of the problems that I have listed is just as likely with
a high-dollar marine after-market alternator, so your choice of alternator didn’t
cause this round of problems. To insure
continued success, consider these improvements:
Separate engine sheave: If you replaced
the original alternator with the big one, you
should consider using a separate add-on
sheave dedicated to the alternator. The
original alternator can be left in place, adding charging power and redundancy. You can
avoid the extra stress of high belt tension
on your water pump. You can choose a bigger engine sheave, or you can go to dual
belts will no extra trouble. Having only two
sheaves on the path of the belt allows for
more degrees of belt contact, reducing the
tension required to transmit the power.
De-rate your alternator: Your automotive
alternator is working harder than it was
designed for. You might want to use a regulator that allows you to set a reduced max
output current, or a regulator with a temperature sensor. Setting a maximum current of 80 amps will reduce heat generated
by 36 percent! You won’t lose as much
charging power as you might think because your remote sense connection will
keep the alternator putting out 80 amps
until the batteries are almost charged.
Stephen Sommer is a degreed electrical engineer with extensive experience in electrical, mechanical, refrigeration and air-conditioning systems
and holds a USCG Masters license. He consults in all areas of yacht systems, which include all the equipment on board yachts beyond a basic
hull and motor or sails.
Have a systems problem or question? Ask Stephen Sommer. E-mail: [email protected].
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Emergency Rigging Repair
No matter how new or old your sailboat might be, equipment
and rigging sometimes fail. An acquaintance of mine recently told
me a story about how he had been caught in an unexpected storm
while daysailing and, before he could dowse the mainsail, a
straight-line wind stressed the rig and snapped one of the shrouds.
Although he carries a few spare parts, replacement shrouds,
Nicopress fittings and Norseman mechanical swages are not
among them.
He said he finally managed to get the mainsail down and
came back to the marina under power even though he would have
preferred to sail back. After the storm passed, the afternoon was
gorgeous, and he groused about missing out on a wonderful afternoon on the water. Hopefully, this will never happen to you
but, if it does, there are several options available.
If you have gone out for an afternoon sail and a shroud or
stay gives way, it would probably make a lot of sense to do exactly what my friend did—turn on the motor and head for home.
But if you’re a fair distance from port or your engine decides to be
cantankerous, you may want to try this temporary repair.
Estimate about twenty-four inches of shroud length and bend
the end of the cable back on itself. Using a line that is the same
diameter as a sheet – 3/8-in or larger—take a turn around both
cables and tie a double half-hitch near the end where the bend
was made. Hold the knot in place and take at least six additional
round turns, or more if there is
sufficient line. Next, bend the
cable back on itself once more
and apply as many more round
turns as you can.
Using the same line or, even
better, a second line, tie a double
sheet bend or a bowline in the
eye of the first cable bend, then
pass the line through the
eyestrap attached to the
chainplate. Almost any secure
fitting will do, such as the base
of a stanchion,. Never tie off to a
handrail; handrails were never
designed to take the sort of stress
that the rigging can produce.
Tie off the line, creating as
much tension as possible using
a Spanish windlass with the help Spanish windlass
of a long screwdriver, wrench or
small-diameter pipe. You won’t
be able to handle big winds, but the repair should help you get
home under sail.
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Restraining the Halyard
A newly installed headsail roller
furling works beautifully but, as
time passes, they often develop a
stubborn streak requiring more and
more effort to get the system to operate. I’ve seen some systems deteriorate to the point that the sail
won’t open at all unless someone
goes to the foredeck and rotates the
mechanism by hand. In virtually all
cases, the problems can be traced to
one of two issues – either an upper
swivel that sticks, or a lack of lubrication in the drum at the bottom.
Despite rigorous routine maintenance, even the best furling system may eventually need some mechanical assistance, and this help
usually takes the form of a halyard Halyard restraint
restraint.
A halyard restraint is a bracket, usually incorporating a
roller or small block, through which the jib halyard is led on
its way down to the upper swivel of a furler. The idea is to
create a straighter lead to the upper
swivel as it rotates.
A restraint is installed on the
front of the mast below the exit
point of the jib halyard and above
the upper swivel of the furler. The
exact location of the restraint must
be carefully chosen so as to create a
lead angle to the upper swivel that
is approximately 22 degrees below
the forestay. This angle reduces upward strain on the swivel and eliminates much of the tension that
causes the swivel to bind.
A few boatbuilders, and some
riggers, attach a halyard restraint as
a matter of course whenever a furling system is installed. In most instances, however, it is the owner of
the vessel who must install this upgrade. Although a restraint is not
required for every furler installation, it can have a significant effect on how smooth the system operates and how long
the equipment lasts.
Salt Creek Marine District
www.nuclearsailmakers.com
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FISHING
On the Rocks and No
Resurrection for s/v Charlotte R
By Ellen B. Sanpere, s/v Cayenne III
ISLA MUJERES, Q.R., MEXICO
26 April 2003
I
t was to be a holiday get-away from
the marina, an easy sail to the
Arrowsmith Bank and back to enjoy
the clear skies and waning full moon of
Good Friday night. Skipper Kenneth Eugene Klopp, former yacht broker, marina
manager, boatyard service manager and
boater of thirty years had dreamed of sailing the Caribbean and leaving his cares
behind.
That dream eluded him until his
doctors made it clear that his medical
problems would not give him as many
years as he’d like to catch it. Five years
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ago, at age 50, Ken took that news as an
incentive to retire early from the Washington, D.C., yachting world, move to
Florida and start boating full time. He
found a vintage 1971 Erickson 27 and
named her after his mother, Charlotte R.
Klopp.
Overseeing the care of his elderly
mother meant he could not drop his
docklines for extended periods of time,
but short cruises in Florida waters were
better than nothing at all. Last year, Ken’s
29-year-old stepson needed a place to live
and agreed to move to Florida to be near
Mrs. Klopp, freeing Ken to set sail in December.
His budget was limited, but $5000 in
his kitty with a $500 monthly family income seemed reasonable - the boat was
too old to be insured, and he could do
most routine repairs himself. When his
12 acres in Pulaski County, VA, sold, Ken
would head to Belize to buy property in
the Orange Walk area. He also had his
eye on one of the 30-foot wooden channel cutter replicas that are being built
there.
On the way to Belize, Ken stopped
at Isla Mujeres, a popular waypoint for
sailors heading north or south in the
western Caribbean. He pulled into Marina Paraiso just before Christmas and
instantly fell in love with the island. The
friendly marina environment felt very
comfortable and prices fit his pocketbook.
Ken started to think about permanent
residency. On Good Friday afternoon, he
was still there but ready to hoist sail – for
a few hours at least.
The Arrowsmith Bank lies 20 nautical miles to the east-southeast of Isla
Mujeres. The current runs to the north at
2 knots between them. The tradewinds
are from the east to southeast. The Charlotte R sailed at 3 - 4 knots until about
2300, when Ken came about and hove to.
He needed some rest and trusted his enlarged prostate to wake him at regular
two-hour intervals. He awoke at 0200
Saturday, saw the lights of Isla Mujeres
in the distance and went back to his bunk,
figuring his position to be 7 or 8 nm from
land. Although he had two handheld GPS
units aboard, he did not consult them as
they are difficult to read without his reading glasses. By 0400, the Charlotte R was
on the rocks of Isla Mujeres’ unfriendly
eastern shore.
Dazed and in shock, Ken crawled
into the vee-berth and waited for daylight
to assess the damage. The boat lay on her
starboard side. The VHF radio was
mounted on that side and the microphone was under water; he could not call
for help. However, two French couples
in a rented vacation house on the shore
saw the wreck and waded out from the
beach. They dragged Ken out of the bunk
although he didn’t want to leave.
All of his clothes were stored on
the starboard side, now underwater; he took only some underwear,
his Bible, the two GPS units and
his mother’s picture to the house.
He showered and was given dry
clothes, a shot of rum and a bed.
He could not sleep, knowing his
boat was probably lost.
He rested until 0900, when
he returned to the boat. The starboard side flexed as the surf
pounded the hull against the
rocks. There had been a repair the
previous owner had told Ken
about, but the hull was obviously
weak. Ken estimated there was
only a 30 percent chance the boat
could be saved.
Isla Mujeres Port Captain
José Luis Ibarra Rojo arrived, having been called by a resident near
the wreck scene. He was angry
Ken had not called him before to
report the grounding and ordered
Ken to appear in the port office at Charlotte R drifts closer to shore. Photo by Annie Duhaime, s/v Taloa.
1000 Monday to arrange salvage
and discuss legal sanctions. No
sible spillage.
immediate assistance was offered, though
to help re-float the vessel because all their
An hour later, the Mexican navy peraccording to Ken, “It was a desperate situpersonnel were on leave for the Easter
sonnel arrived with dogs to search the
ation, a big problem.” Ken began dismanholidays. They knew of no qualified salvessel for guns and drugs. None were
tling his boat, first removing the outboard
vors on the island.
found. They were unwilling and unable
engine and fuel tank to prevent any posOn Easter Sunday, Ken found help
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BOAT ON ROCKS
among his marina and
cruising friends. One boater
gave him a place to stay; the
marina found a place to
store the items he had removed from the boat and
recommended a local attorney to help with the legal issues. All gave him encouragement and applied some
pressure to salvage the
Charlotte R. He could not
afford a professional salvor,
and instead took to the
cruiser’s VHF channel 13 on
Sunday evening, appealing
to the cruisers to attend a
planning session on Monday morning at the marina.
He repeated his appeal
Monday morning on the
VHF net, and more than
twenty volunteers appeared
at the meeting.
Canadian Gino Arial
offered his Grand Banks 32
trawler, Gallant Lady, for Charlotte R just off the beach on Isla Mujeres. Photo by Annie Duhaime, s/v Taloa.
towing and for bringing
back salvageable loose
items from the Charlotte R. American
the boat leave so late in the day, what did
turn for the boat, sails, gear and outboard
Tony Sanpere offered his large inflatable
they plan to do at the Bank, why wasn’t
engine. After the complexity of the salto carry a high capacity pump to keep the
a proper watch being kept while hove to
vage became apparent, the fees increased
water level manageable in the hull once
near a lee shore, how much beer was conto include the two GPS units and the cash
it was afloat. The marina is in the harbor
sumed, etc. The ultimate question is,
proceeds from the “fire sale” held at the
on the western side of the island, but the
could this grounding have been premarina for the loose items brought there.
trawler towed the dinghy and pump
vented? The facts show, it could have
Ken kept the clothing he was able to take
around to the windward shore with ten
been prevented. The answers to the other
off the vessel. His cruising kitty is down
cruisers aboard, including a few marine
questions will have to remain with Ken
to $300.
engineers, to assist.
Klopp, who requested confidentiality.
A week after the grounding, most of
At morning low tide, they bailed out
The full story would benefit no one, and
the gear had been sold, and the threat of
the hull, stuffing cushions into the cracks
drugs are not involved in any way. Ken
fines for Gallant Lady had subsided. More
that appeared. The pump was started and
Klopp has lost his boat, the whole island
meetings with the port captain are schedstanding by. At high tide, a tow line was
knows his finances, the rumor mill is
uled. Marina personnel and cruisers ralbrought from the Gallant Lady, which berunning overtime and the cruisers who
lied, raising funds to help with expenses.
gan towing the hull to deeper water. As
tried to help feel badly the effort went
A benefit pool tournament was held on
the hull was freed from the rock, it besour. No one is happy about the navy’s
Friday at the marina. A flea market on
came apparent to bystanders, the bottom
and especially the port captain’s unwillSunday there will help Ken sell the reof the fiberglass keel had been worn
ingness and inability to help yachts in
maining items, including seven sails in
away. The encapsulated lead shot ballast
distress.
good condition. The crew of s/v Shadowfax
escaped into the sea. “I could see through
will give haircuts and raffle a new videothe keel and into the cabin!” said Sanpere.
Additional information
cassette of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, doThe hull was in danger of sinking in
Ken Klopp was a yacht broker, boatyard
nating the proceeds to Ken. He has been
the deeper water, creating a hazard. The
service and marina manager at Ft. Washoffered half-price monthly rental on a furtowline was released and the hull alington Marina, near the Capitol Yacht
nished apartment on the marina grounds.
lowed to return to shore. The hull will
Club in Washington, D.C.
