Calendar August 14 Nationlas Primer – Annapolis, MD August 18 - 21 National Championships – Cleveland, OH September 4-5 Annual Regatta – West River YC – Galesville, MD Cleveland Race Week 2004 Lake Erie September 11-12 Surf City – Surf City, NJ 2004 JET 14 NATIONALS BILLED AS "BEST OF THE WEST." September 18-19 AUGUST 18-21, 2004 Chief Measurer Marion Zaugg AKA The Ladies Man Tight racing at the 2004 Atlantic Coast Champs Konigsberg - West River YC – Dave Michos Galesville, MD Your chance to be the best-dressed entrants to the Mitsubishi Jet 14 2004 Next Issue October 2 Nationals is here. With generous sponsorship from Title Sponsor Potomac Challenge – Mitsubishi Electric, Event Sponsors AC/Delco and URS Architects and Leesylvania State Park, VA • Builder’s Corner (déjà vu?) the two-dozen expected keg sponsors you will have $30-plus worth of October 9 • Fleet Reports gear built into your $165 entry. All you need to do is postmark your Packanaack Lake / Dist ! Champ • Fleet Captains Tool Box (déjà vu?) entry by August 3rd! You will also be the best-fed and drunk entrants – Leg 3 - Wayne, NJ because of the Al "Bubba" Baker BBQ and URS Architect Friday night • District Measurers dinner and AC/Delco Blender Party. August 3rd is a "Can't Miss" • Nationals Coverage Inside This Issue deadline. Get your entry in August 3rd to avoid paying the $30-plus for • Fall Regattas your top-notch gear. Late entrants will not be guaranteed availability of regatta clothing. This year we have also secured top quality gear for the • 2004 Jet Nationals 1 Friday night Silent Auction. Guaranteed, all 2004 Nationals competitors Editors Notes • Presidents 2 will be winners. Trophies will be 10 deep in the "A" Division and 5 deep Message in the "B" Division. Plus the trophies for the Women's and Juniors. The 3 • Fleet Captains: Please send us news of your • Jet 14 Jr. Fleet best gear, trophies, race committee and parties make Tuesday August club events! Submissions with photos win • Regatta Coverage 3 3rd a date you can't miss. Maryland, Jersey folks and everyone else are extra bonus points. • Fleet Reports 7 invited to attend the free mast-building clinic Friday evening August20th at the Nationals in Cleveland. Over an AC/Delco, Buckles poured • This summer has been flying by faster than • Chapel Thrill 7 blender drink or one of the many donated kegs, you can learn how to we can say “Omigod, it’s time to put Regatta build and reinforce your DM-1 mast to survive those 30 knot together Jet Blasts”. So please accept our puffs. The regatta itself promises top-notch racing, sponsors apologies for this delayed issue. If only and competitors. Early registrants are also guaranteed to be the best Max would learn PageMaker… clothed of any recent nationals competitors. Entries post-marked by Class Officers/Board Members August 3rd receive a nice polo shirt The New Boats: Bill Buckles asked FLEET REPORTS scored a big win in delightful Hill. For lodging, there is nearby and rash-guard (a breathable long that we consider building a new mold weather.... Connor Schwenk declared camping--or hotels in Chapel Hill--or President: Dirk Schwenk, Fleet 61; sleeved shirt which cools you down in to address some inherent flaws in the the regatta a success. couches/cushions of Carolina Sailing 410-269-5227 Fleet 4 – Mansfield OH First VP: Sean DeFusco, Fleet 51; the heat and warms you up in the cold). old ones. With age the old mold was Karen Hugon SILVER CHEVRON...5 Hunterdon Club members. Another good reason to 908-537-0980 Perhaps those who can't race in West losing its fairness, and the boats were Jets attend light air Saratoga regatta, come to yet another Carolina regatta: Second VP: Dave Michos; Fleet 60; River can make it up to beautiful difficult to construct because of the We have had an exciting season so far with hard-fought finish between SSA SAYRA, the South Atlantic Yacht 216-261-9922 Edgewater Yacht Club. I am willing to way that the hull deck joint attached, on Charles Mill Lake. Very good winners Michael and Laurie, and Sean Racing Association, will be donating a Secretary: Mary Ungemach; Fleet 3; donate the increasingly valuable six- and because they required four winds, but with the wind came the rain, and Kerrie for a close second. "Jet 14 One-Design Championship 973-839-0487 foot section of DM-1 mast toward your separate pieces (deck, tanks and hull). and a bit too much. In mid June the SUNDAY CLUB RACES.... Near- Series" trophy for the low combined Treasurer: Howie Ungemach: Fleet 3; welding/repair efforts if you