Volume 3, No. 10 October, 2002 Star Class Newsletter for the 1st, 2nd and 12th Districts OCTOBER REGATTA SCHEDULE corner, to hide from the tide and to find that left shift. This is when the wind gods dealt their cards and shut off the 2nd District NW breeze, only to be replaced twenty minutes later by Oct. 19-20 Michelob Cup, WRSC the seabreeze filling from the right side of the course. The boats who sailed inshore on starboard tack continued 5th District getting lifted from there without a tack, all the way to the Oct. 19-20 Calvin Paige, StFYC weather mark, which some of them approached reaching, Oct. 26-27 Ash Bown, SDYC still starboard tack. The boats that worked the right side of the course had to sail to the weather mark low enough to Iain Percy and Steven Mitchell slow down and let some of the boats from the left side sneak in first at the mark. The next leg turned into a 2002 Star Class World Champions reaching port tack procession while the committee re-set Iain Percy and Steven Mitchell of England won the the new weather mark at approximately 140 degree course 2002 World’s in a convincing manner with two firsts, change from the previous weather mark course. The third a second, a third and a fourth. Going into the final race leg was a beat as well, across the tide in two shipping the only boat to have a real chance to beat Percy / channels, towards the Brewster islands and then a run to Mitchell was that of Torben Grael / Marcelo Ferreira. the finish. The third race had a surprise winner, BH Star's race committee regular Dan Mullaine sailing on a For the full results see pages 2-3. The write-up of the event borrowed boat with his son Jim. Bainton / Rogers and is on page 4. Chittick / Chittick were caught on the left side of the first beat and were engaged in a furious fight for 10th place, Atlantic Coast Masters Regatta which would place the winner of the duel into the top August 24-25, 2002 three. Chittick / Chittick rounded the first mark after Boston Harbor Bainton / Rogers but managed to overtake them in the remainder of the race for a 10 points gain which placed The event was sailed in the waters of Broad Sound, them into second overall. Mullaine / Mullaine took third between the Deer Island and Nahant. The weather on the overall on a tie with Bainton / Rogers. MacDonald / first day provided cloudy skies and intermittent rain drizzle Leonidov held onto fourth place in this race to win the with temperatures hovering under 70 degrees. But the blessing was a steady Pl Sail Skipper Crew Fleet Cat. Boat Name R1 R2 R3 Total wind in 3-10 knot range from 1 7732 Gary MacDonald Serge Leonidov BH Night Light 3 1 4 8 Northeast. In the end of day, after two 2 7951 David Chittick Mike Chittick Mid GM Jane's Bane 1 3 10 14 races, three boats were tied for the 3 7629 Dan Mullane Jim Mullane BH 7 7 1 15 series' lead at 4 points each, Bainton / 4 7993 Joe Bainton Chris Rogers NB Junk Yard Dog 2 2 11 15 Rogers, Chittick / Chittick and 5 7565 Jack Button Chris Batchelor Mid EGM Telluride 9 6 2 17 MacDonald / Leonidov. 6 7934 Karl von Swartz Jon von Swartz An 6 4 8 18 On day two the skies cleared up for a 7 7468 John Siljander Bob McKie BH GM Turnip Truck 8 8 3 19 perfect cool sunny day in Boston. The 8 7785 Davis Buckley Chris Brown An GM Mistral 5 5 9 19 wind forecast was for NW at 10 knots, 9 7911 John Fox Nancy Fox BH Foxy 2 10 10 5 25 turning W later in the day. With the 10 7444 Joe Zambella Pudge Lally BH Brillo 11 9 6 26 tide coming in for most of the 11 7386 Jim Kubic Chris Maisongrande CA GM 4 11 12 27 scheduled race most the competitors 12 7554 Emil Karlovski Don Cronan Mid VEGM 12 dnf 7 32 cut hard from the start into the left 1 STARDUST October, 2002 series with a good margin. 