ssue 42 American Association august 2013 NationaL Committee

2. calendar, 8. City Island Canoe and Yacht Club Fay Jordaens 3. National Championships in september 10. ACA Nat’l Sail committee 5. Announcements 11. race results 6. leeboard thwart Jack Hazzard 13. finger lakes sailing 7. historical photos 14. in memoriam of legends 15. FOR SALE 16. san francisco calendar 2013

Aug. 10-11, ADK Trophy - Cruising Class - Two sailors to a boat, 10 am first race ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350 Aug. 17-18 John Komp Trophy - Cruising Class 10 am first race ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350 Aug. 24 Divisional Championships C Class (5 meter) 10 am first race ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350 Aug. 25 ACA Class Divisional Championships 10 am first race ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350

Aug 31, Sept 1: Wilkinson Trophy - National Cruising Class Championships Saturday, Aug. 31 10 am and 2 pm; and Sunday, Sept. 1 at 11 am. ACA Camp at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY, off Seven Lakes Drive. Enter at Group Camp SB2. For more informa- tion about the ACA Camp or about the ACA Atlantic Division go to the website http://aca-atlanticdivisionblog.com/ Contacts for more information: Joanie Krilla 201-825-9350 Sherrie Winkworth at [email protected] or 973-252-3484

Sept 14, Brooklyn, NY, Sebago Canoe Club, Jamaica Bay Annual Sebago Cup race an 8 mile or so race around the islands in Jamaica Bay with a powerboat and race committee support. Sail with , , and . Sebago Canoe Club www.sebagocanoeclub.org . The race was written up last year in Sailing World Magazine, http://www.sebagocanoeclub.org/pdfs/SailingWorldArticle.pdf and pictures from 2012 at https://plus.google.com/photos/103052344985402195212/albums/5791378609573522577?banner=pwa contact: Jim Luton [email protected] Telephone: 917 971 7544. SC Club is in Canarsie near the Belt Parkway in Paerdegat Basin.

September 28-29, 9 a.m. 5 meter Class and ACA Class National Championships will be held at the Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club, Millville, NJ. Union Lake – http://www.ulstc.org/ Cost about $35. Contact Bill Covert: 215.340.4681 or [email protected]

Race Rules from US Sailing, membership, 15 Maritime Drive, PO Box 1260, Portsmouth, RI 02871 www.ussailing.org

Leeboard thwart bracket attachment by Jim Luton of Brooklyn, NY.

Canoe Sailor 42 page 2 National Championships 2013

The Delaware Valley Division Sailing Committee of the ACA invites you to our 5 meter Class and ACA Class National Championships at Union Lake, in Millville, NJ.

5 meter Class and ACA Class will be held on September 28-29, at the Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club, Millville, NJ Union Lake – http://www.ulstc.org/ Cost about $35. Sept 28-29, 2013 Union Lake, Millville, NJ

Trophies to be awarded are the C CLASS -5 METER Mallison Trophy and the ACA CLASS – Tom Zuk Trophy.

Tentative Schedule (depending on the weather) (subject to change). Friday afternoon: practice sailing ..

Saturday: 5 meter Class National Championship Races. 9 a.m. Registration 9:30 - 10 a.m. Skippers Meeting . 11:00 start - 3 Races Annual meeting of the ACA National Sailing Committee Dinner at a restaurant Trophy Presentation

Sunday: ACA Class National Championship Races. 9 a.m. registration . Skippers Meeting. 10:00 start - 3 Races Trophy Presentation notice: Participants need to sign a waiver in order to compete. The decision to race is up to the sailor. USCG (type 1, 2, or 3) lifejackets must be worn when sailing. Races will be in accordance with the latest US Sailing Assn. and ACA Rules of Racing. Sailors must be current members of the American Canoe Assn. Due to changes by the Club or in weather conditions, the schedules may be altered.

ACA and US Sailing Rules are in effect. Low point scoring system is in effect.

Bring lunch and beverages. Some snacks will be available.

Union Lake

Canoe Sailor 42 page 3 Directions to Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club, Millville, NJ

Our ULT&S Club hosts are Tom Shephard and Commodore Harold Bernard.

Millville is west of Cape May, NJ. http://maps.google.com/maps for overview of location in south Jersey http://www.mapquest.com/maps/Millville+NJ/ close up view

From Philadelphia it is accessible from the Commodore Barry Bridge via Route 322 east. Rte 322 east in Mullica Hill, NJ to highway to 55 South, see beow.. or From Philadelphia - the Walt Whitman Bridge at the south side of Philadelphia toward Atlantic city to route 42 to rte 55, see beow.

