Waypoint Sailing News October 2014

OBSESSION LOCKS UP THE HRYC COMMODORE’S CUP WITH AN OLD TIMER’S DISTANCE RACE WIN

SOME OF WHAT’S INSIDE: LMSA FALL REGATTA, HSA FOUNDER’S CUP & HRYC OLD TIMER’S RACE RECAPS LAKE MONROE STORM STORY.....PART II SYC BREWERS CUP PREVIEW, BOAT REVIEW, PHOTOS AND MORE!

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“Writing is easy, you just sit at the typewriter and bleed.” I could sit at my keyboard for 100 years and never come up with a line that profound. For those of you under 40, who don’t read much, that was a quote from Ernest Hemingway. I am a huge fan of Papa Hemingway. My first exposure to his genius was way back in high school english class when we studied The Old Man & The Sea. If you spend time on the water and have not read about Santiago’s struggles, do yourself a favor and find a copy. I started thinking about Hemingway as I talked to my wife about an upcoming business trip she has scheduled next week to Key West. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it, she claims. I’m about due for a cold one at Captain Tony’s myself. Waypoint needs to expand our coverage area further south.

I hope you appreciate the Halloween touch on this month’s cover. In addition to witches, ghosts and goblins, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month. I am sure just about everyone knows someone who has been stricken with this horrible disease. It is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women.

My wife survived a fierce battle with it and I have met more sailing women than I can count who have their own survivor stories. Breast cancer also affects men, as a sailing buddy of

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mine can attest to. We will see a lot of pink this month so please support any prevention and cure causes that you find worthy.

I covered LMSA’s Sanford Fall Regatta and I was thrilled to see the number of boats on the line at the start of the race. There were 41 boats racing. That is pretty darn good this day and age. Kudos to everyone who showed up and raced. It was a great time, albeit a little wet.

Sailors please reciprocate and go race at neighboring club’s regattas when you can. We are all in this together.

Racing action is heating up. There is a whole bunch of stuff on the horizon. Smyrna Yacht Club has the Brewer’s Cup going on in October while the Saint Augustine Yacht Club is also running their Compass Rose Challenge.

The J24’s are having the Southeast Championship Regatta down in Eau Gallie this month as well. If you have a small boat, or a boat on a trailer, go race in the SYC Brewer’s Cup. It’s a downwind race and fun to do.

Speaking of racing. I was having coffee with the sail fleet captain of HRYC, Dave Huff, and I was telling him about my idea of giving an annual award to the race boat of the year in our coverage area. Dave, a racing sailor, looked at me a little puzzled and asked “why just the racing boat Bob,“Why not the

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cruising boat who sailed the farthest, or the boat that volunteered for RC duty the most? There are a whole bunch of awards you could hand out” he said. I took a moment and then another Hemingway quote came to mind, “the first draft of anything is shit.”

Fall in Florida is here. It is sailing season.

Go sailing.

I hope to see you out there.

Sail Fast! Bob

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RACING NEWS North & Central Florida Regatta Report: Racing action is picking up. Storm wreaks havoc on Lake Monroe, page 4. HSA Founder’s recap, page 8. Old Timer’s & Lake Eustis, page 9.

LMSA Fall Regatta recap, page 12.

CLUB NEWS Club Scuttlebutt: What is going on at the clubs, page 6.

JUNIOR SAILING Fall Racing Program: HYS sailors travel to Jacksonville for the FYC Equinox Regatta, page 5.

DEPARTMENTS Weather: Dean talks Nor-Easters, page 3.

Club Directory: A listing of clubs in your area, page 7.

Admiral Mudgeon: Advice keeping your boat dry, page 11.

Boat Review: The Raider built right here in Florida, page 14.

Classifieds: Have something to buy or sell? Page 15.

Schurr Sure Shot: The best of many great shots, back cover.

Fall Nor’Easters

By Dean Vanderbleek

October and November are months with weather in rapid transition in the eastern U.S. To the west, large fresh cold air masses from Canada begin to invade the Midwest on a regular basis. To the east, the Atlantic Ocean is much slower to lose its stored latent summer heat than the continent. The contrast between the two very dissimilar air masses often results in massive storms just offshore of North America. These tempests are called nor'easters by mariners and coastal residents of the Atlantic states.

Nor’easters, areas of deep low pressure that don’t have a warm “heat engine” core like tropical systems, however sustained wind speeds can intensify to storm or even hurricane force if the pressure gradient between the opposing air masses deepens enough. These cyclonic storms move along the east coast of North America and are called nor’easters because the winds over coastal areas to the northwest of the offshore storm’s center blow from a northeasterly direction. While usually not as violent as tropical cyclones, nor’easters cover a much larger area and can last for many days, leading to prolonged and severe coastal flooding and beach erosion.

The East Coast of North America provides an ideal breeding ground for nor’easters. During winter, the polar jet stream transports cold Arctic air southward across the plains of Canada and the U.S., and eastward toward the Atlantic Ocean, as warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic tries to move northward. The warm waters of the Gulf Stream help keep the coastal waters relatively mild during the winter, which in turn helps warm the cold winter air over the water. This great difference in temperature between the warm air over the water and cold Arctic air over the land is the area where nor’easters are born. Consequently, the storms usually develop within 100 miles of the coastline where the temperature gradient is the greatest, then generally move north or northeast parallel to the east coast.

The “Perfect Storm” Perhaps the most famous nor’easter occurred in 1991 off the coast of New England. Chronicled in the book “The Perfect Storm” by Sebastian Junger (and later, the popular film), the storm produced a surge 4 to 7 feet above already high astronomical fall tides, hurricane-force winds, and 30 to 50-foot seas that caused extensive erosion along the Atlantic seaboard and killed six crewmembers of the Andrea Gail fishing vessel and six members of the Air National Guard who tried to rescue the fishermen.

On the morning of October 28, 1991, an extratropical cyclone developed along a cold front which had moved off the Northeast coast of the U.S. By evening, this low was located a few hundred miles east of the coast of Nova Scotia. With strong upper air support, the low rapidly deepened and became the dominant weather feature in the Western Atlantic. Hurricane Grace, which had formed on October 27 from a pre-existing subtropical storm and was initially moving northwestward, made a hairpin turn to the east in response to the strong, westerly deep-layer mean flow on the

southern flank of the developing extratropical low. During the early phase of the storm's history, a strong high pressure center extended from the Gulf of Mexico northeastward along the Appalachians into Greenland. Strong winds were generated from the tight pressure gradient between a strong high pressure center in eastern Canada (1043 mb) and the surface low.

