WindCheck May 2016

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Sailing the Northeast

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Official Guide to the Atlantic Cup Presented by 11th Hour Racing

Official Guide to the Atlantic Cup Presented by 11th Hour Racing

On the Wire with Louisa Chafee

On the Wire with Louisa Chafee

Bermuda: Getting a RIde Home

Bermuda: Getting a RIde Home

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Issue 153

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Contributors Laurent Apollon, Dorice Arden, Julianna Barbieri, Tania Barricklo, Billy Black, Jeremiah Blatz, Cate Brown, Daniela Clark, Stephen Cloutier, Captain

Ed Cubanski, USCG, Jen Edney, John Field, Dave Foster, John K. Fulweiler, Sam Greenfield,

Dan Hicks, Pat Holinka, Andy Houlding, Blake Jackson, Dr. Paul F. Jacobs, Nancy G. Kaull, Erin Macchiaroli, Kris McClintock, Ernie Messer,

Vincent Olivaud, John Pearson, Rick Perret, PhotoBoat.com, Vin Pica, Colin Rath, Maureen Reilly, Jason Rose, Caltain Annika Savio, Ralph

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There is a great buzz of boating going on, and I am really looking forward to the coming weeks. As with the rapid arrival of warm temperatures, green grass, budding plants and chirp-ing birds, life quickly returned to the harbors, bays and sounds here in the Northeast. The sight of freshly launched boats criss-crossing one another as they make their way to homeport, or stretching their legs on sea trial makes me eager to see our family boat splashed. And the first weeknight races of the season have me excited about high octane racing action to come. The anticipation of spring sailing started more than a year ago as the list of grand prix events that would be visiting our region grew, and now it’s here – all happening in the next few weeks! Nowhere else on the planet has as much racing action going on simultaneously as we have right here in our backyard. The list of boats, names and sponsors is impressive, but the fact that many of these events overlap one another, primarily in New York City, is really something special and absolutely not to be missed. The most universally publicized event, of course, is the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series New York. Sailed in 45-foot foiling cats, the ACWS will likely draw the largest crowds of spectators – sailors and non-sailors alike. The fact is, these boats put on quite a show as they fly through (well, mostly over) the water at speeds approaching 30 knots. A number of my friends, many of whom know little about sailing, are nonetheless as eager as I am to spend the weekend in New York and to be part of the ACWS experience. I think that says something about the marketing of the event, or the spectacle of the boats themselves…or both. Either way, it’s going to be exciting to watch. An event that’s near and dear to the crew at WindCheck is the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. WindCheck is proud to be a sponsor of this exciting and important event, and the Official Guide starts on page 56. The Atlantic Cup is exciting because it’s a double-handed event that combines two long offshore legs, from Charleston, SC to New York, NY and New York to Portland, ME at 360 and 640 nautical miles, respectively, as well as Pro-Am races in New York Harbor and a fully crewed inshore series in Portland that counts towards the final score. The Atlantic Cup, from a competitive standpoint, combines many facets of racing, but is important because of the stance that it takes on making a positive environmen-tal impact (which, in essence, is no impact at all – but does one better with environmental stewardship practices aboard the boats, and at stopovers along the way.) The third major event visiting our area this spring, the Transat bakerly, is the most gruel-ing and dangerous. With a course of approximately 3,000 miles of open water from Plymouth in southwest England to New York, the Transat bakerly is not the longest professional solo ocean race, but its fearsome reputation is well deserved. To win this full-on sprint (sailed in giant Ultime and Multi50 trimarans and IMOCA 60 and Class40 monohulls), each of the 25 skippers will be driving his or her boat and his or herself to the limit, bashing into big storms and heavy seas and staying vigilant for such hazards as icebergs, fog and shipping. It’s remarkable that three very different professional events with international coverage are converging in our region. It proves that the Northeast continues to be a favorite venue for events that want challenging and exciting racing for the competitors, accessible and active spectating for the fans, and a strong, viable media market to showcase the message of the events and their sponsors. With that winning formula, you can be sure that more and more amazing events – for professional and amateur sailors alike – are coming our way. With a fleet twice the size of the ACWS, the Gotham Multihulls Series, for example, is the largest multi-hull regatta in New York, and you’ve probably heard that the Volvo Ocean Race is returning to one of its favorite stopovers – Newport, RI – in 2018. I have seen lots of pictures of sailboats transiting the waters off Manhattan Island or rac-ing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, including the great shot by Billy Black on the cover of this issue! I will be among the thousands of spectators lining the shoreline as these great sailors and spectacular boats lock horns with the New York City skyline as a backdrop, and now I’ll be able to say I was there when it was all happening! I hope you will join me. See you on the water.

24 A Voyage to Maine and Back, Part 1 Nancy G. Kaull and Dr. Paul F. Jacobs enjoyed many years of sailing on Nar-

ragansett Bay and visiting harbors in southern New England and Long Island, but with dreams of a downeast cruise they realized their boat lacked vital ame-nities. In this first installment of a serialized story, the authors recount finding a safer, more comfortable vessel and the first leg of their journey.

28 The Best Boat for Sailing the Northeast Every sailor has his or her own dreamboat, and with hundreds of great ones

of all sizes out there, many of us are unable to narrow our choices to just one. Gregor Tarjan, a yacht designer, author and the founder of Aeroyacht Ltd. in East Setauket, NY, reckons he’s narrowed it down from the many he's owned over the years to a fast, stable, versatile cruiser.

30 Bermuda: Getting a Ride Home A veteran of several Newport Bermuda Races and Marion Bermuda Races, Er-

nie Messer is frequently asked about how to get on a boat, either for the race or the return delivery. Ernie, a Cruising Club of America and Off Soundings Club member who has raced to Bermuda three times doublehanded with his wife, presents a rookie’s guide to getting your first passage.

56 Official Guide to the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing At 1,045 nautical miles, the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing

is the longest offshore race in the Western Atlantic, and it’s the first carbon neutral sailing race in the United States. The action starts in Charleston, SC on May 28, with 10 Class 40s racing northward to an amazing new marina in Brooklyn, NY and then on to Portland, ME.

86 On Watch: Louisa Chafee It’s hard to believe that Louisa Chafee actually quit sailing once, because she’s

enjoying a heck of a ride now. A three-time Collegiate All-American at Brown University and the elder daughter of the former Governor of Rhode Island, she’s on her way to the Olympics to represent the USA in the fastest class in the Games.

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On the cover: Billy Black captured Mike Hennessy’s fire-breathing Class40 Dragon 54 in New York Harbor during the most recent Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. This year’s edition of the longest offshore race in the Western Atlantic starts May 28 in Charleston, SC en route to a first-ever stopover at a stunning new marina in Brooklyn, NY. © Billy Black

Editor’s Log 6

Letters 10

Checking In 12

Shoreline Sailing Club Welcomes 22 New Members

From the Log of Persevere 32

Sound Environment 34

The Boating Barrister 36

Book Review: Be Your Own 37 Boat Surveyor

Captain of the Port 38

Calendar of Events 39

Tide Tables 50

Regatta Ginger Beer Sponsoring 52 Youth Events

Seawolves Win the Stony Brook Cup 53

5 More Reasons Your Kids Should Sail 54

Crew Connection 55

Coop’s Corner 70

YRA Frostbite Championships 72

New England 2016 J/Fest 73

Biggest NYC Multihull Regatta 74

C&C 30 One Design North 75 American Championship

Sail Park City Regatta 76

Port Jefferson Yacht Club Seeks 77 Young Racers

Brokerage 78

Classifieds 80

Subscription Form 84

Advertisers Index 85

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LettersWelcome to the Club!Thanks for providing the material [about City Island Yacht Club’s Club Boat program]. New sailors looking to step up from sailing courses to ownership now have a place to go and an op-portunity to learn the skills needed as a new owner.David Shulman, via email

David – City Island YC’s Club Boat program is indeed an innova-tive and accessible way for sailors to continue to build skills and enjoy the sport. We’d love to see more clubs follow suit.

Take a Vet Sailing!What is the date for this year’s ‘Take a Veteran Sailing’ event that was hosted in 2015 by the Centerport Yacht Club?Bob Evans, via email

Bob – SailAhead’s Take a Vet Sailing event is Saturday, August 6 at Centerport YC. For more information and to learn more about the wonderful work that SailAhead is doing to heal armed forces veterans through sailing, visit Sailahead.org.

The Tao of CoopI just had to write to tell you I have devoured the recent issue of WindCheck while I was waiting to have my car sticker put on. Usually, I dog-ear a page in magazines that I want to do some-thing about later. When I finished the magazine, I was amazed that I had 10 corners turned down! I love the content, the variety of subjects and the tone. It’s fabulous. In this one, I was nodding and laughing while read-ing Coop’s Corner, “Zen and the Art of Sailing.” Never really thought about sailing in that way. Thank you for starting off my day with such a positive attitude, and thank you again for including our article on the Women’s Sailing Conference.Joan Thayer, Marblehead, MA

Joan – Thank you for the kind words. To take another flight on Coop’s astral plane, turn to page 70. (Registration for the 15th An-nual Women’s Sailing Conference, hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA on Saturday, June 4, is now open at womensailing.org.)

Sailors are fun and generous people!I am writing to thank WindCheck for featuring Courtney Moore’s story on Center for Hospice Care’s Regatta Series. We also applaud WindCheck’s “On Watch” profile of Judy Gibbs, who has been a leader and prime mover of our regattas. As Southeast Connecticut’s only non-profit, community-based provider of hospice and palliative care, Center for Hospice Care is reliant on community support to deliver the highest quality care to anyone who needs it, even to those who are uninsured and unable to pay. For 27 years, our Regatta Series has benefited from the


wonderful generosity of Southeast Connecticut’s sailing com-munity. We are especially grateful to the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association, the Thames Yacht Club, the Niantic Bay Yacht Club, and the Stonington Dinghy Club for hosting our Regattas. Sailors are fun and generous people!Carol L. MahierPresident & CEO of Center for Hospice Care

Really jazzedI wanted to let you know that WindCheck has full East Coast distribution. As it turns out, the owner of a Baltic in Groton, CT brings her to Florida during the winter to race on the In-dian River. One of his Floridian crew had men-tioned that he was interested in a Rodgers 26 that was for sale. The timing of the April cover was perfect as the Baltic owner provided the April issue to his crew and we connected through WindCheck to discuss my Rodgers 26. Your magazine is a great source for Northeast sailing and I wish you continued success.Best regards,Chris Miller, Stamford, CTP.S. My son Christian was really jazzed when he saw the cover and can’t wait for another season to start!

Safety fast!I enjoy your magazine and pick it up at the West Marine store on 37th Street in Manhattan. The April 2016 cover is of concern however, since the first thing I noticed was that two of the three happy people sitting on the edge of the sailboat are not wearing a life vest. One wrong move or wave and they can fall into the water and anything can happen. Perhaps in the future, for the sake of subliminally encouraging safety, similar pictures should show all of the people wearing some sort of protection (as many of your previous issues show!). All the best and keep up the good work,Frank Didik, New York, NY

Frank – Thanks for your note. As you can see in the image, the conditions were quite benign and while it is not required for adults to don lifejackets, Chris is adamant that his crew wears them when conditions merit their use. He also noted that his son Christian always wears his life vest when he’s on deck. ■


checking in.BoatUS Celebrates 50th AnniversaryIn 1966, boaters could buy a new mid-sized cruiser for about $7,000, outboard engines had just surpassed 100 horsepower, and recreational boating was growing on a large scale across America. It was also in ’66 that the nation’s largest recreational boating group, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), got its start thanks to Founder Richard Schwartz, who saw a need to make recreational boaters’ lives better. His vision of offering representation, improving safety, providing quality services at competitive prices and saving boaters money was all rolled up into the “service, savings and representation” motto that remains at the core of the organization today.

“BoatUS has always been there for boaters and always will be,” said BoatUS President Margaret Podlich. “Whether it’s help-ing boaters have a safe day on the water, ensuring that boating taxes go to boating programs, offering competi-tive boat insurance coverage, or having the largest on water towing fleet in the nation, BoatUS is proudly the single source of exception-al service and sav-ings. We’re steadfast

in our commitment to protect boaters and their rights, making boating safer, more affordable and accessible.” Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, BoatUS is the nation’s largest organization of recreational boaters with over a half mil-lion members. The BoatUS Insurance Program provides special-ized coverage for boat owners, and TowBoatUS is the nation’s largest on-water towing fleet, with more than 600 towboats and 300 locations. The non-profit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water helps keep boaters safe and our waters clean for future generations. BoatUS is celebrating its golden anniversary in 2016 with a series of special member events and coverage in its flagship publication, BoatUS Magazine, and other programs. For more information, visit BoatUS.com. ■305-890-6904

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The Connecticut Spring Boat Show sponsored by the Yacht Bro-kers Association of America, will be at Brewer Essex Island Marina in Essex, CT. Visitors attending the free show will enjoy seeing a wide range of new and brokerage, power and sail models from American Tug, Azimut, Bavaria, Beneteau, Bennington, Blue Seas, Boston Whaler, Catalina, Chris Craft, Cutwater, Eastbay, Elan, Grand Banks, Hallberg-Rassy, Hanse, Hunt, Hunter, Impres-sion, Hinckley, Island Packet, Jeanneau, Jupiter, Lagoon, Legacy, Limestone, Mag Bay, Marine Trader, MJM, Nordic Tug, Nordstar, Rhea, Rosborough, Sargo, Sealine, Sea Ray, Southport, Sparkman & Stephens, Tiara, Viking and more. Brewer Yacht Sales, Eastland Yachts, Essex Marine Group, Essex Yacht Sales and Latitude Yacht Sales will showcase select brokerage boats. In addition to boats on the docks, gear, accesso-ries and service companies will be on site. Food and beverages will be available, proceeds to benefit Sails Up 4 Cancer, which fund-raises for cancer research, education and prevention. Volunteers will be on site to discuss their annual Sails Up 4 Cancer Regatta coming up in June. Historical Downtown Essex is located on the Connecticut River. The small waterfront town is a boating, sailing and tourist destination featuring quaint shops, markets, and restaurants. Burning of the Ships Day is Saturday, May 14, which is annually commemorated with a parade (2pm) and ceremonies. Visit www.ctspringboatshow.com for specific event details, parking informa-tion and for show updates. ■

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checking in.Inaugural Match Racing Event for Adaptive Sailors to be Held in JulyThe C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and Oak-cliff Sailing have joined forces to create a new match racing event for adaptive sailors in North America. Bill Simon from Oakcliff Sailing and Timmy Larr from The Clagett saw a need for competi-tive adaptive sailors to have options for racing, and the Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race was created. Hosted by the WaterFront Center in Oyster Bay, NY, the in-augural Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race event will be held July 15-17. The event is open to both adaptive and able-bodied sailors as well as US and international sailors, although at least one person on the boat should identify as having a disability. Five-time and current U.S. Match Racing Champion Dave Perry (Southport, CT) will provide coaching in boat handling, boat speed, and match racing. Competitors will race Sonars provided by The WaterFront Center and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club.

“We at The Clagett are very happy to announce that The Clagett and Oakcliff Sailing have teamed up to provide a competitive sailing option for adaptive sailors in North America,” said Clagett President and Co-founder Judy McLennan (Portsmouth, RI). “This is the first year we have offered an event like this, and all early indications show that it is shaping up to be something truly special,” said Regatta Co-organizer Bill Simon. “The potential for this event, with the support of all these remarkable organizations, is incredible. We are beyond excited.” Interested sailors can get involved in two ways. Teams (con-sisting of two or more, including skipper) can request an invitation online and individuals looking to join a team can add their name

to an online crew bank. Scholarships are available for travel and housing through The Clagett. The Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race is supported by SailAhead and the Warrior Sailing Program. For more information, visit conta.cc/1YWiWgk. ■

Port Jefferson Boater’s Maritime Festival is June 11 and 12The 5th Annual Port Jefferson Boater’s Festival has expanded to take place throughout the Village of Port Jefferson, NY and on its harborfront.

This festival will host the Port Jeff Boat Show with over 50 boats on display and dozens of fishing vendors at one of the island’s only outdoor shows. Sailing demonstrations will take place on the harbor, as well as a regatta. Maritime related attrac-tions, museums, art and organizationas will be present along with FREE open demos of kayaks, inflatable boats and paddle-boards. Food and drink will be offered by local eateries. Pirate shows and treasure hunts will round out the entertainment for the entire family. Back again this year is the Paddle Battle Long Island Port Jef-ferson Race. Saturday’s 2.5 mile recreational race includes kayak and stand up paddle boards, each in separate categories. Races help raise money for not-for-profit organizations such as the United Way of Long Island VetsBuild program, the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the East End Tourism Alliance. New this year is a regional outdoor Crossfit Competition courtesy of Port Jeff Crossfit. Over 150 participants will gather on Saturday for the Throwdown on the Sound at Harborfront Park. For more information about attending by land or by boat, visit portjeff.com. The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry is a great way to get there too – their website is 88844ferry.com. ■

Rick Doerr, Hugh Fruend and Brad Kendall finished second in the Sonar Class at last year’s Clagett. © Billy Black

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checking in.Nicholas R. Bell Joins Mystic SeaportMystic Seaport in Mystic, CT has announced that Nicholas R. Bell has been named Senior Vice President for Curatorial Affairs, a new position at the Museum that will be responsible for the care, management, strategic development, and exhibition of the Museum’s collections. Bell is presently The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, where he led the Gallery’s recent relaunch following a $30 million, two-year renovation. He has published seven books in the last five years, including six peer-reviewed exhibition catalogues and one edited anthology. “We are very proud to have a curator of Nicholas’s caliber join Mystic Seaport,” said Steve White, President of Mystic Seaport. “We believe his deep knowledge of material culture, un-derstanding of the public audience, and demonstrated leadership and creativity will take our collections and exhibitions program to a new level. The combination of the Thompson Exhibition Build-ing opening this fall and this new leadership position truly signify that Mystic Seaport is moving into a new era of exhibitions.” “No matter how far we live from it, as Americans, the sea is bred in our bones,” said Bell. “I believe the inclusiveness with

which Mystic Seaport defines this relationship is the Museum’s greatest asset to building new con-nections with the public it serves. Expanding on these connections is a thrilling opportunity, and I could not ask for a stronger team with which to embark on this adventure than the one already in place at the Museum.”

Bell earned a bachelor’s degree from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, and a master’s from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware. He, his wife Allison and their three children are relocating to Mystic this spring. ■

Nick Ewenson Joins NESSNew England Science & Sailing (NESS) in Stonington, CT welcomes Nick Ewenson as their new Assistant Sailing Director. A graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Ewenson competed on the college’s sailing team and won the ICSA Team Racing National Championship in 2004. Prior to joining NESS, Ew-enson was an employee at Laser-Performance. He was also a sailing coach for the College of Charles-ton and University of Rhode Island, where he helped lead the teams to five national champion-ships. He is a US Sailing Level 3 Coach and is in the process of getting his US Coast Guard OUPV Captain’s License and becom-ing an ARC Waterfront Lifeguard. He currently lives in Newport, RI. “Joining NESS was an easy decision,” said Ewenson. “It’s a great organization and this role allows me to work with a diverse community of sailors of all ages. I’m excited to be a part of such a talented staff.” NESS President Spike Lobdell added, “We’re very enthusi-astic about where the sailing program at NESS is headed. With Nick’s new position and the recent renovation of the wharf build-ing, we are hoping to build our program at all skill levels to get as many as possible on the water learning and having fun.” NESS, a non-profit 501(c)(3), provides year-round ocean adventure education programs that engage students in experiential learning that builds confidence, teamwork, and leadership skills. Marine sciences (biology, oceanography, meteorology), adventure sports, and sailing are catalysts for teaching life skills, academic discipline, and respect and responsibility for the sea. For more information, visit nessf.org. ■



checking in.Huntington Safe Boating Week is May 21 - 27In accordance with its mission of promoting safe recreational boating, the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht and Boat-ing Clubs will present the fourth annual Safe Boating Week from May 21 - 27. The Huntington, NY-based organization, which represents 22 clubs with boating and waterfront interests, is again partnering with the Town of Huntington, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S Power Squadron and other marine-related safety agencies to provide free public events related to maritime education, safety and enjoyment.

