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Deb's News 2011
To: Lake Erie Multihulls/GLMRA and All Interested Sailors Fr: Deb Schaefer Re: 2010 Race Recaps: PCYC Port to Port Feeder Race Commodore Perry Race - Fast and Furious! Invitation to Race Both: June 4 & 5, 2011 Date: April 30, 2011 RECAP: PCYC Port to Port Race Feeder Race 2010 - Monohull vs. Multihull Challenge Port Clinton Yacht Club has been gracious enough, 2 years in a row, to provide a Race Committee and Flags for this Feeder Race from Port Clinton to North Cape Yacht Club on Saturday, the day before the Commodore Perry Race. Here's the recap of last year's race. Mike and Alex Teodecki were waiting for us on the boat when we arrived at 8:15am. They assisted us to on-load a few necessities. We were anticipating southwest winds, 7-8 knots, which would give us a one-sided tack from the turning mark, Niagara Reef Buoy G"5" just off the Camp Perry Firing Range all the way to North Cape Yacht Club. It would be a fast sail, approximately 3 hours.... that was our usual experience. There was no food on board and not much to drink. Little did I know...... At 9:15am, we were sailing to the start line with 30 minutes to go. The crew on Dr Peter Vandenberg's S2 9.1, Wooden Shoes, executed a flawless spinnaker set in preparation for the spinnaker start, or so I thought. We had a small fleet of several monohulls and 2 Offshore Multihulls queuing up for the start. Big Storm was the only boat on the line for the mixed fleet start. Jim was in a panic......Why didn't the other boats start at the gun? We set our chute for the run to the first mark, but soon realized that the chute was taking us below the rhumbline to the mark. It took us a full 5 minutes to realize our error, douse the chute, hall up the screacher, loosing valuable time. Now we knew that the Doctor wasn't merely practicing, he was trying his chute to see if they could carry it...very smart! Meanwhile, the rest of the fleet, including the F-31 UC, Mighty Quinn, started one full minute behind us. But, they were sailing the inside track to the mark. For the moment, we were running dead even with the F-31UC at 7.5 - 7.9 knots on our Jib and Screacher. Quinn was sailing a higher, converging course on their Jib and Main alone. As the breeze shifted left, we were able to crack off a bit, opening up the slot. The Mighty Quinn was first around Niagara Reef at 10:43am. Big Storm turned the mark 4 minutes later.....this was not going to be the fast race that I anticipated. Meanwhile, Big Bob Sheppard on his Schock 35, Big Schock, led the charge of the Monohull Fleet, rounding G "5" 12 minutes behind us. That's when Mother Nature entered the race! The breeze had shifted right making it impossible to run the rhumbline on a single tack. The Mighty Quinn tacked first and ate a big header on starboard tack, while we were getting a knock on port tack! A few minutes later, Quinn tacked back to port and sailed right back to us. Not only was the breeze oscillating wildly, but it was dying too. At 11:27am, we had 18.4nm to go.....if the breeze would only settle in and steady up...Oh Contraire! We wound up in a tacking dual with Big Schock in super light conditions. We tried to follow the patches of breeze, but they would appear and disappear just as quickly. Big Schock crossed us at 12:52pm, sailed on to the next wind line, tacked on it and gaining more distance on us. It was painful! Behind us, it appeared that the Doctor had dropped out of the race and began motoring for NCYC. Maybe he had the right idea. We continued on starboard tack with Big Schock. Meanwhile, the Mighty Quinn seemed to disappear behind West Sister Island. At 2:02pm, it began to rain, but we were getting lifted at 4.6 knots to the rhumbline on port tack...Yeah! But the Schock 35 was beating us to weather. There was no sign of the Mighty Quinn. Perhaps they fell off the edge of the earth. As the afternoon wore on, we were suffering from actual hunger pains. The larder was bare. We found out that the youngest member of our crew was holding out on us...he ate all the breakfast bars himself....the scoundrel! Keel haul him! 2:12pm: Finally, we're getting some breeze and a lift above the rhumbline at 5.8 knots. We sailed close-hauled with jib, screacher and main. Of course, Big Schock with her tall rig was getting lifted up inside of us. 2:57pm: We were making 7.1knots and headed for the Promised Land! The Mighty Quinn is barely visible on the far right corner of the course. 3:30pm: Big Storm was finally able to pass Big Schock to leeward. We couldn't see the NCYC Mark, so furled the screacher and trimmed in for Toledo Marina Beach at 9.2 knots boat speed. 3:43pm: Big Storm was far ahead when we crossed the Mighty Quinn at 10 knots. We passed our first NCYC mark at 4:01pm 4:11:08: Big Storm crossed the Finish Line...We got the gun, but not the prize! 4:12:59: The Mighty Quinn crossed the line second. 4:22:50: Big Schock crossed the line third. Big Bob Sheppard sailed the best race, correcting out First. Big Storm corrected out second and the Mighty Quinn, who knows? Afterward, NCYC put on a Chicken BBQ Dinner, followed by a Reggae Party and the musical stylings of the Crucial 420's. Sailors were dancing inside and out on the patio. What a lovely party, under the trees, on the eastern shore of Lake Erie.