“I really like Isla Mujeres,” said Ken. He
have to be dismantled and carried away
Property that Ken Klopp has for sale
would like to stay on the island and find
for disposal. The loose items taken from
includes 12 acres in the Appalachian
another boat. “I am born again. I have no
the Charlotte R were brought back to MaMountains of southwestern Virginia,
attachments now to the past… no more
rina Paraiso to be sold for whatever Ken
with a pond and a creek on a tributary of
luggage. I feel liberated.”
could get. He now has to face the finanthe New River. The house, built in 1917,
cial issues brought by the port captain,
needs repairs. Excellent trout fishing and
Authors note
who may fine him and Gino for “an illehunting are nearby. The area is economiAny competent mariner who hears the
gal salvage operation,” i.e., no permits
cally depressed. Price is “very” negoCharlotte R story will have many queswere purchased. The attorney agreed to
tiable. Inquiries may be addressed to Mrs.
tions that I have intentionally left unanhandle the legal issues and salvage in reCharlotte R. Klopp, (239) 543-9494.
swered. Was anyone else aboard, why did
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On-The-Hook
Along Florida’s
Southeast Coast
By Karen Hermanson
T
here are times when sailors have the
need to just take off and go, without
the hassle of detailed planning or advance reservations. There are also times
when itineraries change despite our planning, and we are forced to find alternatives
to our intended destination. For others, anchoring, or staying “on-the-hook,” is preferred simply for the freedom, privacy and
cost savings it affords. In any case, if you Peanut Island near Lake Worth Inlet in the Palm Beach area.
find yourself looking for overnight anchorage near Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, or Miami, this article
covers some possibilities.
I have anchored in these locations with my 36-foot sailboat
that has a 5’6” draft and a bridge clearance of 54 feet.
PALM BEACH AREA
The Lake Worth Inlet at Palm Beach offers a few overnight anchoring spots within minutes of entering the inlet. Peanut Island,
which is immediately visible upon entry into the channel, is a
good landmark to use for direction finding. In the turning basin
area south of the island is a large area east of the Intracoastal
Waterway where many boats are visibly at anchor. While it is
possible to find a suitable place to anchor here with depths between 7-20 feet, this is a spoil area with several cable crossings. It
can also get quite crowded during season. Because of these hazards, it may be best if you select a spot to anchor in this area that
is south of GPS 26º 45’N.
Another possibility is to anchor north of Peanut Island but
south of the Sherman fixed bridge (Blue Heron Boulevard). Follow the ICW northward around the island to Red Marker #40.
This is just to the northwest of Peanut Island. There is a slim area
with eight feet of depth at low tide. Other boats can be seen anchored east of the channel and east of Peanut Island, but depths
are shallow, and the current can create some dangers if the anchorage is crowded. At low tide, it is common to see people walking around Peanut Island and sunbathing on exposed shoals that
surround the area.
For larger boats with a bridge clearance of less than 65 feet,
the north end of Lake Worth may be a more suitable anchorage.
This anchorage, located 2.5 miles north of Peanut Island and just
south of the PGA Boulevard Bridge, offers a good amount of space
in 10-14 feet of water. From the Peanut Island area, go north along
the Intracoastal to around 26º 50’N and anchor east of the ICW.
There is a dinghy landing in North Palm Beach off PGA Boulevard/A1A at North Cove Point. Dinghies can tie up to a fence on
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a little beach area. This
area is also within easy
walking distance of a
supermarket and other
shopping. However,
thefts of even cablelocked bicycles and dinghies have been reported so it is not advisable to tie up here for an
extended period of time.
Another advantage of
this anchorage is its
proximity to beautiful
John D. MacArthur
State Park with its long
expanse of beach along
the Atlantic Ocean, picnic facilities and nature
center.
The anchorage near the East Las Olas Boulevard Bridge in Ft. Lauderdale.
FORT LAUDERDALE
AREA
Port Everglades Inlet at
Fort Lauderdale provides two overnight anchorages within 30 minutes of entering the port.
Both anchorages require
you to pass the 17 th
Street Causeway Bridge
and snake your way
north along the Intracoastal for about a mile
until you come to the
large Bahia Mar Marina.
Tucked nearby in a
residential area, Lake
Sylvia is not an anchorage easily visible to the
The Lake Sylvia anchorage in Ft. Lauderdale.
novice. To get there,
head for the Bahia Mar
Marina from the Intra-coastal channel, but just as you get to the
marina, turn south along its seawall. Keeping the seawall close
to port as you pass the marina will provide you with the deepest
water as you enter the lake area. Head diagonally into the lake
toward the western side (to your right) as you enter the lake so
that you remain in deep water. Lake Sylvia provides anchoring
in 6-10 feet of water on the west and south side of the lake. Shallow spots are primarily at the eastern and center portion of the
Lake so exit the same way you entered.
Just another half-mile north of Bahia Mar Marina and southwest of the East Las Olas Boulevard Bridge is an area maintained by the Ft. Lauderdale City Marina where moorings can
be obtained for around $15/night. Since Lake Sylvia does not
permit extended stays (daily law enforcement patrols ensure
this) those wanting to be on-the-hook in Fort Lauderdale for
periods of up to thirty days may want to choose this anchorage.
Sociable sailors will usually find the company of several other
sailboat cruisers moored here, although the limited moorings
keep it from getting overcrowded. To obtain a mooring, simply
call the dockmaster on channel 16.
Both of these anchorages are within a short dinghy-ride of
eateries and shopping. The mooring area puts you at the foot of
the popular Las Olas strip and related nightspots via a dinghy
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landing at the foot of the Las Olas Bridge. Lake Sylvia is situated
in a residential area but closer to the seafaring crowd and
nightspots that surround the marinas. Several canals exit Lake
Sylvia and offer quick access by dinghy back to the 17th Street
Causeway area hotspots. Just make sure to duck under the lowslung bridges at high tide!
MIAMI AREA
Entering through Government Cut at Miami offers several choices
for anchoring within 45 minutes of entering the harbor. Due to
security efforts and the high cruise ship volume, the main channel to the Intracoastal from Government Cut is often blocked and
requires mariners to pass from the channel south through
Lummus Island Cut (also known as Fisherman’s Cut). There are
anchorages both north and south of either cut, so being rerouted
should not be a deterrent to finding suitable anchorage.
At the north side of the westernmost end of MacArthur
Causeway (which borders the main channel), is Watson Island.
Sailors will need to pass under a fixed bridge with a vertical clearance of 65 feet to get to this anchorage. Anchoring just northeast
of Watson Island/Miami Yacht Club provides excellent holding
in 6-10 feet of water and protection from waves and wind. While
very busy due to tour boats and general boat traffic in the area, it
quiets down late in the evening. To avoid traffic
patterns and cable areas, (cable extends from Hibiscus Island to Biscayne Island), please be sure
to check your chart so that you anchor southwest
of the cable area and channel. Anchoring as close
as possible (given your depth) to Watson Island
is advised.
Watson Island is the location of the Miami
Yacht Club. It has facilities available with reciprocal privileges for yacht club members and the
Seven Seas Cruising Association. Non-members
can land dinghies at its dock for a small fee. From
this anchorage, you are a half-mile dinghy ride
away from Miami’s popular Bayside entertainment complex (to the west) and a longer one-mile
dinghy ride to South Beach (to the east). If you
need provisions, there is a free dinghy dock next
to the marine patrol station on the north side of
the Venetian Causeway East Bridge. A supermarket is two blocks away, with shopping, laundry,
and other amenities.
Biscayne Bay is the body of water south of
the Port of Miami and west of the Biscayne Flats
that builds southward into the Florida Keys.
Biscayne Bay offers a variety of overnight and
destination anchorages.
Just south of Miami, Rickenbacker Causeway
is an easy-to-locate landmark as it is the only road
to Key Biscayne from the mainland. Although it
is a fixed bridge, its height at 76 feet should per- Key Biscayne Area.
mit clearance for all but the tallest rigs.
While I would not consider it to be a destination anchorage,
the Marine Stadium on Virginia Key just north of the Rickenbacher
Causeway offers fair holding in 7-9 feet of water. To get to the
stadium, parallel the Rickenbacher Causeway, keeping the bridge
within 100 yards of starboard. There is 8-10 feet of water here,
making it safe for sailboats to pass. Go east toward the
Rickenbacker Marina and then turn north before you get to the
marina. The entrance to the Marine Stadium is just east past the
marina. The depth of the bay is consistent, although it is shallow
near the shoreline. While there are few amenities nearby other
than the restaurant at the marina, my experience includes hearing dance music from a club lasting well into the night. This may
not happen every night, so the Marine Stadium does offer a
weather-protected and fairly easy to access anchorage in
theNorthern Key Biscayne area.
Off the western shore of Key Biscayne about halfway down
(GPS 25º41.5’N, 80º10.6’W), is an anchorage known locally as
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Nixon’s Harbor. With no shore facilities, no dinghy landing and
quite a lot of local boat traffic, it is not a destination anchorage.
What it does offer is good holding in 8-12 feet of water protected
by Key Biscayne to the east and shoals to the north and south. It
also offers a beautiful view of Miami and a quiet night’s sleep on
your journey north or south through Biscayne Bay.
Cape Florida’s No Name Harbor is a small area with 10 feet
of depth located on the southern tip of Key Biscayne, in the Bill
Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Just south of Nixon’s, the harbor
offers full protection and some opportunity for sight-seeing. Dinghies can tie up along the park’s seawall for a nominal daily fee.
There are showers available in the park and shopping, and amenities are accessible by taking the city bus that stops at the park
entrance. Tours of the park are available, along with walking paths,
fishing piers, and a lovely beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse provides a beautiful photo opportunity.
If the harbor is crowded, the southwestern shore of the park
provides the depth and holding needed for anchoring (8-12 feet). I
prefer to anchor out along Cape Florida’s coast rather than the small
harbor, since it provides a much more remote feel. I also enjoy the
unique sunset views with nearby Stiltsville jutting out from the shallow landscape of Biscayne Channel. The negatives here are the early
morning fishing boats that literally “wake” you up as well as the
strong current caused by its proximity to the channel.
Gaining in popularity is Dinner Key in Coconut Grove. It is
located on the west bank of Biscayne Bay across from Key
Biscayne. Look for the entrance channel at Red Marker 2 around
GPS 25º42.5’N, 80º13.0’W. Follow the channel markers one nautical mile west/northwest to the marina and turn south at the Dinner Key Marina’s docks, keeping them to your starboard. At the
last docking pier (pier 7) turn westward and look for the mooring
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buoys offered by Dinner Key Marina.
For temporary anchorage, you can anchor in the small turning basin located on the northern side of the marina, near the Chart
House and Monty’s Marina. When entering the Marina area from
the channel, instead of turning south to the mooring area, turn north
close to the western edge of the small island. As an anchorage, this
area offers good holding in a mud bottom and protection in storms.
This is a small area surrounded by shoals, so check your location
and the depth. Use the minimal amount of anchor rode needed for
safe holding. When anchoring in the turning basin, keep clear of
the shallow water channels directly east as they are the primary
exit for powerboats and racing club skiffs from the marinas (rather
than the deep channel entrance that the larger sailboats use.)
You can also anchor in a channel-like area on the southwest
side of the Marina that parallels the Dinner Key channel entry.
This is a shallow area with many shoals so anchor near the Red 6
through Green 13 buoys. Unfortunately, many derelict boats and
sunken vessels are also in this area so keep a close watch on hidden obstacles when swinging at anchor.
You can tie up your dinghy at the dinghy dock near pier 7 at
the south end of Dinner Key Marina. Since it is directly exposed
to public sidewalks and streets, theft is common. While not official, dinghies have tied up at the north end of the marina, along
the wall near the point at the Chart House. Those anchoring overnight in the turning basin may find the Chart House seawall a
more convenient location to access the mainland.
Coconut Grove is just a few minutes walk from Dinner Key.
The “Grove” offers plenty of restaurants and entertainment. Every possible amenity including Internet access, food, laundry,
shopping, the post office and library as well as cultural sights are
also within walking distance of Dinner Key.
GATHERING
CSY Gam
By Cindy Goebel
T
ampa tub wins Kahlua Cup. Adaptable draft. Christy
Brinkley’s yacht for a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
World cruiser. Inspiration for authors and artists. The boat? CSY.
On May 16-17, 50 CSY owners met at the first “CSY Gam” in
St. Petersburg Beach, FL. A gam is a traditional gathering of sailors, the history of which is rooted in whaling and commercial fishing when ships met at sea and the crews conversed.
Organizers Ron Sheridan and Dorothy Knight are intimately
familiar with CSY vessels. They sail Memory Rose, a CSY 44 pilothouse ketch, which is near the completion of a refit begun 12 years
ago. In the near future they plan to depart on a cruise until “we’ve
almost dropped dead or are too old or too afraid,” said Sheridan.
Saturday morning at the Hurricane restaurant in Pass-a-Grille,
Dave McCampbell of Soggy Paws gave a slide presentation, which
covered his four year cruise to the Caribbean, Venezuela, Columbia, Central America and return to Marathon. He shared his experiences and equipment recommendations with fellow CSY owners.
Malo’s Island Grill in Pasadena hosted the CSY Gam Saturday dinner in a room festooned with CSY photos and memorabilia. Owners swapped sea stories, maintenance tips and upgrade
solutions. Guest speakers Bob Van Ost, past head of CSY charter,
finance and building operations and son of CSY Yacht Corporation founder Jack Van Ost, and yacht surveyor Rick Shelley, former
quality control and St. Vincent charter operations manager, reminisced and answered questions. Door prizes included a 17,000
BTU marine air conditioning system donated by Pat Peterson of
Anchor Yacht Services of Tampa. “I got my start in the boat business at CSY and wanted to give something back,” said Peterson, a
former CSY employee. Blueprints of rig design, interior layout and
hull lines from original archives were donated by Rick Shelley. West
Marine provided crew bags and key chains. Van Ost offered access for reproduction of an original portrait of a CSY by the wellknown maritime artist John Lutes.
