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NEMA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Designer’s Forum: Chris White . . . . . 3Gulf of Maine Circuit . . . . . . . . . . 4Blast from the Past: Les Moore . . . . 5Multihull Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Boat Design Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Cruisng Chronicles: Alice Burrage . . . 9Camden-Castine Race . . . . . . . . . . 11NEMA to MULTIHULLS . . . . . . . . . 13Racing Roundup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Members Classified . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multihull Adventure SeriesThe Essex Shipbuilding Museum recently featured two Northshore NEMA members, Tom Grossman and
Rich Wilson as part of the museum’s Multihull Adventure Series. Their talks are summarized below.
I n T h i s I s s u e
Chris White to Speak atNext General Meeting,Thurs. April 22 at theSavin Hill Yacht ClubWhen only 18,Chris White built andlaunched the 31-foot SearunnerShadowfax, which later became homeand adventure vehicle for three yearsof cruising the East coast,Bahamas,West Indies, and South America. Whitesubsequently worked with multihullpioneer Jim Brown to developConstant Camber boatbuilding, culmi-nating in the construction of his 52-foot trimaran Juniper.
After two years of cruisingJuniper with his wife Kate,Whitedevoted himself full-time to furtheringthe development of cruising multi-hulls. He has published numerous arti-cles in boating magazines and a best-selling book The Cruising Multihull.Come hear Chris talk about his experi-ences on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m.The meeting is free to all NEMA mem-bers and includes a Pizza dinner.
March/April 1999
Rich Wilson
When Rich Wilson and StevePettingill set off from SanFrancisco in the 60' trimaran
Great American inOctober 1990, noone envisioned thehardships andgood fortune thatwould befall them,nor could anyonepredict that this sailingadventure would become the catalystfor one of the best interactive websites available for school children today.
Speaking on March 9 to a fullhouse,with a large chart as the onlyvisual aid,Rich kept the audience spellbound for almost 2 hours as herecounted his adventures in breakingthe San Francisco to Boston (by wayof Cape Horn) record,held by the clip-per ship Northern Light since 1853. Aformer Boston school teacher,Wilsonset up a program with schools acrossthe country communicating withthem daily via radio.“Sailing is intellec-tually challenging and a good way toexcite kids,”said Wilson. In addition tothe physical activity, sailing encom-passes science,math,meteorology, andmany other surprise learning opportu-nities. His telephone communicationsbecame the subject of numerous class-room discussions and activities
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Tom Grossman
On February 9th,Tom Grossman,an adventurous single-hander,detailed the acquisition,outfit-
ting, and campaigning of two ocean-racing trimarans,Cap 33 for the 1976OSTAR,and Sponsor Chaser for the1980 OSTAR. His talk was illustratedby an entertaining collection of slides,schematics, and souvenirs, and includ-ed photos and anecdotes about manynotables in the OSTAR circuit includ-ing Eric Tabarly,Phil Weld,Bill Doelger,Walter Greene,Phil Steggal, and
Tom Grossman’s 52' trimaran,Sponsor Chaser, later named KritterVIIIand Radio Canada.
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The New England Multihull Association is anon-profit organization for the promotionof the art, science, and enjoyment of multi-hull yacht design and construction, racing,cruising, and socializing. The NEMANewsletter is published at no additionalcharge for NEMA members.
Submit articles or letters to thenewsletter editor, by fax (978-281-6787) e-mail ([email protected]), or mail (5 Haskell Court, Gloucester, MA 01930).
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Race Community MeetingSeventeen members representing 12NEMA-rated boats met at the Savin HillYacht Club at 7 p.m. on March 9th forthe annual Race Community Meeting.Following the social/pizza hour, JohnCollins, chairman of the PHRF NewEngland rating committee, addressedthe group. Collins has considerableexperience administering handicapratings to a diverse fleet. His talkfocused on comparisons between thetime-on-distance (TOD) rating systemcurrently used by 50% of the world’sracing fleets (including 5 NewEngland PHRF fleets and NEMA) andthe time-on-time (TOT) systememployed by the balance of the world(including the other 12 local PHRFfleets and MASF).
TOT results in a time correctionfactor based on an individual yacht’srhumbline speed around the coursecompared to the fleet average. In theultimate analysis,he concluded that inbenign conditions either system is rea-sonable; in light air conditions,TOTcompensates for slower boats,butdoesn’t result in huge differencesfrom TOD calculations.
The group voted to expand the1999 racing schedule with a newovernight race out of Padanaram onAug. 14-15, and the Cancer SocietyPro-Am in New Bedford on Aug. 21(with a possible feeder race toNewport on Aug. 22).The 8/14Overnighter and Race Rock Regattaon 10/2-3 will count as Season TrophyRaces. A detailed schedule with racedescriptions, contact people,phonenumbers, etc. will be published in theSummer Mailer in May. An abbreviat-ed list appears on page 15.
Fifty-nine rating applications havebeen submitted as of 3/21/99,com-pared to 72 ratings issued in ‘98. Ittakes several weeks to convene a RaceCommittee meeting to review andissue a rating. Don’t wait till the lastminute to apply or you’ll be late forthe start! –Tom Cox
NEMA Picnic, May 8Bob and Jane Gleason will host theannual NEMA picnic at their shoresidehome in Wareham,Mass. on Saturday,May 8, from noon to 5 p.m. (rain orshine). Bring a side dish or dessert tocomplement the NEMA-suppliedgrilled hamburgers,hot dogs andchicken. Children are welcome.
DDiirreeccttiioonnss:: Take 195 N or S to Route 28South towards Wareham, Mass. Bear rightat the first fork and right again at the sec-ond fork (Gibbs Ave.) following the signsto Route 6. At Route 6 there will be a shop-ping plaza on the right. Drive ½ miledown Route 6 and turn left at the CITGOstation onto Cromeset Road. Drive 1 ½miles down Cromeset and turn left atSeahorse Lane. (Lost? call 508-295-1956).
NEMA Memorabilia WantedIt’s amazing that the junk of today canbecome the history of tomorrow. Andif you don’t save some of it we’ll neverknow what happened . . . and wewon’t be able to learn from our past(mistakes).
Les Moore,club historian,has vol-unteered to be the repository for all ofthe old NEMA stuff ... he’s sorting andstoring it by year and category. So farhe’s started categories forofficer/member lists,newsletters,member’s boats, racing info and statis-tics, cruising info, and the obligatory“other/misc.” So,when you’re clean-ing out your file cabinets and closetsand come across old NEMA stuff, don’tthrow it out, send it to Les Moore,John Wise Lane,Essex,MA 01929.
Need or Want to Crew?The next issue, to be mailed out inMay,will include a complete descrip-tion and listing of summer races andcruises as well as Crew Needed andCrew Wanted lists. If you would like toadd your name to the needed or want-ed list,please call,write, e-mail or faxthis information to the newsletter edi-tor, Judy Cox.
E l e c t e d O f f i c e r s
A p p o i n t e e s
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Chris White: EXPLORER 44™
The working concept behind thedevelopment of the EXPLORER44 trimaran was to design a fast
and comfortable boat that could bebuilt and maintained economically.
We all know that multihulls,withtheir many hulls, complex crossbeamsand need for high strength at lowweight are labor intensive structuresto build.This adds significantly to thecost of a cruising catamaran or tri-maran,often to the extent that owner-ship of the boat is not possible.