Port 2 Port Feeder Race! Saturday, June 4, 2011. Port Clinton Yacht Club invites you to participate in the Port 2 Port Feeder Race which will be run on Sat June 4, 2011. Stop in on your transit to spend the night against the Wall in Port Clinton, then race to North Cape Yacht Club on Saturday. See NOR and sign up on line! PCYC is running this race to help support the North Cape Yacht Club Commodore Perry Race and bring some fun into your boat transport. All contact info is posted under race events on line at www.portclintonyachtclub.com website. As well as all their other racing events for the summer. Or contact PCYC's Fleet Captain of Sail Ramon Eickert at Ramon@cros.net for details.
RECAP: Commodore Perry Race 2010 - Fast and Furious! Jim and I had a pretty scary night Saturday Night when Tornado Warning Sirens were sounding off all around the LaSalle, MI area. We debated whether we should stay on the boat, tied up on the wall in the channel or take the chance of running to the safety of North Cape Yacht Club in the Tornadic winds. The concrete block walls of the Clubhouse could withstand a direct hit, but we could get hit by a falling tree enroute. We stayed put, but we could hear the train a-comin'. Big Storm strained against her lines to escape the fury of the storm. It was wild! We later learned that the tornado had nearly wiped out a small town nearby. When Jim and I arose Sunday Morning, the wind was still howling out of the Northwest. It was an offshore wind with flat seas near shore, but white caps and lumpy seas further out. NOAA Weather Radio was calling for 32 knots at 8am, diminishing to 25 knots by 2pm. I was not looking forward to sailing in 32 knot winds for our First Counter Race of the season. When we left the dock at 8:55am, it was still blowing 25 knots. Fortunately, we had our young blooded crew, Mike Teodecki and his teenage son, Alex on board for the inevitable and frequent sail changes. Even with the course diagram (see attached), this course can be hard for the newcomer to wrap your brain around. This was our 4th year and I still needed the diagram to figure it out. The RC was using all the NCYC Race Marks (N, S, E, W) plus two navigational Buoys: Toledo Harbor Channel R"6" to the east and Monroe Harbor Buoy G"1" to the north.
