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Volume 24, Number 8 August 2014 Lake Michigan SuRF Official Newsmagazine of the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation 2014 LMSRF Corporate Members THE 20,000 FOOT VIEW by Glenn McCarthy Lake Michigan Performance Handicap Racing Fleet I learned something this month (actually a bunch of things, but this one is best). The sport of Sailing lacks coordination and integration. What am I Skyway Yacht Works talking about? Chicago Yacht Club performs a mixture of professional and World Yachts volunteer media relations to get the Chicago -Mackinac Race broadcast on Please click on the links above to learn more TV, radio, internet, and print media. Independently, I wrote an article on about our Corporate Members! my blog [ http://www.chicagonow.com/sail-lake-michigan/2014/07/2014 - For info on how to become a chicago -yacht-club-to-mackinac-island-race-starts-july -18-19-2014/ ] Corporate Member, email explainin g to the non-sailing public what sailing opportunities are available [email protected] to them so they, too, can participate in the event. What was the simple difference between what Chicago Yacht Club presented on their web site, All The News That Fits ... and what I presented on my blog? 20,000 Foot View ............................................. 1 Gold for Epic Racing ....................................... 2 • I poi nted the public to where they can PHRFection Port-to-Port .............................. 3 sign up and offer to be crew in the race, Chicago Regatta Almost Here ..................... 5 even at the last moment. Yachter of Year Nominations Open .......... 6 • I pointed to the public where they can Boat Names on Tri-State T-Shirts ............. 6 charter a sailboat and go out on the water to Tri-State Volleyball Challenge .................... 6 watch the start of the race and sail alongside Tri-State Regatta Party .................................. 6 of the incompetitors for a while. The Responsibility We Hold –Part IV ........ 8 Not Winning the Mackinac ........................... 8 Other than that, the two were very similar. What Are Other RSAs Doing ...................... 10 Loyola Grad on WUG Winning Squad .... 11 Obviously getting non -sailors out on the water is not necessarily the MCSA Sailors Make All Academic ............ 11 mission of Chicago Yacht Club. But tha t is the mission of the blog I write. Sheboygan Youth in Parade ....................... 12 We need to reach out to the non -sailing public a nd engage them at every Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club 25 th ......... 13 opportunity we can get. The analytics package that comes with the blog Cool Things ...................................................... 13 indicates a number of people who read the Mac kinac Race article and 2014 Queen's Cup ......................................... 13 2014 Tripp Cup .............................................. 14 click ed on the link to learn how they can charter a sailboat. Hopefully the 2014 Inshore Calendar Updates .............. 15 sailboat charte r companies got some business out of this effort. And 2014 Chicago-Mackinac Race ................... 15 hopefully , after those folks get a taste of being on the water, they , too, 2014 National Hall Inductees ................... 16 will become hooked and we’ll see them sailing next year! Chicago Match Race Center New Staff ... 17 US Sailing Leadership Forum-Part VI .... 18 Observationally, with my focus being on presenting to the non -sailing 2014 Kaszube Cup ......................................... 20 public what is available to them, I provided a concise list targeted to their Breakwater Chicago Proposed ................. 21 interests. Chicago Yacht Club has much of the same information, some of Scouts Sail with Winthrop Harbor .......... 21 it on a web page, others in drop down menus. By the way, Chicago Yacht Heard on the Rail ........................................... 21 Club has done a huge job of pr oviding tons of opportunities for the Mark Your Calendars ................................... 22 general public. It takes a bit of intuitive sailing knowledge to find all of US Sailing News .............................................. 22 the information on their website (some of this is shared with competitors Letters to the Editor ..................................... 24 as well on their web site, so it makes sense that it isn’t all in “one place” For Sale .............................................................. 24 for the general public to find). What Happened ............................................. 25 About Lake Michigan SuRF ......................... 