October 1998

The Albacore Advantage

Cover photo by Fred Koehlmann, TISC

A One-design Boat

• no unnecessary expense of constant upgrades in design

A Safe Boat

• large air-filled tanks give excellent buoyancy
• hull shape gives stability on the water
• self-rescue after an unexpected puff is easy

A Light and Manageable Boat

• tongue load of less than 100 lbs gives ready trailerability
• launching and retrieving are a breeze

A Comfortable Boat

• large, open cockpit
• benches on port and starboard sides

A Performance Boat

• seriously campaigned by major sailmakers
• planes in moderate winds
• buoyant heavy-air hull shape

Ideal for Junior Clubs

• 4 to 5 juniors will fit easily
• will stand up to heavy use

A Vibrant Class Association

• well organized and vital
• recognized by the International Sailing Federation
• strong fleets through Ontario, Canada, US, Great Britain, Ireland and Bermuda
• top notch competitive sailing
• junior programs in some areas

1997/98 Canadian Albacore Association Executive

Position	Name	Address	Contact
Commodore	Gord Chu	310 Durie St. Toronto, ON M4J 1X9	H (416) 760-8778 W (416) 733-6851 F (416) 733-6777 [email protected]
Past Commodore	Bob Stiff	20 Southlea Avenue Toronto, ON M4G 3L9	H (416) 423-3294 W (416) 482-5002 F (416) 482-5040 [email protected]
First Vice Commodore, Marketing	Laurie Harrison	24 Noble Street, unit 410 Toronto, ON M6K 2C8	H (416) 536-7025 W (416) 946-3778 F (416) 536-8196 [email protected]
Second Vice Commodore	Michael Leishman	94 Harris Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 1P6	H (416) 699-8100 W (416) 822-7354 F (416) 368-0956 [email protected]
Chief Measurer	Rick Clayton	362 Brookdale Avenue Toronto, ON M5M 1P8	H (416) 783-9194 W (416) 932-4427 F (416) 932-4342 [email protected]
Treasurer	Jason G. Roth	60 Cheviot Cres. Brampton, ON L6Z 4G7	H (905) 840-5395 W (416) 675-4826 F (416) 674-6849 [email protected]
Specifications Chair	David Weaver	14 Lansdowne Rd North Cambridge, ON N1S 2S8	H (519) 623-4402 W (905) 525-9140 ext 24907 F (905) 572-7944 [email protected]
Secretary	Raines Koby	5 Coedale Place Palgrave, ON L0N 1P0	H (905) 860-1866 W (905) 264-6123 F (905) 264-2944 [email protected]
Editor, Shackles & Cringles	Nona Arneson	88 Wellesley St. E., Apt. 505 Toronto, ON M4Y 1H4	H (416) 972-0415 W (416) 586-8642 [email protected]
Membership	Rose Anne Mallet	22 Ridley Blvd. Toronto, ON M5M 3K9	H (416) 486-0515 [email protected]
Rear Commodore	Heather Macnaughton	99 Harbour Square, Unit 1812 Toronto, ON M5J 2H2	H (416) 367-9898 W (416) 868-8205 F (416) 868-3817
IAA Representatives	Rosemary Helmer, IAA Secretary Ian Rogers, IAA Treasurer	264 St. Clair Ave. W. Toronto, ON M4V 1R7 155 University Ave #1600 Toronto, ON M5H 3B6	H (416)964-8427 W (416) 410-4644 F (416) 961-4644 H (416)485-5136 W (416) 361-0626 F (416) 361-6303
IAA Chief of Specifications	David Weaver

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Commodore's Corner

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the association was held September 12, 1998 during the Canadian Albacore Championships hosted by RCYC.

The outgoing executive gave a report of its accomplishments during the past year. These include the establishment of the CAA Internet website at www.albacore.ca (thanks to 1st Vice Commodore Laurie Harrison); retrieval and restoration of association trophies (with thanks to Rosemary Helmer); documentation of CAA archive material and their storage at the RCYC city club house; and the very successful running of the North American championships by the association and Westwood Sailing Club (with thanks to CAA Treasurer Heather Macnaughton and WSC Race Chair Nancy Forsyth).

A slate of candidates for executive positions was put forward by the association and this was accepted by the membership. The 1998-99 executives are listed elsewhere in this newsletter. I enjoyed my year as commodore and I appreciate the opportunity and the confidence of the membership for a second term. As you can see, we have many of the prior executive returning for 1999, some in different roles. Leaving us are Peter Nurse in membership and Uwe Ackermann who did a terrific job for 3 years as the editor of Shackles and Cringles. Returning members are David Weaver, our perennial Chief of Specifications, Rick Clayton as the Chief Measurer, Bob Stiff as Past Commodore, Mike Leishman as the 2nd Vice Commodore in charge of the regatta schedule, Raines Koby as Secretary, Laurie Harrison as 1st Vice Commodore in charge of promotion, and Heather Macnaughton who moves from Treasurer to Rear Commodore in charge of organizing the Canadian championships.

I would like to welcome to the new executive Jason Roth as Treasurer. Jason and his father George had been sailing out of Conestoga but they have both brought their boats to Toronto's Outer Harbour this past season. Joining us as the newsletter editor is Nona Arneson, a new racing skipper from the Toronto Island Sailing Club. Rose Anne Mallett rejoins the executive in membership portfolio. Rose Anne sails with her husband Ted, who is a past commodore of the association.

Photo from the MSC Collection

It was a very busy evening for me trying to get through all the draws for the door prizes that were donated. I would like to thank all the sponsors who made donations, which go to support the association.

The financial statements for the 1996-97 fiscal year were presented. Revenue was down relative to 1995-96 due to lower interest rates and to lower membership, but expenses were also down, especially in the cost of the newsletter so there was a net surplus of $791 compared to a net surplus of $1,896 in 1995-96. On the balance sheet, the net assets of the association increased to $43,604 from $42,014 the prior year. The 1997-98 statements have not yet been finalized, but membership is back up and a surplus of revenue over expenses is expected again.

The Editor's Page

You may have noticed a few changes in this issue of Shackles & Cringles. Now that I have your attention, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Nona Arneson and I am the new editor of Shackles & Cringles. Although I am a relative newcomer to the Albacore community, I have been an active member of the Toronto Island Sailing Club, one of the Toronto-area community clubs, for the past four years. During that time I have participated in social events centered around the Albacore fleet and have become an enthusiastic racer. I was very honored when Gord Chu approached me and asked if I would be interested in editing the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter. I hope that I can live up to the standards set before me by Uwe Ackerman and others before him who have taken on this job. Now, with Uwe's expert advice in hand I have eagerly begun my new task.

Since Uwe has handed over the reigns after three years as editor, I have taken some time to review several years worth of Shackles & Cringles. They are now scattered all over my living room floor and apparently I am in charge of them for as long as I keep this position. The one thing that I have noted is what a wealth of information they are! My goal for Shackles & Cringles is to continue this long-standing tradition of providing valuable information to its readers. In the past few summers on the racing scene I have had the opportunity to meet Albacore sailors from outside the Toronto area. Although, due to the large size of the Toronto Albacore community the bulk of submissions come from this group, I have a strong commitment to see more articles, photos and reports from Albacore sailors outside of Toronto. In order to achieve this goal I need your help. I would like to establish a set of "volunteers" to be representatives of Albacore sailing in your community. This could be a private boat owner, or perhaps someone from your local community sailing club. This will not involve a large commitment of time. I just need someone to make sure that items such as regatta results, notice of regattas, great sailing stories (I know there are no shortage of these), photos, rigging & repair advice, racing tips, etc. get passed on to me so that I can publish them.

I'm also actively looking for ideas. If you would like to see regular columns in Shackles & Cringles such as "Letters to the Editors", "Albacore Trivia", "How do I fix that thingamajig", or "Ask the Experts", etc. please let me know. Are you a photographer? If you have some great sailing photos and don't mind sharing a copy or sending me a scanned image they would be much appreciated in the Shackles & Cringles archives.

I look forward to serving the Albacore community as the Shackles & Cringles editor. I'm happy to cut and paste it together, but I need your help to make it a valuable part of the CAA. Can't wait to hear from you and thank you in advance for all your help. See you on the water next summer.

PS - I would like to thank the following people for contributing photos in this issue - George Roth, Anthony Cheung, Fred Koehlmann and Rosemary Helmer.

