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Volume 5, No. 2 February, 2004 Star Class Newsletter for the 1st, 2nd and 12th Districts FEBRUARY REGATTA SCHEDULE the leaders collided causing both to retire. At the finish, which was a nail biter with Howard Shiebler nipping Iain 5th District Percy by a foot or two, we saw Freddy Lööf come third Feb. 14-15 SCYA Midwinter’s, California Yacht Club and Peter Bromby fourth. Only 36 boats finished as, again, 20th District there were several DNF’s because of rigging failure. Feb. 7-8 Fort Meyers Regatta The end of the day saw World’s Champion Percy with a Feb. 21-22 Masters Regatta slim lead over Shiebler. In the evening Rick Peters hosted a Star Party at his residence that drew most of the contestants. BOB LEVIN MEMORIAL REGATTA January 10-11, 2004 Sunday, January 11 By Harry Walker Race 3: Howard Shiebler won today in the one course 3 (Results on page 2.) race they sailed. Merriman was second and Ian Percy third. What used to be a sleepy sail in the sun for perhaps 20 Mark Pickel lost his rig when he dipped his pole. Almost boats turned, this year, into a major regatta: 52 boats all the registered boats sailed except Szabo, of course, registered; 6 Gold Stars; 10 nations represented; a bevy of whose boat was so badly damaged yesterday. Wind was Silver Stars; and plenty of wind. The event was again reported at 15-18 from the northwest with hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club. lumpy conditions. Bright sunshine made for a more Saturday, January 10 pleasant day on the Bay. Race 1: The first race of the day was set as course 4 by Top three boats: Howard Shiebler / Will Stout; Iain Percy / Rich Raymond, the experienced and well-respected PRO Steve Mitchell; Fredrik Lööf / Anders Ekstrom. who handles many of the major Star events at the club. Winds were as predicted ranging from 16-18 from the 2004 ROYAL PALM OPEN northwest and osculating perhaps 10 degrees. Rich is FORT MEYERS, FL known for getting the show going on time and today was February 7-8, 2004 no exception. The line was good with a slight pin end bias By John Chiarella and the start got away with four boats called over early. These included Reynolds, Cayard, McDonald, Campbell Host: Royal Palm YC, 2360 West First St. Fort Myers, FL and Mark Pickel. Tel. 239 334 2176; Fax: 239 334 6362 50 boats had checked in but, after the thrash to weather, Chairman: Joseph Carroll Tel 239 542 9173 only 42 turned the mark. The finish, in a building breeze, John Chiarella Tel 603 763 5400 saw only 39 finishing, the others having retired. George Schedule: Friday Feb. 6 Szabo with Mark Strube crewing, led all the way until the Registration 3 to 6 PM last leg where Ian Percy and Steve Mitchell nailed them by a few yards having, as George put it, "sailed an awesome Saturday: Continental Breakfast at Club downwind leg". Howard Shiebler came third. Registration 8 to 9 First Race 11AM - Second race approximately 30 Race 2: The second race, again course 4, was sailed minutes after race one. immediately after the last boat finished race one. At the Dinner at Club - time to be posted start the wind was about 18 but was up and down during the race, dropping to 12 at one point. It was a clean start Sun: Contintental Breakfast at Club except for the Irish skipper Max Treacy who got pushed Third Race 10:30 over the line by his fellow countryman Mark Mansfield. Awards: Series First thru Third Skipper and Crew, Dailys Racing was tight and at just prior to the first mark two of – Masters. 1 STARDUST February, 2004 Fees: $90 for Skipper & Crew; includes Continental ask for the Star Boat Race Special Rate (Nancy) 1 800 Breakfast and Saturday Evening Dinner / Extra meal 664 7775. The Holiday Inn has some overnight docking packages @ $30. Please make check to Royal Palm YC for us. This is a NEW regatta for the Class and we need Open, and mail to Joseph Carroll % Royal Palm YC 2360 your support. West First Street, Fort Myers, Fl. 33901. Lunch available at Club. Housing: Private Housing limited. Call Joe Carroll. Holiday Inn: Two Blocks from Club - call and 2004 LEVIN MEMORIAL Pl Sail Skipper Crew Fleet Sub R1 R2 R3 Total 1 8077 Howie Shiebler Will Stout WSFB 3 1 1 5 2 8025 Iain Percy Steve Mitchell SO 1 2 3 6 3 