tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359733325933964392024-03-19T14:49:45.414-04:00Sonar Class AssociationFounded in 1980, the Sonar Class Association is the governing body for Sonar sailing worldwide.
Here, we share fleet news, race results, rules discussions...anything and everything Sonar.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629241748222628687noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435973332593396439.post-3071671677770312042017-06-28T16:19:00.000-04:002017-06-29T07:34:31.187-04:00Sonar Class Association Newsletter<b><span style="color: blue;">NEWS:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">2017 TAPPAN ZEE CHALLENGE:</span><br />
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The following is a nice recap of the racing at the 2017 Tappan Zee Challenge, submitted by the winning skipper Rick Doerr...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The 2017 Sonar season got off to a delayed start this year as the Nyack Fleet #23 hosted the annual May Tappan Zee Challenge kicking off the the season merely a month later. Add to that the approaching remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy and the commencement of racing seemed in jeopardy, would we ever get this season started? However the worst effects of the storm resulted in delayed </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">rigging and splashing, and cancellation of the Adaptive sailing clinic sponsored by the Helen Hayes Rehabilitation Center which is annually associated with the regatta. As Sat morning racing approached, the storm passed through leaving clearing skies and freshening westerly breezes. With near perfect conditions of breeze 15-20, and 80 degree temps, the RC did a great job to get 5 races off. With gusting conditions midday, breakdowns and boat handling clearly became the dominant factors. Big shifts with a late day veer, and add in a strong ebb current from the storms big rains, made for some very tactical racing. The equity of racing was clear as there were 5 different race winners on the day and very close finishes all day. Local knowledge dominated the day as Nyack sailor Ken Kockelbeck and team led the day, and the top 4 teams within 5 points of the lead. With a throwout scheduled after 6 races, there was sure to be a shake up in the standings with the next day's races.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">morning start was delayed slightly as the southerly sea breeze started to build. Great conditions prevailed with 5-12 knt breeze and clear sunny skies dominated the day. Once again challenging racing with big shifts and dominant puffs became the norm. In the first race of the day, a flood current persisted and sailing into a southerly breeze made for a challenging first beat, and although the breeze was trending right, a late strong puff on the left side allowed us, as the race leader to cross on the port layline. With majority of the fleet struggling in the strong current to make the mark on the starboard layline we were able to extend our lead around the offset mark and onto the run. With strong favorable current on the run, it became important to sail correct angles to maintain apparent wind and keep the boat going. Additionally gybing well short of the laylines kept the boat moving. As we rounded the leeward mark, we noticed the first place team well back in the pack, giving us a chance to jump into the lead. For the final beat, we connected the puffs to the finish line in the strong foul current, but regatta leader also did a great job of managing the puffs to come back and cross the line in second. That put us in a virtual tie for first with one race remaining, and Noroton sailor Bahar Gidwani #781 trailing by 3 points in third. The last race of the day started in a SW'erly veer, however, the RC set a pin favored line which 781 took advantage of and managed to port tack the fleet. We sailed thru his line to the left edge and tacked on the left shift to stay in phase and utilize the leverage. We were able stay in phase with shifts the remainder of the leg and passed 781 at the top mark out of the left. The 2 boats then match raced each other down the run to stay in touch and round the leeward mark in the same position. As 781 tacked away at rounding, the regatta leader was extending right so we covered the right side. A left shift allowed 781 to pass us on the beat to take the gun, but we were able to stay in front of the regatta leader to finish first overall, and the win for 781 moving them into 2nd place overall.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Once again Fleet 23 were tremendous hosts getting all the visiting sailors hauled out and derigged promptly, then hosting a great send off BBQ/ Awards presentations all before afternoon thunderstorms could ruin the party. It was a great kick off to the SCA season and generated lots of discussion of set up and planning for the 2017 SCA World Championships!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:</b></span><br />
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<span class="s1">Currently 20 boats are registered for this year's World Championship, hosted by Lunenburg Yacht Club in Lunenburg Nova Scotia. The regatta committee is working hard to put on a world class event. </span><br />
<span class="s1">From the regatta chair...</span><br />
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<span class="s1">Greetings from beautiful Nova Scotia! </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">We are pleased to be hosting the 2017 Sonar World Championships this year at the <a href="http://www.lyc.ca/" target="_blank"><span class="s2" style="color: red;">Lunenburg Yacht Club</span></a>, September 6-10. </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">September is a lovely time in Atlantic Canada. Not sweltering, but pleasantly warm, and with great wind. You can read a detailed description of the potential sailing conditions <a href="http://www.lyc.ca/conditions.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><span class="s2">here</span>,</span></a> written by our long-time member Andreas Josenhans. It's a picturesque and historic area, great for sailing and vacation for everyone. If you happen to be coming from South of the Canadian border keep in mind that your dollar is going further when you head north, around 30% further these days. </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">When you're not racing, there will be plenty of other activity. Along with regatta festivities, we will be hosting the annual Sonar Association AGM, the famed Bluenose II will be in port, and there will be a tuning seminar from Brian Hayes and Ched Proctor, North Sails' One Design experts. You can read more about the events<span style="color: red;"><i><b> <span class="s2" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.lyc.ca/events.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b>. </i></span></span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">We already have 20 crews signed up, so don't miss out.<span style="color: red;"><i><b> <a href="http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=2760" target="_blank"><span class="s2">Register here</span></a> </b></i></span>anytime. You don't need to pay the fees right away, but don't forget that early bird rates only apply until August 1st. </span><span class="s1">If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">Jonathan Chiasson</span><br />
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Despite the major construction project... NYC is building a new clubhouse (Pics below)... and generally light breezes so far this year, fleet and team racing in Sonars is going strong.<br />
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We are averaging 12 boats on the line for our Sunday racing. The racing has been close and very competitive. So far five different boats have taken the gun in seven races.<br />
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We generally hold a crew training seminar each spring. It's a one-day program which includes a "chalk talk" in the morning, then rigging and fun races in the afternoon. The seminar is free, BYO lunch, and well attended with ~18, depending on the number of volunteer skippers and boats we get.<br />
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We find, out of the group, 3-4 might become regular crew with 1 or 2 eventually joining the club.<br />
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Our team racing program is a great way to attract new, younger members to Noroton.<br />
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The way we manage it is we get 6 volunteer member boats in the program which are used for practice on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Then we attend regional and even national events. It's easy as the host club provides the boats, fun and great exposure for the club.<br />
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The little things matter. The following video on roll tacking can also be found on the class website, <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Canadian Nationals, Chester Race Week:</span></b> August 16 - 19 <a href="mailto:jchiasso@gnspes.ca" target="_blank">Jonathan Chiasson</a><br />
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<span class="s1">Greetings from beautiful Nova Scotia! </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">We are pleased to be hosting the 2017 Sonar World Championships this year at the <a href="http://www.lyc.ca/" target="_blank"><span class="s2">Lunenburg Yacht Club</span></a>, September 6-10. </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">September is a lovely time in Atlantic Canada. Not sweltering, but pleasantly warm, and with great wind. You can read a detailed description of the potential sailing conditions <a href="http://www.lyc.ca/conditions.html" target="_blank"><span class="s2">here</span>,</a> written by our long-time member Andreas Josenhans. It's a picturesque and historic area, great for sailing and vacation for everyone. If you happen to be coming from South of the Canadian border keep in mind that your dollar is going further when you head north, around 30% further these days. </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">When you're not racing, there will be plenty of other activity. Along with regatta festivities, we will be hosting the annual Sonar Association AGM, the famed Bluenose II will be in port, and there will be a tuning seminar from Brian Hayes and Ched Proctor, North Sails' One Design experts. You can read more about the events <span class="s2"><a href="http://www.lyc.ca/events.html" target="_blank">here</a></span>. </span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">We already have over 15 crews signed up, so don't miss out. <a href="http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=2760" target="_blank"><span class="s2">Register here</span></a> anytime. You don't need to pay the fees right away, but don't forget that early bird rates only apply until August 1st. </span><span class="s1">If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. </span><br />
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Fleet 16 kicks off racing in June with 3 races schedule each Sat from June 10 - Sept 9th.There are over 40 races scheduled weather permitting and expect to see all 8 boats on the starting line each week. We have anew co-skipper joining our fleet this year, Tim Duda, who grew up sailing in San Diego.<br />
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On July 1st we will have the 2nd annual Ryan Richards Memorial Race. The fleet commissioned a trophy in his memory last year. Ryan was an avid sailor who lost his battle with cancer way to soon at age 40. As fate would have it his 2 brothers, his wife and 4 nephews sailed Ryan's boat to victory in the 1st memorial race.<br />
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On July 30th the fleet will once again sponsor a family cookout at FYC with chef Wiley Osborn presenting his annual extravaganza. His famous Fish chowda is always a hit as is the pull pork and it goes on & on ending with a array of deserts. Wiley owns Sonar 490 " Easy". The fleet uses this event to increase interest in sailing, as we invite the general club membership to join us. We usually have 2 Sonars rigged at the dock, offering to take interested members young & old out for a sail. This has been a successful way to recruit new crew & potential owners.<br />
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We finish the season with our annual awards dinner held on the upper deck @ FYC. Skippers generally invite their crews as their guests Also, as a show of our appreciation we invite members of the Race Committee & their spouses as the fleets guests. Attendance is between 60-70 people.<br />
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Once again the class will sanction six fleet racing and two team race regattas. To see a calendar, click on the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/p/2011-regatta-schedule.html" target="_blank">2017 Regatta Schedule</a></span> tab at the top of the page.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Southern Bay Race Week, Hampton Yacht Club:</span></b> June 2 - 4 <a href="https://www.sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2017/SBRW/NOR-SBRW%202017%20Nov%2030%20-%20_v2_.pdf" target="_blank">NOR</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Tappan Zee Challenge, Nyack Boat Club:</span></b> June 24 - 25 <a href="mailto:jcboughton@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Jim Boughton</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Canadian Nationals, Chester Race Week:</span></b> August 16 - 19 <a href="mailto:jchiasso@gnspes.ca" target="_blank">Jonathan Chiasson</a><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:</b> </span>September 6 - 10 <a href="mailto:jchiasso@gnspes.ca" target="_blank">Jonathan Chiasson</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Midwest Championship, Star of the North Regatta:</span></b> September 16 - 18, <a href="mailto:kstieers@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Ken Stieers</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Kirby Cup Team Race, Noroton Yacht Club:</span></b> September 23 - 24, <a href="mailto:rwmonro@gmail.com" target="_blank">Bob Monro</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Atlantic Coast Championship, Noroton Yacht Club: </span></b>September 30 - October 1 <a href="mailto:bainton@me.com" target="_blank">John Bainton</a><br />
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The sailing season at RYC officially kicked off this past weekend with our Sonar Frostbite Series. (Yes, we might have frost until the end of April.) We are actively working to incorporate the six club boats that arrived in Rochester last fall from St. Pete into our local fleet. Skip Shumway had the great idea to have some early season sailing before our racing kicks into gear in mid-May. The hope is to engage some non-Sonar sailors and/or non-racer club members in some low-impact racing with our existing fleet members helping as coaches. Fortunately, we were blessed with an early summerlike day with winds out of the south at nine knots and temperatures in the low-70s. It made for such a beautiful day that the sailors didn’t want to come in off the water. With three of our new Sonars on the line with five newbies onboard, we were able to get six races off. Not bad for an idea that was hatched just a few snowy weeks ago.<br />
