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Officers

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2013

District Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

President’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Bio-energetics of Laser Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Remembering Our Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13

Utilizing the Laser Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Olympian Wrap-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17

Why We Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Laser World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .center

Canadian & US Olympic Sailing Directors . . . . . . .20-21

Old Dogs, New Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 2013 Event Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Our Newest Laser Sailors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

District 13 Champs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 What Type of Coach are You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

District Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Membership Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

SPRING 2013 6 continents, 122 countries - the biggest adult and youth racing class in the world

Cover: Canada’s Brenda Bowskill seems lost between swells at the Lauderdale Olympic Classes Regatta. Photo by John Payne. 5

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Hawaii

District 1

Danielle Dube, 8 Sunnydale Dr, Glen Haven, NS B3Z 2T8 902-823-2802, danielle_dube947@hotmail.com

District 2

Philippe Dormoy, 385 Place Desmarest, Ile Bizard, Quebec, H9C 2G8 514-620-8124 Philippe_dormoy@steris.com

District 3

Nigel Heath 416-417-0193 D3 website: www.d3laser.com

District 4

Brigitte Smutny, Sail Manitoba; 409-145 Pacific Ave. Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2Z6 204-925-5647 sailing@sportmanitoba.ca www.sailmanitoba.com

District 5

Mark Lammens 510 Cynthia St. Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K7 306-975-0833. sasksail@shaw.ca www.sasksail.com

District 6

Andy Hunt, 111-2260 W 8th Ave, Vancouver BC, V6K 2A7 604-733-9663. Hotline: 206-525-5788. athunt@vcn.bc.ca www.district6x.ca

District 7

Derek Stow. 28 Starlit Road Tiverton, RI 02878 401-625-5973 Laserd7@gmail.com

District 8

Ted Cremer, 7 Maple Street Blue Point, NY 11715. 631-363-8830, tcremer@optonline.net www.laserd8.tripod.com

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Chas Williamson, 9 Lagrand Court Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-0630. cw26@cornell.edu

District 10

Eric Reitinger 7908 Normandy Dr. Mt Laurel, NJ 08054 er4599@gmail.com http://d10.laserforum.org

District 11

Jon Deutsch 3422 Blithewood Dr., Richmond, VA 23225 804-305-1244, jon@laserdistrict11.org http://www.laserdistrict11.org

District 12

Rob Bowden rbowden707@gmail.com www.d12.laserforum.org

District 13

Antolin Rivera, PO Box 26674 Tampa, FL 33623 813-837-3013, shipajoy@yahoo.com www.laser.org/m/_general/d13.asp

District 14

Cal Herman, 7038 Catina St New Orleans, LA 70124, 504-282-1770 callender.herman@wachoviasec.com

District 15

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/t xLaser/

District 16

Tim Fitzgerald, 2322 Bromfield Circle Wichita, KS, 67226, 316-650-3636 TIMFITZ875@GMAIL.COM

District 17

John E. Coolidge, Jr., 1113 Hanover St, Chattanooga, TN 37405, 423-309-1926 JC@Chattprint.com

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District 9

Forest Atkins 157833@gmail.com 214-686-7035

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John Shockey 216-386-1920 johnrshockey@gmail.com

District 19

Ken Swetka 27022 Koerber St., St. Claire Shores, MI 48081 248-635-5363 www.d19laser.org

District 20

Steve Dolan 21140 Chancery Ct. Brookfield, WI 53045 262-506-8879. dolan@mcw.edu http://d20.laserforum.org/

District 21

Erik Ahlquist d21.sec@gmail.com d21.laserforum.org

District 22

Kurt Hoehne, 524 N 67th St. Seattle, WA 98103 206-335-8776, kurthoehne@gmail.com

District 23

Nick Ondrejka PO Box 981897, Park City, UT 84098 nick@ondrejka.com, 415-748-6893 www.usdiscovery.com/laser

District 24

Nick Burke nburke@skysail.com http://skysail.com/sailing/d24/

District 25

Jorge Suarez, 7 Covina Ave, Long Beach, CA 90803 562-260-8116. jorgesuarez0@yahoo.com groups.yahoo.com/group/nalaserdistrict25

District 26

Guy Fleming, 44-392 Olina St. #6 Kaneohe, HI 96744-2617 808-955-4405. guynsyd@hawaii.rr.com

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President’s Notes ANDY ROY

I’ve put the shovels away, changed out the snow tires and am definitely ready for spring and summer. I only had to clear snow off my Laser 3-4 times this winter. To help break up the cold months, I headed to Florida in February for Masters week; an event I’ve been wanting to do for a number of years. Dave Hartman kindly arranged a boat for me and I found some good flights, so off I went. One of the beauties of the Laser is the ability to step on a plane with one checked bag (I’ve heard of guys who have done it with carryon only), with lines, a few blocks and sailing clothes, and show up at a regatta site ready to race in a borrowed or charter boat. Moreover, one doesn’t need a newer boat to be competitive. The boat I used was over 4 years old and looked like it had been beach sailed. Without worrying about the scratches and gouges on the hull and blades, I found the boat was as fast as I needed it to be. The three venues for this year’s circuit, Charlotte Harbor YC, US Sailing Center at Jensen Beach and the Palm Beach Sailing Club, put on superb race management and hospitality, and the 55-60 entrants at each event enjoyed tight, fun racing. For the Open winter events (East), the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta entrants enjoyed a good event with generally solid breezes. The calibre of the fleet was high for a post Olympic year. There was also a significant international contingent, with the Women’s Radials having 7 different nations in the top 10 and the Men’s with 8 different countries in the medal races. The big topic of conversation was a new ISAF experimental race format used for the MOCR Laser event. The for-

mat put a premium on putting in your best races as the regatta went on, with the top 10 medal racers sailing three double-point races on the final day. Both the Radial Women’s and Men’s Standard fleets were hard fought with Paige Railey winning and Charlie Buckingham finishing as the top NA sailor in third.

The Midwinters East was held a few weeks later in Clearwater and provided excellent conditions as well. Over 200 sailors competed across 3 classes, with the Radials being the largest at 105. Tricky conditions were made to look easy by Clay Johnson winning in the Standards, Luke Ramsay taking the Radials without breaking a sweat, and Andy Burns easily winning the 4.7 fleet.

I think most Laser sailors have been following to some degree the Bruce Kirby Inc. and Laser Performance dispute, with the latest as of this writing being a complaint filed by BK in US District Court. On one hand this naturally comes as uncertain news leaving all of us wondering where it will all lead. On the other, it is positive that this latest action will hopefully move the situation to a resolution sooner than later. Although I indicated in the previous TLS issue that the new Laser standard sail was expected to be approved and ready this season, I’m no longer so sure. The aforementioned dispute is of course at the top of the ILCA and ISAF agendas meaning the new sail will unfortunately likely move to the back burner. Interest in this coming season’s major Laser events is very high, with entries for a number of World events being

oversubscribed. The 4.7 World Championship hosts in Hungary are anticipating 340 to 380 entries this July, the Masters Worlds in Oman already has 220 applications, and the Open Standard Worlds, also in Oman, is expected to be fully booked. This summer’s NA event calendar has some excellent venues and is well spread out geographically, with open Laser regattas in Santa Cruz (US Nats), Kingston (venue for both the NA’s in July and CORK in August), Halifax (CDN Nats), Gulfport, Michigan, New Jersey and The Gorge, plus Masters events in Montreal, LA, Florida, Newport RI and Tahoe. In addition to the Masters Worlds I’m planning on heading to at least four of these regattas, and hopefully many NA class members also have a few on their list. And, don’t forget to check out your local district’s web site and draw up your calendar for the 2013 sailing season. See you on the water.

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The Bio-energetics of Laser Sailing

Evan Lewis MSc. CSCS, CK compressed. This Many sports have a well-established base of makes it very diffisport science knowledge to draw upon to support cult for oxygen rich training and to seek advances for improvement. red blood cells to Take running as an example, research on hydramove through the tion and how the body adapts to training dates working muscle. As back to the late 1800s. In comparison, our sciena result, the heart must work harder to push tific knowledge of how the body responds to the blood to the hiking leg muscles and this causes environmental and physical challenges of sailing, an increase in heart rate2. Because the heart must a sport that has always been in the modern work harder to overcome the resistance of the Olympics, is slowly emerging. compressed blood vessels, arterial blood pressure Over the past few months I have had quesincreases ~50% to allow the red blood cells to tions from athletes and parents alike about the push through the leg muscles. energy/nutritional requirements of Laser sailing Energy Expenditure in Sailing as there can be a lot of concepts around the boat While this laboratory based research providpark about what is required especially in terms of ed great insight into how the body functions carbohydrates. While each athlete has unique while hiking, many aspects of hiking and upwind energy requirements based on their age, gender sailing have changed in the last 5-10 and fitness level, the same principles apply to all. years. Sailors are now much more In this article I will examine published research active in the boat both upwind and from different labs, including my own, to explain downwind. This increased movement, how your body uses energy while racing and also especially upwind, causes the quadrihow much energy is used. If you have any quesceps muscles to contract and relax tions from this article I will address those as well more frequently allowing blood to flow as provide some regatta fueling strategies in the more easily. summer edition of The Laser Sailor. To investigate these changes, The Science of Sailing Castagna & Brisswalter3 investigated Sport science research of sailing began in the energy requirements of elite and the 1990s and used laboratory simulators to recreational Laser sailors while sailing upwind measure heart rate, blood pressure and breathing for 30 minutes (tacking every 2min) in ~12 (i.e. oxygen intake). These measurements allow knots. This was the first study to measure oxygen researchers to determine how the cardiovascular intake during on-water sailing. While sailing and muscular systems are affected by the demands of sailing. Working muscles require energy, which in turn causes an increase of oxygen intake, heart rate and blood pressure. For every 1 L (0.26 gal) of oxygen you breathe in during exercise, your body is burning approximately 5 kcal (e.g. to burn off the ~200 kcal Figure 1 – Heart rate graph from a race in 15-17 knots on a windward-leeward, windard-leeward, in a cookie would require con- reaching finish course. Racing time is outlined in black. Average heart for the race was 175 bpm, peak upwind heart rate was 196 bpm. suming 40 L of oxygen). Research of hiking in the Laser revealed an interupwind, the max heart rate at the end of each esting relationship between heart rate and oxygen upwind for elite and recreational group was 192 requirements: the oxygen required by athletes to and 189 beats per minute respectively (~90sail upwind was much lower than the heart rate 100% of max heart rate). In the elite group, the that was measured. From laboratory based simumax heart rate of 192 beats per minute correlator studies, ‘racing’ heart rates were measured sponded with 68% of max an oxygen uptake, at ~75% of max with an oxygen requirement of while the recreational group was only working at only 35% of max1. In other words your muscles 51% of max oxygen uptake. The average oxygen use much less oxygen at a given heart rate in uptake for the entire 30 minutes was 57% and comparison to activities like running or cycling 49% of maximum respectively. These results where the relationship closer to 1:1. show the effect of isometric contractions on oxyThis difference can be explained by the way gen intake described above still hold true since our muscles function when hiking. While sailing an athlete cycling or running at 192 beats per upwind and hiking, the quadriceps muscles perminute would be working at ~95% of their maxiform an isometric contraction (i.e. the muscle mum oxygen uptake. Regardless, this study tightens but does not increase or decrease in shows the intensity and effort required by Laser length as they would in a leg extension movesailing athletes is much higher than previously ment). Because of the tension generated by this described, most likely from advances in sailing contraction and the fact your muscle is not movtechnique. Additionally, elite sailors are able to ing, the blood vessels within the quadriceps are work at a higher intensity than recreational ath-