CSY yachts were built for the international charter trade and
were intended to be world-capable cruisers. Proof that the concepts were valid is the worldwide address book of current owners.
While many owners live in the United States, others reside in
Panama, Scotland, Sweden, Italy, New Zealand, Tahiti, Trinidad,
Bermuda, Holland, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica,
and the Abacos. The diverse CSY community includes a trial attorney, a retired navy commander, a former New York City fire fighter,
and a commodore of the Pedro Miguel Yacht Club in Panama.
Initially, CSY contracted for the manufacture of their vessels,
not for private sale, but for use in their company-owned charter
business, said Shelley. After several unsuccessful attempts to obtain the desired yacht from subcontractors, founder Jack Van Ost,
described by Shelley as an “unpretentious flannel shirt and blue
jeans kind of guy, a gentleman who could do business with a handshake,” had 60 pre-sold boats to produce. The decision was made
to manufacture their own fleet. The first CSY was launched in the
brutal winter of January 1977 in Tampa during a snowstorm.
CSY management refined their designs through charter client
questionnaires and dialogue with charter captains, yacht charter
managers and dockmasters to compete with rival charter fleets of
Morgan Out Islands, Gulfstars and Irwin yachts, said Shelley. The
result was a roomy and robust sailboat with emphasis on structural integrity rather than on finish work. “The good news is that
the CSY sailed
past the Morgans
at almost every
opportunity,”
said Van Ost.
In their heyday, CSY turned
out one boat
each workday,
and produced in
the neighbor- Chantey, CSY 44. Bill and Holly Hoopes en route to
hood of 400 ves- CSY gam.
sels, with approximately 185 boats in the charter fleet. CSY Yachts manufactured a few powerboats, but the vast majority were sailboats; a
33-foot, 37-foot and three versions of a 44-foot, a walkover, walkthrough and pilot house.
The majority of CSY employees were passionate about boats,
said Shelley. The kind of folks who, after a long workday, engineered boat systems on the back of napkins at Jim Bradford’s bar
next door to the CSY plant, he said. The adaptable draft keel, which
could be shortened by a foot, was a “radical concept which ran
against the grain of every naval architect,” said Van Ost. After charter service, the keels of CSY yachts could be easily modified to meet
the needs of private owners in shallow areas such as the Chesapeake, the Bahamas or Florida. He recalled with pride the Annapolis boat show where CSY was “the standard against which everything else was compared.”
Shelley attributed the eventual demise of the company to a bad
economic turn; skyrocketing oil prices and high interest rates. CSY
turned to the recreational boat market for financial relief but was
unable to recover. Van Ost said that for him, the CSY experience
was “good, sad, and funny,” and despite the difficulties, “by and
large, we still smile when we think about it.”
Shelley concluded, “Twenty-five years later, I have to say it was a
good company, a good boat and good people.”
For more information contact the CSY owners group at
[email protected].
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A SAILOR’S WIND
PART II
A Fickle Fluid & Things In The Wind
Dave Ellis
A
sailor uses a most fickle fluid to propel his craft. Wind is in
visible, of course. But we have many clues as to its direction
and intensity.
We know that birds will face into the wind when not flying.
About every tenth bird on a wire will face the other way for protection. Cows face the other way. It’s a fly thing. My then 12 year-old
son once remarked that all the cows on the shore were turning to
watch our race on a Tennessee lake. I recognized that they were
responding to a new offshore breeze and won that race handily.
The cows didn’t care.
Nature can give clues to our wind. In the 1950s Harold and
Harvey Parke were in a drifting race on their International 14 when
Harvey called for a reach perpendicular to the upwind course to
the mark. They found a new breeze and horizoned the fleet.
“Birds like to fly when there is wind,” said my uncle Harvey.
“They all stopped swimming and flew south to the new wind. So
did we.”
The best way to “see” the wind is the little ripples. Ignore the
big waves and observe the ripples that are about an inch tall, apparently marching in parallel lines. The wind of the moment is pushing those ripples. They will show you intensity and direction of the
wind on the surface of the water. The darker the ripples, the stronger the wind.
A slick spot on the water may not indicate no wind. In downwind current there may be streaks of slickness; any oil residue will
slick; a creosote piling, even when quite old, will create a slick on a
hot day; the churning of a propeller will cause a slick lasting surprisingly long. From space a ship’s wake can sometimes be detected
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for a full day.
Only far out to sea at night is
the wind likely to be straight and
laminar in flow, slowly veering
in the northern hemisphere as
the night progresses and the
earth turns.
We usually sail in areas with
barriers to the wind, even if that
be other boats to windward.
Here are some principles that
govern the sailor’s wind.
Wind near shore tends to
blow more nearly perpendicular to or from the shore. This effect
goes quite a way off the shore, perhaps a half mile or more, in a
curve to the ambient direction.
At a point of land to windward that is not so high as to be a
barrier, go straight at the end of the point, as you will get a nice lift
whether you tack to one side or keep going on the other. Both sides
of the point will be lifted as the wind flows more perpendicularly
to the shores.
The vortices from a wind blowing at an angle off a point tend
to break off and flow downwind, continuing their spin. It takes a
short while for the spin to form again at the point. So you may take
advantage of a point of land quite some distance downwind of it.
A blanketing wind shadow effect depends on how dense the
barrier is. Only a very dense barrier does what one might expect,
with near zero wind just downwind to it, to full strength at about
30 times its height.
With barriers between about 30 – 80 percent covered, the wind
is stronger close under the lee edge than it is a little farther out.
This odd result explains how some lake helmsmen can creep along
the very edge of a shore with spaced trees, while sailors further off
the shore have less wind.
The worst effect of blanketing of this “picket fence” in the wind
is about 5 times the height of the open barrier. It has to do with the
curl in the wind back toward the barrier at that distance. Wind
increases to 90 percent of windspeed at 20 times the barrier height.
Wind crossing a barrier at an angle has a little less, but still
significant effect.
Interestingly, a solid barrier in the wind will adversely affect
the wind speed to about 9x to windward of the barrier!
A 5x height can be estimated by holding your hand outstretched and measuring with your eye from thumb to end of pointing finger. If what you are looking at is apparently that height, you
are in the area of the most blanketing. The distance from thumb to
end of little finger is about 20x the height of the barrier.
Behind the starting line of a huge Opti or Laser fleet, boats
wallow even in a fine breeze. When a fleet of Ausie 18s or 49ers
jibe their big asymmetrical chutes at a mark, the fourth boat and
beyond end up with very little wind at that place in all but the
strongest breezes. Experienced skippers make a very wide rounding to miss that vortex.
An excellent source for learning about the sailor’s wind is the
1965 book Wind And Sailing Boats by Alan Watts. But the birds and
cows knew long before.
Next month we’ll conclude with sea breeze/lake breeze effects and some facts and figures.
RACING & REGATTAS
GULFCOAST
RACING
KO SAILING V-15 CIRCUIT
#1 REGATTA IN MISSISSIPPI
MAY 9-11
By Gilly Chamberlain
Every once in a while a regatta goes
so well with the combination of tough
competition, a good race committee,
and club hospitality, that it seems
untoppable. This was the case May
9-11 when Jackson YC hosted the KO
Sailing V-15 Circuit #1 on the Ross Overall winners Brent Marsden and Heather Noel at the KO Sailing Circuit in Mississippi. Rachel Marsden photo.
Barnett Reservoir (central Missisacross the dance floor looking lost. Fleet members chilled by the pool
sippi) sponsored by North Sails and Harken. Fourteen boats
the remainder of the night listening to guitar playing while others
showed up that included locals, Texans, and Gulf Coast sailors
slipped off to bed.
who were thankful for conditions uncommon on the reservoir—
Sunday came ugly. A front was coming through and brought some
steady big breeze. Sailors were treated to Jackson’s hospitality,
nasty thunderstorms. It eventually cleared, and it looked like a caras well as their brand spankin’ new clubhouse, and the sailing
bon copy of the day before but from a totally different direction. Sailwas awesome!
ors once again went out in “heavy air” mode and ready for the worst,
The weekend started Friday afternoon with a clinic put on
but to everyone’s surprise (except the locals) the breeze began to let
by John Kolius under blue skies and 10-15 knots. This gave a
up. The race started in 8 knots and trickled down to a drifter by the
chance for locals to shake off the cobwebs and the Texans to
finish. Gilly Chamberlain/David Muller (Bay St. Louis/Jackson) fistretch after their long trip. The focus of the clinic was mark
nally put together a complete race and won. It was bittersweet, howroundings and transitions that were videotaped for all to see at
ever, as sailing the race meant competitors could drop their worst
the fish fry the next night. The video was a great teaching tool
finish, and Chamberlain/Muller actually dropped a position in the
because it doesn’t lie, and it gives a chance for EVERYONE to
final standings (yuck).
critique your sailing ability. Friday night was full of V-15 conMarsden/Noel held on for first place; second place was Carpenversations of how to get the most out of these planing machines,
ter/Pavkov, and Kolius/Holmes finished third. There were several
and sailors were anxious about the forecast for the next day that
special awards given at the event as well. The North Sails Overcalled for 20+ knots.
Achiever award went to Michael Turnbough for his hard work in
The weatherman delivered! Sailors showed up at the club
developing the Jackson fleet and making this regatta a reality. Thanks,
(some fighting gravity storms) to the 20-knot breeze right in their
Michael!! The other special award was the Harken Yacht Equipment
faces, but there wasn’t enough space for the waves to get over
Road Warrior Award that goes to the team that traveled the farthest.
one foot so upwind planing was on everyone’s mind! The mornThis went to Wulf Focke and Meagan Mulhern from Houston, TX.
ing began with a rigging/tweaking demonstration and last
This was a great success, and Jackson YC set the bar for the reminute preparations for the big breeze. Sidestays were set on
maining four circuit regattas. The KO Sailing V-15 Circuit has two
very low numbers, and extra attention was paid to anything that
stops in Texas, one in Port Arthur, and the final regatta in New Orlooked worn to be replaced. Modified Olympic and windward/
leans. For details, check out www.kolius-sailing.com and we hope to
leewards were the courses of the day, and the race committee
see everyone out there!
was shooting for 5 races (ugh). The upwind legs were challenging with constant shifts and gnarly puffs, but reaches were aweRESULTS: Sail # followed by Skipper, Crew, YC, Fleet #, Total Pts., Place,
some!! Luther Carpenter/Kelly Pavkov (New Orleans) set the
693, Brent Marsden, Heather Noel, HYC, 49, 8, 1; 1263, Luther Carpenter, Kelly Pavkov, SYC,
pace by winning the first race with John Kolius/Stephanie
62, 10, 2 ; 445, John Kolius, Stephanie Holmes, HYC, 49, 16, 3; 825, Chad Wilson, Rachel
Holmes (Shore Acres, TX) nipping at their heels in second. The
breeze really poured on the second race, and the Texas team of
Chad Wilson/Rachel Marsden took the gun with Marsden’s
brother Brent in second. By the third race, Brent Marsden/
Heather Noel were dialed in and scored bullets in the next three
races, giving them a comfortable lead after the first day.
Kolius/Holmes had to eat an OCS, but with an anticipated
throw-out race were fighting with Carpenter/Pavkov for second. There were private battles going on within the scorecard.
Wilson/Marsden survived a brutal collision before the second
race with a competitor (yours truly) that left Marsden seeing
stars but motivated to a bullet and in third overall. The local
fleet had Robert Muller and Mart Lamar rounding in the top
positions at several marks. The breeze stuck around most of the
night, which made for a very pleasant fish fry and free beer (imported) on the pool patio. Once again, JYC had delivered a great
experience that not even a private wedding reception could slow
down. Several sailors “accidentally” found themselves walking
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Marsden, HYC, 49, 17, 4; 46, Gilly Chamberlain, David Muller,
BWYC, 62, 18, 5; 777, Wulf Focke, Megan Mulhern, HYC,
49, 27, 6; 884, Peter Gambel, Brady Meyers, SYC, 62, 38, 7;
1251, Robert Muller, Ron Kotfila, JYC, 68, 39, 8; 1243, Mart
Lamar, Willem Lamar, JYC, 68, 41, 9, 4; John Galloway, Lee
Herring, JYC, 68, 43, 10; 1144, Phillip Hubbell, Patrick Williams, SYC, 62, 44, 11; 1250, Michael Turnbough, Jay Flaherty,
JYC, 68, 58, 12; 467, Jim Leggette, Don Pery, JYC, 68, 66, 13;
1278, Wallace Weatherly, Chancey Godwin, JYC, 68, 69, 14.