Nona Arneson
#505 - 88 Wellesley Street East
Toronto, ON M4Y 1H4
email - [email protected]
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1998 Canadian Albacore Championships

Sept 11 - 13, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Ontario

1998 Canadian Albacore Championships: The Benchmark

By Raines Koby

I had to laugh at myself, once again. Gord Chu, our beloved Commodore of the Canadian Albacore Association, (like he needs an introduction), had just asked me if I would write an article on the Canadian Albacore Championships. Instead of telling him the truth and saying no way, with three kids, an eight-day a-week job and loving wife, I need this assignment like I need a weed on my rudder.

Gord however, wisely played to my sailor ego. He said, "seeing as you finished third behind Virginia native Barney Harris, (winner of the 1998 North American Championships) and Kingston sail maker John Clarke, why don't you describe what the heck the those A++ class sailors were doing anyway." Despite my acceptance, Gord could sense my reluctance and he volunteered to acquire insights from other top sailors to assist me in my assignment.

After all when it comes right down to it I did not see any more of these two hot shots than they did. That's with one exception when, after leading the third race almost to the leeward mark and keeping BARNEY-THE-DINO-ROCKET-SHIP in check, I handed off the responsibility to holding him back to the other Harris - Dave and his great crew "Olympic-man" Kevin Smith. Well did he ever blow it! In minutes Barney was pointing 10 degrees higher and going faster than Dave. Needless to say Barney was way out front and Dave well back in second. Did I mention I had slipped back to eighth? Well that was the last I saw of Barney except when he smoked me on seven of eight general recalls following that race just for good measure.

Barney Harris and David Byron, US 8011, 1st Place. Photo by George Roth, OHCC

All kidding aside, Abby and myself tried hard to keep an eye on Harris. So Gord here are some of our insights after all. First off, as Abby pointed it out, not once was Barney out there early to study the course before the race. In fact, he was always one of the last few to leave. We know this because, despite our plans, we were always last, except maybe Rosemary Helmer, who was a little pre-occupied with running the event while also trying to compete with a crew who had not sailed in about 25 years. At any rate what Barney's late arrival really indicated was how confident he was, that, no matter what happened, he could sail through the fleet and win the race! And he did again and again.

In watching Barney and his crew, David Byron from California, they seemed to have it all. When they needed speed they went fast. When they needed to point, they pointed higher. However, what I like most were their tactical smarts. Whenever behind upwind at the start they would always dive inside to leeward of the leaders, on the lifted tack sailing towards the next header and would gain the most as they reached it first. And so they may not be first at the windward mark but they would always be in striking distance to grind away at those in front, waiting to capitalize on their mistakes meanwhile speeding around the course shifting gears better than anyone else as the conditions varied. Oh yeah, I forgot one thing - boat handling. Their tacks, jibes and ability to keep the boat perfectly flat also added significantly to their advantage.

Above right: Neil Wilson and Rory Gleason. Right: Raines Coby and Abby MacInnes, CAN 5600, 3rd place. Photo by George Roth, OHCC

Ken Clarke and Sharon Palmer, CAN 7630

From my standpoint Harris and Byron were picture perfect. They are the "bench-mark" in our class, which we all strive to achieve. Perhaps that's while Abby keeps telling me to read those "go fast" articles that Barney has authored. [Ed's note: One of those "go-fast" articles will be featured in the next issue of Shackles & Cringles.] Last but not least, Barney also reinforced the benchmark of good sportsmanship, by taking the time to assist others in hauling their boats out at day end. Truly this guy is a class act.

John Clarke, sailing with 49ner sailor Martin Shaw from Toronto, finished a solid second with pair of thirds, three seconds and a first. These guys were clearly much closer to the "bench-mark" than the rest of us. It was great to see them break through in the last race, claim the bullet and prove that Barney can actually be beat!

Here's a brief re-cap of the regatta apart from the "Barney" experience. The event was hosted by the RCYC September 11 - 13. Rosemary Helmer was the Regatta Chair and did an amazing job organizing the event. All races were held out in the Lake Ontario about a kilometer south of the island. Apart from one light air race on Saturday we were blessed with five races in moderate 8 to 15 knot winds and warm weather. A current, which varied in strength around the course, also added to the list of variables to be contended with. The bonus was the big and challenging easterly swells, which swept though the course for the last three races on Sunday. As Kevin Smith pointed "everyone becomes better sailors when we sail in waves."

Right: John Clark and Martin Shaw, CAN 7979, 2nd place. Photo by George Roth, OHCC

In total there were 52 competitors, with 42 in A class and 10 in B class. See results for who did what.

The RCYC race committee did an A1 job; setting challenging upwind legs and course lengths appropriate for the conditions. Without question the employment of the death flag to eliminate numerous general recalls on Saturday would have been appreciated by all. To which point, Ian Rogers suggested the class should consider the use of gate starts for big fleet regattas. RCYC hosted the annual event dinner in their elegant ballroom which also doubled as the Canadian Albacore Association's AGM. The food was great and there were lots of great raffle prizes to be won.

The key take away for me, to reach the bench mark of great sailing, is that one needs to sail a heck of a lot so they can master tactics, boating handling and learn how to make the boat go fast in all conditions. An easy job? No, but that's why I plan on sailing the rest of my life. See ya next year and remember the only thing as good as sailing is turning someone else on to it.

The long tow home…

The Championship Fleet Results

	Sail #	Helm	Crew	Club	Fri Race 1	Race 2	Sat Race 3	Sun Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total Score	Total w/drop
1	8011	Barney Harris	David Byron	PRSA	1	1	1	1	1	2	5.75	3.75
2	7979	John Clark	Martin Shaw	KYC	2	3	12	2	3	1	22.75	10.75
3	5600	Raines Koby	Abby MacInnes	RCYC	13	4	3	7	6	4	37	24
4	6700	Gary Bain	Sylvia Davidson	OHCC	5	2	9	14	9	6	45	31
5	7127	Jasper Craig	Becky Craig	NC	OCS	5	7	12	2	7	76	33
6	7166	Dave Harris	Kevin Smith	OHCC	OCS	17	2	3	11	5	81	38
7	8017	Mike Morrison	Fran Steacy	STJSC	4	6	28	5	25	3	71	43
8	7977	D. Roy	J. Roy	RCYC	3	13	8	8	16	11	59	43
9	7563	Tim Broughton	Karen Marshall	MSC	12	15	5	11	7	10	60	45
10	7964	Marek Balinski	Mary Neuman	STJSC	7	11	OCS	15	5	13	94	51
11	7403	Ross King	Barrie Farrell	OHCC	8	9	OCS	4	22	12	98	55
12	8014	John Gilchrist	Steve Goode	WSC	9	14	11	19	19	8	80	61
13	7954	Gordon Chu	Christine Mehling	TISC	22	10	6	21	17	16	92	70
14	7974	Dave Smith	Carolyn Quinton	WSC	15	OCS	19	16	4	17	114	71
15	8018	Peter Nurse	Tim Jacobs	STJSC	11	7	25	17	12	OCS	115	72
16	7630	Ken Clarke	Sharon Palmer	RCYC/MSC	25	8	17	22	14	14	100	75
17	7968	John Cawthorne	Jackie Grummitt	STJSC	18	33	20	6	23	9	109	76
18	7963	Ian Aukema	Mary Romaniuk	STJSC	6	19	16	13	33	22	109	76
19	7270	Tin Htoo	Eric Tin-Han	KSC	21	29	15	25	8	15	113	84
20	8009	Fred Koehlmann	Kathy Koehlmann	TISC	16	12	30	20	13	24	115	85
21	7944	Heather Macnaughton	Pat Maltby	OHCC	17	21	14	40	24	21	137	97
22	7562	Bruce Withrow	Sandy Swiatlowski	MSC	DNS	DNS	4	10	20	23	143	100
23	8012	Norm Rubin	Nona Arneson	TISC	20	OCS	18	9	10	OCS	143	100
24	7479	Todd Johnstone	Gianna Helling	MSC	14	20	24	30	18	27	133	103
25	8016	Diane Clark	Bill Collins	STJSC	33	16	13	37	27	20	146	109
26	7400	George Roth	Lucas	OHCC	10	27	36	23	36	19	151	115
27	6760	Marty Cameron	Cinda Dyer	MSC	26	26	27	31	15	25	150	119
28	7942	Elizabeth Marin	Kristen Huelsmann	WSC	23	24	10	32	32	OCS	164	121
29	7405	I. Rogers	G. Rogers/N. Forgreave, T. Bongard	RCYC	24	28	22	18	40	33	165	125
30	5923	Dennis Wetlauffer	Alan Pike	NoLSC/MSC	30	23	35	27	31	18	164	129
31	7527	Robert Sieradski	Carmen Aradi	MSC	35	18	26	29	29	29	166	131
32	7474	Uwe Ackerman	Janet Duff	MSC	OCS	35	23	28	21	26	176	133
33	6657	Jason Roth	Pietrowski	OHCC	19	31	37	26	28	30	171	134
34	7949	D. Paterson	D. Baker	BLSC	31	32	29	24	30	34	180	146
35	7249	Will Lincoln	Greta Lincoln	MSC	27	25	32	38	35	35	192	154
36	7250	Steve Bretherton	Heather Gilchrist	MSC	29	22	31	35	39	RET	199	156
37	7545	Derek Shenstone	Katrina Lewis	STJSC	34	DNS	33	34	34	32	210	167
38	7961	Evelyn Simpson	Chris Maslowski	STJSC	32	36	38	36	37	28	207	169
39	7384	Rosemary Helmer	M. Anderson	RCYC	28	34	34	41	38	36	211	170
40	7243	P. Brayshaw	M. Brayshaw	OHCC	DNS	30	21	39	DNS	DNS	219	176
41	5007	Ted Mallet	Rosie Mallet	RCYC	DNS	DNS	OCS	33	26	31	219	176
42	4856	Lennie Luscio	Rob Paterson	RCYC	36	37	39	DNS	41	37	233	190