8141 Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekstrom Bk 6 3 6 15 4 8110 Mark Mansfield Killian Collins IRL 4 5 9 18 5 7988 Peter Bromby Lee White BER 5 4 11 20 6 8082 Rick Merriman Bill Bennett SDB 17 6 2 25 7 8085 Flavio Marazzi Enrico de Maria TB 13 11 4 28 8 8169 Rohan Lord Andrew Taylor 8 10 13 31 9 8028 Mark Neeleman Peter Van Niekerk Med 10 14 8 32 10 8168 Ross Macdonald Mike Wolfs EB 11 12 15 38 11 8061 Andy Lovell Magnus Liljedahl NOG 9 18 16 43 12 8045 Augie Diaz Hal Haenel BisB 15 8 23 46 13 8059 Peter Vessella Brian Fatih WSFB 19 9 20 48 14 8181 Larry Whipple Darin Jensen PS M 7 23 21 51 15 7995 George Szabo Mark Strube SDB 2 rdg dns 60 16 8073 Mark Dahlberg Ville Kukki Fin 18 26 19 63 17 7986 Bill Allen Bruce Hatfield WH M 26 16 26 68 18 8087 Kevin Mc Neil Kevin Murphy AN 22 20 28 70 19 7952 Ben Cesare Serge Leonidov Mid 16 7 dnf 76 20 8177 Terry Hutchinson Andrew Scott AN 14 dnf 14 81 21 7592 Karl Anderson Ezra Culver BH 24 27 30 81 22 818 Tony Rey Doug Brophy NB 23 dnf 7 83 23 8162 Andy Macdonald Austin Sperry NH M ocs 13 18 84 24 7802 James Freeman Rick Burgess SL 28 28 29 85 25 8163 Eric Doyle Brian Sharp SDB dnf 21 12 86 26 7793 Brian Cramer Eric Monroe LOC M 29 30 27 86 27 8158 Maxwell Treacy Anthony Shanks IRL 12 ocs 22 87 28 80 Jock Kohlhas Cristel Gruenwald BisB 33 31 25 89 29 8068 T. de La Villehuchet Dan Ronan Mid GM 25 33 31 89 30 8024 Bill Culberson Stephen Murray MoB 31 25 33 89 31 7626 Jim Beatty Rob Emery LOC M 21 17 dnf 91 32 7832 John Dane III Rick Peters M dnf 22 17 92 33 8094 Jali Makila Eki Heinonen Fin 20 19 dnf 92 34 8136 Argyle Campbell Dmitriy Yakovenko NH M ocs 24 24 101 35 7465 Fotis Boliakis Michael Marzahl CLIS 27 29 dnf 109 36 8101 Nicklas Holm Claus Olesen DF dnf dns 5 111 37 8129 Mark Reynolds Steve Erickson SDB ocs dnf 10 116 38 7999 Tiani Hausen Bruno Miranda BisB 32 32 dnf 117 39 8140 Marc Pickel Ingo Borkowski Brm ocs 15 dnf 121 40 7970 Sara Hopkins John Jenkins MES M 34 34 dnf 121 41 8080 Nelson Stephenson Brian Wood CLIS M 30 dnf dnf 136 42 8113 Gunti Weissenberger Chris Brown NCB dnf dns 32 138 43 7425 Barbara Vosbury Trapper Lippincott AN dnf dns dnf 159 44 7964 Chs. Kohlermann IV Chs. Kohlermann III NCB dnf dns dnf 159 45 7640 Arthur Anosov Peter Carson TaB dnf dns dnf 159 46 8159 Paul Cayard Phil Trinter WSFB ocs dnf dnf 159 47 7434 Bill Parks Clark Anderson WH EGM dnf dns dnf 159 48 7202 John Richardson Jay Richardson MES EGM dnf dns dnf 159 49 7993 J Joseph Bainton Chris Rogers NB M dnf dns dns 159 50 7370 Rob Emmet Arnis Baltins AN dnc dnc dnf 159 51 7911 John Fox Nancy Fox 2 BisB M dnf dns dnf 159 52 7934 Karl Von Schwarz Rich Wharton AN dnf dns dnf 159 STARDUST February, 2004 Star Class Association third, in each series. When there were no scheduled races Maracaibo Fleet 1935 to 1942 for any given period, we would sail for silver cocktail Recollections of Oster R.A. Bayne cups, donated by the Club. By Oster J.A. Bayne Prizes were distributed yearly at either the Lago Petroleum My father, Oster R.A. Bayne, was born in 1903 in (Creole/ESSO) or the Gulf Petroleum (Mene Grande) Trinidad, then in the British West Indies. He was the eldest camp clubhouse, with club grounds appropriately son born to Samuel Howard Russell and Emily Leonora decorated. These events were run under the excellent Bayne. The first Bayne had migrated to Barbados, another direction of Dave Porterfield, George Johnston and Charlie British Island Colony, from England in the 1790s to pursue Shultz, with other members giving a helping hand. a new life as a planter and then merchant. Subsequently, Arrangements were made to hold a dance after the prize three generations were born there including Oster’s father giving function and all members were allowed to bring who arrived in Trinidad in 1880. In 1925 with the local guests, making the necessary table reservations, etc. This economy in poor shape, he decided to try his luck in dance was, without doubt, one of the best and most gala nearby Venezuela, then experiencing an “oil rush”. He functions of the year and quite a number of persons both in arrived in Maracaibo in November 1925 and was the city and the oil camps looked forward, with keen employed on the gold payroll, yes, paid in gold coins, interest, to this event.