CAROLINA SAILING
CHARLESTON RACE WEEK
APRIL 24-27
By Jim Kempert
The eighth annual Charleston Race Week
proved to be a tough event for race management after four days of mixed-up Charleston Race Week. Sam Sharpe photo.
weather on Charleston Harbor in South
Carolina, with wind shifts and tornado warnings getting in the
America finished seventh behind three out-of-town boats, said that
way of some of the best racing on the harbor so far this year.
even with the fluky weather and the slight drop in attendance, this
A total of 77 boats showed up to race on two courses from
year was a great success. “We were up in quality,” he said. “We
April 24 to 27, with vaguely unsettling weather reports coming in
saw a significant number of professional sailors on many of the
during the days leading up to Thursday’s casual tune-up race.
boats this year. The racing was very competitive, and determining
Official racing was to kick off Friday, but by late morning the kind
the Palmetto Cup was a challenge.”
of dark skies that fool streetlights descended from the west and
Competition was high across the board. Local skipper Ken
news of nearby twisters chased the fleet off the water for the day.
King, whose Sabre 38 Quintette usually spends a lot of time in front
Reports told of frustrated competitors channeling their energy into
of the fleet, finished fifth in a field of 10 D-Fleet boats. But in the
at least one hotly contested Boggle game belowdecks.
spirit of southern hospitality, King had nothing but admiration for
All races were abandoned Friday, but things picked up on
two out-of-town boats – Tom Bell’s Whisper and David Hauge’s
Saturday with four races held in conditions ranging from a minor
Streaker – that placed second and third, respectively: “They’re good
squall in the morning to a drifter in the afternoon. In some ways it
guys and great crews. They made it hard for us out there,” he said.
was more a clinic in the proper layering of foul weather gear than
“It was good to get some new boats in our fleet that are good and
a boat race.
belong there. They showed us that we are very beatable.”
Sunday started late as a 90-degree wind shift forced both race
Although both boats eventually lost out to local Lamar Walter’s
committees to abandon their first races, which had deteriorated
Gazaway, an unidentified crewmember from Whisper claimed that
from windward-leeward courses into beam-reach drag races. Once
this was “the best racing and the best parties and the best time I
new courses were set and the boats sent off again, Sunday proved
ever had on or off the water.”
to be a showcase day for Charleston racing with a near-perfect 10Palmetto Cup winners (for the most competitive one-design
15 knots and sunny skies.
and PHRF fleets) were John Lucas’ Melges 24 Beelzabubba and Roger
This year marked the first time total attendance dropped for
Elliott’s A Fleet J/120 Crosswave. Off the water, the winner of the
the event, from a high of 84 boats last year to 77 this year. The
trip for two to the Paris boat show courtesy of Beneteau USA was
racing caliber remained high, however, as many of the participatNew Jersey’s Gerrit Schulze of the J/105 Max Power.
ing A Fleet boats and J/105s had recently competed in Key West
Race Week and SORC in Miami.
Top three per fleet. For full results see www.charlestonraceweek.com.
Melges 24 1. Beelzabubba, Lucas (5-1-4-3-3); 2. Moving Target, Martschink (7-5-1-5-1); 3.
Race Week Chairman L.S. Carper, whose Melges 24 Captain
No Tourism, Raymont (3-4-5-2-8).
J/105 1. Dead on Arrival, Gunn (1-8-2-5-2); 2. Max Power, Schulze (4-2-6-1-5); 3. Planet B,
Baker (8-1-5-2-3). J/24 1. Stirred not Shaken, Gray (1-2-1-2-3); 2. Uno, Charleston Community Sailing (3-4-5-1-1); 3. Sea Plane, Tilly (2-3-2-6-4). PHRF A 1. Crosswave, J/120, Elliott (24-1-1-1); 2. Outrageous, SR33, Jones (1-3-6-3-4); 3. Zapata, Cape Fear 38, Cape Fear Yacht
Works (11-2-2-1-2). PHRF B 1. L’Outrage, Beneteau First 10, Gardner (1-1-4-2-1); 2. Patriot,
Evelyn 32, Crawford (2-2-1-3-4); 3. Liquor Box, Tartan 10, Buckles/Simon (3-9-8-1-2).PHRF
C 1. Adrenalin Rush, Beneteau First 8, McGillvray (3-3-3-2-1); 2. Cosmo, Pearson Flyer, James
(1-8-1-1-2); 3. Avalon, S2 7.9, Siewert (2-6-2-3-3).PHRF D 1. Gazaway, Ericson 30, Walter
(6-1-1-6-2); 2. Whisper, C&C 38, Bell (1-6-9-1-1); 3. Streaker, Peterson 34, Hauge (2-2-1-76).PHRF E 1. Projection, Wong (5-1-2-1-1); 2. Toasted Cheese, Messinger (4-3-5-3-3); 3. Nan Sea,
Swan (1-2-1-10-10).
36TH ANNUAL EASTER REGATTA, LAKE MURRAY, SC
By Jim Kransberger
This year’s migration of J24 sailors to the Carolina Sailing Club’s
36th Annual Easter Regatta was but a boat or two less this Spring.
This year’s flock was 47 boats, and they literally flew over the trees
to get on Lake Murray in South Carolina. Seems that those who
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tend to the repair of the dam that creates Lake
Murray saw this as a good year to lower the lake
fifteen feet.
The launch ramp, no longer reaching below
the lake’s surface, was closed and a super-sized
crane was substituted. It was a very BIG crane,
suitable for lifting the boats over some very
high pines. Although rumor had it the trees
were 100 feet high, no boats were damaged, no
great delay to the event. However, the Friday
launchings were followed by the “Whiskey
Sour Hour” for those of faint heart. One cannot say that the Carolina Sailing Club didn’t
anticipate every eventuality.
Saturday’s sailing nearly started on schedule. Shifting light winds were met by a highly
competent and successful race committee. The
RC victory was accomplished in weather sometimes ranging from just plain damp to wet, and
light air. Starts, some long delayed, were near
impossible for the RC to square the line, as the
wind took 180-degree shifts as if in response to
any signal they posted. It was a difficult RC task,
and they did a creditable job in each race.
As expected, with a 47-boat fleet, the start
line was and seemed very long. The fleet made
their bets, and most started at what they hoped
was the committee boat favored end, leaving the Peter Beam’s J24 Tarheel rounds a mark at the Columbia Sailing Club Easter Regatta. He finmiddle of the line open to those who wanted ished fourth overall in the event. Jim Kransberger photo.
options later, as the wind cycled right and left.
If the air seemed wet and the breeze light on the water, the
Saturday night after sailing activities were the offset mark to end
all. An informal dinner was followed by the annual “Beer Slide”
at a local pub. Clamp 2x4s to the edge of the bar, for the length of
the bar, and start sliding glasses of beer. It was an aquatic shuffleboard and a very serious competition. You buy a beer, or as many
beers as your beer budget allows, and let loose. Near cliff-hanging slides often emptied into the large garbage can placed at the
bar’s end. From the collected fees, a $200 prize was given to the
winner. In harmony with the occasion, the prize was pried from
the winner’s grasp and offered as “a round for the house!” Sometimes it’s just hard to consolidate a win, even off the water.
Sunday’s activities began with an Easter service, and the second day of sailing promptly followed. Again, the wind was light
and hard to hold still. One unnamed competitor offered, “... we
sailed in moderate wind for about eight minutes on Sunday; the
rest we drifted.” This comment might be true for some, but the
results sheet from the seven-race event show that Will Welles of
South Freeport, ME, was consistently fast in light, shifty and sometimes wet air. He had three first place finishes, a second, 2 fourths
and a ninth. Fact is he so horizoned the fleet in the last race that he
had his boat lifted over the trees and onto his trailer by the time
the second boat docked. If there is an interesting statistic, it is:
First and second place boats were nameless. Could it be that
signage causes wind drag?
It was a good event. Carolina Sailing Club should be congratulated on a successful regatta under trying conditions. Why
shouldn’t they be a good host? They’ve been doing the Easter
Regatta for 36 years! Next year, the dam having been repaired,
they can expect the 75-plus boat fleet usually attracted.
RESULTS
Top Ten Finishes: Place Name Boat Name Home Port Sail # Points :
1: Will Welles N/A S. Freeport, ME 3145 22; 2 Larry Flynn N/A N/A 5275 52 : 3 Mike
Ingham Brain Cramp Rochester, NY 2918 62; 4 Peter Beam Tar Heel Jacksonville, FL 2502
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68; 5 Danile Borrer Nexx/1st St. Augustine, FL 1208 80; 6 Mosie Soloman Shockwave
Chelmsford, MA 4112 80; 7 Bob Matthews Eraserhead Highland Park, NJ 4687 85;
8 John Kerst Instant Karma Ann Arbor, MI 4909 92; 9 Jim Farmer Party Reptile
Augusta, GA 5206 93 : 10 John Mcullough Moofasta Atlanta, GA 3970 104
MICHELOB MINI SERIES, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
SC, MAY 3
By Rona Garm
The Wrightsville Beach Ocean Racing Association (WBORA)
continued the season with their second regatta, the Michelob
Mini Series. Sponsored by Jackson Beverage, this event follows the season-opening Bud Cup, also a Jackson Beverage
event.
A one-day event consisting of three short races, participants were beginning to believe the regatta wouldn’t happen when everyone arrived at the start to find no wind. Unusual for coastal North Carolina, sailors drifted for over an
hour while Principal Race Officer Sam Barfield set a windward mark where he anticipated a breeze.
Not too long after Barfield’s return to the starting area, Lloyd Beery receiving the Mug Trophy, and its contents. Photo by Patrick Edwards.
the breeze began to fill – from the direction of the windHe lent the sailor from Orlando a Supercat 22 in 2000. Beery won
ward mark! Crews scurried to stow lunch “fixins” and to get back
the Mug Cup, beating traditional winner Roberts and son Eric
into racing mode.
from Palm City on his RC-30 for the Mug Cup for first boat in
Little used muscles, both physical and mental, showed, as
the 38.5-nautical mile classic on the St. Johns River.
there were several boats OCS at the first start. Boats tweaked and
This year, he let Beery borrow one of his Supercat 20s—Robtuned to make the most of each puff as crew members tried to
erts designed the boat—and the owner of a custom shutter comfind their groove.
pany and his crew, Jim Novak of Orlando, again returned the
By the start of race two, the sun had disappeared and sailors
favor by winning the Mug trophy for the “world’s longest river
were enjoying the usual 12-15k sea breeze with one or two still
sailboat race” on its landmark 50th anniversary.
managing to get across the line just a little early. By the time of race
“I wasn’t going to race this year,” said Beery, who added
three, winds were closer to 20 knots, and whitecaps dotted the many
that he had competed in 10-or-so Mug Races. “Bill called me
waves as some boats headed in for the day.
and asked me if I wanted a boat to race this year, so I took him
Skipper Guy Staat (Evolution, Ranger22) states that new bow
up on it.”
girl Alison Styron did a phenomenal job during her first day. Not
Beery bit the hand that fed him, so to speak, by covering the
only did she do great doing what she was told, during the first leg
course in 6 hours, 32 minutes, 56 seconds, 1:28 ahead of Tom
of the third race, Styron also found some tangles that would’ve
Worthmann of Bell on an Inter 30. Roberts, who has dominated
created havoc at the next spinnaker set.
the race with 14 wins of the Mug Cup—the last last year—came
Aboard William Fuller, Jr.’s J24, Fear The Mullet, crew training
in sixth overall, 2:15 behind Beery, on his RC-30, another of his
exercises included a protest with Snickerz (Bob Cowen), the only
designs.
other J24 racing. New racer CC Robinson handled the Mullet’s midBeery also corrected out to win his Multihull D class under
deck duties with “new-to-the-24-crew” me.
the Portsmouth rating system, a rarity for the Mug Cup winner.
After a challenging and competitive day on the race course,
But as usual, it was a typical Mug Race, with the flukey
sailors cleaned up to attend the Cinco de Mayo-themed awards
winds of the big river between Palatka and Jacksonville making
presentation at Seapath Yacht Club. With Scott Witherington of the
winning a matter of tactics and just plain luck.
local Margarita Man franchise on hand, good food, and plenty of
“ It was really two races,” Beery said. “The winds were light
Michelob product, sailors greatly enjoyed the party.
and variable, but there was more after the bridge (at Green Cove
After thanking PRO Barfield for running the regatta in the
Springs, about halfway down the course). But it depended where
changing conditions, Commodore Howard Ling announced the
you were on the river. We were lucky. We picked the right (east)
winners and presented awards.
side and the wind filled in from the west.”