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The club is also offering the boats for charter during the season for our more competitive Tuesday night One-Design racing. Skippers will organize their own teams and compete in one or more series throughout the season. Wednesday is the club’s Offshore night but we are looking to add a start for the Sonars. With a coach or two on each of the boats this will afford members a more casual racing experience and a chance to learn a new position. It’s the next step in our On Ramp To Racing program in which participants engage in two nights of classroom learning followed by a long weekend of coaching and drills.<br />
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We’re really hoping these boats act as a stepping-stone for some club members to permanently join the fleet once they realize what a great boat the Sonar is. But, in the short-term our focus is on just getting them used on a regular basis alongside our fleet of privately owed boats.<br />
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<b>Eric Voss, Fleet Captain, Fleet 9.</b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Fleet #24, Seawanhaka Corinthian YC, Oyster Bay, NY</span><br />
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Seawanhaka Corinthian YC owns 12 Sonars that they use for Team, Match and occasionally fleet racing in matched boats. We also have 12 privately owned boats and, just down the road, 10 new Rondar boats at the Waterfront Center. The contact there is David Waldo. <br />
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Overall, our fleet recently sold three boats to New Bedford YC who is putting together a club owned fleet of their own. Our fleet is split between the Sunday Fleet racers, mostly dry sailed, and Ladies Sailing, mostly bottom painted, who go out on Wednesday. And of course, there are some people who sail in both fleets. Where we have been having success is getting the OD Sonars to come out for the PHRF Fleet Distance Race events, they use a pursuit start and the Sonars start first, typically finish in the top of the fleet and regularly win overall.<br />
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We have the following boats in the fleet: 570 - Eric Johnson, 421 – Gerald Eastman, 419 – Marianne Nash, 549 – Mark DeNegris, 444 – Maud Robertson, 465 – Anne Mooney, 437 – Peter Troller, 430 – Vicki Johnson, 438 – Charter, 452 – Mary Selover, 416 – Gordon Stewart, 430 – Caroline Dubois<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Fleet #23, Nyack Boat Club, Nyack NY</span><br />
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Here's a summary from a really fun, creative Fleet 23 meeting...<br />
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Following the example set last year with the Christmas Train Italian Dinner Extravaganza Sonar Fleet 23 once again ventured into new territory; We Got Naked At The Met. We can learn a lot about our sport by analyzing what went on in this somewhat bizarre event.<br />
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It wasn’t easy getting the gang into one spot but Holly managed to actually get a bunch of us into the visitor center at The Met on time. It wasn’t easy given last minute glitches over ticketing, our general lack of cohesion, and Greek Independence Day clogging up 5th Avenue, but there we were. Lesson <b>#1 - Surround yourself with competent women and do as you’re told – things will work out.</b><br />
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After a brief Skipper’s meeting (apparently everyone was a skipper) we divided into teams based on several different theories and formulae. I will not go into the sordid details but we managed to get into foursomes, some of us actually listened to the instructions and off we went to find 22 naked things in 90 minutes. 90 minutes seemed like a lot at this point but that actually translates in to something naked every 4.0909 minutes. <b>Lesson #2 – Do the math.</b><br />
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Our Team “Beauties and 2 Beasts”, thanks a lot Rita, headed out through Greeks and Romans, traversed Oceana, and entered Modern Art looking for an Army occupying a Glory Hole. I found the painting but didn't pay much attention and picked the wrong army. Rita looked more closely and got the right one. <b>Lesson #3 - Crews work best together.</b><br />
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And so it went through painting, sculpture, bizarre gable hangings. We were finding things and puzzling over others when it hit us – 45 minutes were gone and we hadn’t made it half way. <b>Lesson #4 – Use your time wisely and move on if things are not working out.</b><br />
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A real eye opener was the “three nudes and the gentleman seeking crumpet”. We spent way too much time but every one of us came up with part of the answer. It was really gratifying to work it out together. <b>Lesson #5 – Crew’s are made up of individuals but work best as one.</b><br />
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Another revelation came over the “husband’s kiss raising his blood pressure”. We found the right painting but initially had the wrong answer. <b>Lesson #6 – Read the instructions!</b><br />
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We only made 16 of the 22 stops but we really enjoyed the ones we made. I think that if you race boats there is just something in you that likes to compete. We would have been wiser if we had paid attention to Lesson #4.<br />
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In any case we got back, the scores were tallied, and the winning team was Holly, Janet, Butch, and Joe under the nom de guerre of "Sailors and Boat Bunnies". Congratulations. Have you taken off the Medals yet?<br />
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Then it was off to the Sonar beer cooler, I mean restaurant, where a good time was had by all. <b>Lesson #7 – When it’s over it’s not really over, there’s almost always beer.</b><br />
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<b>Bill Cook, Fleet 23</b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>A pic from Fleet 36 in Stuart, FL:</b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">CALANDAR:</span></b><br />
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Once again the class will sanction six fleet racing and two team race regattas. To see a calendar, click on the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/p/2011-regatta-schedule.html" target="_blank">2017 Regatta Schedule</a></span> tab at the top of the page.<br />
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<b>Remaining schedule:</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Southern Bay Race Week, Hampton Yacht Club:</span></b> June 2 - 4 <a href="https://www.sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2017/SBRW/NOR-SBRW%202017%20Nov%2030%20-%20_v2_.pdf" target="_blank">NOR</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Tappan Zee Challenge, Nyack Boat Club:</span></b> June 24 - 25 <a href="mailto:jcboughton@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Jim Boughton</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Canadian Nationals, Chester Race Week:</span></b> August 16 - 19 <a href="mailto:jchiasso@gnspes.ca" target="_blank">Jonathan Chiasson</a><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:</b> </span>September 6 - 10 <a href="mailto:jchiasso@gnspes.ca" target="_blank">Jonathan Chiasson</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Midwest Championship, Star of the North Regatta:</span></b> September 16 - 18, <a href="mailto:kstieers@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Ken Stieers</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Kirby Cup Team Race, Noroton Yacht Club:</span></b> September 23 - 24, <a href="mailto:rwmonro@gmail.com" target="_blank">Bob Monro</a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Atlantic Coast Championship, Noroton Yacht Club: </span></b>September 30 - October 1 <a href="mailto:bainton@me.com" target="_blank">John Bainton</a><br />
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2017 is highlighted by our World Championships, hosted by the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Lunenburg. Nova Scotia, Canada. The event will take place from September 6- 10.<br />
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Anyone who has sailed in this area knows just how fantastic this venue is. Weather there in Sept. is about as optimal as you can get. The water temp. is still swimmable, the nights are cool, and the days are shorts and t-shirt worthy. The breeze is great. Traditionally it is still sea breeze driven i.e. land heats up by noon and a SW of 10-15 kts kicks in. It lasts longer into the evening in Sept. The neat part of the Sept. breeze is that they get a gradient in the morning. Not always but usually. It wouldn't surprise anyone there to have the PRO get a race in well before noon (breeze coming about 340 degrees), wait a short time and sail the remainder of the day in a very steady 210 degree wind of 10-15 kts. In short, it is one of the best times to sail in Mahone Bay.</div>
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Articles on speed, trim and tactical tips can be found by going to <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">the class website</a> then clicking on the Library tab in the left nav bar. Once there, click on Articles then either the Speed & Trim or Tactical Tips folders.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>NEWS:</b></span><br />
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Just a friendly reminder for those who have not renewed your class membership. Our grace period ends at the end of the month. Beginning April 1, only current 2017 members will have access to the class site, receive the newsletter and be allowed to participate in sanctioned regattas, including the 2017 World Championships.<br />
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Please consider renewing today at <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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The class has added the 2017 Souther Bay Race week to its calendar.<br />
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SBRW has grown into the largest and most significant regatta on the Southern Chesapeake Bay...and beyond. With 102 boats distributed among three racing circles, they have something for everyone...and at an amazingly low cost. Click the links below for some information about their racing program, on-shore offerings, and the incredible cost savings they offer...<br />
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We race on the beautiful Hudson River immediately north of the new and still under-construction Tappan Zee Bridge. Our fleet is small, it is only seven boats, ranging from number 408 to 539, but it is seven very competitive boats; most of which are on the starting line every Sunday and are competitive enough to provide an occasional “photo finish”. Our sailing season runs Sunday’s from mid-May through mid-October complimented by our club’s holiday weekend regattas. We manage to get in about 70 races a season. Our 2016 fleet champion was Team 457, Ken Kolkebeck, Gary Tenenbaum, Lou Kalmar.<br />
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Our signature event is our annual Tappan Zee Challenge regatta. Historically the first regatta on the Sonar regatta schedule. The TZC regatta will be held on June 24 and 25. Please consider joining us this year. We will have a full day of racing Saturday followed by apres-sail party. Sunday racing will start early and conclude early enough to get you home for dinner. For over 10 years, as part of the regatta, the Nyack Boat Club and our fleet in conjunction with The Helen Hayes Hospital runs a program, a clinic, introducing and promoting adapted sailing to people with disabilities, and to rehabilitation professionals. The program starts with an on-land introduction to adaptive sailing, what is it about, what to expect, how one does it, etc. and concludes with an afternoon of them sailing with us on the Hudson River. The sailing clinic is the afternoon of Friday June 23. You are invited to join us for this clinic as well as the TZC regatta.<br />
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If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, Jim Boughton, Fleet 23 Fleet Captain at <a href="mailto:jcboughton@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jcboughton@yahoo.com</a><br />
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Top of mind for all fleets is how to build membership to get more boats out racing. Fleet 1 at Noroton Yacht Club in Darien, CT is lucky enough to have Bruce Kirby as a member so it is natural that they have a strong Sonar Fleet. In this case, they have 31 boats in their dry sail area and regularly get half or more on-the-line on Sunday afternoon.<br />
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Still it didn't just happen by itself. The club made a conscience effort to attract new members and new Sonar sailors through two initiatives... Crew training and team racing.<br />
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They run an annual crew training seminar which includes a "chalk talk" in the morning, rigging then fun races in the afternoon, culminating with "Beer on the Pier." All at no charge. The seminar is well attended with about 20 students each year. Normally two or three will come back for more racing with one or two becoming regulars, and eventually, members.<br />
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The Sonar is a perfect boat for team racing. Team racing is a form of competitive sailing preferred by many younger sailors, although it is catching on with the more "experienced" sailor as well. A strong team race program will attract new sailors, new club members and new Sonars to the fleet. And, as it is a whole new way to race, energize current members.<br />
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Since beginning these programs, Noroton's Sonar fleet has grown by about 50%!<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">New to our event list:</span></b><br />
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<b>Independence Cup</b><br />
Hosted by Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation<br />
Location: Burnham Harbor, Chicago IL<br />
Dates: 7/27/2017 - 7/30/2017<br />
2.4 mR (Singlehanded), Freedoms (Doublehanded) and Sonars (Triplehanded) with coaches/racing clinic. An excellent fleet of JGASF boats in all three classes available at no charge. In addition to boats, housing and transportation is available, thanks to our gracious sponsors. You’ll be our guest at the Annual JGASF Independence Gala, a great barbecue and more. Join us for a fantastic weekend of fun as we continue our tradition of remarkable Midwestern hospitality.<br />
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Registration is now open: <a href="https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=4175" target="_blank">https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=4175</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.juddgoldmansailing.org/" target="_blank">http://www.juddgoldmansailing.org/</a><br />
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Once again the class will sanction six fleet racing and two team race regattas. To see a calendar, click on the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/p/2011-regatta-schedule.html" target="_blank">2017 Regatta Schedule</a></span> tab at the top of the page.<br />
