Windward Leg Volume MMXVIII, No

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Since 1984 Windward Leg Volume MMXVIII, No. 3 Winter 2018

Upcoming Championship Dates Simon Gomez - Ortiz of Colombia  Wins ISCA Youth World Championship  2019 ISCA South American & Caribbean Jean Paul de Trazegnies of Peru Championship - Feb. 27 - Mar. 3, Paracas, Peru  2019 USSCA National Championship at Wins ISCA World Championship Midwinters — Mar. 29 - 31, Davis Ialand Yacht Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach, NC Club, Tampa, FL Oct. 6 - 12, 2018  2019 USSCA North American Championship — June 13 - 16, James Island Yacht Club, Charleston, SC  2019 USSCA NE Regionals 2 — July 27 - 28, Lake Wequaquet Yacht Club, Centerville, MA  2019 Pan Am Games Sailing Competition - July 31 - Aug. 10, Paracas, Peru  2019 USSCA Masters Championship - Aug. 16 - 18, Lewes Yacht Club, Lewes, DE  2019 ISCA World Championship - Sept. 14 - 20, Kralendijk, Bonaire  2019 ISCA Youth & Master World Championship - Sept. 21 - 25, Kralendijk, Bonaire  2019 USSCA Women’s North American Championship - Oct. 4 - 6, Niantic Yacht Club, Niantic, CT Top 5 USSCA Youth North American

Inside this Issue …

USSCA President’s Corner 5 L to R Boom Row — Conner Blouin USA (6th), Jonathan Marne ECU

ISCA President’s Corner 6 (5th), David Mendelbla USA (7th), Simon Gomez - Orz COL (1st Place Youth Worlds/10th Overall)): Top Row — Alonso Collantes PER (2nd), Jean Paul de ISCA World Council Minutes 7 - 10 Trazegnies PER (1st place Overall), Caterina Romero PER (8th), David

ISCA World Championship 11 - 15 Hernandez GUA (3rd), Marn Alsogaray ARG (4th), John Birke ECU (9th).

USSCA Women’s NA Championship 16 - 18

USSCA SE Regionals 2 19 - 20

USSCA Masters Championship 21 Top Winner of the 2018 ISCA World Championship, Jean Paul de Trazegnies USSCA Masters Photos of Winners 22 of Peru, fought long and hard to beat a USSCA Florida Regionals Results 22 ﬂeet of Sunﬁsh sailboat champions who braved some very challenging USSCA SW Regionals Results 22 condions. UConn Fall Alumni Team Race 23 CONGRATULATIONS, Jean Paul!!

Midwest Regionals Results 23

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3 - Winter 2018 2018 - 2019 USSCA Board of Directors Will Kresic, President Regional Reps [email protected] From the Editor... New England (CT/MA/ME/NH/RI/VT)

Vicki Palmer Eric Woodman Susan Mallows, Secretary [email protected] The Windward Leg is the official newsleer [email protected] of the Internaonal Sunfish ™ Class Associaon New York (NY) and will connue to be a digital publicaon. So Sonya Dean, Treasurer Lee Montes be sure the Sunfish ™ Class Office has your [email protected] [email protected] current email address. John Bune Chief Measurer Mid - Atlanc (DE/MD/NJ/PAVA/WV) But we will be changing the format for [email protected] Connie Miller future issues of the Windward Leg . You ’ ll sll [email protected] receive them in digital format. But they will Paul Welles, Advisory Council Rep appear in a different format and will most like- [email protected] Southeast (G/NC/SC/TN) Alex Dean ly be issued every two or three months de- Jim Koehler, Advisory Council Rep II [email protected] pending on how much news there is to [email protected] report. Gulf Coast (AL/AR/FL Panhandle/ Gail Turluck, Membership Coord. Keep sending your news and race results to Clinton Edwards LA/MS) [email protected] our new Class Administrator whose contact [email protected] informaon is noted below: Tom Kaerheinrich, Nominaon Chair Midwest (IA/IL/IN/KY/MI/MN/MO/ mka[email protected] Sunfish ™ Class Office Tom Kaerheinrich OH/W)

18 Normandy Lane mka[email protected] New Rochelle, NY 10804 Regaa Coord. — To be announced. Office: (914) 844 - 8286 Florida (FL Peninsula) sunfishoff@gmail.com Vicki Palmer, Youth Coordinator Lynne Randall sunfi[email protected] [email protected] Vacant Posion — Master Events Southwest (CO/KS/NE/NM/OK/TX) Coordinator Keith Denebeim ISCA Board of Directors [email protected] Gail Murphy - Heausler, Women ’ s West (AK/AZ/CA/HI/ID/MT/ND/NV/ Rich Chapman, President Events Coordinator OR/SD/UT/WA/WY) [email protected] [email protected] To be announced. Willow Cappele, Vice President [email protected] Welcome Buttons!!

Vicki Palmer, Execuve Secretary/Youth Effecve Nov. 1, 2018 we welcome Ed “ Buons ” Coordinator/Worlds RC Liaison Padin to our Sunfish Class family as our new Class sunfi[email protected] Administrator. We are so fortunate to have some- one so experienced to manage our Class Office. Sonya Dean, Treasurer Buons is a lifelong sailor acvely racing Viper 640s, [email protected] a Fast 40+, team racing, and during the winter Radio Controlled CR - 914s. He is also co - chair of the Robie John Bune, Chief Measurer Pierce Regaa for sailors with disabilies. Currently he serves as [email protected] Fleet Captain for Larchmont Yacht Club and is the Long Island Sound Sunfish ™ Class Office — Staon Captain for the Storm Trysail Club. In addion to his sailing adventures Buons has 40+ years of markeng communicaons and Ed “ Buons ” Padin organizaonal experience and runs his own consulng partnership in Class Administrator New Rochelle, NY. ISCA and USSCA Those of us at this year ’ s ISCA World Championship in Wrightsville 18 Normandy Lane Beach, NC, had the pleasure of meeng Buons for the first me. New Rochelle, NY 10804 We became absolutely convinced that he ’ s not only competent, hardworking and passionate about sailing, but he also has a wonder- sunfishoff@gmail.com ful sense of humor and was so much fun to be around. We loved O: 914 - 838 - 8286 spending me with him in both a professional and social seng. We M: 914 - 439 - 5476 know you will too.

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Letter from the USSCA President … Will Kresic

Dear USSCA Members:

I am honored to be taking over the role of U.S. Sunfish Class President, and I look forward to interacng with all of you in this new role. I have had the opportunity to sail with many of you in regaas throughout the Northeast as well as at North Americ an ’ s and Worlds. Some of you I ’ ve met through Women ’ s North Americans. To the rest of you, I look forward to geng to know you and hearing your perspecve on growing the Sunfish Class. I started sailing at 13 years old in Highland Lakes, NJ. I was on the swim team, but I wasn ’ t winning any awards. At the lanes, I did get to see the youth sailing program praccing twice a week. One day I pointed to the youth fleet and said to my Mom, “ I hate swimming. I want to do that. ” I was on the water the next week with a boat scrounged from my uncle ’ s woodpile and a sail that could have doubled as ssue paper. Nevertheless, I was out there. Since that fortuitous day my passion for sailing has only grown. I graduated from the junior program in Highland Lakes as c aptain and went on to sail for the University of Conneccut where I indoctrinated many members into the Sunfish Class and made life m e friends. Today I connue to aend regional, naonal and world level Sunfish events. For the past seven years, my focus has be en finding new ways to grow the Sunfish Class in the Northeast. I have recruited sailors, found boats for them to sail and event ual ly buy, and worked toward expanding racing to Conneccut and the rest of New England aer nocing the fleet was predominantly located in Rhode Island and Massachuses. Youth sailors are the future of the Sunfish Class, but more and more we see passionate sailors choosing Ops, 420’ s and Lasers over Sunfish. We need to connue to support young Sunfish sailors and encourage all yacht clubs and event organizers to make junior Sunfish sailing as accessible as possible. In an ideal world, even the kids that inevitably leave sailing for other sp ort s will have fond memories of sailing in a Sunfish. These experiences may shape future decisions if they decide to buy a boat for themselv es or their families later in life. In every region there are sailors that find their way back to Sunfish sailing as adults. As the majority of the Sunfish Class ages, we need more teenagers and young adults filling in the ranks from below. For thi s I look to college sailors. We should be viewing college sailors as an untapped resource for the Sunfish Class. Because of the n atu re of the Sunfish, we are uniquely posioned to provide college graduates a new “ boat home, ” as Amanda Callahan calls it. Many college sailing programs race 420’ s and FJ ’ s almost exclusively, and graduates with limited me and money are looking for an accessible class to join with affordable boats. The Sunfish is a great sailboat for these sailors but, as a Class, we need to be a more vis ible op- on. By reaching out to the college programs, we can show these sailors that the Sunfish is much more than a beginner boat. The Sunfish Class is notoriously welcoming to newcomers and creang opportunies for young adults to give Sunfish racing a try wil l ulmately increase Class membership. I see a lot of potenal for the Sunfish, and I am honored to be considered a leader in this Class. I eagerly look forward to the coming year of racing, and I hope that together we can work to grow parcipaon and membership and show the sailing world that the Sunfish is a leader in dinghy racing! Will Kresic

