NEMA Newsletter

Spring 2013
NEMA Annual Dinner:
America’s Cup, Multihull Olymics,
and 2012 Season Racing Awards
by Andy Houlding
Photos by Tom Cox
nnie Gardner headlined the
NEMA annual dinner February 2,
2013, at the Venezia Restaurant in
Dorchester, Mass, with a multimedia
presentation on the America’s Cup
challenge and a preview of the 2016
Olympics multihull challenge. Almost 100
NEMA folks attended the dinner, which
was chaired this year by newly-elected
Commodore Tom Cox.
As Tom noted, the occasion marked
NEMA’s 48th year, and Tom asked some
of the “old timers” in attendance to take
a bow. The association is in good
financial shape, with money in the bank
that needs to be spent to encourage and
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facilitate cruising and
racing multihulls, said
Season Trophy 1st Place (Jay & Lisa Spalding - Blue Moon)
Tom.
Tom has taken over
2012 Buzzards Bay Regatta, one of the
as Commodore after Bob Gleason
favorite regattas for the multihull racing
completed his four-year term. As past
fleet.
Commodore, Bob is now taking on the
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duties of Cruise Committee Chair. Bob’s
Next NEMA Meeting
outline of proposed cruising venues and
schedule is found elsewhere in this
Thursday, April 4, 2013
issue. Bob received an award in appreci7 PM (Pizza, drinks, social)
ation for his years of service to NEMA.
8 PM (Presentation)
Bob Gleason, in turn, honored Don
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Watson for his service as Race Director,
400 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester, MA
presenting Don with framed photographs
Speakers:
by Deb Druan of Don’s Swamp Fox at the
Ted and Zach Warren:
Warren Lightcraft Small
Trimarans
(see page 2)
In This Issue
Offshore Racing Circuit (Steve Parks, Bill Koffler, Don Watson)
2013 NEMA Annual Dinner . . . . . . . . . . 1
Next NEMA General Meeting . . . . . . . .2
Sailing in Casco Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Cruising is Amusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2013 NEMA Racing Schedule . . . . . . . .7
Western Long Island Sound Report . . .8
2013 Corsair Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Banque Populaire World Record . . . .10
NEMA Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
NEMA News
The New England Multihull Association is a
non-profit organization for the promotion of
the art, science, and enjoyment of multihull
yacht design and construction, racing,
cruising, and socializing. The NEMA
Newsletter is published at no additional
charge for NEMA members. The editor
apologizes in advance for any errors.
Please submit articles to Andy Houlding
email: andyhoulding@gmail.com
mail: 101 Rogers Rd., Hamden, CT 06517
Warren Lightcraft Presentation at
General Meeting April 4, 2013
EMA will have a general meeting
at the Savin Hill Yacht Club at 7
PM on Thursday, April 4th
featuring Ted and Zach Warren of
Warren Lightcraft. They will present a
very interesting program about their
trimaran designs which they manufac-
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4th meeting, assembled in the meeting
space. Ted and Zac will talk about the
boat and their adventures in developing
extreme light weight trimarans.
Warren Light Craft is also the
manufacturer of the Motive25 Trimaran
and they will talk about building this very
Elected Officers
Commodore
Vice Commodore
Race Chair
Cruising Chair
Tom Cox
978-828-2181
tom@sailtriad.com
Peter Vakhutinsky
781-718-0373
pvakhutinsky@gmail.com
Steve Parks
401-529-5243
sparks.ri@cox.net
Bob Gleason
508-863-6760
bob@themultihullsource.com
Treasurer
Michael Lipton
978-281-1389
m.lipton@neu.edu
Secretary
Ira Heller
617-288-8223
irasail@aol.com
Newsletter Editor
Andy Houlding
203-668-6415
andyhoulding@gmail.com
Appointees
Fleet Captains
Jesse Deupree
jdeupree@maine.rr.com, 207-232-2295
Mike Divon
mdivon@lenoxhill.net, 917-288-5348
Directors at Large
Phil Babcock
babcock@draper.com, 978-392-0455
Richard Bluestein
rbluestein@aol.com, 617-734-2414
Syd Miller
sydsail@aol.com, 508-496-8309
Photographer
Tom Cox
978-828-2181
Historian
Life Members
NEMA Web Site
Dick Newick
Walter and Joan Greene
Les Moore
Spencer Merz
Bill Doelger
www.nemasail.org
See the website for membership application
and meeting information.
