Starlights Fleets: 183, Boats: 8245 Originated 1911, Organized 1922 Volume 82, No.2 95 Years of Great Sailing March / April, 2006
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Starlights Fleets: 183, Boats: 8245 Originated 1911, Organized 1922 Volume 82, No.2 95 Years of Great Sailing March / April, 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: I would also like to see a renewed focus on making our Class Reports District Championships conform to a high level of Message from the Class President 1 competition. In the past, we have had some problems with Town Hall Meeting 1 very short races being sailed, and an attitude of “let’s get in races.” This is fine for a weekend event, but the District Regatta Reports Championship should be of a higher standard. The minimum Biscayne Trophy 2 course lengths prescribed in new rule 34 must be honored. Miami OCR 2-3 I think it is also very important to recognize when Zag Masters’ 4-5 conditions are not fair for sailing. For Silver and Blue events, South American Silver Star 5 we should not race in under 5 knots. This is the minimum that Bacardi Cup 6-7 I expect will be adopted for the 2008 Olympics. Regatta Schedule 8 The Class Management Committee and International Governing Committee met on March 11. Class financial PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE position remains strong, although we operated at slightly less by Bill Allen, International President than break even for 2005. Our 2006 budget again projects expenses to exceed income by about $15,000. Fortunately, we As the weather turns warmer here in the Northern have some money accumulated from past years that will allow Hemisphere, our thoughts turn to the 2006 sailing season. Our us to pursue new marketing initiatives for 2006. These will be friends in the Southern Hemisphere and in the southern parts announced later this spring. Of course, the best way to balance of Europe and North America have been able to sail the budget is to gain new members and collect dues from all throughout the past few months. existing members. A very successful Florida winter circuit was culminated by Good luck to all for an enjoyable and successful 2006 the recent Bacardi Cup, an event enjoyed by 92 boats from 22 countries. The Class deeply appreciates the efforts of Tito season. Hope to see you at the major events. Bacardi and the Bacardi family who have hosted this event AJ Jakubowska named as alternate to JB since 1927. I am very pleased to announce that AJ Jakubowska has We have been working hard to encourage increased accepted the position as alternate on the Class Judiciary Board participation in 2006. Several districts have adopted a more for 2006. AJ is an attorney by trade and has been involved focused schedule, emphasizing the District Championship and with the Toronto Star Fleet for many years. She is both an avid several other regional events. I hope individual fleets will try sailor and has been involved building the fleet in the Toronto new concepts that enhance enjoyment of the sailing and area. She will serve as alternate for one year and then, upon camaraderie of the members. CMC approval, may move to a regular member of the board The major events for 2006 promise to be great regattas. The for a five-year term. Silver Star events in Annapolis and Miami take advantage of two of the best sailing venues in North America. The European silver stars in Naples and Hamburg likewise 2006 TOWN HALL MEETING promise excellent sailing and locations with great tradition for by John Chiarella, International Secretary the Star class. And of course the World’s in San Francisco will The second Town Hall meeting at the Bacardi Cup Regatta be an extraordinary regatta. was called to order by President Bill Allen at poolside on This year’s Silver Stars will be the first chance to try out the Thursday evening. Bill reviewed many items of interest to new formats and courses in Rule 34, as passed by the Class members, including the Star’s position in the Olympics membership in December. Format “C” was successfully tried and the recently adopted resolutions. Bill feels that our at the South American Silver Star in February. Nine races position is very strong in the Olympics and even if another were sailed, with lengths of 5-6 miles. Everyone seemed to keelboat was considered we would be very competitive. enjoy the shorter courses and more races. Depending on fleet There was much discussion about the scoring format for the size, Format B or C may be tried at other Silver Star or Blue 2008 Olympics. ISAF