Bow Lake Sailing - Newsletters 2007

Bow Lake Sailing News Letters 2007
by Bob Shapiro

Sunday 09 September 2007

Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule

Tentative Dock Day is Saturday November 3. Please let me know if you plan to participate.

Ed Hinds Regatta

What a successful regatta! Thank you to all who participated, helped, watched and celebrated with us.

Photos from Pam Daigneault, Michele Kincaid, Wayne Donle, Jeannine McKay and Ali Deyett: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157602148533868/

Anybody else that took photos please send photos or links to me and I will publish to the group.

Results on the International Lightning Class Association web site: http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Results on the International Lightning Class Association New England District web site: http://www.lightningclass.org/ne/

History of Results for This Regatta: http://www.lightningclass.org/ne/Results/RegattaHistory/Bow.htm

Saturday September 22 was a gorgeous day – heavy fog in the early morning burned off quickly and we had a day of bright sunshine, blue skies, and some wind. OK it may be true that the previous 4 Saturdays had winds of 15-20 mph and the following Saturday also had winds of 15-20 mph, but we’ll happily take the 0-8 mph winds that we got for the regatta.

Nine Lightnings participated in the regatta. All of the racing Lightnings on Bow Lake participated, together with 5 visiting boats. Sterling Bush desperately rushed to the New Jersey waterfront the day before to get their boat where it had been held hostage in Customs for a few weeks after its return from the World Championships in Greece. Jamie Boynton flew in the night before from Japan via Hong Kong. Imagine how much fun it is to fly 24 hours with a bad cold! Tony and Julie Pascone live on the ocean so far up in Maine that they can see Canada. Tony towed the boat down a week ahead of time and then flew off to Chicago for the week, getting up at 3:00 AM Friday to fly back for the regatta. Julie drove down from Maine on Friday, extending the 5 hour drive into 8 hours when she got horribly, horribly lost in Portland, Maine. Guillaume Joffrees drove down from boarding school in northern New Hampshire to sail with Ned. Aaron Hertzer convinced his father Dan to drive the boat here from Rhode Island, so that 8 year old Aaron could skipper in the regatta.

After the fog burned off there was a period of no wind, but it wasn’t a period of no excitement. Mike Baker plunged into the water and swam his way around the fleet, stopping every now and then to terrorize boats. Pat McQueen opened fire with a boat hook that doubled as a water gun – but Bob Shapiro quickly returned fire with his super soaker. And meanwhile Dennis Unger blazed through the fleet trying to find someone who wanted him to move a racing mark – even though there wasn’t yet any wind with which to judge where to move it to.

The first race was finally started in very light air – you might say extremely light air. Pat McQueen with light air crew JJ Bell (light air as he decided not to take on a third crew) drifted off the starting line in first and built a huge lead. Alas, drifting conditions often punish early leaders and soon Ken Deyett and Bob Bush were in the lead and trying to avoid drifting into each other. Jeannine McKay and Ali Deyett on Ken’s boat and Sterling Bush and Paul Henkel on Bob’s boat were jumping all over the place helping their skippers avoid contact. (Meanwhile I was hoping they would hit as it would have taken 2-3 hours to complete penalty turns in that wind!) Eventually the fleet drifted around the first mark and halfway to the second mark a breeze line came up.

Rounding the second mark and heading back to the finish the wind died again, with Ken holding off Ned for the lead, Bob Shapiro close behind and the rest of the pack way back. But Bob Bush pulled out of the pack by raising his spinnaker and was charging fast. Ken raised his chute to grab the win by a boat length over Bob Shapiro who opted to skip the spinnaker. Ned, with long time crew Jeff Baker, and Guillaume, held onto third place while Bob Bush was close behind in fourth. Aaron Hertzer with father Dan and Pat Mahan ended up fifth, while Tony and Julie Pascone (green boat) came from WAY BACK on the first leg to end up in sixth. Pat McQueen’s early lead dropped him into seventh, while Bob Murphy, Dave Sandman and Norbert Church grabbed eighth. Jet lag was in evidence on What Now? manned by John and Jamie Boynton, and Uncle Steve "Pinball Wizard" Smith.

There was a second race, but I don’t remember much about it. I know there was more wind, I know there was a huge jam at the starting line (and I think we had a general recall), I know I got a lousy start, I know Ken Deyett won pretty easily and Bob Bush was second. I remember a little less of the third race, but I do recall Mike Baker and Josh Gershuny on board Miss Behavin’ saying it was time to win a race, so we did. And I recall feeling very nervous on the beat to the finish with Bob Bush lurking close behind. After three races it was very close. Ken Deyett led with 6 points, Bob Shapiro was next with 7 points and Bob Bush had 8 points. Ned was close behind with 11 points. It was anybody’s regatta to win. Bob Shapiro led by a nose over Tony and Julie at the windward mark, and with Ken pretty far back it was Bob’s regatta to lose. (So he did.) Tony and Julie grabbed the lead and held it to (but not over) the finish line. Unfortunately, they had hit the leeward mark and by the time they finished their penalty circle Ned passed them and eeked out the race win.

Tony and Julie took second in the race to move up to fifth place overall. Ken Deyett came up to grab third and that, combined with Miss Behavin’ slipping down to fifth was enough to give the Deyett team the regatta win. Ned’s race win put him in a three way tie for second place in the regatta. Bob Bush lost the first tiebreaker as both Bob Shapiro and Ned Hinds had a race win and Bob Bush didn’t. Ned Hinds lost the second tiebreaker (Bob Shapiro’s next best finish was second and Ned’s next best was third) and took third overall, leaving the Miss Behavin’ crew in second place overall.

What Now? and Three Men in a Tub had a lot of close racing, including at least one collision and several near collisions. Each team beat the other twice, but John, Jamie and Steve grabbed a sixth place in race three to beat out Norb, Dave and Bob for eighth place overall.

MANY people made this regatta a success! Pam and Werner were aided on Race Committee by Wayne Donle and Marion Hinds. Pam had recently torn her ACL, MCL and all the other CL’s she has, so she was on crutches and in a knee brace. We had several crash boats out to help, with Walter Unger, Dennis Unger, Roger Williams, Deb Ames and Jim Murphy on board to tow boats, move marks and stand by to help in case we got a huge gust of wind or a thunderstorm.

After the racing it was on to the Grange for refreshments and the Bow Lake World Famous Taco Bar dinner, which was enjoyed by about 70 people. Many people cooked or helped out with food, service, preparation and cleanup. John Boynton grabbed coffee, munchkins, apples and juice for breakfast, and John and Mike Baker packed up Mike’s car and provided mobile eats while everyone got their boats ready. Bob and Sandy Boynton made a great garden salad and an amazing couscous salad, Amy Byron made her now famous tub-of-chocolate-and-booze, Jeff Baker made cookies, Caroline King made pies, Margo made guacamole and all the taco stuff. And in the kitchen, Derek Hilton performed Community Service by slaving away all day on preparation and cleanup, along with Margo, Linda, Erin and Kyle Gershuny, Karen Hinds and many others who I have missed. Ned Hinds did his usual masterful and thankless job of mopping the floor and taking all the trash. Meanwhile Bob Murphy, Dave Sandman and Norb Church provided all of the beer, water and soda, Gerold and Laura Thorne allowed boats to park across from the Grange, Dennis Unger provided tableware, and Deb Ames and Jim Murphy made 4 pounds of delicious jumbo shrimp. I apologize to those who I may have missed. Thank You to All!

And a special thank you to the Bow Lake Community Club. They surprised us with a free rental of The Grange (and we surprised them back with a $50 donation)! Please support the BLCC and the BLCOA as together they made this possible.

After dinner it was time for trophies. This year the theme was memories, and the majority of the trophies were framed photographs. Pam Daigneault took most of the photos, while Werner took the one of Pam and Margo took "Sunset on Bow Lake".

Framed 8 x 10 photos of their boats were presented to the winners of the Bob Evans Regatta, as follows:

Dennis Unger - Open Class Keel Boats First Place

Greg King – Open Class Centerboard First Place

Wayne/Rob Donle – Open Class Centerboard Second Place

Jim Murphy/Deb Ames – Open Class Catamaran First

Mark Iber/Peter Hellfach – Open Class Catamaran Second

Ned Hinds – Lightning Class First Place

Bob Shapiro – Lightning Class Second Place

Dave Sandman/Norb Church/Bob Murphy – Lightning Class Third Place

John Boynton - Lightning Class Fourth Place

Please note that Michele Kincaid took Greg King’s trophy and didn’t want to let it go; Greg make sure you get it back from her. Special framed photos were presented to Pam and Werner Daigneault as a thank you for all of their Race Committee work, and to the Gershuny family for their huge positive impact on Bow Lake sailing.

The Martha Comstock trophy was presented to Dave Sandman, Norb Church and Bob Murphy of Three Men in a Tub. They show up all the time, are climbing slowly in the standings, won a race this year, jumped overboard to help Mike Aversa when he capsized, have gimbolled beer holders and really know how to have fun while sailing! They are the spirit of sailing on Bow Lake, for which this award is given. We hear that by the next morning they had already scheduled which person gets to have the trophy in their home for each of the twelve months they will hold it.

Next came trophies for the Ed Hinds Memorial Regatta. Although the regatta has been held for about 30 years, history had only recorded 16 of the past winners. Ned Hinds and Bill Fastiggi had each won twice, and prior to this year, Bob Shapiro and Ken Deyett had each won three times. Ken smashed the tie by winning this year for the fourth time – Congratulations Ken! Ned Hinds, Jeff Baker and Guillaume Joffrees each received a framed photo "Sunset on Bow Lake" for third place, as did Bob Shapiro, Mike Baker and Josh Gershuny for second place. Ken Deyett, Ali Deyett and Jeannine McKay also received photos as their permanent trophies. And then it was time to unveil the Ed Hinds Memorial Regatta Perpetual Trophy for the first time! The trophy, which consists of a wooden base and a silver (ok silverplated) champagne bucket lists all of the known previous winners of the regatta. Ed’s wife Marion, and son Ned were on hand to help present the trophy to Ken Deyett and his team. Ed Hinds was one of the primary driving forces of sailboat racing on Bow Lake for many years. He will not be forgotten.

