LEADING E D G E

PUBLICATION O F TH E UNI TED STATES 50 ,. G ASSOCI A TI O N

ME 22, NUMBER 3 SUMMER 1992 ]

WILMEITE STUNNED BY POOR TURN OUT!!

THE POST-OLY.Y.PIC I ET DOWN One advantage of the a ...• - • open bar and lavish buffet were quite finally hit Wi!m$;;:; Race Weekend. The bers was that Doc Murphy o- . -d ~ manageable. virus that infects tne Class every four be host to 114 sailors a nd'-::..-=-=::-~ With so few boats Dave Leach had years resulted in only 25 boats compet­ at the perennial pa0 . - ::.::.:: - no problems setting a short, square line ing for the annual champion ship held tion, the pool was not nearly cs ~ ~­ and was overheard on the boat loud­ at the Sheridan Shore Yacht Club. ed as in past years and lines :r -..: speaker wondering, "Where is every­ body? Is th is the right weekend?" Kent Heilzinger recognized there "''OS a problem with the turnout at the 1992 WilmeHe Race Weekend rigging party on Thu rsday night, "I fig­ July 31 - August 2 ured there was something wrong when WilmeHe we hao only gone through two kegs of Race Race Race Race Race Total beer by 7:00 p.m. " By Friday after­ Sail Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 Points noon, Dave Williams, the Midwest VP, 1 KC 185 Beatty 2* 1 1 2 4 10 was in a state of shock, "Terrible, just 2 USb~2 Kamps 4 3 ~3 3 1 14 terrible! Something is wrong here, very 3 US759 Joosten 5 6 4 7 7 29 wrong. I can tell you this -someone is 4 us 43~ Johnsson 1 12 10 8 8 39 5 US808 Murphy 3 21 5 10 2 41 ** 6 US646 :.0:1e 14 10 7 6 6 43** "Something is 7 us 768 Wi.::ams 6 2 23 4 10 45 8 US700 Kondo 2 13 13 11 10 52 very wrong 9 US628 Slaght iO 7 16 5 14 52 10 us 755 Steams DNS 4 6 9 11 56** here, very 11 US 682 Slater 9 5 8 17 20 59 12 US807 Hoeksema DNS DNS 2 1 5 60 wrong." 13 us 763 Crysd :~ l e 7 15 17 13 12 64 14 us 570 Hall 16 8 12 15 16 67** to blame and I'm going to find out 15 us 720 Kennedy 11 22 11 16 9 69** who's responsible." 16 us 605 Bobo 8 17 14 18 18 75** Fingers were pointed and a com­ 17 US709 Floyd 20 16 15 14 15 82** mittee was formed, headed by Craig 18 US 601 Schemel 12 9 18 22 21 82 Warner who himself had been impli­ 19 us 792 Buerger 13 23 9 12 26 83"* cated initially. By midnight that evening 20 us 785 Heitzinger 17* 14 DNS DNS 3 86** a preliminary conclusion was 21 us 541 Cannardy 17 20 19 21 17 94** reached- Joe Hoeksema was at fault. 22 US676 Ahn 18 11 20 20 DNS 95** Craig explained it this way, "They 23 us 71 8 January 15 18 21 23 DNS 103** (Rose and Joe) didn't even show up for 24 us 610 Minton DNS DNS 22 19 19 11 2** the Friday races. What jerks! I guess 25 us 737 Ziserel 19 19 24 24 DNS 11 2** they're just burned out. As far as I'm * Redress given, average points concerned he's finished as President." ** Red Division Jim Beatty, the eventual run-away win- - _ '::5 :: oit more ATLANTIC COAST SOLING grind it out heavy air racing . Wilson ::r ZE !nat it's easy to CHAMPION SHIP took a 1-1 -3, Harper 3-4-1, and _ ~ ~ oi leadership, God knows Vickery stayed in the distant running, :.."E.;, ;y WINDS, BIGGISH SEAS, = o-o nave a problem there, but I've Duane faded bock. .::een around racing the Soling for a - ·-:, and happy to get in to warm clam The weather reports and local ~years and I recognize the post­ ""'-O"Wder at the end of the second day weather understanding said 25-30 for Olympic let down when I see it. It's r.c­ oi the same, but more of it. a showdovm seventh race, the commit­ snough to just throw a few great pc­ John Harper led at the end of the tee preparing to stay inside. Wilson's ':es and have great tailboat roci~ ::: nrst day, soiled inside in 18-20 knots, heavy air performance, including a O".