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Official Newsletter of the International Sunfish Class Association

Windward LegVolume XCIII, No. 4 Participating Class in the Pan Am Games Winter 2015

Upcoming Championship Dates

��2016 Sunfish Youth and NorthAmerican Championships, Salem,MA, June 19-25.��2016 Women’s North AmericanChampionship, Shelter Island Heights,NY, September 16-18, 2016.��2016 Sunfish Youth and WorldChampionship, Cartagena, Colombia,Dates to be Announced Inside this IssueEditor’s Page 4Tom Katterheinrich Made a LifeMember 4USSCA President’s Corner 5In Memoriam - Bill Haberland 5Around Shelter Island Race 5World Council Meeting Report 6-9Advisory Council Report 10Tale of a Wooden Sunfish 10ISCA President’s Corner ............... 11*** BREAKING NEWS *** 11Addendum to ISAF Report 11ISCA-ISAF Report 12Sunfish Youth Worlds Results 13Spofford Lake Regatta 132015 Sunfish Worlds 14-16West Region Report 16Sunfish Worlds Results 17Nancy Haberland Wins Women’s NorthAmerican Championship 17-19West Region Results 19Doug Kaukeinen Wins US MastersChampionship 19-20Super Sunfish Sunday 20-21SE Regionals 21Camptown Races 22New England Regional Results 23Wawasee Regionals 24Joe Sullivan Appears on Wheel ofFortune 24-25NY Upstate Regional Championship 25

2015 Sunfish World Youth Championship2015 Sunfish World Championship

Paracas, PeruOctober 7-18, 2015

Rigging a Sunfish with the custom-designed 2015 Worlds sail Launching Sunfish on a Race Day

Competitive Start at the 45th Sunfish Worlds Alex Zimmerman, 6th Place - Event Chair

A picture-perfect mark rounding Youth sailors racing to the finish

Breaking News from the ISCA President,Paul-Jon Patin

See page 11

��2016 Sunfish Int’l Masters,March 20-22, Jenson Beach, FL��2016 Sunfish Midwinters,March 23-26 Jenson Beach, FL

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Rich Chapman, [email protected]

Susan Mallows, [email protected]

Pat Manning, [email protected]

Rob Eberle, Chief [email protected]

Chris Williams, Advisory Council [email protected]

Jim Koehler, Advisory Council [email protected]

Gail Turluck, Membership [email protected]

Tom Katterheinrich, Nomination [email protected]

Anne Edwards, Regatta [email protected]

Vicki Palmer, Youth [email protected]

Fritz Hanselman, Master EventsCoordinator8473739611 (H), 8003464141 (W)

Gail Heausler, Women’s EventsCoordinator

[email protected]

Regional Reps

New England (CT/MA/ME/NH/RI/VT)Mark [email protected]

New York (NY)Lee [email protected]

MidAtlantic (DE/MD/NJ/PAVA/WV)Connie [email protected]

Southeast (G/NC/SC/TN)Laurence [email protected]

Gulf Coast (AL/AR/FL Panhandle/Todd Edwards LA/MS)[email protected]

Midwest (IA/IL/IN/KY/MI/MN/MO/Tom Katterheinrich OH/W)[email protected]

Florida (FL Peninsula)Christopher [email protected]

Southwest (CO/KS/NE/NM/OK/TX)Vic [email protected]

West (AK/AZ/CA/HI/ID/MT/ND/NV/Les Piehl OR/SD/UT/WA/WY)

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2015-2016 USSCA Board of Directors

PaulJon Patin, President

[email protected]

Larry Mass, Vice President

[email protected]

Vicki Palmer, Secretary/Youth

Coordinator

[email protected]

Sonya Dean, Treasurer

[email protected]

Rob Eberle, Chief Measurer

[email protected]

Class Administrator—One Design

Management

Sherri Campbell

2812 Canon Street

San Diego, CA 92106

6192220252

[email protected]

2014-2015 ISCA Principal Leaders

The Windward Leg is the officialnewsletter of the InternationalSunfish Class Association and willagain be a digital publication. So besure the Sunfish Class Office at One-Design Management has yourcurrent email address. I want to thank those who tookthe time to submit articles, photosand race results to me. The next issue will be publishedafter the Sunfish North AmericanChampionship in Salem, MA, June19-25, 2016.

Important: It is the responsibilityof the regatta host or chairperson tosubmit results, article and photos tothe editor, or they will not beincluded in the next publication.Please submit to:

One-Design ManagementSherri [email protected]

From the Editor...Vicki Palmer

Tom Katterheinrich, Sail #75417, has been a familiar competitor and active

Nominating Committee Chairman for many, many years. If something needed

doing, Tom got it done such as helping promote

Sunfish sailing wherever he went. Tom’s duties as

Nominating Committee Chairman helped shape

what the Sunfish Class is today. As one Sunfish

member put it, “It’s about time we made Tom a

Life member!” It was a unanimous “he has

earned this kudo” vote!

Tom hails from New Knoxville, OH, which is

part of the Midwest Region.

But he travels far and near

wherever the next major

regatta takes him.

Our many thanks to Tom for everything he contributes

to the Sunfish Class as a competitor, as a Board member

and as a highly regarded Sunfish “family” member.

Tom Katterheinrich is Made a Life Member ...

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Letter from the USSCA President …

As we approach the end of another year, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of

the people who have done so much for the class this past year. The USSCA board iscomprised of a great group of volunteers who graciously give up their valuable time to makeyour sailing season great. The hard work of your regional representatives, regatta andmembership chairpersons, the measurer, secretary, treasurer andall the others who do so much behind the scenes allows all of usto enjoy outstanding events such as the ones we had this year.Finally, a big thanks to Vicki Palmer for her hard work on the newdigital Windward Leg! If you have been considering a board position or would justlike to help out, please don’t hesitate to jump in. Talk to yourregional rep about how you can get involved. Come to the NorthAmericans in Salem, MA next summer and see what we’re allabout. How about hosting a regatta, large or small. You’ll findout how rewarding it is, how nice the sailors are, and have a greattime doing it! I hope all of you have a relaxing “off season” and have a chance to relax and recharge fornext season. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you out on the water!

Rich ChapmanSail #59541

Forever in Our Hearts ... Bill Haberland

L to R: Nancy Haberland, Gail Haberland, Bill Haberland, Christina Chang

The Sunfish Class has lost a champion sailor, a wonderful friend and a great Dad to Nancyand Gail. For those of us who sailed with Bill for many years, we’ll remember his willingness tohelp, his friendly spirit and the warm smile we got after every race whether he won or lost. Bill’sjoy for sailing and his love for Sunfish sailing, especially, was infectious. Bill will be greatly missed.

Worlds Longest Sunfish Race(Around Shelter Island)

By Lee Montes (Facebook page)Worlds Longest Sunfish Race Around ShelterIsland Results. Light winds and adverse currentplagued this year’s regatta, but it was figured outby four time Champion John Condon to earn hisfifth title, in the Shortened Course that tookalmost the whole time limit of six hours to getabout half way around. Bernadette Levesquetravelled from Massachusettes to take second andfirst female and Nancy Haberland was crushingthe fleet early only to be caught in the nasty 4knot knot current. The leaders were held up atConklin’s Point and after almost an hour of shorttacking the shore and having lead change afterlead change, most of the leaders decided to restand stand in the shallows. At Conklin’s Point, inabout a 25 yards space there were about 10different leaders depending if you were on porttack or starboard. If you tacked toward the landyou were pushed back about 20 yards by the timeyou can make any headway on port you went 20yards ... and this resembled the GreenportCarousel except about 2/3 of the fleet didn’t evenreach Greenport. Several minutes after three ofthe top four competitors from last year decided togo back home, Condon finally broke through andcaught some wind to win the regatta with a 2-milelead (according to Bart Hale).The leaders wereheld up at Conklin’s Point and after almost anhour of short tacking the shore and having leadchange after lead change, most of the leadersdecided to rest and stand in the shallows. AtConklin’s point, in about a 25 yards space therewas about 10 different leaders depending if youwere on port tack or starboard. If you tackedtowards the land you were pushed back about 20yards, by the time you can make any headway onport you went 20 yards… and this resembled theGreenport Carosel, except about 2/3 of the fleetdidn’t even reach Greenport. Several minutesAfter three of the top four competitors from lastyear decided to go back home, Condon finallybroke through and caught some wind to win theregatta with a 2 mile lead urrent. The leaders wereheld up at Conklin’s Point and after almost anhour of short tacking the shore and having leadchange after lead change, most of the leadersdecided to rest and stand in the shallows. AtConklin’s point, in about a 25 yards space therewas about 10 different leaders depending if youwere on port tack or starboard. If you tackedtowards the land you were pushed back about 20yards, by the time you can make any headway onport you went 20 yards… and this resembled theGreenport Carosel, except about 2/3 of the fleetdidn’t even reach Greenport. Several minutesAfter three of the top four competitors from lastyear decided to go back home, Condon finallybroke through and caught some wind to win theregatta with a 2 mile lead (according to Bart 11

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WORLD COUNCIL MEETING October 15, 2015

Paracas, Peru

World Council Members Present:

PaulJon Patin (President), PaulJon Patin for Andres Santana (Past President & ISAF Representative), Larry Mass

(Vice President & Membership Chair), Sonya Dean (Treasurer), Vicki Palmer (Secretary), Rob Eberle (Chief

Measurer), Guillermo Cappelleti for Chris Williams (Advisory Council Representative), Guillermo Cappelleti

(Advisory Council Representative), Luis Horacio Canuto (Argentina), PaulJon Patin for RobertJan Moons (Aruba),

Damien Payne for Malcolm Smith (Bermuda), Ton Nuijten (Bonaire), Nicolas Hernandez (Colombia), Alex Roose

(Curacao), PaulJon Patin for Samuel Mendoza (Dominican Republic), Giovanni Molina for Jonathan Martinetti

(Ecuador), Alex Zimmermann (Peru), PaulJon Patin for Richard Chapman (USA), Jose Boccalandro for Rodrigo

Favela (Venezuela).

Sherri Campbell, ISCA class office was also present, nonvoting

Roll Call:

President Patin called the meeting to order at 7:55 p.m. Roll call was taken and it was determined that a quorum

was present.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting:

The minutes of the last meeting were approved as previously circulated by email to the World Council members.

President’s Report:

President Patin reported that the year has been good for ISCA. He extended thanks to the

class officers Larry Mass, Sonya Dean and Vicki Palmer for their time and support on behalf of the class during

the year. He noted that he is looking forward to the update from Colombia on the 2016 Worlds and to further

presentations for 2017 and 2018 Worlds venues later in this meeting.

The issues with new boats and equipment availability from LaserPerformance continue. He and VP Larry Massare planning to meet in person with Bill Crane of LP to discuss these matters.

He noted with pleasure the good participation at the 2015 Youth World Championship. The growth of thisregatta is vital to the future of ISCA.

Additionally, much work is going on and is needed to keep the Sunfish in the PanAm Games. Willo Cappelleti

urged all countries to work with their country federations for support of the Sunfish at future PanAm Games.

Vice President’s & Membership Report:

The MEMBERSHIP REPORT (see attached) as of September 30, 2015 was presented by VP Mass. The USSCA

membership is down for 2015 and is the major impact to the lower ISCS total. Sherri Campbell noted that a

few more memberships are expected in the last three month of 2015. The importance of membership

enforcement by all NCSAswas noted. VP Mass said that he would continue working with LaserPerformance to

obtain sails for the World Championship and on Sunfish Class issues such as blades, stainless goose neck

fittings, etc. He encouraged the South American sailors to contact their dealers with equipment concerns so

that the feedback is increased to LP.

