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Volume 3, No. 9 September, 2002 Star Class Newsletter for the 1st, 2nd and 12th Districts SEPTEMBER REGATTA SCHEDULE through with the win and Aaron Serinis took it on the chin the hardest and finished 20th. A very long day. 1st District Sept. 7-8 Bedford Pitcher, CLIS Sunday dawned much like Saturday, very little wind with Sept. 14-15 Nathan Hale, HB high humidity and temperatures. We towed out to the bay Sept. 21-22 Nutmegs, Mid but there was no wind and not much prospect of any. The committee towed us back in to the river where there was a 2nd District much better chance of wind inside. As the day went on the Sept. 14-15 SSA Fall Series wind slowly increased to 7 to 9 knots. With this wind the Sept. 28-29 Fall Windup, TAYC committee was able to get three races in. Oct. 19-20 Michelob Cup, WRSC John MacCausland and Sean Delaney sailed very solid to finish out with a 2–1–1 to win the District Championship. 5th District Au. 30-Sp. 1 Labor Day Pitcher Regatta, SDYC RESULTS Sept. 7-8 Black Star - Under #7000, CYC (Top 5: see last month’s Stardust for the full results sheet.) Sept. 14-15 Fall Gold Cup, NHYC 1 John MacCausland/Sean Delaney (9)-1-2-1-1 5 Pts. 2 John Vanderhoff /Rowan Perkins (13)-5-3-7-2 17 Pts. th 12 District 3 Barbara Vosbury/Trap Lippincott 6-4-(7)-5-3 18 Pts. Sept. 7-8 FLASIR, LH 4 John LeCourt / Chris Hardin 2-2-5-12-(16) 21 Pts. Sept. 14-15 Lake George Open, LG 5 Aaron Serinis / Chris Brown 1-(ocs)-4-2-15 22 Pts. Sept. 21-22 Chili Regatta   2002 MILLER SERIES 2002 2ND DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP July 6-7, 2002 June 22-23, 2002 Gibson Island, MD Miles River, MD By John MacCausland By John MacCausland We raced out in the Chesapeake Bay north of the Bay With 23 boats attending this year’s Districts, we had our Bridge. As the day went on the breeze built to 5 - 9 mph in largest turnout in many years. This year’s series was the last race. After starting about one minute late, Trapper mainly a light air affair. Saturday we went out in the bay Lippincott and Barbara Vosbury came back to win the race to race. Race one got off without a hitch. We sailed for in convincing fashion. over 1 hour and did not reach the first weather mark. The Race 2 & 3 were sailed in just a little more wind than race committee abandoned the race. Race one, the second one. In general the fleet stayed very close around the race version, was another light air contest. The left side paid course in both races. John Vanderhoff and Rowan Perkins big on the first beat. Aaron Serinis and Chris Brown lead won the second race with John MacCausland and Sean at every mark to win the race with John LeCourt and Chris Delaney winning the third race. Hardin second. After three races on Saturday there were 3 boats within 2 Race 2 started with the left paying again. Aaron and Chris points. Sunday dawned rainy with a good breeze from the were out in the lead with many close in pursuit. As the east. The committee chose to sail in the river. Race one on race went on what little wind there was finally died to Sunday again had the fleet very close together for the nothing at the last mark. With the wind shutting off the majority of the race. As the race went on the breeze slowly next breeze came 180 degrees different then it was, still went down. MacCausland and Delaney held on for a hard very light. By the finish there was almost no wind. With fought win. all the shifting of the wind, the fleet also changed positions as much. John MacCausland and Sean Delaney came Race 2 on Sunday started with about 5 to 8 mph of wind. 1 STARDUST September, 2002 As time went on the breeze got lighter and lighter until it 12th DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP shut down. The committee abandoned the race at the last July 12-14, 2002 mark with MacCausland and Delaney in the lead. Seneca Yacht Club MacCausland and Delaney came out on top with Trapper Geneva, New York Lippincott and Barbara Vosbury second and Tom Price By Rick Burgess and Will Wagner third. The 12th District Championship for 2002 was hosted by Seneca Yacht Club on Lake Seneca, in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York. Lake Seneca is a wonderful place to sail and the folks at Seneca Yacht Club are to be commended for a job, well done. The 12th district includes both Canadian and 2002 MILLER RESULTS Pl Sail# Boat Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 Ttl American contestants, of which a number of 1 8068 Erin John