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ture in their new facility in
Georgetown, MA.
Zac and Ted Warren
develop and manufacture
some of the lightest hightech kayaks and trimarans
in the US. They have three
trimaran models, a 15.5 foot,
68 lb solo trimaran, a 115 lb
tandem trimaran and a 175
lb 20 foot beach trimaran.
The UltraLight20 is 20 feet
long, 15 feet wide and has a
Bruce number of over 2.0
making it one of the fastest
beach multihulls to ever hit
the water. It is
carbon/CoreCell(r)/epoxy
construction and it can be car topped or
towed and launched from a very small
trailer.
The Ultralight20 will be at the April
fast carbon fiber day-sailor.
You can check out the videos of the
trimarans at http://www.warrenlightcraft.com.
Join us for a pizza
social from 7 -8 pm
followed by the
presentation. Cash
bar. Guests and non
members are welcome.
Tom Cox
NEMA Commodore
NEMA News
NEMA Dinner
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Don was also the recipient of the
Elapsed Time Trophy, an award to the
fastest boat around the various race
courses. Steve Parks, as the new Race
Committee chair, also awarded the Off
Shore Trophy to Three Little Birds, for its
performance on the NEMA long distance
races. Mike Divon’s Milk & Honey was
awarded the Mileage Trophy, having
sailed the most miles through the 2012
race season. And Jay Spalding in Blue
Moon took home the NEMA Season
trophy, edging out Don Watson’s Swamp
Fox in second and Bob Gleason’s Tri Me
in third. And all NEMA sailors are now
rewarded as the earth has tilted once
again toward the sun, spring is in the air
and another sailing season arrives.
Season Trophy 2nd
Place (Don Watson,
Swampfox)
Mileage Trophy (Mike Divon-Milk & Honey)
Season Trophy 3rd Place (Bob Gleason, Tri-Me)
The Annie Gardner Show
NEMA 2013 Annual Dinner
by Andy Houlding
Photos by Tom Cox
EMA’s 2013 annual dinner
featured a presentation by Annie
Gardner, one of the country’s
first female professional sailors, on the
emergence of multihulls in America’s
Cup racing, with a brief preview of the
N
NACRA 17 as the
multihull chosen for
the 2016 Summer
Olympic sailing
competition.
Annie, who
served as a television commentator
for the AC 45 series
races in Plymouth, England, and in her
home port of San Diego, California,
presented a multimedia show with
footage from those venues and several
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Editor’s Note
pring is here, at least that’s what
the calendar says, even if the
temperature doesn’t. Now’s the
time to tell us what you’ve done to your
boat this winter. Your editor is adding a
spinnaker furler and a daggerboard
S
rudder to his formerly stock Corsair 28R.
We’d like to hear about your innovations
for our next issue. What’s new on your
boat? We also want to hear about your
favorite day sails. Just send photographs and a short description of your
sail. It’s your newsletter, so let us get
you in it.
--Andy Houlding
Spring 2013
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Annie Gardner
the race-prepped boats are extreme, and
the strength and agility needed to keep
the full-race boats going fast is phenomenal.
(continued from page 3)
of the America’s Cup preliminary rounds.
She outlined the development of the hard
winged catamarans as the teams
prepare for the Louis Vuitton Cup
competition leading to the America’s Cup
races in San Francisco Bay.
Annie reminded NEMA members
that this will be the third time that a wingsailed multihull will compete for the cup.
In 1988, Dennis Conner successfully
fended off Michael Fay’s 90-foot “super
sloop” monohull challenge with a 60-foot
wing sailed catamaran that sailed rings
around the mono. That was the precursor to Oracle-BMW’s successful
challenge to the Alinghi catamaran in
2010, with the monstrous “Godzilla”
trimaran carrying a Boeing 757-sized
vertical wing. And now we have the
AC72s literally flying over the water on
foils as they practice for the America’s
Cup later this year.
Annie recalled that she was on the
“family and friends” spectator boat for
the 2010 AC competition in Valencia,
Spain, and showed off some of her own
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Olympics
Annie Gardner and Bob Gleason
photographs of the action there, before
fast forwarding to the AC45 competition,
a sort of
boatbreaking
crash-andburn
precursor to
the real deal
in 72 foot
boats that
are
expected to
race at 40
knots.
As the
multihulls have demonstrated speed and
spectacle in events close to shore where
thousands of spectators have turned out
to watch, “the best sailors in the world
have been converted to multihulls,” said
Gardner.