Colorful Bow Lake Sailing Frisbees were then handed out to all in attendance. If you didn’t get one (or if yours is stuck in a tree or on a roof) stop by and I’ll give you one. These will be given out every few years as the minimum order quantity was pretty large!

A personal note: Thank you to everyone who took care of Marisol at various times during the day. Thank you to Margo for supporting my sailing habit. Margo has been aggressive in doing things to make sure that I am able to continue racing, even as we have the little one running around (ok crawling!). Thank you to Marisol for being an easy baby and letting me sail.

Save the date – Saturday, September 20, 2008 for next year’s Ed Hinds Regatta!

Sailing

Catamarans and Sunfish have been seen flying around the lake in heavy breezes – most recently Sunday. Mark and Peter got an 18 foot Hobie Cat to supplement their pair of 16 footers, so if anyone wants a 16 foot Hobie Cat they have one that is reasonably priced. Dennis will be bringing a newer Star to the lake next summer and his current one (Gale) is available. Anyone looking to purchase a Lightning please let me know and I will help you find one!

Finances

Please send me your expenses for the Bob Evans and Ed Hinds Regattas. If you would like to donate what you spent let me know, but I’d like to understand our total costs regardless. Many people donated cash, and others donated food and their time. Several very significant contributions were received – Thank You! Thank you, thank you and thank you! The remaining t-shirts (donated by Jamie) were all sold during the regatta. I’ll publish the final financial statement after I have received lists of expenses from everyone, but here is what we have so far:

Beginning Balance:

$ 237.29

Expenses Received to Date:

$ 719.84 trophies

$ 282.58 breakfast and dinner at the Grange

$ 50.00 fleet dues

$ 50.00 donation to BLCC for the Grange rental

Revenue:

$ 340.00 registration for Ed Hinds regatta

$ 10.00 extra dinner

$ 85.00 t-shirt sales

$1190.00 cash donations/sponsorships

Current Balance:

$ 759.87 (will go down as additional expenses are reimbursed, but we are in good shape and will end with some money in the bank!)

If you would like to make a donation, please make checks out to Bow Lake Sailing and send them to Bob Shapiro, 8 Webber Street, Wilmington, MA 01887.

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

July 22 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290

August 5 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601256951682/

August 12 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601421720115

September 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601876587926/

Ed Hinds Memorial One Day Lightning Flash Regatta Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157602148533868/

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you in the water November 3!

Sunday 09 September 2007

Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

Ed Hinds Regatta

The Ed Hinds Memorial Bow Lake Lightning Flash One Day Regatta is Saturday September 22, 2007. The racing is for Lightnings only, but we encourage our Open Class sailors to participate by crewing, helping on and off the water, and coming to the big dinner at the Grange after the racing. Everyone is invited to refreshments and dinner at the Grange after sailing. After dinner, we'll hand out awards for the Bob Evans Regatta as well as for the Ed Hinds Regatta.

Let's get all the Bow Lake Lightnings out for the regatta. You can sail with any number of people – you don't have to have exactly three on the boat. If you need crew, or if you want to crew, email the list or contact me. We almost always have visitors looking for crew at the last minute. Last year two visitors sailed with only two people each. Jim Murphy is available to crew if you are looking for crew.

Registration starts at 9:00 AM at the Grange and racing starts at Noon. Here is the list of assignments.

Grange Rental - BobS

Grange Morning Set Up - BobS

Announcement/Registration - BobS
Set and Retrieve Marks – NedH
Race Committee – Werner/Wayne
Crash Boat 1 and Tow Boats from the Ramp: Walter Unger and Jim Murphy/Deb Ames

Crash Boat 2 and Tow Boats from the Ramp: Roger Williams (if his boat is still in the water) and ???

Crash Boat 3 and Tow Boats from the Ramp: Dennis Unger (and Phyllis Unger if the weather is nice!)
Permission to park cars/trailers across from the Grange – NedH
Grange and Food Preparation and Set Up During Racing – Margo Krukonis and Derek Hilton and Linda Gershuny(?) and Caroline/Emma King(?)
Main Course
Taco shells, Burrito shells, Cheese, Onions, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Taco Sauce – Bob/Margo
Hamburger and chicken for Taco Bar – Bob/Margo
Salad and Salad Dressing – Bob/Sandy Boynton
Appetizers – Jim Murphy/Deb Ames (Shrimp and cocktail sauce)
Guacamole and Chips – MargoK
Desserts – Amy Byron, Jeff Baker
Beer, Ice, Soft Drinks, Bottled Water - NorbC/DaveS/BobM
Donuts, coffee for the morning at the Grange - Bob/Sandy Boynton
Helping people get their boats in and out at the ramp - EVERYBODY!
Paper plates and Napkins - NedH
Plastic glasses and utensils – Dennis Unger

Trophies – BobS
Dishwashing and Cleanup – Deb Ames/Jim Murphy, Derek Hilton (And EVERYBODY!!!)

Welcome (and Welcome Back) Sailors

One of the visiting Korean Tae Kwon Do Masters, Master Jeoung sailed on Three Men in a Tub. A double major in college back in Korea, one of Master Jeong's majors is in Aquatic Watersports, and he showed great agility and had a lot of fun in the boat.

Peter (Master Katherine Chang's son) sailed on board Y-Knot and had a blast. Imagine what it must be like to have not only your parents be Tae Kwon Do Masters, but to have 4 visiting Masters staying at your house as well. He does not want to get into trouble with 6 people in his house who can kill him with their eyebrows!

In between his summer in China, and heading off to college the next day, Greg Shapiro made his first (and only) visit to Bow Lake and came out on the windsurfer to race. It took Greg an hour to get to the starting line and he was exhausted by the time he got there a few minutes late for the second race. After racing the second race, Greg hung out at the Committee Boat, teaching Master Lee and Master Park how to windsurf.

We haven't seen Steve Smith at the lake all summer, but Steve was out on What Now? with John and Jamie for the last Bob Evans race day of the season. It was great to see Uncle Steve on the boat and great fun chatting with him after the races.

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #9

September 1 Photos from Pam and Werner and Joan Joffrees: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601876587926/

A beautiful day greeted us with good winds, flat water and sunny skies. There was lots of close racing – ok maybe a collision between What Now? and Three Men made it more than close! Guillaume Joffrees on the helm of Naut!, won the first race, even though he had Ned and Karen crewing for him, while Kyle and Ryan Gershuny won the last two races, even though they had Bob Shapiro skippering for them. Dave Sandmann and Bob Murphy, sailing with Master Jeoung on Three Men battled tough all the way but couldn't hold it to the finish against John, Jamie and Uncle Steve in What Now?

Mark and Peter in Catamaran 734 (Wind Dancer) and Jim and Deb in Catamaran 56538 showed us all how fast they could be downwind, as they raced by us as though we were standing still. What a thrill to hear the humming of the catamarans coming closer and closer and then fading away as they blew by us. And Greg showed us all how fast a windsurfer can go on some of his reaches!

We finally managed to get in an "Around-the-Lake" race and it was superb! Strategy really comes into play, as boats can decide which side of islands to go, and whether to hug the island shore for a straighter line but less wind or to give islands a wide berth for better wind but a longer course. One catamaran went to each side of Beech Island, while Guillaume got stuck in a tide rip (or maybe it was a whirlpool) behind Beech Island.

In the Open Class Gale excelled in the somewhat lighter air of the second race but Dennis Unger and Stephen Van Beaver weren't enough ballast to sail fast in the heavier air first and third races. Greg King solved the ballast problem by having himself, Michele O'Neil Kincaid and Peter (son of Master Chang) on board. Greg had his best day ever, with two firsts and a second place. Jim and Deb managed to outpace Mark and Peter in the catamarans, but the racing was very tight, especially in the Around-the-Lake race. They were within a few boat lengths of each other all the way to the Water Street mark, but Deb and Jim pulled away on the last leg.

Rob Donle calculated finishes based upon Portsmouth Handicap Numbers, and decided that he and Wayne crushed the rest of the fleet in the Around-the-Lake race. Rob may volunteer to handicap the Open Class next year!

September 1, 2007 Results

Open Class
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Y-Knot	Greg King	Michele O'Neil Kincaid, Peter	1
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	3
	Catamaran 734 – Wind Dancer	Mark Iber	Peter Hellfach	4
	Day Sailor - Pinniped	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	5
2	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	1
	Y-Knot	Greg King	Michele O'Neil Kincaid, Peter	2
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	3
	Catamaran 734 – Wind Dancer	Mark Iber	Peter Hellfach	4
	Day Sailor - Pinniped	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	5
	Windsurfer	Greg Shapiro		6
3 Around the Lake	Y-Knot	Greg King	Michele O'Neil Kincaid, Peter	1
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	3
	Catamaran 734 – Wind Dancer	Mark Iber	Peter Hellfach	4
	Day Sailor - Pinniped	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	5

Lightnings
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Naut!	Guillaume Joffrees	Karen Hinds, Ned Hinds	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	2
	What Now!	John Boynton	Jamie Boynton, Steve Smith	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Master Jeoung	4 (OCS)
2	Miss Behavin'	Guillaume Joffrees	Karen Hinds, Ned Hinds	1
	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Amy Byron	2
	What Now!	John Boynton	Jamie Boynton, Steve Smith	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Bob Murphy	Dave Sandmann, Master Jeoung	4
3 Around the Lake	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	1
	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Amy Byron	2
	What Now!	John Boynton	Jamie Boynton, Steve Smith	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Master Jeoung	4

Race Committee: Pam Daigneault, Werner Daigneault, Marion Hinds, Master Park, Master Choi, Master Lee

Crash Boat: Roger Williams, Joan Joffrees

2007 Results

A total of 16 different sailboats, 54 sailors and 22 Race Committee/Crash Boat workers participated in the 2007 Bob Evans Regatta! Nine different boats (and 11 different skippers) won races this year in an indication of the how fast some of the newer sailors are improving. That's fantastic – and next year let's have more boats and people, and more different winners! Here are the results after 18 races on 9 race days.