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Treasurer’s Report:

Treasurer Dean presented the TREASURER’S REPORT (see attached) as of September 30, 2015. She reported that

the class is in sound financial condition and noted the big change from a loss of over $3,000 USD at this time last

year to a profit of over $3,000 as of Sept 30, 2015. She forecasted that ISCA will have a breakeven year for 2015,

which was the budget goal.

Measurer’s Report

Class Measurer, Rob Eberle reported that there were no proposed changes to the class rules and that there had

been no challenges to the class rules in the past year. He did note a request to allow “digital 8”style numbers. His

research determined that this is permissible and resulted in his approval of this type of number. The details of this

approval will be forwarded to the class office for circulation to the ISCA membership.

Advisory Council Report

Acting Chairman Cappelleti delivered a summary of the ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT (see attached).

Membership Committee Report: report by VP Mass above. See the attached

MEMBERSHIP REPORT.

ISAF Committee Report:

President Patin reported on behalf of Andres Santana and Hector Duval, the ISCA representative to ISAF. (see

attached reports)

Election of Advisory Council Officers – tabled to the end of the meeting

Old Business:

A. 2016 Colombia Worlds update by Nicholas Hernandez. The dates will be 12 –16 October for the Youths

and 1622 October for the Worlds in Cartagena at the Club Naval Cartagena. He noted that there are many

hotels in a wide range of prices and that October is a good month to visit Colombia as the prices are slightly

lower that other times. There are many options for air flights into various cities in Colombia. The regatta

organizers have a plan in place to provide 48 new boats for charter.

General discussion encouraged looking for ways to bring in a few more boats and for competitors to

consider shipping their own boats as well in order to increase the fleet size.

It was also suggested that ISCA add a coach entry as part of the World

Championship to encourage a more inclusive atmosphere to the coach andsupport people. A fee

would be charged to cover the cost of the shirt, meals, etc.

B. 2017 Worlds review of updated bid from Brant Beach Yacht Club, Brant Beach, New Jersey, USA. The

proposed dates are 21 30 August. The update bid included the plan to provide charter boats for the 72

boat maximum. The bid was approved.

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New Business:

A. Venues for the 2018 World Championships – PaulJon Patin

a. Carolina Yacht Club bid for October 2018 was presented by Larry Mass. Experienced club with

Triton Yachts willing to provide 72 boats for charter.

b. Bonaire representative, Ton Nuitjen expressed some interest from their fleet in hosting. He indicated

that he could have a bid ready for review within six months.

The final decision on the 2018 World Championship venue was tabled.

B. Honorary Lifetime Membership Nominations

Current Lifetime Members:

Terry Beadle, Peg Beadle, Don Bergman, Jean Bergman

Cindy Clifton, Larry Cochran, Joel Furman, Bill Haberland

Patricia Manning, Paul Odegaard, Lee Parks, Alex Roose

Andres Santana, Alan Scharfe, Dick Tillman, Will White, III

Tom Katterheinrich was nominated and awarded a lifetime membership for his long time service to

the Class.

No other new business.

Election of Advisory Council Officers

President Patin asked for nominations from the floor. The following nominations were made:

Luis Horacio Canuto – Argentina; Damian Payne – Bermuda; Sipke Stapert – Bonaire; Alvaro Martinez –

Colombia; Jurgen Schneider – Curacao; Jonathan Martinetti Ecuador ;Guillermo Cappelleti – Peru

Alex Zimmermann – Peru ; James Koehler USA; Chris Williams USA

Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.

World Council Meeting Minutes (cont’d)

2015 Sunfish Worlds ... Beating to the windward mark and feeling“beaten” when you got there! The winds were heavy to more heavy toheaviest! The on-shore warmth and generosity also topped the scales.What a beautiful and interesting country with folks who made us feelwelcome.

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2015 Sunfish Worlds ... Meet the Peruvian team. What a talentedand competitive group of sailors who thrive in the heavier air ... andthe lighter air ... and in any condition! They are just all-aroundEXCELLENT sailors!

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Advisory Council report for the 2015 SunfishWorld Council meeting:

The ISCA Advisory Council met on October 13, 2015. The

meeting was chaired by Guillermo Cappelleti in absence of the CouncilChairman, Chris Williams who was unable to attend. There were no new proposed changes to the class rules. There wasno old business.

In New Business: Class measurer, Rob Eberle opened a discussion about theinvolvement of the builder representative to the Advisory Council. Itwas noted that although the representative has not been present atrecent AC meetings, there are members of the Council who are incommunication with LaserPerformance personnel via email, phone andin person. It was concluded that LP product quality concerns arisingduring the World Championship would be documented and forwardedto LP by AC member, Jim Koehler. Class measurer, Rob Eberle announced his approval of the use of“digital 8” style numbers for the class. He reported that the 12"/300mm size “digital 8” numbers are in compliance with our ISCA classrules and also comply with the requirements of ISAF Appendix G1.2.It was agreed that this interpretation of the class rules and allowance ofthe “digital 8” style numbers would be communicated to the classmembers through the website, email and social media. Various other issues were discussed by those present regarding theprovision of suitable charter boats for World Championships and alsothe format of the Youth World Championship. No conclusions orproposals were formalized. No other items were raised with the Council.

More 2015 Sunfish Worlds Photos

Recently Piet Kreunen, one of our newerclub members, went to Rich Chapman with apicture of a wooden Sunfish alongside a docksomewhere in Wisconsin in the early 60’s.

Story told to Rich Chapman by Piet

The boat is a 1962 Wooden Kit Sunfish.This wooden boat was built in a living roomduring the winter of 1962-63 by RodneyKreunen of Madison, Wisconsin. The kitcame with two boats; a Sunfish and a Sailfish.The boat owner’s wife is shown on deckduring the summer of 1963 at the ChainO’Lakes in Waupaca, Wisconsin. The boatwas also sailed on Mendota and Mononalakes around Madison during the summers of1963-64. The builder recalls the mast being sprucewood and the construction requiring a lot ofsanding. Note the vintage rudder assemblyand lack of sail numbers or hiking strap.The girl toddler shown in the picture is now54, and a J-24 keel boat rated sailor. She hasrecently sailed a slightly more modern 1966fiberglass Sunfish at Lake Bluff Yacht Clubon Lake Michigan. What a fun story! Thanks to Piet forsharing it with us!

Tale of a Wooden Sunfish

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Letter from the ISCA President …

Breaking News ... I am pleased to announce the Sunfish will be the2016 boat for the US SAILINGs Championship ofChampions. Chosen to host next year’s prestigiousChampionship is the Lake Bluff Yacht Club in LakeBluff, Illinois, located on the shores of beautiful LakeMichigan. This event is scheduled for October 6-9,2016, with the 6th day being a practice day. US SAILING selects nineteen competitors from nominees by their classassociations who are current national or North American champions from theirrespective one-design classes. Boats will be provided and will be sailed in a round robinformat. All members must be current members of US SAILING. Each year a guesthelm is invited and have included winner of the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswomanof the Year, Olympians and other sailing luminaries. In addition to this very exciting announcement, 2015 was a great year for theSunfish Class. We had a fantastic Youth and World Championship held by Sunfish Class“powerhouse,” Peru who crowned their own, Alexander Zimmerman a, 3 time WorldChamp! We had a very strong South American turnout with eleven (11) countriesparticipating, further evidence that the Pan Am - Sunfish Class symbiosis continues tothrive. Nowhere else can singlehanded sailors at the World Class level racecomprehensively; Juniors<18, youth, college age sailors, men and women includingmasters from Apprentice>40 to those in their 70s (and occasionally 80s). There aremany boats to sail and race, however, the field starts to narrow quickly at theinternational level. I recognize there are flashier vessels out there but the Sunfish playsan important role in the sailing world bringing together both genders competing withthe widest range of age and size of any singlehanded boat. I sail 3 or 4 boatscompetitively over the course of a year but I look forward all year to the SunfishWorlds since 1987 and I welcome all to give the Sunfish Community a shot. Thefriendships, camaraderie, pooled intelligence of sailing and competitive nature are partof the foundation of ISAF One Design sailing. We have a strong group of officersrunning the international class, a growing membership and opportunity for great racingin the years to come including World Championship accepted bids for the next 4 years.

Cartagena, Colombia October 2016 Brant Beach, NJ, USA Late summer early fall 2017 Wrightsville Beach, NC, USA fall 2018 Bonaire, October 2019

Happy sailing ...

Paul-Jon Patin

Dear friends, It was a pleasure to have the opportunityto see you in Peru after six years and to finda very good international participation andmany talented new young sailors joining theClass. The Class is facing new challenges inorder to keep the Pan Am Class status inPASAF, a key element to keep the interestand support of the National Authoritiesfrom the Pan Am countries. I want to thank our friend Hector Duvalfor accepting the defense of the interests ofthe Sunfish Class in the important forumswhere He has influence: ISAF Council,PASAF Executive Committee, ISAF RegionalGames Committee, ISAF Classes Committeeand CASCO Executive Committee. I am sureHe will do a great job as the new ISCA ISAFRep. I also would like to thank the kindattentions received from Willo Cappelleti,Cocco Barreda, Alberto Bedoya and AlexZimmermann. The discussions we had in ourmeetings about the Pan Am Games Classeswill surely result in good strategies to get thesupport from the majority of the Pan Amcountries to keep the current Pan Am Classesin the games. The Pan Am Games are in fact “theOlympic games” of the small countries thatare members of PASAF... the majority.Trying to use all Olympic classes will onlycause an important decrease in theparticipation and a concentration of themedals in the hands of the big countries likethe USA, Canada, Brasil and Argentina,promoters of the idea. Finally I would like to expresscongratulations to the Peruvian Sunfish Classand Peruvian Sailing Federation for the greatevent they have organized in Paracas, so farfrom Lima, but where the sailing conditionsare ideal. I hope ISCA will keep supporting non-USvenues with the potential to organize goodevents, since it helps to keep the Class imagestrong at the international level, veryimportant or the Pan Am status. Hope to see you in Cartagena. Kindregards,

Andres Santana, ISCA Past PresidentFormer ISCA ISAF Rep.

ADDENDUM to the ISAF Rep.Report - ISCA WORLDCOUNCIL 2015 -- by Andres Santana

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recreational, in other words, a stepping stoneto upper classes like the Laser. If we encourage the use and presence ofthe Sunfish in all regional or continentalregattas, the class will remain strong and willhave the power to claim its position among theevents in the entire continent. This can beachieved speaking to the Pan Am MNAs andfollowing all the regattas and regionalcompetitions where the Sunfish need to bepresent. As an ISAF World Council member andalso as a Regional Games Committee memberI am heading to the annual conference inChina next November and hopefully will meetrepresentatives of the MNAs that may supportour idea and position in PASAF to keep theSunfish presence in 2018. I also would like to thank ISCA for thehonor of allowing me to represent the class inthe past three ISAF annual meetings and thatwill offer myself again to do it in defense ofthe class and at every forum that I belongwhere our class needs to be present.