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2017 is highlighted by our World Championships, hosted by the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Lunenburg. Nova Scotia, Canada. The event will take place from September 6- 10.<br />
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Anyone who has sailed in this area knows just how fantastic this venue is. Weather there in Sept. is about as optimal as you can get. The water temp. is still swimmable, the nights are cool, and the days are shorts and t-shirt worthy. The breeze is great. Traditionally it is still sea breeze driven i.e. land heats up by noon and a SW of 10-15 kts kicks in. It lasts longer into the evening in Sept. The neat part of the Sept. breeze is that they get a gradient in the morning. Not always but usually. It wouldn't surprise anyone there to have the PRO get a race in well before noon (breeze coming about 340 degrees), wait a short time and sail the remainder of the day in a very steady 210 degree wind of 10-15 kts. In short, it is one of the best times to sail in Mahone Bay.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">ST. PETERSBURG NOOD/SONAR MIDWINTER CHAMPIONSHIP</span><br />
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From Sailing World...<br />
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A stand-out performance of the weekend came from Paralympic silver medalist Rick Doerr, of Clifton, N.J., and his crew on the Sonar “Valiant.” “We kept it as consistent as possible, which I think gave us a huge advantage,” Doerr said. “There were a couple of times when the racing was really close and boats were gaining on us, but we were very patient and everyone was doing their jobs. We were really impressed with our ability to get right back into the groove of things, having been away from it since September.”<br />
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Doerr’s tactician, Brad Kendall, is a Clearwater, Florida, native who is used to sailing on Tampa Bay. He commented that the team had fun despite tricky weather this weekend and added that it’s “always a good feeling” to win on his home turf.<br />
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<b>Here's Rick's summary...</b><br />
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<i>For those who haven't been able to experience the joy of the Sonar Midwinters, where St. Petersburg can offer temps in the mid 70's and gentle breezes in the 6-10 kt range, this year was another one of those classics with added rewards. This year, we were privileged to have Wounded Warriors, Paralympic medalists, local junior sailors and the grandmaster himself, Gene Hinkel, all join the fleet. Spending time with dedicated service men and women, brave soldiers who have sacrificed so much for our country, was truly inspirational. We inspired each other on the water (gotta see their huge smiles). </i><br />
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<i>As for the racing, Gene Hinkel was able to provide all the boats with whisker poles and to facilitate competition, the event was sailed under Appendix B of the Sonar Class rules. The junior sailors especially excelled at this, as did the old and new. Two races were sailed on day one, with the first coming from an NW outflow before yielding after a lunchtime postponement to a SW sea breeze. Day two saw more of the same, but after the morning race, threatening thunderstorms forced the RC to send everyone back to the dock until it blew through. Racing resumed in the mid afternoon with one race in a freshening breeze. Although day three was forecast to provide a fresh NW, morning fog forced a postponement until close to noon, and only one race was possible prior to the Sunday afternoon deadline.</i><br />
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<i>With close racing, Team Valiant/ USA 674 finished first, followed by Team 694, John Twomey/ IRE in second and Team Pingrr with local junior sailing sensation JJ Smith at the helm in third. While it was an emotional moment for USA 674, parting ways after nearly 15 years of competition and the boat moving on after all these years, the prize giving was highlighted with the presentation of the prestigious Gay Lynn Memorial trophy, US Sailing's highest honor for outstanding contribution to adaptive sailing. Present were past recipients Peter Goldman, Jen French and St. Pete's own Gene Hinkel, who has done more to promote adaptive sailing in this country and abroad, as well as continue to support the Sonar Class from the bottom up as Class IM and as Bo'sun extraordinaire to all fleets. </i><br />
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For full results: <a href="http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eid=3005" target="_blank">http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eid=3005</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Gay S Lynn Memorial Trophy:</span><br />
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The Gay S. Lynn Memorial Trophy is the highest award presented by the Committee for Sailors with Disabilities and is given annually to a person, volunteer, professional, or a organization, that is recognized as having made an outstanding contribution to disabled sailors and the sport of adaptive sailing over a sustained period of time. The award is given out at either US Sailing’s Annual Meeting or a major adaptive sailing event.<br />
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This year's winner, presented at the St. Pete NOOD was Rick Doerr. Congratulations Rick!<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">UP NEXT:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Tappan Zee Challenge:</span><br />
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Hosted by the Nyack Boat Club, Nyack, New York, The Tappan Zee Challenge is scheduled for June 24-25.<br />
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Each year, the TZC includes an adaptive sailing clinic. It is a program put together by Jan Crittenden between NBC, Sonar fleet 23, and The Helen Hayes Hospital to promote sailing to people with disabilities and to rehabilitation professionals.<br />
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Then racing Saturday and Sunday, bookending a very enjoyable cocktail party with hors d'oeuvres made by fleet members and Dark ’n Stormy's as the featured drink.<br />
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Contact Michael Lucas for more information: <a href="mailto:michael.lucas01@me.com" target="_blank">michael.lucas01@me.com</a><br />
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We can't think of a better way to spend the weekend!<br />
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Once again the class will sanction six fleet racing and two team race regattas. To see a calendar, click on the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/p/2011-regatta-schedule.html" target="_blank">2017 Regatta Schedule</a></span> tab at the top of the page.<br />
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2017 is highlighted by our World Championships, hosted by the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Lunenburg. Nova Scotia, Canada. The event will take place from September 6- 10.<br />
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Anyone who has sailed in this area knows just how fantastic this venue is. Weather there in Sept. is about as optimal as you can get. The water temp. is still swimmable, the nights are cool, and the days are shorts and t-shirt worthy. The breeze is great. Traditionally it is still sea breeze driven i.e. land heats up by noon and a SW of 10-15 kts kicks in. It lasts longer into the evening in Sept. The neat part of the Sept. breeze is that they get a gradient in the morning. Not always but usually. It wouldn't surprise anyone there to have the PRO get a race in well before noon (breeze coming about 340 degrees), wait a short time and sail the remainder of the day in a very steady 210 degree wind of 10-15 kts. In short, it is one of the best times to sail in Mahone Bay.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">FLEET REPORT:</span></b><br />
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Fleet 36: Stuart FL, USA<br />
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Fleet 36 is growing and we are in the middle of our season here in Stuart, Fl. We have 9-10 Sonars and usually have between 5-7 boats out every Sat. We race W/L's in the St. Lucie River using a customized rabbit start process that works very well and no race committee with flags and horns. We usually get in 4-5 races, in pretty flat water and 9-20 kts of wind. All boats are dry sailed from 2 local marinas using large fork lifts. After racing, we all meet at a local fish taco bar to compare notes and settle disputes.<br />
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If anyone is traveling to Florida and would like to come over on a Sat, perhaps we can find a spot for you if you want to race and party with us. Just put the word out and let me know.<br />
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We also have one boat for sale...not sure of the price, probably $5-6K. If someone wants to buy the boat and fly down anytime and race we can probably arrange rack space for around $200/mo. including launching and hauling and wash down. We race 52 weeks a year unless bad weather.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>DID YOU KNOW?</b></span><br />
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The polars for the Sonar can be found on the SCA website. To access them, from the homepage, select Library -> Literature. It's easy. Check it out, there is a ton of great information included with this document.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/SonarClass" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/SonarClass</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629241748222628687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435973332593396439.post-32597533196602053012017-01-18T14:39:00.000-05:002017-01-23T16:35:49.717-05:00Sonar Class Association Newsletter<span style="color: blue;"><b>2016 YEAR END SUMMARY:</b></span><br />
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2016 was a very good year for the Sonar.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">PARALYMPICS:</span></div>
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Highlighting the year were the Paralympics in Rio where 14 countries were represented in the Sonar class, racing for six days, competing for Gold. The Australian team of Colin Harrison, Russell Boaden and Jonathan Harris put in a dominating performance taking the gold with just 26 points in 11 races. </div>
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Silver wasn't decided until after the last race. In the end, taking the gun in the final race, the United States team of Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund took silver with 44 points.</div>
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The bronze was decided by a tie breaker. With two bullets, the Canadian team including two-time Paralympic medalist Paul Tingley joined by Logan Campbell and Scott Lutes took the bronze over New Zealand's Andrew May, Richard Dodson and Chris Sharp.</div>
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Only 5 points separated the next four teams: Norway, Germany, Greece and Israel. All of which were in striking distance of the podium on the last day of racing.</div>
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Prior to the Paralympics, the Para World Championships took place in Medemblik, The Netherlands.</div>
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With some foreshadowing for the Paralympics, the team of Rick Doerr, Hugh Freund and Brad Kendell (USA) won the gold medal.</div>
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A real fight to the finish, going into the final race only six points separated the top four boats. In the end, one point behind Team USA, winning the silver was the team of John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas (GBR). And only one point behind them, the bronze went to the Australian team of Colin Harrison, Jonathan Harris and Russell Boaden.</div>
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In 2016, the SCA sanctioned six regattas in the US and Canada beginning with the Midwinter Championship held in conjunction with the St Petersburg, FL NOOD. Nine boats raced in nine races over three days. Three points separated the top three boats, Final results: <a href="http://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eid=1588" target="_blank">http://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eid=1588</a></div>
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This was followed in May with the annual<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Tappan Zee Challenge, hosted by the Nyack Boat Club in Nyack NY. </span></div>
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In June, the Atlantic Coast Championships took place at Noroton Yacht Club in Darien, CT. where 19 boats competed in four races over two days. Results: <a href="http://www.sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_results/Files/2016/2016%20ACC%20Results.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_results/Files/2016/2016%20ACC%20Results.pdf</a></div>
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Next up was the Canadian Nationals which is raced in conjunction with Chester Race Week. Hosted by Lunenburg Yacht Club, last year's race saw eight boats competing over seven races. Results:</div>
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The class Midwest Championships took place on September 16-18 as part of the Star of the North regatta, an annual event hosted by Wayzata Yacht Club on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota.</div>
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Finally, the class held its North American Championship. The regatta was hosted by the Manhasset Bay yacht Club in Port Washington, NY. 15 boats raced in 15 races over three days. Seven different boats took the gun in at least one race. </div>
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Colin Gordon (Guilford, CT/NYYC) with TK and Scott MacLeod (Noroton Yacht Club) won the event in the fifteenth and final race. Team 506 was consistent in difficult conditions, which began Friday after a shore postponement due to high winds. Friday’s three races challenged the fleet to keep upright—especially in race two when the winds were NE 20+ with some gusts reaching 30kts. On top of the velocity were the shifty conditions that are common in Manhasset Bay in a northeasterly. While the marks stayed at a consistent 65 degrees, the wind did not. The shifty conditions persisted the entire regatta even as the wind diminished to 3-6 knots by Sunday.</div>
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Full results: <a href="http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=2762" target="_blank">http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=2762</a></div>
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Congratulation to Team 506...</div>
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One more thing... Peter Galloway is someone who has been very instrumental in the development of the Sonar as well as the class. He has won many championships including the north american championship seven times. He first won the award in 1985. His Sonar related accomplishments are too numerous to name them all but include:<br />
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-Redesigned and created the keel and rudder fairing templates, and subsequent new specifications for all boats <br />
