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Hobart and William Smith sailors work
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Finish Line 80
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SAILING WORLD June 2006 5

Editor Dave Reed
Director of Design William Roche
Senior Editor Stuart Streuli
Associate Editor Tony Bessinger
Editors at Large Herb McCormick, Peter Isler, Gary Jobson
More Than Just A Trimmer

Racing Editors Betsy Alison, Ed Baird, Greg Fisher,
Terry Hutchinson, Tony Rey
Contributing Editors Ben Hall, Dave Powlison,
Dick Rose, Dr. Stuart Walker
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Assistant Art Director Shannon Cain ILL BE HONEST, WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT pile at 4:30deadlines be damnedto
Designer Elizabeth Wishe Herb McCormick, one of our editors at get our competitive x.
Editorial Director large, was taking a job cross country in Herbs leaving got me thinking about
John Burnham California, my first thought wasnt, how easily, in sailing every Thursday, a
Publisher Wow, good for Herb. Instead, it was, teammate becomes your closest mate,
Sally Helme (401) 845-5105; sally.helme@worldpub.net Damn. There goes our jib trimmer. without either one of you actually real-
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New England & Northern Europe the season. Yet lling his post is the least and have fun regardless of the outcome.
Michael Tamulaites (401) 845-5146
michael.tamulaites@worldpub.net of our worriesanyone can pull strings. Along the way, you push each other to
Southeast & Caribbean Herb bought Crack Of Noon back in sail harder and smarter, you poke fun
Jan MacMillan (252) 728-7884
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Mid-Atlantic & Southern Europe Ian and trimmed through season after in each others triumphs and disap-
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West Coast & Pacific Rim season of mediocre results. When he pointments. In this way, Herb is much
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Advertising Coordinators: Trish Reardon, Maggie Wakeeld always the master of his domain, rarely one hell of a send-off. It was the final
Non Marine Advertising Sales blowing a tack, no matter how many race of last years series, and in a soft
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Director of Marketing He never came forward After short tacking the
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Events Assistant Jennifer Myer It wont be the
except on the downwind Graveyard marker, giv-
Operations & Administration legs, where hed sit out- same without him, ing Herb his normal
Network Administrator Ryan Williams
Office Manager Kathy Gregory
board on the cabin top, but at least we workout, we rounded
plant his hand on the gave him one hell the weather mark first
Production
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of a send-off.
Advertising Services Manager Lindsey Martins listen to us indecisively in our throats. Wed
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Advertising Design Director Suzanne Oberholtzer talk through our options. seen this movie many
Production Artists John Digsby, Monica Alberta, He rarely tossed in his two cents, know- times before, and the ending was never
Laura Peterson, Lindsay Warden
ing full well there were already far too pretty, but lo and behold, for the first
many tacticians. But even when we talked time in 20 years we didnt cough up
ourselves from the front to the back of our lead.
Terry Snow President; Jo Rosler Chief Operating the eet, we could always count on him Rounding the leeward mark, we knew
Officer; Russ Cherami Director of Corporate Sales; to put the experience in perspective. we had the race in the bag, and one tack
Martin S. Walker Advertising Consultant; Bruce Miller VP,
Consumer Marketing; Dean Psarakis Business Director, Well, that was fun. Can we do it later we were rolling towards the nish,
Consumer Marketing; Leigh Bingham Subscription again, Ian? sporting a rail full of grins. At the very
Director, Consumer Marketing; Peter Winn Planning &
Development Director, Consumer Marketing; Vicki I rst met him when I walked onto the moment we crossed the finish line and
Weston Single Copy Sales Director; Lisa Earlywine Crack Of Noon program 20 years ago at heard the airhorns whimper, the sun, in
Director of Production Operations; Jay Evans Director of
New Media Technologies; Mike Stea Director of Network the impressionable age of 15. In the en- its stunning autumnal orange hues,
& Computer Operations; Nancy Coalter Controller;
Dinah Peterson Credit Manager; Sheri Bass Director of
suing decades I figure Ive sailed more slipped behind the hills of Jamestown.
Human Resources; Heather Idema Research Director; than 500 races with Herb, and spent No one immediately dove for the cooler.
Dean Turcol Director of Communications
more weekends with him than my own We were too stunned, dazed in our mo-
father who lives in the same town. Over ment of glory, until Herb spoke up.
the years he taught me much about Well, its about freakin time.
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Olympic Opinions publisher, I cant resist giving

IVE BEEN READING STUART you my favorite FNG story.
Streulis article about the Once I was in Santa Cruz call-
Olympic classes [found at ing on Bill Lee, whod finally
www.sailingworld.com] and become an advertiser. Its
fully agree. For your informa- Wednesday and we have our
tion,12 years ago,Paul Elvstrm regular beer-can race, he said.
(four-time gold medalist) sug- Would you like to come
gested to ISAF more or less sim- along? Naturally, I said,
ilar changes. The 49er was a re- What time?
sult of his request for more The scene gave new meaning
athletic boats; since then, poli- to the word casual. There
tics. I twice won the Yngling were maybe 35 people on Bills
Worlds ages ago; its not a boat 70-footer. He asked a series of
with Olympic potential. questions like, Who wants to
BO ECHWALD do foredeck? For each posi-
DENMARK tion, a half-dozen hands would
go up, until, Who wants to
I JUST READ THE ARTICLES AND I steer?No hands. So I put mine
found them rather inspiring. up and steered while Bill sat in
The only issue I found is that his deck chair on the fantail. At
depending on your choices of the nish, we were a length be-
keelboats, you could be spelling hind a Bill Lee 50-footer; I was
the demise of bigger sailors in a sorry skipper. Bill said,Great
the Olympics. The Finn class is work, to his guest. Then I
the longest running dinghy in looked at the 50-footer, which
the Olympics and there are def- had only 10 guys as crew. I felt
initely enough people in its better as the FNG from the East
weight range to compete. I Coast racing magazine.
agree that the mens double- One other: In about 1968 our
handed dinghy needs to be founder, Knowles Pittman,
more powerful. As far as keel- talked his buddy Gary Comer
boats go, I honestly think that into running a 16-page section
the Tempest, maybe with a big- of his brand new catalog in our
ger spinnaker, would be a great boatshow issue. The catalogue
mens doublehanded class. was called Lands End.
Long established Olympic GEORGE EDDY
classes are stagnating the sport. SAN FRANCISCO
How about keeping the
Olympic classes a secret until a My predecessor, John Burnham,
short time before the Olympics tells me hes in possession of
begin. There are more than Georges unpublished memoirs,
enough classes out there that of which he says theres, maybe
every Olympics could feature a 200 pages, most of them true.
new set of boats. The Star, Finn, Perhaps George will allow us to
and 470 were all great boats bring some of them to these pages.
when they were chosen, but And, what the heck, if you have a
since then better boats have great FNG story, send it along to
come around. editorial@sailingworld.com
KEVIN BOOKER D.R.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF.
Address letters to Editor, Sail-
ing World, 55 Hammarlund
From One FNG Way, Middletown, RI 02842 or
to Another by e-mail to editorial@sailing-
DAVE, YOUR FIRST ISSUE IS world.com. Include your full
magnificent. As SWs former name and address.
8 SAILING WORLD June 2006

Starting Line
JON NASH/DPPI, SIMON FISHER/ABN AMRO, DAVID BRANIGAN/VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Fighting For the Bone

THE RIO DE JANEIRO STOPOVER place points once again and Movistar and Pirates of the cause if they nish in the posi-
in March was essentially the leaving four others to fight Caribbean were nally getting tion theyre holding at the
halfway point of the Volvo over the proverbial bonea their acts together. moment [last place] then we
Ocean Race, both in terms of scenario that now seems to This much was borne out can take second place in the
mileage, and the overall scor- dene the rest of the race. when Movistar and Pirates overall rankings.
ing scheme. If there was any At the start of the races sub- sailed into Baltimore, respec- ABN Two scored its worse
hope of eventually chipping sequent leg to Baltimore, the tively, on ABN AMRO Ones individual leg finish, which
away at ABN AMRO Ones young squad of ABN AMRO heels. Second place is a good dropped them to third in the
lead, it had to start with the Two knew its second-place result for us, said skipper standings, 1 point behind Mo-
Rio in-port race. However, standing was tenuous at best. Bouwe Bekking after pulling vistar, and half of a point
ABN One notched its fourth Conditions would likely favor into Baltimores Inner Har- ahead of Pirates. We would
in-port win in convincing the narrower boats. Weighing bor. Now we just have to wait have liked to have been on the
fashion, devouring the first- into this was the reality that and see how the kids do, be- podium again, but you cant
RUDIGER RETURNS
After an upheaval in the boats
chain of command in Rio de
Janeiro, it was obvious something
had to change onboard Ericsson.
The fall guy, once the Volvo Ocean
Race reached Baltimore, was nav-
igator Steve Hayles.
Taking his place for the subse-
quent sprint leg to New York,
and the transatlantic leg to
Portsmouth, England, is Mark
Rudiger. Two years ago, Rudiger
was literally staring death in the
face, having learned he had
Lymphoma.
It hit me hard, he says.
Choosing a harsh, but more ef-
fective series of treatments, and
maintaining a healthier lifestyle,
Rudiger battled his way to
health. He says hes 110 percent.
In fact, Im in better shape
today than I was when I learned I
had the Lymphoma.
The 52-year-old Californian
and father of one wasnt gone
from sailing for long. By last
summer he was back in the sad-
dle, navigating Randall Pittmans
Genuine Risk in the Centennial
Transpac Race, and now hes full
time with the top IRC program
(Moneypenny, a Swan 601).
With Hayles on his way out,
Ericssons team managers
sought Rudiger, who had offered
his services on a consulting
basis before the race.
After the last time [1997-98
Whitbread on winner EF
Language] I made it clear that I
wasnt going to do the race again,
I N TO T H E F I N A L ST R E TC H
for personal and family reasons,
ABN AMRO Two, second overall at the start of the Volvo Ocean says Rudiger. But I wanted an
Races Leg 5 to Baltimore, had its fortunes reversed when the opportunity to sail a Volvo 70. Its
fleet slipped away (skipper Sbastien Josse, stands on the
hard to say no to a transatlantic
shoulders of bowman Simeon Tienpont, looking for breeze).
With a second in Leg 5, the Spanish entry Movistar continued leg on one of these boats.
its rise through the ranks and now stands second overall. With addition of fellow Ameri-
can Ken Read as skipper for the
have it all, said ABN Twos runner up. A fourth-place n- Gothenburg (Sweden) Movis- next two legs as well, Rudiger
trimmer George Peet. We ish behind Brasil 1 and Pirates, tar, having had its share of feels Ericsson can put higher
had our share of difcult sail- respectively, dropped the setbacks and playing catch up, points on the board. Ive been
ing conditions. Tactically we youngsters another notch to is now in a position to play de- watching this race very closely,
knew it was going to be tricky, fourth. We are looking for- fense. Its still anyones race, he says, and the one thing
the people that got ahead were ward to this next sprint leg to says Movistars top driver, Stu thats obvious, compared to the
going to stay in front. New York and the following Bannatyne. We have the boat last time with the Volvo 60s, is
The Baltimore in-port, how- legs so we can work to regain a xed and we can now concen- that small differences in perfor-
ever, marked the tipping point spot on the podium, said Peet. trate on sailing it. From here mance make for larger differ-
for the races underdogs. We are still a contender. on out, you can be sure if ences in mileage. With a better
Movistars win in the light-air, With legs yet to sail to New theres a split in the eet, well speed team in place they can fin-
12-mile race cemented its York, Portsmouth (England), go with the Pirates. ish this race off right.
place on top in the battle for Rotterdam (Netherlands), and DAVE REED D.R.

WINDSHIFTS
Revitalized CORT Includes New Event
US SAILING and the Canadian
Yachting Association selected
the 2006 Hobie 16 North Ameri-
cans in Narragansett, R.I., Sept.
11 to 15, as their respective trials AFTER LAYING DORMANT FOR A
for the 2007 Pan Am Games in couple of years, the Caribbean
Rio de Janeiro. www.hca-na.org Ocean Racing Triangle was re-
vived in 2006 with a slightly
The 2005-06 World Match different look. This CORT
Racing Tour schedule has been now includes the Culebra
reduced from nine to eight Heineken Regatta, the St.
events after organizers of the Croix International Regatta,
GKSS Match Cup (formerly and the BVI Spring Regatta.
Swedish Match Cup) were forced While the others are longtime
to cancel their event due to staples on the Caribbean cir-
funding difficulties. cuit, the Culebra regatta is vir-
www.worldmatchracingtour.com tually brand new. But in just
its second year, its doubled in
At US SAILINGs spring size thanks largely to its con-
meeting in Chicago, One-Design venient location, emphasis on
Class Council Chairman James local classes, and solid organi-
Appel presented the Service zation. We visited Culebra
Award for the John H. Gardiner last year and talked to locals
Jr. Trophy to the J/105 classs who said its a race we have to
Nelson Weiderman (Wakefield, go to, says Dave West, skipper for many it is considered their A pair of local Chalanas class
R.I.); the Club Award to the An- of Chippewa, a Farr 395 from backyard. sailboats, Santos Munoz Jetzy
napolis (Md.) YC; the Leadership Wisconsin. Regatta director Angel (left) and Carlos Marreros
Award to Linda Leader (Granger, Malas Manas (PUR 124) cross
Located 20 miles from both Ayala accommodated the di-
jibes during a light air run at the
Ind.) of the Sunfish Class; and Puerto Rico and the U.S. verse fleet on four different 2006 Culebra Heineken Regatta
the Creativity Award to Denise Virgin Islands, the island racecourses. Lasers and Opti- in the Spanish Virgin Islands.
MacGillivray (Portsmouth, R.I.). part of the Spanish Virgin mists raced inside the harbor
www.ussailing.org Islandsprovides a unique of Ensenada Onda. The cal influences. West plans to
setting for a regatta. The har- IC24s, J24s, native Chalanas, return next year to defend his
The Morris Yacht & Beach bor side pool provided the and Snipes raced in waters title with Chippewa, one of the
Club (City Island, N.Y.) clubhouse perfect place for sailors to around Bahia Ensenada. Ad- few international boats to
was destroyed by fire in March. mentally prepare for the races, ditional windward/leeward enter in 2006.
The Fordham University Sailing discuss strategy, and mingle courses were set offshore for As the main harbor is limit-
Team is collecting 12 x 18 yacht with other crews. Apart from the multihullls, performance ed, the keelboat portion of the
club burgees to be displayed in the hotel, Costa Bonita, where cruisers, and racing classes. regatta cant get a whole lot
the new club. Burgee donations the regatta parties are held, Culebra is the most eco- larger than the 72 boats that
go to Coach Joe Sullivan, Culebra is undeveloped and nomical regatta in the competed last March. But
Lombardi Center, Fordham provides one of the best an- Caribbean, very convenient, a perhaps that will enable the
University, Bronx, NY 10458 chorages because of its barrier beautiful venue, says West, Culebra regatta to retain some
reef, says Sergio Sagramoso, and they throw great parties. of the local charm that currently
Russell Coutts first major skipper of the Beneteau 40.7 The race committee cared separates it from the larger,
production design project, the Lazy Dog from San Juan, Puer- about getting it right. It was more commercial Caribbean
RC 44, now has a class website, to Rico. It is a very special pure windward/leeward races events.
www.RC44.com place for Puerto Ricans and unencumbered by geographi- JULIE SMITH
National, North American,

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COLLEGE RANKINGS
Determined by Sailing Worlds
coaches panel: Michael Callahan
(Georgetown), Ken Legler (Tufts),
and Mike Segerblom (USC).
Based on results through April 11.
COED (prev rank)
1. Hobart/Wm. Smith (2)
2. Tufts (3)
3. Harvard (4)
4. St. Marys (6)
5. Georgetown (1)
6. Yale (7)
7. USC (9)
8. Hawaii (12)
9. Dartmouth (14) QUEENS OF THE PRINCESS SOFIA
10. Boston College (5) To no ones surprise, the American Yngling finish and wrap up the title. Other U.S. sailors
11. UC Irvine (11) team of (l to r) Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe, and finishing in the top 10 included the Yngling
Debbie Capozzi won the Yngling division at the team of Hannah Swett, Liz Filter, and Melissa
12. Brown (15) Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca, Purdy (sixth), Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergen-
13. South Florida (13) Spain. Barkow, Howe, and Capozzi entered the thaler (sixth in the Womens 470), Laser Radial
double-weighted trophy race with just a 2-point competitors Anna Tunnicliffe (fourth) and Paige
14. Stanford (8)
lead over second place and used their match- Railey (eighth), and Brad Funk (seventh in the
15. Charleston (10) racing skills to stay between their rival and the Laser). www.trofeoprincesasofia.org
16. Navy (19)
17. Rhode Island
18. Connecticut College
19. Old Dominion