One way to address the problemis to build a smaller boat.This planworks until it comes time to go cruis-ing and it becomes painfully clear thatthe boat is just too small to comfort-ably accommodate the crew and theirgear.
So the dilemma is this: How canwe achieve a good cruising interiorplan combined with excellent sailingperformance and not break the bank.The answer is simple; go LONG andSIMPLIFY.
By extending the hull length outto 44' an excellent interior plan canbe achieved that will accommodateup to six. Importantly, at this size theboat has ample stability for safe off-shore sailing. And she can carry a realcruising load of supplies so that youcan stay out for months at a time.
Accommodation privacy, so difficult tofind in a tri, is gained by the aft cabinlayout.
Simplification must occur onmany fronts in order to achieve ameaningful cost reduction. In the hulland deck design of the EXPLORER 44we use an easy, flowing, streamlinedshape. Not only is this lighter andstronger than more complicatedshapes but it is faster to construct.Another area particularly important tocost control in a trimaran design is theconfiguration of the crossbeams.TheEXPLORER 44 borrows a simple cross-beam concept proven on the smallerEXPLORER 34 many years ago.The allimportant crossbeams are fabricatedfrom modern composites to achievevery high strength and stiffness at lowweight but the shape of the cross-beams and their attachment to thehulls is designed to be easy to build.One time assembly is intended so thatthe boat can be built anywhere,shipped or trucked to a launch siteand permanently bonded together.
Many tris, including some of myown designs,utilize retractable center-boards or daggerboards and kick-uprudders. As usual, there are argumentsto be made both in favor and againstthem. However, there is one thingeveryone agrees on. Moving
D E S I G N E R ’ S F O R U M I
appendages are expensive! Not onlydo they take a great deal of time tobuild they require more maintenanceto keep going and are often vulnera-ble to damage.“Ah,” the skepticshouts,“how do we make this boatsail to windward.” This I can wellrespond to after 18 years of first handexperience with my own trimaranJuniper, which goes to windward justfine with the same fixed fin configura-tion used in the EXPLORER 44. Alightweight trimaran with slenderhulls, streamlined decks and cross-beams, a powerful sail plan and wellmade sails will go to windward excep-tionally well with a shoal draft fixedfin. Sure, a deep daggerboard willallow 2 or 3 degrees better pointing.But at what price? A main saloonobstructed by a huge daggerboardtrunk,higher initial cost, a more vul-nerable structure,prop and rudder?You be the judge.
Construction is in modern epoxycomposite. Hulls are designed for
The EXPLORER 44 Trimaran isdesigned to be a fast, comfortable andeconomical boat.
Continued on page 12By extending the hull length out to 44' an excellent interior plan can be achievedthat will accommodate up to six.
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“The enjoyment of sailing isproportional to the speed.”Hereschoff said that,
according to famed multihull designerDick Newick. While not all share thissingle-minded love of speed, it seemsto be the common thread in the grow-ing contingent of multihull racers inMaine. Captain Nat Hereschoffdesigned,built and successfully racedthe first recorded multihull in theNortheast, a catamaran he calledAmarylus.
Before 1996, there was little off-shore multihull racing in Maine.Thatyear the Gulf of Maine Ocean RacingAssociation offered a trophy for aMaine Multihull Circuit. Multihullscompeted in a class of their own inestablished Gulf of Maine OceanRacing Circuit races. NEMA handicapswere used for scoring.The first yearthere were five races, including dis-tance events (Monhegan Race,100miles;Yarmouth Cup,175 miles) andday races like the popular MultipleSclerosis Regatta.
The number racers has grownslowly, reflecting the relatively smallnumber of offshore multihulls.Thelargest multihull class to start aG.M.O.R.A. event thus far is eight.Three is more typical. Some of the reg-ulars are described below.
Rick Saltonstall’s F-31R Trinitywas the Multihull Circuit championfor 1998. Equipped with a 42' rotatingcarbon fiber wing mast and weighingonly about 3500 pounds,Trinity is par-ticularly fast in moderate breezes, asshe planes easily, and is capable ofbursts over 20 knots.
Ion, first multihull to finish andfirst on corrected time in this year’sMonhegan Race, is an F-27 tri ownedby Jesse Dupree and Andy Lindsay of
with designer/ builder Walter Greeneand ocean racing legend Michael Birchaboard. She was second overall infleet and first to finish in the multihullclass in 1998.
Alegra is a wood/epoxy compos-ite,36' Newick tri, built in Toronto andbrought to Maine via the Erie Canaland the Hudson River by secondowner Peter Garcia. She sports aGougeon rotating wing mast (alsowood composite) and a 5 foot articu-lating bowsprit. Alegra won the Gulfof Maine Multihull season trophy in1997.
Tom Blevins,Boothbay boatbuilder and the head of the AmateurYacht Research Society in NorthAmerica,owns Bushwacker, a 36'MacGregor production cat.Tom isrerigging this 3000 pound rocket soshe can be handled by a crew of three.He says he would race more if he hada few volunteers for crew. Anybody forfast and wet?
There are several newcomersexpected to race in 1999.Tom Egan ofCape Elizabeth has commissioned anew 38 foot tri designed and buildingat Greene Marine in Yarmouth. Herfoam core amas are off the mold.Egan’s reluctance to discuss how shewill perform,or where, suggests heand Walter Greene have somethingmore than just a comfortable cruiserin mind.
Magnificat is Ted Kurtz’28 footGreat Barrier Express cat. Designed byNew Zealander Malcolm Tennant, she’sreputed to have blazing speed andextraordinary sea keeping ability for asmall, light boat. Kurtz,who spentmuch of 1998 improving and tuninghis new boat, is a G.M.O.R.A. veteran,and a competitor to respect.
Gulf of Maine Multihull CircuitBy Pete Garcia
Portland. She was also first to finishPortland Yacht Club’s Lightship Race,and Biddeford Pool’s Windsong Race.Ion regularly sails Penobscot Bay,Moosehead Lake and other NewEngland waters only a few hours drivewith trailer from her Portland base.
Blue is a 37 foot cruising trimarandesigned by Dick Newick and ownedby Ted Seaver of Muscongus. Designedas a cruiser in the 1970s and thor-oughly refitted by the Seaver family in1998, this design has worn well, andmeasures up to Newick’s maxims thatsimpler and faster are better.
Round the world sailor extraordi-naire,Cam Lewis of Lincolnville racesMaxout, a Danish Dragonfly 800 (24')tri. When not chasing ocean speedrecords in bigger craft, or planningconstruction of his 110 foot catamaranfor The Race, Lewis sails Maxout inPenobscot Bay,where she is the boatto beat.
Whisperings is another F-27 cam-paigned by John Cleary of Biddefordand his dog Moose.The book onWhisperings is she’s very fast untilJohn gets sleepy; so try a long race ifyou aim to beat her.
Friends is a strong,very fast 35foot trimaran owned by Jake VanBeelan of Chicago. She calls MadelonPoint off Cousins Island home.Friends won the multihull class over-all and on corrected time in theYarmouth (Nova Scotia) Cup in 1997
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B L A S T F R O M T H E P A S T
I’ve been messing with boats since Iwas a kid in the 40s and,because Inever understood engines much, I
always tried to put sails on them. Istarted with homemade kayaks andput a two-masted schooner rig on a 12foot rowboat early on.
