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Official publication of the International Laser Class Association, North American Region

US Postal Service: Please return undeliverables to: ILCA-NA 2812 Canon Street San Diego, CA 92106 USA

Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement #40612608 Please return undeliverables to: Bleuchip International, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2

Editors

Sherri Campbell & Jerelyn Biehl ILCA-NA

Officers

Tracy Usher Chairman PO Box 370701 Montara, CA 94037 Phone: (650) 340-1129 usher@slac.stanford.edu

Eric Faust Vice Chairman 821 East 53rd Street Austin, TX 78751 Phone: (512) 791-8218 ehfaust@gmail.com

Clay Johnson Treasurer 26 River Bend Dr. Toms River, NJ 08753 Phone: 732-330-7281 clayton.e.johnson@gmail.com

Lauralee Symes Secretary 3576 SW Mt. Adams Drive Portland, OR 97239 Phone: (503) 274-2818 llsymes@comcast.net

Evan Lewis At Large 4 Nursewood Road Toronto, ON M4E 3R8 Canada Phone: 416-804-6048 Lewis_racing@hotmail.com

Sherri Campbell Executive Secretary 2812 Canon Street San Diego, CA 92106 Phone: (619) 222-0252 Fax: (619) 222-0528 admin@Laser.org

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

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

Laser 200,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 ILCA-NA Board 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Fleet Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Laser World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .center 2011 Event Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

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Claire Dennis - ICSA Women’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Charlie Buckingham - ICSA Men’s . . . . . . . . . . .21 Nevin Snow - ISSA Full Rig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

District Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 District 13 Champs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

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Season Planning 2011 - Four Steps to Achive Success . . . 33 Laser Performance Grand Prix 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Membership Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

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Hawaii

District 2

District 10

District 3

Robert Koci, 804 Sammon Ave. Toronto, ON M4C 2E8 647-407-0754. robert.koci@rci.rogers.com D3 website: www.d3laser.com

District 4

Brigitte Smutney, MSA: 224 200 Main Street Winnipeg, MB 3RC 4M2 204-925-5647, sailing@sport.mb.ca

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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District 18

Ken Swetka 27022 Koerber St., St. Claire Shores, MI 48081 248-635-5363 www.d29laser.org

District 11

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

District 12

District 6

Kim Ferguson, 12 Florida Ave. Jamestown, RI 02835 Laserd7@gmail.com D7 Newsletter Chris Morin abcmorin@maine.rr.com 207.775.5485 www.d7laserforum.org

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

Meka Taulbee & Michelle Davis Dunedin, FL 34968 727-631-7005, meka@sailfit.com www.laser.org/m/_general/d13.asp

District 7

John Shockey 614-256-2254 jshockna06@yahoo.com

District 5

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

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

Christian Koppernaes LaserDistrict12@gmail.com Wrightsville Beach, NC www.d12.laserforum.org

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

District 9

Denys Deschambeault, 5120 Du Havre, Trois Rivieres, PQ G8Y 5Y9 819-372-0842 denys.deschambeault@tr.cgocable.ca

District 1

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

District 13 District 14

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

District 15

James Freedman, 8324 Horse Whisperer Ln. Ft. Worth, TX 76131 james.freedman@aa.com; 214-864-6024 www.cerebus.winsite.com/Laser/districts/d15/

District 16

Tim Fitzgerald, 2322 Bromfield Circle Wichita, KS, 67226, 316-650-3636 timfitz@cox.net

District 17

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

District 19 District 20

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

District 21

Kurt Holtze, 710 Summer St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 621-281-1447 kurt@kurtphoto.com d21@laserforum.org

District 22

Mike Gilbert, 1620 Gerald Ave. Missoula, MT 59801 406-327-7855, mike@gilbertarch.com

District 23

Fletcher Avery 23 South Pearl St, Denver, CO 80209 favery@gtri.com www.usdiscovery.com/laser

District 24

David Lapier 408-525-6396, dlapier@cisco.com www.technicalwizardry.com/d24laser/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 TRACY USHER

With the beginning of 2011 we start to look forward to another great year of Laser Sailing. As usual, there are the Winter events in Florida, with the Rolex Miami OCR at the end of January, the Laser Midwinters West in Clearwater near the end of February and the always popular Laser Winter Masters Circuit in Florida in between. This year the major events are nicely spread over the region, with the Canadian Championship near the end of June in Edmonton, the North Americans mid-July at Brant Beach, and the US Championship in Marina Del Rey the beginning of August.

In addition there are two Worlds events in North America this year: the Laser 4.7 and the Laser Master Worlds, both in San Francisco. The 4.7 is rapidly growing as the boat for youth sailors to go to after the Opti and each year the 4.7 Worlds grows. We expect this to hold true this Summer with young sailors from all corners of the earth to compete here . It’s the perfect opportunity for North American sailors to jump in to a world level event! And, of course, the planning is for a huge Masters’ Worlds, one not to be

missed. The St Francis Yacht Club is world renowned for the quality of events they put on and they have put their best people to work organizing this event for next year.

As many remember, back in 2004 the Laser Class office changed the membership renewal process so that all memberships expired at the end of the calendar year. At the time there were several very solid reasons for doing this and, for the most part, the system works very smoothly.

However, each year there are Laser Class members who have asked if it was possible to go back to the “old” system of membership expiration one year after the month they join. There are good reasons to want to do this - for example, in some parts of North America sailors take a forced vacation from sailing during the Winter and often forget to renew their membership in December or January while not thinking about sailing. To accommodate this request the Laser Class Office is in the process of updating the membership database to handle monthly expirations and beginning in the Winter of 2011 will return to the “old” system. Still,

in the meantime, please don’t ignore those membership renewal letters!

One other change to note here is to remind everyone of the changes to Districts 6, 22 and 23. At the request of the sailors in the affected areas, District 6 now covers only its original area in Canada and Alaska while District 22 has expanded to now include Washington and Oregon, with Wyoming now joining into District 23. To better understand the new boundaries, check out the revised District map at www.laser.org (click on the “Districts/Fleets” button in the menu bar along the top edge). See you on the water!

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ILCA-NA Board Members for 2011

A big thank you to Tommyl Wharton who served on the ILCA-NA Executive Committee for the past 5 years. Welcome to Evan Lewis who will replace him and also represent Canada. ILCA-NA members elected the following officers for 2011: Tracy Usher President Eric Faust Vice Chairman Clay Johnson Treasurer Lauralee Symes Secretary Evan Lewis At Large Sherri Campbell Executive Secretary

Meet Evan Lewis

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Fleet Building Basic Fleet Building in Seattle KURT HOEHNE

When the Seattle Laser Fleet (SLF) turned up for its first Thursday night race of 2010, the scene was a little hard to swallow. Only seven of us were out. What’s more, we were the only fleet out. The racing was great, as always, with the Corinthian Yacht Club’s (CYC) professional PRO Kevin Cunningham setting perfect lines and true weather legs. But there was no disguising the fact there were only seven boats. Not too long ago Thursday nights saw 25 Lasers plus several other classes on the line fairly regularly. Long before that, in the heyday of Seattle Laser sailing, 50 boats would happily sail in the marginal conditions on Union Bay off Husky Stadium at the University. The fleet has an extraordinarily proud history. Dick Rose was one of the first North American dealers and put a lot of energy into fleet building at that time. A string of enormously talented Laser sailors came from this fleet, starting with Carl Buchan and Mark Brink, through Andy Mack and Dalton Bergan and more recently with Emery Wager, Brendan Fahey, Derrick Vranizan and Michael Schalka. On the seniors circuit Jay Winberg has a string of impressive regattas as a grand master and (now) a great grandmaster But as we sat in the CYC clubhouse that Thursday, virtually empty except for ourselves, we openly wondered if there could be a future for our fleet or if it would go the way of all those other fleets that used to revel in Thursday nights. Beer can do a lot for theoretical resolve, and helped us decide that we weren’t going to simply sit by while the fleet disappeared. Michael Cenname, who had served as both the treasurer and the glue that held the fleet together for many years, had discovered kiteboarding. While he wasn’t yet ready to completely give up the joy of pounding to weather in a Laser, it was clear he wanted to shift some time to his new sport. It was past time to get more involvement from others, myself included. Through our Thursday post race discussions and countless emails, a core group of about a half-dozen of us have kept each other motivated for the last eight months and have seen some growth. Moreover, there’s a sense that the work

Photo above: left to right: Mike O’Brien, Wendy Robards, Dan Falk, Barry Curtain, Mike Cenname, Mark Ross, Todd Willsie (hidden) and Jim Johnston.

we’ve been doing has set the foundation for the years to come. Following are some of the major initiatives we’ve taken, and their relative success. We encourage other fleets to share with us what they’ve done or are doing to build their participation. The Master List: Among the first things we decided to do was to extend our reach to other fleets in the area, if in fact there were other fleets. What we found was there were lots of fledgling fleets around but under the radar, ranging from community sailing programs and yacht club junior programs to two or three-boat “fleets” that joined in with Portsmouth Handicapping dinghy fleets. We made a comprehensive list of all these programs, with known details such as costs and when they sailed, then posted the list online and emailed it to our database. Results: Sadly, we’ve had very little interaction with these fleets, and it apparently didn’t help their participation much. The process, however, did foster awareness and laid an important foundation for the future. It also boosted our energy level as a few of the responses made it clear there were plenty of people who wanted to race Lasers and were interested in building fleets in their area. Not much of this has happened….yet. Lesson Learned:

Never assume because you got the information to the director of a program means that it was disseminated from there. In the future we will followup with those program directors to see if they pass along our messages or figure out a way to access the sailors directly.

Revamping the web site and mailing list: Thanks to volunteer Mike Johnson and Cenname, the SLF has had a web presence for quite a while, both with a site and automated email list. But it seemed time to enter the social network arena. We started up a Facebook page, revamped our own web site and have consolidated our email list to a google groups list. Michael O’Brien, who joined us from the Thistle ranks, brought lots of tech skills and energy to online program. As part of this we are sending out regular emails, probably every two to three weeks. Usually it’s announcing some race or recapping some other race, and just keeping everyone apprised of what we’re up to. Results: We’ve certainly caught the local sailors’ attention, and set the stage for a lot more interaction between Laser sailors. We’ve provided a place for posting photographs (Facebook). Lessons Learned: For some reason, lots of sailors seem eager to sign up on Facebook, but not many post. We were hoping for there to be more of a regional online community, which may or may not evolve. The lesson seems to be keep expectations modest. And it’s worth noting that both the master list and the

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online efforts have a kind of baseline effect and help specific initiatives and the longterm fleet success. Gotta have it.

Duck Dodge: Everybody in Seattle knows about the Duck Dodge, a regular Tuesday night free for all “race” on Lake Union, adjacent to downtown. It’s chaotic on its best days (and possibly the most fun casual race on earth), and even in a 35-foot leadbottom one feels a little vulnerable. That said, dinghies sail too. Ten of us wee Lasers decided to invade the Duck Dodge one Tuesday. The RC gave us our own awards (gold, silver and bronze duck stickers for 13) and promised our own start when we come again. Results: Interesting to note that Lasers took the top three spots in the dinghy class, over an FD, 505s and a 470, among others. Yes,

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Sound’s fickle winds cooperated on both nights. Results: We saw over 20 boats on the line both Dom nights, the last one up to 26. Some signed up for the entire series and it definitely brought our visibility up several notches. Hopefully it also proved to CYC that gains in participation can be made if costs are reduced. Lessons Learned: Targeting a specific event works. Telling somebody it’s free might be just the motivator to get them on the water. Next year we’ll follow up specifically with folk who came out for just that night to see if we can get them out regularly.

