The Official Newsletter of the International Sunfish® Class Association Malcolm Does It Again!! NA Champ! Photo: CC Sailing in front of the Kennedy Hyannisport Compound, pictured on the right, are many of the NA competitors during the Qualification series. Over 100 Sail in North Americans lry Charlie Clifton Pan Am Games ... Malcolm Smith sailed very consistently to win the 1999 Sunfish North American Championship at Hyannis, Massachusetts, Inaugural Event for Sunfish!!! June 19th-25th. 103 sailors enjoyed perfect New England summer weather with breezes that increased as the week progressed. Canadian Oskar ]ohannson Wins in Gimli David Van Cleef, cashing in the good karma he earned by diving under the pin boat to cut the anchor line out of the wheel, won the first two races in a 5-8 knot southwester. Local favorite Paul Fendler won the third race to move into the lead at the end of the first day. Steve Evans immortalized himself in the third race as he arrived at the leeward mark in the top five, capsized, and then righted the boat with the four foot, bright yellow tetrahedron firmly affixed to the top of his mast. As he sat there anchored to the bottom sporting a colorful top sail, the whole fleet rounded him before he managed to extricate himself from the mark and the ground tackle. · The wind picked up to 10-18 the second day. Malcolm Smith won the sixth race and took the lead which he held until the end of Joel Funnan found iime while measuring, to take the series. Donnie Martinborough regained the form that won him these pre-race photos. three World Championships and took the next two races. See his related story and The sailors arrived at the beach Friday morning and were the results inside. greeted with a howling westerly. PJ Patin found a mast that could stand up to his hiking abilities (to replace the one that snapped the day before) and led the fleet from start to finish in the seventh race. The boats jumped waves down the first reach but the wind moderated to 12-18 by the start of the eighth race. Places changed in that one but PJ again led at the finish. The Hyannis Yacht Club Race Committee put on a stellar performance in race management. Their lines and courses were Above left, Pan Am Champ, Canadian, Oskar Johannson; above right, square. They reacted to windshifts quickly and correctly. They 2nd Place Malcolm Smith, Bermuda; compensated for a difficult current in a manner that produced fair left, 3rd Place, David Van Cleef, USA starts and resulted in ideal course lengths. Windward Leg - Summer 1999 Alejandro Berrios of Puerto NA's Beachside . and bountiful continental breakfasts all set Rico is Junior NA Champ! • the stage for the finale - a Lobster/Clam Perfect weather paired with perfect Bake Awards dinner on Friday night. hospitality to make a great week for Many future sunfishers attended, sunfishers at Hyannis Yacht Club the week including the Kraemer, Klinger and Charles ofJune 20-25. Over 110 sailors including 13 kids, all having a ball on the HYC beach. Juniors came from as far as Austin, TX and Pat & Vic Manning's new "vehicle", a Puerto Rico and as near as Hyannis and large U-haul, obtained somewhere outside Wequaquet. It was a great chance for New of Washington stirred some conversation Englanders to show off one of their prime and sympathy as their own "Texas van" had racing venues! proclaimed, "This is far enough", and We arrived very early on Saturday decided to wait the trip out there. morning to find Dave Brody asleep on two Early morning swims (and a few late coolers, and Jeff Olson asleep in the front night dunks as well) at Lee's, great dancing, seat of his pickup (about 2 feet short for a little sightseeing all added to the week. him). A few travelers got in really late and An unorthodox entrance through a kitchen Alejandro receives the Jr. Perpetual Trophy did their best to get a few winks before the window by Stevie Evans was one highlight, from USSCA President, Vic Manning. sun rose, wherever they could! A beautiful this after his equally unorthodox capture of warm day, sailors arriving from all over and a leeward mark. Falling off his boat, Winning all 6 races in the Junior dinner on a downtown boat began a week of capsizing and righting, he was confounded Championship held at Hyannis YC was super fun. to find he had snagged the mark and it was Alejandro