My first real sailboat was actuallymy brother’s. … a 15' gaff rigged ply-wood cat boat that he let me sailaround Quincy Bay where I grew up.Finally,when I took a year off fromcollege to work in Boston, I boughtmy own boat, a used Lawley 15 (like aSnipe but with a lead shoe) and sailedwith a friend down the coast toMarion one summer then up toRockport the next.
In the summer of ‘59, several ofthe hottest racers in Quincy Baydecided to start a fleet of Tiger Cats,the 18 foot catamaran designed byBob Harris that had just won the one-of-a-kind race in Florida. I witnessedthem tearing around the bay -- fasterthan any boat I’d ever seen. This leftan indelible image in my mind thatlasted for the next three years that Ispent in the Navy.
Shortly after I got back to Bostonarea as a civilian in the summer of ‘62,I saw that the Hubbard brothers hadjust designed a single-handed A-classcatamaran based on their successful C-class cat Sea Lion. One of the originalTiger Cat owners,Don Kent, and Ibought the only two “A Lions” in NewEngland. I spent the next few yearsfollowing Don (of weatherman fameand a fantastic sailor) around manyrace courses.
The A Lion was not only thefastest boat in Mass Bay,but,unfortu-nately, it was also too delicate for theunprotected waters that we some-times sailed in. Therefore, after some
years of alternating between racingand repairing it, I accepted a swap fora more rugged Pacific Cat,which the ALion dealer also repped.
In ‘66 I moved to Nahant with theP Cat and soon met a guy named MikeConley who had become interested inmutihulls after seeing them in theMarshall Islands where he was sta-tioned as a marine. About that timeMike told me about a bunch of peoplewho were getting together to talkabout multihulls. They called theirgroup the New England MultihullAssociation.
Within a year a friend let me bor-row his 24' Piver Nimble day sailor,hoping I’d buy it. I wasn't interested,but Mike bought it and,over the nextwinter rebuilt it to his own design. Headded a small cabin for two small peo-ple, a 3' cockpit and a masthead rig.Mike made a pretty good looking boatconsidering what he started with,but,with the added weight, the new water-line was barely 2" below the rim of thefixed head that came with the boat.This made using the head a sometimesamusing but usually impossible situation.
Mike named his new boatSorceress and I started to crew withhim that first summer. We did localraces in Boston Harbor and Mass Bayas well as more extended ones includ-ing … Around the Cape,Patton Bowls,and Jefferies Ledge races.
Racing this boat that was toosmall for two and sat too low in thewater provided some real entertain-ment …
The Jeffries Ledge Races started atthe Manchester Yacht Club,went toRace Point, to the entrance to theCape Cod Canal, to the entrance toGloucester harbor, then back toManchester. In the race, you coulduse your engine for up to 8 hours.Never knowing when Mike’s Seagulloutboard would go and wanting to getupwind,we had used all of our enginetime at the start of this particular race.We were therefore beating and smash-ing along into a cold and messy seaaround midnight the first night. Wewere hungry, tired, and wet (there’sno place to hide on a 24' boat andthe pontoons needed bailing everyhour or so to keep them afloat). We
never expected to encounter anotherboat in the middle of the bay, so werestartled to see Walter Greene and MikeBirch (or some other illustrious racer)roar up behind us in Friends and, atabout double our speed they disap-peared ahead as fast as they firstappeared. It was very depressing.Theonly good news was that, even whenwe finished such races a day after thecompetition,our rating was so (appro-priately) astronomical that we stillmight win.
The Around the Cape races wouldleave from Boston or Manchester orGloucester and go outside Cape Cod
From Kayaks to QuicksilverBy Les Moore
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Mike Conley steps the mast onSorceress, a 24’ Piver Nimble.
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If you see a graceful apparitionout of Star Wars with a 65' mast go byin Maine at twenty knots or more,she’s probably Brad Johansen’s NativeRainbow. Rainbow (ex Promocean)is a fourteen year old 40' tri designedby Adrian Thompson and built by TomFoley in Devon,England to race on theEuropean Formula 40 race circuit.Johansen, an accomplished builderand former Pact 95 team member,hasspent 3 years refurbishing her. She’lllikely be scratch boat in any race sheenters.
The reluctant dragon of the fleetis Rick Donovan’s Maldives 35 catama-ran. Donovan is a vet of years of toplevel racing on the Gulf of Maine
Circuit in monohulls,but has yet torace his fast and luxurious cat. Rumorhas it he thinks she isn’t fast enough.She does a mere 13-15 knots on aclose reach in a fresh breeze. What hedoesn’t understand is how popular hewill be when he anchors at the end ofa race, so other sailors can visit hisfloating palace to get dry and stretchtheir legs.
Maine has more than her share ofoutstanding sailors, including a num-ber who have designed,built andsailed some of the world’s fastest off-shore multihulls. In March the fleetgathered to discuss the summer sched-ule.The group included Phil Brown,Brad and Lieve Johanson,Rick
Donovan, Jim Chute,Walter Green,John Garson,Thom Egan,Tom Blevins,Ted Kurtz, Larry Walden,Byron Borst(president,Gulf of Maine OceanRacing Association), and Bill Walker(token monohull owner).
Sailors interested in joining thegroup should contact Peter Garcia at207-784-3200 or [email protected].
to Marion or Padenaram. One suchrace, started in the middle of the daywith a lovely breeze and bright sun-shine. By the time we were approach-ing the Cape however, the fog sockedin leaving maybe 100 feet of visibility.The wind had dropped and by then, itwas dark too.
The only electronics on Sorceresswere its navigational lights, so wespent the night and most of the nextday dead reckoning our way along therace course. Whenever we saw orheard a buoy,we’d try to see it’s num-ber but,without some idea of wherewe were, the numbers didn’t help.Therefore, late in the day,when weheard over the light breeze, the soundof gentle surf to our west … we decid-ed to head for it to see if we couldidentify any landmarks. We strained tosee ahead … the surf got louder andlouder … suddenly … just ahead of uswas the biggest damn sea gull I eversaw … eating a crab on a sandy beach!We were 100 feet from shore andalmost aground! A few yards beyondwere some people and a dune buggy… as we frantically came about,weyelled “Which way to Chatham…”…
the dune buggers pointed south. Westayed afloat and spent another daycrawling around the Cape. It was past
the following midnight
when we got to thefinish line (wherever that was) at least24 hours after everyone had come andgone.The yacht club was shut tightwith no food or shower to be had….But,we could finally sleep!
In another race across Mass Bay,Sorceress was about equidistant fromP-town,Plymouth and Gloucester ataround 2 a.m. We’d been slogging ourway along the racecourse in a 10 knotbreeze with a chop. I woke Mike andbailed the pontoons … then Miketook the watch and I hit the sack.
Some time later, the unusual motion ofthe boat awoke me. I cocked mysleepy head and looked out to the 3' x3' cockpit a few feet away … Mike’sgone! We’re in the middle of Mass Bayin the middle of the night … what amI going to say to Brenda (Mike’s wife)?It was about that time that Mike sliddown the mast and landed on thecabin top with a thud … he was upthere fixing a halyard and didn’t wantto wake me …
After several years of racing inraces that were too big for a low-slung24 foot boat that wasn’t very sea-kind-ly,Mike and I decided that we’d like tohave a different boat. One that wecould actually eat and sleep in … thatmight get us across the finish line intime to enjoy a drink with the otherguys … Three Cheers had just placedin the ‘72 OSTAR. Mike went toNewport and had a ride on herbecause she was for sale for $33,000.We decided she was a beautiful boat,but our budget was half that amount(dream on). We decided to talk toDick Newick about a boat we wouldeventually build and call Quicksilver.
to be continued next month . . .
