Local Star Class Newsletter

Volume 2, No. 12 December, 2001 Star Class Newsletter for the 1st, 2nd and 12th Districts DECEMBER REGATTA SCHEDULE Master’s division. Other than some wakes from other 5th District boats the weak flood tide kept the Bay relatively Dec. 8-9 Kriss Kringle Regatta (OD) (SDB) smooth. There was a lot of tide guessing during the first race on Saturday, but then everybody kind of 20th District found the right area to sail in and played the wind Dec. 1-2 Commodore’s Cup shifts. The course for all races was a twice around windward-leeward finishing on the run. CALVIN PAIGE This series was first raced for in 1963 when the series St. Francis Yacht Club was called the “West Coast Fall Championship”. Then October 20-21, 2001 in 1974 the series’ name was changed to Calvin Paige. Twenty Stars from seven fleets and two continents The original purpose of this series was to bring th th competed in the Calvin Paige Regatta held at Saint together sailors from the 5 and 6 Districts. Over the Francis Y.C. The races took place in 15-18 knots of years the list of winners has been more or less a who’s west wind off the city front right in front of the yacht who of West Coast Star sailing. The first winner in club. There were three races each day. After the first 1963 was Lowell North, who went on to win the day Doyle / Meireles and Sperry / Higgs were tied. series three times. In 1964 Bill Buchan took top Sperry / Higgs faltered in the last race which gave a honors and has won the series five times. Other series decisive victory to Eric Doyle / Rodrigo Meireles. Bill winners include Tom Blackaller (four times), Vince Buchan with Mark Brink up front once again won the Brun (twice), Paul Cayard (twice), Mark Reynolds (twice), Dennis Conner and Ross MacDonald. What current? Oops! No. Sail # Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total 1 7956 Eric Doyle Rodrigo Meireles SDB 3 1 3 1 4 6 18 2 7995 Austin Sperry Andrew Higgs WSFB 4 2 1 2 7 11 27 3 7955 Ben Mitchell Rick Peters LB 9 4 5 5 2 4 29 4 8043 George Szabo Andy Vare SDB 5 5 2 7 9 2 30 5 8077 Howie Shiebler Darryl Hyatt WSFB 2 9 6 4 1 10 32 6 7836 Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey LMac 6 7 4 6 5 7 35 7 7972 Peter Vessela Ken Kazeski WSFB 1 12 11 8 3 3 38 8 7405 Bill Buchan Mark Brink PS 8 8 7 3 11 1 38 9 7631 Doug Smith Mike Moore SBC 7 6 9 9 6 5 42 10 7310 Rod Hagebols Paul Erikson WSFB 11 3 10 12 12 8 56 11 7042 Steve Brown Chris Eid NH 13 10 8 11 8 9 59 12 7437 Nedko Vassilev Martin Helliell NH 14 14 14 10 10 12 74 13 7570 Chuck Driscoll Jim Oberg SDB 10 13 13 13 13 13 75 14 7951 Will Bacon Jon Rogers WSFB 15 17 17 14 14 14 91 15 7931 Jeremy Davidson Jessica Costa NH 12 11 12 21 21 21 98 16 6968 Rob Gewecke Kevin Mullen WSFB 16 15 15 16 15 21 98 17 7611 Greg Dyer Aaron Heirs WSFB 18 16 16 15 16 21 102 18 4103 Scott Merrick Don Taylor WSFB 17 18 18 21 21 21 116 19 7635 Norm Quadros Dawson Klemp NH 19 21 21 21 21 21 124 Off the city front. 20 7952 G. Brooks Sperry Chris Shepara WSFB 21 21 21 21 21 21 126 (From the 1965 Log) 1 STARDUST December, 2001 Michelob Cup carbon copy of the first race with the race committee West River Sailing Club adding another weather leg. Doug decided to stick Galesville, MD with the same game plan as the first race. Most of the October 20-21 2001 fleet worked left, but John Lecourt played the right By John Jenkins side and had a nice lead at the weather mark, with Doug and me in second and Barbara Vosbury a close In an effort to revitalize the Michelob Cup, Mike third. Doug cut into Lecourt’s lead on the down wind Lovellette, Barbara Vosbury and Bert Collins went on leg and was able to take the lead on the second beat. an email campaign to promote this year’s regatta and Doug went on to win the race, while Barbara Vosbury give the Western Shore Fleet a boost. Through their and Trapper Lippincott were able to work into second efforts the Michelob attracted 13 boats, which almost on the last beat, passing John Lecourt who finished doubled last years fleet. Every Fleet from the district third. was represented with Steve Rubinkam from Paw Paw Lake joining us on his way to