Lightnings
Race	Ned Hinds/ Guillaume Joffrees	Bob Shapiro/ Josh Gershuny	Dave Sandmann/ Norbert Church/ Bob Murphy/ David Darrah	John Boynton/ Bob Boynton/ Amy Byron	Mike Aversa/ Amy Byron
July 1 #1	2	3	4	5	1
July 1 #2	2	3	1	4	6
July 8 #1	1	2	4	3	6
July 22 #1	1	3	2	4	6
July 22 #2	2	1	4	3	6
July 22 #3	1	2	4	3	6
July 29 #1	1	2	3	6	6
July 29 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 5 #1	1	2	3	6	6
August 5 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 12 #1	2	1	6	6	6
August 12 #2	1	2	6	6	6
August 19 #1	2	1	3	6	6
August 19 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 19 #3	1	2	3	6	6
September 1 #1	1	2	5 OCS	3	6
September 1 #2	2	1	4	3	6
September 1 #3	2	1	4	3	6
Points Best 10	10	15	28	37	55

Open Class

Catamaran

Keel

Centerboard

Race

Jim Murphy
Catamaran 56838

Mark Iber
/Peter Hellfach Catamaran Wind Dancer

Kerry McCoole
Catamaran
Toothless Dog

Jeff Cain
Catamaran

Dennis Unger
Star Gale

Greg King
Hunter
Y-Knot

Wayne Donle Day Sailor Pinniped

Mike Curtin Sunfish

Kyle Gershuny Force 5

Jesse Schrauf-
nagel Sunfish

Bob Duggan Sunfish

Greg Shapiro Windsurfer

Tylee Schrauf-
nagel Sunfish

July 1 #1

DNS

DNF

DNS

July 1 #2

DNS

DNF

DNS

July 8 #1

DNS

July 22 #1

DNS

July 22 #2

DNS

July 22 #3

DNF

DNS

July 29 #1

DNS

July 29 #2

DNF

DNS

DNF

DNS

DNF

Aug 5 #1

DNS

Aug 5 #2

DNS

Aug 12 #1

DNS

Aug 12 #2

DNS

Aug 19 #1

DNS

Aug 19 #2

DNS

DNF

DNS

Aug 19 #3

DNS

DNF

DNS

Sept 1 #1

DNS

Sept 1 #2

DNS

Sept 1 #3

DNS

Best 10

2007 Bow Lake Remaining Sailing Schedule

The Ed Hinds One Day Lightning Flash Regatta is on Saturday September 22. Lightning sailors can also head to Burlington, VT in October.

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
September 22	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

Finances

Suggested donation is $20 for Open Class sailors and $40 for Lightnings, but we would be happy to accept more (or less). So far this season we have received $555 in donations, plus the superb Bow Lake Yacht Club t-shirts donated by Jamie – thank you to all of you! We need about another $500 this year. Your donations (plus about $500 in entry fees that will be collected for the Ed Hinds Memorial Lightning Regatta) fund trophies and boat gas for the Bob Evans Regatta as well as fleet membership dues. They also fund trophies, Grange rental and dinner for the Ed Hinds Regatta.

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

July 22 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290

August 5 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601256951682/

August 12 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601421720115

September 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601876587926/

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water and at The Grange!

August 23 Bow Lake Sailing Update below

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Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

Saturday September 1 is the next and last Bow Lake Bob Evans Regatta race day. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake. It's Saturday – not Sunday. Let's get the biggest turnout of the year! We'll run an Around-the-Island race if the weather cooperates. There are no races August 25-26.

Ed Hinds Regatta

The Ed Hinds Memorial Bow Lake Lightning Flash One Day Regatta is Saturday September 22, 2007. Please mark your calendars and plan to participate. The racing is for Lightnings only, but we encourage our Open Class sailors to participate by crewing, helping on and off the water, and coming to the big dinner at the Grange after the racing. Everyone is invited to refreshments and dinner at the Grange after sailing. After dinner, we'll hand out awards for the Bob Evans Regatta as well as for the Ed Hinds Regatta. We need lots of help to pull off a great regatta and make our guests feel welcome. We always do a great job as we often hear people say that the Bow Lake Regatta is the best regatta of the year. Here are the things for which we need volunteers. Names in bold indicate people who have signed up. Please contact me to sign up (or confirm my assumptions) - or you will be drafted!

Grange Rental - BobS

Grange Morning Set Up - BobS

Announcement/Registration - BobS
Set and Retrieve Marks – NedH
Race Committee - Pam/Werner
Crash Boat 1 and Tow Boats from the Ramp: Walter Unger and Jim Murphy/Deb Ames

Crash Boat 2: Roger Williams (if his boat is still in the water) and ???
Permission to park cars/trailers across from the Grange – NedH
Grange and Food Preparation and Set Up During Racing – Margo Krukonis and Derrick Hinds????
Main Course
Taco shells, Burrito shells, Cheese, Onions, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Taco Sauce – Bob/Margo
Hamburger and chicken for Taco Bar – Bob/Margo
Salad and Salad Dressing – Bob/Sandy Boynton???
Appetizers – Jim Murphy/Deb Ames (Shrimp and cocktail sauce)
Guacamole and Chips – MargoK
Desserts – Amy Byron
Beer, Ice, Soft Drinks, Bottled Water - NorbC/DaveS/BobM???
Donuts, coffee for the morning at the Grange - ???
Helping people get their boats in and out at the ramp - EVERYBODY!
Paper plates and Napkins - NedH
Plastic glasses and utensils – Dennis Unger???

Trophies – BobS
Dishwashing and Cleanup – Deb Ames/Jim Murphy, DerrickHinds??? (And EVERYBODY!!!)

Welcome Sailors

Spencer Carvill joined Kyle Gershuny on the Force 5 last Sunday and seemed to be having a good time. Welcome Spencer!

Welcome to Dorothy and Mikko Peuramarju (Caroline King's parents, whose name is most likely spelled horribly wrong) who helped out Roger Williams on the Race Committee boat. The day was made even more exciting for them as they watched their daughter take an unscheduled swim. [See "Safety" below.]

Safety

Greg and Caroline King capsized and turned turtle. Josh Gershuny jumped in to help, got on the boat, but not weighing enough to get it upright, swam under the boat to let out the mainsheet, then helped Caroline up onto the boat, and then as the boat came up he flopped into it and kept it upright. Greg and Caroline send a HUGE THANK YOU to Josh Gershuny!

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #8

In the Lightning Class Bob Shapiro needed a perfect day to stay in the hunt for the championship. In the first race Bob, sailing with Ryan and Josh Gershuny, got a great start, found the stronger wind on the right side of the course and led at the first mark. Ned Hinds, sailing with Karen Hinds and Amy Byron, rounded second but rode a good puff most of the way down the leg to catch up almost all the way. At the end of the leg, Bob's team executed a perfect spinnaker drop and were able to bring a good lead to the finish line. Bob Murphy, Norb Church and Dave Sandmann were still bailing water out of their boat and followed behind. The second Lightning race was close up the weather leg, with Bob ahead of Ned by a boat length and Three Men close behind. At the leeward mark Bob still had a slight lead, but that evaporated when he didn't cover Ned on the last leg. Race three saw everybody on the starting line at the gun and Ned built up a big lead. On the downwind leg, the wind shifted forward and there were some huge gusts. Bob's 350 pound team stayed upright and managed the gusts well and closed to within half a boat length at the leeward mark. But Ned's boat speed won out and he captured the race.

In the Open Class, Greg and Caroline King sailed a very wet and cold first race after being in the water for 20 minutes. Congratulations to the King's for their enthusiasm and perseverance! In the moderate wind Dennis Unger and Stephen Van Beaver aboard Gale had great boat speed and a graceful presence to take the gun for the "big" boats, while Jim Murphy and Deb Ames had the catamaran moving nicely. In the "little" boats, Kyle Gershuny and Spencer Carvill carved out a win, followed by Wayne and Rob Donle in the Day Sailor. Wayne and Rob started the first race a few minutes late as they are apparently on Central Time… In the second race starting on time Rob and Wayne took the gun for the bullet, followed by Jim/Deb and then Dennis/Stephen on Gale. Boats were dropping like flies as cold Kings sailed in and the force was not with Force 5. The heavy air of race 3 favored Jim and Deb in the catamaran. Even though they have to travel a lot farther upwind, they were flying downwind to get the gun. Dennis and Stephen may have been a bit overpowered in the heavy air and came in second.

August 19, 2007 Results

Lightnings
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	1
	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Amy Byron	2
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Norb Church	3
2	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Amy Byron	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	2
	Three Men in a Tub	Bob Murphy	Dave Sandmann, Norb Church	3
3	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Amy Byron	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	2
	Three Men in a Tub	Norb Church	Bob Murphy, Dave Sandmann	3

Open Class
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	1
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Force 5	Kyle Gershuny	Spencer Carvill	3
	Day Sailor	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	4
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Caroline King	5
2	Day Sailor	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	1
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	3
	Force 5	Kyle Gershuny	Spencer Carvill	DNF
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Caroline King	DNS
3	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	1
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	2
	Day Sailor	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	DNF
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Caroline King	DNS
	Force 5	Kyle Gershuny	Spencer Carvill	DNS

Race Committee: Roger Williams, Dorothy and Mikko Peuramarju (Caroline King's parents)

Crash Boat: Various boats were watching out for us - Thank You!

