LAKE MICHIGAN SURF
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN SAIL RACING FEDERATION
Volume XXIV, Number II
July 2003
Table of Contents
Commodore's Corner
July Youth Sailing Events
LMSRF Yahoo Group
Judge Training Workshop
LMSRF Office News
2003 Grants in Aid
A Letter of Thanks
Mac Race Participation Report
Commodore's Corner
The editor has been waiting patiently for the Commodore (me) to come up with some sage commentary for this newsletter. The muse seems to have taken some time off because I am having a hard time coming up with anything really exciting.
So, since I can’t come up with anything interesting, I might as well write about my experiences running the US Youth Sailing Championship, June 20-26, 2003. This regatta is the premiere event for youth sailor (19 & under) in the United States. It is limited to the top 150 eligible sailors in either the single or double handed division. (With a target of 50 Lasers and 50 420’s) The 2003 event was scheduled for Area K and Milwaukee Yacht Club was selected. I was asked/volunteered to be the General Chairman about 18 months ago. It has been a full time job for the past six months and plenty of advanced planning before that.
Planning for regattas is a very interesting experience because while it is absolutely necessary to sweat the details down to the smallest increment, the plan must be flexible enough to react to the inevitable unk-unk’s. (Unknown unknowns) My take on this is that if you puzzle over every detail, you have necessarily gone through the process of reviewing several options and when option A blows up, you have already have options B through F cued up. Regatta organizers must realize that things never go according to “THE PLAN.” But that’s OK, make the most appropriate response and continue on.
My plan was to get as many key volunteers as possible in place as soon as possible. You find out who your friends are when you run a regatta like this. I have found that people who are committed to the concept are more valuable than experts. This is not rocket science and dedication and long hours beat résumés every time. You cannot do everything yourself.
The regatta itself was blessed with incredible weather. We had eight incredible days stung together from set-up to teardown. The wind was never less than eight knots and topped out around twenty. John Archibald and his huge RC group ran trapezoid courses like they had done it for years and not a single “charlie” was needed in eleven races. Dean Cady was the Chief Judge and did a wonderful, low-keyed job. You know that the race management was excellent when it was almost transparent.
And the kids... The kids are why we did this. These kids are smart, ambitious, and are great athletes. They are the future of our sport.
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July Youth Sailing Events
KASZUBE CUP REGATTA NOTICE OF RACE
JULY 7-9, 2003
South Shore Yacht Club Junior Organization
2300 E. Nock St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53207
1.RULES: The Kaszube Cup Regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). Advertising is restricted to Category A.
2.CHANGE TO THE RACING RULES: Rule 61, Protest Requirements, is changed to include: “The boat shall attempt to notify the finish line race committee boat of her intent to protest and the number of the protested boat.”
3.ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
3.1 This regatta is open to all boats of the Club/Collegiate 420, Laser (standard rig) and Optimist classes meeting the following competitor eligibility requirements:
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All competitors, including alternates, must be:
13 to 18 years of age for Club/Collegiate 420 and Laser classes, 8 to 15 years of age for this calendar year for Optimist classes,
(Green Fleet: Class requirements)
(White Fleet: 8 through 10 years)
(Blue Fleet: 11 through 12 years)
(Red Fleet: 13 through 15 years)
3.2 Boats may be entered by submitting a complete entry form with appropriate entry fee and proof of insurance with liability coverage to the SSYC Kaszube Cup Committee.
3.3 Competitors should provide their own boats. Clubs may inquire of SSYC, in advance, about the availability of borrowed boats.
3.4 Entries must be postmarked or received by midnight July 5, 2003 to avoid a late entry fee.
Entries will be accepted at time of registration and charged a late entry fee.
3.5 The total number of participants to be provided housing will be limited to 0 a first-come first-served basis.
4 SCHEDULE
| Registration | Monday, July 7 | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM |
| Welcome to Competitors | Tuesday, July 8 | 8:15 AM |
| Races 1-4 | | 9:30 AM First Warning |
| Races 5-6 | Wednesday, July 9 | 9:30 AM First Warning |
5 FEES
5.1 Entry fee is $40 per crewmember for all classes.
5.2 Late entries will be charged an additional $20 fee per competitor at registration.
6 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The Sailing Instructions will be available at registration.