Respectfully submitted to the ISCA WorldCouncil,Hector Duval – A, Ma., Ms.ISCA-ISAFICC RepPresident, Central American and CaribbeanSailing ConfederationVice President, Pan Am Sailing FederationGroup Member/Representative – ISAF WorldCouncil

ISCA-ISAF Report from Mr. Hector Duval ISCA appointed us as the official representatives to the International Classes Committee atISAF Annual Conference held in Palma de Mallorca November 2014 when we had right ofvoice and vote. Also I represented ISCA as an observer in the Regional Games Committee. Themost relevant issue on this meeting was the situation regarding the new proposal from ISAFabout Continental Association. At this point Chairman Jeff Martin (also Laser Class past president) noted that ContinentalAssociations are playing an important role within ISAF but there is a question about the overlapthat Continental Associations will have with the governance of ISAF. He noted that increasinglevels of administration within the sport could make things more complicated for classes. Also was discussed that if ISAF is to take the lead on the governance of these ContinentalAssociations it will also need to take more responsibility in protecting the classes in particularwith respect to their Continental Championships. I noted that there is a Confederation formed by the Caribbean and Central America alreadyestablished and what is currently happening with it is totally different from what is happening inNorth or South America. For example, the Pan Am Games include the entire Continent but thenthe Central America and Caribbean Confederation is having its own Games. Jeff Martin repliedthat he thought that the exact continental makeup of ISAF was a matter for other Committeeswithin ISAF including the Regional Games Committee. This situation is also present in SouthAmerica as they also have a South American Sailing Confederation and their own games whichare the ODESUR Games. The committee agreed that the submission seems to be a good idea although it will generate alot of work which will be difficult to implement. The ICC is also concerned over implication toISAF Classes and a reminder I call regulation 25.2.2 which awards to ISAF classes the right tohost Class Continental Championships. I personally believe this situation won’t affect us in the class but ISAC must be aware andvigilant in how the division of the continent may cut the participation of the classes in theregions; this is that maybe if South America and North America split as part of one ContinentalAssociation the interest may vary from one side to the other as the South is more likely to turnto Olympic classes.

ISCA-PASAF-CACSCO The presence of the Sunfish class is being supported in the two Regional and Continental

Federations from my position as President of the CAC Sailing Confederation and Vice Presidentof the Pan American Sailing Federation. During the last General Assembly of CACSCO at the CAC games in Veracruz November lastyear it was unanimously agreed that among the other classes the Sunfish will remain for the nextCAC games in Barranquilla, Colombia 2018, also the General Assembly agreed to keep the classfor the next games after 2018 in order to allow emerging countries support their trainingprograms for two subsequent games. However, this is not the situation for the Pan Am Games. The new Executive Committeerecently elected during the past games in Toronto is clearly divided into two opinions where halfof the Executive is trying to force the elimination of Pan American classes (Sunfish amongthem) and substitute them for Olympic classes. These members represent USA, Brazil, Canadaand Argentina. At this point our position is to respect the survey conducted by the former Exec. Comm.where in a perfect balance 21 countries voted in favor of 4 Olympic classes and 4 Pan Americanclasses including the Sunfish. This is an ongoing battle between the two sides of the Exec.Comm. But the decision taken at the AGM shall be respected. From my position as Vice President I am working together with PUR, MEX, and PER tonegotiate among Pan American MNAs. My recommendation is that the class must claim support from all the Sunfish fleets inAmerica and also get the same from the manufacturer who shall play a relevant job increasingthe marketing program spreading the fantastic news about a boat which is competitive and

2015 Sunfish Worlds International Judges ... L to RWarren Nethercote , Head Judge (CAN),

Hans Hermann, NJ (GER)

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2015 Sunfish Youth Worlds Race Results

Hale) current. The leaders were held up at Conklin’s Point and after almost an hour of short tacking theshore and having lead change after lead change, most of the leaders decided to rest and stand in theshallows. At Conklin’s point, in about a 25 yards space there was about 10 different leaders dependingif you were on port tack or starboard. If you tacked towards the land you were pushed back about 20yards, by the time you can make any headway on port you went 20 yards… and this resembled theGreenport Carosel, except about 2/3 of the fleet didn’t even reach Greenport. Several minutes Afterthree of the top four competitors from last year decided to go back home, Condon finally brokethrough and caught some wind to win the regatta with a 2 mile lead (according to Bart Hale).

1) John Condon, Mattituck YC 27 other competitors Did Not Finish 2) Bernadette Levesque, Massapoag YC 3) Nancy Haberland, Sailing Annapolis 4) Jack Cashwell, Southold YC 5) Mike Preston, Southold YC 6) Jeffrey Anderson, Southold YC 7) Bart Hale, Southold YC 8) Dan Sullivan, Southold YC 9) Andrew Ewing, Southold YC10) Nicholaas Honig, Southold YC

Worlds Longest Sunfish Race(Around Shelter Island) - cont’d from page 5

2015 Spofford Lake Regatta

Spofford Regatta winner:Paul HenkelMLSA Winner: Nanette RuessMonadnock Challenge Winner(Combined score of both regattas):Michael Cornish

The beginning of the daypresented us with very poor windconditions which led the racecommittee to postpone the racinguntil after lunch. Following lunch thewind slowly began to pick up and wewere able to get in 4 races before theweather took a turn for the worse andloud thunder had us quickly headingfor the shore. All four races were wonby different sailors and the first fiveplaces were separated only by a fewpoints which made the regattaespecially exciting. Paul Henkel tookfirst place with Dickinson and GregGriffin following in second and third.The MLSA invitational took place thefollowing day at which Nanette Reussand Michael Cornish tied for firstplace with an extra win giving her thewin with Michael in second and RexJames in third. The MonadnockChallenge trophy went to MichaelCornish as he was three points aheadof Nanette after racing concluded onSaturday.

1st Paul Henkel 14 SYC2nd M. Dickinson 163rd Greg Griffin 17 SYC 4th Janice Warren 18 SYC5th Michael Cornish 19 SYC6th Steve Shriner 20 SYC7th Nanette Reuss 22 MLSA8th Rex James 24 MLSA9th Brian Petrovich 34 SYC10th R. Reuss 36 MLSA

Sail Name Races 9; One Throwout TOT NET

1 VEN 4520 David Gonzalez 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(DNF) 47 8

2 CHI 4519 Clemente Seguel 2-2-(3)-2-2-3-2-2-1 19 16

3 URU 4518 Ignacio Rodriguez (5)-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2 26 21

4 PER 4534 Fernando Correa 3-5-8-6-(DNF)-4-5-4-7 81 42

5 PER 4535 Angello Giuria (9)-6-7-4-4-8-7-7-4 56 47

6 CUR 4510 Derek Bongaertz 6-(9)-4-9-6-5-4-8-5 56 47

7 VEN 4521 Andres Boccalandro 4-4-5-10-5-11-(13)-6-3 61 48

8 PER 4537 Matthew Burns 11-10-6-5-8-12-8-(39)-8 107 68

9 PER 4517 Christian Ledgard 13-8-10-(15)-11-7-6-12-10 92 77

10 BON 4528 Brayan Thode 12-7-11-11-7-10-9-(DSQ)-11 117 78

11 PER 4533 Andres Regal 18-11-12-12-9-9-11-(DNF)-6 127 88

12 ECU 4514 Daniela Rodriquez 7-15-16-(19)-15-13-15-5-14 119 100

13 ECU 4522 Michel Saab 19-18-14-(21)-10-6-10-11-15 124 103

14 BON 4529 Nils Van Eldik 16-16-(20)-13-12-15-12-13-13 130 110

15 PER 4501 Nicolas Gomez-Sanchez (24)-17-13-14-13-16-14-17-9 137 113

16 PER 4536 Alejandro Zapata 15-12-9-7-17-18-(DNF)-DNF-12 168 129

17 PER 4509 Alejandro Mago 17-21-17-(22)-18-19-20-9-17 160 138

18 PER 4505 Mariapia Van Oordt 14-14-18-8-16-(DNF)-16-DNF-16 180 141

19 DOM 4530 Jonny Zacharias (22)-19-21-18-14-14-18-18-19 163 141

20 PER 4516 Adriana Barron 8-13-15-16-19-17-19-(DNF)-DNF 185 146

21 PER 4507 Frances Wieland 10-20-19-17-(DNF)-DNC-17-15-18 194 155

22 PER 4506 Valeria Mandriotti (31)-26-24-25-23-22-23-10-22 206 175

23 PER 4511 Lucas Murdoch 21-25-25-20-20-21-22-(DNF)-21 214 175

24 PER 4526 Matias Palma 20-24-23-27-(OCS)-20-21-DNF-23 236 197

25 PER 4512 Adrian Bedoya 26-29-30-(OCS)-24-23-25-14-27 237 198

26 ECU 4523 Luis Mario Acosta 25-23-28-31-(DNF)-DNF-DNC-16-24 264 225

27 ECU 4524 Romina De Julio 30-35-33-(OCS)-22-24-24-28-30 265 226

28 ECU 4513 Juan Barrera 28-22-22-24-(DNF)-DNF-DNF-DNF-20 272 233

29 PER 4538 Tilsa Crouse 29-28-26-28-(DNF)-DNC-DNC-22-28 278 239

30 PER 4502 Jose Ignacio Regal 23-30-31-32-(DNF)-DNF-DNC-19-31 283 244

31 PER 4525 Ana Lucia Pizarro 34-31-27-26-(DNF)-DNC-DNC-23-29 287 248

32 PER 4508 Diana Tudela 27-36-(DNC)-23-DNF-DNC-DNC-20-26 288 249

33 PER 4504 Andrea Eguiguren 36-27-29-35-(DNF)-DNF-DNF-21-32 297 258

34 USA 4531 Dean Omirly 33-33-32-33-(DNF)-DNF-DNF-24-25 297 258

35 PER 4503 Lionel Derteano 35-32-34-29-(DNS)-DNC-DNC-25-36 308 269

36 PER 4527 ValeriaMorales 32-34-35-30-(DNF)-DNC-DNC-27-33 308 269

37 PER 4515 Willian Garrido 38-(DNF)-37-36-21-DNC-DNC-26-35 310 271

38 PER 4532 Belen Ojeda 37-37-36-34-(DNF)-DNC-DNC-29-34 324 285

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2015 Sunfish World Championsip (October 11-17, 2015) by Vicki Palmer

Paracas, Peru … In one of the most arid places on the planet with less than 2 millimeters of annual rainfall, Paracas is a refuge for huge coloniesof Southern sea lions and the rare South American fur seal. In October 2015, Paracas was also a refuge for 38 Youth and 53 Championship

Sunfish sailors from 11 different countries at this year’s 45th annual Sunfish World Championship. Lacking in precipitation, Paracas makes up for it with lots of wind! With a predictable strength from apredictable direction every day at 1 p.m. almost like clockwork, both the youth and championship sailors hadplenty of heavy air – 13-18 knots average with gusts up to 23. Chief Judge Warren Nethercote evensuggested we set a permanent windward mark so that we didn’t have to pull orange shapes and reset themevery day! Only one race was started early on the last race day with the hopes of finishing races earlier thannormal and ended up being abandoned. Not only were the winds lightand fluky, they were totally from the wrong direction! So back we wentto the same race course where the predictable 1 p.m. breezes filled inwith the typical heavier air. Mother Nature, however, did do some “foolin.” On-shore

temperatures were quite pleasant with no need for warmer clothing. On the race course, though, it was adifferent story! Those who wore just warm weather sailing gear on Day 1 sailed by with teeth chattering. OnDay 2, the colder temperature sailing gear appeared in abundance! What we should’ve remembered is thatOctober is Peru’s spring, not summer. Because races didn’t start until 1 p.m. every day except the last day and one lay-day, there was time for

taking side trips in the morning. A local boat tour to visit the unique islands, considered part of the ParacasNational Reserve, was a side trip well worth making. More than 200 species of resident and migratory birdshave been registered in the Paracas National Reserve. We probably didn’t see all 200 of them, but what wedid see along with the very relaxed sea lions and their young brought many ooohs and aaaahs from those onour tour boat. With the benefit of a Lay Day, groups went in different directions to see those things that interested themthe most. A group of us went on the desert tour by bus and stopped in a museum to see what makes Paracasand Peru so unique; pretty incredible. Others decided to go sandboarding that started in a dune buggy to takethem to the highest sand duneand reach as close to warp speed

as possible. One couple (names are best withheld!) had a rather scaryand interesting experience. As the dune buggy started down the hillachieving maximum speed, the wife’s seat belt came unbuckled whichresulted in her screaming at her husband, “Stop. Stop. Get the driverto stop this vehicle now or I’ll divorce you and take every dime youhave!”