2007 Results To Date

Bob Shapiro kept his hopes alive for a comeback with a win in the first race Sunday, but Ned Hinds clinched the Championship in the Lightning Class by winning the next two races. In the Open Class, Jim Murphy has the Catamaran Division in the bag, Dennis Unger is unbeatable in the Keel Division and Greg King has turned the Centerboard Division (and his boat) upside down.

Lightnings
Race	Ned Hinds	Bob Shapiro/ Josh Gershuny	Sandmann/ Church/ Murphy/ Darrah	John Boynton/ Bob Boynton/ Amy Byron	Mike Aversa
July 1 #1	2	3	4	5	1
July 1 #2	2	3	1	4	6
July 8 #1	1	2	4	3	6
July 22 #1	1	3	2	4	6
July 22 #2	2	1	4	3	6
July 22 #3	1	2	4	3	6
July 29 #1	1	2	3	6	6
July 29 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 5 #1	1	2	3	6	6
August 5 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 12 #1	2	1	6	6	6
August 12 #2	1	2	6	6	6
August 19 #1	2	1	3	6	6
August 19 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 19 #3	1	2	3	6	6
September 1 #1
September 1 #2
September 1 #3
Points Best 10	10	17	28	46	55

Open Class

Catamarans

Keel

Centerboard

Race

Kerry McCoole
Catamaran
Toothless Dog

Jim Murphy
Catamaran 56838

Jeff Cain
Catamaran

Mark Iber
/Peter Hellfach Catamaran 734

Dennis Unger
Star Gale

Greg King
Hunter
Y-Knot?

Mike Curtin - SunFish

Bob Duggan - SunFish

Jesse Schrauf-
nagel

Tylee Schrauf-
nagel

Wayne Donle - O'Day Sailor

Kyle Gershuny - Force 5

July 1 #1

DNF

DNS

July 1 #2

DNS

DNF

DNS

July 8 #1

DNS

July 22 #1

DNS

July 22 #2

DNS

July 22 #3

DNS

DNF

DNS

July 29 #1

DNS

July 29 #2

DNS

DNF

DNS

DNF

DNS

August 5 #1

DNS

August 5 #2

DNS

August 12 #1

DNS

August 12 #2

DNS

August 19 #1

DNS

August 19 #2

DNS

DNF

August 19 #3

DNS

DNF

DNS

September 1 #1

September 1 #2

September 1 #3

Points Best 10

DNS = Did Not Start, 6 points

DNF = Did Not Finish, 6 points

2007 Bow Lake Remaining Sailing Schedule

There is one more Bob Evans race day at Bow Lake on September 1, and then the Ed Hinds Regatta September 22. Meanwhile Lightning sailors can head to Squam Lake this weekend or to Lake Massabesic the weekend after Labor Day.

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
September 1	Saturday	All	Bob Evans #9	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
September 8-9	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Lake Massabesic	Auburn, NH
September 22	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

After the Races

Bob and Margo would love to see everyone after the races Saturday September 1 at Fire Road 14. There will be guacamole a-plenty!

Finances

Suggested donation is $20 for Open Class sailors and $40 for Lightnings, but we would be happy to accept more (or less). So far this season we have received $535 in donations, plus the superb Bow Lake Yacht Club t-shirts donated by Jamie – thank you to all of you! We need about another $650 this year. Your donations (plus about $500 in entry fees that will be collected for the Ed Hinds Memorial Lightning Regatta) fund trophies and boat gas for the Bob Evans Regatta as well as fleet membership dues. They also fund trophies, Grange rental and dinner for the Ed Hinds Regatta.

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

July 22 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290

August 5 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601256951682/

August 12 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601421720115

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:50 PM

Newsletter attached and also reproduced below

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Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

Sunday August 12 is the next Bow Lake Bob Evans Regatta race day. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake.

Ed Hinds Regatta

The Ed Hinds Memorial Bow Lake Lightning Flash One Day Regatta is Saturday September 22, 2007. Please mark your calendars and plan to participate. The racing is for Lightnings only, but we encourage our Open Class sailors to participate by crewing, helping on and off the water, and coming to the big dinner at the Grange after the racing. Everyone is invited to refreshments and dinner at the Grange after sailing. After dinner, we'll hand out awards for the Bob Evans Regatta as well as for the Ed Hinds Regatta. We need lots of help to pull off a great regatta and make our guests feel welcome. We always do a great job as we often hear people say that the Bow Lake Regatta is the best regatta of the year. Here are the things for which we need volunteers. Please contact me to sign up (or confirm my assumptions) - or you will be drafted!

Trophies – ???
Announcement/Registration - BobS
Grange Rental - BobS
Set and Retrieve Marks – NedH??
Race Committee - Pam/Werner??
Crash Boats - ???
Grange Morning Set Up - ???

Permission from Garold to park cars/trailers on his property – Ned??
Food Preparation and Set Up During Racing - ???
Main Course
Taco shells, Burrito shells, Cheese, Onions, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Taco Sauce – ???
Hamburger and chicken for Taco Bar - ???
Salad and Salad Dressing - ???
Appetizers – ???
Guacamole and Chips – MargoK??
Desserts – ???
Beer, Ice, Soft Drinks, Bottled Water - ???
Bagels/Cream Cheese/Donuts/Coffee/Orange Juice for the morning at the Grange- ???
Helping people get their boats in and out at the ramp - EVERYBODY!
Paper plates and Napkins - ???
Plastic glasses and utensils - ???
Grange Cooking and preparation while we are racing - ???

Dishwashing and Cleanup - ??? (And EVERYBODY!!!)

Let's get all four Bow Lake Lightnings out for the regatta. You can sail with any number of people – you don't have to have exactly three on the boat. If you need crew, or if you want to crew, email the list or contact me. We almost always have visitors looking for crew at the last minute.

Welcome Sailors

Caroline King joined husband Greg on board Y-Knot? this week. And as far as we know, they were still talking after the races. Caroline was Superwoman in the kitchen at the Grange last year; it's great to see her out on the race course with us.

David Darrah had a long wait on the committee boat while Two Men drifted out to the starting line, but once there he hopped aboard Three Men in a Tub for the racing. In the second race he even commandeered the tiller; that's taking charge!

Safety

A huge thank you to Walter and Phyllis Unger and Ken Migilton for being there for us in a crash boat in the event of a crisis. We didn't need any assistance this week, but we appreciate your being there!

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #6

Lightnings: All you need to know is that Bob Shapiro took the starts, Ned Hinds took the finishes and Three Men spent a lot of time bailing. And Ryan and Kyle Gershuny got in A LOT of spinnaker practice!

Open Class: OK I'll admit that by Tuesday the brain has gone foggy from Sunday and I can't remember too many details. Rob Donle showed his father who the skipper should be. Star boats drift fast once they get going but it's tough to get them going in light air. Deb Ames manages to look very relaxed laying on the trampoline of the catamaran, but you know she is always ready for action.

Non Racing: Dennis Unger declared war by bringing a Super Soaker out and blasting Bob Shapiro at close range. Bob answered back by soaking Dennis' crew Stephen. (Best revenge is to upset someone's crew!) Four Tae Kwon Do Masters visiting from Korea joined Pam and Werner on the Committee Boat, did a lot of swimming and after the races learned how to windsurf. It's pretty clear that Bow Lake has the toughest Race Committee anywhere – don't mess with them!

Photos by Pam and Werner from August 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601256951682/

August 5. 2007 Results

Lightnings
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Kyle Gershuny	2
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, David Darrah	3
2	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Kyle Gershuny	2
	Three Men in a Tub	David Darrah	Dave Sandmann, Bob Murphy	3

Open Class
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	1
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Caroline King	3
	O'Day Daysailor	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	4
2	O'Day Daysailor	Rob Donle	Wayne Donle	1
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Caroline King	2
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	3
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	4
	Red/White Sailfish	??		5

Race Committee: Pam and Werner Daigneault, Master Moon, Master Park, Master Lim, Master Leouong

Crash Boat: Walter Unger, Phyllis Unger, Ken Migilton

2007 Results To Date

Lightnings
Race	Hinds	Shapiro	Sandmann/ Church/ Murphy/ Darrah	John Boynton/ Bob Boynton/ Amy Byron	Aversa
July 1 #1	2	3	4	5	1
July 1 #2	2	3	1	4	6
July 8 #1	1	2	4	3	6
July 22 #1	1	3	2	4	6
July 22 #2	2	1	4	3	6
July 22 #3	1	2	4	3	6
July 29 #1	1	2	3	6	6
July 29 #2	1	2	3	6	6
August 5 #1	1	2	3	6	6
August 5 #2	1	2	3	6	6

Open Class

Catamarans

Keel

Centerboard

Race

Kerry McCoole
Catamaran
Toothless Dog

Jim Murphy
Catamaran 56838

Jeff Cain
Catamaran

Mark Iber &
Peter Hellfach Catamaran 734

Dennis Unger
Star Gale

Greg King
Hunter
Y-Knot?

Mike Curtin - SunFish

Bob Duggan - SunFish

Jesse Schrauf-
nagel

Tylee Schrauf-
nagel

Wayne Donle - O'Day Sailor

Red/ White Sailfish

July 1 #1

DNF

DNS

July 1 #2

DNS

DNF

DNS

July 8 #1

DNS

July 22 #1

DNS

July 22 #2

DNS

July 22 #3

DNS

DNF

DNS

July 29 #1

DNS

July 29 #2

DNS

DNF

DNS

DNF

DNS

August 5 #1

DNS

August 5 #2

DNS

2007 Bow Lake Remaining Sailing Schedule

We'll have up to three races each day (usually two) depending on the weather. When the wind is nice we'll try to include an Around-the-Lake race. Your best 10 races for the season count towards your finish in the Bob Evans Regatta.

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
August 12	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #7	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 19	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #8	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 25-26	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Squam Lake	Holderness, NH
September 1	Saturday	All	Bob Evans #9	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
September 8-9	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Lake Massabesic	Auburn, NH
September 22	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

After the Races

Bob and Margo have other plans after the races this coming week (August 12) so alas, there will be no guacamole, etc.

