Key West Race Week 2010, Issue 2

Some the most serious competition in Key West can always be found in the Farr 40 class and this year is no different. This start shot from Monday, which shows six boats stacked up in close proximity, is an indication of how close the Farr 40 class can be. Crew members can be seen hiking hard on the rail of Barking Mad (bow No. 12, second from left), an American entry skippered by Jim Richardson (Newport, RI) that is tied for first place on points after the opening day of action.

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K E Y W E S T 2 0 1 0 • p r e s e n t e d b y N a u t i c a • V o l u m e X X I I I , N u m b e r 2 • T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 9 , 2 0 1 0

Official Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Sailing World – Boat of the Year . . . . . .2

Boat of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–8

Shake-A-Leg Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Winning Tactics in Key West . . . . . . . . .9

What’s Hot in Key West . . . . . . . . . . . .13

The Paul Washburn Award . . . . . . . . .14

Event Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Afternoon Entertainment . . . . . . . . . .17

In the news: T u E S d A Y I S S p E R R Y T o p - S I d E R d A Y

Mother Nature flipped the switch just in time for Key West 2010, presented by Nautica. The unseasonably chilly temperatures gave way and competitors in the 23rd

edition of North America’s most prestigious winter regatta were greeted by Chamber of Commerce condi-tions on Monday. “This shapes up to be the warmest race week here in Key West in recent memory,” event director Peter Craig said.

Sunny skies, 75-degree temperatures and solid wind produced an ideal opening day for the week-long event, organized by Premiere Racing.

“It was a picture-perfect day for sailboat racing. The weather was wonderful, the seas were calm and the wind was more than adequate,” said Wayne Bretsch, principal race officer on Division 3.

Bretsch and fellow PROs Ken Legler (Division 1) and Dave Brennan (Division 2) were all able to complete two races in oscillating winds that held steady between 7 and 10 knots. Competitors reported wind shifts rang-ing from five to 50 degrees, which kept tacticians on their toes.

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of opportunities to gain or lose,” said North Sails pro-fessional Larry Leonard, tactician aboard the J/122 Pugwash, which is leading the IRC 2 class after posting a first and a second on Monday. “It was very tactical racing and we got fortunate a few times. We managed to hit more shifts than we missed.”

No skipper sported a broader smile on the dock afterward than Wolfgang Schaefer, who won a race in Farr 40 class for only the second time in four trips to Key West. Schaefer steered Struntje Light to victory in Race 2 after finishing sixth in Race 1 and holds the

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Sailing World Magazine recognized its Boat of the Year honorees during the Skipper’s Meeting on Sunday night under the Big Tent at Acura Key West 2010. Editor dave Reed announced the four big boat winners individually and talked briefly about each. Rod and Jeff Johnstone were on-site to accept the presentation for the J/95 that was chosen Boat of the Year and the J/97 that was selected as Best Club Racer for 2010. Also recognized was the Summit 35, which was named Best IRC Racer. Chuck Allen of North Sails, who served as an independent judge for the 2010 Boat of the Year awards, joined Reed onstage to present Johnstone with the awards. pictured from left to right are dave Reed, Chuck Allen, peter Craig of premiere Racing, Rod Johnstone, Jeff Johnstone and Ted Ruegg of Sailing World.

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overall lead via tiebreaker over both Barking Mad (Jim Richardson, Newport, RI) and Joe Fly (Giovanni Maspero, Rome, Italy).

“I am very happy because this is a new boat and a fairly new team. It is also the first time in nearly 40 years that I am steering with a tiller,” said Schaefer, whose previous Struntje Light had a wheel.

Struntje Light finished 17th in Farr 40 class at Key West 2008 and it was navigator Angela Schaefer who realized a newer design was needed in order to win the prestigious regatta. “My wife asked me if I wanted to just compete or if I wanted to try to win,” Wolfgang Schaefer said.

Schaefer purchased the former Mean Machine from Peter de Ridder and the crew sailed the boat for the first time in practice last week. Apparently tactician Jes Gram Hansen and the rest of the crew figured out the new boat fairly quickly.

“We did very well on the first downwind run. We rounded the mark in third and went left. The left proved to be really strong and we opened up a lead of about six boat lengths,” Hansen said of how Race 2 unfolded.

Flavio Favini, helmsman aboard Blu Moon, posted a fourth in Race 2 and was happy to get through the first day in good shape. “It was light and shifty, which is something we have encountered before here. It was a bit tricky for the tacticians, but all in all very nice racing conditions,” Favini said. “I thought the race commit-tee did a great job of setting the course very quickly

between races. They hur-ried to get the fleet started again while there was still good wind.”

Rod Jabin and his crew aboard Ramrod posted a pair of third place results to grab the early lead in Melges 32, which is loaded with profes-sional talent like the Farr 40 and Melges 24 classes. Jabin is a former Farr 40 owner who moved into the Melges 32 last spring and enjoyed immediate success – winning the Gold Cup held off Fort Lauderdale in early December. America’s Cup veteran Gavin Brady is call-ing tactics for Jabin, who has picked up right where he left off last month here in Key West.

“You take an average boat and put Gavin Brady onboard it makes a big difference,” Jabin said. “I did a reasonable job of getting us off the start line and Gavin did a great job of positioning the boat.

Jabin has a crew comprised entirely of fellow Annapolis residents and said the ability to get out on the water and practice together on a regular basis should not be underestimated. “We have worked very hard with North Sails on rig tune and that has been a big help,” said Jabin, who practiced with John Kilroy and the Samba Pa Ti team last week. “I don’t think we’re the fastest boat out here, but our rig is set up well while our crew work and tactics are strong.”

Bella Mente, a Reichel-Pugh 66-footer skippered by Hap Fauth of Newport, RI, is the opening day pacesetter in IRC 1 class, which features the largest boats in the regat-ta. Kelvin Harrup is calling tactics aboard Bella Mente, which won both races on Monday and holds a four-point lead over the TP52 Interlodge (Austin Fragomen) and the Wally 82 Highland Fling (Irvine Laidlaw).