Huntington Safe Boating Week is one of the many services offered by the Boating Council to its members and boaters throughout Long Island. “We are proud to present this week, our classes and lectures as well as an outstanding waterfront celebration for the entire boating community of Long Island,” said event chair Jackie Martin. “The event has grown rapidly in participation and support since 2013, and we are looking forward to an even better year.” The week of events includes a free eight-hour New York State Boating Safety course on May 23 & 24, courtesy ves-sel safety inspections by the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Power Squadron, and courses, lectures and seminars including a kayak and paddleboard safety class. The fourth annual Waterfront Festival will be held Sun-day, May 22 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Mill Dam Ball Field in Halesite. The festival features used and new marine equipment, nautical antiques, fishing gear, several boat dealers, artists, crafts, nautical home décor and amusements for children. Food and beverages, with this year’s addition of wine and beer, are available on site. Area clubs and organizations will be on hand to answer questions about area boating and membership, and scheduled

musical performances include an appearance by the popular Coast Guard Auxiliary Band. Free boat tours of Huntington Harbor will take place throughout the day, and police and fire rescue boats will be on display at the Mill Dam ramp. For more information about classes, boat inspections, and sponsorship and vendor opportunities, visit Huntingtonsafeboatingweek.com. ■

Cap’n Kidd’s Pirates Day is June 12 in Milford, CTCaptain William Kidd and his crew will sail into Milford Harbor and “take over” downtown Milford, CT on Sunday, June 12. This popular family event is presented by the Down-town Milford Business Association and sponsored in part by 7 Seas Restaurant. Come dressed as a pirate and be a part of the state’s best and largest scavenger hunt! Participants will pick up a downtown treasure map and a booty bag at noon at Lisman Landing, then follow the clues to Treasure Stop Shops and fill up booty bags. Those who gather stamps at all stops can enter a drawing to win a Pirate’s Chest of Treasures (one for adults; one for children).

Start your day at high noon at Lisman Landing, listening to The Robert Atwood Band while awaiting the arrival of the Pirate Ship Oz from seas afar. Wind your way through the Pirate Shop Stops, and join everyone on the Green by the Gazebo to listen to The Elwoods. Have your pictures taken with pirates, pirates and more pirates. Enjoy the Milford Volunteers Ancient Fife & Drum Corps by Café Atlantique. There will be special pirate-themed activities for children on the Green by the Gazebo. The Rock On Girls will also be on the Green, offering pirate-themed rock-and face-painting fun. So put on your best pirate garb, practice talking like a pirate, and search for Kidd’s treasure. The Cap’n arrives at Lisman Landing precisely at noon and the event continues until 5 pm when he sails off to unknown lands! For more information, visit the event’s webpage at downtownmilfordct.org or call 203-530-0103. ■

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checking in.HOOD Sailmakers Named Official Sailmaker for Bermuda 1-2, Solo/Twin and Offshore 160 HOOD Sailmakers, headquartered in Middletown, RI, has announced its status as an official partner of the 2016 Offshore 160, Solo/Twin and the 2017 Bermuda One-Two. Hosted by Newport Yacht Club in Newport, RI, these events some of the top offshore races in New England for short-handed sailors. The Offshore 160 starts July 15, 2016 and is a 160-nauti-cal mile course for single-handed sailors departing and return-ing to Newport. The Solo/Twin starts July 29, 2016, is 65 to 120 nautical miles and open to single or double-handed sailors. The 21st biennial Bermuda One-Two will depart June 2, 2017. The first leg is a 635-nautical mile solo race from Newport to Bermuda followed by a double-handed return leg departing June 15, 2017. “We’re proud to be a part of the Bermuda 1-2, Solo/Twin and Offshore 160,” said Rob MacMillan, President of HOOD

Sailmakers. “Durable, long-lasting sails are critical to the sailors who compete in these three events and that aligns perfectly with our own brand, which was founded on the principles of quality, value and durability.” For more than 55 years, HOOD sails have been the sails of choice for those seeking performance, durability and value. From modest beginnings in the basement of his house in Marblehead, MA in the early 1950s, Ted Hood developed fast, durable sails, and invented the machinery to make the cloth that he used to build them. Today, HOOD Sailmakers continues Ted’s tradition of designing, engineering and building sails that offer the best value around the world. For more information, visit hood-sails.com. ■

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checking in.North U. Spring on the Water Race Clinic at Raritan Yacht Club is May 20 & 21Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy, NJ is hosting a North U. Spring on the Water Race Clinic on May 20 & 21. The clinic will provide race training aboard member’s boats. Enrollment is open to all members and their boats, affiliated yacht club members and their boats, as well as non-mem-bers. Expert coaching will assure that each team gets close personal attention. Improve your sailing and racing skills through a combination of on-the-wa-ter drills, coached training, shoreside instruction, video review, and in-competition coaching. The emphasis will be on practical real-world techniques to improve start-ing, boat speed, crew work and tactics. Friday night’s ses-sion, from 6 to 9 pm in the RYC Surf Room, is a classroom presentation of racing concepts, rules and sailing techniques to help you go faster. Topics include the Racing Pyramid, trim and boat handling funda-mentals, tacking, sail trim, spinnaker techniques, and drill descriptions and assign-ments. Saturday’s on-the-water session runs from 9 am to 5 pm on Raritan Bay, with member boats and designat-ed crews engaged in drills to practice what was learned Friday night. A box lunch on the water will be pro-vided. The clinic concludes with a video review, cash bar and dinner, and a wrap up

from 6 - 8 pm. Fees for RYC members are $100 for skipper and boat, $20 for each crew signed up by RYC skipper, and $30 for crew sign-ing up without a boat assignment. For non-RYC members, the fees are $125, $35 and $50, respectively. To sign up, email [email protected]. If you have any ques-tions, contact Tim Casey at 646-271-8022. For more informa-tion about North U., visit northu.com. ■

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Shoreline Sailing Club Welcomes New MembersBy Pat Holinka, Commodore

“Hey, I think I just found the best kept secret on the shoreline,” I told my friend. “Really? Tell me,” she replied. “There’s a singles club that meets in Westbrook, CT twice a month, I explained. “They go boating, sailing, kayaking and socialize. The skippers that have boats take out those who want to sail. Simple as that.” Thirty-five years ago two women who were single and had boats needed crew. They recruited their friends to go boating and thus began the Shoreline Sailing Club. Ten years ago my husband passed away. We had been avid boaters for many years. I wanted to keep the boat, but didn’t have any single friends who were knowledgeable about boating. There was a fellow who owned a sailboat in the next slip who had a revolving crew of skilled hands every weekend. I started asking questions. He told me he belonged to a sailing club for active single people over age 35. They had many members from novice to experienced skippers and there were about 40 boats in the fleet. He went on to explain that those who had boats took out mem-bers who wanted to go boating each weekend. I attended my first meeting and found an active group of sin-gle people who shared my passion for the sport. They welcomed me into the group. I was introduced to the fleet captain and asked him for a recommendation for a first mate. He introduced me to the Past Commodore, Rita. Well, that’s all it took. She introduced me to others and before the end of the meeting I had 200 new friends. It’s been an amazing journey. The Shoreline Sailing Club offers a variety of activities. There are daysails, weekend overnights, and weeklong cruises. Our cal-endars are full with trips to Block Island, Montauk, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island and Watch Hill. We have cruised from New York to Nantucket over the years. Spending a day on a boat with a group of strangers quickly turns into lasting friendships.

Our focus is getting skippers with boats to invite crew who would like to go boating/sailing. The season traditionally starts on Memorial Day weekend, with club members cruising to Hamburg Cove for an overnight and a cookout at the Hamburg Yacht Club. Sunday we are off for Essex to spend the evening and watch the Memorial Day Parade in the morning. Members enjoy taking in the sights and stopping by the “Gris” to listen to a local band. The largest turnout of the fleet is our annual “Bud Cook Race,” which takes place Labor Day weekend. Skippers and crew plan their strategies weeks in advance and the winner gets our beloved trophy to display. Some members like to kayak, sail small boats, or paddle board. How we love to mess about in boats. During the winter, many of us enjoy chartering in the Caribbean and the Med. Some of our destinations have included Croatia, Belize, The British Virgin Islands, The Grenadines, and Greece. It doesn’t stop there. Someone is always up to join you for an adventure at a moment’s notice. The club meets the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Westbrook Elks Lodge. Our meetings are a blend of social and educational activities. Recent speakers have lectured on navigation, seamanship, radio etiquette, sail trim and foiling. Others have kept us abreast of local issues concerning preserving our waters and land trusts. We also enjoy an active social calendar filled with opportuni-ties to get better acquainted. There are small “dockside” house parties, meet-up events, theme dances, a lobster bash, a Commo-dore’s Gala and a Holiday Party. The club will host its annual open house on May 5, begin-ning at 7:30 pm at the Westbrook Elks Lodge, located at 142 Seaside Avenue in Westbrook. The event is free to the public and we welcome new members to come and check us out. For more information, visit shorelinesailingclub.com. Welcome aboard! It’s boating season! Wishing you Fair Skies and Calm Seas… ■

Special thanks to Barbara Thomas for her assistance with this story.

Members of the Shoreline Sailing Club relax following a previous year’s Sag Harbor Labor Day Weekend Race, known as the Bud Cook Memorial Race.


A Voyage to Maine and Back,Part 1By Nancy G. Kaull & Dr. Paul F. Jacobs

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a serialized account of the authors’ first journey from their home in Rhode Island to Maine. We’ll have more in upcoming issues.

The following is based on Nancy’s detailed log entries and pho-tographs. Where these are used directly they are shown in italics. General comments and discussions written by Paul are shown in regular font. The reader can thus directly discern our slightly different perspectives.

Step 1: Obtaining a Proper Cruising Sailboat for UsIn 1998, after sailing and racing in California for more than 30 years, I went through a divorce at 59, took a position as VP of R&D at Laser Fare in Warwick, Rhode Island, bought a home in nearby Saunderstown, and purchased a 1982 Catalina 30. The good news was that Sea Ya only cost $17.9K. The bad news was that she needed a lot of work. Hundreds of hours of sanding, varnishing, painting, scrubbing, cleaning and a suitable invoca-tion to Neptune later, her new name, Clair de Lune – after the haunting Debussy nocturne – was now shining on her transom. I enjoyed sailing this simple, sweet sloop around the various coves, and islands of Rhode Island. Two years later I met Nancy, and as we fell in love with each other she also fell in love with Clair de Lune. A wonderful thing about Nancy is that while kind, gracious and very lovely, she is the antithesis of a spoiled “princess.” De-spite the rather Spartan attributes of Clair de Lune we sailed her often in Narragansett Bay, and took her on two or more longer cruises each summer for twelve years. At various times we sailed to Block Island, Fishers Island, Shelter Island, Coecles Harbor, Sag Harbor, Peconic Bay, Cuttyhunk, Padanaram, Mattapoisett, Marion, Onset, Kettle Cove, Tarpaulin Cove, Menemsha, Vine-yard Haven, Edgartown, and Nantucket. However, as the years passed the idea of sailing to Maine never died. I had purchased and read A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast by Hank & Jan Taft, and its later aerial companion A Visual Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast by James Bildner, had pored over charts of Maine, and thought about sailing in cold ocean water. Nancy and I both loved to swim off Clair de Lune, but this might not be especially pleasant in Maine. Clair de Lune did not have a hot water heater, so we used a “Sun Shower” to warm fresh water on deck in the sun. To get warm water on cloudy days meant heating a kettle on the stove. It was primitive, but it worked. On a C-30, all reefing lines are at the mast. At 74, going forward in a blow, with wet slippery decks, and 20-25 degrees of heel, to put in a reef had lost much of its youthful allure, especially after I slipped once and nearly broke a leg. Also, Clair

de Lune had four non-self-tailing winches. Every tack required Nancy to tail while steering, so I could grind in the sheet. Doing this a few times was fine, but doing this all the way to Maine and back seemed excessive. There was also an issue with access and egress for both swim-ming and boarding our dinghy. With only a 1.5” wide transom coaming, a split backstay, and twin guy wire supports for the stern mounted radar pole, getting into a dinghy or going for a swim off Clair de Lune was a twisting, athletic adventure. Getting back aboard with wet feet…well, Nancy and I were no longer wondrously agile. Finally, Clair de Lune had an ice box but did not have refrigeration. We began to think about upgrading to a sailboat with more of the features we wanted. Since we love sailing, and will not live forever, then as long as we could afford the upgrade why not just do it? We looked at a Sabre, a Tartan, and an Ericson. However, it was still true that “with Catalina one gets a lot of sailboat for the money,” so we finally sold Clair de Lune in September 2012, and purchased a 1990 Catalina 34 in November 2012. Again spending hundreds of hours, sanding, painting, varnishing, scrubbing, cleaning and invoking the pleasure of Neptune, we re-named her Pleiades after Nancy’s favorite star cluster.Pleiades had eleven important features that Clair de Lune did not possess. • With a 4 feet longer waterline, she was up to 0.5 knot

Pleiades sailing on a beam reach in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay with Newport, RI in the background. This lovely photograph was taken by Daniela Clark. We love sailing this boat, and one by one the various barriers to the idea of a voyage to Maine and back began to melt away. By November 2013 I was approaching 75, was fortunately still in generally good health, and was quickly running out of excuses why we should not sail “down east.”© Daniela Clark/PhotoBoat.com

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faster. On a 50 NM passage this can mean arriving at an unfamil-iar harbor in daylight – vs. entering in the dark! • She had an open transom, which makes access and egress ever so much easier. • All lines were led aft, so one can reef in the safety of the cockpit. • She was a stiffer boat so reefing was less necessary at interme-diate wind speeds. • She was better balanced especially when sailing to weather, so very little arm fatigue occurred during long stints on the wheel. • She was much better balanced when under power, with far less tendency to swerve off course if one momentarily released the wheel. • All four of her primary and secondary winches were self-tailing. • She had a hot water heater that operated through a heat exchanger off her diesel engine. • She also sported a wonderful hot and cold fresh water tran-som shower. • She had refrigeration, as opposed to just an ice box. • She had a dodger to deflect spray when pounding to weather through big seas. The summer of 2013 was spent learning Pleiades, and sailing her to many of our favorite spots. We often invited friends for daysails, and they also loved sailing her. Swimming off the open transom on a hot summer day was a joy. Reefing was wonderfully easy. Steering to weather was a pleasure. Anchoring was straight-forward. Even her oversized V-berth with a large deck hatch provided excellent ventilation and made sleeping aboard terrific. In fact, Nancy often sleeps better in Pleiades’ V-berth than she does in our king-sized bed at home. July 2014. This will be a great adventure. I had not sailed in Maine since I was part of a one-month Outward Bound School program in 1974. Paul has always wanted to sail there. So off we go. I retired after 35 years at the American Mathematical Society on July 3. Our departure date was July 9. The first week of the trip involved just get-ting to Maine from Rhode Island! For starters, we checked all systems. Paul and friends Tom Rankin and John Eastberg secured, wired, and tested the new 100-watt solar panel securely mounted on Pleiades’ split backstay, 10 feet above the cockpit sole. Paul then discovered a problem with the alternator. He removed it and took it to New England Starter & Alternator in Coventry, RI. The next day he brought it and a spare back, with both having been rebuilt, tested and qualified! He then installed the rebuilt alternator. All food and ice had been stowed. We slept aboard Pleiades for 10 hours! Clearly, we were both ready for a really relaxing vacation. Wednesday, July 9, 2014 (Day 1). Destination: Third Beach, Middletown, RI.We were up at 7:45 am. Paul turned on the engine and the batteries would not charge! This was dreadful. While extremely frustrated, he handled it very well. We powered Pleiades to the Brewer Wickford Cove Marina dock to top off fuel (4.5 gallons), top off fresh water, and ponder what to do about the charging problem. At the dock we

got lucky, since Jeff, a marine electrician who had worked on the boat last year, was only three boats away and could help us. He had us on our way by 1:30. It wasn’t the alternator itself, but a failed excitation wire. After locating the fault and splicing in a new wire, the alterna-tor was now properly charging the batteries. An excitation wire! Don’t we all wish we had one! Not only were the batteries charging, but the tachometer was now working. I am all for excitation wires. Off we went, finally leaving Wickford at 1:45 pm. However, having been delayed by five hours, the tide was now against us. On the first tack, the jib would not come all the way in. Well, grind harder Paul! Bang! There went the cowl on top of a dorade. I forgot I had placed the jib sheet around the port dorade to keep it from marring prior wet varnish. Fortunately the cowl did not go overboard, and I was able to tape it securely back in place. While a temporary fix, this still provided ventilation, without leaking throughout our voyage. With shifty 8-10 knot winds and multiple headers it took eight tacks to get around Newton Rock by 4 pm. We then had a nice reach to Breton Reef buoy No. 2, but it was rather sloppy after that with 7-10 foot seas stealing our light winds. We finally picked up a mooring at Third Beach at 6:30 pm, concluding a stressful day. Fortunately dinner was very easy and quite good with stuffed shells from Dave’s Marketplace. This was Nancy’s first experience ever cooking in an oven on a boat! She remarked that using the oven was “such fun, and very easy once it lit.” Later that night we had rain and the forward hatch, which is positioned directly over the V-berth where we sleep, unfortunately leaked. Wet sheets are not nice. Paul will tighten the bolts tomorrow.

Thursday, July, 10 (Day 2). Destination: Kettle Cove, Naushon Island, MAWe left Third Beach, and sailed around Sakonnet Lighthouse and past Cuttyhunk to Kettle Cove, one of our favorite places. The wind was light, causing us to unfurl and re-furl the genoa several times. We finally arrived at Kettle Cove just after 4 pm. There were two powerboats near the beach that soon left for home and we then had the whole cove entirely to ourselves! Paul swam and scrubbed the waterline (he likes a tidy boat) and I prepared dinner. We contacted Paul’s old Union College friend John Honey and his wife Betsy, in Falmouth. Yes, they would love to have us visit them tomorrow, before they leave on their yacht club cruise to Narragansett! They are very gracious. Our dinner aboard was great. Red potatoes and green beans were cooked below, while Paul nicely grilled pineapple slices and

marinated chicken on the transom. All this was done before dusk, which is most unusual for us. A red sunset filled the western sky as seen from Kettle Cove. ■

Nancy Kaull and Dr. Paul F. Jacobs are the co-authors of Voyages: Stories of ten Sunsail owner cruises. This excellent book is available at Amazon.com, and you’ll find several excerpts at windcheckmagazine.com.


The Best Boat for Sailing the NortheastBy Gregor Tarjan

Consider yourself a lucky sailor if you live near the shores of the Northeast. The coastal areas from New York to Maine are considered by many to be among the most varied and beautiful. History, nature and superb anchorages are there for our enjoy-ment. The big question is: What is the ideal boat for us North-easteners? Ideally, you would want a great looking boat that could be singlehanded easily, with comfortable accommodations and commendable performance. There are several choices – and I reckon I’ve owned them all. Let’s start with my current boat, which is a 100-year-old design; a 14-foot Arey’s Pond catboat. Admittedly, she does not have comfortable accommodations (you can always pitch a tent) and she doesn’t like to go upwind in a breeze. But her brilliant simplicity and class, ability to actually be enjoyed in 8 inches of water, and the sparkle of her varnished wooden gaff rig make up for breaking the search criteria. As of this writing, I’ve accepted an offer on LILY and she will soon go to another proud New England owner.