Frostbite Series: We’ve been holding a frostbite season from September through April for several years. This year we have put more energy into it, making sure everyone gets involved on a volunteer basis, either to do RC or food duty. Interestingly, when the option came up to hire a professional PRO, it was soundly rejected by popular opinion. It turns out doing RC for Lasers has its own appeal. It is a good sign that no matter what the vagaries of the local Photo above: Mike Cenname in 187295 punching out at the start. yacht club scene might be, the SLF has the it’s a chaotic race. Five of the ten boats capability to carry on. came over from the University of Washington, a definite source for more Loaner Boat: Local dealer Marine Laser sailors Servicecenter salesman Ethan Salkind has put his own boat down on the docks as a Lesson learned: We can do a travelling race, even if it’s a one-time, low-key thing. loaner boat and, not surprisingly, has Laser sailors like to sail in different venues already lead to a sale. The other dealer in and levels of seriousness. On a side note, the region, West Coast Sailing of Portland, Joe Burcar figured out how we Laser has sponsored individuals and events for sailors could enjoy a deep red aromatic several years and has come up with more beverage just like they do on the leadbotthan a few giveaways and support. toms. Fleet Building for 2011 Laser Domination Night: This was the most successful initiative, and like most There are many more items on our SLF togood ideas, was stolen. Our friends in the do list, starting with the primary motivator Willamette Sailing Club have used this to for us, the CYC Thursday night series. We promote Lasers. Basically, make racing free have made it clear to the club that it’s diffifor our class on some particular nights. In cult to fleet build for that event at the curour case, we worked with CYC, which is rent cost structure requiring both annual facing its own challenges of diminishing membership and race fees, which together membership and participation. The CYC approach $900. In turn, the board and Race board promised that anyone could try out Fleet captain Jerry Diercks are working racing for free three evenings in a year. We hard to figure out a way to make this possimorphed this into a couple of targeted ble. CYC’s professional race management nights. The nights coincided with the first is second to none, but as fleets have races of a series. We promoted the events declined the balance sheet has become far rigorously and were lucky that Puget out of balance. We need to build our fleet

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and keeping costs down are key. Compromises will have to be made on all sides, but fleet building is a matter of survival. Second on the list is hosting a great Frigid Digit regatta. This has traditionally been the only major event the SLF puts together, and has an epic history. We’re hoping that a well attended Frigid Digit will set the stage for the rest of the year, and with the tools we have in place it should be possible. Other line items include a return to Duck Dodge and perhaps some “flash mobs” where few of us stalwarts turn up for a race where fledgling fleets are trying to take root. We going to try team racing in Lasers, and have already issued a challenge to the University of Washington Sailing Team. For years we’ve been talking about formalizing a mentoring program. As we all know, the challenge of sailing a Laser well is both a great attraction and a great deterrent. For average sailor athletes, it takes a big commitment to move up in a Laser fleet fleet. Mentoring should speed up that process. We’re also going to make a concerted effort to lure some of the folks off the rails of those PHRF boats. We’re also trying to open lines of communications with other clubs. For years we’ve been identified with one club, and we feel that some outreach to other major yacht clubs plus regional community sailing programs must be part of our fleet building mission. While the community sailing programs have had limited response, the SLF and the Seattle Yacht Club are working together to get more boats on the line, especially Radials from SYC’s outstanding junior program. Above all, our course has been to build the SLF identity, make it a vibrant and positive atmosphere and enhance our communications. We’ve done this, but gains in numbers have been limited. We see some new faces plus the return of some old faces, but those have been offset by some folk taking time off. We are told fleet building takes time, and we’re going to keep at it. The really good news is that as we’ve ramped up the program, people spontaneously volunteer and it’s clearly become a community effort. Postscript: As this piece was going to press, the CYC Board of Directors agreed to make Thursday night racing available to non-members and reduce the race fees for members significantly. In return, we’re going to try even harder to get boats on the line.

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Laser Sr: Perth, AUS: Dec 3-18 Jr: LaRochelle,FRAJuly16-23

Brant Beach YC, NJ July 12-15

2011 Schedule

Radial

Laser 4.7

Brant Beach YC, NY July 12-15

TBD

FtWaltonYC,FL May20-22

Wabamun SC, Edmonton, AB June 23-26

D1-D6

Women's:Perth, AUS; Dec 3-18 Mens: LaRochelle,FRA,July16-23 San Francisco, CA Youth: La Rochelle, FRA, July 26-Aug 2 July 24-31

Lauderdale YC www.lyc.org February 17-20

Wabamun SC, Edmonton, AB June 23-26

Kingston, ON

California YC Marina del Rey, CA Aug 3-7 www.cork.org

August 20-24

California YC Marina del Rey, CA Aug 3-7 www.cork.org

August 20-24

Districts 6, 24, 25 Kingston, ON www.cork.org

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Masters

San Francisco, CA Aug 5-13

Macatawa Bay YC Macatawa, MI July 29-31

Midwinters East

Clearwater, FL

Midwinters West

CaliforniaYC Marina del Rey, CA March 25-27

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Rolex Miami OCR ISAF Grade 1

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Tips & Technique LASER HIKING RYAN ERIC MINTH

Ever wonder why we sailors in North America call hooking our feet under a strap and leaning out to windward “hiking”? Even more absurd is calling sitting out on a keelboat ‘hiking’. Doubling over at the waist and hanging one’s self like laundry out to dry, suspended by a lower lifeline wire ... Hiking? Ridiculous. In any event, neither seem to resemble walking up and down the countryside ashore. This article will provide zero insight as to why our beloved/loathed activity to create righting moment is referred to as ‘hiking’. During the early eighties I think there was a tee-shirt that circulated around the boat park at Laser events with a slogan like, “Sail A Laser Upwind And Suffer”. In fairness to the Masters, they were grinding three long beats where upwind sailing was where the money was to be made. Downwind speed was more equalized as S-turning was still decades away. The current athlete in our game is fitter and smarter regarding grinding uphill. The changes made to the Laser (sail and controls) certainly make it more enjoyable to beat up to the top of our now 50-50 up/down trapezoidal race tracks.

Four areas important to make hiking fun are: Fitness, Clothing, Strap Length, and Posture.

FITNESS: I will leave how to get fit up to the professional physical trainers, but I do highly recommend you find one passionate about your performance. A good one will be able to observe the hiking position (even in the 18

gym while on a Roman Chair flipped over looking up instead of down) and determine which muscles are firing and how.. From there a core strength and conditioning regimen may be customized focused on sailing. Personally, my hiking became easy when my wall sits (sit against wall unsupported with your upper and lower legs at 90-degrees) were in excess of 13:30, strong enough to go on one B leg at a time and give the other a break. Like sailing a beat, we move from one hiking posture to another allowing different muscles to fire and rest. In short, getting hiking fit is key. Simple, but by no means easy..

CLOTHING: More and more of the top sailors are wearing boots,. Not long ago, barefoot sailors seemed to dominate, but that is changing quickly. Providing protection for the feet and critical support for the ankles gives an advantage both short and long term. Universally adopted is the modern neoprene hiking pant and sleeve-like pad. There is no question that the padding and support allow for longer, more powerful, and safer hiking, There are many styles and brands from which to choose. I would recommend you look at what the top guys are wearing in Laser World (center section of The Laser Sailor) and start testing. Almost every athlete there is a full time sailor and not only experienced with gear that works at the highest level, but also allows them to sail hard day after training day. STRAP LENGTH: This is probably

the most overlooked and/or underrated component to effective and efficient hiking. Too tight and your ankles are strained quickly. Too loose and your

muscles fail prematurely. Start getting set up ashore. I understand that tall sailors may have a one-setting, nonadjustable strap length. I am vertically challenged (when compared to the top of the Laser fleet) and have always sailed with an adjustable hiking strap. The Colie(R) Strap comes with a line that is my preferred method. It harkens back to the ‘stupid rope trick’ days of Laser sailing but is the most easily adjustable while still holding a setting. Image “A” shows the strap at maximum tension (light air or blast reaching)

There are many others that I have recommended to sailors depending upon their size, strap, and cordage to be used. From there, pop the hull up on its dolly’s flip-up gunwhale supports and hop in (sitting forward as to not dump aft!) while wearing all of your hiking kit. Get into a hiking position

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(the boat will not flip on you). Strap length is about right when what I describe as 60-40 pressure is achieved. Of course when sitting out, there will be more pressure on the hamstring muscles but there should be an almost equal pressure on the calf muscle as well. Almost equal, so 60% ham and 40% calf. Make a note of that setting and go sailing making very subtle adjustments to determine where your personal length setting should be marked. This will not only ensure injury-free hiking (too tight) but elongate the duration of hiking ability (too loose will burn your hiking muscles out faster). The next image “B” shows where my strap adjustment should be to be set up and ready for the beat. I note it where my “Loosen” handle knot matches up to the purchase bowline of the “Tighten” tail/handle. A couple rules of thumb. As you get tired (what tired? see fitness section), the strap gets tighter. Also, strap length for a windy tight reach will be significantly tighter than for the beats to keep the bum out of the water. In fact, windy reach hiking is harder than hiking on a beat.

POSTURE: The above strap adjustment is critical as it allows the sailors legs to lock into the deck. The back of the knees should be pressed on, or very close to the deck. On the deck is optimal as it ensures maximum height of the bum above the waves and outboard extension. As always, shoulders outside the hips. And when out, toes pointed out, not up (that is so 1980’s).

Have a look at the first image of Paige Railey (Radial World Champ, ISAF So-t-Y) during a recent training camp at Texas Corinthian Yacht Club on Galveston Bay. While conditions did not allow for full-extension, shouldersdropped hiking, her posture is perfect. Shoulders outside the hips, legs pressed and locked into the deck, making a solid body-and-hull connection. I call this position “Comfort Hiking”. Paige (ISAF World #2) wears boots.

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sion is of Reed Baldridge. More extended off the toes and further out on the battens of his hikers (although I am not convinced he was wearing them) with shoulders dropped.

The last image (3) is of Greg Martinez (2009 Radial GP Champ) in the windward boat position. One of the many reasons I enjoy coaching and watching Greg compete and train is that his default mode is FLAT! Both in hull and body. Had conditions looked more like this year’s ACCs nuke-fest, he 2 would merely slide out another three inches, hiking off the toes, hull and body locked in and flat flat flat. I love hearing fellow coach Al Clark talk about times where (often top-Canadian) sailors ask him for guidance when heavy air speed is lacking. He intently listens then replies quickly, “JUST DROP YOUR SHOULDERS!” Although, NEVER over-extend your shoulders beyond flat, or 180 degrees feet-hips-shoul-

ders! This is common for beginning Laser sailors when the boat radically heels and is a sure way to shorten one’s career of Laser sailing with a back injury.

Get fit, kitted-out, and set-up properly to ensure your hiking effort is maximized for your next event. Photos courtesy of C-vane Sailing and World Champion Coaching.

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Regatta Reports

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Both the Collegiate and Interscholastic titles are always a feather in the cap for any aspiring sailor. We were able to interview three of the four champions for this season.

Claire Dennis Female Intercollegiate Singlehanded Champion This year’s championship was won by a slim margin – winning by 1 point over Annie Haeger. How’d the last 2 races set up?

Annie had been setting up alongside me at the starts all day Saturday and then much more aggressively on Sunday. Going into race 17, I had an 11 point lead so was just trying not to OCS or take myself out. Annie did a good job of pinning me off the line though and I wasn’t able to come back after I was entirely out of phase. I came close to catching the pack in front of me but didn’t finish well. In the last race, all I had to do was finish in the top 4. I had 3points on Annie and would automatically win a tiebreaker. We were both late to the start, coming in on port from beyond the pin after the gun. I made some poor decisions in the pre-start and sailed below the pin but was able to force a tack because of an anchored motor boat. I was able to stay just above her for the first part of the beat and eventually found a lane to get free. We improved from 17th and 18th positions

at the start to the top 8 by the first weather mark. On the first downwind, I got caught on the wrong side of a pack and Annie rounded the opposite gate mark just ahead. We stayed pretty even on the second beat, with both of us moving into the top 5. I was able to close the distance on the top 4 on the second downwind, rounded the other gate mark than the leading pack and was able to sail fast in clear air around three of them. Annie and I actually sailed our way into 1st and 2nd but Annie was

actively slowing me the last third of the final beat and so we finished 2nd and 4th, which gave me the win by 1 pt.