Kyaks to Quicksilver, continued from page 5
Maine Fleet, continued from page 4
1999 Gulf of Maine MultihullSeries Schedule
June 12 Centerboard Yacht ClubJuly 17 Sequin Island RacesJuly 31 - Aug. 1 Penobscot/Camden Reg.August 14 Monhegan RaceAugust 21 MS RegattaSeptember 2 Yarmouth Cup
Boat Design TalkOn Saturday, June 12 from 9 a.m. to 5p.m., the University of NewHampshire Division of ContinuingEducation will hold a wide ranging dis-cussion on the art and science of smallcraft design.
The audience is invited to participate.Walter Shulz,president of ShannonYachts of Bristol,R.I. will moderate.
Participating designers include:• OOlliinn SStteepphheennss of Hanover,N.H.,
today’s best known and mostrespected yacht designer
• PPhhiill aanndd SSuuzzaannnnaa BBoollggeerr ofGloucester,MA,who together carryon Phil’s innovative string of 650boat designs.
• DDoouugg MMaarrttiinn, from Eliot Maine,a small craft expert of Alden OceanShells/East-West Boats.
• TTeedd VVaann DDuusseenn of CompositeEngineering,Concord,Mass., a car-bon fiber specialist who had 13medal winning boats in the lastOlympics
• SStteevvee CCllaarrkk,president of Vanguard, aleading small craft builder of Bristol,R.I. Steve organized the COGITOLittle America’s Cup win.
• KKeeiitthh BBuurrggeessss of Kennebunk,Maine,an experienced naval architect andcomposites engineer.
• DDiicckk NNeewwiicckk who has concentratedon multihull design for 40 years.
The gathering of nautical talent isexpected to attract a knowledgeableaudience for a memorable exchange ofviews. Entry fee is $60.
Call the University of New Hampshireat 603-862-2015 for enrollment details.Refer to course #31853. More informa-tion is available online atwww.learn.unh.edu.
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The Multihull Source, Inc. isproud to be a NEMA corporatesponsor. Every member of our
team is active in the Association. BobGleason,our president, is the NEMACruise chair and a member of theRace committee. Bert Kornyei is anactive participant at meetings, cruisesand races. And NEMA Commodore IraHeller handles the small boat side ofthe business. Since we incorporated inthe spring of 1996,TMS has branchedout beyond Corsair Marine’s foldingtrimarans,which remain a very strongpart of our business,with the Gemini105 catamaran and the WindRider tri-maran.This year we added their Ravehydrofoil.This eye-catching SamBradfield design is simple to sail evenat 30+ mph. We also carry the newWindRider models.
We are the U.S.distributor for the new Trikala 19, aKurt Hughes designed trimaran,manu-factured in Spain by Brudimar. Theperformance of this entry-level trailer-able day-sailer is sure to put a smile onyour face. She is as fast as many beachcats but not as athletic a boat to sail.She has a comfortable two personcockpit and does not need the beachcat’s trapeze.
Also new to our product line areProut’s fine cruising catamarans.
Prout has 6 sailing models rangingfrom 34' to 50' and a luxury powercatamaran, the 64' Panther. ThisBritish builder has produced highquality,word cruising catamarans foralmost 45 years with an unparalleledsafety record over many thousands ofsea miles.
For those seeking the largest trail-erable trimaran,we offer the fast,roomy Contour 34. This Canadianbuilt boat has a simple deck layout,roomy interior with enclosed head,and voluminous amas for extra buoy-ancy and storage.
TMS organizes an annual Corsairowners’ cruise in the northeast cruis-ing grounds. Over the years we’ve vis-ited Lake Champlain, the Maine coast,
and Cape Cod and theIslands. We look for-ward to this sum-mer’s cruise to BlockIsland and easternLong Island Sound.Prospective cus-tomers are alwayswelcome to attendour annual SailExtravaganza.Held on Fathers’Day weekend onthe water at the
Gleasons’, it’s an oppor-tunity to sail the many boats we offer.Corsair owners may hone their skillsat our Go-Fast seminar every June.
Our facilities are located on thewater at the head of Buzzard’s Bay andwe offer full multihull marine ser-vices. We eagerly await the comple-tion of our new building that willinclude a showroom,expanded repairshop, and indoor storage space. Wemake frequent trips to California forCorsair deliveries, and offer truckingservices to most destinations.
The Multihull Sourceby Bob Gleason and Bert Kornyei
WindRider
RAVE
Warren Luhrs.Intrigued by the adventures of
first Eric Tabarly, then Alain Colas,aboard the famous André Allegra-designed aluminum trimaranPenduick IV, Grossman greeted the1972 OSTAR fleet dockside inNewport,R.I.There he negotiated asuccessful bid for Cap 33 from Jean-Marie Vidal within days of the finish.The rugged glass/foam core 53' tri,also designed by Allegra,proved to bea competitive entry in the ‘76 OSTAR,bringing Grossman to a 2nd place fin-ish in the Penduick Class behindTabarly. An animated photograph ofthese two sailors conversing withBritish ex-prime minister EdwardHeath proved to be the best-receivedpiece in Grossman’s arsenal whenapproaching potential sponsors for hissubsequent 1980 OSTAR campaign.
Notwithstanding the enormouseffort involved in the funding andbuilding of the 52' carbon/balsa core
Newick-designed Sponsor Chaser, sub-sequently renamed Kritter VII (for theFrench sponsor),Grossman recalledthat his most outstanding memory isof the tremendous energy,commit-ment, and comradeship of the entiregroup of 115 racers and their supportteams as they prepared for the start inFalmouth,England.“Never before orsince have I experienced such an over-whelmingly supportive group com-posed of total strangers speaking dif-
ferent languages,known to each otheronly by name,but united by theirfocus in this endeavor,”said Grossman.Following a disastrous collision with acompetitor in the confused conditionsresulting from the hundreds of racersand spectators milling around thestart,Grossman was forced to haul outand repair his boat. Even after a 24hour delay and 3 hour penalty,he fin-ished 10th in fleet in this most com-petitive OSTAR (the first ever won byan American,Phil Weld, in Moxie).
Kritter VII sailed on to furtheradventures as Radio Canada, char-tered by that firm for the ‘78 Quebec-St. Malo Race. Dismasted en route, shewas jury rigged, sailed to the Azores,retrieved to New England as deckcargo, and fitted with a wing mast byWalter Greene. She raced briefly asChuck Roast (?!) and finally asFleetWing after which she was sold toAndré Coquyt who outfitted her forspartan but elegant cruising.
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Hon. Edward Heath, former PrimeMinister of England (center) presentsEric Tabarly (L) and Tom Grossman (R)with the 1976 OSTAR awards.
