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Sarasota
Boys Win US Sailing Youth Championship, Sarah Newberry Wins US Sailing
Selection.
Jeremy Herrin
and Sam Armington of Sarasota, Florida took first place in the Juniors,
and was 7th place overall in the class. Ben Brown and Luc Lisi of San
Francisco were ten points behind and took 2nd place, and in the overall
score were 9th. Joseph Bello and Shelby Brown of Ft Walton Beach took
the final podium spot, and were 12th place overall.Sarah Newberry/Matthew
Whitehead started Saturday off with a bang, nailing 3 bullets out of
five races, and holding a one point lead over Junior Champ Taylor Reiss/Brianna
Chu. Close behind these two teams was Mike Easton and McKenzie Wilson.
Pease Glaser and John Williams were back in 4th place. For Full
Story and Pictures, Click Here!
Moss and JC do a RePeat of the 27th Annual Key
Largo Steeplechase
Brett Moss and John Casey once again teamed up on a Marstrom
20 to win all the honors, both line honors and handicap, of the 2011 and
27th Annual Key Largo Steeplechase Race for the second year in a row. They
won the Olde Lawn Chair for first to finish, and the Rick White Perpetual
Trophy for first on corrected time.
The team was first to finish on both days, but were closely shadowed
by Mike Krantz and Dave Lennard on a Nacra Carbon 20, as well as Mike
Phillips and Kenny Pierce on another Marstrom 20.
At the awards there was a major foul up. In scoring the event, one step
in using the Sailwave Software was forgotten. Consequently the results
and awards were mostly handed out to the wrong sailors.
All finishers did get the complementary bottle of champagne, so Rick
and Mary got that part straight. Duh! How could you go wrong?
The overall winners were Moss and Casey, with Phillip and Pierce taking
second place on handicap, and Krantz/Lennard finishing in third.
Just out of the podium was Dave and Bob Ingram, brothers who got back
together after years of not sailing with each other. They took the fourth
place spot, finishing just two minutes ahead of Jake Kohl and Frank Moore. For
Full Story and Lots of Pictures, Click Here!
Patrick Green Wins Wave Nationals
There has only been one triple winner of
the Hobie Wave Nationals since its existence until this weekend. Patrick
Green of Put-in-Bay, Ohio, sailed extremely consistent, and along with
taking 6 bullets out of sixteen races, won the event by 32 points over
the second place boat and became the second person to win it three times..
Put-in-Bay Yacht Club, located on a small island in western Lake Erie, had great
representation for the regatta, winning five of the top six positions. The group
has a very active sailing schedule in the summer time, and it shows.
The Wave National Championships were hosted by the Upper Keys Sailing Club of
Key Largo, Florida over the 3-day weekend of December 1-3, and sponsored by Catamaran
Sailor Magazine (www.catsailor.com), OnLineMarineStore.com and Founders Park
Watersports. For Story and Pictures, Click Here!
Skip Kaub Wins Wave National Series Championships
Now the top ranked Wave Sailor in the USA, Skip Kaub pass previous leader
of the series, Mark Scarpelli, with a good finish in the Wave Nationals.
For story and results, click here!
Tomko and Billings Take the Whole Enchilada
The
fourth and final leg of the 2011 GT300, a short 40 nm from Surfside
to Galveston, again saw race leaders John Tomko and Ian Billings
on Team Ruff Rider dominate the F18 fleet, extending their lead and
securing their position at the top of the podium in both the overall
and F18 classes. The Nacra F20 Carbon monster, Team Zhik 1, actually
beat them to the beach by over three minutes, but with the handicap
factored in, Ruff Rider easily won the leg on corrected time. For
Full Story and Pictures, Click Here
Attrition
at the Great Texas
16
boats lined up on day one... and only 4 finished day two.
Today
more stories emerged about yesterday's carnage, and why some of the
sailors were understandably a bit hesitant to head out this morning.