“Today was an ideal Bella Mente day, absolutely ideal conditions for our boat,” Fauth said. “Give me a few more days like this and I’ll be a happy camper.”

Highland Fling is by far the biggest boat entered in Key West 2010 and was expected to sail around the IRC 1 course by itself. However, Fauth said Bella Mente was able to keep the 82-footer in range in Monday’s flat water and less than 10 knots of wind.

“Off the wind in this type of breeze, we’re very com-petitive with Highland Fling,” said Fauth, noting that owner Irvine Laidlaw and his 24-man crew are learning the newly-launched maxi. “They’re still shaking her down so we haven’t seen her top end by any means.”

J/80In race one, nineteen J/80 teams kicked off the 2010

racing season with an intensity that’s characteristic for this enthusiastic class. Monday's class win was earned by North Sails professional Will Welles and his team on Rascal, (Newport, RI). Welles owns a J/24 and his team

is familiar with the J/24 racing scene. Rascal is a brand new boat and this is the crew’s first J/80 regatta. “We’re kind of figuring the boat out,” Welles said, thrilled about about his team’s first shot at competing in this exciting group. “This is a good fleet,” Welles concluded, encour-aged by the day’s positive results. With their previous small boat experience, the team managed smooth starts and were able to maintain boat speed through both races for a 1-3 finish. Not bad for Rascal’s first day out in Key West. These guys promise to keep past leaders on their toes.

Magnus Tyreman's SWE 803 posted second with a a 6-1 finish. Magnus hails from Sweden while his boat and crew are from Texas. It’s the team’s third Key West and they’re already having a memorable time. “What brings me here? Well, this is one of the best sailing races… it’s the people and the atmosphere,” Tyreman explains. “It’s also minus 15 degrees C in Stockholm today – so that’s also a good reason to be in Key West!” One point behind SWE 803 is the returning entry from Great Britain, Neil Martin’s Jammy Dodger. This boat may be named after a tasty British biscuit, but don’t let the seemingly innocent moniker fool you. Martin’s fine team is a force to contend with and they’ve been steadily improving each year at Key West.

J/105Brian Keene (Marion, MA) is off to a good start in his

bid to repeat as J/105 champion at Key West, steering Savasana to a first and second on Monday. In a one design class, careful tactics are crucial for gaining that edge and Savasana surely found theirs on Monday. Keene and his team are three points ahead of Patrick Eudy’s Big Booty. Posting third is Scooter Simmons and his San Francisco based team on Blackhawk. More familiar with their homeport’s conditions, Blackhawk was thrilled by Key West’s tropical ambiance and challenging weather. “Sailing in these conditions is a delight,” said tactician Tim Russell. “You want to be more conservative early on

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Various classes sail on the same course during Key West 2010, presented by Nautica. Here, a pair of multihulls – a Corsair 28R and a Corsair Sprint 750 sail past the J/125 Stark Raving Mad (James madden). a pHRF 1 entry. In the foreground is Strategery V (Cliff Farrah), which is third overall in Multihull. The other trimaran pictured is Flight Simulator (Tom Reese), which is fourth.

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UKAUKA Racing got off to a good start in its bid to repeat as Melges 24 champion at Key West 2010, presented by Nautica. The Italian entry, owned by Lorenzo Santini of porto Civitanova, posted a first and a second in two races on Monday to take an early lead in the 21-boat class. That superb performance earned UKAUKA Racing the Nautica Watches Boat of the day Award from premiere Racing. “We are very, very happy with our start. We are sailing fast and did not make any mistakes today,” Santini said. Lorenzo Bressani is steering UKAUKA Racing, which captured the class world championship in 2008. American Jonathan McKee is calling tactics and his expertise helped UKAUKA stay on the favored side of the course during a day that saw significant wind shifts. “You needed a little luck on a day like this. You’re never really quite sure you made the right decision when you call a shift,” McKee said. UKAUKA Racing was one of the favorites coming into the five-day regatta and certainly affirmed that status on Monday. Blu Moon (Franco Rossini, Switzerland) and WTF (Alan Field, Marina del Ray, CA) are two of the other top contenders and stand second and third, respectively. “I think it will be a week-long battle with those two boats,” said McKee, who was happy to see Santini earn a Boat of the day trophy. “It’s fantastic for Lorenzo because he is a great owner who does everything necessary to make the program as competitive as possible.”

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DiviSiOn 1Preliminary Race Results

SERiES TOTALSClass Pl. Boat Name Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

RACE 1Pts. # Boat Name Model Hdcp Finish Time Corrected

RACE 2Pts. Boat Name Corrected

Race Data Summary January 18, 2010Division 1 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3 CLASS COURSE LEnGTH START COURSE LEnGTH START COURSE LEnGTH STARTIRC 1 4 7.67 1035 5 9.97 1220Farr 40 4 6.19 1040 5 8.14 1225IRC 2 4 6.19 1045 5 8.14 1230Melges 32 4 6.19 1055 5 8.14 1240Division 2 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3 CLASS COURSE LEnGTH START COURSE LEnGTH START COURSE LEnGTH STARTMelges 24 4 6 1035 5 6.2 1155J/105 4 6 1040 5 6.2 1205J/80 4 4.2 1045 5 5.2 1225Division 3 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3 CLASS COURSE LEnGTH START COURSE LEnGTH START COURSE LEnGTH STARTMulti 4 5.72 1035 5 8.54 1215PH-1 4 5.3 1040 5 7.7 1220PH-2 4 5.3 1045 5 7.7 1225PH-3 4 3.76 1050 5 6.1 1230