John Karlof and the crew of the Catalina 30 Epsilon battled
In fact, it really was two races, with a North Course for cruisanother long-time WBORA competitor, Warren McKinzie (San Juan
ers with masts too tall to meet the 42.5-clearance limitation on
29, Myrmidon) to emerge victorious in the non-spinnaker fleet.
the bridge at Green Cove Springs and the rest. The smaller boats,
The only one-design fleet participants were the Ranger 22s
including all the catamarans, which have won the Cup since 1967,
with Charles Overbeck’s Eugenia (Charlie Kroger, helm) taking first.
raced from Palatka, while larger boats started at the finish line
Vamanos (Ling), Evolution (Staat), and Challenge (Dean) finished out
and raced to Green Cove and back.
the class.
Even though the distance is the same, only South Course
Despite protests and new crew, the spinnaker fleet was led by
boats are eligible to win the keeper for the ornate German beer
J24s –Fear the Mullet in first and Snickerz in second.
stein from which the event takes its name.
But Al Holt of Annapolis, MD., who won the first Mug Race
in 1954 on a C-Scow, actually sailed his Soverel 33 Stalker in from
the North Course more than a half-hour ahead of Beery. Unlike
50 years ago, he didn’t win the Cup.
50TH ANNIVERSARY MUG RACE 2003, JACKSONVILLE, FL
The turnout for the 50th anniversary race was slightly higher
By Patrick Edwards
than in many past years, with 221 boats registered, and despite
Bill Roberts probably needs to stop lending boats to Lloyd Beery.
the light winds, 116 of those finished by the 8:15 p.m. deadline.
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Last year, 104 of 217 finished. Some years have been far worse. In
1992, only 37 of 308 entries made it.
RESULTS:
Mug Race The Rudder Club May 3 St. Johns River Jacksonville (Note on results: Due to
staggered starts in which most boats started at different times - some as early as 7:30, others as
late as 10:30 depending on ratings - many times, corrected and elapsed, are not listed. Also,
normal progression of classes (A, B, C, etc.) may not be used. All results listed trophy deep as
released by race committee and may not have been final at press time.) Perpetual trophiesMug Cup (first boat to finish), Lloyd Beery, Orlando, Supercat 20, 6:32:56; (rest of top five,
time behind previous boat-2. Tom Worthmann, Bell, Inter 20, 1:28; 3. Clive Mayo, Miami,
Nacra 6.0, 1:27; 4. Richard Lindberg, Jacksonville, Nacra 6.0, 8:24; 5. Richard Shipes, Eustis,
Inter 20, 1:53). Commodore’s Trophy (first RC boat)-Lindberg Palatka C of C Trophy (first
multihull cruiser)-Nelson Wright, Orkando, F25C Sullivan E. Howard Trophy (first dinghy
monohull)-Bill Misenheimer, Sarasota, E-Scow Ed Burroughs Trophy (first PHRF boat)-Douglas
Kessler, Marietta, Ga., Melges 24 Bobbie Lee Johnson Trophy (first all-female boat)-Pamela
SOME MUG RACE HISTORY
By Patrick Edwards
Albert Holt had been there before.
But things were a lot different then.
Holt, 65, was back sailing in the Mug Race, and just like the
first time he sailed in the very first St. Johns River Classic at age
15, he was the skipper of the first boat across the line.
But this time, Holt, now of Annapolis, MD., didn’t win the Mug
Cup, which is awarded to first boat across the line, regardless of
class or time.
In 1954, when the race started, there was only one course,
38.5 nautical miles between Jacksonville and the upriver town of
Palatka. Several years ago, because of the 45-foot clearance of the
fixed Shands Bridge at Green Cove Springs, about halfway on
the course, many big boats were banned. A second, “North
Course” was adopted that allowed those boats to race from a
start at the finish line and back, the same distance the vast majority of the racers cover from Palatka to Jacksonville.
The catch is, the race rules state that only the first boat in on
the traditional “South Course” is eligible to win the Mug Cup.
Still, Holt was first across the line among the 116 boats that
finished the race, on his Soverel 33 Stalker, winning what is called
the Tall Ship Trophy for first boat in on the North Course and
becoming the first monohull—in fact, if not in race rules—to get
across first since 1967.
“It was a great day for me and Tommy (Entenza, his crew
aboard the wooden C-Scow they finished first on 50 years ago
and who raced on Stalker this year),” said Holt, a Jacksonville
native who now owns a marine electronics business in Annapolis and spent a week sailing the Soverel down from Chesapeake
Bay for the race.
“We kept looking back, wondering, ‘When are the cats going to pass us?’ “ he said. “We saw them behind us, but they were
always so far back all we could see were sails.”
Stalker finished just over a half-hour ahead of Mug Cup winner Lloyd Beery of Orlando and his Supercat 20.
The finish created a momentary buzz around the sponsoring Rudder Club, but commodore Rich Brew said later there was
little chance the rules would be changed in light of Holt’s achievement.
“They are really two races,” he said. “Racing from Jacksonville to Green Cove Springs and back is different from racing from
Palatka to Jacksonville. The conditions on the river are different
on the different courses, and it’s not fair to compare them.”
Nonetheless, everyone agreed that there couldn’t have been
a more fitting end for Holt and for the 50th anniversary of “the
world’s longest river sailboat race.”
”It was a great time,” he said.
Keene, Flowery Branch, Ga., Morgan 24 Down Pat Fred Austin Trophy (first boat crew
under 19)-Ashley Saylor, Gray Ga., Raider 16 Flutterby Colin MacKenzie Trophy (first putnam
county boat)-Chip Leibel, Palatka, Hobie 21 Archie Markland Trophy (first RCHS boat)-Ed
Sims, Summerfield, Catalina 22 Sportsman’s Trophy (Sportsmanship)-Jeff Herter/Scott
Dowling, Casselberry Corinthian Trophy (last boat)-Randall Stocker, Gainesville, Hunter
26 Steda North course (cruisers) Tall Ship Trophy (first boat)-Al Holt, Annapolis, Md.,
Soverel 33 Stalker John Saare Trophy (first PHRF boat)-Holt, Stalker J. Norman Brown
Award (first multihull)-Gordon Lindblom, Jacksonville, Gemini 105M Fiddler’s Green Grace
Rogers Trophy (first RCHS boat)-Dale Isenhoff, Orange Park, C&C 34 Island Time Class
trophies (South course) Multihull B (corrected times)-1.Scott McCorkle, Longwood, Nacra
18, 7:12:33; 2.Tom Metts, Columbia, S.C., Supercat 20, 7:35:43; 3.Chuck Patch, Keystone Heights, Prindle 18-2, 7:52:30; 4.Marvin Dupree, Jacksonville Beach, Hobie 21,
7:59:22; 5.Bradley Butkovich, Gainesville, Windrider 17, 8:52:21. Multihull C-1.Chris
Cordes, Jacksonville, A-Cat 18, 6:59:36; 2.Michael Binford, Gainesville, A-Cat 18, 7:21:02;
3.Dave Carlson, Gainesville, A-Cat 18, 7:10:18; 4.Shaun Jackson, Lake Park, Prindle 19,
7:34:09; 5.Phillip Giotto, Atlantic Beach, Prindle 19, 7:40:54. Multihull D 1.Beery, Supercat
20, 6:33:50; 2.Lindberg, Nacra 6-0, 6:46:01; 3.Jeff Bowers, Daytona, Mystere 6.0, 6:54:05;
4.Eddie Young, Port Orange, Hobie 21, 7:06:06; 5.Vernon Kuftic, Daytona Beach, Hobie
20, 6:58:59. Multihull E-1.Worthman, Inter 20, 6:17:36; 2.Mayo, Nacra 6.0, 6:26:51;
3.Shipes, Inter 20, 6:31:23; 4.Eric Roberts, Palm City, RC-30, 6:16:39; 5.Robert Lyman,
Orange Park, RC-27, 6:26:01. Multihull cruiser-Wright, F25C, 7:22:13. Monohull A1.Meisenheimer, E-Scow, 7:53:47; 2.David Moring, Tampa, C-Scow, 8:47:57; 3.Spencer
Wait, Jacksonville, Lightning, 10:11:40; 4.Saylor, Raider 16, 10:37:15; 5.Wayne
Berkenmeyer, Ocala, Whaler Harpoon 5.2, 11:52:33. Monohull C-1.David Stage, Tallahassee, Flying Dutchman, 8:58:19; 2.Eric Oster, Stuart, Buccaneer 18, 9:37:21; 3.Jonathan
Horenstein, Monroe, Mich., Highlander, 10:05:50. Hobie 18-Emory McLaughlin, Jacksonville; 2.Adam Haley, Palatka; 3.Lee Poidevant, Green Cove Springs. Hobie 16-1.Susan
Edwards, Jacksonville; 2.Chandler Rozear, Gainesville; 3.Duke Angier, Saluda, N.C.; 4.Amber Burnham, Palatka. Flying Scot-1.Dave Strickland, Jacksonville; 2.Joe Byles, Orange
Park; 3.Barry Bobek, Jacksonville; 4.Warren Keene, Jacksonville; 5.John Steinmeyer, Jacksonville. Catalina 22-1.Holman, Caribbean Soul; 2.Al Pivonka, Altamonte Springs,
Bangarang; 3.Steve Winkler, Palatka, Second Wind. MacGregor 26-1.Henry Miles, Welaka,
Looks Fast Too; 2.Jomae Potter, Winter Park Duck Soup. PHRF A (corrected times) 1.Sandy
Cooke, Green Cove Springs, Pearson 30 Alacrity, 9:26:07; 2.Keene, Down Pat, 10:19:09;
3-David Weilacher, Fernandina Beach, Pearson 30 Easy Days, 11:03:20; 4.Thomas Jackson, Ocala, Hunter 22.3 Wynsum, 12:00:34; 5.Michael Sherlock, Dunnellon, Tanzer 22
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Sherlock’s Home, 11:54:47. PHRF C-1.John Hirsch, Orange Park, Santana 23, 9:24:18; 2.Jack
King, Coconut Grove, J/22 Hot Streak, 9:42:44; 3.Clyde Rodgers, S. Daytona, Chrysler 22 Ba
Ba J, 10:37:09; 4.James Keeley, Palm Beach Gardens, Lindenberg 22 Blow Up Doll, 10:21:23;
5.Adam Norwood, Jacksonville, Ranger 23, 11:18:57. PHRF D-1.Kessler, Melges, 8:03:04;
2.Dave Bergeron, Cheetah 28 Moby Quik, 8:08:29; 3.Bert Chamberlain, St. Augustine, Echells
25 Spirit, 8:37:38; 4.Jeff Cruz, Jacksonville, Santa Cruz 27 Frenzey, 8:55:21; 5.Bob Woolverton,
Jacksonville, J/29 Cheetah, 8:38:41. RCHS C (the RC Handicapping System is devised to
allow boats without PHRF rating cards to compete) 1.Jib Davidson, Gainesville, Hunter 23.5
Make It So, 11:50:41; 2.Henry Van Twyver, Paisey, San Juan 21 Promotion, 12:04:24; 3.Leonard
Freeman, Palatka, Jan Juan 21 Gone With The Wind, 12:09:55; 4.John Koerner, Middleburg,
Fuji 32, Companion II, 12:19:36. RCHS D-1.Ed Sims, Summerfield, Hunter 23 Point Blank,
11:26:12; 2.William Frazier, Jacksonville, S-2 24, 12:05:27; 3.Ron Katz, Macon, Ga., San Juan
23 Sea Witch, 12:12:49. RCHS E-1.Arthur Dobiesowicz, Jacksonville, Morgan 24 Capt. Morgan, 11:42:06; 2.Jim Summerlin, Jacksonville, O’Day 272, 11:56:53; 3-Lamar McDonald,
Jacksonville, MacGregor 26, Joe’s Window, 12:00:55. RCHS F-1.Gene O’Connor, Palatka,
Neptune 27 French Bred, 9:58:42; 2.James Burke, Switzerland, Cape Dory 30 Eventide,
12:00:53; 3.Thomas Kight, San Mateo, Skip Jack 14, 12:06:49; 4.Randall Stocker, Gainesville,
Hunter 26 Steda, 12:03:13. RCHS G-1.Dale Lewis, Orlando, Pearson Triton Second Chance,
11:27:32; 2.Aubrey Adams, Gainesville, O’Day 27 Blue Eagle, 11:36:01; 3.Bob Moriarty,
Ponte Vedra Beach, Pearson 26 Fascination, 11:46:37; 4.Mike Sullivan, Hawthorne, Newport
28 Winged Victory, 11:48:06. RCHS H-1.Bill Shaw, Macon, Ga., Harmony 22 Staccato,
11:09:30; 2-Bryce Merrill, Jacksonville, O’Day 28 Compensation, 11:32:36. RCHS I-1.Don
Lasky, Port St. Lucie, Catalina 22, Flip Flop and Fly, 11:00:17; 2.Gene Cochran, Fort Pierce,
Catalina 22 Game Over, 11:16:48; 3.Patrick Daniel, Longwood, Irwin 21 PDQ, 11:03:55;
4.Jeff Herter, Casselberry, S-2 6.7, Vulcan Mermaid, 11:12:17; Robert Schleef, Jacksonville,
C&C 24 Starwind, 11:41:10.