-er a three day weekend. Heci:, >~ th ree "o" courses with the extra mast head spinnaker halyard recovery =auld have offered free air trcnsoo;-:o­ sausage. Paul Wilson his going downwind, put him 1/4 point -=on and Cubs tickets and you wocld th rowout in Race 1, Vickery, and back. ooly get 30, maybe 35, boots ro show Duane were three or so points behind. Wilson won the seventh with ease ~"P the year after the Olympics. • Harper, Duane and Wilson split the in 6-8 knots, displaying non-hiking The Hoeksemas were fina lly cor­ races. speed, good and then safe tactics. ~ed on Sunday as they were leaving The second day bui It to 20-25 Duane put himself ahead of Harper ; e parking lot, Soling in tow. "I have knots steady with rain and seas in Cow and Vickery, Wilson having a comfort­ -o comment on what happened here. If Bay unprotected from the nor-east. The able sail and a second championship. eight leg course was used once, and ·'00 wont an official statement you will Good practice for his run at the San -::ve :0 contact my attorney, Charles the six-legged course twice. There was Francisco Ma llory Cup. ~ - Kamps of Quarles and Brody. I will no magic, no local knowledge-plain SC"j ;!..:s, !-.owe.rer, next year th ings will

1992 Atlantic Coast ~-:g C.'xrmpionship ~ ~4 - ~ 5- ~6, 1992 Modesty, Midwestern '-Fneyard Haven styte .i.aa: iace Race Race Race Race Race Total sa:: s«!pper 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points b"' =' _::. .! ; . .:" ;• d; ~::: ofp•a.• ~o-. ...5 - 56 l,.. ~ - 0 3 .75 .75 .75 3 .75 9 -=- =r_;. ";;:5 ~ prir.J in Sail's 2 ;;s 732 ricroe· ;s 2 2 3 4 .75 3 11 .5 -=-=: --= -:: =--~~ .. ·; 3 US660 Vic~ -y 2 4 4 2 2 2 4 16 4 US510 Duane 4 .75 3 6 6 6 2 21.75 5 US583 Carrico 3 5 5 5 3 4 DNC 25 6 us 717 Bulz 5 DNF 6 4 5 5 DNC 38 7 US771 Brown 8 6 7 8 8 7 6 42 8 us 634 Mandell 7 7 9 9 8 7 47 9 US512 Gilcrist 8 8 9 7 DNF DNC 55 10 us 729 Seeley 9 DNF 7 DNC DNC 5 57 11 us 514 Jaena DNF 9 8 62 12 us 349 Worrell 9 DNC DNC DNC DNC 70 --= s:a-= - -= :r ci-Nestwe have '=" -: co...... -:d we a re better -~ 0 .:- :ucing conditions ore more fEr:::·,....;.. our tactics make us -=::-uopfs of the race course, and -::nen sailors can sail rings t:::1 :my preppy man from the East :''"'.ere are no men on the West ·n short, we ore God's gift to 5.=: -.g world. If there is anything to -c ocr detriment, it is that we tend ~ggerate . Craig Warner, VP, USSA Vernon Hills, Illinois STU WALKER WINS 1992 lost leeward mark, when any of ihe top FIRECRACKER six finishers could hove won the regat­ QU ESTIONS FOR USSA ta. Strong consistent finishes by STUART WALKER BROUGHT ALONG Walker and a win by gave We ~== ma ny questions on how to his recently published manual "The them !!1e ~- :-s! c:-= sec:o.rcl spots. Fritz jo-:1 _SSA., how to get a boat Sailor's Wind Guide to Rochester" end .--- .... :::-:. -~- J-o.....e.-..: :.c- were next at third cerr.- ec :: ~ - won the 1992 Firecrackerfor his firs; :::-:. ~- =-:: ~by Canadians '7"c ;-eis!er a new boot with ISA time. 22 boats showed for the annOO: ~ ::-:: ::. =ora who both were and USS.h c.1d to receive your U.S. event on Lake Ontario which include:: =-- -£ -a =sc:!o at earlier points. sail n u rr~ , S€fld $50 to the ten Canadians and Olympic hopef-... : _ :::-:: ctner entries from Presider.r, ;'oe P.oeksema, who will Robin Tattersol of the Virgin lslancis - -::c:;. : ::rt:ended, including John assign a n moor when he receives Close racing predominated ~.; - .::-=e- "'io won the red division over the measurement certificate from the three days of racing with the := ~- :x...-~ _.;:- C-.-s-'e with o th ird in the final builder. For a boot owner or to have come determined at the ;c.::--.::: ::- -= the ISA and USSA registration transferred too new owner, valid certification con be obtained by i 992 - :recr-...cbr sending S1 5 (to order of USSA) to ...oiy 3 -~ - 5 the Administrative Rochester Secretory/ Treasurer, Mrs. James R. Race Race R:x:e Race Race Race Total (Shirley) Klauser, at the address Sail Skipper 1 2 3 ....