Photos from the Women ’ s USSCA North Americans in Ausn, TX. Will Kresic, our New USSCA President, aended this event with his ﬁancée Lyndsay Stockwell and ended up helping out as photographer, race commiee and also made a presentaon announcing next year ’ s Women ’ s NAs to be held at the Nianc Yacht Club in Nianc, CT, Oct. 4 - 6, 2019. 5 - Winter 2018

Letter from the ISCA President ...

Dear ISCA Members, I am proud and excited to begin work as your new ISCA President. The Sunﬁsh Class is a wonderful group of people, and I ’ m looking forward to working with and for all of you. First, I ’ d like to extend a huge thank you to Larry Mass for the incredible amount of work he did for the Class over the last few years. It ’ s because of him that ISCA is alive and well and that we now have a fair Trademark Agreement with Laser Performance (LP). Secondly, I ’ d like to thank Eduardo Cordero for the amazing job he did as our Class Administrator for the last three years. His work in organizing the Class Oﬃce, creang templates for NORs and SIs and streamlining the day - top - day working of the Class went a long way to making the Class run as smoothly as possible. Finally, I would like to welcome Ed “ Buons ” Padin as our new Class Administrator. In the short me that I ’ ve worked with him, it ’ s already evident that he is highly organized and will bring some great new ideas to the table. The upcoming year looks outstanding with all of our major events already on the calendar. The U.S. will qualify a sailor for the Pan Am Games at the Midwinters in Tampa in March. The North Americans will be in Charleston (always a fun and challenging place to sail) in June. The Pan Am Games will be held in Paracas, Pe- ru; the U.S. Masters will be in Lewes, DE, in August, and the Women ’ s North Americans will be held at the Nianc Bay Yacht Club in Nianc, CT, in October. Finally, the Class ’ premier event, the Open, Masters and Youth World Championships, will take place in beauful Bonaire in September. Bonaire has promised perfect racing weather and outstanding shore acvies all week. Plan to be there! These events, along with all of our local and regional events, will provide enough sailing to keep all of us going all year! My goals for the Class include improving our relaonship with LP, increasing parcipaon and membership at all levels, signing a new World Sailing Agreement and upgrading our website. We have a great team of volunteers on the ISCA Board, and I ’ m looking forward to working with them to make the Class beer than ever! Regards, Rich Chapman, ISCA President

Photos from the 2018 ISCA World Championship at the Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach, NC … courtesy of Priscilla Parker. 6 - Winter 2018

ISCA WORLD COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach, NC - USA Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 6:30 p.m.

I. ATTENDEES : Larry Mass (+4 Proxies), Paul - Jon Pan, Guillermo Cappelle (+5 Proxies), Sonya Dean (+3 Proxies), Vicki Palmer, Rob Eberle, Jim Koehler, Paul Welles, Marn Alsogaray/Argenna, Donnie Marnborough/Bahamas, Malcolm Smith/Bermuda, Jonathan Marne/Ecuador (+1 Proxy), Luigi De Luca/Italy, Pablo Sanguine/Colombia, Hugo Guzman/Guatemala, Ignacio Ante- quera/Spain, Jaime Torres/Puerto Rico (+1 Proxy)

II. Reading and Approval of Minutes of the Previous Meeng The following statement was added to the Previous World Council Meeng Minutes: Eﬀecve 2017, ISCA will build in a $50 per entry service fee for all World Championships to cover Class expenses directly related to running said World Championship events. Then a moon was made and seconded to approve last year ’ s Minutes.

III. Reports from the Officers A. President, Larry Mass – (1) All aendees were given a copy of the signed License Agreement with Velum which is a subsidiary of Laser - Performance (LP). This Agreement took two years of negoaons that required ISCA having to seek the help of an aorney. (2) LP has finally worked out an Agreement with Bonaire. So the 2019 ISCA World Championship is on the schedule for about Sep- tember 14 - 25, 2019. Marn Alsogaray/ARG suggested it would be beer to hold this event prior to the Pan Am Games so that Pan Am qualifiers could aend and use this event as a pracce venue. Much discussion ensued, and it was agreed that Larry will see if LP can provide boats earlier than September and that the Bonaire venue can coordinate their event acvies for an earlier W orl d Championship. (3) Larry introduced Ed “ Buons ” Padin, our new Class Office Administrator.

B. Vice President, Guillermo (Willo) Cappelle -- Willo extended a HUGE thank you to Hector Duval and Jorge Barreda for their efforts to make sure the Pan Am Commiee doesn ’ t forget to include the Sunfish boat. Thus far, their efforts have been met with a large measure of success. An important decision is in the making and will be announced when the decision has been voted on an d approved.

C. Treasurer, Sonya Dean – Sonya presented a very nicely done on - screen financial summary that showed the Class is in good financial condion based on liming what our current expenses are. The income has been enough to cover necessary expenses but , of course, growing the membership has to remain a high priority if the Class is to move forward with a beer website and pro vid e more benefits in all areas. Of significant importance was the list of items our membership benefits from with income from the ir membership dues: 1. Pays for role of administrator who promotes the Class and the regaas,

2. Pays for the website and for the necessary upgrades that will be needed,

3. Pays for publicity in Sail World , Sculebu , Sailing World , Yachts , Yachng , etc.

4. Pays for insurance to protect Class volunteers,

5. Pays for administraon of Class rules,

6. Pays for supervision of Class builder,

7. Preserves and enhances the used value of our boats,

8. Pays for our membership to World Sailing,

9. Pays for maintaining the ISCA trademark,

10. Underwrites World Championships expenses such as Thank You plaques for the hosng club, the country leers that must appear on all sails, any applicable trophies, etc., but

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11. Does NOT pay the Class volunteers who devote hours of their me.

Class changes to look for include: 1. New Class Oﬃce Administrator, Ed “ Buons ” Padin,

2. Wild Apricot web system to communicate with all members,

3. A more user - friendly website, and

4. The strong possibility of the Windward Leg being published every other month using the Wild Apricot web system.

D. Chief Measurer, Rob Eberle – There have been no challenges to the Class rules since the last WC meeng. Larry Mass took this opportunity to thank Rob for his 10 years of service as our Chief Measurer who traveled to all events on his own nickel. The Cla ss is indebted to Rob ’ s dedicated service and the exceponal knowledge and advice in all areas we have come to rely on.

IV. Advisory Council Report, Jim Koehler – The Advisory Council consisng of Jim Koehler, Rob Eberle, Jaime Torres, Guillermo Cap- pelle, Alonso Collantes, Alex Zimmerman and Paul Welles met Tuesday evening at the Carolina Yacht Club. Some Class Rule cha ng- es were proposed to the World Council and, if approved, will be presented to ISAF for ﬁnal determinaon. But prior to prese n ng the rule changes, Jim menoned the commiee discussed the following issues: (1) Double - checking with our major event hosts to make sure the venue is meeng our published event guidelines and (2) Making sure the Sunﬁsh Youth Foundaon funds are clea rly designated to be used only for this purpose. Everyone was assured that these issues will connue to be carefully monitored.

