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HOBIE CLASS NEWS
NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2005VOLUME 15, NUMBER 6
Hobie Class News is the official publication of theHobie Class Association of North America (HCANA).Contents © 2005 HCANA. All rights reserved: repro-duction in whole or in part without permission isprohibited. It is distributed six times a year to HCANAMembers. Its goal is to keep the North AmericanRegion informed of the business of the Class Associa-tion. Questions and suggestions should be directed tothe address below. The HCANA is proud to be amember of the United States Sailing Association (USSAILING).
The purpose of the Hobie Class Association of NorthAmerica is to establish and promote the higheststandards of Hobie Cat sailing/racing in its geographicboundaries in collaboration with the National andInternational sailing authorities.
HOBIE CLASS NEWSMatthew P. Bounds, Editor3798 Damas Dr.Commerce Township, MI [email protected]
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The official publication of the HobieClass Association of North America
OfficersChairEd Muns
1st Vice ChairBob Merrick
2nd Vice ChairRob Jerry
Youth Program Dir.Mimi Appel
Membership ChairDiane Bisesi
SecretaryKathy Ward
TreasurerKathleen Tracy
Race DirectorPaul Ulibarri
HCA News StaffEditorMatt Bounds
CoverMatt Miller,Hobie Cat USA
Review CommitteeLaurie BoundsLiza ClevelandCindy PhippsMatt MillerChris Wessels
ContributorsKitsy AmrheinRich McVeighBob MerrickMatt MillerLori MohneyEd MunsPeter NelsonJeff RabidouxSteve TitusPaul UlibarriDan Ward
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Congratulations, Exortations and Thanks
This year’s North Americans are now complete with the 18/20 and 14/17 championships that took place in September. Congratulations to George Pedrick and
Gene Harris, our new Hobie 20 Champions! It was a photo-finish for this team once again this year, but this time, they cameout on top. Jim Sohn and Kristen King took the Hobie 18 hon-
ors in an even closer photo-finish for their championship. Bill Jeffers once againdominated the Hobie 14 Championship in some high wind conditions that made theRehoboth event both exciting and challenging on this smaller boat. And, finally, ourillustrious HCA News editor, Matt Bounds, led the 34-boat fleet of Hobie 17’s tocapture his first North American Championship. While some people can’t walk andchew gum at the same time, Matt can edit, sail fast and drink fine wine … well, may-be not always at the same time. Again, congratulations to all our latest champions.
A year ago in Rich McVeigh’s final HCA News column, he noted that one area he’dlike to see improved is HCA member participation in decisions that affect the class.He noted that only 5% of our membership voted on a recent issue. I’m happy toreport that in early October, we put a short Hobie 16 spinnaker survey on the HCAweb site and emailed the membership to go there and give us feedback. As of mid-October, we have over 150 responses already and may only have reached half themembership (about 500 members) via the e-mail alert. While I would like closer to100% participation, this is a wonderful improvement. Your inputs will directly impactthe HCA position voiced at the November AGM in South Africa. Also, dependingon the outcome of the AGM discussion, there could be an IHCA-wide survey on thistopic next year. That will be critically important for every member to respond to. TheHCA represents a major portion of the IHCA (about 40%, on a par with theEHCA), but our views will be overruled if our survey participation is low.
As we begin to wind down the main 2005 regatta season, I’d like to acknowledgeand thank three outgoing HCA officers who volunteered their time and effort onbehalf of the class. Liza Cleveland has served as HCA Membership Chair for the pasttwo years and we passed the 1,000 member mark this year due in no small part to herefforts. Theresa (Fluffy) White has served as the Scorekeeper during the initial twoseasons of the North American Points System and helped sort out many of the start-up glitches. Terri Reuwsaat took over the reins of our GEP (Guest Expert Program) ayear ago, and several programs were held this year around the region. The good news,though, is that Diane Bisesi has stepped up to take on our Membership Chairposition, Bill Jeffers is our new Scorekeeper and Kim Edwards is taking on the GEP.Thanks to all for helping run the HCA!
Ed MunsHCA Chair
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features Northwest Area ChampionshipsHobies and Hot Springs
Hobie 18 and 20 North AmericansA Wild Time in Iowa
Hobie 14 and 17 North AmericansSingle and Loving It in Rehoboth
The Carlton Tucker Sportsperson of the Year AwardThe Lady Who Does It All
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photo / illustrationcredits Cover – Greg Raybon / Matt Miller
Clean Air Flat Water – Teri McKennaContents – James Robinson / Roger Taha / Greg Raybon / Stuart CrabbeHobie History – Hobie Cat USA / Hobie HOTLINESignal Boat – Stuart Crabbe / Mike Walker / Ken Hilk / Greg Raybon / Paul ScholtyssekNorthwest Areas – James Robinson18 / 20 North Americans – Mick Minette / Roger Taha / Division 714 / 17 North Americans – Means Davis / Steve Billups / Greg Raybon / Ken Hilk /Matt Bounds / Division 11Carlton Tucker Award – Matt Miller / Mike Walker
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resources
Hobie History10, 20 & 30 Years Ago
Signal BoatGot Ice Cream?
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2005/2006 Regatta Schedule
HCA Youth Grant Information
HCANA Officers and Council Members
2006 HCA Membership Application
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on the cover Steve Myer drives upwind on Rehoboth BayPhoto by Greg Raybon
ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA
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HCA Sanctioned Division Regattas
Division 2—Southern CA / AZ / NVwww.hobiedivision2.com
World Championships www.hobieworlds.com
5th Tiger & 2nd Dragoon Worlds Jul 24–28, 2006 Cangas, ESP
North American Championships www.hca-na.org
None scheduled as of press time. Pleas contact Lori Mohney if yourHobie Fleet is interested in hosting an event - [email protected]
HCA Area ChampionshipsMidWinter’s West Feb 24–26, 2006 SanFelipe, MEX [email protected] MadCatter May 19–21, 2006 Syracuse, NY fleet204.com
Other EventsBitter End YC Hobie Wave Week Nov 12–19, 2005 Virgin Gorda, BVIwww.beyc.com/buzz.asp
2005/2006regattaschedule
Regatta Scorers - Remember to send your results to: [email protected]
Attention Division Chairs & Secretaries:2006 Information Update
We need your stuff!