The Challenger Fleet Results

	Sail #	Helm	Crew	Club	Fri Race 1	Race 2	Sat Race 3	Sun Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total Score	Total w/drop
1	8010	Howie Glen	Anne-Marie Carey	WSC	4	1	5	5	4	2	20.75	15.75
2	7544	Cresswell Walker	Carol Burrowes	MSC	OCS	2	2	1	1	OCS	29.5	17.5
3	8022	Chris Hanson	Christine Short	WSC	OCS	OCS	1	2	3	1	30.5	18.5
4	8013	Neil Wilson	Rory Gleason	TISC	2	3	7	6	5	5	28	21
5	6761	Laurie Harrison	Harold Murray	MSC	DNS	DNS	3	3	2	3	35	23
6	8015	J. Macdonald	D. Curtis	WSC	3	OCS	4	4	6	7	36	24
7	7472	Merle Kisby	Teresa Miolla	MSC	5	4	10	7	OCS	4	42	30
8	7982	Henry Pedro	K. Pietrowski	WSC	7	5	6	8	OCS	8	46	34
9	7471	Ayman Monged	Mel DeSouza	MSC	6	OCS	8	9	7	6	48	36
10	7468	Tom Groenveld	Wechel	MSC	1	OCS	9	DNS	DNS	DNS	57.75	45.75
11	7473	Michael Leishman	P. Sherk	PBSC	Did not compete

Left to right: Howie Glen and Anne-Marie Carey, 1st place Challenger Fleet; Lennie Liscio and Rob Paterson, winners of the Junior Award; Mike Morrison and Fran Steacy, winner of the Masters trophy. Photos by George Roth, OHCC

Donations to 1998 Canadian Albacore Championships

The Canadian Albacore Association would like to thank the following businesses for their generous donations of merchandise:

• Boardsports: 1 pair of Da Kine hiking shorts (located at 2010 Yonge St. - (416) 485-9463)
• Buoy-O-Buoy: 2 life jackets
• Canadian Yachting: one year magazine subscriptions
• C'est What Restaurant & Bar: dinner for two
• Fogh Marine: tiller extension
• Genco Marine: $25.00 gift certificate
• General Publishing: 2 books
• JC Sails: duffle bag
• Mustang Survival: 2 life jackets
• Nautical Mind: 2 books
• Noah's Boat Building Supplies: epoxy kits and varnish
• Ontario Yachts: 1 centre board or repairs of equivalent value ($500.)
• North Sails: 1 Albacore jib
• O'Brien: 3 long sleeve rash guards
• Ullman Sails: 2 duffle bags
• Xerox Canada: watch

20 Years Ago at the Canadian Championships

…because sailors love to reminisce. Printed in Shackles & Cringles Sept/Oct 1979
(Editor: Jean Rogers, TS&CC)

Okay…so it's not really 20 years ago…its only 19, but I couldn't find the 1978 results.

With the weather forecast fair but windy and cold over 130 Albacores gathered at Humber Bay to compete in the four classes of the Canadian's under the burgee of the Boulevard Club. In the event although at times cold the wind remained relatively light for the duration of the races. Sufficient wind did get down into the bay once or twice to enable the fleet to plane but it was not consistent and a quiet beat often followed a planing reach or a fully hiked-out beat followed a reach sailed in the lee of the Toronto Islands. Consistency was also lacking in most of the competitors. Except for the winners (Barry and Garry Poyntz) and the runners-up (Bill Ewing and Paul Pezzutti) very few could blame their performance on boat speed but rather in not choosing the right side of the course.

From this one might gather that the winds were a little mixed up and unpredictable. Indeed what the race officers thought about on the Saturday is probably unprintable. The championship fleet was on the water from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm for only two races. The wind varied from Northerly to Easterly and the line and weather mark were laid and re-laid so often that the willing (before Saturday) helpers afloat all but mutinied. Added to that were the general recalls that the shifty weather inevitably brought to the tuned up and competitive fleet. [Ed's Note: Sounds familiar doesn't it?] Under these circumstances it was only by good management that two races were sailed at all, even if they were somewhat off schedule.

Sunday started cold with one of the first of Southern Ontario's frosts biting at the fingers of the sailors rigging their boats and forcing most of the fleet into wetsuits or sweaters. It also gave one of the most constant winds of the championship and was also notable for the day when the Poyntz brothers chose the wrong side of the first beat. Their down wind speed was greater than all those ahead, however, and by the end of the first reaching legs they had forged their way into the first half dozen. By the end of the second beat, going the right way this time, they had made up even more and by the finish they had achieved their place. Thus they gave the lie to the impossibility of climbing through a championship fleet of almost identical boats. [Ed's note: We know someone else who can do this too!]

As in the Championship Fleet, consistency brought it's reward in the other competitions and no one could view the results and say that the best men had not won. In the Challenger Fleet, by the way, it was only by the skin of his teeth that a man won at all. He was pushed very closely by all girl crews who have been sailing very fast and competently all through the Toronto sailing season. [Ed's note: Who would have thought!]

With another sailing season all but over, the competitors at this years Canadian's will have a lot of memories to take with them into winter. And I've no doubt that the winds that were endured on the Saturday will be handed down into the folk lore of Canada's Albacore sailors to join, for example, the line squall at the '75 Worlds.

1998 US National Championships

October 10-12, Rehoboth Bay Sailing Association, Dewey Beach, Delaware

The US Nationals 1998 was your intrepid editor's first trip to Rehoboth, Delaware for a regatta. I had heard a lot of good things about regattas there - the people, the parties, the beach, and especially the wind. I could hardly wait.

Day One - "The Carnage Begins"

It was a cool, grey, very windy day in Rehoboth. The wind seemed to be getting stronger and stronger or maybe after three long races the sailors were just getting tired. The carnage on the course began after the first race. You will notice an interesting trend in the number of "DNF"'s and "DNS"'s over the course of the weekend. "Rehoboth stains" (those of you who have ever been there will know what I mean) began to appear and several teams packed it in and headed for refreshments on shore. We survived the first two races unscathed, but unfortunately fell victim to a malicious, large orange beach ball (aka the starting line mark). After a long upwind leg with a boat full of water desperately trying to catch the fleet and not be lapped by Barney, we were glad to be one of 22 that finished the third and final race of the day. And, as it turns out, with some immediate scrubbing "the stain" comes off.

Right: Rehoboth Bay Sailing Association Clubhouse

At the end of day one the Canadians are holding first (Chris Gorton and Henry Pedro) and second place (Dave Smith and Carolyn Quintin). But wait! Barney is in 10th place? Oh…OCS…tsk tsk.

Day Two - "Let's go to the Beach"

The sun came out and the sky was crystal clear blue with not a cloud in sight! However, the sunshine only highlighted something we may have not noticed as much as the day before under cloud - the whitecaps…lots of them. Could it possibly be windier than it was the previous day? Several teams opted for a relaxing day on shore. We decided to at least head out and start the first race. I must admit, I was secretly jealous of the sunbathers having had an extremely difficult time just walking that morning.

