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Editor’s Log The Room I have seen the stress and adrenalin of sailboat racing, protests, arbitration and the prospect of going to “the room” sometimes brings out the worst in people. Most often, however, I think it brings out the best. In just about every form of involvement I’ve had with junior sailors, I see that the latter is the case. Following a protest, I often witness greater understanding of the rules and a deeper respect for the process amongst the competitors.

In August, I was aboard a mark boat for a Black Rock Yacht Club junior PHRF regatta on Long Island Sound. The racing was impressive and there is no doubt that the kids running these boats are capable of keeping pace with – and often outpacing – many seasoned adult race teams I’ve seen. That I witnessed spot-on layline calls, near flawless spinnaker sets and douses and an absence of yelling as these juniors sailed was not surprising to me at all.

As is often the case with good sailors, boats maneuvered in close proximity – and in most cases without incident. Following the third race of the day, however, I heard over the VHF that a protest was being lodged by one of the boats. I remember that the first thought that popped into my head was, “Man, I hope this doesn’t wreck the day’s great racing.” Later, I realized this was a silly notion.

I was asked to sit on the protest committee. Anyone who has been on a protest committee knows that it’s a serious thing – and that at least one competitor is likely to leave the room unhappy. When it comes to juniors, that prospect is harder to come to grips with. Nobody wants to disqualify or penalize a group of young sailors after they’ve worked so hard and sailed so well, but I was hopeful that at the very least the proceedings – and the outcome - would be a learning process.

The protest was fairly simple. According to the protesting boat that’d been sailing on starboard, the port tack vessel tacked too close and caused the starboard boat to alter course so much as to have to tack to avoid a collision. The protested boat asserted that the convergence was simply a lee bow tack, clear ahead and with plenty of room all around.

With all of the required questions to ensure the protest was indeed valid and that all the proper procedures had been followed were answered to satisfaction (hailing, acknowledgement, forms filed, etc.), we spoke to the skippers involved. Naturally, there was a difference of opinion regarding what one boat experienced versus the other, but during the proceedings, both protestor and protested were articulate, had a firm grasp of the Racing Rules of Sailing, and were kind and polite to one another. We found that (with the testimony of a witness) the starboard boat did have to take evasive action to avoid the possibility of a collision and we disqualified the port tack boat for tacking too close.

At the end of the protest, the competitors shook hands and thanked the committee for their time and confirmed that they understood and agreed with the decision. I recognized that this occasion was a testament to the way our sport teaches each new generation how to handle disputes, and further evidence of the fact that sailing in all of its complexities produces thoughtful and intelligent behavior and decision making. Losing with grace and poise is as (and in many cases more) important as winning with humility. It was clear that both the winner and the loser in this instance recognized these traits in one another.

The protest process is sometimes thought of as daunting or scary to competitors, and especially young sailors, many of whom have never had to file a form or state their case in front of a committee. On page 46, the Pequot Yacht Club Junior Sailing Committee has taken much of the mystery and fear of the protest process away by holding open hearings. To allow all of the regatta’s competitors to observe the protest, they created an opportunity for young sailors to further understand why the process is so important to our sport and that it’s OK to unfurl the flag when you feel you’ve been wronged.

I hope that open protest hearings will be used at many more events, both junior and adult.

Gaining insight to the rules, viewing the perspective of your competitors in a given situation, learning from the experience of the committee and analyzing the results can only serve to help sailors evolve. If we had held an open protest hearing at BRYC during the PHRF regatta, the sailors would have seen a pretty basic protest, but more importantly they would have witnessed what it means to be a good competitor – and that’s where it all begins.

See you on the water!

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Contents

Editor’s Log 4

Letters 8

Checking In 10

Revitalized Stamford Waterfront 24 Welcomes Boaters

Sound Environment 28

Boating Barrister 30

Book Review: Ships, Clocks & Stars: 32 The Quest for Longitude

Book Review: Pacific Crossing Notes 33

Captain of the Port 34

Calendar of Events 36

Tide Tables 44

Fishers Island Junior Overnight Race 48

From the Log of Persevere 50

Ida Lewis Distance Race 54

Mudhead Benefit Cup 56

Greenport Ocean Race – Improving 60 Every Year

Coop’s Corner 62

Comic 64

Brokerage 65

Classifieds 68

Subscription Form 72

Advertisers Index 73

On Watch: Carole Heller 74

16 An Abacos Adventure

A decade had passed since Kim & Rich Brew and their daughters Shannon and Colleen last sailed to the Bahamas for Abacos Race Week, and they were ready for another Brew family adventure aboard their Hobie 33 Kaos. Kim recounts the sailing, the diving, the Cheeseburger in Paradise party, and a close encounter of the large kind.

20 It’s Time for the Fall Boat Shows!

Crisper breezes and longer shadows herald the arrival of the best sailing days of the year, as well as an opportunity to check out the newest boats, engines, and equipment. We present our annual preview of the shows in Newport, Rhode Island, Norwalk, Connecticut and Annapolis, Maryland.

46 Demystifying Sailing Protests Through Open Protest Hearings

With a goal of making the protest process a positive and educational experience for all involved, Pequot Yacht Club in Southport held open protest meetings at their Invitational Regatta for C420, Laser Radial, Pixel and Feva sailors. Tim Clark, Co-Chair of PYC’s Junior Sailing Committee, says it was a huge success, and rules guru Dave Perry checks in with tips on how to run a successful open protest hearing.

52 Buzzards Bay Regatta Crowns National and Regional Champions

The 2015 Buzzards Bay Regatta served as the venue for the PHRF New England Championship and US Sailing’s National Multihull Championship, and there was plenty of action in the other one-design and handicap divisions.

Chuck Gilchrest reports from the largest multi-class regatta in the United States, and Fran Grenon of Spectrum Photo has the images.

57 Looking Back on the Newport Bermuda Race: A Navigator’s Race

Ever since the first Bermuda Race more than a century ago, the skills of a boat’s navigator have been critical for making landfall on “that little speck of land in the middle of the ocean.” Race historian John Rousmaniere, the author of A Berth to Bermuda, shares thoughts on tactical navigation from the Age of the Sextant to the start of the 50th Newport Bermuda Race next June.

On the cover: Photographer Karen Ryan captured the colors in Nantucket Race Week’s Rainbow Fleet Parade. Check next month’s issue for a report from on board Dolphin in the 43rd Annual Opera House Cup, Race Week’s event for classic wooden boats. © Karen Ryan

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Letters Always Wear Your PFD! On July 30, the following incident occurred aboard a sailboat in Northport, NY. I was aboard Captain Ken Graf ’s boat, which was on its mooring. Also aboard were Graf, Steve Denniston and three inexperienced adult sailors. The mainsail was up and luffing violently, and the boom was moving. Steve went forward to release lines. Because the boat was sailing back and forth on the mooring, Steve, who was not wearing a PFD, had much difficulty releasing the lines. Ken engaged the engine to move the boat forward to release lines, although the boat was moving about violently. Steve finally released the lines. While he was returning to the cockpit, the boat jibed and the boom came across, striking Steve in the head and throwing him into water.

With the boat sailing away from Steve, I saw that he was not swimming and appeared to be unconscious. As I was wearing a PFD, I dove into the water and swam against a strong current 20 yards to Steve – a difficult task with an inflated PFD. By this time, he was face down in the water. I immediately turned him over and gave him CPR by hoisting him onto my chest and inflated PFD. I was able to have him expel a lot of seawater. I started to swim towards Graf ’s boat, which had returned. As I swam with Steve, I continued CPR the best I could. Upon reaching the boat’s swim ladder I was physically exhausted and even with help on the sailboat, could not get him back on board.

As luck would have it, a small Coast Guard boat was leav-

ing Northport Harbor and heard the call for help. As the Coast Guard boat got closer, I swam towards it with Steve in tow and screamed at the crew to hoist him aboard. With the crew’s assistance, I was able to push Steve onto the Coast Guard boat. I told them I was OK and that they should expedite him to the nearest dock for transport to a hospital. I swam back to the sailboat and managed to get aboard. I was later transported by the NYC launch to the club dock, where I collapsed and received a contusion to my right ankle.

Steve was airlifted to Stony Brook Hospital in critical condition. There he was treated for a fractured skull (orbital, both sides) and saltwater inhalation into his lungs. He was subsequently transferred to St. Charles Rehab Center in Port Jefferson and is currently recovering at home.

Two things learned: 1. Never hoist sails at a mooring.

2. Crew on deck should always wear a PFD, even at a mooring.

Anthony Pozun, via email Editor’s note: A retired Nassau County Police Sergeant, Anthony Pozun is currently a New York State Registered Nurse and a member and sailing instructor at Northport Yacht Club. With his professional training and knowledge of what to do in an emergency, Tony saved his friend’s life. Have you practiced MOB drills with your crew?

Tom Day: A Founder of Modern Boating John Rousmaniere responds to a letter from Huguenot Yacht Club Past Commodore Lawrence Rouen in our August issue,

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“Large Adventures in Small Vessels,” about Thomas Fleming Day and the First Bermuda Race.

Delayed thanks for this, Commodore. That’s one more star on your club’s reputation. As the quotes in the article indicate, Tom Day was a wonderfully cranky sort of fellow who shook things up with remarkable success – in his words and also his exploits. He’s one of the founders of modern boating (power as well as sail).

– John Rousmaniere

Healing While Heeling Editor’s note: An article in our August issue, “Sail Ahead: Healing Wounded Veterans Through Sailing,” has generated a very positive response.

I was pleased to skipper a J/105 on the July 22 Veterans’ Sail in Oyster Bay. The veterans on our boat were excited about the experience. [Sail Ahead Co-Founder] Kilian Duclay acted as first mate for the trip. Kilian spent time instructing the veterans on handling a sailboat (in this case a racing/cruising sloop). As a result of the experience, I’ve decided to offer my services to the Sail Ahead team moving forward.

Andre (Capt. Tony) DeLoia, via email

Don’t Forget the Star!

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classes, everyone seems to have forgotten the Star. While not an offshore class, they do go back to 1911 and are, as far as I know still actively raced.

Eric Russell, Basking Ridge, NJ Eric – Stars are indeed still actively raced, and Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT is home to Star Fleet #2, the oldest active Star fleet in the world. CPYC’s Star Bedford Pitcher Regatta is the second weekend of this month. F

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Mashnee Wins 3rd Regatta For Lake Champlain Crown The 12th Annual Regatta for Lake Champlain was held on Saturday, July 25. It was a beautiful day on Lake Champlain, with variable clouds and a pleasant 8-12 knot southerly breeze.

There were 45 boats registered to race, ranging in size from 24 to 55 feet.

Mashnee (pictured) a Herreshoff-designed and built Buzzards Bay 30 owned by Jan Rozendall of South Burlington, VT, finished first for the third time (she also won the R4LC in 2010 and 2013). Mashnee was originally built in 1904, and was completely rebuilt at Darling Boatworks in Charlotte, VT between 2004 and 2007. Rosina, a Swede 55 owned by Noah Dater finished second, followed by Corbeau, a Farr 400 skippered by Jean Pierre Turgeon.

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Racing was followed by a festive awards party on the Burlington waterfront. The trophies for the Regatta are engraved rocks from Lake Champlain. In addition to trophies for the top three boats in the Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker classes and Overall, the Regatta also awards trophies for Middle of the Fleet, Last Place, Oldest Boat, and a few other things.

The R4LC supports ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, the Lake Champlain Committee, the Lake Champlain Land Trust, Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, the Cumberland Bay Community Boating Center, and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. For more information, visit RegattaForLakeChamplain.org or contact Jamie Leopold at Jamie@AbleAdvertising.com. F

Newport Harbor Cleanup With a vision of a healthy harbor free of marine debris, water that is safe for swimming (and all ocean activities) and a shoreline that is accessible to the public, Clean Ocean Access has partnered with Newport Maritime Alliance and the City of Newport Waterfront Commission to establish a multi-year Newport Harbor Cleanup focusing on the removal of submerged, surface and shoreline debris, and prevention via education and outreach.

On July 14, 18 people including Newport Harbormaster Tim Mills, representatives for Sheldon Whitehouse and local residents converged at Ann Street Pier. Two divers under the direction of Hymie Beaufort from The Dive Shop prepared their gear. Patrick Donovan and Chris Loftus from Meridian Ocean Services prepared a remote operating vehicle (ROV), while Dave Wesner and Daphne Forester of Oldport Marine Services positioned a vessel to help with the removal efforts.

The team on the dock watched the ROV with real-time video, relaying information to the divers. Some items, including tires and lobster pots, were hoisted from the harbor floor with the vessel’s crane. The team removed 91 objects from approximately 400 square feet, which weighed approximately 500 pounds. Data gathered during cleanups will be used to formulate the overall Newport Harbor Cleanup (NHC) plan. Support and active involvement from the community and local businesses is strongly encouraged. The team is seeking government support, and reaching out to schools, non-profit organizations, community groups, businesses and foundations.

“We are excited to be part of this project,” said Dave McLaughlin, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Access. “We are now in the initial planning stages of launching the Marine Debris Solutions Lifecycle Project (MDSLP) from Fort Adams to Melville Boat basin with funding support from 11th Hour Racing. This project will focus on shoreline marine debris and engaging the sailing and marine community in this important effort.” To get involved with the Newport Harbor Cleanup, contact McLaughlin at dave.mclaughlin@cleanoceanacccess.org. F

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NARC Departs Newport in November The 16th annual North American Rally to the Caribbean (NARC), which is free for participants to join, departs from Newport RI on November 1 (or the best weather window near that date). The NARC’s primary purpose is to encourage boats heading south from the U.S. East Coast to join together for socials, discounts, and shared weather routing.

“The NARC started as a way to move the Swan charter fleet to the islands, and over the years it has morphed into a much anticipated event for boats making the annual pilgrimage south,” said Hank Schmitt, organizer of the NARC and CEO of Offshore Passage Opportunities, a Huntington, NY-based crew network service. “We make a stop in Bermuda and end up down-island, where two exciting new NARC developments will come into play.”

New this year is the addition of sponsor St. Maarten Yacht Club, organizer of the annual St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the first major event of the Caribbean racing season. The sponsorship puts new emphasis on the NARC’s finish in St. Maarten, where the yacht club will host the final party and offer an early sign-up discount for the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, scheduled for March 3-6, 2016.

Also new is an opportunity to participate in the first annual P.A.Y.S. (Portsmouth Association of Yacht Services) “Yachtie Appreciation Week” on the island of Dominica. P.A.Y.S. is a non-profit organization that provides services and security to visiting yachts, thereby assuring future development of Dominica’s yachting industry. Scheduled for February 14 to 21, Yachtie Appreciation Week was organized to celebrate the installation of a new mooring field that Schmitt – working with P.A.Y.S., the Tourism Board of Dominica and generous OPO members and other sailors – has been orchestrating in Prince Rupert’s Bay over the last few years.

“All the major rallies go to popular and large islands that can accommodate their numbers,” Schmitt explained. “Sometimes, as cruisers, when we explore the smaller, less populated islands and get to know the people, we start thinking not ‘What can you do for us?’ but ‘What can we do to help you?’” During Yachtie Appreciation Week, all visiting yachts will receive free moorings, discounted island tours, and nightly socials. As a bonus, St. Maarten Yacht Club will help organize a Rally/Race to get boats from Dominica to St. Maarten in time for the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta.

“Dominica is 70% undeveloped and so lush compared to the rest of the Caribbean that they export produce to other islands,” said Schmitt. The island has a fledgling eco-tourism trade that capitalizes on its natural beauty. Dominica’s assets include a nearly 5,000 foot mountain peak, tours on the Indian River and to the second largest boiling lake in the world, and 14 nature trails from one end of the island to the other. For more information contact Schmitt at 1-800-4-PASSAGe or visit sailopo.com. F

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Salty Dawg Rally™ Blue Water Sailing Seminar is September 16

camaraderie, over 390 boats and more than 1,560 sailors have participated in Salty Dawg rallies since the organization was founded in 2011 by blue water sailors Linda & Bill Knowles of Bristol, RI.

The Fall 2015 Salty Dawg Rally departs from Hampton, VA on November 2 (or the closest weather window date). The Spring 2016 return rally leaves the BVI in mid-May and heads to various East Coast ports or Bermuda. For more information, visit saltydawgrally.org. F

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The non-profit Salty Dawg Rally™, which hosts free rallies along the U.S. East Coast and to the Caribbean for sailors with blue water experience, will host a free blue water sailing seminar on Wednesday, September 16 at the historic Edward King House in Newport, RI. Sponsored by Dufour Yachts and Northpoint Yacht Sales, the seminar will feature expert presentations on topics of interest to cruisers: • Blue water passage preparations, presented by George Day of Blue Water Sailing Magazine and Multihulls Quarterly • Bottom paint selection and characteristics, presented by Mark Andres of Sea Hawk Paint • Offshore sail repairs, presented by Dave Flynn of Quantum Sails • Selection & performance of different types of sailing lines, presented by Skip Yale of Bainbridge • Steering & pump systems, presented by Will Keene of Edson International • Selection & care of emergency equipment, presented by Jim Connors of Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc.

