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SCUTTLEBUTT No. 841 - June 21 2001Scuttlebutt is a digest of yacht racing news of major significance; commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American emphasis. Corrections, contributions, press releases, constructive criticism and contrasting viewpoints are always welcome, but save your bashing and personal attacks for elsewhere.
GUEST EDITORIAL - Art Engel Before 2001, a fundamental concept of advertising was that the event organizers determined the relevant "Category" (A, B or C) for boats at an event. Under the new Ad Code, this decision has been pretty much taken away from event organizers and given to class associations or national authorities, who may elect Category A, C or restricted C. With one exception noted below, notices of race and sailing instructions should probably not mention advertising categories at all as there is no relevant decision for an event organizer to make. Olympic Classes - These classes are automatically unrestricted Category C. Other Non-Handicap or Rating Classes - The class association decides the Category and if it wants can elect Category C with restrictions (if ISAF approves the restrictions). [Caveat - some classes are run by a National Authority, in which case the NA decides the category.] Handicap and Rating Classes and Boats - Each NA decides the Category for competitors from its country when they sail in these types of boats. In my country (USA) our NA has decided that all handicap and rated fleets (IMS, IOR, PHRF and Americap II) are unrestricted Category C; event organizers and local PHRF boards have no say. The ISAF advertising scheme has one significant exception - "Club and Invitational Events." An event that is "sponsored, organized or held by a [yacht or sailing] Club" may be declared by the event organizer to be a "Club" event and advertising restricted to Category A if the NA approves. Similarly, an event organizer may be declare an event to be "Invitational" and advertising restricted to Category A. In the USA, the NA has granted approval to any event organizer that wishes to use the "Club" or "Invitational" designation during 2001 provided the Code allows such designation. When such a designation is made it must be mentioned in the notice of race and sailing instructions. - Art Engel Latest version of the Advertising Code: www.sailing.org/rrs2001/
IT'S OFFICIAL Lisa McDonald (maiden name, Charles born in the United States and resides in England) has sailed in most of the best regattas all over the world. She was part of the first full female entry in America's Cup, 1995 on America3 Mighty Mary and she sailed America's Cup 2000 on board America True. Lisa also sailed Sydney to Hobart 1995 & 1998, Admiral's Cups 1995 & 1999, Fastnet Races of 1993 & 1997. She was a member on board EF Education in the Whitbread Round the World 1997/98 with an all-female crew. This announcement means that for the fourth race in succession, an all-female team will contest the world's premier ocean race. McDonald and her crew will be building on the achievements of the three previous all-female campaigns started by Tracy Edwards' and Maiden in the 1989-1990 race and continued by Dawn Riley's Heineken in 1993-1994 and Christine Guillou's EF Education in the 1997-1998 Whitbread Round the World Races. With the support of race veteran Grant Dalton, who will skipper the other Nautor Challenge entry, McDonald's team has the potential to be the most competitive yet. "The addition of a women's team in the fleet brings a new dimension to the Volvo Ocean Race," commented Helge Alten, chief executive of the Volvo Ocean Race. "This challenge underlines the growing prominence of women in the previously male dominated world of offshore sailing. Lisa and her team can continue to build on the accomplishments of the past women's teams in the race while aiming to emulate the success that Ellen MacArthur has proved is possible," added Helge. Event website: www.VolvoOceanRace.org