We heard about a dislocated shoulder on Luke McAllum, crew for Salva
Vida, when his chicken line interfered with what would have otherwise
been a perfectly normal capsize. We also learned that Miguel Pumarejo,
crew for Yost Auto, suffered from a gash on each leg when an inconsiderate
daggerboard slowed his forward somersault from a pitchpoling Nacra
20. Together these cuts required 26 stitches and several hours in the
hospital. For
More Stories and Pictures, Click Here!
CARNAGE On First Day of Great Texas
That
about sums up today's first leg. The race started in no less than 16
knots, and built throughout the day. Before the boats left the beach,
the wind claimed its first victim, Team Dallas, blowing their traveler
right off the track, sending bearings flying into the sand. While many
argue that the traveler should be bolted to the center of the beam in
these boats, those people clearly haven't ever reached up the Texas coast,
where the traveler is your only hope of avoiding a pitchpole or capsize. For
more Story and Pictures, Click Here!
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John Sherry Wins in a Tie Breaker at Woodruff Invitational
Competition
was pretty fierce in this awesome Wave Class, particularly between John
Sherry, Jeff Linton and Skip Kaub. In attendance three past National
Champions, three World Champions, a couple of North American Champs
and others that have been champs in other classes. You had to know
this was going to be a tough regatta. On the second day the winds did
a 180 shift and filled in nicely from the east. John Sherry nailed
the first start and motored easily to be first around the weather mark.
He never looked back, but had he looked back, he would have seen Skip
Kaub and Jeff Linton nipping at his heels. For More Story and Pictures,
Click Here!
Enrigue Figueroa Wins another Hobie 16 Championship at Hobie Midwinters
East and Jack Woehrle Take the Victory for the Waves
In the Hobie 16s, after the first day for first place there was tie with
4 points each between the two Puerto Rican Teams – The Streakin
Rican, Enrigue Figueroa and Tito Aponte on the one hand, and on the other,
Francisco Figueroa and Jolliam Berrios. Tom and Susan Korzeniewski were
hanging in 3rd place with 12 point, just one point ahead of US Pan Am
team of Greg Thomas and John Williams. Tied for fifth were Ken Hilk/Tina
Pastoor and Bill Jeffers/Diane Bisesi. The Wave Class was being dominated
by Leah White, two-time Wave National Open Champ and North American Champ
taking two bullet and second. But, she decided not to race the 4th race
on Saturday. For More Stories and Pictures, Click Here
Mark Scarpelli Holds One Point Lead Over Leah White for the Wave National
Series Championships
With Three Regattas under the Class' Belt, Mark Scarpelli
of Put-in-Bay, Ohio has a one point lead over Leah White. Scarpelli attended
all three races so far, while White missed the Charlotte Harbor Event.
And there are bunch just a couple of points behind that in this order:
John Sherry, Dave White, Stan Woodruff, Skip Kaub, Mike Powers and Jack Woehrle.The
next event for the series is May 14-15 at Eagle Lake Reservoir, at Eagle Lake
YC in Indianapolis, IN.For more and full
Results, Click Here!
Charlotte
Harbor a Great Success
With a field full of champions past,
present and future, the 2011 Charlotte Harbor Regatta wrapped up Sunday
with a frantic scramble for the remaining undecided titles. With 84 boats
in 11 classes, the Charlotte Harbor Regatta became the largest in the
harbor’s
history.
Port Charlotte Beach Park was a spectacle of multicolored sails each morning
and afternoon, with 34 boats being rigged and launched, then retrieved by the
nomadic band of high-level racers, such as Hobie 16 superstar Greg Raybon, who
took 3rd in the Hobie 17 World Championships and former North American Hobie
16 champions Paul and Mary Ann Hess of Santa Clara, California. Paul Garlick,
a multiple national champion in the Wave class and his equally accomplished wife,
Kathryn, set up shop on Charlotte Harbor in their 60-foot Etincelle, Cool Cat
1, before embarking on a cruise to the Caribbean for the 2011 St. Maartin Heineken
Regatta in March. National, North American and World Champ, Rick White also showed
up for the event.