As always the OpeningCeremonies for both the Youthand the Championship Worldswere events that marked thesignificance of different countriescoming together for a mutuallybeneficial purpose – to compete at the highest level against some of the best sailors in the world. Eightcountries were represented for the Youth Worlds; eleven countries for the Championship Worlds. Competitorsand coaches alike marched with pride in their steps and smiles on their faces! A nice change of pace at theOpening Ceremonies for the Championship Worlds was the addition of two very attractive female

representatives for Cielo Water, a major sponsor, who added a bit more flare to the photo ops in their fancier evening dress that contrasted nicelyto sailing jackets and boat shoes. The first three finishers for the Youth competition made it fairly easy for the Race Committee to score. Sail numbers 18, 19 and 20 finished

somewhere in the top three in almost every race! Sail #20, David Gonzalez from Venezuela, had 8 bullets outof 8 races. That young man just couldn’t be beat! But Clemente Seguel of Chile (Sail #19) and IgnacioRodriguez of Uruguay (Sail #18) sure gave David some stiff competition. Amazing young men! Amazingyouth, in general, all of them! Even many of the lighter-in-weight Youth participants hung in there when thebreezes were blowing all flags straighter than straight. Thank heavens for the Peruvian Coast Guard whomanned a rubber dinghy solely for the purpose of keeping an eye on these young sailors in case they neededhelp when they turned over. And many did. The same is true of some of the Championship sailors who braved it for every race despite thedisadvantage of having very little body weight to hold them down. This was especially true of our own SonyaDean, ISCA Board of Directors Treasurer, who can’t weigh more than 90 pounds soaking wet. As she

David Mendelblatt

Jim Koehler

Youth Winners

Youth Sailors

Paul-Jon PatinSail #4557Jean -Paul deTrazegniesSail #4542

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finished the last race of the regatta, everyone on the Race Committee boats, theJudges boats and the spectator boats gave her a standing ovation as she crossed thefinish line. Amazing, determined performance! The skills Sonya gained by competingin such heavy air even though she didn’t finish well will certainly benefit her. So watchout for the faster, more skilled Sonya in future regattas! But what more is there to say about the highly skilled, highly competitive championsailors who duked it out for the Number One spot except that they raced hard; theysailed smart; they sailed fast, and they showed they are true champions! TheZimmermans, Alex/Dad and Alexander/Son, both placed in the Top Ten withAlexander/Son winning his third World Championship. Dad, Alex, placed 6th overall.And this accomplishment by Alex/Dad was in addition to him chairing thisChampionship Event and coordinating his team of hard workers to make it such ahuge success! There’s no way to express our extreme gratitude to Alex/Dad (Regatta Chair), Rosio Zimmerman (behind every man … yes, that was

Rosio!), Marianna Calle (logistics, lodging, transport, venue and do’er extraordinaire ofeverything including have designed the new sail used at this 45th Worlds!) and EstuardoDesmaison (charter boats/support boats who not only raced every race but madeseveral trips to and from Lima, a 3.5 hour drive, to get all the Sunfish and, yes, evencompetitor luggage left at Club de Regata in Lima. It’s appropriate to also express our sincere gratitude here to the Race Committeeextraordinaire. PRO, Roberto (Roy) Peschiera and his RC team not only knew the localwind conditions very well, they could set square lines in a moment’s notice! Along withthis great Race Committee was a team of International Judges headed by WarrenNethercote of Canada who made certain all competitors raced fairly and within the

sailing rules established for this event. Thank you from all of us!! In 1st place was Alexander Zimmerman (PER), 2nd place was David Gonzalez (VEN and Youth sailor to boot!), but aUSA competitor was 3rd! Our own Paul-Jon Patin of Forest Hills, NY, and ISCA Class President! If it hadn’t been for hisdeck cleat pulling out during the second race, and Paul-Jon having to withdraw from that race (where he was sailing in 2nd

place!) to sail to shore and fix it, well, who knows where he would’ve placed! The 4th place finisher was our own DavidMendelblatt whose body weight didn’t equal that of most of the sailors but whoseskills, heart and determination makes him a great champion no matter how hard thewinds are blowing. David also wore a housecall “doctor” hat when our own DamianPayne (BER) got quite sick with a high fever and couldn’t sail most of the regatta.With TLC from many Sunfish sailors who visited Damian frequently bringing himchicken soup, orange juice and Tylenol, Damian was getting bettertoward the end of the regatta and even tried to sail the last day. But hewas even happier when he knew he’d be on the flight home. Later,Larry Mass came down with the same high fever. And, yes, Larry wasone of those concerned Sunfish friends who visited Damian frequently.

The other Top Ten place finishers are tough competitors we’ll compete against again and again with viewsof their transom as they cross the finish line! Edgar Diminich (ECU/5th), Ignacio Rodriguez (URU/7th),Andres Boccalandro (VEN/8th), John Birkett (ECU/9th) and Sipke Staert (BON/10th) are not onlychampions on the race course but on shore as well. They help show that sailing is truly a “gentleman’s” sport. The Awards Banquet was a first class affair that ended the 45th Sunfish Worlds Championship in a veryspecial way. Flags from every country lined the walls of this large banquet hall at the San Agustin Hotel

where many of us stayed. There must’ve been at least 4 generations of the Zimmerman family there to honorAlexander! The mayor of Paracas was there as a guest. And there were folks there from the Race Committee,Judges boats and coaches who are important team members and Sunfish Class members. In addition to theTop Ten place finishers, Alfonso Collantes was awardedthe Dave Thompson Sportsmanship award. His fellowcompetitors recognized his willingness to help whenneeded and his perpetual spirit of friendlinessthroughout the entire competition. If any award can beequaled to a First Place finish, winning the

Sportsmanship Award comes very close. A high honor indeed. The Top Female was CaterinaRomero who finished 15th overall. The Top Masters (50-59) was Alex/Dad Zimmerman whofinished in 6th place and the Top Grand Master (60-69) was Ton Nuijten from Bonaire whofinished in 24th place. Although most of the competitors packed up their boats, settled any necessary damageclaims, said good-bye to friends old and new and readied for a long journey home the next

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Alonso Collantes,Dave ThompsonSportsmanshipAward

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day, the next phase of the Peru experience was justbeginning for eight of us — Larry Mass and his 15-yr olddaughter Anna, Susan and Jim Koehler, Sonya Dean andher Mom Georgianna, Rob Eberle and myself. On our tourschedule so meticulously prepared by Rob (thank you, Rob-cha!) was Cusco, Olleytantambo and Machu Picchu (MP).The Incan ruins in Cusco were exceptional engineering fetesthat took one’s breath away; the sites in Olleytantambo werealso quite the engineering marvels. And the horse ridethrough high country was a highlight for those five whotook their lives in their hands and relied on the firm footingof those big beasts they rode! Not me! Not even 5 Piscosours could’ve changed my mind! But seeing Machu Picchuwas not meant to be. A local transportation strike pre-

empted thislast tour ofour stay.When we goton the train to take us to Agua Calientes (at thebottom of MP) where we had hotel reservationsthe night before the scheduled MP tour, we learnedthe transportation strike wasn’t just an idle threatthat would end as quickly as it began. After double-checking at the train depot window asking if therewas a train that would return us to Olleytantambothe next evening, we were told there would be notrain. So we hopped right back on the train andwent back to Olleytantambo that same night where

our tour guide Mario found us last-minute hotel reservations. And it was the most charming andquaint hotel run by a young couple with twosmall children — $40/night for a single with anice breakfast the next morning ($60/night forthose with 2 people in one room). All themarket places were closed the two days of thestrike too. Having to spend a full day inOlleytantambo with nothing scheduled, thehotel owner’s brother arranged the day ofhorseback riding for the five adventurers whodid go. But then we were faced with a majorproblem. How were we going to get back toCusco (probably a 1.5-2 hour drive fromOlleytantambo) where making our flight toLima was a priority? We heard there weremajor roadblocks along most of the way. Our van driver said that the best way to bypass as manyroadblocks as possible was to start at 4 a.m. which we did. We counted 20+ road blocks beforewe came to the human road block we couldn’t get around. So our van driver turned around andfound a back farm road that took us through some beautiful country on roads with no bouldersand piles of wood blocking them. Quite exciting! But also a bit tense in spots. But we made itback to where we needed to be with no further incidents. The luggage we had stored at the hotelnear Lima where we stayed the last night was still there. We had a wonderful shopping experiencein a market area not too far from the hotel. And we had a Five Star meal at one of the nicest on-the-water fancy restaurants built on piers across the bay from the Club de Regata from where thebus left on the very first day we arrived in Peru. So we made the full circle with many moreexperiences to share, of course. But most importantly we were one plane ride away from goinghome after a wonderful, exciting and interesting Peruvian adventure. Now the big question is which of us will go back to Peru so we can visit Machu Picchu! Somany of the Incan ruins were so unique and beautiful in their own way, that I can’t imagine MPis any more interesting to see. Besides, some of the Incan ruins we visited were higher in altitude(12,800 ft at one point in Cusco!) than most of Machu Picchu. Rob talked about coming backwith his wife. But the rest of us … well, we’re already thinking about next year’s Sunfish Worldsin Cartagena, Colombia. Rob too. Along with those plans, there’s a bet between me and Robabout who will speak better Spanish by then! Ciao … hasta Cartagena en 2016!

2015 Sunfish World Championship (cont’d) USSCA West Region News

Our 2015 West Region Regatta was asuccess, accompanied by sunny weather andsteady winds in the beautiful Mission Bay inSan Diego, California. The first race day wasbreezy with winds between 12 and 14 knotsand white caps throughout. The second daywelcomed us with a morning fog hangingabove the bay. The fog eventually cleared andwe had sunny skies with nine knot winds. Thespirits were high, even though a few of usencountered equipment problems while racingon the first day and had to retire. We had agreat mix of experienced and new sailors fromCalifornia, Washington, Texas, andMassachusetts. Camaraderie amongst Sunfishsailors resulted in clean starts and enjoyablesailing for all. In the end, Les Piehl claimed thechampionship, followed by Tony Collins andPaul Henkart. Winners received one-of-a-kindSunfish trophies designed and made by Les.Thank you all for sailing with us and specialthanks to the Mission Bay Yacht Club for co-hosting this qualifying event. See Results pg.19.

Another great Sunfish event on the West Coastthis year was the Mission Bay Yacht Clubchampionship regatta in which sailors fromdifferent classes competed on Sunfish for theclub trophy. It was an exciting way tointroduce Southern California sailors to ourclass. In the end, the 2015 Laser RadialMasters World Champion Keith Davidsclaimed the championship.Congratulations Keith!