Attendees will also have an opportunity to win a McMurdo Fastfind 220 Personal Locator Beacon in a free drawing sponsored

by Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc. Seating is limited and advance registration is required. To register, email linda@saltydawgrally.org. With an emphasis on safety, communication and

On the fist day of the 13th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta, hosted by Sail Newport in Newport, RI in June, event co-founder and president Judy McLennan announced the establishment of the event’s newest initiative, the Clagett Boat Grant Program.

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The Clagett, which was founded to honor the memory of McLennan’s father, C. Thomas Clagett, is sailed in the three Paralympic classes, the singlehanded 2.4mR, doublehanded SKUD-18 and Three-person Sonar. The Clagett’s mission is “to provide sailors with disabilities the opportunity to improve their skills and reach personal goals through world-class coaching and competition.”

The Clagett Boat Grant Program will allow sailors, both experienced and novice, the opportunity to utilize a 2.4mR or Sonar for a designated period of time. The application will be posted on The Clagett website soon.

“The Clagett is moving into the next decade with a new vigor,” said McLennan. “It was terrific to see a number of new faces among the ranks this year and many familiar faces returning. The Clagett Boat Grant Program has been introduced so that we can increase the number of sailors participating in community and adaptive sailing regatta events. We hope that this program will encourage sailors to take part in a number of adaptive sailing events throughout the year and will benefit the sailors both on and off the water. We hope to see everyone at the 14th Clagett in 2016, which will be held from June 23 - 26.”

For more information, visit clagettregatta.org or follow The Clagett on Facebook or Instagram. F Sam Crichton contributed to this report.

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An Abacos Adventure Story and photos by Kim Brew It was a dark and stormy night. No, really it was. The Brew family – my husband Rich and I and our daughters Shannon and Colleen – arrived in Fort Pierce, Florida at 8 pm to step the mast and launch our Hobie 33, Kaos, for our journey to Marsh Harbour, Abacos in the Bahamas. Shannon and Colleen had been young, 13 and 10 respectively, the last time we came to Abacos Race Week.

This was going to be a Brew family adventure.

We were hopeful that we would miss the usual Florida afternoon thunderstorms. Shortly after we arrived, a magnificent lightning display followed us and a deluge ensued.

My brother-in-law Chris had come from West Palm Beach to help, but thought raising the mast in a lightning storm was not a good idea, so we went to dinner to wait out the storm. Around midnight, we had lined all of the gear up on the dock for loading and “Bob the Blob,” a softsided plastic container filled with five gallons of fresh water, was one of the first items to go on the boat. We were trying to be well prepared in case something happened and we ended up drifting for days.

While we were continuing to load the rest of the gear, “Bob” fell overboard. I didn’t think about how I might scare my brother-in-law and daughters by stripping down to my underwear and jumping in to save Bob. All I could think of was five gallons of fresh water that we might need floating away. Chris was very cool, and suggested that someone might want to throw me a line since the current was strong and it was now after midnight. The rest of my family thought I was a little crazy, but what’s new? After that bit of excitement, we were soon underway.

We had to do circles for 25 minutes waiting for the A1A bridge to open, but that was a minor inconvenience compared to running aground after going through the bridge. Apparently, we tried to go around the wrong side of a small island in the Intracoastal Waterway. It wasn’t marked very well. The girls and I jumped into action, raising the mainsail and trying to hike out.

No luck. Then we tried to kedge our way off. I threw the anchor, confirming the embarrassing fact that I really do throw like a girl. Just before we decided to wait until high tide, Shannon sug-

Above: Rich and a small, thirsty hitchhiker © Kim Brew

Left: Kaos on the way to the Abacos © Kim Brew

gested raising the jib. It worked!!

We were off the sand bar like shot out of a cannon.

Rich steered us to deeper water and we finally made it to the ocean by 0200 for our crossing to the Abacos.

I took the night watch. The wind was blowing directly on our bow, so we could not sail. The little 10hp motor was doing its best to plow through, up and over the 5- to 6-foot waves. The seas were like a washing machine, pushing me 10-15 degrees off course either way. When Colleen checked the heading, I was off course and trying to return to the correct heading. Needless to say, it didn’t do much for her confidence in my steering, so she didn’t sleep much. Actually, she was quite helpful with telling me the headings since steering in the mess was difficult and our compass does not have a light.

During the crossing of the Gulf Stream, I saw what looked like a city lit up. I thought, “Wait a minute, I’m in the middle of the ocean! It has to be some kind of vessel.” So I’m a novice ocean traveler. Then I saw a huge container ship, luckily in the distance. The ocean traffic was a lot busier than I had imagined.

By morning we still hadn’t made it to the Bahama Bank, where the depth changes from 2,000 feet to 40 feet. Rich and the girls took turns steering for the rest of the day. We finally hit the Bahama Bank by 1500. While water in the Gulf Stream was a beautiful cobalt blue, the Bahama water was an incredible aqua

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mixed with areas of icy green.

We anchored at about 2100, had a hot meal of refortified dried camping dinners, which were surprisingly good, then settled in for a good night’s sleep. Rich and the girls slept below and I slept on deck. It was a beautiful night. The moon was full, and I could see all of the stars. A crazy dream woke me up at 0400, which woke up everyone else, so we pulled anchor and continued our journey to the Abacos.

We arrived at our first stop, Green Turtle Cay, at 1700 Thursday and met our friends Jon Hamilton and Donna Mohr, who were planning on racing with us for the rest of the week.

They picked up our powerboat, our main source of transportation for the week, in Marsh Harbor. We checked in to the Green Turtle Club, where the rooms were very nice, the pool felt awesome, and the shower was wonderful. The next day we moved to the cute little pink houses on Pelican Beach for the rest of the week. There’s also Mermaid Reef within swimming distance from the beach.

The Cheeseburger in Paradise party was the next day. This is the largest congregation of boats and boaters that I have ever seen for a party. This year the party had a lot of families, young adults and teenagers and, of course, all of us older sea dogs just enjoying each other’s company. There were organized games such as a Hula hoop contest (in which I won a trophy) and a Limbo contest.

We ran into several friends from home and made new ones. It didn’t take more than a few minutes for my very pretty daughters, now 23 and 20, to attract new friends. I keep a close

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Guana, Marsh Harbour and Elbow Cay. The Crossing Beach street party was my favorite this year; there was good food, music, dancing and the Junkanoo Band came dancing with us. They put one of their headdresses on me and let me dance with them! Rich was recovering from a freshly broken ankle, so he finally had a really good excuse not to dance.

All of us are SCUBA certified, and we went diving with Guana Divers on a lay day. It is such a blessing to have children that enjoy the same sports; we can share so much as a family. The dive boat was great. The divemaster, Troy, and his assistants were very nice, efficient and, most importantly, competent divers. The dives, ranging from 20 to 60 feet, consisted of swimming through reef tunnels, fish of every color imaginable, soft corals swaying in the water, The Cheeseburger in Paradise party was massive! © Kim Brew beautiful lavender sea fans, hard coral formations, and even a shark that took one look at us and took off.

Colleen tried out her new GoPro while Shannon was doing eye on the new friends – and a large stick handy – at least until flips, and I watched them for a while. They are both so gracethey pass the mom test. Since my girls are very nice as well as ful and comfortable underwater. It just made me smile. Rich gorgeous, they attract nice people. They had big smiles all day. seemed to have less trouble moving around underwater than

The Abaco Race Skipper’s meeting was that evening at the on land with his ankle. In fact, swimming seemed to help his Green Turtle Club. We were a small, light boat in a gathering of many heavier, larger cruising boats and some ocean racing types. mobility on land afterward. It’s so peaceful to feel at one with the underwater world.

The first race was off Green Turtle Cay on July 4, followed by

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great. I remembered this from 10 years ago, and was glad they continued the tradition of counting down the last ten seconds to the start. The wind, varying from 15 to 25 knots, was a bit much for our crew weight and rating. Although we could have used a couple more heavy people on the rail, we sailed as well as we could in those conditions. Our crew did a great job! We didn’t break anything or anyone, and Kaos stayed up with the big boats during all of the races. We didn’t win anything, but we had a great time.

Our last night was spent at the party at the beautiful Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay. The inn sits atop and slightly back from the coral beach, where the waves crash in a beautiful foamy spray. A path leads down to a sandy beach, which is accessible at low tide.

A severe drop-off from shallow to deeper water causes the waves to roll and crash all along the beach. The locals say they surf there, but I can only imagine all of the broken boards and bones on the hard coral. The Abaco Race Week organizers did a great job providing fun parties for everyone all week. We will return to try racing again.

There’s always a tinge of sadness when leaving the Abacos, knowing that life will return to its usual hectic pace. It took 31 hours to get to the Bahamas, so we left hoping to return to Fort Pierce in time to check into customs on Saturday. We had a following wind and sea. This means that not gybing is not easy.

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ing someone’s head off with an unexpected gybe. I could see lightning in the distance but it never stormed on us. The traffic was even busier than it was on the way to the Bahamas.

Then the motor sputtered and quit. I woke Rich to help with adding more fuel, not thinking that in this vast ocean we would be in anyone’s way. I couldn’t have been more wrong! While we were drifting in circles adding fuel to the tank, we heard a loud, low horn. We looked up and – Holy Cannoli! – there was a tug pushing a cargo barge coming right at us. They were flashing lights at us, probably wondering what the crazy people doing donuts in their path were thinking. We quickly restarted the motor, but which way to go?? We couldn’t see their running lights until we crossed them, and then we could see the light on the starboard side. The barge was at least a football field wide, and we must have been too far from the side to see the lights. After that excitement I had to evade a couple more container ships, but at least I knew what to do. I’ve never felt so small.

We made it to customs just before they closed, and arrived home to an extremely happy dog and cat. The trip was a successful Brew family adventure…hopefully just one of many. F Kim Brew has been sailing for more than 30 years. She and her husband Rich are very active members of The Rudder Club and Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club in Jacksonville, Florida, where they have each held board positions. Kim & Rich and their daughters Shannon and Colleen are all US Sailing certified sailing instructors.

“Sailing is a large part of our lives,” she enthuses.

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It’s Time for the Fall Shows!

45th Annual Newport International Boat Show September 17 - 20 in Newport, RI The fall show season kicks off with the 45th Annual Newport International Boat Show, one of the country’s biggest in-water boat shows. Named “Favorite Boat Show to Attend” in a Soundings Trade Only Today poll, this show features powerboats and sailboats from 16 to 100 feet. On shore, you’ll find an array of marine products and services to enhance the boating lifestyle.

Dealers and manufacturers will be on hand to provide valuable information and answer your questions.

Experience the wonderful sailing lifestyle! Sail America/Discover Sailing is partnering with North U. to bring you the exciting North U. Welcome to Match Racing Clinic and an on-the-water Advanced Sail Trim for Cruisers and Racers. Check the show website for the schedule.

Nothing beats hands-on training to improve your boat handling skills or learn new ones, and the show organizers have teamed up with Confident Captain/Ocean Pros to make their innovative At the Helm program available to boaters of all experience levels. Taught by professional, U.S. Coast Guard licensed instructors, At the Helm is open to all attendees. Registering at newportboatshow.com for a 90-minute session, a 3-hour Become a Powerboater course or a 2- or 3-hour Sailing course gives you VIP status that includes a goodie bag, discounted rates for future At the Helm courses on your own boat, and a chance to win a $150 gift certificate to one of Newport Restaurant Group’s eight award-winning restaurants located throughout Rhode Island.

Presented in partnership with Cruising World, Sailing World and Yachting magazines, the popular Newport for New Products program showcases the official U.S. debuts of 2016 model year boats and boating products. Judged by panel of industry experts on the basis of innovation, value to the consumer and aesthetics, awards are given to the “Best New Sailboat 30 Feet and Over,” “Best New Sailboat Under 30 Feet,” “Best New Powerboat 30 Feet and Over,” “Best New Powerboat Under 30 Feet,” and “Best New Boating Product.” Judging takes place on opening day and the winners will be announced on Friday, September 18.

There’s also a Newport For New Products People’s Choice Award. Attendees who come to the show on Thursday will receive a voting card with a detailed list of the entries and their location at the show. New debuts will also be marked with red and blue mats to help make them easy to find. After choosing your favorite, drop your voting card at the Show Office by 6pm Thursday. The winner of the 2015 NFNP People’s Choice Award will be announced Friday morning at the Awards Breakfast Ceremony in the Sunset Lounge near the Newport Yachting Center Marina, and one lucky People’s Choice voter will win an iPad with a $50 credit to the online Apple Store.

The show’s Official Charitable Partner is Clean Ocean

The 2015 fall boat show season kicks off with the Newport International Boat Show. © newportboatshow.com

Access, a Rhode Island-based 501(C)3 non-profit that is making a difference. Since 2006, Clean Ocean Access has recruited 4,500 volunteers and conducted 160 coastal cleanups, removing over 68,000 pounds of marine debris. They have also collected over 4,600 water samples, tested them for bacteria and nutrient levels, and alerted appropriate government agencies of any potential water quality issues. Stop by booth #51 in Tent C to learn more about what this remarkable grassroots organization has accomplished with limited means, and how you can get involved!

Show hours are Thursday to Saturday from 10 am - 6 pm, and 10 am - 5 pm on Sunday. Advance discount tickets are available online. Thursday, September 17 is VIP Day, and attendees will receive special attention from exhibitors. Tickets for VIP Day are $35. Admission on Friday, Saturday or Sunday is $19 ($15 in advance). Two-day standard and VIP packages are also available. Children under 12 are free every day when accompanied by an adult, and there is a free shuttle bus between the show and the parking lot at Easton’s Beach. For more information including the Educational Seminar Series hosted by Forty 1° North at Christie’s visit newportboatshow.com.

Newport Brokerage Boat Show September 17 - 20 at Newport Shipyard, Newport, RI The Newport Brokerage Boat Show, which runs concurrently with the Newport International Boat Show, is the largest in-water display of quality brokerage yachts in the U.S. More than 100 sail and power yachts from 40 to 140 feet from over 30 brokerage firms will be on display. Admission to this show is complimentary, and you can take a water shuttle to the International Boat Show (where you’ll need to purchase a ticket for admission). For more information including a list of boats, log onto brokerageboatshow.com.

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40th Annual Progressive® Insurance Norwalk Boat Show September 24 - 27 at Norwalk Cove Marina, Norwalk, CT There’s something for everyone in Norwalk, with an incredible line-up of boating education, entertainment and special attractions, including on-the water demos and boat handling workshops, fun kids’ activities and more.

US Sailing and Sound Sailing Center will present 2-hour, on-the water sailing workshops including Introduction to Sailing (including Ladies at the Helm for women only and Junior Skippers at the Helm for ages 12 to 17) and Performance Sailing and Sail Trim. Advance registration on the show website will get you a 25% discount plus free show admission.

Discover Boating Hands-On Skills Training is a series of workshops covering such topics as basic docking and fundamental close quarters maneuvering skills, advanced docking skills, open water boat handling and safety, and anchoring and multivessel rafting. Space is limited and pre-registration at the show’s website is recommended. At Fred’s Shed Interactive Learning Center, you can learn about keeping your boat “shipshape,” basic fiberglass repair and maintenance, changing a water pump, and going one-on-one with a service technician.

Boaters of all skill levels can take the helm of a virtual boat at the U.S. Power Squadron’s Boating Simulator. New boaters can practice basic boat handling, while experienced mariners can attempt more complicated maneuvers as well as navigation, collision avoidance and more!

Maritime musician Eric Stone will be performing from 11 am - 6 pm daily in the Water Club Lounge, playing his unique blend of rock, pop and country inspired by the tropics and his love of the water. Kids can meet SpongeBob SquarePants, build a toy boat, create balloon art, and navigate a mini lake in a paddleboat (life jackets are supplied).

Show hours are 10 am to 6 pm daily. Adult tickets are $15, and ages 15 and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For more information including seminar and special event schedules, and to save $2 by purchasing tickets in advance, visit BoatShowNorwalk.com.

46th Annual United States Sailboat Show October 8 - 12 at City Dock, Annapolis, MD The nation’s oldest and largest in-water boat show is where many new sailboats make their international debut, with hundreds of boats of all sizes and types on display on land in the water.

The Two Can Sail Couples Cruising Seminar, sponsored

by Two Can Sail, Blue Water Sailing Magazine, SeaTech Systems, Massey Yachts and Weems & Plath and presented by Team Jeff & Jean, is a forum in which they’ll share the knowledge they have gained in the unique aspects that are found with one couple on a cruising boat, and their experience from over 60 combined years of cruising, racing and teaching couples. Guest speakers include Liza Copeland and Lee Chesneau.