There was more carnage and not just of Albacores this time. Unfortunately Canadians Ken Clarke and Abby MacInnes suffered a tremendous loss during the first race - the tiller of 7630 and were unable to compete for the remainder of the regatta. (I think I heard Ken say something about investing in a bolt?) In addition, apparently one of the mark boats began sinking and also had to be towed in. The other one suffered a similar problem. Remarkably, however, the RC team from RBSA managed to rescue all disabled boats and still get two more races off!

Left: Relaxing between races. Peter Duncan (Race Chair) and his crew Mark Witowski in US 342. Right: John Struthers and helm, Heather Macnaughton, CAN 7944. Heather took 2nd prize for the Ladies' Helm Award.

Mercifully, the wind began to subside halfway through the second race. Don't get me wrong, however, it was still plenty windy. Finally, exhausted after three races we arrived safely back on shore. At the end of the day the Canadians were holding four of the top ten positions. It looked like Barney was safely in the lead as he would no longer have to carry the OCS. At the dinner that evening, held appropriately at a place called "The Rusty Rudder" Peter Duncan, the race chair, asked everyone who had dumped in the last two days to please stand up. Just for the record, there were very few people that remained seated. (Kay and Doug Marsh received the prize for having dumped the most times, however they redeemed themselves because they never dumped during a race!)

Right: Sailing out to the race course on Sunday morning. Dennis Wettlauffer and his crew, Guillo Citron sailing US 5923 won the award for "most improved" standing at the US Nationals. Dennis improved upon his previous year's standings by 21 positions!

Day Three - "All is Well"

The wind was steady around 8-10 knots and most of the teams that opted out on Sunday returned to the race course. It was an early morning as the first gun was to be at 9:20. Two races to go…but wait a minute what is that scratching noise coming from Barney's boat? And, is that a pumpkin at the top of his mast?

Attempts to slow Barney down with pumpkins and sand fleas (disgusting little creatures) had very little effect. He still ran away with the regatta carrying 7 bullets, and a dropping an OCS. Canadian teams hold six positions in the top half of the fleet! Congratulations!

After all was over, I must say that Rehoboth Bay was a terrific place to go sailing and the members of RBSA made us all feel very welcome. I strongly recommend that everyone make an effort to get there next year - perhaps for the US Nationals and the Worlds both to be held in Rehobeth in 1999.

And (some of) the winners

Back Row - George Roth, Rosemary Helmer, Jasper Craig, Doug Marsh, David Byron, Henry Pedro, Chris Gorton, Dave Smith, Guillo Citron.
Front Row - John Struthers, Becky Craig, Heather Macnaughton, Barney Harris, Kay Marsh, David Huber, Dory Samuels, Carolyn Quinton.

The President's Fleet Results

	Sail #	Skipper	Crew	Sat Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Sun Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Mon Race 7	Race 8	Total Points	Total w/drop
1	8011	Barney Harris	David Byron	1	1	OCS	1	1	1	1	1	39.25	5.25
2	7959	Chris Gorton	Henry Pedro	2	2	1	2	2	10	3	13	34.75	21.75
3	7127	Jasper Craig	Becky Craig	4	3	5	4	3	2	2	DNF	57	23
4	8015	Dave Smith	Carolyn Quinton	3	4	4	9	5	6	11	5	47	36
5	7355	John Lawser	Margaret Little	12	10	11	13	12	5	6	11	80	67
6	5923	Dennis Wettlauffer	Guillo Citron	16	8	7	7	17	4	22	9	90	68
7	7131	Lucian Caspar	Mike Drinkwater	7	6	3	6	21	RET	19	7	103	69
8	7270	Tin Htoo	Eric Tin-Han	18	18	12	12	6	11	4	6	87	69
9	5858	Ed Nicholas	Sue Forgues	6	DNF	DNS	3	4	14	8	2	105	71
10	8016	Dianne Clark	Bill Collins	5	11	6	20	14	9	13	20	98	78
11	7479	Todd Johnstone	Nona Arneson	10	17	22	15	8	7	7	19	105	83
12	7378	Rolf Zeisler	Sue Zeisler	15	7	9	5	13	17	28	18	112	84
13	342	Peter Duncan	Mark Witowski	11	16	21	18	7	20	17	8	118	97
14	7945	Doug Marsh	Kay Marsh	9	DNS	DNS	DNF	10	3	10	3	137	103
15	7493	David Rennie	Ann Rennie	22	26	14	17	9	13	12	DNS	147	113
16	7492	Lars Rathjen	Janice Stapulonis	20	20	8	16	16	8	30	26	144	114
17	6898	Courteny Young	Dave Davies	30	15	15	DNS	15	15	26	4	154	120
18	7384	Rosemary Helmer	George Roth	8	RET	13	8	20	23	29	27	162	128
19	5007	Ted Mallett	Bruce Cameron	23	13	17	11	22	21	21	DNS	162	128
20	7499	David Huber	Dory Samuels	28	23	23	DNF	11	18	16	12	165	131
21	6867	Brian Mohan	Ted Kline	14	9	18	14	23	24	DNS	DNS	170	136
22	7944	Heather Macnaughton	John Struthers	13	14	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	5	10	178	144
23	7460	Bill Buck	Sean Gerachty	17	DNF	19	DNF	DNS	12	14	15	179	145
24	7060	Van Sheppard	Christena Sheppard	DNS	24	DNS	10	18	19	25	17	181	147
25	8021	Jim Graham	Sue Graham	31	21	20	DNF	19	16	20	21	182	148
26	6890	Bill Kleysteuber	Bob Kleysteuber	29	19	16	19	24	25	27	28	187	158
27	7380	Daphne Byron	Saskia Mooney	24	12	10	DNS	DNS	DNS	24	23	195	161
28	7630	Ken Clarke	Abby MacInnes	21	5	2	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	198	164
29	7494	Joanna Byron	Gretchen Wilkenson	27	22	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	9	14	208	174
30	7377	Lloyd Leonard	Becky Mattes	25	25	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	15	16	217	183
31	7117	David Wallerstein	Mary Pedley	19	27	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	18	22	222	188
32	7942	Elizabeth Marin	Kristen Huelsmann	26	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	23	26	245	211
33	7457	Wilda Heiss	Aaron Golub	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	272	238

The Challenger Fleet Results

Sail #	Helm	Crew	Sun Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Mon Race 7	Race 8	Total Points	Total w/drop
7945	Doug Marsh	Kay Marsh	DNF	2	1	1	1	16.25	4.25
7493	David Rennie	Ann Rennie	2	1	3	2	DNS	19.75	7.75
7499	David Huber	Dory Samuels	DNF	3	5	5	2	27	15
7060	Van Sheppard	Christena Sheppard	1	4	6	8	5	23.75	15.75
7460	Bill Buck	Sean Gerachty	DNS	DNS	2	3	3	32	20
8021	Jim Graham	Sue Graham	DNF	5	4	7	6	34	22
6890	Bill Kleysteuber	Bob Kleysteuber	3	6	7	9	8	33	24
7377	Lloyd Leonard	Becky Mattes	DNS	DNS	DNS	4	4	44	32
7117	David Wallerstein	Mary Pedley	DNS	DNS	DNS	6	7	49	37
7457	Wilda Heiss	Aaron Golub	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	60	48

1998 RCYC Open Regatta

June 20-21, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Ontario

By Rosemary Helmer, RCYC Fleet Rep, Regatta Chair and owner of Cricket (CAN 7384).

The RCYC Open was held on June 20 and 21, 1998 one week later than our normal mid June weekend. This shift was forced upon us somewhat by the LORC (Lake Ontario Racing Council) keelboat series which moved the RCYC LORC event onto our traditional Albacore weekend leaving the RCYC Sailing office with insufficient equipment to meet all sailors needs. So mindful of the equipment problems we had in 1997 and of my promise in Shackles & Cringles last year to rectify the problem for the 98 RCYC open, I was left with few options but to move our Albacore Open onto Nepean S C's traditional weekend. We regretted having to do this for two reasons. First, we always strive to work with our fellow Albacore Clubs to not schedule regattas on conflicting dates so that we can attend one anothers events. And, second this conflict was disappointing for RCYC sailors because we really enjoy sailing at Nepean and visiting with our Ottawa Albacore sailing friends each June. So with apologies to Nepean for 1998, I am working towar correcting this matter in 1999. However, be forewarned it is not easy to negotiate with the LORC organizers since their membership is much larger than ours and they have clout over Club equipment that we don't. Still we will make our best effort to return to our traditional weekend.