Future superstar 18-year-old Taylor Reiss showed why he is getting so much buzz,
sailing to a third-place in the F18 class behind three-time North American champion
John Casey and multiple national and world champ Robbie Daniels of Red Gear Racing. For
More Story and Pictures, Click Here!
A
new Crossword Puzzle is Now on the Site
You can work the Catsailor Crossword that we
post every month, right here on the website. The themes change every month.
This link will take you to a list of puzzles that you can play right on
line. They are fun and use all sorts of sailing and multihull sailing clues.
Enjoy! Click
here to play!
Perfect Winds, Flat Seas and Awesome Sailors at Tradewinds
Over eighty high-speed, high-tech catamaran sailboats came
from twenty two states, and from Canada, Brazil, Italy and Puerto Rico,
for the 2011Tradeswinds Midwinter Open Cat National Championships. The
event was held off the beach of Founders Park, and was hosted by Founders
Park Watersports on the Bayside of the Islands. The event was Friday
through Sunday January 14-16. There were six different classes of boats,
with the F16 and F18 Classes each featuring their Class Midwinter National
Championships. For story and pictures, click here
Brett Moss and John Casey Take All the Marbles in a Slow Key
Largo Steeplechase
The 26th Annual Key Largo Steeplechase was held in Key Largo December 11-12
with 17 teams of catamaran sailboats from around North America competing.
What is normally an action-packed, hull-flying contest, the weekend was
cursed with light air. On the first day some of the later boats were on
the water for over fourteen hours.
The race is a 110-mile trek around the islands with the first leg usually a relative
drag race down the ocean side of the islands. The second leg up the Florida Bay
side requires a lot of navigation skills and water reading for the sailors.
Brett Moss and John Casey of Ft. Lauderdale were very consistent on their Marstrom
20 and took top honors both on first to finish and on handicap. After 110-miles
of grueling sailing in winds ranging f rom 2 to 10 mph, the managed to keep it
going the whole time. For
more story, pictures and results, click here!
Leah White Dominates !3th Annual Wave Nationals
Taking nine aces out of fourteen races, White is the second woman to ever
win this prestigeous event, and the first to ever win it twice. She had
eked out a win in 2008 over favorite Patrick Green at that time. She was
shocked at the awards when a group of sailors dumped the remains of the
beer cooler over her head, much like the Gator Aid dowsing of winning football
coaches. For more story and pictures, click here!
Patrick Green Once Again Wins Major Wave Title
The largest class at the Bay Week Regatta was the Wave Class for the North
Americans. And the battle for the win was fierce. When the smoke cleared,
it was Green. For more story and pictures, click here!
Skip
Kaub & Mike
Fahle Win the Big Ones
There are two great Perpetual Trophies for the Sandusky to Put in Bay,
OH Steeplechase -- The Bill Wells Sailing Spirit Trophy to the best boat
on corrected time and the Rick White Perpetual Trophy for first to finish.
It is a 21-mile feeder race for the I-YA Bay Week Regatta, where in the
past as many as 454 boats vied for these great trophies. This year an ARC22
took both trophies. For more Story and Pictures, Click Here.
Middle Bass Challenge Race Report
It was a first of a kind. You had your option to sail clockwise or counterclockwise
around Middle Bass, and then the opposite way around North Bass. The overall
course would be a figure 8. Go Figure. Very interesting. Check out the
race, the sailors, the story, the pictures by clicking here!
Team Ruff Rider Wins the Great Texas
Race
The morning was kicked off with an 8 AM Skippers Meeting and a 9 AM
start to the second annual Surfside to Galveston Dash. This year
there were 23 Dash teams, so the first line of 11 boats left the beach
at 9 AM and the second line of 12 boats left the beach two minutes later. Pat2
got a slower start, leaving about 15 minutes after the last Dash boat left
the beach. The
winds and surf were light, but getting out was not a problem and all
23 boats were on their way to East Beach in Galveston. For More
Story and Pictures, Click Here!