Maccausland Sean Delaney CR 5 2 1 1 9 Canadians were vying for a berth on their Olympic 2 7425 Ice Blue Trapper Lippincott Barbara Vosbury AN 1 3 2 7 13 sailing team. The Canadians who were racing included 3 7313 Bop Tom Price Will Wagner AN 4 6 5 3 18 Bill Abbott who represented Canada in the Olympics 4 8038 John Vanderhoff Rowan Perkins NCB 2 1 4 raf 19 5 7939 Alexia Elliott Oldak Angelo Buscemi AN 3 ocs 3 2 20 twice in the Soling class. Ted Haines and Larry Scott 6 7454 F2 G. Weissenberger NCB 6 5 7 5 23 represented Canada in the Olympics in the Tempest 7 7763 Arron Serinis Chris Brown AN 8 7 6 4 25 class. Hans Fogh won two Olympic medals, silver in 8 8063 Bert Collins Wright AN 7 4 8 6 25 the Flying Dutchman and bronze in the Soling. So 9 7370 Rob Emmet Bubba Voeltner AN 9 8 9 dns 38 th 10 6729 Bonita Walter Risse Meadows AN 11 9 10 8 38 racing in this year’s 12 District was very competitive 11 7182 Mary Jane Sam Hopkins MES 10 10 dnf 9 41 and exciting. Because Lake Seneca experiences southerly thermals each morning in the summer, the racing 12th DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP began every day at 9:00 AM. This worked out fine as Pl. Boat# Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Ttl 1 7775 Bill Abbott Scott Town Iso 1 9 4 7 1 13 we got in two races on both Friday and Saturday. Then 2 7133 Ted Haines Larry Scott LOC 2 3 5 11 4 14 on Sunday, we sailed the last race and everyone had 3 7802 Hans Fogh Dave Caesar LOC 5 1 12 15 3 21 plenty of time to pack up and enjoy the trophy 4 8013 Rick Dhein Ryan Arthur LG 3 10 11 1 7 21 presentation before getting an early start on the road 5 7592 Paul Sustronk Mike Wolf LOC 12 2 14 6 2 22 6 7369 Steve Haarstick Aaron Givelber Sen 4 8 9 8 15 29 home. 7 7726 Kevin Murphy John Finch LH 8 15 1 36 6 30 8 7067 William Hendershot Alain Vranderick Iso 7 5 15 14 8 34 If I had known I would be writing this report, I 9 7626 Jim Freeeman Matt Freeman Sen 14 6 2 13 16 35 would have taken copious notes after each race. As a 10 7793 Brian Crammer Peter Carson LOC 9 7 18 5 17 38 result, I don’t remember the play-by-play. I can tell 11 7756 Brian Murphy Alfredo Rodriguez LH 15 14 7 36 11 47 you that the sailing was tricky, but as usual, the best 12 7207 Rob Eberling Will Phipps Sen 11 19 25 20 5 55 13 7824 Rick Burgess Gary Schneid GrL 10 28 22 16 9 57 sailors found a way to get out in front and stay there. I 14 8003 Darren Monster John Lazier LOC 36 36 10 2 12 60 remember in the third race, at the weather mark, Kevin 15 6831 Duane DelFosse Greg Meyer Snm 36 12 17 10 21 60 Murphy and John Finch had a commanding lead over 16 7308 Brian McKay Jennifer Conway LOC 17 20 6 18 20 61 the entire fleet. Kevin went hard right and after much 17 7729 Tom Flinn Pat Flinn LH 20 18 16 12 22 66 18 7120 Jeff Schuchardt James Favaro GrL 22 13 21 36 14 70 prompting from his very able crew, he finally tacked. 19 7998 Dave Cutler Rick Burgess Jr. GrL 21 23 20 17 13 71 When they got to the mark they were eight feet short 20 7940 Kirk Reynolds Dan White Sen 13 11 13 36 36 73 of making it to which Kevin said to John “I told you 21 6569 Brud Nicholson Ed Seyerlein Sen 23 22 28 9 23 77 we should have gone further”. I also remember that in 22 7271 Bob Westcott Jim Christian Sen 36 36 8 19 18 81 23 7835 Dick Atkinson Bob Carlson Sun 16 17 30 36 24 87 the fourth race Rick Dhein rounded the leeward mark 24 7463 Werner Holtze Stacey Valkenburgh Sen 18 24 29 36 19 90 in little or no wind. Then for some inexplicable reason, 25 6880 Myron White Jack McAllister Iso 36 21 3 36 36 96 only he picked up a nice little breeze and just sailed 26 6303 Bill Nutzel Bill McMahon LH 26 27 19 36 26 98 away from the entire fleet. Good job Rick. 27 7060 Dave Craddock A.J. Jakubowska LOC 24 26 26 36 25 101 28 7783 Tom White Doug Carey Sen 25 25 24 36 27 101 Ted Haines was leading and Bill Abbott was in 29 7047 Phil Haggerty Colin Baxter LOC dns dns dns dns dns 144 30 7630 Brad Anderson Ryan Smith LOC dsq dsq dsq dsq dsq 144 second place going into the last race. Bill won the hard- 31 7830 Andy Ivey John Nichol Sun dns dns dns dns dns 144 fought race and as a result was awarded his first Blue 32 7927 David Ivey John Wulff Sun dns dns dns dns dns 144 Star. A well-deserved victory Bill! 33 7930 John Chiarella Terry Fletcher Sun dsq dsq dsq dsq dsq 144 34 David Cook Sun dns dns dns dns dns 144 We thank the members of the Seneca Yacht Club 35 Nat Cook Sun dns dns dns dns dns 144 who really went out of their way to make sailing there stress-free, fun, and easy.