-Proponent of the Sonar as the Paralympic class boat<br />
-Coach to the Paralympic team<br />
-Designer of the Harken Ratchamatic block that's standard equipment on new boats.<br />
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Given Peter's contributions to the boat and class, the executive committee voted unanimously to rename the trophy awarded to the north american champion the Peter Galloway trophy.<br />
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Congratulations Peter!<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">STATE OF THE CLASS:</span></b></div>
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The class held its Annual General Meeting at the North American Championship. To see a summary of the president's remarks, click on <a href="http://www.sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/clubhouse_files/Files/Member%20News/2016%20State%20of%20the%20Class.docx" target="_blank">HERE. </a></div>
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2016 was a good year for new Sonar production. We built and delivered a total of 16 new boats, all in the United States.<br />
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The Waterfront Center in Oyster Bay, NY took delivery of a fleet of 13 new Sonars, to be used in their adult learn-to-sail and community sailing programs. Using their new Rondar Raceboats Sonars, the WFC held an adaptive match racing clinic and regatta organized together with the Claggett Foundation, Wounded Warriors and Oakcliff Sailing Center.<br />
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We also delivered two new Sonars to private owners in Orient Point, eastern Long Island, NY, as they work towards developing a new local fleet.<br />
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The Claggett Foundation delivered a new Sonar to the Y-Knot program on Lake George, NY as the first of their boat grants. Expect to see this boat traveling to regattas in the northeast US.<br />
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If you'd like to learn more about a new Sonar for yourself or a friend, please contact Dan Tucker at <a href="mailto:dan@rondarboats.com" target="_blank">dan@rondarboats.com</a>. Used Sonars are in great demand, so it's a great time to think about treating yourself to a new Sonar!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>GOING FORWARD: 2017:</b></span></div>
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Once again the class will sanction six fleet racing and two team race regattas. To see a calendar, click on the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/p/2011-regatta-schedule.html" target="_blank">2017 Regatta Schedule</a></span> tab at the top of the page.<br />
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2017 is highlighted by our World Championships, hosted by the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Lunenburg. Nova Scotia, Canada. The event will take place from September 6- 10.<br />
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Anyone who has sailed in this area knows just how fantastic this venue is. Weather there in Sept. is about as optimal as you can get. The water temp. is still swimmable, the nights are cool, and the days are shorts and t-shirt worthy. The breeze is great. Traditionally it is still sea breeze driven i.e. land heats up by noon and a SW of 10-15 kts kicks in. It lasts longer into the evening in Sept. The neat part of the Sept. breeze is that they get a gradient in the morning. Not always but usually. It wouldn't surprise anyone there to have the PRO get a race in well before noon (breeze coming about 340 degrees), wait a short time and sail the remainder of the day in a very steady 210 degree wind of 10-15 kts. In short, it is one of the best times to sail in Mahone Bay.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Sonar Midwinter Championship.</span><br />
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Helly Hansen/NOOD Regatta at St Petersburg Yacht Club, February 17 - 19. This regatta is sure to make you smile. Maybe because you left the cold and snowy north to enjoy the warm sunny south. Maybe you love the excitement of a multiple class regatta; all those boats, all those sailors, all that partying. Speaking of that we know that the St. Petersburg Y.C. with it’s wonderful facilities will put a smile on your face.<br />
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St. Petersburg Yacht Club has charter boats available. If interested, please contact Shawn Macking at <a href="mailto:sailingmaster@spyc.org" target="_blank">sailingmaster@spyc.org</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>DID YOU KNOW?</b></span><br />
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The measurement status for (nearly) all Sonars can be found on <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a>. From the home page, select Measurement Status, then find your boat number - it's that easy! Click on your boat number to download a PDF version of your personal measurement certificate.</div>
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Sonar Builder Rondar Raceboats: <a href="http://www.rondarboats.com/raceboats/sonar/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.rondarboats.com/raceboats/sonar/index.html</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;">The date of the 2013 Sonar World Championships has changed. The Worlds will now be held on September 18-22. </span></span><br />
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The weekend brought some extremely challenging racing conditions. Very light air on Saturday only allowed PRO Briggs Tobin to complete two races. It wasn't for lack of trying to get more in though. Sunday started the same but, thankfully a southerly came in around 1:00pm with a very nice breeze. With that Briggs was able to run two races in 8-12 kts. Combined with another light air affair earlier on Sunday and we ended the regatta with five races.<br />
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<a href="http://photo-boat.com/" target="_blank">PhotoBoat</a> was hired to take shots of the racing. The following are a few of our favorites:<br />
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The Kirby Cup team race is the Sonar Class Association's Team Race Championships. Hosted by Noroton Yacht Club on September 15-16, six clubs participated this year: Boston, Vineyard Haven, New York, Eastern, Seawanhaka and Noroton.<br />
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First place with 16 wins in 20 races was Boston YC:<br />
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The following is a write-up by Scott Harrison, team captain for Noroton:<br />
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<i>Wow, the Wind God’s were nice. </i><br />
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<i>Northwest winds averaging 8-12 knots held for two days, enabling Noroton YC to complete 4 round robins with 6 teams sailing 20 individual races each. This 12th running of the Kirby Cup, named after the Hall of Fame designer Bruce Kirby, was as competitive as ever. The competing clubs brought their varsity teams and the starts, mark roundings, and finishes where very close. </i><br />
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<i>On shore, Jim Linville's team, had all the boats equalized, launched, and ready. In addition, the numerous regatta chores needed to coordinate the 100+ people were executed very well.</i><br />
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<i>Peter Wilson and his umpire team once again did a top job too. Most of the competitors jumped at the chance to pair up with an umpire and learn. Sailing was clean and fair knowing the umpires were there. Thank you Peter.</i><br />
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<i>Boston YC finished on top with 16 wins out of 20 races. Congratulations to Boston YC and their skippers Ted Moore, Tyler Doyle, and Will Whitman.</i><br />
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<i>Second and third with 12 wins each were Vineyard Haven YC and New York YC. Vineyard Haven won the tie breaker. Rounding out the fleet were Eastern YC with 10 wins (9 1/2 points), Seawanhaka Corinthian YC with 6 wins and Noroton with 4 wins.</i><br />
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Here's a follow-up by Lee Morrison in the Bosun's boat:<br />
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<i>My perspective watching all the races from the bosun boat: most races were close enough that there was team racing going on into the finish. The fleets were tightly packed, starts were close and there were position changes going on all the time. The weather was beautiful. Boston was on their game. They won most of their starts and when they didn't, they were able to convert into a winning position usually by mark 2. With a couple of notable exceptions (generally against VHYC) once they got ahead, they stayed there. This was a weekend to remember regardless of finishing position.</i><br />
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<span style="color: red;">2012 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span><br />
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The North American Championships took place on August 24-26 in Rochester, New York, hosted by Rochester Yacht Club.<br />
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Successfully defending his title, from Noroton Yacht Club, was Peter Galloway. Second was Colin Gordon, just one point back. Third was local sailor Jeff Sullivan.<br />
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Full results can be found <a href="http://www.rochesteryc.com/files/SonarNA20120001.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Some great photos are posted on the SCA website in the Photo Gallery: <a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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The following is a write-up of the regatta by Peter:<br />
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<i>"Short on numbers but long in talent and great racing"</i><br />
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</i> <i>By Peter Galloway</i><br />
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</i> <i>It wasn't what we expected. Maybe it was the dates or maybe it was the distance. But then maybe it was something else. In any case the attendance at this year's North Americans was one of the lowest in memory. But 12 yachts showed up to contest the title.</i><br />
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</i> <i>And that was a pity because Skip Shumway and the Rochester YC put together a superb event and even the weather…</i><a href="https://ssl4.westserver.net/sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2012/2012%20NAs/2012%20Sonar%20North%20Americans%20rev%205.pdf" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> for the full report.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">***Rochester Yacht Club will also be the host of the 2013 World Championships***</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: red;">2012 NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span><br />
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The New England Championships took place on August 4-5. This year's regatta was hosted by the Falmouth Yacht Club in Falmouth, MA. A total of nine races were completed over the two days with 18 boats participating.<br />
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Karl Ziegler and Team 360 came out on top finishing with 18 point (after the throw-out). Second place was Rocky Geyer & Jim Tietje. Third went to Alex Meleney. </div><br />
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From Right (standing): Karl, Paul Barringer, Kristen Altreuter and TK (white shirt).<br />
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For full results,<a href="https://ssl4.westserver.net/sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2012/2012%20New%20Englands/SonarNEScoresheet.pdf" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">COMMODORE GEORGE R. HINMAN MASTERS INVITATIONAL TROPHY:</span><br />
August 17-19, 2012<br />
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New York Yacht Club<br />
Harbour Court, Newport, RI<br />
3-on-3 Masters in Sonars with spinnakers<br />
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Event Chair: Peter Benedetto<br />
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August 19, 2012, Newport, R.I. - After 105 races sailed, St. Francis Yacht Club emerged the repeat winner of the 2012 Commodore George R. Hinman Masters (Hinman Masters) Invitational Trophy. The thirteenth yearly edition of New York Yacht Club Masters Team Race for The Hinman Masters Invitational Trophy was held at New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court Club house on August 17, 18 and 19 with teams representing ten clubs. Competitors in this year's event include five-time champion New York Yacht Club; Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, MA; Larchmont Yacht Club of Larchmont, NY; Newport Harbor Yacht Club of Balboa,CA.; NorotonYacht Club of Noroton CT; Riverside Yacht Club of Riverside, CT.; St. Francis Yacht Club of San Francisco, CA; Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of Oyster Bay, N Y; Southern Yacht Club of New Orleans, LA and Texas Corinthian Yacht Club of Kemah, TX. Unique to the format of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Masters Team Race for the Hinman Masters Invitational Trophy is that each boat must include a skipper at least 45 years of age and crew members must beat least 40 years of age. The regatta is sailed in NYYC’s fleet of Sonars, complimented this year by the addition of Seawanhaka Corinthian’s Sonars, with each team comprised of three boats…<br />
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For full report and results, <a href="http://www.nyyc.org/hinman-masters-aug17-19/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">NYYC GRANDMASTERS TEAM RACE INVITATIONAL:</span><br />
August 25-26, 2012<br />
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New York Yacht Club<br />
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3-on-3 Grandmasters in Sonars no spinnakers<br />
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Event Chairs: David Bush-Brown & Stu Saffer<br />
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FINAL REPORT<br />
Noroton Yacht Club, which won the event in 2010, was victorious again in the second sailing of the Grandmasters Invitational Team Race at Harbour Court last weekend. In addition to NYYC, the participants were American YC, Eastern YC, Noroton YC, Southern YC, St. Francis YC, St. Petersburg YC, and Texas Corinthian YC. Last year’s event was cancelled due to the pending arrival of hurricane Irene. The Commodore Stewart Cup was awarded to Peter Wilson, Noroton Captain, on Sunday afternoon after his team defeated NYYC in the final race of the medal round. The Commodore Stewart Cup was originally awarded by NYYC Commodore W.A.W. Stewart to the yacht Seven Seas in 1938 and was recently dedicated for the Grandmasters Invitational...<br />
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For a full report and complete results, <a href="http://www.nyyc.org/grandmasters-aug25-26/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>UPCOMING SEPTEMBER EVENTS:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">LONG ISLAND SOUND CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span><br />