The Take the Wheel Interactive Workshop is an on-and-off

the water learning experience designed to fast track your boating knowledge. The morning seminar sessions cover sailboat options and how to maximize your boating pleasure and budget.

During the afternoon, on-the-water part of the program, you’ll sail aboard catamarans and multihulls and have a chance to get a stem to stern look with wind in the sails. Experts will be on hand to answer your specific questions.

The Annapolis School of Seamanship and Cruising World and Chesapeake Bay magazines are presenting a series of Free Seminars on Sailing for novices and experienced sailors alike.

Sponsored by Yachtworld.com and located a short walk from the main show in St. Mary’s Cove, Brokerage Cove is overflowing with previously owned sailboats presented by regional boat brokers and available for immediate sale.

Show hours are 10 am - 6pm Thursday (VIP Preview Day), 10 am - 6:30 pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and 10 am - 5 pm Monday. All tickets are $35 on Thursday, and adult tickets are $18 on Friday through Monday. Ticket for children ages 7 - 12 are $5, and kids 6 and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For more information, visit annapolisboatshows.com.

44th Annual United States Powerboat Show October 15 - 18 at City Dock, Annapolis, MD The world’s oldest and largest in-water powerboat show has everything from luxurious motor yachts and trawlers to high-performance boats and offshore fishing machines. Attendees can see and board family cruisers, center consoles and inflatables, as well as the largest power catamaran section in the world. There’s also a vast exhibition of marine equipment, electronics, accessories, gear and related services including boating instruction, rentals, insurance firms and lending institutions.

The Luxury Pavilion is designed for the discriminating buyer and features magnificent yachts and high end products.

This shopping extravaganza will be the highlight of the powerboat show and include many luxury lifestyle goods. Located in the Annapolis Yacht Basin, just steps from the VIP Parking entrance and next to the Marriott Hotel, the Luxury Pavilion should be everyone’s first stop.

At the Demo Dock, brokers and manufacturers will be conducting sea trials from inside the boat show, and be sure to try an Annapolis favorite at the Pusser’s Painkiller Barge Bar. Brokerage Cove, sponsored by Yachtworld.com, is a show within a show an easy walk from the main show, with a variety of previously owned boats presented by regional boat brokers and available for immediate sale.

Show hours are 10 am - 6pm Thursday (VIP Preview Day), 10 am - 6:30 pm Friday and Saturday, and 10 am - 5 pm Sunday.

All tickets are $35 on Thursday, and adult tickets are $18 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Children’s tickets are $5 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and kids 6 and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For more information, visit annapolisboatshows.com. F

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Revitalized Stamford Waterfront Welcomes Boaters

Looking west from Harbor Point

By Carl Gaines Stamford, Connecticut’s deep, protected harbor has long been hailed as a destination for racing sailors, with Stamford Yacht Club hosting the prestigious Block Island and Vineyard Races, and the Breakwater Irregulars hosting their weeknight racing series just outside Stamford Harbor since 1967.

However, in the last five years, the waterfront on both the east and west branches of the harbor has been transformed into a bustling public space with a dozen new restaurants, miles of public boardwalks, and a packed calendar of events. Numerous transient slips, a free water taxi, on-site parking and free trolley service to and from the Stamford Transportation Center and Downtown Stamford combine to make the area easy to access, whether by boat, car or foot.

This waterfront redevelopment has been driven by the revitalization of Stamford’s South End. Now known as Harbor Point, the formerly industrial waterfront has been revamped by developer Building and Land Technology (BLT) into a true

24-7, live/work waterfront destination, where boaters from all around the region mingle with office workers, residents of the area’s thousands of new apartments, diners and shoppers along a newly opened public waterfront.

Options abound for visiting boaters on both the east and west branches of the harbor. On the western shore of the West Branch, visitors can tie up at TGM Anchor Point Marina at 150 Southfield Avenue, or at Stamford Landing Marina. On the eastern shore of the West Branch, boaters can land at Harbor Point North Marina, and more options are on the way. On the East Branch, boaters can tie up at Brewer Yacht Haven East Marina (eastern shore), or the marina at Harbor Point East (lo-

Kayak and SUP rentals are available at the Harbor Point North Marina.

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cated at 333 Ludlow Street on the western shore), which provides direct access to Fairway Market, restaurants like Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Harlan Social, Asian Bistro, Eclisse, Le Pain Quotidien, Robeks, Subway, and a new CVS Pharmacy and services for nails and hair.

The West Branch of the harbor is a mecca for dock-and-dine boaters, with ten restaurants within walking distance of the waterfront and two more slated to open shortly. Paloma, Chef Aarón Sánchez’ acclaimed waterfront restaurant, opened in 2014. The restaurant, with its menu of crab tostada, lobster ceviche, pollo con pepian and other Latin-inspired dishes, is a popular destination for boaters, Harbor Point residents, and visitors to the neighborhood alike. Boaters can literally tie up alongside at a transient slip and dine outdoors overlooking Stamford Harbor.

Paloma is part of an eclectic mix of restaurants on the West Branch, like World of Beer, Sign of the Whale, Corbo’s Deli, Top This and The Hut in nearby Commons Park. Bareburger, the organic burger chain, is due to open in the fall of 2015; Italian restaurant Fortina, already familiar to Armonk and Rye Brook, New York residents, will open in late summer; and Boothbay Lobster Company is expected in early 2016. And that’s just the western shore of the West Branch. Immediately across the west branch are perennial favorites the Crab Shell, Dolce Cubano, and the Half Full Brewery.

One need not own a boat to enjoy Stamford’s waterfront.

Kayak and paddleboard rentals are available at the Harbor Point North Marina, with Exhale Mind Body leading yoga classes on both paddleboards and the Harbor Point boardwalk. Miles of newly constructed boardwalks connect the train station to public parks, with additional improvements in progress. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, a free water taxi ferries passengers across the West Branch of Stamford Harbor from Harbor Point to Stamford Landing.

Water taxi traffic has averaged about 200 passengers a night, according to Frank Fumega, a captain who operates his 26-foot motorboat taking passengers back and forth. In all, he estimates he has ferried 8,460 people since Memorial Day. “I’ve been boating in Stamford all my life, and when I saw them developing Harbor Point I knew that someday we would need a ferry,” said Fumega. “Right now it’s scheduled to Labor Day, but we may extend it a couple of additional weeks.” Those who take Fumega’s water taxi across to Stamford Landing will find additional dining options as well as transient slips for those boating in for the day or evening.

“Harbor Point has created a real destination,” said Dick Gildersleeve, who has owned and run the Crab Shell restaurant at Stamford Landing (46 Southfield Avenue) for over 25 years. A lifelong boater himself, Gildersleeve said that the restaurant’s 11 slips average about 1,500 boats a year, primarily on weekends.

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With a variety of new restaurants, Harbor Point is a popular gathering place for people of all ages.

for lunch.”

He pointed out that if there’s a dockhand available, the restaurant charges $10 to $15 but if not, as was the case this sunny Monday afternoon, a busboy will help tie the boat up. It’s worth it, he said, for the added revenue that those accessing the water bring. He pegged Fumega’s water taxi and Harbor Point more broadly, as great advantages for the area.

Further changes are in store for this side of the harbor. In late 2014, BLT announced plans for Davenport Landing on the West Branch, a master-planned development that will bring a modern full-service boatyard, 28-slip marina and boardwalk to a nearly six-acre site immediately north of Stamford Landing in 2016. The sites will be combined into a waterfront mixed-use village with a mix of maritime, office, restaurant, and residential uses. Taking into consideration the feedback that it received from local boaters, the Stamford Harbor Commission and other constituencies, the Davenport Landing yard will offer the full range of services and facilities required for modern boating.

The proposed Davenport Landing boatyard will have a Travelift, a mast crane, boat sales, heated indoor storage for boats for winter work, year-round repair facilities, a fuel dock, laundry, shower and bathroom facilities, a snack bar, pump-out station, dinghy dock, transient dockage, and much more. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) recently issued a notice of tentative determination to approve the installation of a full service boatyard on the site, including the removal of derelict structures; installation of a new bulkhead and walkway, Travelift well, new piers and floating docks, sanitary pumpout system and gas dock; and new dredging to depths of -12 and -8 mean low water. “We’re hoping that they’ll get their new boatyard approved quickly because it is right next door to us and would further improve our traffic,” Continued on page 27 WindCheck Magazine

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Stamford's Public Gateway to the Sound Access to Harbor Point’s waterfront, and Long Island Sound in general, is provided in other ways as well. Greg Bilionis, Vice President of development at SoundWaters (soundwaters.org), a non-profit dedicated to protecting Long Island Sound through education, said that the group bases its schooner at Harbor Point East Marina on the East Branch.

SoundWaters runs public sails for adults and educational programs for 36,000 people a year, 27,000 of them children. Many of these educational programs take place on the Sound itself, aboard the schooner SoundWaters, where Mr. Bilionis said that kids’ time is kept full with a range of tasks. “On the schooner they do activities like learning to navigate and raise the sails,” said Bilionis. “They’ll pull up animals from the Sound and investigate and measure them and record data. They can’t tell the difference between when they’re learning and when they’re having fun.”

The Young Mariners Foundation (YMF) is another organization providing access to waterfront and Long Island Sound. This non-profit targets underprivileged children in the Stamford community, providing educational support with sailing as a medium for improving their lives. Tom O’Connell, YMF’s Chairman, said that a kayak and paddleboard program that the group runs on the Harbor Point waterfront from Memorial Day through Labor Day on Friday afternoons, and all day Saturday and Sunday, was a major source of funding for the group’s initiatives.

Another fundraiser, Summerfest, was held August 1 & 2 on the waterfront in Harbor Point. “It is absolutely remarkable the transformation that has taken place in recent years in Harbor Point,” O’Connell said. “I think we’re on the cusp of seeing the final stages of turning that area into a great destination for people in Stamford and the surrounding area.” He added that YMF’s vision is to build a maritime center that would benefit the entire area in Boccuzzi Park, immediately south of Stamford Landing and Davenport Landing.

The schooner SoundWaters offers public sails

These groups’ goals are very much in line with what Harbor Point has become – a out of Harbor Point East Marina. living, breathing jumping off point for a lifetime of access to Long Island Sound. F

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explained Gildersleeve.

This new boatyard and the rest of Harbor Point’s waterfront are easily accessible by land as well, which was a major consideration as the area was being developed. With the Stamford Transportation Center a short (and free) trolley ride away, Harbor Point COO Ted Ferrarone, himself a boater, said that he has seen New York City residents bound for friends’ boats use it as a jumping off point for their day.

“People will take our free trolley from the train station down

to Harbor Point, hop aboard a friend’s boat and head out on the water,” Ferrarone said. “We’re proud of how easily accessible Harbor Point is, in particular the waterfront, and we’re committed to finding even more ways to create public space here.”

The Harbor Point Marinas and Stamford Landing are just minutes from I-95, the Stamford Transportation Center and Downtown Stamford. During summer months they operate seven days a week, with fuel docks open from 8 am to 8 pm and service available from 8 am to 4:30 pm. Services for boaters abound in and around the harbor, with a fuel dock at Harbor Point South, and West Marine, Hathaway Reiser & Raymond, and Landfall all close by, and Z Sails located at 655 Atlantic Street. F

Recreational boaters are asked to remember that commercial tugs and barges operate within the harbor and small craft users (that is below 90’ or 50+ tons or 10’ draft) are asked to keep well clear at all times, especially on the approach to turns in the channel. Tugs monitor VHF Ch. 13 and are pleased to agree to passing arrangements.

Information concerning harbor regulations and speed/ mooring restrictions can be found at Stamford.gov/harbormanagement. The harbormaster monitors VHF Ch.16 and can be reached at Harbormaster@StamfordCT.gov or at (203) 219-2334.

Exhale Mind Body offers yoga classes on the Harbor Point boardwalk as well as on paddleboards.

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Sound Environment...

Block Island Wind Farm On Course for 2016 Completion

By Amber Hewett If you sailed near Block Island this August, you likely noticed the start of something transformative; something that was, until now, entirely foreign to U.S. waters. On July 26, Providence, RI-based developer Deepwater Wind made history by breaking ground on the nation’s first offshore wind power project, three miles to the southeast of Block Island.

As sponsors of this year’s Block Island Race Week, Deepwater Wind spread the word to participating sailors that the highly anticipated Block Island Wind Farm will be up and running next time the event commences. The project will consist of five offshore wind turbines and will produce enough local, clean energy to reliably power 17,000 homes. By the fall of this year, the foundations for all five turbines will be in place and ready for the turbine and transmission line installation next summer.

Block Island’s five state-of-the-art offshore wind turbines will finally display the accessibility of America’s largest untapped clean energy opportunity – at a time when new energy opportunities are exactly what the Northeast U.S. needs to identify and strategically select. With several coal-fired power plants recently retired or on

The National Wildlife Federation joined dignitaries gathering to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Block Island Wind Farm. © Deepwater Wind

track for retirement in New England, energy planners face decisions that will largely determine the region’s energy trajectory for decades to come. Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm will ensure that offshore wind power holds a place in such pivotal conversations.

The Block Island Wind Farm is a pilot project, equipped to generate 30 megawatts of power. By comparison, the European Wind Energy Association released mid-year data in July announcing more than 10,000 megawatts of offshore wind power genera-

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tion currently online across 11 countries in Europe. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that currently accessible Atlantic offshore wind hosts an abundance of power equivalent to that generated by 200 average coal-fired power plants. The inexhaustible, pollution-free resource far off the Atlantic Coast is poised to play an enduring role in America’s next energy chapter, and that chapter is starting in the Northeast.

With strong public support and bold political leadership, this one small project will be a catalyst for something much larger – so as Northeast sailors, we ought to learn about what’s on deck!

Surprising Facts about Offshore Wind Power

1. After the Block Island Wind Farm is built, no future U.S. offshore wind development will likely be visible from shore. (From the southeast bluff of Block Island, the turbines will only appear to be the height of your thumb on the horizon.) This is because the better wind is further offshore and – one of the benefits of getting in the game two decades late – turbine size and efficiency has advanced dramatically since the first wind farm was built.

2. The supply of offshore wind energy matches our demand.

America’s coastal cities host dense populations and strained energy markets – with very few local, utility-scale sources of energy.

Consider this: the wind far off the Atlantic Coast of Long Island is some of the best in the world for offshore wind power development, capable of providing energy for millions of homes and businesses. And not only is offshore wind power where we need it, it’s also producing the most power when we need it: during summer afternoons and winter cold snaps.

3. Offshore wind power can be developed in a manner that protects wildlife and their habitats throughout every stage of siting, construction, and operation – for that, the environmental community is united in support for offshore wind power. Properly locating turbines combined with best management practices minimize or prevent impacts on birds, bats, sea turtles, and marine mammals – and all species benefit from cleaner air and water and cutting the carbon pollution that causes climate change and ocean acidification.

As a Northeast sailor, I can hardly imagine a greater testament to our region than to make carefully sited offshore wind power a three pillar of a truly clean energy future. We have growing and urgent energy challenges to meet. Let’s raise the bar. We can pioneer a solution that celebrates the unique potential of the very resource Northeast sailors have been harnessing for generations. Let’s put our breeze on the map with a nod to tradition and a commitment to ensuring many more decades of breathing clean air while sailing on clean water.

The National Wildlife Federation strongly supports offshore wind power that employs the highest standards of wildlife protections through all stages of development, and we have long been proud to endorse the Block Island Wind Farm. To get involved, reach out directly to me at hewetta@nwf.org, and learn more at NWF.org/OffshoreWind. F Amber Hewett is the National Wildlife Federation’s Northeast Regional Campaign Coordinator. She lives in Newburyport, MA. windcheckmagazine.com

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The Boating Barrister Why Buckley Had It Right & Some Thoughts On Crew Wage Penalties

By John K. Fulweiler

You should read William F. Buckley, Jr. Take a dose of saltwater if need be, but his visceral love of sailing is an elixir for what wee fatuousness burrs up the sailing soul. For Bill, the love of the heel and the luff and sheen of spray is what brought him to the water. He didn’t need the newest or fanciest hull, just some sail and stretch of water. It was the voyage and timeless miracle of moving with the wind that proved satisfying, not a lacquered rail’s lusciousness or a photo-shoot styled cockpit.

I walk through museum-sized houses and pad down lengths of teak deck wondering to myself: “What›s the point?” As a youth, people lived. Big houses had scrambles of dogs and big boats were used and knocked around and slathered with salty brine. Nowadays it seems so much is all about the show and less the tell because what adventures and memories do you make aboard a jewelry box? Sure looks good at the dock, but that’s not much of a recollection to swaddle yourself in when the boat’s gone and you’re counting sunsets.