LILY, a 14-foot catboat

My first big boat was FLO. My family cruised on her for many years, exploring the waters from New York City to Nantucket. Although a racy, 43-foot French-built catamaran, she only drew 18 inches with daggerboards up…and her accommodations were palatial compared to my catboat. This sweet rocket was beauti-fully built and a true sports car, raw. Her high average speeds, often hitting 18 knots, opened up cruising grounds that would have been too far. I fondly remember one of the many Around Long Island Races with my brother and friends, often sailing twice the speed of heeling monohulls and later waking up to an Atlantic deep blue off Montauk. On short night sails up the coast, the family went to bed around 10 pm and enjoyed the sunrise docked at Mystic Seaport.

FLO, a 43-foot Outremer catamaran

Then there was my 23-foot Tremolino – a brilliant Dick Newick trimaran – designed like a bird around Hobie 18 catamaran hulls. If you like tight spaces, you’d have loved the coffin-like accommodations. Several articles appeared about our circumnavigation of Long Island. On that occasion, we transited Hell Gate into the East River, camped out in the Great South Bay and slipped through the Shinnecock Inlet to Shelter Island. The Tremolino was swift, and we would often take her out in the middle of winter, tearing around Port Jefferson Harbor. Gear would self-destruct, not to our surprise. The boat was later purchased by a young couple on the East End of Long Island. I hope they still have her. AERO, a 31-foot Farrier semi-custom trimaran, was my next boat. An oceangoing weekender, she was the best boat for Block Island and even had space for my folding mountain bike. She could be folded like origami for overland shipping, trans-forming into an insect-like structure. Unfolded on the water, she metamorphosed into the most beautiful creature. There was no boat in sight that could outrun her and we often averaged 14 knots, topping out at a scary and wet 20. Her accommodations were decent and there even was some privacy from our two kids in the spacious aft cabin. Initially I thought to trailer AERO to distant cruising grounds such as the Great Lakes or Nova Scotia, but once I realized how cool Northeast sailing is I decided not to bother. AERO took us through Block Island Sound to Cape Cod and beyond. What a perfect boat she was!

AERO, our 31-foot Farrier trimaran sailing machine


And then there was AERO2, the very rare 25-foot Elliott 770 lifting keel monohull we owned several years ago. She was one of only 14 in the country. I wish the lifting keel worked bet-ter. I’m not a multihull-only freak, having owned many smaller monohulls from a Flying Dutchman and racing for years on my Star Class boats before being on the build team of the Stars & Stripes America’s Cup yacht. We owned the Elliott 770 for only two years, as she proved extremely tender without a crew of five. In an 18-knot breeze, she would sail on her flanks while I pondered the legality of water ballast for local yacht club races. Instead, I modified the interior with carbon bulkheads and teak floors. In 7 knots of wind, solo sailing with a giant red asym-metric spinnaker, she was the most fun sailboat I have owned. Period. She fed on her own apparent wind and was often the only sailboat not motoring during the dog days of summer on Long Island Sound. For cruising around Stratford Shoal with friends, AERO2 was a great choice.

AERO2, an Elliott 770 light air glider

So, back to the present. I have sold LILY and am effectively boatless. The big question is, what’s next? I needed to ask, “How and where, and in which prevailing weather conditions will I use the boat?” We all know that summer weather in the Northeast changes rapidly, varying from dead calms to sudden 50-knot microbursts. Long Islanders call them thunderstorms! So, one really needs a boat that sails well in only 7 knots of wind but can handle a gale. Isn’t that a true measure of a great boat? As Dick Newick, luminary yacht designer and my lecturer, often remind-ed us, “Even a barn door can sail in 15 knots of wind.” The next boat should have no bucket for a head, but must have shallow draft…a boat that can cross oceans, win regattas on Long Island Sound, or just give you a big smile on a 2-hour daysail. I was thinking of a classic 23-foot Rob Roy canoe yawl, but ditched the idea for something better. Let’s face it, Northeasterners are the world’s busiest people. We don’t have much time for sailing, so if we find a precious few free moments with family and friends, we want to have fun for these short periods at the helm. A 40-foot catamaran seems ideal, if expensive. The choices are very limited and the market is mostly full of catamarans that are too heavy for my liking, less than flattering to look at, and not inspiring to sail. In fact, I was hoping to own one of my own

sleeker designed Alpha 42 cruising catamarans, of which five were recently built in New York, but somehow that did not work out. The next boat should have carbon wheels that point her towards Newport and provide plenty of enjoyment getting there, a luxurious, well-built space to chill out afterwards, and the abil-ity to sail through the night on autopilot, supported by reliable yet sophisticated navionics to take her safely to the Bahamas. I was also looking for a boat that my wife or 18-year-old son can singlehand, looks purposeful just sitting at anchor, but can also sail at 18 knots safely and very comfortably. Is this a fantasy? The boat should also hold 18 people for parties, provide full outdoor protection even in a sudden downpour, and offer the option of retreating to a pre-chilled air-conditioned interior on stifling days. Impossible? Well, I think I have found this next boat: A Bavaria Nautitech 40 Open catamaran. She seems to check all the right marks, and the nautical press agrees. She was the only boat to have ever won in the same calendar year both 2016 Cruising World Boat of the Year Award as well as SAIL Magazine’s 2016 Best Boats. Friends in the UK recently posted a video on YouTube showing the 40 Open sailing at 19 knots. However, the boat does not lack creature comforts. She is a fast, seaworthy GT for the oceans, yet boasts German-made luxurious accommoda-tions.

Later this year, our family will pick up our new 40 Open in the Bay of Biscay and do some exploring of small seaside towns. On our return we will cross the Atlantic via the Azores to Port Jefferson, NY. My company Aeroyacht will introduce the boat by offering sailing clinics, demos and charters. In the fall, we will premiere the 40 Open at the Newport International Boat Show and the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, after which she will charter in St. Martin. Reflecting on the diverse range of our dreamboats, isn’t the ideal choice – your present vision of the perfect vessel and whichever gets you out on the water to enjoy our coast – any boat, even if it’s only a 14-foot catboat? ■

Gregor Tarjan is a yacht designer and founder of Aeroyacht Ltd., a Long Island, NY-based catamaran dealership. He is the author of CATAMARANS: The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors and CATAMARANS: Tomorrow’s Superyachts. Visit Aeroyacht.com to learn more.

FLO2, a Bavaria Nautitech 40 Open. Our present boat, an ocean going catamaran


Bermuda: Getting a Ride HomeA rookie’s guide to getting your first passage By Ernie Messer

Having been involved in various Newport Bermuda and Marion Bermuda races over the years, the one question I get the most from sailors is, “How do I get a ride?” The best way, and the most likely to bring a lifelong memo-rable experience, is to find a boat that you think will be doing a Bermuda race in the next couple years. Offer to crew for them, demonstrate outstanding performance and dedication, and never miss a work party or practice. Regular crew almost always get the first invites to sail in the “big” races.

If you haven’t done that, it’s doable, but more involved. It’s one of those “Catch 22s” – “You can’t go because you haven’t been!” But don’t give up hope. Every year there are many boats looking for crew at the very last minute, and even more in Bermuda looking for crew for the return. It’s a skipper’s worst nightmare. As the race approaches one of his prize crew, or return crew, announces, “Sorry boss, I can’t go!” After spending count-less dollars on a carefully run program he needs someone…now! Consider the points below and you can be “that guy.” I use the generic gender here, but throughout history women have sailed in Bermuda Races. Recently the Volvo Ocean Race brought to light women offshore, so don’t think it’s stacked against you. A skipper who needs crew is the most “equal opportunity” employer you’ll ever find! 1.) Put together a “sailing resumé.” It should include your age,

sex, nationality, height, weight, a recent photo, and references. Mention “non-smoker,” “drug free,” and “low or no booze.” State briefly what you do for a living, e.g. “biochemist Pfizer, Boston.” Include any sailing you’ve done, why you want to sail back from Bermuda, your willingness to follow orders, and your awareness that it might be uncomfortable offshore. Exhibit that you’re not just a “dreamer” and are aware of the occasional hardship on a small boat at sea. List any qualifications pertaining to sailing, such as the ASA courses often associated with chartering a boat. For example, asa.com/certifications/asa-101-basic-keelboat-sailing/ 2.) Especially if your sailing resumé is on the light side, at-tend a Safety at Sea Seminar. Not only will this educate you about potential risks offshore, it will demonstrate to a prospective skipper your willingness to take the trip seriously. You’ll find more infor-mation at ussailing.org/education/safety-at-sea. 3.) Post your desire to sail back on the current race web page; the Newport Bermuda Race in even-number years and the Marion

Bermuda Race in odd years. While you’re on the web, Google “crew waiver regatta” and find a “Crew Waiver” form. They basically say you won’t sue a race organizer. Print up a similar one for the boat owner and they might be more comfortable taking a “rookie.” While on the event websites, find out where you can buy race “swag” – shirts, caps, etc. They will be a great conver-sation starter with the people you want to talk with! Check out bermudarace.com/resources/crew-member-directory and marionbermuda.com/crew/index.php. 4.) Put together a 3 X 5 card overview with your resumé highlights and contact information. At-tach these to your full resumé and also have some separate to hand out to potential skippers. 5.) Make sure your passport is up to date. You’ll have trouble even getting to Bermuda without one. Read A Berth to Bermuda by John Rousmaniere (this excellent book is available at Amazon.com) and “Doin’ Bermuda?” on the WindCheck website

(windcheckmagazine.com/_doin_bermuda). 6.) Make sure your cell phone will work in Bermuda and the charges won’t be outrageous. You’ll need communications in Bermuda to contact perspective skippers and get calls from them. 7.) Buy a round trip airline ticket to Bermuda and secure lodging in Bermuda as near to downtown Hamilton as you can af-ford. If nothing else, you’ll have a nice mini-vacation on one of the most beautiful places in our part of the world. Bermuda frowns on one-way tickets and will likely put you on a plane back to the U.S. if you can even get that far. Plan to arrive two to three days after the start of the race. Some boats take off right after arriving. 8.) Most high end boats won’t ask, but be prepared to answer the question, “Will you chip in for expenses?” The amount of food one person consumes in four or five days is so minimal compared to the costs of preparing and racing a boat that I would be leery of any boat that was that strapped for cash. The pros doing the trip home will be getting paid, and having some help, even inexperi-enced, is often welcomed. 9.) Plan three or four days before the race to be at the starting

Prent Weathers drives Paul Kanev’s Hinckley 51 Momentum (Jamestown, RI) somewhere south of the Gulf Stream during the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race. (Momentum appeared on our March 2016 cover.) © Ernie Messer


venue. Roam the docks and wherever skip-pers might be found (i.e. bars). Be honest and straight ahead: “I’m looking for a ride back from Bermuda. Can I give you my card?” will work fine. They may not even know yet if they will need someone; crew cancelations happen all the time and often at the last moment in Bermuda. 10.) Fly to Bermuda. Pack light, but have one set of “cold gear” in case you get a ride home to New England. North of the Gulf Stream can be very cold, even in July! No hard suitcases! Bring a roll of quarters for the bus from the airport to Hamilton; much cheaper than the cab! Wear your race logo’d shirts; lots of people on the flights will be sailing back and may know of openings. Network! 11.) Roam the docks and watering holes in Bermuda. Check the bulletin boards adjacent to the yacht club bars where the racers are. See if any tickets are available for the various race parties. 12.) Enjoy yourself, talk to people, and make friends! If you don’t find a ride this year, maybe you’ll get invited to sail when you get back home…all good! See you in Bermuda! ■

Ernie Messer has been sailing since the seventies. He is a member of the Cruising Club of America and Off Soundings Club. He and his

wife have sailed New England for many years and have also raced to Bermuda frequently including three times double-handed! They sailed for 15 years on their Tartan 41 and now sail on a restored Peterson One-Ton, Valour, out of Westbrook, CT. Last summer was spent doing the Marion Bermuda Race and return on Momentum, a Hinckley 51, then a Maine cruise. Ernie is part of a Norwegian-American team competing in the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race on Cecilie Viking, an Elan 450.

“After the race” at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, June 2014 © Ernie Messer


From the Log of Persevere: Atlantic Odyssey & Holidays in TenerifeBy Colin Rath

Editor’s note: This is the twelfth installment in a series of dispatches from the Rath family (Colin & Pam, daughters Breana, Meriel and Nerina), who departed Stamford, CT in the fall of 2014 for a worldwide cruise aboard their Hanse 545 Persevere. You’ll find previous articles at windcheckmagazine.com.

This will make our second Christmas aboard Persevere since we left in October 2014. It’s amazing how time flies by. We were in Cuba last Christmas and celebrated it with Oscar and his family, and now we are in Tenerife celebrating with new friends Henri from the Atlantic Odyssey. The Christmas holidays are a very family oriented celebration there. The locals have huge dinner parties with 30-plus people all over the place, setting up tables anywhere they have space or commandeering an entire sidewalk café for themselves – a very festive and friendly island full of life. But they don’t celebrate Christmas in Tenerife as we do. They have Christmas of course, but the big celebration is on Three Kings day, January 5, when they exchange gifts and have a huge parade, fireworks and festival. The girls loved it, because they got a double celebration and fireworks. Tenerife is unlike other islands we had visited. It’s one of the few islands in the Atlantic that actually has a snowcapped mountain (El Teide, 3,718 meters). When it snows, the whole island takes the day off and plays outdoors – kind of fun to

see. We took camel rides up the mountain and had lunch on top at a restaurant that actually cooked the food on a grill on a volcano vent. It was a huge grill, about six feet in diameter, full of chicken being cooked by hot air from the volcano. Got to love thermal energy. The island is basically volcanic rock. Definitely has a lunar feel about it, with lava fields of jagged rock as far as

you could see. The land might be mostly rock, but the volcanic rock is rich with nutrients making the island extremely fertile with almost daily rain showers. The mountains provide a natural thermal to capture the trade winds and produce rain. So they actually have extensive farms and even make wine on the island. The wine was a little sweet for my taste, but they have been producing it for several generations so someone loves it. Cesar Manrique (same artist we talked about on Lanzarote) made another grand architectural exhibition in Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife called Lake Martianez. It is a modern configura-tion of a dozen pools along the shore with slides, tunnels and designs made of concrete over two acres - a truly spectacular and refreshing swim. Breana took a surfing lesson there and did quite well. We spent three weeks in Tenerife before we departed for Martinique and got to see the island well on our own and on tours with Atlantic Odyssey. We joined Jim Cornell’s Atlantic Odyssey that had a group of nineteen boats. The rally included several local tours and parties on Tenerife and Martinique, plus a week dockage in both places, all for only 560 euros. It was a great value and it was good to be among seasoned cruisers again. The rally was extremely well managed and the girls loved having kids their age to play with for over a month. We decided to take on crew, so we asked my old friend Kirk Kelly (regular reads will remember that we went to his surprise 50th birthday party in Puerto Rico last year) and he agreed. He had to get out of town for other reasons and this was the excuse he needed. Plus sailing across the Atlantic was on his bucket list. Kirk flew in a few days prior to departure and helped with final prep of the boat and storing provisions. Breana painted the Persevere logo on the harbor wall, along with all the other boats that departed across the Atlantic from there. There was much fanfare when we departed, local press sent a camera crew and participants got plaques from the city and a big sendoff party the night before. Unfortunately, the wind was not cooperating. There was only seven knots, so the start was slow and the forecast was not expected to improve until we left the wind shear of the is-land.

The girls decorated Persevere for the holidays. © persevere60545.com

Kirk Kelly at the helm © persevere60545.com


This was anticipated, and rally participants discussed that Cape Verde could be a stopover if you need to be resupplied. We had 400 miles to make the decision. But as with all long distance journeys, weather can make the decision for you. In our case, Hurricane Alex appeared and was coming across the Atlan-tic. The storm was not in our path, but when it passed across it sucked out all the trade winds that would be our fuel across the Atlantic. So, we could continue across and sit in the doldrums for three days, or go to Cape Verde and resupply, visit the island and start anew with fresh trade winds. So that is what we did. Cape Verde was well supplied and we got to explore the island with several of the Odyssey crews that did the same stopover. On the way there, we came across a floating fish net clump sur-rounded by dorado and tuna. We circled it for an hour and got one of each and a few hundred other hits (the fishing line broke a few times). We could actually see fish chasing the bait, and there were swarms of 10 of them fighting for it. Really cool – never saw something like that before. After four days at Cape Verde, we set sail again in 15-20 knots of trade winds. The only bit of drama was at 3 am (Re-member the 3 am rule? Everything and anything can happen after 3am on a boat, and that is when it happens) the autopi-lot went out. The bracket that held it unscrewed and became disengaged, so I had to remove the bracket and rebuild it from a small space in the rear of the port aft bunk. Lots of fun. It took 12 hours to rebuild and reinstall the shelf bracket. Fortunately, I had all the parts and tools to fix it. By about 3 pm the following day we were all set with autopilot back on. Other than that it was a lot of fishing, stargazing, school and of course movies at night with the crew. The wind was a constant 100 degrees off the stern and we mostly sailed with the main reefed once and jib. Seas were 5-7 feet so it was rolly, but the 9-foot keel helped a lot. This was how it was for the next 19 days until we caught sight of Martinique. Look for updates on Persevere’s journey in future issues of WindCheck, and track their progress on their Facebook page, “Persevere60545.” ■

Breana Rath (left) painted the Persevere logo on the harbor wall in Tenerife. © persevere60545.com


sound environment.Restoration of the ClearwaterBy Erin Macchiaroli and Captain Annika Savio

The sloop Clearwater was launched on May 17, 1969 from Harvey Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol, Maine by folk singer and activist Pete Seeger and friends. The iconic sloop is a replica of the cargo sailing vessels that sailed the Hudson River and New York Harbor in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The early cargo vessels were specially designed for the variable winds, currents and depths of the Hudson. Clearwater was conceived by Pete Seeger and his friend’s in the mid 1960s when they were in despair over the pollution that plagued the river. They decided to take a unique action; they decided to “build a boat to save the river,” believing that a majestic vessel would bring people to the river where they could experience its beauty and be moved to preserve it.

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Today, Clearwater’s cargo is made up of youth and school groups, college students, maritime and river enthusiasts, environmentalists, musicians and visitors to the Hudson Valley region in New York. The organizations’ mission is to preserve

and protect the Hudson River, its tributaries and related bodies of water. As an organization, Clearwater works to provide innovative environmental education programs, advocacy, and celebrations designed to expand people’s experience, awareness and stewardship of the magnificent natural resource, the Hudson River. The sloop Clearwater has become America’s Environmental Flagship and it is a symbol of grassroots environmental activism in the Hudson Valley. Keeping Clearwater afloat is an expensive but worthy undertaking; she is one of the last wooden tall ships still sailing on the Hudson River today. This winter’s US Coast Guard certification mandated a hull restoration that is currently underway at the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, NY. It is the most extensive refit of the Clearwater to date. The problem of rot is one that attacks every wooden boat. The current project targets the midships section of the hull, including the frames and planks beneath the waterline and the centerboard trunk, some of which is original wood from 1969, some from the 1976 rebuild, and some that has been replaced in the years since. In another fifty years, some of the work we’re doing now will probably need to be redone, but for now we can have confidence in the scope and quality of the work, and will rebuild what we’ve torn out, and expect to be sailing again by early June.