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Noroton Yacht Club will be hosting this year's LIS Championships. Racing will take place on September 29-30. The class Annual General Meeting will also take place here on Friday evening.<br />
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This will be the last opportunity in 2012 for some great fleet racing in what is expected to be a fairly large group of entries.<br />
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The NOR and online registration is now available at <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">THE KIRBY CUP TEAM RACE:</span><br />
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The Kirby Cup, hosted by Noroton YC will take place on September 15-16. Teams for the Kirby Cup, the SCA's team race championships, are set:<br />
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Boston Yacht Club<br />
Eastern Yacht Club<br />
New York Yacht Club<br />
Noroton Yacht Club<br />
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club<br />
Vineyard Haven Yacht Club<br />
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New York Yacht Club is the defending champion but with six fairly even, competitive teams, holding on to that title will be difficult!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>DID YOU KNOW?</b></span><br />
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The Photo Gallery on the class website (<a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org/</a>) has over 230 images in 10 different albums including shots from this year's North American's - like this:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">2012 SONAR NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span><br />
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The North Americans are only six weeks away. Time to make your plans, reserve your lodging and, most importantly - register! You can register online at: <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">MARBLEHEAD RACE WEEK:</span><br />
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</div><div>The sonar class will, once again, participate in the Marblehead NOOD regatta hosted by Eastern YC, taking place on July 28-29. This year, there are crews coming from as far as San Francisco to get time on the Sonar in preparation for the NYYC Invitational. Expect a strong fleet, great racing and a terrific after-race party!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Register here: <a href="http://www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/marblehead" target="_blank">http://www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/marblehead</a></div><div><br />
</div><div><span style="color: red;">NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span></div><div><br />
</div><div>The 2012 New England Championships are being hosted by the Falmouth Yacht Club, Falmouth MA. on August 4-5. Racing will take place on the waters of Vineyard Sound between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. This regatta is only three weeks away! Register today on <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a></div><div><br />
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</div><div><div>NEWPORT, R.I. (July 9, 2012) – Against the backdrop of over a dozen vessels assembling for the Ocean State Tall Ships Parade of Sail, competitors got down to business on the final day of racing at the 10th annual C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta. </div><div><br />
</div><div>A hard-fought battle took place on the Sonar course where Paralympians and reigning world champions Aleksander Wang-Hansen, Per Eugen Kristianson and Marie Solberg (all Oslo, Norway) had started the day with the lead of the standings – while tied on points – with 2008 Paralympian Rick Doerr (Clifton, N.J.) and crew Gerry Tiernan (Falmouth, Maine) and Hugh Freund (S Freeport, Maine). With the Norwegian team posting finishes of 2-1, and Doerr’s team finishing 3-2, the Norwegians prevailed to take their first class win at The Clagett with 13 points, just one point ahead of Doerr, Tiernan and Freund. The USA’s representatives to the Paralympic Games remained third overall, 12 points out of first place, despite finishing 1-3 in today’s racing. Paul Callahan (Newport, R.I. /Cape Coral, Fla.), Tom Brown (Castine, Maine) and Brad Johnson (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), will compete for the first time as a team at the Paralympic Games, although all three have competed in a previous Paralympics. Richard Ramos (Medford, Mass.), Cindy Walker (Abington, Mass.), Duncan Gillespie (Charlestown, Mass.) and Steve Jewett (Winthrop, Mass.) were fourth overall with 37 points.</div><div><br />
</div><div>For complete scores, photos and additional information, visit <a href="http://www.clagettregatta.org/" target="_blank">www.clagettregatta.org</a></div><div><br />
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</div><div><div>Dave Curtis wins Sonar Atlantic Coast Championship</div><div></div><div>RESULTS:</div><div><a href="http://bit.ly/KEOeW8" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KEOeW8</a> @sonarclass #sailing #marblehead PHOTO: Courtesy Leighton O'Connor</div></div><div><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>DID YOU KNOW?</b></span><br />
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</div><div>The measurement status for (nearly) all Sonars can be found on <a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a>. From the home page, select Measurement Status, then find your boat number - it's that easy! Click on your boat number to download a PDF version of your personal measurement certificate.</div><br />
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</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629241748222628687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435973332593396439.post-68873143821343618032012-04-01T10:33:00.000-04:002012-04-01T10:33:34.824-04:00Sonar Class Association Newsletter, April 2012<div><b><span style="color: red;">For those who have not renewed their class membership, access to the Members Only area of the class site is no longer available. To renew online, go to </span><a href="http://www.sonar.org/" style="color: red;">www.sonar.org</a><span style="color: red;"> and click on the "Membership" tab in the left column.</span></b></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><span style="color: blue;"><b>MARBLEHEAD SONAR FLEET WINS THE TEXAS "SHOOTOUT" TEAM RACING TITLE:</b></span><br />
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</div><div><div>Eleven Marblehead sailors travelled to the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club near Houston to defend its title in this year’s version of Texas Corinthian Yacht Club’s “Texas Shoot Out” Sonar team racing regatta.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Marblehead secured the win by going 10-0 over the course of the weekend in two races each against Texas Corinthian YC, Wayzata YC, Rochester YC, New York YC, and Noroton YC. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Ted Moore, Pete DeWolfe, Patrick Andreasen, Tim Guy, Tyler Doyle, Chris Boulter, Nyla Dubois, Larry Ehrhardt, Daan Goedkoop, Jeff Shoreman, and Charlie Pendleton sailed for Marblehead.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Saturday’s racing started late due to light winds giving the Marblehead Team a chance to enjoy the Veranda at the club and recover from Friday nights ride on the “Bullet” roller coaster after a large steak dinner. Once the wind came up the race committee was able to complete an entire round robin with the last race finishing just 15 minutes before dusk at 7:30 PM. The Marblehead team used a combination of good starts, boatspeed and little bit of team racing to go 5 – 0 on day 1.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Sunday’s conditions were slightly better with a moderate breeze allowing for another full round robin. The TCYC team was just behind the Marblehead team with a score of 4-1 after day one so the second match between these two teams would determine the outcome of the regatta. At the top mark, the Marblehead team had a tenuous lead with a 1,3,5 combination; however, after a good wing mark trap, some downwind pair balancing, and leeward mark trap, Marblehead had converted to a 1,2,3 and basically sealed the regatta win. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The regatta hosts (Chairman Tony Smythe), race committee (PRO Joel Scott), judges (chief judge Steve Shepstone), and the rest of the TCYC team did a fantastic job of running the regatta and is one of the highlights of the Sonar regatta calendar for the attendees.</div><br />
<span style="color: blue;">ROCHESTER YC SET TO HOST TWO MAJOR REGATTAS:</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">USMMA Sailing Foundation is accepting Sonar sail and equipment donations!</span></b><br />
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During your spring cleaning, free up space in the garage, shed, basement or wherever else you are storing those old Sonar sails and equipment you don’t use. The USMMA Sailing Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) entity which will accept your donations to support the six Sonars raced by the USMMA midshipmen locally and in Sonar Class sanctioned events. All donations are tax-deductible and you will receive documentation supporting your deduction. Contact Rick Dominique USA 652 - FINE LINE for more information and to arrange pickup. <a href="mailto:Dominiquer@usmma.edu">Dominiquer@usmma.edu</a> 516-726-6036.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Rick Dominique</b></span><br />
Director of Varsity Programs<br />
USMMA Waterfront<br />
516-726-6036<br />
<a href="http://usmmawaterfront.blogspot.com/">http://usmmawaterfront.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">2012 TAPPAN ZEE CHALLENGE:</span></b><br />
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Calling all Sonar Sailors,<br />
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Sonar Fleet #23 at the Nyack Boat Club would like to invite you all to this year’s annual Tappan Zee Challenge. The event will take place May 19/20 2012 and we are looking forward to a great weekend of racing. Last year was another great year for Sonar sailing on the East Coast with many regattas and more team racing then I have done in a long time - and we would like to keep that momentum going!<br />
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Please "Save the Date." The NOR and registration information is posted on the Sonar Class website (The NOR is also available by clicking on the link below). Online registration is also open and can be found at <a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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If you could please send me a quick reply to this email letting me know if you think you can make it (so we can get a rough initial count) it would be much appreciated!<br />
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** We have some very nice shirts this year (mesh wick-away) and as a bonus, if you register on time, we will be able to have your Hull Numbers stitched onto the shirt under the logos. We will have teams ready to assist you when you get there, we will have moorings allocated to visitors, the R/C is preparing interesting courses, and we expect to have a great party -- now all we need is you. <br />
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Sonar Fleet #23 looks forward to seeing you there.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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MRL<br />
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P.S. If you have any question, would like to crew, need crew, etc.. please email me or call me anytime. Michael Leinweber<br />
email: <a href="mailto:mrleinweber@hotmail.com">mrleinweber@hotmail.com</a> <br />
phone: 347 - 834 - 3415<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">NORs:</span></b><br />
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The NORs for the 2012 season are starting to come in. If you are interested in sailing in a particular regatta, check in with the SCA website (<a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org/</a>) to see if the NOR has been posted.<br />
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Here are five:<br />
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<b style="color: blue;">2012 Tappan Zee Challenge:</b><br />
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The NOR for the 2012 Tappan Zee Challenge, hosted by the Nyack Boat Club, is now available. You can access the document by clicking here: <a href="https://ssl4.westserver.net/sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2012%20Tappan%20Zee%20Challenge/2012_TZ_Challenge_NOR%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">TAPPAN ZEE CHALLENGE NOR</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>2012 North American Championships:</b></span><br />
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The NOR for the 2012 NAs, hosted by the Rochester Yacht Club, is now available. You can access the document by clicking here: <a href="https://ssl4.westserver.net/sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2012%20NAs/2012%20Sonar%20NAs%20NORrevised322.pdf" target="_blank">NORTH AMERICAN"S NOR</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">2012 Atlantic Coast Championships:</span></b><br />
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The NOR for the 2012 ACC's, hosted by Eastern YC in Marblehead, MA on June 23-24, is now available. Click here: "<a href="https://ssl4.westserver.net/sonar.org/site/uploaded_files/regatta_central/Files/2012%20ACCs/2012%20Sonar%20ACC.pdf" target="_blank">ACC NOR</a>" to download a copy.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Delta Lloyd Regatta:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE DELTA LLOYD REGATTA 2012!</span><br />
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This year the Delta Lloyd Regatta will take place from Tuesday 22th until Saturday the 26th of May in Medemblik, the Netherlands. During this week participants from all kinds of different Olympic sailing classes will compete against each other including the Sonar class. This year the event will celebrate its 28th anniversary.<br />
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From now on it is not only possible to register for the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2012 itself, competitors can also book their accommodations online.<br />
To register for this year’s Delta Lloyd Regatta click <a href="http://register.deltalloydregatta.org/"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a><br />
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Click <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.deltalloydregatta.org/competitors/book-an-accommodation-for-the-2012-delta-lloyd-regatta/"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a> </span>to book an accommodation.<br />
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For more information, go to <a href="http://www.deltalloydregatta.org/">http://www.deltalloydregatta.org/</a>. This site will be updated regularly so check back often.<br />
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We hope to see you soon.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta:</b></span><br />
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The Notice of Race for the tenth annual C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta, scheduled for July 6-9, 2012, is now available online at <a href="http://www.clagettregatta.org/">www.clagettregatta.org</a>.<br />