The First Warning Gun was at 8:55am. The start and finish line was located 1nm east of the NCYC entry channel between the NCYC West Mark and the orange flag on the RC boat. The course length was 24.6nm. The Race Committee posted a Course 2 on the Race Committee boat. From the Start, the RC was sending all the boats east to NCYC E mark, taken to port, then northwestward to NCYC N mark, taken to starboard, and then they sent us on a screaming reach to the Monroe Harbor Buoy G-1. The Multihulls had the 4th start following the PHRF Fleet at 9:15am. It was really gusty. The Multihulls started under jib and main alone. Patrick Quinn's F-31UC, Mighty Quinn started at the RC end of the line and Jim Frederick's F28, Big Storm started to weather of Quinn. We were making 13-15 knots and steadily gaining on the monohull fleet ahead. Quinn tried his screacher, but that didn't work. Big Storm was still first to E Mark at 9:28:57. The Mighty Quinn rounded 1 minute behind us. We had 20 minute beat to N Mark. On board Big Storm, we managed to stay ahead of the Mighty Quinn and passed all the monohulls before rounding N. Jim called for the screacher for the screaming reach to Monroe Harbor Buoy G-1.... soon he was screaming for us to "get it down!" 14 knots! We were screaming along just fine without the benefit of the Screacher. Eventually, the Mighty Quinn was able to pass us, spray flying! See photo! We rounded Monroe Harbor Buoy G-1just one minute behind Quinn. Quinn carried out on port. We jibed at the mark and set the screacher for the run to R6. Quinn followed suit. We were jibing downwind when I noticed that the PHRF fleet behind us was setting their chutes as they rounded G-1. If they can do it, so can we. We set our chute. The time to hesitate is through...no time to wallow in the mire...... Quinn was first around R6 at 10:49:30am leading the way to S Mark. Big Storm was next around 30 seconds later. The first monohull, which turned out to be a JAM boat, rounded R6 two minutes behind us. For us, it was a beat to the S Mark. However, for the monohulls behind, it was a straight shot to the S Mark. AND the breeze was dying. Oh Nooo! It just ain't fair! Eventually, we too got lifted up to the rhumbline. The price we paid was rain...so heavy we could no longer see the Mighty Quinn. Big Storm rounded S Mark about 6 minutes behind Quinn and pulled out the Screacher for race back to E Mark. 11:43am: Quinn turned E Mark one last time, stretching out his lead. Quinn crossed the finish line at 12:09:13. We had to contend with a JAM Boat, who had sailed a shorter course, but had to round the S and E Mark same as we did. Now it was a race to the finish against Jagen, a Hunter 40. Jagen beat us to the finish by 2 seconds. Big Storm crossed the line at 12:19:15pm. Quinn owed us about 24 minutes, so we were pretty sure that we had won this race. But, how would we do in the Monohull vs. Multihull Challenge for the "Don't Give up the Ship Flag "? The Melges 30, Abracadabra got the gun in the PHRF Fleet at 12:23:42. How would they correct out against us? We would have to wait for the results. Back at NCYC, club members served us a very nice lunch while we all waited for final results. We didn't have to wait long.
Awards The Team Mighty Quinn, crewed by Patrick Quinn, David White, and Dennis Karr, was awarded the First to Finish Multihull Flag for crossing the line First at 12:09:13. They were also awarded the Second Place Flag for finishing with a corrected time of 2:50:22. The F-28, Team Big Storm, crewed by Jim Frederick, Deb Schaefer, Mike and Alex Teodecki won a First Place Flag for the Best Corrected time of 2:39:31. And, for the First time in many years, a Multihull won the Monohull vs. Multihull Challenge for Best Corrected Time Overall....The “Don't Give up the Ship Flag.” Ron White won it first with his F-27 in 1996. Big Storm is the latest recipient for 2010. Who will be next?
The NCYC Commodore Perry Race is Back! - Sunday, June 5, 2011 This is the 4th year for the new and improved COMMODORE PERRY RACE, to be held on the weekend prior to the Mills Race. This will be a counter for the Gary Hall Series, if we get enough boats to participate. Last year it was a match race between the Mighty Quinn and Big Storm...We had great wind for that event!! Steve Attard is our contact this year: 734-652-1053 or steven.attard@buckeye-express.com. Go to North Cape Yacht Club website at www.ncyc.net/newNCYC/racing.cfm for Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions and other. As for Shore-Side Activities, Jamie Matuszak is hosting Saturday evening event...the band Soul Kitchen will perform and the proceeds benefit the Lake Erie Water Preservation Society. A light luncheon will be served after racing and before Awards. "WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO OFFER ANYONE WHO SAILS THE RACE THE OPTION TO LEAVE THEIR BOAT AT NCYC OR TYC FOR THE WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR THE MILLS RACE. WE HAVE A 7-TON LIFT FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LAUNCH THEIR BOATS FROM OUR CLUB, OR TOLEDO BEACH MARINA HAS A RAMP THAT CAN BE USED." It’s a shorter trip from North Cape Yacht Club to the start line of the Mills Trophy Race. If you are not racing in the Commodore Perry Race, and you are a member of an I-LYA affiliated Yacht Club, check with the dockmaster regarding reciprocity to see if you can deliver your boat beforehand and leave it at NCYC till Friday. Raft-up on the wall and leave a contact number with the bartender or dockmaster. If not, there is a public launch ramp at Bolles Harbor just two exits north of NCYC ( Exit 11) on I-75 . It’s just a quick sail to the club. You also have Toledo Marina Beach just across the channel. NCYC is a good place to leave your car and trailer while you’re at the Bay. Thus far I have commitments from the Patrick Quinn on the Mighty Quinn, UC 31 and Brian Thorpe's Alacrity, Native Newick 38. Harold Alber may bring his F-31R, MYIRA. Please let me know! Deb Schaefer Lake Erie Multihulls/GLMRA 2131 N. Camp Perry Rd. E. Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 H 419-635-2691 C 419-654-1080 E-mail: Summer.Storm@cros.net http://www.lake-eriemultihull.com/
To: Lake Erie
Multihulls/GLMRA and All Interested Sailors
Fr: Deb Schaefer
Re: 2011 GLMRA
Race Schedule
GLMRA Traveler
Series
Handicap Certificates and Renewals
Mills Trophy Race Week NOR
Date: April 20, 2011
Great Lakes
Multihull Racing
Association Schedule for 2011
The weather really hasn't been conducive to
working on the boat, but here it is....a new race season is fast upon
us!