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In 1976, shipwrights from Billings Marine in Stonington, Maine replaced the stem, transom, centerboard trunk, quarterdeck, and much of the after hull planking. Meanwhile Clearwater crew and volunteers cleaned and oiled the vessel’s 15 tons of iron bilge weights, rebuilt the yawl boat, and completed a list of annual maintenance items. This winter, the sloop gets to stay home on the Hudson, in Rondout Creek, and have professional shipwrights from the new Riverport Wooden Boat School in Kingston, NY as well as shipwrights trained and hired by Clearwater, replace the centerboard trunk, trunk bedlogs, keelson section, and midships hull frames and planking, all assisted by the sloop crew and volunteers. We also often host


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Transatlantic Tantrum: Maritime Law’s Bits and PiecesBy John K. Fulweiler

You can’t always buy yourself peace and no matter the class or purchased privileged, there’s only so much privacy available. I was mulling this as I watched him pass his tumbler of Scotch from one hand to the other, angle a hip against the seating ahead of me and ask: “So I heard you earlier in the lounge. You’re a maritime lawyer, right?” The way it was we were up high and the first service had al-ready gone around and the little half-moon bar they had on this transatlantic heavy was on its second pouring. Guests, including this boardroom type, were socially lubricated and ready to chat. He unfolded the issue in the well-oiled way someone who’s used to people listening do. It was a vessel ownership dispute and I pirouetted around providing legal advice by deferring to the contract. Conveniently, neither of us had the contract handy. He wasn’t so much interested then and something shiny and shrill at the bar top distracted him. I heard boardroom laugh loudest at his own joke just before I donned headphones. Against the tim-tam beat of Biggie Smalls’ crime-rhyming (to poach from Public Enemy), I considered how much of the maritime law floats about like flotsam and jetsam. Maybe it was the depleted oxygen of air travel at 37,000 feet, but I pondered why I hadn’t written a book and gotten it all “sorted” as the Brits say. Biggie gave way to Chopin (‘cause I’m a rounded sort) and I slept to his nocturnes in the melancholy of a B-flat minor. (It’s a civilized way to exit should the aluminum eggshell burst.) When we landed, we stood in customs and sleepy-eyed boardroom was close enough to pitch me another salty query. “So, here’s one,” he begins like this was Hollywood Squares and I’m keening for another question. “I hit a navigational aid last summer. Punched the stuffing out of it and the damn thing sank! Now I got a letter from the Guard saying I’m supposed to go to hearing next month. What’s that about?” I answered because the line was long. I told him the Coast Guard wouldn’t have been happy and that there’s a regulation speaking to such a situation. He didn’t have a pen and tried to type the regulation into his phone. “It’s 46 C.F.R. § 4.05-20,” I repeated. “It says the person in charge of the vessel shall report the collision to the nearest Officer in Charge at the Marine Inspection Office.” It was a Disney-like line where it snakes back and forth and so when we got near each other again he was a little more som-ber. “Sounds like you know this stuff. Trust me, I’m just making small talk, but what’s the advantages of documenting a vessel?

My brother-in-law; he’s always on me about this issue.” If it hadn’t been for a family missing a child’s passport and a customs agent on lunch break, I wouldn’t have had time to explain, but as it was I got a chance to unfold the big issues. I told him that vessel documentation goes back to the First Act of the Eleventh Congress and it’s the only way to provide a good outline of a vessel’s ownership history. “That’s important if you’re trying to sell your boat or you’re trying to get financ-ing to buy a boat,” I said. “Plus, in some states documenting your vessel may relieve you of having to register it with the state. Then, of course, there’s the whole foreign thing. Trying to clear in and out of foreign countries with just a state registration can be tough, I’ve heard.” He was nodding and the line was beginning to move again. “So if I document my boat does that cover my tender too?” he asked. I told him I didn’t think it did and he’d probably need to comply with the state law on that issue. I had to talk louder because he was moving away. “Remember,” I sort of hollered, “Not every vessel can be documented. Check with a documenta-tion specialist, but I recall only a vessel greater than five net tons can be documented and that’s measured on the cargo carrying volume, not the weight.” He nodded and tossed me an arm in a parting wave of appreciation. That exchange got me thinking about how maybe if you want to really know the way something is, you need to ask the person on the ground or, in my case, at the water’s edge. Or, to put it differently, if you don’t know, now you know. This article is provided for your general information, is not legal opinion and should not be relied upon. Always seek legal counsel to understand your rights and remedies. Underway and making way. ■

John K. Fulweiler, Esq. is a licensed captain and a Proctor-In-Admiralty. His legal practice is devoted to maritime law and he represents individuals and marine businesses throughout the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. He does not represent insur-ance companies. He may be reached anytime at 1-800-383-MAYDAY (6293), or at his Newport, Rhode Island desk at 401-667-0977 or [email protected].


book review.Be Your Own Boat SurveyorA hands-on guide for all owners and buyersBy Dag Pike

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Professional marine sur-veyors have vast experience and expertise for which there is no substitute. If your boat is damaged by a storm or in a collision, for example, an insurance or finance company will demand a professional

survey. Likewise, says author Dag Pike, you should hire a surveyor before you write the check for a secondhand boat. If you’re looking at several boats, however, having each one surveyed by a pro will be costly. This excellent book will help you save money by conducting your own preliminary survey. You might not discover all the problems that a professional would, but you’ll be able to recognize trouble spots and narrow your choices. Chapters cover the hull, deck, rigging, engine, plumb-ing and electrical systems. With hundreds of detailed photos and illustrations, as well as hands-on advice and checklists, this book is a must-have for all owners, would-be owners, and anyone in charge of a vessel. Having spent 65 years at sea, Dag Pike is extremely knowl-edgeable about boats of all types. The author of more than 40 books, he is a regular contributor to several nautical magazines around the world. ■

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from the captain of the portSummer Isn’t Far Away, But Warm Water Is – Cold Water BoatingBy Vincent PicaCommodore, First District, Southern Region (D1SR)United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

We’ve had a few mild days lately. This reminded many of us that summer isn’t far away – and my wife to say, “You’re not thinking of putting the boat in the water already, are you?” We’ve had a cold and rainy spring for the most part, but summer is close aboard. However, even then the water will be cold for several weeks and you need to be aware of how dangerous that can be – if you aren’t prepared and savvy. This column is about that.

Warm Air + Cold Water = Risks!I like a warm day early in the season as much as the next mariner, but the water itself is just about as deadly as it is in the deep of winter. Remember that water takes heat from your body 25 times faster than air of the same temperature. You can impress this on your young boaters – and yourself – quite easily. Lay out a glass of water before you turn in one night. It will be room temperature by the morning. Now take two ice cubes from the freezer. Put one on a dry napkin next to the room-temperature glass on water. Drop the second ice cube into the glass. Now, in theory, they are both exposed to the same temperature – room temperature. But when the ice cube on the napkin starts to show a damp line around itself, the ice cube in the glass will have melted away. This is why hypothermia is so insidious and dangerous.

Precautions? Yes!OK, it’s a beautiful spring day and you’re just dying to tool out for a while. And why not – how great is it when the waters are too cold for the algae and other microscopic sea life so you can see all the way to the sandy bottom? Great indeed, but don’t make way without a few simple but important precautions.

Step #1Has the engine been prepped from its long winter snooze? Are you fueled up? Is there some fuel enhancer thrown in? Certainly, there is likely to be some condensation in the tank and that water will precipitate down to the bottom of the tank…and some might get sucked up into the engine. So, engine prepped, fuel tank full and fuel enhancer thrown in…or no-go!

Step #2Did you file a float plan with somebody? Do it, or no-go. If you do end up in trouble, getting the “rescue clock” started ASAP is imperative. The environment is inherently more dangerous when the water is cold.

Step #3If you don’t have cold-water life jacket gear, you’re playing Russian Roulette with your own life. When we put to sea, if the water temperature is 60 degrees F or less, USCG regulations require us to be in “mustang” suits – which aren’t as encompassing as a dry suit but certainly offer us significant protection in the event of an immersion. Admittedly, when the air is warm those “mustangs” are like Turkish steam baths, but we’re safe. At the very least, a float coat provides warmth and at the same time doubles as a life jacket that will float a person. Just acknowledge that it isn’t as safe as a “mustang.” Be sure that your flotation gear has a whistle and an emer-gency strobe light attached. If you’ve invested in a Personal Locator Beacon, great. And a reflector mirror would be superb. You can signal over 20 miles with one smaller than the size of your fist. Airline pilots are trained to call in sightings of targeted reflections.

Step #4Review cold water survival techniques and risks with your crew. If you fall in, get out. Even if you have to climb onto the hull of the over-turned boat, get out. Remember the ice cube experiment. Limit your movements! Strenuous activity increases your heart rate, which increases the rate that blood, cooled at the surface of your body, is circulated to the central core – where it will kill you. Assume a heat-emitting lessening position (HELP) – in the water or out. Cross your legs to protect your groin area from giving up heat. Put your arms across your chest and your hands under your armpits to do the same thing. If you’re a 200-lb. man, here is a rough guideline of your survival time:Temperature of water: expected survival time70–80° F (21–27° C): 3 hours - indefinitely60–70° F (16–21° C): 2 - 40 hours50–60° F (10–16° C): 1 - 6 hours40–50° F (4–10° C): 1 - 3 hours32.5–40° F (0–4° C): 30 - 90 minutes<32° F (<0° C): Under 15 - 45 minutes If you’re smaller, less time. If you’re larger, more time. And have a good meal before you make way. It will warm your body from the inside as the fires of digestion do their work. ■

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MAY1Herreshoff Marine Mu-seum / America’s Cup Hall of Fame Opening Day - Discover Bristol’s Super Yacht. Bristol, RI; herreshoff.org; therelianceproject.com

4Boating Safety Lecture & Fundraiser by Land-fall - This event is a fundraiser for Sail4Sanity, a New York State non-profit organization that assists 9/11 First Respond-ers and Military Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through sailing and related activities. Captain Henry Marx, President of Landfall, will discuss personal safety and man-overboard recovery, with device demonstrations. Attendees will receive a certificate from Land-fall. Dinner at 5pm; seminar 6:45. New Hamburg Yacht Club, New Hamburg, NY; 845-243-0886; [email protected]; tickets are available at sail4sanity.org.

5Shoreline Sailing Club Open House - Prospective members of this club for active singles over 35 are cordially invited. SSC activities include sailing, fishing, kayaking, dances, dockside parties, golfing, skiing and more. Meetings are held the first & third Thursdays of each month (lite bites/cash bar avail-able); 7:30pm; Westbrook Elks Lodge, Westbrook, CT; shorelinesailingclub.com

5Singles Under Sail meet-ing - SUS is a sailing club for adults who are also single. Meet-ings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at various locations in Fairfield County, CT; 203-847-3456; visit SinglesUnderSail.org for cruises, lectures and other special events.

5Can One Thursday Night Series begins - New Ro-chelle, NY; canone.org

5Cow Bay Cruising Asso-ciation Thursday Night Series begins - Port Washing-ton, NY

7 - 8Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series New York – In this historical event, AC 45 foiling catamarans prac-tice on the lower Hudson Friday, with racing Saturday & Sunday; Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, New York, NY; americascup.com

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7 & 8Mother’s Day Weekend Spring Arts & Crafts Show - Presented by East Coast Craft Shows and spon-sored by the Downtown Milford Business Association, this popu-lar event features a large display of professional artists and crafts for enjoyment and purchase, exhibits by local businesses and non-profit organizations, and food vendors on the pictur-esque downtown Milford Green. Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 10 am - 4pm; free; Milford, CT; for more information, email [email protected] or call 203-530-0103.

7 & 8 and 14 & 15US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Town of Yarmouth Sailing

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8Chantey Sing - Bring voices, instruments & friends to sing maritime songs of all kinds. 4 -7pm; $5 suggested donation for food & drink; Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT; Deirdre Murtha: [email protected]

10Michael J. Tougias presen-tation - The award-winning author will discuss his bestseller The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Dar-ing Sea Rescue and his newest, So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival During World War II. 7pm; Marine Museum at Fall River, MA; michaeltougias.com

10Breakwater Irregulars Tuesday Night Spring Series begins - Stamford, CT; breakwaters.org

10Chantey Sing - Bring voices, instruments & friends to sing maritime songs of all kinds. 4 -7pm; $5 suggested donation for food & drink; Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT; Deirdre Murtha: [email protected]

11Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night Series begins - Fayerweather Yacht Club and Black Rock Yacht Club, Bridgeport, CT; fycct.org; blackrockyc.org

11EBYRA Wednesday Night Race Series begins Eastchester Bay Yacht Racing Association, City Island, NY; ebyra.com

11Maritime Author Series with Roger C. Taylor - The author will discuss his lat-est book, L. Francis Herreshoff: Yacht Designer, the first of two volumes chronicling the life and work of the most remarkable

yacht designer of his time. Light refreshments will be served and one person will win a copy of this remarkable book. 6 - 8pm; $15 for Mystic Seaport mem-bers ($20 non-members); Mystic Seaport Collections Research Center Library, Mystic, CT; Call 860-572-5331 to register; mysticseaport.org

12Michael J. Tougias presen-tation - The award-winning author will discuss his newest book, So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival During World War II. Late afternoon (time TBD); Wareham Library, Wareham, MA; michaeltougias.com

12WSC Thursday Night Series begins - Windjam-mers Sailing Club, Milford, CT; windjammers.org

12 - 15Oakcliff May Match Race Clinegatta - This event combines a two-day clinic and a Grade 3 match racing series in Match 40s. The winner receives an invitation to compete in three of the four Grand Slam Series events. Oyster Bay, NY; Bill Simon: 516-802-0368; [email protected]; oakcliffsailing.org

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13 - 15Connecticut Spring Boat Show - Unique in-water show - Sail & Power. Gear & Services. Sea Trials. A great event to see boats and talk with dealers and manufacturers. 12 - 6pm Friday; 10am - 5pm Saturday & Sunday; free parking and free admission. Brewer Essex Island Marina, Es-sex, CT; ctspringboatshow.com

Calendar 2016


1461st Annual Distance Race - A 32-mile race from Larchmont Breakwater to Gong 11B off Eaton’s Neck and back, “The Edlu” is open to IRC & PHRF boats (IRC Double-Handed, PHRF Spinnaker & Non-Spinnaker divisions with sufficient entries). Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; [email protected]; larchmontyc.org

14Alfred Roosevelt Cup Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, NY; seawanhaka.org

1410th Annual Opening of the Bay Celebration - This night of dining and dancing helps the Community Boating Center make a difference in the lives of underprivileged kids who otherwise could not participate in their sailing and boating pro-

grams. 6 - 11pm; Fort Taber Park, New Bedford, MA;Andy Herlihy: 508-992-6219; [email protected]; communityboating.org

14Central Long Island Sound Lighthouse Cruise Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk’s unique hybrid-electric research vessel Spirit of the Sound will make close passes by five bea-cons: Peck Ledge, Greens Ledge, Sheffield Island, Penfield Reef, and Stratford Shoal. Maritime Aquarium educators will offer details, histories and anecdotes about the lighthouses, and also point out visiting winter water-fowl. Binoculars will be pro-vided. The vessel has a climate-controlled cabin, but the best view’s on deck so bring plenty of warm clothes. Passengers must be over 42” tall. The 4.5-hour cruise departs at 10am. $70 fee ($60 for Aquarium members) includes a box lunch. Advance reservations are required. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT; 203-852-0700, ext. 2206; maritimeaquarium.org

14 & 1528th Annual Scrimshaw Weekend - This is the world’s only regular forum where col-lectors, dealers, curators and whaling history buffs share their interests in the indigenous art of whalers. New Bedford Whal-ing Museum, New Bedford, MA; 508-997-0046; whalingmuseum.org

14 & 15 and 21 & 22US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Pettipaug Yacht Club, Essex, CT; ussailing.org

15Sea Shanty Sing - This event for musicians and music lovers of all ages is co-hosted by the Folk Music Society of New York. 2 - 5pm; free (donations are appreciated); Noble Maritime Collection, Snug Harbor Cul-tural Center, Staten Island, NY; noblemaritime.org

16 & 17Tappan Zee Challenge Co-sponsored by Helen Hayes Hospital, Nyack Boat Club

and Sonar Fleet 23, this event includes an introduction to adaptive sailing and an adaptive sailing clinic. Sailed in Sonars, it’s open to people with disabili-ties, rehabilitation profession-als and volunteers interested in learning more about adaptive sailing. Nyack Boat Club, Nyack, NY; Matthew Castelluccio: 845-786-4950; [email protected]; nyackboatclub.org

18Donzo Wednesday Night begins - Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association; mudhead.org

18NYC Wednesday Nights Invitational Regatta begins - Norwalk Yacht Club, South Norwalk, CT; norwalkyc.com

20 & 21North U. Spring on the Water Race Clinic - Im-prove your sailing and racing skills through a combination of on-the-water drills, coached training, shoreside instruction,

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A New Perspective to Advance SailingBy William Granruth and Alex Pugliese, Osprey Imaging

Game-time footage has long given sporting teams an edge when preparing for contests and improving technique. Sailing is a sport in which drones can redefine the methods by which crews advance skills and boat performance. Defined as any remote controlled aircraft, drones were previously accessible only to military and scientific organizations. Concerns over safety and inexperienced pilots are fueling a debate over the introduction of drones into national airspace. Regardless of recent controversy surrounding these small battery powered aircraft, their cameras can provide transformational perspectives to the sailing world. Experienced pilots operate drones within close range of sailboats at speeds up to 30 knots while capturing a previously impossible viewpoint. Drones add significant value in racing applications, providing an intimate and revealing view for sailors. Teams can analyze starts, crew positioning and reaction, mark roundings, sail trim, tacking and boat handling from an angle that shows crew, sail, and boat position. The elevated vantage points are near-range, which is optimal to observe both fine detail of crew operations, while removed enough to observe the course and other boats. Reviewing high definition video recorded by

drone, allows crews to see their actions precipitate within the larger context of a race. Hull speed, wind direction, and GPS coordinates can be overlaid onto video, enabling precise analysis of all racing parameters. Video is shot up to 100 frames per second — if additional detail is required, up to 6,000 still images can be extracted from one minute of video. Sailing is a classic sport, which drones elegantly display with intimate photography or cinematographic quality video. Owners can showcase their yacht with wholesome images, seizing epic moments without disrupting a race, unlike helicopters. Sailmakers and riggers are able to observe sail configurations from an aerial perspective, and identify necessary modifications. Brokers can use drones to film a revealing perspective of listed yachts in a range of settings. Yacht clubs utilize drones to document events for record, awards, distribution, and promotion.

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video review, and in-competition coaching. Friday 6 - 9pm; Satur-day 9am - 8pm; Fees for RYC members are $100 for skip-per & boat, $20 for each crew signed up by RYC skipper, and $30 for crew signing up without a boat assignment ($125, $35 & $50 respectively for non-RYC members); Raritan Yacht Club, Perth Amboy, NJ; register at [email protected]; questions to Tim Casey at 646-271-8022; northu.com; ryc.org

21107th Annual Henry E. Abbott Memorial NYAC Stratford Shoal Race New York Athletic Club Yacht Club, New Rochelle, NY; 914-738-0065; nyac.org

216th Annual Connecticut River Dinghy Distance Race - Open to Lasers,Force 5s, Sunfish, MC Scows, JY/15s, Hobies, and all other monohulls and multihulls with an accurate Portsmouth Yard-stick rating, this fun race has a course of approximately 10.5

nm from Eagle Landing State Park in Haddam, CT down-stream to Calves Island and back upstream to the finish just south of Brockway Island off Ham-burg Cove. Awards ceremony (trophies to the top three finish-ers in single-handed, crewed & multihull divisions) at Pettipaug Yacht Club in Essex. Contact Dan Rennie at [email protected] or find the event on Facebook.