You’ve been training hard in the

R a d i a l . What are your plans for the US Sailing Team and the Olympics?

The Olympics are certainly a focus and a long-term goal of mine. I cannot sail the qualifiers for the 2012 games without taking a semester or two off of school so my focus is 2016. In terms of the USSTAG/USSDT, I try to do every training camp I can but often I am unable to with being a student and with college sailing. It is great to be a part of the USSTAG/USSDT while I am still in college though with all the coaching and support at events, not to mention the real team atmosphere that’s developed over the past couple seasons. I am going down to Miami over winter break to sail Radials and will be doing OCR at the end of January. I sail Radials the entire summer and try and do enough events in Europe to stay competitive on the international scene and otherwise work on improving and using everything I have learned in college sailing. This is what my Radial training will look like until I graduate in 2013 as I am unable to do the spring ISAF World Cup events and the other winter regattas in the US. You have a few more years to win another title; is this goal?

In important events, I am always aiming for a podium position if I know I have the potential. I never go into an event with the expectation to win but I do as much preparation and work prior to the event to give myself the best opportunity to do so. College nationals will certainly always be a focus during the fall for me and it would be great to win

Photo above: Claire Dennis at RMOCR 2010. Photo by Walter Cooper.

again. But I am much more concerned with doing well and improving at double-handed sailing while at Yale. I’m really excited for Nationals at the Gorge this year.

What’s your training schedule been like? Do you mix doublehanded and singlehanded sailing at Yale?

We have a really strong group of Laser sailors at Yale. During the fall, we sail Lasers the week leading up to the qualifier and again the week leading up to nationals and maybe one or two days in between. We were fortunate to have Thomas Barrows as an assistant coach in the fall, and Sarah Lihan coached us at the NEISA qualifiers and practiced with us before nationals and the qualifier. Our practices were great tune-ups for both of the events with Thomas, Sarah, Cam, Max, Emily and myself all sailing Lasers. We don’t really ever sail Lasers in the spring. Last year I sailed Radials at Trux at Navy but that was the only time. I enjoy the double-handed focus though and have had a great time learning how to sail 420s/FJs and working with another person in the boat. Doublehanded sailing really adds to my Laser sailing so I don’t mind being away from the Laser during college sailing, and I’m always excited to get back to it.

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Charlie Buckingham Male Intercollegiate Champion You’ve got some heavy names on the list of ICSA singlehanded winners; how’s it feel to now be among them? It’s a great feeling; a lot of the names on there are guys that I have looked up to my whole life. It’s an honor to be listed alongside them.

You beat the 2009 champion(Cy actually won two years ago, Juan Maegli won last year, Juan was not in attendance this year); explain the last few races to win the title Cy sailed incredibly the first two days. The first day he won every race but one and throughout the second day he placed no worse than 8th and tallied many top 3 scores. I was able to stay consistent enough to only be 5 points behind going into the last three races. With regards to strategy, I talked with my coach Mike Callahan and my dad Jim before the day and we all agreed that I should not worry about Cy yet and do the best I could in the race. Cy ended up being over the line at the start and I got a great start to win the race. However, Cy had a great comeback and caught up to 6th in the race to tie it

up. The next race I concentrated on getting off the line well and looking for opportunities to cover Cy. Both Cy and I got good starts near the boat end but I was able to tack before Cy and be the first boat headed to the right. Cy took his first opportunity to tack and we both trucked out to the right side basically even at that point. As we got further right the wind shifted, I tacked onto starboard, and Cy tacked just below me. I was able to get on top of him and tried to hold him until it was favorable for and unfavorable for him to tack. At the windward mark, I rounded 6th and Cy had to duck a big pack on layline to round in the midteens. The rest of the race I tried to pass as many boats as I could while keeping an eye on Cy. I ended up 3rd and he ended up 11th, creating an 8 www.Laser.org

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point gap between us. The first attempt at the last start was disastrous for me, I was overly conservative and Cy was able to come to leeward of me on the line and draw a foul. I got a yellow flag for trying to scull out of the situation and began to spin my 720 as Cy won the start. I was given a second chance as it ended up being a general recall. I was more proactive the next start and was able to control Cy until about 30 seconds when I opted to let go of him and get a good start. I got a bad start in the middle of the line and Cy got a mediocre start near the boat. However, I was able to tack, quickly duck the boat pack, and head to the favored right side while Cy was pinned by a small pack. A big righty came in at the top of the beat and I was able to round the windward mark in 1st while

Cy rounded in the high single digits. I gybed to protect course right but the fluky breeze died on my side and I watched as ¾ of the fleet, including Cy, sailed around me. Luckily, Cy was passed by a fair amount of boats and I was able to salvage the second half of the run and catch up to right behind him at the mark. I did me best to shadow him the rest of the race while he did a good job making me go slow and put a couple of boats between us. It wasn’t the prettiest race, but I was able to stay close enough to take the regatta. Describe your training schedule During the past three and a half school years I have been practicing on the water roughly 3-4 times a week. Most of this practice has actually been in FJ’s and 420’s. The venue at Georgetown is pretty small and rarely generates conditions suitable for Lasers, but I have had some great practices there for singlehanded nationals prep. Beside that, I try to exercise 4-5 times a week. Two of those days I lift weights with my sailing team and the Georgetown University Strength and conditioning coaches. For aerobic exercise on other days I prefer to either

Photo above: Charlie Buckingham in Kiel. Photo by Fried Elliott. www.friedbits.com

swim, bike, or run stairs. Because the majority of the past 3 years have been spent at school, I haven’t established a Laser-specific training schedule, although the one I am doing at Georgetown seems to work pretty well.

You’ve been sailing well in the Laser – US Sailing Team and Olympic aspirations? Definitely. I am motivated to do what it takes to make the US Sailing team and hopefully the Olympics at some point. What are you plans for Laser sailing in 2011? My main plan is to qualify for the 2012 Laser trials system, which is the combination of Sail for Gold in June 2011 and the Perth combined worlds in December 2011. Qualification for those events is a bit complicated so I will spare you the details, but most of 2011 will be geared toward preparing for and getting to those events.

Do you mix singlehanded & doublehanded sailing at Georgetown? As mentioned before, I have sailed double-handed dinghies for most of my time at Georgetown. Although I have been missing out on potential time in the Laser, college sailing has kept my sailing diverse. This has kept things fresh and given me something to look forward to beside Lasers. It has also enabled me to learn different skill sets, which has undoubtedly helped my sailing overall.

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Nevin Snow

Male Interscholastic Singlehanded Champion Full Rig Last year you won the ISSA in the Radial division. What made you decide to move to the Full Rig? I moved to the Full Rig this year because I had gotten a little bit bigger than last year, and although I sailed mostly Radials over the summer I figured it was a good time to make the step up.

The ISSA victory was a tough one – you tied with Christopher Stocke, last year’s winner. Can you talk a little about the last couple of races? Well going into the last day I had a two point lead on Stocke and the forecast was for very light. There were only two races that were completed right before the time limit at 2pm. In both starts I had a comfortable seven or so lead on Stocke, but he is known for being very fast in the light and shifty air, and combined with a couple of ran-

dom shifts and puffs he snuck just in front of me in both races. We ended up tying but I won the tie breaker with more firsts. It was dramatic and very stressful right up to the end.

How were the conditions for the Cressy? Saturday morning started out with about 10 knots but quickly died to about 5, where it stayed for the rest of the day. And Sunday had barely any breeze at all, except for around noon where a small 3 or 4 knot breeze picked up. Do you plan on more radial or Full Rig sailing for 2011? I hope to sail more Full Rig events than Radial in 2011, however the Youth Worlds Qualifiers and Worlds are in Radials so I’ll hopefully be able to fit into the Radial for a couple more months.

photo above: Nevin Snow & ISSA President Don Shea at the Cressy. Photo by Tom Monkus

You still have another shot at a ISSA singlehanded title, since you’re a Junior. Full or Radial for 2012? Definitely back in the Full Rig for 2012 and I hope it’ll be a breezier one because so far the past two have been drifters Note: Ian Barrows from the US Virgin Islands is the ISSA Cressy Radial champion, but did not respond to our interview request.

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Regatta PR 101

How to Maximize Exposure Without Breaking the Bank

DIETER LOIBNER

Why Bother?

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Publish or perish It’s about people & stories Reach your constituents and outside audiences Attract & satisfy sponsors Attract participants to your club, class & venue Validate/acknowledge competitors, organizers & volunteers

Typical Challenges faced by Regatta Organizers Going from recipient to media producer Prioritizing/coordinating/preparing PR effort Not enough resources/experience Technology (WiFi, cell phone coverage) Quick turnarounds (protest hearings, results)

Wrestling the Bear

Regatta planners need to: Establish communication plan/schedule/distribution Choose communication channels Post them in calendar, NOR, newsletter, website Assign PR as a responsibility, not an afterthought KISS wins

The Elements

Numbers – the results Imageas – photos or videos Words – the event report (or a daily report)

The Event Preview

The 5 W’s: Who, What, When, Where, Why Total # of entries, top names, link to entry list Previous winners Sponsor info/event program Links to news page & social media

Images

Dieter Loibner gave this talk at the recent US SAILING One Design Sailing Symposium aimed at helping fleets and classes with various issues. Here he tackled the sometimes mysterious world of public relations and how to get your story out to the press on your recent regatta.

Regatta Report Example <100 words

Last weekend (WHEN) the 2010 Fireball Canadian National Championship (WHAT) at the Pointe Claire Yacht Club in Montreal (WHERE) was contested by 19 teams from Nova Scotia, Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia (WHO). After three days of spirited racing in a variety of conditions, Jose Jospe/Tom Egli won the title with seven firsts and two second-place finishes. Robert Levy from Point Claire, sailing with transplanted Alberta 470 sailor Jon Driver, finished second, followed by Guy Tipton/Matt King from Nova Scotia in third (WHY). The report, the gallery , the final results, plus the class Facebook page.

Sailing images Individual boats, fleet shots Show winner(s) Action from the start or a mark rounding with dense traffic and sponsor signage

Results

Post at the end of each day Use www.regattanetworks.com; www.sailwave.com or www.yachtscoring.com Alternatively: Post an excel spreadsheet or at least a photo of the handwritten results!

Social Media

Facebook/Blogspot: post daily reports and images from web, smart phone Twitter: live ticker for commentary, updates to advise # of races sailed and when report/results will be up Picasa or Flickr: image galleries (public access!) YouTube/Vimeo: Event/class/club video channel

Takeaways

Integrate PR into event planning Communicate channels ahead of time Assign tasks with deadlines and deliverables Cover basics, results, report, images Post daily updates Wrap-up by Monday

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District Reports District 1 Danielle Dube Nova Scotia

I am writing this D1 report from the airport in Montreal, where I am waiting to board a plane to Vancouver, then on to Sydney Australia. I will be racing in Sydney from the 6-9 of December, then competing at Sail Melbourne from the 12-18th. Of course this almost didn’t happen

as I arrived at the Halifax airport this morning only to find that they couldn’t issue me a boarding pass because I didn’t have a visa to enter Australia. Visa? WHAT VISA!! After exclaiming something to this effect (and other things, too naughty to write in a magazine), I was told that Australia issues Visas online, and the response is almost immediate. After filling out my application on my laptop at the check in counter, I was given boarding passes, my luggage was checked, and I was on my way…. Straight to the bar! (for a delicious seafood chowder, obviously!! What did you think?)