2 STARDUST September, 2002 2002 NED HAY RESULTS July 20-21, 2002 wind and again Peter Hall called the first beat perfectly and lead at the weather mark, Sandy Bay Y.C. with Andy Ivey second, and John Mac and Pl Sail# Yacht Name Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts me in third. As we got to the leeward mark 1 7847 Rosebud Cafe John Safford Patrick Bodden CA 1 2 4 3 1 7 Andy did a really nice job getting inside of 2 7876 Betsy Ross Doug Schofield Bob Schofield AN 7 3 1 2 2 8 Peter and rounding first, with Hall second, 3 7465 Kimmar Ben Cesare Rob Bowers Mid 2 4 3 1 8 10 and us third. The order stayed the same to 4 7728 Hayaku John Lombard Arnis Baltius Mid 3 dnf 2 6 3 14 the weather mark, but on the run “Lil” Mac 5 7817 Southern Cross Jake Fiumara Joe Chambers CA 9 1 6 17 6 22 worked his downwind magic and managed 6 7621 Owl Peter Costa Chris Batchelor BH 6 ocs 7 8 4 25 to get by Hall. The final upwind to the 7 7911 Brillo XII Joe Zambella Mark Sokolich BH 5 ocs 11 5 5 26 finish was a little nerve racking as the 8 7371 Lizard King Pete Cusick Sergy Leonodiv Mid 4 9 15 7 10 30 breeze was shifty, Ivey was covering us, 9 7951 Dave Chittick Mike Chittick Jane's Bane V Mid 11 7 10 4 12 32 and we were trying to stay ahead of Hall. 10 7330 The Continental Michael Trotsky Kip Gardner CA ocs 10 5 10 7 32 When we got to the finish line it was Ivey, 11 7963 It's About Time Bruce Engel Charles Clark CA 8 5 8 11 13 32 MacCausland, Hall. 12 8052 Don't Look Back Stephen Braverman Cindy Olsen BH 10 8 9 9 11 36 This was Peter Hall’s first time in a Star 13 7265 More Pressure Josh Phypers Dave Timberlake CA 12 ocs 14 13 9 48 and he is going to make a nice addition to 14 6767 Foxy John Fox Nancy Fox BH 14 11 12 12 14 49 the 12th District. Peter is a past World 15 7555 Spunk Ed Desmarais Mark Trumbold CA 16 6 dnf 18 15 55 Champion in both the Soling and Lighting 16 7076 One Plus Gemini Ted Engel Bruce Gowans CA 15 dnf 13 14 17 59 Classes. 17 7386 Connection Jim Kubik Horst Tretter CA 17 13 16 16 16 61 18 6320 Even Star Ken Luczynski Warren Trafton BH 13 dnf 17 15 dnf 65 In fact, we are delighted to welcome the th 19 7836 Vivace Dick Kuehne Jan Walker CA 18 12 18 19 dns 67 entire Montreal, Canadian fleet to the 12 District. We also want to thank the race committee for a well-done 2002 SUNAPEE OPEN job. We all know that without your work, there would be August 3 & 4, 2002 no racing. Thanks again to the Lake Sunapee Star Sailors, By and to the wonderful crew at the Sunapee Yacht club. Richard Burgess Well, first the Lake Sunapee Star Fleet hosted a fantastic North American Championship. Then, right on its tail, they Sunapee Open Results host another fabulous regatta—their annual Lake Sunapee Boat Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 Total 8068 John MacCausland Rick Burgess CR 1 2 3 Open. The off-water activities and fabulous food of Lake 6985 Peter Hall D. Trepanier Mtl 2 3 5 Sunapee Yacht Club have spoiled us rotten. Friday night 7830 Andy Ivey Brad Nichol Sun 7 1 8 we were treated to a delicious seafood buffet and on 7731 David Cook Michael Wood Sun 4 4 8 Saturday night we enjoyed the renowned steak dinner, 7930 John Chiarella Terry Fletcher Sun 3 8 11 7639 Sam Rowse John Wulff Sun 9 5 14 cooked by the local star sailors. 