letes and therefore use more energy as a result of their higher oxygen intake. The Calculations From the work of Castagna & Brisswalter as well as data from my own research, it is possible to calculate the energy requirements of an athlete racing. For this we will use the heart rate data from male Laser sailor racing in 15-17 knots (Figure 1) as well as the oxygen consumption data from a laboratory VO2max test (maximum volume of oxygen that can be breathed in

per minute during exercise) (Table 1). During a race the athlete was working at 57% of his 5.2 L/min VO2max (2.9 L/min); in 50 minutes of racing 148.2 L of oxygen was used; therefore the total energy expenditure was 148.2 L x 5 kcal/L = 741 kcal. When we apply the same calculations to a recreational athlete of the same body weight, he would use approximately 575 kcal per race. If these athletes competed in 3 – 4 races, plus warm-up, cool down and sailing to and from shore, their energy expenditure could easily exceed 4000 or 3000 kcal respectively, which I have observed on a regular basis. During a race the energy used by the athletes’ muscles comes from both carbohydrates and fats in approximately a 55/45 ratio4. For example, during one race, the elite athlete would use 407 kcal or 102 g carbs / 333 kcal or 37 g of fat. Since the body only has ~2000 kcal (500 g) of stored carbohydrates it is essential to consume carbohydrates in between races and on shore to help your muscles recover for the next day of racing. Regular carbohydrate intake should be part of your training and regatta nutrition strategy to help you race at your highest level.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Evan is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, Department of Nutritional Sciences and is a founder of the L2M Performance Group Inc. Please send questions and comments to evan@l2mperformance.com For more information and training tips follow @L2MPerformance or visit www.l2mperformance.com For footnotes on this research, contact Evan directly or visit the website noted above.

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Remembering Our Friends MARK BEAR

John Bentley, for many years a spirited competitor at laser masters regattas, died in December, 2012 at his home in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts after a long battle with cancer. He was 64. He is survived by his wife DeeDee, three children, and four grandchildren (with one on the way). John was beloved by many competitors worldwide, and he gave much back to the class, both as an organizer of regattas in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and by offering legal counsel to the Newport laser fleet and the North American Laser Class. Due to failing health, his last laser regatta was in 2010, but John and I had one last sailing season together last year on a J80 we christened the “Lazier”.

Below are remarks I prepared for his memorial service.

————————————— I knew John for quite a few years and beers, regattas, adventures, and stories. We were drawn together by our shared love of sailing, especially racing lasers at an age when we should have known better. We called it “training” when we left work early to go spar in our lasers in preparation for championships in exotic venues, like Mexico, Ireland, Turkey, Brazil, and Korea. Our respective administrative assistants, Isabelle and Suzanne, were willing (if not eager) co-conspirators when the call of the sea came, making the necessary excuses for us to have the “time off” to meet on Buzzards Bay or Narragansett Bay for a couple hours of sailing, always followed by one ceremonial can of cheap, cold beer as we put our boats away. I suppose we did improve as sailors, but mostly these excursions were just for the camaraderie and the chance to suspend the real world long enough to reboot our brains. In the winters, John was a regular competitor in laser fleet 413 in Newport and, for many years John, Peter Seidenberg, and I took an annual pilgrimage to Florida for the midwinter laser regattas. “Team

Fatboy”, as we liked to call ourselves, probably did not strike much fear in the hearts of our competitors, with the exception of those in Peter’s age group. But we looked sharp with our matching boat and spar covers, and we could unload and load our lasers with military precision. John was a lawyer by trade, and had success keeping his clients out of trouble. John was equally skilled at getting his friends into trouble. Thus, although I would love to share some embarrassing stories about John, I cannot—because I am in all of them. John was a merry jokester, but also a master problem solver. On a whim (or maybe it was a joke on DeeDee), he and I bought (cheap!) a 22-foot Etchell’s keelboat for Wednesday night racing. Fatboy’z Nightmare, as we affectionately christened our yacht, was a wonderful problem to solve. Nary a week went by before John was balancing on deck somewhere with a roll of duct tape in one hand and a pair of pliers in the other. Although he would deny it, I suspect that John got more satisfaction from keeping that program afloat than he did from any of our racing results. More recently, his friends James Jacob, Alain Vincey, and I obliged John’s need to solve problems in his final Buzzards Bay Regatta aboard the good yacht “Lazier” (get it?), a J80 with a spinnaker that was great at going up, but not so good at coming down in a breeze. While I must confess this particular incident might have not been such a fun problem, I

John Bentley

know that in our last summer together the Lazier punch list was a welcome distraction for John. John was a very close friend of mine, and I miss him very much. I find myself oscillating between profound sadness and tremendous joy—joy for the blessing of knowing John and having so many

great memories of him. My emotions are shared by many sailors who knew John, as evidenced by this email I received from Terry Casey, one of our sailing friends from days gone by:

“Sorry to hear about John. I have not seen John in a number of years but still felt a sense of loss. I have to say that I have nothing but great memories of John and as I write this I find myself smiling just thinking about him and remembering the times I spent with him.”

John touched people in a way that few can. He was one of the “really good guys” on this planet. Of course, in addition to

being a fun companion, there are many qualities that made John special and dear to those who loved him. Probably above all, he was a great listener, genuinely interested in other people, and was able to give good sound counsel. It is no accident that he and DeeDee raised three outstanding children. That Anne and I can count DeeDee and her family as close friends has been another lasting gift from John. It is safe to say that John lived his life to the fullest. It was rich in terms of experiences, friends and family and by most measures he will have outlived all of us despite being taken so prematurely.

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Heinz Gebauer

JOE VAN ROSSEM

Remembering Our Friends Yes, he’d loved skiing in the winter with his daughter too but sailing was his game. His regatta gear, boat, sails, tools and car were always immaculate and well organized and he always shared his spares and tools with his fellow competitors. He enjoyed his sailing club immensely and was always there at race day and social functions.

It was suggested that I should write about Heinz in his memory.

Sure, we belonged to the same sailing club, we sailed a Laser and we both loved racing and we both were competitive, come to think of it, I likely knew more of Heinz’s sailing skills than anyone. After all, I have followed him around the race course for almost thirty years. Needless to say we had our disagreements about racing rules, etc., however it never seemed to last very long.

Peter Seidenberg reminiscing from his Toronto days; “Heinz’s ability to go fast in light air and sniff out the faintest shifts drove me crazy.” Yes it is true, Heinz was lightning fast in those conditions and one would be so wrong to count him out. He seemed to take great pleasure in coming from way behind and win more often than

impressive, not to mention the executive positions he held at our club “the Water Rats” .

In 1997 Chile, Heinz won the Master World Championship in the GGM(65+) category. He also won a impressive number of coveted “cubes” (Master World trophies for finishing in the top five), at least seven times. Henry Dewolf, two time winner of the Master Worlds commented, “I really got to know how competitive he was in Mexico and again the following year in Ireland; Heinz would never give up”

Very noticeable was his wonderful relationship with Elizabeth

Lee and shared all his time with her. No doubt her loss is enormous and somehow we can’t help feeling that loss too. By remembering his life and his achievements, we can keep his spirit alive.

I’d like to admit. Yes, Pete , it used to drive me crazy too!

Heinz took over the District 3 Secretary position from Terry Neilson in around 1983 and he gave it up just a few years ago. 25 years of service to our class is really very

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Utilizing the Laser Calendar

Looking for Some Great Regattas to Sail This Season.... Start with the Laser Calendar The class calendar is THE place to go to find regattas both near and far. Whether you are looking for regattas in your own backyard, or crossstate, they are listed on the laser class calendar. Not only does it have all of the events, but it’s also got them broken out by district, by district championships, by major events and by masters events.

Here’s how to get started:

1. Go to http://laser.org

2. Hover over ‘Calendar’ and select ‘All Events’

3. Pick a date from the calendar to see all events on that date, or click

‘Search’ to find something specific.

4. To search for events, remember to pick the date range.

5. Select a category to narrow down the district or type of event . Tips for using the search:

Use 12/31/2013 as an end date range

Don’t use the keyword or Location filters unless you are looking for something very specific

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Olympian Wrap-Up Now that a few months have gone by, can you describe your Olympic experience?

David Wright-CAN

It was thrilling. Being in the presence of so many great athletes who shared a similar life experience to my own was fantastic. It was two weeks I will never forget.

Can you take us through a “normal” day of the Olympics – what was your routine?

A race day was not that dissimilar to a day of racing at a world cup event. The biggest difference once you got through security for me was that the boat yard was so empty because the Olympic regatta has relatively few competitors. Otherwise it was the standard regiment of wake up, stretch, eat at the food hall, go to the boat park, check the noticeboard, rig and sail out. Once the racing was over there was a media zone where athletes had to be available for interviews but everyone was very polite. There may have been a lot going on in Weymouth but the athlete and coaches were in a bit of a bubble going between the village and the boat park so for me it was more “normal” than I might have expected.

Describe any personal highlights both on and off the water during the Games?

On the water I had less highlights then I would have liked but it was exciting to sail past the crowds on the Nothe course and be introduced. Sailors don’t typically get fans in grandstands so that was terrific. Off the water my Olympic highlight was definitely getting to see the track and field competitions. I watched in the stadium with other Canadian athletes who also had finished competing. It made me appreciate the significance of the event and what the Olympics is all about.

What would you say to all aspiring sailors to go to Olympics?

Work as hard as you can and ask lots of questions of your competition. The best sailors are enquiring minds and are not ashamed to approach anyone and ask for help.

If you campaign again, what would you do differently?

Nothing at all. I gave everything to do my absolute best and prepared to give myself the most chance of success. Sailing against the top athletes in the Laser class has been and is a privilege. Throughout my campaigning I have seen so many great acts of sportsmanship and developed a bond with my competitors that is cast in mutual respect for each sailors Olympic efforts. For me it has been more gratifying to compete against the best in the world and lose than win at any lower level. Besides, I still have my best regattas in front of me!

What are your future plans?

At the moment I’m continuing to sail in the Laser class. The removal of the Star from the Olympic program means the Laser is the boat that fits me best so I will continue in 2013 and decide at the end of the year if I still have the energy for a full effort for 2016. I have great support from Maclaren and Sport Canada so I will continue to improve my Laser sailing and see what I can do at the Worlds in Oman this November. I’ve also been enjoying sailing one design keelboat classes which has more teamwork that is really refreshing and I’ve been doing some coaching seminars and clinics which is very rewarding. Sailing is a wonderful sport that can go lost of directions so I’m taking advantage of every opportunity.

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Paige Railey-USA

Olympian Wrap-Up Now that a few months have gone by, can you describe your Olympic experience?