~ 5 6 Points . shown below. 1 us 725 Walker 7 8 2 4 4 25.75 For membership, annual dues is 2 KC 197 Hall 3 10 8 5 2 1 28.75 $55 for regular membership 3 US 804 Odenbach 2 7 3 4 8 5 29 (individual owner or one member of 4 us 688 Odenbach 9 6 4 2 18 2 41 an ownership syndicate) and $20 for 5 KC 185 Beatty 1 4 1 11 10 9 35.5 associate membership (non-owner, 6 KC 198 Clifford 4 3 14 3 1 DSQ 47.75 crew, or syndicate owner other than 7 KV769 Tattersall 11 2 10 8 3 8 42 the regular member). Either con be 8 us 739 Fisher 5 1 17 7 15 12 56.75 obtained by filling out the form below 9 us 809 Bourn 14 5 9 9 PMS 6 66 and forwarding it to Shirley Klauser. 10 us 71 4 Doyle 6 13 5 6 16 15 61 Each classification of membership 11 us 732 Harper 18 11 PMS 10 6 3 71 entitles the member to USSA and ISA 12 us 726 Castle 8 16 13 12 5 10 64 bulletins. Eligibility to race requires a 13 us 799 Polidor 17 9 7 18 14 7 72 helmsman to be a regular member. 14 us 790 Tennity 16 18 6 13 7 14 74 Membership expires February 15th. 15 us 761 Cameron 12 17 12 14 11 11 77 16 us 637 Burhans 13 12 18 20 9 16 88 Mrs. James R. Klauser 17 KC 189 Ken Clark 21 15 16 17 13 13 95 5375 Mariner's Cove Drive, #114 .18 us 583 Carrico 10 14 20 15 19 17 95 Madison, WI 53704 19 K<: 188 Bissell 20 21 11 129 12 19 102 20 K<: 155 MacKinae 15 20 21 16 17 DNF 11 2 0 Regular Member - $55.00 21 us 812 Sullivan 19 19 19 21 22 18 118 0 Associate Member - $20.00 22 KC 193 McCully 22 22 15 22 20 DNF 124 Name

1993 North Americans Address The 1993 North American Championship will be held a t the Rochester Yacht Club August 28-31 . For further information write to: Boat Name Rochester Yacht Club Box 1270 7 Charlotte Station Number Rochester, NY 14612 Fleet Phone: (716} 34 2-5511 Fax: (716} 342-81 16 3 - LAKES CHAMPS 1992 Great Lakes Championship July 11 -12 --:.-c GREAT lAKES CHAMPIONSHIP WilmeHe Harbor returned to Lake Michigan after several Race Race Race Race Race Total years on Lake Ontario. Eighteen boots Sail Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 Points - from the Chicago, W ilmette and ~5807 Hoeksema 3 8 2 5 1 11 fleets competed at the - ..-5785 Heitzinger 5 3 1 3 4 11 Sheridan Shore Yacht Club. In s¢= o.= - _s 759 Joosten 1 9 6 1 7 15 - ~" light, fluky winds on Saturday, .:....; -::r.= - !1>¥ - Kamps 13 4 8 2 3 17 committee was successful in gee:-; :-= -= ...; S ..!3 Johnsson 10 5 4 6 6 21 three races by setting short, w-"" -~:J Kondo 4 10 14 4 9 27 word/leeward courses. A s-=-:x-:: =- - _: 3¥3 Murphy 9 6 10 7 8 30 still shifty, westerly filled in o- S -::= _: ~=ca Slaght 2 1 11 18 19 32 allowing for two full-leng=. - .--.:. ----=:.!!- Williams 7 2 15 8 15 32 Hoeksema and Heiizingg ;.:e:: :.,_ ::~ Crysdale 15 7 7 9 10 33 pointwise and broken on ho.--se- -::::::-: Zieserl 8 14 3 15 12 37 with Fred Joosten a close rhi.-c. --, Al-tn 11 12 5 12 16 40 Wilmette fleet, headed by Boo Z:se:-=- Kennedy 14 17 9 14 5 42 again did a great job. The aworris c:_--- Conro rdy 6 13 12 17 13 44 emony was topped off with a shop · -~ \'lamer 16 11 13 11 11 46 cart full of donated, soiling-related :.rggers " 2 : 5 17 13 17 57 giveaways which were raffled off wi!h ... -....,--:::1"' :a 16 16 14 63 something going to almost everyone. :a 18 10 2 48