She also showed videos of the
young sailors selected for the Red Bull
teams sailing the AC45s and developing
the skills for graduation to the 72s. While
the Red Bull “kids” looked fit and strong
in the videos, Annie explained that their
boats are equipped with soft headsails
that are substantially smaller than those
used in the ACT race series; the loads on
Annie is a former Olympic sailor
herself, and gave a brief preview of the
multihull competition to come.
Catamarans were first included in
Olympic racing in 1976 on the Tornado.
That 20’ X 10’ trapeze-rigged boat was
the official Olympic multihull one-design
for 30 years until the Olympic race
committee dropped catamarans from the
Svetlana Vakhutinsky Providing Video Coverage
competition in 2012. Cats are coming
back for 2016, however, and the Olympic
boat will be the NACRA 17, sailed by
mixed (male/female) crews.
By Annie’s account, the new boat
has had teething problems in production
and delivery—the Olympic committee
chose a boat that had not been in
production-- and it will be a challenge to
sail well and fast, but promises plenty of
excitement.
Annie concluded her presentation with the observation that “We all
love to go fast and have fun on the
water.” Amen to that!
NEMA Cruising
Sailing in Casco Bay and Portland Maine
Article and Photo by Jesse Deupree
fter Cape Ann on the north
shore above Boston, the
Atlantic coast is essentially one
long beach broken by harbors at the
mouths of rivers big and small. There
are a few rocky points until you reach
Cape Elizabeth in Maine, but it is at
Cape Elizabeth that the geology of the
coast completely changes to the rocky
island filled bays that characterize the
Maine coast all the way to Canada.
Casco Bay, then, is the first of
Maine's major bays. By reputation it is
filled with the Calendar Islands,
meaning one for each day of the year.
Indeed, there are dozens of major
islands, at least 200 smaller ones and
numerous deep bays to explore.
Portland is located on the back side of
Cape Elizabeth and is a great base for
sailing in Southern Maine. It is a major
commercial port and a yacht friendly
harbor, and is Maine's largest city. It has
easy access to highway, bus and rail
networks and a wealth of restaurants,
hotels and sights.
For cruisers, there are a number of
marinas directly adjacent to the Old Port
area of the city. Dimillo's Marina is right
in the heart of the Old Port, but is
expensive and their docks are not
particularly multihull friendly. Portland
Yacht Service (PYS) is just a five minute
A
walk to the Old Port area and offers both
dock space and moorings. Call them
(207-774-1067 or channel 9). When you
enter Portland Harbor and approach Ft.
Gorges on your starboard side, PYS will
be directly in front of you on the north
shore, just to starboard of the large
marine terminal. Be aware that the
steady marine traffic and urban lighting
can make this a less than calm spot. One
option is to tie up at the marina and enjoy
the facilities, have a great meal at one of
Portland’s gourmet restaurants, and then
motor across to Cushing's Island, where
there is a
nice
quiet
mooring
area
where
you
could
anchor.
In fact
the
whole
passage
between
Peaks
Sorn at Damariscove Island
Island
and the Diamond Islands has plenty of
places to anchor among moored boats
and spend a quiet night.
Anchoring on the edge or in a large
gap in a mooring field will not attract the
attention of a protective harbormaster
anywhere in Casco Bay, based on my
experience. Stay out of obvious channels
or harbor passages (usually marked by
small channel buoys) and you should be
fine.
You could also motor around what is
marked as Fish Point and Pomroy Rock to
East End Beach, a large mooring field
with places where you can anchor.
Heading further up the channel towards
Back Cove will bring you to the Maine
Yacht Center, where participants in the
Downeast 180 tie up and rest after the
race. If the weather is calm you can tie
up on the outside face of their docks, and
they are planning an expansion that will
offer more room. Contact them for space
availability (207-842-9000 or channel 9)
From here it is a short taxi ride into town
or a 20 minute walk.
If you are trailer-sailing, East End
Beach has a public ramp with limited
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parking for a fee. PYS and MYC both
have ramps they can make available, and
parking by prior arrangement. Both will
charge a fee. Much of the season I'm
based in Portland, generally at MYC, and
love this area for daysailing and short
cruises. Often when it is foggy outside,
the inner bay will be clear, and the water
is quite flat among the islands. I can sail
up the inner bay on a beam reach all the
way to South Freeport and return which
makes for an effortless trip. South
Freeport and the Harraseeket River is
another fine anchorage. Contact South
Freeport Marine (207-865-3181 or
channel 9) for mooring availability if you
don't wish to anchor. Also on this route is
Falmouth Foreside, home to the Portland
Yacht Club and Handy Boat Service, both
of which provide moorings and launch
service.