Class trophies (North course) PHRF A-1.Holt, Stalker, 6:14:18; 2.Tom Bell, Jacksonville,
C&C 38 Whisper, 7:01:34; 3.Carl Geyer, Ranger 33 Tigress, 7:31:38; 4.Bob McClemens,
Beneteau 38 Bananas, 7:01:50; 5.Doug Childs, Jacksonville, J-Boat Persuasion, 7:22:40. PHRF
B (Non-spinnaker)-1.Jerry Rehkopf, Jacksonville, J/30 Showoff, 7:30:30; 2.Lindblom, Fiddler’s
Green, 9:06:07; 3.Allen Jones, Jacksonville, Pearson 36 Bernoulli, 17:57:06; 4.Leonard
Simmons, Jacksonville, O’Day Luna-Tack, 11:27:10. RCHS A (Non-spinnaker)-1.Isenhoff, Island Time, 7:47:43; 2.Roger Blandford, Jacksonville, Catalina 30 Frances B, 8:47:06; 3.Dennis Miller, Green Cove Springs, S-2 Mustang, 9:12:27; 4.Martin Pett, Jacksonville, Irwin
Scapatta, 9:08:57; 5.Robert Walker, Callahan, MacGregor 36 Moriah, 9:00:48.
BELL TOPS SURVIVORS IN FERNANDINA RACE
By Patrick Edwards
Ocean racing can be a rough business off the northeast coast of
Florida, and a handful of hardy sailors who survived 7-foot seas
and winds of 20-30 knots on the nose to finish the North Florida
Cruising Club’s Tommy Hall Memorial Race from Jacksonville
to Fernandina Beach March 15 had that fact reinforced to them.
Tom Bell’s C&C 38 Whisper was one of five of 12 boats that
finished, taking first in the PHRF A class over Carl Geyer on
Ranger 33 Tigress by just a second on corrected time, 7:06:467:06:47, over the 21.9 nm spinnaker course.
“With two crewmembers throwing up, it just wasn’t any
fun,” said Bob McClemens, who has won plenty of other less
unruly races on his Beneteau 38 Bananas but who turned back
this time.
“It was a terrible day,” said Tom Davis, who finished third in
PHRF A: on Cal 9.2 Ghost. “There was a lot of reefing and jib changing on the boats that finished.”
Those included Bill Weinbecker on Hunter 35.5 MoJo, who covered the 18.9-nm non-spinnaker course in 6:18:05, to the 6:52:35
logged by Doug Rosen on Santana 30 Quicksand.
The other seven boats registered in the race either turned back
or were marked DNS.
RESULTS
Tommy Hall Memorial NFCC March 15 Mayport-Fernandina PHRF (21.9 NM) 1.Tom
Bell, C&C 38 Whisper, 7:06:46; 2-Carl Geyer, Ranger 33 Tigress, 7:06:47; Tom Davis, Cal.
9.2 Ghost, 7:09:08. PHRF B (Non-spinnaker, 18.90 NM) 1.Bill Weinbecker, Hunter 35.5
MoJo, 6:18:05; 2.Doug Rosen, Santana 30 Quicksand, 6:52:33. Wave Regatta (WSS #1)
April 5, Jacksonville, St. Johns R. PHRF A (Non-spinnaker) (7NM) 1.Tina Brady, J/24 Big
Deal!, 2. 2:03:33; 2.Jodi Weinbecker, Hunter 35.5 Mojo, 2:14:21; 3.Penny Edwards, C&C
24 Lucky Penny, 2:29:52. Cruisers (6.5 NM) 1.Gleunna Curtiss, Olson 30, 2:08:28; 2.Joan
Rogers, Santana 30 Quicksand, 2:39:06; 3.Anna Stili, Pearson 36 Bernouli, 2:54:06.DuPont
Regatta EFYC, March 22, Jacksonville, St. Johns R. PHRF A (4.9 NM) 1.Bob Woolverton,
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J29 Cheetah, 50:38; 2.Tom Davis, Cal 9.2 Ghost, 51:34; 3.Carl Geyer, Ranger 33 Tigress,
52.13. PHRF B (Non-spinnaker) 1.K.C. Knapp, C&C 30 Sea Jay, 1:00:09; 2-Bill Quinlan,
Taswell 44 Special Delivery 1:02:56; 3.Allen Jones, Pearson 36 Bernouli, 1:05:21. Spring
River Race NFCC April 12 Jacksonville St. Johns R. (makeup of race postponed Feb.
22) PHRF (15.02 NM) 1.Hal Neill, Express 27 Talisman, 2:45:49; 2. Tom Davis, Cal 9.2
Ghost, 2:53:23; 3.Carl Geyer, Ranger 33 Tigress, 3:11:50. PHRF B (Non-spinnaker, 10.64
NM) 1.Jerry Rehfopf J/30 Showoff, 2:08:40; 2.Bob McClemens, Beneteau 38 Bananas,
2:23:43. Cruising 1.Manuel Lluberas, O’Day 272 Tenacious, 2:23:51; 2.KC Knapp, C&C
30 Sea Jay, 2:25:21; 2.Alan Jones, Pearson 36 Bernoulli.
2003 ST JOHNS TEA PARTY, APRIL 12-13
FLORIDA YACHT CLUB
Local Snipe sailor Hal Gilreath with crew James Liebl have won
the first annual “St. Johns Tea Party” in Jacksonville, Florida. The
conditions were light and extremely shifty, but three races were
completed, and everyone had a wonderful time. This regatta has
been named after the tea-colored river and the new drink that has
emerged to commemorate this event, “St Johns Ice Tea.” The Saturday evening party will now include a “tea tasting,” and participants are encouraged to bring their favorite recipe for tasting.
The St Johns River is a marvelous place to sail. The water is
flat, the weather is terrific, and the Florida Yacht Club is exceptional. The Snipe class is no stranger to this venue, and we are
excitedly returning after way too long of an absence. Hal Gilreath
has recently moved to Jacksonville and has made a great effort to
get us back on the “tea-colored” river, and we appreciate it.
Saturday the wind backed off after a wild cold front moved
through the southeast bringing 30-knot gusts from the northwest
for two days along with cloudy skies and cool temperatures. But
when it came time to start sailing, it was beautiful. The wind was
light and variable as the northwest predicted wind had a difficult
time getting established. Rick Preston, as PRO, was having a frustrating time trying to get the course set with frequent 180-degree
shifts and anything from 0-8 knots. After repositioning three times
and waiting for almost two hours, an average wind could be determined from 290 degrees at 6-10 knots, and the first race was
starting. A simple windward-leeward course, twice around with
the RC in the middle was signaled. Steve and Kelly Suddath started at
the pin end, heading up-current (remember this is a river), and staying in the waves of pressure, made it to the windward mark first
and stayed out front the whole race. This is very impressive considering all of the huge shifts in direction and strength that were
encountered during this 45-minute race, and the fact that he was
sailing a borrowed boat and had not sailed a Snipe for many years.
The second race was in similar conditions, but the crews
seemed to be sitting on the same side of the boat more than the
first race and occasionally hiking. Again the current was strong
from the left side, spinning the RC signal boat 90 degrees from the
wind for the start. The left was therefore favored, but the leaders
stayed in pressure and kept their boat moving better than the rest
of the fleet in these very frustrating conditions. Hal Gilreath and
James Liebl made it to the weather mark first; however, Gonzalo
Diaz and Greg Saldana were right on their transom and going
fast. The fleet had to gybe frequently, since the shifts were just as
impressive downwind as up. Charlie and Michelle Bustamante
moved inside and were able to round in second at the first leeward mark, and Greg Griffin and Alan Capellin also slipped ahead
of Gonzalo and Greg at this mark. By the second leeward mark
Greg and Alan had moved into second, and Tarasa Davis and Paul
Abdullah had worked into third. As they approached the finish
line, the wind dropped significantly, creating a high-tension, slowmotion drama.
The RC momentarily considered a third race for the day; however, the dying breeze was going fast, and it was wise to head in.
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vegetables with wonderful chocolate dessert. This was the perfect
finish to a wonderful day on the river.
Sunday was supposed to have 6-8 knots from the northwest to
north; however, there was a flat calm as everyone gathered at the
club for an early morning start. Appropriately the races were postponed from shore, and we enjoyed coffee and donuts in the shade of
the club’s new “Fleet Activities” building next to the pool. This is a
beautiful club. By 1000 a gentle westerly started to fill in, and the
fleet drifted out to the sailing area. A very short course was set since
the pressure was so light, and a sequence was started. Everyone including the RC was frustrated with this race, with light breeze on
the course from opposite directions at the same time, making it challenging just to complete the course. The awards were beautiful engraved wood plaques.
The Snipe class thanks the race committee, the Florida Yacht
Club, and all of their volunteers for hosting this wonderful event
and making it possible for Snipes to return to Jacksonville. The flock
will be back in force next year.
WEST FLORIDA RACING
SARASOTA ONE-DESIGN MIDWINTERS, MARCH 22-23
By Jim Barr, regatta chairman
The Sarasota One-Design Midwinter took place on Sarasota Bay 0n
March 22-23 with nine one-design classes and 73 boats. Saturday
saw a wait on the water for a late sea breeze that finally materialized
at around 2 in the afternoon. Two races were held for most, but the
smaller boats managed to get in six races on a shorter course.
Sunday began with heavy rain, but it cleared by 11 and all
fleets got in at least one race with the wind shifting wildly back
and forth.
The race committee under the direction of Sandy Sundberg
did three courses with the other two headed by Cindy Clifton
and Allen Becker. As usual, club manager Pat Murphy and his
staff did an outstanding job of running the regatta.
¡lace; sail number, name
420 Class; 1; 3542; R & G ASHLEY; 2; 1; ADRIAN KIRCHNER; Albacore Class 1; 6701;
DAVID BYRON; 2; 6434; PETER DUNCAN; 3; 7700; CHRIS GORTON; 4; 7414; JEFF BEITZ;
5; 8021; JIM GRAHAM; 6; 7499; DAVID HUBER; 7; USA5923; DENIS T. WETTLAUFER; 8;
6898; DOUG FOORD; 9; 7380; SASHIA MOONEY Daysailer Class 1; 61; STUART SMITH;
2; 14061; DON PERRY; 3; 2917; DEL FOSTER; 4; 6962; CHRIS COOKSON; 5; 275;
ERIKA SEAMON; 6; 1128; SCOTT GRAHAM; 7; DS3101; JOHN R. (DICK) PITMAN; 8;
13155; PHILIP J STUTES; 9; 1252; DARIN O’NEAL; 10; 14083; GERALD WALTON; 11;
967; HANK EPSTEIN; 12; 8260; KEVIN FLANAGAN; 13; DS17; FRANK FECZHO;
ESCOW Class 1; SF99; JIM BARR; 2; 808; DOUG KRESGE; 3; E8; JOHN JENNINGS; 4;
WA12; BILL MISENHEIMER; 5; W18; CHRIS KEITEL; 6; 36; BRUCE HILTON; 7; 111;
ISAAC LEESTMA; 8; MU1; BILL MONSMA; 9; BO58; MILTON THRASHER ;
InterCanoe Class 1; US213; TED VANDUSEN; 2; USA201; ANDERS PETERSON; 3; 219;
BILL BEAVER; 4; USA220; GEORGE SAUNDERS; 5; 208; TIM LLEWELLYN; 6; 175;
JARED HOURIHAN; 7; 191; KEN PARKER; 8; USA216; KARL WITTNEBEL
SANJUAN21 Class; 1; 2402; JOHN HOUSE; 2; 2101; STUART SMITH; 3; 2430;
JOHN DAVIS ; Santana20 Class ; 1; 900; DAN BORRER; 2; 258; CRAIG EKMAN; 3; 568;
ALAN SHEDD; 4; 005; DOUG MESSER
SUNFISH PAN AM TRIALS, SARASOTA SAILING
SQUADRON, APRIL 25-27
By Amy Linton
Skipper Jeff Linton of Tampa earned the chance to represent the
United States at the 2003 Pan Am Games in Dominican Republic.
The Pan Am Trials for Sunfish were hosted by the Sarasota
Sailing Squadron at the end of April and drew 35 boats from
around the country. Hank Saurage of Louisiana led the competition early, while current North American Sunfish champion
Marcus Eagan and Sarasota hometown favorite Chip Clifton were
also in the hunt. With four bullets, however, Linton was nearly
untouchable.
According to the US Olympic Committee, which organizes
the Pan Am Games, the Sunfish sailing class will go on as planned,
although rumors have swirled around the Dominican Republic’s
ability to host the complete games. The Pan Am Games are scheduled for August 1- 17.