WHAT? WHEN? TO WHOM?Regatta Schedules 12/2 for Jan/Feb Issue [email protected]
2/3 for Mar/Apr Issue
Division Officers ASAP [email protected]@[email protected]
Fleet Officers ASAP [email protected]@aol.com
Division13—Mexico/Carribean/Central America
Thanks for a great regatta season,everybody!
Here’s to an even better 2006!
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10, 20 & 30 Years Agohobiehistory
You could be the owner of this fine piece of artwork (limited to980 prints - size 21½” x 28”) by Kipp Soldwedel, signed by theartist and Hobie Alter, for a mere $45 (that’s $165 today). A quickeBay search found one of Kipp’s calendars going for about $10.
(Below) Disco Wetsuit!Every man wants to be a macho macho manto have the kind of body, always in demandJogging in the mornings, go man goworks out in the health spa, muscles glowYou can best believe that, he's a macho manready to get down with, anyone he can
Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!Macho, macho man (macho man)I've got to be, a macho man
1975(Right) Holiday shopping made easy, courtesy of theNorth Coast Tarpaulin Works. Just charge it to your“Bankamericard” or your “Master Charge”.
(Below) “The” roller traveller system for the 3.5, 14, 16(and later, the 17) was still not class legal. That’s why itcame with a spare non-rolling lower unit for race time.
(Lower Right) Detroit beer maker Stroh’s hitched theirwagon to Hobie Cat’s rising star in the mid-70’s as theywent from a regional to a national brewery.
(Below) The weather looks remarkably the same at theHobie 14 event 30 years ago as it did this year.
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1995(Below) Late 1985 saw the introduction of aradical new single hander—the Hobie 17.Some say it’s the best boat Hobie Cat’s everbuilt.
The venue was different, the boats weredefinitely different, but the results were thesame: Enrique Figueroa wins the 8th Hobie14 World Championship on his home islandof Puerto Rico.
(Left) The Coleman Company purchased Hobie Cat in 1976 and triedto integrate it into their corporate conglomerate of “outdoorequipment”. Coleman brought a lot of innovation (EPO rudders wereone thing) and lots of corporate $$ to Hobie Cat. Eventually, they soldoff the company in 1989 after losing money for several years.
(Below) Ten years ago was the build up to the20th MadCatter, so what do you think thisyear will bring? (See page 11 for the answer.)
Hurricanes are nothing new to the Gulf coast.Opal was the unwelcome visitor in 1995,wreaking havoc in Ft. Walton Beach, FL andcausing the first (and so far, only)cancellation of a major Hobie championship(the Hobie 20 Continentals). The Hobie Catfamily pitched in to help with the cleanup.Within a year, things were getting back tonormal and the Hobie 20 event was heldthere in 1996.
The site of the 2005 MidWinter’s East, OceanSprings Yacht Club, was completely destroyedby hurricane Katrina this year. We hope toreturn again when they rebuild.
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Got Ice Cream?Having the proper equipment makes all the difference
by Paul Ulibarri, HCANA Race Director
signalboat
Having the right equip-ment, and having theequiment actually work is
critical to the success of an event.Too many times have I had toscrounge up flags, marks, radios,chase boats and even a signal boatthe night before, or even the morn-ing of, a major event. That experi-ence has made me skeptical whenan event organizer says, “Sure!We’ve got a fantastic signal boatand lots of mark boats! Allequipped and ready to go, staffedwith lots of experienced volun-teers!” There’s also a little knownsecret to keeping both RC andcompetitors happy at a singlehand-ed event—ice cream.
Means Davis and I worked theHobie 14 North Americans as theweather mark. We managed to
trick the race committee intothinking we were working when infact we were fishing. We weren’tthat needy—Means brings his ownboat. Mark Santorelli was the PROfor the 14’s and his signal boat was. . . spartan (check the photo atbottom right). With winds topping20 knots, an anchored, open boatwith no head is a miserable place tobe for six hours.
Having seen Mark’s signal boatfor the Hobie 14 event, we metwith the volunteers the eve beforethe Hobie 17 event. We decided toinspect the signal boat and take itfor a spin. Initially, we couldn’t findit—it was on a trailer and it did nothave an operating engine. Myskepticism was paying off. So wewent out on patrol and found a 25foot sailboat whose owner didn’tknow any better—he agreed to letus use his yacht. Later, we consoledourselves with Haagen-Dazs fromthe local convenience store.
The first day of the 17’s, as weleft the small entrance to theharbor, we made the mistake ofgoing through the center of thechannel. There was a unmarkedmud bar there and the rudder ofour freshly acquired signal boatcaught on it and broke off. Turnsout that the rudder was rottenwood that had been soaking for
several years. Getting to thestarting area about a mile away wasquite the adventure. Anyway,thanks to a cell phone, we wereable to contact the owner. Hebrought out a new rudder (whichhe had been planning to installanyway) and it was affixed to theboat during racing. The trip backin was much easier since BillColgan had stuck an 8 foot pole onthe mud bar to note its location.
It turned out to be a greatcommittee boat. There werewomen present, and there was ahead down below.
On the first day the wind blewfrom the South at around 15 to 20with the occasional gust to 22,great conditions for a Hobie 17.The race committee only madeabout six mistakes—average forme, but we hid them well. Mostlythey had to do with not getting
That will be twenty pin
The remains of the rudder are stowed as the signal boat takes a tow.
KEN HILK
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extra lunches for the animals onthe gate boats. Luckily, the windwas somewhat steady from thesame direction so we were notchallenged too much except forrighting some of the competitors.The only major snafu occurredwhen the weather mark decided togo for a walk prior to the start ofRace 4. Seems the anchor line hadbeen shortened by an unfortunate
meeting with the propeller onMeans’ boat. Lesson: even whenthe water’s only five feet deep, youstill need scope on the anchor linein heavy air. Unfortunately, wedidn’t notice the problem until therace started, forcing an abandon-ment. That night, some seriousconsolation was in order, and theBaskin-Robbins in RehobothBeach was accomodating.