Tom Grossman, continued from page 1
Rich Wilson, continued from page 1
around the country.At sea for over 30 days, the pair
ran into severe weather near CapeHorn and, in 60 foot seas,GreatAmerican capsized.“The boat justsort of went up on the face, just sort ofhung there, and gently rolled over,”said Wilson.“We were lucky to beinside.” Wilson and Pettingill foundthemselves standing on the inside ofthe coach roof up to their chins infreezing water.They managed to dontheir survival suits and find and acti-vate the EPIRB. About an hour lateranother enormous wave struck theboat and miraculously turned itupright, throwing Wilson against abulkhead and knocking him uncon-scious. Luckily he came to in time tocome up for air and was amazed atwhat he saw.“It was a big mess,”saidWilson.“Tools,provisions, clothes,saran wrap,you name it, everythingwas floating around in the water.”
After determining that the hulls
were basically intact and the boatwould not sink, the pair crawled intothe forward sail locker, the only dryspot on the boat to hunker down forthe night. Less than 24 hours later,another stroke of good fortune befellthem.The New Zealand Pacific, an815 ft. 62,000 ton container ship hadbeen notified of their EPIRB signal.At
3:30 a.m. the NZP crew rescued thepair through an impressive series ofmaneuvers in the pitch black extremeweather conditions.
Three years later Wilson set outagain to break the record, this time ina 53' Nigel Irens designed trimaranGreat American II. Accompanied byshipmate Bill Biewenga,Wilson hadlive communication with a largergroup of school children through aProdigy connection.This time theweather was on their side and 69 daysand 20 hours after leaving SanFrancisco,Wilson sailed into Bostonharbor and was greeted by hundredsof school children, teachers and wellwishers.
Wilson continued his idea of inter-active learning with a program calledSites Alive that connects students overthe internet with four programsincluding oceans, rain forests,wet-lands, and class afloat. See the resultsof this program at www.sitesalive.com.Great American II
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C R U I S I N G C H R O N I C L E S I
13th February, 1999
On Friday night we went to theairport in Philly. But the pilotswere on strike and we had to
wait a long time for our plane. Whenwe got to Miami it was 3 in the morn-ing. We got a cab to our boat, SummerMagic, and me and Eric put on ournight clothes and went to bed. In themorning we unpacked and then wentto the shop to get food for our trip tothe Bahamas. We traded our fish forGrandad. Aunty Jen is looking after ourfish and we are taking Grandad on theboat with us.Today we are going tosail on the Intercoastal waters up toFort Lauderdale.Today it is warm inMiami and I have had a great day, sofar!
14th February 1999Today is Valentines day. When I wokeup we were in Fort lauderdale.Thefirst thing we did was to open ourValentine’s cards. I got a white teddybear from Mom and Dad,Grandadgave us some candy and we gave
Sailing in the Family BoatThe Journal of Alice Burrage (age 8), sailing in Summer Magic from Miami to Marsh Harbor, Bahamas
Summer Magic (St. Francis 44) at low tide at White Sands in Elbow Cay, Bahamas
Alice with her “garden” made fromtreasures she picked up on the beach.
mommy a beautiful necklace.Todaywe are going to the beach,we cannotgo to the Bahamas yet as it is toowindy. Daddy has got to blow up thedingy so we can go to the shorebecause we are anchored in the inter-coastal waterway. In the afternoon wewent to a park and climbed a talltower. From the top you could see theocean on one side and the waterwayand our boat on the other side. At thepark I found a pair of sunglasses underthe table that we were sitting at.Thenwe had lunch on the beach. Now weare back on the boat.
15th February 1999Yesterday, that is today, I did not writein my journal because we went fromAmerica to the Bahamas.We sailedacross the Gulf Stream.This is a verybumpy part of the Ocean. Also it wasvery windy. I was very seasick in abucket and in a toilet. I tried to eat abagel, so I took a bite but that mademe sick again,so I lay on my bed all day.
16th February 1999When I woke up we were in theBahamas in a marina in West End,onthe Grand Bahama island. We had to
show our passports to the customman and then we went for showers.After a while we went to the beach,we were the only ones there. I collect-ed a lot of shells on the beach but Ileft them there. I also found a Box Fishand took a picture of it. We could notbring it because it smelled so bad, thefishes eyes were all swelled up and mydad picked one out of the hole wherethe eye used to be. On the way backto the boat we met a lady under a treeand she let me wash my hands in herbowl of water, then she cooked uscome conch fritters. Now we are sail-ing to another island.
17th February 1999Today we arrived at Carter Cays. Whenwe got there we went to the beachand found lots of neat things. I found aturtle skull. It is very fragile and daddyput some glue on it with a paint brushto fill in the cracks. Also I found a lotof lobster shells. Daddy took the gutsout because they were disgusting. Webrought one back to the boat and weare going to try to dry it out in the sunin the cockpit. Mom found a beautifulshell called a Sea Biscuit and we saw a
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lizard in a hill of old conch shells. Iestimate it was 9' long,brown and hada curly tail. Now we are sailing toanother island called Allen’s Pensacola.
18th February 1999
Here we are at Allen’s Pensacola. It
used to be 2 islands but a storm came
and joined the islands together. We
walked across the island to the beach
through the trees. I wrote my name
on a conch shell, and the date and left
it in a tree. We went for a walk on the
beach and found a bunch of things but
I left them behind. But I kept a perfect
sponge, it was shaped like a vase and
is about 12" tall. Grandad went for a
swim,he said it was lovely but after he
got out a shark came right up in the
surf looking for something to eat, it
was very big! Last night Daddy
showed me the stars that make Orion
in the sky. We saw the 3 that make his
belt and the ones that make his sword.
Last night was special because the
moon, Jupitor and Venus were all in a
line in the sky.
19th February 1999Yesterday was the day that we got toGreen Turtle Island, straight away wewent to the beach because it was get-ting late. We played hide and seek,Dadhid and got bugs all over him. I foundsome clear eggs on the beach but wedid not know what they were and Iput them back in the water so themother would not get mad or cry.
This morning we took a walk tothe town of new Plymouth. In thetown we went to the grocery store. Ihad a bar of chocolate, it cost $1.30.Daddy bought Eric an Ice Cream, thatcost $1.70, and we got 5 yams thatcost $5.50, so we spent $8.50 in all.Mom says everything is very expen-sive. We walked back to the boat andon the way we saw a peacock walkingalong the road in front of us. Grandad,
Big Eric,Mom and Daddy walkedbehind the peacock and Eric and Iwalked beside the peacock so itwould not get scared,but the peacockgot scared of a dog and it ran into thetrees and then the dog came thewhole way with us. At the dingy Istroked him and said goodbye to thedog and then we went through thewater to get to Summer Magic.
20th FebruaryI have been very busy so I am writingthis in the evening.Today when I gotup Tom,Christine,Ali and Luc(Bandoni) came to visit us on SummerMagic. We are all on Elbow Cay. In theAfternoon we went to the Hope TownFire Fair. We saw a Hermit Crab race,number 13 won the first race! Thenthe firemen put a cooking pan on fireand they put it out, later on they puton a fire in a wooden house, theysquirted it with water four or moretimes.
Ali, Eric and I played on thebeach,we swam and built a hut in the
sand,but at the end the water cameinto our house.We went to“Munchies,”Ali and I shared a plate ofconch fritters. Daddy forgot hismachete to cut open the coconuts, some and Dad went back to the boatand got it.Then we went back to thebeach and got 4 coconuts for ourdesert!