(16)
Larson Gets Back in the Harness
20. Washington MORGAN LARSON IS TOO LAID Cup campaign and pursued in- onship with Trevor Baylis.
Also receiving votes: UC Santa back to use the clich unn- terests outside the sport while Then in the fall of 2004, when
Barbara, Coast Guard, Eckerd, ished business to describe his doing enough professional sail- 2004 U.S. Olympic 49er crew
SUNY Maritime, Roger Williams 49er career. Yet part of whats ing to make a living. Pete Spaulding called looking
pulled him back into the two- Financially, it was probably for a skipper for the 2005 Rolex
WOMEN (prev rank) person skiff is the opportunity a mistake, he says. But a lots Miami OCR, Larson was avail-
1. Charleston (1)
to finally fulfill the Olympic happened in the past few years, able. They won that regatta
dream that propeled him which probably wouldnt have and sailed a few more events in
2. Yale (3) through three previous 2005. It wasnt until this
3. St. Marys (2) campaigns. I guess Ive January, says Larson,
always wanted to, says that we decided to put
4. Hawaii (6)
Larson, 35, who nished other commitments
5. Georgetown (4) second in the 1999 49er aside and give it the time
6. Dartmouth (8) U.S. Olympic Trials. But it needs to be successful.
the commitment level This month Larson and
7. Stanford (7)
these days is so high, I Spaulding will test their
NICO MARTINEZ, WALTER COOPER/US SAILING
8. Navy (5) had put it behind me a bit talents at the 2006 49er
9. Tufts (11)
and got on with trying to Worlds, in Aix-les-Bain,
make some money. France, June 4 to 11. Lar-
10. Boston College As for the rest of the Morgan Larson (left) and 2004 Olympian son finished third at three
11. Harvard (10) motivation: Shoot, Lar- Pete Spaulding are the top-ranked 49er previous 49er world
team on the 2006 U.S. Sailing Team.
son says, I just love championships in the
12. Connecticut College (9)
dinghy sailing. After his con- had I signed up for a long- late 90s. While the competi-
13. South Florida (12) tract with the OneWorld Amer- term job. tion has only gotten better in
14. MIT icas Cup syndicate expired fol- At the top of that list is his the interim, his goals havent
lowing the 2003 Americas Cup, relationship with his future changed. We want to win, he
15. Old Dominion (13)
Larson shied away from com- wife, whom he plans to marry says. Whether we have what it
Also receiving votes: UC Santa
mitting himself to another long this summer. He also won the takes yet, I guess well nd out.
Barbara
term project such as a Volvo or 2004 505 World Champi- STUART STREULI

TEAM RACING
Dawns Team Lives to Fight Another Day
With a win at the U.S. Team
Racing Association Midwinters in
January, the Boston-based Route
3 Split team moves into second
in the dinghy rankings. Just THE EARLY BIRD GOT THE WORM.
ahead of this rising team is the
However it took until just be-
reigning world champs from
fore midnight. After three
Whishbone. By finishing second
years of struggling to find a
at the worlds last fall and making
the semifinals of the US SAIL-
title sponsor, Dawn Rileys
INGs Team Racing Champs (aka
French K-Challenge syndicate
the Hinman) a few weeks later, signed a $15-million sponsor-
Somerville Silver Panda stays in ship deal with Areva, the
the top three. But close on its heels power company that backed
is Brad Funks Team Trouble, Le Dfi during the previous
which dominated the heavy-air Americas Cup.
Hinman regatta last October. We were down to the end,
The summer dinghy season says Riley, adding that until
starts on both coasts in June they signed the agreement to
with the 24-team Charles River become Areva Challenge, she
Team Race in Bostonwatch out wasnt sure the team would
for those fresh-out-of-college make it to the starting line for
teamsand the Pacific Coast the 2006 Americas Cup Class
Champs at the San Diego YC, season, which commenced
which will host the 2006 May 11 in Valencia, Spain.
Hinman Trophy in September. Riley founded the team with
In the keelboats, Southern YC the father-son duo of Ortwin Decked out in her new Areva livery, FRA-60 goes out for a spin off
claims the top spot for the first Valencia. K-Challenge signed a $15-million deal with Areva in the
and Stphane Kandler in early nick of time and will build a new boat this fall.
time after trouncing the field at
2003, announcing their cam-
the Jackson Cup, hosted by
paign for the 32nd Americas sored. It felt like overnight. get used to them and the
Boston YC in Sonars. This regatta
in early April saw some of the
Cup before Alinghi even beat As happy as Riley was after teams like us.
most competitive keelboat team
Team New Zealand to win the the deal was announced, she Riley also has to build the
racing yet as eight teams kicked 31st. At one point there were also knows the team is facing teams base, find housing for
off the season. The upcoming three French syndicates. Lock a long uphill road, starting in the sailing teama challenge
summer looks to be quite busy Peyron and Bertrand Pac the 2006 Acts, where theyre since the Pope comes to town
as the number of events across folded shop after being unable sailing a 2000-generation hull in Julyand get the new boat
the country continues to grow. to land a sponsor and Le D (FRA-60) against new boats under construction. And
The top teams will be gearing up switched flags to become designed specifically to Ver- while she isnt planning on
for two big regattas later in the China Team. sion 5 of the Americas Cup doing a lot of sailing, Areva
summer, the Morgan Cup hosted Even as the lone remaining Class rule. Challenge is a small team and
by New York YC, and the Lee French syndicate, the deal with Our goal is to start every everyone wears more than
Trophy hosted at Seawanhaka Areva was far from a sure day like we believe that we can one hat.
Corinthian YC. thing. In terms of this current win that race on that day, Im also back up for two
Spring 2006 Rankings, as deal, it was all within a month, says Riley. But I think youre sailing positions right now,
determined by a joint USTRA/US says Riley, the syndicates gen- going to see a lot bigger dif- she says. If we have any in-
SAILING Team Racing Commit- eral manager. I dont even ferences between the top juries, Im on the boat. But Ive
tee panel of Gavin OHare, Holt know exactly how it started, teams that not only have new been doing this for 15 years, so
Condon, Sean Doyle, Ken Legler, but all of the sudden we were boats but have had some time I think Ill remember how.
Dave Perry, Dean Brenner, and
talking and then we were spon- and personnel to be able to STUART STREULI
Colin Gordon.
DINGHY:
1. Cape Cod Whishbone; 2.
R E C O R D A S S A U LT B E G I N S A N E W
Route 3 Split; 3. Somerville After a brief hiatus from the limelight, the Peyrons Orange II has moved to the East
Silver Panda; 4. Team Trouble; 5. mega-mulithulls are back chasing records Coast of the United States in anticipation of a
Larchmont YC; 6. Larchmont YC around the globe. As we went to press, Ellen late spring run at Steve Fossetts 4-day, 17.5-
Ligers; 7. Mid-Atlantic McGnarly; MacArthur and her 75-foot trimaran were hour transatlantic record. The North Atlantic
8. Tap and Go; 9. NYYC Amateur cherry-picking records in Southeast Asia. This record is the most prestigious after the round-
Hour; 10. SF Bay BGA. tour was MacArthurs swan song with long-time the-world voyage, says Peyron, and the most
sponsor Kingfisher. Oliver de Kersausons difficult to beat, taking into account the high
KEELBOAT: Geronimo was also making tracks in the Pacif- average speed that is needed. To top Fossetts
1. Southern YC; 2. Larchmont ic, setting a San Francisco to Yokohama record mark, Orange II needs to average nearly 26
YC; 3. Seawanhaka YC; 4. New of 14 days, 23 hours. Not to be outdone, Bruno knots from New York to the Lizard.
York YC; 5. Yale Corinthian YC.

BY GARY JOBSON
A Letter from Valencia

ID NEVER BEEN TO VALENCIA, SPAIN, THE MEDITERRANEAN ARENA Defense promises to be a huge spectacle
for the 32nd Americas Cup Match, but when I arrived there in that, in the end, will be uncharacteristi-
cally close. Larry Ellison, head of Ameri-
March to visit with BMW Oracle Racing, I was astonished to cas only challenging syndicate, came
see that the waterfront of Spains third largest city had been close in 2003 in his rst campaign, and he
returns with a full-bore effort.
transformed from an unsightly port to a vibrant, buzzing Cup Ellison, who thrives on the challenge of
village unlike any Ive seen. All 12 teams are located at the head a Cup campaign, once told writer Ivor
Wilkins, Sport has this nite, clear end-
of Valencias large ship basin, and a new the nishing touches on their bases, and ing that is not present in business. That
800-yard canal allows the Cup yachts to in some cases, launching new boats, and clarity between winning and losing is a
be on the racecourse in less than 20 min- more recently, ramping up their sailing in dramatic difference. In business, there are
utes. When an onshore breeze blows, as it preparation for the 2006 Louis Vuitton more gray areas. In business, there are lots
usually does, the starting line will be close Acts, which started in May. During my of winners. Being second is not so bad. In
to the shore. There are also two new visit it was immediately obvious that the the Americas Cup, there is no second.
marinas, one for mega yachts, and a 400- collective effort being expended is extra- He clearly understands whats at stake
slip facility for smaller boats. All this ordinary, even by the Cups lofty stan- this time around.
work has been achieved in only two years. dards. The accelerated use of technology The scope of changes in the Americas
With this construction as a backdrop, and continuous training and racing is Cup format, its venue, and the expense is
Cup teams were busy themselves, putting unprecedented, and I sense that this 32nd mind-boggling, but when you peel back
the layers, this event still comes down to a
sailboat race, and, as with most sailing
races, you can count on surprises along
the way.
One challenge the teams will face is
matching the design conguration of the
boats to the anticipated weather. BMW
Oracles design coordinator, Ian Burns,
says the average wind is good (15 to 18
knots), but there are many weather ex-
tremes in Valencia. In other words, luck
could have a significant impact on the
outcome of Louis Vuitton and Cup
matches.
History is a helpful guide to what might
happen in Valencia. In the past 30 years,
the team that has spent the most money
GILLES MARTIN-RAGET/BMW ORACLE
has not won the Cup. Its the fastest boat

that always wins, and its people that gen-
erate a boats speed.
Thus, the success of BMW Oracles
campaign rests heavily on the shoulders
In last years Act 8, in Trapani, Italy, BMW
Oracle Racing confirmed that it had its
house in order and that it had elevated its
game by defeating eventual Act 8 winner,
Alinghi, in both teams final match.

The addition of Americas Cup veterans Peter Isler, BMW Oracles newly recruited navigator, and tactican Bertrand Pac, have given the
teams afterguard a slightly different dynamic that appears to fit with skipper Chris Dicksons management style.
of CEO and skipper Chris Dickson, who Farr Yacht Design, based in Annapolis, and a huge hospitality center on the top
is sailing his fth Cup campaign. In 1986 Md., is once again teamed up with BMW, floor with two bars, television screens,
Dickson steered New Zealands Kiwi as is Juan Kouyoumdjian, of Argentina, comfortable lounges, and a commanding
Magic to an impressive 37-1 record be- the designer of the Volvo Ocean Races view of the harbor. Team members spend
fore falling to Dennis Conners Stars & runaway leader, ABN AMRO One. Bruce long days at the base, and they move
Stripes in the Louis Vuitton Cup nals 5- Farr is now on his seventh Americas Cup about with a purposeful style. During a
1. Dickson was 24 at the time, and is now campaign, and like Dickson, hes anxious rare tour of the facility, I found the
the same age as Dennis Conner was for to get his hands on the one prize that has sailors, designers, engineers, and workers
that very match. After being benched by eluded him so many times. were cordial, but extremely focused.
Ellisons team for much of 2002, he was The amount of performance data being Theres no substitute for time on the
brought back at the 11th hour only to run collected has clearly escalated this time water and the Louis Vuitton Acts sched-
into Alinghi in the Louis Vuitton Cup around, and Burns explained how the re- uled this summer will give the sailors and
final for another tough defeat. Maturity search is conducted. We start with ex- designers an opportunity to test their
and experience count for a lot in this new designs. The question every team
game, however, so this could be Dicksons The question every team will will wrestle with is when to sail their new
time. Hes a tough character to say the wrestle with is when to sail boats against the opposition? In my view,
least, hard on his competitors, his crew, their new boats against the early testing will make a big difference
and most of all, himself, and having never later. The ultimate winner will use their
opposition? In my view, early
won the Cup, hes hungry. new equipment early. The most impor-
John Kostecki and Gavin Brady left testing will make a big tant thing that can happen is to develop a
BMW Oracle late in 2005, but the team difference later. system where the team can quickly make
seems to be performing better without improvements and changes.
them. Dickson needs a supporting cast perimenting in towing tanks, wind tun- Historically, Americas Cup contests are
that understands his demanding style and nels, and computers, he said. Next, we one-sided matches (1920, 1934, and 1983
temperament and navigator Peter Isler spend time studying results using com- are the only exceptions), but the Cup in
and tactician Bertrand Pac, of France, are putational fluid dynamics. Out on the Valencia will absolutely feature close rac-
well cast for their respective roles. water we keep track of data using a Wi-Fi ing. The new Americas Cup Class Rule
All the pieces are in place for BMW Or- system. Finally, we analyze the boats per- calls for similar lengths, sail area, and dis-
acle to excel and the team exudes the im- formance based on the perception of the placement, so the premium will be on
pression that its a smooth-running oper- sailors. Its important we customize our weight saving, sail shape, construction,
ation thanks to abundant, initial funding. design for our teams sailing style. Alinghi and most of all, sailing skill.
Team engineers, working alongside engi- needs a different boat because they have a Blending the knowledge of the sailors
GILLES MARTIN-RAGET/BMW ORACLE
neers from BMW, are focused on what different style. and the scientists is a tough task, but Elli-
they describe as a technology transfer. BMW Oracles compound is one mas- son is used to merging the talents of
Professor Dr. Raymond Freymann, of sive operation. It includes a high-tech many people in his businesses, and he has
BMW, is leading this effort, and he told boatyard, a research lab, two boat bays, a put all the pieces in place to do the same
me, the inside of the hull is the most mast crane (in 2005 their masts were in the Americas Cup. Id be surprised if
complex part of the construction. BMW taken out 170 times), a sail loft, an oven BMW Oracle Racing, Italys Luna Rossa,
structural engineering expertise is being to bake boat parts, locker rooms, meeting or Emirates Team New Zealand do not
integrated into the yacht design, and even rooms, rigging shop, two travel hoists, reach the final to square up against the
the foul weather gear is customized for machine shop, fitness center, storage, defender Alinghi. No matter what hap-
every different position on the boat. electronic shop, weather studio, offices, pens, it will certainly be fun to watch. !
I N T E R V I E W B Y D AV E R E E D
For Scandone, Theres One Clear Mission

AT THE ROLEX YACHTSMAN OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON IN FEBRUARY, losing [2.4 Meter] races or events because
of my physical limitations then it might be
Nick Scandone paused to take a deep breath before turning to time to look into the secondary class. My
Olympic 470 gold medalists Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham, goal is to get to Beijing, represent the
country, and win a medal, and I dont care
standing to his left. The pause had the double effect of allow- what boat I do it in.
ing him to catch his breath and to punctuate his closing Where do you fall in that range now?
statement. I may not live to make it to the Olympics and win When I went to Miami in 2004 and
sailed my rst disabled event I was con-
the gold like you guys, he said to the pair. And if I dont, sidered a 7, and then the next year I was a
then this is my medal. At the root of Scandones uncertainty 3. When they test you for reclassication,
its a bit depressing because Im not like a
is the unpredictable nature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, paraplegic where the number stays the
the neurodegenerative disease that is pro- woman, and that one person be what they same. It can be hard, mentally, to slide
gressively weakening his muscles, which consider severely or very severely disabled. down the scale, but Im going with the
has the 39-year-old 2.4 Meter world The way the disabled sailing classication ow and enjoying the time I have to con-
champion from Fountain Valley, Calif., works is they rank you from 1 to 7, with tinue to sail competitively.
wondering whether hell have the being the least disabled and 1 being the Were your formative years in dinghies?
strength to stay at the top of his game most severely disabled. With the new boat, I grew up in the Naples Sabot, and
long enough to see action in the 2008 one person has to be either a 1 or a 2, and when I got into college I sailed FJs and
Paralympic Games. Today, he says, all he the other can be as high as a 7. Im trying Lidos 14s [He was an All-American at UC
can do is look ahead. to keep my options open because if I start Irvine]. Then I started sailing the 470
I imagine your Rolex selection has with Chris Raab, but I had the typical is-
changed things a bit. sues with raising money and ended up
Yeah, everyone keeps asking me for the hooking up with another guy that had a
time. Its been a little funny being recog- new boat and funding in line. We won the
nized as much as I have been because, for North Americans, but we had a falling
the most part, you dont see that in sailing. out and didnt win the Olympic Trials.
Whats happening on the 2.4 Meter Thats one of the reasons Im hesitant to
campaign trail? go to the two-person [paralympic] boat.
I have a new boat on order, and Im Its a situation where youre dealing with
supposed to pick it up before the Worlds another personality and it becomes a
in Helsinki, Finland, this summer. But team thing rather than an individual
due to my progression Im getting a self- thing.
tacking jib boom, which I havent had to Are you hard to sail with?
use in the past. No, not at all, but I guess I have a con-
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Is it disappointing to have use one? cern that I have only one shot and I want
Yeah, it does put a little emphasis on to make sure it counts. First of all, you
the fact that Im not getting any stronger, have to find a good woman sailor thats
and that my physical limitations are also disabled, and there arent many out
affecting what may happen in the future. there, and Im the one thats going to be
How do you anticipate your status for closer to the 1, so Id need a woman that
the Olympics three years from now? was classified as a 6 or a 7, and the only
Im in a situation where Im leaving my ones that I know of in the disabled sailing
options open to go into the two-person scene today are 1s or 2s.
boat theyve designated for the Olympics. Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Nick Scandone For more of this interview, and to learn
Its a different type of boat and the main taught Californias top youth sailors a few what got Scandone to the top of his game,
requirement is that you sail with one new tricks at last Aprils CISA Clinic. visit www.sailingworld.com
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Surviving St. Maarten
BY TONY BESSINGER
A long weekend spent

racing in the Caribbean
in late February can be a
survival test if you fail
to treat the St. Maarten
Heineken Regatta with
the utmost of caution.
BOB GRIESER

Peter Peake, owner of the Henderson 30 Slippery When Wet, from Trinidad, may
adhere to the belief that neon colors distract opposing helmsmen. Not only are the
mast, boom, and hull accented with bright yellow, but so are his crew. His bowperson
is the crewmember most committed to the distraction theory.
On the Spinnaker Class 2 starting line, there was one boat especially capable of
blotting out both the sun and the wind. Peter Harrisons Farr 115 Sojana was always
given a wide berth to leeward during starting sequences. Fall victim to its wind
shadow then and youd pay for the rest of the beat.
TIM WRIGHT, BOB GRIESER
Hordes of mostly European charterers strip the regions bareboat charter fleets bare
for the Heineken, as evidenced by 92 boats in five individual bareboat classes this
year. Bareboat crews sail without spinnakers, and theyre not allowed to unroll their
headsails until five minutes before their start, but the racing has the intensity of the
top spinnaker classes. The race committee makes all attempts to keep the bareboats
and spinnaker classes separate, but chance crossings are inevitable.