The next day, we had the sameconditions but from the North.Everything worked, which waskind of scary.
On day three, we had too muchwine (and not enough ice cream)the evening before which led to agood appreciation for the condi-tions that greeted us—winds lightaround 9 to 11 knots from theEast. We went for five races, withnothing notable except the pin boatnearly sank. This normally
wouldn’t be a problem for theracers, except that a staff with anorange flag on the boat representedthe pin end of the finish line.
Of course, this happened aboutthe time the first boat was finish-ing. The pin boat became unstableand started to sink. The crew, in amiraculous and enterprising move,hit full throttle, which got the boatup planing and headed for thebeach with the finish flag flying.
Needless to say, there waspandemonium amongst the boatstrying to finish as the pin boat shotright through them. “Drop theflag,” I yelled, and the crewresponded by throwing it over-board. Fortunately, it was on a longwooden staff and floated. Longstory short, all racers finished, theboat did not sink, and it was veryentertaining. The day ended withfive more races in the bag and weheaded back to the ice cream store.I needed a double shot of chocolatechip after the pin boat incident.
Day four brought yet anotherwind direction—this time from theWest at around 16 knots. I sent theracers in for lunch after two racesto rest up and wait for the 11 knotsthat was reputed to be on its way.Around 2 PM, we had a very nicebreeze and set up for a start. Oneminute to go, we saw nasty cloudsheading our way and immediatelypostponed. It was a squall with 30knot gusts and heavy horizontalrain. For 25 minutes, all the boatswere hove to. Fortunately, every-body had the sense to stay in onespot and no rescues were required.Two more races were run in adying breeze. Again, everythingworked. Amazing!
The final day, the wind wasfrom the Northeast at about 8
knots. The plan was for three racesand home. We barely pulled it offas the breeze slowly died, forcing usto shorten the last race. The RBSAmembers are a great bunch of hostsand it’s a perfect beach cat club.My personal thanks to a verydedicated race committee. It’s funto work with people who take pridein their job. In celebration thatevening, we treated ourselves toCold Stone Creamery’s best - the“Gotta Have It” size, of course.
Each evening during the Hobie14 and 17 events, we were devotedto consuming a pint each of ourfavorite frozen confection. At apint a night, we consumed a galloneach for the event. Laudable, I amsure you will all agree. But thepoint of this story is that if you arerunning the races, always beprepared for the unexpected—itwill happen. Make sure theequipment is accounted for(including the volunteers) andworks before you leave the dock.Nothing will spoil an event fasterthan not being able to run racesdue to equipment failure. Andmake sure there’s a good ice creamstore close to the venue.
Happy wintering,PU
It may look like Washington crossing the Delaware, but it’s really justMark Santorelli wishing he was on a boat with a head.
GREG RAYBON
PAUL SCHOLTYSSEK
nts of ice cream, please.
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Northwest Area ChampsHobies and Hot Springsby Peter Nelson
Hobie racing is like sex … when it’s good, it’s great. And when it’s bad, it’s still pret- ty good! This year’s Northwest Area Cham-
pionships was great!For the last 18 years or so, the NW Areas were held
at Lake Quinault on the Olympic peninsula. Logis-tics, coupled with falling attendance, promptedDivision 4 to move the venue north of the border tobeautiful Harrison Hot Springs in central BritishColumbia. Harrison is simply incredible. It has highmountains; dependable, if not consistent, winds; abeautiful beach; supportive community; and, of course,the hot springs! Top it off with Paul Ulibarri, IHCAPresident and HCA Race Director, as the PRO andyou have an awesome regatta in the making!
We arrived on Friday just in time to see GillianThomson and Ron Rubadeau from Kelwona wrap-ping up the Women on the Water (WOW) clinic.They had about nine boats out for the clinic andeveryone was all smiles on the beach. I had to wonderabout the wine they were drinking, since I noticedthat Scott Chapman and his new crew were part ofthe clinic! What’s up with that? Male infiltrators, nodoubt!
Boats arrived all afternoon and into the eveninguntil we were about 40 strong. It’s always fun to seepeople arriving at a regatta, and the Robinson entou-rage from Comox was particularly entertaining. Wewere having sushi when we saw one car arrive with atriple-stack trailer full of Hobie 16’s. That car wasfollowed by another with a coach’s Avon, and I’mpretty sure there was another car with either single ordouble-stack Hobie 16’s. If they add a few morefamily members, we’re considering calling themDivision 4A!!
The weekend weather was fairly atypical forHarrison. In addition, PU set the course further norththan usual to take away the normally favored left sideof the course. Dang! Just when you think you got the
place figured out, they move the course on you! So,instead of the normal conditions of a strong southerlythermal feeding through the mountains, we had afrontal system that moved through from the south.This brought puffs down the lake that made the racingtactically challenging. “Connecting the dots” in orderto stay in the pressure and adjust to it was critical, asthe puffs required superb boat handling. In one race,the wind shut down for a few minutes and allowed thelater-starting fleets to catch up to early fleets at theweather mark. By the time everyone paraded down tothe gate, it was just plain ugly. Boats were roundingthe favored side of the gate in lanes 6 and 7! Inanother race, we were way ahead of everyone andfetching the finish when a huge puff brought the fleetdown. We saw our half-leg lead evaporate into a 2-boat-length win in the space of about 7 minutes.
Despite the atypical weather, it wouldn’t be thegreat Northwest if it didn’t have a little rain, right?During the last race Sunday, five boats were grindingit out in light air for the win when a rain squall hit.This definitely makes racing more challenging. Imean, how are you supposed to concentrate when youhave a river running down your back?! Fortunately,God turned the spigot off just as quickly as it wasturned on, and we were able to hit the beach and dryout everything before the awards ceremony.