It was a really fun experience and was very similar to the ISAF Youth Worlds and Pan American Games. My advice for sailors would be to try and compete in these events. They are great practice for the Games. Honestly though, being on the water was just like any other day. I didn’t build the Olympics up to be this special event when I was sailing. To me, I had trained myself to go out there and treat it like every event.

Can you take us through a “normal” day of the Olympics – what was your routine?

Same as always! Wake up, eat breakfast, go to the boat park, rig up, change and go out. I didn’t change anything to my routine.

Describe any personal highlights both on and off the water during the Games?

I would say watching the team come together as a whole. When we all realized that we weren’t going to medal we, along with the staff, really bonded. It was the definition of a true team. We were there for each other…we cried, told each other about the upsets, and just leaned on one another for support. It was a moment that I will never forget. On the water, I would say sailing over to the spectator area and hearing over the intercom, “Paige Railey from the USA” and waving to my family/friends.

What would you say to all aspiring sailors to go to Olympics?

The Olympics is an amazing event, but remember to enjoy the road to the Games. Some of the best moments are spent with your training partners, coaches and team.

If you campaign again, what would you do differently? I would be wiser about how to peak at the right time.

What are your future plans?

My first goal is this May to complete a full ironman. I am very nervous and excited for this race! But, I will come back in the Radial and try for 2016. This time though, I am wiser and more experienced.

Why We Travel

JON DEUTSCH Sailing is a great sport in that - there is something for every kind of sailor. As sailors we often find the boats and events we’re most comfortable with and often that’s at our own club with our own fleet. But in order to improve our skills, meet new people, experience different race conditions, we have to break out of our comfort zone and sail new venues. And for small boat sailors, taking your boat to a new venue is the small boat equivalent of a blue water adventure. Here’s a take on why we travel from some Chesapeake Bay (and beyond) Laser sailors:

Bob Tan

It’s just fun to sail at different venues. Nothing’s better in February than packing up the Laser and heading down to balmy Florida to race. I think Traveling also improves your sailing by exposing you to sailing conditions and competitors that are less familiar. Traveling lets you experience different sailing conditions I.e. waves, current, wind etc... You compete and learning from a new set of sailors, many of which are likely to be better than those at your local club. Sailing with others that are as good or better then you are really benefits your sailing.

Eric Reitinger

Even though I enjoy sailing at my home club, the challenges of other venues adds diversity and expands my sailing portfolio. It makes me a better sailor going to different venues. I enjoy the traveling, seeing how different clubs run events, where they sail, and just experience a new group of Laser sailors. The people you meet along the way also makes it more welcome to traveling. And the side trips, like riding roller coasters at Kings Dominion on the way down to Fishing Bay, always make the overall trip more exciting.

Matthew Schofield

Annapolis has some very talented Laser sailors and often some exceptionally difficult sailing conditions. As much as I enjoy the challenges at a hometown regatta, It’s easy to get overly focused on the local conditions and the habits of the local talent. Travelling to other venues, however, significantly expands my exposure to different course conditions, as well as offers me exposure to competitors with different tactical and strategic skill sets, increasing my growth curve as a sailor dramatically. I do not know of one venue that offers all the challenges a sailor could possibly experience, therefore I am compelled to experience as many venues as posTed Morgan sible. My junior sailing instructor I also enjoy the exposure to back in the early 1980s (Jonathan other great clubs, exciting geograBartlett) always said that one will phy, and interesting people. Sailing never get better/faster sailing is a sport where our “arena” is usuagainst the same people in the ally on a beautiful piece of coastline, a dynamic harbor setting, or on a same relatively predictable conditions. We were always encour- picturesque lake. Lastly, the best part is often meeting other sailors aged to head to New England for from very different backgrounds who all share a common passion. a few 420 regattas every summer. Kim Couranz Once I got out of college, we had On a “serious” note... Sailing in different locations definitely the same conversation - you need improves your sailing skills. If you only sail at “home,” you only expeto leave the Chesapeake if you want to become a better Laser rience one set of sailing chalsailor. lenges. Different sailing venues That wisdom has paid off. I’ve raced on both the Atlantic and feature different challenges— Pacific, the Lakes of Minnesota and Tennessee, the Gulf of rivers with strong current, lakes Mexico, New England, Long Island, the Jersey Shore, against with big wind shifts, wide open folks from all around the World. You always pick up a little tip from each experience. To top it off, you end up meeting a ton of sailing with waves, flat with light breeze that requires big concentraawesome people, having a blast, and forming long lasting relation—that make you look at sailtionships. ing in fresh new ways. On a slightly less serious—but Jeff Moore just as important—note, sailing in 1) I am always up for a good road trip different places means you get to 2) To see & sail in different meet new friends. Sailing friends are, simply put, the best friends. I locations on the Chesapeake don’t know what most of my sailing friends do for a living, and it realand beyond ly doesn’t matter. It’s just so fun telling stories about road trips past— 3) I enjoy a change in and making new memories that revolve around the ultimate thing in scenery. common: dinghy sailing! 4) Get to meet new people and see old friends. And on a very much not serious note...you get to eat different food 5) Generally allows me to from different parts of the country and world! Annapolis has awesome sail in larger fleets. crab cakes, but Pensacola has outstanding fried oysters; La Rochelle 6) Allows me to see how has phenomenal mussels and fries; Portugal has amazing sardines fresh other clubs run regattas to get new ideas for my own club. 7) Allows me to improve boat handling and speed by sailing off the grill, seasoned only with salt (apparently I enjoy seafood!). YUM! against better sailors.

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ing the quad. Our focus as a team will be to ensure these groups work together as training units and push the boundaries on performance. Our belief is that the “team” approach will produce both short and long term performance goals.

High Performance Director, my role is to provide leadership and overall direction for the HP program in Canada on the Olympic and Paralympic sides.

What excites you most taking on this position; how do you see your contributions to the Sail Canada?

The position is really an evolution from what I have been doing with Sail Canada for the past number of quads. In removing my specific class coaching responsibilities from my job title I will be freed up to provide wider based input to the overall operation of our HP program. Sail Canada has made some significant changes to our focus leading into this quad and with it has been my role.

Do your own Olympic campaigns in the Finn give you an edge on this position?

My primary involvement in Finn campaigns since 1990 has been in a coaching capacity, so the short answer is yes, the long answer is my new position is in evolution and development as we endeavor to improve Canada’s performance on the Olympic an Paralympic stage.

What challenges do you face in the upcoming Quad?

Implementing a completely revised Canadian Sailing Team program presents many challenges, ranging from financial to breaking through/away from historic patterns. Fortunately Sail Canada is in a solid position in terms of returning athletes and future athletes and further we have maintained and begun to grow our coaching staff.

What is the take after the experimental scoring for the Lasers & Radials in the recent Miami OCR?

Interesting, like with any change there are hiccups for sure. For me

the ability to drop the entire scores from the first 6 races of the event is something that will take getting used to, right or wrong…I am old enough I guess to suggest that I still appreciate the consistency required to win a championship over the duration of a week long event. 3 Medal races, well for sure it makes it entertaining and is going to potentially mix up the score board significantly, puts a premium on the final days conditions, extra pressure on the race organizers, and adds to the math skills required of competitors and coaches. Think it all boils down to what we are trying to showcase or achieve with such changes.

Canada has some returning Laser & Radial veterans with David Wright and Isabella Bertold a strong group of younger sailors. How do you see the Canadian Laser/Radial teams forming?

We are in a solid position with both the Radial and Laser teams, the combination of veteran performers, up and comers and solid coaching leadership puts us in a decent position enter-

What would you say to all aspiring sailors with dreams to go to Olympics?

Train hard and effectively both on and off the water. Develop your training partnerships and work towards consistently pushing the envelope. It is only through purposeful structured training that pushes your personal boundaries that you will ultimately achieve your Olympic dreams.

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Ben Richardson, US -OSC Chairman What’s your new title & role with the US-OSC?

I am the Chairman of the OSC, and serve on the BOD of US Sailing. Historically the OSC Chair ran the Olympic program day-today (Dean Brenner most recently did this from 2004-’12), even though it was not considered a full-time job. Over the last few quads it was realized that full-time athletes need full-time support so the responsibility of running the program is now in the hands of the Managing Director of Olympic Sailing at US Sailing (a new title, held by Josh Adams). The OSC serves as an advisory board to Josh and others within the program, and I vote on its behalf on the US Sailing Board.

What excites you most taking on this position; how do you see your contributions to the OSC?

Aside from the great, and ever improving staff, including new hires Charlie McKee HPD and Fuzz, the Brits’ former Technical Director, that I work with regularly, the OSC includes Bob Billingham, Serge Jorgenson, Tim Wadlow, Pete Spaulding, Andrew Campbell, Zach Leonard, Carol Cronin, JJ Fetter, Ed Adams and Gary Bodie. Charlie said recently that he bet no country in the World had a group as strong as that advising their Olympic Program. He might be wrong, but I couldn’t ask for a more talented group to work with.

Do your own Olympic campaigns in the Laser give you an edge on this position?

It is really hard to imagine someone in this position without having been around the block a few times themselves. I sailed seven years full-time through the ’03 Trials, doing the ’00 Trials in the Soling as well, and did a six month full-time campaign for the ’07 Trials. That being said, its experiences I’ve had since retiring from Laser sailing working with other organizations that really make the difference. I don’t pretend to always have the right answer, or even an answer for

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some problem we’re trying to solve, but knowing how to engage a group in strategic thinking is important. That’s really the answer to how do you see your contributions to the OSC.

What challenges do you face in the upcoming Quad?

Quickly building depth in many classes, and maintaining it for the long haul is probably our most immediate problem. After the ’08 Games we had some returning veterans and we didn’t do enough to build depth behind them over the Quad. Many of those same veterans are still at it, or maybe taking a breather after the ’12 Games. We’ve got some awesome emerging talent in the 17-21 age range, and most of those veterans are now 25+.

What is the take after the experimental scoring for the Lasers & Radials in the recent Miami OCR?

Yikes! I don’t even like medal races let alone all that craziness. I was happy that when we went through the SIs we were able to amend some of our funding and team qualification docs to only count scores through a certain part of the regatta. Generally though the idea in a split fleet like the Laser of distilling qualifying down to one score is not bad, but it should not be discardable.

What’s your impression of change/support over the past 3-4 quads and how

sailors can adjust to the 2013-2016 campaign (support to sailors)?

There is not a big difference in the amount of support available this Quad versus last, but everyone should know that the amount is quite substantial compared to 3-4 Quads ago. Someone making a strong effort to win a medal will receive coaching, psychological, medical and physical training support, and shipping. It is hard to put a dollar value on all of that. Someone who is succeeding at a very high level in the Laser or Radial could also see close to $100,000 in actual financial support if they are achieving top finishes at the Worlds and several World Cup events and the Europeans. Someone finishing regularly in the top 20 at those events would see about $20,000 and there are various levels in between.

The US has some returning Laser & Radial veterans in Paige Railey and a strong contender in Charlie Buckingham.

We have very high hopes for what Paige, Erika Reineke and Charlie can accomplish over coming Quads. Hopefully Clay Johnson will make another run as well.