Berrios of Trujillo Alto, PR. Some measuring, rigging, a practice hanging on his mast. He was gracious in his Many saw his sailing ability at the World's in race, cocktail party and skippers meeting set acceptance of a "Special Award" presented Sayville, NY in 1998 where he was top the standards for events to come. Sunfish during the Awards Ceremony! junior. The 2 day event in Hyannis was held friends talked the talk and "walked the Much hospitality from the HYC staff while the Senior fleet raced its qualifiers. walk" Goe Kaukeinen showed some fancy and a super committee chaired by David Maureen Gibbons of the Brigantine footwork) and caught up on each other's Campbell and daughter Shelly McCabe, YC, PA, gave Alejandro a run for his money, finishing with 4 seconds and 2 thirds. Paul lives. A steak barbecue, Italian night, assures that sunfishers will be happy to Owens from the Rochester Canoe Club, NY, chicken dinner, hors d'oeuvres, mucho return to Hyannis at the next invitation! and Peyton Hassinger of the Oriental "Rum Runners" and Malibu rum drinks, by Cindy Clifton Dinghy Club, NC, battled it out for third Junior winers pictured below from left, and fourth. Thirteen sailors participated, Alejandro Berrios, first; with the top five going on to the Maureen Gibbons, 2nd; Championship races. Simon Stampe of the Simon Stampe, first midget; Rochester Canoe Club was first midget. Paul Owens, 3rd; Peyton Hassinger, 4th; In an effort to attract more juniors to Noah Litton, 5th; Alex Steele, 6th; the NA's, a change in the schedule is being Heather Stewart, 7th; Bill Betts, 8th; suggested for next year's regatta. See Carrie Ferguson, 9th; Hyannis YC flying national flags all photos CC related article on page 9. Stephen Owens 1Oth. No•th Ame•ican Remember ... USSCA Class CHAMPIONSHIP Results 1999 membership entitles you to race NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION at these World qualifying events: !. Malcolm Smith, Bermuda 6-3-4-1-2-4-2-3 19 All Regionals (16 yearly), 2. Larry Suter, Laurel, NY 8-2-6-2-29-2-10-2 32 MtJieolm Smith Midwinter Championship, 3. Donnie Martinborough, Bahamas 17-13-3-7-1-1-5-4 34 Bermuda Master's National Championship 4. Paul jon Patin, Forest Hills, NY 5-7-12-3-12-d-1-1 41 (age over 40), 5. Todd Edwards. Prairieville, LA 9-6-9-4-3-8-6-6 42 North American Championship, 6. Paul Fendler, Hyannis, MA 2-9-1-10-9-7-23-12 50 SECOND PLACE Women's NA Championship 7. David VanCleef, Newport, Rl 1-1-27-5-5-d-4-11 54 l.tJri'Jf Suter Junior NA Championship 8. Rod Koch, St. Pete, FL 10-8-7-39-21-9-3-7 65 & 9. Alejandro Berrios, Puerto Rico 3-5-d-8-4-18-18-16 72 New York (not 18 yrs. old in that year). 10. Scott Greenbaum, Scituate, MA 22-4-10-6-17-39-8-20 87 Please note: there is a possibility that 11. AlanScharfe, Manchester, MA 36-27-11-9-8-6-14-14 89 if you have not joined the class by the time 12. Clinton Edwards, Bay St. Louis, MS 4-10-15-15-27-10-19-18 91 THIRD PLACE a qualifying regatta starts, you jeopardize 13. Kenny Mockridge, C. Moriches, NY 19-25-33-13-14-12-7-9 99 Donnie Mtlrtinborougll your finish in that regatta and can not be 14. Fraito Luge, Puerto Rico 13-11-d-17-7-5-24-24 101 invited to participate in the worlds as an 15. Bill Brangiforte, Weymouth, MA 11-21-2-21-38-17-27-27 126 Bahamas USSCA sailor. Please join & support the 16. Rich Chapman, Libertyville, IL 40-29-19-16-6-24-20-22 136 Sunfish Class! ISCA rules state that you 17. Freddie Sambolin, Puerto Rico 12-30-41-25-18-38-11-5 139 NA JUNIOR. CHAMP must be an ISCA member to compete in 18. jeff Olson, Sarasota, FL 34-48-49-11-22-3-12-13 143 Class sanctioned international events 19. Don Bergman, Holland, Ml 27-17-20-20-13-34-22-25 144 AleitJndro BtJrrios including the World Champs(Rule 10.5). 20. Jim Koehler, Amityville, NY 20-34-14-18-20-50-9-34 149 Puerto Rico 21. Manual Aviles, Puerto Rico 21-35-45-26-23-26-16-8 !55 22. Charlie Clifton, Sarasota, FL 52-37-d-12-15-11-13-15 !55 23. Dan Feldman, Highland Park, IL 46-31-31-46-10-23-17-10 168 NA MASTER CHAMP 24. Mike Fortner, Fairport, NY 48-32-38-22-19-30-25-23 189 MtJieolm Smith Enjoying their awards are front, l-r: 25. Mark Weider, Rochester, NY 26-36-24-31-25-21-38-28 191 Bermuda Todd Edwards, 5th; 26. Peyton Hassinger, Raleigh, NC 30-28-16-47-43-15-29-33 194 Jean Bergman, first Woman; 27. Jean Bergman, Holland, MI 14-20-26-33-33-41-44-30 197 28.