Phenomenal seas and strong winds and waves along the eastern U.S. coastline occurred at this time. Several vessels passed close to the extratropical storm center on October 30 and reported winds of 50-60 knots. NOAA buoy 44011, located on Georges Bank at 41.1 degrees north, 66.6 degrees west, reported maximum sustained winds of 49 knots, gusting to 65 knots with a significant wave height of 39 feet.

According to "The Perfect Storm" book, The Andrea Gail is presumed to have sunk sometime after midnight on October 28 when the storm was still intensifying. The vessel was equipped with a 406 MHz EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon) which is used to notify search and rescue authorities of a distress situation. In an odd twist of fate, the 406-Megahertz EPIRB identified as belonging to The Andrea Gail was found with the switch turned off when it washed ashore on Sable Island on November 5.

Damaging heavy surf and coastal flooding from the tremendous seas and high tides were caused by the long overwater fetch length and duration of the storm. Waves 10 to 30 feet high were common from North Carolina to Nova Scotia where high tides ranged from three to seven feet above normal. Elsewhere treacherous swells, surf, and associated coastal flooding occurred along portions of the Atlantic shoreline extending from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, to the Bahamas, along the U.S. and Canada and in Bermuda. The huge northeast ground swell produced by the mature “hybrid” storm system spinning in the Atlantic off New England peaked along Florida’s east coast on the 31st of October when breaking set waves in were noted in excess of 15 feet in Satellite Beach, and is remembered by long-time surfers as the Great Halloween Swell. 14 injuries occurred along Florida’s east coast during the storm (primarily from the huge battering surf impacting boaters and beachgoers) and the Lake Worth pier collapsed into the ocean.

NOAA estimated the cost of storm at nearly $1 billion. Massachusetts suffered the most economic damage with over $100,000,000; followed by New Jersey (Southern) $75,000,000; New York/ NJ (Northern) $10,000,000; Maine $7,900,000; North Carolina $6,700,000; New Hampshire $5,600,000; and Florida with $3,000,000.

The 1984 Thanksgiving Day Nor’easter The late November 1984 Thanksgiving Day Nor'easter occurred along Florida’s east coast November 22-27, 1984 from a slow moving extratropical cyclone intensifying to near hurricane strength just off the Florida east coast, producing significant beach erosion and the grounding of the freighter Mercedes I for several months along the coastal town of Palm Beach. It formed unusually far south for a nor’easter when a low pressure area aloft cut off from the westerlies, spurring cyclogenesis in the Florida Straits on November 22, which led to the nor'easter’s formation at a latitude near the Bahamas. The surface reflection of the deep low then slowly traveled north through the Florida Straits and up the Gulf Stream between Florida and the Bahamas before drifting back out to sea as it tracked northeast. The storm was at its most intense November 23-24 when it “bombed out” just off Florida’s east coast between West Palm Beach and Vero Beach a low central barometric pressure bottoming out at 29.55 inches, comparable in pressure to a strong tropical storm. Wind and high seas were the storm's main impact due to the strong pressure gradient between the cyclone's center and a strong Canadian origin surface high (30.71 inches of mercury) over the Ohio Valley. Along the Atlantic coast, winds reached 58 miles per hour at Vero Beach, 55 miles per hour at Melbourne, 46 miles per hour at Titusville, and 44 miles per hour at Cocoa Beach.

Significant rainfall was recorded along the coast from Palm Beach County to Brevard County between November 21 and November 26 during this event, with local amounts in excess of 11 inches measured at West Palm Beach, Florida.

See NOR’EASTER page 10

A Summer Squall Wreaks Havoc On LMSA Wednesday Night Rum Race - Part 2 By Willie Blevins This article is the second of a two part series regarding the events that occured during the evening of August 6th when a summer storm hit the LMSA fleet during it’s Wednesday evening race on Lake Monroe. WAYPOINT columnist Wille Blevins was on the scene and provided the following account.

The August 6th Rum Race (continued from last month) Lance Squires, Black Jack Pete, San Juan 21 The wind eased up just enough and I remembered Pete was still in the water. Now what? My phone! I found my phone and pushed the button. It came on but most of the screen was dark so I couldn’t dial. I held down the main button and Siri’s voice came up. “How may I help you?” I yelled “Call 911”. Siri said “I’m sorry but I don’t have any contacts for 911”. I almost threw the phone in the water. I turned the phone sideways and could see the 9 and the 1. The voice said “911, what is your emergency?

Do you need police, fire or an ambulance”? Before I could answer, the main halyard let go. The boom hit me right on top of the head and everything went black. I recovered in a couple seconds but I felt like I had been hit by a baseball bat. I picked up the phone and told the 911 operator I needed search and rescue for Lake Monroe. The operator asked me a few questions and said help was on the way.

19:13 At the Marina the weather had blown on through. At the top of the walkway to the parking lot I saw the Capri 22 trailer had been blown across the lot and halfway down the boat ramp. I was surprised to see Harry’s Mirage lying on its side in the parking lot, apparently blown off of its trailer. I was more surprised that no one was around until I noticed a small crowd gathering on the shore in front of The Port restaurant. About a quarter mile from where everyone was standing, there were several sailboats circling around a sailboat that apparently had gone down. We could see some of the mast. There must have been people working because the mast slowly became more vertical. I assumed the boat was Pete Owens’ San Juan because I know of several San Juans that have been sunk, and I could make out Bill Holstein’s San Juan as one of the boats circling.

19:20 Blaring sirens preceded fire trucks, ambulances, and several of Sanford’s finest into the parking lot. The rescue team hustled down to the Fire department’s boat and headed out. From the lake shore our growing crowd watched the fire boat make haste toward the sunken vessel. It seemed strange that the rescue boat only made one pass and then headed on down river. It was difficult to see what was happening on the water.

19:31 In the parking lot, Harry and Marty talked about watching the wind remove the boat from the trailer. DJ McCabe had contacted Monroe Harbour Marina and Captain Luke was bringing the fork lift out to help us put Harry Antley’s boat LeeRoy onto the aforementioned runaway Capri

trailer. I helped Harry and Marti remove the mast and rigging from LeeRoy to keep it from being damaged. By the time the rig was clear of the boat, the rescue boat returned from the lake and Pete Owens was being helped onto the dock. He looked a little unstable and was holding his right elbow with his left hand. His right hand The Mirage 5.5 Leeroy lays in the parking lot was resting on his left after being blown off it’s trailer during the storm. shoulder...

19:40 Once Pete got up the ramp to the parking lot SFD helped him onto a gurney and into the ambulance. As the ambulance pulled away, I called the number I had for him, hoping to contact his family. Since that did not work I told a few people that I would go to his house and let his family know what happened. Pete’s wife Susan took the news very calmly and headed to the hospital. I headed back to the marina.