BOB GRIESER

A well-lubricated crowd at the St.
Maarten YC welcomes racers into
Simpson Bay Lagoon after racing
on Friday and Sunday (on Satur-
day, racers finish off Marigot, on
the French side of the island). A
drawbridge spanning the Lagoon
entrance only opens a few times a
day. Missing the 7:30 a.m. opening
means staying on the dock, finish-
ing ones caf au lait and baguette,
taking a DNS in the first race, and
waiting for the 10 a.m. opening.
Swan 68s Chippewa and White

Lie, and the Swan 60 Team At-
lantic, of Spinnaker 2, thunder
upwind during Fridays race. Even
with the relatively light breezes
that prevailed at this years
Heineken, the overlapping head-
BOB GRIESER (3), TIM WRIGHT
sails on these heavy-displace-

ment boats chewed up and spat
out even the toughest grinders.
The rewards at the end of the
day, however, especially the icy
cold 9-ounce Heineken cans
brewed specifically for the event,
and the nightly entertainment,
are worth all the hard work.

For the crews on big grand-prix boats such as Tom
Hills Reichel/Pugh 77 Titan (above), the Heineken pre-
sents technically challenging sailing. Windward/lee-
ward courses were included for the first time this year
in several of the Spinnaker classes, but most of the
races were point-to-point. With turning marks scat-
tered around the island, spinnaker peels and headsail
changes occurred with exhausting regularity. Titans
crew, veterans of this type of Caribbean racing, sol-
BOB GRIESER
diered through and won all four of its races.

Ouch! See what happens when you unroll the headsail and reduce the helmsmans
visibility? Considering the size of the bareboat fleet, collisions like this are relatively
rare occurrences. Wilbert van Pattens Moorings 51 bareboat Wiesman GT plows into
an unidentified sisterships starboard side during the second day of racing. The inci-
dent earned Wiesman GT a disqualification, which landed them near the bottom of
the 18-boat Moorings 51 bareboat class.
The St. Maarten Heineken is legendary for big breeze, but the last two years have
been unseasonably light. After a brief postponement on the final day of racing this
year, principal race officers Tony Blachford and Andrew Rapley pulled the plug on the
bareboats, the cruising multihulls, and the open class. Thirty minutes later they put
the rest of the racers out of their misery. This was the second time in the regattas
TIM WRIGHT (2)
26-year history that a day of racing was cancelled due to a lack of wind. The aban-
donment gave everyone time to recover before the final party of the regatta, the
awards ceremony on Kim Shah Beach, which featured Grammy-winning world music
band, Ozomatli.

COLLEGE SAILING GUIDE 2006
Hobart and William Smith
got to the top of college
sailing the old-fashioned
way, by working harder
and smarter than any
other team in the land.
Investing in Sweat

BY STUART STREULI,
PHOTOS BY AMORY ROSS
n the spring of 1994, Chad Corning headed out for the last
I
B-division race of the America Trophy hosted by Old Do-
minion University in Norfolk, Va. It was the nal race of
his college career. The teams further up the standings were
battling for one of four district berths at the spring na-
tionals. For Cornings team from Hobart and William
Smith Colleges in upstate New York, though, there wasnt
much on the line save for pride, It wouldve been as good a nish
as wed had in quite a while, he says.
Corning, sailing with Michelle Torrisi, won the race by a consid-
erable margin, lifting HWS, led by rst-year head coach Scott Ikl,
into the position theyd set as the goal before the regatta. Everyone
was psyched, he says, and Scott said, Were never looking back.
There was such a positive feeling that the team was going to move
forward.
Over the next decade the team did exactly that, qualifying for its
rst InterCollegiate Sailing Association spring national champi-
onship in Ikls third season at the reins, then nishing third in
1998 in the college coed spring championships, and second in
2000. Last spring, on Lake Travis outside of Austin, Texas, Ikls
squad of Statesmen (Hobart) and Herons (William Smith) won
two of three spring championships, taking the coed dinghy title by
a comfortable 37-point margin and the team-racing crown with
13-4 record.
To create a national sailing power in upstate New York, Ikl
turned a former club team known more for its social prowess than
its regatta results into one of the toughest, if not the toughest, col-
legiate sailing program in the country.
Its a reputation he embraces and downplays at the same time.
Recruiting in college sailing is now very competitive, and he knows
that other sailors and coaches will cau-
The wavy and often- tion top junior sailors about the no fun
windy Seneca Lake is program Ikl runs on the northern shore
well-suited to Hobart of Seneca Lake. But, on the other hand,
and William Smith its not a reputation falsely earned. Cod-
coach Scott Ikls disci-
plined program, which
dled junior sailing stars who enroll at
Equity
includes sailing in all HWS expecting a cushy ride and prefer-
sorts of weather and ential treatment are in for quite a shock.
rigorous physical train- When Corning arrived on campus in
ing. But Ikl says the the fall of 1990, he found many of the
benefits of this ap- building blocks for a competitive sailing
proach apply no matter
team. We had some fairly new boats, we
what the conditions.
had a nice location on the lake, he says.
We had a modest budget. The attitude
was a bit of a problem; the team was a big social institution for a
number of years.
Corning and a few classmates quickly assumed leading roles
within the team, shouldering the bulk of the traveling. The next
step was to get a coach. They found a local coach for the 1991-92
school year, but it wasnt a very effective arrangement. We needed
to go a little further, he says. We really harassed the president of
the college and worked with the development ofce.
At the same time, Ikl, who graduated from Hobart in 1984, was
nishing a stint as an assistant coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. The colleges had just gotten a new
president and everything came up for review, he says. I had lunch

Practice races are a rarity at Hobart and
William Smith as coach Scott Ikl favors
structured drills. However, he makes sure
to utilize drills that have a scrimmage el-
ement to encourage competition.
Smith campus with a clear picture of

how he wanted to run a sailing program.
It involved a strong commitment to
mental and physical tness, mandatory
morning workouts and structured after-
noon practices, and it didnt include re-
gatta parties. The goal, says Ikl, wasnt
to achieve a few good resultssome-
thing that can be done by any school for-
with them and explained what college tunate enough to land a few good
sailing could mean to the colleges. They sailorsbut to build a program that ele-
said, Well, why dont we try it for a year vated the skills of all the sailors on the
and well go from there. We had, by all team. He wanted to creat a work ethic
accounts, a good rst year and moved on that would produce consistently impres-
from there. sive results no matter what talent walked
That rst year, Ikl landed two key re- through the door of the boathouse. He
cruits, current Americas Cup (Luna couldnt put it all in place at once.
Rossa) tactician Andy Horton, from If I had implemented everything
northern Vermont, and Carter White, were doing today [that rst year], Ikl
from Maine. The two would win four says, there wouldve been a mutiny. It
All-American skipper honors before takes time to build a culture of excel-
graduating in 1998, quickly giving the lence.
team credibility. The [morning] workouts were op-
It sounds very simple. Get a coach. Get tional. We did some early mental train-
talented sailors. Get results. However, in ing that wasnt optional. Probably the
practice it was much more complicated. biggest thing we did was making practice
After many years of sailing and coaching, three days a week mandatory. The next
Ikl came to the Hobart and William year it was four days a week. It was about
COLLEGE SAILING DIRECTORY 2006

School D C B Columbia MA P 14 Hope MW S 7
American MA S 0* Connecticut (Univ. of) NE S 7 Illinois MW S 10
Amherst NE S 13 Connecticut College NE A 18 Illinois Tech MW S 8
Army MA P 20 Cornell MA S 31 Illinois Wesleyan MW S N/A
Auburn SE S 4+ Dartmouth NE A 48 Indiana MW S 17+
Babson NE S 0 Davidson SA S 9+ Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis MW S 14
Bates NE F 13 DeAnza PC S 6+ Iowa MW S 25+
Baylor SE S 5 Delaware MA S 9+ Iowa State MW S 4+
Boston College NE A 24 Denison MW S 1 Jacksonville SA P 16
Boston Univ. NE A 19+ Drexel MA P 8 John Carroll MW S 3
Bowdoin NE F 24 Duke SA S 6 Johnson and Wales NE P 9
Bowling Green State MW S 1 Eckerd SA F 24 Kalamazoo MW S 6
Brandeis NE P 0* Embry-Riddle SA S 3 Kansas SE S 11
British Columbia NW S 17+ Emory SA P 4 Kansas State SE S 6
Brown NE F 29 Fairfield NE S N/A Kenyon MW S 3
Cal Poly S.L.O. PC S 4 Florida SA S 15 Kings Point (USMMA) MA A 65+
Cal State Long Beach PC S 9 Florida Atlantic SA S 6 Lake Forest MW P N/A
Cal State Chico PC S 6 Florida Gulf Coast SA S N/A Lehigh MA S 0*
Cal State Monterey Bay PC P 9 Florida State SA S 11 Lewis and Clark NW S 4
Cal State Northridge PC S N/A Florida Tech SA V 11 Linfield NW S N/A
Cal State Sacramento PC S N/A Fordham MA F 10 Louisiana State SE S 5+
Cal State Sonoma County PC S 10 George Washington MA S 5 Loyola College (Md.) MA S 8
California Maritime PC F 12 Georgetown MA A 29 Loyola Marymount (Calif.) PC S N/A
Carleton MW S 5+ Georgia SA S 4 Maine Maritime NE F 26+
Charleston SA A 42 Georgia Tech SA S 12+ Marquette MW S 7
Chicago MW S 2 Hamilton MA S 4 Maryland MA S 6
Christopher Newport MA A 18 Hampton MA F 22 Maryland/Baltimore County MA S 7
Clemson SA S 8+ Harvard NE A 26+ Mass. Maritime NE A 30+
Coast Guard NE A 80+ Harvey Mudd PC S 3 Massachusetts (Amherst) NE S 1
Colby NE S 8 Hawaii PC A 30+ Massachusetts (Boston) NE S 5*
Colgate MA S 8 Hiram MW S 6+ McGill NE S 15
College of Marin PC S 4 Hobart & Wm. Smith MA A 30 Mesa PC S N/A
Colleges of the Fenway NE S 0 Holy Cross NE S 16 Miami SA S 8

three years before we started our rst
mandatory morning workout. Hobart and William Smith
Corning noticed a difference from Day Location: Geneva, N.Y.
1. I just never thought about sailing Enrollment: 859 men (Hobart) and 995
quite the way that he did, he says. The women (William Smith)
mental part was big. The other thing that Sailing Site: Northern end of Seneca Lake
was big about Scott was we would train Coaching: Full-time head coach Scott Ikl
for a day and instead of telling us our (84), assistant coach Jeff Sullivan (04).
mistakes, he worked it out so wed come Boats/Facilities: Bozzuto Boathouse (left) is
in and pretty much know. on campus; 18 420s, 6 FJs, and 6 Lasers.
Dave Smith enrolled at Hobart a year Funding: Fully-funded varsity sport
after Corning graduated. Though he was www.hws.edu
a successful junior sailor in Western
Long Island Sound, he was planning to cy, says Smith. There were kids on the In the years since, Ikl boundaries have
play for Hobarts fabled lacrosse team. I team who had less talent but worked become de facto laws for HWS sailors,
got to Hobart and realized that I wasnt their tails off. He had no place for kids and he no longer spends a lot of time en-
going to be big enough to play Division who didnt want to work hard. Our forcing them. Its a cultural thing, says
I lacrosse and I made a decision at the workout program rivaled that of a varsi- John Pearce, who graduated in 2004 and
last minute, he says. The sailing team ty lacrosse team. We were in the gym at is now an assistant coach at Stanford.
was a much different team than it is 7 a.m. in the middle of winter working When the seniors havent been able to
now. It was all walk-ons, except for a out as a team. go to any parties, theyre not going to let
couple of recruits. Another thing they did as a team was the freshman go. And theyre going to let
The budget was small, and there was abstain from alcohol during weekend the freshman know how we do it.
no real boathousejust a small storage regattas. While college sailing has be- This culture has caught the eye of his
shedforcing sailors to trek across come more serious over the last three compatriots in the college coaching
campus in their sailing gear. Located 50 decades, its still a social sport and regat- ranks. One of the things Scott has done,
miles west of Syracuse, they had ve to ta parties are an unofcial part of many hes looked at how does his program t
nine-hour drives to the major regattas weekend events. We got made fun of a into Hobart and William Smith athletics,
sites in their district, one of the most lot, says Smith. Sometimes we would and college athletics as a whole, says
competitive in college sailing. But, if go to the [social] events and not drink Mitch Brindley, the head coach at Old
anything, these hardships only helped and it was always, Who are those losers Dominion University, a division rival.
imbed the rst strains of Ikls philoso- from Hobart? Because we did it togeth- Hes done a great job making his sailors
phy. The team was really a meritocra- er, it didnt matter. into a bunch of athletes.
Miami (Ohio) MW S 4 Princeton MA P 12 Trinity NE S 12

Michigan MW S 30+ Providence NE P 12 Tufts NE A 30
Michigan State MW S 19+ Purdue MW S 16+ Tulane SE S 8
Michigan Technical MW S N/A Queens MA S 10 UC Berkeley PC S 15
Middlebury NE S 7 Rhode Island NE F 30 UC Irvine PC A 28
Minnesota MW P 20 Rice SE S 4 UC San Diego PC S 8
MIT NE A 57+ Rochester (Univ. of) MA S 2* UC Santa Barbara PC P 12
Mitchell NE P 6 Rochester Tech MA S 0* UC Santa Cruz PC S 20+
Monmouth MA P 43 Roger Williams NE A 12+ UCLA PC S 24
Navy MA A 102+ Rollins SA P 8 Vanderbilt SA S 8
New Hampshire NE F 36 Royal Military College MA S 21 Vermont NE P 18
New Orleans SE S 6 Saint Thomas (Minn.) MW S 2 Villanova MA S 8
North Carolina SA S 8+ Salisbury MA S 9 Virginia MA S 12
North Carolina (Wilmington) SA P 8 Salve Regina NE F 10 Virginia Tech MA S 9
North Carolina State SA S 4+ San Diego State PC S N/A Washington MW S 4
North Florida SA P 2 San Jose State PC P 17+ Washington (Univ. of) NW P 22
North Texas SE S 2 Santa Barbara City PC S 0* Washington College MA F 21
Northeastern NE S 4 Santa Clara PC S 1 Washington State NW S 6+
Northwestern MW S 22 Skidmore MA S N/A Webb Institute MA S 12
Norwich NE S 0 Smith NE S 2 Wellesley NE P 12
Notre Dame MW S 12 South Alabama SE S 10+ Wesleyan NE S 6
Oakland (Mich.) MW S N/A South Florida SA A 17+ West Florida SE S 10
Ocean County MA P 43 Southern California PC A 23+ Western Michigan MW S 12
Ohio MW S 4 Southern Maine NE F 26 Western Washington NW S 26
Ohio State MW S 10 Southern Methodist SE S 5 Wheaton NE P 18
Oklahoma SE S 9 St. Johns (Md.) MA P 9 William and Mary MA S 15
Oklahoma State SE S 11 St. Marys (Md.) MA A 46+ Williams NE P 10
Old Dominion MA A 33 Stanford PC A 28 Wisconsin MW S 69+
Orange Coast PC F 14+ Stevens Tech MA S 8 Wittenberg MW S N/A
Oregon NW S 9 SUNY Maritime MA A 29+ Worcester Polytech NE S 6
Oregon State NW S 4 Syracuse MA S 0 Yale NE A 34
Owens Community MW S N/A Tennessee SA S 11 D = district, B = number of boats (0* = use of an-
Penn State MA S 8+ Texas SE S 20 other schools boats, + = fleet includes additional
Pennsylvania MA S 9 Texas A&M SE S 14 non-college boats), C = coaching situation (A =
Pepperdine PC P 4 Texas A&M Galveston SE P 30 full-time w/assistants, F = full-time, P = part-time,
Portland State NW P 8 The Citadel SA P 13 V = volunteer, S = student).