From the north: Route 55 South, exit 27 (Vineland-Millville) Take a right onto Rte 47 south. At the second traffic light, turn right onto High St. At the Y in the road turn right onto Sharp Street. At the second road on the right turn right onto Glenside Drive. Travel 1/4 mile, and just after the sign “Woodland Shores”, turn at the 3rd left onto Drive (sign is in the tree). Travel to the end of this residential street. At the dead-end, the entrance is on the right for the Union Lake Sail and Tennis Club. PRIVATE: ULSTC Sign.

From Delaware: Take the Delaware Memorial Bridge, Rte 295 to NJ Route 40 to Rte 55 south see directions above

From New England Route 95 south - the NJ Turnpike south to exit 3. Take the RT-168 N exit, EXIT 3, toward CAMDEN/ PHILADELPHIA. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto S BLACK HORSE PIKE/NJ-168 a few blocks. Merge onto I-295 South toward WALT WHITMAN BR/DEL MEM BR. via EXIT 26 Merge onto I-76 E/I-295 South toward DEL. MEM. BR./ Rte 42 south- Atlantic City I-76 E/I-295 S becomes NJ-42 S. about one exit to via EXIT 13 Merge onto NJ-55 South toward DEPTFORD/GLASSBORO/VINELAND Take the RT-47 S exit, EXIT 27, toward MILLVILLE. See above. Hotel Accommodations Millville, Vineland, NJ

Best Western, 856.327.3300 South Delsea Drive or 1.800.528.1234 1701 North 2 St., Millville, NJ 08332 closest to the lake. Holiday Inn Express, 856.293.8888 at the Cumberland Mall, off Rt 47 near 55, 398 Smith St., Vineland, NJ 08360 In Vineland on Landis Ave.are Comfort Inn, Fairfield, Wingate,R amada and Days Inn and other hotels. Camping: Accommodations are at Parvin State Park. - 701 Almond Rd. Pittsgrove, NJ 08318 (856) 358-8616 Camping is $20 per night. Telephone: (856).358.8616, Park office friday 8 am- 8 pm. You can rent cabins for the weekend after Labor Day -$55 per night. Park is located north of Millville in Salem County, Rte 540. Directions: From Rte 55 south take exit 35B, (north is exit 35) Garden Rd, Brotmanville. Take Garden Rd to second full cross road, to Crow Pond Rd., go left on Crow Pond Road, go to the end. Right on rte 540 which is Almond Rd, go 2.5 mi. If the entrance is closed after 8pm goto the bliinker and turn left on Parvin Mill Rd. Pay in the morning at the main entrance or pay in advance.

Canoe Sailor 42 page 4 Announcements

National Sail Committee Meeting September 28, 2013 after the races Agenda: Officer reports Old Business New Business Election of officers Any member who wishes to propose a change to the Racing Rules or By-Laws should provide the Secretary with the proposal in writing and the current wording that would be changed.

a new trophy at Lake Sebago, Sloatsburg, NY is for women’s competitive canoe sailing. It is dedi- cated to Kay Ryan by daughter, Joan Krilla and to be raced for the first time in 2013.

Kay Ryan, a dedicated canoe sailor, at Lake Sebago, NY and Sugar Island on the St. Lawrence River, taught other women, including Sherrie Winkworth, Marilyn Vogel and Joan Ryan Krilla, that racing a canoe under sail was fun and a sport in which women could compete. Kay served as Sailing Chairperson at Lake Sebago for four years.

above: Roger Corinth in 2009 at the 5 meter National Championships, Quakertown, PA. right: Roger with the stripper sail canoe he built. Photos by his wife Beverly Corinth

Roger Corinth, Sailing Chair of the ACA MidWest Division, passed away July 1, 2013. Roger was a professional engineer who used to sail with Bob Halsey at Pymatuning, Ohio. He built a sail canoe and raced with us at Union Lake in NJ, and Quakertown, PA, as well as at his home port in Pymatuning, Ohio before he retired to upper Michigrn. He was always a thoughtful gentleman who loved sailing, camping, traveling, and working on sail rigs. He is survived by a loving family and many friends.