20:00 The marina parking lot was really busy at this point, but some of the details were getting sorted out. Most of the sailors that had been out had come in. The sunken boat turned out to be the Capri 22, My Way, not Pete Owens’ San Juan. Joe Labato and his two crew members were wet but safe. Daniel Paulson’s MC Scow had capsized and he had spent nearly an hour in the water before being rescued by the SFD rescue boat on their second pass. Five LMSA sailors had been in the water. Jeff Herter had picked up Joe and his two crew members. I thought Lance must have been picked up by Jeff also.

Luke the Harbor Master had fired up Monroe Harbour Marina’s big forklift and brought some straps out to lift Harry’s Mirage. Once it was lifted off the ground, everyone within shouting distance was called on to level it out in the slings. With half of us hanging on the starboard toe rail and the rest of us lifting the port toe rail, the boat was level in a few minutes and soon after resting six feet off the ground on top of the rescued Capri trailer. Harry’s trailer was in need of a new bunk. Special thanks to Luke and Monroe Harbour Marina not only for this, but all the help and support they have provided to the club over the past thirty years.

Marty Hatchett mentioned that he was going to look for Pete’s San Juan, and I offered to go along. I was expecting to find Pete’s Black Jack adrift or against the seawall or possibly in the weeds.

20:15 A mile and a half west of the Marina, The Bar Out Back has a small dock. Pete’s San Juan was tied to the end of the dock and Lance was standing in the cockpit. Bill Holstein pulled in just ahead of us and we walked out on the dock to see what we could do. Lance climbed up to the dock from the boat and gave everybody a hug. He was looking pretty rough. His shirt was torn, his pants had large white smudges from Black Jack’s oxidized gel coat, and the sole of one shoe was clapping like the jaw of a gator. Lance was talking a little louder and faster than usual, still riding the adrenaline I suspect. We discussed what to do with the boat and decided to secure it at the dock and retrieve it in the morning.

21:00 Back at the Marina we learned Matt Homan gathered a crew of Richard Rayburn, Patti Miller, and Daniel Paulson and took Matt’s boat out to retrieve Daniels MC Scow and Pete’s San Juan.

21:20 Patti Miller- aboard MilliHelen-Catalina 22, We got on Matt Homan’s boat, Millihelen, to find and recover Daniel Paulson’s Scow. Towing it in upside down didn’t seem to be a good plan but Matt was strongly opposed to anyone getting in the water in the dark, since Millihelen didn’t have a ladder. After some unsuccessful attempts to right it, Daniel and I insisted we get in the water.

See Storm page 11

Halifax Youth Sailing Courtesy of Vicki Duckett HYS Halifax Youth Sailing got the fall started with both feet wet.

Conditions have been tough during the first couple of weeks of practice.

Wind speeds, for the new sailors, have been a challenge, but true to form, they took to the water and did their best.

Week one was spent on learning how to increase boat speed, sail a weather leg and get around marks successfully.

Knowing that the group was planning on attending a youth regattta at the Florida Yacht Club in Jacksonville the following Saturday, week two was spent learning about race start sequence, the flags used and where to be, before the start. Wind speeds, up around 11-13 knots, made for rough conditions for learning starts, but we gave it a good try.

Seven of HYS’ sailors raced Optis, Lasers and 420’s in the Equinox Youth Regatta. Conditions were a little bumpy, but the new sailors fought through some nerves and all did a great job. The FYC sailors and staff were super supportive and all had a fantastic time.

If you’re a sailor, between the ages of 8 and 18 and live in Daytona Beach or surrounding areas, come and join our group. For more information, go to www.halifaxyouthsailing.org or conntact Steve Caron, Director Halifax Youth Sailing, at 904-545-3123, or via email to steve@halifaxyouthSailing.org.

HYS sailors, Madeline Sills and Kevin Bosco, manuever their 420 to windward during the Equinox Regatta hosted by the Florida Yacht Club September 27 in Jacksonville.

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Note: Overnight dockage is available at SYC. In addition there are two boat ramps within 1 mile of SYC. The easiest is Edgewater just to the The Treasure Coast Youth Sailing Foundation has announced a new south of SYC. date for the Parker Whitehead Regatta. Originally scheduled for For those entering the race, festivities will start at the SYC Tiki at September 28, racing was cancelled due to water contaminationation at 5.30pm on Friday 24th October. This is a good time for those requiring Jaycee Park. overnight dockage to turn up. Registration will be open and a Skippers The regatta will be held October 12, 2014 at Jaycee Park on South Meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m. There will be more food on Saturday Hutchinson Island in Ft. Pierce. afternoon when the trophy presentation takes place around 5.30 p.m.

This junior regatta is for Optimist, in two classes, Gold and Silver, ABOUT THE BREWERS CUP: and 420’s with no spinnaker. The NOR and Race Instructions can be A long-standing tradition, Smyrna Yacht Club has hosted the found online at www.regattanetwork.com/event/8561. Please have your Michelob Regatta each October since 1999 attracting between 20 and 30 sailors sign up online using the Regatta Network. participating boats from across Central Florida -- a notable feature on the For more information contact Lou Tomasovic, Director of Operations Indian River. This is the second year of the new Brewers Cup being held TCYSF, at ltomasovic@comcast.net or 772-879-1059. on October 25th. The Brewer’s Cup, sponsored by Smyrna Yacht Club.

This downwind fun race is sailed between the Smyrna Yacht Club Melbourne Yacht Club Plans Fall Regatta and Mosquito Lagoon on the Intracoastal Waterway, and runs a distance The Melbourne Yacht Club is holding their Fall Regatta, beginning with small boats on Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, 2014. of about 10 miles. The direction – either racing north or south -- is chosen to create a downwind race, which allows many of the boats to fly their Big boats will sail the following weekend, Saturday, October 25 and colorful spinnakers. A staggered start is planned so that as many boats as Sunday, October 26.

There will be a Saturday night dinner at MYC on each weekend. The possible will finish the race together – a great spectacle. dinner on October 18 will be grilled steaks, baked potatoes with a topping bar, salad or vegetable, and dessert. The menu for the big boat Saturday is in the works. So pray for fair winds and come out and join us.

To register, contact Fleet Director Craig Rastello: crastellocpa@att.net.

New Date For Parker Whitehead Regatta

ECSA Plans Dinner Cruise The East Coast Sailing Association will be having another boatersonly cruise on Saturday/Sunday, October 11th and 12th. Our destination will be Boy Scout Island. We will be preparing the grill for your use. It’s a Potluck dinner, so bring a side to share with the group and of course your choice of beverage.