What would you say to all aspiring sailors with dreams to go to Olympics?

There are a lot of great sailing institutions in the US, from your typical junior summer program to high school and college sailing that teach a lot of valuable sailing skills. However, they historically come up very short in developing the full set of skills you need to compete at the Olympic level, and you will be well behind your international competition if you only get started after picking up your diploma. If your goal is winning an Olympic medal, you need to be asking yourself, and more importantly us, what those skills are and how best to attain them alongside your progression through those other institutions.

Old Dogs, New Tricks

STEVEN SCHMIDT RICK LANDELL

Since we are new to the Laser, Eric Reitinger asked Rick Landell and myself (Steven Schmidt) to write about our experiences on the Laser Master’s circuit. So, here are our thoughts on why we love this little boat and the challenges that drive us mad.

For me, Steve, the Laser is a huge challenge. I am 47 years old and I’m only starting my fifth year sailing the Laser. I only learned to sail the year prior to getting into the Laser. So, not only am I learning every aspect of getting the Laser to sail fast; I’m also learning how to smell wind, read wind shifts and start like a pit bull (I’m more like a Chihuahua right now). Laser Master’s events are a perfect venue to sharpen my dull skills. These events allow you to compete with sailors that are courteous, understanding, and are always offering great advice (sometimes unsolicited, though). May it be a 20 boat regatta or a 50 boat fleet, you know that you’ll have an enjoyable regatta no matter how you sail, because of your fellow sailors.

For the last 2 years Rick and I have made the pilgrimage to Florida for the Master’s Midwinters Circuit. This is the Super Bowl of Master’s sailing. Seven days of sailing in 3 different regattas in 9 days. Add in ocean sailing, top talent and stunning weather conditions, and attending should be a no brainer for all Laser Master’s.

launching nightmares to fitness routines. It was PRICELESS!! ———————— Much like Steve, I am relatively new to the Laser. Having started at the age of 54, and now 60, I am 6 years into the boat. I had raced on larger keel boats off and on for over 30 years. With an ongoing commitment to a program that was getting too routine, I sought an alternative. Living in the Philadelphia area and looking locally, I found Cooper River Yacht Club and its active Laser racing fleet. The competiveness and organization of the Club’s events especially the Frostbite Series lured me into Laser racing. Here is where I first met Steve, as well as some major names in local Laser racing such as: John MacCausland, Rob Seidelmann, Jon Burnham, Mike Hecky, and many, many others. It was a fortunate introduction/induction.

The boat itself was an immediate fit for me. The Laser being of a strict one design simplifies life, and although seemingly a simple boat, has plenty of rigging tricks to keep busy those of us that cannot leave well enough alone. What really locked me into racing the Laser, first at Cooper River, then Marsh Creek, then the Jersey Shore for MAYRA, and eventually to a variety of Masters Regattas, are the fellow racers. The most friendly, helpful and healthy group of people I could ask to meet. Competitors that freely offer constructive advice and welcome you everywhere you go. And with whom race

course altercations are resolved on the water, and left on the water. The Master’s group provides endless inspiration. At 60 years of age I might be inclined to excuse my poor fitness and poor results on my age; well that won’t work when you’re getting beaten by guys in their 70s. Granted, they grew up with the boat in their blood, and are now retired and in the gym most days! The number of racing opportunities seem endless, to which Steve and I have just begun scratching the surface. So many events and so little time. Our plan is to keep increasing our reach to other regattas with thoughts of this year’s Masters Canadian Nationals in Montreal, and Fishing Bay’s Chesapeake Bay Masters. Both will surely be great events, and reasons for more ‘road trips’!

Sailing the Laser for me has been a humbling experience. Having no formal dinghy training, and not having sailed the Laser from an early age, the boat was neither intuitive, nor always comfortable in the sense of stability. There are still occasions when the boat threatens a death roll and I have to purposefully think about which way to steer. The solution to all this is the obvious, more time on the water, and adding clinics to our ‘2013 objectives. Yes, Steve and I will be seeking professional help! Thanks, and see you as much as practical this year.

The Midwinter’s also affords a wealth of knowledge and entertainment on and off the water. On the water, not only is the racing a learning experience in itself; there has been a pro clinic on one of the off/travel days. For off the water, you are essentially on holiday with 50-60 sailing friends. New friendships are started and old ones are reinforced. This year in Palm Beach, Rick and I had a long casual lunch with John MacClausland, Mike Hecky and Peter Shope. In what other sport could someone with my level of experience have done this. If I golfed the next 30 years I don’t think a Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Fred Couples lunch would ever happen. We talked and laughed about everything from boat 22

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Regatta

Laser

World Championship

Sr: Al Musannah, Oman

NA Championship

CORK July 24-28 www.cork.org

ISAF Grade 1

40 GP pts. ISAF Grade 1

Other North American Championships Canadian Championships

30 GP Pts. ISAF Grade 2

US Championships 30 GP Pts, ISAF Grade 2

CORK

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2013 Schedule

Radial

Women's:Rizhao, China

Laser 4.7

Sept 28-Oct 7

Balatonfured, HUN July 6-13

Al Musannah, Oman Nov 28-Dec 7

CORK July 24-28 www.cork.org

New York YC Newport, RI Oct 18-20

St. Margaret’s Bay SC St. Margaret’s Bay, NS July 19-21

Beaconsfield YC Beaconsfield, QC June 14-16

Kingston, ON

Nov 14-Nov 23 Jr: Balatonfured, HUN July 14-21

Standard Youth August 12-15 www.cork.org

Santa Cruz YC Santa Cruz, CA June 26-30 www.cork.org

August 17-21

Mens:

Dun Laoghaire, IRLAug 30-Sept 6 Youth:Al Musannah, Oman,Dec27-Jan 3

Santa Cruz YC Santa Cruz, CA June 26-30 www.cork.org

August 17-21

Santa Cruz YC Santa Cruz, CA June 26-30 www.cork.org

August 12-15

Midwinters East

Clearwater, FL

Midwinters West

California YC Marina del Rey, CA March 22-24

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Little Egg Harbor YC Beach Haven, NJ June 8-9

30 GP Pts. ISAF Grade 1

30 GP Pts., ISAF Grade 2

Rolex Miami OCR ISAF Grade 1

Atlantic Coast Championships

25 GP Pts. ISAF Grade 2

Pacific Coast Championships

25 GP Pts., ISAF Grade 2

Gulf Coast Championships 25 GP Pts

No Coast Championships 25 GP Pts

Great Lakes Championships 25 GP Pts.

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Masters

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Feb 21-24

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Feb 21-24

Miami, FL (men only) Miami, FL (women only) www.ussailing.org

January 27-Feb 2

Little Egg Harbor YC Beach Haven, NJ June 8-9 Colombia Gorge RA July 12-14 www.cgra.org Gulfport YC Gulfport, MS TBD Park City Sailing Park City, UT Sept 21-22

Muskegon YC Muskegon, MI Sept 7-8

January 27-Feb 2

Colombia Gorge RA July 12-14 www.cgra.org Gulfport YC Gulfport, MS TBD Park City Sailing Park City, UT Sept 21-22

Muskegon YC Muskegon, MI Sept 7-8

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Feb 21-24

Colombia Gorge RA

July 12-14 www.cgra.org Gulfport YC Gulfport, MS TBD Park City Sailing Park City, UT Sept 21-22

Muskegon YC Muskegon, MI Sept 7-8

Cabrillo Beach YC San Pedro, CA July 19-21

na Port Charlotte Beach Park, FL Feb 2-4 na na TBD Tahoe YC Tahoe City, CA June 15-16

Ft. Walton YC Ft. Walton Beach, FL May 18-19

Muskegon YC Muskegon, MI Sept 7-8

Spotlight: Our Newest Laser Sailors Jeff Glosenger

TLS: How long have you been sailing Lasers? JG: I have been sailing Lasers since the end of June, so about 9 months.

TLS: Did you sail Optis before? JG: Yes, I sailed Optis extremely competitively and I was on the development team and national team multiple times, as I qualified for 4 Team Trials.

TLS: Was this your first Mid-Winters East? JG: This was my first Midwinters-East, and I sailed them in a Radial.

TLS: Was this the largest fleet you have competitively raced Lasers in? JG: This was not quite the largest, I sailed the Orange Bowl in December and that regatta had a few more competitors. in.

TLS: What was the hardest part of the regatta for you? JG: The hardest part of the regatta for me was the wind, as I haven’t even hit 130 pounds, anything over 11-12 knots is tough to sail

TLS: What was the most fun/best part? JG: The best part of the regatta was when I won my first race on the first day. It was pretty unexpected, but it gave me a great confidence boost.

Andy Burns

TLS: How long have you been sailing Lasers? AB: Four months

TLS: Did you sail Optis before? AB: Yes, I switched from surfing to sailing when my family moved from Maui to Florida in 2009. I did the “learn to sail” program at Davis Island Yacht Club and then raced Optis for three years. I did Garda and North Americans in Optis and helped our team win the Opti National Team Race Regatta last summer. I learned the basics in Optis. TLS: Was this your first Mid-Winters East? AB: Yes TLS: Did you sail Radial or 4.7? AB: 4.7

TLS: Was this the largest fleet you have competitively raced Lasers in? If not, where/ what regatta? AB: No, I sailed radials in the ISAF Youth Qualifiers here in Clearwater last month.

TLS: What was the hardest part of the regatta for you? AB: Reading the wind. It was shifting like crazy. I was in the lead in one race when the wind died and filled in from the opposite direction. The beat turned into the run. The run turned into a beat. I ended up in second in that one. And the fog was insane. I was in the lead in one race and couldn’t find the leeward mark. I had to sail around looking for it with everybody following me. TLS: What was the most fun/best part? AB: Getting all top twos!

TLS: What advice would you give to new Laser sailors? AB: Sail fast, sail smart. Minimize mistakes. And if you’re sailing a 4.7, don’t pinch! In Optis, it is easy to get into the habit of pinching. But the 4.7 sail is small in relation to the boat.

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Laser District 13 Championships ERIC ROBBINS

Davis Island Yacht Club - December 1-2, 2013

Sixty-eight Lasers invaded DIYC for the all-Florida District Championships. The full Standard rig was used by 25, while 35 entered the Radial division, and 8 sailed the 4.7 rig. While the age range was 14 to 71, 48 were teenagers and all the rest were “Masters”, age 40+. Principal Race Officer Judy Hanlon and her team kept the races going in the moderate conditions all weekend, with 7 races completed in each class. Both the Standard and Radial classes came down to a tiebreaker. Former Laser World Champion (1980) Ed Baird, representing St. Petersburg YC, won the opening contest, and never finished worse than 5th, but had to fend off a strong charge on Sunday from Brendan Shanahan, also from SPYC, to squeeze out the title, and the 20 Laser North American Grand Prix points that go with it. Third was earned by the only Junior (16-) in the Standard class, Luke Muller from Lauderdale YC, ahead of Kyle Brego from St. Thomas YC (USVI) and James Liebl. Top DIYC sailor (and first Grandmaster) was Buzzy Heausler in 6th, with Eric Robbins placing 12th. Greiner Hobbs of DIYC jumped out to an early lead with a 1-3 in the Radial class, but fell back as Liam McCarthy of SPYC and Ravi Parent from Sarasota battled to the front. McCarthy’s victory in race 6 was the difference at the end to edge Parent for the District title. Lauderdale YC’s Erik Weis was the only sailor to win two races in either of the larger classes, but settled for third, ahead of Colin Brego (St. Thomas YC) and Patrick Shanahan (SPYC). Hobbs took 7th to top the DIYC entries.