The rule changes that were presented and voted on are as follows: a. Change to Rule 3.1.4 is to read: There are no restricons as to the type of finish applied to the hull so long as the finish is applied in liquid form. Materials applied in solid or sheet form are specifically forbidden. Modificaon of the hull to improve the shape or performance beyond the original is forbidden. The applicaon of non - skid tape, foam or non - skid paint is allowed in current non - skid areas of the cockpit or deck. Rob Eberle made a moon that we adopt this change. Vicki Palmer seconded the moon. Approval was unanimous.

b. Changing Rudder Angle to a More Vercal Rudder … New Rule 3.3.3 – The Sunfish rudder may be modified by drilling a new pivot point hole and aaching the ller bolt where the original pivot point was so he angle between the leading edge of the rudder and the centerline boom of the hull is no less than the approved angle. The modified rudder shall match the template. A skipper may choose to sail with a standard or a modified rudder as long as they do not change it during a regaa. Aer much discussion, a moon was made to approve this change. The moon was seconded and approval was unanimous.

c. Allowing Magnec Compasses … Change Rule 3.1.9 (Intenonally Le Blank). (This is a dovetail change that must accompany new rule 4.3 below) Add new rule and sub - numbers:

4.3 Compass, Electronic Equipment and Timing Devices

4.3.1 One compass, mounted on any part of the deck, the cockpit or spars is permied if the hull cavity is not pierced by anything other than the fasteners so long as the water ght integrity of the hull is maintained. Electronic, self - contained, digital compasses using only magnec input are permied.

4.3.2 Timing devices are permied.

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4.3.3 A ming device and electronic compass may be integrated in the same device.

4.3.4 A compass and/or ming device must not be capable of displaying, delivering, trans- ming, receiving, calculang, correlang or storing informaon about wind speed, wind direcon, boat speed or boat posion.

4.3.5 Any use of electronic equipment not speciﬁcally allowed in the rules is prohibited.

Aer much discussion, a moon was made and seconded. The moon was approved. d. Add New Rule 4.4 … One or more acon cameras to record images or video may be aached to the sailor or may be mounted anywhere on the boat if the hull cavity is not pierced by anything other than the fasteners so long as the water ght integrity of the hull is maintained. This proposal was NOT approved.

e. Change old rule 4.2 to read: The use of electronic navigaonal devices shall be prohibited except as provided in Rule 4.3 (this is an automac dovetail change to accompany new Rule 4.3 that was not voted on due to oversight).

V. Commiee Reports

A. Membership, Paul Welles – The current membership is 1,187 compared to 1,082 in 2017.

VI. Elecon of World Council Oﬃcers

A. Nominaons Guillermo Cappelle nominates Rich Chapman for ISCA President. Approval to accept Rich Chapman as our new ISCA President was unanimous. Rich Chapman nominates John Bune for ISCA Measurer. Approval to accept John Bune as our new Chief Measurer was unanimous. Sonya Dean/Treasurer, Guillermo Cappelle/Vice President and Vicki Palmer/Execuve Secretary were approved to connue o n in their current posions.

VII. Old Business

A. Update on 2019 World Championship and Boat Charter Agreement between LP and OA – Bonaire . An Agreement between Bon- aire and Laser Performance has been made. Currently, the plans to host this World Championship are scheduled for September 14 - 25, 2019. There was discussion about checking to see if it ’ s possible to hold this event earlier. Any date changes will be reported to the membership as soon as possible.

B. Update on 2020 World Championship – Marnique . Larry Mass reported that there are about 50 Sunﬁsh already located in Marnique. So even without any help from Laser Performance, this event could certainly be run but on a smaller scale.

VIII. New Business

A. Venues of future World Championships 2021 2022 1. 2021 -- The Italy representave, Luigi de Luca, said that Italy is interested in hosng the 2021 World Championship. Larry Mass suggested they complete and submit the Applicaon Form that is currently uploaded into the website so that the World Council can determine if they qualify. 2. 2022 – No one at the World Council meeng volunteered to host this future Worlds.

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B. Honorary Life Membership Nominaons a. Current Life Members :

Beadle, Peg -- Beadle, Terry -- Bergman, Don -- Bergman, Jean -- Clion, Cindy -- Cochran, Larry Furman, Joel -- Haberland, Bill -- Kaerheinrich, Tom -- Manning, Patricia -- Odegaard, Paul -- Parks, Lee -- Roose, Alex -- Santana, Andres -- Scharfe, Alan -- Tillman, Dick -- Vander Gulik Wim White, III, Will

b. Nominaons : Larry Mass nominated Vicki Palmer to be installed as the 2018 Life Member. Approval was unanimous. Mal- colm Smith/Bermuda suggested that we ﬁnd a way to honor Bruce Sutphen posthumously. Agreement was unanimous that we need to honor Bruce who made large contribuons to our Class including having designed the rudder. Vicki Palmer will check t he By - Laws to see how we can do this.

C. Revision of ISCA Constuon Arcle 7.5.1.1 - Guillermo Cappelle proposed the following change: “ The NSCA is composed of at least twenty (20) members whose basic ISCA membership dues must be paid by March 1 of that membership year. One excepon to this is that any country never previously recognized by the ISCA may qualify up to 2 sailor s f or the World Championship if they can form an NSCA that must have a minimum of ﬁve members that have paid their dues to the ISCA by March 1 of the year of the championship. An NSCA that has been previously recognized, but fails to meet the twenty members requirement, shall lose its vong rights at the World and Advisory councils. Such NSCA may qualify only 1 sailor for th e W orld Champion ship as long as it is composed of ten members. Membership dues paid aer March 1 will incur a late fee of 10% per month. ” Aer much discussion, this change was voted on and approved.

IX. Adjournment

Respecully submied by: Vicki Palmer Vicki Palmer, ISCA Execuve Secretary

More Photos from the 2018 ISCA World Championship … courtesy of Priscilla Parker

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Simon Gomez - Ortiz of Colombia Wins the 2018 ISCA Youth World Championship & Jean Paul de Trazegnies of Peru Wins the 2018 ISCA World Championship by Vicki Palmer

Wrightsville Beach, NC, Oct. 6 - 12 – Not even Hurricane Florence that hit Wrightsville Beach just 23 days before this major event could keep this determined and hard - working community from welcoming 70 competors from 12 different countries needing housing, food and boats. The Carolina Yacht Club ’ s (CYC) manager, Kevin Smith, and his staff and club volunteers pulled together nothing short of a miracle to make this happen. Paul Welles with wife Nancy of Triton Yachts in Oriental, NC, did their own miracle working by trucking in 28 brand new Sunfish boats from their own NC area that experienced flooding from Hurricane Florence. And then you have Co - Chairs Sterling Powell and Larry Mass who sweated and freed alongside everyone who worked so hard for this miracle to happen. This was an all out “ above and beyond ” effort by everyone there. Special kudos to them all! L to R: Kevin Smith, Sterling Powell, Larry Mass) The first two days of racing were the most challenging with 15+ mph winds gusng to 20+ in 6 - 10 foot seas. Those racing said it felt like 25 mph winds out there! Needless to say, some competors chose to remain on shore during these highly challenging condions with the hopes that more calm winds and seas would prevail before the end of the regaa. Days 3 and 4, however, did just the opposite which caused races to be canceled. With another major storm hing the Florida panhandle this me, Hurricane Michael could be felt as far away as Wrightsville Beach. But not everyone got these days off. A heavy work day resulted with all RC and support boats having to be hoisted out of the water and ed down on shore unl the storm system died down. On Day 5, the condions looked clear. All RC and support boats were launched and ready to go. The winds had died down … well, maybe a bit too much as a maer of fact. But everyone was determined to get off some lighter air races so that everyone had a chance to sai l in this championship. This last day of sailing had 62 boats on the line and was a race to the finish that started in 10 - 12 breezes. But, wouldn ’ t you know it, Mother Nature had to throw a light - air monkey wrench into the works that allowed only 24 boats to finish within the required me limit. With no more air in sight aer this one race on the last day, the Race Commiee hoisted the “ We hate to do it, but it ’ s me to call it a day ” flag. For this year ’ s World Championship, everyone started together. Simon Gomez - Orz of Colombia, this year ’ s USSCA North Amer- i c a n C h a m p i o n a n d Y o u t h C h a m p i o n ( a P a n - A m G a m e s q u a l i f y i n g e v e n t ) , w a s t h e t o p y o u t h fi n i s h e r f o r t h i s W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p and the 10th overall finisher. Simon is an impressive and very compeve sailor who not only sails fast and smart, but also sm iles the whole me to show his love for sailing. He also happens to be a gracious and delighul young man. Any U.S. college prog ram would benefit greatly from extending a sailing scholarship to this hard working and talented young man. Darius Berenos of Curacao was the 2nd place youth finisher (11th overall in the championship) followed in 3rd place by Alejandro Mago of Peru who placed 12th overall in the championship. Gustavo Alayon of Puerto Rico was the 4th place youth finisher who placed 14th overall. Ignacio Antequera - Erro of Spain finished 15th overall and was the 5th place youth finisher. The T op Female youth finisher was Fernanda San Roman of Peru who finished 46th overall and who raced in every race despite the heavy air and high seas on Day ’ s 1 and 2. In the championship category, Jean Paul de Trazegnies of Peru was able to use Day 5’ s light air 7th place finish as his throw - out and held on to his first place standing at the end of this 6 - race World Championship. Not far behind, however, former ISCA World Champion, Alonso Collantes of Peru, finished this last race with a bullet which moved him up to 2nd place and only 3 points b ehi nd Jean Paul. Here are two true champions who sail against each other all the me making them beer and beer competors. On e i s rarely, if ever, far behind the other. Plus they have a team of highly skilled sailors they race against and who challenge th em on every leg of the course. The spirit of this Peruvian “ team ” was highly evident when they could be seen congratulang each other with handshakes and hugs aer the Award Ceremony accompanied with songs and laughter which added a special final touch to this great event. Connued on page 12 11 - Winter 2018