Find out anything you want to know about GLMRA
on this website: We've got Rules, Membership and Measurement Forms,
Member Gallery, Race Photos, Race Articles, News and Race Results,
Crew List, Links to Multihull Regatta and Organization websites and
Items For Sale.
We welcome any and all offshore multihulls to come join us to race on
the Great Lakes. Race one race, or the entire series. I will keep
in touch with you by e-mail messages and keep you apprised of the
latest news.
See the attachment above for GLMRA
schedule and/or check out LEM schedule on the Lake Erie Multihulls/GLMRA
Website at: http://www.lake-eriemultihull.com/.
I have taken over the job as webmaster. Contact me at Summer.storm@cros.net
This is the third season
with the "new" e-mail addresses. Add our E-mail addresses to your
Contact List.....Don't miss out!....do it now!
GLMRA
Traveler Series 2011
Can you imagine this Trophy on Your Desk?
The winner of the
GLMRA Traveler Series will get his name and boat name
engraved on the Perpetual Trophy and will be
awarded a GLMRA Keeper Trophy. Bruce Geffen on
Nice Pair was our winner for 2008 and 2009. Matt
Scharl on Gamera is also a 2 time winner.
The winner of the GLMRA Traveler Series must be
a member of GLMRA and have the highest point
score for the series. The criteria is different for 2011, in
that we will be using a high point scoring system and thus giving
greater weight to races which have more participation. Your
best 4 races out of the 9 designated races will count toward
the series.
GLMRA/LEM
PHRF Handicap Certificates and Renewals for 2011
Trey Ritter will be
sending out renewals for the GLMRA certificates. This data was previously
supplied to GLMRA to aid in determining and validating a handicap and
certificate. Make sure the data is complete and
correct to successfully
process a renewal of the handicap and certificate for 2011.
"It is a requirement for renewal to list and describe
any changes or modifications to hull, equipment, rig, sail plan, sails
since the last valid certificate was issued by reply email. Be sure to
supply sail declaration and drawings or photographs of changes or
modifications."
When this renewal document and any
attachments are complete, sign and return it with a renewal fee of
$35.00 to Trey
Ritter, GLMRA Rating Committee 916 Quaker Hill Lane, Libertyville IL 60048
E-Mail: trey@ritter.us.com
The Handicap Certificate will be issued once this
document is received and approved by the Committee.
VERY IMPORTANT: This will
be the third year for the NEW Rating Application Forms,
which require that ALL New sails be measured and the Sail Plan
Declaration Form be completed by your Sail Maker. If you are
applying for a Handicap Certificate for an old boat, we will need the
SPDF filled out unless your sails have been measured before and you can
produce the Sail Plan Declaration Form.
Submit Rating Applications for any New Boats Now! It's less than 8 weeks until the Race Season Begins!
104th Mills Trophy Race Week, June 10, 2011
Multihull Sailors:
On behalf of the Toledo Yacht Club and the
Storm Trysail Club, Commodore Donald Wood and Commodore Ronald P. Soka
invite you to
compete in the 104th Running of the Mills Trophy Race.
The Historic Toledo Yacht Club is primed to
host the 2011 Mills Race Activities.