L to R: Keith Davids (Champion),Les Piehl (West Region Rep), Doug Hart

L to R: Les Piehl (Champion), Tony Collins (2nd)John Huebner (Fleet Captain), Paul Henkart (3rd)

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1 PER 4546 Alexander Zimmerman 3-1-2-4-5-1-3-1-2-(6)-1 29 23

2 VEN 4520 David Gonzalez 1-4-1-3-3-4-2-3-8-(RET)-10 93 39

3 USA 4557 Paul-Jon Patin 5-(DNF)-6-1-4-6-4-5-1-28-6 120 66

4 USA 4573 David Mendelblatt 6-6-7-9-2-10-5-10-11-3-(OCS) 123 69

5 ECU 4568 Edgar Diminich 15-11-11-(26)-8-7-10-7-6-1-3 105 79

6 PER 4559 Alex Zimmerman 8-(9)-8-6-6-9-9-9-9-8-8 89 80

7 URU 4518 Ignacio Rodriguez 7-14-(DSQ)-14-7-5-6-4-5-21-7 144 90

8 VEN 4521 Andres Bocclandro 4-5-5-12-11-(15)-8-12-14-15-13 114 99

9 ECU 4569 John Birkett 14-8-(DNF)-7-12-11-7-11-29-7-4 164 110

10 BON 4563 Sipke Stapert 9-15-12-13-13-14-12-6-7-(23)-11 135 112

11 PER 4541 Alonso Collantes (OCS)-2-3-5-1-2-DNF-DNF-3-2-2 182 128

12 PER 4542 Jean Paul De Trazegnies 2-3-4-2-(DNF)-3-1-2-4-OCS-OCS 183 129

13 PER 4547 Diego Zimmerman 11-17-10-8-9-12-(OCS)-18-16-9-OCS 183 129

14 PER 4535 Angello Giuria 23-13-14-10-14-28-15-25-26-(OCS)-18 240 186

15 PER 4544 Caterina Romero (OCS)-7-9-17-10-13-OCS-13-OCS-5-5 241 187

16 PER 4537 Matthew Burns 12-10-16-25-24-20-2216-32-(43)-15 235 192

17 USA 4572 Brian McGinnis 28-18-22-15-20-16-16-24-(OCS)-13-29 255 201

18 GUA 4565 Hugo Guzman 30-(34)-28-34-25-21-21-8-23-4-9 237 203

19 USA 4560 Hank Saurage 18-19-23-(DNF)-DNF-8-13-17-28-14-12 260 206

20 CUR 4510 Derek Bongaertz 16-16-13-(DNF)-DNF-17-19-28-10-30-16 273 219

21 PER 4545 Karl Schroth 26-23-20-(DNF)-22-22-14-29-20-24-21 275 221

22 ECU 4530 Jesus Bailon 24-24-21-18-18-24-27-38-(OCS)-11-20 279 225

23 PER 4543 Estuardo Desmaison 13-21-15-11-15-19-18-34-(RET)-48-33 281 227

24 BON 4553 Ton Nuijten 19-(DNF)-17-31-30-23-17-26-21-33-23 294 240

25 USA 4507 Jim Koehler 17-(RET)-19-21-26-31-25-21-18-40-22 294 240

26 PER 4533 Andres Regal (DNF)-25-18-22-17-25-24-33-24-25-30 297 243

27 USA 4574 Lee Montes 20-26-24-24-21-(39)-28-37-25-19-24 287 248

28 COL 4571 Juan Sebastian Martinez 35-36-(37)-23-29-34-23-20-15-20-14 286 249

29 PER 4501 Nicolas Gomez-Sanchez 21-22-29-16-28-(32)-30-22-31-32-28 291 259

30 PER 4536 Alejandro Zapata (38)-29-34-32-23-37-26-30-22-12-25 308 270

31 PER 4534 Fernando Correa 10-12-(DNF)-DNF-19-DSQ-11-23-12-27-OCS 330 276

32 BON 4528 Brayan Thode 33-31-26-20-(DNF)-38-29-27-17-36-27 338 284

33 COL 4570 Juan Carlos Martinez 27-20-27-27-16-30-(DNC)-14-OCS-18-OCS 341 287

34 BON 4516 George Soliano (47)-39-38-35-33-29-34-19-19-34-19 346 299

35 GUA 4566 Diego Silvestre 25-33-36-(DNF)-DNF-26-20-35-13-16-OCS 366 312

36 USA 4561 Tony Collins 22-28-35-29-31-41-36-36-27-(46)-36 367 321

37 CUR 4524 Niek Kort 37-37-32-19-32-36-35-(42)-35-22-39 366 324

38 CUR 4538 Maarten Taams 36-32-(42)-30-27-27-33-41-33-38-34 373 331

39 USA 4567 Rob Eberle 31-27-30-28-35-45-39-39-(OCS)-37-38 403 349

40 PER 4540 Diego Caceres 29-30-39-(DNF)-DNF-33-31-43-34-29-35 411 357

41 PER 4539 Alonso Alegre 32-35-25-(DNF)-DNF-35-OCS-15-OCS-26-17 415 361

42 PER 4554 Guillermo Cappelleti (DNF)-DNF-31-DNF-DNF-18-OCS-15-OCS-26-17 431 377

43 TA 4552 Antonio Liotta 40-(DNF)-33-DNF-DNF-42-32-32-OCS-35-32 462 408

44 ITA 4550 Romeo Piperno 46-45-45-(DNF)-DNF-44-38-44-40-17-40 467 413

45 USA 4564 Laurence Mass 44-43-40-33-36-43-(DNF)-DNC-37-45-41 470 416

46 BON 4529 Ramon Martis 45-40-43-(DNF)-DNF-40-42-45-39-42-37 481 427

47 USA 4548 Boyd Housey 41-41-41-(TLE)—34-46-40-46-38-47-OCS 482 428

48 ITA 4551 Marcello Alveario 43-(DNF)-DNF-DNF-DNF-47-37-40-36-44-31 494 440

49 USA 4555 Sonya Dean (54)-54-54-54-50-43-49-42-10-44 508 454

50 CUR 4517 Adolph Van der Giessen 39-44-46-(DNF)-DNF-48-41-48-DNC-41-43 512 458

51 PER 4512 Adrian Bedoya 48-(TLE)-dnc-dnf-37-49-OCS-47-41-OCS-42 534 480

52 BER 4523 Damian Payne 34-(DNC)-DNF-DNF-DNS-DNS-DNS-DNS-31-DNC 535 481

53 CIR 4511 Alex Roose 42-44-(DNF)-DNF-DNS-DNS-DNS-DNS-DNS-DNS 560 506

2015 Sunfish World Championship Results

Alonso Collantes -- Winner of Dave ThompsonSportsmanship Award

Nancy Haberland Wins 2015Women’s North American

Championshipby Vicki Palmer

Rehoboth Beach, DE – This one square milebeach community, a 10-mile 30-minute drivefrom the Lewes Yacht Club (a favorite Sunfishracing venue), was once known as the“Nation’s Summer Capital” and was thepreferred get-away for seaside goers fromWashington, D.C. During the weekend ofSeptember 19-20, however, Rehoboth Beachwas the preferred sailing get-away for 21women Sunfish sailors from all over the globe!Ecuador, Arizona, Florida, Rhode Island,Connecticut, New York, Delaware, New

Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland to name a fewplaces. This special Sunfish competition heldannually at different U.S. locations attractsformer women’s champions, lots more go-fastsailors who are a breath away from winning achampionship and some sailors wanting tocompete against the best to speed up theirlearning curve. But as important as thecompetitive spirit is of these adventurous,competitive women is their spirit ofcamaraderie when seeing old friends andmaking new ones. It’s a world of hollering“starboard!” or “you have to give me room!”when on the water, but a totally differentworld on shore of helping one another withhauling and putting away boats leaving moretime to chat, laugh and learn what everyonehas been doing since the last time they saweach other. The Women’s Sunfish NorthAmericans combines the best of many worlds— competitiveness, sharing rigging tips andbuilding life-long friendships. It’s always asailing event to remember. Thanks to the many months of hard workin planning and organizing this special event,

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Nancy Jaywork with husband Terry’s help and a committee of dedicated workers hosted anotherunforgettable women’s championship. PRO Dave Racine and Rob Davis, Mark Boat andScoring, were invaluable! In addition to coordinating this whole event, the Jayworks alsoprovided housing to several Sunfish sailors. And Nancy raced. She’s another champion-in-the-making … a champion sailor and champion organizer! The Top 5 place finishers and Top Youth Sailor went home with beautiful trophies knowingthey sailed hard against some of the best of the best. But to everyone’s delight, all participantswent home with a prize won in a drawing! Nicholas Patin, who was there with Mom Anne Patin,quickly volunteered to be the one who drew all 21 names from a bowl one prize at a time. Thestainless steel Sunfish pendant made by Rapid Buttner that I won is a treasured gift. Those inPeru at the Worlds saw me wearing it every day!

The women who sailed in all the races experienced a nice mix of two light-medium air racesthat quickly turned into 15-18 knots of breeze for the remainder of the regatta. Brave souls thatthey were! But one day of racing was so significant that I have to mention it here … GailHeausler left the whole fleet in the dust and finished with a bullet in 4 of the 5 races on the firstday. She was more than a full leg ahead of everyone! We did check the bottom of her borrowedSunfish to make certain she hadn’t attached a silent motor with propeller! But, alas, heroutstanding Day 1 ended with an OCS on Day 2 which moved her to 2nd place overall. But shewasn’t alone with an OCS in that one race. Romina de Iullio Garcia (ECU), Anne Patin andNancy Jaywork all got an OCS in that one race. Starts in that heavy air were challenging. Probably the friend-sponsored, friend-cooked, friend-served dinner at one of the mostbeautiful homes in Rehoboth Beach had to be a highlight of this wonderful event. Shelby andSteve Thompson, former neighbors to Nancy Jaywork and husband Terry, welcomed all of us(more than 35 of us if I counted right!) and served a Five-Star quality meal that included horsd’ouevres, main dishes of many kinds and several different desserts in addition to someexcellent wine and other cold drinks. No Five-Star dining anywhere could top this! And it allstarted with a not-too-serious discussion between Nancy and Terry months ago when they metShelby and Steve for dinner one night. This women’s championship event was mentioned; theyjoked back and forth about Shelby offering to host a dinner at their home. But nothing definitewas planned; it was all a “pie in the sky” idea that months later turned into the real thing … anight to remember! Here’s recapping some memorable moments: (1) Having breakfast with Betsy Schmidt whodecided not to race in this year’s championship and was gracious enough to let me use her boatand sail; we did have official Sunfish business to discuss along with lots of catching up to do! (2)

Being treated like royalty at the home ofConnie Miller and husband John during my 3-day stay in Delaware; the Millers also hosted afabulous gourmet meal for as many of thesailors who could come. Talk about anotherFive-Star quality meal; we were spoiled rotten!(3) My 9-hour drive each way to and fromNewport, Rhode Island, with long-time friendLee Parks. I still can’t believe we never ran outof a thing to talk about in all that time; thatwas over 18 hours of chatting, laughing andreminiscing! And, of course, we ended ourtime together as always with a visit to Flo’sClam Shack in Newport, RI, where I got myfill of fresh fried clams until the next time. (4)Another memorable evening was our firstnight in Delaware when those of us who hadarrived early decided to meet at the LewesYacht Club for dinner. There was me, Lee,Connie and John Miller, Nancy and Terry andRomina, a tiny little sailor, who is one of thosewho is a breath away from winning a majorregatta! As the menus were passed around, weall assumed tiny Romina would order ahamburger or something similar. But shefooled us! She ordered the steak and lobsterplate and ate every last drop!! Plus she finishedoff a huge piece of chocolate cake we sharedaround the table! Can that little girl eat as wellas sail fast!! (5) Last but not least … alwaysspecial is seeing long-time friends fromSunfish regattas past and making new friendsto see at Sunfish regattas-to-be. A special thanks to Will Kresic forintroducing two new UCONN sailors, LyndsayStockwell and Marta Chlus, to our Sunfish“family;” we hope Lindsay and Marta havealready put next year’s Women’s NorthAmericans schedule on their calendars. Andit’s always very special to see a Dad accompanyhis daughter and cheer her on; Eleanor,daughter of Chris Bukosky of Seaside Park isanother one of those champions waiting tohappen! If there are any experienced Sunfishsailors near Seaside Park, Chris Bukosky isvery interested in helping to set up and attendsome “how to” Sunfish seminars (rigging,sailing, go-fast tips, etc.) at or near his Club. If you want to join in next year’s fun, maketravel plans to Shelter Island Heights, NY, forSeptember 16-18. This fun and competitivewomen’s championship will be held at theMenantic Yacht Club and is chaired by Steveand Melissa Shepstone. When details arefinalized, the NORs and registration form willbe posted on the official Sunfish website,

http://www.sunfishclass.org.