Canoe Sailor 42 page 5 Canoe Sailor 42 page 6 leeboard thwart attachment. Drawing by Jack Hazzard, writer for , Popular Science and other magazines in the 1930’s. Sailing a 156x30, 1920’s prob- ably on the Hudson River near Yonkers Canoe Club, the club of H. Lansing Quick.

1928 Sugar Island Canoe Beach

1920’s sail canoe 16 x 30 “racing machine”

Canoe Sailor 42 page 7 City Island Canoe and Yacht Club fay jordaens

In 1924, Reggie and Elizabeth Ratliff, built their boat club on pilings at West 515 City Island Ave. right off the avenue; Bay water clearly visible from the City Island sidewalk, as it slapped up against bulkheading on high tide! The large double decked boat club entrance fronted on City Island Ave., and had a large ‘Paul Butler’ clubroom sign to its immediate left, then, as you entered the dark shed, racked, stored and plus equipment, i.e., leeboards, masts, tillers, rudders etc., became visible. Once thru the shed you emerged on the other side, into brilliant sunlight, you faced Reggie’s beautiful, freshly gray painted handball court to the left, with gangplanks leading to the floats in front of you, and in the distance was Eastchester Bay. ‘Aunt Liz’ and Reggie lived in an apartment on the second floor that fronted on C.I. Avenue. Also on the 2nd floor, customers often sat outside another clubroom, just to enjoy the view, the magnificent, beautiful, panoramic view of the Harbor and New York City skyline.

The American Canoe Association [ACA], est. in 1880, scheduled official races at the C.I. Canoe & Yacht Club in the mid 1920’s, when deck boat sailors raced ketch rigged 16x30’s [sixteen foot long, by 30 inches wide]. By the 1940’s, we competed for national and international trophies, in decked canoes that were sloop rigged, 17 foot long, and as much as 43 inches wide. The America’s Cup is the oldest sailing trophy in America, the New York International Challenge Cup for Decked Canoes, is the second oldest American sailing trophy [1885], won in 2011 by American, Chris Maas.

Official ACA races and elimination races for national and international trophies, were held on the west side of City Island in Eastchester Bay, hosted by the C.I. Canoe and Yacht Club. Races consisted of 3 times around the course. The ‘starting line’ was at the red marker off of the Morris Yacht Club, then boats sailed to the second ‘red can,’ about 1 mile in a westerly direction and completion of the triangular course, or finish line, was between a third marker and the Committee boat. Internationally famous American sailors include the names of Friede, Armstrong, Whitman and Clark.

While this article gives some idea of Decked Boat racing at the City Island C. and Y. Club, it’s impossible to give you a snapshot of the wonder of the Club as it existed in the mid 1940’s. In our clubrooms we enjoyed the camaraderie of friends and fellow competitors. During WW II, Mrs. Ratliff made a statement about the uniformed soldiers and sailors regarding their racked boats. She said: “We will care for the boats of our boys till they come home from the War.” My husband, Frank Jordaens, a national and international winning sailor, was one of the recipients of their generosity. We were all so fortunate to belong to that club, during that time, shepherded by the Ratliffs, where we forged lifetime friendships. Currently, the club is in the capable hands of their grandson, Bill Steiniger. [email protected] May 30, 2013

american Canoe Association www.americancanoe.org ACA, 108 Hanover St Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Telephone: 540.907.4460 fax: 888.229.3792

Submit articles for the next issue of Canoe Sailor to Marilyn Vogel, Editor , 2210 Finland Road, Green Lane, PA 18054 or e-mail to [email protected] Canoe Sailor 42 page 8 Canoe Sailor 42 page 9 National Sailing Committee Officers 2013, American Canoe Association:

Chairperson: Larry Haff, 15 Smith St., Westborough, MA 01581 E:mail: [email protected] (508) 981-1302 Vice Chairperson: John Depa, 124 East Schuylkill Road , Little Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 08087-1132 E-mail: [email protected], Tel: 609-294-2213 Secretary: Marilyn Vogel, 2210 Finland Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054 (215) 453-9084 Treasurer: Charles Sutherland, 2210 Finland Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054 (215) 453-9084

Measurer-Master of Records: Larry Zuk, E-mail: [email protected], Longmont, Colorado 80503

Open Canoe Measurer: Larry Zuk, E-mail: [email protected], 720.684.6890 Historian: Larry Zuk, 1401 Elmhurst Dr., N305, Longmont, Colorado 80503