Fleet 214 (not to be confused with Fleet 204, butalmost as strong!) had organized a fun race forMonday (Labor Day), so a bunch of us stuck aroundfor that. The younger kids got a chance to crew in thisrace, and even though the wind wasn’t particularlygood, it turned out to be a barrel of laughs! Manythanks to Mark Jones, Larry Robinson, Paul Evendenand the rest of Fleet 214 for putting on a NorthwestArea Championship regatta that was GREAT!(Several of us even lit up cigarettes afterwards. It wasthat good!) “TWO-ONE-FOUR! TWO-ONE-FOUR!!!”
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CLASS TEAM PTS20
1 Dave Cassell & Chris 618A
1 Paul Evenden & Sara Hilton 92 Brian & David Colwell 103 Jon Nilan 184 Gillian Thomson & Terri 205 Ed Fenwick & ? 316 Ben Colwell & Zach (youth) 36
18B1 Randy Newton & Fran 82 Mark & Gaye Coleman 103 Dana & Ben Rummen 254 Bill Blair & Max 31
171 Scott Ruggles 82 Jan Kristiansen 153 Dave Wilder 164 Eric Waissi 225 Caleb Tarleton 236 Graham McGlashan 337 Lee Smith 46
16A1 Peter Nelson & Laura Sullivan 62 Andrew Robinson & Trent (youth) 233 Rich Arneson & Vicki Ulibarri 254 Kip & Andrea Silver 265 Todd & Leslie Christensen 276 Larry & Katie Robinson 327 Bob Johnson & Alex 388 Stuart Robinson & Mike 429 Jean-Luc Bond & Dereck 45
10 Bob & Carol Hilton 5311 Jeff Swanson & Bill Johnson 5712 Sam Robinson & Guy (youth) 6413 Chris Kelsey & Troy 6514 Murray Helmer & Matt 7315 Scott Chapman & Karen 8216 Mark & Ingrid Jones 102
Northwest AreaChampionshipsHarrison Hot Springs, BCSeptember 3–5, 2005
g16B
1 Tyler Churchman & John 92 Grant Silver & Jake Dorwin 113 Brian Hunt & Clara 15
Wave1 Shane Atchley (youth) 8
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Hobie 18/Hobie 20
North American Championships
Hobie 14/Hobie 17
North American Championships GREG RAYBON
DIVISION 7
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A Wild Time in IowaStory by Steve Titus
Single and Loving It on Rehoboth BayStories by Matt Bounds and Dan WardSTEVE BILLUPS
MICK MINETTE
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(Clockwise, from above)You couldn’t ask for a nicer venue thanClear Lake.
Chris Ufton and Dan Borg performsurgery on Dan’s boat.
Matt Bounds executes a roll tack.
Weather mark roundings were hairy inthe big wind on Tuesday in Rehoboth.
Phil Collins looks like he’s got a littleCaptain in him.
MATT MILLER
MICK MINETTE
MICK MINETTE
MEANS DAVIS STEVE BILLUPS
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Bill Jeffers and I have known each other for years and raced Hobie 16’s against each other all summer long. In most regattas, we are con-
tending for 1st or 2nd, so we have this running joke -just like Sam the Sheepdog and Ralph the Wolf, wecordially clock in on race mornings. “Mornin’, Ralph.”“Mornin’, Sam.” Work having officially begun, Ralph(me) repeatedly tries to abduct the helpless sheep (winraces), foiled only by the efforts of Sam (Bill). At theend-of-the-day whistle, Sam and Ralph punch outtheir time cards, chat amiably, only to come back thenext day and do it all over again.
Our competitiveness has extended to the Hobie 14for two years now. The 14’s are great little boats.Emphasis on “little.” After sailing a Tiger, or even a
Hobie 16, it’s disconcerting to look forward from thetrampoline and have hardly any boat in front of you.There’s not much there to keep you from pitchpoling.
We had lots of breeze that first day of racing inRehoboth for the Hobie 14 North Americans. Therewas also lots of pitchpoling. Pitchpoling is a bad thingin Rehoboth Bay because the bottom is this black,sticky muck that’s only a few feet beneath your hulls.Bill got it out of his system quickly—he got his saildirty on the way out to the race course. I waited untilfour minutes before the first start before sticking mymast in the mud (and dismastingbecause I carry a really loose rig).Dan Borg went over after the racestarted and headed in to clean off hissail. Dan Berger went over severaltimes and eventually headed to thebeach. By the end of the day, nearlyeverybody had a black “souvenir” ontheir sail.
When we kept the pointy endsup, though, the 14’s were an absoluteblast in the heavy stuff. Mark
Chris Wessels lives on Clear Lake, the site ofthe 2005 Hobie 20 and 18 ContinentalChampionships, but even he sometimes has
trouble finding the beach. Before the first race startedon a cloudy, blustery Monday morning, the 45 boatsand their crews making their way to the start line forthe first race – Wessels included - were swept by a galewith 40-knot winds. Torrential rain cut visibility toless than 100 yards and sent the 90 sailors stumblingback to the beach. “We had just rounded the commit-tee boat when they sent us back in,” Wessels said.“The wind was blowing so hard that it blew the white-caps off and blew the lake flat. When I turned aroundto see if the boats behind us were OK, we could onlysee the top few feet of the sails.” Amazingly, only oneboat capsized and no one was hurt, providing unspo-
ken testimony to the caliber of the sailors on hand forthe event. That 30-minute storm was just one color inthe spectrum of conditions that competitors faced dur-ing the weeklong regatta. In short, it was only thestart. At the beginning of the week, sailors heardwarnings from locals of big wind on their 3,684-acrespring-fed lake in northern Iowa. These warningswere borne out with steady 15-knot to 20-knot windson Monday and Tuesday. The shallow body of waterkept waves to a minimum and the boat speeds high onthose days. The fleet of 32 teams of H20 sailors and12 teams on the H18 were quickly split into the havesand have-nots, as the challenging conditions pushedthe skills and endurance of everyone on the water. Theend of the week found light and shift winds, whichchallenged sailors in an entirely different way. The2005 Continental Championships provided a true testof lake-sailing skills.