attend. We considered many, many ideas for term goal of 8 Jets on the starting line scorer in both 2004 Carolina Regattas-- 973-839-0487 lake was flooded up to within a foot of Again, the free DM-1 Mast Building improvement of the boats, and the top of the hoist. Launching/ reached in July.... now shooting for the Spring Thaw and Chapel Hill. This Chief Measurer: Marion Zaugg; Fleet 4; Seminar will include beverages and ultimately agreed (or at least agreed to 10.... to assure a critical mass and means both a nice prize and some 419-892-3796 docking was a problem, so we missed answers to such questions as: "What agree) on those that seemed to maximum fun. exposure for the Jet in another racing District I VP: Susan Mallows; Fleet 51; at least one weekend of sailing, but 908-638-5201 kind of rivets should I use?" "How do I modernize the boat, to make it easier to things are back to normal now. David FIRST YEAR OWNERS.... The authority where it once thrived. (TBA District II VP: Sue Michos Fleet 60; 216- make and insert those mast sleeves?" build, but that did not lose the and Julie Gillespie - new members of Smiths in 1015, Orrs in 1045 and soon at www.sayra-sailing.org/ 261-9922 traditional feeling of the jet or make fleet #4 had their "new" Jet #316 out Raineys in 699 have already become pages/onedesignchamps.htm.) District II VP: Pete McKenna; Fleet 61; Presidents Message older jets competitively obsolete. It for the first time on Sunday June 27th, "regulars" and are coming up fast. More regatta info to be posted later in 202-778-0258 The Past President Elect cost more money than we budgeted, they had a wonderful time and can't JET RESTORATIONS.... at least 4 of the season. Questions now? District IV VP: Allan Tedrow; Fleet 31; J. Dirk Schwenk but that now been paid off. Did we wait to start updating this fine looking our other Jet owners are refurbishing Contact Barry Saunders (919/929- 518-371-8765 succeed in what we set out to do? "woody". their newly acquired Jets.... all promise 0878, [email protected]). Jet Blast Edit: Ted Reshetiloff ; Flt 61; 2. The Web Site: For years the talk of to be on the water SOON! 202-498-3126 This is my last President's Message. I Our fleet had good representation at am stepping away from the bully our website was that it looked great, the Sandusky Dingy Regatta June 26th Reminders but was not updated in a timely Contacts for Active Fleets pulpit, and looking forward to the hosted by Hank Boisenault and "Chapel Thrill"-A New Fall - Give your crew a membership relatively easy role of Past President, manner. It was difficult to know if the Sandusky Sailing Club. Marion Regatta so they can get the Blasts. Active. During my time, and I have boats listed for sale were current, and it Barry Saunders Fleet 3: Pines Lake SC, Wayne NJ Zaugg/Carol Van Keuren took the - JB editors pay cold hard cash tried to learn from the wisdom of those was hard to get current results. – Howie Ungemach, Jet honors followed by Tom Joudrey/ Barb for incriminating photos of Ultimately, these difficulties led us to 1106 – 973-839-0487 that have gone before me -- Charlie Joudrey, Paul Joudrey/Peter Chengelis. And why shouldn't the Carolinas help BOG members… seek another volunteer with the Fleet 4: Mohican SC, Mansfield OH, Engler, Rhett Simonds, the K. Hugon/Cherie Redfern were in the close the season as well as open it? Karen Hugon, Jet 884 – Ungemachs, Marion Zaugg, Randy expertise to be a web master. Our old "also ran" category. Dave and Sue Join us at the other end of the Carolina 330-264-8725 Bruns, Brian Mohan, to name just a web master was so upset with the Michos represented fleet #60 along Piedmont from the Spring Thaw... on JIBE Tech Fleet 31: Saratoga SC, Ballston Spa, few. These good people have worked decision that he deleted the site, with Cliff Peschek. We even had Jordan Lake, just south of Chapel NY – Al Tedrow, Jet 964 – claimed that he owned the copy write for years in the interests of the Class, Interlaker, Steve Jackson, with us in a Hill... November 13-14, 2004! 518-371-8765 on everything that had ever been to make it more modern, to retain its Jet for the first time. Marion has at "Chapel Thrill," we're calling this Manufacturer of the High Tech Fleet 32: Raritan YC, Perth Amboy, traditions, and to make it a good part of posted, and quit the Class. From the least one new prospect for fleet NJ – Valerie Schwenk, Jet thing. Our hosts are the gypsy sailors SNIPE hull our lives. As long as our Class is our ashes rose our new site, headed by member/Jet buyer.