Your Division Chairpeople New England Division: Larry Haff, 15 Smith St., Westborough, MA 01581 E:: [email protected] Northern New York: Delaware Valley Division: Bill Covert Doylestown, PA 18901 215-340-4681 E-mail:[email protected] Atlantic Division: Joan Krilla, 141 Raintree, Mahwah NJ 07430 Tel: 201.825.9350

Appeals: Charles Sutherland 2210 Finland Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054 (215) 453-9084

American Canoe Association Membership www.americancanoe.org ACA, 108 Hanover St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Telephone: 540.907.4460 fax: 888.229.3792

Canoe Sailing Websites ACA Canoe Sailor www.enter.net/~skimmer American Canoe Association www.americancanoe.org Lake Sebago canoe sailing http://aca-atlanticdivisionblog.com/canoe-sailing/ Online Canoe Sailing Magazine skinnyhull. http://issuu.com/skinnyhull/docs/ US Sailing www.ussailing.org Sugar Island http://sugar.islandertalk.com Misty Isles Lodge www.mistyisles.ca Finland Canoe sailing http://www.canoesailing.fi/ International Decked Sailors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMSFYwkUwc&NR=1 http://earwigoagin.blogspot.com/search/label/International%20Canoe http://sailinganarchy.com/ England OpenCanoeSailGr http://www.ocsg.uk.

ACA September 2011 Canoe Sailing at Lake Nockamixon on-line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Spq_kNKCg9k www.youtube.com search for ACA canoe sailing Nockamixon Sail Club 91811 And search there for International Canoe, 2009 Round Sugar Island Race Thousand Islands.

Canoe Sailor 42 page 10 race results: delaware valley division june 8-9, 2013 union lake, millville, nj

delaware valley division aCa Class Championships

Saturday ACA Class overcast 5knots Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Points Finish Chuck Sutherland 3 1 2 6 1 Marilyn Vogel 2 2 4 8 2 Larry Haff 1 5 3 9 3 John Depa 4 4 1 9 4 Bill Covert 5 3 6 14 5 David Breinig 6 6 5 17 6

delaware valley division 5 meter Class Championships left to right: Chuck Sutherland, Larry Haff Sunday 5 meter class sunny 1-2 knots Race 1 Race 2 Points Finish Larry Haff 1 2 3 1 John Depa 3 1 4 2 Bill Covert 2 4 6 3 Marilyn Vogel DNF 3 9 4 Chuck Sutherland DNF 5 11 5

left to right: Bill Covert, Chuck Sutherland, Marilyn Vogel, Larry Haff, John Depa

Canoe Sailor 42 page 11 5 meter Championship series sunny, 5 - 10 knots

5 meter Championships Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 points Finish race results Dave Breinig 1 1 1 3 1 - sugar island Mike Pirot 4 2 2 8 2 july 2013 Larry Haff 2 3 3 8 3 John Depa 3 4 4 11 4 Marilyn Vogel 6 5 5 16 5 Tom Uebel 5 6 DNS 19 6 Chuck Sutherland 7 7 6 20 7

aca Class Championship series

ACA Class Championships Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 points Finish Dave Breinig 7 1 1 9 1 Tom Uebel 1 3 5 9 2 John Depa 3 6 2 11 3 Marilyn Vogel 4 5 3 12 4 Larry Haff 5 4 4 13 5 Chuck Sutherland 2 7 6 15 6 Mike Pirot 6 2 DNS 16 7

below: trophy winners 5 meter twice around Mike Pirot and David Breinig sugar island

Twice Around Sugar Finish 5 meter, 2-5 knots Mike Pirot 1 Tom Uebel 2 Dave Breinig 3 Marilyn Vogel 4 John Depa 5 Larry Haff 6

aca class twice around sugar island

Twice Around Sugar Finish ACA Class, 2-5 knots Marilyn Vogel 1 Mike Pirot 2 Larry Haff 3 Tom Uebel 4 John Depa DNF left to right: Depa, Vogel, Sutherland, Haff, Breinig Canoe Sailor 42 page 12 Canandaaigua,NY in the Finger Lakes sail canoe cruising

above: Canandaigua Lake small craft boat launch right: John from the Rochester, NY area. John sails all year in the Finger Lakes.