RESULTS
1. Jeff Linton, Tampa FL 3, (10), 1, 1, 1, 2, 1. 9 points total; 2. Marcus Eagan, Bay St.
Louis, MS, 4, 2, 8, 3, (9), 1, 3. 21 pts; 3. Hank Saurage, Baton Rouge LA, 1, 1, 10, 2, 7,
(18), 8. 29 pts; 4. Charles A. (“Chip”) Clifton, Nashville TN, 9, 8, 4, 4, (OCS), 4, 6. 36 pts;
5. Rod Koch, St. Petersburg FL, 7, 5, 7, 6, 6, (8), 5. 36 pts; 6. Tom Whitehurst, Pensacola
FL, 14, 6, 5, 7, 2, 12, (DNC). 46 pts; 7. John Kolius, Clear Lake TX, 5, 7, 9, 14, 4, (16), 9.
48 pts; 8, Clinton Edwards, Bay St. Louis, MS, 15, 9, 3, 9, 8, (23), 14. 58 pts; 9. Larry
Suter, Miami FL, 11, 13, (16), 11, 3, 9, 13. 60 pts; 10. Dave Olson, Sarasota FL, 18, 17,
13, 5, (19), 6, 2. 61 pts.
SUNSHINE, GOOD WIND MAKE FOR PERFECT
COMPETITION AT SAILFEST 2003 IN SARASOTA
MAY 3-4
By Morgan Stinemetz
The second day of Sail Fest was as good as the first, with enough
wind to make the competition hum and plenty of sunshine. Excellent race committee and scoring work made for an overall
smooth-as-silk regatta. Winds got as high as eight knots, which is
enough to sail by but not enough to cause white knuckles in the
150-boat fleet.
The regatta is run by the Youth Sailing Program (YSP) and
has a heavy emphasis on youth sailing.
Price Hartenstine of Sarasota put together the best eight race
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BVI
Sailing In The BVI Can Be An
Electrifying Experience
By Carol Bareuther
Photos by Dean Barnes
BVI marine
surveyor, Bill
Bailey, had what
you could call
an “electrifying
experience”
during the
second day of
racing at the BVI
Spring Regatta,
April 4 to 6.
General Virgin Gorda. Overlooking North Sound, where layday activities took place and the Bitter End Yacht Club‘s location.
T
hick in the middle of a wicked squall, his Hughes 38,
Second Nature, was hit by a bolt of lightning that sparked
down the forestay and backstay. Bailey’s crew on the rail
got zapped, but Bailey received a bigger jolt as the bolt jumped the
gap and hit the wheel. “I had sparks coming out of my fingers,” he
said. Undeterred, Second Nature did win its Jib & Main class.
Fortunately, few crews on any other of the record 139 boats
competing got zapped. Atypical weather aside, this year’s bumper
entry of skippers and crews from the Caribbean, U.S. mainland
and Europe - whether they had brought their own boat down to
race or bareboat chartered - points to the British Virgin Islands
increasingly as the yachting capitol of the Caribbean.
Located in the northwest corner of the Caribbean’s Leeward
Islands - about 70 miles east of Puerto Rico and a half-day’s sail
from the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas or St. John, the sixtysomething islands, islets and cays that make up this British territory offer a Baskin Robbins sampling of anchorages that provide
both laid-back and jam-packed party appeal. There’s even a boatload of boater-friendly services like well-equipped yards, soupto-nuts provisioning and even multiple locales to access the
Internet.
This year, the Spring Regatta Committee decided to take
advantage of this ideal cruising destination and expand the event
to a week of racing. A three-day Sailing Festival took the form of
destination racing, while the traditional three day regatta that
followed also saw a break from windward-leewards in the Sir
Francis Drake Channel with an attempt at some tour racing. Sailors obviously liked the idea.
“We really had no idea how many boats would show up,”
said Bob Phillips, race committee chairman. We knew the Sailing
Festival was a good concept and thought that ten to fifteen boats
would be a nice number, so of course we’re extremely pleased
with 38.”
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The majority of Sailing
Festival competitors hugged
the coast as they beat up the
south side of Tortola, the BVI’s
largest island and home to its
capitol of Road Town. Then via
a cut past The Dogs, a foursome
of uninhabited islands floating
between Tortola and Virgin
Gorda to the east, the fleet continued its way from Beef Island
Bluff to Prickly Pear Island,
Colquhoun Reef and the entrance to Virgin Gorda’s North
Sound. A short beat from the
channel markers found the finish line off Bitter End Yacht Club
and perennial Caribbean racer
and Detroit, MI, resident, Bill
Alcott’s Andrews 68 Equation,
first over the line with a time of 2
hours, 13 minutes and 33 seconds. St. Maarten’s Frits Bus, on his Melges 24, 2 Contact Carib, is always a hot racer—and a colorful one, too.
The Bitter End Yacht Club
hosted layday activities like the
ing lightning and ear-piercing thunder that descended over the seas
Coconut Man Triathlon, an event
Day Two gave way to a final day of breathless calm. A decision to
that started and finished at the
send both the racing and bareboat cruising fleets around Tortola
property’s rum pub and infor a bit of tour racing ended in abandonments. The boats that were
cluded Hobie Wave sailing, ocean
making headway in the no-wind conditions were the only ones
kayaking and a 500-foot climb to
who cared. The rest just did what any Caribbean sailor does when
a scenic overlook. Those not in
times get tough - head to the bar.
the triathlon enjoyed what the
In this case, the de rigueur congregating place for boaters in
Bitter End is best known for: being
the BVI is the Willy T, a 100-foot steel schooner anchored in The
a sailor’s Disney World of yachtBight at Norman Island that serves as a floating bar, restaurant and
ing and watersports activities.
party headquarters for nautical types. Yes, we were there that SunAfter the layday, twentyday afternoon. Loosened up with a bit of rum, sailors will tell all
eight boats sailed the pursuit
their salty tales , even the ones that are electrifying.
race back to host marina, Nanny
Cay. Ten skippers, seeing high
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weekend, decided not to race
crew ID. Clear-in facilities are located at: West End and Road Town,
back, thus saving their sails and
Tortola; Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke; and St. Thomas Bay, Virgin
not risking any breakdowns for BVI Marine surveyor Bill Bailey, achis award for winning the CruisGorda. Hours are M-F: 8:30 to 4:30, Saturdays 8:30-12:30.
the regatta ahead. One of the cepts
ing Class on his Hughes 38, Second
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series in the Red, White and Blue Opti fleets, which race together.
He was tested by Sam Blouin of Tampa, who had the same score,
but the tiebreaker was decided in Hartenstine’s favor because he
had three first-place finishes to Blouin’s one.
“I was watching out for him, making sure that I was not too
far behind him when he was ahead. I have raced against him before, at Davis Island. I got second and he got first,” said Hartenstine,
a 14-year-old ninth-grader at Pine View School for the Gifted.
The Red Fleet was won by Hartenstine. Paul Polgar of
Clearwater was the winner in the Blue Fleet. Michael Boecker of
St. Petersburg took the White Fleet. The top sailor in the Opti Green
Fleet was Andrew Pate of Naples.
The Laser one-design class was taken by Brian Watts of Tampa.
The Laser Radial class went to David Hernandez of Fort Myers.
Ron Petsch of Sarasota, a crackerjack junior sailor who has
grown bigger and sails bigger boats, took the Flying Scot one-design class with a line score of 2-(4)-4-1-1-1-3-3.
E-Scow stalwart Jim Barr of Sarasota posted seven bullets in
nine races to win his class going away.
The 420 class was taken by Chris Vetter of St. Petersburg, who
inched by second-place Timothy Murphy by a single point.
It was Conner Blouin of Tampa who placed first in the 15boat Sunfish class.
Charlie Clifton of Sarasota, sailing a SR 21 named Jennifer
Fitzgerald, won the four-boat PHRF spinnaker class.
Doug Deardon’s Impulse 26, In Tune, was tops in the fourboat PHRF non- spinnaker class.
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Flying Scots at Sailfest 2003. Gary Hufford photo.
2003 BAY BIKINI CUP RACE RESULTS
Well, it was a beautiful day with about 10 mph winds and fair seas
(outside of the occasional powerboat wake). With the help of my friends
Dino and Lance for race committee (Lance brought his 19-foot sailboat out for the R/C boat) we got 3 races off.
Results: 1,
Lillian Epstein/Abby Shame on a Daysailor 2, Ellen Henderson on a Sun Fish; 3, Jessica San
Martin on a Sun Fish; 4, Karen Tedder/Joann Gitchel on a Capri 14.5; 5, Sophia San
Martin on a Sun Fish; 6, Kayla Droghici on a Sun Fish; 7, Michele Miller/Brook Shaffer on
a Chrysler Pirateer
SHORT TACKS
2003 FLORIDA REGIONAL SUNFISH
CHAMPIONSHIPS, MAY 17-18, MYC
By Richard Oliver
Melbourne Yacht Club was this year’s host for the above championship, which was held on the calm waters of the Intracoastal
Waterway in Brevard County.
The weather on Saturday was hot, sunny and humid. The
wind from the ocean was in the 10–15 knot range, and the waters caused the dinghies no problems from any wind chop.
Four races were held this day, with the race committee providing variety in the courses and distances raced.
Thirty-two boats started the day, with 31 still in the hunt at
the end of the day, and a young girl finding the conditions a
little much for her lightweight frame.
There was only one breakage—a mast on Jeff Olsen’s boat
during the second race—but a quick change, facilitated by one
of the chase boats making a trip back to the club for a replacement borrowed from one of the club’s own boats, meant he only
missed one race. However, if the rest of his performances mean
anything, the breakage probably cost him two places.
All the races provided close competition, with many overlapping mark roundings and finish line contests.
Jeff Linton proved almost unbeatable, taking three first
places and a second.
In the ladies championships, being held as races within
races, Mindy Strauley held a commanding lead, having been the
first lady to cross the finishing line in all four races.
That well-known master sailor, Dick Tillman, led the masters, and was in fifth place overall at the end of day one—within
striking distance of the podium, but unlikely to add another
championship notch to his tiller.
At the end of the day’s racing the boats returned to the yacht
club to be met by the ground staff with their trolleys on the
launching ramp, keeping any delay to a minimum, before heading to the relative cool of the clubhouse where cold libations
awaited, followed by a meal, before retiring to regroup for the
early Sunday start.
Sunday again gave us hot, sunny and even more humid
weather than the previous day, but with lighter winds less able
to keep the heat effect down.
The start of racing was delayed as the winds steadily backed
from the southeast, with the race committee waiting until a steady
direction was forthcoming.
The first race was held in steady winds, with more good
close class racing taking place. A few sailors found the decreased
winds more to their liking and improved their positions, and
some were exceedingly grateful for the chance to discard a race.
After this race the wind backed, causing the course to be considerably adjusted before the second race could take place, during
which time the forecast storms could be seen over the mainland,
but not interfering at that time.
After the second race, which meant most of the sailors reverted to previous form, thunder and lightning could be seen
ashore, and the race committee decided to declare the regatta
complete.
The trophy winners were: first lady sailor, Mindy Strauley
(Casselberry); first youth under 18, Chris Alexander (Cape Coral),
who was also fifth overall, a magnificent achievement for a 17year old, but not surprising as he also happens to be the number
one youth sailor in the country; first master (over 60), David
Olson (Sarasota), who is also a past champion Laser and Sunfish
master, beating out our own champion, Dick Tillman, by one
point, and the overall champion was Jeff Linton (Tampa), a clear
winner who has too many championships to name.
More sailors entered this championship in Florida, which
Sunfish Regional Championships. Richard Oliver photo.
was a qualifier for the next World Sunfish Championships, than
for some years, which does nothing but enhance the reputation
of the sailing in Melbourne, and also the organizational skills
and commitment of Melbourne Yacht Club and its members to
promoting all types of sailing in the area.
MYC’s next regattas will be the 25th Annual Mermaid Regatta in September (ladies only), its fall regatta in October (anyone and everyone), and the biggie, the International Masters
(Over 40) World Sunfish Championships to be held in March
2004, where at least 100 boats from all over the world are expected to compete.
Details of these events and the club are available at the club
Web site, www.melbourneyachtclub.com.
TAMPA BAY TO CUBA RACE CANCELED
The 1st International Sail-Cuba.com Regatta originally
scheduled for May 3-9, has been canceled. Beyond saying that talks are being held with the U.S. Treasury
Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control, no further comments were offered by the race organizer, Exit
Solutions. Go to http://www.sail-cuba.com/ for more
information and contacts.
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THE WORLDS LARGEST
YACHT RACE
By Cherie Sogsti
Gentlemen, stop your engines.
On April 25, 461 boats cut their
engines, hoisted their mains,
and unfurled their jibs to start
the 2003 Tommy Bahama Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race
without a bang. It was the twirl
of a flag that set the yachts sailing destined to change their
The Newport to Ensenada Race.
latitude.
Is that a car/powerboat in the
Yachts of all kinds com- race or is it real shallow here?
peted in the race from South- Cherie Sogsti photo.
ern California to Mexico. Any
sailor knows that bigger is not always faster. But, this year
younger didn’t mean faster, either. A Cal 25 (a vessel over 30
years old) won the race. Don Albrect, captain of Valkyrie completed the “World’s Largest Yacht Race” with the fastest corrected time. You can spend millions of dollars on a sleek racing yacht, but it won’t guarantee you a victory.