So one flight down and the panic finally subsiding, here I am reflecting on what to write about laser sailing in the Atlantic Provinces at this time of year. Let’s start with results. In my last report I mentioned that the Canadian National Qualifying Regatta would be held in Kingston in the third week of September, and that there was a strong contingent from Atlantic Canada planning to attend. The regatta saw strong winds on days 1-3, and light, fickle winds on the 4th and final day. 10 races were held, and the results are as follows;

Laser- Tom Brosky (RNSYS) 19th, Aaron Stonehouse (RNSYS) 30th

Radial- Lisa Ross (RNSYS) 3rd, Danielle Dube (RNSYS/SMSC) 4th, Erin Rafuse (RNSYS) 7th,

Rebecca Power (RVYC/RNYC) 11th, Greg Simms (RNSYS) 21st, Maggie Kennedy (BBYC) 35th, Corinne

Peters (BBYC) 38th, Michael Cunningham (BBYC) 44th, Max Seward (BBYC) 46th.

This regatta was the last of the year for most sailors from the Atlantic Provinces, as local yacht club programs closed down and most people packed their boats up and returned to school or work. In Nova Scotia, some dedicated sailors were out on the water until the 3rd week of November while the temperature hovered

around 7-12 degrees and made for great sailing. For those willing to brave the colder conditions, the rewards of sailing into November were great. Strong, cold (therefore dense) winds made for some very out of control sailing and some very exciting and memorable screeching downwinds. Though most of us who acknowledge global warming will says it’s a very bad, very dangerous thing, at least it has allowed us here on the east coast to extend the sailing season into the late fall.

In fact, sailing into the late fall is something I highly recommend. The conditions at that time of year are completely different from what you would experience in the summer (mostly due to cooler North and West winds), and they give you an opportunity to make yourself a more well-rounded, head out of the boat type sailor. It also is a great way to stay active and outdoors, when most people are beginning to hole up and barricade themselves inside for the winter. A fall series is a great way to get people of all ages and abilities out on the water to race on weekends, so if sailing longer into the year appeals to you, it’s a good idea to check local yacht clubs to see if someone is running a fall program.

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If no such program exists, then starting one up, or simply getting a small group of likeminded individuals together for some short training sessions is your next best option. Just remember the two general rules of fall sailing. If it takes you and three of your buddies to step your mast, its either too windy to go out, or the four of you should be looking into purchasing gym memberships. If you have to smash your mainsheet out of a frozen cockpit, or at any time pour hot water into said cockpit to de-ice all of your rigging, then you’ve just wasted what could have been a nice pot of coffee on preparing for something you shouldn’t do anyway. Go inside. Have that coffee.

And having said that, if you’d like to sail right into the winter, there are a number of options for you. Usually a large group from D1 goes down to Miami in late January to attend the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta. If you are a female laser radial sailor, then the Women’s North Americans is held shortly afterwards in Fort Lauderdale. In Clearwater, on the Gulf Coast of Florida, the laser and radial midwinter’s east is held in Late February. If training or going out for the occasional sail on a laser during your winter vacation is more of your style, then Cabarete, in the Dominican Republic has a nice training center where you can rent boats and have a relatively inexpensive vacation (all-inclusive or otherwise). There is the International Sailing Academy near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, which is run by Canadians and although I haven’t been there yet, I’ve heard good things. So here are your resources for info and results from these events: http://rmocr.ussailing.org/ http://www.lyc.org/ http://www.clwyc.org/racesched.htm http://www.caribwind.com/ http://www.internationalsailingacademy.com/

And finally, I’d like to offer some motivation with a little look forward to the summer of 2011. Its looking like ARK, which is held every year in Bedford, Nova Scotia, is going to be one week later than usual, which allows yacht club racing programs to get on their feet before sending their athletes away to compete. The Bay Wind Regatta will be held at around the same time (third weekend in July), and the big news is that Shediac, New Brunswick will be hosting Sail East, which will also be your D1 championships for 2011. Besides being an awesome place, with warm water and incredible beaches, Shediac is fairly central and is a pretty reasonable distance to allow most yacht clubs in most provinces to send their race teams. Remember, with the D1 championships, 20 North American grand prix points are up for grabs. So make sure you mark this one on the calendar and work it into your plans for 2011! And finally, don’t forget to renew your class memberships. And tell your friends to become members as well!

District 2 Louis Beauregard Quebec, Canada

After 4 years running District 2, the time has come for me to step down as local leader. During my tenure I organized 15+ regattas, 3 District Championships, 4 2day spring training camps, developed a 100+ member mailing list and gave the District a permanent presence on the web. Class membership is up from where it used to be, though not as high as any of us would like. I also leave the District with money in the bank, income generated almost exclusively from the spring training camps. It is my sincere hope that someone from the District will step up to the plate and build on what I have done since 2007. It was with great enthusiasm that I served my fellow laser sailors and I look forward to many more years as an active participant.

District 3 Rob Koci Toronto, Canada

D3, D3, How could this be? There’s ice in the bay And we’re feeling at sea. I sit in my basement Surrounded by lines And hikers with holes And “No Parking” fines

From all the small places I stopped by to sail There’s even a picture Of me in a jail!

D3, D3, What’s happening to me? I was once trim and fit, Now I’m “fleshy.”

I could hike out all day With my legs burning bright, I could sheet with each puff Give each wave a fight. Now typing is hard! And I huff and I puff. Almost right out of bed, My legs yell “enough.”

I’m big in the middle And skinny on ends What used to be straight Now…kinda’ bends… D3! D3! This is not right, People are skiing Not a tiller in sight.

There’s snow on the ground There’s snow in the air There’s snow on my boat!! God, this is not fair.

Finally drained from my ears, Are the lakes that I sail And gone are the zits I gained on my tail.

Gone are rips On my hiking pads Gone are the dumps Where I’m catching my ‘nads Gone are the ways, I’d find to come last, Gone are the winds That buckled my mast,

Gone are the things, That we learned to hate, I wish they’d come back, I’m not ready to skate! I’m not ready to bundle Not ready to freeze I’m not ready for ice, Give me some breeze!! Give me a wave, Give me a hike, Give me a start, Where are my Zhiks!

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Where are my Roosters!? Where are my Foghs!? Where are my Ronstans! Don’t hand me my brogues! I got to go sailing, I got to roll gybe, I got to stop wailing This isn’t my vibe.

I’m cool when I sailing, I’m hip in my sport, I’ll die if I can’t One more time yell out “port!”

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2nd Doug Bell, RVic/CYC 3rd Kristi van Gunst, CYC

4th David Cormack, NSC 5th Lesley Reichenfeld, CYC Laser

1st Geoff Abel, RVic 2nd Mark Lammens, BSSC/SSC

3rd Ian Elliott, RVic/CYC 4th Bob Britten, RVic 5th Reid Cannon, RVic

Or “get up!” or “room!” Or “What’s up with that?” Or, “In my new fleece, Do you think I look fat?”

District 4 Brigitte Smutny Winnipeg, Canada

District 5 Mark Lammens Saskatoon, Canada

District Championships saw 15 year old David Cormack first, and Master Sailors Ben Pickford and Bill Plaxton 2nd and 3rd. In a weird “unintended consequence”,

David was not allowed to sail a Laser at CYA Sail West, only Radial. Concern was that he would get sucked

The Wabamun Sailing Club ran another great regatta on and off the water, thank you. In the AB championships Laser- 1st Isaac Bussn, 2nd Nic Hamel and 3rd Mark Bugiak, Radial 1st Kate

Easton, 2nd Hannah Meers, and 3rd Lesley Reichenfeld. Good to see Hannah back in a race boat instead of a coach boat. In the SK Short Course Championships, 1st Corey Coons, 2nd Payton Byrns, and 3rd Mickey Pawlyshyn. 2004 Western Champion, Mickey’s pro hockey plans did not work out, he can still go fast…at least in breeze,…well upwind. Payton spent the summer with Engineers without Borders in Africa, he is skinny and trim. Sister Syd is off to Africa for 1-5 years, we will miss her. The Final Scores with the Dick Degner Summer Series, Radial 1st Syd Byrns, 39 pts., 2nd Tanys Byrns, 28 pts., 3rd Kristi van Gunst, 21 pts. and Lesley Reichenfeld,

21 pts. In the Laser, 1st Nicolas Hamel 47 pts., 2nd David Cormack 32 pts., 3rd Ilia Rudnitskiy, 30 pts. and a tie for 4th with the 2 Ian’s, Elliott and Hern at 29 pts.

Masters 1st Mark Lammens, 56 pts., 2nd Bill Plaxton 49 pts., 3rd Lewis Otereulo, 46 pts., and 4th Doug Bell,

through the ratchet block when the breeze is up, although he won races at the Districts when it was.

In Sail West, The Western Canadian Championships,

new activity in the 4.7- 1st Finn Griggs, GSC, 2nd Ellyn Waschuk, Winnipeg SC, 3rd Emma Williams, Vic Beach Radial

1st Sydney Byrns, BSSC/SSC

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District 6 Andy Hunt Vancouver, Canada

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club held it’s annual Fall Dinghy Championships on September 25 and 26. There were two courses, one near the yacht club in Cadboro Bay and the other further south nearer Oak Bay. The Lasers and Laser Radials raced on the course near Oak Bay. Winds were predominantly light on both days. There were 16 Standard Lasers and 11 Laser Radials. The Race Committee ran 4 races on Saturday and one of them (Race 3) was abandoned. There was one race on Sunday. The top five for the Standard Lasers were: Jacek Suski (GM), JSCA, 11.00; Ian Elliott (Open), RVicYC, 11.00; Phil Round (Open), RVicYC, 16.00; Sascha Smutny (Open), JSCA, 19.00; Reid Cannon (Youth), RVicYC, 21.00. The top Master sailor was Bob Britten and the top Great Grand Master was Doug Bell. The top three Radials were: Maura Dewey (Youth), RVicYC, 5.00; Chris Wilson (Youth), WVYC, 9.00; Matthew Turner (Youth), RVicYC, 15.00. The only non-youth sailor and top Master was Mike Cannon.

Ah, never mind, Spring comes soon enough, In fact there it is, I feel a small puff…

Happy Holidays! Although Manitoba is covered under ice and snow with temperatures of -20 C in the wintertime, the sailing community is keeping busy with organizing the Western Canadian Championships ‘CYA Sail West’. This premier event is the largest multi-class sailing regatta in Western Canada and is hosted by the Gimli YC from August 4-7, 2011. A two day training event called YOTS (Youth Olympic Training Seminar), will be hosted before the Championships. With an estimate of 160 competitors supported by 20 coaches and managers, the regatta will actually have more competitors than the Pan Am Games in 1999 at the Gimli YC. The sailing will take place on two separate race courses situated just off the Gimli Harbor with approximately 60-70 boats on each course. This regatta will also serve as the District 4 Laser Championships.

Because of you, we get to enjoy racing our boats. ML

40 pts. Newel sailors win both the Districts and the Dick Degner series.

2011, The 3 Laser classes have the Nationals at WSC, Districts in Newell at the Prairie Winds, and the SK Provincials/Western Masters at Battleford’s. Thank you to all of the hosts and Race Management volunteers.