Team Ruffer Holds Lead in Great Texas 300
A
storm we saw on the radar finally hit us on Mustang Island and
brought with it heavy winds and quite a bit of rain. The temperature
also cooled off and after the storm passed, the wind died down significantly. Team Yost limped
their way across the finish line with no boom or main sail and a hole in
their spinnaker, followed a little over 30 minutes later by Team Salva
Vida Vela. Team Poison Girl came in about 20 minutes after that. Team
Rudderless made it in around 9 PM, with you guessed it, one rudder. Steve
Piche said that they came up on the back side of the storm and that’s
when things got nasty. Team Chums hit the darkened beach
about an hour and half later and Team Jack Flash finally arrived
about 35 minutes after that. Two
boats were lost. For more story and pictures, click
here!
Skip Kaub Wins Wave Midwest Championships
Local sailor and fairly new to the game of catamaran racing, Skip Kaub
has slowly climbed the ladder toward racing success. An finally hit the
top rung by winning the regatta in a tie breaker with past National Champ,
Patrick Green. This fleet was loaded with hotshot sailors, but Kaub put
it all together in the light, fluky winds to prevail. For more story and
pictures, click here!
Gnarly Start and Only Two Casualties
The surf was pretty tough and most of the fleet did just
fine getting through it, except for Velocity 3. The drifted to shore, straightened
things up and headed back out, losing around 10 minutes. Another
boat capsized farther out . It was Velocity 2. They got it upright, did
a man overboard drill and started off, then capsized again. Meanwhile Mischa
Heemskerk on the Wildcat
zoomed off to a huge lead right off the start. For more Story, Video
and Pictures, Click Here!
The
Start Could be a Challenge on Second Leg of Tybee 500
Winds are expected to be around 20 mph and
higher today from the east. That means the surf is up and the wind is right
on the nose. Busting out through the waves may be a challenge for the
sailors today. Racing is very close
in time and still it is anybody's for the taking. Some of the fleet are
a couple hours behind already, but the top 10 are all in the hunt. Be
sure to watch the Streaming Live Video by Tad Pecorak as he will be on
the beach shooting the start. There you can watch the thrills and spills
of the start LIVE. For More story, pictures and streaming video,
click here!
And they are Off on the First Leg of the Tybee 500
16 Teams made up of four F18s and twelve Nacra20s, had a deepwater start
off the Florida Keys coast, heading directly into winds of 15-20 and directly
on the nose. This leg is going to be a long beat, and a long day. For more
stories and pictures, click here!
Dave White Ekes Out Victory at Woodruff Invitational on Tampa
Bay.
Opening their beautiful home to a bunch of roudy Wave Sailors, Stan and
Sharon Woodruff also managed to have 17 of the top Wave competitors in
the country converge on their residence on the bay. It was awesome competition
with only four points between first and fifth place overall. For more Story
and Pictures, Click Here!
Mike Montague Wins H16 and Rick White Takes Waves at Charlotte
Harbor Regatta
Mike Montague flew in from the West Coast to handily win the Hobie 16 Class
at the Charlotte Harbor Regatta at Punta Gorda, Florida. Rick White also
dominated the Wave Class with only two bullets, but very solid finishes
in every race. For more Story and Pictures, Click Here!
Great Winds for Three Days in a Row, and Warm
The new format for the Tradewinds Midwinter National Cat Championships
worked extremely well. It was changed to a 3-day event and had separate
courses for the Spinnaker Boats and the Non-Spinnaker Boats. Winds seldom
dropped below 15 mph and only a few gusts over 20 mph, and all in releatively
flat water -- absolutely perfect conditions for catamaran sailing. For
more story and great pictures, click here!
Woehrle Wins North Americans
In his debute to the Wave Class, newcomer Jack Woehrle of Gainsville, Florida
showed he had the consistancy to take all the marbles. It all came down
to the last few races, but he nipped out past NA Champ, Rick White, by
only a few points. Interestingly,the competition was absolutely fierce.