Cruising is Amusing
ob Gleason is NEMA’s new Cruise
Chair, and with your help he is
planning events for the 2013
season.
“I am interested myself in doing
more cruises than I have in a number of
years for a few reasons. Not only are my
boys grown and more on their own but I
also expect to have a boat that is much
more cruiser friendly. If I am holed up on
a 32 footer for a few days, the boat will
feel a little more luxurious than a 24
footer.” Bob is hoping to take delivery in
June of the Corsair Cruze 970, a 32-footer
that will, inevitably, be named Tri Me.
Bob says his big concern is his architect
wife Jane's schedule. “I hope she is not
too busy with work!”
Bob is an accomplished racer, but
“Cruising is not like racing. There is no
need to schedule a specific time for
things like starts. If I am racing and I am
not at the starting line early to get my
bearings for the race, or if I start even a
B
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Immediately after leaving Portland
Harbor the commercial feel slips away
and you will be among quiet homes or
natural shoreline. There are endless
variations to sail among the islands.
Jewell Island, on the outer band, has a
wonderful harbor, but it fills quickly on
weekends. The island itself is a park and
has lovely paths to the large World War II
watch towers that you can climb and
explore. Eagle Island, further up the bay
at the mouth of Broad Sound, is where
Admiral Perry made his home after his
polar explorations. There is a nice small
museum on the island devoted to him.
You can anchor and row to the dock. The
Goslings anchorage off Lower Goose
Island is particularly beautiful. And,
Luckse Sound is one of my favorite sails.
You can pick your way among the mostly
empty islands, and never sail the same
route twice. Taft's Cruising Guide To
Maine has a wealth of information about
this area. I also use the Active Captain
website (www.activecaptain.com), but of
course this is only available if you can
get online.
This is just a taste of the western
portion of Casco Bay. All the way to Cape
Small, which is the eastern end of the
bay, are numerous other deep sounds
cut by the glaciers that formed this area.
You can sail up each one, be it Middle
Bay, Harpswell Sound, Quohog Bay or
the New Meadows River and find more
small harbors and pleasures. Often
people think you have to travel to
Penobscot Bay to enjoy real Maine
Cruising, but the delights of my state are
available right near Portland.
Please contact me (207-232-2295or
jdeupree@maine,rr.com) if you are
thinking of coming up this way. I can help
with logistics or offer more advice.
few seconds late, I feel I have not
given it my best effort. With cruising it
is all about having fun and relaxing.
The timing is much less important.”
“I will purposefully not have an
itinerary that is too set. I would prefer to
go with Mother Nature and where she
thinks I should go. If the
weather or winds tell me
I would have more fun
going somewhere I had
not planned, then I leave
myself that option. I don't
feel obliged just because
I had already said I would
do something that may
not be as good as an
alternate plan.
“With a trailerable
sailboat this really can
make a huge difference.
For instance if I have a
weekend that I plan to go cruising to a
specific location but the conditions look
much better going inland to a lake, then I
would most likely change my plans.”
This may not work for people whose
boats live on moorings and are not set up
for trailer-sailing, but the basic premise
is the same: adapt the cruise to the
weather, wind and waves.
As Bob said, “The feeling of exploring new places is much different from
racing where the excitement is in the
competition. For me cruising is more
about exploring and having fun with
Jesse sails Sorn, his Corsair 31, out of
Portland, and serves as NEMA’s
Northern fleet captain.
Phil Babcock Photo
Casco Bay
people you love.”
So sign up for a cruise with Bob, be
ready for the unexpected, and see if you
can beat him to the destination.
