November 1974 Eichenlaub Boat Works
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NOVEMBER 1974 EICHENLAUB BOAT WORKS THE EICHENLAUB SNIPE helps the average sailor do better than average. If you are looking for improvement on the local level or the National Championship is your goal, boat speed is important. The EICHENLAUB SNIPE has the greatest speed potential.The unique hull design coupled with outstanding rigging and low center of gravity puts EICHENLAUB above all others. FIVE OUT OF SEVEN EICHENLAUB SNIPES sailing in the 1974 Crosby Series qualified for the National Championships.No builder can match EICHEN LAUB' S record of second in the Heinzerling and first in the Wells at the 74 Championships. IF YOU'RE READY TO SHOCK YOUR COMPETITION its time to get an EICHENLAUB. Competition model $1900.00 - with sails and trailer $2300.00. Bank Financing available Write or phone EICHENLAUB BOAT COMPANY 13945 Triskett Road Cleveland, Ohio 44111 (216) 671-0033 camped out Friday night and just about got flushed down the river. BOAT LUMBER Levinson Wins The rain subsided for a while, and For Fine Boat Building everyone went out for the first race, but and lit pairs tornado warnings halted the activity and Weatherbeat PHIIIPPIMI all the boats scampered off the lake just MAHOGANY HONDURAS ahead of more rain. We then opened the MAHOCANT Slauson Regatta WISIItH 110 ONI beer barrel so everyone could fill their WH1TI CIDAI OAK - TIAK • CVMHS Saturday morning June 22nd was to beer mugs given as favors at the regatta. IONOLIAF YIUOVV be the first race of the annual Clcve R. Sunday was beautiful. The wind blew MM • IIC. Fir and Mahogany *>IV"00<1 <«> marine use Slauson Memorial Regatta. I walked in and we got three races back to back lengths up to 16 feet Biuyn/e*! Marine Plywood solid Regina Mahogany tnioughout Quality un the Ivy Club to set up the coffee and starting at 9:45 AM. Frank Levinson won surpassed Most st/»» m stock donuts about 7:30 and found Dick all the beans and the beautiful Slauson PtDD'iy andp'tnmrq to o-dr' Crookston and his family in the Gob's Trophy, narrowly defeating Jerry We are specialists m jii types and wes of imported and domestic boa! 'umbers We room looking like a bunch of drowned Thompson by 2.7 points or one place. ship anywhere al surprisingly low pnees Send \Qt today 'or valuable manual 'How rats. Dan Wesselhoft to Select the High! Boat Lumber" plus Dick and a few other people had Peoria Fleet No. 131 complete lumber and price list SLAUSON MEMORIAL REGATTA M. L. CONDON CO. (Top 15 of 33 Entries) BOAT LUMBER SPECIALISTS SINCE 1912 236 Fa.ns A*a., Whita Plains. NY. 10603 Boat Skipper Club Places Points Finish (9141 9464111 19897 Frank II. Levinson Indianapolis 4-2-1 11 1 2 17387 Jerry Thompson Akron 1-4-3 13.7 19299 Bud Leonard Diamond Lake 3-8-2 22.7 3 20587 Andv Zcratsky Green Lake 8-1-11 31 4 7^e VlHffy *?U*t Peoria 6-6-4 31.4 5 19447 Dan Wesselhoft 71 NOIWOOO AVI UtHI MOMTCIAII. Nl>" JI"MT •'•*' 21114 Steve Holdeman Muncie 2-11-7 33 6 201-471-0204 21120 Bob Hill Cincinnati 15-3-10 42.7 7 Muncie 5-5-17 43 8 21106 Steve Barb NEW AND USED SNIPES 20880 Frank Vincent Jacksonville 9-10-9 46 9 15400 Dick Crookston Kalamazoo 10-12-8 48 10 RIGGING AND SWAGING 13020 Paul Dovey W. Lafayette 19-7-13 57 11 20992 George Drake Detroit 17-9-15 59 12 SAILS, SPARS, HARDWARE 20990 Gunnar Stickler Rochester 11-28-5 61 13 17762 Jill Carver Green Lake 7-18-20 63 14 AND EQUIPMENT 19179 David Wesselhoft Peoria 21-13-14 66 15 4432 MUIR.SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92107 Cobra tftaAU PHONE (714) 224-9481 Cobra Masts have been out since 1969, since then they have been used on Snipes that have captured almost every major Snipe regatta in North America. They were used by the 1969 and 1971 world champion. In 1971 they domi nated with lst,.2nd, 3rd and 4th places. They were used in winning the 1969, '70 and '71 U.S. Nationals. In '71 they were 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th. They were used by the winners of the last 2 Jr. Nationals, in 71 they were 1st, 2nd, 3rd. 4th and 5th. They were used by the 1970 and '71 North American Champ (Cork). They were 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the 1971 Midwinter Circuit (Nassau. Miami and Clearwater). In 1972 we are introducing the Cobra Boom. It is very light and provides the stiffness required to keep the leech of the main tight on a reach. Bendy booms waste power. I he 1972 Cobras will also have some new equipment — MAST PRICES Unrigged with Hardware — Hardware includes goose neck, spreaders and bands. Bottom cup, main halyard sheave and hound fitting with jib hal yard sleave. <: '>, $200.00 Rigged with shrouds, halyards, halyard locks, bands, bottom of shrouds must be finished by you to fit your boat. The