2018 ISCA World Championship Connued from page 11

David Hernandez of Guatemala sailed so well in the first 5 races of this event that he really didn ’ t need a high standing in Day 5’ s light air race to hold a 3rd place final finish in this highly compeve World Championship. Good thing too! He didn ’ t quite make today ’ s me limit and was recorded as a TLE which was used as his throw - out. Marn Alsogaray of Argenna did make today ’ s me limit with an impressive 3rd place Photo 1 finish which allowed him to hold onto a 4th place final finish at this World Championship in sailing condions that ranged from “ how high did you say the winds were? ” to “ what happened to the breeze? ” And with a 5th place final standing was Jonathan Marne of Ecuador whose 2nd place finish in today ’ s light air race held him in the Top Five final standings. Photo 2 The Top Female finisher was Caterina Romero of Peru who placed 8th overall. The Top Appren- ce Master (40 - 49) was David Mendelbla of Florida/USA (see Photo 1). The Top Master (50 - 59) was Paul - Jon Pan of NY/USA who placed 16th overall (see Photo 2). The Top Grand Master (60 - 69) was Marn Willard of the USA who finished in 27th place overall (sorry, no photo available). And the Top Great Grand Master was Ron McHenry USA who finished 42nd overall (see Photo 3). The Award Ceremony was the piece de resistance to honor all the champions who braved the tough sailing condions and who will come back again and again to Photo 3 test their skills against the best of the best. Each competor marched into the award ceremony area bearing their country ’ s flag to the mu- sic of their country ’ s anthem; always a moving experience to watch. There have been friendships formed across connents that will last a lifeme, and there are always new venues to visit that, on a personal level, add possible vacaon sites for the future. The Sunfish sailboat is a Best - Boat - Forever (BBF) where competors range from young to old; where Mom ’ s and Dad ’ s can sail against their sons and daughters, and where the top champions make the me and effort to help their competors get beer and beer. No regaa is possible without those who volunteer to serve as Race Commiee (RC). Under the guidance of PRO Peter Van Muyden, there were a large number of volunteers seng and moving marks, taking finishes and performing rescues. RC volunteers from as far away as Canada and Miami dedicat ed a week of their personal me to journey to Wrightsville Beach for our World Championship. And with this level of highly expe ri- enced RC personnel everything that was done out on the water ran so smoothly with GPS readings and radio chaer. An unex- pected RC challenge on the Signal Boat was hoisng the very tall and heavy start sequence flags which eventually required th e h elp of a tall, strong male. Thank you Chip! Awarding the coveted Dave Thompson Sportsmanship trophy was difficult because of many deserving candidates. Jaime Torres stopped in the middle of a race to help a competor who was in trouble due to a major boat breakage (pitch poling if I have my facts correct) caused by the heavy air and high seas. Paul Welles then gave up his boat for this same competor to use for t he re- mainder of the regaa. And Jim Koehler, instead of racing, put on his handyman ’ s hat and helped folks in the community remove debris from their yards and homes caused by Hurricane Florence. Last but not least, there were the Internaonal Judges – Warren Nethercote, Jorge Barreda, JD Rossiter, Joe Krolak, Greg Dargavel, Rick Mallison -- who provided their usual high level of experse to keep the compeon as fair as possible. Riding around in the smaller rubber dinghies was a wet and, we hope, ex- hilarang experience! But we had to bid a fond farewell to Warren Nethercote who has been our Chief Internaonal Judge for more than 5 years. Warren is rering at the end of this year. We presented Warren with an honorary plaque and small gi at the Award Ceremony to let him know he will always be a part of our Sunfish Class “ family ” and that he will be greatly missed. You have an opportunity to experience a World Championship if it sounds like you missed a fun event at the Carolina Yacht Club. And you did miss a fun event! Next year ’ s ISCA World Championship combined with the Youth World and Masters World Championships will be held in Bonaire, part of the ABC islands along with Aruba and Cu- racao located 100 miles northwest of Venezuela. So research what Bonaire has to offer and plan a family vacaon to coincide wit h the World Championship to be held Sept. 14 - 25, 2019. Laser - Performance is providing 72 boats for this compeon which should be another fun regaa with lots to do when not racing! 12 - Winter 2018

2018 ISCA World Championship — Race Results Youth Competors are shown in Red. Sail Name Races 6; One Throwout TOT 1 4818 Male PER Jean Paul de Trazegnies 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 7* 9 2 4814 Male PER Alonso Collantes 5* - 3 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 1 12 3 4829 Male GUA David Hernandez 3 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 26(TLE) 14 4 4803 Male ARG Marn Alsogaray 4 - 1 - 7 - 6 - 13* - 3 21 5 4867 Male ECU Jonathan Marne 9* - 7 - 5 - 7 - 3 - 2 24 6 4810 Male USA Conner Blouin 7 - 4 - 6 - 15 - 5 - 74(BFD)* 37 7 4839 Male - AM USA David Mendelbla 6 - 16 - 4 - 4 - 9 - 21* 39 8 4873 Female PER Caterina Romero 10 - 5 - 14* - 1 - 8 - 5 39 9 4878 Male ECU John Birke 11 - 9 - 9 - 12* - 6 - 10 45 10 4828 Male - Y COL Simon Gomez - Orz 18* - 8 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 15 46 11 4808 Male - Y CUW Darius Berenos 14 - 11 - 11 - 9 - 20 - 26(TLE)* 65 12 4868 Male - Y PER Alejandro Mago 19* - 14 - 17 - 5 - 15 - 18 69 13 4849 Male GUA Diego Silvestre 17 - 13 - 13 - 16 - 12 - 20* 71 14 4801 Male - Y PUR Gustavo Alayon 16 - 18 - 10 - 20 - 10 - 26(TLE)* 74 15 4804 Male - Y ESP Ignacio Anteguera - Erro 15 - 17 - 16 - 19 - 21* - 8 75 16 4844 Male - M USA Paul - Jon Pan 13 - 23 - 21 - 10 - 11 - 26(TLE*) 78 17 4865 Male PER Alex Zimmerman 12 - 22 - 15 - 14 - 16 - 26(TLE)* 79 18 4845 Male - M USA Hank Saurage 24* - 19 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 11 84 19 4851 Male - M BER Malcolm Smith 22 - 15 - 22 - 24* - 18 - 13 90 20 4833 Male - M USA Jeﬀ Linton 26* - 26 - 26 - 22 - 23 - 4 101 21 4870 Male PER Mahew Burns 21 - 27* - 20 - 17 - 19 - 26(TLE) 103 22 4861 Male - AM USA Glenn Walker 23 - 12 - 23 - 23 - 47* - 26(TLE) 107 23 4858 Male - M PUR Jaime Torres 21(RDG) - 20 - 18 - 31* - 25 - 26(TLE) 110 24 4842 Male - AM USA Lee Montes 31 - 28 - 24 - 35* - 22 - 9 114 25 4846 Male - AM USA Eugene Schmi 8 - 74(UFD)* - 74(DNC) - 13 - 14 - 6 115 26 4866 Male - Y USA Nicholas Pan 27 - 21 - 25 - 21 - 28* - 26(TLE) 120 27 4863 Male - GM USA Marn Willard 28 - 24 - 27 - 26 - 32* - 22 127 28 4872 Male - Y PER Esteban Montalbe 25 - 33* - 28 - 29 - 24 - 26(TLE) 132 29 4817 Male - AM ITA Luigi De Luca 20 - 74(UFD)* - 33 - 36 - 27 - 26(TLE) 142 30 4860 Male - Y PER Mateo Vega 35 - 31 - 29 - 37*36 - 14 145 31 4837 Male - AM USA Brian McGinnis 29 - 29 - 35 - 38* - 31 - 26(TLE) 150 32 4812 Male - M PER Guillermo Cappelle 38* - 30 - 32 - 33 - 30 - 26(TLE) 151 33 4806 Male USA Andrew Bates 33 - 34 - 30 - 30 - 26 - 74(DNC)* 153 34 4879 Male - M BAH Donald Marnborough 42 - 36 - 38 - 25 - 74(DNC)* - 23 164 35 4850 Male - Y GUA Javier Silvesre 39 - 37 - 34 - 48* - 35 - 26(TLE) 171 36 4843 Male - M USA Eric Oetgen 2 - 10 - 12 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 172 37 4816 Male - M USA Robert Creighton 53* - 46 - 44 - 28 - 29 - 26(TLE) 173 38 4848 Male USA William Sesack 40 - 32 - 43* - 32 - 43 - 26(TLE) 173 39 4834 Male - AM ITA Antonio Lioa 36 - 44* - 41 - 40 - 38 - 19 174 40 4807 Male - AM USA Dana Beery 74(DNC)* - 39 - 37 - 34 - 42 - 26(TLE) 178 41 4871 Male - Y PER Gonzalo Calle 49* - 41 - 39 - 43 - 34 - 26(TLE) 183 42 4838 Male - GM USA Ron McHenry 41* - 40 - 40 - 41 - 37 - 26(TLE) 184 43 4852 Male - AM USA William Smith 45 - 47 - 74(DNC)* - 42 - 33 - 26(TLE) 193 Connued on page 14 13 - Winter 2018