L to R: Eleanor Bukosky (Top Youth), JJ Smith (Youngest), Romina De Iulio (4th), MargueriteKoehler (3rd), Nancy Haberland (1st Place), Gail Heausler (2nd) and Anne Patin (5th).

Nancy Haberland Wins 2015 Women’s North American Championship (cont’d)

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JuneRose Futcher has been painting andphotographing the sailing life since heryouthful days of sailing on the DelawareBay at the Lewes Yacht Club, and acrossthe waterways of North America, in afamily of sailors and professionalmariners. She is the recipient of aDelaware Division of the Arts grantfunded by the National Endowment forthe Arts where her signature portfoliofeatured maritime impressionism andcompetitive sailing. For more than twentyyears (Seabrook Sailing Club of Texas re-invigorated her artistic imagination) shehas been taking photographs of dinghysailing, yachting and maritime shipping.With an academic degree in multi-mediaand photography, JuneRose, who is a busysailor, has emerged as a serious showcaseartist, inspired by an intellectual andsoulful connection to sailing. A mastersailor she races the Laser and Sunfish allyear round. Her published and exhibitedphotographs are sought after, communityaward winning, and popular charity giftsfor several organizations including SevernSailing Association on the ChesapeakeBay. When she puts her camera down shegoes sailing for inspiration.

Photographer Extraordinaireat Women’s NAs

JuneRose (JR) Futcher

L to R: Nancy Jaywork (Event Chair), MartaChlus, Marguerite Koehler, Connie Miller,JuneRose Futcher (Event Photographerand Competitor), Christina Chang, ConnieMeeks


1 60428 Nancy Haberland 4-6-3-2-(7)-1-2 27 20

2 6676 Gail Heausler 8-1-1-1-1-(22)-1-13 48 26

3 71 Marguerite Koehler 3-(9)-2-4-3-2-7-6 36 27

4 0 Romina De Iulio Garcia 2-3-8-3-4-(OCS)-8-1 51 29

5 77715 Anne Patin 1-2-12-9-8-(OCS)-4-3 61 39

6 4348 Lyndsay Stockwell 10-4-7-8-2-7-6-(11) 55 44

7 88436 Nancy Jaywork 6-5-4-7-15-(OCS)-3-5 67 45

8 5785 Lee Parks (14)-10-5-6-4-9-4 61 47

9 17733 JR Futcher 15-(16)-5-6-10-9-5-7 73 57

10 49899 Nicky Einthoven (11)-8-6-10-11-5-10-10 71 60

11 75020 Sally Rusk 13-12-13-(15)-5-3-15-8 84 69

12 4305 Connie Miller (14)-10-9-11-9-8-14-9 84 70

13 S-666 Eleanor Bukosky (18)-11-15-14-12-10-12-14 106 88

14 77897 Susan Mallows 12-(17)-14-12-13-12-11-15 106 89

15 75024 JJ Smith 5-7-(20)-19-18-6-19-18 112 92

16 77733 Connie Meeks 16-(20)-16-13-17-11-13-12 118 98

17 4347 Marta Chlus 17-15-11-16-(19)-13-16-16 123 104

18 80917 Lynne Randall (20)-18-17-18-14-14-17-17 135 115

19 77572 Christina Chang (DNF)-21-18-17-16-15-18-19 146 124

20 81044 Susan Davidson 7-13-19-(DNS)-DNS-DNS-DNS-DNS 149 127

21 19742 Vicki Palmer 19-19-(DNF)-DNS-DNS-DNS-DNS 170 148

2015 Women’s North AmericansRace Results


1 3503 Les Piehl 1-1-(DNF)-1-1-1 16 5

2 78330 Tony Collins 2-2-1-(4)-3-2 14 10

3 81123 PaulHenkart 3-(4)-2-2-2-3 16 12

4 78198 John Huebner (6)-3-4-3-4-5 25 19

5 93997 Robert Lamoureux 4-(5)-3-5-5-4 26 21

6 81219 Craig Storms 5-6-(11)-7-6-7 42 31

7 16053 Mike Jensen 8-8-5-8-(9)-6 44 35

8 81808 Paul Catinella 7-7-6-(DNC)-DNC-DNC 53 42

9 78329 Ann Hinton (DNC)-DNC-DNC-6-7-8 54 43

10 81220 Luis Madrid (DNF)-DNF-DNC-9-8-9 59 48

West Region Race ResultsMBYC, San Diego, CA

Aug. 15-16, 2015

Doug Kaukeinen Wins US Masters Championship

By Mark Stoughton, New England Rep to the USSCA and Massapoag YC Commodore

The invasion of the Sunfish continued this week. Not to be outdone by the 40 boat fleet atWequaquet Lake Yacht Club on Cape Cod for last week’s Regional Championships, 45 Sunfishsailors from 15 states descended on Massapoag for the 2015 North American MastersChampionship. The Masters Championship is open to all Sunfish sailors 40 years of age and above. Sunfish sailors are a hardy lot. Some of the skippers competing this weekend who were alreadyeligible for the Masters championship when the 40 and 50 something competitors were born. And on the course they showed some of the youngsters how a Sunfish is sailed! Competitors were treated to classic Lake Massapoag conditions. Day 1 of the racingbrought light southerly winds for the first race, a short break for lunch and a passingthunderstorm, and howling west winds in the afternoon. An unsteady clocking of the windchallenged PRO Kevin Buruchian and the Race Committee to set a square course long enoughfor a race to be run. A course would be set, and the sequence started, then the wind wouldshift 20 degrees, requiring a reset. One time, there was such a large wind shift that the RaceCommittee simply flipped the course, turning the leeward mark into the windward mark. Bythe end of the days racing, they were just about out of lake. (cont’d on Pg 20)

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On Day 2 Lake Massapoag showed thefleet just how contrary and irrational its windscan be, bringing much lighter winds and lesschallenging course conditions. The very lightand shifty winds caused a fair amount of headscratching within the fleet as the fleet asskippers tried to figure out how best to maketheir way around the course. Upwind, swirlingheaders forced many boats to the left andright. Downwind legs were not alwaysdownwind for the entire run. Looking at a“downwind” run, one could never be be sureyou were looking at, because you could seeboats on just about every point of sail. Doug Kaukienen figured out the lake, andcontinued his winning streak started at theRegionals last week. Doug beat out BillBrangiforte, Scott Greenbaum, Drew Staniarand Andy David, who rounded out the top 5. Andy David won the Apprentice MasterDivision (aka. The Junior Division). Doug wonthe Masters (50-60) Division, Drew Staniarwon the Grand Master (60-70) Division, andDave Davies won the Supreme Master (70+)Division. Davies not only won his division, hedemonstrated the best in sailing sportsmanshipwhen he jumped off his own boat after a raceto help a a 90-year old(!) skipper who hadcapsized and was having trouble righting hisboat. PRO Kevin Buruchian and his RaceCommittee did an outstanding job in difficultconditions, getting 7 races off over the twoday regatta, and managing such a large fleet insuch a small lake. Kevin not only ran theraces, after the racing was done for the day, hewent around making boat adjustments, lendingequipment and giving pointers to the MYCSunfish sailors and anyone else who could usea hand. On land, Diane Kampf and her crewoutdid themselves once again, making surethat everyone was bandaged, fed and welllubricated. Their job spread out over severaldays as a number of skippers made a week ofit, racing in the Regionals last week atWequaquet Lake YC and going straight to“Camp Massapoag” and pitching their tents orparking their RVs for a week’s vacation by thelake. Thanks to all the competitors and to all theMYC members who made this a fantasticregatta!

Doug Kaukeinen Wins US MastersChampionship (cont’d)

By Mark Stoughton

Scott Greenbaum ruled the day in a brisk NE breeze with very strong competition fromCam Chafee and Brett Adams of Saunderstown. Ken and Kory Charles rounded out the top5, followed closely by Paul Nannig. Three juniors, Josh Stone of Saunderstown and Kyle andIan Nannig of Wickford, held on and stayed strong through all six races, including the finalgrueling run around Dutch Island. Paula Kiley was the lone woman willing to brave theconditions, and finished two races before calling it a day. Thirteen sailors competed in theevent, with several others deciding to remain ashore. Spectators had a great view of the races from the dock and clubhouse deck. As usual, the“Tea Ladies” provided an incredible array of tea sandwiches and baked goods after theraces. Thanks to Paul Hazlett for organizing this event and all the race committee volunteersfor making this such a successful day.

(See Race Results on Pg. 21)