Florida, and Mike After Saturday Doug and I were leading the Christman racing his recently purchased star for the first regatta, but there was a virtual three-way tie for time. Everyone that attended was treated to almost second between Barbara Vosbury, Tom Price, and perfect sailing conditions with temperatures in the 70s Elliott Oldak. Bert Collins had slipped off the pace in and wind in the 5-15 range. The race committee, headed the second race and was mystified by a sudden case of by Peter Mignerey, set three perfect courses making for the slows. When the bow of his boat failed to clear the an ideal weekend of sailing. water while he was hauling out, he realized an inspection port he had forgotten to close had allowed Looking for an opportunity to crew in the regatta, I many gallons of water to accumulate in the forward hooked up with Doug Schofield in 7876. Doug’s tanks of his boat. Wouldn’t it be nice if all the slows regular crew, brother Bob, was crewing for Bert could be solved so quickly! Collins and checking out the new Mader (8063) Bert bought last spring. Bert’s regular crew Guy Avellon Sunday morning was even lighter then Saturday hooked up with Elliott Oldak (7939) and Joe morning so we towed out. By time we reached the Balderson left his boat at home and crewed for John starting area the wind was filling in from the south Avis. These changes gave several of us an opportunity fairly quickly and it appeared we would have 10- 15 to see how the other guy does it. or more for the third race. With the wind building and several close to max weight crews in the fleet, I Saturday morning, while crews were rigging their sensed Doug was longing for his younger 40 lb boats, the West River looked pretty calm, but by race heavier regular crew, but I reassured him there was time a nice southerly was building on the bay and the still some juice in this baby boomer, and three upwind race committee set us up with Course 4 finishing legs of mini hiking wasn’t a problem. Before the start downwind. After studying the wind and currant Doug Doug sensed some right shifting in the wind, so we decided he wanted to sail left out into the bay on the decided to try the right side this race. Starting near first beat. Doug started at the pin end and stayed on the pin again, Doug was able to jump out ahead of starboard tack until most of the fleet had tacked onto John Avis and force him to bear away and sail to port, when he tacked to work back to the middle. leeward of us. Most of the fleet was tacking to port, Elliott Oldak and John Avis continued to the left and thinking like us that the right was favored. Doug were rewarded with a little more pressure and a port tacked to cover the fleet, while John Avis and John tack lift. Elliott rounded the weather mark first, with Lecourt continued to the left. John Avis had figured John Avis second and we were a close third. Oldak left was the way to go and went to the port tack lay went low on the downwind leg while Avis and us line John was right and had a considerable lead at the stayed high and were able to just edge out Elliott at weather mark. John Lecourt was second to the mark the leeward mark. John Avis stayed in the lead on the and we were third. John Avis was able to win the race second beat, but allowed Doug to get by when he had easily and Doug and I were able get a comfortable to back track after forgetting to go around the offset second to win the series. Barbara Vosbury, Elliott mark. Working to the right on the downwind leg John Oldak, Tom Price, and Bert Collins had a close race was able to regain the lead, but failed to get the gun at for third, with Barbara nipping Elliott at the finish for the finish. John had violated the one-minute rule, series second and Elliott getting series third. which was in effect for all the races. John sailed a great race but his misfortune allowed us to finish first Back at the club, the consensus was that this series with Elliott Oldak second and Tom Price was third. was as good as any we have had all summer, and was a good way to end the season in the Second District.

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