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As North America’s premier event for sailors with disabilities, “The Clagett” is open to both U.S. and foreign competitors and will, this year especially, be an integral part of preparing athletes for the 2012 Paralympic Games when the event takes place at Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s community sailing center. Traditionally held in late-August, the move to July will facilitate additional athlete training prior to the Paralympic Regatta which takes place the first week of September in Weymouth, England. <br />
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For the last two years, the singlehanded 2.4 Metre has been open to able-bodied sailors which doubled the number of competitors on the starting line. <span style="color: red;">Starting with the 2012 event, able-bodied sailors may also compete in the three-person Sonar which will be raced with mainsail, jib and whisker poles.</span> The inclusion of able-bodied competitors translates into stiffer competition which makes for the best possible training opportunity for the Paralympic competitors and also reinforces The Clagett’s mission of providing sailors with disabilities the opportunity to improve their skills and reach personal goals through coaching and competition.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>DID YOU KNOW?</b></span><br />
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The class website has some great articles to help you with boat prep and speed. Two articles, written by Peter Galloway can be found here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sonar.org/site/files/Library/Articles/Speed_%2526_Trim/FAST%20NUMBERS%20v2.pdf">Fast Numbers</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sonar.org/site/files/Library/Articles/Speed_%2526_Trim/IN%20SEARCH%20OF%20SPEED%202nd%20edition.pdf">In Search of Speed</a><br />
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Other go fast articles can be found by clicking on the <span style="color: red;">Library</span> tab on the home page then selecting <span style="color: red;">Articles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>COMMUNICATIONS:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The Rolex Miami OCR:</span><br />
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The OCR was held January 22-28. 10 Sonars, representing eight countries, competed in a preview to the paralympics later this year in London.<br />
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Udo Hessels/ Marcel van de Veen/ Mischa Rossen (NED) secured a gold medal with a 1-2 on the final day, for a five-point margin over silver medalists John Robertson/ Hannah Stodel/ Steve Thomas (GBR). Taking the bronze was Aleksander Wang-Hansen/ Marie Solberg/Per Eugen Kristiansen (NOR).<br />
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For the US, Rick Doerr finished with 41 points, two ahead of Paul Callahan. Unfortunately for Rick, this wasn't enough. When factoring in the IFDS World Championships, Callahan earned the right to represent the US in London by virtue of his 6, 6 finishes to Doerr's 9, 5. Congratulation's Paul!<br />
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For complete results: <a href="http://rmocr.ussailing.org/results/sonar/" target="_blank">http://rmocr.ussailing.org/results/sonar/</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The ST. Petersburg NOOD:</span><br />
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The first NOOD regatta of 2012 was held on Feb 18-19. With 10 boats competing, the Sonar class had the third highest turn-out of the one design classes. The regatta was a tale of to very different days. Saturday being light air and a stronger breeze on Sunday.<br />
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Rick Doerr began the regatta with two guns on Saturday. Unfortunately, he finished with a bang, literally, on Sunday.<br />
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From Rick: "Dismasted in 20-25 knts at the St. Pete NOOD. Were looking good with 3-4 swells, great start, tacked on to port when we got a 35+ puff. First bang was the port upper failing and within seconds the mast failing at the spreader. Ouch indeed!<br />
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In the end, Rachael Silverstein from St. Petersburg won the regatta with nine points, two points ahead of Bruce Millar of Canada and eight points ahead of third place finisher Noel Clinard from Richmond, VA.<br />
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For full results: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/78qw478" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/78qw478</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2012 CALENDAR:</span><br />
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Mark your calendars, make your plans. The following are the fleet and team racing calendars for 2012 (SCA sanctioned regattas are in red):<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Fleet Racing:</span><br />
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Nyack Boat Club</span></td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:mrleinweber@hotmail.com">Michael Leinweber</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">June 23 - 24 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: red;">2012 Atlantic Coast Championships<br />
Eastern YC</span></td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:larry_ehrhardt@yahoo.com>">Larry Ehrhardt</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">July 27 - 29 </td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> Marblehead NOOD<br />
Marblehead, MA</td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:larry_ehrhardt@yahoo.com">Larry Ehrhardt</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">August 4 - 5 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: red;">2012 New England Champs<br />
Falmouth YC, Falmouth MA</span></td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:cccing@aol.com">Joe Voci</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">August 24-26 </td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: red;">2012 North American Championships<br />
Rochester YC</span></td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:e.voss@hotmail.com">Eric Voss</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">Sep 29-30 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: red;">2012 LIS Championships<br />
Noroton YC</span></td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:2bruce@optonline.net">Bruce McArthur</a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red;">Team Racing:</span><br />
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TCYC, Kemah, TX.</span></td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:tsmythe@jb-yachts.com">Tony Smythe</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">April 14 - 15 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Jackson Cup Invitational<br />
Boston YC</td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">May 5-6 </td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Oyster Bay Challenge (Masters)<br />
Seawanhaka YC</td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:teamracing@seawanhaka.org">Mark Swanson</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">August 11 - 12 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Morgan Cup<br />
New York YC, Newport, RI</td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">August 18 - 19 </td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Hinman Masters<br />
New York YC, Newport RI</td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">August 25 - 26 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Grand Masters Invitational<br />
New York YC, Newport, RI</td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">Sept. 15 - 16 </td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: red;">2012 Kirby Cup Team Race<br />
Noroton YC</span></td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:leemail@optonline.net">Lee Morrison</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">October 6 - 7 </td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Lee Trophy<br />
Seawanhaka YC</td><td bgcolor="#dddddd" class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:alfred.constants@ffic.com">Al Constants</a></td></tr>
<tr height="18"><td style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"></td><td align="right" class="calendar_table_date" height="18" style="font-size: 8pt;">October 27-28 </td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> 2012 Halloween Regatta<br />
Eastern YC</td><td class="contact_table_item" height="18" style="color: #666666; font-size: 8pt;"> <a href="mailto:larry_ehrhardt@yahoo.com">Larry Ehrhardt</a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;">MEMBERSHIP:</span><br />
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As most of you know, we have changed our membership policy. We now offer one level for a reduced price of only $50.<br />
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We operate on a calendar year so all 2011 memberships expired at 12 midnight on December 31. To renew, simply go to the class website (<a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a>) and in the Membership tab, select Renew.<br />
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We offer a generous grace period of three months after which access to the Member's Only area of the website will be turned off. That grace period ends at the end of this month so renew today!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">COMMUNICATIONS:</span><br />
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We now have lots of ways to stay in touch with the class and our members.<br />
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We have a website which includes a forums area in the Member's Only section:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sonar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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Speaking of communicating, this might be a good time to begin introducing you to all the great information available to Sonar sailors on the SCA website. Going forward, we will highlight one item/section/document you might find helpful. We'll call it...<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">DID YOU KNOW?</span><br />
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The polars for the Sonar can be found on the SCA website. To access them, from the homepage, select Library -> Literature. It's easy. Check it out, there is a ton of great information included with this document.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629241748222628687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435973332593396439.post-8613404027488263242011-10-31T12:11:00.000-04:002011-10-31T13:01:09.828-04:00Sonar Class Association Newsletter, October 31, 2011<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">HALLOWEEN EDITION</span></b><br />
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<b style="color: blue;">ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:</b><br />
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For those who missed it...<br />
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I am happy to announce the following:<br />
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At our recent AGM, conducted on Oct 1, 2011, a vote was taken to change the membership structure and dues for the Sonar Class Association, beginning in 2012.<br />
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The following motions passed unanimously:<br />
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Beginning in 2012 there will only be <b>one level of membership</b>. That level will be called <b>Active</b>. The Associate Member level will no longer exist.<br />
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Beginning in 2012, the annual fee to be an Active member in the SCA will <b>drop from $75 to $50</b>.<br />
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Beginning in 2012, to race in an SCA sanctioned event, only the "<b>Person in Charge</b>" of a registered boat <b>is required to be an Active member</b>. The Person in Charge is defined as the person responsible for the registration and any liability or pecuniary obligation resulting from participating in the event.<br />
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Larry Ehrhardt<br />
President<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>REGATTAS:</b></span><br />
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Lots to catch up on...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">WORLDS:</span><br />
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By now most of you know that Steve Shepstone from Fleet 1 is our new World Champion. The World Championship was held this past August in Rhu, Scotland, hosted by the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club.<br />
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What most of you have not seen is this account of his planning, preparation and execution for his campaign to with the regatta:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span><br />
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The Sonar European Championships, a "pre-worlds" regatta hosted by The Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club in Scotland, was held August 18 -21.<br />
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The regatta was won by Skip Shumway. Second went to Simon Barter from Great Britain while third went to Steve Shepstone.<br />
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Here is a link to the full results: <a href="http://rncyc.com/sailing/racing/results/">http://rncyc.com/sailing/racing/results/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">NORTH AMERICANS:</span><br />
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The 2011 North American Championships, hosted by Fleet 5 and the Wayzata Yacht Club took place on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, from September 23-25.<br />
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27 boats competed, including three from Canada. A total of five races were completed. After four races, Peter Galloway from Noroton Yacht Club's Fleet 1 and Skip Shumway from Fleet 9 and Shumway Marine, were battling for first, with Skip only two points behind Peter. Unfortunately for Skip, time ran out...he had to leave and miss the last race. It would not have mattered though because Peter Galloway took his fourth gun in five races and sealed the victory.<br />
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Coming in Second was Ernest Brody while third went to Martin and Kathy Fossen.<br />
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Full results can be found here: <a href="http://www.wyc.org/RacingResults/ResultsRaceSeries/tabid/266/ctl/SeriesView/mid/2725/iid/40/t/n/Default.aspx">http://www.wyc.org/RacingResults</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS:</span><br />
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Noroton YC hosted the Sonar ACC's on October 1-2. 23 boats participated in a variety of conditions.<br />
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Saturday saw gusty winds out of the north. The breeze varied between 8 and 18 knots making for quite a challenge. PRO Chris Zaleski and his RC did a tremendous job getting in four races. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, the first race was thrown out leaving three races and a lot of smiles at the dock after racing (except for Scott Harrison who won the first race :-)).<br />