7 RACING AREA
The racing areas will be on the waters of Lake Michigan East of SSYC or in the Milwaukee harbor north or South of SSYC.
8 SCORING
8.1 The Low-Point System of Appendix A will apply.
8.2 6 races are scheduled. 1 race is required to be completed to constitute a regatta.
8.3 a) When fewer than 4 races have been completed, a boat’s regatta score will be the total of her race scores.
b) When 4 or more races have been completed, a boat’s regatta score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
9 PRIZES
9.1 Prizes will be awarded to each member of the crews placing first, second and third in each class in the regatta.
9.2 For the Optimist class, prizes will also be awarded in each of the Red, Blue, White, and Green fleets according to the following schedule:
1-3 boats in fleet - 1 prize
4-5 boats in fleet - 2 prizes
6 or more boats in fleet - 3 prizes
For further information, please contact:
| South Shore Yacht Club | or | Helen “Cookie” Mueller |
| Kaszube Cup | | (414) 744-9585 (H) |
| 2300 E. Nock Street | | (414) 481-2341 (SSYC Fax) |
| Milwaukee, WI 53207 | | CookieMueller@WI.RR.com |
| (414) 481-2331 | | |
| Info@SSYC.org | |
LMSRF Youth Championship Regatta
Milwaukee, WI—July 7 - 9, 2003
NOTICE OF RACE
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420s with trapeze and spinnaker
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Lasers
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Optimist Green, White, Blue and Red Fleets.
ENTRY Entrants must be a member of LMSRF, except the 420 crew person.
Competitors must be between ages 8 and 21 who will not reach age 22 in 2003.
Separate entries must be submitted for the Kaszube Cup Regatta and the LMSRF Youth Championship Regatta
There are no separate fees for the LMSRF Youth Championship Regatta
REGISTRATION Registration will be the same time as Kaszube Cup registration, 1800 – 2000, Monday, July 7.
Sailing Instructions will be the Kaszube Cup Regatta sailing instructions provided at registration.
SCHEDULE is the Kaszube Cup Regatta schedule.
SCORING The Low Point scoring system of Appendix A will apply for Youth Championship Regatta entrants, separate from the Kaszube Cup Regatta entrants.
PRIZES Prizes will be awarded to boats placing 1st through 3rd in each of the Laser, 420, and Optimist Fleets plus first Optimist overall.
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LMSRF Yahoo Group
A free group participation site for LMSRF. It was set up to foster interest and participation in the sport in the Lake Michigan area, by providing a boat/crew database and a calendar of events, interesting links, as well as a discussion area for anyone to use.
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Judge Training Workshop
US SAILING will present a Judge Training Workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 14-15, 2003, at Adams Mark Hotel, Fourth and Chestnut Street, St Louis, Missouri.
This workshop and test will meet the training requirements for certification or re-certification for US SAILING judges. The principal instructors are Tom Farquhar and Ted Everingham. Tom is Chairman of the Race Management and Appeals committees and one of the founders of the Judges Certification program. Ted is the Chairman of the Judges Committee. Although the workshop focuses on the duties of a judge, all sailors will benefit from this presentation. Participants are encouraged to take the qualification test, but are not required to do so. Check-in will be from noon to 1pm on Tuesday, October 14 and the afternoon session will begin at 1pm. There will be several breaks including a dinner break at 5:30 pm. The evening session is from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and will be a lively opportunity for role-playing and mock hearings. The workshop continues on Wednesday morning at 8:30 am. Lunch will be served at noon. The 90-minute examination begins at 3:30 pm followed by a debriefing.
On-line registration is now available. The fee is $80 for US SAILING members and $100 for non-members. The fee includes handouts, all beverages breaks, lunch on Wednesday and the examination fee. Study Questions are available on the US SAILING website. Participants should complete the study questions prior to the workshop and are required to have a copy of the current US SAILING Judges Manual, Racing Rules of Sailing and US SAILING Appeals books with them at the workshop.