has adopted the new Olympic format in Star events in 2006. response to the request of the TV broadcasting people. The It is very important that all regatta organizers understand format will only be used in the Olympics and some ISAF that the while the new formats permit shorter races than the grade 1 events. It will not be used in official Star Class events traditional long Star courses, each format has a specific with the possible exception of the 2007 ISAF combined minimum length of legs, to ensure a fair race. The Class has World's. always had a strong tradition of not shortening courses after Mention was made of the upcoming Silver and Gold Star starting, and this requirement continues with the new courses. regattas which will provide great venues. 1 STARLIGHTS 95 Years of Great Sailing March / April, 2006 The meeting was then opened to questions from the 2006 Biscayne Trophy Results floor. It seemed most of the people attending are quite Pl. No. Skipper Crew Fleet R1 R2 R3 Points happy with the Class. One of the questions which was 1 8144 Iain Percy Steve Mitchell SO 2 3 1 6 2 8168 Ross Macdonald Mike Wolfs EB 1 2 3 6 asked was about the possibility of the weight limit 3 8140 Marc Pickel Ingo Borkowski Brm 4 5 5 14 being adjusted. It is felt that the weight limit rule 4 8191 Freddy Loof Anders Ekstrom Bk 13 1 4 18 would always be open to a resolution but probably will 5 8230 John Dane III Austin Sperry MoB 7 4 7 18 not change for a while. 6 8127 Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada GuB 14 9 2 25 7 8180 Francesco Bruni Gilberto Nobili Pal 18 6 6 30 Thanks were expressed to Bill for his leadership. 8 8044 Peter Bromby Bill McNiven Isol 16 8 11 35 Many feel that the return of Starlights and these "Town 9 7995 George Szabo Eric Monroe SDB 5 17 15 37 Hall" open forums go a long way to helping all Class 10 8028 Maurice O'Connell Edmund Peel Isol 20 10 9 39 members to be informed of what is happening in the 11 8153 Eric Doyle Brian Sharp SDB 19 18 12 49 12 8195 John Maccausland Shane Zwingelberg CR 29 12 10 51 Star Class. 13 7515 Ross Adams Stewart Hall WH 21 19 23 63 14 8187 Hamish Pepper Karl Williams Isol 36 21 13 70 BISCAYNE TROPHY 15 8143 Brian Cramer Tyler Bjorn LOC 40 14 16 70 16 8045 Augie Diaz Roman Gotsulyak BisB 33 25 18 76 January 21-22, 2006 17 8023 Lee Kellerhouse Bill Bennett SDB 28 28 27 83 The Miami winter season got into high gear with the 18 8037 Peter Wright Dan Wright JP 41 29 14 84 running the of Biscayne Trophy regatta. Seventy-three 19 7713 Peter McChesney Paul Amlong AN 31 35 20 86 20 8215 Bill Allen Brad Lichter WH 34 31 22 87 boats from around the world showed up for the regatta, 21 8061 Andy Lovell Magnus Liljedahl NOG 8 7 dns 89 which has turned into the tune-up regatta for the Miami 22 8217 Todd Gay Scott Anderson LS 49 22 21 92 OCR in recent years. This is a two-day regatta which 23 8238 Philippe Kahn Joe Londrigan Isol 52 24 24 100 uses the traditional three-race, long course format. The 24 7370 Rob Emmet Guy Avellon AN 39 36 29 104 25 7715 William Swigart Chris Rogers CLIS 45 41 25 111 regatta was won by Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell. 26 7601 Brad Anderson Doug Folsetter LOC 50 33 28 111 Ross Macdonald and Mike Wolfs came in second and 27 8236 Steven Kelly Fernando DeCardenas N 27 15 dns 116 Marc Pickel and Ingo Borkowski finished third in the 28 8145 Afonso Domingos Bernardo Santos CP 26 16 dns 116 regatta. The result sheet for the Biscayne Trophy Regatta 29 8128 Bill Culberson Julian Bingham MoB 59 30 30 119 30 7714 Jimmy Pahun Berenguier FdeM 54 34 32 120 is given to the right. 31 8224 Luca Modena Michele Marchesini NG 24 23 dns 121 32 8239 Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel SDB 10 38 dns 122 33 8136 Henry Filter Will Wagner AN 35 13 dns 122 MIAMI OCR 34 8038 John Venderhoff John Avis NCB 43 11 dns 128 January 23-27, 2006 35 7995 Tony Herrmann Eric Herrmann WLM 55 42 31 128 36 8176 Erik Lidecis Michael Marzahl NH 30 27 dns 131 On the day following the Biscayne Trophy 69 Stars 37 8080 Fotis Boliakis Phil Trinter CLIS bfd 44 17 135 from 19 countries participated in the Miami OCR. This 38 8101 Michael Jones Peter Merrington LMac 42 20 dns 136 year the new Olympic format was tried out at the 39 7626 Terry Line Larry Scott LOC 58 47 33 138 Miami OCR, with first nine races run with the full 40 7979 Kunio Suzuki Daichi Wada Isol 51 bfd 19 144 th 41 8077 Tom Londrigan Jr John Corrigan LS 47 bfd 26 147 fleet, and then the final 10 race run with only the top 42 8231 Sam Rowse Rob Bowers Sun 64 50 34 148 10 boats.