The Smyrna Yacht Club will host the second Brewer’s Cup downwind race.

Look for more details in the October newsletter by going to the ECSA website (www.ecsasail.com). Looking forward to seeing you!

SYC Announces Boatoberfest 2014 Events On October 18, 2014 the Smyrna Yacht Club will host their Precision 15 Challenge for the third year. For the last two years SYC sailors have competed against local youths involved in Sea Scouts as well as the Halifax Sailing Association in the Indian River adjacent to the yacht club’s Tiki Bar. It is a spirited competition among the generations.

The following weekend, on Saturday, October 25th the top event of Boatoberfest takes place: the Brewers Cup – a downwind pursuit race with a staggered start for any and all sail boats that can navigate the Indian River. More specifically, the Brewers Cup is a downwind “FUN” race occurring between the Smyrna Yacht Club and Mosquito Lagoon, a distance of about 10 miles. The direction – either racing North or South -is chosen to create a downwind race which allows many of the boats to fly their colorful spinnakers. The race will have a staggered start so that as many boats as possible will finish close together. This can be particularly exciting.

This is probably the most spectacular sailing event of the year based on close quarter spinnaker competition. Participants and spectators (great viewing of the start and finish from New Smyrna Beach’s Riverside Park) should prepare for a fun race.

Boat owners can find the Notice Of Race and Application form on the SYC website (http://www.smyrnayachtclub.com) or by picking up an application from the SYC reception desk and returning it for the attention of David Smith, Director of Sailing. For more information, contact Dave Smith at (386) 426-2800 or at arkell@cfl.rr.com. Participating sailors do not have to be members of any yacht or sailing club.

SAYC Compass Rose Challenge

Sunday on October 12 with an 11:00 am start, St Augustine Yacht Club will hold its first ever Compass Rose Challenge (formerly our Out and Back Race). The start is at 11:00 am, with the Skippers' Meeting at 8:00 am. The difference with this race is that competitors are required to touch four sides of a square, at any point along each side and in any order, before returning to STA, the St Augustine sea buoy. We are introducing navigational challenges as well as wind direction and boat performance aspects into the event.

We at SAYC are excited about this race format and the trophies for the event, kindly made by John Bacon, past commodore and designer/craftsman extraordinaire. Please consider this invitation to join us for this race and also the After Race Party at 6:00 pm. For more information contact David Patrick at davidpatrick81@gmail.com or visit www.staugustineyachtclub.com.

EGYC Host J24 Southeast Championship Regatta EGYC in conjunction with the Melbourne Yacht Club will host the J24 Southeast Championship Regatta on October 12 & 13 at Indian Harbor Beach in Melbourne. The regatta is open to all J/24 sailboats as defined by IJCA. The regatta will be held at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club located at 100 Datura Dr, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937. Racing will be on the Indian River between the Eau Gallie Causeway and the Pineda Causeway. For additional information visit the www.sail-race.com.

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Cruising & Sailing Club Directory The Central Florida Yacht Club Orlando, FL www.cfyc.com Crescent City Yacht Club P.O. Box 121 Crescent City, FL 32112 www.cc-yc.com East Coast Sailing Association PO Box 372054 Satellite Beach, FL 32937 www.ecsasail.com Epping Forest Yacht Club 1830 Epping Forest Dr. Jacksonville, FL 32217 (904) 739-7150 www.efyc.org The Florida Yacht Club 5210 Yacht Club Drive Jacksonville, FL 32210 (904) 387-1653 www.thefloridayachtclub.org Fort Pierce Yacht Club PO Box 3108 Fort Pierce, FL 34948-3108 www.ftpierceyachtclub.Homestead.com Halifax River Yacht Club 331 S. Beach St. Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (904) 255-7459 www.hryc.com Halifax Sailing Association PO Box 2031 Daytona Beach, FL 32115-2031 www.halifaxsailing.org Indian River Yacht Club P.O. Box 992 Cocoa, Fl 32923-0992 www.iryc.org

Port Canaveral Yacht Club 910 Mullett Drive Port Canaveral, FL 32920 (321) 784-2292 http://portcanaveralyachtclub.com

Lake Eustis Sailing Club 1310 CR 452 Eustis, FL 32726 www.lakeeustissailingclub.org Lake Monroe Sailing Association, Inc. P.O. Box 297 Sanford, FL 32771 (321) 578-8364 http://www.flalmsa.org/

Rat Island Yacht Club P.O. Box 1053 San Mateo, FL 32187 www.ratisland.com

Melbourne Yacht Club 1202 E. River Drive Melbourne, FL 32901 (321) 768-9921 www.melbourneyachtclub.com

Rudder Club of Jacksonville 533 Malaga Avenue Orange Park, FL 32073 (904) 264-4094 www.rudderclub.com

Mount Dora Yacht Club P.O. Box 876 Mount Dora, Florida 32756 (352) 383-3188 www.mountdorayachtclub.com

Sailing Club of Central Florida Lake Baldwin / Winter Park / Orlando, FL Area www.thesailingclub.us

Navy Jax Yacht Club PO Box 29 Jacksonville FL 32212 (904) 778-0805 www.navyjaxyachtclub.com North Florida Cruising Club P.O. Box 24268 Jacksonville, FL 32241 http://nfccsail.com Ocala Sailing Club P.O. Box 2091 Ocala, FL 34478 www.ocalasailingclub.org Palatka Yacht Club 131 Crystal Cove Drive Palatka, FL 32178 (888) 851-1811 www.palatkayachtclub.org

Smyrna Yacht Club P.O. Box 560 New Smyrna FL 32170 (386) 663-7322 www.smyrnayachtclub.com St. Augustine Yacht Club 442 Ocean Vista Avenue St. Augustine, Florida 32080 (904) 824-9725 www.staugustineyachtclub.com St. Lucie Saiing Club www.stluciesailingclub.org Titusville Sailing Club PO Box 2791 Titusville, FL 32781-2791 www.sailtitusville.com USSC Martin County 1955 NE Indian River Dr. Jensen Beach, FL 34957

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HSA Doc Kerman Founders Cup Older sailors and juniors alike had a great time Saturday, September 6th, at the Halifax Sailing Association’s Doc Kerman Founder’s Cup Regatta.

This year’s race started in very light winds in front of the HSA club house as the big boat fleet began the long trip south to a mark just north of the Dunlawton causeway. It was slow going however, Chris Herbster, single-handing his Johnson 18, was able to get out front and stay there in Chris Herbster sailed his J18 to 1st place. a boat that likes a light breeze.

Dave Dunn sailing with Ryan Clark skippered his F16 into second place while Joel Hurley, sailed his Laser into third place in the 19 boat fleet.