12st FebruaryThis morning Mommy and Eric and Iwent to the beach in Hope Town. Wewalked from one beach to the nextacross the rocks at the headland.Atthe beach I dug two holes with a tun-nel in between. Eric poured water inover the hole and it flowed throughthe tunnel into the another hole.
We walked a little while.Whenwe got to a park we waited for myDad to come in to the dock to get us.Then we all went to the lighthouse.There were 103 steps, I counted them,when we got to the top I wentthrough a door in the lighthouse thathad a hand on it instead of a handle.From there I could see all of theislands in the Abacos. It is very pretty.We went back to Summer Magic andsailed her to the Harbour View marinain Marsh Harbour.
We are leaving the boat here sowe have to clean everything.Tomorrow we are flying back Miamibut tonight is our last night in theBahamas so we are having dinner atthe Tiki Hut, a floating restaurant, I amhaving conch fritters. Did you guessthis is my favorite Bahamian Food ???
– Alice Burrage, age 8
The “Burrage” crew (LR) Keith’s dadGeorge (82),Val, Keith, Eric and Aliceon the beach at Elbow Cay.
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11March/April 1999 N E M A
Resort towns by the sea have aspecial magnetism and Camden,Maine is one of the best. If you
have ever done a jigsaw puzzle youhave probably seen this town.Thewonderful mixing of clear, cold saltwater with verdant conifer blanketedmountains; punctuated by extremewhite church steeplesamid warfside streets linedwith brick shops.
It doesn’t stop withthis either; those “tall”ships in the harbor are realantique vessels you canactually book passage on,the library architecturealone could justify yourentire trip, a white waterriver runs right throughtown and plunges into theinner harbor, the localboatyard is one of thefinest on the Atlantic coast. Even theinevitable waves of summer tourists intheir casual threads and up-marketchariots are friendly and approach-able. A trip along the docks will yieldall manner of conversations, likewise,time spent in the shops is rewardinglycivil.
If arriving by boat (the best wayfor this town) the numerous mooringsin the outer harbor are affordable andhave excellent water taxi service. Ifyou can land one of the coveted inner-harbor mooring or warfside spotsthen you become a part of the action,not just the scenic background.
For folks lucky enough to be hereduring the warm summer months thepremier nautical event is the two-dayregatta known as the Camden-CastineRace in late July. While this is a racewith classes,handicapped finishes andawards, etc., it is also a “cruise” typerace with an overnight in the town of
Castine,Maine as the guests of theCastine Yacht Club. At a civilized houron Sunday morning the entire fleetraces back to Camden for an after-noon finish. Given the nature of theevent we raced with our full compli-ment of cruising gear including tooth-brushes.
The race itself is not too differentfrom other summer regattas.Thecourse is moderate in terms of naviga-tion and tactics. Penobscot Bay is shel-tered from ocean swells and has sometidal and wind pattern tricks to keepthings interesting. For 1998 the coursewas about 25 nm each day with most-ly light air. I think we hit 11 knotsonce but mostly we sailed at between5 and 7. While the courses were sim-ple,with only one turning mark, thetopography of Penobscot Bay is com-plex and most of the race is within afew miles of a shore.The opportuni-ties to go left, right,or down the mid-dle are complex and rewarding,partic-ularly when beating along a rockshore which presents an opportunityto extend a tack into a tidal side chan-nel or bay. Charts for this area areexcellent making hazards easy to
avoid if you have visibility or knowprecisely where you are.
The multihull start was last so weplayed “catch-up”with some verybeautiful monos and had fun dicingwith these much larger boats. Evelynand I even learned some additionalracing rules about overtaking slower
boats and were admonishedonce again for “Passing tooclose!”Fortunately for us, twoof the five multihull entrantsdid not start so we were ableto nab second on Saturdayand third on Sunday for a sec-ond overall.This performanceentitles us to a fancy customtrophy with an engraving ofChat’s sailplan. Saturday’sbest performance was RickSaltonstall’s F 31R taking linehonors over a brand new J125 monohull (41' version of
a sports boat and very fast) on themostly downwind day. Rick hasshown the multihull flag in a convinc-ing way.The other multi was TedSeaver’s 36' Newick tri Blue, whichpushed us all the way to the finish.
A piece of advice about Castine:first, get to the yacht club party early.As we arrived others were alreadydeparting and warned that the clubwas out of shrimp and Champaign.The other caution is that this race hadbeen canceled for several years due to“rowdy”behavior in Castine by someof the “younger”crew persons. Appar-ently a mailbox had been damagedonce and there were instances ofproperty owners finding beveragecontainers in thir petunia beds.Thetown is a lovely place with some ofthe most perfectly maintained historicdwellings I have ever seen. We couldhave spent a day or two in Castine
Camden-Castine Raceby Tom & Evelyn LaMers, Sea Wind 24+2 Chat deLamer
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Islets off Hurricane Island (watercolorby Evelyn)
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exploring this very historic area.Sunday’s return race had a long
postponement waiting for the noon-time breeze to fill-in so we motoredthrough nearby bays and islands andhad a nice tour with seals, etc.Themostly upwind race was in light air sowe had time to examine the passingwestern shore to avoid an incomingtide. As we cracked off to the finishwe finally passed some of the earlierstarters. Nearing Camden we couldsee the entire fleet parked in a hole200 yards from the finish line. Wewere closing at about 8 knots so itseemed possible we could coast pastto take line honors. Alas,we too joinedthe absolutely becalmed fleet and onlyemerged an hour later, courtesy of theslight forward way generated byChat’s stern scoops as they lifted oneach wave. Later we learned that this“hole” is a normal afternoon occur-rence and they always put the finishjust beyond it to close each race on anote of humility.
If you attend by trailerable,use thetown launching ramp in the south endof Rockland.This is an easy six milesfrom Camden.The ramps are the bestin the area with floating docks andfree parking. Rockland is a good provi-sioning port and it also has the Wyethmuseum in addition to a week-longlobster festival about the same time asthe C-C race.
Boston area boats accustomed totrailering can participate in this eventas an excellent long weekend of sail-ing and socializing and still be back forwork on Monday.The Rockland rampis good in all tides so it should be pos-sible to launch any time Friday andretrieve anytime Sunday. In 1998 wecruised after the race for an additional10 days of exploring the PenobscotBay area. We will certainly go backmany more times without exhaustingthe selection of anchorages and inter-esting day sails within a short distanceof Camden.
– Tom and Evelyn LaMers
Camden-Castine, continued from page 9
Core-Cell foam core with epoxy/glassskins. Decks are foam cored epoxy/glass and crossbeams are built fromuni-glass and carbon fiber/epoxy withstreamlined fairings.
Accommodation plan provides aseparate aft cabin which can be con-figured with either two single bunksor a very large double.The main cabincontains a functional galley with gen-erous standing headroom and a largesaloon that has seating for 6 and apanoramic view through large eyelevel windows.The saloon seats func-tion as two single berths if needed. Aspacious head compartment containsa Lavac toilet (favorite of cruisers)with gravity discharge holding tank, asimple hot shower, and vanity.The pri-vate forward cabin contains upper andlower single bunks (or one double),standing headroom and amplestowage.
The rig is a 7/8 th sloop with apowerful fully battened mainsail androller reefing jib. All sail handling andreefing can be done easily from thecockpit. Her wide beam and powerful
floats will turn sailpower into forwardmotion. Driven hard, speeds of 15 to20 knots under working sail will becommon. Average cruising speedsover distance of 10 to 12 knots will betypical with a fair breeze. Light air per-formance and motorsailing in lightwinds will also be excellent and superi-or to most,if not all,cruising catamarans.