Finances

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

July 22 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290

August 5 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157601256951682/

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

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Monday, July 30, 2007 3:55 PM

Sailing update is attached, and also appears below.

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Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

Saturday, August 4 Alyssa is holding a regatta at Noon on Bow Lake. Here is a message from Alyssa (lyssagrl03@aim.com) : This is just a reminder about my regatta on August 4th at 12pm. During the regatta 4 races will be held, 2 for JY15's and under and 2 for JY's and over. I am conducting the race this way so it will be fair for everyone! The banquet afterwards will be held at 2pm in the Grange basement, and it would be great if all the sailors could attend this as well. Please let me know by July 30th if you will be able to attend both activities. Thanks for all the support and help from everyone!

Sunday August 5 is the next Bow Lake Bob Evans Regatta race day. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake. All sailboats are welcome – let's see some of the Junior boats out there!

Ed Hinds Regatta

The Ed Hinds Memorial Bow Lake Lightning Flash One Day Regatta is Saturday September 22, 2007. Please mark your calendars and plan to participate. Although only Lightnings race, all sailors can participate. Sailors can crew on a Lightning, and can help with dinner, Crash boat or Race Committee. And everyone is invited to refreshments and dinner at the Grange after sailing. After dinner, we'll hand out awards for the Bob Evans Regatta as well as for the Ed Hinds Regatta.

Starting next week, I'll be bugging you (or begging you) to sign up to help with something for the regatta. Thank you in advance!

Race Course

The light air of the last few weeks has reminded us that we should have the smaller boats sail a shorter course than the larger boats. Starting this week, Sunfish, Hunter and any other small boats will finish on their way downwind, rather than continuing on down to the leeward mark and then back again. This will keep the boats closer together and should make it more fun for everyone.

Correction from July 23 Newsletter

Greg King and Jan Williams in Y-Knot finished in second place in the Open Class in the first race on July 22. One of the participants pointed out the error (we won't mention Greg by name). The original archived Race Committee scoresheets were checked and the photographic records were used to verify the correct finish order. Congratulations Greg and Jan and sorry for the mistake!

Missing from July 23 Newsletter

Amy Byron headed to Malletts Bay in Colchester, VT a few weeks ago (on Friday the 13^th!). She joined the Sterling Bush team and competed in the New England Lightning District Women's Championships. Amy's team finished in second place – congratulations!

Meanwhile, Bob Shapiro, Mike Baker and Jim Lerner raced in the District Championship that weekend, while Margo and Marisol led a cheering section on shore. After leading the second race most of the way, they finished in fifth place for that race, out of twenty-five boats. Results from the other four races were not available at press time…

Welcome and Missing Sailors

Welcome to Tylee Shraufnagel. Tylee was in the Sunfish with the green and white sail on Sunday. Assuming she wasn't scared off by all of the old men offering her water and beer, she'll be back next week.

Welcome back to Wayne Donle! Wayne and his brother Bruce sailed a Lightning a number of years ago on Bow Lake. Yesterday, Wayne and son Rob came out for the second race in their O'Day Daysailor. Hopefully they'll come back when the wind is a bit more cooperative.

If anyone has seen Dennis Unger or Kerry McCoole, let us know. They've been sorely missed the last few weeks!

Safety

Roger Williams is not available for Crash Boat duty this coming week August 5. Roger reports that he and Cindy are working the Futures Tournament. This is the developmental tour (golf) of girls who are trying to get into the LPGA. It is at Beaver Meadow golf course in Concord, NH. These girls are professionals and good!

Please contact Bob Shapiro if you are available for crash boat duty that day. Thank You!

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #5

The weather forecast was for rain, heavy at times, with thunderstorms after 8:00 AM, and light and variable winds. Well, they got the light and variable part correct! We managed two slow races in almost no wind yesterday. The Naut! team of Ned and Karen Hinds and Guillaume Joffrees put on a drifting clinic, winning both races by wide margins. The Miss Behavin' team of Bob Shapiro, Mike Baker and Kyle Gershuny got great starts but didn't have the boat speed to stay with Ned. Two Men in a Tub (Dave Sandmann and Bob Murphy) had the best start of the fleet in the second race (and didn't even foul anyone) but the extra few thousand pounds of water in their boat kept them from competing with Ned by the finish line. In the Open class, Jim Murphy and Deb Ames showed that catamarans are fast with wind but not as fast without wind. They won the first race; a prior commitment (and absolute dead calm drifting) caused them to abandon the second race. Greg King picked up light air crew Ryan Gershuny at the last minute and in the first race battled with Tylee Schraufnagel in the green and white Sunfish and with Two Men in a Tub in their Lightning. On the last leg of the race, the Lightning zapped the Hunter, and the Hunter hooked the Sunfish. In the second race for the Open Class Greg and Ryan showed their perseverance and drifted their way through the entire course. Wayne and Rob Donle headed for shore before completing the race, presumably due to the low winds. As Y-Knot? crossed the finish line, Ryan abandoned ship, lots of people went for a refreshing swim, and everyone started lobbying for a tow home. Better winds next week!

July 29. 2007 Results

Lightnings
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Mike Baker, Kyle Gershuny	2
	Two Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy	3
2	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Mike Baker, Kyle Gershuny	2
	Two Men in a Tub	Bob Murphy	Dave Sandmann	3

Open Class
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	1
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Ian Gershuny	2
	Green/White Sunfish	Tylee Schraufnagel		3
2	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Ryan Gershuny	1
	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	DNF
	Green/White Sunfish	Tylee Schraufnagel		DNS
	O'Day Sailor	Wayne Donle	Rob Donle	DNF

Race Committee: Roger Williams, Joan Joffrees
Crash Boat: Ian, Linda, Josh and Erin Gershuny

2007 Results To Date

Lightnings
Race	Hinds	Shapiro	Sandmann/ Church/ Murphy	John Boynton/ Bob Boynton/ Amy Byron	Aversa
July 1 #1	2	3	4	5	1
July 1 #2	2	3	1	4	6
July 8 #1	1	2	4	3	6
July 22 #1	1	3	2	4	6
July 22 #2	2	1	4	3	6
July 22 #3	1	2	4	3	6
July 29 #1	1	2	3	6	6
July 29 #2	1	2	3	6	6
Points Best 10	11	18	25	34	43

Open Class
	Catamarans				Keel	Centerboard
Race	Kerry McCoole Catamaran Toothless Dog	Jim Murphy Catamaran 56838	Jeff Cain Catamaran	Mark Iber & Peter Hellfach Catamaran 734	Dennis Unger Star Gale	Greg King Hunter Y-Knot?	Mike Curtin - SunFish	Bob Duggan - SunFish	Jesse Schrauf- nagel	Tylee Schrauf- nagel	Wayne Donle - O'Day Sailor
July 1 #1	1	2	DNF	DNS		4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 1 #2	1	2	4	DNS	3	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 8 #1	DNS	1	DNS	DNS	2	3	4	5	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 22 #1	DNS	1	DNS	4	DNS	2	3	DNS	5	DNS	DNS
July 22 #2	DNS	1	DNS	2	DNS	3	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 22 #3	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	1	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 29 #1	DNS	1	DNS	DNS	DNS	2	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 29 #2	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	1	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF	DNF
DNS = Did Not Start
DNF = Did Not Finish

2007 Bow Lake Remaining Sailing Schedule

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
August 4	Saturday	All	Alyssa's Regatta	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 5	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #6	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 12	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #7	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 19	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #8	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 25-26	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Squam Lake	Holderness, NH
September 1	Saturday	All	Bob Evans #9	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
September 8-9	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Lake Massabesic	Auburn, NH
22-Sep	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

After the Races

Bob and Margo need to leave soon after the races this coming week (August 5) so alas, there will be no guacamole, etc.

Finances

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

July 22 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290
Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

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Monday, July 23, 2007 9:27 PM

Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

The below is also attached in a Word document.

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Sunday July 29 is the next Bow Lake race day. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake.

Welcome Sailors

Welcome to Mark Iber (MIber@dhhs.state.nh.us ) and Peter Hellfach. They have two catamarans and are open to someone sailing the other one when they are only using one of them. Mark lives just past the Isinglass store and Peter lives out Ricky Nelson Road (or whatever its name changes to when it becomes a dirt road). Mark and Peter secured a spot on the lake to store their cats and have been out sailing several times a week all season. Mark has crewed on International 14's at my home club of Severn Sailing in Annapolis, MD. That is a serious boat – imagine a boat the size of Greg King's Hunter, with more control lines than a Lightning, and including a spinnaker! Please note that all instances of Mark might be reversed with those of Peter – sorry I'm not great at remembering who is who.

Welcome to David Darrah who lives in Dover, NH. David ( ddarrah@comcast.net) is a friend of Wayne Donle's son, is taking sailing lessons at Dover Point, is thinking of having a sailboat (a Lightning?) on Bow Lake next year, and is interested in crewing this year. Please contact David if you need crew.

Welcome to Ann Madden who sailed with Amy Byron on What Now? Ann works with Amy at Novo Biotic (apparently a secret CIA laboratory where they grow mice that can swim and tow boats during drifters). This is Ann's first sailing experience and word is she was a great crew.

Jan Williams has been watching hubby Dave Sandmann on Three Men in a Tub, and decided to get in on the racing action herself. Jan joined Greg King on Y-Knot and they seemed to have a good time.

Safety

All sailors were safe this week.

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #3/4

Photos taken by Pam and Werner on July 22 are posted on the web here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290

Last week (July 15) there was a violent thunderstorm that caused cancellation of the races. Here is a list of those sailing around the starting line which never came to be: [Editor's note: I thought you would enjoy this listing in its raw form.]