Logistics aside the RCYC Open saw 18 boats compete in the Toronto Inner Harbour for the Stephenson Memorial Trophy. We had two days of good winds ranging from a lighter 6-8 knots to a high of 10-12. Saturday we completed 3 races in which the OHCC crew of Dave Bussin and son Sam dominated the Fleet with two firsts and a second. The conditions were suited to this lighter father and son team and they used their skills to good advantage. Sam actively sails Optimists and his single-handed sailing added greatly to the double handed family team. Close behind on Saturday were Raines Koby and Abby MacInnes who placed 2nd behind the Bussins in Race 1 and 2 but let TISC's team of Gord Chu and Mary Ann Edmonstone get past them in Race 3 to take first just ahead of the Bussins while Raines and Abby in the hunt but not having the same speed as the lighter crews, finished 5th. In Race 3 the RCYC/MSC Team of Ken Clarke and Laurie Harrison captured 3rd demonstrating that sailing tactically counts and that their heavier comined crew weight (versus the lighter Bussins and Chu/Edmonstone crews) was not an impediment to placing well. Ian Aukema and Mary Romaniuk from St. Jamestown S.C. snuck in their best race of the series placing 4th also just ahead of Raines and Abby. In the end this 5th place was Raines and Abby's drop race leaving a perfect string of 2nds.

Sunday brought slightly fresher breezes but with vacuum patches which could swallow teams up if one did not pick ones course carefully. Two races were completed and again the Bussins placed first in each but this time Dave was crewed by another equally talented son Isaac. (Dave seems to be rearing a stable of top notch young Albacore crew who also aspire to the helm.) Raines and Abby sailed well once again placing 2nd close behind the Bussins in both Races 4 & 5. Mustering some 2nd day wisdom and sailing the low course on the reaches to good advantage the RCYC team of Helmer and Shaw scored a 4th and 3rd respectively in the last two races finishing just behind Chu and Edmonstone in Race 4 and just ahead of the RCYC family team of Ted and Rosie Mallett in Race 5. It was great to see Ted and Rosie back on the race course after a 5 year hiatus raising two young daughters who we understand will be out crewing soon.

After two days of interesting shifts in wind, boat speed and competitor positions we awarded top 3 prizes to;

1. Dave, Sam and Isaac Bussin 3.0 points - Winners of a WindJacket and 2 T-Shirts & First Place RCYC Flag
2. Raines Koby & Abby MacInnes - Winners of 2 Hans Gottchling Equipment Bags & Second Place RCYC Flag
3. Gord Chu & Mary Ann Edmonstone - Winners of 2 Hot Colored Frizbees & Third Place RCYC Flag.

We also gave due acknowledgement to some funny antics.

• The Great Circle Award to Ken Clarke & Laurie Harrisson - for their circumnavigation of the vaccuum patch. Winners of a Frizbee & a Fox 40 Whistle. The former outfitting Ken to play another sport when the wind runs out and the whistle to Laurie to get Ken's attention when he drives off course.
• A Frizbee to Chris Beneteau for reasons we can't remember, but it was funny at the time.
• 2 Fox 40 Whistles as Motivational Awards to Baback and Chris as an incentive to return to better their last place finish. Although we get the feeling the incentive is not working. Baback coveted last place in the 97 Regatta as well. (We wonder if he may be hiding his improved skill to win these motivational awards?) So we've threatened to give it to another deserving crew in 1999 if Baback does not vacate last place. But we are sure he will!
• And 2 whistles for the Cast Off Award to Peter Nurse and Sandy Kline for setting their Albacore helplessly adrift.

In closing we would like to encourage all Albacore sailors to join us in 1999. It was great to see family teams reappearing in addition to all those returning and new visiting crews. Also, thanks to Hans Gottschiling, One Design Boat Covers (905-277-3306) for donating canvas Albacore Tool Bags as prizes. (PS Hans designed a super form fitting travelling cover for Cricket this year with full length side zippers to ease dressing her. Ask him about this new design or a regular over the boom cover!) Thanks also to our Jury of Peter Vasoff, and RCYC members' Dave Doyle and Alan Humphreys.

The Results

Place	Boat No.	Helm	Crew	Clubs	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total Points	Final Score
1	7977	D. Bussin	S & I Bussin	OHCC	0.75	0.75	2	0.75	0.75	5	3
2	5600	R. Koby	A. MacInnes	RCYC/MSC	2	2	5	2	2	13	8
3	7954	G. Chu	M. A. Edmonstone	TISC	5	3	0.75	3	8	19.75	11.75
4	8017	J. Cawthorne	D. Sherlock	StJSc	7	4	6	11	5	33	22
5	7933	B. Nash	D. Jube	TISC	3	11	7	5	10	36	25
6	7963	I. Aukema	M. Romaniuk	StJSc	12	5	4	7	11	39	27
7	5007	T. Mallett	R. Mallett	RCYC	4	12	12	10	4	42	30
8	7384	R. Helmer	M. Shaw	RCYC	OCS	13	11	4	3	31	31
9	8019	P. Nurse	S. Kline	StJSc	13	9	9	6	7	44	31
10	7630	K. Clarke	L. Harrison	RCYC/MSC	8	10	3	15	12	48	33
11	7942	C. Beneteau	L. Murphy	WSC	9	6	14	8	13	50	36
12	8016	D. Clark	B. Collins	StJSc	10	8	10	17	9	54	37
13	7400	G. Roth	P. Skinner P. Maltby	OHCC	6	15	8	13	14	56	41
14	7563	M. Cameron	K. Mullin	MSC	15	14	13	9	6	57	42
15	8018	M. Neumann	W. Hoddinott	StJSc	11	7	15	12	16	61	45
16	8013	N. Wilson	J. MacIntyre	TISC	16	18	17	14	15	80	62
17	8012	N. Arneson	R. Gleason	TISC	OCS	16	16	16	17	65	65
18	7966	B. Abbaszadeh	C. Hebert	StJSc	14	17	18	18	18	85	67

IAA Report October 1998

Role of the IAA

The International Albacore Association represents the interests of Albacore owners world-wide and has done so since its formation in 1971.

Business Process

The Executive of the International Albacore Association conducts its business by phone, letter, fax and email since its members reside in different countries. The IAA Executive formally meets every two years at the site of the World Championships. Two meetings are held at that time.

1. An Open meeting with the members of the class present to discuss matters relevant to Albacore owners. Any Albacore owners who are members in good standing of their National Association may attend to hear the discussion and express their views.
2. A Closed meeting of the Executive is held to transact the business of the Association and to further consider matters that may have arisen at the Open Meetings.

Responsibilities

One of the key areas of responsibility for the IAA is the hosting and promotion of the World Championships every two years. For those of you who participated in the 1995 Worlds in Canada you know what fun it was. The sailing skills and knowledge acquired at Worlds and the friends made, last for many years to come and strengthen the bonds of the Albacore class.

The 1999 Worlds/International Championships

Currently the rotation for hosting of the Worlds is back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean to balance the travel and associated cost each country's representatives must incur. The current rotation for the Worlds is as follows:

• 1999 - USA
• 2001 - Great Britain (Ireland or Scotland)
• 2003 - Canada
• 2005 - England.

1999 Worlds (may be called Internationals due to ISAF not approving Worlds title.)

As you will know from my article in the May 1998 issue of Shackles & Cringles there is a qualifying process for participating in the Worlds in order to keep the geographical participation balanced between countries and to ensure the Worlds maintains a high caliber of competition. (More next issue on the ISAF decision-making re: title.)

Historically the Worlds regatta has had fleets of 60-80 boats. The current formula split between countries applied to possible fleet sizes is as follows

Fleet Size (Boats)	60	80	100
41.6 % Host Country (USA in 99)	25	33	42
33.3 % Continental (Canada in 99)	20	26	33
25.0 % Overseas Countries (England, Scotland, Ireland & Cyprus in 99)	15	21	25

The US Albacore Association and the 1999 World's Committee are planning to hold the event Oct 12-15, 1999. This will be preceded by the US Nationals on Oct 9-11, making this a week-long event. They are currently negotiating with the Rehoboth Bay Sailing Association to hold the event at Rehoboth Bay. Once the venue is finalized, they will prepare a Notice of Race.