There was one regatta in October and that was the Pumpkin Bowl. This regatta was hosted by the West Vancouver Yacht Club on October 16 and 17. The Radial Fleet out-numbered the Standard Fleet almost two (40) to one (18). Participation in the Radial Fleet was high-lighted by the participation of Olympic campaigners Lisa Ross, Erin Rafuse and Brenda Bowskill, all from Eastern Canada. The Race Committee ran 7 races over the two days for both fleets but the Radial Fleet had two races abandoned. The top five sailors in the Standard Fleet were: Ian Elliott, RVicYC, 13.00; David Berry, RVicYC, 14.00; Ben Scott, RVanYC, 18.0; Thomas Roehrl, RVanYC, 21.00; .Sascha Smutny, JSCA, 28.00. The top five sailors in the Radial Fleet were: Lisa Ross, RNSYC, 7.00; Luke Ramsay, RVanYC, 9.00; Joanna Moore, RVanYC, 18.00; Erin Rafuse, RNSYS, 19.00; Natalia Montemayor, RvanYC. There wee 5 Laser 4.7s participating in the Pumpkin Bowl Regatta. The sailors were: Rachel Spinelli, RVanYC, 6.00; Ben MacVicar, RVanYC, 19.00; Brendan Yates, WVYC, 19.00; Aidan Polglase, WVYC, 20.00; Paige Guscott, WVYC, 20.00. The Pumpkin Bowl was the last regatta of the BC Sailing Circuit. The other regattas were: Kitten Cup, Spring Dinghy Championships, Springtime Regatta, WAVES, Rocky Point Regatta and the Fall Dinghy Championships. The Kitten Cup and WAVES were held in Vancouver, The Spring and Fall Dinghy Championships were held in Victoria. The Rocky Point Regatta was held in Port Moody while the Springtime Regatta was held in Kelowna. There were a total of 61 Standard Lasers, 68 Laser Radials and 7 Laser 4.7s.First overall in the Standard Rigs was Ian Elliott, who sails out of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Ian had 87 points. Second overall was Ben Scott from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Ben had 71 points. Third and Fourth were Reid Cannon and David Berry, both of whom sail out of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Reid had 63 points as did David. Fifth overall was Thomas Roehrl from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Thomas had 61 poiints. First overall in the Radial Fleet was Maura Dewey who sails out of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Maura had 104 points. Second overall with 102 points was Natalia Montemayor who sails out of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Third overall was Cameron Ho with 101 points. Cameron sails out of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Chris Wilson, who sails out of the West Vancouver Yacht Club and is a member of the North Shore Sailing Team, was fourth with 96 points. Max Gallant, from the Royal Victoria Yacht Club was fifth overall with 90 points.

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There were 7 Laser 4.7 sailors competing on the Circuit. The top three sailors were all from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. The top three were: Ben MacVicar, 7.00; Rachel Spinelli, 5.00; Keagan Archer-Hastie, 3.00.

The only regatta that District 6 hosted in November was the Bluenose Regatta. This regatta is hosted by the Kitsilano Yacht Club and is held every year in early to mid November. This time it was on November 6 and 7. 15 Standard Lasers and 11 Laser Radials competed in the regatta. Winds were light and fluky both days and from the east. The race committee moved the course further west on the Sunday in the hope of more wind but unfortunately the wind did not materialize. There were three races on the first day and four races on the second day. The top five Standard Lasers were: Alexander Heinzemann, RVanYC, 20.00; Ricardo Montemayor, RVanYC, 22.00; Doug Honey, SSC, 29.00; Kyle Martin, RVanYC, 30.00; Ben Scott, RVanYC, 31.00. The top five Radials were: Isabella Bertold, RVanYC, 6.00; Natalia Montemayor, RVanYC, 13.00; Joanna Moore, RVanYC, 17.00; Alexander Kroitisch, RVanYC, 18.00; Alexander Fritz, RVanYC, 22.00. Doug Honey and Darren Redias were the only non-local sailors to show up for the regatta. Doug was the top Apprentice Sailor while Matthias Heinzemann was the top Master sailor and Peter Woytkowiak was the top Grand Master. Deirdre Webster was the only Master sailor in the Radial class and she is a Great Grand Master. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club and the Surrey Sailing Club are the only clubs that I know of that offer Frostbite sailing in District 6. For more information on the racing, please contact either Bob Britten (rbritten@gmail.com) or Darren Redies (darrenredies@gmail.com). Bob is the contact for the RVicYC and Darren is the contact for the SSC. Two local Laser sailors won awards at the recent BC Sailing Annual Planning Confrerence. Alexander Heinzemann won the Junior Male Sailor of the year. Yours truly, who sails out of the Jericho Sailing Centre, won the 2010 Volunteer of the Year. Here are some regattas for 2011.

Frozen Assets, RVicYC, February 12 and 13, sailing@rvyc.bc.ca; March Madness, RVanYC, March 12 and 13, sail_dir@royalvan.com; Flights of Spring Regatta, April TBD, athunt@vcn.bc.ca; Kitten Cup Regatta, April 30 and May 1, sail_dir@royalvan.com; Spring Dinghy Championships, RVicYC, sailing@rvyc.bc.ca; Springtime Regatta, COSA, May 21 and 22, sailhard@shaw.ca; Sockeye Cup, CLSC, May 29 and 30, chris_c@telus.net; Jericho Classic, JSCA, June 5 and 6, athunt@vcn.bc.ca.

District 7 Kim Ferguson Rhode Island

A World Championship “cube” (2.5” x 3” of clear lucite) of which I think Peter Seidenberg holds the largest number!

Who would have known that such a small little cube could mean so much? The higher the finish, the more chevrons on the cube and it’s my understanding that in the past, when one earned a cube that he/she would then be allowed to add the appropriate chevrons to their Laser sail. I think that

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the Laser Class should reinstate that tradition…what do you think?

On that note, congratulations to the three D7 sailors who brought home the coveted “cube” from the Laser Master Worlds. The Laser Master Worlds was held off of Hayling Island in the UK where the conditions were very windy for most of the time and when the breeze did let up, it went to super shifty. Waves and current were always a factor and with all of different variables at play, three came out on top of their respective fleets. Scott Ferguson dominated the Standard Master fleet of 100 competitors winning the gold fleet with a race to spare. Winning the Standard Master fleet for the second year in a row earned him a nomination for “Sailor of the Month” from Seahorse Magazine. Alden Shattuck took home 2nd in the Grand Master fleet and Peter Seidenberg also took home a 2nd place in the Great Grand Master fleet.

Peter Shope was dubbed “#1 Fat Boy” and winner of the “RI Triple Crown” after winning the Pete Milnes Regatta, the New England Masters and The Fat Boys. Peter was in the top 10 of the Standard Master’s fleet at the Worlds but just had one-too-many OCS’ to count. I’m thinking that he will be back in the hunt for a cube come August in San Francisco!

The 2010 Maine Laser Champion is Hank Thornburn of Harpswell, ME. Mike Gaffney of Georgetown, ME finished in second and Syd Sewall of Hallowell, ME was third. The championship was the best three out of four regattas. Thirty-four different sailors competed in the series including out-of-state guests Gary Orkney of Stonington, CT and Sally Sharp of Dartmouth, NH Finally, a big shout out goes to Luke Adams for his performance in the Standard division at the 2010 Cressy, also known as the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) Singlehanded Championship. After winning his district for the Healy Trophy Luke traveled to the St. Petersburg Yacht Club to compete for the National High School Singlehanded Championship bringing home 4th place.

Please put your emails on the email list for the blog (http://laserdistrict7.blogspot.com) to get the most upto-date stories and photos. Also, check the “Regatta NOR/Results” page on the D7 website for NOR and results!

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District 8 Ted Cremer Long Island, NY

Greetings Winter sailors and Happy Holidays!

Let me lead off and congratulate District 8’s own Lindsay Hewitt, 6th Place Great-Grand Master at the Laser World Championships at Hayling Island, England. Lindsay was the 2nd high scorer from the U.S, & got a bullet in Race seven! Nice job Lindsay!

For the 2nd year Sebago Canoe Club has held a Fall Race Series for Lasers and Sunfish. This year we opened the Series to sailors outside of the club. The Series spanned seven days. Participation was exceptional from within our club, with 26 sailors racing or serving as race committee, all from within our own membership! Generally, every club boat was in use each week. To qualify for scoring in the series, each sailor must attend three races, serving on the race committee for one of those days. On each of the seven race days, we run three to five individual races. What a series it was! We ran a total of 19 races over seven separate days (two whole days were called because of dangerous conditions). 26 individual sailors participated over the course of the series. We had a lot of interest this fall from among our sailors, and have signed up 4 new members since Labor Day. Many of our novice sailors sailed several races this fall, and have shown a marked improvement in their sailing. Close quarters racing is a wonderful skill builder! We’ll definitely continue this series in the Fall of 2011. Well done everyone! And from my friends at the Dinghy Shop Inc, Amityville NY

We went into this years fall program unsure what would happen. Would Sailors show up? Last year many of the sailors decided to “abandon ship” and pursue there Olympic sailboat dreams elsewhere. Since the inception of the Dinghy Shop we have always tried to encourage and build up the sport. So, what would happen in this years 3rd annual fall race event? The answer Laser sailors who aren’t in the LD8 mainstream came out and sailed. 14 sailors participated 2 as non competitors just out the to get a feel for the boat. James Falbusch survived a mast tube collapse He missed one weekend but with the support of the technician @ the Dinghy Shop repaired the boat and was back out. 3 of the Lasers from Narrasketuck YC Sailed over and joined in Frank Seckler, Alex Smith, and Tommy Sarant. Alex Smith sailed consistently and won the series. Although not recognized in the scores 13 year old Junior Stephen Gallo from Port Washington sailed double handed with Jim Koehler. He steered his way to victory in the first laser race he ever competed in. Lenny Pearson loved the event. Her kids were thrilled and sent us an e mail yes that’s my mom She’s how many years old??? and she still rocks! after a blowout “non sailing weekend” on week 5. 3 sailors closed out the season with some nice tight racing. Greg Stebbins, Jim Koehler and James Falbusch enjoyed the last fall day. It was fun to sail in and a pleasure to host! We’re encourage and excited to run more great Laser events in the future! Dinghy Shop Inc info@dinghyshop.com

Winter Frostbite Results Special Thanks from Marianne Nash and webmaster Bob Terry for the great reports from our fine friends up at Centre Island, NY.

Seawanhaka Winter Sailing - Marianne Nash, Chair

From our own Holly Sears at the Sebago Canoe Club, Brooklyn NY

As of December 5th, Seawanhaka has hosted 29 sailors and has completed some 33+ races. No surprise to anyone that LISOT’s own Ryan Schmitz and Colin Kennedy have been dominating along with the legendary Lindsay Hewitt! Geoffrey Loffredo is nipping at everyone’s heels followed closely by David Trinder and John McGrane, Bob Blamco and Bob Terry. Complete results below:

Happy Holidays! - Holly

Turkey Bowl Results - Thanksgiving Regatta at Seawanhaka

Fall Series reports:

We had a great series and have had several new Laser sailors join our club who are interested in attending Laser 8 regattas (one sailor who was Frostbiting at Cedar Point). We hope/plan to hold another regatta this coming Spring again. Here’s a report about our series.

Fall Series top 3 Standings at of 12/5/10 Ryan Schmitz Lindsay Hewitt Colin Kennedy

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It was another excellent day of sailing. Light winds but more than enough to get in 6 full races with the Lasers. Many of the young sailors were absent so the old(er) guys had a chance to shine...

The proud recipients of a chocolate turkey were:

Lasers: 1st - Geoff Loffredo who blew the rest of us away with 14 points 2nd - David Trinder (21) 3rd - Robbie Taylor (24) 4th - John McGrane (25) 5th - Mark Brown (33)

Look forward to seeing folks on the water this spring and I hope all had a great holiday!

District 9 Chas Williamson Ithaca, NY

I am writing from Copenhagen, Denmark (as opposed to the town in New York state !) - yes, it is the one across the Atlantic! I flew in this afternoon, after two days of no sleep at the end of Cornell semester and exams, in order to work with some colleagues at Danish Tech University and to be a jury member - not for Rule 42 but for a PhD (which some call “Party hard Dude”, but we are expecting more than that on Thursday!) I can attest to the fact that although I am staying in a centre of sailing in Denmark, the coastal town of Hellerup, there is no sailing right now - it is 22 degrees F. It is a home from home (Ithaca, NY). This is the town in which Paul and daughter Trine Elvstrom live - who sailed Tornadoes together in 1984 Long Beach Olympics. Seriously, everyone knows who they are here in Denmark; Paul is a national hero (winning four consecutive sailing Gold medals) as are many of the Danish Olympic sailors. The person in the street in Denmark knows much more about sailing it seems, than we are used to in the US.