2018 ISCA World Championship — Race Results (Connued )

Sail Name Races 6; One Throwout TOT 44 4822 Male USA Stuart Draheim 32 - 25 - 36 - 27 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) 194 45 4823 Male - GM USA Dave Dunn 43 - 45 - 42 - 46* - 39 - 26(TLE) 195 46 4876 Female - Y PER Fernanda San Roman 47 - 49* - 46 - 44 - 44 - 16 197 47 4835 Male - M ITA Ivan Mazzeo 37 - 38 - 31 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 206 48 4836 Male BAH Mahew McCoy 74(DNC)* - 43 - 45 - 47 - 46 - 26(TLE) 207 49 4864 Male - AM USA Daniel Wilson 51* - 50 - 47 - 45 - 45 - 26(TLE) 213 50 4857 Male - GM USA David Thompson 52 - 51 - 74(DNC)* - 49 - 48 - 26(TLE) 226 51 4840 Male USA Reynolds Miars 74(DNC)* - 48 - 74 - 50 - 40 - 26(TLE) 238 52 4869 Female - Y PER Fernanda Higueras 75(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 39 - 41 - 12 240 53 4811 Male - M USA John Bune 44 - 35 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNF) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 253 54 4874 Male - GM USA Bill Raney 46 - 42 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 262 55 4847 Male - AM ITA Francesco Scuderi 57(TLE) - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 51 - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 282 56 4825 Male - GM USA Ricky Evans 57(TLE) - 52 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 283 57 4820 Male - AM USA Alex Dean 48 - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 296 58 4819 Male - M USA William Deale 50 - 74(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 298 59 4856 Male USA Coleman Terrell 54 - 74(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 302 60 4853 Male - AM USA Brad Southerland 55 - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 303 61 4821 Female - AM USA Sonya Dean 74(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 17 313 62 4815 Male - AM USA John Condon 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 322 63 4827 Male - GM USA John Fragakis 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 322 64 4875 Male - Y USA Kai Kromhout 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 322 65 4824 Male - M USA Mark Evans 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 322 66 4830 Female - GM USA Nancy Jaywork 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 322 67 4831 Male - GM USA Tom Kaerheinrich 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 26(TLE) 322 68 4802 Male USA Thomas Allen 34 - 74(UFD)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 330 69 4805 Male - AM USA William Atkins 74(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 52 - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 348 70 4859 Female - GM USA Gail Turluck 57(RDG) - 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 353 71 4826 Male - AM USA John Fonesca 74(DNC)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 370 72 4854 Male - GM USA Larry Suter 74(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 370 73 4862 Male - GM USA Paul Welles 74(DNF)* - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) - 74(DNC) 370

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2018 ISCA World Championship (Connued ) — Photo Gallery

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Lucy Brock Wins the 2018 Women’s USSCA North American Championship Austin Yacht Club, Austin TX Sept. 29 - 30 by Vicki Palmer

Ausn Yacht Club (AYC) on Lake Travis, Ausn, TX – With 36 competors from all over the country, including some former women champions, local 16 - yr old Lucy Brock couldn ’ t be caught. Lucy learned from the best at AYC ’ s Junior Sailing Program at a club where we have one of the largest Sunfish ™ fleets in the Class. Plus the highly acve Wednesday night Sunfish ™ - Laser sailing from May 1 - Sept. 30 is just the venue needed to provide some very compeve racing for almost half the year. Lake Travis may not be noted in the sailing world as one of the hoest sailing spots in the country but, let me tell you, we have some of the most acc om- plished sailors anywhere who are hard to beat in any boat including some naonal and Olympic champions. So we ’ ve earned some bragging rights at lile ol ’ Lake Travis ’ Ausn Yacht Club! And the Linda Tillman North American Championship trophy couldn ’ t have gone to a more deserving sailor in a more deserving venue that promotes Sunfish ™ sailing at all levels. Although Lucy captured four bullets out of the six total races, Anne Edwards of the Bay - Waveland Yacht Club, MS, had a bull et in Race 5 and a 2 nd in Race 6 to earn her a second place finish in this challenging light air regaa. Despite suffering from a cat allergy when husband Todd peed a kiy where they were staying, Anne didn ’ t let that stop her from sailing smart enough to beat out 34 other competors. What that didn ’ t earn her was the right to drive Todd ’ s truck … really, Todd?!? Andrea Bright of the Rush Creek Yacht Club in Rockwall, TX, quietly sailed her way to a 3 rd place finish taking a bullet in Race 2. The Rush Creek YC is about a 4 - hour drive from Ausn where Bill Draheim, a former Ausn Yacht Club member and Olympic sailor in 470’ s, lives with his wife Jennifer and son Stuart. You probably know Stu who competes in our major events such as the Worlds recently held in Wrightsville Beach, NC. So Andrea, too, has some tough compeon at Rush Creek to help keep her sailing “ chops up ” so - to - speak. Finishing in 4 th place overall was Gail Murphy - Heausler of the Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL, who always manages to place in the Top Five someplace and has won the Women ’ s North American Championship several mes. This must be due to the V8 Mango juice she consumes – a drink filled with important vitamins and only sweet potatoes used as a sweetener. And here I thought it was steamed kale and Vitamin C gummies that made up the meal of champions! Not to be le out of the Top Five, Joanne Weberlein - Kolius of the Houston Yacht Club re - familiarized herself with the Sunfi sh in record me to capture the 5 th place finish overall. Many years ago, Joanne along with Pat Manning and I crewed on my J - 22 Flashdance with John Bartle of Bartle Sails at the helm. So it was wonderful seeing Joanne again aer all these years. And it was even beer yet to see her sailing a Sunfish ™!

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2018 Women’s USSCA North American Championship (connued)

Lucy Brock won the Linda Tillman North American Championship Trophy.