Overnight accommodations may be made at Adams Mark (Reservations 800/444-ADAM). To receive the special meeting rate, identify yourself as a US SAILING meeting attendant. The deadline for registration is October 9. This announcement is posted on the US SAILING website calendar under Race Administration Education—Judges.
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LMSRF Office News
The LMSRF Board at the March meeting approved a $6,000 grant to McKirahan & Associates for a software improvement to how input and output is transmitted through the LMSRF office. This office automation project will provide for more efficient recording, tracking and transmission of both membership and race entry data.
There will be a change in servers mid-july that may result in a day or two of some interruptions but after that the “look” of LMSRF.org will be different on the site. Entering information will be quite different. This change will provide many benefits to you as an LMSRF member and as a race participant. Most of the information will all be available to you at one time. You will be able to enter one or more races, or series more easily and be able to quickly review your previously recorded information. You will also be able to review the “scratch sheet” of what boats have entered for each listed race as of the current date so you will no longer need to ask for it at the office.
This change will also bring several other benefits to the office in getting up-to-date report information on finances, sending out entry confirmations and series information.
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2003 Grants in Aid
So far in 2003, the LMSRF Grant-in-Aid Committee has issued the following grants to requesting individuals:
Richard Chapman - $900 for the purpose of representing this area at the Pan American Sunfish And Masters Regatta.
Chicago Yacht Club - $400 in support for expenses to provide a 420 Clinic for their Jr. program
Chicago Yacht Club - $1,200 in support of their Americap II measurer development training program.
Chicago Yacht Club - $1,000 for financial assistance for the 2003 Barb Fox Memorial Regatta clinic.
Craig Thompson - $100 contribution toward expenses of entering an Advance Racing clinic.
Blake DeBoer - $100 contribution toward expenses of entering an Advance Racing Clinic.
Joe Zechlinski - $280 toward expenses for completing a US SAILING Level 1 Instructor training course.
Other Grants under consideration include an attendee to the Europe Dinghy Olympic Development Regatta, Two attendees to a Level 1 Instructor training course, an attendee in Yngling class boats to the 2004 Olympic games in Greece, an participant to compete in the US Championships for the Adams Cup, Women’s national match racing championship, Rolex International Keelboat Championship, J22 Nationals and J-24 Nationals and participants to the Lightning Class World Championships.
If you are interested in applying for a grant, write up your request and reasons and send it to our office, care of the “Grants-in-Aid” committee. The only qualification required is that you and your organization are current members of LMSRF.
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A Letter of Thanks...
We would like to thank you for your financial assistance towards our trip to the 2003 CISA Advanced Racing Clinic. The event was an incredible experience. We both learned a lot about our sailing and met lots of new people at this event.
This clinic was unlike most other regattas in that almost every minute was spent on sailing. Top level coaches and relatively small numbers of students make this clinic far superior to any other clinic in the country. We had almost no free time because we were always busy with our instructors. There were three clinic days, each one having a general theme: boat handling, boat speed, and tactics. The fourth day was a regatta day where we were able to test out our newly learned techniques.
Every team of competitors was assigned a host family to stay with during the event. Our host family was very fun and had an incredible house on the Balboa peninsula. This event definitely ranks up there with the best of them when it comes down to how much fun we had and how much we learned.
Thank you again for your support. It would have been difficult for us to go to this regatta without your help. We feel very fortunate that we have a committee such as yours that we can rely on for financial support.
Sincerely,
Craig Thompson and Blake DeBoer
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288 AMERICAP II ENTRIES FOR MACKINAC RACE!
Exceeding all prior predictions with Chicago Yacht Club’s change from LMPHRF to Americap II for the race, the entries poured in within the last two weeks of the deadline. It was a welcome surprise for the support of the Americap II rule to the Mackinac Committee who has spent two years in deliberation and research before mandating the change for this year’s race. Be sure and follow your favorite boat on this year’s up-to-the-minute results as they are posted on CYC’s improved web site.
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