Lightnings: Ned, Guillaume and Josh

2 Men in a Tub

Hunter: Greg King, + Quilting lady who was there last week and Greg's wife (?) - a dark haired lady

Sun Fish: Tylee, Becca and Jamie Duggan (Green and white sail)

Mike Curtain and Jesse Schraufnagel (Red/white and blue sail)

Catas: Toothless Dog 798 (didn't get names)

Rainbow colored sail - Dave Mitchel and ?

Blue hull - very fast didn't have time for names but Guillaume recognized the boat

Star: Dennis Unger and Ken Migilton

Newport 14 Sail # 754: Robert Whitcher and Keelan or Kealan McCoole

This week (July 22) saw a lot less wind and a lot more sun. Nine sailboats participated and a total of three races were held.

Race 1: Bob Shapiro brought his light air crew of Ryan and Kyle Gershuny and they were flying after a good start. But Ned Hinds, sailing with Karen Hinds and Guillaume Joffrees, engaged them in a tacking duel and the Naut! team won out. When the boats split, Ned was off to the races, while Bob found himself behind Three Men in a Tub (Dave Sandmann, Norb Church and Bob Murphy – don't ask me to keep track of who was skippering, who was on the water pump and who was drinking beer), also behind a couple of SunFish and a catamaran or two, and neck and neck with Amy Byron and Greg King. Amy was sailing with Kevin Landt and Ann Madden on a borrowed What Now? Lots of kudos to the Boyntons for wanting to see their boat out on the race course while Jamie and John were both 10,000 miles away (in Hong Kong and Australia). Greg King convinced Jan Williams to sail with him – has anyone else noticed that Greg has never had the same crew twice? Mike Curtin was in the SunFish with the red, white and blue sail, while Jesse Schraufnagel had the green and white sail. Jim Murphy and light air crew Deb Ames were up in the front with Ned in their catamaran, while Mark Iber and Peter Hellfach were fighting their way up the windward leg. After rounding the windward mark, the wind died to nothing and there was lots of drifting. In the Lightnings Ned managed to hold on for the win, with Three Men in a Tub close behind for their second top two finish of the season. Jim Murphy finished in between Ned and Three as the first open class boat. Bob Shapiro drifted in next followed by Amy, Greg King, SunFish Mike, Mark and Peter and then SunFish Jesse.

Race 2: Bob took advantage of a windshift before the start and port tacked the fleet. After he and Ned split Bob got a great puff on the right side of the course and was off to the races. The Lightnings took the top four spots as Amy and then Three Men followed Ned across the line. In the moderate breeze the catamarans were fast and Jim Murphy (having switched to his heavy air crew between races – Jim Ferguson?) got the better of Mike and Peter, with Y-Knot close behind. The two SunFish headed in after the first race.

Race 3: Ned got a good start and flew up the windward leg in the dying breeze. Bob trailed well behind, but fantastic spinnaker work by the Ryan and Kyle (including about 5 jibes) had Miss Behavin' ahead by a boat length at the leeward mark. Alas, for the second time Bob failed to cover Ned and it cost him again as Ned sailed to the victory. Amy (One Man and Two Women in a Borrowed Boat) squeaked out another one over Three Men in a Tub. Greg King was the most persistent of the Open Class sailors; he (like the others) didn't want to bother finishing, but Second Degree Black Belt Pam on the Race Committee demanded that he finish and Greg said "Why Not?"

July 22. 2007 Results

Lightnings
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Norb Church	2
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Kyle Gershuny	3
	What Now!	Amy Byron	Kevin Landt, Ann Madden	4
2	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Kyle Gershuny	1
	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	2
	What Now!	Amy Byron	Kevin Landt, Ann Madden	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Norb Church	4
3	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Kyle Gershuny	2
	What Now!	Amy Byron	Kevin Landt, Ann Madden	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Norb Church	4

Open Class
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	1
	Red/White/Blue Sunfish	Mike Curtin		2
	Catamaran 734	Mark Iber	Peter Hellfach	3
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Jan Williams	4
	Green/White Sunfish	Jesse Schraufnagel		5
2	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Steve Ferguson (?)	1
	Catamaran 734	Mark Iber	Peter Hellfach	2
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Jan Williams	3
3	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Jan Williams	1
3	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Steve Ferguson (?)	DNF

Race Committee: Pam and Werner Daigneault

Crash Boat: Roger Williams, Joan Joffrees, Wayne Donle

So far this season in only four weeks we have had fourteen different sailboats and about 45 different sailors participate. That is fantastic!

2007 Results To Date

Lightnings
Race	Hinds	Shapiro	Sandmann/ Church/ Murphy	John Boynton/ Bob Boynton/ Amy Byron	Aversa
July 1 #1	2	3	4	5	1
July 1 #2	2	3	1	4	6
July 8 #1	1	2	4	3	6
July 22 #1	1	3	2	4	6
July 22 #2	2	1	4	3	6
July 22 #3	1	2	4	3	6

Open Class
	Catamarans				Keel	Centerboard
Race	Kerry McCoole Catamaran Toothless Dog	Jim Murphy Catamaran 56838	Jeff Cain Catamaran	Mark Iber & Peter Hellfach Catamaran 734	Dennis Unger Star Gale	Greg King Hunter Y-Knot?	Mike Curtin - SunFish	Bob Duggan - SunFish	Jesse Schrauf- nagel	Tylee Schrauf- nagel
July 1 #1	1	2	DNF	DNS		4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 1 #2	1	2	4	DNS	3	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 8 #1	DNS	1	DNS	DNS	2	3	4	5	DNS	DNS
July 22 #1	DNS	1	DNS	3	DNS	4	2	DNS	5	DNS
July 22 #2	DNS	1	DNS	2	DNS	3	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
July 22 #3	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	1	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Schedule

We'll have up to three races each day (usually two) depending on the weather. When the wind is nice, we'll try to include an Around-the-Lake race. Your best 10 races for the season count towards your finish.

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
July 29	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #5	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 5	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #6	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 12	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #7	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 19	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #8	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 25-26	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Squam Lake	Holderness, NH
September 1	Saturday	All	Bob Evans #9	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
September 8-9	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Lake Massabesic	Auburn, NH
22-Sep	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

After the Races

Please come by Bob and Margo's (Fire Road 14) after the races for guacamole, chips, salsa, beer, etc.

If you would like to hold an after race get-together on a future race day (like August 5 when Bob and Margo are leaving right after the races), let me know if you would like an invite included in this newsletter.

Finances

Suggested donation is $20 for Open Class sailors and $40 for Lightnings, but we would be happy to accept more (or less). In the last week we have received donations of $335 – thank you! We need about another $650 this year.

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

July 22 Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600961888290
Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

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Monday, July 09, 2007 12:02 AM

Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

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Update below and also attached...

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Sunday July 15 is the next Bow Lake race day. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake.

Welcome Sailors

Sunday saw four new sailors join us in the Sunfish class. Mike Curtin and Meg were in the Sunfish with the Red, White and Blue sail, while Bob Duggan and Jamie were in the Sunfish with the Green and White sail. Any chance Bob Duggan is related to the perennial first place finisher in the Day Sailor class in Marblehead in the late 1970's? Was it Dan Duggan sailing Cherry Bomb? It was great to see the two Sunfish out and halfway through the race they were in a dead heat together with Y-Knot and Gale.

Also joining us for the first time was Michele O'Neil Kincaid sailing on board Y-Knot? Michele really joined just for a taste of Margo's guacamole, so alas she'll have to wait another couple of weeks before that happens.

Steve Ferguson was aboard the catamaran with Jim Murphy for the first time (I think) – welcome Steve.

Safety

Luckily this week we had no need to use the services of the crash boat, but we sure appreciate those who came out ready to help! Last week's recovery operation reminds us of these rules for ensuring safety on the water.

1. No tying up to the primary crash boat. This makes it very difficult for the crash boat to maneuver, and can result in dangerous situations. Fantastic to have other sailboats help out but they should tie up away from the vessel being rescued and not behind a crash boat involved in the rescue.

2. If the crash boat is undermanned, crew from the vessel being rescued should offer to go on board to help. It really takes a minimum of two people on the crash boat to be effective – one to drive and one to lift, pull and yell.

3. The skipper of the vessel being rescued is in charge of the rescue operation. However, if the crash boat operator determines dangerous conditions, the crash boat operator may declare himself to be in charge.

4. Please wear life jackets when the weather conditions make it prudent. We'd like to have everybody around sailing on Bow Lake for a long time!

5. Lightnings – use your centerboard preventer!

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #2

Light air was the order of the day on July 8. The heaviest air of the day was for the first leg of the first race. Ned Hinds, with Karen Hinds and Guillaume Joffrees on board Naut! got off fast and led at the windward mark. Bob Shapiro, Margo Krukonis and Mike Baker rounded second. Many thanks to Bob's Mom Grace who watched Marisol so that Margo could race. The Boynton kids (John, Jamie and Laura) teamed up on What Now! and with newly untwisted lines inside their mast got around third and raised their spinnaker. Three Men in a Tub had all three men on board – Dave Sandmann on the tiller, along with Norb Church and Bob Murphy.

In the Open Class, Dennis Unger and Stephen Van Beaver on board Gale were looking good until a minute before the start when their jib halyard was lost up the mast. Jim Murphy and Steve Fergeson led the Open Class to the windward mark, with the other four open boats all close together. Halfway down the leeward leg, it was a dead heat for the four, while Jim Murphy was in the middle of the Lightning fleet. As the wind died the fleet spread out and at the finish after the catamaran, Gale just nudged out Y-Knot, followed by Mike/Meg and then Bob/Jamie.

Meanwhile in the Lightnings, Miss Behavin' caught Ned on the run, only to let him slip by just at the mark. The margin wasn't much as Miss Behavin' gave Naut! a nudge rounding the mark, forcing a couple of penalty circles. Ned was off never to be seen again, while Bob, John and Dave finished as the wind was dying.

We almost started a second race but the wind died to nothing. Racing was cancelled for the rest of the day and the fleet paddled or was towed in. Back at Bob and Margo's a great time was had by all, except Michele who didn't get the guacamole she so sorely deserved.