My point is, sail the stuffing out of your steed. Don’t pine for the larger or newer because it’s still the same wind and punch of sun. The tide will still set you down and a morning’s sunrise will get you up and maybe your kid’s toothy grin will scar enough neurons to leave a memory you can ride when you’re not out there anymore. Sure beats riding the dock.

And for my part (aside from sailing), what I’ll do is keep chasing the owners of these floating monoliths who can’t seem to pay their crew. I like that work because the cases are typically quick and neat and resolutions yield prompt justice that’s sometimes lost in larger lawsuits. Not paying your crew is incredible to me, but if you’ve spent anytime around big boat boating you’ll know about the “big hat, no cattle” malady that seems to afflict some of that crowd.

Swim your way far enough through the federal law, and you’ll come across a statute that provides an escalating penalty when a crewmember isn’t paid in a timely fashion. About a decade ago it had some different and stronger language that made it like a bear trap – sprung open and awaiting an unsuspecting shipping line’s paw. And, indeed, a maritime firm or two came along and sued the ever-loving daylights out of some big companies whose names you might recognize. Wielding the statutory language, they made some big claims and likely got the suits to sit up and murmur, and wouldn’t you know, in 2010 the statute was amended. Among other things, the amended statute capped the recoverable damages in any class action lawsuit which of course makes me think of C&C Music Factory’s sage words of 1991: “Things that make you go hmmm.”

Any-who, the amended wage penalty statute has a provision excluding its application to a “fishing or whaling vessel” as well as to a yacht. Set aside the fact Congress is looking to give a break to whaling vessels, let’s focus on the attempt to exclude yachts. There’s no definition provided for the term “yacht.” From a practical perspective, the exclusion of the weekend sailor and the boat show powerboats probably makes sense, but to exclude vessels we might casually refer to as “yachts,” which carry fulltime crews and calendar extensive chartering schedules, doesn’t. There’s no discernable reason why the crewmember aboard the merchant ship striped in rust should have a better remedy than the crewmember aboard the thirty-million dollar stretch of polished paint with the cute name.

The thing is, an admiralty lawyer with some whip and snap (maybe me) is going to get a ruling clarifying the term “yacht” doesn’t include anything but the recreational sort I sail and motor around these New England waters (or at least I hope that’s the ruling!). There’s an older decision (still this century) that tacked toward accepting the commercial element as the distinction between a yacht and a vessel while a newer decision expressed “misgivings” over such an analysis. Fairness and justice should weigh the scales toward accepting the fact that the luxury behemoths floating around with paid crew and, no doubt, extensive corporate layers where expenses become tax deductions aren’t yachts, but commercial vessels.

Alright, well maybe this piece was more me standing on the foredeck and shouting than the rest, but I get keyed up over injustice. Don’t mind me though. Leave your desk, skip the networking group and go mix a little tonic with too much gin, pull up the main and pile on the wind.

This article is provided for your general information, is not legal opinion and should not be relied upon. Always seek legal counsel to understand your rights and remedies.

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Admiralty attorney John K. Fulweiler, Esq. practices maritime law on the East and Gulf Coasts. As a former partner of a Manhattan maritime firm, John now helms his own practice located in Newport, Rhode Island where he helps individuals and businesses navigate the choppy waters of the maritime law. John can be reached anytime at 1-800-383-MAYDAY (6293) or via e-mail at john@fulweilerlaw.com. windcheckmagazine.com

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Book Reviews...

Pacific Crossing Notes

Ships, Clocks & Stars

A Sailor’s Guide to the Coconut Milk Run The Quest for Longitude

By Nadine Slavinski & Markus Schweitzer Illustrations by Nicholas P. Schweitzer Published by Rolling Hitch Press 374 pages paperback $14.99

By Richard Dunn and Rebekah Higgitt Published by Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins 255 pages hardcover $75

Known as the greatest downhill run on the planet, the Coconut Milk Run follows the trade winds from the Americas to Australia. A distance of approximately 8,000 nautical miles, it’s a challenging prospect. “… while sailing across the Atlantic boils down to a single three-week hop with good services on either side,” authors Nadine Slavinski and Markus Schweitzer note, “the Pacific is an entirely different kettle of fish.”

Together with their son Nicky, who crossed his first ocean at age four, the authors have spent four years living and cruising aboard their Dufour 35 Namani, first sailing from Greece to the Caribbean and on to Maine, then from Maine to Australia.

They’ve compiled a very readable cruising guide that covers everything from buying and equipping a boat, preparing for a long passage, understanding weather, and safety at sea to detailed information about the islands along the route, from Panama to the Galapagos Islands, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Society Islands, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.

Nadine Slavinski has written several books, including Lesson Plans Ahoy: Hands-On Learning for Sailing Children and Home Schooling Sailors and Cruising the Caribbean with Kids: Fun, Facts, and Educational Activities. Her article “Pot of Gold” won first place in the 2014 Boating Writers International contest.

With a background in engineering and computational mathematics, Markus Schweitzer worked in the tourism, logistics and aviation industries before casting off the shorelines.

Whether you’re an armchair sailor looking for a good story or a voyager contemplating a crossing of the world’s largest ocean, Pacific Crossing Notes is worthy of a place in your library.

It’s also available as an ebook edition for $4.99. For other links and resources and the authors’ informative blog posts, visit nadineslavinski.com and namaniatsea.org. F

Reviewed by Chanel Champagne Ships, Clocks, and Stars: The Quest for Longitude tells the story of the many attempts to solve what the British dubbed the “longitude problem.” Authors Richard Dunn and Rebekah Higgitt recount the pursuit of the measurement of longitude at sea, which stumped some of the finest minds of Western civilization for nearly 300 years.

Since the early years of navigation, seafarers faced the challenge of determining their accurate location at sea. The measurement of latitude, one’s east-west position on the earth, was relatively easy to determine by the position of the sun. Longitude was not so easily calculated. As voyages began to stretch time and distance in the 1600s, the need to find a solution became more critical. Due to the inaccuracy of perceived location, many ships were lost at sea. In the long series of attempts meant to solve longitude, the British Parliament upped the stakes by creating the Longitude Act in 1714. The Act offered a reward to any individual able to produce and prove a workable solution for measuring longitude at sea.

Ships, Clocks, and Stars is an illustrated chronicle of this quest containing more than 150 photographs specially commissioned from the National Maritime Museum in London. In contrast to Dava Sobel’s bestseller Longitude, which put clock maker John Harrison at the center of a David-and-Goliath struggle with the entitled and powerful, this narrative focuses on the many people of diverse disciplines – among them astronomers, craftsmen, mathematicians, scientists, and seamen – who collaborated on their journey to solve the puzzle.

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This book explores the research and many methods used to discover accurate longitude and the story of the brilliant individuals that were courageous enough to face the challenge. The efforts and significance of Galileo, Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, and, of course, John Harrison are all featured, along with many others who labored over the problem.

Ships, Clocks, and Stars is the companion book to the exhibit of the same name that will open at Mystic Seaport on September 19, 2015 and run through March 28, 2016. However, this is far more than the typical exhibit catalog. It is a beautifully illusEditor’s note: In addition to the Ships, Clocks, and Stars exhibition in Mystic Seaport’s R.J. Schaefer Building, the museum is hosting “Longitude Found,” a 2-hour presentation by exhibition curator Dr. Richard Dunn, on Thursday, September 17.

Dr. Dunn’s presentation, which is free for Mystic Seaport members and $15 for non-members, starts at 7 pm in the River Room at Latitude 41° Restaurant & Tavern, located next to Mystic Seaport. Call 860-572-5331 to purchase tickets.

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trated, stunningly designed hardcover that deserves a place of honor on any shelf. The photographs and illustrations enhance the reading experience and bring the epic quest for longitude to life. We tend to take the easy accessibility of GPS in navigation for granted. After those this book, one cannot but have a great respect for the scholars, scientists, and anyone who continue to seek the unknown.

Chanel Champagne is the director of the Museum Store at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT. Ships, Clocks, and Stars: The Quest for Longitude is available at the store or via phone at 860-572-5385. F Mystic Seaport’s Treworgy Planetarium is also hosting “Longitude: Proof in the Pacific,” a show that takes the audience along with Captain James Cook on his first two voyages of discovery in the Pacific. The program will display the stars and astronomical phenomena that helped guide Cook’s expeditions, and demonstrate the impact improved technology had on their ability to navigate. This show is recommended for all ages. At press time, the Planetarium team was also finalizing plans for a series of six celestial navigation courses. For dates, times and prices, visit mysticseaport.org.

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From the Captain of the Port Fog!

By Vincent Pica Commodore, First District, Southern Region (D1SR) United States Coast Guard Auxiliary We’ve had some foggy mornings and as we make the “clubhouse turn” towards cool air and warm water, we will have more. For those of a more scientific-bent, fog that forms when water is warmer than the air is called “steam” fog (fall). Think of that pot of spaghetti water you are boiling. Fog that forms when the water is colder than the air is called “advection” fog (spring).

There is a third kind of fog called “radiation” fog. That is the fog that you see float in across the backyard or linger in a dip in a country road. But fog is fog. You can’t see the land or the buoys or, worse, the bow! What to do?

Well, with the dropping price of radar, boats in the mid20-foot range can now be found to have radar aboard. If you do have radar aboard, read the manual and get familiar with gain controls. I won’t waste space in this magazine lending advice to a skipper that already has a state-of-the-art system aboard on how to use it. Not surprisingly however, the advice below holds for the 65-footer with radar and chart overlay capabilities as well as the skipper in the 17-foot open boat with a 90-hp Merc on the stern. When the fog rolls in…

1. Slow down to “a slow bell,” that is, with forward propulsion necessary to maintain steerage, but no greater. Put on life jackets.

2. While underway and making way, that is, engine in gear, give one “prolonged” blast on your whistle (4-6 seconds).

This is specified in the Navigation Rules, Rule 35(a). In fact, the Rules say “not more than 2 minutes apart.” Let me make it plainer. No LESS than every 2 minutes.

3. While underway but not making way, that is, dead stop on the engine but not at anchor, give two “prolonged” blasts, separated by a couple of seconds apart, no less than every 2 minutes. This is Rule 35(b).

4. If necessary to anchor due to visibility (none!), “boats less than 39 feet 4 inches (12 meters) in length may make an efficient sound signal at intervals of not more than two minutes.” In short, it is not specified for boats under 12 meters.

Boats larger than 12 meters at anchor must clang their bell five times quickly followed by one prolonged and one short (~1 second) blast in the whistle.

5. Listen. Sound travels more efficiently through fog than clear air. Listen. Bring your engine to dead stop from time to time and listen. Listen for the sound of surf (move away from that!), buoy whistles/horns/bells (move towards that, carefully) or other engines (sound danger whistle right away and take all way off – but don’t turn off the engine!)

So, now you are properly communicating with other boats but you do want to get in out of the fog if you can. How? Don’t, as some old chestnuts might advise, hug the shore. As the fog intensifies and you draw closer and closer to shore, you know what will happen. Of far more danger, don’t “hug the shore” when you are outside an inlet. If you get caught in the surf line (see 5 above), you may be capsized and now there is imminent threat to life.

If you can’t see, you must stop, drop the hook, sound your warning horn as specified and wait out the fog. If due to electronics (GPS, Loran) you realize that you are in a heavy traffic lane, get out – at a slow speed and just enough to be out of the traffic. But if you can’t see past the bow and you are underway and making way, you are in extreme danger of having a collision at sea.

If you have some visibility, see #s 1 and 2 above. The slower speed will help in another way as well – you can hear better.

Lastly, if you have those canisters of compressed gas as your boat’s horn/whistle, you will likely run out of compressed air before you run out of fog. Think about getting a simple whistle.

Get the “pea-less” kind in case you have to worry about your spittle freezing one cold and foggy day…and blow, baby, blow!

Here is also one last idea and it is not in the Rules and in fact may call into question Rule 19-d-ii in the COLREGs, but it goes back to time immemorial. If you hear a boat ahead of you, before you take all way off, turn into her. Your bow presents a smaller target than your beam and the bow is your least vulnerable point. It is nearly impossible for her bow to plow into your boat through your bow. They will “glance off” each other.

You won’t find that in any Rule book but it may go back as far as the Phoenicians…

How would history have been different if, on July 25, 1956, the Andrea Doria’s captain had done so? After losing 46 souls when the M/V Stockholm collided in the fog with the beam of the T/N Andrea Doria, her captain was heard to mutter, “When I was a boy, and all my life, I loved the sea; now I hate it.”

If you are interested in being part of the USCG Forces, email me at JoinUSCGAux@aol.com or go direct to the D1SR Human Resources department, who are in charge of new members matters, at d1south.org/StaffPages/DSO-HR.php and we will help you “get in this thing.” F Captain Ed Cubanski is the Captain of the Port and Sector Commander for US Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound. Captain Cubanski is responsible for all active-duty, reservist and auxiliary Coast Guard personnel within the Sector. As Commodore of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary First District, Southern Region, Vin Pica works closely with Captain Cubanski and his staff to promote boating safety in the waters between Connecticut, Long Island and 200 nautical miles offshore. Sector Long Island Sound Command Center can be reached 24 hours a day at 203-468-4401.

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Calendar 2015 SEPTEMBER Daily through October River Cruises Aboard Schooner Mary E - Enjoy a river excursion (1.5 hours) or a sunset cruise (2 hours) aboard a 108-year-old, 75-foot gaff-rigged schooner. Fee includes museum admission. Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; Reservations: 860-767-8269; schoonermarye.com; ctrivermuseum.org 3 Singles Under Sail meeting - SUS is a sailing club for adults who are also single. Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at various locations in Fairfield County, CT; 203-847-3456; visit SinglesUnderSail.org for cruises, lectures and other events.

3 Shoreline Sailing Club meeting - If you’re an active single over 35, this club’s activities include sailing, fishing, kayaking, dances, dockside parties, golfing, skiing and more. Meetings are held the first & third Thursdays of each month (lite bites/cash bar available); 7:30pm; Westbrook Elks Lodge, Westbrook, CT; shorelinesailingclub.com 4 81st Annual Vineyard Race - This Labor Day Weekend classic offers three courses: 238 nm from Stamford, CT around Buzzards Bay Light Tower and back, 143 nm to Seaflower Reef and back,

and 116 nm to Cornfield Point Shoal and back, with divisions for IRC, PHRF, HPR, Multihulls, Classic Yachts and DoubleHanded boats and a Corinthian Challenge for college sailors.

Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, CT; vineyardinfo@stamfordyc. com; stamfordyc.com; vineyardrace.wordpress.com 4-6 18th Annual Rhythm & Roots Festival - Featured performers at New England’s Hottest Festival of Music and Dance include Los Lobos, Eilen Jewell, The Mavericks, Marcia Ball, Keb Mo, Lake Street Dive, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, and many more. Ninigret Park, Charlestown, RI; rhythmandroots.com 5 90th Annual SCYC Stratford Shoal Race - Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, NY; seawanhaka.org 5 FIYC ‘Round Island Race This circumnavigation of Fishers Island is an ECSA points event and open to PHRF boats, International One Designs, Ensigns, Watch Hill 15s, J/70s, and other classes by invitation. Fishers Island Yacht Club, Fishers Island, NY; fiyc.net 5 HRYRA Laser Labor Day Afterthought Regatta This Hudson River Yacht Racing Association event is hosted by Nyack Boat Club. Nyack, NY; nyackboatclub.org 5 Hands-On Powerboat Training - Participants in this one-day, on-the-water course will actually drive powerboats, including backing, hovering, docking, anchoring, high speed, MOB recovery and many other skills. Powerboats are provided.

Pettipaug Sailing Academy, Essex, CT; Paul Risseeuw: 860-767-

1995; prisseeuw@aol.com; register at pettipaug.com 5 Onne van der Wal Photography Workshop on the Water: Classic Yacht Regatta - The award-winning photographer will give a guided photographic tour aboard the M/V Gansett, shooting gorgeous wooden boats racing on Narragansett Bay. 10:30am - 3pm; $595 fee includes a meal (lobster roll or turkey club), beer, wine, soft drinks, snacks & a swag bag ($50 discount for returning students). Limited to 15 photographers; Reserve at 401-849-5556 or gallery@vanderwal.com; vanderwal.com 5 Book Signing with Stephen R. Berry - Meet the author of A Path in the Mighty Waters: Shipboard Life & Atlantic Crossings to the New World.