You could not get closer racing. Just look at the number of bullets and
by whom. Six different boats took a first place finish:
Woehrle had 5 aces (three in a row), Rick White had 4 aces (three in
a row), Stan Woodruff had 4 aces,
4. Mark Scarpelli had 2 aces, Sharon Woodruff had an ace, Nelson Wright
had an ace, Scott Hubel just narrowly missed being the 7th boat with
an ace by a few inches. For more
Story and Pictures, Click Here
Perfect
Conditions as Lohmayer and Sonnenklar Win the 25th Annual Key Largo Steeplechase
This 110-mile mini-distance event has been ongoing for 25 years and has
attracted some of the greatest sailors of catamarans in the world. It was
no different this year, as many veterans and winners of the Tybee 500,
Worrell 1000 and Great Texas were there battling it out. Two-time Olympic
Silver Medalist, Randy Smyth, showed up with his new radical-designed trimaran.
For full story and pictures,
click here!
Jack Woehrle Wins Wave Nationals
After many years off from the sailing community, one-time Tornado ace from
the 70's era returned to guess what? A Wave! After sailing in the North
Coast Championship in Put-in-Bay, Ohio this past August, he said he was
hooked. Guess so! He just won the Wave North Americans a few weeks ago,
and now he has won the Wave Nationals. For more story and pictures, click
here!
Green Again Rolls to Capture Another Championship
Patrick Green of Put-in-Bay, Ohio again sailed a nearly flawless series
to capture the Hobie Wave Atlantic Coast Championships held at Nor'banks
Sailing at Duck, NC in the Outer Banks. Seas were fairly flat for the amount
of wind experienced. On the first day the winds were around 25 mph, but
with gusts as high as 37 mph. For more stories and pictures, click here!
Bryan and Christina Perrin Capture Shark Nationals
4th Time in a Row
A warm front rolled through the area on the last day of
sailing, bringing southerly winds of 15-20 mph winds with a few gusts to
24 mph. This was when the two teenage boys, Eric Perrin and Patrick Turbett,
got it all together, taking first in both races and moving them up into
second place overall in the standings.
Meanwhile Pattenaude/Couch broke their boom while jibing at the reaching mark
and had to limp back to port. That dropped them out of the money to 6th place
overall. Braddon and Bennett broke a centerboard on the way to the race course,
but held on just enough to still hold on to 3rd place overall. For more
story and pictures, click here!
Mike Fahle Ekes Out a Victory at the Wave North Coast
Championships
The wind was howling at 15-20 mph for most of the first
day of the regatta and the seas were steep and close together, making
for some tough sledding. Mike Fahle, who has only been a bride’s
maid at the Nationals, showed he is ready to make a comeback after
being out of t he class for a while. After 3 races on the first he
held a slight lead with finishes of 5-1-1 over past-National Champ,
Patrick Green, and past-North American and World Champ, Rick White,
each tied with 10 points.
Day two had winds a bit lighter, but still blowing around 15 mph, yet the seas
had subsided a bit. Fahle was struck with some bad luck. For more Story
and Pictures, Click Here!
*Free Copies
of Catamaran Sailor Magazine Offered to Regatta Organizers as Handouts
In order to help the growth of catamaran sailing in the U.S. Mary Wells, Publisher,
is offering FREE magazines as stuffers or handouts for regatta organizers. Click
here for more Info!
F-18
TCDYC Takes all the Marbles in Great Texas
The morning started was kicked
off with an 8 AM Skippers Meeting and a 9 AM start to the second annual
Surfside to Galveston Dash. This
year there were 13 Dash Boats and 12 of the 13 left the beach first,
most with help from a GT300 sailor. The last boat to leave
the beach, Team Brian, returned briefly to the beach due to some
boat issues. After
readjustments were made, they quickly headed out through the surf. The
twelve GT300 boats were ready and waiting when the horn sounded at
10 AM, and all headed out through the surf with no problems. For
More Story and Pictures, Click Here!
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Team TCDYC
Gets Line Honors and leadsTeam Sailboat Shop by 1:41
This
is turning out to be a GREAT race! This
morning the wind was blowing pretty good and the waves were curling into
the shore. All 12 boats lined up and at the sound of the horn,
headed off through the surf. A collision occurred between Team
Yost Auto and Team Chums, leaving Team Yost with a gash in their hull. They
headed back to the shore for a quick fix with Gorilla Tape. About
15 minutes later, after repairs were made, Team Yost headed back out
through the surf. For more Story and Pictures,
Click Here!