Because the Top Youth finisher was Lucy Brock who already won the coveted Linda Tillman North American Championship trophy, the Top Youth award went to the second top youth finisher, local AYC sailor Fiona Foerlich who finished 18 th overall. Fiona is another graduate of the AYC Junior Sailing Program and is already becoming a force to be reckoned with on the race course. A special award was presented to John Bartle of Bartle Sails who has been donang prizes for every regaa ever held a t AYC since I joined this club in 1984. Pat Manning and I thought John deserved special recognion especially since John donated 6 be au- ful Board Bags which were raffled off at the award ceremony. John ’ s comment when presented this award was, “ I do it because AYC is my family. ” John ’ s dedicaon to this Club is appreciated, and it was me to let him know that. What Co - Chairs Pat Manning and Annie Lancaster were able to accomplish with the help of Chris Bataille and Carolyn Welford was quite impressive. All competors who needed housing were given a place to stay; all competors who needed a boat were provided a boat. Annie Lancaster, along with the help of husband Charlie, even drove to Canyon Lake to pick up a boat from so me- one there who offered his Sunfish ™. And the AYC Laser sailors whose boats were on the board boat dock graciously removed their Lasers so that most of the Sunfish ™ could park and launch from these board boat spaces which was beyond ideal. At the end of racing, a tuxedo ’ ed group of boat helpers provided muscle to help dock the boats and champagne to bring smiles to all the competors. Talk about being spoiled! Word has it that there were even more housing spaces offered that were not needed plus ev en another boat or two available but not needed. The generosity of the AYC members speaks loudly for what Texas hospitality is a ll about. And it ’ s a major reason why the Ausn Yacht Club will always be “ home ” to me. Controlling the weather was another factor enrely. Light air along with some dark, threatening clouds that caused racing to be postponed for a while seemed to be the only kinds of winds offered during this event. Local knowledge with lis expected fro m t he right shore worked somemes but not always. Just maintaining boat speed and staying out of the holes were the key. The exper i- enced Race Commiee led by Ray Shull, PRO, watched the weather, wind speed and me limit carefully to keep this major event as fair as possible. What everyone is watching carefully now, however, is the major flooding that has reached the AYC clubhouse and office. If y ou look at the photo of all the competors posed on the stairs, please note that the water level far exceeded the top stair. An d t he swimming pool where Connie Miller held water aerobics each morning was completely covered with flood waters. Not even the top of the pool ’ s safety fence could be seen. Not all the fun happened on the race course, though. There was the night a bunch, or is it a “ gaggle, ” of Sunfish ™ sailors who journeyed to The Oasis, a popular drinking/dancing spot overlooking Lake Travis. Relaxing while watching the sunset was inter- mixed with teaching the locals how to jierbug since our boot scoon ’ instructor had an out - of - town engagement that weekend. And, oh wait, was that noise coming from the kitchen when there was supposed to be no one else here? Ha! Busted two competors staying in nearby housing, who shall remain nameless, pouring V8 Mango juice into drink glasses. Oh, right. It was the v ita min content needed to help them race fast! Ten states were represented here – TX, IN, MS, FL, NC, CT, RI, DE, WA and OK. And this Women ’ s Championship isn ’ t complete without Dick Tillman and his three daughters joining us. Laurie, Libby and Susan raced; Dick helped wherever he was needed. Wil l Kresic was there with fiancée, Lyndsay Stockwell, and made a great presentaon to announce next year ’ s venue for the Women ’ s North American Championship, the Nianc Yacht Club in Nianc, CT, to be sailed Oct. 4 - 6, 2019. Go to www.sunfish.org to watch for more details to come. AYC Commodore Bill Records said in an email to Pat Manning and Annie Lancaster, “ Hello Annie and Pat, Congratulaons on a terrific event. In my memory, this was one of the best regaas that AYC hosted. And we are so proud of the AYC members who raced. Lucy Brock's performance was amazing. This was her second North American Championship! Also, this was a huge boost for the Sunfish Fleet. ” 17 - Winter 2018

2018 Women’s USSCA North American Championship (connued)

L to R — Fiona Foerlich/Top Youth (18th overall), Joanne Kolius/5th, Gail Murphy - Heausler/4th, Andrea Bright/3rd, Anne Edwards/2nd, Lucy Brock/Winner

Water Aerobics led by Connie Miller were the way to loosen up for tense light air racing in dark, cloudy, stormy skies.

I am deeply honored to have been selected as this year’s Life Member ...

The ISCA Constuon ’ s Secon 10.4 states: The World Council may grant honorary life membership in ISCA to any one person a year who, through special contribuon to the Class or through special relaonship to ISCA, is considered meritorious. An ho nor ary life member is entled to full privileges of membership but is not required to pay the annual dues of ISCA. WOW! They think I met those qualificaons! And now I appear in the same list as Peg & Terry Beadle, Don & Jean Bergman, Rapid Buner, Cindy Clion, Larry Cochran, Joel Furman, Bill Haberland (deceased), Tom Kaerheinrich, Ernie Kervel (deceas ed) , Pat Manning, Connie Miller, Paul Odegaard, Lee Parks, Alex Roose, Len Ruby (deceased), Andres Santana, Alan Scharfe, Dick Til l- man, Wim vander Gulik and Will White. I ’ m blown away! It ’ s nice to know that those things I ’ ve done because I LOVE THIS CLASS (!!!) were noced and appreciated such as publishing the Windward Leg , publishing a Regional Rep Handbook, helping out with Race Commiee at major events when needed, acng as a Race Commiee liaison at World Championships, aending as many events as I can and serving on a Board of Directors with som e very awesome folks who also work hard. You can blame Paul - Jon Pan for geng me back involved with this wonderful Class aer a brief absence to fulfill family obligaons. “ We want you back ” were his exact words during one of our keeping in touch phone calls. Thank you, PJ!! I can ’ t imagine a life without this exceponal Sunfish “ family ” who connue to amaze me, challenge me and inspire me. Thank you all so very much. Vicki Palmer 18 - Winter 2018

Southeast Regional Championship #2

By Alex Dean, Southeast Regional Representave

The Southeast Regional Championship #2 was held November 3 and 4, 2018 in Columbia, SC, in conjuncon with the Columbia Sail- ing Club ’ s 58 th Annual Midlands Regaa. This was a big, fun and lively event with over 100 sailors and 88 boats: 19 Sunﬁshes for the Regional, 19 Lasers, 27 Opmists, 15 Bic O ’ pens, nine Y - Flyers and nine Lightnings.

Held on Lake Murray, the regaa provided authenc lake sailing. Frequent shis and puffs gave the sailors plenty of opport uni es to demonstrate their skills and understanding of the wind. Although the traffic of the larger Midlands Regaa boats on the c our se added to the challenge, it also gave Sunfish skippers a chance to search for clues about the favored side and other crical dat a.

Sail Name Races 4; No Throwouts TOT 1 77338 David Loring 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 6 2 4821 Sonya Dean 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 9 3 3884 John Bune 9 - 3 - 3 - 2 17 4 4862 Paul Welles 1 - 5 - 4 - 12 22 5 4319 Alex Dean 6 - 4 - 10 - 5 25 6 81411 Tommy Smith 8 - 10 - 6 - 4 28 7 80588 John Young 5 - 6 - 7 - 11 29 8 72548 Jim Edwards 4 - 11 - 11 - 7 33T 9 4827 John Fragakis 11 - 8 - 5 - 9 33T 10 2595 Stanton Bost 15/TLE - 9 - 8 - 6 38 11 4839 David Hanselman 16/TLE - 7 - 9 - 8 40 12 78463 John Meyer III 7 - 12 - 13 - 10 42 13 81455 Rich Horton 10 - 13 - 12 - 13 48 14 81315 Phil Cook 12 - 14 - 14 - 14 54 15 117 Sage Meyer 17/TLE - 16 - 15 - 15 63 16 39553 Margaret Clarkson 14/TLE - 15 - 16 - 20/UFD 65 17 43711 Christopher Ward 18/TLE - 20/DNF - 20/DNF - 20/DNF 78 18 81139 David Phillips 20/DNF - 20/DNS - 20/DNS - 20/DNS 80T 19 46594 Bradley Anderson 20/DNS - 20/DNS - 20/DNS - 20/DNS 80T

Figure 1. The winners on the podium: David Loring (1 st , center), Sonya Dean (2 nd , le) and John Bune (3 rd , right). Photo: Alex Dean.