USSA OFFICERS CANADIAN OFFICERS President Measurer Midwest President/C.I.S.A. Office Jerome Hoeksema Edward T. Polidor Dove Williams Bruce Clifford 1615 N. Cleveland, #3 233 Winona Boulevard 1846 W. Touhy 227 Aldercrest Rood Chicago, IL 60614 Rochester, NY 14617 Chicago, IL 60626 Etobicoke, ONT M8W 4J6 312 787-9616 (H) 716 544-8343 (H) 312 567-3192 (W) 416 255-3216 312 787-0970 (FAX) Executive Vice President Administrative Secretary/Treasurer West Secretary Joe R. Deese Mrs. James R. Klauser Mark Murray David Walters 1400 Hermann Drive, 16A 5375 Mariner's Cove Drive, 114 675 Hampshire Street 25-3103 The Esplanade Houston, TX 77004 Madison, WI 53704 Son Francisco, CA 94110 , ONT M5E 1W5 713 522-6039 (H) 608 241 -111 5 415 648-8051 (H) Vice President, Promotion Atlantic Northwest Treasurer Craig Womer Howard Vickery Jim Medley David Waldorf 16 Greenvale 65 Ledgewood Drive 400 E; Pine Street 181 Pope Avenue Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Weston, CT 06883 Suite 225 Toronto, ONT M4M 2W2 708 362-5359 203 222-1 088 (H) Seattle, W A 981 22-2360 212 682-4902 (0) 206 322-8414 Secretary Mideast South Sam Merrick Fritz Odenboch To Be Announced 155 Bridge Avenue 1 860 Five Mile Line Road Bay Head, NJ 08742 Penfield, NY 14526 201 892-5986 716 586-5055 (H) 71 6 424-641 0 (0) 716 414-1846 (FAX) 4 KAMPS WINS 1992 ::.1 older Curtis M' :no:n. :-a- '•' -p:.y COVERJNG: STAYING MCNULTY had his first of two thirds and nnished AHEAD UPWIND the Regatta third overall. A STRONG NORTHEAS:~v G~-=:=::> A third race was scheduled for ::- ~·· = .>- :.-~ as published in the eighteen So~ings rn:-.e:-ed ~!he Sc -rg Vlo n~ ana reprin:ed in Closs Act. Saturday afternoon but =• w-:::s ::!:1- 23rd yeor of Soling ro..... ::e:;:.:or ~:h e celled when the vast rr. :=..;-, == -..e .,..:.,._VIO ST EVERY RACE TH ERE IS A McNulty Cup. The .:-:: =:s T.ecsured Soling and the J-24 Ae€"S -'~ EC :C­ ._.. _e when you shift gears from offense in the twenties ~ =s high as 32 vr:- warm showers, boat reo::.. -s ::-- c:1 ro defense. It usually happens when mph. Seas we.-s 5-.::: ·=- c;,d the tem­ early supper. you realize that maybe you won't quite perature was =.: -=~~ - iLccent past The wind Sunday r..a- · ; wos in catch all those boats up ahead. And winners, Joe c:;-; - ~.ox: ..:oeksema, Kent the 12-15 mph range a"-:. - ..e sees had you start sneaking a few peeks over Heitzinger ar:ri :-~-:-i _•;.c..'J.ohon were decreased to about three ;== ~":\OS your shoulder. It's typical to think about s,' absent. c:-ed tn e cou rse and led Joosten to the beach in - = := ~ covering the boats behind when you 're the Saturday nigh~ cook-out with the J- race but Murphy and Jorge..~ . ..~, near the top of the fleet, toward the 24s competing in their Midwest District found a slight veer to the ·;~ == end of the race. This includes times Series. rounded the first mark fi rst=:::: xc--~d . when a) you are winning the race; b) In the fi rst race, Fred Joosten was Kamps gained on the reaches ...... : won you are not winning, but the boats first to find nearly invisible weather the the race, but Joosten salvage::: :: se:­ behind are closer than the boats mark and led down the reaches, fol­ ond and retained the series :SO c hy ahead; or c) you're protecting a lowed closely at the end of the second squeaking ahead of Murphy m:: position in the overall series. There was reach by the Richie Stearns/Craig Johnsson at the downwind f:nish o7 rhe a well-known football coach who said Womer syndicate. Joosten had trouble shortened course. that the best defense is a good offense. :oconng the leeward mark at the end of Kamps won the fourth and fi nal In other words, as long as you score .:..e ;un end was pressed closely by race by staying to the right as the wind more points than your opponent, you'll i