So let us focus now on New York State Laser sailing! Again this year, we did not hold the Empire State Games regatta - owing to the lack of a club able to host it in Buffalo - and this was because it clashed with huge big boat regattas (Levels) run on the same week by the relevant clubs. And now we have just heard that our ESG regatta for 2011 will also not occur, because the whole event for all the sports has been called off. Owing to the credit crunch, the State decided not to hold the Games, thinking that it was too much money, although it could actually make money if they played it properly. I feel sure that this event will ultimately come back online, but for now we wait to see if the Games for New York state will be reinstated for 2011, and there is some commotion to make this happen. If it does come back for 2011, it will however be a somewhat different event, with more competitors, and over a 2-day weekend, in keeping with other championships such as the District Championships. Oddly enough, it will be “Masters” event even though teenagers (minimum age of 18 set by State) will be sailing - the organisers at HQ Albany are doing some strange things. Finally, on another local sailing note, it was another BIG RED BANNER year for the Cornell University, who now have a sailing Coach to add to their new Merrill Sailing Center, namely Brian Clancy (Welcome!), a graduate of Scott Ikle’s incredible coaching at Hobart William Smith, on the neighbouring Lake Seneca. Some of this College activity is feeding into District 9 Laser sailing, and into Youth Sailing.

In the next report before the ice retreats, I will include details of the District championships, and the regattas at Rochester Junior Olympics, Seneca YC, the Willowbank YC Deathroll regatta. More next time. Best wishes Sailors, and stay warm !!

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District 10 Eric Reitinger New Jersey

The fall season was a great transition time from the summer. There were a few regattas just as school started and then gave people a chance to get back to business with school and such. SCYC hosted their annual regatta the weekend after Labor Day. 2 fulls and 4 radials raced over 2 days. Full rigs finish order: 1st Alex Kearney (Riverton YC) and 2nd Nick Pro (Riverton YC). Radials finish order: 1st Kayla Ellis (Brant Beach YC), 2nd Joe

Slaweck (Riverton YC), 3rd Anthony Pacheco (Surf City YC) and 4th Tristan Bacha (Surf City YC).

Brant Beach hosted their fall series over 3 weekends in September and October. The first weekend there were 9 full rigs racing, second weekend had only 2 and then there was no racing on the 3rd due to too

much wind. Eric Reitinger (Brant Beach YC) was first, Mike Hecky (Riverton YC) was second and John Keating (Brigantine YC) third. There were 2 radials over the series with Jack Swikart (Shrewsbury Sailing YC) first and Eric Dunn (Ocean City YC) second.

Brant Beach hosted the Cressy qualifiers for high school sailing. A record turnout showed up with 12 full rigs and 47 radials. Even better was that they raced all day with 12 races for the fulls and 11 races for the radials. It was great to see so many high school sailors show up for the one day event. Jack Swikart went to the finals, finishing 3rd. Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May hosted the District 10s for the first time in recent memory. The regatta drew a lot of people from outside the district as well as the district, with the biggest selling point being the ocean sailing (26 fulls and 24 radials). The first day the forecast called for lots of wind but after we sailed out through the inlet, we saw it wasn’t true. We only saw maybe 5mph until 11am or so. The wind locked in and built to a nice 8-12mph. We sailed 4 races out in the ocean with the nice rollers which brought some surfing conditions. Sunday we arrived to a chance of rain all day and wind. After some discussion the RC decided to stay in the bay due to the possibility of thunderstorms and the tide in the inlet. While the racers were disappointed, we made the best of it in the bay. 3 races were held in puffy conditions as well as some waves. There was one close call when a yacht decided to motor through the course causing a minor issue with a few boats but everyone was safe. Rain and some thunder made its way around us when we finished up sailing. Big thanks go out to the yacht club and Regatta Chair Mark Penny for running a great regatta. Top 5 fulls: 1st Ryan Bailey (Island Heights YC), 2nd Billy Martin (Riverton YC), 3rd Joe Lepis (Lavalette YC) 4th Dylan Finneran (Gilford Park YC), 5th Joe Paggi (Island Heights YC/Ocean Gate YC)

Top 5 radials: 1st Jack Swikart (SSYC), 2nd Victor Thuroe (Keterinde Sailing Club), 3rd Gary Prieto (Old Cove YC), 4th Ryan Schmitz (Port Washington YC, LISOT), 5th Andrew Puopolo (Marsh Creek SC)

Marsh Creek SC had their fall regatta the first Saturday in October with a good turnout. The one day regatta had 11 boats with Jim Knab (Cooper River YC) first, Rick Landell (Cooper River YC) second and Dave Fennimore (Marsh Creek SC) 3rd.

Monmouth had their fall regatta the weekend after Marsh Creek. It was a great day on the water Saturday. We had a good turnout of 15 sailors. Thanks to Shrewsbury for bringing over 4 sailors which matched MBC. Some real good sailors came up from Barnegat Bay and LBI. Thanks guys.

After a long first race with light wind, things picked up and the race committee did an excellent job. A lot of hard work by the chase boat crew of Les Hathaway and Priscilla Gettis who had to change the course between every race. There was a lot of close racing and some big shifts that paid off. Dave Magno won the whole thing with some very consistent finished and by remember the course. Kayla Ellis was the first Radial and junior. She had a 4 in the last race boat for boat with everyone. Thanks to PRO Dale Barney, Dale Barney Sr. and Leslie Olving for doing race committee. Also, big thanks to Larry and Eileen Nociolo for helping with registration and breakfast.

Cooper River was the last regatta of the fall and a lead into their frostbite series. 14 boats raced with John MacCausland (Cooper River YC) winning all 7 races, Mark Oberg (Cooper River YC) second and Jim Knab (Cooper River YC) third. And now we move into frostbite season. There were/are three series going throughout the fall/winter. Marsh Creek hosted their first series on Saturdays . They only had 5 boats each day but it’s a great start and a good alternative to Sunday racing. Monmouth races every Sunday until the river freezes and then starts up with the river thaws. Racing is always crazy, turnouts get better all the time and we are fortunate to have videos from most race days. Cooper River hosts their frostbite series in November only. The racing runs every Sunday including Thanksgiving. The first race day was probably the best breeze we had and the rest offered up super shifty and puffy conditions, testing the patience of the sailors. This had to be the best turnout in recent record with 28 different full rigs and 8 radials over the entire series. There were only 4 race days since someone opened up the dam, lowering the water level to unsailable conditions on Thanksgiving (see photo, water should be up hear those bumpers). We also had our first snow of the season on Thanksgiving as well. John MacCausland won the series in the full rigs with Eric Reitinger second, Jim Irwin (Riverton YC) third, Nick Von der Wense (SSA) fourth and Mike Hecky fifth. In the Radials, Kayla Ellis defended her title in the radials, Mark Hourihan (Cooper River YC) was second and Joan Boyle (Drexel Sailing Club) third.

Laser District 11 MD, VA, DE, DC, WV Jon Deutsch http://laserdistrict11.org

Frostbite sailing is well underway this weekend with a record number of clubs sponsoring frostbite races. Severn Sailing Association, Potomac River Sailing Association, North East River Yacht Club Laser Fleet and Corsica River Yacht Club all have racing most weekends. A few other clubs also have some frostbite events planned as well.

Our 2011 Schedule has been completed and can be seen on our website. Big thanks to all of our fleet captains for getting this ironed out by mid-November. They also did a great job working together to work out some scheduling conflicts to give us more weekends of sailing. Check it out at http://laserdistrict11.org/events/ The 2011 District 11 Championship will be held at Fishing Bay Yacht club on May 14-15 with starts for Standard and Radial rigs. This event will also serve as the US Sailing Singlehanded Championship Area C Elimination with the top sailor from our area qualifying to sail in the US Sailing Singlehanded Championship. If you’ve never sailed at FBYC or are too young to sail in their masters regatta, this is a great chance to sail at club with some of the best facilities and sailing areas on the bay. Keep an eye on the website for a NOR and

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information and add things like pictures (send us some!). The new platform will allow for a lot more cool features in the future. We’ve also got an updated email list. If you are not getting our weekly email with all the news from around district 11 visit http://laserdistrict11.org/email/ to sign up.

more details as this event nears.

Potomac River Sailing Association elected a new fleet captain this fall. Scott Synder has done a great job over the past few years and is handing over the tiller to Erich Hesse. Erich has been sailing with the Laser fleet for the past five years mainly for frostbite sailing and has helped out with training and scoring. Welcome Erich! Covering some results since our last update:

Labor Day weekend 37 Standards and Radials were in Virginia Beach for a two-day clinic put on by David Tunnicliffe with coaching by Anna Tunnicliffe, Brad Funk, Erika Reineke and Charles Higgins. This was followed by a one-day regatta on Monday. Mixed in were some BBQ, Yoga live music and a hurricane threat. Keep an eye on http://www.sailvirginiabeach.com/ next spring for more regattas and clinic opportunities in VA Beach.

31 Laser sailors competed in the Crab Claw Regatta at Severn Sailing Association at the end of September. With 11 entries in the radial class, this was a very competitive regatta for both fleets. Congratulations to Brady White and Aaron Gerratt for winning the Standard and Radial fleets repectively. Ali Meller and Bob Tan followed up as 2nd and 3rd Standard rig while

Harrison Hawk and Matthew Shofield were 2nd and 3rd Radials. Wins in the Crab Claw Regatta propelled both Brady White and Aaron Gerratt to be Severn Sailing Association fleet champions in the standard and radial fleets. Both competed in SSA’s spring, summer and fall series and had pretty dominating results in some tough fleets. Congrats!

The Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship at Fishing Bay Yacht Club in mid-October brought more wind to the 43-boat fleet than most had bargained for. The 30+ knot gusts in the first race made it survival conditions for most of the fleet and everyone rested on shore until a new course could be set in more protected waters closer to the club for races 2-4. Saturday night featured another legendary Alain Vincey feast of Pork Shanks. Sunday’s racing was a little less eventful with sun and 8-14 out of the south west.

John Bertrand (AYC) was the overall champion and Masters Division champion with just 21 points. Peter Seidenberg (SN) overcame a few point deficit on Saturday to edge ahead of James Jacob (FBYC) to take 2nd overall and 1st Great Grand Master. James finished 3rd overall and 2nd Master. David Frazier (Frostbite YC) was the first Grand Master while Jeff Moore (SMSA) was first Apprentice Master. Karen Long (SSA) was first woman. Next year’s Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship at FBYC will be held on October 15-16.