Andy Burns from the host club dominated the smallest rig, the 4.7 class, with three bullets for a nine-point margin over Courtney Purcell from ESC and Sylvia Hopkins of SPYC, who closed with a 21-1 score on Sunday. The competitors and race committee were treated to full hot breakfast buffets both days, a fabulous regatta dinner by Chef Derek, and a Sunday cookout hosted by Pat Crump and his team. Everybody wants to return to DIYC, especially our three new friends from Mexico who were the life of the party! Trophies awarded: Standard Class

Radial Class

4.7 Class

First, First Master Second Third Fourth Fifth, First Apprentice Master First Grandmaster First Great Grandmaster

First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Woman First Second Third

Ed Baird Brendan Shanahan Luke Muller Kyle Brego James Liebl Buzzy Heausler David Hartman

Liam McCarthy Ravi Parent Erik Weis Colin Brego Patrick Shanahan Dana Rohde

Andy Burns Courtney Purcell Sylvia Hopkins

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What Type of Coach Are You?

There are many different skills sets and types of coaches out there, experts, in a variety of different areas. These are the categories that define them.

Chocolate Pusher gives you an energy bar on the water after the race. Camera Man takes video or still shots of leeches, set up, start lines, and other race situations. Cheerleader keeps the sailor up and excited about the race. Rules Expert, Knows the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of rule book and the protest processes Weather Guy, knows what the breeze strength and directions will be during the race day. Drinking buddy, keeps things fun and light, Fault Finder, sees what needs to change Sports Psych Guy, helps the athlete stay focused on the processes that bring success Drill Sargent, great for getting boat maneuvers and physical movements consistent and strong Trainer sets up marks, more neutral Drill Sargent, helps you get in the reps, on the water or gym session. Yesterday’s Racing Hero, knowledgeable and experienced about high level racing and preparation Tourist, seeing the world while attending regattas, Technical Expert, sail maker, boat builder, veteran, knows the critical fac tors to bring speed Den Mother keeping the squad organized and on time “Ride” tows boats out to the course and into the dock, BN derogatory term for a boat repair, optimizer, can only be used by the BN’s

To be a successful inclusive coach, having knowledge and skill in these areas allows them to be able to assist with all of the possible scenarios that will happen. Athletes could also determine what qualities they would require to help them get to the next level.

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District Reports District 2, Quebec, Canada Philippe Dormoy

Bonjour everyone, Winter is fading out (even if they are calling for 20 cm of snow tomorrow!) and our Laser’s are starting to feel the time they will back to the playing ground!

This year is a big one for District 2: The 2013 Canadian masters will be held at the Beaconsfield Yacht club. The dates are June 14th, 15th and 16th. We are looking for a lobster night on Saturday. The Yacht club is 20 minutes from Montreal. Lake St. Louis is a large lake with good wind in spring and NO WEED. There is plenty of accommodation close to the club. The Beaconsfield Yacht Club is a very nice place and they are used to organize large events like this one. The club has a nice sailing tradition double with a very relax atmosphere. Preparation is ongoing and everything looks good for a very nice regatta. There will be onsite lodging on some of boat’s members and also members home place. Check the site regularly for details We also are trying to get a couple of used charter boats. Check the site regularly for details One of Montreal local micro brewery will offer a Keg per day!! Do not check the site for details!

We need two thinks at that time: YOUR PARTICIPATION AND COMMITMENT TO COME AT THE REGATTA We already ordered the wind! http://www.byc.qc.ca/eng/index.html

Some great people and sailors committed to be there: Peter Seidenberg, Andy Roy, Robert Koci among others. We hope to see you there.

Have a wonderful Spring and good sailing

District 3 Ontario, Canada Nigel Heath

There was a lot of activity at the Water Rats Sailing Club this past winter, but most of it was based on “hard-water” activities rather than “soft-water” activities. For several weeks the ice was like glass and the skating was amazing. We had several games of hockey (Lauren, Alicia & dad Nigel Health below), figure skating, kite-wing flying (Tim Van Rossem in other photo) and kite-skiing. Personally, the kite-skiing looked like such a blast that several of us were convinced (it didn’t take much really) to acquire small 4 metre snow kites (only $150) and

strap on the downhill skis. After a brief lesson by a fellow kite-skier we were up and running. Its best with some snow on the ice to bite your skis edges into, but there is virtually no friction so the speed potential is unbelievable with a relatively small amount of wind. While you are required to pay for the use of gravity on a ski-hill (or more precisely, for the lift ride up the mountain) the use of the wind is free. The only downside is that the consistency of gravity is higher than the consistency of the wind. Anyhow, I am hooked, as the speed and adrenalin rush that kite-skiing provides is amazing. Kiteboarding on “soft water” may be next....

event. For more information on the summer schedule visit the regatta calendar on our website www.sailmanitoba.com

District 5 Saskatoon, Canada Mark Lammens

Check the Laser calendar for the Dick Degner events for 2013.

District 6 Vancouver, Canada Andy Hunt

Greetings to all sailors who reside in District 6.

The full 2013 regatta schedule is now available on d3laser.com so start planning your events today. We can confirm that the winners of the D3 Fogh Gold Cup series in the Laser, Radial and top Master sailor (full rig) will win new sails this year, thanks to Fogh Marine. D3 will also provide gift certificates for other winners.

The 2013 highlight event for D3 will be the Laser North American Championships held at POH in Kingston on July 24-28. See you there.

District 4 Manitoba, Canada Brigitte Smutny

We are still in a deep freeze here in Manitoba but getting ready for the 2013 summer season. Because we are in desperate need of Lasers and there are no new or old boats in close proximity, we will go on a 50 hour road trip to Portland to pick up 7 Lasers at West Coast Sailing in mid April. The sailing team members hope to be on the water for their first practice by May 4. The first out of province event will be the Regina short course regatta on May long weekend in District 5 and we usually bring a whole trailer load of 10 boats to our friendly neighbors in Saskatchewan. On June 15/16 and June 22/23 two Canada Summer Games Qualifiers are scheduled at the Gimli YC. Our District 4 Championships will take place on Saturday, July 6 at the Falcon YC. It’s a one day regatta and will be part of a big Alumni and Master

Since the last edition of The Laser Sailor, activities in District 6 have almost come to a standstill. Most of the clubs have laid off their temporary staff and informal racing is the norm at those clubs whose sailors sail all year round. I can think of only one club that puts on racing throughout the winter and that club is the Surrey Sailing Club. The SSC Frostbite Series starts on November 11 and continues on a weekly basis until the end of March. I would like to congratulate all of the sailors at the Surrey Sailing Club for their dedication towards racing. There were only two regattas in the winter. One was in February and the other was in March. The February regatta was the Frozen Assets Regatta which was hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. There were 14 sailors in the Laser Fleet including some who normally race the Laser Radial. The race committee got in four races on February 2 and then went crazy and ran seven races on February 3. All of the sailors with the exception of Hart Buck, were local RVICYC members. The fleet was a mix of masters, open and junior sailors. Top dog was master Bob Britten, followed by open sailor Ian Elliott and junior Matthew Turner. Full results should be on the RVICYC website (www.rvyc.bc.ca). The March regatta was the March Madness Regatta, hosted by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on March 9 and 10. There were two fleets racing, Lasers and Radials with the Lasers slightly outnumbering the Radials, 7 to 6. The race committee ran four races on March 9 and two races on March 10, winds were light westerly’s on Saturday and even lighter easterlies on Sunday. Winds were so light on Sunday that the race committee had to shorten the last race and send everyone home early. Top full rig sailor was Al Clark, followed by Alex Sheppard and Peter Woytkowiak. In the Radials, Fillah Karim was first, followed by Jake Cullen and Hayley Linton. Full results are on the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club’s website (www.royalvan.com). Starting in April, clubs and sailors will start to begin to get into the racing mode. Casual weekend racing will begin along with the start of the main regatta season. For District 6, the first regatta in April is the Flights of Spring Regatta (April 20 and 21) at the Jericho Sailing Centre and the first regatta of the BC Sailing / HellyHansen Youth Circuit, the Kitten Cup. May is when sailors really start to get excited about racing. I would like to mention that the Hollyburn Sailing Club, which has put youth sailors on the North Shore Sailing Team, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013.

SPRING 2013

I hope to have the District 6 website’s content up and running by the time this edition of The Laser Sailor is in the mail. I have been negligent in getting the information to the District 6 webmaster, Bob Britten. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments.

District 7 Derek Stow Tiverton, RI

The winter started off with some very sad news in early December with the passing of John Bentley, one of the best known and most respected Laser sailors in the district. I think Jack Zinn summed up best how we all felt about John when he said, “John was the best thing about Laser sailing.” He will be greatly missed.

It has been a interesting winter in District 7 with the usual mix of major snow storms and blizzards all of which have had cute names this year, like Nemo and Saturn. In spite of that, the hard core New England Laser sailors have been turning out regularly for frostbiting. The reports on frostbiting at Newport have included a description of the course area one day as a “cauldron of death and destruction” and an account of how it was discovered the hard way that “29 knots is the upper limit on a warm day.” (Warm in this context probably means above 30 degrees.) With such conditions it’s not surprising that there was a large contingent of District 7 sailors at the Florida Masters Week in February. Attending some

or all of the three regattas were Britt Hughes, Mike Matan, Jeff Beckwith, Halsey Bullen, Stu Nickerson, Hank Thorburn, and Al Russell. And congratulations to Tim Millhiser who was first GGM at the Masters Midwinters East at Charlotte Harbor and Amnon Gitelson who was first GGM at the Florida Masters in West Palm Beach.

Mike Matan and Peter Seidenberg sailed the Caribbean Midwinters in Cabarete in the Dominican Republic with Peter coming first in the Radial fleet.

And Christina Persson went to Miami OCR. The 2013 regatta schedule for District 7 is listed below, but check out the website at www.laserdistrict7.com for the latest version, recently added events, and contacts. Some of the highlights on the schedule are the District 7 Championship for Standard Rigs at Wickford on May 18/19, and what promises to be an excellent early fall series of Masters Regattas with the New England Masters at Sail Newport on Sep 7/8, the Atlantic Coast Masters at Barrington on Sep 14/15, and the North American Masters at the New York YC in Newport on Oct 18-20. Note that it is planned to sail the New England Masters and the North American Masters on the same area of Narragansett Bay, so if you are aiming to sail in the NA Masters you should really come and tune up at the NE Masters first.