21Safety for Cruising Cou-ples Seminar - Co-sponsored by the Cruising Club of America, New York Yacht Club, Indian Harbor Yacht Club and The North American Station, this event is based on the highly acclaimed “Suddenly Alone” seminars that the CCA has been running for 15 years. Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT; Janet Garnier; [email protected]; cruisingclub.org

21IHYC Spring Sprint Dou-ble-Handed Race - Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich,

CT; indianharboryc.com

21 & 22World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course This safety at sea seminar is required for a percentage of crewmembers competing in offshore Category 3 races and above including the Newport Bermuda Race and Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race. Oakcliff Sailing, Oyster Bay, NY; Elizabeth Shaw: 516-802-0368; [email protected]; oakcliffsailing.org

21 & 22Limited Masters Launch Operator course - 9am - 5-pm both days; Landfall Marine Training Center, 151 Harvard Avenue, Stamford, CT; 203-487-0775 ext 21; visit landfallnaviga-tion.com/mtccourse.html for full course listings. Also offered 6/11& 12

21 & 22LHYC Race for the Case Spring Series - The prize for the best overall performance in this regatta is a case of rum.

Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club, NY; lhyc.org

21 & 22 and 28 & 29US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Community Boating Center, Inc., Providence, RI; ussailing.org

21 - 27Fourth Annual Hunting-ton Safe Boating Week Presented by the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht and Boating Clubs, this event kicks off the boating season with safety at the forefront. Activities include an expanded Waterfront Festival at Mill Dam Park (Sun-day, 5/22), safe boating classes, lectures and seminars, courtesy vessel safety inspections, free boat tours of the harbor, and more. Huntington, NY; Hunting-tonSafeBoatingWeek.com

21 - 6/13Introduction to Sailing Presented by SEAS (Society for the Education of American Sailors) and taught by Red Cross certified instructors, this Introduction to Sailing course


comprises 12 classroom hours and 14 hours on the water in Sunfish. $195 fee includes book and a 1-year SEAS member-ship. Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, NY; 914-631-4161; also offered at other times during the summer; visit sailseas.com/westchester for full schedule.

2226th Annual Pret Glad-ding Memorial Race Crews comprising family and friends are strongly encouraged for this is ‘round-the-island pur-suit race. Barrington Yacht Club, Barrington, RI; barringtonyc.com

22YRALIS Commodore’s Cup for the Drake Spark-man Trophy - This Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound regatta is hosted by American Yacht Club. Rye NY; yralis.org

259th Annual Dark ‘n’ Stormy Benefit - Proceeds from this event, featuring music and dancing with Man or Myth and DJ Danny Rockz, food, open bar & unique raffle prizes, sup-port Hudson River Community Sailing’s youth development programs with New York City public schools. 7 - 10pm; Pier 66 Maritime (The Frying Pan) inside Hudson River Park, New York, NY; tickets at hudsonsailing.org

25CPYC Wednesday Night Series begins - Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org

25 & 26JSA Racing Clinic - This Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound event is open to C420, Laser & Laser Radial sailors. Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; stamfordyc.com; jsalis.org

26The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour

Racing Charleston Kids Day Young people will get an up close look at the Class40s and a special meet and greet with the sailors. The Kids Educa-tion Program gives students and teachers the opportunity to visit the boats, and hear sailors’ stories from their time on the ocean. The Kids Program also helps children learn about the environmental challenges facing the ocean and how reducing, reusing, and recycling can make a huge difference. Charleston City Marina, Charleston, SC; atlanticcup.org

26The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Rac-ing Skipper PartyLocation TBD, Charleston, SC; atlanticcup.org

2771st Annual Block Island Race - First held in 1946 and presented by the Storm Trysail Club, this 186-nautical mile race from Stamford, CT, around Block Island, RI and back to Stamford is a qualifier for the Northern Ocean Racing Trophy (IRC), the Double Handed Ocean Racing Trophy (IRC), the New England Lighthouse Series (PHRF), and the Gulf Stream Series (IRC), as well as the YRALIS Caper, Sagola and Windigo trophies and the ‘Tuna’ Trophy for the best com-bined IRC scores in the Edlu (40%) and the Block Island Race (60%). stormtrysail.org

27Long Island Sound Day By governor’s proclamation in 1997, the Friday before Memo-rial Day each year in Connecti-cut shall be celebrated as Long Island Sound Day “to encour-age citizens to acknowledge and celebrate the economic, recreational and environmental values of the Sound, an estuary of national significance.” The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk offers guests the opportunity to learn how we all can be better Sound stewards, with educators at marine debris & water quality stations. 11am - 3pm; Norwalk, CT; maritimeaquarium.org

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27 & 28Law Trophy - This youth regatta is open to C420, Laser & Radial sailors. Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT; in-dianharboryc.com; Chris Clark: [email protected]; jsalis.org

27 - 30Carl Van Duyne Ad-vanced Racing Clinic - This event is open to all Laser, Laser Radial, I420 and C420 sailors. Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT; indianharboryc.com; jsalis.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Pequot Yacht Club, Southport, CT; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Longshore Sailing School, West-port, CT; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, NY; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course The WaterFront Center, Oyster Bay, NY; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course New York Athletic Club Yacht Club, Pelham Manor, NY; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Bring your own 420, Pixel or Laser. Centerport Yacht Club, Centerport, NY; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Breakwater Yacht Club, Sag Harbor, NY; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Sail Newport, Newport, RI; ussailing.org

27 - 30US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Bring your own Sunfish or La-ser; Toms River Yacht Club, Toms River, NJ; ussailing.org

28Western Long Island Sound Lighthouse Cruise This 6-hour cruise aboard the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk’s unique hybrid-electric research vessel Spirit of the Sound offers good look at eight lighthouses: Greens Ledge, Sheffield Island, Harbor Ledge, Great Captain Island, Execution Rocks, Sands Point, Stepping Stones and Eaton Neck. Maritime Aquarium educators will offer details, histories and anecdotes about the lighthouses, and also point out visiting winter waterfowl. Binoculars will be provided. The vessel has a climate-controlled cabin, but the best view’s on deck so bring plenty of warm clothes. Passengers must be over 42” tall. The 4.5-hour cruise departs at 9am. $75 fee ($65 for Aquarium members) includes a box lunch. Advance reservations are required. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT; 203-852-0700, ext. 2206; maritimeaquarium.org

28The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Racing Leg 1 Charleston-Brooklyn Race Start - Bid farewell to the teams as they head north for the 642-nautical mile run to Brooklyn, NY. The best shoreside vantage point is the park at the corner of In-spection and Wharfside Streets. Charleston Maritime Center, Charleston, SC; atlanticcup.org

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2833rd Annual Mitchell Me-morial Day Regatta - This race from Newport to Block Island has an emphasis on fun. Newport Yacht Club, Newport, RI; newportyachtclub.org

28King’s Cup - Minuteman Yacht Club, Westport, CT; minutemanyc.com

28 - 3045th Figawi Race Week-end presented by vine-yard vines® - Comprising a

pursuit race from Hyannisport to Nantucket, weekend revelry and a return race, The Figawi raises funds for several charities. Hyannisport and Nantucket, MA; figawi.com

28 - 30Fleet 5 Long Island Sound Memorial Weekend Cruise - Fleet 5 is a group of Sailors with a Passion for Cruis-ing. fleet5lis.org

28 through OctoberRiver Cruises Aboard Schooner Mary E - There’s no better way to experience the wonders and natural beauty of the Connecticut River than an afternoon cruise (1.5 hours) or sunset cruise (2 hours) aboard this 108-year-old, 75-foot gaff-rigged schooner. Fee includes museum admission. Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; Reser-vations: 860-767-8269; ctriver-museum.org; schoonermarye.com

29WSC Pierce Invitational This Eastern Connecticut Sailing

Association points race is spon-sored by Windjammers Sailing Club. Milford, CT; windjammers.org

30Open House at the Nyack Boat Club - The premier boating club on the Hudson River welcomes prospective members. Nyack Boat Club, Nyack, NY; nyackboatclub.org

30Mystic Seaport Decora-tion Day - In this all-day event, the Museum of America and the Sea pays tribute to fallen Civil War soldiers. 9am- 5pm; Mystic, CT; mysticseaport.org

31 - 6/3US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 1 Course Norwalk Yacht Club, Norwalk, CT; ussailing.org

JUNE1Living On the Edge: The Ocean Economy - This event

celebrates The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing and its environmental commit-ment. Award winning New York Times investigative journalist Ian Urbina will be the keynote speaker, and Ocean Conser-vancy Senior Policy Advisor Dr. Sandra Whitehouse will provide opening remarks. 6 - 9pm; Thomson Reuters building, New York, NY; tickets are available at eventbrite.com; atlanticcup.org

2The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Racing Brooklyn Kids Day Young people will get an up close look at the Class40s and a special meet and greet with the sailors. The Kids Education Program gives students and teachers the opportunity to visit the boats, and hear sailors’ stories. The Kids Program also helps children learn about the environmental challenges facing the ocean and how reducing, reusing, and recycling can make a huge difference. One°15 Brooklyn Marina, Brooklyn, NY; atlanticcup.org

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3The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Rac-ing New York Pro-AmInvited guests and sponsors have a unique opportunity to race on board the Atlantic Cup Class40s as a crewmember, with a spectacular view of New York Harbor. 2pm; One°15 Brooklyn Marina, Brooklyn, NY; atlanticcup.org

3 - 52nd Annual Oakcliff Chal-lenge - All yacht clubs, sailing centers and college teams are invited to compete in this inaugural multi-format event in Match 40s, featuring a coaching day with US Sailing Team Sperry tactical and rules coach David Dellenbaugh, a day of fleet rac-ing and a day of match racing. There will be a fleet race winner, a match race winner and an overall winner. Oakcliff Sailing, Oyster Bay, NY; Bill Simon: 516-802-0368; [email protected]; oakcliffsailing.org

4 22nd Annual Rhode Island Leukemia Cup Regatta This fundraiser for the Leu-kemia & Lymphoma Society is hosted by New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court. Newport, RI; leukemiacup.org

4The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Rac-ing Leg 2 Brooklyn-Port-land Race Start - Organizers will have live commentary and race partners will be on hand with products, gear and more! The start line will be just off the seawall in Brooklyn. See the teams off as they head north to-wards Portland, ME. 2pm; One° 15 Brooklyn Marina, Brooklyn, NY; atlanticcup.org

415th Annual Women’s Sailing Conference - Partici-pants in this all-day conference on recreational sailing and cruis-ing for women sailors of all abili-ties will learn some basics and enhance skill levels through a va-riety of seminars and workshops

on land and on the water. Three meals are included. The Leader-ship in Women’s Sailing Award will be presented. Evening keynote speaker is Donna Lange, who will have just returned from her solo, nonstop circumnaviga-tion. Raffles and a silent auction will benefit the Women’s Sailing Foundation. Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; Joan Thayer: [email protected]; womensailing.org

4The Corinthians Single-Handed & Double-Hand-ed Race - First sailed in 1946, this event for single-hulled yachts of at least 20 feet LOA (including a Double-Handed Spinnaker division) is open to all yachtsmen. Norwalk Yacht Club, Norwalk, CT; thecorinthians.org

42nd Annual Highlands Distance Race - This event is open to any monohull over 25 feet LOA with a PHRF rating of 185 or less, and any multihull with a NEMA rating. Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club, Atlantic

Highlands, NJ; John Sampson: [email protected]; ahyc.clubexpress.com

4IYRS Graduation & Launch Day - This is an annual Newport tradition like no other, as students of the IYRS School of Boatbuilding & Restoration, families and friends gather to celebrate the launch-ing and sailing of boats built and restored over the previous nine months. 10am- 2pm; free; Newport, RI; iyrs.edu

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4 & 515th Annual CPYC One Design Regatta - This event is open to one-design keelboats including (but not limited to) At-lantics, J/70s, J/88s, J/30s, J/105s, J/109s, Soverel 33s and Beneteau 36.7s. Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org

4 & 53rd Annual Gotham Mul-tihulls Series - Sponsored by the New England Multihull Association and hosted by the Richmond County Yacht Club with support from One° 15 Brooklyn Marina, this event is open to all multihulls with a NEMA handicap rating. Staten Is-land, NY; gothammultihulls.com; nemasail.org

4 & 5City Island Cup - Organized by the Eastchester Bay Yacht

Racing Association, this regatta is open to all PHRF, IRC & One-Design boats. City Island, NY; ebyra.com

4 & 5New England Sunfish Re-gional - Barrington Yacht Club, Barrington, RI; barringtonyc.com

4 & 5Maritime Cup Regatta This PHRF event is part of the Hudson River Yacht Racing Association Series. Kingston Sailing Club at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston, NY; kingstonsailingclub.org; hryra.org

4 & 5Magnus Pedersen Re-gatta - This event is hosted by Lightning Fleet 75. Nyack Boat Club, Nyack, NY; nyackboatclub.org

5Harborfest 2016 Craft Fair - Arts & crafts, live music, family fun stage, children’s fun park, nautical & environmental exhibits, food, a model yacht re-gatta, boat cruises on Manhasset

Bay and more. Port Washington, NY; 646-580-5341; pwcraftfair.com

9The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Racing Portland Kids Day Young people will get an up close look at the Class40s and a special meet and greet with the sailors. The Kids Education Program gives students and teachers the opportunity to visit the boats, and hear sailors’ stories from their time on the ocean. The Kids Program also helps children learn about the environmental challenges facing the ocean and how reducing, reusing, and recycling can make a huge difference. Portland, ME; atlanticcup.org

9 - 1237th Annual Sea Music Festival - With performers from the U.S., England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Canada, this event showcases music from the Golden Age of Sail through the best of contemporary composition. Events include the

Music of the Sea Symposium, a Sea Music Contra Dance, concerts, special performances for children, workshops, and a unique opportunity to wit-ness sea music at work aboard historic vessels. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; [email protected]; mysticseaport.org

10HYC Every Other Friday Twilight Series begins PHRF spinnaker & non-spin-naker; Harlem Yacht Club, City Island NY; [email protected]; hyc.org

10 & 11The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Racing: Race Village Inshore Racing - Explore the Race Village, which features a beer garden, food stands, and a kid zone. Enjoy live music and race commentary as you watch this exciting event’s final leg. 10am - 4:30pm; Fort Allen Park, Portland, ME; atlanticcup.org

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Series Races - Hosted by the Off Soundings Club, this two-day series (Watch Hill, RI to Block Island) is an ECSA points event. offsoundings.org

10 - 12New York Yacht Club 162nd Annual Regatta presented by Rolex - The country’s oldest continually run regatta is open to yachts with a minimum LOA of 25 feet in IRC, Classic, One Design, Cruiser-Racer and Double-Handed divisions. New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, Newport, RI; nyyc.org

1129th Annual Port Jeffer-son Harbor Cup Regatta Hosted by Port Jefferson Yacht Club, this event is open to any skipper, with or without yacht club affiliation, whose boat has a PHRF handicap rating. Port Jef-ferson, NY; Sean Heffernan: 631 751 6626; ptjeffyc.com

11 & 12Wickford Regatta - This celebration of One-Design Fun

is open to J/22s, International Canoes, 5O5s, F-18s, I420s, C420s, Lasers and Laser Radials. Wickford Yacht Club, Wickford, RI; wickford.sailspace.net

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11The Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Rac-ing Awards PresentationAt the conclusion of the racing in Portland Harbor, the 2016 Atlantic Cup Champion will be crowned. 4:30pm; Maine Wharf, Portland, ME; atlanticcup.org

11Payea Distance Race - Old Greenwich Yacht Club, Old Greenwich, CT; ogyc.org

11Chanteyman Cup Race Norwalk Yacht Club, Norwalk, CT; norwalkyachtclub.com

11 & 12Chelsea Open Regatta This PHRF event is part of the Hudson River Yacht Racing As-sociation Series. Chelsea Yacht Club, Chelsea, NY; chelseayacht.org; hryra.org

11 & 125th Annual PJ Boater’s Maritime Festival - Present-ed by the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson and the New York Marine Trade Association, this family event celebrates the town’s rich maritime heritage and beautiful harbor. Port Jef-ferson, NY; portjeff.com

1230th Annual Mayor’s Cup Presented by the Halloween Yacht Club, the Breakwater Irregulars and the City of Stam-ford, this regatta was started in 1986 to maintain Stamford’s association with the sea and to foster community spirit and

waterfront pride. Stamford, CT; Vivian Werner: [email protected]; hyc.net/mayorscup

12Cap’n Kidd’s Pirates Day In this family event, presented by the Downtown Milford Busi-ness Association and sponsored in part by 7 Seas Restaurant, Captain William Kidd and crew sail into Milford Harbor and “take over” downtown Milford. The Pirate Ship Oz docks at Lis-man Landing at noon. Activities include face painting, live music, and Connecticut’s best & largest scavenger hunt. Pirate garb and salty dog talk are encouraged! 12 - 5pm; free; Milford, CT; 203-530-0103; downtownmilfordct.org

12CPYC PHRF Sunday Series begins - Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedar-pointyc.org

15 & 16Sid Clark Overnight Race Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker & Double-handed divisions; Bristol


147th Annual Lloyd’s Trophy Race - Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club, Huntington, NY; lhyc.org

1SYC Pre-OSC Race This is an ECSA points event. Shennecossett Yacht Club, Groton, CT; shennecossettyachtclub.org

1119th Annual HYC Day Race - Huntington Yacht Club, Huntington, NY; huntingtonyachtclub.com

1King’s Cup Race & Reception - Minuteman Yacht Club, Westport, CT; minutemanyc.com

132nd Polar Seltzer Great Chowder Cook-Off - The original, largest

and longest running chowder competition in New England officially kicks off summer in Newport! 12 - 6pm; Newport Yachting Center, Newport, RI; newportwaterfrontfestivals.com

1Accelerated Safe Powerboat Handling This course, taught by a US Powerboating certified instructor, is for anyone who wants to learn how to safely operate a powerboat or improve their on-the-water boat handling skills and already has or does not need a State Boating Safety Certificate. Ages 10 & up. 9am - 6pm; U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 77, South Benson Marina, Fairfield, CT; register at cal.fairfieldct.org. Jay Lipp: [email protected] Also offered on 6/4 & 5 and 6/5 & 6

1 & 212th Annual CPYC One-Design Regatta - This event serves as the 2013 Soverel 33 National Championship and the 2013 Viper 640 New

England Championship (any one-design keelboat fleet with sufficient entries can be given a start). Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; Halsey Bullen: 203-247-2712; [email protected]; cedarpointyc.org

1 & 2SYC Double-Handed Regatta - Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; Don Wyllie: 203-561-2065; [email protected]; stamfordyc.com

1 & 2City Island Cup - This regatta, organized by the Eastchester Bay Yacht Racing Association, is open to all PHRF, IRC &One-Design yachts. City Island, NY; ebyra.com

1 & 2Maritime Cup Regatta This PHRF event is part of the Hudson River Yacht Racing Association Series. Kingston Sailing Club at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston, NY; kingstonsailingclub.org; hryra.org

2Bay Day - This free community event, hosted by The WaterFront Center and Friends of the Bay to “celebrate and promote environmental awareness,” includes live music, food & refreshments, the Anything That Floats Race, free harbor tours aboard the oyster sloop Christeen, free sailboat rides and kayak demos and touch tanks of local marine life. 12 - 5pm; The WaterFront Center, Oyster Bay, NY; 516-922-SAIL; thewaterfrontcenter.org; friendsofthebay.org