IRC1 1 Bella Mente R/P 69 1 1 2 2 Interlodge TP52 4 2 6 3 HighlandFlingXI Wally 82 2 4 6 4 Decision TP52 5 3 8 5 Vela Veloce S.Cross 52 3 6 9 6 Anema & Core JV 52 6 5 11F40 1 Struntje Light Farr 40 6 1 7 2 Barking Mad Farr 40 2 5 7 3 Joe Fly Farr 40 4 3 7 4 Plenty Farr 40 1 8 9 5 Nanoq Farr 40 5 6 11 6 Nerone Farr 40 10 2 12 7 Vincere Farr 40 3 11 14 8 Spaceman Spiff Farr 40 7 9 16 9 Flash Gordon Farr 40 13 4 17 10 Groovederci Farr 40 11 7 18 11 Goombay Smash Farr 40 8 10 18 12 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 9 12 21 13 Charisma Farr 40 12 13 25IRC2 1 Pugwash J/122 2 1 3 2 White Heat Summit 40 1 2 3 3 Hot Ticket Summit 40 4 4 8 4 Cool Breeze Mills 43 6 3 9 5 Better Than Swan 42 3 6 9 6 Vitesse Swan 42 5 5 10 7 Gold Digger J/44 8 7 15 8 Teamwork J/122 7 8 15M32 1 Ramrod Melges 32 3 3 6 2 Star Melges 32 1 9 10 3 Samba Pa Ti Melges 32 14 1 15 4 New Wave Melges 32 2 13 15 5 Red Melges 32 9 6 15 6 Carlo Alberini Melges 32 12 5 17 7 Heartbreaker Melges 32 5 12 17 8 Flat Stanley Melges 32 7 10 17 9 Teasing Machine Melges 32 4 15 19 10 Ninkasi Melges 32 17 4 21 11 Leenabarca Melges 32 20 2 22 12 Shakedown Melges 32 16 7 23 13 Fantastika Melges 32 18 8 26 14 Argo Melges 32 6 21 27 15 Lake Effect Melges 32 8 19 27 16 Yasha Samurai Melges 32 11 16 27 17 Team Barbarians Melges 32 15 14 29 18 Dark N’Stormy Melges 32 19 11 30 19 Celeritas Melges 32 13 20 33 20 Arethusa Melges 32 19 18 37 21 Bronco Melges 32 21 17 38 22 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 22 22 44

1 45 Bella Mente R/P 69 1.538 11:34:21 1:31:172 888 HighlandFlingXI Wally 82 1.639 11:31:43 1:32:583 84248 Vela Veloce S.Cross 52 1.365 11:44:18 1:34:364 5206 Interlodge TP52 1.367 11:46:28 1:37:425 61300 Decision TP52 1.365 11:46:55 1:38:106 38008 Anema & Core JV 52 1.365 11:47:03 1:38:211 14 Plenty Farr 40 11:45:57 2 12 Barking Mad Farr 40 11:46:54 3 05 Vincere Farr 40 11:47:15 4 06 Joe Fly Farr 40 11:47:26 5 07 Nanoq Farr 40 11:47:28 6 04 Struntje Light Farr 40 11:47:35 7 11 Spaceman Spiff Farr 40 11:47:57 8 02 Goombay Smash Farr 40 11:48:55 9 10 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 11:48:01 10 09 Nerone Farr 40 11:48:07 11 08 Groovederci Farr 40 11:48:13 12 03 Charisma Farr 40 11:48:55 13 13 Flash Gordon Farr 40 11:49:55 1 52915 White Heat Summit 40 1.122 11:56:12 1:19:532 60003 Pugwash J/122 1.093 11:58:20 1:20:093 18 Better Than Swan 42 1.180 11:52:59 1:20:134 52956 Hot Ticket Summit 40 1.118 11:56:52 1:20:215 4240 Vitesse Swan 42 1.175 11:54:09 1:21:156 60432 Cool Breeze Mills 43 1.182 11:53:58 1:21:317 52939 Teamwork J/122 1.094 12:00:15 1:22:198 49 Gold Digger J/44 1.098 12:00:40 1:23:051 32 Star Melges 32 12:04:16 2 23 New Wave Melges 32 12:04:50 3 34 Ramrod Melges 32 12:05:53 4 31 Teasing Machine Melges 32 12:06:16 5 30 Heartbreaker Melges 32 12:06:53 6 22 Argo Melges 32 12:07:22 7 21 Flat Stanley Melges 32 12:07:30 8 26 Lake Effect Melges 32 12:07:32 9 38 Red Melges 32 12:07:35 19 p40 36 Arethusa Melges 32 12:07:40 11 33 Yasha Samurai Melges 32 12:07:47 12 39 Carlo Alberini Melges 32 12:07:48 13 35 Celeritas Melges 32 12:07:49 14 42 Samba Pa Ti Melges 32 12:07:51 15 43 Team Barbarians Melges 32 12:07:55 16 28 Shakedown Melges 32 12:07:56 17 41 Ninkasi Melges 32 12:07:59 18 37 Fantastika Melges 32 12:08:02 19 25 Dark N’Stormy Melges 32 12:08:07 20 27 Leenabarca Melges 32 12:08:11 21 29 Bronco Melges 32 12:08:16 22 24 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 12:09:21

1 Bella Mente 2:07:252 Interlodge 2:09:403 Decision 2:10:054 HighlandFlingXI 2:10:595 Anema & Core 2:11:206 Vela Veloce 2:13:531 Struntje Light 2 Nerone 3 Joe Fly 4 Flash Gordon 5 Barking Mad 6 Nanoq 7 Groovederci 8 Plenty 9 Spaceman Spiff 10 Goombay Smash 11 Vincere 12 Enfant Terrible 13 Charisma 1 Pugwash 1:46:452 White Heat 1:46:563 Cool Breeze 1:48:204 Hot Ticket 1:49:195 Vitesse 1:49:486 Better Than 1:50:037 Gold Digger 1:50:148 Teamwork 1:51:321 Samba Pa Ti 2 Leenabarca 3 Ramrod 4 Ninkasi 5 Carlo Alberini 6 Red 7 Shakedown 8 Fantastika 9 Star 10 Flat Stanley 11 Dark N’Stormy 12 Heartbreaker 13 New Wave 14 Team Barbarians 15 Teasing Machine 16 Yasha Samurai 17 Bronco 18 Arethusa 19 Lake Effect 20 Celeritas 21 Argo 22 Vanpire 32