7626 Jim Freeman Matt Freeman SL 8 10 18 Hazy, hot, humid, and no wind were the weather 7315 Peter Pike Bill Pike Sun 6 14 20 7162 Nat Cook Doug Wiggen Sun 11 9 20 conditions on Saturday, so the racing was canceled. All 7088 Jay Oglivy Greg Meyer Sun 19 6 25 was not lost as John Mac and myself hiked up a local 830 Scott Beckman Chip Nolin Sun 18 7 25 mountain to get a little exercise and then enjoyed the 7306 Don Cronon Emil. Karlovsky Mid 10 15 25 5634 Ian Bruce Ben Gibson Mtl 14 11 25 hospitably of our host, Sam Rowse, and we went 6572 Dag Lidbeck Dave Gulliver Sun 17 13 30 swimming. Many of the other sailors stayed at the club and 6831 Duane Delfosse B. Delfosse Sun 13 17 30 relaxed in the bright Sun and clear, clean water of beautiful 7927 David Ivey Rob Bowers Sun 5 dnf 31 Lake Sunapee. 7100 Blackie Tilson Kip Murray Sun 12 19 31 7835 Dick Atkinson Bob Suitor Sun 15 16 31 On Sunday morning the lake looked as still and smooth as 7067 Andre Marcotie A. Vranderick Mtl 16 18 34 a mirror and some were dubious that we would race at all. 6210 J.F.Seguin Refet Eres Mtl 23 12 35 8099 Bill Farrar Tom Nunez Sun 21 20 41 But then a nice little breeze started coming from the south 6997 J. Delaporte B. Magatanong Mtl 20 21 41 and the race committee sent us out. The first race started in 6505 Skip Nolin Michele Wood Sun 22 dns 48 a very light southerly with crews to leeward. As we sailed 6979 Joe Goodnough Bruce Pariseau Sun dns dns 52 up the first leg the breeze continued to build and we started 7628 Michael Feeney John Plunkett Sun dns dns 52 hiking. At the weather mark, Peter Hall of the Montreal, Canadian fleet, was in the lead, we were second, and John Chiarella was third. We were fortunate to get a little shift on the second beat and rounded in front of Peter, and then we held our position to the finish line. The second race started in puffy 8 to 12 knots of southerly 3 STARDUST September, 2002 2002 NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Marina del Rey July 20-21, 2002 By Rich Roberts Seneca Yacht Club IRISH UNKNOWNS SHOCK BIG NAMES By Richard Burgess AND SELVES IN WORLDS TUNE-UP The weekend after the 12th district championships on To say Irish eyes were smiling at the end of the California Seneca Lake the Seneca Star Fleet hosted the New York Yacht Club's King of Spain Regatta Sunday would be an State Championships. understatement. They were flabbergasted with joy after The plan was to sail two on Saturday and one on Sunday. this final tune-up for the 2002 Star Class World Champi- The wind did not cooperate on Saturday, as the race onship Aug. 18-23. committee sent us out in what looked like a promising The 73-year-old event had never seen as large or strong a northerly breeze, but it fizzled out and the committee field, including seven world champions and the current No. canceled for the day. As is the case so many times once we 1-ranked sailor in the class. But the name to be engraved were all back on the trailers a very nice breeze filled in, oh on the silver replica of a 15th-century Spanish galleon do- well. Some of the group was treated to a boat ride up the nated by the late King Alphonse won't be Reynolds, Loof, canal that connects Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake, by Buchan, Cayard, Brun, Beashel, Macdonald or Van der Matt Freeman. Others sat around telling old sailing stories Ploeg. They weren't even in the running. while others took the time to explore the local area. Try Max Treacy, 24, and crew Anthony Shanks, 30, a pair Sunday morning came with a building southerly breeze of Dublin lads sailing for the Royal St. George Yacht Club. and off we went to sail three races. They slew those dragons and several other celebrities in Jim Freeman gave us a sailing lesson and won the first and the 74-boat field with a modest string of 8-18-6-5 finishes. second races going away. The rest of the fleet traded That's three results in the top 10, one more than anyone places back and forth. The breeze had built to 10 to 12 and else managed in Santa Monica Bay's devious zephyrs and the committee