Course: Mills Trophy Course -
70.15nm
The Multihulls will be racing on the Mills Trophy Course, which is the Long course for Multihulls and PHRF boats with 167 HCP and below for the Prestigious Mills Trophy. This is a Night Race from Toledo Light, up and around the Lake Erie Islands and finishes at Put-in-Bay (Party Central) on South Bass Island. It begins with a party and ends with a party!
The Mills Race is considered to be an acceptable qualifier for your first MAC Race.
Required Charts: Numbers 14830, 14844 (You can't find the party without a chart!)
On-Line Registration and PHRF Certificates:
Please take advantage of their on-line entry process available on the Mills website, www.toledoyachtclub.com. There you will find the Notice of Race, the Sailing Instructions, and all the required Entry Forms. You can enter, including rating certification, and process your credit card payment on-line. Please enter completed forms, along with your valid rating certificate no later than Monday, June 6, 2011.
Should you need additional information, please feel free to contact Com. Ronald P. Soka or Com. Donald O. Wood at ext #6, Toledo Yacht Club (419-726-3485)
If you have not visited the registration site, go
to www.toledoyachtclub.com
and click on the MILLS RACE ONLINE SIGNUP link. You
can click on the tabs under the Mills banner to access the NOR,
SI's or check the Entry List to date. Deadline for registration is
June 6th .
New Boats: We need your
Measurement Form ASAP: PHRF Handicap Certificates for the Mills
will be handled on-line this year!
Fees: The
entry fee is $150 US for US SAILING members and $165 US
for non-US SAILING members. Late entries may be accepted at the
discretion of the committee. First time
reflective Boat ID #’s are available for an additional $25, replacements
#’s are $50.
Note : Reflective boat ID #’s will be required to be attached at four corners and displayed aft of the beam on the portside/shoreside lifelines at the finish line (day or night).2011 Event Schedule Wednesday June 8 2010 Awards Banquet at TYC....Ron White, Come get your Official Mills Trophy Jacket!!! Thursday June 9 Toledo Yacht Club Mills Party Friday June 10 Mills Race Begins - First Start 1700 Saturday June 11 Put-in-Bay Hospitality Pavilion - 12:00 noon to 6:00pm Sunday June 12 Champagne Flag Presentation - 9:30am to 11:30am
Festivities begin at 6pm on Wednesday, June 8 with a Champagne Fountain Party followed by the Awards Banquet at TYC, where the 2010 winning skippers will pick up their Traditional Mills Trophy Jackets and briefly fondle their Perpetual Trophies. The Multihulls will be awarded the Highlander Trophy. You've never seen so much gleaming metal!
Then on Thursday night, June 9, Toledo Yacht Club opens their gates wide to welcome revelers to their infamous, Mills Race Party! This is a blow out party with food concessions, alcohol, of course, a live band and 2000 revelers! Race Organizers have planned a special treat! The Danger Brothers will provide the music for the Centennial Celebration
You have the option of docking at TYC, in which case, if you come in on Thursday, you must “Dress Your Yacht for the evening.” That means, put up your flags, as many as you’ve got. When you arrive, you will be announced and you will receive a one gun salute….very exciting!
You can also pick up your race packet on Thursday Night.
Friday, June 10, is a day for recuperation and a time for pre-race preparation. TYC will open their doors at 8am for breakfast. Don’t forget to pick up your goody bags, scratch sheet and ice coupon at registration!
The Race begins with the first start at 5:00PM. Check your Race Instructions for the Official Start Time for Multihulls, but they usually start around 6:10pm. The multihulls race on the long course...75.15 nautical miles.
At 12pm on Saturday, June 11, the Party begins at the Crew’s Nest Pavilion at Put-in-Bay. The $15 arm band gets you all the food and drink you could possibly want. Hopefully our benefactors, the Highlanders, will be back to play for you on their bagpipes and leave you to contemplate the age old question.....What do those guys wear under their kilts? They will also have a DJ will keep the place hopping.
On Sunday, June 12 , promptly at 9:30am, Brag Flags, will be awarded at the Award Flag Presentation followed promptly by the Champagne-Mimosa Party.
As you may have surmised, this great event will test your navigation skills onshore as well as offshore!!
On-line
Registration is now open!
Time to get
busy!
Deb Schaefer
Lake Erie
Multihulls/GLMRA
2131 N. Camp Perry Rd. E.
Port Clinton, Ohio 43452
H 419-635-2691
C 419-654-1080
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