Since old So lings never die, (they just generosity might be instrumental in keep on sailing ...) the question that begs helping a future World and Olympic to be answered is "What do you do with Soling Champion soar on the wings your old Soling?" on his or her dreams. Here's a few suggestions. 3. You can call us. We get a lot of I . Move it to your crew. After all they've inquiries from people who want to get worked long and hard to help you. into the Class and are looking for a Besides, they might just beat you and used boat to start. No matter what make you feel good because you now condition your old Soling is in, we can can take credit for their success. service and up-grade it for re-sale and 2. How about donating your old boat to a new life of competition on the your club! This is a great way of circuit. establishing or revitalizing the club's No matter what, getting a new Soling racing program and introducing new starts with feeling good about finding a sailors to the Class. Just think, your good home for the old one. Call us. COVERING (continuecl from page 5) or desirable, you may want to apply a crossing ahead of the second place separation between you and the other loose cover to defend against following boot, who's on starboard. The boat in boats. boots. To cover loosely, position third is a!so very C:Ose end to leeward Aside from the general tactic of yourself beiween :he o6e-r boat and of you on per.. ;; nei:her side of the s:oying between your competition fnxn o!..e -ex: - c;. -=·='"'a:: o!r. You are course is fovoreci, what should you do :he mark, there are a number of -;:;:: s.::- --:: - s xc·.V:S your bad air, after crossing :he starboard specific tactics that will help you ::r_- a. :::: s:::--·-; · !"ouch-not tacker-apply a tight cover, a loose maintain the lead. These include the - _ - ~ --- -::: scoo."'fe from you--so cover, or keep going? You r main "tight" cover, "loose" cover, and a -=- _ - .:=-::- -,.--x on a windshift. One problem is that your two closest combination of the two. =.::- :L": ----= -::: .:se a loose cover is competitors are now headed in Using a tight cover on another -= o.. == ;c b!e to make a tight opposite directions. If this continues, it boat is an aggressive tactic that o1CM'S ::c-: ..- ..:::.'s scy you're crossing will be impossible to cover both . By you to stay between your competitor :--s =-~ o= -..'OUr closest competitor putting a tight cover on the second­ and the next mark while at the same c. -= =---c ::e:::-. -:you tack right on place boat, you can force her to tack to time giving him bad air. This not on ly i-.is ·-::: -: ':X.( rrway, and you so both boats are going the same helps you defend your lead, but may in wor;; .:e ~ E :-·:n at all. It's better direction. Then you should tack again fact allow you to increase it. The most top ce ·'::::..· -::~ so estill has clear soon to put a close cover on both. logical time for a tight cover is when air; then :C .a.::::s: ;~ · have a loose There ore o few generalizations the race has come down to you against cover. we can make about when to apply one other boat. In other words, there In the garr.e o= ---ess. )"f:X! :::nre 7o tight and loose covers. Put o tight cov are no other boats that you have a plan your moves ohecci o; f.rr:e and do er on a boat that is a) headed toward chance of catching or that have a everything possible to control your the fav ored side of the course; or b) chance of catch ing you. Th is is always opponent. Sailboat racing is very headed away from the rest of the fleet. the case in a match race, and often similar; especially when it comes to Put a loose cover on o boat that is a) happens near the end of fleet races as upwind tactics. Here we can use a headed toward the wrong side of the well. Another time for a tight cover is combination of tight and loose covers course, b) going toward the other when you're in the final race of a to influence other boats a lot more than boats, or c) headed toward a layline series and there is one other boat you most sailors realize. Think about how (let them get to the layline as soon as have to beat. you would handle the following possible). Getting into a tight covering situations. position is not always an easy