B U I L D Y O U R P R O G R A M S C O T T S WAY
obart and William Smith coach Scott Ikl is quick to gram, but if you dont have some structure in your program, youre
H
anyone else.
correct anyone who thinks his sailors work more than
other teams. We only have 20 hours of contact a
week with our athletes, he says, and 20 weeks a
year of competitions, outside of nationals. We want to
make sure were efficient. We work hard, but dont work longer than
With that in mind, we asked Ikl, a former U.S. Olympic Committee

getting left behind. That doesnt mean you have to have a coach,
you need a graduate assistant or someone else, maybe an under-
graduate, making sure people are going to practice, are committed,
and pulling their weight.
ON PLANNING: A successful practice is the result of careful
planning. Good planning does not start an hour or two before prac-
tice. It starts before the season when you develop your yearly goals.
Developmental Coach of the Year (98) and Coach of the Year (03), Armed with this vision, a coach can then start to plan for the sea-
for some pointers on organizing a competitive sailing program. son knowing what the team needs to accomplish during each step of
ON SETTING GOALS: Make sure everybody is sailing, every per- training. To design and run a successful practice, a coach then
son on the team has their own needs to develop both a weekly plan and a daily plan.
challenge. We work hard setting ON PRACTICE COMPOSITION: We maybe race once a week. We
not only program goals, but indi- spend a lot of time focusing on speed work so we do a lot of wind-
vidual goals as well. If people sprints and blender drills. Each week we focus on a different aspect
have the vision of what they of a race: the start, first beat, reach, run, etc. We then design drills
want to accomplish, then they around what we want to work on. We typically do some speed work
can see the rewards of the time that leads into two tactical drills. The first drill uses a smaller
they invested. group, incorporating six to eight boats, and the final drill incorpo-
ON THE VALUE OF PHYSICAL rates the whole team and has a scrimmage element.
CONDITIONING: I see it as pos- ON FAIRNESS: In the fall our ranking goes up and down because
itive self esteem; if you work were giving everyone a shot. If youre doing a good job in practice,
hard you feel good about your- Im going to send you to regattas. Im not afraid to see where you
self. A lot of sailing is mental. If stand at a big regatta. In the spring we become more focused. After
you feel good about yourself and 14 to 16 weeks of practice, you know who are your top players.
you feel prepared, there is a good ON HIS RESPONSIBILITY: One of the beautiful things about
chance you can do well. Of course coaching is youve got a captive audience, theyre willing to work
on a windy day, you might feel hard for the program if the coach works hard for them. Its a two-
physically stronger, as well. way street and Ive got to be at the top of my game. Were not recy-
ON STRUCTURE: You can cling practice plans from last year. Were always looking for an
have fun in a structured pro- edge. S.S.
This may be because many of his top left. Every fall since the program has Smith sailors prepared as if they needed
sailors werent great sailors when they slowly weeded out sailors, occasionally one more victory.
matriculated, but were athletic, driven, talented sailors, that dont t the mold. We sailed around the starting line for
and coachable. Pearce, for example, grew Every year therell be 40 some odd 20 minutes, says Storck, from Hunting-
up in Ithaca, N.Y., an hour from Hobart people on the dock the rst day of prac- ton, N.Y., who is now an assistant coach
and William Smith and wasnt a decorat- tice, says Pearce. By the thick of the at Dartmouth. Finally the other teams
ed or particularly traveled junior sailor. season its down to 25. A typical class left the docks and Zach Brown from Yale
He wasnt surprised that the condition- goes from 10 or 12 as freshmen to a sailed by Mandy and I and congratulated
ing requirements were similar to those maximum of ve or six, sometimes only us on winning Nationals. But we decided
hed experienced as a high school two or three. The people you stick it out not to tell [the other HWS sailors] so we
lacrosse player. By his junior year, Pearce with, and graduate with, become your sailed the race with them under the im-
was starting intersectional regattasthe closest friends. pression we had to win. We were actually
big inter-district events that usually draw Eleven years after Corning headed out losing and came back to beat Yale.
each teams top sailorsand he won B di- for his nal collegiate race, hunting for Three days later, the team added its
vision at the spring dinghy national cham- some respect for an upstart program, second championship, and no one was
pionships at the end of his senior year. John Storck and ve teammates sailed happier than Ikl. He didnt even have
The programs not really set up to out to the starting line for their nal race to say anything, says Storck of Ikl, you
manage great sailors coming in, says in 2005 ICSA/Layline Team Racing could see it on his face, years of hard
Pearce. Its more set up to create a lot of Championship. After losing their rst work nally paid off.
competition and improvement within two races, the Hobart and William Smith Despite what he said 11 years earlier
the team. He asks so much of you that if team had run off 10 straight wins, and about never looking back, Ikl took
youre able to do most of what he asks, carried a 2-point lead into the nal four- some time to reect on the long road to
youre going to improve a ton. boat round robin. While the other three the pinnacle of college sailing. The win
Sailors that dont put in the effort fall teams in the nal four worked through a is the culmination of a lot of hard work
by the wayside. Corning says there were complicated protest that could possibly over the years, he said at the time, and
members of the team that didnt fully ensure them the championship with a the title belongs to the entire program
buy in to Ikls plan that rst year and race to go, the Hobart and William including past members of the team.
B O A T S , E Q U I P M E N T, A N D T E C H N O L O G Y F O R P E R F O R M A N C E S A I L O R S
Tech Review
DACRON sail with
TECHNORA/SPECTRA
blend sheet,
connected with Tylaska
J-Lock shackle
CARBON sail with

DYNEEMA HEAT-SET
sheet, connected with
Equiplite shackle
SPECTRA cruising KEVLAR 3DL sail
sail with DYNEEMA with DYNEEMA
sheet, connected with sheet, connected
Dyneema lashing with Sparcraft
Press Lock
shackle
RIGGING UPGRADE BY BRIAN FISHER
Match Your Sheets to Your Sails

TRIMMING AND SHAPING SAILS, AND SEEING Lets first look at the most important THE PERFECT MATCH: From Dacron to
the resulting gains in performance, is one sail and sheet combination, the headsail carbon sails, use progressively lower-
of the more rewarding aspects of our sport. sheet. The headsail sheet is generally not stretch sheets.
But with the wrong cordage, a sail will for- on a purchase, so 100-percent of the load
ever change its shape with changes in wind from the clew is transferred to the sheet. If your headsail inventory consists of
speed. When the sail changes shape, you The headsail sheet also has a long run to only Dacron sails, you probably assume a
lose power. If youve recently upgraded
MARIANNE GROSZKO
the winch, especially on a boat with non- polyester sheet will suffice, since the
your sail inventory, but neglected to up- overlapping headsails, and the loads are stretch characteristics of the polyester in
grade your sheets as well, youre selling high. The sheeting angle on these non- the sail are similar to those of the rope. As
yourself shortmatch your ropes to your overlapping sails is more vertical, which the wind increases, however, a Dacron sail
sail material and the power in the wind will means the sheet is also used to keep the will readily change shape and require
be turned directly into boatspeed. leech in a consistent shape. adjustment. If you have a polyester sheet,
it, too, will stretch, resulting in the need for further adjustment.
A polyester sheet will also tend to be of a larger diameter than
preferable, which limits the number of wraps on a winch drum,
and it will be heavy, especially when wet.
Instead of polyester, Id recommend a Spectra or Dyneema
sheet. With one of these materials, the sail wont ease itself,
dumping the power you want every time a gust hits. A Dyneema
sheet is also easier to handle in the cockpit, and doesnt gain
weight when wet.
On a bluewater cruiser/racer that may be using Spectra or
heavy Dacron sails, the benets of a Dyneema sheet would also
be important. This durable line is lightweight and stores easily
compared to polyester line. For example, one 40-footer may
have 3/4" diameter polyester sheets to provide the adequate
working load. If the headsails sheeted in tight, the line laying in
the cockpit would weigh 8.1 lbs. With a Spectra or Dyneema
sheet, this same boat could use a 7/16" diameter sheets, which
would weigh only 2.7 lbs. The polyester sheet could gain as much
as 40 percent more weight when soaked with water, while Spec-
tra or Dyneema may gain 5 percent due to the polyester cover it-
self absorbing water.
Lets say you upgrade this Dacron headsail to a laminate for
your summer weeknight series. Youre clearly looking for a per-
formance increase. These sails are made of a variety of materi-
als, including Spectra, Technora, and Kevlar, and
all of these materials have low stretch percentages ranging be-
tween 0.7 and 1 percent. Using a stretchy polyester sheet would
negate any performance gain from your upgrade. A
Technora/Spectra blend would be an appropriate choice for
performance and budget. This type of line may have a stretch
number of 0.8 to 0.9-percent and perform well with a laminate
sail. Of course, a sheet with even better stretch characteristics
would be an improvement here, but the Technora/ Spectra
blend is sufcient.
What if your headsail upgrade includes a carbon sail? If so,
youre out to get the best performance out of your boat and
willing to trade some longevity for added performance. Car-
bon fiber has negligible stretch, and a carbon sail holds its
shape when a gust of wind hits. The clew of a carbon sail should
be locked into position once sheeted.
Many boats are designed so the clew sheets nearly all the way
to the sheet block. This eliminates virtually any stretch issue for
the sheets. Unfortunately, this is true for boats with overlapping
genoas, and most carbon sails today are used on non-overlap-
ping headsail rigs. The non-overlapping sail presents two chal-
COVER THOSE SHEETS

here are many new cover material options, in addition to
T the standard polyester cover, that offer durability in the

areas where the sheet sits on the winch drum, as well as
improving the handling. Made of Kevlar, Technora, Vectran, PBO,
or a blend of these fibers and polyester, these covers add to the
cost of the line, but they improve durability. Mainsheets and jib
sheets need a cover that resists a high-load release, while spin-
naker sheets need to combat a continuous higher-speed, lower-
load easing. Generally, a Technora, Kevlar, or Vectran cover will
give more grip and hold up longer for the jib and mainsheets. On
spinnaker sheets, you dont necessarily want a high-grip cover; in
this case PBO works well. A good overall cover for both applica-
tions is a Technora/polyester blend like Yales VMG.
-B.F.

lenges to the sheet.
SHEET CHOICES BY FIBER One is that the
length of the work-
POLYESTER
ing sheet can be as
GleistienCup, Tasmania
long as 12 feet on a
New England RopesSta Set and Sta Set X
40-foot boat. The
SamsonXLE
other issue is a non-
Yale CordageYale Yacht Braid
overlapping head-
TECHNORA/SPECTRA BLEND sail brings in-
New England RopesT-900 creased loads to the
YaleAratech clew as a result of
the high-aspect
VECTRAN
shape. In a non-
New England RopesV 100
overlapping sail,
SamsonValidator 2
even a small change
YaleCrystaline
in sheet position re-
DYNEEMA sults in a large
GleisteinDyneema change in the sail
MaffioliDSK 78 Race shape as the leech
MarlowDR2 open and the foot
New England RopesEndurabraid of the sail rounds.
SamsonWarpspeed Therefore, a Vec-
YaleUltrex Plus tran sheet or a
Dyneema heat-set
PBO (preset under load)
YalePobon would be a smart
SamsonProgen investment for a
carbon sail. These
materials are the best you can get for matching the qualities of
a carbon sail.
What about varying headsail sizes in your inventorydoes it
make sense to change sheets when changing sails? If the materi-
al is the same, then no, you can use the same sheets. The loads
on all sails of the same design are basically the same. The load
that it takes to tip over the boat never varies, so the load on a No.
1 tipping the boat over 20 degrees is the same as the load on the
No. 3 tipping the boat over 20 degrees.
Most boats will have a varied sail inventory. On a 35- to 40-
footer, one owner may have a suit of Spectra sails for recreation-
al sailing, and a set of carbon sails reserved for the season cham-
pionships. For cruising, a set of sheets that are slightly larger in
diameter are easier to grip and hold. These sheets could be a
Technora/Spectra blend or a Spectra-cored line.
For racing with carbon sails, you want to have a set of Vec-
tran sheets, as recommended earlier, to match the low-stretch
characteristics of these sails. These would be the smallest di-
ameter that the required breaking strength would allow, while
still allowing good handling. On most 35- to 40-footers this
would be 3/8" or 10 mm diameter. These sheets would also be
equipped with a shackle that could be quickly attached and
removed, allowing for quick headsail changes. A composite
cover on these sheets would also increase their longevity and
improve handling. Many of the Technora or Kevlar covers
develop a nice fuzzy texture, making them easier to grip
and pull.
Matching your mainsheet

The mainsheet setup varies, depending on the boats size and
deck layout. Some boats will have the mainsheet rigged on a pur-
chase system where the line will only take a percentage of the
load, depending on the amount of purchase. On a boat with a
purchase mainsheet system, the lines ease of handling, and its
CORE MATERIAL DURABILITY/ LIFESPAN HANDLING EASE PERFORMANCE COST
Polyester long-lasting soft, supple low low
Technora/Spectra blend long-lasting good, but heavy good medium
Spectra or Dyneema longest lasting good high med high
Vectran long-lasting good high med high
PBO short lifespan good best high
Vectran will stretch 0.8 percent, Dyneema 1 percent, and polyester as much as 7 percent
ability to run freely, are both important. This change in shape will spill power out closer to the wind than with a symmet-
Choices for this application could be poly- of the leech. An Americas Cup boat will ric spinnaker.
ester for a daysailer and club racer, or a use a PBO line, which gives the least Asymmetrics also pull harder on
Spectra or Dyneema line for a seriously amount of stretch possible, and use it sheets, especially in hard-reaching con-
campaigned boat. I wouldnt recommend with a system to reduce the length of the ditions. Since modern asymmetrics look
a Technora/Spectra blend for this applica- loaded line. However, on a grand prix and behave like genoas, they should be
tion because it can get heavy on the cock- 40- to 50-foot raceboat wed use some- sheeted like genoas. Spectra or Dyneema
pit oor, making it hard to ease. On a boat thing more practical and more durable, line is a excellent solution for spinnaker
with dedicated winches for the mainsheet, such as Dyneema or Vectran. This would sheets on many different designs. Vec-
and a 2-to-1 purchase, the performance of also be a good application for a heat-set tran or Technora blended lines wouldnt
the line becomes more important because Dyneema. work as well, because theyre heavier and
the mainsheet has a long run between the become even more so if they get wet.
block on the boom and the winch. Your spinnaker sheets should One nal, but important note on sheet
The length of the loaded part of the match up, too care: salt crystals are highly destructive
mainsheet when sailing upwind can be Spinnaker sheets also have to perform to the high-tech bers of which modern
as long as 90 feet on a 40-footer. In this as well as the sails. Modern-day spin- sheets are made, so a long rinse or soak
situation, even a small percentage of naker cloth is much stiffer than it was 10 in freshwater at the end of the day will go
elongation in the line can result in no- years ago, and asymmetric spinnakers a long way in keeping them fresh. Stow-
ticeable upward movement of the boom are designed with a more fast forward ing unused sheets out of the sun is always
end every time a puff hits the mainsail. sail shape that allows you to sail much a smart move as well . !

B O AT R E V I E W B Y C H U C K A L L E N
What A Ride: The Musto Performance Skiff

THE MUSTO PERFORMANCE SKIFF COULD Federation for consideration as an courage Sailkoting the spinnaker because
possibly be the coolest dinghy weve test- Olympic Class, and it was the fastest it will be wet most of the time.
ed over the past few years. Its so aestheti- monohull at ISAFs singlehanded dinghy The mainsail, which is made by Hyde
cally pleasing that just seeing it on land selection trials. Sails, is similar to a Mylar windsurfing
stops you in your tracks, and its a rela- A great feature of the MPS is its quick sail. Tears can be fixed with Mylar or
tively simple boat to sail, enabling the rig and de-rig time. In 30 minutes, or less Dacron tape, or in a pinch, even duct
helmsman to concentrate on its all-out with practice, the boat is ready to sail. Vic- tape. The batten ends, especially the
speed, which requires some nesse to get. tor Boats Ron Radko, who imports the
I first saw the Musto Skiff at the U.S. skiffs into North America,
Sailboat Show in Annapolis last fall. There walked me through the set Musto Skiff
was quite a crowd of interested sailors in up, and it was as easy as LOA 1411
the parking lot outside Fawcetts Boat rigging my Laser. One im- Beam 44 (79 w/racks)
Supplies, eyeing the MPS, which was fully portant tip was about Weight 176 lbs.
rigged on its trailer. The boat is 15 feet hoisting the main; you SA (u/d) 123 sq. ft./289 sq. ft.
long and has a beam of 4'5", which behave to make sure all the Design Dr. Joachim Happrecht
comes 7'8" when its hiking racks are ex- battens are on the same Price $11,500
tended. When you rst look into the cock- tack (bent the same way), www.mustoskiff.com
pit and see all the colored-coded rope, it or youll have one hell of a
looks a bit overwhelming, but once you time pulling it up. A supply of dry
look it over and hear more about the boat, lubricant would be neces-
it all makes sense. Control lines are dou- sary for this boat, es-
ble-ended and led to the racks for quick pecially in and
adjustment on the y. I remember asking around the
myself whether I could sail this thing. I spinnaker
got the chance to nd out a few days later tube. Id
during the boat test phase of SWs 2006 also en-
Boat of the Year contest.
The Musto Skiff was originally con-
ceived by Joachim Harpprecht, a German
designer, in 1999. It went to Victor Boats
for prototyping, and to Ovington Boats
for finishing and production. All these
groups have had success in the past, as-
suring top-of-the-line quality. Musto
came on board as a backer, and that,
coupled with strict class rules, helps
protect the one-design aspect,
which will help promote the
growth of the class worldwide.
In 2000 the boat was brought
to the International Sailing
WALTER COOPER
WITH THE SPINNAKER FLYING on a

tight reach, the Musto Performance
Skiff planes down Chesapeake Bay.