2 - 5pm; Mystic Seaport Maritime Bookstore, Mystic, CT; 860-572-5386; MSMBookstore@eventnetwork.com; mysticseaport.org 5 9th Annual Huntington Lighthouse Music Festival The world’s only music festival atop a working lighthouse in the middle of the water features nine great bands. Drop an anchor…raft up with friends…see the light…feel the sound. 11am 8pm; admission is free, although Teens on the Water will be collecting donations for the preservation of historic Huntington Lighthouse. Huntington Bay, NY; lighthousemusicfest.com

5&6 Museum of Yachting 36th Annual Classic Yacht Regatta - This Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge event is sponsored by North Sails, Sail Newport and IYRS. Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI; iyrs.edu 6 88th Annual Around the Island Race - The oldest continuing yacht race on Narragansett Bay, this race around Conanicut Island is open to all sailboats with a PHRF of NB rating. Conanicut Yacht Club, Jamestown, RI: conanicutyachtclub.org; nbya.org 6 Edmund Ward Poor Memorial Trophy Invitational - This 17.39 nautical mile PHRF race begins in Noyac Bay. Shelter Island Yacht Club, Shelter Island Heights, NY; siyc.com 6 SSYC Labor Day Regatta This North Jersey Yacht Racing Association event is open to Optimists, C420s, Lasers, Laser Radials, Comets, Flying Scots, Sanderlings and Woodpussys.

Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club, Oceanport, NJ; Bob Slook: 732-291-5094; ssyc.us; njyra.org 6&7 Etchells Long Island Sound Championship Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; larchmontyc.org 11 NBYC Annual Fundraising Party - This event supports Center for Hospice Care. Niantic Bay Yacht Club, Niantic, CT; purchase tickets at hospicesect.org/events 11 PYC Falkner Island Overnight Race - Pequot Yacht Club, Southport, CT; pequotyc.com

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11 - 13 C&C Northeast Rendezvous - Cedar Island Marina, Clinton, CT; cnc2015.com

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SEPTEMBER Continued 11 - 13 38th Annual Norwalk Seaport Association Oyster Festival - Activities include harbor tours, historic and working vessels, arts & crafts, barbecue competition, oyster shucking competition, Pirate’s Coast Adventure, Kids’ Cove, live music by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Smash Mouth, and Dennis DeYoung: The Music of STYX, and more.

Veteran’s Memorial Park, Norwalk, CT; seaport.org 12 5th Annual Larchmont Yacht Club Leukemia Cup Regatta - With starts for Cruising Yachts, Offshore OneDesigns, Ideal 18s,Vanguard 15s, Etchells, IODs, S-Boats, RS K6s, Viper 640s, Lasers, Laser Radials, 420s and Optis (Red, White, Blue & Green), this is one Long Island Sound’s largest regattas.

Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; leukemiacup.org/ ctwhv/localchapter/larchmontyc

12 5th Annual Village Cup Regatta - Hosted by Seatauket Yacht Club in collaboration with the Village of Port Jefferson and the Port Jefferson Conservancy, this PHRF regatta supports pancreatic cancer research and palliative care at Mather Hospital and the Lustgarten Foundation’s mission to eradicate the disease. Port Jefferson, NY; Chuck Chiaramonte: 516-8106695; chuck@seatauketyc.com; setauketyc.com/villagecup 12 Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island Regatta Co-hosted by the Rhode Island International Sailing Association and Barrington Yacht Club, this event supports compassionate end-of-life care for Rhode Islanders. Barrington, RI; 800338-6555; hospiceregattas.org/ ri.shtml 12 Spirit Rider Regatta - Honoring the memory of firefighter Patrick J. O’Keefe of FDNY Rescue Company One and all

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who perished in the events of September 11, 2001, this PHRF race supports the O’Keefe Foundation’s mission to award scholarships to students who have lost a parent to violence or are suffering from some radical life change. The Ocean Club; Atlantic Beach, NY; spiritrider.org 12 HBC Invitational - This ECSA points event is open to all boats with a valid ECSA PHRF certificate, self-bailing cockpit, fixed berths, galley facilities and the ability to be self-supporting for a weekend. Housatonic Boat Club, Stratford, CT; Lee Henchman: 203-668-5940; lhenchman@gmail.com; housatonicboatclub.org

12 Philcox Cup - Norwalk Islands Sailing Fleet, Norwalk, CT; norwalksailing.com 12 Captain Island Race Douglaston Yacht Squadron, Douglaston, NY; douglastonyachtsquadron.com 12 & 13 18th Annual PWYC Charity Cup Regatta - Hosted by Port Washington Yacht Club, this event raises funds for AVON39: The Walk to End Breast Cancer, benefiting the AVON Foundation for Women. Gala dinner and dancing Saturday; racing and

12 61st Annual Winkle Cup Centerport Yacht Club, Centerport, NY; centerport-yc.org 12 47th Annual Katrina Cup Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club, Huntington, NY; lhyc.org © Andrea Watson, Sailing Press, Inc.

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by Yale and sailed in Rolex NYYC Invitational and Weta trimaran.

This event is part of the Tri-Club Z420s and FJs. Branford, CT; Cup – Teams fromAmerican 20 yacht collegesailing.org Yacht Club,around Rye, NY;the hpdo.org River Series. Essex Corinthian club from world Yacht Club, Essex, CT; race Swan 42s in this biennial event. New York 8Corinthian - 10 essexcyc.org YachtYork Club’s Harbour New Classic WeekCourt, - Hosted Newport, nyyc.org/yachting/ 8 by the NewRI; York Harbor Sailing invitational-cup V15 Columbus New World ReFoundation, this event is part of gatta - Cedar Point Yacht Club, the WoodenBoat Regatta Series 13 is open to all classic sailboats. and Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org 50th Annual Dennis Conner’s ValeurNorth Cove Jensen Denmark 8&9 Marina, New York, NY; StamMichael ford Race - Presented by Storm Trysail Foundation IntercolFortenbaugh: 212-7861200; the Stamford Yacht Club, Royal legiate Offshore Regatta premike@myc.org; Danish Yacht Club, Stamford sented by Prestige BMW nyharborsailing.com.

Sail & Power Squadron and the Forty-four college teams will race © Brian Schneider/ebrianschneider.com Consulate General of Denmark, 9this event is open to boats with big boats in the largest collegiate PWYC Charity Cup Regatta regatta North America. Larch12 &in13 PHRF or IRC ratings and classic Blind National Sailing boats (over 25 years old). Other

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boats of one-design or level racing classes are also eligible and may race in accordance with class rules. The race will have starts for non-spinnaker classes, as well as courses for Multihulls 18’ LOA and over. Sail like a Dane! Stamford, CT; Ray Redniss: 203-348-3710; rredniss@ optimum.net; stamfordyc.com 13 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound Regatta - This distance race honors the memory of a great sailor and a friend to all. Black Rock Yacht Club, Bridgeport, CT; blackrockyc.com 13 68th Commodore’s Trophy Race - This ECSA points event is hosted by Thames Yacht Club. New London, CT; thamesyc.org 13 Fall Edlu - Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; larchmontyc.org 16 Salty Dawg Rally™ Blue Water Sailing Seminar

Sponsored by Dufour Yachts and Northpoint Yacht Sales, this event will feature expert presentations on topics of interest to cruising sailors. Edward King House, Newport, RI; Admission is free, although space is limited and advance registration is required. Email Linda Knowles at linda@saltydawgrally.org; saltydawgrally.org 17 - 20 45th Annual Newport International Boat Show See hundreds of new sailboats & powerboats and thousands of products & services from domestic & international exhibitors. Newport, RI; newportboatshow.com 17 - 20 Newport Brokerage Boat Show - See more than 100 sailboats and powerboats from 40 to 140 feet presented by over 30 brokerage firms. Newport Shipyard, Newport, RI; brokerageboatshow.com 18 & 19 78th Annual Fall Off

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Soundings Club Fall Race Series - This ECSA points event comprises a race from New London, CT to Gardiners Bay, NY on Friday and course racing on Saturday. offsoundings.org 18 & 19 6th Annual Indian Harbor Classic Yacht Regatta Hosted by Indian Harbor Yacht Club, this event is sponsored by Atlantis WeatherGear, Gosling’s Rum, Ella Vickers and WoodenBoat Magazine. Greenwich, CT; Shelia Graves: noreaster1926@ yahoo.com; indianharboryc.com 18 - 20 56th Annual RPSA Multihull Regatta - Sponsored by Gosling’s Rum, this New England Catamaran Sailing Associationsanctioned event has separate starts (with sufficient entries) for Hobies, F20s, F-18s, A-Class & Open Class (Portsmouth), and a beach party at the most beautiful park on Long Island Sound.

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18 - 20 International One-Design North American Championship - Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; larchmontyc.org 19 Whaler’s Race - This event has an anchored start. Sheldrake Yacht Club, Mamaroneck, NY; sheldrakeyc.org 19 SYC True North Race This race, part of the SYC Distance Race Series, has divisions for Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and Double-handed boats and (with sufficient interest) OneDesigns and Multihulls. Setauket Yacht Club, Port Jefferson, NY; Jason Richter: 631-312-7140; Paladin32575@yahoo.com; setauketyc.com 19 Fall Race Around Prudence Island - This Narragansett Bay Yacht racing Association event is co-hosted by the Twenty Hundred Club and Quonset Davisville Navy Yacht Club. twentyhundredclub.org

19 32nd Annual Antique & Classic Boat Show - Presented by the Barnegat Bay Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society, this judged event features 50 to 60 vintage boats, marine vendors, marine artists, flea market, antique and classic American & British cars, radio control boats, food and more. 8am - 5pm; free; Johnson Bros. Boat Yard, Pt. Pleasant, NJ; Stu Sherk: snsherk@gmail.com; acbs.org

South Dartmouth, MA; nbyc.com 19 International Coastal Cleanup - Last year, 560,000 volunteers in 91 countries pickup up more than 16 million pounds of trash in this Ocean Conservancy event. To help turn the tide on trash and fight for a healthy ocean, visit oceanconservancy.org.

19 & 20 Storm Trysail & Riverside Yacht Club Long Island Sound Championship Greenwich, CT; stormtrysail.org 19 & 20 Nevins Trophy - This intercollegiate regatta is hosted by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and sailed in 420s, FJs and Lasers. Kings Point, NY; collegesailing.org

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19 Whalers Race - This 108 nautical mile race dates back to 1932. New Bedford Yacht Club,

19 & 20 Stu Nelson Women’s This intercollegiate regatta will be hosted by Connecticut College and sailed in FJs. New London, CT; collegesailing.org

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SEPTEMBER Continued 20 Swanson Cup & Bay Challenge Cup - This Narragansett Bay Yachting Association event is hosted by Barrington Yacht Club.

Barrington, RI; barringtonyc.com; nbya.org 20 24th Annual Coastweeks Regatta - This rowing event for singles, doubles & fours is part of the annual Mystic Weekend of Rowing. Mystic, CT; roninracing.com 24 - 27 40th Annual Norwalk Boat Show - Sail and power, demos, lessons... Norwalk Cove Marina, Norwalk, CT; boatshownorwalk.com 26 Poco Loco Bay Race Open to all spinnaker & nonspinnaker boats with a PHRFMA rating and multihulls with a

NEMA rating, this fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation is hosted by Richmond County Yacht Club in memory of past member Richie O’Connell. Staten Island, NY; rcyachtclub.org/pocobayrace. htm 26 Maycroft Cup - Originally raced in 1886, this event has PHRF Spinnaker & Non-Spinnaker and One-Design divisions.

Sag Harbor Yacht Club, Sag Harbor, NY; Rob Camerino: 631902-6637; race@SagHarborYC. com; SagHarborYC.com 26 14th Annual Red Lobdell Memorial Regatta - This ECSA points race is open to all boats over 20 feet LOA. Stonington Harbor Yacht Club; Stonington, CT; 860-535-0112; shyc.us 26 Heritage Cup Regatta and Rendezvous - This WoodenBoat Regatta Series event is hosted by the Hempstead Har-

bor Club. Hempstead Harbor, NY: Mike Emmert: GoldenI37@ aol.com; heritagecup.org 26 WSC Last Chance Regatta - This ECSA points event is hosted by Windjammers Sailing Club. Milford, CT; windjammers.org 26 Cross Sound Challenge Hosted by Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, this ECSA points event has a course length of approximately 15 miles. Essex, CT; essexcyc.org

26 & 27 Working Waterfront Festival - This celebration of commercial fishing – America’s oldest industry – includes exhibits by fishing companies & non-profit organizations, artists & authors, food vendors, a farmer’s market, and sea music by the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus, Sharks Come Cruisin’, Ambrose Wise, Castlebay, Deb Cowan, Jon Campbell, Dave Densmore, and many others. 11am - 7pm; free; New Bedford, MA; workingwaterfrontfestival.org

26 & 27 and 10/3 & 4 AYC Fall Series - This twoweekend event is hosted by American Yacht Club. Rye, NY; americanyc.com 26 & 27 HRYRA Last Chance Regatta - This Hudson River Yacht Racing Association event is hosted by the Nyack Boat Club. Nyack, NY; nyackboatclub.org; hryra.org

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Maritime Festival - Presented by the East End Seaport Museum & Maritime Foundation, this event features classic boats on display and racing, a parade, live music, ship tours, children’s activities, arts & crafts, pirates, whaleboat and kayak races, fireworks, a clam chowder contest and more. Greenport, NY; eastendseaport.org 27 37th Annual Bud Humphrey Memorial Race - This circumnavigation of Prudence Island is hosted by Barrington Yacht Club. Barrington, RI; barringtonyc.com 27 MYC Last Chance Regatta - This ECSA points event is hosted by Milford Yacht Club.

Milford, CT; milfordyachtclub.com 27 NBYC End of the Summer Regatta - This PHRF distance race is hosted by New Bedford Yacht Club. South Dartmouth, MA; nbyc.com

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By Land and By Sea: 17th Annual Antique Vehicle Show - A dazzling display of pre-1930 cars, trucks & motorcycles and a Grand Parade of Vehicles. 9am - 5pm; Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; carshow@mysticseaport.org; mysticseaport.org 27 - 12/31 36th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition Showcasing the most recent works of more than 100 awardwinning marine artists from around the world, this juried show is a commemoration of our maritime heritage. Mystic Seaport Maritime Gallery; Mystic, CT; 860-572-5388; gallery@mysticseaport.org; mysticseaport.org

OCTOBER 3 15th Annual Sail For Hope - Founded after the events of September 11, 2001

and hosted by Sail Newport, this event includes an 18-mile race around Conanicut Island and ‘round-the-buoys racing for J/22s and other one-designs. To date, Sail For Hope has raised nearly $1,000,000 for various charities. Newport, RI; sailnewport.org/regattas.html 3 Whitebread 22 - Organized by the Peconic Bay Sailing Association and sponsored by Gosling’s Rum, New Suffolk Shipyard, Preston’s Chandlery, Legends restaurant and Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., this race “Around the Whirl” is open to monohulls 22 feet LOA and up and multihulls 16 feet LOA and up. Cutchogue, NY; pbsa.us 3 The Thomas S. Willets Race - This race honors the memory of EYC Past Commodore Thomas S. Willets, Jr. and his dedication to sailing, racing and the Connecticut River. Essex Yacht Club, Essex, CT; essexyc.com

3&4 12th Jesuit Open - This intercollegiate regatta is hosted by Fordham University and sailed in 420s. City Island, NY; collegesailing.org 3&4 Danmark Trophy - This intercollegiate regatta is hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and sailed in FJs and 420s. New London, CT; collegesailing.org 8 35th Annual Salute to the United States Coast Guard - Presented by the Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the education and welfare of Coast Guard members and their families, this event honors brave USCG personnel from around the country. Cocktail Reception 6:30 pm; Dinner & Program 7:30; Times Square Marriott Marquis, New York, NY; coastguardfoundation.org 8 A Look at Superstorm Sandy and NOAA Marine

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OCTOBER Continued Weather Forecasting - In this Mystic Seaport Adventure Series event, Joseph Sienkiewicz of the National Weather Service will demonstrate the prediction capabilities of the NWS and discuss the complex evolution of Sandy and the implications to forecasts, warnings, and communicating the hazards.1:30 & 7:30 pm; $15 ($20 non-members); students are admitted free; The River Room, Latitude 41° Restaurant, Mystic, CT; mysticseaport.org 8 - 12 46th Annual United States Sailboat Show The nation’s oldest and largest in-water boat show features the biggest multihull collection in the world. Annapolis, MD; annapolisboatshows.com 9 - 12 32nd Annual Mitchell Columbus Day Regatta - This PHRF non-spinnaker pursuit race from Newport to Block Island is hosted by Newport Yacht Club. Newport, RI; newportyachtclub.org

event now has two shorter courses to Block and back without rounding it, as well as a bay race around Robins and Shelter Islands. In addition to the best food at a post-race party, your entry puts you in a drawing for a 7-day charter of a Marine Max 443 sailboat in the BVI. Greenport, NY; register at yachtscoring. com; greenportoceanrace.org 10 LHYC Fall Series at Target Rock - Huntington, NY; Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club, Huntington, NY; lhyc.org 10 Thomas Clark Memorial Race - Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex, CT; essexcyc.org 10 & 11 12th Annual American Yacht Club High Performance Dinghy Open presented by Heineken - Open to 5O5s,Viper 640s, RS K6s, 49ers 49erFXs, F18s, Fireballs, International Canoes, Wetas and other classes and with the sponsor’s fine product in abundance, this event is a perennial favorite.