The bigger boats were struggling in the light air until the seabreeze finally filled in from the ESE and gave the sailors the push they needed to make it to the finish.

Branden Nathe got his Nacra 5.2 across the line in fourth place while Greg Popp’s Holder 20 rounded out the top five.

While the light air was challenging for the bigger boats, the conditions were perfect for the Opti fleet where most of the competitors were beginning sailors racing on triangle courses with a windward/leeward leg.

Two Florida Yacht Club sailors made the most of the trip down from Jacksonville as Will Wienbecker and Wes Myer captured the top two spots.

Wienbecker logged bullets in all four of the day’s races.

Quinn Duckett did the host club proud by finishing in third place while HRYC’s Spencer Piatt rounded out the top four.

FYC’s Will Wienbecker on his way to the 1st of 4 wins on the day.

Arden Haley and Morgan McCutchen look perfectly relaxed at the halfway point of the race. The 420 sailors would go on to a respectable 8th place finish in the 19 boat fleet.

Boats of all shapes and sizes at the start of the HSA Founder’s Cup .

HRYC Old Timer’s Regatta Norm Church and the crew of Obsession once again showed that they are a force to be reckoned with as they handily won the HRYC Old Timer’s Distance Race locking up the 2014 HRYC Commodore’s Cup in the process.

The Old Timer’s Race, held September 14, was the last of the ten race Commodore’s Cup series. The race starts just off of Ponce Inlet and boats head north to the Daytona Pier before returning to finish back at the Obsession on her way to a first place finish. inlet.

Light southerly breezes made for a painfully slow downwind start of the race as the boats ghosted across the line beginning the ten mile trip north. Fortunately the wind filled in nicely, especially on the windward return to the finish and most boats were able to finish the approximately 21 mile course in under five hours.

Obsession was the first boat over the line finishing the course with an actual time of 3:59:45. Phil Cornett skippered Sailaway to first place in the non-spin division with a time of 4:34:34, good enough to correct over Patrick Fischer-Carne’s Perpetual Motion who was first across the line.

Todd Stebleton’s Alberg 37 Copperhead won the Cruising division over Nick Opreanu’s YaYa and Dave Huff’s Password who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

“What a sailing day! All of us endured the light first leg and were rewarded with a beautiful close reach/beat back 10 miles to Ponce Inlet,” commented Huff after the race.

HRYC Old Timer’s Distance Race Results Spinnaker Division 1. Obsession Morgan 41 2. Cavu J24 3. Morning Dew Evelyn 25 Non-Spinnaker Division 1. Sail Away Pearson 31 2. Perp. Motion Hunter 37.5 3. Incommunicado Hunter 28.5 Cruising Division 1. Copperhead Alberg 37 2. YaYa McGregor 26 3. Password Morgan 38 Yawl

Norm Church Joel Hurley Chris Herbster Phil Cornett P. Fischer-Carne David Smith Todd Stebleton Nick Opreanu Dave Huff

Morning Dew adds a blooper for a little more speed and stability on the downwind leg.

Racing Season Starts On Lake Eustis Submitted by LESC This weekend Dave Helmick, the Commodore of the Lake Eustis Sailing Club, won the first race of the 2014-2915 season and retired in glory from the rest of the weekend’s races. Craig Eaton sailing an MC scow was second and Dave Chapin sailing a Flying Scot was third. The light and shifty wind limited sailing to only that one race on Saturday.

On Sunday with a little more wind, the crews were sent out for two races with all classes racing together in the first race. Dave Chapin in a Flying Scot was first, Rob Krentel in a Laser was second and Gus Chennells in a Flying Scot was third. In the second race Dave Chapin was first in the Flying Scot fleet, Ray Laguna was second and Dean Grimes was third. Dave Hepting won the Wayfarer class and Rob Krentel the Laser group.

Club racing will continue twice a month through the winter in addition to 6 regattas. Youth sailing instruction continues every Saturday.

Thirteen LESC members attended the recent MC Scow National Regatta hosted by the Augusta Sailing Club on Lake Strom Thurmond from September 23-27.

Out of 65 competitors, LESC had 13 sailors! Our highest finish was Ron Baerwitz in 5th overall.

LESC sailor Ron Baerwitz sailing on Lake Strom Thurmond at the MC Scow National Regatta. Baerwitz placed 5th out of 65 boats participating.

NOR’EASTER

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However, severe coastal erosion and ocean-driven flooding were the greatest concerns during the 3-day storm when strong, prolonged northeast winds generated seas offshore in excess of 20 feet in the Gulf Stream between St. Augustine and West Palm Beach. The Ocean Grill in Vero Beach was undermined and fell into the ocean, and nearly the entire new pier at St. Augustine was destroyed. Astronomically high tides and nearly a foot of rainfall combined to produce significant estuary flooding in the Indian River Lagoon at Long Point Park (just north of Sebastian Inlet), trapping 100 holiday campers in the low-lying park for several days until the storm abated (personal observation).

Erosion from this cyclone would be the worst experienced in Brevard and Indian River counties until Hurricanes Charlie, Frances and Jeanne in 2004.The storm dragged the 197-foot Venezuelan freighter Mercedes I ashore the coast of Palm Beach and through a seawall, where it remained as a tourist attraction in a socialite's backyard for months. The vessel was hauled out to sea and sunk as an artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale on March 30, 1985. A second freighter ran aground offshore from Jacksonville. Damage to Vero Beach alone totaled $3.4 million (in 1984 dollars). Martin County reported an addition $4 million in losses.

The extratropical cyclone gradually moved far enough to the east to allow winds and seas to start to subside on November 26. There is some evidence that the storm became a subtropical cyclone around November 28 near Bermuda, becoming the 19th tropical depression of the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season.

Crossing the Gulf Stream in a Force 11 Nor’easter Seasoned sailors know that when the northward current of the Gulf Stream encounters the opposing winds of a Nor’easter, sea conditions may challenge survival of even the most well-founded sailing vessel. Here is an excerpt from “Sailing a Serious Ocean” by John Kretschmer documenting conditions encountered by sailing to Bermuda from the New England coast, crossing the Gulf Stream (November, 2010) into the heart of a fullblown nor’easter: “As we ran before the wind with a tiny bit of headsail up supported by whisker pole, the seas became deadly. I have never seen such consistently steep waves so far offshore, and it seemed they were all breaking. This was the most challenging steering of my life, with simply no margin for a momentary loss of concentration. I steered as much by sound as by sight. I could hear the waves astern, and I quickly realized that I had to position Quetzal to take each wave just off the transom.”

