March/April 2008 Commodore Neal Barkley Rt 1 Box 25-C Elk City KS 67344 620-627-2132 [email protected] Vice Commodore - East Founded in 1971 Vice Commodore - Midwest Contents Dan Camp 5707 West Memorial Rd Commodores Reports El Reno OK 73036 National 405-262-5769 5 East Vice Commodore - West Mid-West Chris Popich West 6 29604 4th Ave South Chief Measurer Federal Way WA 98003 Calendar 3 253-941-1343 Regattas Chief Measurer Fleet Reports Mike Chesser Fleet Contacts 19 7012 Leisure Lane Disputanta, VA 23842 Publicity: Mike Robinson 232 Farmwood Dr 804 541 1124 Statesville, NC 28625 [email protected] 704-883-8288 Secretary / Treasure [email protected] Ken Gurganus 211 Gloria Street Editor: Calvin Guthrie Greenville, NC 27834 6 Stately Oaks Lane 252-355-6974 Belleville IL 62220 [email protected] 618-910-2164 Past Commodore [email protected] Stephen Jensen 1803 243rd Pl SE Jibsheet is a bi-monthly Bothell Wa 98021 publication of the San Juan 21 [email protected] Class Association Printed by: Bel-Clair Printing Closing Dates: 15th of the odd number months Cover photo: copyright 2008 San Juan 21 Class Association 2 March/April 2008 Sailing Calendar East 19-20 Apr Tommy Whitesides Memorial Columbia Sailing Club 26-27 Apr Sailfest Lake Murray Sailing Club 24-25 May Leukemia Cup Regatta, Carlyle IL 24-25 May Hospice Regatta, Lake Norman, NC 28-29 June Governor’s Cup Carolina Sailing Club 4-6 Jul Independence Day Regatta, Lake Norman, NC 12-13 Jul Fleet 48 Regatta, Carlyle IL 30-31 Aug Labor Day Regatta, Lake Norman, NC 13-14 Sep Whale of a Sail, Carlyle IL 11-12 Oct Halloween Augusta Sailing Club 25-26 Oct Midlands Columbia Sailing Club 8-9 Nov Carolina Keelboat Regatta, Lake Norman, NC 2008 Eastern Championship Regatta TBD Midwest 19-20 Apr Dogwood Regatta, Thunderbird SC 17-18 May Hobock/Tilloston Memorial Spring Regatta Windycrest SC 28-29 Jun Lighthouse Regatta, Oklahoma City BC 19-20 Jul Whitecap Regatta, Ninnescah SC 31 Aug - 1 Sep CORN, Ninnescah SC 2008 North American Championship 4-5 October 2008, Oklahoma City Boat Club 2 Nov Hiram Douglas, Thunderbird SC March/April 3 2008 Sailing Calendar - cont. West Tentative 2008 Western Region SJ 21 Sailing/Regattas 4/19-20/2008 Alex Bell Regatta, Clarkston, WA 5/17-18/2008 SOCKS/NOOD Regatta, Seattle Yacht Club (tentative for SJ21’s) 5/24-25/2008 Memorial Day Regatta; Eugene (Oregon)YC 5/25/2008 Memorial Day Regatta; Coos Bay (Oregon) YC 6/7-8/2008 Grapeview Regatta, Washington (Lower Puget Sound) 6/21-22/2008 Emerald Cup Regatta; Triton (Eugene, Oregon) YC 7/10-12/2008 2008 Western Championship Regatta; Coos Bay (Oregon) YC 7/5-6/2008 Firecracker Regatta, Klammath Falls, OR 7/19-20/2008 High Sierras Regatta; Huntington Lake, California 7/26-27/2008 Howard Prairie Regatta, Oregon 8/2-9/2008 Fleet 1 Summer Cruise; San Juan, Islands, Washington (1 week) 9/6-7/2008 Labor Day Regatta; Coos Bay (Oregon) YC 9/6-7/2008 Lake Chelan Regatta , Washington 9/13-14/2008 Harvest Day Regatta; Eugene (Oregon) YC 9/20-21/2008 Tribune Cup, Clarkston, WA 9/21/2008 Norm Blanchard Regatta; Lake Union; Seattle, Washington 10/11-12/2008 Columbus Day Regatta; Yaquina Bay YC; Newport, Oregon Lake Murray Sailing Club just outside of Columbia, South Carolina is proud to host SailFest 2008 for members and guests to celebrate a one-day festival of fantastic sailing events!Mark this coming April 26th on your calendars now We will be expecting fleets of one design classes as well as those operating under PHRF and Portsmouth handicapping systems. LMSC has classes of San Juan 21 , Flying Scot, Flying Junior, Thistle, MC Scow, and Laser. All boats are invited. A nominal registration fee will be charged to help cover the costs of prizes and entertainment. A catered dinner will also be offered for a very reasonable cost. Please click on the appropriate link for the official Notice of Race (NOR) and for the *SailFest registration form. Remember April 26th! Put SailFest 2008 on your calendar now! Information updates for this special event will be maintained at http://www.lmsc.org/ Check it regularly for possible updates or contact me at [email protected]. 