The magnificent yachts were a sight to behold for the hundreds of Southern California residents who gather each year
to watch the vibrant sails billow in the wind and sail off towards our Latin neighbors. Gone are the days of only white
sails. Today’s sailing races erupt with a kleidoscope of mainsail
colors. Racing yachts are now hoisting mains as colorful as
their spinnakers.
Among the record setters this year was Disney’s Pyewacket
(a 77-foot Reichel/Puch), which set a new monohull course
record (10:44:54.) Roy Pat, Disney’s son, skippered Pyewacket
while first-to-finish honors went to Bill Gibbs, who crossed
the finish line in 10 hours and 21 seconds on Afterburner, his
52-foot catamaran. Another sailing veteran, Dennis Connor,
raced on his Cal 40 Persephone and took third place after all the
times were corrected.
Next year will be the 57th consecutive year that the 2003
Tommy Bahama Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race will be held.
It is scheduled for April 23, 2004. More detailed information
about the 125-nautical mile race can be found at www.nosa.org.
AROUND ALONE UPDATE
On May 1 Bernard Stamm sailed his Open 60 Bobst Group Armor Lux, into Newport, RI, to win the Cass 1 Around Alone
Race. This was Stamm’s fourth first place victory in a five leg
around the world race. His total time was 115 days, 18 hours,
27 minutes and 23 seconds. This is one day less than Soldini’s
time in 1998, the last Around Alone race, although Stamm raced
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a course which was 13 percent longer
than Soldini’s. His average boat
speed was 10.36 knots
Next came Italian skipper Simone
Bianchetti aboard Tiscali. On May 2,
he informed his shore team that he
would be arriving the next morning
but was worried about the strong
winds and the strength of his mast,
since he could put only one reef in
his mainsail. His suspicions proved
correct as his mast broke in the predawn hours. “I immediately started
Bernard Stamm
to secure the mast to see if I could
Around Alone Class 1 winner
save it. If I could keep that section of
Roy Riley, Marinepics
the mast in the boat, I knew I would
be able to make the finish. In any case I knew I was going to make
the finish even if I had to swim towing the boat.” He was just 30
miles from the finish, but managed to rig enough sails to tack slowly
into port and cross the line on May 3 to take third overall in Class 1.
Thierry Dubois, aboard Solidaires, came into port that same day
to take an overall second place for the Class 1.
On May 4, Bruce Schwab on Ocean Planet crossed the finish
line to take fourth place in leg 4 and fifth place overall for Class 1.
He was followed the same day by Emma Richards on Pindar, who
took fifth in the leg and won a fourth place overall.
Another arrival on May 4 was Brad Van Liew on Tommy Hilfiger
Freedom America,who crossed the finish line to win the Class 2 race.
He spent the last 24 hours of the race in some of the worse conditions of his sailing career, with 40 knots of wind on the nose and no
sleep the previous two days. He was relieved to reach port. The
only Around Alone veteran, he also became the only skipper to
win all legs of the race.
May 5 brought the arrival of Tim Kent on Everest Horizontal,
placing second in both leg 5 and in the overall race for Class 2. The
following day Kojiro Kuraishi on Spirit of Yokuh came into port to
earn a possible third overall in the same class.
On May 11 Alan Paris, on Open 40 BTC Velocity, became the
first Bermudan to do a solo circumnavigation and earned a possible fourth overall in Class 2.
Derek Hatfield on Spirit of Canada continued on his northward
trek toward Newport, after getting a new mast during leg 4 and a
late start in leg 5. If he finishes in Newport in reasonable time, he
will gain a third overall in Class 2, pushing Spirit of Yokuh and BTC
Velocity to fourth and fifth places, respectively.
The Around Alone race began on September 25, 2002, and finished approximately eight months later. All but one of the boats
rested in port in Newport, RI, by May 11. The race had several
dismastings and three who retired early from the race, but overall
the race was marked by nine (with one currently still heading towards the finish) successful around alone campaigns.
And it will all happen again in 2006 under the new name
5-Oceans.
WINNER OF WINDCRAFT AMATEUR TROPHY
ANNOUNCED FOR 2002
By Don Wigston, Windcraft Inc. www.Corsairtri.com
The Windcraft Amateur Trophy is awarded by Windcraft to the
skipper and crew of the all amateur team with the best overall performance in the annual series of events that were sanctioned by the
FCA for the Corsair Cup and Farrier Trophy. In this context “all
amateur crew” means that the boat was sailed in all qualifying
events without the help of any marine industry professionals—professional sailors, boat dealers or brokers, sailmakers, etc. Past winners have been Dennis Neuman from Massachusetts and David
Shneider from Michigan.
For 2002 Matt Scharl and the crew of his F-25C Gamera (Mark
Zaranski and Jeff Przyby) topped the scoreboard, with stellar performances at the Chicago NOOD (first place in the multihull fleet);
the 2002 Corsair Trimaran Nationals (second place overall), and
the Chicago Mac Race (second place in the multihull fleet). In this
race they were joined by crew member Kevin Alcock.
Many thanks to Mark Segraves from Chicago for his painstaking hours combing Web sites to extract the necessary data to
determine the results.
In the event that no series of events is announced by the FCA,
the CTOA or Corsair for 2003, we will use the same events as in
2002 to determine the winner of the trophy for 2003. That being:
Chicago NOOD, Dogwood Regatta, Corsair Trimaran Nationals
in Fort Walton Beach; Newport Unlimited, San Diego, Whidbey
Island Race Week, Buzzard’s Bay, Race Rock Regatta, Chicago Mac,
Swiftsure, Columbus Day Regatta, Miami FL, Great Lakes
Multihull Championship, Summer Splash—LA area.
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The Hanse line of sailboats is now offered by Sailboats Florida,
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the latest in performance design. Hanse yachts, from 31 feet
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cockpits and construction details that will please any surveyor.
There is a waiting list for the 53-foot model scheduled for introduction this fall.
The 37-foot model on display at Sailboats Florida will delight
every member of your crew, whether the focus is performance,
agility, accommodation, or aesthetics. The interior is a blend of
contemporary design and proven maritime tradition. Highly varnished trim, custom upholstery and numerous opening ports and
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Hanse yachts are boats you can cross oceans with or take for
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JULY 4-11 REGATTA TIME IN ABACO
LOOKING FOR SPONSORS
Regatta Time in Abaco is once again planning its 2003 series of
races and social events. This will be the 28th consecutive year for
bringing hundreds of visitors to our island. The races will begin
on July 4th and continue through the 11th. The five races will begin in Green Turtle Cay and will continue through the cays to end
in Marsh Harbour on the 11th. This popular regatta is structured
to expose sailors to many different towns and give them a taste of
the Abaco experience. Indeed, some have liked what they have
seen so much that they returned here, purchased property, and
built homes. Others return year after year, both to participate in
the race program or to enjoy the area in less structured ways. Many
bring friends and relatives.
We are again asking for your support, either as a sponsor or
as an advertiser in the printed program. The program is distributed to all participants and advertising locations. The sailors and
all the other people who correlate their visits to Abaco to coincide
with the races add greatly to our economy.Your advertisement in
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period were higher than any other month during the year.
Ruth Saunders, regatta coordinator, (242) 367-2333 days,
367-2107 nights.
CORRECTION
Last month, Southwinds reported that Smooooth Sailing, the new
sailing school run by Carol Elwood, was located in Clearwater. Its
correct location is in Dunedin at the Marker I Marina on the
Dunedin Causeway.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sat. June 28 – Discover Sailing Day 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
St. Petersburg, FL, Vinoy Resort, Tampa Bay
Free sailboat rides for those interested in learning how to sail. Sponsored by Southeastern Sailing Association (SESA). For more information call Steve at Southwinds (941) 795-8704, or e-mail:
[email protected] or go to SESA’s Web site:
www.sailingvoice.org. Learn and sail a boat for free. All welcome.
June 1-8. Enjoy National Fishing and Boating Week.
Go to http://www.WaterWorksWonders.org for events.
June 21 Summer Solstice celebrated around the world with the
Summer Sailstice. http://www.summersailstice.com/ or just
go out and celebrate by sailing.
WEST MARINE SEMINARS
St. Petersburg Store North, 2000 34th St., N.; (727) 327-0072
What: GENERAL BOATING SEMINAR SERIES
When: Every Thursday 7-9 PM
Thurs. June 5: Preparing Your Boat for Hurricane Season
Call the store for topics on the other Thursdays.
Fort Lauderdale Store, 2300 So. Federal Hwy.; (954) 527-5540
What: GENERAL BOATING SEMINAR SERIES
When: Wednesday Evenings 7 pm
Wed. June 4: Yes, it's time again for: Pam’s Hurricane Prep!
Wed. June 11: Varnishing Tips from Joe Purtell, Interlux, Inc.
Wed. June 18: PC (& PalmPilot) Navigation w/Maptech's
own Chris O’Connell
Wed. June 25: Brownie’s Third Lung Presents: Lobster &
Spearfishing the Easy Way!
West Marine would like to invite you to “...the opening of the World's
Largest, most exciting boating supply store...” for a 4-Day Gala
Celebration. It’s all happening at our New South Lauderdale FlagShip
Store, June 19th thru the 22nd! See You There!
North Fort Lauderdale Store, 1201 N. Federal Hwy. #1A (954) 564-6767
Thurs. June 5, 7 p.m.: Diesel Maintenance
Wed. June 17, 7 p.m.: The Latest in Nav Software
Thurs. June 26, 7 p.m.: Maintaining Your Boat’s Topsides
Jensen Beach Store 3523 NW Federal Hwy. (772) 692-3092
Thurs. June 5, 7 p.m.: Clean Water for the St. Lucie Estuary
Thurs. June 12, 7 p.m.: Take Your Boat to the Bahamas
Thurs. June 19, 7 p.m. Inshore Fishing Tactics.
Sun. June 22, 7 p.m.: Reef Fishing Techniques
Thurs. June 26 7 p.m.: Boat Reconditioning
Sarasota Store 3979 S. Tamiami Trail (941) 924-6777
Tues. June 10, 6 p.m.: How to Splice Nylon
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SURVIVING & SUCCEEDING
IN A “BEER CAN’ RACE
Ensign Survives Bradenton Yacht
Club Thursday Evening Race
by Maynard Poland
M
ay 1, 2003, Thursday night
Bradenton Yacht Club “Beer
Can” Race: My wife, Elly, and I
drove up from Fort Myers to crew for
owner Bill Klug on his beautifully restored
Ensign. It was his first race and only his
second time out in the boat, and the first
time in 27 years that Elly and I had been
on an Ensign We used to race our Ensign
in a fleet of over 30 in Milwaukee from
1973-76. Here are the highlights (and
lowlights) of that Thursday evening:
• We broke the outboard propeller shaft
shear pin trying to back out of the slip,
and the mechanic, who got there 45
minutes later, dropped the nut to the
propeller shaft into the water as he was
installing the new shear pin. The sheepish mechanic jury-rigged the end of the
shaft with a cotter pin and spacing
washers, and we got under way.
• We hit a large submerged plank in the
water on the way to the starting area;
we were grateful that Ensigns were
built like tanks.
• We were intimidated by a fleet of about
15 boats, of which we were the smallest. It included a J 80, an S2 9.1, J 24,
Legend 37, and at least five or more
over 30 feet.
• We badly overstood the first mark, allowing one boat to pass us. Yes, there
were boats behind us, three, to be exact.
• We fouled a boat at the fourth mark but
unintentionally did a 360 trying to get
out of the way.
• We scraped bottom twice because we
got too close to the shore on the last leg,
and the second time almost came to a
dead stop.
• After we finished and started up the
outboard, it died but started up again
when we discovered the gas feed
wasn’t connected properly.
• 30 feet from the slip we broke the prop
shaft shear pin again, and drifted past
the slip.
• Paddling like mad (yes, Ensigns carry
paddles), we finally made it into the slip
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Ensigns under sail. Dave Ellis photo.
and closed up the boat about 8:30 p.m.
• We were the last crew into the yacht
club, and were initially told the kitchen
was closed. But we were forlornenough- looking that the yacht club
staff took pity, and we eventually did
get food. Meanwhile, near the end of
his second rum and tonic, Skipper Klug
was planning to accidentally drop the
outboard overboard the next time out.
The results of the race were announced, and we alternated between shock
and elation: We won on corrected time—
never mind that all the other boats had to
give us a day and a half.
After a few minutes of celebration, I
could hardly muster enough energy to eat
a sandwich. My stamina isn’t what it used
to be. We may think about racing again
with Bill on his Ensign at the Bradenton
Yacht Club again next fall, when I’ll be 67,
Elly 64, and Bill Klug 75; I should be rested
by then. We will probably strike fear in the
hearts of the others the next time we appear on the starting line. Everything comes
to he who lives long enough and has a big
handicap.

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