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� Tuesday, January 19, 2010 KEY WEST 2010Preliminary Race ResultsDiviSiOn 2

SERiES TOTALSClass Pl. Boat Name Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

RACE 2Pts. # Boat Name

RACE 1Pts. # Boat Name

M24 1 UKAUKA Racing Lorenzo Santini 2 1 3

2 Blu Moon Franco Rossini 1 4 5

3 WTF Alan Field 3 2 5

4 Baghdad Kristian Nergaard 7 3 10

5 Regatta.nu Arne Larssen 6 8 14

6 Kleine Rainbow Bent Dietrich 10 5 15

7 Hoodlum Racing Paul Hulsey 9 7 16

8 Monsoon Bruce Ayres 4 13 17

9 Lounge Act Loren Colahan 5 15 20

10 GUL Code Zero Miles Quinton 8 12 20

11 Team Windhover Elizabeth Harned 15 6 21

12 Zig Zag 18 Henri Samuel 12 11 23

13 Convexity Donald Wilson 14 10 24

14 Battle Rhythm Guy Mossman 11 14 25

15 Tramp Thomas Ritter 19 9 28

16 Mustgo David Happ 13 20 33

17 Knot 2 Scale Bret Newcomb 16 19 35

18 Entourage Vlad. Kulinichenko 18 17 35

19 Zetiana Alexis Michas 17 18 35

20 Vapour Trail Greg McCliment 21 16 37

21 USA 625 Marty Jensen 20 21 41

J105 1 Savasana Brian Keane 2 1 3

2 Big Booty Patrick Eudy 4 2 6

3 Blackhawk Scooter Simmons 3 5 8

4 Ghost Kenneth Colburn 6 4 10

5 Lucky Dog Travis Weisleder 1 10 11

6 Tenacious Edward Palm 10 3 13

7 Max Power Gerrit Schulze 5 8 13

8 Eclipse Damian Emery 7 6 13

9 Solaris Bill Zartler 8 7 15

10 Creatv Destruct James Williams 9 9 18

11 Orangutan Bernard Girod 14 11 25

12 Radiance Bill Lakenmacher 11 14 25

13 Vixen Christopher Beane 13 12 25

14 Absolutely Junius Grimes 12 13 25

J80 1 Rascal Will Welles 1 3 4

2 SWE 803 Magnus Tyreman 6 1 7

3 Jammy Dodger Neil Martin 3 5 8

4 Relentless Al Minella 10 2 12

5 Le Tigre G Darden/R Hillard 2 10 12

6 Rumor John Storck, Jr 8 4 12

7 Lifted Kerry Klingler 5 9 14

8 Little Feat Jeff Johnstone 7 7 14

9 Kicks Rose/O’Sullivan 9 6 15

10 Juggernaut Michael Zupon 11 8 19

11 Angry Chameleon Kristen Robinson 4 18 22

12 Shananigans Shannon Lockwood 12 11 23

13 Blind Faith Aaron Galvin 14 13 27

14 Bob Dylan Michael Sudofsky 16 12 28

15 Claire Randy St James 13 15 28

16 Magic In Motion Jeremy Reynolds 15 14 29

17 Stacked Deck Ramzi Bannura 17 16 33

18 Willy T Jeff Jordan 19 17 36

19 Emotional Resc. Gary Panariello 18 19 37

1 64 Blu Moon

2 66 UKAUKA Racing

3 55 WTF

4 62 Monsoon

5 52 Lounge Act

6 54 Regatta.nu

7 50 Baghdad

8 59 GUL Code Zero

9 61 Hoodlum Racing

10 57 Kleine Rainbow

11 65 Battle Rhythm

12 58 Zig Zag 18

13 49 Mustgo

14 56 Convexity

15 67 Team Windhover

16 51 Knot 2 Scale

17 63 Zetiana

18 53 Entourage

19 60 Tramp

20 68 USA 625

21 48 Vapour Trail

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2 09 Savasana

3 01 Blackhawk

4 14 Big Booty

5 03 Max Power

6 10 Ghost

7 02 Eclipse

8 04 Solaris

9 07 Creatv Destruct

10 15 Tenacious

11 12 Radiance

12 05 Absolutely

13 13 Vixen

14 11 Orangutan

1 34 Rascal

2 33 Le Tigre

3 32 Jammy Dodger

4 24 Angry Chameleon

5 29 Lifted

6 28 SWE 803

7 35 Little Feat

8 19 Rumor

9 17 Kicks

10 26 Relentless

11 30 Juggernaut

12 31 Shananigans

13 25 Claire

14 20 Blind Faith

15 27 Magic In Motion

16 22 Bob Dylan

17 18 Stacked Deck

18 21 Emotional Resc.

19 23 Willy T

1 66 UKAUKA Racing

2 55 WTF

3 50 Baghdad

4 64 Blu Moon

5 57 Kleine Rainbow

6 67 Team Windhover

7 61 Hoodlum Racing

8 54 Regatta.nu

9 60 Tramp

10 56 Convexity

11 58 Zig Zag 18

12 59 GUL Code Zero

13 62 Monsoon

14 65 Battle Rhythm

15 52 Lounge Act

16 48 Vapour Trail

17 53 Entourage

18 63 Zetiana

19 51 Knot 2 Scale

20 49 Mustgo

21 68 USA 625

1 09 Savasana

2 14 Big Booty

3 15 Tenacious

4 10 Ghost

5 01 Blackhawk

6 02 Eclipse

7 04 Solaris

8 03 Max Power

9 07 Creatv Destruct

10 06 Lucky Dog

11 11 Orangutan

12 13 Vixen

13 05 Absolutely

14 12 Radiance

1 28 SWE 803

2 26 Relentless

3 34 Rascal

4 19 Rumor

5 32 Jammy Dodger

6 17 Kicks

7 35 Little Feat

8 30 Juggernaut

9 29 Lifted

10 33 Le Tigre

11 31 Shananigans

12 22 Bob Dylan

13 20 Blind Faith

14 27 Magic In Motion

15 25 Claire

16 18 Stacked Deck

17 23 Willy T

18 24 Angry Chameleon

19 21 Emotional Resc.


wounded warriors Find healing through sailing

The 160-mile Soldier Ride - Sunshine State kicked off in Miami on Wednesday, January 13th. ending in Key West on Saturday afternoon. The group of Vets and supporting riders were escorted down Eaton Street by the Key West Police, while supporters provided a cheerful welcome to their arrival.