45 To grow sailing, we need to start thinking about integration. How can we bring others into it? How can we leverage what we have and grow? Boats are not sold in mass, they are sold one at a time. Getting som eone to charter a sailboat for the Mac kinac Race start just might have gotten one more boat sold. We need to think hard on how to get butts on boats through integration! Lake Michigan SuRF Newsletter LMSRF GRANTS-IN-AID RECIPIENT REPORTS: GOLD FOR EPIC RACING! by Stephanie Roble Epic Racing was crowned the U.S. Women's Match Racing National Champion at Oakcliff Sailing Center in Oyster Bay, New York. It was a challenging weekend, bringing a broad range of conditions in heavy, 40 foot boats called SM 40s. Our team of 6 women did an amazing job working hard to make the boat go fast at all times, which is not an easy task. We are proud to be at the top of the eight teams that competed, as each team gave us a run for our money! Photo Credit: Larry Kennedy The first day was relatively light, shifty and very hot in the harbor right next to Oyster Bay. The focus was just to keep speed on and never let the boat stall on the foils or sails. This is much easier said than done while match racing and trying to take out your opponent! We finished the first day 5-0 and learned a lot about tactics and strategy (especially in the pre-start) that are specific to these big boats. We started day two excited about our momentum from the previous day, but knew we had our two hardest races of the first round robin left. Chantal Hearst, who has a lot of experience in these boats, beat us after we were over at the start and had some traffic issues on the course with some boats in other races. We then raced the next top ranked skipper, Nicole Breault, who had a great team onboard. We earned a penalty in the pre-start and managed to lead around the course. We set up perfectly to execute a penalty play at the windward mark but misjudged our layline back to the finish and killed the penalty too early, giving her an opportunity to pass us on the last run. We ended Round Robin one 5-2. As the day went on, the breeze built to a beautiful sea breeze and because of this, we felt much more comfortable in the boats. We were also hungry for more wins after our 2 silly losses in round robin 1. We ultimately finished round robin two 6-1. This meant that we won the double round robin and received honors of first pick for the semis. We chose the 4th place team, Sandy Hayes, and won the series 2-0. We started the finals on Sunday in 12-15 knots with jibs (instead of genoas) against Nicole Breault. We knew our boathandling and pre-starts would be our strengths but she was much faster. In race 1 we were in control most of the pre-start until the most important final 30 seconds when we stalled out after being head to wind. We trailed her off the line and around the course until the final run. From two boat lengths back, we matched her gybe to starboard, hit her breeze, gybed back to port, hit her breeze again, and gybed back to starboard right behind her. At this point we were holding her out from finishing but were restricted by rule 17, which means you have to sail your proper course (to the finish). We perfectly executed a double gybe later on so that we could continue to hold her out from the finish. It was a very exciting comeback and amped us up for race 2. Race 2 she had us tangled up in the dial up but after we broke free, we rallied for a "wide right" start in the breeze. This is very powerful as we were able to hold on her hip most of the beat until layline. We led Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation2 August 2014 Lake Michigan SuRF Newsletter downwind, but she passed us by getting to the right of us on the second upwind beat. On the last run, we were all set up to match her gybe to starboard and roll her to the finish. The girls perfectly executed the gybe and we had a very close, photo finish to take the series. It was an incredible weekend of sailing. Women's match racing is booming in the States right now and that was proved by the level of sailing at this event. Our boathandling was INCREDIBLE and the attitude was right on par. The women worked so hard and gave it their all whether we were ahead or behind. A huge shout out to Janel Zarkowsky (main/tactics), Maggie Shea (trim), Holly Poole (pit/trim assist), Liz Shaw (mast/bow) and Martha Pitt (bow). They crushed it! A huge thank you to our only fan for the weekend, Mary Lou Scott, for coming down to cheer us on. Thank you to Oakcliff, US Sailing and Darcy Cook for running an excellent event. Thank you to all of our fans and supporters who help us make these events happen. And last, thank you to Helly Hansen for our team swag and making us look good! The Grants-In-Aid Committee considers applications and makes grants to LMSRF members for sailing education and events from the proceeds of the LMSRF Endowment Fund.