4 March/April National Commodore - Neal Barkley Spring is starting to show up here in the Midwest and a sailors thoughts are drawn to the upcoming sailing season. Whether a racer, a cruiser, or just a fair winds sailor, the warmer (and longer) days are a relief after the cold and mostly indoor activities of winter. It seems the east is a little ahead of us as they had their LNYC regatta with nine boats in attendance. Reports are that it was very breezy on Saturday and no races were held. As disappointing as that may have been, I am glad the racers considered the conditions and used appropriate judgment. Although I feel I can sail in many conditions, there is always that nagging suspicion that there is a weak shroud, spreader, halyard or chainplate just waiting to fail at the next big gust. Now is a good time to inspect your boat and be prepared. I had the pleasure of attending North Americas at Huntington Lake last July. If you have not made a NA’s, it is a great way to meet and compete against some of the best SJ sailors in the country. This year, the Midwest is having NA’s in October on Lake Hefner at the Oklahoma City Boat Club. OCBC will do a fine job as they have hosted many national regattas. Lake Hefner is almost circular, so no matter where the wind is from, a good course can always be set. It would be great to have representatives from the east and the west so it can truly be a NA’s. Also, I would like to see some of our Canadian SJ friends. With the favorable exchange rate, now would be a great time to visit and extend your sailing season a little. It looks like Western and Eastern Nationals are being held at the same time this year. I am torn as to which one to attend. The Eastern is much closer, so that will probably be my choice, but the Western folks really did a great job making the visitors feel welcome. By the way, I saw a note that the Seattle NOOD is tentatively planning for a San Juan fleet. Please keep us informed. If someone will lend me a boat, I may attend. A number of years ago at the NOOD in Houston some of the Midwest sailors entered their San Juan’s and had a great time. I want to take this opportunity to thank Jim Hubbard for his great San Juan website. I check it several times each week and have found it to be a great resource for information about our great boat. If anyone has questions or comments (concerns or criticisms), feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Or call me at 620-627-2132. Thanks, - Neal Barkley March/April 5 West Vice-Commodore - Chris Popich Hello All, I might as well get the introductions out of the way. My name is Chris Popich and I sail with Fleet 1 - Seattle. I’ve sailed since the early 1970s, actually owning a SJ21 from ’76 - ’77. From the early 80s until 1998 I took a sabbatical from sailing. Swim team, Little League, softball and soccer with my kids took up any spare time. Practices and tournaments replaced cruising and regattas. The bonus from all those activities is that my 3 kids were really learning all the attributes that make great crew, and now as young adults it’s payback time for all those hours on the field. I never have to single hand. I’ve been active with the fleet since 1998 when I rescued #40 from under an old fir tree nearby in Federal Way (south of Seattle). Old “Wooglin” cleaned up nicely and after hundreds of trips to the marine store for all those small brown $100.00 paper sacks, I had her set up just the way I wanted. During that process I’ve tried to help our small group of sailors try and build the fleet. You would think that would be an easy task in a sailing hotbed like Seattle, but not so. Since we are not affiliated with a yacht club, getting exposure for our boats is our biggest challenge. Most sailors in the Northwest have heard of the San Juan 21 but don’t know we are still active. In setting up our sailing schedule we’ve tried to showcase the boat where there are lots of potential owners crewing on those expensive racing machines. This year could be our best chance yet to show off when we participate in the Sailing World - Sperry Topsider Nood Regatta at Shilshole Bay. So far we have 8 boats committed, but we need more. Think about it. We’ll have more information once the NOR comes out. For now you can go to www.sailingworld.com/nood_regatta.jsp?location=2637. Check it out! In the 10 years I’ve been involved with fleet 1 there has been a gradual increase in participation. It has been slow, but it’s going in the right direction. What started out as 3-5 boats on a Saturday has now become 8-10. 1 or 2 races a day have become 3-5. We’ve actually had to book a larger room for our monthly meetings.