THE MUSTO SKIFFS large sail area is tamed courtesy of hiking
racks. The vang (below) is rigged above the boom.
inboard ends, will see some wear after a few events, but thats
typical and they can be easily repaired. The main also has a stor-
age pocket near the tack for stashing extra lines and halyards.
The vang bar on the MPS is mounted above the boom, and it
allows for plenty of de-powering when necessary, and plenty of
power for acceleration, such as when starting.
Sailing the boat is, in a word, incredible. Ive only sailed a few
skiffs in my time, and the Musto Skiff is one of the most bal-
anced Ive ever sailed. A newcomer will need a quick lesson to
understand the basics, and it does take a while to nd your bear-
ings because youll initially lbe sailing with your head in the
boat, when youll need to be watching forward for pitch and
balance issues. One false move and youre in the drink. But, after
practice, the sail controls become second nature. Upwind sailing
WALTER COOPER, TONY BESSINGER

is fun and I was able to nd a nice groove. When I felt under-
powered, all I had to do was bear off just a click and the boat ac-
celerated. The key is to always have the mainsheet in your
handits tied to the trap handle so its close. Its also all too
easy to dip the weather rack if youre not careful, and ipping to
weather is not what you want to do, especially with the kite up.
Tacking the boat takes practice because the boom is lower than
you think, and youre coming off the wire and the rack, making
a bee line to the opposite wire and rack.
After dialing into the basicslike tacking and sailing bal-
ancedyoull graduate to things like reaching in from the
trapeze to adjust luff tension, but youll need to take it one step
at a time. Downwind is sensational sailing. The kite is large for
a boat this size and weight. On my rst set, I pretended Id just
rounded a weather mark to get the sequence down properly. It
goes something like this. First, head down a bit, bringing
weight in towards the spinnaker halyard. Then, cleat the main,
grab the spinnaker halyard and hump that baby to the top (its
on a purchase system, so it doesnt take long), let the kite luff
for a second until you snag the spinnaker sheet, then pull in
slowly, and off you go. Weight needs to be well aft on the rack
so you can better see if the spinnaker needs any trim and to
keep the bow up. I learned to set the main in order to concen-
trate on driving and spinnaker trim. The boat sails into the
THE SKIFFS SYSTEMS ARE SIMPLE, allowing for a rig time of

30 minutes after some practice. The port and starboard racks are
easy to remove, and they stow inside the boat for transport.
high teens with ease and just rips right over and through
wavestheyre no match for this dinghyunless you forget to
put your foot in the footstrap.
Jibing is tricky; I left the main set, bore off while easing the
kite, came in, unclipped, and made haste for the opposite side.
In the jibe, you need to make sure the battens tack, locate the
new sheet, sheet in, and go. With a little practice, sailing the MPS
will be non-stop fun.
In photographs from Musto Skiff events, youll see guys wear-
ing protective gear like kneepads and shin protectors. I highly
TONY BESSINGER
recommend doing the same, as youre guaranteed to get some

shin bruises. I think a full-length, thin wetsuit would be perfect
for sailing the MPS, along with some thin kneepads. A lifejacket
is a must when sailing this boat, or any other dinghy for that
matter, and dont forget some water, youll need it. !
INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS, AND TIPS
A Swiss-Made Sportboat Heads West

FOR A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY, SWITZERLAND
has a considerable, technologically ad-
vanced boatbuilding industry. It may be
because theyre the present defenders of
the Americas Cup, but the more likely
reason is its annual speedfest, the Bol dOr
Geneve, in which legions of cats, trapeze-
equipped monos, and other over-can-
vassed rocketships race the length of Lake
Geneva. The latest offspring from this
scene, and one that will t right in at the
2006 Bol dOr (June 17 to 18), is the Esse
8.50. This one-design dayracer looks to
us like a pleasing mix of Melges 24 and
Wally yacht, especially with the optional
teak ooring in the cockpit.
Designed by Umberto Felci, whos
known in Europe for his Dufour, Grand Esse 8.50
Soleil, and Mini 6.50 designs, and built
by Schachter AG, the 8.50 is constructed the roller-reefing line from the recessed
traditionally, with fiberglass and poly- Bartel roller furling unit. Designed for Esse 8.50
ester resin and PVC/Airex core. The rig simplicity, the Esse 8.50 can be sailed LOA 28
LWL 28
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RACING T E C H N I Q U E , S T R A T E G Y, B OATS P E E D, AND TAC T I C S
From the
Experts
TA C T I C S
B Y G AV I N O H A R E
THE STARTControl the ends
Team Racing The goal of the team racing start is to control the two ends of the starting
linewhich leads to controlling those respective sides of the courseand
have your third boat get a good start in the middle. The start often involves
the Digital N a number of one-on-one battles, three separate match races, if you will.
Decide whether to lead or trail an opponent back to the line, says team-
race vet Ramsey Key. In light air, lead back. In heavy air, trail your oppo-
nent. Key adds that because keelboats dont accelerate or stop as quickly
THE LATEST TWIST ON THIS SEGMENT OF THE as dinghies, its important to think ahead and avoid getting yourself into a
sport is the growth of team racing in keel- compromised position. Timing and positioning are much more critical in
boats. To its growing fandom, this sport keelboats. When you are in a bad position, its very difficult to escape. Unlike
combines the strategy of chess, the sus- a dinghy, double-tacking or jibing to escape are generally not options.
pense of gambling, the thrill of the Ken- Finally, he says, make sure to have some speed at the gun. Even the best
tucky Derby, and puts it all in a sailboat in positioning can be for naught if a boat is dead in the water when the starting
which all ages can be competitive. Yacht gun sounds. Its easy to lose track of this aboard one of six keelboats
clubs have endorsed keelboat team racing jammed onto a short starting line.
as a means to attract younger members as
well as something new for fleet-racing combination into one thats more stable. key aspects of this specialized layout, and
veterans. Several keelboat classes have For many years, team-racing courses the tricks to racing in heavier keelboats, I
embraced the discipline, including the were similar to fleet-racing courses, al- solicited the advice of Ramsey Key and
Sonar, Ideal 18, J/105, and Cal 20. though the race duration was usually Dave Perry, two veteran team racers.
Team racing typically pairs two oppos- quite short, less than 30 minutes. How- Perry offered advice about dinghy
ing teams of three boats. The goal is ever, in the last decade, the Digital N team racers moving to lead-ballasted
simple: to cross the nish line with fewer course has become popular in team rac- craft: The biggest single difference, and
points than the opposing team. In three- ing. The course involves a beat to a wind- the one that causes the most difficulty
on-three matches, a tie is impossible. In ward mark, which is rounded to star- for dinghy sailors, is that the darned
two-on-two, or four-on-four matches, board. A beam reach is next, followed by things dont slow down very fast, and
ties are broken in favor of the team that a dead run. The next mark is left to port. take even longer to get going again.
didnt finish first. The strategy is often Another beam reach, and then a beat to Another major difference, he says is that
HENRY HILL
more complex, with teams seeking to ei- the nish complete the course. you cant rely on kinetics to get you out
ther build a winning combination from The basics remain the same, but the of trouble. In a keelboat, if your oppo-
a losing one, or turn a fragile winning Digital N brings new thinking. To look at nent has you trapped, youre trapped.
THE FIRST BEAT
Use the edges to pass
A solid strategy for the initial leg of
the course is to win both sides and
then corral the competition to the
windward mark. When an opponent
lies between two teammates, a pass-
back should be performed to create a
more stable combination, i.e. turn a 1-
3 into a 1-2. The basic philosophy of a
pass-back is for the lead boat to slow
down the middle boatfrom the op-
posing teamto allow for the trailing
boat to pass at least the middle boat,
and often times both boats.
In dinghies you can quickly slow
an opponent to make this happen,
says Dave Perry of this classic team-
racing maneuver. Keelboats, howev-
er, are much more difficult to slow
down, and it takes more time, so
speed pass-backs, where you sit on
the opponents wind and luff the jib, merely luffing the jib and over-trim- rights under Rule 10 [port-starboard].
are much less effective. Its better to ming the main. If youre behind, try to When the port opponent approaches,
pin an opponent and prevent him or lure the opponent into a tacking duel. match his speed so that he is forced to
her from tacking. At the top of the windward leg, the tack to leeward or duck you. A port-
In fact, Perry adds, using the main starboard rounding offers a lot of op- tack opponent may attempt to duck, so
instead of the jib can be more effec- portunities for savvy team racers. be prepared to lee-bow them on port
tive in keelboats. Upwind, to slow a Get to the inside starboard layline so you round ahead. With a starboard
boat that is to leeward and slightly to control the starboard rounding, opponent ahead, try to get inside on
back, pulling the boom to windward is says Key. A starboard-tack boat can their starboard quarter and prevent
extremely effective, more so than act as the gate keeper using its them from tacking around the mark.
THE FIRST REACH

Make your move
before the mark
Because competitors will be
sailing along the rhumb line
to the reach mark, this is a
good leg to execute a pass-
back and stabilize a winning
combination. Dinghy team
racers may be tempted to
wait until the two-length
zone and perform a mark
trap. However, the game is
different for keelboats.
Mark traps at the windward
and reaching marks are very
difficult to sustain because of
the rapid leeway and loss of
control the boats encounter,
says Perry. Its vital to have
HENRY HILL (2)
your opponent right on your

stern before setting a trap.

THE RUN
Attack from behind
Having now rounded two marks, one
team will be in a winning combina-
tion. However, with the boats going
dead downwind, this is a great leg for
a trailing team to try to take over the
lead before the next mark.
To pass an opponent ahead, get to
their port side and jibe onto star-
board and gain the advantage of star-
board tack, says Key. Once the op-
ponent jibes, you will also be the
leeward boat. To keep an opponent
behind, keep them on your starboard
side. This typically leads to lots of jib-
ing and aggressive steering. Get your
weight forward and roll-jibe the keel-
boat. There is usually a lot of chaos
at the bottom mark; its often possi-
ble to sail around the outside of all
the boats by not slowing down and
avoiding the scrum close to the mark.
Opponents ahead and on the inside,
who have slowed down, may have a
tough time matching a boat that
rounds wide and fast.
THE FINAL BEAT

Secure a winning combination
The finish is in sight and time is run-
ning out. In contrast to the first beat,
it should be obvious from the outset
of the leg which team is winning the
race. The trailing team must challenge
its opponent and hope to create mis-
takes of which to take advantage. As
you approach the finish line, under-
stand your teams relative positions. If
you plan to pin an opponent, keep in
mind that you should do this only long
enough to allow a teammate to catch
up, then make sure you both finish
ahead of the opponent. Keeping an eye
on both sides of the final beat is criti-
cal to make sure the scores are tipping
in your favor as both teams approach
the finish line.
Always think about ducking starboard
tackers, says Key. Only lee-bow in
light air when youre guaranteed to
come out ahead. To do this you must
finish the tack to starboard almost
completely in front of the opponent. If
an opponent attacks and tries to pin
HENRY HILL (2)
you past the laylines for the finish line,

tack out before its too late.

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El Ocaso Double Dips At Key West and Miami

EVERYTHING RICK WESSLUND AND HIS CREW And what about the boat? On the J/120 El Ocaso, this winters
on the J/120 El Ocaso do on San Francisco What made a big difference was having hottest PHRF program, no one leaves the
Bay is simply honing their skills for the the right sail inventoryhaving fresh rail until the offset leg.
big game known as Acura Key West Race sailsthe right rigging, a lot of the things about what were seeing and agree what side
Week. This, he says, has been their modus I didnt have in the past. This year I had of the course we want to be on. Once were
operandi for the last four years, and it all my rigger, and one guy in Key West, coor- in agreement, we pick our spot and target
came together at Acura Key West and dinating the rigging of the boat so when speed and go from there.
Miami Race Weeks, where they won their we showed up it was ready to sail. Having How do you avoid being distracted by
division and snatched PHRF Boat of the it ready allowed us to practice Thursday, other boats?
Week titles at each eventthe rst team Friday, and Saturday before the regatta, Its my responsibility to be at that spot,
to ever do so. allowing us to work out the cobwebs. and we dont tip our hand by showing
What was the magic this year? What did you focus on, specically, in where we want to be. We lurk elsewhere
Those were our conditions in Key these practices? until we start making our way to that
Westits what were used to in San Fran- We cover all the basics. We bring marks spot. In Key West we didnt have a lot of
ciscobut we did have to overcome a lot and set up short windward/leeward problems with other boats. Our starts
of adversity. Our tactician sliced his hand courses and work up and down the werent our best, but we had good conser-
while we were practicing, I missed the rst course, covering every aspect of getting vative starts.
day of racing because I got food poison- our upwind speed, and working on our A lot of teams were struggling in the
ing, and on Wednesday, the real heavy-air tacks to make sure theyre efficient. We windy conditions, but you guys seemed
day, my tactician separated his shoulder. work on rounding marks wide and tight, to handle it just ne.
This was our fourth Key West, and fourth and on our starting routine. Sailing upwind in heavy air, this boat is
was the best wed ever done, but every Whats your starting philosophy? all about the main and the main trimmer;
year we keep coming back and pounding Im a rm believer in hitting the line on he has to be aggressive with it. We focus
away at it to get better. time with speed. It absolutely trumps on boatspeed and angle of heel, and hes
What did you focus on specically this being in the right position. The important
Team El Ocaso
year that made a difference? thing is to think about where youll be one
It was cumulative, really. We focused minute after the start. You might be in the Bow Tom Warren, Keith Love
on very aspect; from the boat, to the right spot on the line, but if youre going 4 Mid-bow Dawn Beachy, Chris Chamberlin
team, to getting the right people sailing knots and not 7, the guy who is going 7 Mid-bow Lesa Kinney
together well. This year I got everybody will be ahead in one minute. Mast Tate Lacey
from my regular crew, except one person, How do you make sure youre at speed Float Heather Noel, Alexandra Parr
TIM WILKES PHOTOGRAPHY
down to Key West. That was a huge step and on the line? Pit Russ Mabardy
forward. I really placed more emphasis in With a heavier boat like the 120, you need Trim Pete McCormick
recruiting; on having the right people on a huge amount of runway and to know Trim Chris Sheperd
the team and telling them from Day 1 that where you need to be with speed at a prede- Main Tad Lacey
they had to be available to go to Key West. termined timeour start revolves around Tactics Adam Sadeg, Bill Melbostad
That gives them time to plan and get the that.We have a conversation among the tac- Helm Rick Wesslund
time off they need. tician, main trimmer, and me, and we talk Shoreside Mike Caldwell, Janice Minnehan

burping the main all the time, adjusting cutter comes down off the rail to release,
the traveler one inch here and there. To watches it to the point where its just start- Hit The Road
do this requires anticipation and seeing ing to backwind, cuts, and I bring the any owners consider traveling to
the puffs, and this comes from one guy
calling the puffs from the rail, which al-
lows us to be sailing ahead of where we
helm over consistent with the way the
grinder and tailer are bringing in the sail.
Im watching where they are in their trim
M events a daunting undertaking,
but that shouldnt be the case.
The first time I did Key West I worried
actually are. before I press on it as I come out of the about everything, but now its a real
You mentioned you work on making tack. Once the sheet is on the self-tailer, snap-fit program. Heres what Ive
your tacks efcient; what do you mean? the tailer goes to the rail, and the grinder learned after four years of hauling my
Our tacks are fast, especially with the nishes the trim. The main trimmer calls program cross country to Key West.
No. 3. The tactician calls the tack and for them to nail it when were at the 1. Get your crew pumped up and make
counts down, 3-2-1, to the tack. The speed we want to be and we bring the Key West (or any other event for that
matter) your goal, your destination. You
want to get to wherever it is as a team.
Its a reward to work toward, and it
keeps motivation high during the season
knowing youre going to the most com-
petitive event in the country.
2. Plan early. For Key West, the first
week of July is the time to start getting
things in lineyour trucking company,
the boatyard youll use, your slip, and
your meals and accommodations.
3. Find a reliable rigger. My rigger trav-
els with the boat. Its trucked to Florida in
December and the rigger goes down early
to put it together. You can share the cost
of the rigger with other teams, especially
teams with similar boats because the rig-
ger knows what needs to be done.
4. Get reliable local contacts who
know the area, the services, and the peo-
ple. The first time you go, take the time
to meet these folks.
5. Get a slip early.
6. Spread the cost by having
crewmembers pay for their airfare, and
have them contribute to the housing and
meal budgets.
RICK WESSLUND
trimmer back up to the rail after its