223rd Annual Harborfest & Craft Fair - Arts & crafts, live music, family fun stage, children’s fun park, nautical & environmental exhibits, food, a model yacht regatta, boat cruises on Manhasset Bay and more. Port Washington, NY; 646-580-5341; pwcraftfair.com

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164th Annual Alzheimer Benefit Regatta - Sponsored by the Sagamore Yacht Club, Oakcliff Sailing and the Alzheim-er’s Disease Resource Center, this event is a pursuit race of approximately 10 -15 nautical miles. Oyster Bay, NY; sagamo-reyc.com/alzheimers-regatta-2

16 - 19Brooke E. Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinic Honoring the memory of a pas-sionate young sailor, the “BEG” is the premier dinghy racing clinic on the East Coast. Lasers, I420s, C420s, Bytes & 29ers. Sail Newport, Newport, RI; sailnew-port.org/Clinics/gonzalezclinic

17Newport Bermuda Race start - The 50th Thrash to the Patch will see 195 boats starting off Castle Hill on a 635-nautical mile course. Shoreside viewing areas include the Castle Hill Inn and Brenton Point in Newport, and Beavertail in Jamestown. Spectator boats are permit-ted to watch the start, which will be guarded by limit buoys and tightly patrolled by Race Committee boats and the U.S. Coast Guard. The water will be crowded and rough, so small boats such as kayaks, stand up paddleboards and canoes are strongly discouraged. Newport, RI; bermudarace.com

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17 - 1922nd Annual Hospice Regatta For Care Dimen-

sions - Events include a Dinner & Auction Friday at 6pm, and a regatta open to PHRF Racing, Cruising and One Design classes on Sunday; Boston Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; bostonyc.org; caredimensions.com/regatta

184th Annual Sails Up 4 Cancer Regatta - Sponsored by Mystic River Yacht Club and supporting the new Law-rence Memorial Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute partnership and cancer research, this event has traditional rac-ing and a “Picnic Fleet” for non-competitive sailors, who are encouraged to take cancer patients and family members out to watch the races. After the races are a Shore Party with open bar, BBQ and a live band and a Wellness Expo filled with exciting speakers, vendors and demonstrations in the prac-tice of using natural products, nutrition, fitness, and stress-care strategies to promote healthy lifestyles and overall wellbeing. Make some waves. Make a dif-ference! Mystic Shipyard, Mystic, CT; Bob Davis: 860-383-5405; [email protected]; su4c.org

1880th Annual CIYC Distance Race City Island Yacht Club, City Island, NY; cityislandyc.org

18PJYC Faulkner’s Island Overnight Race - This event has divisions for Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Double-handed and (with sufficient interest) One-Design and Multihulls. Port Jefferson Yacht Club, Port Jefferson, NY; Jason Richter: 631-312-7140; [email protected]; ptjeffyc.com

18Twenty Hundred Club Spring Race - This is a circumnavigation of Aquidneck Island. twentyhundredclub.org

18 & 1916th Annual Summer Sailstice - This global celebra-

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19OGYC Solstice Regatta Old Greenwich Yacht Club, Old Greenwich, CT; ogyc.org

198th Annual Blessing of the Fleet - Tradition says participation in this ritual will assure cruisers of fair weather and safe passage, and racers of success on the course. Others say this is mere superstition, but why take chances? Open-ing ceremonies begin at 3pm; procession of boats begins at 4pm. Event is open to the public. Milford Yacht Club, Milford, CT; milfordyachtclub.com

20Summer Solstice - First day of summer!

21 - 24Newport Charter Yacht Show - Charter brokers and select clients learn about dream vacations on one of the many world-class yachts from 50 to 200 feet at this unique show. Newport Shipyard, Newport, RI; newportchartershow.com

22 - 2614th Annual C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Re-gatta & Clinic - Created to give participants the opportu-nity to improve their skills and reach personal goals through world-class coaching and com-petition and sailed in the three Paralympic class boats, “The Clagett” is North America’s premier event for sailors with disabilities. Sail Newport, New-port, RI; clagettregatta.org

24 - 2625th Annual WoodenBoat Show - Presented by Wooden-Boat Magazine, this unique show features an amazing variety of wooden watercraft, expert dem-onstrations, a family boatbuilding program and much more. Mystic

Seaport, Mystic, CT; advance tickets at thewoodenboatshow.com

2585th Annual RYC Strat-ford Shoal Distance Race Riverside Yacht Club, Riverside, CT; riversideyc.org

254th Annual Calvin K. Brouwer Memorial Re-gatta - This ECSA points event honors the man who managed sailboat races on Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound and the Thames River for more than half a century. Thames Yacht Club, New London, CT; thamesyc.org

25Ben Bates Shorthanded Regatta - Harlem Yacht Club, City Island, NY; hyc.org

27 Buzzards Bay Blast - This ‘round-the-buoys race is open to all multihulls with a New England Multihull Association handicap rating. Marion, MA; nemasail.org Bob Gleason: [email protected]

29Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar - Presented by the Storm Trysail Foundation and sponsored by the Jamie Boeckel Fund for Safety at Sea and Sailing World, this hands-on workshop includes presentations covering safety procedures, particularly man overboard recovery and big-boat organization & crew work, in-the-water demonstra-tion of inflatable PFDs and the inflation of a six-man canopied life raft, and sail handling & man overboard drills, both upwind with jibs and downwind with spinnakers. Shelter Island Yacht Club, Shelter Island, NY; storm-trysailfoundation.org/safety-at-sea.htm

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The Battery, NY Port Washington, NY Bridgeport, CTSource: noaa.gov

May 2016 These tide tables are predictions and are to be used as a reference only. The times of high and low are approximations and are affected, in part by onshore and offshore winds, full and new moons as well as changes in currents. Always use caution when entering or leaving any harbor and navigate in areas that are well marked. WindCheck assumes no liability due to the use of these tables.

5/1 12:44 AM L5/1 6:49 AM H5/1 1:15 PM L5/1 7:25 PM H5/2 1:46 AM L5/2 7:51 AM H5/2 2:12 PM L5/2 8:22 PM H5/3 2:46 AM L5/3 8:51 AM H5/3 3:07 PM L5/3 9:17 PM H5/4 3:43 AM L5/4 9:47 AM H5/4 4:00 PM L5/4 10:09 PM H5/5 4:37 AM L5/5 10:42 AM H5/5 4:52 PM L5/5 11:01 PM H5/6 5:30 AM L5/6 11:34 AM H5/6 5:43 PM L5/6 11:52 PM H5/7 6:22 AM L5/7 12:26 PM H5/7 6:34 PM L5/8 12:43 AM H5/8 7:14 AM L5/8 1:18 PM H5/8 7:26 PM L5/9 1:34 AM H5/9 8:06 AM L5/9 2:11 PM H5/9 8:19 PM L5/10 2:27 AM H5/10 8:59 AM L5/10 3:04 PM H5/10 9:14 PM L5/11 3:21 AM H5/11 9:53 AM L5/11 4:00 PM H5/11 10:12 PM L5/12 4:19 AM H5/12 10:49 AM L5/12 4:58 PM H5/12 11:13 PM L5/13 5:18 AM H5/13 11:47 AM L5/13 5:56 PM H5/14 12:14 AM L5/14 6:19 AM H5/14 12:44 PM L5/14 6:54 PM H5/15 1:15 AM L5/15 7:19 AM H5/15 1:38 PM L5/15 7:49 PM H5/16 2:12 AM L5/16 8:16 AM H

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5/1 12:36 AM L5/1 6:38 AM H5/1 1:08 PM L5/1 7:16 PM H5/2 1:52 AM L5/2 7:47 AM H5/2 2:19 PM L5/2 8:25 PM H5/3 3:12 AM L5/3 9:02 AM H5/3 3:25 PM L5/3 9:30 PM H5/4 4:12 AM L5/4 10:06 AM H5/4 4:20 PM L5/4 10:24 PM H5/5 5:04 AM L5/5 11:00 AM H5/ 5:11 PM L5/5 11:14 PM H5/6 5:55 AM L5/6 11:52 AM H5/6 6:02 PM L5/7 12:05 AM H5/7 6:45 AM L5/7 12:43 PM H5/7 6:53 PM L5/8 12:55 AM H5/8 7:35 AM L5/8 1:34 PM H5/8 7:44 PM L5/9 1:45 AM H5/9 8:24 AM L5/9 2:25 PM H5/9 8:36 PM L5/10 2:35 AM H5/10 9:17 AM L5/10 3:19 PM H5/10 9:35 PM L5/11 3:31 AM H5/11 10:18 AM L5/11 4:22 PM H5/11 10:46 PM L5/12 4:39 AM H5/12 11:25 AM L5/12 5:31 PM H5/12 11:57 PM L5/13 5:52 AM H5/13 12:28 PM L5/13 6:35 PM H5/14 1:02 AM L5/14 7:01 AM H5/14 1:29 PM L5/14 7:38 PM H5/15 2:03 AM L5/15 8:06 AM H5/15 2:27 PM L5/15 8:36 PM H5/16 3:01 AM L5/16 9:05 AM H

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Fishers Island, NY Woods Hole, MA Newport, RISource: noaa.gov

May 2016 These tide tables are predictions and are to be used as a reference only. The times of high and low are approximations and are affected, in part by onshore and offshore winds, full and new moons as well as changes in currents. Always use caution when entering or leaving any harbor and navigate in areas that are well marked. WindCheck assumes no liability due to the use of these tables.

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Regatta Ginger Beer Sponsoring Youth EventsRegatta Ginger Beer is sponsoring the nine regattas hosted this year at SAIL BLACK ROCK in Black Rock, CT, which includes seven college and two high school events. “We thought it would be fun to have a beverage sponsor that is associated with presti-gious regattas such as the Stamford Vineyard Race and the Marion Bermuda Race,” said Dave White, SAIL BLACK ROCK Program Director. “When I discovered Regatta Ginger Beer was locally owned by Affinity Beverages in Westport, CT, it seemed an excel-lent fit.” Stan Rottell, President of Affinity Beverages, a sailor himself, was highly enthused and offered team shirts and the sponsorship of the pizza party after the first spring regatta. That event was the Vietor Trophy, which is named after Alexander Orr Vietor, former maps curator at Yale, who along with Harry Anderson and Rad Daly and others, secured the funding for the purchase and initial rehabilitation of the Yale Corinthian Yacht Club property in the early 1960s. Held in the chilly waters of Black Rock Harbor, the 2016 Vietor Trophy was a success, with twelve teams including the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Brown, Boston University, Tufts, Connecticut College, Bates, Northeast-ern, Salve Regina, University of Vermont, Fairfield and Sacred Heart competing March 19 & 20 for the prestigious trophy. Satur-day’s racing was in the outer harbor, while Sunday the course was

moved inside to Burr’s Cove right off the Captain’s Cove Seaport docks, providing close spectator viewing. Regatta Ginger Beer is an artisan crafted Bermudian stone ginger with bite, but not the burn of peppery Jamaican ginger beer. The ingredients are all natural, featuring pure cane sugar, sparkling filtered water, Oullaia bark extract, and other natural fla-vors. The 60+ college sailors enjoyed the soft drink, many of whom had never tasted it before. “We are looking forward to several more hostings with Regatta Ginger Beer as our sponsorship beverage, including the NESSA Intersectional Regatta in May, with second-ary schools from Virginia to Maine attending,” said White. ■

SAIL BLACK ROCK’s new towable on station float for staging the off division keeps all competitors on the water for less time wasted sailing back to the docks for rotations. © Maureen Reilly

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SBU Wins the Stony Brook CupBy Jason Rose

The 2nd Annual Stony Brook Cup, the intercollegiate regatta of the Stony Brook University Sailing Team, was hosted by the Port Jefferson Yacht Club in Port Jefferson NY on Saturday, April 2. SBU defeated Stevens Institute of Technology (2nd), University of Maryland Baltimore (3rd), Syracuse University (4th), University of Rochester (5th) and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (6th) to capture the Cup. This was the second consecutive victory the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) conference for the Seawolves, who scored an overall win the previ-ous week at the William & Mary Spring Open in Virginia. SBU sailors Vidar Minkovsky and Micayla Beyer led the A-Division with five first-place finishes out of six races. B-Division was led by Brendan Brown-McCue and Helen Dufel with three first-place wins out of six. “I am extremely proud of how the team has performed this season,” said SBU Head Coach Geoff Loffredo. “Winning the Cup this year was a special honor for us!” The first race started at 11:30 am in a steady downpour and a weak northerly that deteriorated to a dead calm. The second race finally was underway at close to 2 pm when the rain ceased and a SSW breeze kicked up at around 8 - 12 knots. The weather did little to dampen spirits among the sailors who enjoyed each others’ company with coffee and bagels at the PJYC Clubhouse. “I am immensely proud of our team and our continuous im-provement,” said Minkovsky. “I’m also proud of the competitive-

ness and friendliness of all the college sailors. They are all great!”Beyer agreed, adding, “The way I see it, every team is a family and all of the sailing families make up a community,” she said. “At the Stony Brook Cup we invited five other families to stay with us and do what we all love to do – sail. Thinking about it this way makes it easy to connect with other sailors to not just compete, but form new friendships.” To follow the SBU Sailing team, visit stonybrooksailing.word-press.com or join their Facebook page at facebook.com/groups/sbusailing. ■

Jason Rose is the SUNY Stony Brook Sailing Team Faculty Advisor and a lecturer in Political Science at the school.

The SBU Seawolves show off the Stony Brook Cup at Port Jefferson Yacht Club.


By Daniela Clark

Five years ago, in the inaugural year of the WaterViews blog, I wrote a post called 5 Reasons Your Kids Should Sail. That article was shared internationally by yacht clubs and featured by regional and national sailing media. Evidently, this is a topic of interest. But I just hit the tip of the iceberg. In my travels, I’ve accumulated several more reasons. Here are five qualities that true sailor kids develop that are just as significant as the original 5 Reasons: 1. Toughness. Ever spend any time at an Opti regatta on Long Island Sound in April? These kids are tough. The weather can feel like a day on the slopes, but they don’t get to go in for a hot chocolate and a hamburger at lunch. They don’t complain. When racing is over, they pack up their boats before heading inside to warm up and dry off. 2. Accountability. Taking the helm gives a child an accountability for his or her actions that is rarely offered before receipt of a driver’s license. Recreational and racing junior sailors alike face right-of-way situations all the time and have to take responsibility for their mistakes. 3. Vision. Balancing the finer details inside the boat with the larger picture

of the racecourse or channel is an important skill to hone. This balance helps in school, in business, in life. 4. Bravery. Sailor kids push their fear threshold. Most kids are scared of capsizing before they experience it. Many are scared in strong breezes. They still capsize and they still go out in rough condi-tions. It’s the job of the instructors to control the situation, but ultimately, the kids have to overcome their fear. 5. Patience. Waiting all day for the wind to fill in at a regatta requires an amazing amount of patience. I’ve talked with parents who are frustrated with waiting and thinking about what else they could be doing. But the kids know the drill. Waiting for the right weather conditions is part of sailing. I’ll reference an Opti regatta again, this one a two-day event with only about 90 sail-able minutes. The kids took it in stride. Would a team of 12-year-old football players act the same way? ■

Daniela Clark is the co-producer (with John Kantor, the founder of Longshore Sailing School in Westport, CT and Greenwich Com-munity Sailing in Old Greenwich, CT) of the highly recommended WaterViews blog, which can be found at blog.ctnews.com/kantor/. She’s also a professional marine photographer and the co-owner (with her husband Allen Clark) of PhotoBoat.com.

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The 2016 Atlantic Cup Presented by 11th Hour Racing returns May 28th for the 5th edition of the East Coast's toughest offshore race.

Started as a concept in 2011, the Atlantic Cup present-ed by 11th Hour Racing has grown to be the largest and only dedicated Class40 race in the United States. After running annually from 2011-2014, race organiz-ers switched the format to an every other year event in order to capture a larger international fleet. 2016's race will mark the second largest fleet in history with 12 teams representing five different coun-tries lining up on the start in Charleston on May 28th. Also new for 2016, the course has been extended now finishing in Portland, Maine making the Atlantic Cup the only race to sail around both Cape Hatterals and Cape Cod. In addition, to the race's grand prix style format that challenges sailors to be adept at racing multi-distances and multi-format, the Atlantic Cup organizers designed the race for the spectators making it easy to follow both online and in person. Last, but certainly not least, the Atantic Cup with the help of presenting sponsor 11th Hour Racing, has

been the United States, most environmentally respon-sible sailing race since its inception. In 2016, the orga-nizers are again commited to running a carbon neutral event and highlighting the importance of protecting our oceans.

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North Sails 2016 Atlantic Cup Expert Pre-view Race experts Charlie Enright and An-derson Reggio on what to expect in the Atlantic Cup’s fifth edition offshore legs: Charleston to NYC, NYC to Portland. Never finish an ocean race in a location colder than where you started: this is one of the golden rules of offshore sailing and one which The Atlantic Cup know-ingly breaks for all the right reasons. This May, the best Class 40 sailing in the United States is back for its fifth edition and here at North Sails, we are thrilled to be a part, sponsoring the “Ask The Expert” forum through-out the event. The Atlantic Cup, the brainchild of Hugh Piggin and Julianna Barbieri of Manuka Sports, challenges sailors over three weeks of sailing across all disciplines. Starting with two double-handed offshore legs and then switching to fully crewed inshore racing, it is a true test of all around sailing skill. While the Port-land inshore series is crucial and weighs heavily on the overall win, it is the two offshore legs which provide the greatest variety in challenges faced. For the twelve competing teams, those who are the most studious and nuanced in their approach will find themselves entering that deci-sive weekend with a sizable advantage. Here is a quick guide on each of the two offshore legs. Charleston to NYC New York City is quite familiar to people arriving by boat, but rarely do they arrive on such toys as a Class 40. Small but powerful, and built purely for offshore sailing, the class has been hugely successful due to the boat’s versatility and sta-

bility. However, the Class 40 still suffers from the age old problem of being unable to sail when the winds are light, and the opposing current is strong. Many an Atlantic Cup have been decided in the waning mo-ments as boats struggled against the mighty Hudson River in the light springtime breezes and this year a large number of teams and the even skill amongst them could well set us up for another nail-biting finish. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves… Let’s start at the beginning. Late spring in Charleston can be a bit of a toss-up. May is often one of the driest months and June one of the wettest, however, this year brings the added challenge of an exceptionally strong El-Nino. As typi-cal of an El-Nino, precipitation overall has been up in the southeast, meaning outflow through Charleston Harbor has been stronger than normal; anyone leav-ing on an ebb has reported upwards of 2 and a half knots of push out to sea. When the Atlantic Cup starts, competitors better hope to be on the right side of the



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escalator out of the bay, or else they may find themselves watching the competition put some serious miles on them early. The channels out are tight and, with so many boats on the line, keeping maneuvers clean while play-ing the current will be key to getting out to open ocean first and possibly with a huge lead. Any frontal system coming off the coast of the US will obviously be an important factor for this first leg. It will determine when a team will head for the Gulf Stream, how close they will get to Cape Hatteras, and when they will get off the famed Atlantic current and sprint for NYC. It is often a very tricky balance between maximizing progress towards the goal posts and setting up for a long term play. Those who make the move to get to the Gulf Stream the earliest will potentially lose many miles at the beginning to anyone taking a more direct path up the coast. Their hope will be to gain a net overall speed advantage by being in the stream longer while those along the coast will be placing their bets on less distance sailed being the key to victory. Teams who have yet to begin to study the patterns in this year’s Gulf Stream are already behind. Cape Hatteras is a unique marker for this leg as it is essentially the only turning point on the leg. Again, distance versus practicality must be weighed as the notorious sea state off the coast can be woefully under predicted. Any post frontal blow and things can get pretty nasty in a hurry. Twenty miles offshore is the continental shelf, another sixty miles beyond that is the eastern wall of the Gulf Stream. Trying to sail any further east is just too many miles so any big northerly

blow will force the fleet into big waves upwind, a chal-lenge for any fully crewed boat let alone these boats being sailed by two. With nearly six-hundred and fifty miles to this leg and only two people on board, exhaustion is sure to set in well before New York City. Expect the widest variety of strategic choices to show themselves in the later half of the leg as teams weigh leaving the Gulf Stream against whatever mother nature throws at them next. They may very well be into a second weather system by the time they get up the Virginia coast towards Delaware and New Jersey and exactly how these systems pan out once they leave the coast is a meteorological challenge. If sunny and light, expect someone to head for the coast in search of sea breezes while others stay longer in the stream. There is high probability of a widespread east to west for the fleet here which will make for some very interesting racing to watch from afar and surely very stressful on board. Everyone has to funnel in past Sandy Hook and


Rockaway to begin the final thirteen-mile journey up the bay to finish at One 15 Marina in Brooklyn. The state-of-the-art marina facility will be a welcome respite after such a long leg, made longer by this final stretch of probable light air, strong currents, and more traffic than most any other port in the world. Leads can vanish quickly in these final miles so no one will have the luxury of being able to take their foot off the gas. That’s the beauty of leg one of The Atlantic Cup, you may finish colder than where you started, but the rac-ing is sure to be anything but boring.