Lightnings
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Guillaume Joffrees	1
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Mike Baker, Margo Krukonis	2
	What Now!	John Boynton	Jamie Boynton, Laura (Boynton) Hauerwas	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Dave Sandmann	Bob Murphy, Norb Church	4

Open Class
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Catamaran 56538	Jim Murphy	Steve Ferguson	1
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	2
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	Michele O'Neil Kincaid	3
	Red/White/Blue Sunfish	Mike Curtin	Meg	4
	Green/White Sunfish	Bob Duggan	Jamie	5

Race Committee: Roger Williams, Joan Joffrees

Crash Boat: Walter Unger, Phyllis Unger, someone else

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Schedule

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
13-Jul	Friday	Lightnings	Women's, Master's, Juniors	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
July 14-15	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	District Championships	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
July 15	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #3	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
July 22	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #4	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
July 29	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #5	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 5	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #6	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 12	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #7	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 19	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #8	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 25-26	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Squam Lake	Holderness, NH
September 1	Saturday	All	Bob Evans #9	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
September 8-9	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Lake Massabesic	Auburn, NH
22-Sep	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

Also, one of the Junior sailors is working on a regatta that will probably be held on Saturday August 4. Stay tuned for more details.

After the Races

Bob and Margo will be out of town and miss the races this week, so no guacamole for another week! If you would like to hold an after race get-together on a future race day, let me know and I'll include it in this newsletter.

Finances

Suggested donation is $20 for Open Class sailors and $40 for Lightnings, but we would be happy to accept more (or less). So far this year we have received $200 – we need about another $1000.

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

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Thursday, July 05, 2007 5:06 PM

Bow Lake Sailing, sponsored by Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, Massachusetts

Update below and also attached (attachment has a couple of pictures in it too).

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Two men in a Tub win the race and then win our hearts!

This Sunday July 8 is the next Bow Lake race day. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake.

2007 Bob Evans Regatta Race Day #1

What an exciting day! Great wind, great weather, superb participation and the most fun you can have. Temperatures were in the 70's and winds were 10-20 knots with a few gusts of 20-30 knots. We had five Lightnings and five Open Class boats for our best opening day attendance in years. Two races were completed in an hour, and with cold crew, upside down boats and guacamole waiting on shore, that was it for racing for the day.

Kerry McCoole had children Keelan and Maggie on the wire on Toothless Dog and they were amazing! Not many motor boats could have kept up with them on the reaches. Jim Murphy and Deb Ames survived the windy weather in their cat, and Jeff Cain and his Uncle and Cousin joined us for the last race. Welcome! Dennis Unger and Stephen Van Beaver (what a day for his first race!) wowed all of us with the grace and majesty of Gale. Greg King had no-shirt James on board Y-Knot? for race #1 but couldn't face a second race.

Race One in the Lightnings was exciting. Mike Aversa, Amy Byron and Kevin Landt on The Blind Squirrel held a slim lead at the windward mark with Bob Shapiro and heavyweight crew Josh and Ryan Gershuny just behind. Ned and Karen Hinds together with Master Park were a few boat lengths back. Also there somewhere was the all family What Now! with Bob, Laura (Hauerwas) and Jamie Boynton (fresh from Hong Kong) on board. And Three Men in a Tub decided the third man would inhibit planning so Norb Church and Bob Murphy came out alone. Down the leeward leg there was lots of excitement. Bob's crack team did a perfect jibe and built a good lead at the leeward mark. But the jib decided to wrap itself around the forestay 6 times and that allowed Mike and Ned to slip by. Mike and Ned had a tacking duel and Mike took the gun at the finish.

Race Two in the Lightnings was even more exciting! Ned, Bob and Mike got all tangled at the start during a huge puff. Ned was early and went back quickly. Bob was early and took a long time to get back, as it was too windy to jibe. Mike took off, wanting to be the first to go swimming… Three Men stayed away from the crowd, had a great start and headed off to windward. Bob Boynton decided he was racing a catamaran instead of Lightnings… At the windward mark Mike, Ned and Two Men were very close, but this reporter was too far back to tell who was first. On the leeward leg the really big puffs hit. Mike capsized to windward right after they jibed. Ned got stuck to leeward waiting for a lull to jibe. Bob jibed early but got three huge rips in his spinnaker along the way, and took in a foot of water into the boat. Two Men had lost their spinnaker halyard and calmly headed straight for the leeward mark. At the rounding it was Bob/Norb just ahead of Ned, who came screaming in on a tight reach after dropping his chute. A furious tacking duel ensued and at the finish it was Two Men taking the victory by a boat length. Congratulations!

On the way out to the race course, the Race Committee boat held 4 Tae Kwon Doe black belts, including three Masters. Do not under any circumstances mess with the Race Committee! A huge thank you to Pam and Werner Daigneault, Master Park and Master Katherine Chang. The other Master Chang jumped ship to sail on Naut! This week Pam and Werner are out of town. Roger Williams and Joan Joffrees will do Race Committee, and Walter Unger will man a crash boat. Thank You!

After the races, the season's first batch of guacamole was well received by many cold and tired sailors.

Lightnings – July 1
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	The Blind Squirrel	Mike Aversa	Amy Byron, Kevin Landt	1
	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Master Chang	2
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	3
	Three Men in a Tub	Norb Church	Bob Murphy	4
	What Now!	Bob Boynton	Jamie Boynton, Laura Hauerwas	5
2	Three Men in a Tub	Norb Church	Bob Murphy	1
	Naut!	Ned Hinds	Karen Hinds, Master Chang	2
	Miss Behavin'	Bob Shapiro	Ryan Gershuny, Josh Gershuny	3
	What Now!	Bob Boynton	Jamie Boynton, Laura Hauerwas	4
	The Blind Squirrel	Mike Aversa	Amy Byron, Kevin Landt	DNF Capsize

Open Class – July 1
Race	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Place
1	Toothless Dog	Kerry McCoole	Keelan McCoole, Maggie McCoole	1
	56838 Catamaran	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	3
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	James	4
2	Toothless Dog	Kerry McCoole	Keelan McCoole, Maggie McCoole	1
	56838 Catamaran	Jim Murphy	Deb Ames	2
	Gale	Dennis Unger	Stephen Van Beaver	3
	Other Catamaran	Jeff Cain	Doug Cain, ??? Cain	4??
	Y-Knot?	Greg King	James	DNS

Photos from July 1 http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv (If that doesn't work try this http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_and_margo/sets/72157600629952888/ )

Sailing Quiz

Correctly name the person who made each statement and win a 1-second head start in this week's races.

My hat, croakie and sunglasses were sacrificed to the sailing gods during the race.

My crew is too cold.

Let it out! Let it out a lot! Let it out 10 feet!

Do you think I'll need sailing gloves?

For a guy who can kill me with your eyebrow, you're not that coordinated.

You've got to set some priorities here.

The *&%^(&*%& starting line is too short!

You've got to let out the other backstay.

We're going over…

Yippeee! Yippeee!

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Schedule

2007 Bow Lake Sailing Remaining Schedule
Dates	Days	Boat Types	Event	Waters	Location
July 8	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #2	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
13-Jul	Friday	Lightnings	Women's, Master's, Juniors	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
July 14-15	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	District Championships	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
July 15	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #3	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
July 22	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #4	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
July 29	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #5	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 5	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #6	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 12	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #7	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 19	Sunday	All	Bob Evans #8	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
August 25-26	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Squam Lake	Holderness, NH
September 1	Saturday	All	Bob Evans #9	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
September 8-9	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Annual Regatta	Lake Massabesic	Auburn, NH
22-Sep	Saturday	Lightnings	Ed Hinds One Day	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH
October 13-14	Saturday-Sunday	Lightnings	Leaf Peeper	Lake Champlain	Colchester, VT
November 3	Saturday	All	Docks Out	Bow Lake	Strafford, NH

After the Races

Please join us at Bob and Margo's after the races Sunday for the chips and salsa – no guacamole this week - sorry. We're on Fire Road 14 – come by water or come by land. While you're there, if you didn't get your trophy yet from last year, make sure to pick it up.

If you would like to hold an after race get-together on a future race day, let me know and I'll include it in this newsletter. Note that we'll be out of town at the Lightning Districts in two weeks (July 15).

Finances

Suggested donation is $20 for Open Class sailors and $40 for Lightnings, but we would be happy to accept more (or less). So far this year we have received $200 – we need about another $1000.

Links

Racing Rules http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005

Racing Rules in Brief http://www.ussailing.org/rules/rulesinbrief.htm

July 1 Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/9636816@N07/cEeGBv

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

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US SAILING - Summary of the Rules That Apply When Boats Meet
Simplified, Condensed, Unofficial

RIGHT-OF-WAY RULES
PORT-STARBOARD. Port-tack boats must keep clear of starboard-tack boats. (Rule 10) Note: You are "keeping clear" of another boat when she doesn't have to avoid you.

WINDWARD-LEEWARD. When boats are overlapped on the same tack, the windward boat must keep clear. (Rule 11)

ON SAME TACK, ASTERN-AHEAD. When boats are on the same tack and not overlapped, the boat clear astern must keep clear. (Rule 12) Note: One boat is "clear astern" if she's entirely behind a line through the other boat's aft-most point, perpendicular to the other boat. The other boat is "clear ahead." Two boats are "overlapped" if neither is clear ahead of the other.