thing. Situation 1: You' re leading the race The reason is that in order to steal going up the last beat. You're on someone else's wind, you have to be starboard tack, crossing ahead of your lined up in the direction of their nearest competitor who's on port. You apparent wind, not their true wind. have a feeling, after the first two U.S. SOLING WINS Th is means you have to be farther in windward legs, that th ere is better air OLYMPIC SILVER front of them than you would normally on the left. Should you give this boat a CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN think. A good way to figure out how to tight cover, a loose cover, or continue ORDER for , Jim apply a tight cover is to look at the on starboard tack? You should Brady and for w inning wind pennant on top of the other probably give her a loose cover, even the Reet racing hands down (fin­ boat's mast; the forward end will point thought you think the left is favored, ishes of 1-7-3-1-3-DNC) and tak­ right at the position where you should you're not sure enough to risk ing the silver medal in the match be. If you're successful in putting a tight continuing on starboard away from racing event at the 1992 Olympic cover on another boat, chances are your nearest competition . At the same Games in Barcelona. Those in the good they'll tack away to clear their time, you definitely don't want to apply Class who hove been racing air. If you can tack at the same time, a tight cover, since this would force against them for the last four years you may be able to cover tightly on the your competitor to go the favored side know how dedicated and profes­ new tack as well. Be wary, however, of of the competition. If your opponent sional they were in pursuit of their tacking too much to maintain a tight tacks to starboard, clamp on a tight goal. Nice going guys-you did cover. It's too easy to get off into your cover to "protect" the left. us proud. own little world and give up a lot of Situation 2: You're leading the race distance on the rest of the Aeet. again, but this time you're on port tack When a tight cover isn't possible 7 p.oy::-:f:i :::e .::; ~ == :: -c: =- ~ - 1992 Santa Cruz Invitational these light conditions. June 13-14 Races 3 & 4: Wind SSW 15-20 Kno:S The plan of the day was who could get Race Race K.ao;cy Doyle demonstrated -oo sp·. naker handling of the big chute 9 us 725 Walker 6 8 10 5 8 10 81.7 and !hey won both races going away. 10 us 726 Castle 9 10 9 8 4 9 83 Mark says, "jibe sets were the key." 11 us 739 Fischer 13 11 14 9 12 13 108 Races 4 and 5 on Sunday were 12 us 790 Tennity 14 18 7 19 13 11 118 held in an 18-22 mph northwesterly. 13 us 735 Black 12 13 16 16 7 RET 120 Andy Carsen lost second place for the 14 us 814 Doyle 17 15 13 14 14 8 117 Race 4 on the last leg when his crew 15 KC 188 Bi ssell 16 12 12 13 15 17 121 went overboard. Reed Cantwell, in Gil 16 KC 189 Clarke 15 16 11 15 19 12 124 Smith's former boat, overtook him for 17 KC 155 Mackimmie 11 19 15 11 18 15 125 second. In Race 5 John Walton, with 18 us 638 Wright DNF 14 18 10 17 18 133 Ezra Culver and Billy Kivlen, finally put one together and led wire to wire. 19 KC 171 Walters 18 17 19 18 16 14 138 8 VINEYARD HAVEN FLEET followed this example to a lesser With so ils as a controlled variable, THIS FLEET NUMBERS SIXTEct , a ·= degree. boat eq 'c'imon is very doable with of the few dub racing fleets. Abol..-r :-he Aeet manages this Vi neyard the So!ing. twelve of the wet sailed boats a re Sa..~..C Sot'£ As.sociGon inventory. Further, if the fleet really under­ active, and the fleet efforts ore d irac-~ ·.: -=·= =- ~-- s.:~ oi matched sails, stands the soil inventory, sails can be towards keeping the boats in activE ;xc: :,-=-: =:.:. = :zri and tuned to sold to owners at fractional prices with hands. ::c:-=.. :::- .