October Averages Mean high/low temperatures: 83-81F / 65-67F Average rainfall: 4.2” Average wind speed/direction: ENE 9 mph

This is the satellite view of a Nor’easter that walloped the east coast over four days April 14 -17, 2007. Photo: NASA-GSFC, data from NOAA GOES

and roads washed out, in Kissimmee/St. Cloud, Taft, and Fellsmere. Two persons died in heavy surf.

Web links and Quote of the Month Here is the east coast wind/surface pressure loop to watch this fall for extratropical lows intensifying off the southeast coast of the US: http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=useast_slp Here are a good link containing offshore (real and virtual) buoy forecasts: http://www.stormsurf.com/4cast/mht/se.html My Florida east coast (Cape Canaveral to Jacksonville) wind/wave forecast (updated daily), with weather forecasting links: http://surfstation.com/north-florida-surf-forecast/ “Running before foaming, breaking walls of destruction, I realized how stupid I had been. By aiming for the narrowest band of the Gulf Stream, I had steered directly into harm’s way, into an area of current running hard and fast and thereby creating the ultimate collision of wind and sea.”

By John Kretschmer, Sailing a Serious Ocean.

Notable October Weather Events I welcome input! Please feel free to send questions or comments, October 6, 1974, Florida east coast: A low pressure system that submit weather quotes, and share your local weather knowledge to brought windy conditions to Florida starting on the 1st of the month dean@waypointnews.com strengthened into a subtropical storm early on the 6th, then moved northward just off the east coast causing extremely rough seas, coastal flooding, and beach erosion. Winds of 25 to 40 mph with higher gusts were reported. Locally heavy rain caused flooding along the east coast.

Heaviest amounts were 14" at Boca Raton and 10" at Cocoa. No deaths or serious injuries were reported. Thousands of surfers were attracted by the extended period of rough seas and high surf along the east coast during the first week of October - some suffered cuts and bruises.

October 14, 1994, St. Johns Co., Crescent Beach: A 29-year-old male tourist drowned after being caught in a rip current caused by strong northeast winds.

October 15-16, 1956, Florida east coast: A coastal storm from low pressure that moved north from Cuba to just off the east coast produced several days of high winds and tides, and heavy rain to the entire east coast. The heaviest rain fell in Osceola Co. where some 48 hour amounts approached 20 inches. Flooding was most severe, including some bridges

STORM Contnued from page 4 We tied Matt’s anchor line to the shroud fitting and tried to pull the boat over but all it would do is spin around. The boat needed weight on the opposite side from me, but it was too dangerous to put a person right by the tow line. Matt continued to try to pull it over from his boat and but the mast broke and floated up under me. I screamed until I realized the sail was attacking me and not some Lake Monroe creature. Then Daniel managed to get the lee boards down. “Cool!! Piece of cake now” I told him. We hung on the lower board and the Scow slowly began to roll up. I eventually climbed on top of the board, grabbed the side of the boat and pulled it upright. I climbed on. It was dark and very hard to see. Daniel started to climb on and the boat almost went back over. I got opposite him so he could get on and we started bailing. Daniel started to come forward to help me get the sail and mast pieces, but we almost went over again.

“Stay back there” I told him! So he sat in the back and bailed. The rig was very heavy in the water, I pulled with everything I had. It was difficult but finally the mast, boom and sail were on the boat. I untangled enough anchor line to use for a tow line. Part of the mast was sticking out in front of the boat and my foot was under it. Millihelen got on top of the mast and I was pinned! I had Matt back up and I was free again to work. When I passed him the anchor/tow line and Matt said “OK, let’s go get the other boat.” “There’s another boat!?” We found Pete’s Black Jack tied up at the dock in front of The Bar Out Back. About that time Bill called and said we could leave it for the night, but we were already there so, we didn’t. We let Daniel go while Richard got Black Jack untied from the dock and the seawall. Once Black Jack was tied to Millihelen, then we tied the MC to Black Jack. So, Richard was on Black Jack, Daniel on the MC and I was on Millihelen with Matt to help him navigate back to the marina.

10:00 Once all the boats were back at the boat ramp, there was a gathering at The Port and the stories began to unfold. We learned that Pete had a dislocated shoulder and had to be anesthetized for it to be reset. Don Hoofring had sailed his Catalina 27 during the race, and during the worst of the storm had bounced his keel on a shallow spot. Soon thereafter he started taking on water. There was still some cleaning up to do. We loaded Pete’s boat onto the trailer and parked it behind the fence. We removed the sails from Daniels broken rig with little or no damage. I drove Pete’s truck back to his house and Lance brought me back to the Marina. It was quite an evening. Virtually everyone expressed their hindsight. Bill Holstein presented what I think is a good summary of those thoughts the next day. I have summarized them here.

Bill Holstein, Black Jack Bill, San Juan 21 Rather than rehash the nights events, I want to concentrate on the lessons learned.

The first is how quickly things can go wrong on the water. It is easy to forget how fast and how powerful a Florida storm can be. It is not worth risking our lives or our crew’s lives for bragging rights, or a bottle of rum.

We need to be more conscience of the potential weather hazards, and error on the side of caution. I can say that I did not take the oncoming weather as seriously as I should have, believing I had enough time to cross the finish line before dousing the sails.

Reconsider on-the-water safety precautions. Were PFD’s worn or readily at hand? Did we have a throw-able flotation device available for rapid deployment? Did we have sound signaling devices attached to our floatation devices? Were anchors easily accessible so they could be quickly deployed? Do we carry appropriate distress signaling or alternative communication equipment, and was it readily accessible? (air horn and waterproof VHF radio).

I feel that a PFD is like a seat belt, when you do need it, it’s too late to put on, and consequently I wear an inflatable on the water. But I admit not being prepared in other areas. My anchor line was in a ball in the forepeak of the cabin, my VHF in the charger in my kitchen, my throw-able was under some extra sails in the cabin, my keel was not locked down, and I had no sound signaling device on my PFDs. I urge everyone to reevaluate

the safety equipment and procedures on their vessels and make the necessary adjustments or upgrades.

The most frightening part of the evening came when I arrived at the ramp. Just as I tied up, a fire rescue truck and ambulance rolled up. I had no idea to what they were responding to, or even who was still out on the lake. Everybody pulled together to piece the puzzle together and take role to make sure everybody was accounted for. It was an extremely tense hour as we verified everyone was out of danger.

I am very proud of all the collaboration and heroic actions of our members. The teamwork among our group is a testament to the strength of our club. I am relieved that the extent of the damage and injuries were not worse. All of us are extremely grateful to the fire rescue responders and all of our club members who put themselves in harm’s way to come to the aid of those in distress both during and after the storm. - Commodore Bill What he said… and fun safe sailing to everyone. Willie Blevins

Keeping Your Boat Dry Dear Admiral Mudgeon, With all this rain we are having in central Florida, my boat always seems to have water inside. Do you have any good ideas to take care of this?