American Yacht Club, Rye, NY; register at yachtscoring.com

9 - 12 U.S. Match Racing Championship - This ISAF Grade 3 event will be sailed in Match 40s.

Oakcliff Sailing, Oyster Bay, NY; Bill Simon: bsimon@oakcliffsailing.org; oakcliffsailing.org 10 The Gearbuster - IHYC’s 60th Annual Stratford Shoal Race has PHRF, IRC & Doublehanded divisions and two courses: Greenwich, CT around Stratford Shoal and back and a shorter course to Eaton’s Neck and back for Non-Spinnaker boats. Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT; indianharboryc. com 10 The Greenport Ocean Race & The Greenport Bay Race - In addition to a course around Block Island, this popular 42 September 2015 WindCheck Magazine

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10 & 11 Storm Trysail Foundation Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta - More than 40 college teams will race big boats in the largest collegiate regatta in North America. Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, NY; stormtrysailfoundation.org/ intercollegiate.htm 10 & 11 Moody Trophy - This intercollegiate regatta is hosted by the University of Rhode Island windcheckmagazine.com

and sailed in FJs. Kingston, RI; collegesailing.org 10 - 12 Chowder Days - Taste delectable chowder and seafood specialties, seasonal desserts and beer, wine and apple cider, and enjoy live music, horse & carriage rides, games, a scarecrow activity, face painting and crafts in the Children’s Museum.

Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; mysticseaport.org 11 Columbus Day Regatta Co-hosted by Milford Yacht Club, Windjammers Sailing Club and Housatonic Boat Club, this is an ECSA points event. Milford, CT; milfordyachtclub.com; windjammers.org 11 11th Annual Dogs on the Docks - Dog owners and dog lovers alike are invited to participate in this parade and competition, which is held rain or shine. Registration starts at 1pm followed by a lawn parade at 2pm and then individual canine competitions in categories such as best costume, best nautical costume, best owner look-alike, best small dog, best big dog, best trick and best dock jumping. Dock jumping dogs must wear a harness. Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT; 860-767-8269; ctrivermuseum.org 12 - 18 26th Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race This 127-mile sprint from Baltimore, MD to Portsmouth, VA supports the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. gcbsr.org

15 - 18 44th Annual United States Powerboat Show Annapolis, MD; annapolisboatshows.com 17 Charles Birch Memorial Race - Pettipaug Yacht Club, Essex, CT; pettipaug.com 17 Thundermug Regatta This ESCA points event is hosted by Duck Island Yacht Club. Westbrook, CT; diyc.com 17 & 18 Halloween Howl - Typically dominated by New England fall weather, the Howl promises scary good fun for Optimist (Red, White & Blue fleets) & C420 sailors. Sail Newport Sailing Center, Newport, RI; Kim Cooper: kim.cooper@sailnewport.org sailnewport.org 17 & 18 Fontelieu Fall Classic - This event is open to Thistles, Lightnings and Flying Scots. Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, CT; cedarpointyc.org 17 & 18 Yale Women’s Interconference - This intercollegiate regatta is hosted by Yale University and sailed in Z420s and FJs. Branford, CT; collegesailing.org 17 & 18 32nd Annual Oyster Festival - Attractions at Long Island’s largest waterfront festival include tall ships, pirate shows, live bands, arts & crafts, midway rides and oyster shucking and eating contests. Oyster Bay, NY; theoysterfestival.org 17, 18 and 24 37th Annual Manhasset Bay Fall Series - Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY; manhassetbayyc.org

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These tide tables are predictions and are to be used as a reference only. The times of high and low are approximations and are affected, in part by onshore and offshore winds, full and new moons as well as changes in currents. Always use caution when entering or leaving any harbor and navigate in areas that are well marked. WindCheck assumes no liability due to the use of these tables.

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Demystifying Sailing Protests Through Open Hearings

By Tim Clark Co-Chair, Pequot Yacht Club Junior Sailing Committee For racing sailors young and old, inexperienced or experienced, a protest hearing can mean fear, anxiety apprehension, anger and humiliation.

And that’s assuming the decision went your way! For the “losers,” the feelings are even worse. For these reasons and more, most of us avoid protest situations at all costs.

Participating in the protest process need not be a negative experience. The goal for all involved should be to have it be a positive and educational experience. It is an important way for us to demonstrate our love of the sport of sailing and our respect for our fellow competitors.

At our recent Invitational Regatta, hosted by Pequot Yacht Club in Southport, CT in four classes (C420, Laser Radial, Pixel and Feva) for intermediate sailors age 11-15, an effort was made to open up and demystify the protest process for young sailors by holding open protest hearings. We invited sailors into the hearings as observers to witness all aspects, including the normally private committee deliberations. What follows is our

Many protests are filed as a result of infractions at mark roundings, and an open protest hearing is an opportunity for all involved to increase their knowledge of the rules. © Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon

roadmap for making it happen, and some dos and don’ts to keep in mind if you are going to make it succeed.

Recruiting the Committee Effective open protest hearings begin with selecting the right

Dave Perry on Open Protest Committee Hearings On the benefits of open protest committee hearings: First, it removes a lot of the mystery and anxiety about the protest process without being in it. A lot of people don’t protest…they don’t know what goes on behind that closed door and they don’t want to find out.

Second, there are very few protests, because there are a lot of skills and techniques you need to have in a protest that people don’t feel they have. By being able to watch them, you’ll get better at it.

Third, in almost every protest, somebody learns something about the rules. By opening up the process, you expose that many more sailors to that learning experience.”

On a protest committee’s preparations in advance: Appendix M in the rulebook is the road map for how to run a protest hearing. It lays out exactly who speaks when, who asks questions, etc. I try to follow it closely.

When to conduct open protest hearings: …when your committee is strong (in rules knowledge) and the case is academic (boat vs. boat).

When not to conduct open protest hearings: …if there is any personal aspect to the protest…or if one or two of the protest committee members aren’t strong (on their knowledge of the rules) and could be intimidated by having an audience.

Important to remember: A sailor should not feel ashamed about protesting…but you need to be prepared. Learn the rules. Above all, show respect for your competitors.

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committee. Pequot is fortunate in that we count among our membership sailors with strong racing backgrounds, strong knowledge of the rules and a high comfort zone for communication.

For our protest committee, we were fortunate to recruit David Dellenbaugh (tactician and starting helmsman on America3, the successful 1992 America’s Cup defender, as well as three-time U.S. Match Racing Champion), David Storrs (currently the #1 ranked match racer in the U.S. based on the ISAF Open Rankings), and Max Simmonds (Pequot’s C420 coach and a member of the Boston College Sailing Team) to be on the strong committee needed to make open protest windcheckmagazine.com

hearings work.

Not lost on us was the need for a strong chair. For open hearings we would need someone not just strong on the rules and strong on communication, but also comfortable as an educator. Dave Perry (past Rules Advisor for the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team and several America’s Cup teams, and four-time U.S. Match Racing Champion) fit the bill perfectly.

Other Preparations We determined that the ideal space for open protest hearings would be a large room that could be configured as a classroom, with the protest committee positioned up front with a magnetic board (to display boats) visible to all to diagram protest situations. Ample seating was necessary to accommodate an audience.

Such a space needed to be “away from the action” and relatively quiet so that everyone could more easily focus on what would be going on in the room.

With the committee members recruited and the space prepared, we awaited protests (there were six) and, once the sailors were back on shore and boats almost put away, we announced that open protest hearings were about to begin and all were cordially welcome to attend.

The Protest Hearings Dave Perry opened the proceeding by welcoming everyone and outlining how the proceedings would work. (The US Sailing Judges Manual provides valuable guidance.) He explained the rules about utilizing a formal protest committee hearing versus

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• Although protest hearings would be open, arbitration hearings would remain closed as the very nature of arbitration lends itself to an informal and confidential process.

• The committee would conduct fully open protest hearings, meaning that all in attendance would be listening in not just on the witness presentations, but the deliberations by the protest committee members as well.

• If a sailor was to be a witness in a protest, he or she could not be present in the hearing room until/unless he or she was called.

• Once anyone was in the room for any part of the hearing, he or she had to stay in until the end of the hearing. This is done to prevent communications with witnesses, who were not present.

• Sailors needed to be respectful and not be talking or texting during the hearings.

Was It a Success? Yes! Six protests were heard in front of many of our young sailors. In spite of the open setting, the hearings went off without a hitch.

And the issues were sufficiently complex that, upon conclusion, important lessons were learned not just by the protesters, witnesses and the audience, but by our rules-savvy protest committee members as well.

And…the ultimate litmus test….many sailors remained in the audience, attending the last of the hearings while the dinner and dance had begun! F

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Fishers Island Junior Overnight Race The 2015 Junior Overnight Race, hosted by Fishers Island Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club, started at 1735 on Friday, August 7 in 8-10 knots from the east and foul current in Fishers Island Sound off Sea Flower Reef.

The starters ranged from Paul Hughes’ Henderson 30 Double Down, rating 45 in ECSA PHRF, sailed by a Pettipaug Yacht Club crew led by 15-year-old watch captains Zach Champney and Alex Hughes, to Irukandji, Peter Rugg’s 1982 Beneteau 32.5 (rating 138) skippered by Hallie Bereday, age 16, from Fishers Island Yacht Club.

The crews of these two boats at the far ends of the rating spectrum enjoyed close racing, and the battle of the leadmine and the sled lasted all night into a bright dawn 12 hours later, and ended with a corrected time margin of just 5 minutes, 45 seconds.

The course took the five entrants, each with an owner’s representative and safety officer aboard, over 70 miles through the waters of three states: eastward through Fishers Island Sound (NY), around Bell R2, South of Point Judith (RI), then west to Flasher The Pettipaug YC/MudRatz team sailed Quantum Leap to victory in the 2015 Fishers Island Junior Overnight Race. © Laura Ryan

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G7 by Shagwon Reef near Montauk, NY, then northwest to Flasher R4 off Bartlett Reef (CT) followed by a port tack close reach to the finish at Sea Flower, off New London, CT.

The overall winner was Pat Dillon’s Quest 30 Quantum Leap, the winner of the 2013 edition of this race, captained by Lawrence Hennessy and crewed by a team from Pettipaug and MudRatz. Hallie Bereday steered Irukandji to second place second, followed closely by Double Down in third.

Kevin Farrar’s GP 26 Pithy (FIYC), skippered

by Hallie’s twin brother Jarvis Bereday, took fourth. Justin Dieckerhoff’s J/105 She’s The Boss, sailed by a team from the Wadawanuck Club led by skipper Charlie Mann, was fifth.

There were many siblings out for the night, and Lawrence Hennessy’s sister Kathleen, aboard Quantum Leap, won the best Navigator Trophy.

The Navigator Trophy selection committee was led by world-renowned navigator and marine physicist Frank Bohlen.

A longtime Storm Trysail member, Bohlen has coached Newport Bermuda Race navigators for more than a decade and sailed enough ocean miles to commence salt mining. At the awards ceremony, he coached the navigators on how to hone their skills and step up to the next opportunity.

Additionally, each of the participants learned and practiced

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All five teams completed the 70-mile course.

safety skills at a Storm Trysail Foundation Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar hosted by the New England Science and Sailing Foundation in Stonington, CT in July. For more information, visit yachtscoring.com.

To get involved in the growth of this exciting and challenging junior big boat race, contact Peter Rugg at ruglet@peterrugg.com. F

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From the Log of Persevere: Transatlantic Race 2015

By Colin Rath Editor’s note: This is the eighth installment in a series of dispatches from the Rath family (Colin & Pam, daughters Breana, Meriel and Nerina, dog Aspen and cat Wasabi), who departed Stamford, CT last fall for a worldwide cruise aboard their Hanse 545 Persevere. You’ll find previous articles at windcheckmagazine.com.

The Transatlantic Race 2015 really started four years ago for me, when I purchased Persevere in May 2011. I had it all scheduled, crewed in preparation for the Transatlantic Race 2011, but due to a mast delivery delay I decided to cancel. It didn’t make much sense to do a shakedown cruise in the middle of the Atlantic. In hindsight, I don’t know why I thought I could make a brand new boat ready to race 3,000 miles in two months. After four years of racing and cruising, making upgrades and changes and seeing how she handles in weather, I barely got her ready after working 24/7 for a month at Newport Shipyard earlier this summer.

This was the first real major overhaul that we have done to Persevere since we launched her. We'd already had the bottom done in Nanny Cay, Tortola and I have been upgrading systems over the years, but I wanted to make sure she was ready since we were leaving for good and anything else would be done overseas going forward. The rig was removed, checked, greased and improved by Southern Spars for three weeks and we still had problems that required us to suspend racing and head for the docks in Newport to decompress the rig and reattach the D1 lower shroud that became loose. This mishap cost us over five hours and the weather window, which put us out of contention in the Transatlantic Race 2015. It also added another three days to our crossing due to lack of wind.

I am sure all boat owners know that you have to keep on top of the services in a project of this size, and I was at the boat at 8 am every day to make sure everything was done, testing to make sure that each system worked as it should, and getting Wasabi (center) supervised sail repairs. © persevere60545.com

Cubans and cold ones at the finish © persevere60545.com them back if they didn’t. So, a leisure month in Newport with my family transpired into a full-time job as project manager to prepare Persevere for her trip across the pond. I got 95% of what I wanted done, and the family ready to fly to Heathrow. Or so I thought. Pam had to redo all of our dog Aspen’s certificates.

She also had to have the new certificates endorsed by the USDA. Their office was not far from JFK, but she still missed her flight.

To her credit, Pam pulled through once again and beat us to Cowes.

July 1 was a beautiful day for a race, sunny with a nice breeze at 12 to 16 knots, and we were on the starting area two hours ahead of time. We were setting up for the race and needed to bring down the main. Heading downwind to work on the main, the top part of the sail caught wind and sent one of my crew off her feet and headfirst into the rub rail. Her head was bleeding, so we got out the med kit and stopped the blood flow.

She was a bit disoriented and didn’t remember what happened.

Our medic, watch captains and I didn’t want to risk a concussion at sea, so we called an ambulance and went to the dock at Fort Adams. We gave the medics her medical history and told them what happened, and then went off to start the race.

We started mid-fleet and were doing well, keeping pace for a few hours. Then we noticed the D1 had detached from the leeward spreader, so we suspended racing and returned to the dock again. It was fair to say that the crew’s spirits were not the greatest and there was talk about abandoning, but as those that know me can attest, my boat’s name isn’t happenstance. So, we did what was needed and rejoined the race five hours later.

We knew that we just had to finish the race in order to win the Storm Trysail Club Cup (by default, since we were the only entrant racing for STC. Hey, it’s not my fault that other members didn’t race for it). We decided to enjoy ourselves and race the whole race, including the coastal race. This was an adventure of a lifetime and a life changer for many of my crew and myself.

The 19 days at sea involved a bit of drama. We had a series of squalls up to 50 knots and days of doldrums, chasing apparent wind and moving at 1 to 3 knots. We tore five sails, and Joey and Stu and worked together to mend everything with assistance from our cat Wasabi. Wess had to quick turn to avoid

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two whales. My daughter Breana, at 14 the youngest sailor in the race, really came into her own, setting her personal record of driving the boat at 16 knots. The race record went to Nick, who hit 18.7 while surfing waves and got his initials and speed on the nav station.

Fifteen days out, we came across a couple guys rowing across the Atlantic at about 1 knot, so we talked on VHF and shared weather information. They were 30 days out and expecting to reach England in 54 days. That really puts things in perspective, and we decided that sailing with all our creature comforts at 3 to 5 knots was really not bad compared to the alternative that had just rowed up. There were a lot of movie nights on the flat screen, which started as early as noon in the doldrums. Persevere has more than 600 movies, as well as all the shows up for an Emmy this year. All in all, things worked out well and we finished the Transatlantic Race at 0300 with Breana driving.

Cigars I had picked up in Cuba came out, along with two cases of beer and assorted hard alcohol, which was quickly consumed as we started the second coastal race, a much-needed break and recalibration that lasted until noon the following day as off-watch crew slowly retired. As luck would have it, we got another night of drifting with only the tide moving us as the wind died. Persevere came into Cowes the following day, and to our surprise we got a gun when we finished. It turned out we had won our division in the coastal race. Need I say more?...

Persevere.