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LETTERS TO THE CURMUDGEON * From Frank P. (Kip)Meadows III: Having grown up sailing on big boats rather than dinghies, I can attest that the dinghy sailors have an advantage. I don't think there is any substitute for the feel that dinghy sailors develop. It took me several years, with coaching from dinghy sailors like Brad Read, Terry Hutchinson and Kevin Hall, to learn some of the nuances of steering that become second nature to good college dinghy sailors. I hope my children will have the chance to learn the better way, sailing dinghies in their formative years. From Peter Troxler (Re James Malm's comment: "It should be noted that physical dominance is not critical in high school and college style racing; not true for other NCAA sports and world level sailboat racing." - edited to our 250-word limit): As an alum of Hobart & William Smith Colleges, one of the top College sailing teams of the country, I was part of a program where the Head Coach, Scott IklŽ, made it a condition of being on the team, you had to complete the 20-30 hours a week of year round weightlifting/cardio in addition to the 20-30 hours of on the water practice. Then there's the entire weekend, eight hours each day, that I had to spend racing against the top sailors in the country in Fall and Spring; times of the year when there was usually at least 15 knots. Add to that the fact that I had to maintain as an unwritten rule a very specified weight while I was doing this and I hope it's understood that most successful programs are working longer and harder than most school's basketball and football programs. If those exercises I was doing weren't oriented toward attaining "physical dominance", then what was I doing it for? And why was it that most if not all the top programs in the running for championships were the very ones that had the aforementioned conditioning programs? Point is the sport at the collegiate level has sufficiently changed that, just be level with the competition, you have to be extremely fit to last to the end of the regatta. To those who weren't doing it; they were probably the guys who weren't able to hike on the last beat of last race on Sunday. * From Cam Lewis (not that Cam Lewis - edited to our 250-word limit): I have to agree with Donna Womble's assessment of the arbitrary application (or lack there of) of the J-22 Class Rules to the Mallory and Adams Cup championship series. I fully understand why there is no weight limit for the Mallory since many of the teams representing their region may not be regular J-22 sailors and excluding the best teams just because they might weigh more them 605 lbs would be unfair. With that in mind, why is there a weight limit on the Adams? Isn't it possible that the best crew of four women might weigh more then 605 lbs? In addition to the weight disparity, why must the women sail with 4 crew? Limiting the men to 3 crew may be an attempt by the organizers to keep the crew weight in the Mallory somewhat in check but that does not explain the Adams requirement of 4 crew members. It seems to me that the championship organizers are putting more restrictions on the Women's teams then the men's teams and in a word, this is unfair. Jenene Marasciullo's point that "it's not as if the men's team are competing against the women's teams" is not germane to the argument. The rules regarding both championships should contain the same limitations or give the same options. To do anything else is "unfair." * From Charles Schmeckle (In reference to Donna Womble's comment about being unfair regarding NOR's for the Adams & Mallory Cups): Life can be unfair, but sometimes no one ever realizes this until someone else comments about it. Women can sail in both events, but only men can sail in the Mallory Cup. Life in this case isn't really fair to the guys, is it? Equality is thought of as being fair and equal in all situations.
ALL AMERICANS Other finalists for the Everett B. Morris Trophy were Georgetown University senior Ryan Costello (Fairhaven, Mass.), Harvard University junior Sean Doyle (St. Petersburg, Fla.), College of Charleston junior Marcus Eagan (New Orleans, La.), and Tufts University sophomore Peter Levesque (Portland, Maine). The Robert H. Hobbs Trophy for the Outstanding Sportsman of the Year was awarded to Skip McCormack (Novato, Calif.), a graduating senior from the University of California - Santa Cruz. Club, McCormack has just begun a campaign for the 2004 Olympics in the 49er class. The Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy, recognizing the year's best all-around performance determined by points accumulated at ICSA North American championships, was awarded to Harvard University. The Crimson sailors won both the ICSA Sloop North American Championship and the ICSA/Vanguard Women's Singlehanded Championship and placed second at both the ICSA/Ronstan North American Team Race Championship and the ICSA North American Dinghy Championship. 