DAMP in Deltona Dear DAMP, This is an excellent question. First off, I would try to find any specific leaks. I use to put my children inside the boat with a crayon. I told them to circle any leaks that they saw while I sprayed the outside with a hose.

Alternatively you can remove every piece of hardware that is mounted with a through bolt or a screw and perform the infamous “rebedding” procedure explained in any one of a dozen sailing magazines. It is possible to spend countless hours and huge sums of money on fillers, sealers, bilge pumps, dehumidifiers, heaters, fans, and more to pursue the illusion of having a dry boat.

I have adopted a slightly different technique after the many years of hydro battle. I take everything off the boat that I don’t want to get wet, break out the wet dry vac when the floorboards are floating, and most importantly I acknowledge that IT IS A BOAT. - Mudge Please email your questions to admmudgeon@waypointnews.com, I’ve got an answer for everything.

Light Breezes & Hard Racing At The LMSA Fall Regatta By Bob Seay Despite two days of fickle breezes and passing rain squalls, 41 boats sailing in seven classes participated in the 2014 Lake Monroe Sailing Association’s Fall Regatta, September 27 & 28 in Sanford. Though the weather was not perfect, the regatta was an unqualified success in just about every other area.

The classes were split between two windward/leeward courses each day. The Catalina 22’s, Sunfish and Lightnings sailed the “red” course while San Juan 21’s and 3 different Portsmouth classes sailed the “green” course. Boats sailing the red course were able to complete five races while boats on the green course sailed four races over the two days.

Saturday was a challenging day across the entire fleet with light winds and periodic rain showers testing the sailor’s patience and the skipper’s “connect-the-dot” strategies. The wind eventually filled in to a steady 5 knots out of the ENE allowing the boats racing on the red course to complete three races. The earlier light winds on the green course made for a slow first race for the bigger boats. Threatening weather and lightning ended the day’s racing with only the one race completed for the San Juan 21’s and Portsmouth classes. Sunday’s weather was better.

Skies were mostly sunny and a decent easterly breeze filled in to about 5-6 knots for the better part of the race day.

Local Lightning Fleet 526 was well represented on the race course with three of the five entries in the class however, it was the Coral Reef Yacht Club’s Bill Mauk who walked away with the 1st place trophy.

Mauk, sailing with crew Cam Carlin and Christine Fergusen managed three bullets, a 2nd and a 4th for a 9 point total barely nipping LMSA’s Jeff Hayden who finished with 10 points including two bullets of his own. Hayden was crewing with his dad Steve and sister Faith, who was making her first start on foredeck. The race for third place was tight as well with Will Jeffers squeaking by Kip Hamblet by a single point. Tim Grady sailing his self- built boat, Peregrine, finished in fifth place.

In the Sunfish class, the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s Ursula Olsen jumped out to a comfortable lead on Saturday with two bullets and a second in the day’s three races. With a total of just 4 points her closest competitors were Melbourne Yacht Club’s Chris Gates with 9 points and Halifax Sailing’s Dave Dunn with 10. Olsen logged two 4th place

The Coral Reef Yacht Club’s Bill Mauk sailing with crew Cam Carlin and Christine Fergusen hoist the chute on their way to capturing first place overall in the Lightning Division.

finishes Sunday which was more than good enough to lock up the overall class first place trophy. Halifax Sailing managed a surprising 2-3 finish as Joel Hurley won both races Sunday to finish with 17 points and third place just a point behind team mate Dunn who finished second with 16 points. Gates held on to fourth place overall. LMSA’s Mindy Strauley nipped DIYC’s Joe Blouin by a point for fifth place. Blouin not only had his hands full battling Strauley but it was rumored that he was also doing some fishing out on the race course. He evidently did pretty well as witnesses reported that fish were literally jumping into his boat.

Still riding the momentum of winning the Titusville Sailing Club Regatta in June, Brad Ruffe and the crew of Mercury Rising dominated the Catalina 22 fleet with four bullets and a 2nd place to win the class.

Frank Brown’s Imp was the only boat other than Mercury Rising to win a race in the field and it helped Brown and crew to a second place finish overall.

Terry Warren sailed his Buccaneer 18 to first place in the Portsmouth 1 division by logging a win in Saturday’s race and a bullet along with two second place finishes in Sunday’s racing. HSA’s Greg Popp had a nice regatta skippering his Holder 20 to an overall second place finish in the class while Bill Blalock sailed his S2 Dawn Patrol into third.

The Indian River Yacht Club’s Duncan Mackensie and Henry Picco put on quite a show in the Portsmouth 2 division. Mackensie, sailing his Raider 16 Shadow Fax finished the regatta with a total of 6 points as did Picco aboard his Flying Scot Rita Sharo.

Buccanerrr 18 skipper Terry Warren was all smiles after wrapping up first place overall in the Portsmouth 1 division.

STAY CLOSER, GO FURTHER.

The Lightnings Bill Mauk and Kip Hamblet battle to windward .

Picco won the first race and then the two skippers traded 1st and 2nd place finishes with MacKensie winning the last race and getting the overall win on the tiebreaker.

The Portsmouth 3 division had some excitement of its own. The Ocala Sailing Club’s Ed Sims skippering his Hunter 23 Point Blank jumped out to a solid lead with two bullets in the first two races. A 4th place finish in the third race opened the door for LMSA’s Andy Forrest sailing with fellow LMSA member and Waypoint columnist Willie Blevins aboard the Precision 23 Show Me. Going into the last race with a slim half point lead, Sims ended any hope for Forrest and Blevins by sailing Point Blank to another 1st place finish and taking the overall top spot. Show Me ended up in second place overall while CFYC’s Jim Davis sailed his Mutineer 15 Radio Flyer into third place overall.

Local sailors have learned that any San Juan 21 regatta with Fisk Hayden sailing Ole Yeller means to expect the battle to be for second place. LMSA Commodore Bill Holstein, fresh off of a 3rd place finish at the SJ21 Nationals, was not going to just concede the top spot to Hayden however and served notice by sailing his boat Blackjack to a win in the first race. That must have been a wake-up call for the Ole Yeller crew as they tallied aces in the final three races with Blackjack finishing second each time. That is how the overall standings would end Fisk Hayden drove Ole Yeller to a first place overall in the up as well with San Juan 21 division logging 3 bullets in 4 races.