Super Sunfish SundaySaunderstown Yacht Club

US Sunfish Masters Massapoag YC -- July 31-August 02, 2015

Results, Total Points 1. 52853, Doug Kaukeinen[Masters], Rochester Canoe Club, 3-3-[5]-1-2-1-1- ; 11 2. 61299, Gisele, Bill Brangiforte[Masters], Barrington Frostbite, 6-1-2-[10]-1-3-2- ; 15 3. 54311, , Scott Greenbaum[Masters], None, 4-9-9-4-[19]-6-4- ; 36 4. 3868, , Drew Staniar[Grand Masters], Off Soundings, [17]-13-7-5-16-4-6- ; 51 5. 40728, , Andy David[Apprentice Masters], Barrington Frostbite Association, 1-12-12-7-[29]-16-5- ; 53 6. 51883, , John Eckart[Masters], MYC, 15-18-10-6-[46/DNF]-2-13- ; 64 7. 4321, , Brian McGinnis[Apprentice Masters], Wet Pants Sailiong Association, [18]-11-4-14-11-15-10- ; 65T 8. 77731, , Jim Gindling[Masters], Canandaigua Yacht Club, 5-5-6-19-14-[30]-16- ; 65T 9. 55900, , Alan Beckwith[Grand Masters], Medfield Yacht Club, 2-15-3-9-25-14-[32]- ; 68 10. 9, Old Shovelnose, Eric Woodman[Apprentice Masters], barrington frostbite Assn, [23]-8-21-2-8-8-22- ; 69 11. 833, , Derek Gauger[Apprentice Masters], MBYC, 22-[46/OCS]-1-11-9-28-3- ; 74 12. 60673, -, Mark Weider[Grand Masters], Rochester Canoe Club, 12-[35]-16-25-3-11-8- ; 75 13. 7509, , David Davies[Supreme Masters], Wolf Lake Sailing, 10-6-23-13-6-[33]-18- ; 76 14. 12, , Ken Charles[Grand Masters], BLSC, 19-7-22-[24]-4-20-7- ; 79 15. 76989, , Paul Nannig[Masters], Wickford Yacht Club, 14-17-14-[26]-13-19-9- ; 86 16. 60858, , Gail Heausler[Masters], Davis Island Yacht Club, [32]-19-8-3-22-24-15- ; 91T 17. 77173, , John Condon[Apprentice Masters], Mattituck Yacht Club, 7-23-13-27-[38]-10-11- ; 91T 18. 43433, none, Elizabeth Clinton-Genovese[Apprentice Masters], none, 13-[34]-25-20-18-7-21- ; 104 19. 5785, , Lee Parks[Grand Masters], Newport Yacht Club, 27-10-[33]-15-15-13-26- ; 106T 20. 78275, , Mark Buruchian[Grand Masters], Highland Lakes Sunfish Fleet, 11-16-18-[35]-12-32-17- ; 106T 21. 4307, , Jim Koehler[Grand Masters], SBWA, 16-[36]-15-23-31-18-12- ; 115 22. 80018, , Peter Wells[Grand Masters], Wet Pants SA, 8-4-19-30-17-41-[46/DNF]- ; 119 23. 9102, , Rapid Buttner[Grand Masters], Chetolah Yacht Club, [35]-2-27-33-33-5-25- ; 125 24. 57923, , Mike Fortner[Masters], Rochester Canoe Club, 9-31-17-8-35-[40]-28- ; 128 25. 79423, , Gary Werden[Grand Masters], Massapoag Yacht Club, 21-33-26-18-7-[35]-33- ; 138 26. 117, Argo, John Meyer[Supreme Masters], None, 30-28-20-22-[32]-9-30- ; 139 27. 29629, , Les Johnston[Grand Masters], West Dennis Yacht Club, [39]-22-36-21-28-17-19- ; 143 28. 75417, , Tom Katterheinrich[Grand Masters], St Marys Boat Club, [44]-27-38-43-10-29-14- ; 161T 29. 78518, , Paul Dierze[Masters], Topsfield Yacht Club, [42]-30-34-39-23-12-23- ; 161T 30. 24186, Stitches, Gail Turluck[Masters], Gull Lake Yacht Club, [38]-26-29-17-30-21-38- ; 161T 31. 27777, Feather Power, Paul Odegaard[Supreme Masters], BLSC, [40]-25-30-34-21-25-27- ; 162 32. 612991, Tom, Tony Collins[Masters], Corinthian Sailing Club, 31-[46/DNF]-24-29-20-23-40- ; 167T 33. 79302, , Allyn Miner[Grand Masters], Cooper River YC, Collingswood, NJ, 25-[38]-35-37-24-26-20- ; 167T 34. 57652, , Stephen Shriner[Masters], Spofford Yacht Club, 20-24-31-32-26-36-[41]- ; 169 35. 14, , Mary Charles[Masters], BLSC, 29-32-[42]-41-5-39-24- ; 170 36. 21681, , Joseph J. Sullivan, Jr.[Supreme Masters], Southold Yacht Club, 26-37-11-31-27-[46/RET]-43- ; 175T 37. 4062, , JOHN HOUSTLE[Grand Masters], Massapoag Yacht Club, [41]-21-40-12-37-31-34- ; 175T 38. 79161, , David Nielsen[Apprentice Masters], Bolton Lake Sailing Club, 34-14-32-28-[39]-38-29- ; 175T 39. 79650, Granny’s Pie, Denis Wettlaufer[Grand Masters], None, 33-20-28-36-42-[43]-36- ; 195 40. 4158, , Bernadette Levesque[Apprentice Masters], MYC, 28-29-37-40-40-[42]-31- ; 205 41. 43407, Baby Doll, Dr Richard Heinl[Supreme Masters], SPYS, 24-[46/DNF]-39-44-46/DSQ-27-35- ; 215 42. 75236, Pounding Trout, Charlie Rush[Supreme Masters], Lake Bluff YC, 36-[46/OCS]-45-38-41-22-37- ; 21943. 80961, Paul Henkel[Grand Masters], Spofford Yacht lub, 37-39-41-16-[46/DNS]-46/DNS-46/DNS- ; 225 44. 84939, Joe Kaukeinen[Supreme Masters], Rochester Canoe Club, [43]-40-43-42-36-37-42- ; 240 45. 3929, Mark Stoughton[Masters], Massapoag Yacht Club, 45-[46/OCS]-44-46/DNF-34-34-39- ; 242

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Super Sunfish Sunday Race ResultsSail Name Races 6; One Throwout TOT

1 54311 Scott Greenbaum 1-(2)-1-1-1-1 5

2 2 Cam Chafee 3-1-2-(OCS)-3-3 12

3 1 Brett Adams 3-3-(4)-2-2-2 12

4 12 Ken Charles 4-4-3-4-4-(DNC) 19

5 14 Korey Charles 5-5-(7)-3-5-5 23

6 76989 Paul Nannig 7-7-6-5-(8)-4 29

7 80133 Joshua Stone (Jr) (8)-6-5-6-6-6 29

8 111 Bill Hoopes 9-8-9-(10)-7-7 40

9 USA Kyle Nannig (Jr) (12)-9-8-7-10-8 42

10 20129 Ian Nannig (Jr) (11)-10-10-8-9-9 46

11 4 Jim Kann 10-11-11-9-(DNF)-DNC 55

12 71 Tom Galster 6-(DNS)-DNC-DNC-DNC-DNC 62

13 6 Paula Kiley 13-12-(DNC)-DNC-DNC-DNC 67

South East Regional # 2A life Saver!

The Southeast Regional kicked off again at Carolina YachtClub 1853 at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The regattastarted off with some excitement on the way out to the OceanCourse. On the 45 minute sail out to the Ocean, Sailor JamieDeale from Southport N.C., noticed a man being pulled outinto the inlet and struggling to keep his head above the wavesand tired. Three women were frantically screaming at him fromthe beach. Jamie was able to rescue the drowning man and puthim back on the beach. Before setting out to the racecourse. The Day started with a light air race and ended with the seabreeze building and a heavy air final race. Bill Rainey CYC,who won the Regional last year, took the first race after almostmissing the offset mark. Race two was won Andrew Bates ofSouthport NC, who sailed last year for Kings Point MMA. JoelHurley, of Halifax Sailing Association in Daytona FL, won racethree. Joel won the first Southeast Regional earlier this year inCharleston SC. Going into Sunday the regatta was still up for grabs. Afterall sailors were towed out to the Ocean, the sea breeze began tofill in. The first race was light air and won by William Smith ofCYC. The last race was a return of the heavy air, like theprevious day. After another general recall the Z flag washoisted. The boat end of the line was favored on the last race.Rob Eberle was over early but was close enough to thecommittee boat to hear his number being called. He went backand cleared. Two other sailors were not so fortunate. The Zflag penalty however would cost Eberle the Regatta. JoelHurley took the last race. He is the only sailor to get two bulletsat the Regatta. This set up a first place tie. William Smith of CYC andDavid Dunn of HSA tied with a point total of 17 points forfive races. Yes, 17 points for 5 races was the winning total!William Smith won the tiebreaker and the Southeast Regional.Carolina Yacht Club retains the John Anderson Trophy foranother year.

Top 5 Winners were:

(1) William Smith, CYC(2) Dave Dunn, HSA(3) Joel Hurley, HAS(4) Rob Eberle, MOBYC(5) Bill Raney, CYC

Top Grand Master - David Dunn HSATop Master - Paul Welles ODCTop Female - Sonya Dean MOBYCTop Youth - Dean Omirly CYC

Sail Name Races 5; No Throwouts TOT

1 57567 William Smith 5-4-3-1-4 17

2 24603 Dave Dunn 3-6-4-2-2 17

3 81024 Joel Hurley 9-2-1-6-1 19

4 79086 Rob Eberle 2-5-2-4-ZFP 20

5 89252 Bill Raney 1-3-6-10-6 26

6 4480 Paul Welles 8-11-8-3-8 38

7 52105 Jamie Deale 7-7-5-12-7 38

8 3729 Alexander Dean 6-10-10-11-10 47

9 4440 Andrew Bates 12-1-7-9-OCS 52

10 80940 Laurence Mass 13-9-9-13-12 56

11 743 Daniel Wilson 16-12-13-7-9 57

12 80053 Bobby Boger 4-OCS-DNF-8-5 63

13 81173 Mark Evans 14-13-11-14-15 67

14 88 Ricky Evans 15-8-15-15-16 69

15 80392 Sonya Dean 10-19-DNC-5-17 74

16 19088 Nicole Nason 11-17-16-16-14 74

17 4454 Dean Omirly 17-16-14-18-11 76

18 2285 David Usher 19-15-17-19-13 83

19 12 Matthew McCoy 18-14-12-17-OCS 84

20 80728 Kevin McNamara 20-20-18-20-18 96

21 3817 Andrew Renton 21-18-DNF-DNC-DNC 108

22 2595 David Parshall DNC-DNC-DNC-DNC-DNC 115

South East Regional # 2 Race Results

L to R: Rob Eberle (4th), Bill Smith (1st), Dave Dunn (2nd and TopMaster), Bill Raney (5th), Joel Hurley (3rd) and Paul Welles (TopMaster)

Winter 2015

Laura Beebe has won seven races in a row in her 2014 World Championship Sunfishwith the blue and gold sail. The boat, a Christmas gift from her husband, stayed in thebox from Camp Sea Gull until July but she pulled it out for the Hueston Woods JulySunfish regatta dubbed “The Camptown Races”. Seventeen boats made it out for the July 12th event, including five juniors. In thethird and final light air race, Bill Molleran finally beat her, but she still came in second inthat race to run away with the title and the hardware. In junior action, Victor Abitabilobested a field of five juniors for his first Sunfish win.

1. Laura Beebe 1 1 2 3.52. Bill Molleran 7 5 1 12.753. Roger Henthorn 5 3 5 134. Rose Schultz 3 7 4 145. Mike Stratton 7 2 9 176. Jerry Brewster 4 8 7 197. Megan Molleran 8 9 3 208. Charlie DeArmon 11 4 6 219. Kevin DeArmon 11 4 6 2310. Brian Callahan 2 DNS DNS 2611. Brett Hart 12 10 10 3212. Danielle Marks 10 DNS DNS 34Juniors1. Victor Abitabilo 2 3 1 5.752. Kayla Draper 4 1 2 6.753. Jack Cooper 5 2 3 104. Sarah Lockhart 1 DNS DNS 10.755. Katie lockhart 3 DNS DNS 13

L to R: Victor Abitabilo (Top Junior), Laura Beebe (1st Place Overall)

Camptown Races

Winter 2015

2015 Sunfish World Champion Alexander Zimmerman -proudly displaying Peru’s flag

2015 Sunfish Youth World Champion and 2nd Place finisherin the Sunfish Worlds Championship - David Gonzalez

More Sunfish World ChampionshipPhotos taken by Professional

Photographer Matias Capizzano

Larry Mass - ISCA Vice President

Sonya Dean - ISCA Treasurer

PRO Roberto (Roy) Peschiera

Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 TOT1 Kaukeinen, Doug 3 5 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 16