With regards to the issue of a 'restricted' versus an 'open' world championship, the USAA and the World's Committee have indicated their intention to make this an 'open' event. As of press time, they have not officially made the request to the International Albacore Association for an open event. The international championship is sponsored by and held under the authority of the IAA but the detailed organization of an event rests with the national association and their regatta committee. It is not clear at this time what the final decision will be. Given this uncertainty, we will not yet abandon the qualification process which was started this season.

This is a terrific opportunity for Albacore racers to get into the top competition at the world's level. You can plan on booking your week off now, tweaking the boat and reading over the winter, ready to practice next season. We will publish the Notice of Race as soon as it becomes available. However, there will be an opportunity to save some money by registering by the early bird cut-off which will be sometime in late spring or early summer. As those who have gone down to the US Nationals in recent years know, the Rehoboth facility offers good coastal sailing conditions. Rooms will be reserved at a nearby hotel, which will create a critical mass of knowledgeable and fun-loving sailors doing what he or she enjoys the most!

Preliminary Qualifiers to the 99 Worlds

98 Regattas	Spots	Qualifying Helms
TARTS	1 spot	Dave Harris
RCYC Open	1 spot	David Bussin
Peterborough	1 spot	TBD
Ottawa	1 spot	Tin Htoo
NAs (WSC)	1 spot	Ken Clarke
StJSC	1 spot	Dave Smith
MSC	1 spot	TBD (Race results missing)
PABAR	1 spot	Rosemary Helmer
TISC	1 spot	TBD (After MSC)
Canadians	10 spots	John Clark, Raines Koby, Gary Bain, Mike Morrison, David Roy, Tim Broughton, Marek Balinski, Ross King, John Gilchrist, Gordon Chu

Peter Nurse, John Cawthorne (next if any of the above skippers qualified at MSC or TISC.)

Note: Anyone who has final results for the TBD regattas please email Nona Arneson. At press time we had not been able to locate these results.

If you are interested in coming to the Worlds, but have not yet qualified please email Rosemary Helmer ([email protected]) regarding your serious interest. Once we have feedback on how many people are really interested in coming we can determine if the US will increase the fleet size to accomodate our needs.

Rosemary Helmer, IAA Secretary & Representative, Canada
Email: [email protected] Fax: 416-961-4644 Home: 416-964-8427

Going home after the US Nationals…

Friday Night Race Results

Toronto, Ontario

It was a Mooredale sweep for the 1998 Friday Night Series. For the eigth year running Mooredale Sailing Club ran away with the Spanish Donkey Award. At the beginning of the season St. Jamestown gave them a run for their money, but once again MSC proves that its not the number of boats in the 8000 series that counts.

Tim Broughton of Mooredale won first place helmsperson with 5 bullets to count (and just for good measure 1 to drop as well). The rest of the Mooredale powerhouse included Bruce Withrow (2), Barrie Farrell (3), Jorg Pawlik (7), Todd Johnstone (9) and John Gilchrist (10). J-town sailors in the top ten included Ann White (4), John Cawthorne (6), and Mike Morrison (8). The remaining top ten finisher was Paul Gerlich from Westwood in 5th place.

Mooredale also produced four of the top ten crews including first place winner Carmen Aradi, Carol Burrowes (2), Amyn Haji (7) and Stephen Quick (8). J-town crews also claimed four of the top ten spots including Peter Vasoff (5), Greta Coopersmith (6), Christine Kerekes (9) and Diane Sherlock (10). Third place went to Toronto Island's Mary Ann Edmonstone and 4th place to Westwood's Christine Short.

It was a great Friday Night season with only one cancelled race and an average of 49 boats every night! Over 100 helms and 200 crews participated in this season. Neil Wilson from Toronto island was awarded a mug for being the only helmsperson to participate in all 18 races! The whole thing starts all over again on May 7, 1999.

Photo by Anthony Cheung, TISC

Friday Night Race Results - Helms (With at least 5 races)

The printed standings also list each sailor's finishing position in all 18 individual races (M01 through S04); only the series summary columns are transcribed here. Club codes: M = Mooredale, J = St. Jamestown, W = Westwood, T = Toronto Island.

Rank	Helm	Club	Avg	Top 5	Drop
1	Broughton, Tim	M-1	2	4	1
2	Withrow, Bruce	M-2	9	8	2
3	Farrell, Barrie	M-3	8	11	3
4	White, Ann	J-1	6	12	3
5	Gerlich, Paul	W-1	9	14	5
6	Cawthorne, John	J-2	12	15	4
7	Pawlik, Jorg	M-4	9	18	6
8	Morrison, Mike	J-3	10	18	6
9	Johnstone, Todd	M-5	7	20	6
10	Gilchrist, John	M-6	11	20	6
11	Chu, Gord	T-1	11	23	9
12	Neville, Steve	W-2	10	27	7
13	Hanson, Chris	W-3	13	29	10
14	Marin, Liz	W-4	18	34	12
15	Cameron, Marty	M-7	15	34	9
16	Balinski, Marek	J-4	15	34	10
17	Nurse, Peter	J-5	17	34	9
18	Loritz, Frank	J-6	14	36	9
19	Walker, Ron	W-5	19	41	12
20	Rubin, Norm	T-2	19	42	13
21	Savege, Ann	M-8	19	45	15
22	Turnbull, John	J-7	18	51	21
23	Sieradski, Rob	M-9	18	53	14
24	Tokarek, Ray	J-8	24	54	14
25	Koehlmann, Fred	T-3	21	63	15
26	Goode, Steve	W-6	23	64	18
27	Lincoln, Will	M-10	23	65	17
28	Carey, Jill	J-9	25	65	16
29	Shenstone, Derek	M-11	27	65	19
30	Drinkill, Gary	W-7	21	67	18
31	Neumann, Mary	J-10	25	71	20
32	Nash, Bruce	T-4	25	71	19
33	Wiebe, Daryl	J-11	20	72	31
34	Osatchoff, Al	W-8	20	76	26
35	Logue, Bob	M-12	26	83	23
36	Higgins, Malcolm	J-12	9	84	47
37	Revill, Barb	M-13	28	88	24
38	Duff, Janet	M-14	31	89	26
39	Simpson, Evelyn	J-13	27	95	24
40	Ackerman, Uwe	M-15	25	102	29
41	Harrison, Laurie	M-16	27	103	24
42	Koehlmann, Kathy	T-5	28	108	28
43	MacDonald, Jim	W-9	29	114	28
44	Bretherton, Steve	M-17	31	116	31
45	Wilson, Neil	T-6	35	122	29
46	Aukema, Ian	J-14	30	127	31
47	Miolla, Teresa	M-18	33	129	30
48	Smythe, Betty	M-19	34	129	28
49	Monged, Ayman	M-20	32	132	33
50	Arneson, Nona	T-7	32	132	30
51	Clark, Dianne	J-15	27	136	46
52	Favell, Steve	J-16	32	136	30
53	Kisby, Merle	M-21	34	138	42
54	McGuiness, John	J-17	30	149	38
55	Walker, Cress	M-22	30	149	35
56	Johnstone, Jim	M-23	38	151	39
57	Collins, Bill	J-18	35	153	41
58	Shipman, John	T-8	34	157	45
59	Abbaszadeh, Babak	J-19	38	160	39
60	Glen, Howie	W-10	35	161	42
61	Dirisio, Wendy	T-9	38	167	41
62	Richards, Ann	J-20	40	170	37
63	Price, Ken	W-11	38	173	43
64	Bennett, John	T-10	40	180	38
65	Edmonds, Tony	W-12	43	186	43
66	Dirisio, Victor	T-11	43	188	41
67	Globochnik, Alex	M-24	41	194	52
68	Murray, Rob	W-13	39	194	52
69	Abrams, Alan	W-14	41	196	45
70	Stothers, Russ	T-12	40	201	45
71	Stashin, Steve	W-15	41	203	54
72	Pedro, Henry	T-13	41	204	48
73	Forsyth, Nancy	W-16	44	205	48
74	Moenck, Bob	M-25	44	207	45
75	Fielding, Susan	T-14	46	212	46
76	Bayley, Arnold	M-26	44	221	49
77	Pike, Alan	M-27	43	228	54
78	Fedorkow, Elizabeth	T-15	49	232	49

Friday Night Race Results - Crew (with at least 5 races)