Finally, we’ve made some upgrades to our website and email list. The website mostly looks the same but is using some newer technology to make it easier to post

District 19 Ken Swetka MIchigan

In Michigan we had a great Fall of Laser sailing. As you can see from the results there were a lot of sailors attending these Fall events! It is also very nice that so many people submitted stories for the regattas. It makes this District Secretary’s job a lot easier. At Crescent we were frostbiting into December. There was some late season sailing happening at Gull Lake too. You’ve got to do whatever you can to reduce the “downtime” of Winter. Sep 18 Grand Traverse Yacht Club Fall Regatta Traverse City - Story submitted by Tom Babel

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Sep 25 No Sweat - Portage Yacht Club (near Ann Arbor) Photos at www.mspyc.com/sailing/results/2010_racing/ns/regatta_results_n osweat_10.shtml 1- Pearson, Craig- Barton Boat 2- McCormick, Dillon- White Lake 3- Messerschmidt, Olav- Lansing Sail 4- Mc Cormick, Dan- White Lake 5- Moody, Michael 6- Hutton, Tom- Lansing Sail 7- Sundstrum, Jim- Portage 8- Wiseman, Steve- Portage 9- Hopkins, Ken 10- Hartlep, Jeff- Portage 11- Harrod, Kelli- Berlin 12- Toth, Roy- Portage 13- Hopkins, Julia 14- Ruppen, Christopher- Berlin 15- Hopkins, Andrew 16- Williams, Dave- Portage Oct 2 Frosty Mug Regatta - Irish Laser Fleet, Little Traverse Bay, Harbor Springs – Story submitted by Tom Trautman

The 2010 LASER Fall Regatta was held on Saturday September 18, at the Grand Traverse Yacht Club. A total of nineteen boats sailed in this, the second leg of the Babel Cup. Racers were treated to a variety of conditions. PRO Eric Lind started the first race in a shifty 1215 Kt Northwest breeze which would eventually die by race #5. Ken Swetka (Crescent Sail Yacht Club) came out firing on all cylinders and basically put on a Laser Clinic for the fleet. Most impressive was his down-wind tactics and speed. Congrats to Ken on some great sailing and the overall victory with 8 pts. Mark Lyons (GTYC) and Tom Babel (GTYC) were 2nd and 3rd with 15 and 18 pts respectively.

Top junior was Pete Kirby-Miller (Glen Lake) in 8th place overall with Abigale Skibowski (TACS/GTYC) the top female in 9th.

The 2010 BABEL CUP was also decided by total accumulation of points for the spring and fall regattas.

PETE COMFORT (TACS/Torch Lake) took the cup by winning the spring regatta with 12 pts, added to 22 pts in the fall, for a total of 34 pts. Jamie Stuursma was a close second with a total of 36 points.

Special thanks to PRO Eric Lind, Mark Boat Bob Clark and crash boat Jim Sorbie. At the conclusion of sailing, the fleet was treated to refreshments and Hot Dogs from WARES FROSTY TREAT. 1- 1628- Ken Swetka- Crescent Sail YC 2- 8890- Mark Lyon- GTYC 3- 4040- Tom Babel- GTYC 4- 11- Pete Comfort- TACS/Torch Lake 5- 1661- Jamie Stuursma- GTYC 6- 8863- Bill Babel- GTYC 7- 8712- Steve Wiseman- PYC 8- 5455- Pete Kirby-Miller- Glen Lake YC 9- 3- Abigail Skibowski- TACS/GTYC 10- 4552- Micah Appel- TACS 11- 9847- Jim Babel- Gull Lake YC 12- 1835- David Myers- TACS 13- 7- Josh Wheaton- TACS 14- 8988- Patrick Gerber- GTYC 15- 2- Ryan Clulo- TACS 16- 1- Anders Lu- TACS 17- 5984- Finley Clark- TACS/GTYC 18- 1247- Ryan Geiser- TACS/GTYC

For those of you who attended the 2010 Frosty Mug Laser Race on Saturday October 2nd, thank you for sailing and you know the results. For those of you who weren’t here, mark your calendar for next year’s 5th Annual Event, Saturday October 1, 2011 (always the first Saturday in October). Results and photos are also posted on the Irish Boat Shop Facebook ...

Temperatures were “Frosty” with north, north east winds around 8 to 10 knots. We had 9 boats compete this year, sailed 6 races and allowed 1 throw-out. We ran a combination of windward/leeward and triangle courses. Tom Babel, sailing out of Traverse City, posted 5 bullets to take home the 1st place Frosty Mug trophy. 2nd place went to Peter Polgar from Grosse Pointe Shores and the 3rd place mug was won by Harbor Springs own Kevin Meier.

Irish Boat Shop will once again be hosting the Irish Summer Series Laser Racing starting next July. We race Thursday evenings and some Saturday afternoons here on Little Traverse Bay, please join us if you’re in the area. Tom Babel Peter Polgar Kevin Meier Tom Trautman Henry Pfeifer Jim Axelson George Peet Blair Listwan Doug Boyer Oct 3 UMSC Fall Regatta - Baseline Lake, Ann Arbor - Story submitted by Paul Townsend It was a cold day for laser racing on Base Lake so the racers took pity on the PRO. Rather than make him sit in the RC boat he grabbed a laser, found some gear, and

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joined us in 3 hours of rabbit starts. We had 8 boats and all had a great time before coming in for a hot lunch and warming by the wood stove. Oct 16 Pumpkin Head Regatta – Grand Rapids Yacht Club – Story submitted by Jason Lovell

We had a great turnout for our 2010 Pumpkin Head regatta. We had a total of 34 sailors from around the region on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon. The winner of the regatta was Craig Pearson with Sean Fiddler coming in 2nd and Tom Bable coming in 3rd. Our Top Master was Tom Bable, our Top Jr was Ethan Battani, and our top female was Mary Vorel.

Place- Skipper- Class- Yacht Club 1- Pearson, Craig- open- GR 2- Fiddler, Sean- open 3- Babel, Tom- master 4- Coberly, Chad- open- Gull Lake 5- Miller, Curt- master- GR 6- Babel, Bill- open- Gr 7- Battani, Ethan- Jr- GR 8- Vorel, Mary- women- GR 9- Wynsma, Eric- open- GR 10- McCormick, Dan- open- GR 11- Currier, Bpb- Master- WLYC 12- Todd, Dell- open- GR 13- McCormick, Dillon- open- GR 14- Jones, Steve- open- GR 15- Zita, Jeff- Jr 16- Kremer, Isaac- Jr- GR 17- Heywood, Matt- master- wolf lake 19- Griswold,ken- master- muskegon 18- Scott, Aaron- open- GR 20- Lovell, Jason- open- GR 21- Madden, Michael- Jr- GR 22- Chappell, Danny- Jr- GR 23- Schaafsma, Cherie- women- GR 24- Ulbrich, Eric- open- Gull Lake 25- Stiefel, Jack- master- Lake George 26- Todd, Amy- women- GR 27- Lauten, Andy- jr- GR 28- Malamet, Ben- Jr- GR 29- Currier, Sam- Jr- WLYC 30- Golladay, Matthew- Jr- GR 31- Wynsma, Kathy- women- GR 32- Grabowski, Audrey- Jr- GR33- Smith, Jeff- open- Lake George 34- Grabowski, Dan Nov 26 -> 28 Black Friday Regatta - Mid-Michigan Laser Fleet – Story submitted by Matt Princing (mdprincing.wordpress.com)

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sail here on Tuesday evenings.

As in years past we had sailors from different corners of our great state. We had representation from Metro Detroit, Frankenmuth, Tawas, Kawkawlin, and of course Saginaw. Friday we had a few more who wanted to sail from Grand Rapids and Gull Lake. Haithco Lake has a certain appeal in late November, it’s not too big and it’s conveniently located for an event like this. The conditions were picture perfect. Sunny with a light breeze blowing from the south. The water temperature was chilly but everyone stayed on their boats this year.

We had an actual committee boat this year. They were responsible for setting the courses and manning the starting signals. The little row boat worked out well, thanks to Tom Hernick and Jon Banner for handling this duty. They are members of the local fleet who normally participate in this event.

The first race started a little after 1pm and we were off the water around 3:30pm. 6 races were completed and a windward/leeward race course was used with 4 legs each. The top three boats were always in the hunt and traded wins between them. In the end it was Tom LaBelle from Crescent Sail Yacht Club( www.crescentsail.com) who took the top spot, followed by Ken Swetka from Crescent Sail Yacht Club and third was Bill Coberly from Tawas Bay Yacht Club(www.tbyc.net). After sailing it was time to wrap the boats back up. Most were going to be put in the garage for a long winters nap, a few might be heading south for some winter sailing.

After the awards and the see you laters we hooked up our trailers to go home. The last picture is the start of a beautiful sunset we were blessed with. Black Friday 2011 is on the schedule.

Final standings: Tom Labelle Ken Swetka Bill Coberly Matt Princing Sue Alexander Terry Hart2011 Schedule – Districts will be at Crescent Sail Yacht Club on June 11-12. All of the other events for 2011 should be on similar dates as 2010. Check the website www.d19laser.com for more updates.

That’s it for now from D19!

District 20 Steve Dolan Wisconsin Blue skies, lots of sun and warm temperatures hovering around 39 degrees welcomed our sailors at this year’s annual Black Friday Regatta. This event was rescheduled for Sunday after Friday’s weather conditions were not favorable and safety was a concern. A last minute email and posting on the Michigan Laser District website (www.d19laser.com) and we were ready to go.

Haithco Lake was the location again this year. Haithco Lake is a 40 acre man made lake. It is located in the area around the I-675 and Tittabawasee Rd. intersection…convenient to Saginaw Township’s shopping districts for those who wanted to drop their loved ones off to shop while they sailed. Haithco Lake is also the unofficial home to the Mid Michigan Laser Fleet which played host for this event and through-out the summer

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It’s a wrap, the winter hibernation has begun. Boat is wrapped in its covers, drain plug has been removed and it now lies suspended from my garage ceiling for the long wait until spring. Fall frostbiting concluded on Pewaukee Lake and Belmont harbor two weeks ago with a handful of diehards at each venue enjoying the Indian summer like conditions that extend well into November. Today though, with snowflakes in the forecast, we all must accept the conclusion of another racing season and embrace our off season activities. Stay fit and get out and enjoy the hard water, ice rink or ski trails. We soon will be sailing again. For those with the where with all, I will look for D20 names at the Orange Bowl, Midwinter’s and Masters Midwinter’s Madness. Over the next several months I will be contacting each Fleet captain as I prepare the 2011 D20 regatta Grid. I have heard your concerns regarding conflicts with D19 and D21 events limiting turnout. I will work the secre-

taries from our neighboring districts to try and coordinate events wherever possible. Flexibility in scheduling our perennial events will help. A real concern for which I ask everyone to consider is that it appears that we have lost the youth, young adult presence at our District events over the past year. May I task each one of us to reflect upon this during the off season and send me your thoughts and plans on how we may reverse this trend in 2011. Also, we have lost a few events for 2011 due to poor turnout in 2010 so please work with your fleets to consider ways of improving participation next season.

That’s for now. Take care and see you next spring.