=cc:s. ::-.osis, etc. During any the of using the sa ils in the The "Then Commandments" of one = "3: sa:-;;-.e;- - e ub hosts some "borrowed boat" events. This provides design sustenance are followed, with =-::: = x:70W'ed boot" events for VSSA with money. socials, sailaways, skippers helping S:::..-.er · ..::s.s Area A, or internal We need some six to eight storm others, mixed crewing for each other, er.:r":i - .!..e boat rotation format. spinnakers. We'd love some tax-free certainly some competitive racing, and ·. e -=·= :..:x-;: garbage sails used by donations, but we can buy somebody's some rivalries in the middle and back me s.::::. -; s.:::-oo: when they borrow sails which will stay in the cellar for the of the fleet. The ten week summer the::n::::s next hundred years. Our experience schedule has about fifty races, a July, -;r.e ::.;_ -:::cse ;s :0 be able to says Storms work best for "borrowed August, Wednesday, Championship, a borrow~ -- cc" l-oving to borrow boat" events, particularly for people thirty miler, a dub women's the owner's -~-. - o •o'"l~ of racing unfamiliar with Solings, and we often championship (in its 55th year), and/ or dec;;;; sc :S . .·. ~

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North Sails One-Design North Sails Marblehead North Sails CEU 1111 Anchorage Lane 16 Lincoln Avenue Seeshaupter Str. 60 North Sails Fogh San Diego, CA 92106 Marblehead, MA 01945 D-8122 Penzberg, Germany 2242 Lakeshore Blvd. West 619-226-1415 617-631-5147 [498} 856-9150 Toronto, ONT M8V lAS FAX 619-224-7018 FAX 61 7-639-2461 Fax [498} 856-1601 416-259-9644; FAX 416-259-0825 Vince Brun, Chris Snow , Steve Ulian, A lbert Schweizer I Steve Calder BOATS FOR SALE- The USSA needs to know about boats for sale supply the name and address of the buyer so we can keep him in because of the many inquiries we receive from prospective buyers the Soling family. and will list boats for USSA members free of charge. The fee for In listing your boat with the in fu.....cia;J cfescr.bed on this page, we non-members is $ 10. Listings will run for four issues and will then be assume a working trailer and at :sc.r c .-;e set cf seiV?ceable sails. If deleted unless otherwise indicated by the owner. these items are not available, you sr.oukl indicate same. Please notify Rose Hoeksema when your boat is solei ar,d _d.ecse

US79 US423 USM5 us 761 KC 138 1968 Plastrand (modified) 1978 Abbott ~975..Gbott 1984 Abbott 1976 Abbott Asking $3,500 Asking $ 11,000 ~ 57,500 Asking $14,000 Asking $8,000 US Jim Mahaffy Annette Donovan S.CC ~o Bruce Cameron Gerry Doris 220 Nice Lane, #115 321 E. Main Street 22Z Co.-~ Costa 9 Shadow Pines Drive 3 Aberc:om Road Newport Beach, CA 92663 Centerport, NY 1172 ~ ~ iid:..nond, CA 94801 Penfield, NY 14526 Ma rkham, ONT L3P 1V2 714 646-1728 516 385-1514 Of" -a s 2'32-9145 813 454-3839 416 443-2945 516 228-9292 (October thru April) us 210 5 661 716 381-6947 KC 187 (former KC 1) 1969Abbott US437 1976 Abbott (May thru September) 1987 Abbott Asking $5,000 1971 Abbott ~$ 7 ,500 Asking $18,000 Pilot Marine Corp. Asking $5,500 Jcor..n L.cncd ry US770 Andrew Misener 904 S. Hampton Ave, Jeffrey S. Cranshaw c/o tsS 1984 Abbott P.O. Box 5771 Norfolk, VA 23510 71 Na son Hill Road iD ~. L.:keshore Drive Asking $14,000 Brown University 804 623-4148 Shermorn, MA eo;.±.