The overall winner of the Southeast Regional was three - me Sunfish World Champion David Loring, with three bullets and one third. The winds on the first day fluered and faded, allowing only one race, though with plenty of me to strategize and n o c hop to manage. Paul Welles took the bullet, followed by Sonya Dean and then David Loring. The second day had three races thanks t o stronger winds (10 - 17 mph). Variable winds (especially at the windward mark) combined with bad air from traffic confronted all, but rewarded the sailors who ancipated the changes and responded quickly and smoothly. David Loring took first in all three ra c- es, followed by Sonya Dean (two seconds and a third) and John Bune (one second and two thirds).

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Figure 2. Henry John Meyer Jr. aboard Argo. Photo: Meyer Family.

The awards ceremony included a recognion of the late Sunﬁsh sailor Henry John Meyer (#117), who passed away January 7, 201 8. He joined the class in 1967 and was a regular parcipant in regaas with his Sunﬁsh “ Argo ”. John sailed in the Midlands Regaa regularly, winning 1 st place in 2010 and 2011. His son (John Meyer III) and granddaughter Sage brought “ Argo ” to sail at the regaa to remember and honor him.

Figure 3. Boats on the beach, tents under the trees, and plenty of sunshine! These are just a few parts of a great weekend. P hot o: Walter Evere.

The Columbia Sailing Club really knows how to host a regaa: connental breakfast, sub sandwiches and burgers for lunch, di nne r with pulled pork barbecue, burgers, fried chicken, mac and cheese, and adult drinks. Kids were also taken care of with pizza, snacks, an Italian Ice truck, a movie night, and adult supervision. Many sailors took advantage of the free on - site waterfront c amp- ing, next to the large bathhouse with endless hot showers. Volunteers from the club and the USC sailing team pitched in to ma ke the event a tremendous success.

The CSC has been successful in building a junior sailing program to strengthen the next generaon of sailors, led by sailing di rector David Van Cleef (a Sunfish alumnus, 4 th in the 1998 Sunfish Worlds), Chip Horton and others. The CSC offers youth programs for learning to sail, summer sailing, and high school sailing. In fact, the 2019 summer sailing program is already full. CSC also ho sts the University of South Carolina college sailing teams.

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Race Results from Around the Country

The 2018 USSCA Masters Championship took Doug Kaukeinen Wins 2018 USSCA Masters place at Canandaigua Yacht Club September 14 - Championship — R ochester Canoe Club, Canandaigua, NY 16, 2018. There were an impressive 41 boats reg- istered for the event, with 39 actually sailing. Sailors came from as far away as North Caro- Sail Name Races 3 ; No Throwouts TOT lina. Friday brought moderate winds out of the 1 M 11 Doug Kaukeinen 13 - 1 - 2 16 south, and four or five pracce races were held 2 M 57973 Mike Fortner 1 - 6 - 10 17 3 Sr.M 3746 Dick Tillman 4 - 4 - 11 19 prior to the welcome party. 4 GM 5785 Lee Parks 6 - 10 - 7 23 Saturday and Sunday turned out to be light 5 GM 60673 Mark Weider 10 - 3 - 12 25 wind days with Hurricane Florence pounding 6 GM 3868 Drew Staniar 9 - 16 - 1 26 North Carolina and keeping any other weather 7 AM 4321 Brian McGinnis 17 - 7 - 3 27 systems from moving into western New York. 8 GGM 76356 Ron McHenry 30 - 2 - 4 36 However, there is a fairly consistent morning 9 GM 25775 Lance Toth 5 - 13 - 18 36 southerly on Canandaigua on warm days, so as 10 GM 51883 John Eckert 27 - 8 - 5 40 boats headed out for the 10:30 start, there was 11 GGM 1946 Brad Wagnon 18 - 14 - 13 45 sll a bit of breeze le. The fleet was aggressive, 12 M 78518 Paul Dierze 26 - 12 - 9 47 13 GM 79064 Ralph Simpson 14 - 29 - 6 49 and it took two general recalls before the race 14 GM 77720 Mary Schmidt 2 - 31 - 17 50 commiee resorted to the I flag and got off a fair 15 GM 45420 Bill Schmidt 29 - 15 - 8 52 start. The fleet split with about half going right 16 GM 81264 Chip Toth 3 - 34 - 16 53 and half going le. 17 M 77731 Jim Gindling 35 - 5 - 14 54 The pressure on the le was beer, and those 18 GM 77269 Lynda Bryant 15 - 11 - 30 56 boats also got the benefit of a le shi as the 19 GM 81134 John Fields 20 - 19 - 20 59 southerly faded away and a feeble east wind took 20 GM 75417 Tom Kaerneinrich 22 - 23 - 15 60 over. As the boats rounded the windward mark, 21 GM 4752 Jim Knab 8 - 22 - 32 62 they faced a slow drier down to the leeward 22 M 50847 John Williams 19 - 25 - 21 65 mark, to which the race commiee shortened 23 Sr.M 27777 Paul Odegaard 7 - 27 - 36 70 24 AM 80766 Deirdre Santos - Kaukeinen 33 - 21 - 19 73 course. Mike Fortner took a first, followed by lo- 25 GM 24186 Gail Turluck 24 - 26 - 23 73 cals Mary Schmidt and Chip Toth, who both had 26 GM 88436 Nancy Hasngs - Jaywork 28 - 18 - 29 75 their best races of the regaa. Racing was post- 27 GM 81033 David Thompson 37 - 9 - 31 77 poned and eventually cancelled for the rest of the 28 AM 52853 Chris Connelly 38 - 17 - 24 79 day, but the fleet enjoyed refreshments and so- 29 M 40445 Sco Cramer 31 - 20 - 28 79 cializing in the waterfront pavilion followed by a 30 GM 81469 Brock Munro 25 - 32 - 22 79 fun dinner in the club house complete with raffle 31 M 3913 Steve Leach 16 - 30 - 35 81 prizes from Shoreline Sailboats, East Avenue Wine 32 AM 59306 Steve Heinzelman 23 - 37 - 25 85 and APS. 33 GGM 6676 John Barrere 11 - 42/DNF - 33 86 34 GGM 80774 David Hanselman 12 - 33 - 42/DNF 87 Sunday ’ s start was moved up to 9:00 to take 35 M 81065 Tim Hammer 36 - 28 - 26 90 beer advantage of the morning southerly. In the 36 AM 4708 Jeff Sco 34 - 24 - 34 92 light 5 knot winds, it was important to get a good 37 GM 79650 Denis Wetlaufer 32 - 35 - 27 94 start with clean air, and with the recent hot 38 Sr.M 84939 Joe Kaukeinen 21 - 38 - 42/DNF 101 weather contribung to unusually strong weed 39 GM 80367 George Sechrist 39 - 36 - 37 112 growth, it was crical to clear your daggerboard 40 GM 19742 Betsy Schmidt 42/DNC - 42/DNC - 42/DNC 126 every so oen. Doug Kaukeinen recovered from a 40 M 79386 John Powers 42/DNF - 42/DNC - 42/DNC 126 13 the previous day to win the first race on Sun- day, followed by Ron McHenry from Pymatuning AM (40 - 49) and Mark Weider from the Rochester Canoe Club. M (50 - 59) The second race Doug connued his strong sail- GM (60 - 69) ing, finishing second to Drew Staniar of Off Sound- GGM (70 - 79) ings. Brian McGinnis, from the Wet Pants Sailing Sr.M (80+) Associaon, took 3rd. The overall standings ended (See Photos on Next Page) up with Doug Kaukeinen in 1st, Mike Fortner in 2nd, and Dick Tillman, a Senior Master, in 3rd. Lee Parks, from the Newport Yacht Club, finished 4th and was the top woman finisher.