An inboard diesel engine (27 HPYanmar) is located beneath the cock-pit floor.The EXPLORER will do 9knots at very low fuel consumptionproviding about 350 miles range on 25gallons of fuel.A folding prop willminimize drag while sailing.
The EXPLORER 44 is availableeither complete, as a hull and deck kit,floorplans only. Please feel free to con-tact Chris at the address belowforadditional details.Also check the website for updates.
Chris White Designs5 Smith’s WayS. Dartmouth,MA 02748508-636-6111www.chriswhitedesigns.comCopyright 1999 Christopher R.White
Chris White, continued from page 3
A lightweight trimaran with slender hulls, streamlined decks and crossbeams, apowerful sail plan and well made sails will go to windward exceptionally well with ashoal draft fixed fin.
13March/April 1999 N E M A
EarlyMULTIHULLS
Magazine,Winter 1975
NEMANewsletterDec.1973
MULTIHULLSand PowerMULTIHULLSmagazine asthey looktoday.
Charles Chiodi, former NEMANewsletter editor and current pub-lisher of MULTIHULLS, tells us how he transformed the newsletter intoMULTIHULLS magazine.
“We are welcoming Mr.Chiodi as our newmember. (This is
1968.) Charles,what are you doing fora living?” “I have an advertisingagency.” “Great.Than you can takeover the Newsletter,because our edi-tor is leaving.”
“I'll be glad to.”Oh,my God,weare still mimeographing this thing? Ican do better! Having the facilities forlayouts, camera, and printing, I startedto do a quasy-magazine-like newsletterwith a color cover and some spot-color printing, and real typesetting.Soon other multihull clubs took noticeand sent money for postage so theycan get this “unusually professional”newsletter. Remember, this is 1968,much before desktop publishing.Shortly the mailing list tripled andbecame expensive for the club.
So we decided that the NewEngland Multihulls Newsletter will betaken over as a commercial enterpriseby Chiodi Advertising,drop the NewEngland regional connotation, solicitadvertising, and go nationwide. Littledid we know that the first issue’s 360“subscribers”would swell to 45,000readers and the “regional”newsletterwould be read in 98 countries aroundthe world. Whatever impact this mag-azine had on the growth of multihulls,was positive and we are quite satisfiedwith the results.
However, it wasn’t all peaches andcream.There were the times whenexpansion was demanding on cash-flow,and my trimaran was sacrificedto keep the magazine going. The cash
from its sale bought better equipmentto produce the magazine,but it wasn’tenough.The sale of my house helped,but it was a step backwards,personal-ly.Yet,my determination to make mul-tihulls recognized as mainstreamwatercraft has seen no boundaries.We reduced our everyday needs to thepoint where I seldom cashed a pay-check so I could pay my employees,who were all more dedicated thananyone could ask for. They werecaught up in the enthusiasm of multi-hulling and worked long hours, some-time without pay, to make thing hap-pen. And they did.
Copycats came along basking inthe sunshine MULTIHULLS created,but without the solid knowledge ofthe 30-or-so years of experience, theyfailed.The first competitor,MultihullsWorld, went out of business afterstruggling for a few years.TheAustralian clone, Inside Multihulls,has not published an issue sinceSpring 1998.
In the meantime,MULTIHULLScame out with a new publication: ThePOWER of MULTIHULLS. Power cata-marans, is a fast-growing market. Itwasn’t an easy decision. Deep in ourhearts we are still multihull sailors.But, it would be gross ignorance todeny that there are twin-hulled powercatamarans that will do as much goodfor boating as twin-hulled sailing boatsdid. Before some uninitiated editor gotinto the act,we felt compelled to startthe new magazine. It is a great successfrom the start. Now,maybe, justmaybe, somewhere down the line, Ican replace the boat and house I sold,and live happily ever after.
Charles Chiodi NEMA Member since 1968
NEMA Newsletter to MULTIHULLSby Charles Chiodi
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Bullimore StartsENZA Refit Tony Bullimore recently announcedthat he has started work on his 100 ft.maxi-catamaran for The Race. InDecember,Bullimore confirmed thathe had bought the maxi-catamaranRoyal & Sun Alliance from TracyEdwards.This catamaran is none otherthan the ex-Enza with which PeterBlake and Robin Knox-Johnston tookthe Jules Verne Trophy from BrunoPeyron in 1994.The excellent condi-tion of her structure allows her trans-formation to 100 ft to be envisaged.Eventually the catamaran’s newdimensions will be 30 by 13 meters.
The catamaran will be stretchedin the forward extremities, in order togive her more buoyancy in the hullstherefore making passage through thewaves easier in the deep south, at fullspeed. She will also be given a new 35meter wing mast in carbon,40%lighter than the old one.
Her designer,Nigel Irens, is super-vising the transformation of the boatin Bristol.“The modifications willenable a real improvement in averagespeed and the increase in sail area willresolve her light airs handicap,”saidIrens. After the transformation workand a launching planned for earlysummer 99, Millennium Challenge,the name of Tony’s challenge,will setoff on the pursuit of several recordsincluding the Atlantic, in order to qual-ify for The RACE, the Round theBritish Isles and the Jules VerneTrophy for the year 2000.
R A C I N G R O U N D U P
NEMA member,CamLewis was the firstAmerican to enterThe RACE whenhe unveiled his
plans for theworld’s largest and
fastest ocean-racingcatamaran at a press conference lastFall in San Francisco. Lewis was backin San Francisco April 10 - 14 as hetook potential supporters sailing onthe 85-foot catamaran Explorer.
The new catamaran will be 125feet long overall,with 65 feet of beamand a mast height above water of 165feet.The carbon fiber cat will be capa-ble of speeds close to 50 miles perhour, Lewis told the press conference.French designer Gilles Ollier designedthe monster cat,which Lewis intendsto build in the U.S.
Support opportunities
Lewis hopes to begin building hismaxi-cat this spring and is providingthree opportunities to support hiscampaign to win The RACE and bepart of the adventure.
1Individuals who take a direct own-ership share in the biggest and
fastest multihull in the world will alsobe able to race aboard the 125-footcatamaran on record attempts beforeand after The RACE. In addition theywill enjoy “insider”roles at the officialports during pre-start preparations,and after the finish.
2A second avenue for private, cor-porate and foundation support for
the campaign is the Team AdventureEducation Foundation.This 501(c)3nonprofit educational organizationhas a mission to bring the world oftrue adventure to the classroom
through the virtual interactive envi-ronment of multimedia and the inter-net. The RACE is an outstanding vehi-cle for Team Adventure to launch itspilot program.
3The third element of support forTeam Adventure USA is involve-
ment with a variety of corporate enti-ties,with marketing and brand recog-nition programs plus some trulyunique and powerful employee moti-vation and corporate entertainmentopportunities.