2000/2001 ICSA/RONSTAN ALL-AMERICA SAILING TEAM- COED ALL-AMERICAN SKIPPERS: Clay Bischoff (Coral Gables, Fla.) - Harvard University '03; Brian Bissell (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Georgetown University '02; Adam Burns (Youngstown, N.Y.) - Old Dominion University '01; Ryan Costello (Fairhaven, Mass.) - Georgetown University '01; Adam Deermount (Upper Montclair, N.J.) - Tufts University '02; Sean Doyle (St. Petersburg, Fla.) - Harvard University '02; Marcus Eagan (New Orleans, La.) - College of Charleston '02; Brad Funk (Clearwater Beach, Fla.) - Old Dominion University '02; Margaret Gill (Weston, Mass.) - Harvard University '02; Patrick Hogan (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Dartmouth College '01; Scott Hogan (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Dartmouth College '04; Peter Levesque (Portland, Maine) - Tufts University '03; Erin Maxwell (Stonington, Conn.) - Dartmouth College '01; Colin Merrick (Portsmouth, R.I.) - Hobart/William Smith '01; Tyler Pruett (Del Mar, Calif.) - Boston College '02; Ken Ward (Tampa, Fla.) - Georgetown University '02; Travis Weber (Surf City, N.J.) - U.S. Naval Academy '02. HONORABLE MENTION: Zachary Fanberg (Wayzata, Minn.) - College of Charleston '01; Tal Ingram (Fair Haven, N.J.) - Hobart/William Smith '01; Brent Jansen (Weston, Mass.) - St. Mary's College '01; Oskar Johansson (Burlington, Canada) - Queen's '02; Bernard Luttmer (Pickering, Canada) - Queen's '02; Bruce Mahoney (Houston, Texas) - University of Texas '01; Danny Pletsch (Sarasota, Fla.) - St. Mary's College '03; Cardwell Potts (New Orleans, La.) - Harvard University '04. WOMEN ALL-AMERICANS:; Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wisc.) - Old Dominion University '02; Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) - Connecticut College '04; Kaya Haig (Honolulu, Hawaii) - Boston University '01; Lee Icyda (Stuart, Fla.) - Tufts University '01; Erin Maxwell (Stonington, Conn.) - Dartmouth College '01; Jen Morgan (Seattle, Wash.) - Dartmouth College '02; Molly O'Bryan (San Diego, Calif.) - University of Hawaii '02; Jen Provan (Toronto, Canada) - Tufts University '01; Ali Sharp (Gatlinburg, Tenn.) - St. Mary's College '03; Jamie Smith (West River, Md.) - St. Mary's College '03. HONORABLE MENTION: Whitney Besse (Guilford, Conn.) - Brown University '03; Corrie Clement (Metarie, La.) - Old Dominion University '03; Carrie Howe (Grosse Point, Mich.) - Boston College '03; Thalia Pascalides (E. Greenwich, R.I.) - Dartmouth College'03. ALL-AMERICAN CREW: Leah Anderson (Larchmont, N.Y.) - St. Mary's College '02; Liz Biondi (Norwalk, Conn.) - Old Dominion University '02; Susan Bonney (Westford, Mass.) - Harvard University '02; Kippy Chamberlain (Bay St. Louis, Miss.) - College of Charleston '01; Kate Dutton (Shelburne, Vt.) - St. Mary's College '01; Baye Emery (Greenwich, Conn.) - Georgetown University '01; Caroline Hall (Tiverton, R.I.) - Tufts University '03; Liz Hall (Tiverton, R.I.) - Connecticut College '01; Sarah Hitchcock (S. Dartmouth, Mass.) - University of Hawaii '03; Lisa Keith (Marblehead, Mass.) - Tufts University '01; Katie Lyndon (Riverside, Conn.) - Dartmouth College '01; Laurin Manning (Mystic, Conn.) - Tufts University '01; Elise Mazareas (Marblehead, Mass.) - Boston College '01; Carly Prior (Huntington, N.Y.) - Dartmouth College'01; Emily Ruiter (Freehold, N.J.) - Old Dominion University '01; Leslie Sandberg (Colchester, Conn.) - Dartmouth College '01; Dana Scalere (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) - Georgetown University '01; Sarah Taylor (Bay St. Louis, Miss.) - College of Charleston '01; Leah Williams (S. Dartmouth, Mass.) - Georgetown University '02; Michelle Yu (Mountain View, Calif.) - Harvard University '03. For more information: www.collegesailing.org
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BLOCK ISLAND Innovations at this year's event include a new class designated as the Navigators' Class and provision for PHRF boats to carry extra crew. The Navigator's Class will be a spinnaker class but will only sail one long race a day, finishing each time at the entrance to the Island's Great Salt Pond where the fleet moors for the week. The extra crew allowance for PHRF boats permits as many as two additional crewmembers (180 lbs. each) per boat. These boats will be assessed an additional 3 seconds per mile penalty for each crewmember. PHRF boats may also carry an extra crew without penalty, provided that the individual is 13 years or younger. - Keith Taylor, www.blockislandraceweek.com
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CALENDAR OF MAJOR EVENTS * July 12-14: 78th Annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta will be held from, with the 'Round the Island Race on Saturday, July 14th. www.edgartownyc.org / www.rtirace.org * July 13-14: Wall Street and Corporate Challenge Cup (WSCCC), Shake-A-Leg-Newport. 12-Meter charity regatta. www.shakealeg.org / www.wsccc.org
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