In the H20 fleet, the talented team of John andTiffany Tomko from San Antonio, Texas, came outstrong, placing themselves well ahead of past national
The 18’s and 20’s by Steve Titus
The 14’s by Matt Bounds
MATT BOUNDS
Sam and Ralph
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Modderman, sailing a Hobie 16 in the Division 11points regatta at the same venue, said, “You guyslooked so cool! – trapped out, raked way back andgoing like a scalded dog upwind!” In fact, the 14’s wereso fast upwind that the race committee soon aban-doned the short “A” mark for the little boats and tiedthe two weather marks together, giving us the samecourse as the 16’s, 17’s and 18’s at the regatta.
Everybody in the 14’s had similar boatspeed, sogains and losses came from how fast you could tack.Tacking these small boats is no mean feat, since theydon’t have much momentum and they have a nastytendency to blow over backwards. Bill and I traded 1st’s
and 2nd’s (other than my DNS inthe first race) in the five racesheld that day under the excellentrace supervision of MarkSantorelli. At the end of the day,Bill had five points; I had six.
“Evenin’ Ralph.” “See youtomorrow, Sam.”
The next day dawned brightand clear, in contrast to the steel
gray sky of the day before. The wind was different, too.“Billy Breeze” is what we call it, since Bill Jeffers seemsto have a sixth sense when it comes to sniffing out theright way to go in light air. I knew my work would becut out for me, especially since I already had mythrowout race.
“Mornin’, Ralph.” “Mornin’, Sam.”The first race on Sunday did not go well for me –
little mental breakdowns allowed Dan Borg and ChrisUfton to get between Bill and me. With four pointsnow separating us, and only two races to go, I needed amiracle to win.
About four minutes before the start of the secondrace, I went to put on some downhaul and my goose-neck fell apart, scattering parts all over the trampoline.ARRRRGGGHHH! I hastily jury rigged it; got goingagain; approached the wall of starboard boats on port;tacked underneath them and shot out at the pin whenthe starting signal went off. Course 2, I’m first to Amark; I look back – Bill got buried at the start and wasin the middle of the pack! Maybe miracles do happen!
Ah, but Bill doesn’t give up so easily. There werethree laps to do around the course, and Bill worked his
champions Phil and Bev Collins of Oklahoma. ByTuesday night, it seemed as if the Tomkos would walkaway with the competition. As the week wore on,though, light air and shifty lake breezes tested thepatience of both the sailors and the race committee. Aquarter of the fleet missed one race when the winddied on the way to the start. By Wednesday afternoon,the California-based team of George Pedrick and
Gene Harris found their stride andbegan putting more pressure on theTomkos. Though the Texans hadbeen scoring regular first andsecond-place finishes in the heavywind, the lighter breezes late in theweek forced everyone to watch forshifts and fight constantly for clearair – or in some cases any air at all.The change in the weather madefor some upside-down finisheswhen the breeze filled in andpushed the followers into the lead.
“Normally we do really well, even in light air like that,”Tomko said of Thursday’s sub-five-knot winds.“When it’s that bad, everyone is susceptible to tankingone.”
The changing weather conditions led to plenty ofmagical performances by competitors at almost everyposition in the H20 fleet. None was more amazingthan Valdek and Renatta Kwasniewski of LakewoodColorado. They were near the front of the fleet onThursday when they flubbed a jibe and capsized acrossthe line. The pair then spent an embarrassing 20
The 18’s and 20’s continued
Hobie 20 North American ChampionsGene Harris and George Pedrick
Hobie 14 North American ChampionBill Jeffers
SUE BENNETT
ROGER TAHA
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way back up to second place by the last gate rounding.Still, I was holding on to a significant lead and wouldsurely take the bullet . . . POW! The bolt securing myport bridle wire let go and my rig slowly floated down.“Aw, jeez – not this s**t again!” Nothing damagedother than pride, and with the assistance of PaulUlibarri and Means Davis on the chase boat, we soonhad the rig back up and the sail re-hoisted.
Bill won the race and sealed the North AmericanChampionship for the second year in a row – histhrowout was a 2nd. I took solace in that I was the onlyother competitor able to beat him in a race.
“Evenin’ Ralph.” “Have a good one, Sam.”Congratulations to Bill Jeffers on his third Hobie
14 North American title! Thanks to all the peoplemanning the chase boats, who helped me re-rig myboat (twice!) on the water, especially Greg Raybon,James Travis, Mark Santorelli, Jim Doty, Gerard Blom,Fred and Ellen Meyer, Paul Ulibarri and Means Davis.(It was Jim Doty who carved a piece out of a lemonadebottle to serve as my mast bearing chip when we wererecovering from my first dismasting. It worked so well,I used it for the entire event!)
minutes trying to right the boat as other competitorssailed past. This might have rattled the nerves of othersailors, but not the Kwasniewskis. Unflustered at thestart of the next race, they port-tacked the entire fleet,shut out another port tack boat and gained a huge leadon every other competitor. “Just before the start,”Valdek said of the need to drum up his courage. “Ireached into my pocket and checked if they were stillthere, and sheeted it.” They went on to have one oftheir best performances of the series and finished theRegatta in sixth. At the start of the first race on Friday
just two points separated the top three competitors:George Pedric, Phil Collins and John Tomko. The firstrace saw them finish in order of their overall placing,but the last race was a struggle for the Collins team.They scored an 11, which gave Team Tomko secondand gave Pedrick and Harris the National Champion-ship trophy.
Meanwhile, in the H18 fleet, two teams battledthroughout the series. They wereoften seen neck-and-neck on theracecourse. The team of Jim Sohnand Kristen King of Des Moines,Iowa and St. Paul, Minn., spent thefirst two days keeping StephenCooley and Judy Dornbrock ofLakewood Colorado at armslength. Only a few points behindthe Coloradans were Paul Evendenand Terry Park of Maple Ridge,British Columbia. As the light airset in, Cooley and Dornbrock
Matt Bounds could be forgiven for think- ing it might never happen. He has tried so many times, finished at the top of the
fleet so consistently, but for one reason or another, thecontinental title has always eluded him. That trendcame to an end on Friday Sept. 30 on Rehoboth Baywhen Matt crossed the line in the final race of the2005 Hobie 17 North American Championship. Itmust have been especially sweet for Matt as the chaseboats circled blowing horns and waving flags.