TACKING TOO CLOSE. Before you tack, make sure your tack will keep you clear of all other boats. (Rule 13)

LIMITATIONS ON RIGHT OF WAY
If the other boat must keep clear, you have "right of way". Even if you have right of way, there are limitations on what you can do:

AVOID CONTACT. You must avoid contact with other boats, but a right-of-way boat will not be penalized under this rule unless the contact causes damage. (Rule 14)

ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY. When you do something to become the right-of-way boat, you must give the other boat a chance to get away from you. (Rule 15)

CHANGING COURSE. When you change course, you must give the other boat a chance to keep clear. (Rule 16)

ON THE SAME TACK; PROPER COURSE. If you are overlapped to leeward of a boat on the same tack, and if just before the overlap began you were clear astern of her, you cannot sail above your proper course (i.e., the course that will take you to the next mark the fastest) while you remain overlapped. (Rule 17.1)

PASSING MARKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS
There is a set of special rules for boats that are about to pass a mark or obstruction. However, these special rules don't apply between boats on opposite tacks on a beat to windward. (Rule 18.1)

Except at a starting mark, you must give boats overlapped inside you room to pass a mark or obstruction, and boats clear astern must keep clear of you.

There's a two-length zone around marks and obstructions, and a boat's rights and obligations with respect to another boat are "frozen" when the first of them enters that zone. If you are clear astern of another boat when she enters the zone, you must keep clear of her until both boats are past the mark or obstruction, even if you later become overlapped inside her. (Rule 18.2)

TACKING NEAR A MARK. Don't tack within the two-length zone at a windward mark if you will cause a boat that is fetching the mark to sail above close-hauled to avoid you, or if you will prevent her from passing the mark. (Rule 18.3 )

ROOM TO TACK AT AN OBSTRUCTION. When boats are on the same tack on a beat and come to an obstruction, the leeward boat gets to decide which way they are going to pass it. If the leeward boat hails for room to tack, the other boat must give it to her; but the leeward boat must give the other boat time to respond before she tacks. (Rule 19)

OTHER RULES
Before your Preparatory Signal, and after you finish, don't interfere with boats that are about to start or are racing. (Rule 22.1)

If you break a rule while racing, get away from other boats and do two 360-degree turns; if you hit a mark, do one turn. (Rules 20 and 44) Note: Sometimes the Sailing Instructions require you to fly a flag acknowledging that you broke a rule, instead of doing turns. (Rule 44)

If you start too soon, keep clear of others until you get behind the line again. (Rules 20 and 29)

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:52 PM

This Sunday July 1 is the first Bow Lake race of the season! Let's get every sailboat we have out on the lake. Start is at Noon in the middle of the lake. We'll have up to three races each day (usually two) depending on the weather. When the wind is nice, we'll try to include an Around-the-Lake race.

After the Races

Please join us at Bob and Margo's after the races Sunday for the first batch of guacamole, chips and salsa this year. We're on Fire Road 14 – come by water or come by land. While you're there, if you didn't get your trophy yet from last year, make sure to pick it up.

If you would like to hold an after race get-together on a future race day, let me know and I'll include it in this newsletter.

Finances

Once again this year, Riverside Engineering of West Newbury, MA has signed on as a sponsor of Bow Lake Sailing. Thanks to Dennis Unger for his support. If you would like to support our sailing habit, checks can be made out to Bow Lake Sailing or you can just hand cash to Bob Shapiro. Suggested donation is $20 for Open Class sailors and $40 for Lightnings, but we would be happy to accept more (or less). Last year we had a number of very generous donations including several of $200 or more and beautiful new racing marks from Jamie Boynton. This year Jamie has already started things off with great Bow Lake Sailing t-shirts.

Fleet News

Rumor has it that Stephen Van Beaver is joining up with Dennis to be a force in the Star – welcome to the group Stephen. Greg Shapiro has visited Jamie already this summer in Hong Kong and while Greg is now in Beijing, Jamie is in the States and should be at the first couple of race days. Marisol Shapiro has been out sailing twice but has yet to be in a race. Bob Shapiro and Mike Baker raced and bowled at Lake Spofford last weekend. Great sailing, great bowling, great people and fantastic ice cream! At least one catamaran has been spotted upside down in the lake so far this season – next time we hope to get some good pictures. Pam went for her second degree black belt last weekend so Don't Mess With the Race Committee! We've recruited an additional crash boat or two, including Dennis Unger's father – thank you!

Race Starting Sequence

Usually all of the boats start together; sometimes we'll separate them into two starts. Pay attention to the flags on the Committee boat – the sound is to get your attention but the flag is what counts.

6 minutes approximately before the start – lots of noise and commotion

5 minutes before the start – Lightning Flag UP

4 minutes before the start – Lightning Flag stays up, and Blue Shape UP

1 minute before the start – Lightning Flag stays up, and Blue Shape DOWN

0 minutes – START – Both shapes DOWN

Your goal is to be just shy of the starting line going full speed when the flag goes down. If any part of your boat is over the line, the Race Committee will hold up the blue shape, and yell out your boat name or number or skipper name and say "Over Early". Anyone over early must stay out of everybody else's way, and turn around and come back behind the line to restart. When the last over early boat has cleared the line, the Race Committee will yell "All Clear". If nobody is over early, the Race Committee will also yell "All Clear" just after the start.

If too many boats are over the line early for the Race Committee to see them all, then they will do the start over again. You will know this because they will yell and scream, and hold up both flags after the start.

Race Committee and Crash Boat

In addition to starting the race, the Race Committee finishes the race. As soon as any part of your boat crosses the finish line you are finished and the Race Committee will inform you of that. Stay clear of other boats after you finish.

The Crash Boat serves two roles. One is to help with running the races. They may be asked to move one of the racing marks to make the course more fair. More importantly, the Crash Boat is an insurance policy in case a boat gets in trouble. If a boat capsizes the Crash Boat should stand nearby and offer assistance, which could include giving a tow, taking crew members on board, ferrying injured people to shore, helping get the boat upright again, retrieving gear that is floating away, etc.

Links

Strafford Calendar Sailing Article http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/Sailing.htm

Bow Lake Sailing http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

New England Lightning District http://www.lightningclass.org/ne

Lightning Class http://www.lightningclass.org/index.asp

Bob Shapiro: finallybk@gmail.com 603-664-6904

See you on the water!

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Monday, May 14, 2007 11:24 AM

Hi -

Docks and Shore Stations went in on Saturday and a great time was had by all! The water was warm (yes, really!), the sun was out, it was 75 degrees and there was a nice breeze. As the day wore on, the breeze picked up and even the May flies were blown away - how could you ask for anything more? A big thank you to Greg King, Jeff Baker, Jeff's friend Ben, Mike Baker, John Boynton and Ben Rogers for all of their help.

The group was surprised and thrilled to find that HKJ (Hong Kong Jamie, aka Jamie Boynton) had arranged for Ben to print up Bow Lake Yacht Club t-shirts. The shirts are fantastic! If you didn't get one Saturday, then stop by the Boyntons to get one; rumor has it Ben made 40-45 of them. We'll probably also have a stash at our house so that you can pick one up after racing. See the attached picture for a front and back view of the shirt. Please make sure to thank Jamie (and Ben) when you see him for the shirts, and for the new red racing marks Jamie purchased last year.

The 2007 schedule is posted below. The permit has been applied for with the state, an article has been submitted to the Strafford Calendar, John Boynton will post the Bow Lake schedule at the Blue Loon and the Isinglass, and we'll be ready to go come July 1. Please try to get out there as often as you can - we have more fun when there are more boats and more people. Encourage friends, relatives and enemies to come out in their own boats, to sail on your, or to call any of us to try and find a crew position or a spot on the committee or crash boat.

Last year we were privileged to have Roger Williams on crash boat. It is wonderful to have an insurance policy - knowing that if we get into trouble someone is there to help out. Last year we had several "claims" that Roger serviced admirably. Last year Pam, Werner, Marion, Joan and others served on the Committee Boat and we hope to see them and others serving in that capacity again this year. Pam and Werner will be out of town on July 8 so we'll definitely need extra help that day. (Why they think Pam's father's 90th birthday party is more important than sailing I don't know.) Thank you in advance for all who help us out this year!

Everyone was very generous with their time and their money last year. If you'd like to help out this year (our costs for Trophies, Grange Rental, boat gas, One Day Regatta dinner, etc. run about $1200) please send a check made out to Bow Lake Sailing, to Bob Shapiro, 8 Webber Street, WIlmington, MA 01887. You can also hand Bob cash - just make sure he writes it down because old age makes you forget things. Suggested donation is $40 for Lightnings and $20 for Open Class - you are welcome to give more (or less). Last year we had five donations of $100 or more - thank you!

If you didn't get your 2006 trophy, please stop by Bob and Margo's house to pick it up.

Fleet News: Jamie is still in Hong Kong, but will be here for the first few Bob Evans regatta races. Greg Shapiro is back in Boston for a few weeks and will then be spending the summer in China, so he will sadly not be available to crew. Joan and Guillaume should be back at the lake at the start of the racing season. Marisol is designated light air crew; she's ok on the jib but hasn't mastered gybing the spinnaker yet. Mike Aversa is working in Virginia for a while but should be back to join us when racing starts. Bob and Sandy Boynton are in Thailand for 6 weeks - they left just in time to avoid dock duty. Send more fleet news and I'll publish it here. Mike Baker isn't putting his 34 footer in the water this year, so we're thrilled that he'll be sailing at Bow Lake this summer. (I'm especially thrilled since he'll be on my team!)

Anybody notice the picture of Ned and Bob at the top of the page on the Strafford Community Calendar web site? http://www.straffordcommunitycalendar.com/KAboutSCC.htm

Dennis Unger is looking for crew for his Star and appears willing to train someone. Stephen Van Beaver is looking to be a crew this summer. (Hmmm, is there a match here?)

Don't forget to get your contact info to Greg King if you want to be added to the Bow Lake Sailing web site. http://www.wessexusa.com/bls_main1.html

See you on the water!

bob

Lake: 603-664-6904

Cell: 978-761-3289

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Sunday 09 September 2007

Sunday 09 September 2007

OTHER RULES Before your Preparatory Signal, and after you finish, don't interfere with boats that are about to start or are racing. (Rule 22.1)

OTHER RULES
Before your Preparatory Signal, and after you finish, don't interfere with boats that are about to start or are racing. (Rule 22.1)