~ r, VT 05446 Dan Crowley Providence, Rl 02912 617 653-5892 a02 864-9065 1250 Bixby 4 01 521-7238 us 221 C"tty of Industry, CA 1983 Upda te US454 US 673 818 333-306 KC 201 Asking $3,000 1972 Plastrand 197 6 EJvstrom 1991 Pittecrow Boy Scouts of America Asking $3,700 Aslcing $4,000 u.s. US 766 Asking $23,000 1931 PacifiC Coast Hwy. Tom Buddenbohn P= l B-ergen 1984 Abbott Hans Fo~h Newport Beach, CA 4916 Westhaven Road 13 15 Contour Drive Asking $10,500 2242 La eshore Blvd. W. 714 642-5031 Arlington, TX 76017 Mis.siss.a uga, ONT Hutcheson/Mosbacher Toronto, ONT 817 784-0565 LSH 1B2 11 09 Nantucket Street 416 257-9644 (0) us 331 4 16 823-1967 Houston, TX 77057 416 769-7867 1969 Asking $3,000 US456 713 229-1379 Bob Chadic 1965 Plastrand us 727 713 467-3540 Soling hull, Fogh deck, mast N. Recreational Bldg. Asking $4,000 1980 Abbott and in-water cockpit covers; 2375 Hubbard Road Steven M. Da6y Asking $ 15,000 US776 good shape Ann Arbor, Ml48109 23 B ayshore Drive Ric hord Krt=h 1978Abbott Best Offer 313 763-4560 Shalimar, FL 32579 555 Chestnut Ridge Asking $8,000 Rick Wempe 904 651 -3078 Woodcliff La ke, NJ 07675 Mary Wolf P.O. Box 4 393 US334 201 391 -0900 or 351 Linden Irvine, CA 92716 1969 Dufour us 58 1 212 737-0986 Winnetka, IL 60093 714 968-4256 $2,500 1972 Abbott 708 446-2293 Philip Koepp Asking $4,850 US743 708 44 1-8330 20762 Chaucer Lane Larry Jessee 1983 Abbott WANTED Huntington Bch., Ca 92646 511 Cincinnati Asking $7,000 US778 Used Sails a nd spars 7 14 964-2836 El Paso, TX 79902 Bill Claussen 1985 Abbott Call Dave Franzel 617 435-1617 41 5 284-5468 Asking $17,000 617 227-4198 US353 Doug Young 1969 Plastrand us 591 US745 729 Warren Drive Asking $4,300 1972 Abbott 1982 Borresen Annapolis, MD 21403 Jeff L Randall Asking $4,000 Asking $7,500 41 0 263-6986 61 09 120th Ploce, NE Bruce Stevens Norman G. Owens Kirkla nd, WA 98033 396 Hawthorne Lane 2414 Baycrest US794 206 822-8682 Winnetka, IL 60093 Houston, TX, 77058 1987 Abbott 312 437-3000 (0) 713 333-5952 Asking $19,000 US371 312 446-4234 (H) Greg Gondran 1970 Plastrand (modified) US746 214 722-3202 (H) Asking $3,500 US643 1982 Abbott (Melges) 214 205-7794 (0) AI Frost 1975 Abbott (Melges) Asking $16,000 (Alum. troiler, Abbott 3020 Qualtrough Street Asking $3,500 George Regnie r trailer boxes, 2 covers, San Diego, CA 92106 (or best offer) 162 Fairwoy Drive new North sails) 6 19 223-1492 Brook Boyd Mountoin Ho me, AR 72653 Herritk-Feinstein 501 425-2534 KC91 US419 2 Park Avenue 1975 Abbott 1971 Plastrand New York, NY 10016 1976 Abbott Asking $4,000 US Asking $3,000 (OBO) 2 12 684-1400 Asking $6,000 Adam Kossel David Bell R.F. Pickels 24 Rosemory Lane Rt. 5, Box 367B US644 142 Pork Terrace To ronto, ONT M5P 38 Terrell, TX 75160 1969 Sherrill, NY 13461 214 563-1981 Asking $4,500 315 363-2046 (H) 903 560-1160 (or best offer) 315 363-8800 (0 ) Art Thomson 1309 Court Street Port Huron, NY 48060 313 984-1908 ------.------ADVERTISING YOUR BOAT FOR SALE 1 WHEN YOUR BOAT IS SOLO Registration# (US or KC) I Seller's Name ------Year Built and Builder I Address______

Asking$ : Name of Owner I Buyer's Name ------Address 1 Address------1 ------Phone ------and--/ or------L- I Boat-- Name------#------11 1992 Schedule of Events The Leading Edge is published ~ 3-4 O'Day Regatta Chicago, IL quarterly by the Un ited States Soling October 3-4 Persephone Plate Regctto Oyster Bay Association. Deadlines for submitted material is as follow s: October 24, 25, 26 Fall Soling Bc::HA Annapolis January 20 October 8-9-1 0-11 -12 North America:" Championship Houston April 20 1993 Schedu~ e of Events July 20 October 20 August 28-31 Rochester Advertising Rates: Full Page $100.00 NOTICE OF M EETING Half Page $ 55.00 Quarter Page $ 35.00 THE ANNUA!. MEETING OF THE USSA Classified Boots for Sail: $10.00 for WILL BE HELD AT THE HENSTON YACHT CLUB non-members. DURING THE 1992 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. For Advertisers, page trim is as follows: THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE AT 6:00 P.M . ON FRIDAY, Full Page 7-1 /2 x 10 OCTOBER 9 , 1992 AND RESUME SATURDAY MORNING, Half Page 7-1/2 x 5 OCTOBER 1 0 AT 7:00 A.M. Quarter Page 3-3/ 4 x 5 ' • ;; ! ': ;; : ; I

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