The Soldier Ride, at its core, is a rehabilitative cycling event designed to challenge our wounded warriors to get back in the saddle, both literally and figuratively. It also is a tool to help both the physical and mental wounds of war. These rides also raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project mission.

Shake-A-Leg Miami is working with returning veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by using the water to overcome war-related issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Shake-A-Leg partners with the Miami Vet Center and Veterans Ocean Adventures to use water sports and sail-ing to heal and empower individuals facing re‐adjustment and physical challenges. Once participants have completed the Shake-A-Leg Introduction to Water sports program and express a desire to advance to blue water sailing, the Veterans Ocean Adventures Sailing Foundation provides an introduction to cruising in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas. Water activities along with counseling create a safe, non‐clinical setting to enhance veterans’ recovery from combat experiences and injuries and their re-integration into civilian life.

Shake-A-Leg has received funding through the BrAIve fund to provide services to returning vets free of charge. The BrAIve Fund was established to assist military service members, veterans and their families impacted by deployment. These grants serve the south Florida counties including Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin

counties. Over the past 4 years, 3 unique pilot projects were initiated at Shake-A-Leg; including one exclusively geared to returning women soldiers. According to Harry Horgan, Co-Founder and CEO of Shake-A-Leg Miami, “the challenge is how to help soldiers reintegrate into jobs, school, and their families. Community Boating provides the venue, and we’ve seen some very positive results.” To date, up to 300 soldiers have been involved in Shake-A-Leg programs, including par-ticipation in Shake-A-Leg’s Community Bay Day where 50 soldiers went sailing on Biscayne Bay with their familes on Shake-A-Leg boats.

In the program designed for women soldiers, one woman arrived explaining that she was deathly afraid of the water. When asked why she chose boating at Shake-A-Leg, she said that she needed help and felt that by being near the water it would help her to get strong – she could see it was a safe environment and she could benefit from the program.

The future programs to assist returning veterans at Shake-A-Leg include an inaugural Soldier Sail Day. The details of the program are being finalized. Harry’s vision is quite simple; he said, “wouldn’t it be great if each boat owner would simply take a soldier sailing on one day to introduce them to the water, and to possibly spark the passion and joy of being on the water that all of us share.”

For additional information on how you can volunteer, con-tribute or assist with the many Shake-A-Leg programs, please contact Shake-A-Leg at www.shakealegmiami.org or visit the Shake-A-Leg booth under the Big Top.

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SERiES TOTALSClass Pl. Boat Name Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

RACE 1Pts. # Boat Name Model Hdcp Finish Time Corrected

RACE 2Pts. Boat Name Corrected

Multi 1 Merlin Gulfstream35 1 1 2 2 Tobiko C.Sprint 750 3 3 6 3 Strategery V C.Sprint 750 2 5 7 4 Flight Simulatr Corsair 28R 4 4 8 5 Overdo Corsair 28R 8 2 10 6 Triumphant Corsair F-27 8 6 14 7 Dealer’s Choice Corsair 28R 8 8 16PH-1 1 Stark Rav. Mad J/125 1 1 2 2 Marinerscove.ie Summit 35 3 2 5 3 Rhumb Punch Farr 30 2 4 6 4 Revolution 1D35 6 3 9 5 Vayu Bene 40.7 4 6 10 6 Act One Summit 35 5 5 10 7 El Ocaso J/120 7 8 15 8 Tampa Girl J/120 9 7 16 9 Wild Ride Henderson 30 8 9 17PH-2 1 Rush J/109 1 3 4 2 Bluto Evelyn 32 2 2 4 3 L’Outrage Bene 10M 4 1 5 4 Tangent Cape Fear 38 3 6 9 5 Mighty Puffin J/29 5 4 9 6 Velocity Cape Fear 38 6 5 11 7 Soap Opera Hobie 33 7 7 14 8 Island Flyer Centurion 40 8 8 16 9 Creola C&C37/40wk 9 9 18PH-3 1 Bad Dog Mariah 27 1 1 2 2 Blah Blah Blah J/24 3 2 5 3 Nojoe J/24 2 4 6 4 Chick Magnet Kirby 25 4 3 7 5 Class Act J/24 5 5 10

1 500 Merlin Gulfstream35 -12 11:37:04 1:14:592 18 Strategery V C.Sprint 750 33 11:45:52 1:19:003 17 Tobiko C.Sprint 750 33 11:46:07 1:19:174 64 Flight Simulatr Corsair 28R 21 11:45:57 1:20:458 dnc 186 Dealer’s Choice Corsair 28R 21 12:08:54 1:46:538 raf 118 Overdo Corsair 28R 21 11:43:56 1:18:288 raf 228 Triumphant Corsair F-27 48 11:52:24 1:24:071 52125 Stark Rav. Mad J/125 -3 11:34:59 0:55:142 41 Rhumb Punch Farr 30 54 11:40:19 0:55:323 35 Marinerscove.ie Summit 35 54 11:40:43 0:55:564 51377 Vayu Bene 40.7 48 11:41:56 0:57:415 60351 Act One Summit 35 54 11:44:32 0:59:456 35037 Revolution 1D35 36 11:43:05 0:59:547 28920 El Ocaso J/120 48 11:45:44 1:01:298 109 Wild Ride Henderson 30 45 11:47:41 1:03:429 83242 Tampa Girl J/120 54 11:50:20 1:05:331 51 Rush J/109 75 11:50:36 0:58:582 53194 Bluto Evelyn 32 87 11:53:03 1:00:213 53228 Tangent Cape Fear 38 84 11:55:48 1:03:224 73456 L’Outrage Bene 10M 102 11:57:28 1:03:275 269 Mighty Puffin J/29 108 11:58:46 1:04:136 52138 Velocity Cape Fear 38 87 11:58:11 1:05:297 16 Soap Opera Hobie 33 96 11:59:56 1:06:278 96 Island Flyer Centurion 40 87 11:59:31 1:06:499 64337 Creola C&C37/40wk 84 12:08:09 1:15:431 25144 Bad Dog Mariah 27 144 11:42:47 0:43:452 2979 Nojoe J/24 171 11:50:15 0:49:323 48 Blah Blah Blah J/24 171 11:50:59 0:50:164 123 Chick Magnet Kirby 25 174 11:53:10 0:52:155 4 Class Act J/24 171 11:58:03 0:57:20