April 28 Peter Milnes Regatta, Sail Newport May 11 Laser Spring Regatta, Cedar Point YC, Westport CT May 11 May Madness Regatta, Quannapowitt YC, Wakefield, MA

May 12 NH Seacoast Regatta, Great Bay YC, Dover, NH May 18-19 Wickford Regatta - Wickford RI District 7 Championship for Standard Rigs June 1 Massapoag YC Regatta, Sharon MA June 1 Lake Sunapee Regatta, Sunapee NH June 2 Lake Mascoma Regatta, Enfield NH June 22-23 Saltmarsh Trophy, New Bedford YC, South Dartmouth, MA July 6 Harpswell, ME (1 of 5 ME Championship) July 6-7 Lipton Cup - Squantum YC, Quincy MA July 13-14 Newport Regatta July 20 Stone Horse Regatta July 21 Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth, ME (2 of 5 ME Championship) July 26-28 Hyannis Regatta Aug 2-4 Buzzards Bay Regatta Aug 4 Light House Regatta - Lake Cobbosseecontee, Manchester, ME. Aug 10-11 Chiott Vermont Laser Open, Malletts Bay Boat Club, Colchester VT Aug 17 Come Boating! Regatta, Belfast, ME (3 of 5 ME Championship) Aug 24 Niantic Bay YC Regatta, Niantic CT Sep 7-8 New England Laser Masters, Sail Newport Sep 14-15 Atlantic Coast Laser Masters, Barrington YC, Barrington RI Sep 15 Loon Cup - Lake Cobbosseecontee, Manchester, ME (4 of 5 ME Championship) Sep. 28 Polly’s Folly - Lake Megunticook, Camden, ME. Oct 5 NH Fall Seacoast Regatta, Great Bay YC, Dover, NH Oct 5 Hippo Cup - Thomaston, ME (5 of 5 ME Championship)

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Oct 12 Last Blast Laser Regatta, Quannapowitt YC, Wakefield, MA Oct 18-20 North American Laser Masters - New York YC, Newport RI

Please feel free to contact me about any district matters at laserd7@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

District 8 New York, USA Ted Cremer

A HUGE thank you to the great folks up at Seawanhaka Yacht Club under the fine leadership of Marianne Nash. This winter’s frostbite season has been a great success with 28 competing throughout the fall season and another 23 hanging through the real winter we have been experiencing here on Long Island. Series standings Fall Series final results (Top 5) 1 Matt Lyons 2 Lindsay Hewitt 3 Dave Trinder 4 Al Constants 5 Geoff Loffredo Kudos to Dave Trinder for completing 59 races! He’s the Iron man for than series! Winter series through Sunday March 10th 1 Matt Lyons 2 Al Constants 3 Frank Seckler 4 Geoff Loffredo 5 Dave Trinder Kudos to Brooklyn’s own Holly Sears for completing 36 races! She’s has an 100% completion rate,,,you gotta be in it to win it!!! Here is Marianne’s last report: As promised a few days before racing, last Sunday probed to be a beauty. Though temperatures were just shy of 50 degrees, it was a beautiful day on the water with plenty of sunshine and just enough wind to get in seven solid races. Kudos to our stalwart race committee, Ed Berenblum and Tracy Kornrich, who set great courses and held the fleet to starting standards that kept us all on our toes. With the wind coming in from the northeast and a strong ebb tide, the key to success was determining which factor would play more favorably. At times, those who sailed into stronger current made big gains, but in the same race, the wind would pick up for a bit and outweigh the benefits of tidal advantage. It has been a bit chilly this week and there have been a couple of days when the winds are hovering around 20 knots; however, the forecast for Sunday is a mix of sun and clouds, with temperatures in the mid-40s and winds from the northwest at about 12 knots. Again, could be yet another perfect day, so come on out and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with some sailing followed by beer and blarney. This week’s RC is Eric Johnson; apologies to Bob Blanco who “served” with Geoff Loffredo on the day a few weeks ago when we had to cancel due to howling winds. Please note, however, that we are still looking for RC to serve in the upcoming week.s Please Note: That since March 31st is Easter, we will not be sailing that day. Check back to see if we are able to sail on that Saturday (the 30th.)

‘The Frostbiters’ Those of you who sailed when Thurston Smith was filming, will be pleased to see the following which he forwarded to me. Several members were interviewed and will appear in the film which will be released shortly. http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJypz7wFmk Seawanhaka - District 8 Spring Laser Regatta: revised Date April 20th Originally scheduled at the start of Memorial Day Weekend, we have found too many conflicting events, and have decided to change the date to coincide with the Winter Sailing Awards Dinner on Saturday, April 20th. Please Note: Eric Johnson drew attention to the fact that a new Club Judge level of certification is being established. For those who are interested, there are two seminars pending; one will be held at Bayshore Yacht Club on April 6th and another one will be held the following day, April 7th, at Oak Cliff. The seminar is a one-day event with a test at the end. Information and applications are available at: http://raceadmin.ussailing.org/Judges/Judges_Pr ogram/Club_Judge.htm

See you on the Water, Seawanhaka Winter Sailing Marianne Nash, Chair

District 9 Upstate New York, USA Chas Williamson

We have a beautiful day today - mid-60’s, sunshine and without snow, but wait - I am in San Francisco! In Ithaca, on the other hand, there is a pile of fresh snow, and all the students have fled south for Spring Break !

The Spring 2013 season will start with Ithaca YC Wine Keg on 25 May 2013, and we will be off to a good start with guaranteed good breezes, followed by Willowbank YC 1 June); an early start this year for Saratoga Lake SC (8 June); Newport YC (15 June) and Chautauqua Lake YC (22 June). For these and later regattas see the calendar below, and also check out the D9 Schedule on the ILCA - North America website. There you will find complete schedules and information on the fleets and clubs, all over the country, plus any changes to this calendar, although all the regattas have been confirmed with the various yacht clubs.

Spring is just about to start, so we should be planning our summer regattas. I attach below the Calendar for 2013.

CALENDAR FOR DISTRICT 9 REGATTAS 2013 Skippers Meeting 10:00 am for each regatta. Sat 25 May Ithaca YC “Wine Keg” Chas Williamson,607-272-0630 Sat 1 June Willowbank YC Pedro Bushnell,315-481-4605 Sat 8 June “Saratoga Lake SC Derby” Barbara Brown,518-446-0426. Sat 15 June Newport YC Kenny Fourspring,814-746-2183 Sat 22 June Chautauqua Lake YC David Menzies ,716-488-3027 13-14 July Ithaca YC - DISTRICT 9 GRAND PRIX CHAMPS (Centrals CNYSA Regatta)

Richard Stephens,607-280-6739 Sat 20 July Seneca YC Bill Wilson,585-727-4120 3-4 Aug Rochester YC - JO’s Natalie Steo,nksteo@frontiernet.net Sat 6 Sept Willowbank YC “Deathroll” Peter Bushnell,315-481-4605

District 10 New Jersey, USA Eric Reitinger

The Florida events had D10 represented in all the major events. Clay was the sole rep down at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami. He finished 19th out of the 70 Lasers racing.

Quite a few D10 sailors made the trip down south for both the Master’s Midwinter Circuit and Midwinter’s East. The Master’s week started in Charlotte Harbor for the Master’s Midwinter’s East, then the US Sailing Center at Jensen Beach for Midweek Madness then Palm Beach Sailing Club for the Florida Laser Master’s Championship. Here are the results of the folks who made the trip. Totals for each event: 60, 55, 57

Mike Mays (MCSC) 48,46,X Newt Wattis (SCYC) 24,30,X Don Hahl (BBYC) 29,14,25 John MacCausland (CRYC) 1, 4,6 Mike Hecky (RYC) 21,16,11 Rick Landell (CRYC) 43, 39,50 Steven Schmidt (CRYC) 50,36,40 Anthony Iacono (MCSC) 37,44,53

Moving onto the Midwinter’s East. The weather was warm, the water was cool, and the competition was tough. Full Rigs (59 boats): Clay Johnson (LEHYC/TRYC) 1st Eric Reitinger (BBYC) 28th

Radials (105 total, 2 fleets): Andy Widmeier (BBYC) 9th Silver Maddie Widemeier (BBYC) 23rd Silver Olivia Gugliemini (BBYC) 28th Silver Casey Jackson (MRYC) 41th Silver Jeff Glosenger (LYC)28th Gold

4.7 (9 boats): Scott Meggitt (SCYC) 8th Margret MacCormack (TRYC) 4th

Here’s the schedule for D10 through the fall. Radial and 4.7 District Champs are TBD so keep a look out for my emails, the class calendar and D10’s site. April 13th Marsh Creek Spring Regatta May 11th Shrewsbury Spring Regatta May 18th Monmouth Spring Regatta June 1-2 42nd Annual Jack Elfman Orange Coffee Pot/Laser Full Rig District 10 Championship @ Surf City

SPRING 2013

District 11 MD, VA, DE, DC, WVA Jon Deutsch jon@laserdistrict11.org

Spring is a time of transition for Laser sailors in District 11. Many are finishing up frostbiting and preparing to move back to their ‘summer’ boat while others have been away from Lasers sailing and are just getting ready to get back into it. Our 2013 District calendar is now up on the website (http://laserdistrict11.org/events/) and there are plenty of events to choose from. Our signature event, of course- the District 11 Championship will be held at Severn Sailing Sailing Association on September 28-29. Come see SSA’s completely renovated club house and race against 40-60 Lasers in Standard and Radial fleets. The Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship has a new weekend - due to the Masters North American’s taking their traditional weekend in October, the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters regatta has been moved to September 7-8 (and not June as once reported). This year we’ve got 7 junior regattas on 9 days stretched between 2 1/2 weeks-June 22-July 7. This is a great opportunity for juniors to get in a lot of high quality racing in a short time frame. The first event being the Commonwealth of Virginia Junior Championship at Fishing Bay Yacht Club June 2223. Rock Hall Yacht Club has a junior regatta Thursday, June 27. Then the racing moves to the Baltimore County Sailing Center for the Bay Open Junior Olympic Festival June 29-30. West River Sailing Club has a Junior Regatta July 1. Followed by the AYC Junior Regatta and Maryland State Championship at Annapolis Yacht Club July 2. The Sandy MacVickar Regatta will be July 3 at Severn Sailing Association. The last in the series in the Hampton Yacht Club Annual Junior Regatta July 67. 3 of our fleets have done some pretty regular frostbiting this winter- Severn Sailing Association, Potomac River Sailing Association, and Hampton Roads Laser Fleet. The folks at Corsica River Yacht Club got out a few times this winter as well. As of this writing they’ve still got a couple weeks to go, so we’ll recap their series in the next issue of the Laser Sailor. A number of D11 sailors made the trek south for Florida Masters week. Highlights include top-10 finishes by Bob Tan (SSA) and Ted Morgan (SSA) in the Masters Midweek Madness and 7th in the Florida Masters by Alden Shattuck (SSA). Others making the trip included Edward John (GSA), Jacques Kerrest (PRSA), Kevin Cowley (PRSA), Keith Barron (PRSA), & Len Guenther (FBYC). This winter with the help of some old editions of The Laser Sailor thanks to Mike Waters (SSA), I’ve uncovered our 1991 & 1992 District Champions Max Skelley and Rusty Deane respectively. If you can help fill in any of the other missing champions let me know. The complete list can be found on our website http://laserdistrict11.org/history/standardrig-district-champions/ Looking forward to another great year of District 11 sailing! See you on the water!