Team Sailboat
Shop Takes the Lead in Great Texas
This morning 12 teams left the beach
at Mustang Island, while Team Tybok Racing waited back to see how they
negotiated through the rough surf. After
seeing that all the teams had no problems getting out, Team Tybok headed
out for a sail. Team Royal Orange had some problems with the main
sail popping out, so they returned to the beach. After two attempts
at locking it in, they were on their way as well. For
more Story and Pictures, Click Here!
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Team Royal Orange Takes Lead in Great Texas Race
Young
guns Jared Sonnlekar and Colin Page of Team Royal Orange were first on
the beach, followed by I20 Teams Yost Auto, Salva Vida, Chums and Tybok. Team
Sailboat Shop was the first F18 to hit the beach, followed by Teams Quiksilver,
TCDYC, Zhik, RuffRider, Dallas I, Corpus and Puke Sailing. Aside
from Team Puke, all boats arrived in one piece. For
more Story and Pictures, Click Here!
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Mike Fahle Wins Wave Midwest Championships
It was extremely close racing at Indianapolis both on the race track
and on the waters of Eagle Reservoir. The top three sailors were nearly
in a tie by the end of the regatta. The troops were treated with passes
to Indy, the garages, drivers and speed trials before the regatta. Then
a Rules Seminar and dinner. What a great regatta hosted by Skip Kaub.
For more story and pictures, click here!
It
was an Awesomely Wild Finish for the Tybee 500
Boats were flying across the finish line one
right after the other, all heated up under spinnaker in winds over 15
mph, sliding up the beach just missing unknowing spectators. Chuck Bergeron
was yelling, "Get back, everyone. Get Back!" TCDYC has really
gotten it all together these final few legs, taking line honors only seconds
ahead of the Dutch Team Whike For More Stories and Pictures,
Click Here!
They
are Off Early on the Final Leg to Tybee Island
Race Officials called for an early start
today and so the teams set off through mild surf and 7-8 mph winds. Three
teams managed to struggle through the surf, but all got out in a reasonable
fashion. The Dutch team apparently is not used to getting up early. Their
boat was still sitting up by the brush and not even close to the beach
with 3 minutes to go before the start. Then with less than a minute to
go they were running the boat to their pole position. It didn't appear
that they were dressed yet, nor had any of their gear ready to go. But,
they shoved off right on time anyway. I guess you can be a bit Cavalier
after their performance yesterday -- starting in 24th position and winning
the line honors. For Stories and Pictures, Click
Here!
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Dutch
Team Comes from Behind in Tybee 500
The Dutch Team made a huge comeback from the
24th starting spot to take line honors at ar ound 5:30PM. TCDYC had their
best finish of the series, coming in around 6 minutes later. Good on Texas.
Velocity 1 closed the time by a couple of minutes on N20 leader Royal
Yellow by finishing 3rd. It was a great finish between Royal Yellow and
Royal Orange sailed by youngster, Jared Sonnenklar. For Story and Pictures,
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The
Start from Dayton was Horrid
It was ten minutes before the first boat could
manage to get through the surf, set the spinnaker and finally get going.
One by one, little by little, a boat here, a boat there. It is now 25
minutes after the official start and there are still 10 boats that have
not negotiated the surf and attained flat water. Three boats have returned
with broken parts -- mostly rudders. Having the
pole position seemed to pay off for Royal Green -- they and Jake's Seacats
Team were the first to get their kites up and running. Royal Yellow got
in the mix as well. . For more story, Click
Here!
They
Finally Arrive in Daytona
It was amazing.., using the tracking information it was apparent that
most of the fleet made pretty good time until they got to Ponce Inlet.