1 Merlin 1:57:512 Overdo 2:01:563 Tobiko 1:59:564 Flight Simulatr 2:02:295 Strategery V 2:02:086 Triumphant 2:02:208 dnc Dealer’s Choice 2:18:521 Stark Rav. Mad 1:27:162 Marinerscove.ie 1:27:483 Revolution 1:28:074 Rhumb Punch 1:28:175 Act One 1:29:286 Vayu 1:31:037 Tampa Girl 1:31:078 El Ocaso 1:32:379 Wild Ride 1:35:331 L’Outrage 1:26:502 Bluto 1:29:043 Rush 1:29:064 Mighty Puffin 1:30:195 Velocity 1:30:566 Tangent 1:31:117 Soap Opera 1:33:058 Island Flyer 1:34:229 Creola 1:40:351 Bad Dog 1:13:252 Blah Blah Blah 1:18:303 Chick Magnet 1:22:134 Nojoe 1:23:125 Class Act 1:25:48

Pugwash, a Newport entry owned by david Murphy, walks overtop fellow J/122 Teamwork during an upwind leg on Monday. North Sails professional Larry Leonard is calling tactics on Pugwash, which won Race 2 and placed second in Race 1 to take the early lead in IRC 2 class via tiebreaker over the Summit 40 White Heat.

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winning tactics in Key westPros provide Pro Bono tactical tips

The annual All-Star panel discussion kicked off on Sunday under the Big Top with 4 top-level pros who bring racing expertise and knowledge spanning Olympic classes, Americas Cup, One Design and Volvo Ocean Races. Andreas Josenhans, a Key West regular and North Sails stalwart, posed questions to the winning tactics panel that consisted of Ian Walker, Tactician onboard the Farr 40 Goombay Smash, Peter Isler, Tactician on Highland Fling XI, Dee Smith, Coach for the Melges 32 Leenabarca and

Bill Hardesty, Tactician on the Farr 40 Flash Gordon. Ian Walker, who recently completed the Volvo Ocean Race

onboard Green Dragon suggested “Don’t change anything on the first day of the regatta.” On Green Dragon, prior to the start of leg 2 from Capetown, South Africa to Cochin, India they tightened the lashing on the mainsail headboard car. They couldn’t test reefing the main prior to the start, as it was too windy the day before. One minor tweak caused one major headache as they found that by changing the headboard lashing it also slightly changed the orientation of the headboard car – the end result was they couldn’t reef or lower the main. The only way to reef the main was to gybe,

and then gybe back again lowering the main in the middle of the gybe...a daunting task for 4,450 nautical miles! They didn’t reef, and got caught in a 50-knot gust that cost Green Dragon a broken boom.

Dee Smith, America’s Cup and Volvo Ocean Race veteran is in a non-sailing role in Key West.. Asked about the difference between competing and coaching, Dee explained, “You can see the things that you always do wrong yourself. The thing I find most interesting (coaching an afterguard) is to get them to sail within themselves, keep the boat smooth, maintain their attention span to race tactically, and don’t do things that are hard and put themselves in bad corners.”

Andreas threw the tide question as a “jump ball” to the panel. Peter Isler offered, “It pays to pay attention. The tide does not always go in the way the tide charts say because it is wind driven – the tide flows off the banks on the north side of the course. You can definitely get race-affecting and race-determining wind shifts and position changes based on the current. It’s very complicated - one thing I’ve learned is that you have to do your homework on race day and try to get a feel for the differential across the course.”

Andreas asked Dee – As a coach, how do you handle the weather forecast? “I try to keep it out of my mind until the last minute – I really try not to have too strong of a pre-conceived notion of what is supposed to happen – the weatherman might not even be in Florida, and you might be able to see a lot bet-ter what’s going to happen in the first half hour of the first leg better than the weatherman – I tend to trust myself more.”

Racing in Farr 40 class, Bill said, “In light air, boat speed will play more of a factor than sound tactical decisions in a smaller fleet. Focus on speed - be sure the boats are completely prepared with a clean bottom. We have a crew that has sailed together for a while, so we’ve delegated the detailed tasks of sails, lunches/water, etc. We meet in the morning to discuss whether we go with a heavy or light program. You have to be careful not to go too light here especially with water.”

Division 1 PRO Ken Legler, offered some tips from the RC vantage point. “Certain things have changed on the race course. The boats aren’t com-ing down the middle anymore, except for a couple of classes. For example, if you are IRC 2 and approaching the weather mark, the Farr 40s form a starboard tack train on the upper left corner, think about how you are going to get through that line of starboard tackers. That could be the case for J/105s avoiding Melges 24s, and J/80s avoiding J/105s.

The focus shifted from winning tactics on the Pros individual boats, to the race action replay provided by Kattack. Multiple TV monitors showed the last run of a J/80 race from 2009, with the breeze out of the north at 16 knots. The pros were assigned a boat each, and they stepped through the last leg tactics.

Here’s a summary of the pro analysis – if you weren’t in the audience, you missed some of the best commentary, but here’s a few tips that may help you on the course:

Walker: Don’t be a manic gyber. I always want to overtake everyone in front – nine times out of ten it doesn’t pay; it pays to be patient, and wait for your chance.