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District 13 Florida Antolin Rivera District 13 Champs

Sixty-eight Lasers invaded DIYC for the all-Florida District Championships Dec 1-2. The full Standard rig was used by 25, while 35 entered the Radial division, and 8 sailed the 4.7 rig. While the age range was 14 to 71, 48 were teenagers and all the rest were “Masters”, age 40+. Principal Race Officer Judy Hanlon and her team kept the races going in the moderate conditions all weekend, with 7 races completed in each class.

Both the Standard and Radial classes came down to a tiebreaker. Former Laser World Champion (1980) Ed Baird, representing St. Petersburg YC, won the opening contest, and never finished worse than 5th, but had to fend off a strong charge on Sunday from Brendan Shanahan, also from SPYC, to squeeze out the title, and the 20 Laser North American Grand Prix points that go with it. Third was earned by the only Junior (16-) in the Standard class, Luke Muller from Lauderdale YC, ahead of Kyle Brego from St. Thomas YC (USVI) and James Liebl. Top DIYC sailor (and first Grandmaster) was Buzzy Heausler in 6th, with Eric Robbins placing 12th.

Greiner Hobbs of DIYC jumped out to an early lead with a 1-3 in the Radial class, but fell back as Liam McCarthy of SPYC and Ravi Parent from Sarasota battled to the front. McCarthy’s victory in race 6 was the difference at the end to edge Parent for the District title. Lauderdale YC’s Erik Weis was the only sailor to win two races in either of the larger classes, but settled for third, ahead of Colin Brego (St. Thomas YC) and Patrick Shanahan (SPYC). Hobbs took 7th to top the DIYC entries.

Andy Burns from the host club dominated the smallest rig, the 4.7 class, with three bullets for a ninepoint margin over Courtney Purcell from ESC and Sylvia Hopkins of SPYC, who closed with a 2-1-1 score on Sunday.

The competitors and race committee were treated to full hot breakfast buffets both days, a fabulous regatta dinner by Chef Derek, and a Sunday cookout hosted by Pat Crump and his team. Everybody wants to return to DIYC, especially our three new friends from Mexico who were the life of the party!

District 15 Texas, USA Forest Atkins

While spring may be “around the corner” for much of North America, it looks to already be here in North Texas. It’s gonna be in the 80’s and sunny this weekend so it’s time to get out on the boat more regularly and limber-up for the 2013 season. I’m sure the coastal areas are well ahead of us anyhow !

This district secretary has been preparing for this season at many levels such as diet adjustment (I do go “off the wagon” now and then), more regular workouts, attending-supporting fleet meetings, fleet building, preparing-upgrading the boat and coordinating the D15 circuit event schedule as well as

developing contacts across the district which can be interesting as Texas does cover a fair amount of acreage.

The diet and exercise thing has been driven by the great articles found elsewhere here in Laser Sailor …. that and a girlfriend who herds me in the right direction. As for boat prep we all know about the numerous articles, websites etc boat rigging. http://schrothfiberglass.com/RiggingforLaser.htm is particularly entertaining.

The D15 schedule has been established with regatta announcements posted in the ILCA-NA website calendar as well as the D15 website at https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!foru m/txlaser The circuit remains largely the same although we do have a new event in September which will be Arlington YC’s Laserpalooza. The last couple years of AYC Laserpalooza have been great events with RC and club that really knows how to put on a good regatta. BTW ….. for you “grand prix point mongers” out there it’ll be our D15 champs as well !

Saving the best for last, I wanted to share our fleet building experiences-successes within the Dallas Laser Fleet (DLF) at Corinthian Sailing Club (CSC) on White Rock Lake. A little over a year ago I had the honor of conversing extensively on this subject with Gary Jobson while taking him to the airport after the US Sailing Championship of Champion at CSC. An event that CSC won the St. Petersburg trophy for by the way ! It was a motivating discussion to say the least. Anyhow, fleet building is something that I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to be part of contributing to with a great bunch of folks …… we are blessed with a number of “sparkplug” personalities! By virtue of 6+ new fleet members per year for the last couple years it would appear that the following aspects-methods are working, which includes….. 1) Consistent-entertaining communication via, fleet website, emailing, texts etc http://dallaslaserfleet.org/wp/ 2) Simple race schedule….. EVERY Wed night April thru October…..something to count on 3) Loaner boats ….. we maintain up to 3 for new folks to either try out or rediscover Laser racing on. 4) More than one person-“sparkplug” contributing ! We do have a bunch ! 5) Regular social events, post race and otherwise …. Even off-season …. busiest February I’ve ever had 5) A supportive club that recognizes the synergy of bringing in new sailors/members by consistently contributing to infrastructure improvements ….. THANKS CSC ! Hope to see y’all at the Austin YC Easter Regatta March 30-31

District 18 Ohio, Indiana, USA John Shockey

District 18 is excited to kick off the new sailing season and the Indianapolis Sailing Club plays host to the annual Indy Spring Regatta, April 13-14th. Results will be posted on the District 18 Facebook page (check it out!). Always a terrific time. The District 18 Grand Prix and Area-E qualifier for

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the George O’Day US Men’s Singlehanded National Championship are once again being held in Port Clinton, OH off the beaches of Lake Erie the weekend of May 18-19th. This event had 38 attendees last year and the majority of the fleet traveled from surrounding states which made for a diverse and exciting group of sailors. This year we would love to see more of our friends from Lake Michigan, Lake St. Claire, Lake Erie, MISSA, I-LYA, DRYA, and anyone else I may have left off! Last year we sent four Area E sailors to Sheboygan, Wisconsin for the Men’s and Women’s US Singlehanded Championship after qualifications -which could be you- Don’t miss out! Be on the lookout for more information and contact me with any questions. 2013 CLSA Laser Regatta, May 4th & 5th. Join us for a weekend of Laser racing at Cowan lake – near Wilmington, Ohio. Lasers and Laser Radials are welcome.

See you this spring!

District 19 Michigan Ken Swetka

As of this writing most of the lakes in our area either still have ice or ice is still floating in them. But as you can see from the schedule below we have a full plate coming up! We make the best of our season hear in Michigan! A couple new thing to note is the venue for the District Championship at another new location! We are glad to have the Irish Laser Fleet in Harbor Springs host the event. Harbor Springs is not only a great place to sail but also a wonderful weekend vacation destination. Plan to make a long weekend of it! Another event is the Great Lakes Championship (standard and Masters combined) will be hosted by the venue of last year’s District Championship. We will be happy to go back to Lake Muskegon for what will be another fine event. Any event with “?” by the date has not yet been confirmed.

2013 Regattas/Events (see www.D19Laser.com for regatta details) May 11 GTYC Spring Regatta - Traverse City Tom Babel May 18-19 District 18 Championships & US Singlehanded Championships Area E Semi-Final - Port Clinton, OH - Kevin Shockey June 16 UofM Spring Regatta - Michigan Sailing Club - Baseline Lake, just North of Ann Arbor June 23-24 D19 Grand Prix Championships - Irish Laser Fleet - Tom Trautman / George Peet July 6-7 Sarnia Sailfest - may also have Masters class - Joanne Abbott July ?22-23? Leland Laser Regatta - Leland Yacht Club - Allen Northcut August ?20? Lake Lansing Annual - Lansing Sailing Club - Doug Carlson Sep 7-8 Standard and Masters Great Lakes Championships - Muskegon Yacht Club - Bob Harvey / Bruce Hansen Sept 15 UofM Fall Regatta - Michigan Sailing

Club - Baseline Lake, just North of Ann Arbor Sept ?15-16? Spring Lake Fall Regatta - Spring Lake Yacht Club - For info click here Sept 28 No Sweat Regatta - Portage Yacht Club GTYC Fall Regatta - Traverse City Sept 28 Tom Babel Frosty Mug Regatta - Irish Laser Fleet, Oct 5 Little Traverse Bay, Harbor Springs, 2pm start Oct ?14? Pumpkin Head Regatta - Grand Rapids

Any event with “?” by the date has not yet been confirmed.

District 20 Wisconsin, Illinois Steve Dolan dolan@mcw.edu

Snow on the ground and lots of ice cover, but the 2013 Laser season is just around the corner. As is custom, Chicago Yacht Club – Belmont Harbor, leads the way offering spring frostbiting on Sundays staring now through Early May for the fearless. Look for local Cheese heads to follow with some informal Sunday practice races on Pewaukee Lake beginning in late April. See CYC’s website for a NOR on the former and contact me for details on the latter.

The 2013 schedule is set and listed below. Districts will be at Milwaukee Yacht Club over the weekend of September 14 and 15. Look for a sizeable youth turnout as top Radial young guns use Districts as a tune up for Cressy which follows Districts two weeks thereafter.

2013 District (see laser.org for complete details, NOR, etc) May 4-5 Vlad Belmont Station, CYC – Belmont Station May 18-19 Ice Breaker Pewaukee Yacht Club June 2 MYC Dinghy Regatta Milwaukee Yacht Club July 6-7 MCSC Dinghy Regatta Milwaukee Community Sailing Center August 10-11 Al Henning Regatta Racine Yacht Club August 17-18 Hobelman Regatta Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club August 31 End of Summer Regatta North Shore Yacht Club September 7 Title town Regatta Windjammers Sailing Club September 14-15 District 20 Championship Milwaukee Yacht Club September 21-22 Border Challenge Lacrosse Sailing Club September 28-29 Jimmy Talbot CYC – Belmont Station October 12-13 Oktoberfest Nagawicka Yacht Club

On the Masters front, our own Susie Pegel has worked to bring a combined Great Lakes Champs/Great Lakes Masters Champs to Muskegon Yacht Club over the weekend of September 7-8. A great venue on the Eastern shore of the Big Lake which has the local sea breeze coming from the opposite quadrant which will likely trip up the Western shore Laser Head contingent.

Finally, Rick Strilky, 176078, has been working with Chicago Yacht Club leadership to bring a 4 day advanced Laser Racing Clinic to Belmont Station over June 13-16. Small class size, individual attention and world renowned coaches –Zach Railey, Paige Railey, and Brendan Casey are planned. Look for a link off the CYC website for details. As of this writing, enrollment was nearly filled and a wait list is forming. A tremendous opportunity to ramp up you skills, be there. That’s all I got. Stay fit. See you on the water soon.

District 22 Montana, Oregon Kurt Hoehne

The biggest news from the Seattle chapter of D22 is the Friday night series out of Sail Sand Point on Lake Washington. Extremely casual, last year the event brought out a tremendous mix of sailors, from juniors just learning to sail to some mature sailors reviving old 4-digit hulls. (With Elvstrom sails, remember those?) With attendance regularly at 25 boats, balmy Lake Washington evenings and fine bbqs each Friday, it harkens back to the early glory days of Laser sailing in Seattle. It will start up again in May.