Matt is well known for excelling in strong wind andhe took full advantage of the three solid days in veryheavy air. When we did get some lighter air, Matthung tough, posting respectable finishes and maintain-ing his overall lead. The battle for second place camedown to two local and very accomplished sailors —Division 11 high points champion Randy MacConnellwho edged out two-time national champion GregRaybon in a tie breaker.
It was not an easy victory; Matt described it as a“regatta of attrition” as he watched his competitors fall
The 17’s by Dan Ward
Hobie 18 North American ChampionsKristen King and Jim Sohn
MICK MINETTE
ROGER TAHA
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victim to break downs and flips. “I can’t remember amore grueling five days of sailing.”
On Monday and Tuesday, the wind blew hard asthe remnants of hurricane Rita passed through theregion. Wednesday brought some relief as the windsmoderated under a clear blue sky. On Thursday thewind returned with a vengeance, a strong southerlyflow that backed into the west preceding an approach-ing cold front. For the final day of sailing on Friday,the front had passed and the winds abated. Over thecourse of the week, the strong winds took their toll onboth boats and bodies. As I write this story, my bodystill aches and my fingers are stiff and swollen, but mymind is filled with memories of a week of great racingand good times with good friends.
Many local Hobie sailors consider Rehoboth Bay tobe the best sailing venue in Division 11. The bayusually delivers good breezes and warm flat water. Onthe northeast corner of the bay is the Rehoboth BaySailing Association. RBSA is a very active club andhome to Hobie fleet 106. RBSA is an ideal venue for
a North American Championship. Participants weretreated to an ambitious schedule of sailing and socialevents. Three meals a day were provided right at theclub, as was an unending supply of free beer. The dailyschedule was pretty much: eat…sail…eat…sail…eat.Add beer at every opportunity, and at the end of theday, the H17 band would provide entertainment.
For some “extracurricular” fun on Tuesday evening,a large group of sailors and volunteers went to the localgo-cart track. Rule 12 at the track stated clearly:“absolutely no bumping.” However, this was anaturally competitive bunch, and since this sailor chosethe slowest cart on the track in the last race, I waspersonally the victim of many rule 12 violations!Nobody acknowledged the violations, and no penaltyturns were done, but everyone had a blast.
We also witnessed a sad milestone in Hobie sailing.The oldest sailor in our class, Milt Dinhofer, on his82nd birthday, announced his retirement from competi-tive sailing. Milt has been a good friend for a longtime and he will be missed. For many years, Milt was
began scoring all top-three finishes, while Sohn andKing faltered. By the last race on Friday, the score forfirst was tied. As the race unfolded, it was still unclearas to who would take home the title of NationalChampion. At the final C mark gate, on the way tothe finish, the competitors were still tied and roundedthe gate nearly simultaneously. “Through the week Ifelt like we had a little better boat speed when we wereon the wire,” Sohn said. “When it was lighter, Stevewas a little faster. We had switched positions on theway down (in the last race) and he was slightly aheadof me at the gate. He chose the right side and I choseleft. I got a nice lift up the shoreline.” Even for thosewatching the race, it was difficult to tell which side ofthe course was favored. The wind was shifting asmuch as 50 degrees and holes were forming in severalspots. Splitting would pay for one team, but it wasunclear at that point which one. “I was thinking thatthe middle of the course had been paying real well thelast few days,” Cooley recalled after the race. “So, Ichose to work the middle of the course instead of
The 17’s continued
The 18’s and 20’s continued
covering. I thought that if I covered him, I’d losebecause he was closer to the lay line than I was.”Unfortunately for Cooley, the left side paid. Sohncoasted across the line with a bullet, while Cooleycame in a frustrating fourth. The finish gave Cooleysecond place overall, which does little to reflect thecloseness of the competition.
Competitors in both fleets praised the racecommittee and organizers for putting on a qualityevent that drew boats from far-flung addresses. “Thecentral location brought in boats from Vancouverand Delaware, both corners of the country,” Sohnsaid. “We got in 15 races and that’s probably morethan many national events. Even though some of theraces were light air, the race committee and theorganizers did a great job.”
Though there was no saltwater or tropical breezefor more than 1,000 miles, the beautiful Midwestvenue was a convenient location. The friendly peoplemade the event a huge success both in terms of funand fair play.
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The event co-chairs, Gerard Blom and GregRaybon, are to be congratulated and thanked fororganizing such a successful and enjoyable event.Simply stated, they did a terrific job. Gerard and Gregmade it look easy, but as one of their housemates, Iknow they invested a lot of energy into the planning,and paid very close attention to the smallest of details.Out on the water, Paul Ulibarri, assisted by MarkSantorelli, provided the kind of first class race manage-ment we have come to expect. And finally, there werenumerous Division 11 volunteers who likewisecontributed their time and energy to the event. (I wishthat I could list the names of all of those folks whoworked so hard to make this regatta so successful, but Ifear missing someone.) This regatta could not havehappened without the help of all these people, and soto them, the competitors owe a debt of gratitude.
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Hobie Cat North American ChampionshipsFInal Results - Clear Lake, Iowa
Hobie 18 Class
Hobie 20 Class
The men on little boats (L to R) Matt Bounds, Dan Borg, Chris Ufton, BFields, Bill Jeffers, Pat Bisesi, Dennis Marksbury, Dan Berger, John Clay
We really don’t want to know what’s going on here, do we?
Peter Galvin and Kelly Liekis
MICK MINETTE
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Hobie Cat North American ChampionshipsFInal Results - Rehoboth Bay, Delaware
Hobie 14 Class
Hobie 17 Class
Means Davis – PRO for the 18’s and 20’s, Weather Mark for the 14’s and 17’s
MICK MINETTE
KEN HILK
DIVISION 11
ROGER TAHA
Bruce (Wrinkly)yton
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feature
The Carlton Tucker AwardThe Lady inWho Does It Allby Kitsy Amrhein and Jeff Rabidoux
It is my pleasure to announce the 2005 Sportsperson of theYear as Lori Mohney. Lori has made tremendous contributionsover a long period of time to the Hobie sport. As the followingnarratives illustrate, she contributes at the fleet, division, HCAand IHCA levels. While it is not surprising that Lori wasselected as this year’s recipient, there were a record ninenominations (two were for Lori), making a difficult decisionwhen only one could be named for the award.