We were greeted on the dock by James of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, with champagne, beers, chocolate milk and soda

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Team Persevere celebrates in Cowes.

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for Breana, and cat food for Wasabi. We were offered a drink at the RORC bar after we cleared customs, and the rest was a night of revelry. F

Persevere had recently completed the Rolex Fastnet Race as this issue of WindCheck went to press. Next up for the Rath family and crew are the Rolex Middle Sea Race next month, and the RORC Transatlantic Race (Lanzarote to Grenada) in November. Look for updates on Persevere’s journey in future issues of WindCheck, and track their progress on their Facebook page, “Persevere60545.”

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Buzzards Bay Regatta Crowns National and Regional Champions

By Chuck Gilchrest The 43rd Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta, hosted this year at the New Bedford Yacht Club in South Dartmouth, MA from August 7 - 9, offered three days of close competition for nine classes of one-design and handicap fleets in wind conditions that ranged from 10-15 knots on Friday and Saturday to 20-30 knots and five-foot seas on the closing Sunday.

“The reason sailors come to this event is the wind and the waves,” said Regatta Chair MaryEllen DeFrias, “and this weekend we have both!” Additionally, US Sailing’s Hobie Alter Trophy brought racers in the F-18 catamaran class to compete for the National Multihull Championships, with Michael Easton & Trevor Burd’s Falcon F-18 Ronstan (NENSA) taking the honors with nine wins in 11 races. Ravi Parent (Sarasota Sailing Squadron) finished in second place, with Todd Riccardi’s Nacra F-18 Infusion Fly Tradewind (Sail Newport) rounding out the podium in third.

The 420 class filled to its 150-boat capacity once again with class separations for the C-420 collegiate style class and the I-420 class which sails internationally. Annapolis YC’s Kathryn Hall & Emily Gonzalez won the 8-boat I-420 fleet while the much larger C-420s split into Gold and Silver Fleets after two days of qualifying. Skipper Jack McGrew and crew Noble Reynoso, of Southwestern YC and San Francisco YC respectively, captured the Gold Fleet title over Thomas Walden & Peter Lynn (Pleon YC and St. Thomas YC). Eduardo Mintzias & Katie Lounsbury (Coral Reef YC) finished third. Boat handling skills on Sunday’s championship circle were tested in full as rain, winds, and seas built throughout the morning with gusts well into the high 20s Michael Easton and Trevor Burd sailed their Falcon F-18 Ronstan to victory in the National Multihull Championship and won the Hobie Alter Trophy. © Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon

Mark Verville’s J/120 Isurus (USA 51410) won the PHRF New England Championship at the 2015 Buzzards Bay Regatta. © Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon

keeping safety boats busy with numerous capsizes and several minor injuries. Race Committee did their best to keep dinghy fleets close to shore in the lee of the land to allow racing to continue through the weekend.

Handicap fleets were treated to more offshore conditions in three PHRF Spinnaker racing classes and one Cruising Class.

The PHRF New England Championships were up for grabs, and Mark Verville’s J/120 Isurus (Beverly YC) easily won Class 1 in both the Dick Fontaine Memorial Long Distance Race on Friday as well as the overall class win. His closest competition came from Doug Curtiss’ J/111 Wicked 2.0 (New Bedford YC) and Betsy McComb’s Farr 395 Scheherazade (Eastern YC).

A crew from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy captured Class 2 PHRF Spinnaker on their J/105 Good Trade, despite a disqualification following a protest in one of Saturday’s races. A pair of J/109s, Cory Eaves’ Freedom (Larchmont YC) and Ted Herlihy’s Gut Feeling (New Bedford Yacht Club) were also on the podium. David Schwartz’s Seguin 40 Mischief (Bristol YC) was the winner of Spinnaker Class 3, edging out Ken Deyette’s J/35 Jeraboam (Beverly YC) and Diana & Tom Sutton’s J/35 Leading Edge (Houston YC).

PHRF Cruise saw Bob Warren of Mattapoisett YC on his Dufour 38 In Deep continue his winning ways at BBR, as he dominated the fleet with wins in all five races. “It was our kind of conditions out there,” he said after finishing Sunday’s racing in over 25-knot conditions. Warren easily captured top honors in Friday’s Long Distance Race as well. Second place went to Albert Signorella’s J/100 Sundance (New Bedford YC) and third place to octogenarian Dr. Les DeGroot’s Sabre 362 Restless (New Bedford

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Rounding out the dinghy classes, first place in the Laser full rig as well as the Master’s division went to South Dartmouth’s Mark Bear of New Bedford YC. His closest competitor was collegiate sailor Brendan Shanahan of George Washington University Sailing followed

by Olympic hopeful Christine Neville (Sail Newport, Fleet 413). The 54boat Laser Radial division was won by Maryland’s Leo Boucher (Severn Sailing Association), who edged Richie Gordon (Cedar Point YC) by two points. Surf City YC’s Carrson Pearce was the eventual third place finisher.

Perennial 5O5 hotshoe Andrew Buttner (NESS) sailed to a 10-point victory, dominating the field ahead of Team Rooster’s Tyler Moore. With the 5O5 and F-18 classes racing on the same circle, the brisk conditions on Sunday made for some tight racing and high flying action as boats and athletic crews fought hard to keep the powered-up boats under control. The few spectators venturing out to watch were treated to a fantastic show!

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Mark roundings were lively in the 150-boat 420 fleet. © Spectrum Photo/Fran Grenon

at New Bedford YC and Marion YC. Next year’s event will be held August 5, 6 and 7, 2016 at Beverly YC in Marion, MA. Visit buzzardsbayregatta.com to learn more. F Chuck Gilchrest is the Buzzards Bay Regatta’s Publicity Chair. A member of New Bedford Yacht Club, he sailed his C&C 25 Mk 1 Half Magic in the PHRF Cruise division.

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Ida Lewis Distance Race 2015 A Different Experience Each Year

By Kirsten Ferguson The Ida Lewis Distance Race, a popular sailing overnighter hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport, RI, wrapped up its 11th edition on August 16 with the entire 36-boat fleet finishing within the time limit – a stark contrast to last year when many entries had to retire due to inclement weather. The race started Friday, August 14 off Fort Adams, near the mouth of Newport Harbor, with a steady breeze and calm seas that remained consistent on two courses: the 153-nautical mile Block Island Course for the IRC Class and the 121-nautical mile Point Judith Course In her first “Ida,” Brian Cunha’s Ker 55 Irie 2 claimed line honors and the overall win in PHRF. © Meghan Sepe

two courses, all boats had to incorporate an approximately 37 nautical mile upwind leg from Buzzards Bay to Montauk Point.

The “tricky beat” called for teams to decide whether to head right or left around Block Island, and for Cunha and his team, the choice was clearly left because of the wind angles, but the following leg posed larger challenges for Irie 2. “After we hit Montauk we headed back down to Buzzards Bay and had to navigate our way through a fleet of about 200 fishing boats that were right in the middle of the course,” said Cunha. Despite the unusual obstacle, the team finished with a three-hour lead on the rest of the fleet.

In addition to event newcomers like Cunha, a slew of returning race veterans competed, including Heidi & Steve Benjamin’s Carkeek 40 SPOOKIE (Jamestown, RI/Norwalk, CT) and Tristan Mouligne’s Quest 30 Samba (Boston, MA). Both teams defended their wins in IRC Overall and PHRF A, respectively.

“This is the sixth Ida Lewis Distance Race that I’ve done in a row, and what is great about it is you never experience the same race twice,” said Mouligne, who was also awarded the newly-established Rhode Island Offshore Challenge Trophy for best-combined score in the Ida Lewis Distance Race and the Sid Clark Offshore Race (which took place in July). “I’ve had Samba for a while and have done a lot of point-to-point sailing and distance racing. I’ve gone to Bermuda and back twice with the boat and raced in six New England Solo/Twin Championships, a very similar race to this one. We’ve done that offshore leg between Buzzards Bay and Montauk about 25 times, so we are starting to figure out what to look for and which way to go.” Mouligne added that the level of competition at the Ida Lewis Distance Race is what brings him back every year. “We are always trying to race against as many boats as we can. This year in the PHRF class, we had an awesome offshore fleet of 25

for PHRF and Doublehanded Classes.

Brian Cunha’s Ker 55 Irie 2 (Newport) crossed the finish line on Saturday morning at 5:50 am, claiming line honors and taking the overall win in PHRF division.

“This is the first time we’ve done the Ida Lewis Distance Race, and it was a lot of fun,” said Cunha, who was awarded the Lime Rock Trophy for best-corrected time in PHRF and the Lois J. Muessel Trophy for best elapsed time in PHRF. “The conditions were perfect for us, with the wind staying between eight and 12 knots throughout the entire race.”

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The separately-scored Youth Challenge also saw a repeat victory by the team aboard Alfred Van Liew’s J/111 Odyssey (Middletown, RI), who won the Arent H. Kits van Heyningen Trophy for the second year in a row.

When asked about how her experience on Odyssey differed this year compared to last, 18-year-old Kate Nota (Newport) said, “We definitely approached racing with a different mindset.

Last year, the wind was pretty crazy. With calmer conditions this year we were able to focus on all the little details and make every second count. It’s good to have different conditions to test us as sailors and build up our experience.” The Youth Challenge was developed by the race organizers nine years ago as a stepping stone for junior sailors interested in transitioning into offshore racing. This year, the Youth Challenge hosted five teams. (To qualify, more than 40% of the crew had to have reached their 14th birthday but not turned 20 prior to August 15, 2015.)

Nota added that Team Odyssey included seven junior sailors and two adults, Van Liew and David Brodsky. “We had a few junior sailors on our team that were new to the event and one who had never sailed in an overnight race before,” she said, “so it was fun to go through the experience with them and see how excited they were.”

Starting Line Sponsors for the 2015 Ida Lewis Distance Race include Bluewater Technologies, the City of Newport, Helly Hansen, New England Boatworks and Newport Shipyard; Contributing Sponsors are DYT Yacht Transport, Flint Audio & Video, Gosling’s Rum, Mac Designs, Toni Mills Graphic Design, Triton Insurance, North Sails, Rig Pro Southern Spars and Stella Artois. The Ida Lewis Distance Race also is a qualifier for the New England Lighthouse Series (PHRF) and the Northern and Double-Handed Ocean Racing Trophies (IRC). For more information, visit ildistancerace.org and follow the race on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. F windcheckmagazine.com

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Mudhead Benefit Cup Raises over $25,000 for Hospice

By Courtney Moore On July 18, a beautiful day, with shifty winds in Fishers Island Sound, sailors on 55 boats in eight classes competed in the Mudhead Benefit Cup Regatta. Organized by the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association, the event raises funds to benefit Center for Hospice Care.

In addition to racing, the Mudheads held their annual Mega Party to benefit Center for Hospice Care at the Mystic Shipyard.

Bob Bruno’s Chance Custom 31 Arabesque finished second in Class Three. © Carl Tjerandsen

More than 425 attendees enjoyed great food from Mohegan Sun, Captain Daniel Packer Inne, and Pizzetta, and musical entertainment from Rock N Soul Revue. Thanks to the dedication of many donors and the generosity of sponsors including L+M Hospital and Backus Hospital, the event raised over $25,000.

These funds make it possible to provide bereavement services, free of charge, to any adult or child in eastern Connecticut who needs them, whether or not they have had a loved one in a Center for Hospice Care program. In addition, funds are used to provide quality end-of-life care to anyone who needs it and meets the qualifications, even if they are uninsured or underinsured and unable to pay.

Since 1985, Center for Hospice Care has served more than 14,000 families in eastern Connecticut. Their staff is augmented by more than 100 specially trained volunteers who provide companionship to patients and respite to their families.

The fundraising festivities aren’t done yet! On Friday, September 11, the Niantic Bay Yacht Club in Niantic, CT will host their annual fundraising party to benefit Center for Hospice Care. To learn more and to purchase tickets, visit hospicesect.org/ events.

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Looking Back on the Newport Bermuda Race: A Navigator’s Race

By John Rousmaniere Here’s a challenge: Sail 635 miles almost entirely out of sight of land, crossing a current running up to six knots in any direction, and then make your landfall on a low, tiny island that’s guarded by a sharp-edged reef.

Did we mention that you’re navigating a race to Bermuda?

The vital importance of navigation to the Newport Bermuda Race is reflected in eight prizes that are either presented to the navigators of winning boats, or that include sextants as decorative features.

Did we also mention this? During the first 70 years of the Bermuda Race after it was founded in 1906, navigators had to rely on one instrument: the sextant. Some boats had radio direction finders and other primitive electronics, but the one essential navigational tool was the sextant. You know how important navigators are because they’re often the butts of jokes.

A Bermuda racer, Edward Streeter, described the typical navigator as “crawling from the main hatch like a strange, subterranean animal.

With eyes red and bleary from peeking through a sextant all the afternoon, he examined the sky critically and then dove below for his instruments.” Back on deck, he handed a stopwatch to the designated timekeeper, took sextant sights of the sun or a star, and slid back below to calculate the fix using thick printed tables and a special clock, called the chronometer.

All that labor led to the moment of truth, which (according to experienced navigator Nick Nicholson) concerns “that little speck of land in the middle of the ocean.” Nicholson added, “All the self-doubts about what you had done for the last three or four days piled up at once. Were my sights accurate? Do I really have a clue? The first time Bermuda popped up in front of the boat approximately when and where it was supposed to be, it was a divine revelation. There was meaning to the universe.

The celestial clock was still God’s timepiece, and it still ran with eternal perfection.”

In sextant days, a navigator’s word was Scripture. “The navigator was like a priest,” says Larry Glenn, who has guided boats in “the thrash to the Onion Patch” for decades. “People were always asking, ‘Where are we?’, and when you blindly put your finger on the chart, they’d believe you and say, ‘Ahhh,’ in a respectful way.”

True, a navigator might not know the boat’s exact position.

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have to say, ‘I don’t know,’ and then he’d say, ‘Well, I’m going to sleep with my feet forward in case we run into the reef.’” If the reef has stopped only one boat in Bermuda Race history, it’s because navigators are cautious and also ingenious. At least one navigator followed a cruise ship to the island. A few have claimed It’s a safe bet that every navigator on these boats starting the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race studied up on the Gulf Stream and weather. © Talbot Wilson

Robbie Doyle, aboard Shockwave, won the Schooner Mistress Award as Navigator of the first boat to finish. © Stephen Cloutier/PhotoGroup.us

that they followed the scent of oleanders and other island flowers blowing down to them.

The Age of the Sextant ended in the 1970s. After a big scare in a storm in 1972, the Bermuda Race permitted new Loran-C instruments within 50 miles of the start and finish. In 1980, electronics were permitted from start to finish. When Loran and, later, GPS proved to be remarkably precise, many navigators were WindCheck Magazine

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Safety at Sea Seminar Weekend is March 19 & 20, 2016 To be eligible for the Newport Bermuda Race, at least 30% of a yacht’s crew (including the Captain and the Navigator or a Watch Captain) must have completed a US Sailing sanctioned Safety At Sea (SAS) seminar within the last five years prior to the race’s start. In order to meet the needs of participants, the Cruising Club of America is hosting a Safety at Sea seminar weekend on March 19 & 20, 2016 at the Marriott Hotel in Newport, RI.

As a US Sailing sanctioned seminar, it satisfies the requirements of most USoriginated nearshore and ocean races and offers an ISAF certificate as an option. The seminar follows the curriculum provided by ISAF Offshore Special Regulations, with topics of interest to both racing and cruising sailors. Certificates earned are issued through US Sailing and valid for five years. The moderator will be Bruce Brown, who has experience in moderating SAS seminars and Practical hands-on training seminars.

The ISAF training will include both a refresher option and a second day of Practical hands-on.

In addition to the SAS and ISAF options, the organizers will offer a Race Preparation seminar on Sunday, specifically oriented to those participating in the Newport Bermuda Race with topics including class structure and prizes, developing a prerace strategy, the Gulf Stream, preparing the boat, sail selection and Q&A. A Sunday medical seminar will include a presentation on medical assessment and an opportunity to address some likely medical scenarios. The race preparation and medical seminars will be available as separate and stand-alone seminars for those who do not require SAS or ISAF certification. For more information, contact Leslie & Garry Schneider at SafetySeminar@cruisingclub.org or visit bermudarace.com.

tempted to throw out old disciplines, like keeping a dead-reckoning plot—tracking the boat’s position on the chart based on her course and speed.

One of the many true believers in the DR was Jim Mertz, who navigated boats in 17 Bermuda Races and sailed in a record 30. “Once, we had a Loran expert on board and didn’t keep up the DR. When we got near Bermuda the Loran coverage ended.

I learned two things from this experience.

Number one, keep up the DR. Number two, don’t let the navigator stand watch. It takes a lot of energy to keep up a DR.”