But wait there’s more. In December the Sailing Foundation Youth Racing Program and the Seattle Laser Fleet put together a groundbreaking clinic on the first weekend of December with about 25 sailors participating. The mix of youth and adult sailors faced mostly 20-30+ winds, and combined with the chilly winds and waters tested everyone’s resolve. Instructors Isabella Bertold, Caleb Paine and Derick Vranizan managed to get off some drills and provided much valuable information in the debriefs. It is hoped that a series of clinics will offer juniors ongoing expert coaching, and marks a great opportunity for different elements of Laser sailing to work together. Seattle’s famous Frigid Digit regatta was held February 9-10, and a fleet of 30 Lasers and 13 Tasars (we love those guys) showed up and enjoyed exactly one just-barely-moving race. PRO Carl Buchan’s call to keep us at the dock all Saturday and most of Sunday made it possible for hundreds of great conversations and ample camaraderie. Further disaster was avoided because of another spectacular Saturday night feast, but everyone was still hungry for some racing at the end of the weekend.

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Summer in NorCal

There is another big summer lined up for D24. The Laser Nationals will be at Santa Cruz YC on June 27-30. The Laser Norcals on April 27-28, the 2nd longest running Laser event after the Orange Coffee Pot Regatta, apart from being fun in and of itself will be good practice for Nationals. Santa Cruz YC will also be continuing its Corinthian Series. Probably many people will be out practicing as well.

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Take a VHF radio just in case, and be sure someone on shore knows you are going out and when you expect to be back.

Masters PCCs will be at Tahoe YC June 15 & 16. This venue should not be missed. Lake Tahoe has a reliable late afternoon breeze, and the PRO from 2012 Masters NAs, Del Olsen, will be setting the courses.

D24’s hands-on rigging workshop will feature some new and fun stations. Even if your boat is in tip-top shape, come on down to West Marine Alameda on June 2nd and hang out with the fleet. The first event in Svendsen’s Grand Prix, D24’s summer series covering a wide variety of different types of venues, has been raced. Check here for more details: http://svendsens-grandprix.myfleet.org/ Check the calendar at http://laser.org/ for all the details of what’s going on in D24.

Richmond YC Small Boat Midwinters Eight races were sailed in the series. The top 4 finishers of 24 entrants in the standard fleet were Peter Shope, Emilio Castelli, Ryan Nelson and David Bushnell. The top 4 finishers in the radial fleet were Markus Suorsa, Emma Drejes, Jack Robertson and Kyle Larsen. Check here for all the scores: http://tinyurl.com/cynapp7

Here is a report from Simon Bell for Feb 3: Super-Bowl Sunday on Southampton Shoal. 0-5kts from the North and 4kts of Ebb made for a crosscurrent Course. Most of the Laser-Fleet went right looking for relief behind the breakwater while 3x

Masters went left looking for breeze. Left side paid marginally and the whole fleet struggled to cross the finishline in the light-air. The Race-Committee called it a day after 1x Race and we were in before 3pm to watch the Super-Bowl.

Richmond YC Junior Racing Richmond welcomes all skill levels to race with their advanced juniors on many Sunday afternoons. The first start is at 1pm. Racing is almost always inside the outer breakwater, with short courses and a variety of rounding options. This is a “green circle” to “blue square” venue (making an analogy with ski run difficulties). Check with district 24’s secretary for more information.

Santa Cruz YC Corinthian Series In February, the top 2 finishers of 6 entrants in the standard fleet were Tom Burden and Roger Herbst. The top 4 finishers in the radial fleet were Lola Bushnell, Kyle Larsen, Will Dana, and Lawson Willard.

Event page is here: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/6294

Santa Cruz YC will continue this series this summer, so check there website for more details: http://scyc.org/

Here is a report from Tom Burden: If you missed out on the February 10th Laser Regatta in Santa Cruz, you can kick yourself now, because you missed a great day on the water. A massive turnout in the Radial fleet was highlighted by guests from the San Francisco Yacht Club. Their

Junior Laser Racing Team pulled a road trip and showed up with eight boats (out of 15 Radials).

Six full rigs, with combined starts including the entire 21-boat mob, made getting off the line with clean air and speed a real challenge. We sailed six races between about 12:30 and 3:00, and three of them were twice-around courses, so we got our hiking practice in. The wind followed the typical Santa Cruz pattern. It started out at 6-8 knots, building to about 15 knots after three races. In other words—it was perfect Laser sailing weather yet again.

Lola Bushnell used consistent racing to finish first in the tightly-bunched Radial fleet, throwing out a fifth place to edge Kyle Larsen by a point with Will Dana third. In the full rigs, Roger Herbst was on fire in the early races, winning two of the first three. As the later-afternoon conditions built, it became Big Guy weather, with Tom Burden reeling off bullets to overtake Roger. Wilson Fletcher, making the transition from Radials to the big rig, stayed close for third place.

Thanks to the SCYC team headed up by Rob Schuyler for another fantastic event on the ocean. These visionaries have revived Laser racing in Santa Cruz from non-existence to awesome competition. Encinal YC Winter Small Boat Series A series that was not widely known to D24 is Encinal YC’s Small Boat Winter Series. This event seems to be popular with the local Finn fleet, but is not well known amongst Lasers. Several Lasers have showed up, and hopefully this will grow to be a bigger venue for us. Encinal runs the Small Boat

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Series year round on the Estuary, so check their website for a good “green circle” to “blue square” place to sail (making an analogy with ski run difficulties).http://www.encinal.org/

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2013 SCYA E.E. Manning Regatta

Since clear skies and warmer than normal temperatures were forecast and the fact there was no entry fee, we hoped for a good turnout of Lasers and Radials for the Southern California Yachting Association E.E. Manning Regatta at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) in Long Beach CA the first weekend of March. Such was not the case however, as a mere eleven Lasers and six Radials showed up to race. Turnout for the CFJ class was just the opposite with 50 entries and we Laser racers would need to deal with this.

Wind conditions all day Saturday failed to exceed 5 knots making the sail out to the usual ABYC race area in Long Beach Harbor a challenge. Some of us needed a tow to ensure we would make the start in time. The Race Committee (RC) started Lasers first, followed by Radials and the CFJ’s. Thankfully, RC timing kept the fleets separate for the most part allowing us to avoid rounding marks intermingled with large groups of CFJ’s. Despite the lack of breeze, the RC was able to give all fleets four windward leeward races. At the end of the day the Laser fleet had a three way tie for first place between; Brian Cottrell from King Harbor YC, Peter Drasnin from Cal YC and Rodin Mazin from ABYC. In the Laser Radial fleet Paul Didham from San Diego YC won all but one race followed by Michael Sabourin and John Horton, both from Newport Harbor YC and Brian MacLean from ABYC.

Sunday brought cooler temperatures and overcast skies, but after another light air first race, the breeze filled in to around 13 knots for race three, four and a fun, fast reach home at the end of the day. The aggressive CFJ’s had a few General Recalls on Sunday resulting in more mixing of the fleets which necessitated careful planning on our part to avoid the massive fleet and resultant wind shadow both upwind and downwind.

Despite challenging for first place on day one, Rodin did not race with us on Sunday, leaving Brian, Peter and Dave Leuck from Mission Bay YC to battle for the overall win. Peter won race one and two on Sunday and with this score, was able to throw out his last race and sail in for an early shower.

Regatta Media Contact and Photographer, Rich Roberts, reported that Peter “is also a past Manning Regatta winner—-in the 70s.” To which Peter responded, “I was just a kid, but it’s never stopped being fun. I was having fun all weekend.”

Dave won the last race of the day giving him second place by one point over Brian in third. Terence Gallagher from UCLA finished fourth and Steve Kent from Balboa YC finished fifth. Other racers finishing in order were; Sanjai Kohli, Rodin, your author, Michael Kramer, Gator Cook, and Sumeet Patel. In Laser Radials Paul continued strong scoring a first second and third making him the winner followed by Michael, John, Brian and Theresa Cornwell and Ryan Schack both from ABYC.

Photo above: Sanjai Kohli & Steven Smith work their boats up wind. Photo by: Rich Roberts, Photo Boat Captain: Chuck Hardin

Laser Masters Race at 2013 SCYA Midwinters Regatta

Once again, Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach CA among 28 other yacht clubs in Southern California and Arizona, played host to Laser Masters in the 84th Southern California Yachting Association Midwinters Regatta. Eleven Masters ranging from; Apprentice (35-44years) to Master (45-54 years) and Grand Masters (55-64 years) gathered on an unseasonably warm February Saturday to test their skills. Prospects for a good day of racing appeared dim as skippers and crews at the Competitors Briefing looked out on glassy waters

and limp flags. Regardless, we launched our boats and were challenged to even sail out of the channel against an adverse tide.

Once outside the channel things did improve and despite all participating classes arriving late to the race course, the Race Committee (RC) was able to run four races for all classes in short order on what turned out to be a beautifully sunny day with snow capped mountains in the distance.

Photo at bottom by Rich Roberts, Boat Captain Chuck Hardin Racing downwind on day one with Mt. Baldy in the background

On Saturday, there was no catching ABYC’s Jay Golison who ran off a string of four bullets in marginal hiking conditions. Conor Gallagher from Mission Bay YC stood in second place with ABYC’s Sanjai Kohli in third and your author in fourth.

Photo above by Rich Roberts, Boat Captain Chuck Hardin. Close encounter at the mark. Craig Scheiblauer on the left, Sanjai Kohli on right

Once the overcast burned off Sunday morning, the breeze was up and some of the Masters –your author included- debated the decision to switch to Radial rigs for the day. As we sailed out of the channel with full rig, we were wondering if we made the right choice in a chilly blustery breeze, but once outside the channel the wind moderated, but the wind driven waves that had developed earlier had not. The RC got things started right on time and we had two windward-leeward races in light winds. In race two, Paul Miachika from the Arizona YC, got off an effective port tack start but was unable to hold off the wily Jay Golison who kept up his uninterrupted string of first place finishes. Just as the RC was getting race three underway, a large freighter decided to reposition itself just about on the starboard tack lay-

Photo above: Series winner, Peter Drasnin leading Terence Gallagher to the windward mark. Photo by: Rich Roberts, Photo Boat Captain: Chuck Hardin

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line to the weather mark. This did hold things up for a period of time before the ship dropped anchor and the RC was satisfied the racers could make it to the mark. Thankfully, the breeze picked up for the third and last race of the day. Jay, seeing the option of a port tack start, pulled it off in race three. Paul tried as well, but had to bail out to avoid a starboard tacker. The breeze held up to allow everyone to exercise their hiking muscles and once finished, have a quick sail back to the clubhouse.

Photo above by Rich Roberts, Boat Captain Chuck Hardin Regatta winner Jay Golison with the Spruce Goose Dome (now a cruise ship terminal) and Queen Mary in the background

Logan Campbell, above, seen racing his Laser at a District 5 event. Logan represented Canada in the Paralympics in a Sonar

Jay finished the regatta, repeating his win in 2012, with a perfect score followed by Conor, Sanjai, your author and Paul Other racers finishing in order were; Charles Crockett, Craig Scheiblauer, Andy Horning, Ross Nemeroff, Robert Enrico and David Hughes. Many thanks to all our ABYC staff and volunteers for a well run regatta!

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