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Sunday was really interesting. The first race started in about 10 kts but the wind slowly died out. 19 boats managed to finish before the time limit expired. Then we drifted around for over an hour waiting for the breeze to return. When it did, it did! The wind went back to the mid teens and allowed Chris to get two more races in before calling it a day.<br />
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With six races completed, allowing for one throw-out the winner of the 2011 ACCs was Peter Galloway with 14 points. Second went to Rick Dominique from fleet 22 who finished with 15 points. Third was Scott Harrison with 20.<br />
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Full results can be seen at the <a href="http://norotonyc.org/">Noroton YC website</a> (When there go to Regatta Info and Results).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2011 was a high mileage, successful year for members of Sonar Fleet 1. In addition to Shepstone's World Championship victory and Peter Galloway's win at the North Americans, Rick Doerr prevailed at the the US Disabled Sailing Championship held at Larchmont YC on September 22-25.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rick was quoted in US Sailing...“It was a challenge all weekend,” said Doerr. “The breeze was up and down, and there was a ton of current. I think we did a good job keeping the competition in our sights. We wanted to make a statement that to go through the Trials you have to go through us.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The following is our 2012 sanctioned regatta/team race schedule. Not all are 100% confirmed...there might be some tweaking of dates...but otherwise you can begin to plan based on what's here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tappan Zee Challenge, Nyack NY, Nyack Boat Club, May 19-20</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ACCs, Eastern YC, Marblehead, June 23-24</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marblehead NOOD, July 28-29</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">New Englands, Martha's Vineyard, MA, Vineyard Haven YC, Aug 3-5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">North Americans, Rochester NY, Rochester YC, August 23-26</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">LIS Championships, Darien, CT, Noroton YC, September 29-30 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Master Driver, St. Petersburg, Jan 28-29</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Texas Shoot-out Team Race, TCYC, Mar 24-25</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jackson Cup, Marblehead, Apr 14-15</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oyster Bay Challenge, May 12-13</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Morgan Cup, NYYC, Aug 11-12</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hinman Masters, NYYC, Aug 18-19</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Grand Masters, NYYC Aug 25-26</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kirby Cup, Noroton, Sep 15-16</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lee Trophy, Seawanhaka, Oct 6-7</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Halloween Cup, Marblehead, Oct 28-29 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">REGATTAS:</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">2011 New Englands:</span><br />
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The New Englands, hosted by Vineyard Haven YC on Martha's Vineyard begin tomorrow. If you have found you 've nothing to do this weekend, VHYC has a couple of boats available for charter. If you are interested in going but are put off by the "hassle," this is a great opportunity. Contact Alex Meleney at <a href="mailto:ameleney@deloitte.com"><span class="s1">ameleney@deloitte.com</span></a> if interested, or call 203-536-1190.<br />
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The Scottish Fleet are gearing up for the European and World Championships, as you can imagine we are all very busy with our preparations. Wet sailed boats have been taken out of the water for care and repair and a wee bit of tweaking before the championships. Whilst for the dry sailed boats the final coats of polish and sanding down are being undertaken. Its all seeming just a little bit too serious at the moment. However we are all sure that when the events kick off on 18th August an excellent time will be had by all those attending, and the real serious business of making new friends and enjoying the Corinthian spirit of the class will be enjoyed by all.<br />
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Cheers,Ewan<br />
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The 2011 North American Championships, hosted by fleet 5 and the Wayzata Yacht Club, are being held on September 23-25. Racing will take place on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota.<br />
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The NOR is now available. It can be downloaded from the Wayzata Yacht Club website Here:<br />
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<a href="http://wyc.org/sonar/2011SonarNAs.aspx">http://wyc.org/sonar/2011SonarNAs.aspx</a><br />
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The NOR can also be found on the SCA website here: <a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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From Bob Winter, Lake Geneva fleet 19:<br />
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Please extol the virtues of inland sailing and the great sailing weather that September brings to the Midwest. Peter Galloway and Steve Shepstone (a transplanted Midwesterner) and others who have sailed in the NA's on Lake Geneva will testify as to the merits of sailing on lakes. The Minnetonka fleet is growing and alive and I'm sure will put on a fine, memorable North American Sonar Championship. We look forward to seeing you in September.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>RESULTS</b></span>:<br />
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24 Sonars competed in the Marblehead NOOD last weekend, July 29-31. There is a great article by Michael Lovett which you can find here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/marblehead/seduced-by-the-bullet">http://www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/marblehead/seduced-by-the-bullet</a><br />
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For full results, click <i><a href="http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=3978&limit_fleet=Sonar%28Fri-Sun%29">here.</a></i><br />
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A great recap by Tomas Hornos can be found on the SCA website: <a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org</a><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">RULES:</span></b><br />
Rules questions and answers from Peter Wilson, US Sailing Senior Judge:<br />
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Ever wonder about the fastest way to "shoot" the line when finishing? Here are some tips from Lee Morrison and Jim Linville:<br />
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<b>First Lee:</b><br />
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<i>To get the boat to turn into the wind the fastest - in order of priority:</i><br />
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<i>1) heel the boat - then let the boat turn without using the rudder</i><br />
<i>2) trim the mainsail tight - also causing the boat to turn without the rudder and keeps the wind attached a bit further into the wind.</i><br />
<i>3) slowly trim the jib - letting it go will cause the boat to turn into the wind but then you loose all its power. Trimming it too quickly could slow the boat because you need to use more rudder to get the boat to turn up. You might release it at head to wind to make sure that it doesn't back and cause the boat to tack. </i><br />
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<i>Understanding how much momentum to carry the boat into the wind is important. Turn too soon and the boat slows too much. Turning too late doesn't take full advantage of shooting the line - getting further to windward on the line. If you are overstanding it pays to just finish as close to the mark (or boat) as possible since you don't have the extra distance to shoot to windward.</i><br />
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<b>From Jim Linville:</b><br />
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<i>It works best in moderate wind and smooth water - less sea than wind. Rolling the boat to windward - hard - as the boat begins the luff will sweep the sails through the wind and accelerate the boat a lot (this does not work in "four up" conditions). The jib trimmer must (underlined) not let the jib back, not even a little bit, it slows the boat down and you need all the speed you can get. Be sure to head the boat at right angles to the line, not straight upwind, but be careful if that takes you past head to wind, you will be tacking and have no rights.</i><br />
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<i>In the right conditions (5-8, smooth water)you can gain two boat lengths doing this. If you are trying to beat a boat ahead and no one is close behind, start the shoot way early- you have nothing to lose.</i><br />
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<i>Practice this near the pin or a lobster pot to get an idea of what is possible, it is amazing what you can gain.</i><br />
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<i>And of course you can shoot the finish on a downwind finish as well, and throw in a hard main trim and spinnaker pump (stay legal) as well. Heel to weather to help the boat bear off.</i><br />
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Rick Dominique has put together his thoughts on sportsmanship. Something we should all keep in mind while racing:<br />
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The 2011 Sonar New Englands will be sponsored by the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club, Vineyard Haven, MA, with racing on Friday-Sunday August 5-7. The NOR is now available on the SCA website. For more information, contact Alex Meleney at <a href="mailto:ameleney@deloitte.com">ameleney@deloitte.com</a>, 203-536-1190 or Tim Aureden, <a href="mailto:sail@aureden-downs.info">sail@aureden-downs.info</a>, 610-715-3699<br />
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The 2011 North American Championships, hosted by fleet 5 and the Wayzata Yacht Club, are being held on September 23-25. Racing will take place on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota<br />
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The NOR is now available. It can be downloaded from the Wayzata Yacht Club website Here:<br />
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<a href="http://wyc.org/sonar/2011SonarNAs.aspx">http://wyc.org/sonar/2011SonarNAs.aspx</a><br />
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The NOR can also be found on the SCA website here: <a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Results:</b></span><br />
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The Long Island Sound Championships were held on June 4-5. Hosted by Manhasset Bay Yacht Club's fleet 11 and the US Merchant Marine Academy's fleet 22, six races were completed over the two days.<br />
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Day one started with a postponement due to lack of wind. When the breeze finally did fill in, we saw up to 15 kts and 40º shifts making life miserable for the RC.<br />
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Day two was a little easier with a fairly consistent 6 kts.<br />
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For the Regatta, Rick Dominique from the USMMA finished first with a total of 12 points. Spencer Powers from Marblehead finished a close second with 13 points followed by Alex Meleney, from Noroton YC with 18 points.<br />
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Full results are here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.manhassetbayyc.org/Files/SonarLISchamps2011_Sonar_Overall.htm">http://www.manhassetbayyc.org/Files/SonarLISchamps2011_Sonar_Overall.htm</a><br />
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Our next rules question from US Sailing Senior Judge Peter Wilson:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Go Fast:</b></span><br />
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As a follow up to the Lee Morrison's article on forestay length in the last edition, Rick Doerr, a member of US Sailing's Team AlphaGraphics and US representative in the last Paralympic Games in China, would like to offer his thoughts:<br />
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<i>I have approached the forestay length from a slightly different perspective. I am no tech guy, so I may be out of touch, but I'll give it to you and hopefully it will makes sense.</i><br />
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<i>My perspective comes from my experience with the 2.4mR, where the forestay length is very easily adjustable. In that fleet, no one uses a traveler any longer, and in order to get the boom on centerline they must have the appropriate rake for the amount of mainsheet tension in the given wind conditions. When the wind is light, if one uses a forward (shorter) forestay position, they would have to over trim the mainsheet in order to get the boom to centerline. If in windy conditions with a long forestay length, one would never get the main trimmed hard enough.</i><br />
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<i>So my experience with adjusting the forestay length rose out of our preparation for the uber light conditions of the China Paralympic event. Realizing there was a limit to the effective traveler length in the sonar, I surmised that by lengthening the forestay, we could actually get the boom to centerline w/o over trimming the mainsail in 3-5 knots (yes, we raced in those conditions).</i><br />
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<i>There was something else that I had heard from smarter people about the </i><i>"end plate effect"..., but I was oblivious to that. What I could tell about the end plate, was that with the correct amount of rake (forestay length), the mainsheet trim should always end up block to block in all wind conditions (which is what I strive for in assessing our correct forestay length).</i><br />
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<i>Lastly, I go back to the North Sails tuning guide (well sort of). Brian Hayes had always told us the correct amount of blocking will be when you are just seeing a hint of overbend wrinkles. When there is too much forestay length for given conditions, we will notice excessive mast bend (ie: overbend wrinkles) with the minimum of blocks. Therefore, we must shorten the forestay in order to correct the excessive mast bend. I can't say I know what the absolute numbers are because we start with a mid range length as suggested, and shorten or lengthen for given conditions based on what I mentioned above. I don't want to say I'm oblivious to the headstay sag mentioned in Lee's article, but I don't pay attention to it (a quick aside, our coach BA obsesses about it and she'll make us change our forestay length when she sees too much sag, but I tend to disagree with her on that. You decide who knows more, a 5 time Rolex Yacht Woman of the Year or a neophyte like me?). </i><br />