2 Hesse, Dan 2 3 6 1 3 3 4 7 4 26

3 Callahan, Amanda 12 2 1 5 10 8 6 5 2 39

4 Brangiforte, Bill 6 4 7 7 4 6 8 2 3 39

5 Heausler, Gail 1 12 10 20 2 4 16 1 12 58

6 Beckwith, Alan 18 13 4 3 5 9 9 6 10 59

7 Buruchian, Kevin 13 6 8 8 6 13 1 14 5 60

8 McGinnis, Brian 10 9 2 6 12 7 11 12 21 69

9 David, Andy 8 8 5 12 14 14 3 11 9 70

10 Buttner, Drew 4 11 12 9 7 2 18 13 14 72

11 Woodman, Eric 7 1 22 11 17 11 12 17 11 87

12 Charles, Ken 14 14 21 17 8 5 13 4 18 93

13 Gindling, Jim 17 7 11 4 9 12 17 16 29 93

14 Charles, Korey 24 18 9 13 15 16 7 10 17 105

15 Montes, Lee 9 15 18 28 16 10 10 9 20 107

16 Genovese, Liza 11 10 17 18 13 18 22 26 7 116

17 Kresic, Will 5 27 20 10 DNS DNS 5 8 6 121

18 Staniar, Drew 23 21 19 21 11 22 15 24 8 140

19 Charles, Kurt 22 16 24 25 18 20 14 21 13 148

20 Nielsen, David 32 15 13 19 20 24 28 18 22 159

21 Johnston, Les 16 17 27 27 26 17 20 32 16 166

22 Davies, David 15 31 16 15 24 19 24 34 23 167

23 Odegaard, Paul 19 22 23 22 21 32 21 20 31 179

24 Jaywork, Nancy 33 24 15 14 28 29 27 25 24 186

25 Miner, Allyn 21 23 14 35 27 23 33 29 27 197

26 Parks, Lee 30 28 30 32 25 27 23 19 15 197

27 Pracon, Brian 27 19 34 26 23 26 29 23 28 201

28 Buttner, Rapid 25 29 36 31 22 15 31 22 33 208

29 Dierze, Paul 20 32 25 33 33 DNS 19 28 19 209

30 Rich, Marty 26 35 26 16 31 25 26 35 26 211

31 Stockwell, Lyndsay 37 33 32 30 30 21 25 15 30 216

32 Charles, Mary 31 26 29 23 29 33 32 30 25 225

33 SantosKaukeinen 29 20 28 34 32 31 30 31 34 235

34 Levesque, Bernadette 35 25 31 29 34 28 34 27 32 240

35 Rush, Charlie 28 36 33 DNS 19 36 38 DNS DNS 270

36 Chlus, Marta 36 30 35 36 35 34 35 33 35 273

37 Hakanson, Ruth 34 34 37 24 DNS 30 DNS DNS DNS 279

New England Regional Championship Results

Sunfish Regional Regatta - Wawasee Yacht Club

Winter 2015

September 12-13, 2015

1 78330 Derek Ganger Mission Bay Yacht Club 11 2 3 2 3 1 (12) 2 808 Bob Findlay Wilmette Yacht Club 13 (25\DNS) 1 4 1 2 5 3 59541 Rich Chapman Lake Bluff Yacht Club 18 3 2 5 5 (7) 3 4 79620 Scott Schappe Lake Bluff Yacht Club 19 (9) 7 3 2 5 2 5 78829 Dan Norton Devil’s Lake Yacht Club 20 6 (8) 6 4 3 1 6 4051 Jim Wellington Wawasee Yacht Club 23 (8) 4 1 6 6 6 7 3841 Dick Tillman Wawasee Yacht Club 34 1 5 (15) 12 12 4 8 76356 Ronald McHenry Pymatuning Sailing Club 36 5 6 (14) 8 9 8 9 75358 David Silverman Melbourne Yacht Club 46 7 10 12 9 8 (21) 10 1946 Brad Wagnon Wawasee Yacht Club 47 (17) 12 8 7 4 16 11 80932 Bryan Bahler Wawasee Yacht Club 51 4 9 13 10 15 (17) 12 39 David Michals Lake Bluff Yacht Club 52 10 11 7 11 13 (18) 13 75417 Tom Katterheinrich St Marys Yacht Club 59 12 14 10 (18) 10 13 14 1 David Wisler Wawasee Yacht Club 62 11 (17) 16 13 11 11 15 80361 Gretchen Seymour Lake Bluff Yacht Club 68 15 15 9 14 (18) 15 16 33090 Shapoor Guzder Lake Bluff Yacht Club 74 19 13 (20) 15 20 7 17 24186 Gail Turluck Gull Lake Yacht Club 79 13 19 11 (25\DNF) 22 14 18 79181 Margaret Parra Lake Bluff Yacht Club 80 18 22 17 (25\DNS) 14 9 19 2870 Chris Gates Melbourne Yacht Club 83 14 16 21 16 16 (22) 20 79407 Donald Fritz Perrysburg Boat Club 95 (25\DNS) 18 19 17 17 24 21 77590 John Woolschlager Creve Coeur Saling Assoc. 97 16 (25\DNS) 25\DNS25\DNS 21 10 22 72856 Ken Gindling Wawasee Yacht Club 102 (25\DNS) 21 18 25\DNS 19 19 23 2015 Wes Rapp Wawasee Yacht Club 105 21 20 22 19 (24) 23 24 186 Robert Stelling Lake Bluff Yacht Club 106 20 (23) 23 20 23 20

Wawasee Yacht Clubon Lake Wawasee ...

Located near Syracuse andNorth Webster, Indiana

Lake Wawasee -- Indiana’s Largest Natural Lake

When tasked with finding a creativeway to promote their organization, mostpeoplehost anevent,hand outfliers orcreatesocialmediaaccounts.JoeSullivan isnot mostpeople. So when the part-time Southoldresident and former owner of WBAZradio in Southold was recently looking todraw attention to the Fordham Universitysailing team, he came up with a mostunusual approach. He appeared on“Wheel of Fortune.”A volunteer coach and manager of theteam, Mr. Sullivan, 78, received a letter inMay announcing that the show would behosting auditions in New York City formembers of the Wheel Watchers Club, towhich he belongs. “My immediate thought was, what agreat way to get some publicity for theFordham University sailing team.” Mr.Sullivan said in an interview last week.So began the process that would spanthree months and allow him to meetVanna White and Pat Sajak as a contestanton the show. Filling out paperwork in thecontestants’ room the morning of taping,Mr. Sullivan looked up to see a woman inan ordinary dress with a kerchief over herhead.“I didn’t recognize her at first,” he said.“Then she smiled and said, ‘Welcomeeverybody’ and I said ‘My word, that’sVanna!’ She was very, very gracious andwished us all the best.” Mr. Sullivan’s wife, Barbara, agreed.She sat in the audience during herhusband’s taping and said Ms. Whiteinteracted with everyone and answeredany questions people had throughout theday. Mr. Sullivan had equally kind words forMr. Sajak, whom he described as “veryfriendly, very professional and [he] cameacross just as he does on television.”Before he could meet the duo he’d beenwatching for years, Mr. Sullivan had tomake a 60-second audition tape in which,according to the Wheel of Fortunewebsite, “applicants should … be naturaland have fun while communicating whyyou would be a good contestant for theshow.”

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Suffolk Times

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Sail Fleet Name Races 5; No Throwouts TOT

1 52853 M Doug Kaukeinen 14131 10

2 77731 M Jim Gindling 27692 26

3 78867 GM Bill Schmidt 36958 31

4 48956 M Mark May DNC5223 35

5 78018 O Bart Hale 528119 35

6 60673 GM Mark Weider 9331OCS 39

7 25775 GM Lance Toth 1411545 39

8 117 GM John Meyer 4105156 40

9 57973 O Mike Fortner 719774 44

10 77720 W Mary Schmidt 10812107 47

11 3913 M Steve Leach 61141714 52

12 79187 O Steve Powers OCS910610 58

13 81150 M Chip Toth 131417811 63

14 79650 M Dennis Wettlaufer 1218111213 66

15 84939 GM Joe Kaukeinen 1616131412 71

16 40445 M Scott Cramer 8121913DNF 75

17 79386 O John Powers 11132119DNF 87

18 27777 O Truman Walker 19151418DNF 89

19 81029 M Tim Hammer 15221616DNF 92

20 148956 JR Taylor May 17172020DNF 97

21 4404 O Alex Suvorov 20211821DNF 103

22 CYC6 JR Joseph Seiffert 18202222DNS 105

2015 NY Upstate Regional ChampionshipCanandaigua Yacht Club In order to prepare for the “live”

game, which Mr. Sullivan said lasted about15 minutes, he spent more than fourhours in preparation. This includedmakeup, practicing the game, promotionalpictures and a question-and-answersession. The 18 contestants even drewstraws to see who would appear on whichshow, and then drew again to see whetherthey would stand on the left, center orright of the wheel. Mr. Sullivan’s wife sat with the familiesof the other contestants all day while herhusband participated in the game. Shedescribed the experience as fun butriddled with anxiety. “You sit there hoping he gets a chanceto do something so he doesn’t feel badlyafterward,” she said. “You’re reallyanxious for the person. The show itselfwas really entertaining … It’s notsomething I ever thought I would do in50 million years.” Based on his experience, Mr. Sullivanhad an insider tip to share with futurecompetitors. “It is very, very heavy,” he said of thefamous wheel. “There are these spikesthat stick up from the wheel and theywant you to put your hand around thespikes. The natural inclination is you put[your hand] around the whole spike, butthey said, ‘No, no, don’t do that. Just holdit at the top of the spike.’ It took practiceto do that.” Mr. Sullivan’s episode is scheduled toair Thursday, Nov. 12. He plans to watchwith his wife, who said she’ll “probably beanxious again,” along with their fourchildren and eight grandchildren. “It’s a lot of pressure. It’s easier whenyou’re sitting on your couch at home anddoing it,” Mr. Sullivan said with a laugh.“It really was a lot of fun, I must say.”

With the help of the sailing team captain, he filmed a few takes of his audition tapebefore disaster struck. “I can’t remember reason number two!” he blurted mid-video, laughing as hegathered himself and proved his reasons accurate: he loves playing the game, he’s apositive, upbeat person and his enthusiasm is contagious.The flub added 18 seconds to his video, but after advice from the team captain hesubmitted that “disaster” version. Turns out it was good advice. Only 48 hours aftersubmitting the video, Mr. Sullivan was one of 75 people to receive an invitation toaudition in person in June. Those auditioning played the game twice. During his first chance, he guessed theletter P, which wasn’t on the board.“I thought that if that were it, my audition would be the fastest one in history,” Mr.Sullivan said. The second time around he called out three consonants, two of which popped up onthe board. After that, each participant was handed a sheet of paper with four categoriesused in the program, such as food and drink and things and places. The paper contained16 puzzles and contestants had five minutes to correctly complete as many as possible.Mr. Sullivan got three right. Returning 45 minutes later, staff members called out the names of about 30 peoplewho would continue the audition process. Mr. Sullivan’s was the next-to-last namecalled. Everyone then participated in another game. According to Mr. Sullivan, winning thegame wasn’t important, as the staff was looking more for the entertainment value eachindividual would bring to the show. Finally, each contestant had to present him or herself as if they were actually on theshow. Mr. Sullivan discussed his family, past business experience and, of course, theFordham University sailing team. A staff member noticed on Mr. Sullivan’s applicationthat he had served in the United States Air Force and asked him about it. “I realized that my service in Korea may have saved the day,” Mr. Sullivan said. “UntilI was asked about my USAF service, I felt that my chances were very slim. As I left I feltthat I had a shot at being selected.” Two weeks later, Mr. Sullivan received a highly anticipated phone call inviting him totravel to California in August, at his own expense, to film an episode that would airduring Armed Forces Week. Six shows were taped that day, five of them for Armed Forces week.“He was the fourth episode to tape and I was thinking that I hoped he could stay wideawake and alert,” Barbara Sullivan said with a laugh.

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