Isler: Always in fleet racing, keep the big picture, there are many times when boats engage another boat by taking a boat up 15-20 degrees, and you open the door for other boats in the fleet. Don’t win the battle and lose the war.

Hardesty: If you have a fast spinnaker set, and watch your boat handling at the marks, it can make a huge difference in holding out the other boats in tight fleet racing.

Walker: When you go around the windward mark, there are 3 things I say to the helmsman; 1-stay high and defend the position to stay starboard and don’t get rolled, 2-sail VMG 3-If I want to gybe or am thinking about gybing, sail low which opens up the opportunity for gybing. The time when you forget after you’ve had a huge incident at the weather mark, or you’re excited because you’re in the lead, you forget your next job. Keep your crew informed.

Smith: The expense of taking multiple gybes for some stupid reasons, while the other guys are going fast the whole time, can cost you so much leverage. Any time you tack or gybe, there better be a good reason to do it – if not, just don’t.

You can’t rewind the race results, but using technology to analyze your maneuvers as well as what’s going on in your class can keep you from making the same mistakes again. Having the input from such seasoned pros is something you will never get from a magazine or a book. There aren’t too many sports where the pros provide pro bono tips, so if you didn’t make it to the panel discussion this year, put it on your calendar for next year! Only in Key West can you rub elbows with some of the top names in the sport to increase your racing knowledge and expertise.

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and get a feel for what’s going on out there.” The well-prepared team practiced on the weekend getting prepped for Monday's start. Unfortunately, their trimmer slipped and injured his shoulder on Saturday, and a replacement crew member was immediately flown in from California to fill the spot by Sunday to keep Blackhawk competitive.

Only two points behind Blackhawk, Jinny and Kenneth Colburn’s team on Ghost (Southport, ME), are enjoying their 11th year in Key West. The Colburns also race a Swan 42 and they enjoy a true love for the sport. “The race committee did a good job,” noted Jinny. Carter Williams’ J/105 Creative Destruction (St Louis, MO) is competing in their first Key West and the team is enthusiastic. “The racing was clean, and the weather was perfect” noted owner/driver Carter Williams. Adding interest to their first competitive day on the course, a few curious bottlenose dolphins lined up with the boats to compare their speed through the water.

Division 3Located in the eastern expanse of Hawk Channel, the four classes in Division 3

competed with interesting wind shifts, tricky currents and a slight Atlantic swell. Monday's conditions kept tacticians on their toes where serious skill, and maybe a bit of luck, truly matters. Premiere Racing has introduced a handicap multihull class at Key West 2010 and all involved were eager to see how it would work out. Merlin, a Gulfstream 35 that is scratch boat in the fleet and the lone catamaran, notched two bullets to seize the early lead. “Today’s conditions favored us because we have more sail area,” said tactician Doug Fisher, a Florida-based professional with Ullman Sails.

Skipper Bob Harkrider and the Merlin team are sailing out in front of the six smaller trimarans in the class and thus have to focus on sailing their own race. “It’s all about going fast and going in the right direction. In a fleet like this in which the boats are so

different, you need to make sure you take care of yourself… which is probably what you should do most of the time anyway,” Fisher said.

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The two J/120s in PHRF 1 finished one point apart from each other in a mini com-petition within the class. Bill Terry’s Tampa Girl (Tampa, FL) found their edge in race two. “It was terrific,” Terry noted. “The racing’s extremely competitive.” At the moment, the Tampa Girl team was reviewing the boat’s handling and balance and some major rig changes are in the works. Along with the feel at the wheel, tactics and boat handling are everything. “He who makes the fewest mistakes gets to brag at the bar,” Terry said with a chuckle. The other J/120, one point above Tampa Girl, is Key West vet El Ocaso. Hailing from Miami, Rick Wesslund’s entry found the first day in the series to be most interesting. “It was a very competitive fleet,” Wesslund said. “We love this event and its great race management.” The El Ocaso team enjoys the variety of racing conditions that the Key West climate offers. “It sure keeps everybody sharp,” Wesslund noted.

In PHRF 2, Bill Sweetser’s team on the J/109, Rush (Annapolis MD), saw some extremely close competition with Bluto, Berges and Hall’s Evelyn 32 from Bokeelia, FL. Both competitors ended the day with a score of four points, but a 1-3 finish pushed Rush into first place ahed of with Bluto’s two second-place finishes earning the team second place. One point behind is Key West vet L’Outrage, Bruce Gardner’s Beneteau 10M.

Three J/24s, a Mariah 27 and a Kirby 25 comprised the challenging PHRF 3 class. Monday’s top finisher with two bullets is John Chick’s Mariah 27, Bad Dog (Chicago). “They were way ahead,” Mark Milnes said about Bad Dog. Milnes and his familiar Key West J/24 entry, Blah Blah Blah, posted second with a 3-2. “We’re all fighting for second,” Milnes said about the class. “We figured how to get past Nojoe in the second race. It was good, fun sailing today.” Nojoe, Naroski and LeBlanc’s J/24 from Marblehead, MA are currently just one point behind Blah Blah Blah.

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John Storck Jr., has said on many occasions that it is truly a blessing that his four children have taken to sailing with such enthusiasm.

Storck, a resident of Huntington, NY, is a lifelong sailor so it is certainly rewarding to see his kids enjoying spending time on the water capturing the wind as well.

However, it is no accident that John III, Erik, Kaity and Ian Storck have come to love sailing as much as their father. All four were introduced to the sport in a positive environment that fostered a passion.

John Stork Jr., and wife Colette brought each child aboard the family cruiser-racer Jonrob when they were babies. The kids learned the basic fundamentals of sailing while cruising Long Island Sound aboard the Ericson 39 and were later introduced to the competitive side of the sport as crew for their father when he raced in local events sponsored by Centerport Yacht Club or Lloyd Harbor Yacht Club.

“Our kids literally grew up on the Jonrob doing summer cruises and were able to experience sailing in its purest form,” Storck said.