Bob Gleason can be reached at The
Multihull Source, 508-295--0095
(207) 232-2295
(508) 858-7320
(917) 922-3791
(401) 529-5243
(401) 529-5243
(401) 529-5243
(917) 288-5348
(978) 828-2181
Jesse Dupree
Dave Koshiol
Keith London
Steve Parks
Steve Parks
Steve Parks
Mike Divon
Tom Cox
Portland Yacht Club
Dave Koshiol Sea Cliff Yacht Club
Newport Yacht Club
www.buzzardsbayregatta.com
Ida Lewis Yacht Club
NEMA
www.offsoundings.org
Vineyard Haven, MA
Long Island, NY
Newport,RI
South Dartmouth, MA
Newport, RI
Newport, RI
Stamford, CT to Vineyard Haven, MA Stamford Yacht Club
Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
Falmouth, Maine
Gloucester, MA
New London, CT-Greenport, NY
Monhegan Island Race
Black Dog Dash
Around Long Island
New England Solo Twin
Buzzards Bay Regatta
Ida Lewis Distance Race
Newport Unlimited
Vineyard Race
Schooner Festival Race
Fall Off Soundings
12-Jul
20-Jul
25-Jul
26-Jul
2-Aug
16-Aug
25-Aug
30-Aug
1-Sep
13-Sep
Possible additions if events are run
Stonington, CT
28-Sep Race Rock Regatta
Rockport, Maine
14-Sep Maine Rocks Race
14-Sep
Stonington Yacht Club
Rockport Boat Club
www.nbyc.com
New Bedford MA
Whalers Race
www.rcyachtclub.org
Staten Island NY
28-Sep Poco Loco Bay Race
Sail Newport
Newport, RI
12-Oct Sail for Hope
Any of the listed races counts toward the NEMA season trophy with 3 participants
(508) 863-6760
Bob Gleason
Multihull Source
Wareham, MA
Buzzards Bay Blast
(401) 225-8463
(917) 922-3791
(401) 683-7649
Peter Vakhutinsky (781) 718-0373
Jesse Dupree
(207) 232-2295
Don Watson
Keith London
Dave Lussier
Peter Vakhutinsky (781) 718-0373
Peter Vakhutinsky (781) 718-0373
(781) 718-0373
22-Jun
Peter Vakhutinsky
www.offsoundings.org
Watch Hill - Block Island RI
(401) 225-8463
Contact's Phone
Spring Off Soundings
Dave Lussier
NEMA Contact
14-Jun
NEMA ORC
www.newportyachtclub.org
Event Contact
Newport to Block Island RI
Location
Owen Mitchell Regatta
RACE
25-May
DATE
NEMA 2013 Racing Schedule
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Racing and Cruising
A Report From Western Long Island Sound
Article and Photos by Pat Harris
ou will find beach cats, cruising
and racing catamarans and
trimarans in most every harbor and
yacht club in the Western reaches of
Long Island Sound, but there is little
organized activity among us. We would
like to change that and are hoping this
report on our waters will generate more
local racing and cruising opportunities
through better communication.
Y
years at the Norwalk Maritime Museum.
(http://www.spriteisland.com).
A major regatta in our area is the
Northport YC on the New York side of LIS
Stamford Denmark Cup in September.
has included multihulls in their Stratford
MULTIHULL RACING:
They have a start for multihulls.
Shoal distance race (http://www.northEven with the limited racing
(http://www.stamfordyc.cynergynetportyachtclub.com.
program for multihulls in western LIS,
works.net/racing/denmark-race)
.
This
there is an interesting history, and there
CRUISING:
regatta draws hundreds of boats from
are some good events to put on your
Cruising in western LIS has unlimmaxis to beach cats, all with separate
calendar. One of the oldest and longest
ited
opportunities.
Whether you want to
starts. We start last and enjoy reeling in
running multihull regattas in the country
sail two hours or many days there is
the fleet and mixing it up at the
somewhere to go. This chart shows
marks with the uni-hullers. The
several easy day trips from Norwalk. All
Stamford Yacht Club also sponsors
destinations offer marinas, yacht clubs
the Stamford-Vineyard Race which
and town moorings and all have great
includes a multihull class, running
attractions ashore.
all the way up the Sound, dipping
Assuming you include the Norwalk
below Block Island, and turning
Islands
in your cruise, you can search
back at the Buzzards Bay light
Google Images for “Norwalk Islands” to
tower, about 238 miles. Shorter
give you a look at our local waters and
courses are also recognized with
attractions.
turning markers in Fishers Island
If you need more information on
Sound.
multihull
sailing in this area contact Pat
Several area yacht clubs have
Greens Ledge Light Approaching from the West
via email at harris@phaze4.com
races during the season with
multihull classes. The Norwalk YC will
is hosted each September at Roton Point
Pat sails the yellow Gypsy Heart, his
start multihulls in any of their races
in Norwalk. This regatta has been run
F31R, out of Norwalk, Connecticut.