decided to sail us a third race. It was nice easily the highlight of the 18 months they've been racing a that we won that race and Ted Hains was second but the Star. real story was Jim & Matt Freeman who sailed into third "Wow!" Treacy exclaimed when he was shown the final place from way back maybe 12th or 13th place at the first standings at the dock. "And we won by a mile." mark. The Augie Diaz / Christian Finnsgard duo from Florida The group was treated to a nice lunch and as is the and Sweden were nine points behind, 37-46, after leading tradition at Seneca Lake the never empty beer keg flowed the first day. San Francisco's Howie Shiebler, with local and soft drinks for those underage. crew Rick Peters, was another point back in third after Seneca Lake is in the New York Wine area and for the winning the final race in a runaway. awards the fleet gives out bottles of local wine, what a Sunday's other winner, Bill Buchan of Seattle, won two of great idea. his three Star Worlds before Treacy was born. Sailing with I can only thank Bob Westcott for all of his hard work and Mark Brink, he wound up ninth overall---obviously still the work of the race committee, and the members of SYC competitive at 67. Like Shiebler, they sailed into command for putting up with us for two weekends in a row. from the pin end of the two-part line and led at every mark in the light and streaky winds of 6 to 8 knots. The air tem- Boat Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 Total perature peaked at 75 (F.). 7626 Jim Freeman Matt Freeman SL 1 1 3 5 Canada's Ross Macdonald and crew Eric Jespersen were 7133 Ted Hains Larry Scott LOC 3 5 2 10 eighth---the top performing former world champions. A 7824 Rick Burgess Jack Winthrop GrL 7 7 1 15 summary of the others' efforts was offered by Paul Cayard, 7793 Brian Cramer Peter Carson LOC 4 6 6 16 who was 16th with Hal Haenel: "This regatta is going to 7630 Brad Anderson Doug Folsetter LOC 2 10 5 17 make some people famous---people you never heard of." 7369 Steve Haarstick Steve Sarbok SL 6 4 7 17 7271 Bob Westcott Jim Christian SL 5 2 12 19 Treacy and Shanks might qualify for that distinction. They were 32nd in last year's World’s at Medemblik, The 6880 Myron White Jack McAllister iso 11 3 8 22 Netherlands, but they aren't counting on it being as easy 7940 Dan White Tyler Carey SL 10 11 4 25 starting next Sunday. 7120 Jeff Schuchardt James Favaro GrL 9 8 9 26 7463 Werner Holtze Stacey Valkenburgh SL 8 9 13 30 "I have to think there are a lot of guys that weren't trying as 7783 Tom White Doug Carey SL 13 13 10 36 hard as they will be in the Worlds," Treacy said. 6569 Ed Seyerlein Jillian Stokes Ith 14 12 11 37 Double World and Olympic champion Mark Reynolds of 6853 Brud Nicholson Jim Hendee SL 15 14 14 43 San Diego was 19th, sailing with crew Magnus Liljedahl, 6963 Peter Lent Zack Orlov SL 12 15 dnf 43 whose weekend was clouded by concern for his girl friend, KING OF SPAIN REGATTA Kimberly Birkenfeld, 37, of Miami. Sailing a Mistral, she August 10-11, 2002 suffered a head injury from a chase boat's propeller in 4 STARDUST September, 2002 Athens, Greece late last week while training for the 52 7325 Alejandro Bugacov Fernando Sotelo ocs 47 33 47 202 upcoming Athens 2002 Regatta, a pre-Olympic event. The 53 6883 Jay LaPlante Mark Spector ocs 56 36 38 205 latest report was that she had undergone two surgeries and 54 6560 Jed Miller Charley Rathkopf 29 54 50 dnc 208 remained in a coma. 55 8023 Lee Kellerhouse Isao Toyama 44 45 49 75 213 Pl. Sail# Skipper Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts 56 00 Marc Skipwith Rico Johnsson 55 64 56 39 214 1 7817 Max Treacy R. Anthony Shanks 8 18 