Opening of the ACA Encampment 2013 at Sugar Island

Sugar Island Internationals Canoe sailors Dave clark, new guy, Willy Clark, John Kells, missing Del Olsen, Dave Gillaland

Canoe Sailor 42 page 13 the good old days - in memoriam

ohn Bull passed away 16th April 2013.He was the founder of the United Kingdom’s Open Canoe JSailing Group (OCSG) and leader in British canoe-sailing since 1990. He and his fellow sailors came to Maine to sail with us in 1995 and we visited his OCSG at beautiful Lake Windermere in England’s Lake District in 1996. It was exciting and special to meet and sailing with all of them. Bull designed rigs and developed a group of fine canoe sailors who carry the torch today. He wrote a book on canoe sailing, started the newsletter for OCSG which is online now. He had a special International Trophy made for our international racing program in 1995-96.

John Bull

1996 Lake Windemere, England

Ralph Friese passed away Dec 10, 2012 His legacy of mentoring canoeists, setting high standards for , the outdoors, and fostering the history of the Voyageurs are legendary. He won the ACA first Legend of Award and was an inductee into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2006. Around Chicago he was known for his conservation endeavors.

A Grumman specialist who loved paddling, Ralph Friese founded and operated the famous Chicagoland Canoe Base. Canoe sailors knew him for help with their sailing skills, getting hard to find parts to rig a Grumman sail canoe, and setting up a rig for canoe sailing. Friese also manufactured composite re-creations of Voyageur canoes and designed a series of modern tripping canoes. He was a serious historian of his sport, with a collection of 4,000 book titles and over 100 canoes. Mr. Friese’s collection of molds, jigs and patterns for canoes have been preserved. Friese was active with the Chicago Maritime Museum, an unfinished work in progress.

The legendary Jan Gougeon of Bay City, Michigan, and West SYSTEM Epoxies for boat construction and repair died in Dec. 2012: see Messing About In Boats article by Kay Harley, June 2013, page 8. He was a boat designer, builder, a world champion competitive sailor, and innovator who shared his knowledge, technical advice and offered EPOXY WORKS magazine as a free subscription. He worked with Hugh Horton on Hugh’s sailing canoe design.

Jan and his brothers Meade and Joel founded Gougeon Brothers. They pioneered bonding wood and developed techniques for metal-to-wood bonds. His work with epoxy and lightweight composites revolutionized modern amateur boatbuilding. His 2004 PRO-SET epoxy was used on the NASA space vehicle and also the launch vehicle. Racing iceboats and sailboats were Jan’s passions

Canoe Sailor 42 page 14 ACA SAIL: 44 sq. ft. lateen for sale The price is now $328 US. plus postage. Includes free rig plans, Canoe Sailor newsletter for 1 year and other information. Hardware Parts -- You can use parts for a Sunfish and a Laser for the gooseneck, from and pay to: M. Vogel, blocks, rudder and other fittings. dealer 2210 Finland Road, locations from Green Lane, PA 18054 APS (Annapolis Performance Sailing) www.apsLtd.com

Revised Sailing Canoe Announcement: April 7, 2012 For Sale:

Canoe for sailing rigged by Lou Whitman. Mohawk Canoe Co. fiberglass canoe. Guide Model with sail and spars. Needs rudder & tiller. Located in Greenville, Ill., 45 miles east of St. Louis, MO. Email jhopkins4616@ sbcglobal.net if interested or to see photos. Asking $545.00.

Additional details: Wooden fore & aft bulkheads, with decks and wide gunwales. Leeboard thwart is fitted with a heavy duty aluminum angle. Stern fitted with pintels to accommodate rudder. Trap door bailer. Ends cut down to reduce windage. Aluminum mast and boom: Mast by Lou Whitman; boom by Blue [ ]Strip of Miami, Fla. (Ed Kattel, prop). Sail: Dacron Class C size (55 sq. meters) made by Breman Sail Co. (Miami, Fla.). Hull meets American Canoe Association standards for both Class C (5 sq. M) and ACA Class. Robert Clausen and Jane Hopkins [email protected]

5 meter sails available from Hathaway, Reiser & Raymond. John has our 5 meter canoe sail on file. 184 Selleck St., Stamford CT 06902 www.hathaways.com 203.324.9581

Canoe Sailor Subscriptions: $5 year pay to Charles Sutherland 2210 Finland Road, Green Lane, PA 18054 USA Canoe Sailor 42 page 15 San Francisco, CA sailors Not the America’s Cup but our Bill, Don Jarrell and Cody before Cody rigged his new ACA sail.

Don Jarrell of San Francisco, CA has a fiberglass sail canoe rigged with a 5 Meter sail for sale. Contact Don at E-mail: [email protected]