Team Adventure
Members of the Team Adventure:• Cam Lewis, Skipper and CEO• Larry Rosenfeld,Executive Director• Skip Novak,Director of Expedition
Research• Keith Taylor,Communications
Director• Mark Rudiger,Navigator• Bill Biewenga,Weather Routing
Specialist• Brian Hancock, Sailmaker• Paul Klaassen,Chairman
Team Adventure USARR1 Box 4390Mullens Bog RoadLincolnville,ME 04849tel: 207-763-4059, fax: 207-763-4475email: [email protected]://www.teamadventureusa.org
Team Adventure USA SeeksPrivate and Corporate Support
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PlayStation Beats 24 HourSailing Distance RecordOn March 27, Steve Fossettannounced that his maxi-catPlayStation had sailed 580 miles in24 hrs, setting the 24-hour sailing dis-tance record.
Fossett joined his boat on March24th in New Zealand in an attempt tobreak the record held since June 1994by the Franco-Swiss LaurentBourgnon,who covered 540 nauticalmiles in 24 hours on his 60 ft. tri-maran Primagaz. (This record stillholds in the single handed category.)
According to reporter ChristianFévrier this first attempt was inter-rupted off Great Barrier Island whenBen Wright the catamaran’s co-skip-per was injured. Overbalanced whentaking in a reef on the end of the 18meter long boom, the little finger ofhis right hand got stuck in the block.The top of the finger was torn off tothe bone and the last phalanx wasfractured.
PlayStation, which was ideallyplaced for a long run of more than600 miles to the north-west,put aboutand was back in Auckland in the mid-dle of the night where the skipperwas immediately admitted to the hos-pital and underwent surgery.
PlayStation left Auckland for asecond attempt on Friday,March 26th.The steady North-easterly breeze of25 knots allowed PlayStation toachieve her best average as early asthe first 6 hours,or 152.5 miles at25.4 knots average. Fifteen hourslater, the average was 23.8 knots for adistance covered of 357.3 miles.
In less than 20 hours,PlayStationhad covered 465 miles, at an averagespeed of 23.6 knots. By the 23rd hour,PlayStation had covered 546 miles, atan average of 23.74 knots.
Before PlayStation, only nineyachts had bettered the mythical 500mile barrier, in chronological order :
• The catamaran Credit Agricole in1984: 508.6 miles (the first beforeFormule Tag),
• The catamaran Formule Tag in1984: 518.68 miles,
• The trimaran Fleury Michon VIII in1987: 520 miles,
• The catamaran Jet Services in 1990:522.73 miles,
• The trimaran Lyonnaise des Eaux in1994: 524.6 miles,
• The catamaran Enza New Zealandin 1994: 520.9 miles,
• The trimaran Primagaz in 1994:540 miles,
• The catamaran Explorer in 1995:547.3 miles.
• The catamaran Royal & SunAlliance in 1998: 500 miles.
Marblehead-to-HalifaxOcean Race, July 11, 1999The Boston Yacht Club and the RoyalNova Scotia Yacht Squadron haveannounced their plans for the 28thedition of this biennial classic oceanrace.The 360 nautical mile coursefrom Marblehead,Mass. to Halifax,Nova Scotia,will be sailed in five divi-sions,with classes in each based uponindividual ratings and the number ofentries.
The five divisions are 1) Interna-tional Measurement System,2) Perfor-mance Handicap Racing Fleet,3)PHRF Cruising Canvas,4) Multihull,and 5) Classic Yachts. Eligibility isrestricted to yachts with a minimumlength overall of 29.5 feet, except formultihulls,which may be 27 feet.
The entry fee for applicationsreceived by April 30,1999 is US $400payable to the “Boston Yacht Club”.For applications received during May,the entry fee is US $450. If received inJune the entry fee is US $500.Thetotal fleet will not exceed 150 yachts.
For further information and anapplication package,call the BostonYacht Club (781-631-3100) or visit theBYC Web site at www.bostonyc.org.
May 29 - 31 Owens Mitchell RegattaNewport/Block Island
June 12 Centerboard Regatta (Portland, ME)
June 20 BYC Hospice Regatta (Marblehead)
June 26 - 27 Buzzard’s Bay Blast
June 27 Patton Bowl (Manchester, MA)
July 2 - 4 Provincetown Cruise
July 4 Annual Regatta (Marblehead)
July 10 - 18 Block Island/Long Island Cruise
July 11 Marblehead to Halifax
July 17 Atlantic Highlands Fling(Atlantic Highlands NJ to Block Island)
TBA Around Martha’s Vineyard Race
July 17 Sequin Race (Southport, ME)
July 18 Midsummer Regatta (Marblehead)
July 24 Black Dog Dash(Vineyard Haven)
July 25 MS Charity Race (Beverly, MA)
July 30 - 31 Solo Twin (Newport)
July 31 - Aug 1 Penobscot Race (Camden, ME)
Aug 6 - 8 Buzzard’s Bay Regatta
Aug 8 Corinthian Summer Race(Marblehead)
Aug 14 Monhegan Race (Falmouth, ME)
Aug 14 - 15 Padanaram Race
Aug 15 Chandler Hovey Race (Marblehead)
Aug 21 Cancer Society Pro-Am (Fairhaven, MA)
August 21 MS Regatta (Falmouth, ME)
Aug 28 - 29 Newport Unlimited
Aug 28 - 29 New England 100 (New London)
Sept 4 - 6 Gloucester Schooner Festival
Sept 4 Yarmouth Cup (Falmouth, ME)
Sept 18 - 19 Whalers Race (New Bedford, MA)
Sept 19 Hodder Regatta (Marblehead)
Sept 25 - 26 LI Sound Championships
Oct 2 - 3 Race Rock Regatta (Stonington, CT)
Oct 3 Phil Small Race (Beverly, MA)
Bold = NEMA Season Trophy Event
NEMA Summer Schedule
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SSOOMMEERRSSAAUULLTT DD0011,Newick designed demountable,trailerable,prototype trimaran with unfinished interiorand trailer. Fiberglass and foamcore with some carbonconstruction. Built by Outrigger in 1983. See pictureon NEMA Website. Asking $15K or B.O. Contact PaulPaquin 781-925-3069 (home) 617-287-5297 (work)[email protected]
11998855 SSEEAAWWIINNDD 24 (sail #313) in good condition,withFive sails (full-batten racing mainsail, full-batten cruis-ing mainsail,working jib,multi-colored genoa); Custombarber haulers for jibs with travellers; asymmetric spin-naker and ATN sock,Rotating mast,Trampolines (newMay '95),Beams, traveller and mast (replaced '93),8 hp.Evinrude longshaft outboard (new 8/94), large boomtent,double-axle Magic Tilt expanding trailer. Videotape to explain stepping mast, setup,etc. Currentlylocated at Wareham,MA. $15K. or best offer. ContactRichard Bryan [email protected] or call 617-628-4998(evenings).
BB--LLIIOONN,Hubbard Brothers designed 60s cat. LesMoore’s 70+ year old neighbor has decided to slowdown but wants his cat to keep going. He’ll sell it to aninterested sailor for $1,000 or his/her best offer.Located in Essex,Mass. Contact Les Moore day orevening at 978-768-6645 or at [email protected].
3355’’ DDrraaggoonnffllyy 1000 Swing-wing Cruising Trimaran,1994,excellent condition,18 HP Volvo,bowsprit, refrig-erator, asymmetrical spinnaker, cabin heat, two show-ers, alarm system,autopilot,C-Map GPS,$150,000,NY516-625-0223.
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RRiigg ffoorr SSaallee:: 40' mast,boom,2 sets of sails, etc.from Firebird catamaran. Call Tom Grossman,978-546-1190 or Fax 978-546-1192.
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