(including
continuously for 52 years! While
Wednesday
primarily a beach cat event, a one day
night Norwalk
big boat class has been added as a
Island Sailing
distance race. It is low key racing and an
Association) if
excuse to attend one of the best beach
we have three or
parties you will find at a regatta
more boats
(http://www.rotonpoint.org). Roton Point
(http://www.noralso was host to the Little America’s Cup
walkyc.com).
for many years and is home of the
There are also
famous “Patient Lady” C-class catamaopportunities at
rans. The first AquaCat was built in
Sprite Island YC
Norwalk, and Patient Lady V, winner of
the “old” Little America’s Cup in 1980 and
1892 (one of the first wing-sailed
Norwalk Yacht Club Welcomes Multihullers
catamarans) was on display for many
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Multihull News
orsair Marine is sponsoring the United States
Corsair Nationals this year
in San Francisco. Can the Corsair
lineup keep pace with the foiling
AC72s? The Nationals this year
will see the trimaran fleet
dodging AC boats practicing for
the America’s Cup scheduled to
ror September.
The Corsair Nationals will include
races on four consecutive days and
cruises for those who just want to relax.
The specific racing/cruising schedule is
available from the Corsair Marine
website. The racing will be headquartered in Alameda at the Ballenas Bay
Yacht Club. Here are some of the high
points (stolen straight from the Corsair
site):
C
continue downwind to North side
of Treasure Island. Tie up or
anchor in TI Cove. Visit TIYC.
Multihulls West
The 2013 Corsair Nationals Will Be Held
In San Francisco June 13 - 16
Thursday, 6/13/13:
Cruisers:
Visit the America Cup Pens and then
Walk to Pier 39. Visit Fishermans Wharf,
then return to Alameda to watch Corsair
trimarans on a practice fleet race sailing
on the city front.
Evening:
Welcome party from 17:30 at the
Friday, 6/14/13:
Cruisers:
Leave BBYC at 12:00 noon, motor sail
towards the Oak/Alameda Estuary and
then sail to Encinal Yacht Club for lunch.
At 13:30, leave East, raise bridges of Park
Street, Fruitvale and High Street. Tie up
at Aeolian YC for drinks. At 15:00, raise
Otis (Bay Farm Island) Bridge, carefully
navigate the channel under power. Once
clear of shallow water sail to BBYC
(rising tide 5.5 ft. @ 5:30PM) BBYC BBQ.
Racers:
A quick race Up & Down wind of
about 1h, followed by a triangle course
expected to last 1.5h and finally a short
triangle lasting about 1h.
Evening:
BBYC BBQ at 18:00.
Saturday, 6/15/13:
Cruisers:
Leave BBYC at 10:00, motor sail to
San Francisco City Face. Sail passed Pier
39, pass Alcatraz to Starboard, and
Evening:
Cocktails at 17:30 followed by the
Nationals Party sponsored by Corsair at
19:00.
Sunday, 6/16/13:
Cruisers:
Picnic at Crown Beach at 12:00
noon. Kite board, Windsurf, wade on the
shore Beach games, beach food and
drink.
Racers:
Long distance race where the high
MPHRF start first. BBYC to Alcatraz, Little
Harding and back to BBYC. This should
be about 4 hours.
Evening:
Evening: Award Ceremony from
16:00.
We know some NEMA sailors are
heading West for this event, and it is
promising to be a major F-27 gathering.
Good luck and good sailing to all who join
the Nationals this year. Bring it back
East soon!
Peter McGowan Photo
Racers:
First race at 12:00 noon, Up & Down
wind lasting about 1h. Second race,
distance run to Blossom Rock and back,
approx 2.5h. Back to BBYC.
Ballenas Bay YC.
Racers:
Quick Up & Down wind race
of an hour, followed by a triangle
course of 1.5h and a smaller one
of 1h!
Racing at the 2008 Corsair Nationals held in Buzzards Bay, MA
Spring 2013
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Multihull News
Banque Populaire Sets New Jules
Verne Around-the-World Record
45 Days, 13 Hours, 42 Minutes, 53 Seconds!
by Bob Gleason
anque Populaire, the 130-foot
trimaran launched in 2008, was
built in France and designed by
VPLP, she is the world’s largest, most
powerful, purpose built, racing trimaran.