spreaders are now of polished stainless steel, The gooseneck is all stainless steel. It is much they weigh under 8 oz. per pair as compared to stronger than the old aluminum one. Also it will 5255.00 17 oz. of the aluminum type we used before. not freeze up when used in salt air. Boom with end plates 532.00 Price $12.00 pair Price 512.00 Rigged Boom 575.00 International SNIPE BULLETIN THE COVER Yachting Week at Is God a Brazilian? We aren't sure SNIPE CLASS Porto Alegre, Brazil - but pictures don't lie - they DO walk INTERNATIONAL RACING on water. This photo was among those Club Veleiros Do Sul, Porto Alegre, ASSOCIATION sent by National Secretary Edmundo Brazil, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an international yachting week for NOVEMBER 1974 Soares of the Brazilian Championships at Maceio, Brazil. Snipes and 470s December 6th through Vol. XXIII No. 11 14th. Teams have been invited from Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, S.C.I.R.A. OFFICERS Great Britain, Spain, the U.S., France, the Commodore Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Poland, Ralph M. Swanson Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay, and the other 44 Swan Road states of Brazil. Entertainment will Winchester, Mass. 01890 include sightseeing tours and evening folk lore shows by groups of the different Vice Commodore descendents of immigrants who make up Stuart L. Griffing the population of Rio Grande do Sul. 1087 Meredith Drive THOUGHTS There will be 6 races with one throw Cincinnati, Ohio 45231 out, sailed on Olympic courses, under WHILE SAILING IYRU rules. The racing will be on the Rear Commodore Guaiba River which is a little over 3 miles Svend Rantil Occasionally a good idea comes along wide at this point. There is little current. P. 0. Box 7070 in the way of a gimmick. In this issue we The temperature will be between 25° and S-37107 Karlskrona7 are showing a method for securing your 28° C and the prevailing winds shouldbe Sweden dagger board, just in case you happen to 15 to 20 knots. capsize and turtle. Coincidentally we Edmundo Soares Executive Secretary and Treasurer received a photograph that perfectly National Secretary, Brazil Lowry Lamb illustrates why your daggerboard should Privateer Road be secured in this manner. The Hixson,Tenn. 37343 photograph is of World Champion Felix Gancedo righting his boat after it turtled. RULES COMMITTEE Yes, even the best of them have Ihis Chairman: TED A. WELLS problem. But think of the trouble he 755 Edgewater Rd., would have had if he had not had the Witchita, Kansas 67230 board tied in. EDITOR Lowry Lamb EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICE Address all correspondence to: Privateer Road, Hixson, Tennessee 37343, U.S.A. PUBLICATION INFORMATION Published monthly by Snipe Class International Racing Association, In corporated, (not for profit). European Officers Named Forms close on the 1st of the month preceeding publication. Material re ceived after that date will not appear Eduardo Queiroz, General Secretary until later month. for Europe and Africa, lias regretfully Printed in the U.S.A. at Chattanooga, submitted his resignation for personal Tennessee. Second-class postage paid reasons. At the meeting of National at Hixson, Tennessee and at addi Secretaries during the European THE SCORE tional mailing offices. Championship, Arturo Delgado was ADVERTISING elected to replace Eduardo. Peter Davics The U.S. got 11 numbers this month Contract rates furnished upon appli of England was elected to the office of followed by 10 for Chile, 6 for Argentina cation. Vice Secretary for Europe and Africa, and 2 for our newest country, Ecuador. SUBSCRIPTION replacing Arturo. SNIPE BULLETIN S3.00 per year. S3.00 of the amount This month's 29 brings the total for year of dues in SCIRA are paid for a year's official cartoonist, Dr. John Broughton to date of 577. Fleet Charter 736 was subscription to the SNIPE BULLE has been elected to succeed Peter Davies issued to JUNIN in Argentina, their TIN. as National Secretary for England. second new fleet this year. CHANGE OF ADDRESS It is unfortunate that Eduardo had to 3 Notify Snipe BULLETIN of any resign but we are fortunate to have a changes, both old and new addresses complete with zip code. Allow a backlog of excellent Snipers. Our thanks Numbered SNIPES—21624 month to become effective. goes to Eduardo and congratulations to (he others. Chartered Fleets 736 KEUKA CHAMPAGNE REGATTA Annual Keuka ('A' Flee - Top 15 of 37 Entries) Champagne Regatta Boat Skipper Club Places Points Finish 16228 Steve Klotz Unattached 1-1-5-6-6 33.4 1 16333 Dave Bouckhuyt Chautaugua 8-2-3-5-3 38.4 2 Attracts 51 Entrants 19491 Russ Cook Keuka 3-12-2-18-2 53.7 3 3518 Charles Webster Newport 11-6-4-2-17 62.7 4 Steve Klotz.