And then they all just died there.That was at 4PM. We easily expected
the fleet in by 5PM and at 6PM on the outside guess.No,
it was around 7PM when the first team drifted through the very choppy
surf. And it was Team Royal Green with Leondro Spina and Jamie Livingston
taking the line honors for the first time.Many-time
winner of this and the Worrell 1000, Kenny Pierce was ground crew for
the Royal Teams. He said, "I knew they had it in them. Leondro was
saying he just wanted to finish, but I told him that he was better than
that." Livingston, of course, if a very seasoned sailor of these
events and we all felt for sure he "knew the way." For more
Stories and Pictures, Click Here!
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They
are off to Daytona Beach -- 4th Leg of the Tybee 500
There was very little surf and very little wind.
Consequently there was absolute chaos as they simply could not break through
the waves. The surf would knock the fleet backward by two feet for every
foot they gained. Finally, they all made it and the boats headed out around
Cape Canaveral and the NASA Launch site. Had they fleet been here a few
days earlier, they would have had to trail around the Cape, as Security
would not let them within 125 miles of the area when they are about to
launch a shuttle. For more Story and pics, click
Here
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They
are Off to Cocoa -- 3rd Leg of the Tybee 500
Without mishap the fleet blasted through some mild surf and were off without
much ado. Seacats sat offshore working on something for several minutes
and then finally got underway.The fleet all started on port tack to get
through the small surf because the wind was blowing on shore from the
northeast. While Royal Yellow had the pole position, the Dutch Team, who
was about half way down the line, tacked first to startboard, ducked sterns
and got off to a nice lead. Yellow appeared to have blown the tack, but
got it going and were about 50 yards behind in second spot.For More Story
and Pictures, Click Here!
Light Air
Continues the Second Leg of Tybee 500
Again the wind is out of the SE 5-10 mph. As for our reporting on these
first two legs it appears we are AWOL. It was looking good to have the
Media Bus raring to go late last evening, but alas, that was not to be.
It may not be done until a week or so from now. So, it is now Plan B,
C, or D. Plan B entails using our Honda Odyssey and pulling our two boats
with it, but it needs to have a transmission cooler added before doing
so. Now, it appears the vehicle and I will be ready to roll at 11AM, hopefully
in time to greet the fleet at Jupiter. For more, Click
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Tybee 500
Race has started in Light Winds
Light air out of the southeast will give the fleet some pleasant spinnaker
sailing on its first leg from Islamorada in the Florida Keys to Hollywood,
FL, just south of Ft. Lauderdale. "Welcome to Hollywood, Baby!"
For more story, click here!
Breezy
and Great Sailing at Pensacola Midwinters
Good breeze and 70 degree temps gave all 31 teams their
money's worth, and sent the them home with tales of spills and thrills
as promised. Action began on Friday with the Nacra 17 fleet burning off
three races, and provided warm up races for the N20's and open fleet in
medium breeze. The breeze came up Saturday in the 10 - 15 range and 4
races were burned off quickly allowing for plenty of prep time for an
awsome bar-b-q. Can't decide which makes a better meal for a hungry group
of sailors, bar-b-q or pasta, but a hush fell over the crowd as we gathered
in the shelter of Kirk's shop and stuffed our faces on them comfortable
wooden picinic benches. For
more story, pictures and results, click here!
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Great
Conditions for Tradewinds Midwinter Nationals
Nearly 60 boats turned out for the annual BIG regatta of the winter in
the Beautiful Florida Keys. The largest class was the Nacra20, followed
by the Wave, H16 and F18 -- all very competitive. For the full story and
lots of pictures, click here!
Mike
Phillips RePeats as Steeplechase Champ
Mike Phillips of Miami teamed up with All Star crew, Kenny Pierce, and
captured the title for the second year in a row, winning the infamous
Old Lawne Chair (Best Time) and the Rick White Perpetual Trophy (Best
Time Corrected). They were the first across the finish line on both days
of the 110-mile trek around the Upper Florida Keys. For more story, results
and pictures, Click Here!