Navigation became tactical in the 1980s when electronic precision and the Gulf Stream analysis of Jennifer Clark and other oceanographers came together to make it easier to find favorable in and near the Gulf Stream. Good navigators also relied on their senses. In the 1982 race, the famous sloop Carina was aimed almost at Bermuda when skipper Richard Nye poked his head up through the companionway took a look around. Way up to windward, a lightning bolt flashed down to the water.

“Tack,” Nye ordered. The crew looked

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at him incredulously. Someone told him they were only 10 degrees off the layline to the island. “Tack! There’s lightning to windward. There’s warm water up there. The Stream’s up there.”

Carina sailed on the “wrong” tack until she was well into hot water, came about, and with a 3-knot current boost, charged toward Bermuda at over 10 knots over the bottom. She won her division and almost the race.

Today, tactical navigation is understood better than ever. To quote oceanographer Frank Bohlen, writing in the 2012 Bermuda Race program: “For the Newport Bermuda racer, the point

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at which the Gulf Stream is encountered is often considered a juncture as important as the start or finish of the race itself. The location, structure, and variability of this major ocean current and its effects all present a particular challenge for every navigator and tactician.”

I can’t predict who will win the 50th Bermuda Race next year. But I can say for certain that long before the race starts on June 17, 2016, the typical navigator will spend hours studying charts of the Gulf Stream No object says “navigation” quite like and Bermuda. Articles a sextant. This is the William L. Glenn and much more about Family Participation Prize, awarded to the top family-crewed boat in the Newport weather, the Gulf Bermuda Race. © Scott King Stream, and tactical navigation can be found on BermudaRace.com at the Commentary button and the Resources tab. F The author of The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, Fastnet, Force 10, and other books on seamanship, John Rousmaniere also wrote the Bermuda Race’s history, A Berth to Bermuda.

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Greenport Ocean Race Improving Every Year

By Jim Ryan In all my years sailing on Eastern Long Island, it always amazed me that there wasn’t a distance race going east out into the ocean. We have lots of weekly racing in our beautiful bays and we have our big, end-of-the-season Whitebread Race, but that’s only 35 miles. If you wanted to do a distance race, you had to go to Western Long Island Sound or to Rockaway for the Around Long Island Regatta. In 2008, I decided to do something about it. I talked to some yacht clubs and my sailing friends about organizing a race out to Block Island and back. Then I was at a cocktail party and someone said to me, “Jim, I heard you’re reviving the old Brooklyn Ocean Challenge Cup.” I had no idea that I was doing that, but now that was my mission.

I found out that the Brooklyn Ocean Challenge Cup was a large silver cup donated in 1904 to the Brooklyn Yacht Club by William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper tycoon. The purpose of the cup was to encourage ocean distance racing, and the first race for the cup in 1905 was from Brooklyn to Hampton Roads, Virginia. The cup came to eastern Long Island in the 1950s and there were some ocean races, but after 1979 nobody seemed to know where the cup was. As I worked to organize the race from Greenport to Block Island and back, I also tried to find out whatever happened to this beautiful trophy.

Then one day I got a phone call from a member of the Chinese Yacht Club in Greenport, New York. We scheduled a meeting that included representatives from a few of the East End yacht clubs as well as a representative from the Village of Greenport. There was the cup, sitting right on the table. Spectacular!!

Each entrant in the 2015 Greenport Ocean Race and Greenport Bay Race will be entered in a drawing for a 7-day charter on this beautiful MarineMax 433. © marinemaxvacations.com

The cup was coming out of retirement. We agreed that the Chinese Yacht Club and Old Cove Yacht Club would sponsor the race, the Village of Greenport helped with a trophy and with the use of their marina, Shelter Island Yacht Club and Orient Yacht Club donated trophies, and we had our first Greenport Ocean Race in 2008. The first new name to be added to the cup

The Brooklyn Ocean Challenge Cup is now mounted on a plinth with the name of each winner of the Greenport Ocean Race since 2008. © brycesystems.com

was Michael LaChance, sailing his J/105 Dark ‘n Stormy. The Greenport Cup, awarded to the first boat to finish, was won by Brendan Brownyard’s Swan 42 Barleycorn.

The original plan in 2008 was to start in late afternoon and finish in the early morning, so that we’d leave and return in some light. I figured that sailing almost 90 miles would take a while. I was wrong. All the boats finished between midnight and 4am. The poor race committee was out there all night. So much for the late afternoon start. The next year we started at 1pm and the race and RC work were much more civilized. In the first six years of the race we had it start on a Friday, thinking that if it took too long everyone would still make the awards party on Sunday. We finally realized last year, with six years’ experience, that everyone will finish in a reasonable time, so we moved the race to Saturday.

The move to Saturday was a big improvement. Along with changing the day, we changed the start time to 9am. Some of us that had done the race every year were able to figure out that a night race in October was rather chilly. With a start time of 9am, boats would be finishing in the early evening. That’s when we came up with the idea of a pub crawl as well as the addition of a Bay Race.

The Bay Race started at 10am and did a sort of reverse of the Whitebread, going around both Robins Island and Shelter

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Island. The plan was that the shorter Bay Race would also finish in the late afternoon. We figured that with all these sailors arriving back in Greenport early Saturday evening, we had to have something to do. Mitchell Park Marina is right in the middle of downtown Greenport, so we arranged with nine restaurants, all within walking distance, to give a couple of free beers per boat, and a pub crawl was born. Last year, Ian, the owner of North Fork Oysters, said he was about to close five different times and each time he saw another group of sailors coming. He finally closed at 2am.

As the race has improved every year, so has Sunday’s awards party. The North Fork is such a great place to live and sail, so we take advantage of what we have. We serve local craft beer from Greenport Harbor Brewery and local wine from one of the North Fork’s finest wineries, Lenz Winery. When I originally spoke to the owner of Lenz, he said “I’ll provide wine, as long as you serve it in glasses.” That gave us the idea of imprinted souvenir glasses. When you enter the party, you are given either a wine or beer glass.

Everything tastes better and we actually have less cleanup. Our food last year was all cooked on-site and included filet mignon sliders, lamb shanks and pork tenderloins in addition to our raw clam and oyster bar. Not your average postrace fare.

This year’s Greenport Ocean Race and Greenport Bay Race start on Saturday, October 10. With one As his T-shirt attests, the author was dollar-per-foot docking in only able to make seven of the nine Mitchell Park on Friday establishments in last year’s Greenand Saturday night for port Ocean Race Pub Crawl. participating boats, racing and The Greenport Ocean Race Pub Crawl on Saturday and the awards party on Sunday, this is not just a race. It’s a great weekend in what Forbes Magazine called one of America’s prettiest towns. To join us, go to greenportoceanrace.com.

So, how on earth can we make this any better? It was hard to improve on last year’s event, but we did. We’re giving away a 7-day charter on a MarineMax 433 sailboat in the British Virgin Islands. Your race entry is your entry in the drawing for the free charter. We’ll put all the boat names in a bowl at the awards party and a winner will be drawn.

All this leaves me with only one question. Why, with Swan 42s, J/122s, J/109s and J/111s competing, has a J/105 won the Brooklyn Ocean Challenge Cup seven years in a row? F Jim Ryan is the Greenport Ocean Race Committee Chairman.

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Coop’s Karma Get Me

By Joe Cooper

I am involved in a variety of “Coop’s Kapers” that bring young men and women together with big boats. Typical of these numerous instant Kapers was a phone call from the owner of Falcon 2000, a 15-year-old, 80-foot maxi, detuned and refitted as a fast, comfy cruising boat, to “bring some of your kids out for a sail.” I duly sent the Bat Signal and showed up with half a dozen of the Prout Sailing Team, whose skill range varies from a single 8-week high school season in 420s up to one young man who is very skilled. Cary, the owner, has his own very methodical safety briefing prior to leaving

the mooring.

One of my aims with any junior sailor on a big boat is to get him or her comfortable using a winch. My theory is that if a young sailor can use a winch, he or she then has a value and can be given a task and work into the crew, rather than being told to “sit in the stern and don’t get hurt.” Well, “Winches 101” on a maxi with 15-inch drums, one of which turns the opposite of normal, two pedestals with four grinders and line coming at you at perhaps 10 feet per second is, well, not for the feint of heart.

That the young people who sail with me are motivated is exemplified by one young lady’s very fast study on tailing under such conditions. Within five tacks, I could practically let her tail on her own. Another young lady made a similar transformation with steering Falcon. She had the angle of heel and pressure on the wheel down pat in five minutes, and I could shut up rather than talking in her ear endlessly.

The Storm Trysail Foundation just conducted our first Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar on the west coast, at Newport Beach, CA. By all accounts, it was a huge success. A number of “big boats” were provided, plenty of energetic volunteers, and the large and well-established (1937) Aquatic Center all combined to make the day successful. The Center is a Sea Scout base and offers sailing and rowing, and they already have a youth big boat program on local 30-footers, so it was a perfect venue.

Similarly, at the one in Newport RI, 15 high school sailors spent the day getting instruction on several aspects of sailing big boats safely. A highlight for many was the demonstration of hand held flares. Dan O’Connor of Life Raft and Survival Equipment, a

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specialist in all things maritime and safety and a perennial volunteer, brought his truck of tricks for the lunchtime session. We inflated a life raft in a pool, and discussed the things one needs to know when using such edge-of-the-cliff equipment. Your humble correspondent donned a Spinlock inflatable safety harness and went in the deep end, as it were.

Folks from Spinlock, whose office is in Newport, discussed their equipment, the variations, the sizing and fit: There was me, weighing in at a secure undisclosed size and weight, and a young lady from the Prout Sailing Team at the other end of the Cooper Mass Quotient scale, so in this case one size most certainly does not fit all. I scrambled into the raft with the students. This was my first time in a life raft and I am going to make damn sure it is my last.

The flares demo was fascinating. After a 10-minute introduction by Dan about the different types, uses, variables and safety concerns of marine pyrotechnics, we started lighting them off.

Aided by five volunteers and local Storm Trysail Club members, we had five flares going at once, with different kids rotating through the line-up. Initially, some young ladies (14 and 15 years old) were very hesitant to pull the string to ignite the flare: timid is a word that comes to mind.

With coaxing and coaching from the instructors, they got the flares off and burning. By the second flare they were much less stressed and by the third, well, just another day at the office. This confidence was clearly visible in their body language. One parent remarked to me later that her daughter had come home almost a different person…glowing with confidence.

Learning to light flares, use fire extinguishers, pull the correct line, climb into a raft, and drills on MOB procedures are key elements of these seminars. An element not to be ignored, though, is the confidence young sailors develop as they break through the edge of their comfort zone. As an example of this aspect of Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars, I submit the following.

During a regatta on Raritan Bay in July, a thunder squall went through with strong gusts, rain and lightning, and the skipper of a J/105 fell overboard. There was aboard this boat a young man, 17, I am told, who jumped into the skipper’s spot and organized the MOB rescue. In taking command, he overruled a couple other crew who were, shall we say, not as collected as was our young man. He executed what was reported as a textbook MOB recovery, getting alongside the skipper in short order. As it turned out, another boat had already picked up the MOB, so our lads did not need to actually fish the skipper out of the water.

And in a fantastic example of the karma factor: The skipper had been offering his 105 to the Junior SAS Seminar for some time and the young man had actually drilled in MOB procedures on that very boat with that very skipper aboard. F Australian born, Joe ‘Coop’ Cooper stayed in the US after the 1980 America’s Cup where he was the boat captain and sailed as Grinder/ Sewer-man on Australia. His whole career has focused on sailing, especially the short-handed aspects of it. He lives in Middletown, RI where he coaches, consults and writes on his blog, joecoopersailing.com, when not paying attention to his wife, teenage son, dog, two cats and several, mainly small, boats.

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On Watch Carole Heller Having sailed across the Atlantic five times and delivered countless boats, expert navigator Carole Heller is a self-described sailing addict.

“I grew up in New York City in a non-sailing family,” says Carole, who lives in Fairfield, Connecticut with her husband Warren. “I went to summer camp in Vermont for many years, and when I was 12 the camp bought two sailboats. There was only one sailing counselor, and within two weeks I was running the second boat. My attraction to sailing was instantaneous, although I had to make my own way. I graduated from college in 1961, and a couple years later a camp friend called and said, ‘How about we buy a Lightning? We can get one for $900.’ We daysailed the Lightning out of City Island that summer, learned a lot and had some excitement. Then I met Warren and got engaged, so we sold the boat.”

“Warren was in the Navy, and after we were married he got stationed in Newport. The Navy had a nice fringe benefit: For fifty cents, I could sail a Rhodes 19 for half a day. For another fifty cents, Warren could take lessons. We did lots of sailing, and it was fabulous.

I saw a sign for the Newport Sail and Power Squadron, and took as many of their boating courses as I could. Those were the America’s Cup days, and a friend would get us tickets to go out on a destroyer for the races. One day, I met a couple on board and discovered something amazing – ordinary people could afford boats they could sleep on! They invited us out on their boat, and the hook sunk even deeper!”

“We moved to Fairfield in 1969. Warren’s uncle gave us $1,000, and we bought a Rhodes 18. Our son Eric was three when our daughter Robin was born in 1971. I told Warren, ‘We’re using whatever we have in the bank for a boat that I can put this baby on, because I am not spending the summer on land!’ We bought a 27foot Pearson Renegade.”

“I’d taken lots of classes with the Penfield Power Squadron, including celestial navigation. I knew I wanted to go offshore, and needed a boat in which to do it. I saw a Pearson 323 at a boat show, and a month later we visited the dealer. It had what I needed to sail to Bermuda, and Sublime was delivered the following spring.”

“In 1979, Warren and I and three friends sailed Sublime to Bermuda, using celestial. Eric flew down and sailed back to Connecticut with us. At age 10, he was a total sailor and could do anything on the boat. We did it again three years later, when Robin was 10. I said, ‘When we leave the dock I am your captain, not your mother.’ They’d both done well in the sailing program at Cedar Point Yacht Club, and every college application essay they wrote was about sailing to Bermuda. Those four legs were the roughest I’ve ever done, including a norther in the Stream with 25-foot waves. The book said that with a storm trysail and storm jib the boat would take care of us, and she did. Now I was really in trouble…I had offshore disease!”

“I started getting calls asking for help bringing boats to Bermuda

or back from the BVI,” says Carole, who holds a U.S. Coast Guard 100Ton Masters license and served as Penfield Power Squadron’s Education Officer for many years.

“At a Squadron dinner a member asked, ‘Would you like to take a boat to England?’ My immediate response was, ‘When?’

There were four of us, and they asked me to be captain. The boat, a Moody 42, was beautifully set up and had satnav and Decca (the English equivalent of Loran) but no refrigeration, so I had to learn about bringing farm-fresh eggs and hard cheeses. There’s an art to eating things other than SPAM!”

“I’ve subsequently done four more transatlantics. My friend Ginny Vought and her husband Walker from Pequot Yacht Club had retired and were planning a long-term cruise on their Cal 39 when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He died four weeks later, and Ginny asked me to sail to Europe. We sailed the Atlantic Circle – the Azores, the Med, back through Gibraltar to the Canaries, the Caribbean, and back to Southport…a total of two years.”

Carole believes a good attitude is the most important attribute in a crew. “A young man named Jeff Mullally, who had been racing with a friend of mine, joined Ginny and I for the passage to the Azores,” she says. “Jeff had never steered a boat or been offshore, but he had a very positive attitude and was a great crew.”

“My latest adventure was mentoring the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Women’s Team in the Marion Bermuda Race on their J/44 Spirit. The main blew out the first morning, so we put up the storm trysail. The next day we had the end of Tropical Storm Bill in the Gulf Stream, and the girls got a real ocean experience. The boat went beautifully, and it was a great experience for me.”

Carole is a member of the Cruising Club of America and the Ocean Cruising Club. “I’m proud to fly their burgees,” she says, “because they represent real achievement.” She’s done several deliveries with solo circumnavigator Brechin Morgan, a recipient of the Joshua Slocum Society’s Golden Circle Award. “Brec and I have delivered a Maine Cat 40 to and from Florida for years. We’ve had a lot of fun together, and it’s a great relationship.”

“I was a research biochemist in my first life, but decided to become an accountant because of the sailing disease,” Carole chuckles.

“I bring tax returns on boats, and answer clients’ questions via the Internet. Warren and I enjoy daysailing Sublime, and I race out of Cedar Point on Andy Hoffman’s Sabre 34 Gnosis and Ron Silverman’s C&C 41 Endless Summer. I also sail on Eric Camiel’s Chance 39 Revelation. They’re great sailors, and I’m always learning something.”

Carole relishes the strong community among cruisers, and the freedom that sailing provides. “As a woman, it’s the only time I can wear one hat,” she says. “I’m just addicted to the ocean!” F

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