6 5 37 57 SWE Ian Gladwell Garth Miller 52 44 58 60 214 2 7995 Augie Diaz Christian Finnsgard 7 3 13 23 46 58 8052 Stephen Braverman Ronald Rezac 53 42 63 58 216 3 8077 Howie Shiebler Rick Peters 3 28 15 1 47 59 802 Mike Kennedy Kent Karlson 59 61 51 50 221 4 767 Mark Mansfield Killian Collins 11 12 5 21 49 60 7042 Steve Brown Steve Steinberg ocs 53 37 57 222 5 8059 Peter Vessella Brian Fatih 18 8 10 15 51 61 7953 Craig Steele Chris Eid 50 55 59 61 225 6 8067 Ian Walker Nick Williams 30 7 4 11 52 62 7982 Susie Pegel Tom George dnc dnc 32 46 228 7 7592 Paul Sustronk Mike Wolf 5 29 17 3 54 63 7985 Barton Beek Carroll McCallum 47 57 52 dnc 231 8 7451 Ross Macdonald Eric Jespersen 15 4 12 27 58 64 7979 Bill Fields Tom Kopp 45 63 53 dnf 236 9 7405 Bill Buchan Mark Brink 39 14 1 8 62 65 6660 Tom Hulme Mark Brazil 57 66 62 54 239 10 8065 Gavin Brady Rodney Kenann 26 26 8 10 70 66 8037 Skip Elliott John Peschelt 41 50 dnc dnc 241 11 7737 Vince Brun Rodrigo Meireles 16 19 19 17 71 67 7710 Jorg Westerheide Dylan Blew ocs 65 48 56 244 12 7828 Colin Beashel David Giles 13 15 14 34 76 68 8025 Robbie Haines Brian Haines dnc dnc 25 dnc 250 13 8045 Larry Whipple Darin Jensen 6 13 34 24 77 69 7950 Brian O'Mahony John O'Mahony 62 dnf 60 55 252 14 7988 Peter Bromby Martin Siese 12 1 35 32 80 70 7986 Elizabeth Newell Mike Young 60 69 64 59 252 15 8068 John MacCausland Sean DeLaney 2 32 22 29 85 71 4103 Scot Merrick Don Taylor 61 67 67 63 258 16 8088 Paul Cayard Hal Haenel 42 2 39 7 90 72 6945 Mark Pinkerton Doug Russell tim 70 65 62 272 17 8053 Afonso Domingos Bernado Santos 46 33 9 2 90 73 6942 Sandy Horowitz Angel Lopez dnc dnc 66 64 280 18 8044 Steven Kelly Bill Holowesko 34 16 18 22 90 74 6528 Ralph De Luca tim 68 dnc dnc 293 19 7829 Mark Reynolds Magnus Liljedahl 33 25 20 12 90  20 7673 Argyle Campbell Kevin Bowles 10 24 47 13 94 21 8025 Iain Percy Steve Mitchell 4 35 23 37 99 BEN CESARE 22 7862 John Virtue Myles Connolly 20 37 11 31 99 By Peter Cusick, Mid Connecticut Star Fleet 23 7836 Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey 21 10 57 14 102 The team of Ben Cesare and Paul Amlong won the First 24 8080 Fredrik Loof Anders Ekstrom 32 27 27 18 104 District Championship held July 12-14 at Cedar Point 25 8082 Rick Merriman Bill Bennett dsq 9 3 19 106 Yacht Club. Cesare and Amlong have teamed up but once 26 8070 J. Kouyoumdjian Gabriel Meyer 49 31 2 25 107 before, with a strong 10th place finish at this year's Star 27 8094 Jose Van der Ploeg Diego Froetoso 25 22 30 35 112 North American Championship. 28 7581 Roberto Bermudez Domingo Menrrique 19 21 ocs 4 119 Both Cesare and Amlong are relatively new comers to the 29 7950 Jimmie Lowe Andrew Higgs 22 40 16 41 119 Star Class. Amlong comes from Annapolis with experience 30 8041 Jim Buckingham Joel Ked 36 38 29 16 119 in offshore sailing and Melges 24s. 31 8085 Jean C. Vuithier Renato Tiarazzi 38 17 26 40 121 32 7998 George Szabo Austin Sperry ocs 5 38 9 127 Cesare grew up sailing Lasers at Norwalk Yacht Club in 33 7931 Jeremy Davidson Jessica Costa 27 49 31 30 137 Connecticut where as a junior he won the Single Handed 34 7994 Nicklas Holm Marin Leifelt ocs 20 7 36 138 Championship of Long Island Sound. As a collegiate 35 7942 Mike Dorgan Eric Weintraub 1 39 55 48 143 sailor, Cesare earned All American status at Boston 36 8072 Doug Smith Marty Dalton 31 46 44 26 147 University and later went on to serve as head coach for the 37 7972 Byron Nelson David Nelson 23 41 40 45 149 Harvard Sailing Team. Over the years, Cesare has sailed 38 7462 David Watt Alex Dunn 35 52 61 6 154 both offshore and multiple one design classes 39 8061 Chr. Rasmussen Peter Orsted 17 23 ocs 43 158 including Sonars, Snipes