2 STARDUST October, 2002 2002 STAR WORLD’S RESULTS Pl. Sail# Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total 1 8025 Iain Percy Steven Mitchell GBR 19 4 1 3 2 1 11 2 8109 Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira Gua 3 1 5 9 5 4 18 3 8107 Xavier Rohart Yannick Adde NI 6 8 2 33 3 10 29 4 8088 Paul Cayard Hal Haenel WSFB 7 9 4 8 40 5 33 5 8082 Rick Merriman Bill Bennett SDB 53 7 8 4 15 12 46 6 7988 Peter Bromby Martin Siese BER 33 2 32 5 1 9 49 7 7828 Colin Beashel David Giles SY 41 19 11 2 18 2 52 8 8110 Mark Mansfield Killian Collins IRL 2 13 18 25 7 dnf 65 9 7829 Mark Reynolds Magnus Liljedahl SDB 78 5 29 1 10 22 67 10 8077 Howie Shiebler Rick Peters WSFB 70 21 30 6 4 6 67 11 8034 Alan Adler Ricardo Ermel RdJ 26 3 zfp 17 14 23 81 12 7879 Phillipe Presti Jean P. Saliou FdeSA 9 17 35 16 22 20 84 13 7631 George Szabo Austin Sperry SDB 1 20 10 30 27 50 88 14 8080 Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekstrom Bk 47 40 6 13 11 18 88 15 7971 Michael Koch Markus Koy KF 65 24 16 14 9 25 88 16 7995 Augie Diaz Christian Finnsgard BisB 32 10 26 19 26 16 97 17 7994 Nicklas Holm Martin Leifelt DF 92 14 12 28 38 7 99 18 8065 Gavin Brady Rodney Keenan NZL 11 12 42 rdg rdg 34 103.6 19 7451 Ross Macdonald Eric Jespersen EB 54 42 14 21 12 15 104 20 7581 Roberto Bermudez Domingo Menrrique Barc 27 11 20 69 34 17 109 21 7567 Hans Spitzauer Wolfgang Brenner Att 17 30 38 10 28 27 112 22 7959 Alexander Hagen Carsten Witt Glu 23 60 28 27 21 19 118 23 7992 Reinhard Schmidt Jochen Wolfram Moh 5 33 ocs 40 13 rdg 122 24 7714 Gonzalo Araujo Marcos Iglesias Lar 10 25 zfp 34 32 28 129 25 7737 Eric Doyle Rodrigo Meireles NH 64 28 zfp 22 31 8 131 26 8061 Christian Rasmussen Peter Orsted DF 73 6 24 26 6 ocs 135 27 8053 Afonso Domingos Bernardo Santos CP 21 34 78 43 17 21 136 28 8085 Flavio Marazzi Renato Marazzi TB 22 55 36 51 20 11 140 29 8015 Joe Londrigan Jon VanderMolen LS 31 49 27 18 66 26 151 30 8041 Jim Buckingham Joel Kew NH 39 31 33 7 44 44 154 31 8059 Peter Vessella Brian Fatih WSFB 58 18 52 41 19 24 154 32 8046 Lars Schmidt Grael Marco A. Lagoa Par 15 38 41 56 29 36 159 33 7854 Benny Andersen Mogens Just DF 56 23 7 45 39 46 160 34 8090 Giampiero Poggi Giovanni Stilo Rom 67 16 67 12 35 32 162 35 7836 Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey LMac 13 dnf 70 36 37 14 170 36 7987 Mads Christensen Soren Schwennesen SWE 38 51 9 42 ocs 31 171 37 7817 Maxwell Treacy R. Anthony Shanks IRL 59 26 25 15 48 dnf 173 38 7888 Paul A. Sevestre Vincent Berenguier FdeM 4 27 60 53 53 40 177 39 7525 Gregg Morton Gary Mitchell SDB 42 50 17 68 16 52 177 40 7405 William Buchan Mark Brink PS 60 54 44 37 42 3 180 41 8067 Ian Walker Nick Williams LMac 72 22 45 23 55 35 180 42 7942 Mike Dorgan Eric Weintraub SDB 62 36 49 39 23 38 185 43 8014 Riccardo Simoneschi Ferdinando Colaninno FdiG 74 75 ocs 20 8 13 190 44 8094 J.M. Van Der Ploeg Diego Fructuoso Barc 91 45 13 11 ocs 30 190 45 8072 Douglas Smith Martin Dalton SBC 40 59 40 35 47 33 195 46 7997 Robbie Haines Brain Haines SDB 34 39 43 49 43 39 198 47 8068 John MacCausland Sean Delaney CR 45 15 34 58 52 76 204 48 7310 Rodney Hagebols William Finlay WSFB 49 48 ocs 24 49 45 215 49 7462 Dave Watt Alex Dunn PS 8 37 76 71 72 29 217 50 7758 Marko Dahlberg Ville Kurki Fin 25 73 48 73 24 48 218 51 8045 Larry Whipple Darin Jensen PS 12 65 37 52 61 58 220 52 7592 Paul Sustronk Mike Wolf LOC 16 46 19 dsq 36 ocs 221 3 STARDUST October, 2002 2002 STAR WORLD’S RESULTS, continued Pl. Sail# Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total 53 8044 Steven Kelly Billy Holowesko N 68 47 15 32 62 66 222 54 8009 Chritoph Gautschi Uli Seeberger Bod 52 90 57 50 30 43 232 55 8000 Arthur Anosov Gennady Korolkov TaB 14 78 58 60 41 61 234 56 8070 Juan Kouyoumdjian Gabriel Meyer BA 37 29 53 61 54 65 234 57 7612 Stephen Gould Jon Rogers WSFB 36 58 ocs 38 58 59 249 58 7950 Jimmie Lowe Andrew Higgs N 81 32 54 48 65 56 255 59 7626 James Freeman Matthew Freeman SL 44 68 55 72 25 64 256 60 7862 John Virtue Charles Beek NH 69 70 39 29 51 75 258 61 7931 Jeremy Davidson Jessica Costa LAH 35 43 62 63 59 60 259 62 7225 Hyde Perce Chuck Nevel WH 76 56 64 44 56 41 261 63 7982 Susie Pegel Tom George SDB 79 52 47 47 73 42 261 64 8002 Frank Tusch Sven Winkelmann Moh 46 44 68 66 50 55 261 65 7844 Foss Miller Greg Newhall PS 83 35 56 59 75 37 262 66 7986 Bill Allen Brad Lichter WH 88 72 31 31 70 rdg 262.4 67 7869 Wilfrid Clerton Ceasar Dohy IF 43 71 46 75 57 49 266 68 8043 Jock Kohlhas Kent Karlsson BisB 95 61 65 57 33 51 267 69 7775 Bill Abbott Jr.