Hayden taking first place and Holstein finishing second. Ross Martin raced his boat Pivot well and finished third overall.

From its origins in the 70’s, the LMSA Fall Regatta is one of the events that traditionally kicks off the fall sailing season in Central Florida.

Crews identify weaknesses for correction while winners have targets on their sterns in upcoming races. At the post-race awards party Bill Holstein was sure to thank the many volunteers who made the regatta a success including PRO John Fox, Race Co-Chairmen Mike and Pam Loughlin and

The Sunfish of Beth Anderson (80337), David Silvermain (76380) and Chris Gates (49333) sail toward the windward mark in close formation during racing action.

the Power Squadron for providing assistance on the race courses. He also made sure to thank the sailors for coming out and making the regatta a well attended event. Full results are available on waypointnews.com.

Ed Sims and the Hunter 23 Point Blank crew represented the Ocala Sailing Club well by winning first place in the six boat Portsmouth 3 division.

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The Raider by Bob Seay The first time I ever saw a Raider on the water, I am ashamed to admit, was at the start of this year’s Mug Race in Palatka. “Wow, that is an interesting boat,” said one of the crew on our photo boat. The hull with its incorporated rockers gives it the appearance of having wings. “Yup, looks fast,” I said. I have been intrigued with the boat since.

After watching the IRYC’s Duncan MacKensie sail his Raider Sport to a regatta win on Lake Monroe recently I decided to give Mark Johannsen, the owner of Johannsen Boatworks and builder of the Raider, a call to set up a visit. Raider’s are built right in Waypoint’s back yard down in Vero Beach.

Mark was accommodating and said to come on down.

The first thing you notice when you walk into Johannsen Boatworks is that it is a place that looks like a work shop more than a production boat facility. The place is clean and loaded with tools and boat molds. There is a sign on the wall that says something to the effect of “if it looks good it probably is good.” Mark is a craftsman more than a slick boat builder who is primarily concerned with the bottom line. He is obsessed with quality as is evidenced by the fact that he has been the builder of classic Trinka sailing dinghies for more than 30 years.

Trinkas are beautiful boats known for their classic lines and stable sailing characteristics. There were a couple of Trinkas in the shop and Mark took great pride in going over the details of their construction with me.

They have been his bread and butter for a long time and he knows that, however, his excitement level went up when we made it over to the Raider.

According to the Raider website, designer John Drawe (who currently races his Raider locally) had the following in mind when coming up with his original plan for a planing dinghy that was comfortable and dry, (two characteristics you don’t usually find together): 1) Easy and comfortable to single hand and go fast. Doing regattas solo was a must 2) Taking an occasional passenger without torturing them 3) ZERO maintenance.

4) Light weight, easy to rig and launch 5) Relatively inexpensive…. No exotic materials 6) Racy looking…. Traditional looks are usually heavy and hard 7) Difficult to capsize 8) An engineered location for your “beverage” of choice 9) To be determined Starting in 1997 Drawe had prototypes built, tested and improved upon for the next few years. An interesting concept of their testing was actually racing in regattas and then incorporating what was learned into improved design.

Joe Waters of Waters Sails, a name familiar to many Central Florida sailors, was also instrumental in the early design of the single sail Raider. This early history is quite interesting and available in better detail on the Raider website.

Johannsen got involved Duncan MacKensie sailing his Raider Sport to 1st with the Raider when Drawe place at the LMSA Fall Regatta. selected him to be the builder

of the Raider line in 2002. The SPECIFICATIONS Raider II Raider II Turbo Raider “Sport” model went into Overall Length 16' 2" 16' 2" production with a larger LOW 15' 11" 15' 11" Beam 7' 4" 7' 4" mainsail and asymmetrical Draft Board Up 6.5" 6.5" spinnaker and began earning Draft Board Down 37" 37" Displacement 200 lbs.

200 lbs. it’s stripes on the race course.

Capacity 400 lbs.

400 lbs.

In 2009 after nearly 100 Spar Aluminum Aluminum 120 sq. Ft. 120 sq. ft. boats had been built, Johannsen Sail Area: Main Sail Area: Jib 41 sq. Ft. 41 sq. ft. enlisted the help of legendary Sail Area: Screecher --- 85 sq. ft.

Sail Area: Asymetrical Spinnaker --- 125 sq. ft.

Florida sailor, Dave Ellis to "P" 19' 10" 19' 10" help with the design of the "E" 9' 9' "I" 14' 2" 14' 2" “Raider II.” With input from "J" 5' 5' Ellis, sailmaker Waters, and original hull shaper Paul Keller, the new design featured more rocker to the hull (reducing wetted surface), a forward daggerboard trunk to balance the rig better, more mainsail area and a furling jib. The “Turbo” model includes an asymmetrical spinnaker or a furling screecher sail. The aforementioned improvements have earned the Raider II a Portsmouth Rating of 89.1 for the jib equipped version.

Obviously a very fast boat. Owners of the Raider II seem to be genuinely impressed with the boat’s speed and handling but are overwhelming happy with it’s stability, righting moment, and ease of handling, especially for a boat classified as a performance dinghy.

Being a relatively new boat when compared to other one-designs such as Flying Scots, Lightnings, Thistles etc., the Raider class is smaller in numbers though growing. The Raider Class Association is headquartered in Melbourne thus many of the important class events take place in the Central Florida area. Looking at past regatta results it appears that 6-7 boats is the norm for regattas featuring a Raider start. Raider Sports and Raider II’s compete in the same class according to class rules.

If you are looking for a boat that is easy to sail, fast, can be singlehanded or crewed, and is extremely stable for a performance dinghy, then you should check out the Raider. One of the most attractive features of this boat is that the base price of a new Raider II is just $9280 while the Raider II Turbo is just a bit more at $10,375.

Used Raiders are hard to find but do surface every now and then. Older race ready models have sold recently for as little as $3000. The boat pictured below is a newer, lightly sailed Turbo model that is currently for sale at Johannsen Boat Works. Give Mark a call at 1-800-869-0773 or 772567-4612 if you are interested. You can learn much more about the Raider II online at www.raidersailboats.com.

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Faith Hayden sets the pole for the downwind run while her dad, Steve, prepares to hoist the chute.

Faith’s brother, Jeff, is at the helm. The Haydens went on to a second place finish in the Lightning class at the LMSA Fall Regatta on Lake Monroe September 27th & 28th.

Willie Blevins is a Central Florida based sailor who has sailed and taught sailing for a long time on a wide variety of boats.

He has a knack for translating what most of us feel when sailing to words on paper.

Currently he races his San Juan 21 with the LMSA on Lake Monroe. You can read more of his musings on his blog at http://sailorsboatyard.com.