and Etchells. Ben is a skilled 40 7854 Benny Andersen Rick McElvain 58 51 24 28 161 match racer; winner of the Prince of Wales Bowl, team 41 7844 Foss Miller Greg Newhall 9 6 ocs dnc 165 racer and Interclub Dinghy champion at Larchmont Yacht 42 7932 Kyle Henehan Patrick Hafer Sr. 28 43 43 51 165 Club. 43 7714 Gonzalo Araujo Marcos Iglesias 14 11 dnc dnc 175 When Ben isn't on the water he's typically retrieving 44 8000 Arthur Anosov Gennady Korolkov 43 48 45 42 178 misplaced gear in the parking lot or in the abyss of his 45 7612 Stephen Gould Jon Rogers 37 34 ocs 33 179 jeep. What marvels his friends most is how Ben is able to 46 7525 Gregg Morton Gary Mitchell 54 30 21 dnc 180 convert the chaos of his on-land organization to the focus 47 8006 Scott Zimmer Eric Ferrier 51 36 41 53 181 and control he displays on the water. Whether on the water 48 7838 Doug Steele Dick Schmidt 56 60 46 20 182 or off, Ben's a great sport and a great addition to the Star 49 7437 Nedko Vassilev Paul Erickson 48 58 28 49 183 Class. We look forward to Ben's contributions and 50 7 Yumio Dornberg Ken Dornberg 24 62 54 44 184 competitiveness in District One for years to come. 51 6482 Barrett Sprout Randy Sprout 40 59 42 52 193 5 OPINION COLUMN ISAF TO CONTROL THE STAR CLASS WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP STARDUST By Rick Burgess September, 2002 It’s my understanding that ISAF may be imposing very serious restrictions as to the number of boats per country at next year’s World Championship. They are planning to restrict it to a maximum of 5 boats per country and maybe letting former world champions enter. For example, DEN, FRA, GER, ITA, NED and USA would be allowed to enter 5 boats each and AUT, CAN, GBR and IRL would be allowed 4 boats each. First ISAF wants and gets a joint World Championship for all of the Olympic classes and now they say there will be too many boats. The approach of ISAF is that since the Star Class signed contract that they now control how we run our Class. They are quick to point out that the different classes petition ISAF for the right to compete in the Olympic games and thus give up their rights. This will have a major ripple effect on Star sailing all the way to the District level. The District Championships in many cases have a greater number Paul Amlong and Ben Cesare of entries because of qualifying to that year’s World st holding the 1 District Trophy Championship. It also will mean the average sailor will no longer be able to compete in the World Championship. The annual meeting will also be affected as the more people that attend means the more input of different ideas. Some have said that we as a Class are slowly losing our rights as a Class, but I submit to you that it’s no longer slowly. I strongly recommend that if you think that loosing our right to control our World Championship is wrong then contact the Class president, vice presidents, and every member of the IGC and CMC to voice your concern. Regards Richard Burgess In he goes! (photos provided by Hilary Lawrence) activity in the Star Class are each allotted 2 boats when none of these countries have sent Star boats in at least the (Editor’s note: According to the ISAF memo which gives past decade and in some cases ever to either the World’s or the number of boats allocated to each country for the joint the Olympics.) Cadiz World’s most countries which have Stars actively sailing and some countries which have no Stars presently active would be allowed 2 boats each. The exceptions are: AUS, 3; AUT, 4; BER, 3; BRA, 3; CAN, 4; CRO, 3; DEN, 5; ESP, 3; FIN, 3; FRA, 5; GBR, 4; GER, 5; IRL, 4; ITA, 5; NED, 5; NZL, 3; SUI, 3; SWE, 3; USA, 5.