Rank	Crew	Club	Avg	Top 5
1	Aradi, Carmen	M-1	19	19
2	Burrows, Carol	M-2	15	23
3	Edmonstone, Mary Ann	T-1	21	32
4	Short, Christine	W-1	21	33
5	Vasoff, Peter	J-1	17	37
6	Coopersmith, Greta	J-2	16	38
7	Haji, Amyn	M-3	23	40
8	Quick, Steve	M-4	24	40
9	Kerekes, Christine	J-3	23	41
10	Sherlock, Diane	J-4	20	41
11	Young, Ed	M-5	14	43
12	Birse, Ken	M-6	21	44
13	Lincoln, Greta	M-7	25	44
14	Carey, Anne-Marie	W-2	17	44
15	Beauchamp, Ed	J-5	24	46
16	Murray, Harold	M-8	26	47
17	Swiatlowski, Sandy	M-9	22	48
18	Curtis, Dawn	J-6	16	48
19	Holly, Bill	M-10	16	49
20	Maxwell, Jane	M-11	19	50
21	Henry, Sue	W-3	17	51
22	Percy, Christina	W-4	19	52
23	Marshall, Karen	M-12	16	53
24	Matthews, Dave	J-7	22	58
25	Steacy, Fran	J-8	18	58
26	O'Reilly, Eugene	J-9	19	58
27	Mehling, Christine	T-2	26	60
28	Laliberte, Colette	M-13	18	63
29	Berger, Robert	J-10	13	64
30	Frith, Gord	J-11	21	64
31	Silverberg, Bob	J-12	26	68
32	MacInnes, Abby	M-14	18	69
33	Miolla, John	M-15	31	71
34	Duncan, Helen	M-16	27	74
35	DeSouza, Mel	M-17	20	75
36	Haggis, Kate	M-18	15	75
37	Mehta, Sanju	W-5	29	75
38	Grummitt, Jackie	J-13	26	76
39	Lear, Marilyn	W-6	28	78
40	Kline, Sandy	J-14	26	79
41	Mullin, Kate	M-19	24	80
42	Jacobs, Tim	J-15	20	82
43	Gilchrist, Heather	M-20	28	83
44	Piotrowski, Stan	J-16	25	86
45	Abrams, Alan	W-7	17	87
46	Sharpe, William	M-21	30	93
47	Pollack, Charles	T-3	31	94
48	Shrigley, Doug	T-4	26	95
49	Dansereau, Suzannne	M-22	20	99
50	Nazar, Pamela	W-8	29	99
51	Globochnik, Alex	M-23	26	110
52	Hoffer, Nora	J-17	28	114
53	Maslowski, Chris	J-18	31	121
54	Bamford, Robert	J-19	24	121
55	Quinton, Carolyn	W-9	29	123
56	Kairo, Anslil	W-10	25	127
57	Norman, Pete	W-11	25	127
58	McIntyre, John	T-5	34	129
59	Pasternak, Andy	W-12	31	130
60	Lucas, Jill	W-13	34	132
61	Gleason, Rory	T-6	37	135
62	Schaefer, Jon	T-7	38	135
63	Lepine, Normand	T-8	27	136
64	Lang, Steve	T-9	33	138
65	Byblow, Melody	J-20	22	139
66	Burrows, Clem	T-10	33	146
67	Lougheed, Dave	T-11	35	148
68	Frame, Laurie	T-12	32	149
69	Sommer, Albert	T-13	35	151
70	MacDermid, Graeme	J-21	31	153
71	Tait, John	T-14	31	155
72	Penhallow, Maggie	T-15	35	160
73	Goodyear, Christina	J-22	34	169
74	Mehta, Sherry	W-14	30	173
75	Wilson, Susan	M-24	35	175
76	Seguin, Andre	T-16	39	184

Harbourmaster Series

Toronto, Ontario

Column headings give the race date and (in brackets) the number of boats in that race.

Helms

	Helm	Score	06/14 (34)	06/14 (27)	06/22 (27)	06/22 (27)	07/06 (18)	07/06 (20)	08/09 (30)	08/09 (30)	08/23 (24)	08/23 (25)	09/06 (20)	09/06 (19)	09/20 (22)	09/20 (20)	Club	Races
1	Chu, Gord	21.5	4	3	0.75	3	4	0.75	16	16	18	4	3	6	3	5	TISC	14
2	Nurse, Peter	24.5	8	29	16	2	0.75	2			5	2	12	15	0.75	4	J-town	12
3	Rubin, Norm	40			25	11	8	6	8	5	2	3	4	4			TISC	10
4	Morrison, Mike	53			3	8	2		19	9	7	8	8	8	13	11	J-town	11
5	Roth, George	54	18	11	5	20	5	4	2	12	11	11	9	7	16	16	OHCC	14
6	Cameron, Marty	57	6	8	6	7	13	12	3	8	9	10	15	12	11	13	MSC	14
7	Cawthorne, John	61.5	10	2	23	17					3	5	0.75	0.75			J-town	8
8	Tokarek, Ray	81	17	19	4	4	10	22	6	3	19	18					J-town	10
9	Sieradzki, Robert	91							11	22	4	15	6	5	14	14	MSC	8
10	Carey, Jill	127	23	9	8	19			21	18	14	19	19				J-town	9
11	Wilson, Neil	163			26	26			26	24		22	17	14	17	17	TISC	9
12	Fielding, Susan	195	30	24					27	29	24	24	20	17			TISC	8

Crew

	Crew	Score	06/14 (34)	06/14 (27)	07/12 (27)	07/12 (27)	07/19 (18)	07/19 (20)	08/09 (30)	08/09 (30)	08/23 (24)	08/23 (24)	08/24 (21)	08/24 (18)	09/14 (22)	09/14 (20)	Club	Races
1	Short, Christine	32.5							4	0.75	12	0.75	5	3	4	3	WSC	8
2	Mehling, Christine	52.75	4	3			4	0.75	16	16			3	6			TISC	8
2	Grummit, Jackie	61.5	10	2	23	17					3	5	0.75	0.75			J-town	8
3	Pollack, Charles	91			14	13	9	11	8	5			17	14			TISC	8
4	Sherlock, Diane	127	23	9	8	19			21	18	14	19	19				J-town	9
5	Carey, Anne-Marie	130			24	23	12	3	24	14	17	13					WSC	8
6	Fielding, Lynda	195	30	24					27	29	24	24	20	17			TISC	8

Ian Aukema awards first place in the 1998 Harbourmaster Series to Gord Chu, 7954 from Toronto Island Sailing Club (Left) and the participation trophy to George Roth, 7400 from the Outer Harbour Centreboard Club (Right). Photos by Rosemary Helmer, RCYC

1998 TISC Regatta

August 24, Toronto Island Sailing Club, Toronto Island, Ontario

A typical day sailing in Toronto's Inner Harbour. Does a ferry count as an obstruction? Photo by Anthony Cheung, TISC