It
was White over Green for the Wave Nationals
Leah White of Key Largo was the second woman to ever win the Wave National
Championships. The first to do so was Kathy Kulkoski of New Jersey. White
entered the last day of sailing 12 points behind Patrick Green of Put-in-Bay,
Ohio. Green is a past National Champion, this year's North American Champion
and has won every regatta he entered this year. But White rattled off
a bunch of bullets while Green got stuck in traffic. It was a real nail
biter. For full story, Results and pictures, click
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Wave
North Americans -- It Goes Green Again
The Hobie Wave North Americans were held on the Outer Banks of the Carolinas
at Duck. This is an awesome venue with flat water and normally good winds.
For the second year in a row, however, the winds heard the Waves were
coming (a boat design that flourishes and adores heavy air). Yes, light
air dominated the regatta, although on Saturday some sea breezes did kick
end and made some sailors smile again. For more story and pictures, Click
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Mike
Fahle Breaks 8-Regatta Winstreak of Patrick Green
The Governor's Cup put on
by Eagle Creek Sailing Club in Indianapolis, September the 6-7, was a
hard fought battle between at least 7 of the top fleet sailors, with positions
separated by mere points. For more Stories and Pictures, Click
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Patrick
Green Rolls On to Capture the Wave North Coast Championship
Green is winning just about everything in sight for the Wave Class..,
having won the Nationals a year ago, the North Americans this past year,
the Atlantic Coast Championship, the Midwest Championship and now the
North Coast Championship at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. For more story and pictures,
click here!
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*You Must Get This New Ronstan Large Start Watch
All new this year is the Ronstan
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Ashby
is Perfect on the Fourth Day of
A-Cat Worlds and Races Canceled on Friday. Ashby Wins
In winds of around 10-12 mph, light chop and no kelp,
Glenn Ashby of Australia sailed two near-perfect races to take a 2-point
lead over USA’s Lars Guck in the 2007 A-Cat World Championships
in Islamorada, Florida in the Florida Keys.
In both races today Ashby managed to stretch out his lead. In the second
race he was challenged closely by Luc Du Bois of Sweden
For the first Ashby held the lead all the way around with Guck staying
close a first, but fading. Scotty Anderson of Australia was in the mix
of things. Pete Melvin of the USA had a bad first leg, but made it back
to the low teens in position around the last weather mark, but managed
to finish in 9th place thereby maintaining a solid 3rd place overall.
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After
Some Dicy Sailing, Pease Glaser Wins Only Race of the Day, But Guck Takes
Overall Lead
Positions were all over the place in light winds and lightly choppy seas.
The lead changed numerous times, and many sailors gained in positions,
then lost, then gained. At the final horn it was Glaser taking the honors,
but Guck taking second and putting a boat between he and Ashby (they had
been tied going into today's race. There is now only 1 point separating
first from second and 3 points from second to third. For more story and
pictures, click Here!
Lars
Guck of USA and Glenn Ashby of Australia Tied for A-Cat Worlds
It has been a nip and tuck battle on the second day of racing in lighter
air and less seas, with Ashby gaining a one-point lead after the third
race, but Guck came back the last race of the day to tie things up overall.
Pete Melvin of the USA has moved into a pretty solid 3rd place. Other
Americans are Matt Struble, Charlie Ogletree and Phil Kinder, who hold
down the 6, 7 and 8 positions. A strong showing so far for the USA. For
more stories and pictures, Click
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Lars
Guck of USA Takes Lead in A-Cat Worlds
It was looking like Glenn Ashby of Australia was going to dominate this
event, but Guck moved up from 10th to 2nd in the first race of the day,
then won the second race, with Ashby falling back to around 5th. Pete
Melvin had a great second race which will help his standing, finishing
just behind Guck. For more story and pictures, click
here!
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*It May be About Time to Replace Your Rigging
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Be
Sure You Get the Right Line for the Right Job
In this modern age, we now have some awesome rope for our boats. But,
there are so many choices, so many types of rope, so many sizes, and where
do you use what rope, what size, for what job? Catsailor's www.onlinemarinestore.com
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Our
Store Now has All Your Electronic Needs and Wants
If you want a GPS, we now have Garmin, Magellan, Cobra
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we have TackTick electronics and all the goodies. Radios? Of course!
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