locked. Usually our target coming out of
the tack is 6.5 knots, and well go for a
minute or so before having the trimmer
go back down and do a ne tune.
Advice on rounding the weather mark?
In heavy air we band [tie with wool] the
spinnaker. We find that as the tack goes
out you can easily lose it if the bottom of
the kite lls with water or wind. Having it
banded helps on the pre-feed to the end
of the pole so were ready to hoist at the
offset. If its banded you can also cheat up
the halyard before the offset. Another
thing we do as were going up the beat is
watch closely for any reason to jibe set. So
many people automatically assume
theyre doing a bear-away set when the
gains can be huge by doing a jibe set. I
dont understand why more teams dont
watch for it.
Whats your preference with jibes, had really improved; the other 120s had We were halfway up the final beat, in
inside or outside? done a lot of work between Key West and position to win the regatta, and all of sud-
In light air its always inside, but in Miami to bring up their programs. The den a lifeline broke and two crewmem-
heavy air with the 120and not every- best thing to come out of Miami was our bers went into the water. The natural ten-
one agrees with me on thisoutside jibes port-tack start. We were set up for the start dency is for people to go dark and start
work best. Doing the inside jibe in heavy and all of a sudden we saw the shift com- thinking about how wed lost the regatta,
air youre basically trying to invert the ing through. Luckily we were near the pin but we turned around to pick up the crew,
darn thing. Its this huge kite thats loaded at 3 minutes so we changed plans and port- screaming for them to swim and get on
with 30 knots of breeze, and we found it tacked the eet. We were actually late, but the boat because we were still racing. We
would take four people to tractor it everyone else was bunched up ghting for were dead last, but managed to finish
around and thats got to slow the boat the boat. We were all alone at the pin. fourth after all. It was classic example of
down. When you go outside, it floats I understand you nearly lost in Miami. never say die. !
around. You have to pull a ton of sheet,
but it doesnt put the pressure on the boat,
youre not trying to invert the kite, and
youre not battling the thing.
With the mixed spinnaker types you
had in your PHRF eet, how did you play
the eet downwind?
For us its less of an issue because weve
really learned how to sail the boat deep.
To do so comes down to communication
between the downwind trimmer and the
driver and using the speed to push the
bow down as often as possible. You need
someone calling the puffs so you can push
the boat down and rotate the sail to
weather when they hit. On the 120, it can
be scary for the trimmers because when
you press down so far it looks as if the
kites going to collapse, but it will ll again
so you can keep rotating it deep. Plus, the
kite on the 120 is huge [1,776 sq. ft.], so
with a lot more sail area we can go faster
downwind than most symmetric boats in
a PHRF class.
We also look to get the starboard
advantage as we get down to the gates. We
try to get left and come in really hot; its a
nice way to attack the symmetric boats.
Its intimidating to them because all of a
sudden they have a freight train coming
at them at this hot angle. You can watch
the reaction on their facesat least for
the rst couple of times.
Once were at the mark, our focus is to
get the turn wide and tight. We want the
crew on the rail and hiking as we turn up
on the markwhen we pass the mark we
want the crew almost kicking it. This is
another place where weve made huge
gains. Ive found it really easy to turn up
inside a lot of other boats because they
cant get on the wind right away; they
come out really wide and you can get in-
side. With that said, we typically go for
the gate that gives us the clearest air.
How did you make sure you didnt lose
momentum after Key West?
Miami was a big change because the
team was different, and I was only able to
get in a half-day of practice. Plus, the eet
S T R A T E G Y B Y D R . G AV I N D A G L E Y
Think Ahead to Get Ahead

AFTER A DAY ON THE WATER, THE GOOD DOC- in that good book, or review tactical knowledge, and when to apply it.
tor usually nds himself dishing out off- and strategic decisions at the debrief Doc: I presume thats what the race
the-cuff counseling to his competitors after the race. debriefs are about?
and mates, but recently a top dinghy Doc: That makes sense to me. So what Clare: You would think so. But an hour
coach cornered him in the dinghy park. is the problem? and a half after the race has nished, when
Turns out she was having a difcult time Clare: Its hard to put my nger on it. the boats are unrigged and everyone has
teaching one of her young disciples the Obviously, any top racer needs to have a had a shower
essentials of strategy, and as always, the large knowledge base, and reading and Doc: and is heading for the bar.
doctor knew just the trick. listening to people talk about strategy cer- Clare: Not my youth squad! But, yes,
Doc: Hi Clare. Its been a while since that sort of thing. The most you can do
Ive seen you around these parts. is talk about one or two incidents, and
Hows the coaching game going? usually my recollection of the
Clare: Fantastic! Ive been events differs markedly from the
spending a lot of time with the sailors.
new youth squad recently. Doc: What you need is a
Some of these kids are real- freeze button on the race-
ly sharp. Actually, you track. All right, everybody,
could be just the person stop where you are and
I need a word with. lets talk this through.
Have you got a mo- Clare: Exactly. Its a
ment? shame, but sailboat rac-
Doc: Sure. ing isnt built that way.
Clare: You see, the Even holding a conver-
problem is this: sation for more than a
Theres this young few seconds on the
guy in the squad, water is really difcult.
Luke, and hes a ge- Doc: What about
nius in a small boat. doing some sort of sim-
He has this remark- ulation?
able natural talent to Clare: You mean using
make a boat sail well. one of those computer
He seems to have pretty games?
good wind sense too, you Doc: I suppose I do. How re-
know, picking the way the alistic are they?
wind will move or where the Clare: Not very. Well, not as far
next puff is coming from. So, as as the sailing goes. But some of the
a result, he wins easily in club strategy simulators arent too bad. At
fleets, but in competitive fleets hes least you could talk about decisions as
hopeless. What is going to happen they happen. At least they have a freeze
Doc: Ill bet you both find that really next? By focusing on that button.
frustrating. question the sailors are Doc: So what are you trying to achieve?
Clare: Exactly. And weve tried and What would be your objectives from
tried to work on his strategic skills. He forced to look further up the training like this?
just seems easily overwhelmed. I mean, course. They start to anticipate Clare: I want them to learn how to
when you get down to it, this is a very situations rather than apply their knowledge, to work out what
complex sport. Well, that got me to think- the priorities are in any given situation. I
simply react to them.
ILLUSTRATION BY HAL MAYFORTH
ing about how I go about coaching strat- want them to work out what is important
egy, not just to young sailors, but also to in any particular decisionand they
anyone else. need to do it fast.
Doc: How do you do that now? tainly builds that. But its not enough. For Doc: Sounds like quite a mission. How
Clare: Its dawned on me that we, as example, a sailor can read everything do really good racers do it? Actually, how
coaches, dont have a lot in the way of there is to read about a good roll tack, but do you do it?
options. I know of only three ways: Give if she has never actually done one well, Clare: Ive never really thought about
them a good book, stand up and lecture you get my drift. Somehow I have to nd it. It almost seems intuitive, I guess. In the
them about the same material they read a way of teaching sailors how to apply that heat of the moment, I dont think Im
thinking very much. I just sort of do it at the position of the hand and the racket want my sailors to work out whats im-
do you know what I mean? before the ball is hit to make a judgment. portant in any situationwhere the pri-
Doc: You mean your decision-making That is, experts have more time because orities lie.
has an automatic feel to it? they recognize the situation earlier. Doc: That sounds like another good
Clare: I guess so. But that doesnt really Clare: Now that I can use. I can use it, question to me.
help when Im trying to coach young cant I? Clare: How do you mean?
sailors. Doc: If you want to train the sailors to Doc: Something like, What is the im-
Doc: There is some interesting research use earlier cues automatically, they will portant outcome here? or Whats my
that contrasts the athletic performances need to do it mechanically rst. What sort preferred option or direction here?
of experts and novices when making of questions might help a young sailor Again, its a question that has the sailor
rapid decisions. I wonder if that would be recognize those important cues? thinking about options before he must
of some use. Clare: So rather than telling them what make the decision. The most common
Clare: Cant hurt. Lets hear it. to look for, ask them what they notice? form of this is whether to tack or hold in a
Doc: Well, the short version is that ex- Doc: That makes sense. A really good crossing situation upwind. An entire con-
perts are no different from novices in standard question for strategy training versation can flow from the question,
terms of their visual perception or their is, What is going to happen next? By about which is best and why. But in the
reaction speeds. But experts have two ad- focusing on that question the sailors are end, if the sailor has worked out ahead of
vantages over novices in making high- forced to look further up the course. time that he wants to hold, then the deci-
speed decisions. Firstly, they have a larger They start to anticipate situations rather sion becomes a lot easier.
knowledge base concerning the options than simply react to them. Every few sec- Clare: It seems like youre talking about
available and the probable outcomes. onds, as the race or the simulation a constant monitoring process. All the
Clare: Well thats not exactly rocket sci- changes, push the freeze button and ask time the sailor is looking up the course
ence. Whats the other difference? the question. They really start to get it and saying, Whats going to happen
Doc: Experts seem to use different and after a while. next? and Where do I want to be going?
earlier reference information when mak- Clare: Hey, thats really good! But isnt Doc: Certainly sounds like a coaching
ing their decisions. For example, a novice there more to this than just recognizing option anyway. Is that what you do when
tennis player will watch the ball as it what is going to happen. You said that you race?
comes off the racket to judge where the experts have a larger knowledge base. Clare: You have a remarkable ability to
ball is going to go. The expert might look But they also know how to apply it. I sound smug! !

M O N D AY M O R N I N G T A C T I C I A N B Y T E R R Y H U T C H I N S O N
Make A Plan And Stick With It
1
THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO PASS A COMPETITOR
is when you can capitalize on their mis- 2
take. So when the opportunity to force a
foe into making one presents itself, take it.
After all, that is the name of the game,
right? In this months sequence, we see how
one team coughs up its controlling posi-
tion, puts themselves in a hole, and allows
two others to reap the rewards.
In PHOTO 1, two starboard-tack boats
are approaching a port tacker, which ap-
pears to be making gains as it approaches
the nish line from the right-hand side of
the course (looking downwind). As the
three converge, the leading leeward boat
(red and white spinnaker) is about to get
rolled by the boat with the blue spin-
naker, so they need to decide quickly
which jibe is better. If port is the long jibe,
or the run is even, they should be jibing
3
immediately to keep their air clear. If star-
board is the long jibe, theyll denitely get
rolled, so theyd best slide to leeward to
get clear air behind, and hope they can
get the boat going again.
In PHOTO 2, we see they take option
No. 2. They get rolled, but maintain
starboard and leeward advantages. An-
other benefit of this tactic is pushing
STUART STREULI (3)
the windward boat (blue spinnaker)

into the wind shadow of the approach-
ing port tacker. Take any opportunities
you get to push your competition into
slow moving traffic. Without question,
4
two boats sailing defensively against each other go slower

than one sailing alone.
In PHOTOS 3 and 4, the leeward boat makes a colossal error
of jibing in dirty air and sloppy conditions, forcing a heinous
maneuver onto the crew. All the smart sailing up to this point
has now gone to waste. The tactic of holding required they stay
in the starboard lane for another minute or two to buy time to
jibe in front of the port tacker, forcing the windward boat (blue
spinnaker) beyond the line of both boats. If you give up distance
to maintain control, stick with the plan.
Things get worse for our friends with the red and white spin-
naker in PHOTO 5. Perhaps the afterguard overindulged in the
tent the night before and thought it was a good idea to go from
a reasonably controlling position to putting themselves be-
tween two boats. By jibing, theyve put themselves in a position
where the grey spinnaker can blanket their air, and the blue
boat has the leeward advantage, preventing them from sailing
lower to escape the grey spinnakers wind shadow. Theyre meat
in the sandwichnot a very happy place. If you go for a plan,
dont compromise it! Clean air rules. !
STUART STREULI (2)

RULES BY DICK ROSE
Analyzing an Unusual Mark Trap

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN THE RACING The question arose after an intercollegiate As the incident begins, Derek is several
rules, try team racing. In one close team team race. Teams from Boston and New lengths clear ahead of Manny and Alex,
race youll encounter more knotty rule York were racing. The fleet of Vanguard who are overlapped, Manny to windward
situations than youre likely to experience 15s was beam reaching on port tack of Alex. The wind is steady and moder-
in a season of fleet racing. I received a approaching a mark they were required ate, and in such conditions boats become
question from umpire Bryan McDonald to leave to starboard. The mark was a about to round or pass a mark or
about a mark rounding incident that will small round plastic buoy. The next leg was obstruction when they enter its two-length
really test your knowledge of the Part 2 a run directly downwind. The incident zone (see Rule 18.1 and ISAF Cases 84
rulesespecially Rule 18, Rounding and involves Derek and Alex on the New York and 94).
Passing Marks and Obstructions. team, and Manny on the Boston team. As shown in the rst diagram, just after
Dereks bow enters the two-length zone
around the mark, he sets a mark trap by
backing his sail to stop his boat and then
waiting for the other two to catch up.
Wind
Both Manny and Alex must keep clear of
Derek 1 Da Derek under Rule 12, and for that reason,
ng Derek is an obstruction to both of them
er
Manny 1 Ar (see the denition Obstruction). At posi-
ea
tion 1, they enter the two-length zone
around Derek and, because Manny and
Alex are both about to pass on the same
(leeward) side of Derek, Rules 18.2(a) and
Alex 1 18.2(b) begin to apply to them and con-
tinue to apply until they have passed
Hoping to strengthen his Derek (see Rule 18.1). Alex complies with
teams position in a team Rule 18.2(a) by giving Manny room to
race by executing a mark pass Derek.
trap, Derek slows his boat
upon reaching the two-
That was the easy part! Now things
length zone. begin to get interesting. At position 2
Derek 2 Da (see the second diagram) Manny reaches
ng the two-length zone around the mark.
er Alex hails Manny for room to round the
A re
Manny 2 mark to starboard as is required to sail
a
the course, and at the same moment
Manny hails Alex for room to pass the
mark to port in order to avoid fouling
Alex 2 Derek. Tilt! Should Alex ignore Mannys
hail or vice versa?
As the overtaking boat, Manny To get our heads around this situation,
must avoid Derek, who has lets start by listing the rules that apply at
now become an obstruction. position 2:
Rule 18.2(c)s first sentence requires
both Manny and Alex to keep clear of
Derek. In addition, because they both have
Derek 3 become overlapped inside Derek, that
ILLUSTRATION BY ELIZABETH WISHE
same rules third sentence warns them that

In order to avoid the Danger neither of them is entitled to room to pass
Area, Manny must sail to Manny 3
between Derek and the mark.
leeward of the mark. This
makes Manny the inside Rule 11 requires Manny to keep clear of
boat, and Alex is forced Alex unless that rule conicts with part of
to give room. Rule 18 (see the preamble to Section C).
Alex 3 Under Rule 31.1 all three boats must
not touch the mark.
Derek is permitted, as any boat always
is, to trim his sails to increase his speed
through the water, and Rule 18.2(d) per- The answer can be found in Rule 18.1.
mits him to change course as rapidly as It is clear from Mannys unusual hail that
he wishes to round the mark. he is not about to round the mark in the
Because both Manny and Alex must normal way. Instead he is about to leave it
keep clear of Derek and because Rule to port in order to avoid entering the
18.2(d) permits Derek to shut the door Danger Area and to avoid breaking Rule
between himself and the buoy as rapidly 18.2(c) by failing to keep clear of Derek. If
as he pleases, it is not safe for either Manny leaves the buoy to port then Alex,
Manny or Alex to enter the area labeled if he is to avoid contact with Manny, must
Danger Area in the second diagram. At also leave it to port. Therefore, Manny
position 2, Manny and Alex are blocked and Alex are both about to leave the buoy,
by Dereks presence from passing to an obstruction, on the same side (as shown
windward of the Danger Area. Their only in the third diagram). Manny was over-
choice is to pass to leeward of it. lapped inside Alex when they came with-
The buoy is virtually on a corner of in the buoys two-length zone. For those
the Danger Area and, therefore, at posi- reasons, Alex must give Manny room to
tion 2 it is an object that can be safely pass the buoy on his port side.
passed by Manny and Alex on only one At position 3 Manny manages to avoid
side (its leeward side). If you read the contact with Alex by a matter of inches,
second sentence of the definition but he touches the buoy. In addition to
Obstruction, you will see that, even being an obstruction, the buoy is also a
though the buoy is so small that it would mark. ISAF Team Racing Call H2 states
normally not be an obstruction, in this explicitly, It is not seamanlike to hit a
mark. When Manny hits the mark there
is just a tiny distance between the end of
Assume youre approaching a
his boom and Alexs topside. Therefore,
mark, and you have an inside Alex failed to give Manny room to pass
overlap. You hail for room, the obstructioni.e., the space Manny
and the outside boat replies, needed to carry out the maneuver of
passing the obstruction in a seamanlike
No way! I need room to pass way (see the definition Room).
the mark on the wrong side. The bottom line: Alex breaks Rule
What would you do? 18.2(a) by failing to give Manny room to
pass the buoy, an obstruction that those
two boats were leaving on the same side.
situation it is an obstruction for Manny Manny breaks Rule 31.1 by touching the
and Alex because it is not safe for them buoy because it is also a mark. Alex
to pass to windward of it. should be penalized, but Manny should
Manny and Alex were overlapped when not. Under Rule 64.1(b) Manny should
they came within two hull lengths of the be exonerated because he was compelled
buoy. Therefore, if Alex and Manny were to break Rule 31.1 by Alex breach of Rule
to pass to leeward of the buoy, Alex would 18.2(a).
be required by Rule 18.2(a) to give Manny Phew! I warned you this would be a
room to pass to leeward of it, and Alex knotty one.
would also be required to comply with If youd like to learn more? The Call
Rule 18.2(b) until they have passed it. Book for Team Racing for 2005-2008 is an
The buoy is, of course, a mark that the excellent resource that contains many
boats must eventually leave to starboard analyses of mark-rounding situations
in order to sail the course as required by that crop up in team races. It is available
Rule 28.1. However, there is no rule that to download for free from the Interna-
says when they must leave it to starboard. tional Sailing Federations website
If from position 2 Manny and Alex were (www.sailing.org). If you would like to
to sail directly to round the mark to star- test yourself by applying the rules to sit-
board, then Manny would be required by uations similar to the one discussed in
Rule 18.2(a) to give Alex room to round this column, I recommend you read the
and Manny would also be required to Questions in Team Racing Calls H1 and
comply with Rule 18.2(b). H2, but cover up the Answers. Try to
So, at position 2 whose hail should gov- work out the answers on your own before
ern? Must Manny give Alex room to round reading the answers ISAF provides.
the mark as they would do if Derek were
not present? Or must Alex give Manny E-mail for Dick Rose may be sent to
room to pass to leeward of it? rules@sailingworld.com.