NYC to Portland Leaving NYC on June 4 will take our fleet of twelve back out from the city on a route the reverse of how they came in. With a packed schedule of events while in New York, teams will be feeling as though they need some time off following the grueling Leg One. How-ever, that is not the case. They’ll jump right back into it facing the same challenges as when they entered, as the “city that never sleeps” is an accurate description of NYC on the water as well as on land. The sailors will quickly find themselves dodging ferries, barges, and large commercial ships (not to mention one another) on their way back to the open ocean down a narrow channel. From there, turn left and head to Maine. Sounds so simple, right? The south shore of Long Island is a very tempting place to sail for a number of reasons. First, teams will again be balancing the direct route versus playing the weather pattern conun-drum and second, there are often sea breezes which develop along the shore. This breeze can be quite tempting and often under predicted by large-scale weather models. The smart teams will have done their research and have a good idea of when they can head to shore for a sea breeze, if at all, and where the best breezes tend to develop. Keeping a watchful eye on some key onshore weather stations is essential.

Otherwise, they’ll be stuck offshore looking for a large scale weather system to play as they push hard to the East along the Long Island coastline. Next waypoint on the way to Maine is Nantucket Shoals, a dangerous stretch of shallow ground to the southeast of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Strong currents rip around these shoals and depths are often variable as a result. Giving these the proper respect of a wide berth while also trying to sail fast and direct towards Portland will be an unenviable balance to manage. After rounding the shoals, it is thereafter a straight shot north to Portland. Warm clothes will quickly be exchanged for warmer clothes as the teams plow north along the coast towards the frigid waters of Maine. Open ocean with no major hazards, it will be an ocean sailor’s dream - free to play whatever weather comes their way. That is, of course, if they can see the weather! As they progress north and the water gets colder, expect the fog to thicken dramatically. Watch-ful eyes will focus on radar and AIS as teams get close to the Maine shore and are greeted by the sounds of the state anthem: fog horns. Couple this challenge with numerous lobster pots and a massive tidal swing, and our competitors will certainly have their hands full. Portland, Maine is a beautiful city and a perfect host for the Atlantic Cup finale. As teams make their way past the final few reefs and in towards Cushing Is-land, one can only hope that the fog lifts long enough for them to have the opportunity to appreciate the wonder of the Maine coastline. Of course they’ll have much more of that coastline to appreciate if they ap-proach at low tide given the nearly 4-meter tide in the Portland area. If the timing is right, expect the French teams used to dealing with large tidal variations to sail with confidence over land otherwise listed as uncov-ered on the downswing of the tidal cycle. Anyone not familiar with such large tidal variations may find themselves sailing cautiously and potentially may miss out on cutting a key corner in the last few miles before



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finishing off the Promenade in downtown Portland. An-other difficult finish in a location sure to be colder than where the leg started, but also another leg where the challenges never cease and the pedal is pushed hard. From shore it will be entertaining, on board it will be unremitting; this is the Atlantic Cup! To see what the North Sails Experts think about the third and final leg, the inshore series in Portland, and to get your questions about the race answered go to http://www.atlanticcup.org/ask-the-expert.


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12 teams in the 2016 Atlantic Cup pre-sented by 11th Hour Racing marks the second largest fleet in event history. Hailing from 5 different countries includ-ing the USA, France, Spain, Sweden and Great Britain and representing some of the top offshore racers around, it’s hard to say exactly who’s the favorite. However, some of the highlights and who to watch include:

118-Oakcliff will be skippered by former Volvo Ocean Race Team SCA navigator, Libby Greenhlagh with Ca-nadian Liz Shaw for Leg 1 followed up by the youngest sailor in the Atlantic Cup, Hobie Ponting (25) and a yet to be named co-skipper for Leg 2.

Louis Duc, who is coming off a 3rd place finish in the Transat Jacques Vabre will skipper his first generation Class40 65-Carac.

147-Campagne de France will be the newest Class 40 racing and she’ll be skippered by Halvard Mabire who has over 300,000 miles of offshore racing experience and co-skippered by Miranda Merron who has sailed around the world multiple times and placed 6th in the 2014 Route du Rhum.

Mike Hennessy (54-Dragon) and Rob Windsor (127-Am-has II) are the only two sailors and 54-Dragon is the only boat to have raced in every edition of the Atlantic Cup.


Mike Dreese (128-Toothface 2) returns to the Atlan-tic Cup for the first time since 2011 with a new boat. He’ll race with Tristan Mouligne, former Gryphon Solo 2 co-skipper.

Spanish entry 123 – Tales II is often considered to be one of the fastest Class40s. In addition to winning the Route du Rhum (with a different skipper), Tales II also just won the RORC Caribbean 600. Her co-skippers Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde are very experienced and when we polled the teams to ask which team they think is their top competition, they all pointed to Tales.

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The EventsIf you live in or near any of the three cities, the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing visits, mark your calendars as there are events for all ages in each city and we'd love to have you come down to support your favorite team! Not nearby, no problem! The best way to follow the Atlantic Cup from afar is online at www.AtlanticCup.org and via all of the Atlan-tic Cup's social media channels. With plenty of live video, a race tracker updating every five minutes and on board media reporters, you'll have plenty of ways to stay up to date with the race!

Race TrackingThe Atlantic Cup will have one of the most real-time race trackers around. Thanks to GeoRacing, the Atlantic Cup race tracker will update every 5 minutes during both offshore legs, plus the Inshore Series will update every minute! You can follow all of the action right on the www.AtlanticCup.org

Living on the Edge: The ocean EconomyLiving on the Edge is the Atlantic Cup's New York City celebration! New York Times Inves-tigative Journalist, Ian Urbina will keynote the event with a presentation from his most recent series, the Outlaw Ocean. The charitable beneficiary for the evening is the Ocean Conxervancy and Senior Policy Advisor, Dr. Sandra Whitehouse, will provide opening remarks.

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CharlestonMay 24-27 - All DayCheck out the FleetCharleston City Marina

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May 28th - 12pm - Race StartCharleston Maritime Center

BrooklynMay 31 - Approximate ArrivalOneº 15 Marina, Brooklyn

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June 1 - 6pmLiving on the Edge, The Ocean EconomyThomson Reuters, Times Square

June 4 - 12pmLeg 2 Race Start Just off the seawall at the edge of One 15 Marina

PortlandJune 6 - Approximate ArrivalFinish Line is off Fort Allen Park

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June 10 & 11Race Village - Live Music, Kids Zone, Beer GardenOpen 10:30a-5:00pInshore Racing 12p-4pWatch all the action from Fort Allen Park!

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Calling all Moms, Dads, Teachers and Kids! Atlantic Cup Kids provides on site and online learning opportunities for Kids aged 5-15. We’ll welcome over 1,000 students to the boats to meet the teams and learn all about offshore racing and the environment. 2013 Atlantic Cup Champion, Dave Rearick, is leading the Kids program. If you’re a par-ent, teacher or kid you can go online to http://atlanticcup.org/Kids to download worksheets, vote for your favorite team and follow the Atlatic Cup Kids page on Facebook!

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Guide to Knot TyingCAPTAIN DAVE’S

Clove Hitch

This knot can be tied very quickly. On sailboats it can be easily adjust-ed to raise or lower a fender as needed. The clove hitch can also be used to temporarily secure a dock line to a piling, but be aware that the hitch can unexpectedly work free as the boat moves around at the dock.

Sheet Bend Knot

The Sheet Bend is recommended for joining two ropes of unequal size. The thicker rope must be used for the simple bight as shown. It works equally well if the ropes are of the same size.

EASYFigure-Eight Knot

The figure - eight knot is a type of knot. It is very important in both sailing and rock climbing as it won’t come untied.

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Probably the last thing New Yorkers think about as they wend their way to and from work is the idea that they live on islands. The mainlanders, those inhabitants of The Bronx, have as a consolation prize the City Island waterfront. Despite being sur-rounded by water, access to the rivers and the harbor has been for years pretty difficult for New Yorkers. This is changing with small but for the most part rustic outlets with access for kayaks, sketchy docks to get to boats on moorings or very bouncy slips on the wildly unprotected Hudson River. In the past couple of years, Brooklyn has been involved in the development of a very pleasant gateway to water access on the East River. One°15 Brooklyn Marina, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge and part of Brooklyn Bridge Park, exemplifies the kind of serendipity that happens when several like minds all bump into each other. Combine equal parts of Tim O’Brien, sailor and former manager at North Cove, a Singapore-based conglomerate with a division specializing in marina development, an Ameri-can company specializing in ‘green’ marinas (and responsible for the facility’s innovative wave deflectors), the residents and Borough Burghers of Brooklyn, some dilapidated waterfront property, some local marine-oriented non-profits, lots of energy and patience and presto – water access and so much more. Comprising many aspects of Tim O’Brien’s vision, One°15 Brooklyn Marina is in equal parts town dock, sailing club, sail-ing school, youth sailing site and marina. The complex includes slip rentals for local boat owners tired of the one- or two-hour drive to get to their boats, docks suitable for yachts up to 250 feet, racing for the Wednesday Warriors (and other nights, too) on the fleet of J/80s and Melges 24s, public access to the water to stroll or just sit and gaze, kayak storage, and space for a project dear to my heart. Brooklyn Boatworks is a non-profit that works with local kids who firstly build Optimist dinghies in plywood and then launch them so they can sail around in a part of the marina. The skills and disciplines kids are exposed to, and the fun they can have doing such things, is almost endless and

all positive. Another aspect of this fascinating complex is their host-ing two major international professional sailing events in 2016. This is something not seen in New York Harbor for perhaps a hundred years. The legendary Transat Race, THE single-handed transatlantic race and The Atlantic Cup, the only dedicated regatta for the Class 40s in the US, will both be staged in the marina this month. The Transat (now known as the Transat bakerly thanks to a partnership with a new brand of French-inspired bakery goods) is to finish in New York for the first time in over 50 years. Origi-nally proposed as a lark by Blondie Hasler, a British Colonel decorated during the Second World War, the first race was in 1960 and finished off Ambrose Tower. Hasler was the second to finish of the five-boat fleet.

The first and several subsequent races were sponsored by the Observer newspaper and known universally as the Observer Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race, thus OSTAR. The Transat bakerly is the commercial and professional spin-off of the original race, and is focused exclusively on the professional and semi-professional solo scene. The race named the OSTAR has retained its more Corinthian, everyman composure and is held on a four-year cycle in odd years, with the next edition finishing in Newport, RI in 2017. The Transat bakerly may be little known in the US, at least outside of Newport, site of the OSTAR finish since 1964. Pro-fessional sailing lives of course on the return on investment for the sponsors and so for this race, New York offers just a bit more media coverage and corporate hospitality opportunities than Newport. The open public access aspect of the marina will allow, en-courage even, visitors to get up close and personal with the very

French solo sailor Lalou Roucayrol’s Multi50 Arkema is among the Transat bakerly participants arriving in Brooklyn, NY this month. © Vincent Olivaud


sharpest of the leading edge boats in the world…yes, equal to the AC boats. If there is any doubt of the skills of these sailors, consider sailing a monstrous 130 foot-trimaran across the North Atlantic, upwind, alone, in May…and regardless of your opin-ions of the of the skippers (Americans being almost universally dubious of the mental health of single handed ocean racing sailors), they are without question among the finest seaman on the oceans. The present entry list comprises a virtual who’s who of solo ocean racing. In the you gotta be kiddin’ department are at least two of the Ultimes, trimarans over 100 feet long capable of speeds close to 50 knots. Alongside (albeit only at the dock) are the IMOCA 60s, the fire breathing grandchildren of Chichester, Hasler, Tabarly and the other icons of solo racing. There is a class of a few 50-foot multihulls, but the most popular ride is the Class40s. These forty-footers are the same general idea as the 60s – fast, fun, and offshore reliable, but more the four-cylinder turbo’ed versions suitable for amateur operation than the Le Mans IMOCA 60s. Within the eleven entries in the popular 40-foot class are the three women skippers in the race. Anna-Maria Renken is German and is sponsored by Nivea, a name well known to US consumers. With only three transatlantic races (by other names) under her foulies, she is a relative novice at the game. Isabelle Joschke, a French/German sailor representing the Generali In-surance/Finance group, a billion-Euro French-Italian company, is a tad more experienced, including sailing in the Mini Transat Race, held in 21-footers. The lone Englishwoman in the fleet, Miranda Merron, is de facto French, having lived in France for ages as far as I can tell. I think she would forgive me for men-tioning this, but at 47 she is by far one of the most experienced solo sailors of either gender. Quick, name a serious professional female athlete, one who plays in the very physical game of solo offshore sailing…at 47. Part of the festivities surrounding the arrival of the boats will be tours of the boats and meet & greets with the skippers for the local kids. Imagine for a moment if you will, these three ladies arriving in New York after 20 days at sea alone, in harsh conditions. After a kip, a shower and a meal – not freeze dried – these remarkable people will be available for local kids to see and talk with. Consider an immigrant kid, perhaps a 10-year-old girl transplanted to New York from some war-torn dustbowl, thrust into the bustle of Brooklyn and now communing with these women aboard a ‘thing’ that might as well be the spaceship from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Can it not be possible that such an experience might be the spark that kindles who knows what fire in the belly of said young woman? To see, hear and speak with someone who has had all these amazing adventures and will, I have no doubt, be inspiring, gracious, helpful and encouraging to these young people is an experience so few kids get the opportunity to have. What chance they have a totally different approach to building their Opti next year? The Transat bakerly starts on May 2 in Plymouth, England. The Ultimes may well be here within the week. The IMOCA

60s and the Multi50 tris will be in next. The 40s, being only 40 feet, will be the back markers arriving around the third week of May. And so, on to the second professional sailing event in Brooklyn. The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing is unique in several ways. As a stand-alone regatta for Class40s, it’s the only such event of its kind in the US. It is also, as far as I know, the only event where the organizing authority is not a yacht club or similar member-centric organization but rather a professional sports management company. The event also has a full commit-ment to environmental sustainability – biodiesel, solar panels, no trash/discharge, education, and so on. This sustainability is parallel to the One°15 Brooklyn Marina approach. Part of the design brief included ‘see-thru’ panels on the docks so sunlight can get to the water and reduce the development of nasty things in the water. New York City is renowned for many things, including the innovative and quirky. One°15 Brooklyn Marina certainly fills the innovative, as does The Atlantic Cup. Quirky? Well, that’s very consistent with the founder and participants of the first OSTAR and has not diminished over time. I think it is very pos-sible New Yorkers will take The Transat bakerly and The Atlantic Cup all in their stride. After all, they mostly live on islands and are known to have their own quirky moments, too. ■

Australian born, Joe ‘Coop’ Cooper stayed in the US after the 1980 America’s Cup where he was the boat captain and sailed as Grinder/Sewer-man on Australia. His whole career has focused on sailing, especially the short-handed aspects of it. He lives in Middletown, RI where he coaches, consults and writes on his blog, joecoopersailing.com, when not paying attention to his wife, teenage son, dog, two cats and several, mainly small, boats.

Celebrate The Transat bakerly on May 20Sailors and sailing fans are cordially invited to a celebration of The Transat bakerly at Fornino Pizza in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, May 20. This party includes the prize ceremony for the IMOCA 60 and Multi50 classes, and it’s a fundrais-er for SailAhead, a New York-based non-profit organization dedicated to healing wounded military veterans through sailing. The celebration is part of Brittany Day on the Pier, which will be held at Pier 6 in the Brooklyn Bridge Park Greenway. The event is hosted by BZH New York, a non-profit association of Bretons and friends of Brittany dedicated to promoting the culture, economy, tourism and language of the Brittany region of France and fostering a relationship between Brittany and New York. Brittany Day on the Pier runs from 10 am to 11 pm. For more details, visit bzh-ny.org. ■


YRA Frostbite Championship By John Field

On Saturday April 16, a dozen sailors representing six different clubs competed in the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound’s (YRA) annual Frostbite Championship Regatta. The event was hosted by the Mamaroneck Frostbite Association (MFA) together with the Beach Point Yacht Club for the third year in a row. First held in 1954, the Championship winner is awarded the W. J. H. Dyer trophy, whose past winners include sailing legends Sutphen, Knapp and Shields, among others. Racing was in 9-foot Dyer Dhows provided by the MFA membership in the Outer Harbor off Beach Point in Mama-roneck, NY. The conditions were much more pleasant than frostbiters are accustomed to – sunny and warm, with a moder-ate and consistent easterly breeze which lightened through the afternoon. A dozen windward-leeward races were held with sailors switching boats every two races. Over the course of 12 races, six different sailors had first place finishes and the competition was tight. The 2016 cham-pion, Dave Dellenbaugh of Pequot Yacht Club in Southport, CT, demonstrated consistency and top finishes throughout the changing conditions. Second place went to Fred Treffeisen of Mamaroneck Frostbite Association, and third place was claimed by 2014 and ‘15 champion Fotis Boliakis of Riverside Yacht Club in Riverside, CT. Clemmie Everett of American Yacht

Club in Rye, NY – sailing a Dyer for her first time ever! – took fourth overall and received the award for top female finisher. The awards ceremony and post-race party, held in the main clubhouse at Beach Point YC, was an elegant conclusion to the winter frostbiting season. Founded in 1958, the Mamaroneck Frostbite Association has sailed out of Beach Point Yacht Club for over a decade and is deeply appreciative of the support the club has shown to the YRA and frostbiting on Long Island Sound. MFA has several charter boats available to encourage new and prosepective members to try frostbiting and increase participation. Visit mamaroneckfrostbite.org to learn more. ■

The top finishers in the 2016 YRA Frostbite Championship are (l - r) Fotis Boliakis, Dave Dellenbaugh, Clemmie Everett and Fred Treffisien. © Jeremiah Blatz


New England 2016 J/Fest Regatta is August 13 & 14The inaugural New England J/Fest Regatta is being hosted by the Bristol Yacht Club in Bristol, RI on August 13 &14. East Coast Yacht Sales and North Sails are the Partner sponsors in this regatta, which is limited to J Boat owners and crew with racing taking place on upper Narragansett Bay. This event capi-talizes on similar successful J/Fest Regattas held in other U.S. regions where participation has exceeded over 70 boats. The event coordinators are anticipating 75 boats on the starting line, with one-design starts for classes with five or more boats.