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<i>My perspective of the headstay sag is based nearly solely on backstay tension (the only control I'm permitted to use on the boat). When I need more sag, I ease it off, when I'm overpowered or need less, I put more on (I'm a simple man).</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629241748222628687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435973332593396439.post-61805784747018681092011-05-25T14:14:00.000-04:002011-05-25T14:15:09.283-04:00Sonar Class Association Newsletter, May 25, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8PlxZBeq2CiWKqNCIOsOU_P_k2d60RvyPHQJF4YrGoUapiJDbtZBTU5ssknG3H3ktZFcz4ZCcvl7O4Ihe9padwFgK8SjFSBrkYCpPxbydZLhXDtuwAMMAKKSbl-VjCOLAVFZkYZ5Rsn5/s1600/75w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8PlxZBeq2CiWKqNCIOsOU_P_k2d60RvyPHQJF4YrGoUapiJDbtZBTU5ssknG3H3ktZFcz4ZCcvl7O4Ihe9padwFgK8SjFSBrkYCpPxbydZLhXDtuwAMMAKKSbl-VjCOLAVFZkYZ5Rsn5/s1600/75w.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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The Nyack Boat club hosted another successful Tappan Zee Challenge this past weekend (May 21-22). A total of five races were completed with Skip Shumway posting a dramatic come-from-behind victory after posting two 9's the first day.<br />
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Second and third went to the United States Merchant Marine Academy with Rick Dominique taking second and Midn. Joe Hoffman, in another day two come back, finishing third<br />
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After that, the next five boats, all from Noroton YC, were separated by a total of only four points.<br />
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The conditions were challenging, the racing tight and a great time was had by all.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Full results:</span><br />
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Next up, the Long Island Sound Championships on June 4-5, hosted by Manhasset Bay YC's fleet 11 and the USMMA's fleet 22. There is still time to register at http://www.sonar.org/<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Team Racing:</span></b><br />
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The Oyster Bay Challenge, hosted by Seawanhaka Corinthian YC, was held on May 14-15. In addition to the host team, another four teams participated including 2 from New York YC, one from Noroton YC and one from the Nyack Boat Club.<br />
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The weather was rainy the second day, but overall the conditions were excellent for team racing with adequate and relatively steady wind. At the end of the first day NYYC 1 was in first with six points. After that there was a three-way tie for second with NYYC2, Seawanhaka and Noroton.<br />
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Day two saw things shake out a little with NYYC1 winning the event followed by NYYC 2, SCYC, Noroton and Nyack.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Rules:</b></span><br />
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Here is our next rules question from U.S. Sailing Senior Judge Peter Wilson...<br />
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Yellow does not break any rules. She is entitled to mark-room from blue and as windward, keep-clear boat, mark-room includes sailing a seamanlike course to the mark. So long as she sails this course directly to the mark, as she is doing in positions 2 and 3, she will be exonerated if she breaks rule 11 (windward/leeward) with respect to blue. When blue slows and separates from yellow, between positions 3 and 4, yellow may widen her approach to the mark so long as she still keeps clear of blue which she does a position 4 and then again at position 5 when blue heads up. If, however, she makes contact with blue or forces blue to avoid contact as she widens her approach, then she breaks rule 11 and does not receive any exoneration.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Go Fast:</span></b><br />
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From time to time, we hope to post "go fast" articles from members. Here is the first from Lee Morrison, Noroton YC fleet 1 member:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Forestay Length</span><br />
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Debating forestay length is a time honored tradition in many classes but none more so than the Sonar. With its relatively limber rig and large sail plan the length of the forestay greatly influences the power of a Sonar’s rig. <br />
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Forestay length is one determinate of jib sag which affects the amount and location of draft in a jib. As we know, you want flatten sails in heavy air and add draft/make the entry finer in light air/flat water. So, if we agree that the length of the forestay influences the shape of the jib and that we can improve the performance of a sail by changing its shape in different wind conditions, why are so many Sonar forestay turnbuckles pinned down and taped up never to be touched after winning some race back in 2006? <br />
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Granted, other controls such as mast blocking, influences jib sag as much or more than forestay length. Moving blocks is certainly easier than changing forestay length and, blocks can be adjusted while racing. But, after setting your mast blocks correctly (refer to your sail maker’s guide), changing your forestay length can provide some extra power when you need it in chop, a finer entry when the water is smooth, or make the jib flatter when it gets windy. If you are not convinced that small changes in forestay length (a bit more than an inch in either direction using the adjuster mentioned below) can make a difference, the next time you sail your boat in heavy air look at your forestay and visualize how sag is adding unneeded power to the jib. Think about the amount of tension on the forestay – hundreds of lbs of pressure. Then imagine how much sag would be removed if you could easily make the forestay just one inch shorter. <br />
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If this sounds like something you would like to explore then read on. Here are some tips picked up from experimenting with forestay length last summer. <br />
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1) You need to make your forestay easy to adjust on the water between races even when it’s windy. Believe me, when it starts getting rough, you don’t want to be on your foredeck cutting off tape and pulling pins. I use a ? Hold Allen High Load Calibrated Adjuster HA4772H ($42.95 at APS) and Ronstan RF115x3/4 Toggle Pin ($16.95 at Jamestown Distributors). Sailing downwind between races I can easily and accurately make 1/4” adjustments even in the windiest of conditions. You will need a new forestay ‘wire’ since cutting off the existing turnbuckle would make the current forestay too short for the new adjuster. Here’s a bonus tip if you have a 3.8mm backstay – the diameter that typically comes standard with a new boat. The rules allow a slightly narrower diameter backstay - 3.0mm (rule F.7.6 (d)). If you purchase a new minimum diameter backstay you can repurpose your existing backstay making it the new forestay. The current backstay end fitting should fit into your new adjuster. Set it to the mid point and then have a new t-ball fitting swaged on at the desired length (see tip #2). <br />
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2) If you feel that your boat is fast, measure your current forestay length to use as a reference. If not, start with the number provided in your sail maker’s guide. Make that the length of the new forestay with the adjuster pin at the midpoint in your forestay adjuster. Make sure that when the adjustment pin is at the top of the adjuster that the forestay is less than the class allowed maximum length. Similarly check the minimum length with the adjustment pin at the bottom of the adjuster. <br />
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The rest is easy. If its light air and flat water move your adjustment pin up a little bit (try 1/2”) from the midpoint. All else being equal, that will increase jib sag resulting in greater power. As the breeze picks up move the adjustment pin down. The next time the wind speed gets to the point that you believe that the crew will be on the rail most of the time going upwind – for example, the last day of last year’s North Americans, try sailing with the pin at the bottom of the adjuster - ~1 1/4” inch shorter than your sail maker’s ‘all around’ setting. You’ll feel the difference!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629241748222628687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435973332593396439.post-42546763992220651252011-04-07T16:56:00.000-04:002011-04-08T11:17:19.774-04:00Sonar Class Association Newsletter, April 7, 2011<div style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8PlxZBeq2CiWKqNCIOsOU_P_k2d60RvyPHQJF4YrGoUapiJDbtZBTU5ssknG3H3ktZFcz4ZCcvl7O4Ihe9padwFgK8SjFSBrkYCpPxbydZLhXDtuwAMMAKKSbl-VjCOLAVFZkYZ5Rsn5/s1600/75w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8PlxZBeq2CiWKqNCIOsOU_P_k2d60RvyPHQJF4YrGoUapiJDbtZBTU5ssknG3H3ktZFcz4ZCcvl7O4Ihe9padwFgK8SjFSBrkYCpPxbydZLhXDtuwAMMAKKSbl-VjCOLAVFZkYZ5Rsn5/s1600/75w.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Member's of the Sonar class will have a number of opportunities to race in major regattas on two continents in 2011.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The European Championships, August 18-21 and the World Championships </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">August 24-27 </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">are being hosted by the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club in Rhu, Scotland. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The Sonar World Championships are held every two years. A beautiful venue like the RNCYC will make the wait worthwhile. For more information:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The North American Championships are being held on September 23-25. Hosted by the Wayzata YC, racing will take place on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. Another great venue, Wayzata was ranked by Sailing World as one of the top US sailing towns. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">On May 21-22, the Tappan Zee Challenge will kick off the season in the northeast US. the TZC is hosted by the Nyack Boat club and<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sonar Fleet 23. The venue is the two and a half mile wide stretch of the Hudson River, just north of the Tappan Zee Bridge in Nyack, NY. Historically 12 to 20 boats participate in two days of racing on the Hudson River. The competition is always excellent with boats traveling from Long Island Sound, New England, the Great Lakes, Florida, and Ireland.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On June 4-5, we have the the Long Island Sound Championships. The regatta is being hosted by Manhasset Bay Sonar Fleet #11 and USMMA Sonar Fleet #22. They have a great event planned. There will be a raffle that will include a Doyle Sonar Jib and a bottle of Casa Dragonnes Tequila along with some other great items. Each boat that registers will get a raffle ticket. Plus they are planning on giving an extra raffle ticket to each boat from the fleet that has the most registered participants other than Fleets #11 or #22.</span><br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Online registration is currently available for both regattas. Log into the Member's Only section of the SCA site, <a href="http://www.sonar.org/">http://www.sonar.org</a> to sign up.</span></div><div style="color: blue;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The first SCA sanction team race of 2011 was recently hosted by the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club located in Kemah, Texas on Galveston Bay. Teams from Noroton YC, Marblehead, Wayzata YC and Rochester NY, along with the host team from TCYC all enjoyed two days of beautiful weather with temps around 80º and wind at 15 kts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the end, the team from Marblehead, lead by Larry Ehrhardt, won the regatta. The rest of the team consisted of John Boyle, Spencer Powers, Daan Goedkoop, Charlie Pendleton, Ted Moore, Larry Rosenfeld, Amy Drinker, Scott Perry, Tyler Doyle, Chris Boulter and Jennifer from Tufts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Coming in second, one point behind was Noroton, followed by TCYC, Wayzata and a new and up and coming team from Rochester.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Disabled Racing:</span></b></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two disabled racing events were held in the US this past winter. On January 23-29 the Miami OCR saw 12 teams from nine countries compete in Sonars. After 10 races, the winning team hailing from Great Britain consisted of skipper John Robertson with crew Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Full results can be found here: <a href="http://www.ussailing.org/Rolex/2011/sonar/sonar.html">http://www.ussailing.org/Rolex/2011/sonar/sonar.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The second event was the Sail to Prevail regatta hosted by the St. Petersburg YC on February 23-2<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Rick Doerr (Noroton YC) took top honors with 18 points, followed closely by Paul Callahan (Newport, RI / Cape Coral, FL) with 21 points and Bert Foster (Wayzata, MN) with 22 points.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can find a full list of team, fleet and disabled racing events on the home page of <a href="http://sonar.org/">Sonar.org</a> by selecting the Calendar tab.</span><br />
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<div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Peter Wilson's answer...</span></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As many of you have guessed, the rules may not address this situation very clearly, and there is no 'case' or 'appeal' that deals with the tactical convention used by most of us when we want port to cross so we can keep going left. Case 50 seems to make it pretty clear the port breaks rule 10 if starboard must alter down to avoid hitting her, complying with starboard's rule 14 obligation.<br />
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That said, most judges I have talked to about this situation would dismiss the protest since starboard clearly indicated that port should cross. One could argue that as long as starboard alters down before she has to do so to avoid contact (the difference between the two situations depicted), then she is subject to rule 16.1 (ROW boat changing course) and if at that point port cannot tack without placing herself right in front of starboard, starboard gives port room to keep clear and neither boat breaks a rule. If this perspective is correct, then one could argue that even if starboard hails 'cross', if she does not alter until she has to comply with rule 14, port breaks rule 10.<br />
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Happy to entertain additional perspective.<br />
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</div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Feel free to leave your thoughts or comments below.</span></span></div><br />
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