The reader might be perplexed as to why a small country with relatively little Star activity such as DEN can send the same number of boats to the World’s as countries which have much larger populations and greater activity in the Star Class. It is also perplexing that countries such as China, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Seycheles, Thailand, and Turkey along with several other countries which have no 6 STARDUST September, 2002 UPCOMING REGATTAS Contact Alan Pritchard, 203 853 6310 / abpritchard- [email protected] (4-02) BEDFORD PITCHER September 7-8 7506 Mader, 1990. White hull with blue waterline. Boat in Hosted by the CLIS Fleet nice condition. Double mainsheet system. Mast puller upgrade. Galvanized Harbeck trailer with long storage box. In 1949 Frederick T. Bedford donated the Bedford Pitcher, 3 mainsails and 4 jibs. Boat located in Cherry Hill, NJ. once in actual use as the water pitcher on Wilson Marshall's $8000. Contact John MacCausland: 856 428 9094 / 185-foot three-masted schooner Atlantic. An elaborate piece [email protected] of solid silver, it is a meaningful symbol of the way of life of a bygone era as well as one of our finest trophies. (See photo Vang track wanted: I've picked up an older Lippincott on page 8.) which needs a vang track. Does anyone out there have a spare track / car that they'd be willing to give away or sell? The Bedford Pitcher has been sailed for in various fleets. It Any suggestions welcome! Contact Scott Rosen: 781 639 started in CLIS. Then for the years 1965 and 1966 it was 0163 / [email protected] sailed for in the WLIS, and from 1967 to 1973 it was sailed for in the ELIS fleet. It made a big move when from 1974 to  1982 it was sailed for in BH fleet. In 1983 it was returned to STAR CLASS HISTORICAL MATERIAL the CLIS fleet. Three items which deal with historical information about NUTMEG TROPHY the Star Class are now available: September 21-22 Hosted by the Mid-Conn Fleet “Forty Years Among the Star” by George Elder $20 “A Pictorial History of the Star Class” $12 On September 21-22 the Mid-Conn Fleet will host its annual “Complete Results of the World’s, North American’s, Nutmeg Trophy regatta. Don Spengler, past commodore of and Olympics” $12 the Milford Y.C., started the Nutmeg Regatta which was first sailed in 1952. The trophy was named after the state's Complete set of all three books: $40 nickname. The enthusiasm of the growing Mid-Conn fleet Shipping and handling extra. Order from: brought trophy into existence. The original trophy was very nice. However, it disappeared after one of the early regattas. David Bolles Tel: 203 882 9428 It was then replaced by present trophy. 133 Castle Lane Milford, CT 06460 When the Nutmeg Regatta began the Mid-Conn fleet was wet-sailed. Thus, originally the visiting boats sailed out of E-mail: [email protected] oyster docks across the river from club. A crane was brought in for the regatta to launch the visiting boats. The club STAR CLASS MEMORABILIA members put together a temporary dock on beach where If you have anything which you think should be in the Star hoists now are for the visiting boats to tie up to. Class Archives at Mystic Seaport Museum please contact either the editor ([email protected]) (203 882 For more information on how to get to the club, housing, or the event itself see www.mycstar.org or the 1st District 9428) or Joe Knowles ([email protected]). Anything from a single photograph to a collection of correspondence, Web Site under Regattas and Events, or contact: program notes, or anything else related to the Star Class John Lombard: 203 530 2550 / and its activities would be most welcomed. [email protected] David Bolles: 203 882 9428 / [email protected]  FOR SALE / WANTED FIBERGLASS AND GEL COAT REPAIR 6000 series boats in various conditions for sale. Boats are David Bolles Tel: 203 882 9428 located at Milford Y.C., Milford CT. Contact Dick Hovey. 133 Castle Lane Tel: 203 795 3008 / e-mail: [email protected] Milford, CT 06460 6567 Mader, 1980. Complete with trailer. Two suits of E-mail: / [email protected] sails. $1500. Contact Jim Kerns, 203 339 4888 (work), 203 209 2646 (home). 7174 Mader, 1986. Boat is in good condition. Complete package; SparTech F section mast and two suits of sails and much more. This is a solid boat which is still very competitive at fleet level and would make an excellent starter boat/fleet racer. Boat located in Milford, CT. $6000. 7 STARDUST September, 2002 REGATTA SCHEDULES EMIL’S CORNER 1st District Sept. 7-8 Bedford Pitcher, CLIS Sept. 14-15 Nathan Hale, HB Sept. 21-22 Nutmegs, Mid

2nd District Sept. 14-15 SSA Fall Series Sept. 28-29 Fall Windup, TAYC Oct. 19-20 Michelob Cup, WRSC

5th District Ag. 30-Sp. 1 Labor Day Pitcher Regatta, SDYC Sept. 7-8 Black Star - Under #7000, CYC Sept. 14-15 Fall Gold Cup, NHYC Oct. 19-20 Calvin Paige, StFYC Oct. 26-27 Ash Bown, SDYC Dec. 14-15 Kriss Kringle Regatta, SDYC

12th District Sept. 7-8 FLASIR, LH Sept. 14-15 Lake George Open, LG Sept. 21-22 Chili Regatta Cartoon by Emil Karlovsky

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THE BEDFORD PITCHER will be raced for on the weekend of September 7-8 at Cedar Point Y.C. in Westport, CT