District 24 David LaPier NorCal

A faint buzz is growing among Laser sailors here as the realization sinks in that that San Francisco Bay will be the site of the 2011 Laser 4.7 and Laser Master World Championships. People are talking about plans and preparation. Chris Boome and a contingent of Masters are heading for Mexico, while 4.7 sailor Kyle Larson is going off to the Orange Bowl. Meanwhile, I am consulting Tarot cards to choose between Radial and Full Rig. (Will I get thinner? Will I get stronger?) Master Mark Halman and Junior Joe Carter are more practical than I am. They are getting ready at Richmond Yacht Club with combined youth and adult Laser training sessions on Sundays through the winter. Big Dinghy Regatta

This September event attracted a good crowd of Radials and Full Rigs to race on the bay just north of the Berkeley Circle. It stayed relatively light, with slow oscillations between the competing sea breeze and northerly gradient. Rick Leland was smart and fast in the first race, finishing 1st by a mile. Then Jon Andron

turned it on and won the next two races. Conditions were similar Sunday. But Mark Halman, who had taken Saturday off, was on the scene, winning for the day with a 1, 4, and 1. Jon won the other race on Sunday. But two bad finishes allowed David LaPier to sneak in and win the regatta by one point without winning a race. Kyle Larson was the first Radial sailing in the combined fleet. Calum Finlyson was the first 4.7. Results: 1) David LaPier, 2) Jon Andron, 3) Roger Herbst, 4) Mike Bishop, 5) Brian Vanderspek. (20 Boats) St Francis Fall Dinghy Regatta

Our season ends where it begins – on the City Front. This year, a crossing front brought southerly winds and rain squalls that limited racing to Saturday only. Current often plays a strategic role when racing near the Golden Gate; this day was especially interesting with the strong current perpendicular to the wind direction. While lining up before the first start, Tracy Usher said to me in his usual way, “this is going to be tricky.” It was very easy to overstand the starboard tack layline by hundreds of yards; there was an interesting persistent shift brought on by differences in the current strength as one neared shore, and big isolated southerly puffs turned the fleet on its head several times. In the lighter spots 4.7’s were barely able to “make-beach” against the tide. It was rainy and cold, with long delays between races with drifting marks and delays for ship crossings. Hiking sticks were banging on decks to move things along, or at least warm things up. Later on shore, Mike Bishop concurred that it was not a day “to base one’s self-worth on ones results.” Despite the terrible weather, we had a great turnout. Results: Standards: 1) Steve Bourdow, 2) Charlie

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Buckingham, 3) Peter Phelan, 4) Drake Jensen, 5) Chris Boome (21 Boats)

Radials: 1) Christine Nevelle, 2) Kaitlyn Baab, 3) J-B Duler, 4) David Wylie, 5) Christie Usher (7 Boats)

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District 25 Jorge Suarez SoCal

The Laser is the best racing sail boat in the World! Now that we are all in agreement and have your attention, I am Jorge Suarez and I am the new District 25 secretary! First, I would like to thank Nils Andersson for his leadership of District 25 for more than 10 years and, of course, for asking me to be his replacement! It’s amazing how convincing one can be in between races! Thank you Nils! And on to business:

Anyone who has sailed in District 25 knows that there is racing all through the year from Santa Barbara to San Diego. One of the biggest Laser events this fall was Alamitos Bay Yacht Club’s Turkey Day Regatta. Many sailors feared a light air regatta, I was one of them, but the racing was held in stiff 15 knot + wind and decreasing temperatures! See Steve Smith’s report of this event in this issue! (Only days later, there were sunbathers on the beach in Long Beach, in December! But I say that only in passing!)

There is a lot of racing coming in 2011 to District 25 too! There are two ISAF Grade 2 events in the district with Midwinters West in March and the U.S. Championships in August, both events at California Yacht Club (www.calyachtclub.com) in Marina Del Rey CA. Although not in D25, the Masters and 4.7 Worlds will be at St. Francis Yacht Club ( www.stfyc.com ) in San Francisco in August too! I urge all the Masters and 4.7ers to start training now and show up to what I am expecting to be an unforgettable event! As one D25 sailor put it, “we will be talking about it for decades”! February, March, and April are filled with more events all up and down the California coast! Your best place to start is at to the following websites: Mission Bay Yacht Club (www.mbyc.org), Alamitos Bay Yacht Club ( www.abyc.org ), and Santa Barbara Yacht Club ( www.sbyc.org ). Please send any comments, ideas, suggestions, or the solution to partial differential equations to jorgesuarez0@yahoo.com. More in due course……

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District 13 Championships ANTOLIN RIVERA, SAM CHAPIN Over the weekend of December 11 and 12 of

2010, Lake Eustis Sailing Club hosted the much

anticipated Laser District 13 Championship. Our gratitude to their spirit and kindness as they

(members, volunteers, race committee, etc.) saw to all of our needs on and off the water.

Sixty Florida sailors competed in the laser

District 13 Championship (all of Florida ) held at

the Lake Eustis Sailing Club. Their ages ranged from 13 to 83 years.

With extremely light wind on Saturday and a

Lake wind advisory in effect on Sunday, the conditions for racing were all about extremes. The

races on Saturday tried patience and calm as all

the Laser fleets had to contend with fickle light wind. On Sunday the conditions were on the

other side of the wind spectrum with unabated

winds of 25 knots and gusting. Sunday so many

Eric Lawrence of Palm City was the first youth

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DIYC’s Conner Blouin from Tampa, won the

capsizes over the two completed races. As a

North West, the r/c smartly abandoned racing for the day.

The Davis Island YC was well represented as 18 year old Michael Zonnenberg of DIYC man-

aged both conditions to win the overall standard

rig group. Michael is the grandson of local sailor Martin Zonnenberg. Luke Lawrence of Palm

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2010 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Turkey Day Regatta

STEVEN SMITH

For Lasers and Laser Radials the 2010 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) Long Beach CA Turkey Day Regatta was contested in, what we here in Southern California would consider, “frostbite” conditions. Those would be air temperatures in the very low 60’s and force four and five winds with accompanying seas. Despite arriving racers facing leaden overcast skies, wind, rain and a forecast of more of the same, our turn-out of Lasers (22) was the same as 2009 and only six fewer Radials (33) than last year. In addition to this being the biggest event on the ABYC race calendar, the trophies for winners are turkeys (uncooked) and pies for crews and other finishers.

With Turkey Day attracting 228 boats in 19 classes, races were contested on three separate courses with Lasers and Radials set to race in the ocean outside the Long Beach Harbor breakwater just south of Seal Beach. For anyone who raced in the 2010 Laser Masters North American Championship, it was the same location. Expecting our Race Committee boat to be in this area, the fleet sailed out into a wicked wind and current induced sea-state in force-four winds and occasional rain showers. Many soon realized our committee boat had moved northwest to an area inside the breakwater and set our race course there. We learned later this was done as a safety precaution to our race committee, as the aforementioned sea-state and the rolling of our trusted RC boat, made it impossible for our race committee members to stand on the committee boat fly-bridge and conduct the races. No matter, as conditions even inside the breakwater were still challenging. Though the waves were smaller, the breeze was “on”, light to moderate rain showers passed throughout the day and we encountered much more kelp than we usually see in these waters making frequent centerboard and rudder checks mandatory.

In our first race, Radials followed Lasers on a once around windward-leeward course. Followed is the right word as all but two Lasers and all Radials sailed to and around the wrong windward mark. This resulted in all but two Lasers (Vann Wilson and John Staff) being either DSQ or RAF in the first race. Since all Radials did the same thing, no one did or could protest,

so results stood for race one.

Race two was a repeat of race one but with everyone sailing the right course, while the last race of the day was twice around the windward leeward course. After three races John Staff from California YC was in first place. Despite missing race two due to a balky tiller extension hook-up, sailing the correct course in race one and placing first in race three, ABYC’s Vann Wilson was in second. With everyone else being able to drop their race one result, the standings at the end of day two were to be anyone’s guess. In the Radial fleet, Matthew Morris from San Diego YC and Kieran Chung –member of the 2011 US SAILING Development Team- from Newport Harbor YC, traded first and second place all day placing Kieran in first by a nose.

After a cold wet day on the water, sailors were happy to consume a Saturday night Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings included in their entry fee. Those added calories would be welcome for day two.

to the fore as Vann Wilson clinched the regatta on Sunday with two bullets and a fourth, followed by younger racers; Olin Paine from Mission Bay YC (MBYC), Michael Bradley from Long Beach YC and another Laser Master, Dave Leuck also from MBYC. John Staff from California YC rounded out the top five.

In the Radial fleet, Matthew Morris and Kieran Chung traded first and second places for the last three races, however, Kieran wound up on the losing end of a protest in race three. Despite Kieran using that result as a throw out, Matthew won the tiebreaker. Following Kieran in third was Stephen Long from Santa Barbara YC, with Chris Vilicich and Annie Rossi from Cabrillo Beach YC rounding out the top five.

Despite challenging weather conditions and big crowds, Turkey Day was an unqualified success for the Laser and Radial fleets! Our thanks go out to the race organizers, all the volunteers and ABYC staff for a wonderful weekend!

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Season Planning 2011 – Four Steps to Achieve Success EVAN LEWIS H.B.Kin., CSCS

It’s almost that time of year again! The holidays have passed, we are in the dead of winter, and the 2011 regatta schedule is upon us. This is a great time to sit down with your friends, teammates and or family to start picking and planning for the regattas you want to attend this year. Depending on where you live, it is possible to race every weekend from Easter until Thanksgiving (Canadian or American). While this may sound like a blast now you risk becoming burnt out and broke by mid July. To make the most out of your upcoming season it is essential to develop a yearly plan to help guide you from now until the off-season. The following is four steps to help you plan your season to maximize your time on-water and help you achieve success this year.

Step 1 – Set Goals

Goal setting will provide you with the framework for your yearly plan. There are two major types of goals that need to be considered when planning, (1) process or training goals, and (2) performance goals. Process goals typically involve improving specific aspects of your sailing (e.g. improve my boat end starts, improve downwind in waves etc.), while performance goals set specific goals about your performance at a regatta (e.g. top 25 at the NAs, win my District Championships). While training goals evolve with time on-water, performance goals are set for your most important regatta of the season, or your ‘peak regatta’ and help guide your season planning.

Step 2 – Allocate Your Time Wisely

While most sailors have only a limited amount of sailing time because of other commitments (family, work, school etc.) it is easy to spend your entire time onwater racing. By only racing you will not be able to achieve your process goals that were identified in Step 1, which are necessary to improve your overall sailing and to ultimately achieve your performance goal. Therefore, when planning your season you need to build in specific training periods. The beginning of the sailing season is ideal to load up on on-water training

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time to achieve process goals and develop a solid training base for later in the season; however, training time should not stop once the weather warms up and the racing season gets into full swing. It is important to schedule training throughout your season so you can keep improving and addressing development areas in preparation for your peak regatta. Many top level sailors have a training to racing ratio of 70 : 30 to constantly improve their sailing skills. While this may not be realistic for you it is important to consider what your ratio is to ensure adequate training time. Three easy ways to increase or improve your training time are: (1) Find a training partner or develop a training group to meet on regular days, (2) attend a training camp at a destination venue or organize one locally, and (3) use club racing as training time to focus on specific skills (e.g. tonight I will focus accelerating off the line, I will tack at least seven times per leg focusing on not over flattening).

Step 3 – Use Regattas to Your Advantage

After several weeks of training you are going to be itching to go to a regatta and test out the skills you have practiced. Before you register for an event it is important to ask yourself “why am I racing this regatta? And how will this event help me achieve my goals for 2011?” Not every regatta you attend should be about racing for results. Regattas on your schedule should be ranked as follows: Training Regatta, Preparation Regatta or Performance Regatta. Training Regattas are events in your local areas that are ideal for practicing specific skills from training in a race setting. Here you can perform skills or maneuvers and make mistakes without being concerned about placing and easily gauge your success. It is important to remind yourself before every start what you want to focus on in each race and pay extra attention to that specific aspect of your sailing because it is very easy to get caught up in racing and become distracted from your training goal. Preparation Regattas are semi important regattas that you schedule up to three weeks prior to your peak event. This allows you to practice performing in race mode all the way around the course. During these events you can practice your racing routines and reflect on any areas that need to

be practiced prior to your peak event. Also, this event is a great time to test your race day nutrition (pre-race, between race and recovery). Your Performance Regatta (peak regatta) is your time to shine! This is the event that you have been working towards all season. All your training is done and now it is time to execute the skills you have been practicing and most importantly have fun! Focus on one race at a time and race your hardest all the way around the course.

Step 4 – Reflect and Learn

At the end of your peak event you can reward yourself with some well deserved recovery time and reflect on your event. Debrief the regatta by writing down what went well, what you want to improve and what was outside of your control and then do the same for the season as a whole. Think about the different things on each of these lists and use each as a learning experience to help you develop your next yearly plan. It is important to learn from your season so you can make adjustments for next year to keep improving and having fun. For any questions on season planning or for assistance in setting up a personalize program to achieve your 2011 goals please contact Evan at sailstronger@evanlewis.ca.

Evan is an MSc candidate at the University of Toronto where he is studying exercise physiology and aging and is a NSCA Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist. For more information and training tips visit www.evanlewis.ca.

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