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2018 USSCA Masters Photos R ochester Canoe Club, Canandaigua, NY

Florida Regionals Sr. Master Davis Island Yacht Club — Tampa, FL Dick Tillman Sail Name Races 7; One Throwout TOT Paul Odegaard 1 271 Joe Blouin 5* - 2 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 14 2 737 Todd Klingler 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 1013* 16 Joe Kaukeinen 3 76333 Dick Tillman 3 - 5 - 6* - 1 - 1 - 4 - 3 17 4 60858 Gail Heausler 2 - 6* - 5 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4 23 5 84800 Mindy Strauley 6 - 9* - 8 - 9 - 9 - 3 - 1 36T 6 76380 David Silerman 8 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 17* - 11 - 5 36T 7 4307 Jim Koehler 7 - 4 - 3 - 7 - 10 - 6 - 14* 37T 8 78744 Fritz Hanselman 4 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 9* - 7 37T 9 76685 Paul Strauley 10 - 10 - 11* - 10 - 2 - 8 - 8 48 10 4334 Marguerite Koehler 11 - 8 - 10 - 12* - 8 - 7 - 11 55 GGM: 11 55 Amanda Hus 14* - 13 - 12 - 13 - 3 - 10 - 9 60 Ron McHenry 12 79226 Holly Hanselman 9 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 11 - 18* - 15 63 13 81022 Lynne Randall 12 - 12 - 14* - 11 - 14 - 14 - 10 73 Brad Wagnon 14 81018 Jason Pigot 17* - 17 - 16 - 16 - 12 - 13 - 12 86 John Barrere 15 81309 Karen McLarty 16 - 15 - 15 - 15 - 20 - 22* - 20 101 16 80095 Ann Carroll 20 - 25/DNF* - DNS - DNS - 16 - 12 - 6 104T 17 27777 Paul Odegaard 13 - 14 - 13 - 14 - 25/DNC* - DNC - DNC 104T 18 78274 Charlie Cushing 18 - 16 - 25/DNS* - DNS - 18 - 15 - 16 108 19 81167 Jack Clark 15 - 25/DNF* - DNS - DNS - 21 - 17 - 18 121 20 47411 Ann Albert 25/DNF* - DNF - DNF - DNS - 13 - 16 - 19 123 21 54321 Dee Gill 25/DNF* - DNS - DNS - DNS - 15 - 21 - 17 128 GM: 22 1763801 Marlene Sassaman 19 - 25/DNS* - DNS - DNS - 19 - 19 - DNS 132 Lee Parks 23 77590 Susan St. John 25/DNF* - DNS - DNS - DNS - 22 - 20 - 21 138 24 49333 Chris Gates 25/DNC* - DNC - DNC - DNC - DNC - DNC - DNC 150 Mark Weider Drew Staniar Southwest Regionals Canyon Lake — Wursest Regaa Sail Name Races 5; No Throwouts TOT 1 81075 Stewart Draheim 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 5 2 4856 Coleman Terrell 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 10 3 80387 David McCary 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 6 21T Master: 4 14 Mike Brown 5 - 4 - 6 - 3 - 3 21T 5 80319 Chris Besch 4 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 4 22 Doug Kaukeinen 6 80999 David Smith 9 - 7 - 10 - 4 - 4 40 Paul Dierze 7 775181 Annie Lancaster 6 - 10 - 19/RET - 5 - 5 45 Mike Fortner 8 80119 Richie Amato 11 - 9 - 7 - 11 - 11 49 9 78773 Allen Borden 7 - 6 - 19/RET - 9 - 9 50 10 88395 Patrick Laurie 10 - 8 - 19/RET - 8 - 8 53 11 8 David Sanford 8 - 19/RET - 19/DNC - 7 - 7 60 12 TBU Victor Bloede 12 - 11 - 19/DNC - 13 - 13 68 13 80288 Harold Simmons 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 12 - 12 81 14 80120 Patrick Manning 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC 95T 14 81062 Andrea Bright 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC 95T 14 7 Kayla Sonnier 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC 95T 14 80350 Lindsey Sorensen 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC 95T A - Master 14 3200 Bob Gross 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC - 19/DNC 95T Brian McGinnis Deidre Kaukeinen Chris Connelly

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UConn Fall Alumni Team Race

By Sam Grey, President, UConn Sailing

With Thanksgiving closing in, the UConn Sailing Team kicked off its 10th annual Sunfish Alumni Regaa last Saturday, hosng ov er 35 current team and alumni members. The team's new lake house on Coventry Lake hosted the regaa and provided the perfect venue for one of our favor- ite events of the year, drawing familiar faces and friendly compeon. Preparaon for the regaa began the night before, with alumni and current sailors unloading Sunfish at the top of the long driveway and carefully rolling them down to the shore. The absence of daylight, and slippery condions from the snowfall the night before, made the task a fun challenge for those aempng to juggle flashlights and boat dollies while keeping a wary eye at their foong. Meanwhile inside, sailors prepared Turkey and other dishes for the tradional post - regaa Thanksgiving dinner. With a turkey prepped, and sunfish ready to launch, the team dispatched for the night to get some rest before adjourning the next morning for an excing day of racing. A building northwest wind in the morning brought with it old and new alumni eager to re - sharpen their skills against the honed and formidably skilled current sailors of the UConn Sailing Team, in a team race style regaa. Bagels, coffee, and quiche helped a grog- gy crew of sailors, who had stayed up too late contemplang race strategies, come to, while more alumni arrived by sunfish f rom the beach across the way. Once all sailors were present, teams of three were assembled, and team - colored pennies were donned. A Digital N course, headed by UConn's head coach Gary Hendrickson and tailed by UConn Alumni Chris Baker, was laid out amon g swirly wind and snow - covered lawns. Boats rotated from the lake house dock and accelerated as wind became more sustained. Head to head compe on between the best sailors in the UConn Sailing Team's history made for an excing spectacle as sailors on their off - rotaon res ted, chaed, and fueled up for the next bout. By the end of the day a clear victor emerged that would claim eternal bragging rights and posses sio n of the prized rudder - trophy. Going undefeated in all eight heats, the team clad in UConn pennies and composed mostly of current sailors claimed this hon or. (John Giuliano 2011, Enoc Escobar 2020, Colby Brennan 2020). Aer a long day of white - knuckle racing, boats were derigged and remounted on trailers, awards were bestowed, and a glorio us post - regaa Thanksgiving dinner began, closing up yet another successful and memorable alumni regaa.

1) John Giulano 2011, Enoc Escobar 2020, Colby Brennan 2020 — UConn 7 - 0 2) Jamie Fales 2014, Marn Hooker 2018, Alex Burke 2021 — Green 5 - 2 3) Pete Giuliano 2010, Ma Szekalski 2013, Tara Schwenzfeier 2018 — Red 4 - 3 4) Marta Chlus 2014, Henry Cuer 2010, Maxwell Miller 2021, Shannon Nardi 2015 — Neon 3 - 4 5) Lyndsa Stockwell 2014, Andrew Silhavy 2015, Shannon Nardi 2015, Jessie Imbro 2018 — Purple 3 - 4 6) Simon Bertocci (Guest), Melissa Conway 2016, John MacKiewicz (Guest), Sam Grey 2020 — Yellow 3 - 4 7) Will Kresic, Ausn Williams 20178, Olivia McLaughlin 2018 — Blue 2 - 5 8) Peter Rodriguez 2014, Kimmy Jackman 2016, Charlie Zizza 2017 — Orange 1 - 6

Midwest Regionals Devil ’ s Lake Sail Name Races 6 ; One Throwout TOT 1 80021 Dan Norton 1 - 1 - 3* - 1 - 1 - 1 5 2 4909 Josh Kerst 2 - 3* - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 10 3 7500 Mark Kastel 4 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 4* 15 4 79429 Tim Polaski 3 - 7* - 2 - 4 - 4 - 3 16 5 81478 Henry Polaski 5 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 7* - 5 27 6 24186 Gail Turluck 8 - 12* - 7 - 6 - 5 - 6 32 7 81386 Geoﬀrey Moehl 13* - 5 - 5 - 7 - 10 - 8 35 8 75417 Tom Kaerheinrich 7 - 11* - 8 - 8 - 9 - 7 39 9 4410 Laura Bebe 11 - 4 - 10 - 13* - 11 - 11 47 Happy Holidays to Our Sunfish ™ Family 10 80884 Kevin DeAmon 10 - 8 - 15* - 14 - 6 - 10 48 11 78829 Terry Timm 6 - 16 - 9 - 9 - DNC* - DNS 58 12 79407 Donald Fritz 14 - 10 - DNF* - 18 - 8 - 9 59 Wishing everyone a 2019 filled with 13 78557 Mike Straon 12 - 14* - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 60 14 78101 Jack Vanderhorst 9 - 13 - 11 - 11 - DNS* - DNS 62 magic and joy on the water … 15 11111 Lawrence Carter 15 - 9 - 13 - 10 - DNS* - DNS 65 16 79306 Ma Heywood 16 - 15 - 14 - 15 - DNS* - DNS 78 17 418 Martha Croasdale 17 - 17 - 16 - 15 - DNS* - DNS 83

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