Grand Prix
Wet Fannies &

Rod Stephens
An excerpt from John
Rousmanieres new book
A Berth to Bermuda:
100 Years of the Worlds
Classic Ocean Race
cean racing was growing
O
MYSTIC SEAPORT, ROSENFELD COLLECTION (2)
fast and becoming ever

more competitive. When
he published his history
of the new sport in 1935,
Alfred F. Loomis listed
2,000 men and women known to have
raced to Bermuda or Hawaii, or around
Fastnet Rock, or across the Atlantica
million miles of sailing by 350 yachts,
with a total of only ten fatalities.
More significant even than the num-
bers was the seriousness of this new
breed of sailors. By our standards, crews
BY JOHN ROUSMANIERE
were remarkably small; the notion of

moveable ballast in the form of rail
meat on the open ocean was far in the
future. A 41-foot Alden schooner sailed
the 1923 race with a crew of just four
because that was all the bunks she had.
The typical approach to racing was
nicely exemplified by the anecdote
about the skipper who was asked why
he had tacked just before arriving at a
turning mark. Had to put the roast in
MYSTIC SEAPORT, ROSENFELD COLLECTION
Class A starts the 1948 Bermuda Race

(top). The eventual winner, Baruna, the
first repeat winner of the race, is in the
right foreground of the photo. Olin (far
left) and Rod Stephens pose aboard one
of the many Sparkman & Stephens de-
signs they sailed in the Bermuda Race.
Olin Stephens designed 14 Bermuda Race
winners, more than any other designer.
The first boat to fail a pre-race inspection
(like the one being conducted above) and
be turned down for the race was the yawl
Chaos in 1923. The crew sailed anyway
and made it safely to Bermuda.
the oven! he replied. That attitude some sailors. The race, Loomis added,
would slowly disappear. was extremely fast going for the big fel-
lows, and fast going and extremely wet
The First Singlemasted Victory work for the little ones. The big fellows
While the Adriana tragedy [the 78-foot got wet, too. Lucky was the man who
schooner caught fire shortly after start- found a berth where water would not
ing the 1932 race and one sailor was lost drip in his face, complained a sailor in
at sea while abandoning ship] encour- the hard-driven 59-foot schooner
aged the race committee to lengthen the Grenadier, owned by the brothers Sher-
required equipment list, it did not dis- man Morss and Henry A. Morss, Jr., sons
courage ocean racing. Twenty-nine of the owner of a top boat almost 30
boats, including half a dozen new ones, years earlier. Obviously, this fellow was
started the next race at New London. more concerned with domestic comfort
After drifting out to the ocean, they en- than with fast sailing, of which
joyed what everybody prefers to think Grenadier-third on elapsed time-did
are typical Bermuda Race conditions, more than her share.
what Alfred F. Loomis called another of The first 16 places on corrected time
those starboard tack sleighrides, in a went to Class A boats, and the main
southwester that hit the high thirties and award, the Bermuda Trophy, was taken by
rarely dropped into the teens. As a sign the brand-new Sparkman & Stephens 56-
that boats were improving, the eet came foot sloop, Edlu, the rst singlemaster to
through relatively unscathed. When a win the race. Though owned by Rudolph
sailor said, We broke a cleat, and thats J. Schaefer, a New York brewer, she was
about all, he was testifying to the recent commanded by Bob Bavier, who gained Rod Stephens crew ties in a reef on his NY
32 Mustang during the 1950 Bermuda
advances in boatbuilding and seaman- his fifth major race trophy and second Race. The cockpit of the NY 32, like the
ship. Perfect as these conditions may overall win since 1923. Most older boats one above, shown circa 1946, was smaller
have seemed from a distance,sleighride did poorly. When the Darrell brothers en- than older boats, which meant less water
was not a word that came to the minds of tered their little yawl Dainty, which had to drain if the boat was pooped by a wave.

been second overall back in 1923, it was At dawn, after nearly six days at sea, Rod
and Olin Stephens (nearest to camera, left
considered a sporting gesture. She n-
to right) and the crew of Mustang drift to-
ished second to last. Some of the old ward the finish of the 1946 Bermuda Race.
schooners were back, too, including Ray-
mond W. Ferris Malay, the winner of the years Port Huron-Mackinac Race.
1930 race and this time taking second in Taking a regular trick at the helm of the
Class B, her third trophy in four races. new Sparkman & Stephens yawl Stormy
There were fewer schooners this year Weatherreportedly the only boat in the
only 55 percent of the eet as against 77 eet that did not shorten sail in the Gulf
percent in 1923yet the traditional rig Stream squallswas Lorna Whittlesey, a
was holding on. There were three reasons. 22-year-old ace one-design sailor from
One was the abiding affection that sailors Long Island Sound. The first woman to
held for this shippy rig and the handy race to Bermuda who was not a member
semi-sherman hull under it. Second, the of the owners family, she was recruited at
rig been updated in the late 1920s when the last minute. Luckily, her father was
Malay and other boats were built with away on a business trip and not around to
towering, more weatherly Marconi main- say no, though her mother approved.
sails. The major holdouts for the stubby, Still, Laura wasnt allowed to go forward
gaff-headed mains were John Aldens of the mast. Her job was to steer. Asked if
own Malabars, though some of their sis- she got some strange looks from other
ters carried the modern arrangement. boats, she replied, Oh, plenty. After the
As for reason three, the Bermuda Race race she went home and won the womens
was made for the schooner, with all its sail sailing championship of Long Island
spread wide. Schooner weather, a close Sound for the fth time in eight years.
or beam reach, usually was on hand for at
least a third of the race, sometimes over The First Big Blow
almost the entire 660 milesas in 1934 Ye gods and also ye little shes of the
when schooners won three of the six cor- sea, please so guide and direct us that we
rected time trophies. The other three shall never again whistle for what it takes to
cups were won by sloops, including Class sail a race, wrote Alf Loomis of the 1936
B winner Baccarat, which had come east race in an article titled, An Uphill Slam to
from Michigan with a crew that had Bermuda. Loomis, who sailed on the
never before raced in the ocean. Bac- schooner Brilliant, was surprised that there
carats skipper and crew proved, tradition were no serious injuries in the rst Bermu-
to the contrary, that it is not the salt in the da Race sailed entirely in a hard blow.
water that makes sailors, Carl Weagant It began at Newport. For years, sailors
wrote in Yachting. After collected his sil- had been lobbying for a start there, right
ver, her owner, Russell A. Alger, Jr., turned on the ocean and free of headlands and
right around, went home, and won that tricky tides. The 44-boat fleetthe
In the 1930s, the speed and simplicity of planking, oak frames, all outside lead Sixty-four years later, Kirawan sailed
boats with all-inboard Marconi rigs, like the ballast, and plenty of Everdur bronze another Bermuda Race under another
53-foot Kirawan, which won overall honors
fastenings, mast step, hanging knees, di- owner, Sandy Horowitz, who had her
in 1936, started to overwhelm the
schooners that had dominated the early
agonal strapping, and a ring frame trucked east from California in 2000.
Bermuda Races. around the after edge of her large dog After two days of fast reaching a seam
house (or deck house). The Rudder de- opened up near the waterline. A man was
largest yet, with several European boats scribed her as practically trussed from lowered over the side in a bosuns sling
that would later race from Bermuda to side to side. and filled the gap with polysulfide
Germanygot off in a foggy calm and on Her all-amateur crew of nine came sealant. During a subsequent restoration,
the second day was smashed by a south- ashore heaping praise on the boat and some of the many cracks found in her
east gale that did not waver over the next especially the dog house, where the on- frames were thought to have dated to the
four days. Nine boats withdrew, which watch sat in dry comfort, observing the exceptionally hard 1936 Bermuda Race.
was not too bad considering that the eet poor helmsman through a Niagara of
included 16 untested boats. spray, and eating hot meals that had been The Discomfort Factor
A few years earlier this would have handed up though the ports by the cook, At some dark moment during the
been a certain big-boat race, but thanks a character named Porthole Pete rough 1932 race, a sailor in the schooner
to the recent intense development of Chamberlain. Richard Henderson, in his Brilliant, Graham Bigelow, dreamed up a
boats in the 45-foot to 55-foot range, the book Philip L. Rhodes and His Yacht De- ditty as a tribute to the mixed joys and
winner and four other boats in the top signs, described Chamberlain as a sorrows of pressing through the Gulf
ten on corrected time were in Class B. In Shakespearian scholar, designer of ma- Stream:
one of the most remarkable perfor- rine fittings, and inventor of a galley Fannies wet all day and night,
mances in Bermuda Race history, the stove. He installed a custom blower in Brilliant sailing like a kite.
overall winner was the new 53-foot sloop Kirawans Charlie Noble, the chimney, to Get that damned club topsail set,
Kirawan, owned by Robert Baruch and improve the draft. Just to make us curse and sweat.
pressed hard by a crew that included her That must have helped, because after Set the guinny on the sprit,
designer, Philip Rhodes. ve days of hard work, even after taking Sheet her down and watch her split.
After finishing dead last in the 1934 two hours out to sew up a ripped main- Gulf Stream squalls we drive right
Bermuda Race in a schooner, Baruch sail, Kirawan beat every boat across the through,
told Rhodes he wanted a new boat with a nish line except two much larger Class A Brilliant, heres to you!
big sail plan for cruising in Long Island entries, Vamarie and Brilliantand even
Sound, with plenty of headroom (he was then she was less than two hours in their Most boats then were remarkably sim-
six foot, four inches), and with a rating wakes. Her corrected time victory margin ple boats. Few had radios, house batteries,
that would put her at the top of Class B was almost three and a half hours, and and engines (the few boats with engines
in the Bermuda Race, or about the mid- she took home four of the ve prizes for were required to seal them before the
dle of the eet, as a hedge against the ex- which she was eligible (the fth, for rst starting gun). Kerosene provided lights as
treme conditions that usually help small to finish, was won by the 72-foot Va- well as cooking fuel for boats without
boats win (light air) and big boats tri- marie). Her race was memorialized by coal stoves to hold off the damp as far as
umph (a hard blow). Typical of many one of her sailors, Charles Lundgren, Jr., possible, though wetness was as much a
top-of-the-line cruising-racing boats of in a series of sketches of the sloop putting rule as fragile gear. Leaky hulls, shaky
that time, Kirawans construction was her shoulder onto it under a variety of wooden spars, natural ber rope that ab-
both light and strong, with mahogany sail combinations. sorbed water and swelled like a sponge,
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galvanized stays that seemed to stretch who had learned the art of transforming
like rubber bandsall those were normal almost nothing into something.
before fiberglass, aluminum, and stain-
less steel. The cotton sails felt like sheet Pushing Hard With Rod
metal, ripped like paper, and were so stiff Stephens
they were hard to reef. When shortening The intensity began to increase in the
down, a yawl might not reef but douse 1920s when champion small-boats sailors
the mainsail altogether, set a storm try- like Bob Bavier and Sherman Hoyt began
Padded optional sailing
sail, or carry on under headsail and to regularly race offshore. The Russell
shorts 26-44, 4-16 red, mizzen, or jib and jigger. Coutts of his era, Hoyt was in his mid-
khaki, navy, black, grey, And there was the waterwater every- forties when he rst raced to Bermuda in
aloha black, aloha silver where. A view of the sea might be en- 1924 in Baviers winning Memory. He fell
trancing, but such a thought passed in love with the new sport, becoming, he
quickly. The phosphorus was beautiful wrote, a conrmed addict of ocean voy-
LIFELINE
BELT
and would light up the whole deck, Ed- ages in small yachts, properly found, well
ward Southworth of Twilight observed in and congenially manned, and at the time
his log of the 1932 race. Snapping out of of year when and where normally good
his reverie, he added, when phosphorus weather may be extracted. He also fell in
Stop life line gut chafe goes down your neck it is nothing more love with Bermuda, in part because of its
than plain sea water. What did not go people, in part because of the good sail-
down the neck had every good chance of ing there, in part because he enjoyed a
WEAPONS OF MASS PROTECTION
SUN SHIRT
going below. As Southworth put it, the drink or two and Prohibition was in ef-
rule was very simple: In ocean racing in fect back home. As he wrote in his mem-
small boats, you cannot have fresh air in oirs, I decided, possibly influenced by
the cabin without it being accompanied several days celebration and the famed
with salt water. Before 1933, when Rod hospitality of Bermudians to visiting
Stephens invented the miraculous Do- yachtsmen, that there might be a good
Cool, high collared shirts
rade ventilator, with baffles to separate deal to this ocean game after all.
#50 UV rating the water from the air, the mix of water In 1936, after the roughest Bermuda
and suffocation went hand in hand. Race yet, Herb Stone once again the race
In a vain attempt to keep the cabin at chairman, wrote in his report, the Com-
KONTROL GLOVES
least partially dry, Twilights skipper, Irv- mittee feels that these Bermuda Races
ing Johnson, slathered waterproof grease and the measurement rules have done
around the edges of hatches, covered much to improve the type of yacht sailing
them with canvas soaked in more grease, in these long distance events. The aver-
and finally cinched down the hatches age new Bermuda-bound boat was faster,
with wire. This may have stopped water more comfortable, and, with her all-in-
from going down, but it did little about board Marconi rig, easier to handle than
Find them at
the water that came up. When South- the schooners of the twenties. Alf Loomis
worth first tried to sleep in a leeward also noticed a change in sailors and what
Aggresive gripped palms,
with palm wrap! bunk, he came upon a phenomenon that was expected of them, noting, A man
thousands of other Bermuda Race sailors who cant stand the Gulf Stream blues is
HIKING PANTS
have shared: I discovered that lying in no addition to a crew, however ornamen-