I would like to thank Kathy Ward, HCA Secretary, formanaging this year’s award process. She publicized the awardand its nomination procedure, fielded questions and collected arecord number of nominations for the selection committee toreview.
Please join me in congratulating Lori and recognizing howmuch she gives to all of us via Hobie sailing. She serves as anexample for all of us to make our own contributions.
Ed Muns, HCA Chair.
Kitsy Amrhein writes:
I wish to nominate Lori Mohney of Fleet 519,Division 10 for the Carlton Tucker Sportspersonof the Year Award. The reason I feel Lori is de-
serving of this award, is because “she does it all.” She’sbeen doing it all year-in and year-out for over a decadeat the fleet, division, national, and international levels.Lori is a driving force at the local fleet level. When thetime rolls around for the Fleet 519 annual regatta, Lorileads the registration table, provides the committeeboat, sails with husband Jerry and then heads home tobe the quintessential hostess for the regatta dinner andparty held at her home each year. All before sundown!
At the divisionlevel, Lori has servedas secretary, newslettereditor, vice commo-dore and commodore.She participates indivision meetings andoffers suggestions tohelp revitalize andpromote activity in thedivision. For the pastcouple of years, the
division has rented a booth at Sail Expo in Chicago.Lori was found at the display enthusiastically recruit-ing new potential Hobie sailors and introducing themto the Hobie Way of Life. Lori has also mentored anumber of past division officers.
In 1995, Dick Blount (NAHCA chairman) tooknotice of Lori’s exceptional organizational skills at thefleet and division level. He recruited her to serve as anofficer in NAHCA at the national level. Since thattime, she has served as 2nd Vice Chair, Vice Chair andcontinues to serve as the Continental Coordinator forthe HCA. It is in this position that Lori has foundher true calling. She encourages fleets to hold achampionship regatta. She fields questions from anyfleet contemplating holding such an event. It is herguidance and skill that have turned casual ideas intothe reality of exceptional events enjoyed by all inattendance. She oversees an event every step of theway, assisting the local organizers in the planning andexecution.
Lori’s undeniable and unending commitment toHobie sailing is very demanding on her time. Shespends countless hours and hours on the phone,answering emails and personally traveling to regatta
Jerry and Lori at the 2005 MadCatter
MIKE WALKER
MATT MILLER
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The 2005 Nomineesfor the Carlton Tucker
Sportsperson of theYear Award
Rob Jerry, Division 16
Ron LaPorta, Division 11
Shauna McGee, Division 2
Mike Montague, Division 3
Lori Mohney, Division 10
Jeff Petron, Division 2
Rod Phipps,Division 7
Alberto Ponce, Division 13
sites to coordinate three or four major events per year.She also holds “Women of the Water” clinics to shareher joy and enthusiasm with other women interestedin Hobie sailing.
She is known throughout the country and is soughtout for her honest opinion and critique. When shenotices the fleet, division or HCA headed off course,she is always willing to pitch in to help plot and steer acourse correction that is beneficial to the sport and thesailors that love Hobie Cat sailing. She has earned therespect and admiration of sailors worldwide.
She also serves at the international level to coordi-nate World Championship events. At the 16 Worldsin Mexico, I found her communicating the interna-tional language of Hobie Catting in French, Spanish,German and I think Swahilli and Pig Latin. She is soimportant at these events, I’m not sure when she findstime to sleep.
Yes, quite simply, Lori “does it all.” I can’t think ofanybody whose contributions, promotion and advance-ment of Hobie Cat sailing for the enjoyment of all, ismore deserving of the Carlton Tucker Sportsperson ofthe Year Award than Lori Mohney.
Jeff Rebidoux, Division 10 Chairman:
Almost everyone in the Hobie world knowsDivision 10’s Lori Mohney. Since shestarted sailing in the early 1980s, her friendly,
welcoming attitude has made her well known all overthe globe, and famous as a person who truly representsthe Hobie Way of Life. During the course of her sail-ing career, she and her husband Jerry have openedtheir home to scores of sailors who found their way towestern Michigan in the course of their travels.
Lori Mohney unselfishly given service to the HobieClass on every level: fleet, division, national andinternationally. Over the years, Lori has served as theFleet 519 Commodore. She was Division 10’s Chair-babe for a term, and also edited the division’s newslet-ter. She has been Vice Chair of the North AmericanHobie Class Association and is currently Vice Presi-dent of the International Hobie Class Association.
She and her husband have planned many eventswith their fleet and she is the Events Coordinator forHCA. Everybody knows if you need it done, just callLori. Planning a world level competition in Mexico?No problem. Call Lori. How about a national event
across the country in the absence ofa local fleet? No problem. CallLori.
There is no one that personifiesthe Hobie Way of Life more thanLori. She works a full-time job butdevotes countless hours every weekto Hobie sailing. It’s not enoughthat she is one of the driving forcesbehind Fleet 519 but she also findstime to help out Division 10 whenneeded, works at the National levelcoordinating the North AmericanChampionships and is a VicePresident in the IHCA. She hasalso given Women on the Water(WOW) clinics.
This year Lori helped Steve Leo organize theHobie Tiger Worlds in Santa Barbara and was alsobusy organizing the Hobie 16 North AmericanChampionships in Ventura. Both of these eventsentailed countless hours on the phone and more than adozen emails every day in the many weeks and monthsbefore the events. The only family vacation she’s hadthis year were a couple of long weekends as Lori willspend nearly six weeks working at the different sailingevents this year!
The Ventura event was a little different as Lorimade special arrangements so that she could actuallysail in the event with her husband. PU had to remindLori of the fact that cell phones were not allowed outon the race course. He didn’t really think that Loriwould bring her cell phone out on the boat, did he?