All four children attended sailing school to further hone their skills, learning how to steer and trim in the Optimist dinghy and Club 420 classes. During those years John Jr., and Colette were the absolute antithesis of the infamous “helicopter parents” that push their kids to compete and focus solely on results.

“When my kids were junior sailors, I rarely ever went to the regatta unless I was working on the race committee,” Storck said. “If John and Erik were doing a big regatta, I would take Kaity and Ian to the zoo. My wife and I never wanted to put any pressure on the kids.”

That approach paid dividends as the Storck children came to love sailboat racing on their own terms and for personal enjoyment. Perhaps not coincidentally, all four have developed into high-level performers. John Storck III captured the 2005 Co-Ed Dinghy National Championship while sailing at Hobart and is now the intercollegiate head coach at Dartmouth. Erik Storck was a two-time All-American sailor at Dartmouth

and is currently serving as an assistant coach at Stanford while pursuing an Olympic campaign in 49er class. Kaity Storck was named the Female College Sailor of the Year while at Tufts and is now mounting an Olympic campaign in 470 class.

“My children have come to love sailing more than I do. They have all been very suc-cessful at sailing and have taken an active interest in furthering the sport,” John Jr., said. “My wife and I have been blessed. Young people are the future of our sport and we managed to nurture a passion for sailing in all of our children.”

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Panel Discussion (RWT) 5:00 – 6:00 AE: Commanders’ Weather Briefing

sponsored by B&G (IP) 6:00 – 8:00 Awards Presentation and Evening Party (RWT)

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9:00 Harbor Start for all Racing Boats (Designated VHF Channel) 10:30 – 4:30 Racing (Approximate Times) 5:00 – 6:00 AE: CPR/AED & Basic First Aid Seminar — Sail 22 (RWT) 5:00 – 6:00 AE: Commanders’ Weather Briefing sponsored by B&G (IP) 6:00 – 8:00 Awards Presentation and Evening Party (RWT)

LewMAR DAy Thursday, January 21

9:00 Harbor Start for all Racing Boats (Designated VHF Channel) 10:30 – 4:30 Racing (Approximate Times) 4:30 – 6:00 AE: “Spanish Castle to White Knight” Volvo

Ocean Race movie (RWT) 5:00 – 6:00 AE: Commanders’ Weather Briefing

sponsored by B&G (IP) 6:00 – 8:00 Awards Presentation and Evening Party (RWT)

InDUstRy PARtneR DAy Friday, January 22

9:00 Harbor Start for all Racing Boats (Designated VHF Channel) 10:30 – 3:30 Racing (Approximate Times) 6:00 – 8:00 Final Awards Presentation and Evening Party

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Weather briefs will be held at the B&G Tent in the Industry Partner AreaAfternoon panel discussions will be held under the reception tent or in the Industry Partner Area at the

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Afternoon entertainment Panel Discussions, Weather Briefings & more…Tuesday, January 19 SPERRY TOP-SiDER DAY 5:00 – 6:00 PM

ISAF Classification — Will elimination of Group 2 help the game?Panel Discussion

In response to a broad survey of events and classes that use the ISAF Classification system, the Classification Commission recommended last November for Group 2 to be eliminated from the Classification Code. ISAF Council passed this recommenda-tion, which will go into effect on 1 April this year, leaving sailors to be defined only as either Group 1 or Group 3. There are currently 440 Group 2 sailors among the near 16,000 in the system who will therefore get re-classified by this date.

Will this change in a system which has processed some 80,000 sailors over the past 9 years be a good thing for the sport by reducing the confusion between who are “pros” and “amateurs”? Or will the new line drawn between the two groups just create more controversy? And how will ISAF combat the problem of some Group 1’s who seem to sail for more than just “a past time activity?”

Join ISAF Classification Commission member Dobbs Davis and a panel of prominent class representatives and sailors to discuss this controversial topic and how it may help — or hurt — to shape the game.

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passed away suddenly three years ago.Washburn fostered a love for sailing in his three sons in much the same manner

as Storck, taking them cruising aboard the family Columbia 52 and racing on a B-25. Young Paul absolutely loved the sport and was named “Outstanding Beginning Sailor” by the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.

Previous winners of the Paul Washburn Award are Farr 30 sailors John and Linda Edwards of Solomons, MD, and Melges 24 skipper Bruce Ayres of Newport Beach, CA. Both the Edwards and Ayres are competing in Key West 2010, presented by Nautica.

Rather than ride around in a motorboat coaching or watching his children sail, John Storck Jr., chose to do something more constructive by serving as president of the United States Optimist Dinghy Association. In that role, Storck was able to contribute greatly to junior sailing and the development of young competitors. He has organized boat donations that enable Huntington area children learn to sail through a local YMCA program and has volunteered countless hours as a race committee worker.

For the past eight years, the entire Storck family has come together to successfully campaign a J/80 named Rumor. John III, Erik and Kaity were all aboard last year as Rumor repeated as class champion at Key West 2009. Colette has been an instrumental member of the team by organizing travel plans and provisioning the boat, just as she played a major role in the children’s development by driving them to regattas.

Storck said sailing has brought the family together and helped create a special bond among the siblings. “It’s because of sailing that they’re all very close and it’s because of sailing that they have the utmost respect for each other, on and off the water.”

Erik Storck is here in Key West this year to serve as tactician for his father and said he relishes their time on the water together. Erik did not hesitate when asked what his parents did to encourage each of the children to excel in sailing.

“First and foremost, they exposed us to the full spectrum of the sport. Growing up, we experienced big boat cruising and racing as well as dinghy racing,” he said. “When we all started doing our own racing at the junior level, there were never any goals or

expectations in terms of results. It was all about having fun and enjoying the experi-ence. Our parents were always there to just support us and provide opportunities, for which we are all very thankful.”

Erik Storck said his father very subtly instilled a passion for sailing in the four children that will carry on forever. John Storck Jr., whose home port has always been Huntington Bay on the North Shore of Long Island, learned the joys and rewards of sailing from his own father.

“My dad’s biggest goal is to create ‘Sailors for Life.’ That is the motto that he lives by,” Erik said.

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