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Neither was the airlessness in the days group of sailors called the young veter-
before Rod Stephens invented the Dorade ans, the best known of whom was Roder-
ventilator. The scheduled rotation of ick S. Stephens, Jr. A shipmate in Dorades
Full leg, 3/4 leg & shorts cooks through what Southworth called 1931 race to England characterized Rod
the hermetically sealed galleylike Stephens as The hard-driving mate who
KNEE SLEEVES
most yacht galleys of that time was locat- brought into play those personal forces
ed far forward, where the motion was which gured so prominently in Dorades
worstbroke down almost immediately. success, namely speed, expert knowledge,
Because Southworth had a strong stom- and a keen determination to keep the boat
ach, he took command of the galley and going at all costs. One of his rst lessons
cooked all the way to the nish using the in seamanship came during the rst of his
Stop knee abuse today! coffee pot, which he lashed into place on 17 Bermuda Races, in 1928 when he was
the Sterno stove. In it he boiled eggs, just out of high school. He raced down in
cooked vegetables, warmed up tomato an Alden schooner, Teal, which took sec-
SAILING ANGLES soup, and even brewed coffee. It would ond place in Class A and third overall.
Miami, Florida 305 661 7200 make really a very good and substantial That success would have been a highlight
meal, he said with the pride of a man in any sailors memory bank, yet when
Stephens looked back on this race, he said Stephens was learning how to race hard.
nothing about the silver and spoke only of In the 1930 Bermuda Race, one of his
being taught the buntline hitch by a pro- shipmates in the Stephens family boat,
fessional deckhand and learning the im- Dorade, was a former Star Class world
portance of securing slack running back- champion named Arthur Knapp who
stays to keep them from chafing against played the sails continuously. It was a
the mainsail. By his thirtieth birthday in tremendous education because I dont
1939, he had sailed ten major distance think we ever cleated the sheet all the way
races. The boats he was on won silver in from New London, where that race start-
nine of them, including overall victories ed, to Bermuda, Stephens recalled. But
in two transatlantic races and three Fast- his thing was, Dont just cleat it and sit
nets. Bermuda Race wins eluded him, yet down. Play it a little, in a little. That be-
he still enjoyed two class victories. came one of his own mantras. The mar-
His older brother, Olin, liked to design riage of hard driving and meticulous sea-
boats; Rod liked to build them. Among manship became his distinctive mark.
the gear he created or advanced His philosophy was nicely summarized in
notes that Carleton Mitchell took of a
conversation they had in 1951. Here in
103 words is the gospel according to
Rodand not just Rod, but the entire
new generation of ocean sailors:
Rod feels people should sail because of
a true love of the water. On going to
Bermuda, enjoy the sail because for any
one boat, there is only a minute chance of
winning. Reason why cruising men
should ocean race: it increases the effi-
ciency for cruising: boat well fitted for
ocean racing is 90-95% ready for cruis-
ing. He also stressed the importance of
racing around the buoysit irons out
details of rigging and handling your
boatwith other boats close by for com-
A Berth to Bermuda: One hundred Years of
parison, so when making long ocean
the World's Classic Ocean Race by John races and nothing is in sight, the boat is
Rousmaniere is available for $50 through still sailed at maximum efciency.
Mystic Seaport, www.mysticseaport.org or Mitchell continued: Driving hard at
800 331-2665. sea, Rod consoles himself by thinking
what a boat can take. He looks at a piece
were the Dorade ventilator (which for of 1/4 inch wire, and thinks of the strains
the rst time allowed for a dry, well-ven- imposed upon it, but also thinks what it
tilated cabin), the parachute spinnaker, would take to break that piece of wire.
the genoa jib, the aluminum mast, and For there is no real point of strain; the
stronger running and standing rigging. boat relaxes and gives in to the sea.
He carried two mainsails in Blitzen Stephens drove himself as hard as he
when she was second overall in the 1938 drove boats (and, for that matter, his
Bermuda Race, one for light air and the crews). A remarkable physical specimen
other for a fresh breeze, and trained his who was nicknamed Tarzan, in the
crew until they could change them in a 1948 Bermuda Race he shinned almost
few minutes. (Later, the rules were 50 feet up the mast of his New York 32
changed to permit only one mainsail.) sloop Mustang to reeve off a spinnaker
Such was Rods reputation for omnipo- halyard. Energetic on a boat, he was no
tence that false rumors arose about him, less energetic on shore. The march of
among them that he was the one who progress in ocean racing in its formative
placed toilets on the port side because he years was in no small part due to the ar-
was the rst to recognize that the typical ticles he wrote and those also written by
Bermuda Race was sailed on starboard his brother, Herb Stone, Alf Loomis,
tack. In fact John Alden began placing and George Roosevelt, the owner of
toilets on the port side with Malabar IV, Mistress. To read Yachting magazine in
his first design for a Bermuda Race and the 1930s is to be swept up in an enthu-
the 1923 winner. siastic seminar on how to race a boat
Besides seamanship, young Rod hard and safely at sea.
Grand Prix
L A U N C H E S
Wally 77 Carrera
ONE PROGRAM THAT DREW A LOT OF ATTENTION AT CARIBBEAN when the keel reaches its raised position, two hydraulic pins au-
regattas last winter was the 79-foot Wally Carrera. Its clean lines tomatically lock it into place. Four pins at the bottom of the hull
and uncluttered teak deck, a familiar sight to habitus of the press against the middle portion of the n to keep it stable when
Mediterranean, looked especially striking in Caribbean waters. fully extended. Carrera can motor, or sail downwind in light con-
From the outside, Carrera looks much like its older relatives, ditions, with the keel in its raised position.
Genie, and Magic Carpet, but theres a big difference below the Carreras owner, Alex Jackson, a funds manager who splits his
waterline, with a lifting keel that reduces the boats draft from time between Connecticut and Shelter Island, N.Y., has cruised
13'1" to 8'2". The keels trunk occupies part of the central for- the boat in the Mediterranean for the past several years, occa-
BOB GRIESER
ward portion of the salon, and extends from the bottom of the sionally racing. I bought Carrera because it seemed to me to be
hull to the top of the deckhouse. A single hydraulic piston re- a great combination of a racing and cruising boat, says Jackson.
portedly lifts the steel n and 10-ton lead bulb in 90 seconds, and Wallys incorporate a lot of original thinking I hadnt really seen
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
LOA 79
LWL 673
Beam 192
DSPL 70,458 lbs.
SA 3,315 sq. ft.
Draft 82/132
Design German Frers
Builder CNB
Sails North Carbon 3DL
Paint systems Awlgrip
Mast Omohundro
Rigging Riggarna
Electronics B&G
Deck hardware Harken
Hydraulics Cariboni
before. The actual boat design itself isnt startling, its just an 80- upwind. We really scooted downwind with the big asymmetric,
foot Frers, and its not a whole lot different from an 80-foot but its so big it requires real heads-up handling.
Swan these days. Its a good boat to drive, the whole setup is very The boats sheets are trimmed with hydraulic rams, which run
simple. Its actually a lot like the Etchells, no running backs. Its under the teak deck. Systems such as this appear simple from off the
pretty basic. boat, but require a knowledgeable crew to keep running well. Keep-
Jackson, whod previously raced Lasers and Etchells before buy- ing everything squared away is the job of the permanent three-per-
ing Carrera, brought some professionals onboard for this years son crewa captain, engineer, and chef. Jackson plans to keep Car-
Caribbean big-boat circuit, including tactician Steve Benjamin. rera around New England this summer, with a mix of cruising and
Its the rst Wally Ive sailed on, says Benjamin, and the deck racing events, including the New York YC Annual Cruise. Next year,
layout is clean, but there are a lot of stoppers to get used to. Once Carrera will head for Valencia to watch the Americas Cup.
we had it gured it out we were sailing the boat 9.5 to 10 knots TONY BESSINGER

Grand Prix both of us will come up with and bounce
off each other. Hes got special require-
ments hed like to see, and were trying to
ACCORDING TO incorporate it all. Its still a boat, and
once it hits the water, Bills in charge.
Has a designer ever drawn something
Bob Wiley that simply doesnt work?
Yes, but all the boatyards these days
have in-house designers and engineers, so
when you nd something wrong you can
have them redraw it, send it off to the
The industrys changed. The Med circuit is driven by original designer to OK, and we can keep
sponsorship dollars, so most of those boats stick only moving forward.
Do you always sail on a boat as crew
to regattas that the sponsors want them to attend. once its nished?
I like to stick around and see it through.
On the TP 52 Esmeralda I went into a
BOB WYLIE, 43, A NATIVE AUSTRALIAN WHO each particular venue. I also go through trimming role on the boat after sailing it
now calls Yorkshire, England, home, has all aspects of the yacht to make sure its for a week and making sure all the sys-
supervised the build of at least 20 grand- what were looking for, to make it a tems were working and that everybody
prix boats since 1983. Wylie doesnt kiss grand-prix raceboat, and to meet the understood the boat, which is especially
the boat good-bye when it leaves the yard, owners wishes. In most of the latest pro- necessary with the modern winch pack-
either. Hes an Americas Cup-caliber jects, Ive been involved from the design ages where theres a lot of tap dancing
headsail trimmer whose expertise at stage all the way through, including the required.
designing efficient, crew-friendly deck rst regatta. Have you ever been particularly
layouts has made him as popular with fel- How did you learn to deal with the attached to any of your projects?
low racers as he is with owners. We caught mix of owners, builders, and designers? Im always quite disappointed to see
up with Wiley as he was in the nal stages Its all just general knowledge Ive boats move on, because I always want
of building Blue Yankee, a Reichel/Pugh gathered over the years. One of my first to spend more time with them. The
66, at the Compania de Barcos in Buenos approaches to doing new boats is to IMS 50 Esmeralda was probably one of
Aires, Argentina. simplify them, to get rid of any excess the most enjoyable boats Ive ever done.
What was your first boat as a project systems or crap that I feel we dont We had a lot of new ideas put in that
manager? need. I try to make the boat less com- boat, and we finally understood the
My first project was an IOR racer, plicated. One of the big things we did in [IMS] rule well enough to take the boat
Indulgence, which we sank in the 1983 the TP 52 Esmeralda was to really opti- to a new level.
Admirals Cup. We were short tacking up mize the winch package to make sailing What steps would you take to reinvig-
the back side of the Isle of Wight and hit the boat easier. orate the grand-prix handicap racing
the Empress Queen wreck. We continued How does being the owners on-site circuit? Can we ever get the Admirals
racing because we thought wed hit the representative affect your relationship Cup back to the level it was when you
ground, and then, as we were going with the builder and designers? were young?
around Nab tower, we discovered the boat Youre always on the owners side, and What youll probably see is box-rule
was full of water, and it consequently sunk have his interests at the front, but then classes like the TP 52 and hopefully the
on us. youve got to work with the design ofce ORC 42 succeeding. The industrys
What was it like watching your first to get what you want for the owner, and changed. The Med circuit is driven by
project sink? then youve got to coordinate with the sponsorship dollars, so most of those
It was a funny experience because it builder to make his job easier as well. boats stick only to regattas that the spon-
was the middle of the night and we Sometimes theres some give and take sors want them to attend.
werent quite sure what was going on. We with any and all of the parties to nd the I dont think the Admirals Cup will
managed to get the boat afloat pretty best solution to any problems. ever get back to the level it was in the
quick, but then the salvage company And what of this current yard? 80s. Its a shame, but I think its going to
ripped off the otation buoys and it sank I hadnt had any dealings with them. be tough to attract boats to the event, be-
again. It took them another four days to Were [Blue Yankees skipper, Bill cause its in England, and there have been
get it aoat. It was beyond repair for that Newkirk, is working with Wiley] bringing many negative comments made about
event, but we xed it up and the boat be- a lot of our experience into this yard to sailing there. Its too bad, the Solent has
came Phoenix, which was the top boat in ensure we get a boat were happy with. some of the best, most challenging yacht-
the Admirals Cup in 1985. Were under a tight time frame, so were ing in the world.
Describe what todays grand-prix trying to simplify things and make life Any advice for young sailors who
BILL NEWKIRK
project manager does. easier for the yard. might want a job like yours?
I help owners run their raceboat pro- How is it having the skipper around? Just be keen and ready to work for your
jects. I work with the designer to get the Its extremely important, especially goal.
performance we need out of the boat at with this boat, there are some things that TONY BESSINGER

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Maarten Zonjees J/24 Footloose powers
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Race Week. Footloose won its 15-boat class by
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SNIPE WINTER CIRCUIT

The Snipe Winter Circuit, a
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that begins at the Clearwater
YC on the west coast of Florida
with the Snipe Midwinters,
moves east to Coconut Grove
and the waters of Biscayne Bay
for the Don Q Rum Keg and
east to Nassau, Bahamas, for
both the Bacardi Cup, and the
Dudley Gamblin Trophy series.
This years overall winner was
Augie Diaz, sailing with either
Mark Ivey (Gamblin, Don Q,
Bacardi Cup) and Dede Plesner
(Midwinters). Eight skippers
sailed the entire circuit, taking
second overall was Peter Com-
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BVI SPRING REGATTA Keg, held on Biscayne Bay in early April. Diaz, sailing with crew Greg Saldana, placed 20th overall,
but his son, Augie, sailing with Mark Ivey, won the event. For more on the Snipe Midwinters, see
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the Nanny Cay Marina in
Tortola British Virgin Islands,
this years BVI Spring Regatta
attracted a good crop of race-
boats. In Racing A, Roger
Sturgeons TP 52 Rosebud
was top boat, beating Dan
Meyers CM 60 Numbers by
four points in the eight-race
series. In third, Tom Hills R/P
77 Titan XII. In Racing B, Tim
Kimptons Melges 32, Crash
Test Dummies won by 11
points over Clay Deutschs
Swan 68 Chippewa, while the
Italian Swan 45 DSK Comifin,
owned by Danilo Salsi, took
third, despite being disquali-
fied for kinetics, specifically
having its crew hang too far
over the lifelines in one race.
James Dobbs Olson 30, Lost
Horizon II won Racing C,
ahead of Frits Bus Melges
GLENNON STRATTON
LASER MIDWINTERS WEST 24, Carib.natufit.

Mission Bay YC, in San Diego, Calif., hosted the 162-boat Laser Midwinters West, held in March. Kosa Loka, an Olson 30 from
The winner of the 72-boat strong Laser Class was Royce Weber, of Surf City, N.J., who tied on
Puerto Rico, took third.
points with Brendan Fahey, of Seattle, Wash., but won as a result of having two first-place finishes.
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I N T E R C L U B N AT I O N A L S
Jim Bowers and Bridgid Murphy won the grueling, 16-race Interclub Dinghy Nationals,
held in March at the Severn Sailing Association, in Annapolis, Md. This was Bowers
Fifth IC Nationals title, and puts him within one championship of tying Jack Slatterys
(whos been out of the class for 10 years) six-win record. Kim and Ben Cesare, who won
the title in 2003, were second overall, and Ed Adams, sailing with his son Luke, placed
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Beach YC in April. On the final day of match racing, Brady beat Scott Dickson 2-0 in the
semifinals, and when he was through with him, he disposed of Great Britain's Ian Williams
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in step with Doug Hagen and Ryan Cox during the St. Francis YC Spring Dinghy Series
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ERIK SIMONSON
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Chris Ganne where the only I-14 team to finish; Peter Phelan topped the Laser fleet;
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Stagg Yachts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Fisher, who is also a professional sailor,
Vanguard Racing Sailboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
can be found on the water trimming
SAILS, SPARS, RIGGING headsails on grand-prix programs.
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GMT Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 gear. The most common mistake he sees? People tying knots,
New England Ropes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 says Fisher. When you tie a knot instead of a splice, youre re-
North Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ducing the lines strength by as much as 30 percent.
Selden Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,47
UK Sailmakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
HARDWARE/ACCESSORIES TERRY HUTCHINSON
Annapolis Performance Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Edson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 One of our best days of last seasons
Harken Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Acts was in Trapani [Italy] when we had
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Spinlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Terry Hutchinson, of Emirates Team
PERSONAL SAILING GEAR New Zealand, who brings us another
Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 installment of his Monday Morning
Magic Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rolex Watch USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C4
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Ronstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,84 we simply had a plan and stuck to it.
Sailing Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 This is a point that Rod [Davis, the
SLAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 teams coach] is continually driving home. He says its not the rst
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B & G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 one comes from losing your cool and deviating from the plan.
Furuno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SailFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Simrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C3
Tacktick / Ocean Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 GAVIN OHARE
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One area of a team race where,
OHare, the head coach of the Naval
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Adventure Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Academys intercollegiate sailing team,
Baja California Sur Tourism Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 sees frequent mistakes is the right after
J World Sailing School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Landfall Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
start. Ironically enough, he adds, these
Leukemia Cup Regatta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 are often the result of sailors focusing
Mt. Gay Rum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 too intently on the opponent. They
NOOD Regatta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,3 might focus too much on team racing,
National Sailing Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Offshore Sailing School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
says OHare, 37, and waste time, for
Sunsail Club Colonna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 example, by getting into a tacking duel when their goal should
West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C2,1 be to control a side of the course. As for more general advice,
BROKERAGE OHare adds that hesitation is rarely good. Often errors are
Bavaria Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 made by teams not acting quickly enough. If one team doesnt
Farr Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,91 take the initiative, then the other has the opportunity do so.
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RCR Yachts Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 RICHARD WESSLUND
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ASK DR.CRASH
DEAR DR. CRASH,
Ive read plenty about how top sailors adjust their sails to go fast downwind in a breeze, and I want to emulate
their success. All of my resources explain the importance of getting the boat to loosen up by adjusting the
boom vang, and Ive been experimenting with different settings. Things seem to go well up to a certain point, but
when we really get going, I lose all steerage and the boat just wants to do its own thing. My crew is
beginning to grumble, I could really use your help.
ROCKING IN ROCKAWAY
DEAR ROCKING,
Youre on the path to downwind nirvana, and it appears youve experienced the zone I call,the hairy edge.
Heavy-air downwind sailing has its unique paradox: In a keelboat or dinghy that sails deep angles, the faster you
TIM WILKES PHOTOGRAPHY
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ingly wrong, but dont let your crew keep you from testing the waters. Just remember, however, to keep the top
batten parallel with the boom and your carbon bits out of the water.
DR. CRASH

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44 The Gritty, Early Days of

Monday Morning Tactics p. 66

St. Petersburg San Diego Annapolis Detroit Chicago

48/ Tech News

FROM THE EXPERTS

56/ WInners Debrief

61/ Monday Morning Tactician

Cover Photo: Tim Wilkes Photography Contributors 95

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More Than Just A Trimmer

Olympic Opinions publisher, I cant resist giving

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JON NASH/DPPI, SIMON FISHER/ABN AMRO, DAVID BRANIGAN/VOLVO OCEAN RACE

Fighting For the Bone

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A Letter from Valencia

has not won the Cup. Its the fastest boat

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For Scandone, Theres One Clear Mission

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With that in mind, we asked Ikl, a former U.S. Olympic Committee

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