Lori does all of this because she loves Hobie sailingand the people involved. It makes it all worthwhilewhen she had some of the youthteams come up to her during theevent in Ventura and give her a smallthank you gift and note. Just thesesmall gestures brought tears to hereyes! To know that what you do istruly appreciated is all that she asksfor. I believe that naming Lori as theSportsperson of the Year would bethe ultimate compliment and thankyou for the wonderful job that shehas done, and is doing, for the class.
Lori at “work”
MIKE WALKER
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Purpose of the Youth GrantThe purpose of the Youth Grant
shall be to assist Junior and Youthsailors in attending ChampionshipHobie Cat events, including, butnot limited to:
• Youth events sanctioned by theHobie Class Association ofNorth America
• Youth events sanctioned andorganized by the InternationalHobie Class Association andheld in conjunction with otherIHCA Worlds events
These Youth Grants shall beissued without financial obligationon the part of the receiving teams,however, the Youth Grants shall besubject to the terms and conditionsas set forth in these guidelines.
Grant Request GuidelinesThe following parameters are
those that have been set forth bythe HCA Executive Council as theminimum criteria to be met byyouth teams wishing to apply for afinancial grant for attendingeligible events.• Both skippers and crews must
be HCA members.• Skippers must sail in at least
three (3) HCA-sanctionedevents during the qualifyingseason prior to petitioning for agrant. Exceptions may be made
at the Council’s discretion whenseasonal considerations justifysuch action. They may sail as askipper or crew in those events.
Teams must submit the follow-ing documents to apply for anHCA Youth Grant:
1) An essay explaining why theyshould receive the Grant.
2) A resume of sailing training andexperience.
3) Planned expenses for the eventin question.
4) A list of HCA sanctionedregattas attended in the currentyear and finish positions.
5) A personal reference (parent orcoach, for example) must benamed to provide assistance inadministration, disbursementand management of the YouthGrant.
At the conclusion of the eventthe following must be submitted:
• A detailed expense reportoutlining expenditures anddisbursement of the YouthGrant monies, signed by thereference individual.
• An article about their experiencein the event in question, tosubsequently be submitted toHCA News through the HCAYouth Chairperson.
Selection ProcessAll Youth Grant requests shall
be submitted to the current HCAYouth Chairperson 60 days prior tothe event. No requests subsequentto that date will be considered forthat year.
Youth Grant requests shall bereviewed by the HCA Council andawards to qualified teams shall beannounced a minimum of 30 daysprior to the event. To be consideredfor a Youth Grant, all informationrequested must be provided by thedue date, without exception.
Youth Grants shall be awardedbased on several factors, includingbut not limited to: funds available,number of requests received, needsof the individual teams, andrequirements of established youthprograms serving a number ofYouth teams.
Questions should be directed bye-mail to the current HCA YouthChairperson:
Mimi [email protected]
HCA Youth Grantsresources
Chair
Ed Muns
POB 1877
Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877
408.353.1853
1st Vice Chair
Bob Merrick
141 Short Beach Rd
Branford, CT 06405
203.488.7820
2nd Vice Chair
Rob Jerry
118 Stanwood Ln.
Manlius, NY 13104
315.637.7956
electedofficers
2005hcaboardofdirectors
voting members
DIVISION 1Bobby Wythes
34 White Sands PlaceKailua, HI 96734-1966
DIVISION 2Ron Wagniere
14648 Tyler StreetSylmar, CA 91342-2828
DIVISION 3Adam Borcherding
522 Columbia StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95060-6511
DIVISION 4Laura Sullivan
20831 SE 213thMaple Valley, WA 98038
DIVISION 5Dan Brennan
17960 Woodhaven DrColorado Springs, CO 80908
DIVISION 6Mike Rohrer
2505 Little Elm TrailCedar Park, TX 78613-5259
DIVISION 7Chris Wessels
5600 Lakeview Dr.Clear Lake, IA 50428
641.357.4577 / [email protected]
DIVISION 8Bob Johnson
906 Woodcliff AvenueTampa, Florida 33613
DIVISION 9Loyd Graves
4709 Glen Forest DriveRaleigh, NC 27612
DIVISION 10Jeff Rabidoux
1867 Farmbrook DriveTroy, MI 48098248.641.7358
DIVISION 11Rob Wagner
106 Pleasant Valley AvenueMoorestown, NJ 08057
DIVISION 12Dave Heroux
27 Foster Center RdFoster, RI 02825-1326
DIVISION 13Armando Noriega
Montaña de Amayo 3914210 Mexico, DF
52.5.631.55.55/ 645.74.18 [email protected]
DIVISION 14Mark Benge
2341 S. Avery AvenueMidwest City, OK 73130
DIVISION 15Brad Stephens
17644 Front Beach RoadPanama City Beach, FL 32413
DIVISION 16Kevin Wilson
8442 Transit LaneBaldwinsville, NY 13027
on the web
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Association
www.hobieclass.com
Hobie Cat Company USA
www.hobiecat.com
Hobie Product Support
www.hobiecat.com/support
Hobie Community Forums
www.hobiecat.com/community
appointedofficers
Women’sRepresentative
Heather Morrison8009 W. Harvest Lane
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resources
Membership Chair
Diane Bisesi
8763 Weaver Rd.
Brewerton, NY 06405
(T) 315.699.5453
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Secretary
Kathy Ward
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Carmichael, CA 95608-6168
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Treasurer
Kathleen Tracy
2625 Jewelstone Court
Ft Collins, CO 80525
970.223.2642
Youth Program Director
Mimi Appel
3357 Collins Road
Marcellus, NY 13108-9647
Race Director
Paul Ulibarri
3334 Fulton
Victoria, BC V9C 2T9
Canada
250.474.7580
Championships Coordinator
Lori Mohney
2812 E Shore Drive
Portage, MI 49002-6581
269.327.4565
Guest Expert Program
Coordinator
Kim Edmonds
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Roland, AR 72135
501.868.8801
Sponsorship Director
Steve Leo
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Long Beach, CA 90803-1637
562.547.9092 (cell)
562.856.7774
Scorekeeper
Bill Jeffers
Hobie Feet 204
Syracuse, NY
585.370-9160
For Local andCountry contacts:
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www.hca-na.org
Guest Expert Program
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