She has continued to set records that
will be tough to beat, inclding the
around-the-world record, which she set
in January 2012. The only way some of
these records will most likely be broken
is to build a new, bigger boat or have
new technology put to use. Of the boats
currently taking on the world's passage
records the one that would most likely
beat any of Banque Populaire's records
is Banque Populaire herself!
In 2011 we had Stan Honey talk to
NEMA members at our annual dinner
about his Jules Verne Record sail on
Groupama 3. Groupama 3 had an
amazing time of just over 48 days which
broke the 50 day mark, which some
thought to be impossible. Stan was
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convinced at the
time that Banque
Populaire was a
faster boat than
Groupama 3. Banque Populaire took
more than three days off Groupama 3’s
record a little
more than a year
later. Stan felt
that perhaps we
will see the day
that foil born
boats will lower
the mark, but for
now it seems as
if bigger is
better.
To set things
in perspective
Banque
Populaire has
set some
amazing
records, including:
24 hours under sail, covering 908.2 nm for
an average of 37.2 knots (max 47.16
knots)
Transatlantic 3 day 15 hr 25 min. 48 sec
for an average of 32.94 knots
Other records include around Great
Briton, Across the Mediteranean, the
Fastnet and more.
It is not only the truly awe inspiring
technology that allows boats like this to
perform the way they do, but it is also the
crew that sail them. When Stan spoke to
us about his record passage on
Groupama 3, it was
interesting to hear how
he was the only none
Frenchman on board.
Likewise, Loick
Peyron's Banque
Populaire crew was all
French, except Brian
Thompson, a Brit. The
French have for years
dominated in many of
the sailing records
around the world. Hats
off to the French again
with this most recent
Jules Verne Record!
NEMA Classified
FOR SALE / RENT
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1995 F-31 Aft Cockpit Freebird:
This boat is a 1995 fixed mast aft cockpit, long cabin
model which has been adapted for extended cruising. It
has recently updated Dodger/ Bimini, tramps, standing
rigging, tiller pilot, Pentex jib,Honda 9.9 outboard, Engel
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please look at yachtworld.com, or contact Bob Gleason
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2001 Outremer 45, Aldora:
Well maintained and equipped circumnavigator, ready
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401-207-4203 or johnspier@me.com.
Corsair F31-1D ZOOM
Corsair F31-1D #153, formerly known as RutRow.
Zoom began life as a F31R open cockpit, but has a
reinforced daggerboard trunk and custom carbon
daggerboard and rudder. She was rated as a 31-1D in
the Corsair Nationals and is equipped to Race ORC
Category 2. Her NEMA PHRF Rating is -40.
Contact Harry Whittelsey at A46USA5@Yahoo.Com for
specs and full range of photos with different sails.
2007, 37' Granger Custom:
Current Price: US$ 250,000
Located: Somerset, MA / Moored: East Greenwich, RI
YW# 50186-2241761
For additional photos and specs go to http://www.davidwaltersyachts.net.
If you are serious about comfortable cruising, you
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arrangement with the galley down but open to the main
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38ft Tri SEA SWAN TOO
Want to prepare for a year or more sailing your own
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Free Depth Sounder
Kenyon Marine, Model DS-300, SN 29638 BB, 12 Volts,
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Contour50 Trimaran, 2001
Full recent refit and extensive sailing. She is 100%
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1999 F31R
Aft cabin, carbon interior, all cushions, electronics,
multiple sails, rebuilt trailer in 2011 has not seen salt
water since. Winner of many NEMA Season Trophies,
and 2012 Chicago-Mackinaw race. Currently in inside
storage in Michigan.
Contact Jonathan Alvord, 603-306-2969
Doyle Mainsail and Jib
Built about 1993, kevlar based cloth, in good serviceable
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luff 36' 10", foot 10' 10 1/2 ", weight 42 lbs. Main has 3
reefing points, 7 batten pockets, might have a few
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These sails worked beautifully on a 40 foot carbon mast.
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1190 tgnacl@comcast.net
Mast & Mainsail For Sale
Transient's old spar, replacing it with a carbon one. 46'
Gougeon B section wing mast, Walter Greene built.
Good condition, just heavy compared to carbon. 1993
Spectra Main Sail. Still has a few seasons left in it. 5/16
stainless shrouds and headstay (main 20mm hound
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Contact Tim Ross: cell 862-591-8709
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1973 Hobie 16 and Trailex aluminum trailer.
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Wanted and Opportunity Sought
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Navico Corus Network Instruments.
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Spring 2013
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