Rank	Sail #	Club	Helm	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
1	8017	STJ	Mike Morrison	Fran Steacy	1	1	7	8.5
2	6700	OHCC	Gary Bain	Pat Maltby	4	2	3	9
3	7563	MSC	Tim Broughton	Karen Marshall	2	5	6	13
4	7933	TISC	Bruce Nash	Mary Ann Edmonstone	3	4	8	15
5	7630	OHCC	Ken Clarke	Urve Tamberg	8	6	2	16
6	7403	OHCC	Ross King	John Gilchrist	7	13	1	20.75
7	7954	TISC	Gord Chu	Christine Mehling	5	9	9	23
8	8018	STJ	Peter Nurse	Sandy Kline	9	7	10	26
9	8009	TISC	Fred Koehlmann	Doug Shirgley	11	8	11	30
10	6751	MSC	Robert Sieradski	Carmen Aradi	17	11	4	32
11	7963	STJ	Ian Aukema	Mary Romaniuk	13	3	17	33
12	8016	STJ	Diane Clark	Bill Collins	22	14	5	41
13	6760	MSC	Marty Cameron	Mel DeSouza	6	18	21	45
14	7472	MSC	Ann Savege	Heather Gilchrist	12	16	23	51
15	8012	TISC	Norm Rubin	Nona Arneson	20	15	18	53
16	7545	MSC	Derek Shenstone	Ed Young	18	17	19	54
17	7981	TISC	Kathy Koehlmann	Charles Pollack	19	20	20	59
18	7972	STJ	Jill Carey	Dianne Sherlock	16	21	25	62
19	8013	TISC	Neil Wilson	Katherine Brasch	14	19	31	64
20	7400	OHCC	George Roth	Cynthia Rutherford	21	23	22	66
21	7562	MSC	Cress Walker	Suzanne Wilson	24	31	13	68
22	8022	WSC	Steve Goode	Christine Short	45	10	14	69
23	7479	MSC	Todd Johnstone	Laurie Harrison	10	45	15	70
24	7973	WSC	Nancy Forsyth	Pete Norman	31	27	12	70
25	7474	MSC	Ayman Monged	Mike Wechelberger	25	24	26	75
26	7544	MSC	Janet Duff	Abby MacInnes	34	25	16	75
27	7249	MSC	Steve Bretherton	Merle Kisby	15	28	33	76
28	7944	OHCC	Heather Macnaughton	Marg Vaillancourt	26	29	24	79
29	7471	MSC	Bob Logue	Suzanne Dansereau	28	22	29	79
30	7943	TISC	Wendy Dirisio	Victor Dirisio	27	30	32	89
31	7966	STJ	Babak Abbaszadeh	Janine Ramlochan	29	26	34	89
32	7473	MSC	Barb Revill	Ken Birse	30	32	27	89
33	7527	MSC	Cathy Thomas	Carol Burrows	39	12	40	91
34	7960	TISC	Sue Mason	Kathrn Hunt	33	36	28	97
35	8015	WSC	Jim MacDonald	Anne-Marie Carey	36	33	30	99
36	7961	STJ	Evelyn Simpson	Bob Silverberg	23	45	37	105
37	7953	TISC	John Bennett	Peter Dowse	35	35	45	115
38	7468	MSC	Arnold Bayley	Nicholas Bayley	40	34	42	116
39	7635	TISC	Susan Fielding	Sue Meanwell	42	37	38	117
40	7470	TISC	John Tait	Rory Gleason	32	45	41	118
41	7634	TISC	Mike McCann	Steve Lang	37	45	36	118
42	8019	STJ	Peter Vasoff	Kirk McGregor	41	38	39	118
43	2702	TISC	Fred Stanley	Al Stanley	43	45	35	123
44	7889	TISC	Elizabeth Fedorkow	Jon Schaefer	38	45	43	126

1998 KSC Regatta

September 5-6, Kanata Sailing Club, Ottawa, Ontario

By Tin Htoo, Kanata Sailing Club, Ottawa, ON

In the last a few years, sailors from Ottawa and beyond converge on Kanata Sailing Club in the early part of September for a two day open regatta. I think people come here for the informal atmosphere, cottage like setting and the hospitality. There are Albacore, Laser and Fireball fleets. This year, the Albacore Area 10 Championship trophy was also moved to this regatta. There were 14 Albacores with many sailors from NSC (Nepean Sailing Club) and Sail RA. Windwise, we had a mixed bag of everything. Good breeze on Saturday and light and shifty on Sunday. All the fleets managed a total of 8 races.

There are a few things I remember specifically about this regatta. The NSC crowd did not seem to agree among themselves on who should beat our team. So, they kept taking turns beating us and we ended up with five 2nd place finishes in a row. After a while we did not know who to cover anymore. There was another thing. Gord Fleming who probably is the best Albacore sailor in Ottawa was having a frustrating weekend. He spent most of his time showing the rest of the fleet where the holes were. Quite often he was way ahead of the fleet and then inevitably would find a hole to park his boat. I thought it was quite funny. He apparently didn't think so.

Don and Shannon Morrison did exceptionally well. Even though they had sailed only a few times this season, the father and daughter team gave everybody a good run for their money. We all had lots of fun in this regatta and I hope some Toronto Albacore sailors will make it next year.

Pos	Sail #	Helm	Crew	Club
1	7270	Tin Htoo	Paul Wehr	KSC
2	4477	Don Morrison	Shannon Morrison	NSC
3	5858 (Red)	Ed Nicholas	Tim Kreuk	NSC
4	7601	Gord Fleming	Ray Bedard	NSC
5	7060	Simon Igici	Helene Page	NSC
6	7437	Anne-Marie Sahagian	Adrien Joynette	NSC
7	7886	John Langley	Spencer Langley	KSC
8	5858 (Black)	Sue Forgues	Cecelia Jenkins	NSC
9	7978	Brian Miller	Pat Miller	KSC
10	7444	Caroline St-Onge	Luc Desjardins	SRA
11	7571	Harry Adderley	Jim Birtch	KSC
12	7948	Jim Evenson	Steph Chasse	KSC
13	7485	Mark Barker	Bill Reynen	KSC
14	6029	Branislav Djokic	Ivan Djordjevic	KSC

Nepean One Design Regatta 1998

June 21, 1998, Nepean Sailing Club, Nepean, Ontario

Position	Sail #	Helm	Club	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Final
1	7601	G. Fleming	NSC	6	1	1	7.5
2	7270	T. Htoo	KSC	1	2	8	10.75
3	7945	D. Marsh	MBC	2	5	6	13
4	7733	M. Hobbs	NSC	5	6	3	14
5	5923	D. Wettlaufer	NoLSC	4	7	4	15
6	7060	S. Igici	NSC	11	4	2	17
7	7225	D. Poitras	NSC	3	8	7	18
8	5858	E. Nicholas	NSC	11	3	5	19
9	7034	M. Audet	Sail RA	11	11	11	33
9	7221	F. Vermaeten	NSA	11	11	11	33

PABAR

August 15, 1998, Pointe au Baril Sailing Club, Pointe au Baril, Ontario

PABAR: Another World of Albacore Sailing

By Laurie Harrison

Anyone who has ever been to the Pointe au Baril regatta, will end up asking themselves - "Should I tell everyone what a great weekend this has been, or should I keep it a secret?" The event is unique in the Muskoka setting, the hospitality of hosting sailors, the general attitude towards the meaning of the word "regatta," and much more.

Is it worth the pilgrimage, for a single day of racing with a mixed fleet of about twenty boats? In my case, I had no idea what the journey would entail when Heather Macnaughton and I set out on Friday morning. After meeting the CAA tow truck driver, the boys at Barrie Canadian Tire, the agents at the van (with a hitch) rental shop we finally arrived at the wharf in Pointe au Baril. Heather was fearless throughout, but in the end turned her crew, yours truly, over to Dennis Wettlaufer for the weekend. As usual, he was looking for crew.

Forgetting the difficulties of the day, I was ferried by my host, Jeff Wilkins, to his family's eighty year-old summer home on one of the furthest islands in the sound, to begin a weekend of R & R, with a day of racing thrown in for good measure. Actually, it was pretty difficult to separate the R & R from the regatta. On Saturday, after an 11:00ish start and a single race, the entire fleet went ashore for a picnic on the rocks. Out came the picnic hampers full of sandwich makings, salads, and "beverages." Next came the swim suits - time for a quick dip before returning to the task at hand. We came here to sail, right?

The winds continued to build through the afternoon, and those with lighter helm and crew combinations struggled noticeably in the Georgian Bay gusts. There was one 8 year-old, who performed admirably through all three races! I had the benefit of having Dennis on board, and we managed to stay upright for the duration. Not so fortunate was "Team Dogbreath," who capsized early in the day when Steve Bretherton got the tiller extension stuck in his shorts. The boat was alright, but we are not sure about Steve.

In the end, the coincidental meeting of Dennis and I in this remote location proved fruitful, and we were able to proudly bring home the hardware. Rosemary Helmer and Bruce Nash chased us around the course persistently, finishing a close second, and the much-coveted "Horse's Ass" trophy went to Team Dogbreath for their efforts.

Was it worth it? No question.

The Gooderham Series

The Gooderham series was created to promote Albacore sailors to travel to different events across the country. Every year the Canadian Albacore Association designates 5 events that are to be included. The sailor who does the best (with a minimum qualification of 3 events) is the winner of the series.

1998 Gooderham Series events were:

Event	Host	Location	Date
Albacore Mid-winters	Sarasota SS	Sarasota, FA	March 23-27th
Tarts & Balls	TS &CC	Toronto, ON	June 6-7th
OHCC Open	OHCC	Toronto, ON	July 11th
PABAR	PABSC	Georgian Bay, ON	August 15
Fanfare '97 (Areas 10)	KSC	Kanata, ON	September 5-6th

This year the Gooderham trophy will be awarded to Dennis Wetlauffer. 2nd place will go to Rosemary Helmer.