Narragansett Bay is considered “home waters” for many of the iconic high performance J boats that were built at the former Tillotson-Pearson Incorporated, the former Pearson Composites LLC, USWatercraft and CCF Composites. These boats have a very strong following and very active class associations that include numerous world champion sailors. The regatta will include two full days of one-design and PHRF racing, along with the regatta party, dinner and award ceremonies. Bristol Yacht Club is a relaxed and family-friendly place located in the geographical center of Narragansett Bay. The waterfront town of Bristol has many diverse dining experiences, parks, museums and serves as the beginning of the East Bay Bike Path. There will be moorings available from the Bristol Yacht Club, Bristol Marine, Herreshoff Marine Museum and through the Bristol Harbor Master. Take note of the date and please consider joining us for some great racing in Bristol, RI. The regatta’s website is jfest-newengland.com. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Contact Sam Sylvester at [email protected] or Regatta Organizer Bill Kneller at [email protected]. ■

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Biggest NYC Multihull RegattaThe New England Multihull Association is sponsoring the third annual Gotham Multihulls Series, open to all NEMA-rated multihulls on the weekend of June 4 & 5. The Gotham has consistently attracted more multihulls than the six competing in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series, and with a dozen or more boats competing the organizers are claiming this as the largest multihull regatta in New York.

The Gotham Multihulls Series features two days of PHRF rac-ing in New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty as a turning mark. The Saturday starting line is off Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island with a race committee supplied by the Richmond County Yacht Club. Racers are once again invited to take moorings in Great Kills Harbor on Friday night. This year the Saturday race will end near the new One°15 Brooklyn Marina, adjacent to Brooklyn Bridge Park, where multihulls will be welcomed Saturday night with a party at a nearby tap room. Sunday’s course will be determined at a skippers’ meeting Sunday morning and will again finish near the Brooklyn Bridge. Skippers returning to Connecticut and points north will be heading up the East River after the Sunday finish. Gotham Multihulls Series organizers are Laurent Apollon, owner of Windsinger, a Dragonfly 800, and Andy Houlding, sailing Skedaddle, a Corsair 28R. Contact them at [email protected] or [email protected]. Race notices and logis-tical information will be posted at gothammultihulls.com and at nemasail.org. PHRF handicap ratings are available from NEMA Race Committee Chair David Lussier through the NEMA website, nemasail.org. NEMA now has an extensive racing season with 16 qualify-ing races from Memorial Day through October, and ranging from Falmouth, ME to Staten Island, NY. NEMA recognizes eight ocean distance races that qualify for the annual Offshore Trophy, and awards a season trophy. Many sailors trailer their folding multihulls to the race venue, while others enjoy the deliveries as much as the racing. The complete race schedule is posted at nemasail.org/racing.html. ■

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C&C 30 Class Announces North American ChampionshipBy Kris McClintock, USWatercraft

The C&C 30 One Design class has announced that its inaugural North American Championship will be held this summer as part of New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. The regatta takes place July 13-16 in Newport, RI. The class has grown steadily since one-design racing began in 2015, and the fleet is expected to number at least 20 for the NAs. “The class is honored to hold our first North Americans at the NYYC,” said Class President Dan Cheresh. “Conditions in Newport are always spectacular, and the Harbour Court logistics and hospitality are top-shelf. I’m thrilled to be competing in such an exciting event. I can’t wait to get to the starting line.” Cheresh and his team on Extreme2 won the class’s first stand-alone event, the Miami Ocean Series in February. The win came on the heels of a hard-fought Quantum Key West Race Week, where Extreme2 finished second to Walt Thirion’s Themis. Extreme2 and Themis traded wins throughout 2015, but always in the mix were Jim Madden and his team on Stark Raving Mad, Ed Feo and Loco, Angus Davis and Nyabinghi, and Bob Moran and Bobsled. New owners for 2016 who are sure to shake up the overall standings include Kip Meadows with a new roXanne,

Mark Bremer with City Girl, and Steve Stroub aboard Tiburon. “The C&C 30 One Design fleet is growing fast,” said Randy Borges, President of USWatercraft in Warren, RI, the builder of the C&C 30 One Design. “With new boats joining the fleets in California, the Great Lakes, Annapolis and Newport, the compe-tition is heating up. The one-design racing is ultra-competitive, thanks to clear rules and measurement oversight by the class measurer and the team at USWatercraft. This ensures an even playing field, which resonates with owners who want to drive their own boats and who insist on a high-performance platform.” The North American Championship Trophy will be present-ed at the Rolex Awards Gala at the New York Yacht Club. A full schedule for 2016 can be found at cc30class.com. The builder’s website is c-cyachts.com. ■

The competition’s going to be fierce at the inaugural C&C 30 One Design North American Championship. © Onne van der Wal/vanderwal.com


The 15th Sail Park City Regatta™ is July 23By Rick Perret, Regatta Chair

We all know someone that has been impacted by cancer and the effects of battling this terrible disease. Although much fundrais-ing focuses on research to find a cure, it’s equally important to help cancer patients live better lives. What we take for granted every day can be challenging, especially for those uninsured or underinsured. The Sail Park City Regatta raises funds for SWIM Across the Sound, which provides local programs and support to over 30,000 people annually through 45 programs from cancer edu-cation/screening to other forms of assistance on a case-by-case basis. Since its inception in 2001, the regatta has become a sum-mer tradition on Long Island Sound. Presented by Fayerweather Yacht Club and Black Rock Yacht Club in Bridgeport, CT, this year’s regatta takes place on Saturday, July 23 in the waters off Black Rock Harbor. Up to two races will be held, depending on conditions. There will be Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker PHRF classes, a Navigator class, and a provision for one-design classes with suf-ficient entries. One-design racers, junior sailors, and all-women crews are encouraged to race. New for 2016, we plan to sponsor a “fun” Cruising Class with special awards for yachts built before 1980. The Regatta shall operate under Yacht Racing Association

of Long Island Sound rules for 2016. Fayerweather YC will host a post-race party with live music, food, dancing and free beer. Awards will be presented to the top finishers, and all entrants are eligible to win the Jan Williams Memorial Perpetual Trophy for the team raising the most funds. Official race documents, registration and additional information will be posted at give.stvincents.org/sailparkcity. For the most up-to-date info, please follow us at facebook.com/sailparkcityregatta. ■

Rick Perret is a member of Fayerweather Yacht Club and he sails his Cape Dory 22 off Black Rock Harbor, CT.

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All day event: 8:30 AM to 8:00 PMWorkshops on-water and on land include: Take the helm,crew overboard, race committee primer and basic race course strategies, knots, sail repair, putting together a woman’s boat for Marion to Bermuda Race, how to personalize your boat, rules of the road, diesel engine maintenance, suddenly singlehanded, and more. Annual fundraising takes place for the Women’s Sailing Foundation. A wide variety of raffle and silent auction items. Included in the day are continental breakfast, lunch, dinner, one raffle ticket, presentation of Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award, and evening speaker - Donna Lange, solo circumnavigator (among other things) Registration and other information will be on website in the spring: www.womensailing.org Contact: [email protected]


Port Jefferson Yacht Club Seeks Young RacersBy John Pearson, PJYC Fleet Captain

While others were trying to ski this winter, Port Jefferson Yacht Club in Port Jefferson, NY (formerly Setauket Yacht Club) was planning ways to get more young people into sailboat racing. The idea grew from the Stony Brook University sailing team, which sails out of PJYC, looking for a boat to sail after graduation. The only boat we found at low cost and in large numbers is the J/24. These boats can be purchased for as little as $2,500, and with annual PJYC membership dues of only $1,750 including launch service, we think we have a winning combination. To entice young people to race we knew we had to improve our race management. We have purchased a race committee boat and will staff it with a steady, well-trained and capable race com-mittee crew so that racers will enjoy consistent, professionally run races throughout the season. We’ll use the VHF for every start to reduce the starting confusion that new racers may experience. As part of our racecourse upgrades, we’re placing eight buoys in Long Island Sound, near shore, in an Olympic Circle. This con-figuration assures that races will always have a windward-leeward course regardless of wind direction. We also recognized that we needed live online access to results. We’ve partnered with Regatta Tech, which allows racers to pay online. Handicap race results will be posted minutes after the last boat finishes – no more going

home wondering how you fared! Lastly, we want to bring young people back to the club for the camaraderie that’s such a big part of sailing. We’ll video the starts to help racers understand maneuvers and analyze mistakes so they can improve as the season progresses. We’ll also hand out daily first place trophies, like a glass so each winner can share a beer with their crew. Between PJYC and Port Jefferson Harbor, we have eight J/24s. If you’re interested in buying a J/24, or already own one and want to join the fun, one of our seasoned boat owners will help you through the whole process. For more details, please contact me at [email protected]. To learn more about PJYC, visit ptjeffyc.com. ■

Tufan Karaosmanoglu’s J/24 Obsession is a regular participant in Port Jefferson YC’s Tuesday Night Series. © Ralph Segalowitz


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23’ Com-Pac 23/3 1988 - Good condition, lightly used, nicely rigged. 130% genoa, Harken roller furling. 2000 8hp Johnson w/alternator, very low hours. $6,900. Trailer available separately. Galvanized frame in excellent condition, new keel rollers. Needs some additional work, can provide parts and labor as part of purchase. More info/photos contact: [email protected]

27’ Santa Cruz 1977 - Is a complete pack-age – newly painted, large sail inventory, Honda 4-Stroke, yard trailer. Tiller steering, deck mounted mast sloop. Harken furler, sail covers, tiller cover, and instrumentation. $9,500 Call for details 631-987-9989

18’ Marshall Sanderling 1972 - Two sails, one new (used two seasons) other in good condition. Five hp Honda outboard, low hours, runs well. New halyards and blocks. Many extras including anchors, cushions, Porta-potti, mooring lines, fenders and trailer. Boat located in Southeastern Connecticut. Asking $7,000. Call John Behne at 860-691 2074 or e-mail [email protected].

23’ O’Day 1974 - Main sail, jib with roller furling, 8hp Mercury Outboard, shoal draft, centerboard and VHF radio. Well-maintained, comes with lines, anchors, sail bags and a mooring in beautiful Stonington (CT) Harbor for the 2016 season only. Small cabin with table, sink, portapotty, and cushions for the V-berth, quarter berth, eating area, cockpit. No trailer. $3,500 Email: [email protected]

10’ Dyer Dink 2008 -Sailing version, original owner, mint, light summer use only, teak trim & seats, tilt-up rudder, spar envelope, SEITECH dolly, boat cover. This is the same boat used by Riverside Frostbit-ing Association in CT. Asking $4,800-War-ren, RI 401-245-3300.

12’ RS Feva XL 2013 - In very good condi-tion, with road ready trailer and mast-up cover, asking $5,500, please contact Carol at [email protected], located in Elizabeth City, NC, HOT boat! It can go 20+ knots with the chute!”

26’ Oday 1985 - In great condition. Roller furling 150 headsail. 9.8 Nissan 2 stroke outboard, professionally maintained. Inte-rior cushions in excellent condition. Asking $5,700. Boat can be seen in Clinton Ct. Ready to launch. 845-279-7894

30’ Catalina 30 MKII 1990 - Popular model in very good condition, w/ T- cock-pit, optional tall rig , 150% genoa, 110% jib, shoal draft. Asks 24.9K Prestige Yacht Sales 203-353-0373

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35’ Freedom 1995 - Excellent condition, clean and well equipped. New sails, nice canvas, Yanmar diesel with low hours. Interior is Bristol. Raytheon instruments, radar, GPS & autopilot. 4’6” shoal draft, Newer custom canvas winter cover. $79,500 Call Bruce at 203-314-7584

36’ Nelson Marek 1983 - Morgan Yachts 36-5. Solid 2014 Survey. Major upgrades since: Sparcraft GP (longer) boom, Gebo portlight windows, Universal M25’s transmis-sion, oil pan, starter, glow plugs replaced. Silva compasses, Selden bowsprit (plus carbon pole: “S”/”A” spinnakers). Superb North sails: new 3Di main, Dyneema genoa, Dyneema Code Zero, A2 spinnaker, G-series gennaker, S2, more. Updates exceed asking price! tiller auto-pilot, TackTicks, 8 single berths, nice condi-tion Sunbrella cushions. Enviable race record past 2 seasons. $36,900 (203) 843-5570

33’ J/100 2005 - Sleek 33’ sailboat for rac-ing & weekend cruising. Sailing World’s 2005 “Boat of the Year.” Extensive sail inventory and canvas winter cover by Miller Marine. Factory options: teak toe rails, deluxe inte-rior teak trim package & self-tacking Hoyt boom. 2005 model commissioned in 2006. Meticulously maintained by McMichael Yacht Yard. Flag blue Awlgrip, tan decks, teak toe rails. Carbon rig, Tack Tick instru-ments, GPS, VHF and much more. John Fallon, McMichael Yacht Brokers: 914-714-2682 / [email protected].

31’ Island Packet 1985 - New rigging, roller furling. Yanmar diesel, new Awlgrip paint. Freshly refurbished. Asking $46,500. Call Bruce 860-235-5035 or Dana 860-912-0042

32’ Bristol Sloop 1979 - Westerbeke, wheel steering. Hull Awlgripped 2013. Asking $14,000. Call Bruce 860-235-5035 or Dana 860-912-0042

32’ C&C 99 2004 - Original owner. Op-tions incl: Spinnaker package, Leatherette seat cushions in main cabin and macerator. Very clean, well maintained. Carbon fiber mast, custom canvas cover, auto-pilot and instruments. Two sets of sails plus spinna-ker. $79,000. Will cooperate with brokers. Please call: 203-530-9143

33’ CAL 33 1987 -Harken traveler 2002, Harken furler 2004, Fairclough cover, bot-tom stripped/epoxy coated 2003, rudder replaced and adjustable genoa leads 2004. Rigged for Spinnaker 2007, Keel bolts 2008. Rebonded 2011, main cover 2013, Teak and Holly 2013, graphite Genoa 2013. Asks 36K Prestige Yacht Sales 203-353-0373

33’ Abbott 1983 “PIRATE” - Fractional rig easy to handle sail plan and narrow hull form make the Abbott 33 a great all around racer and has a finished cabin for over-nights. The sail inventory includes Doyle race sails and new asymmetric spinnaker. Double axel Triad trailer. $17,000 [email protected] 772-285-0877

34’ Sabre MK I ’83 - Prime example of a popular classic, current owner believes in preventative maintenance and has recently replaced or upgraded many key items, including new rich green canvas sail covers, bimini, etc. Asks 35K Prestige Yacht Sales 203-353-0373

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on watch.Louisa Chafee When medals are awarded at the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition in August, we won’t be surprised to see US Sail-ing Team Sperry athlete Louisa Chafee bringing one home to Warwick, Rhode Island. A three-time Collegiate All-American, Louisa and teammate Bora Gulari are representing the USA in the only Mixed Olympic class, the Nacra 17 catamaran. Louisa started sailing in the junior program at Saunderston Yacht Club. “I was eight or nine, but I quit after two years,” she recalls. “I just didn’t understand sailing when I was younger, and therefore I really hated the Opti. When my mum suggested that I try sailing again after high school, I was hesitant at first but decided to give it another shot.” “My cousin Quentin Chafee was my coach when I first got back into sailing,” says Louisa. “I’d been accepted to Brown, and was doing a Narragansett Bay Yachting Association regatta towards the end of the summer. Quentin said, ‘John Mollicone, the Brown Sailing Coach, is here. You should meet him because you might want to sail in college.’ I chatted with John between races and he said, ‘You should try out for the sailing team!’ It seemed like a big commitment of time, but I went to the first practice. I went to the second practice, and then I didn’t stop going to practice!” “John was very influential in helping me reach my potential in sailing,” says Louisa, who graduated in 2014. “I really enjoyed the team, I enjoyed being on the water, and I enjoyed the com-petitions every weekend. I bounced between different skippers my first year, which is not unusual when you’re a freshman. I sailed with Colin Smith in A Division my sophomore and junior years, and with Luke Adams my senior year. We had a great time and did really well together. I had a fairly unconventional major in Folklore & Mythology, and I wrote my honors thesis on drag-ons.” Louisa’s teammate Bora Gulari is a two-time Moth World Champion who set a class speed record of 30.31 knots a few years ago, and he’s US Sailing’s 2009 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. “We’re such a great team!” she enthuses. “Bora brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with high performance boats to our team, and I bring Nacra 17 specifics because I’ve sailed them for about a year longer than he has. We were train-ing partners for a few months. Bora and his crew Solvig Sayre, Mike Easton and Katie Pettibone, and Ian Liberty and I cre-ated a training group to ensure that whatever team goes to the Olympics is the best we can offer.” When Solvig Sayre sustained a shoulder injury, Gulari selected Louisa for the Olympic Trials regattas, the Sailing World Cup Miami and the Nacra 17 World Championship in Clearwater, FL. “Miami was a highlight for us. We were excited to be in the top 10 for most of the regatta, and at one point we were in third. We didn’t make the medal race, but that wasn’t unexpect-ed considering we’d just teamed up and were still figuring a few

things out. Clearwater was very windy and very wavy – definitely conditions that favored not only heavier teams but also teams that had spent more time together, because that’s when you need the play between skipper and crew to be really on point. We held it together enough to clinch the American spot, but we have a lot of work to do so that we’re fast

in every single condition that’s thrown at us.” Designed expressly as a Mixed Multihull for the 2016 Olympiad and capable of exceeding 25 knots, the Nacra 17 is the fastest Olympic class. “It’s incredible,” says Louisa. “I have so much fun on that boat! In Clearwater, there were times when we’d launch off a wave and be fully airborne for a moment. I really like the fact that the Nacra 17 is coed, and it’s going to be very exciting to have guys and girls competing against each other on the same course in the Olympics.” “The crew position on a Nacra 17 gets more difficult as the breeze increases, and it can be physically exhausting. Every muscle gets worked, especially the upper body. You’re playing this giant mainsail, and when you round the windward mark you have to hoist this giant spinnaker. You play the spinnaker going downwind, then get it in at the leeward mark and imme-diately play the main again. You need to be sure that your body’s at 100% so you can focus on looking around to see where the breeze is coming from and what your competitors are doing, and making sure the boat’s going as fast as possible.” “When I was in Miami, I worked with a trainer named Am-ner Pereira at The Workout Spot. Amner’s also a boxing coach, so we did lots of boxing and boxing-style workouts. Some days we focused on upper body and others on lower body, but always with a full-body element, and Amner set me up with a very regi-mented training schedule for endurance, cardio and strength.” Louisa and Bora recently competed in the Trofeo Princesa Sofía in Spain and the Sailing World Cup in France. “We might do the Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands this month,” she says, “and we’re hoping to do the World Cup Weymouth in England in June.” Visit gularichafeeracing.com to support their campaign, and follow them at facebook.com/USNacra17. As for being on her way to the Olympics, she says, “It’s pretty incred-ible that everything’s come together so nicely.” Louisa enjoys daysailing and cruising with her parents Lincoln & Stephanie, younger brother Caleb and younger sister Thea. “My dad has a J/100 and her name is Swift. She’s Stars & Stripes blue and she’s absolutely gorgeous,” she says, noting that the sport offers something for everyone. “You can go out on a high performance skiff and get that adrenalin rush, you can cruise around on a Hobie Cat, or just have a good time on a J Boat. Sailing is whatever you want it to be!” ■

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